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

[70.]

About 1192. Confirma|tion to Oseney, by Oxford town, of Medley, as in no. 69, but with 6s. 8d. added to the quit|rent be|cause of warranty now given.

BE hit i-knowe bothe to men that be nowe and to be þat we, Citisens of Oxonford, of þe commune of þe Cite and of þe Marchaundis yelde, for owr helth and of our and for þ^e Sowles of our kennesfolkes and of our aunceturs, graunte, and with our present charter conferme, to þe Church of Seynte marye of Oseney and to þe chanons þere seruyng god, þe yifte þe which our aunceturs maade to þem of þe Ile of Midley with his pertinences, so that Euery yere at þ^e fest of Seynte Mighell þ^e same chanons paye dj. j. marke for þis tenure where we shall commaunde þem, as witnesseth þ^e charter of our aunceturs þat þey maade to þem of þ^e yifte of þe same Ile. ffurþermore, for|asmoche as we haue i-take in our hande, for vs and for our heyres, to warantiȝe þ^e forsaide Ile to þ^e same chanons in Euerych place and ['et versus omnes homines.'] to all men, þey for this warantiȝynge shall paye to vs and to our heyres Euery ȝere at Estur a-noþer dj. marke, þ^e which þey shall take ['tradent.'] to whome we wille bidde; and we and our heyres feyȝhtfully shall warantiȝe to þem þe

forsaide tenement by þe seruice of þ^e forsaide marke yerly for all thynges and all seruices. This our grauntyng and con|firmacion we haue i-made with þ^e commune counsell of þe Cite, and with þe communall Seele haue i-confermed hit. And þese ben þey þe which þis grauntyng and confermyng haue i-made Nigell that tyme Deene of Oxonforde, John Kepeherme and Henry fiȝt Sigrim þen Aldirman, laurence Kepeherme and thomas of tadmarton, þen pretores or pletoures [Latin is simply 'tunc pretores.'] , petur ffiȝt Geffrey, and other [Latin is 'etc.'] , and all þ^e commune of þe Citisyns of þe Cite of oxonford.