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

[56.] friswid gyueth to osnye iij. s. yerly rent for relese of ij. s. vj. d.

About 1180. Confirma|tion to Oseney, by St. Frides|wyde's, of a meadow held of their house by quit|rent of 3s., and accept|ance, by way of pay|ment, of surrender of 2s. 6d. due to Oseney for tithes, and of 6d. out of an Oxford quit-rent due to Oseney.

PHILIPPE [The Latin text of the Oseney grant to St. Frideswyde's is in Wigram's Cart. S. Frid., ii. 244.] prior of Seynte ffrideswith and all þe Couent of þe same place to all true men of our holy modur þe church

helth. Knowe ye vs to have i-grauntid, and with our seele pryntyng to haue confermed, to þe chanons of Oseney that yifte þe which William Hereville and Johan his wiffe [made [Supplied from the Cottonian MS., communicated by Rev. H. Salter.] to them of the meadow which the said William and Joan his wife] holde of vs for iij. s. yerly to be i-paide at þ^e ffest of Seynte John Baptiste for all seruice, that is to say, that lieth by þ^e courte of Oseney be-yonde þ^e water, whereof þe forsaide William maade to vs homage and hath our Charter, sa þat þ^e forsaide chanons of Oseney þo iij. s. þ^e which þe saide William and his heyres ofte to vs þerof, for hym and for his heyres, to vs ȝerly at þe forsaide terme shall paye, And þat þe chanons of [folio 16a] Oseney, for þese iij. s. and for here deliueryng, relesed to vs xxx. d. þ^e which we haue i-owyd to pay to þem ȝerely for summe tithis of Escote (vppon þe which hit ['Super quibus transactum fuit inter nostram ecclesiam,' i.e. 'translacion' for 'transaccion.'] was A translacion whas i-maade betwene our church and þem afore Jugges Delegate), and for vs haue assined þ^e oþer vj. d., þe which he shall paye Euery daye at þe saide terme of seynte John, to thomas ffiȝt Eilrice and þe heyres of hym, of a londe þe which he holdeth of þe forsaide chanons of Oseney within þe Borowgh of oxonforde for ij. s. ȝerely, so þat we no-thyng more ['nihil amplius quam vi d.'] of þe same thomas and his heyres maye axe. These witnesse, et cetera.