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

[261.] A recorde of þe banke ['banke' is 'bench,' i.e. the record is of the court of law, in a suit raised by Jews. The indebtedness of the Blund family is shown in a deed quoted by Rev. H. Salter from the Cotton MS., in which James le Blund, making surrender as in no. 256, acknowledges payment of £17 6s. 8d. 'ad urgentissimam necessitatem,' a phrase which in Godstow book generally implies debt in the Jewry.] of þe Juys of london ffor the londe of William lee Blunde of Hoke|norton whoos rollyng Inne schall be ffounde In the ffeste of the holy trinite In the yere of þe reyne of Kyng Edwarde xiij.

1285, May. Claim against Oseney, by a Jewess of London for £1 6s. 8d., and inter|est (accrued before the statute of 1275), being half of a mortgage over lands of William le Blund now held by Oseney. Oseney maintained that at the time of making of the mort|gage the lands be|longed to Oseney, and that Wil|liam le Blund had no power to mortgage them. Inquiry was ordered by the sheriff, but did not take place. Inquiry was again ordered by Robert of Lode|ham, to whom the jury returned that Oseney had been feoffed of the lands in question for more than 40 years, and there|fore before the mort|gage (whose date was 1275, Aug. 27). The Jewess was there|fore non|suited and fined.

JOYE ['Joya.'] the which was þe wiffe [of] diey de Burforde, by his [Read 'her.'] atturney, made to come thabbot of Oseney, holdyng a parte of londys þe which were of William lee Blunde, & axith of hym ij. marke of catalle and ['et lucrum inde emersum.'] wynnynges þerof i-come afore þe statute of the Kyng, the which [scil. 'marcas.'] hee oweth to hym [to her.] by þe occasion of the foresaide londes þ^e which hee holdeth þe which were of þe foresaide William (and [Omit 'and diey,' brought in out of place.] diey) by a charter of

iiij. markes vndur þe names of þe foresaide William and diey whereof [Read 'whereof the other part is in the record-office of deeds at London, as it is alleged:' 'unde altera pars est in arch[ivis] cir[ographorum] Lond[inii], ut dicitur.'] þe oþer partie in the which of the charter of london as he saith.

The foresaide Abbot By his atturney comyth and Saith that hit is not his dede and axith day to þengyng [i.e. 'thinking,' 'diem premeditandi.'] afore, and hath in-to þe viij. daye off seynte miȝghell, et cetera. To ['ad quem diem.'] the which daye, þe fforesaide Abbot by his atturneye cometh and Saieth that he is not i-holde of þ^e saide dette to answere, in-asmoch as hee whas i-ffeffid of the londys and tenementes the which he holdeth þe which [were] of þ^e foresaide William or ['Or' = before: 'antequam.'] þe fforesaide William to ['dicto Iudeo.'] the foresaide Juye by his charter in the saide dette bounde hym-selfe: and of that he puttith hym-selfe vppon the cuntre. And the fforesaide ['predicta Iudea.'] Juee by her atturney also. And hit was i-commaundid to the schreve þat he schulde make come coram, et cetera. In the morowe of Seynte martyne xij. [[probos homines] etc.] , et cetera. By the which, et cetera. qui nullam, et cetera. at þe returne quibus daye and yere to þe which daye þe Inquisicion come not, noþer the schreve returned not [Read 'the writ': 'breve.'] . And hit was i-commaundid [i.e. to the sheriff, i.e. to hold inquiry.] , as in the oþer tyme, ffro þe daye of Seynt Hillarie In-to xv. daies; as [For 'as,' read 'and.'] þe fforesaide Abbot and Jues [Jewess: 'Iudea.'] , by there atturneys, haue þe same daye, but [unless: 'nisi.'] Robert lodeham interim, et cetera. withinne ['Infra': i.e. before.] þe which daye, afore the same Robert of lodeham, whas i-take þe Inquisicion of þe londys and tenementes aforesaide, by þe othe of Reynalde Waltham, Nicoll off Gardyn, and oþer, as it is i-schewed amonge þe Inquisicions of the terme off Seynte Hillarie returnyd, þe which sayen that þe foresaide Abbot whas i-ffeffyd of þe londys and tenementes aforesaide xl. yere and more; And ffor-asmuch as it is opyn by the Date of þe charter of iiij. markes In the which þe foresaide William to þe saide Jue whas i-holde, of þe which charter actum is 'the twesdaye nexte after þ^e ffest of Seynte Bartholomew in the yere of the regni regis Edwarde iij^o.', That þe fforesaide Abbot whas i-ffeffyd of the londys and tenementes abovesaide or ['Or' = before: 'antequam.'] þ^e saide William lee blunde In the saide dette

to the [folio 57a] saide Juye bounde hym-selfe, hit is i-consederyd that þe foresaide N. [Possibly 'nomen,' a legal formula. Roger de Coventre was abbot 1284-96. In the Latin it is 'abbas.'] of the saide dette is quite And that þe foresaide Juys ['Iudea.'] by cause of þe foresaide londys of þe foresaide Abbot noþyng takith, And the same Jues ffor þ^e false clayme In mercy.