The English register of Oseney abbey / by Oxford, written about 1460. Ed., with an introduction and indexes, by Andrew Clark.

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About 1230. Grant to Oseney, by Robert Bernard, of 4 acres in one field, and 4 in another, and a half|acre in one field, and a half-acre in another.

KNOW thoo þat Bee nowe and to Bee that I, [Robert] Bernarde of Hokenorton, for þe helth of my Sowle and of the Sowles of my aunceturs, yafe and grauntid and with this present charter confermyd, to god and to þe church of Seynt marie of Oseneye and to þe chanons þere Seruyng god, viij. acris of londe in the feldis of Hokenorton, that is to Say, iiij. acris In j. felde and iiij. a ris in a-nother ffelde, the which (that is to Say) viij. acris Dame sibille sumtyme wiffe of Henry Doylly to fferme of me helde; And ffurþermore j. acre, that is to Say, dj. an acre agaynste Suddonam [in] j. felde, and dj. an acre In Wulstanescropte In the other ffelde: to be holde and to be had, to the Saide chanons for Euer, In-to ffree pure and perpetuell almes, welle and In peece, ffrely and quietly, fro all Seruise, seculer exaccion, and Demaunde. And I and myne heyres the foresaide londe to þ^e Saide chanons for Euer schalle [folio 52a] warantiȝe, Defende, And Aquite, agaynste all men And women. In-to witnesse of the which, et cetera.