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

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1259, Nov. 30. Agreement between Oseney, and Regi|nald son of Peter, on all points in dispute be|tween them on Nov. 24 (except as to suit of his mills which is to be tried in the king's court: see no. 267), Sir Regi|nald agree|ing to allow Oseney to collect its tithes in Swerford, provided he is caused no expense, Oseney granting Sir Regi|nald and his family commemo|ration in the con|ventual prayers.

HIT is to be mynded that, whenne in the yere of grace A[nno] M^l CClix., in the morne of saynte clement, at Henrade [Hendred, in Berkshire.] , bitwene lordys Abbot and Couent of Oseney, of the oone party, and Syr Raynolde ffyȝt petur, of the other partye, vppon summe despites or probris, harmys, violences, and oþer moony wronges, of men of bothe partie to euery partye euerych agaynste other i-doo, bitwene the foresaide parties in forme of pece to be had a lytull while hit was i-tretyd. At the laste, in forme vndurwrite, all playntys and stryfys, vppon the foresayde despites, harmys, violences, and wronges, bitwene the foresaide parties vnto the forenamyd daye i-mevyd, for euer frendely ben i-cesyd or sospite (but the question, in the courte of owre lord Kynge hangyng, vppon the sute of his myllys of Sybforde [Name noted in the margin. So also in the Christ Church MS. In the original deed (Bodl. Oseney Charter 418) it is Swereford] , the which playnly the foresayde Syr Raynolde exceptid froo the afore writyng) that is to say, that the foresaide Abbot and couent to the foresayde Raynolde, for goode pece, And [An excellent instance of verbal trans|lation issuing in utter nonsense: 'et ut securum ad eum de cetero in agendis suis tanquam patronum et defensorem habeant refugium.' i.e. And that they may have safe recourse to him, in future, in their busi|ness, as (if he were) their patron and de|fender.] as A sure to hym in his of thynges to be doo and as patrone and de [folio 60a] fender haue refute, all there accions vnto the fornamyd day, agaynste hym or þeme [i.e. his men.] i-meuely [Read 'i-meved': 'motas.'] , playnly haue relesyd to þe sayde same, Syr [Ablative absolute: 'domino Regi|naldo . . . totaliter remittente.'] Raynolde to þ^e foresaide Abbot and couent all accions agaynste þem, to ['sibi competentes' = which were in his power.] þem acordyng (owttake the playnyng of the foresaide myllys), for fauour of religion and þe instaunce of the prayours of Syr philippe (fforde [Omit the bracketed words inserted out of place from below.] bothe more and lasse) Basset, (all [Omit 'all.'] ) remittyng, and

to the same to gader there tithis at Swereford [Name noted in the margin. Com|mencing at the middle of this name, five words have been taken out of place and in|serted above.] bothe more and lasse and frely to bere a-waye whider þay willen, naþelese in curteys wyse, withoute harme and greuaunce of the saide Syr Raynolde and of his men leve grauntyng: of the which cause the saide Abbot and couent þ^e same Syr Raynolde and Aliȝ his wyfe and his free ['et liberos suos.'] soonys, in spirituall benefettis (the which ben i-doo in Oseney), for euer thay haue admitted parteners: and ['Debet autem utraque pars in foro, in quo fuit actrix, supersedere.'] bothe parties ofte in Jugement in the which that was A dooer to cese, and playnly to procure that the oþer partie be i-kepid harmeles. Wherefore, In-to witnesse of the foresaide, to this writyng, in-to A maner of A charter twyys partid, euerych to other the parties haue i-put there sealys. Þe Date, in saynte Andrews day, In the yere afore i-namyd.