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

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1907-1913.

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"The English register of Oseney abbey / by Oxford, written about 1460. Ed., with an introduction and indexes, by Andrew Clark." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AHA2740.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 22, 2025.

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About 1180. Sale to Oseney, by William of Hereville and wife, of 2 acres. Purchase|money, £1 to husband; 2s, to wife.

BE hit i-knowe to all ffeyȝghtfull men of holy church that I, Willyam of Hereville, willyng and grauntyng Johan my wiffe, ȝafe, and with my present charter confermed, to god & to the church of Seynte marie of Oseneye, In-to ffree and perpetuell almes, thoo twoo acris of londe þe which þe Incluse of Hoke|norton vnto his dethe helde In almys, that is to say, j. acre vppon Otehulle, And j. in Watbrach; and j. acre of mede In Heme Mede, to be holde ffrely And quietly and fro all Seculer seruice. In-to witnesse of the which yifte þ^e chanons of þe Same church yafe to me xx. s. and to my wiffe j. Besaunte, þese witnesse, et cetera.