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

xxixti. Robert Doylly the secunde, þe soone of Nygell Doylly aforsaide, founded the church of saynte Marye in þe Ile of oseney, consentyng ['Consenting' in the primate's case refers to a later (no. 34) confirmation. Theobald of Bec was not elected arch|bishop till Dec. 1138. Alexander was bishop of Lincoln 1123-47.] Theodbalde Archiebisshop of Caunterbury, And Aliȝaundur bisshop of [folio 2b] lincoln; in the tyme of Kyng Henry the ffyrst (þe soone, that is to say, of William Bastarde conqueroure of Inglonde), at þe peticion of Edythe (þe dowghter of fforn) wyfe of þe forsayde Robert Doylly, foundid was þe saide church.

1129. Grant to Oseney, by its founder, Robert Doyly II, of (a) all his land in Oseney isle; (b) War|ham-bank; (c) tithes of Oxford Castle mills; (d) six rectories; (e) in Oxford, feudal superiori|ty over eighteen holdings; (f) a rent|charge of 2s.; (g) tithe; (h) in Hook|norton, superiori|ty over a hide, and a yardland; (i) near Oxford castle, a house; (k) Water|eaton manor; with manorial rights to wood, fishing, pasture.

BE hit i-knowe to all true men of holy church, bothe present and to be, þat I, Robert Doylly, wyllyng and grauntyng Edythe my wiffe and my soonys Henry and gilbert, yefe ande graunt, in-to perpetuall Almes, to þe church of god and of saynte marye his moder and to þe chanons in hit seruyng god, þe which [I] (Aliȝaundur by the grace of god bysshop of lincolne yevyng counseyle and confermyng) founded in the Ile þe which is i-called Oseney, for the helth of the Kyng and the welfare of all the Reame And also for myne helth and of my wyffe and of my soonys parentis and frendes, alle þat is myne in þe forsaide Ile; with all dwellynges þe which I had vppon the were [Marginal note: 'Weyres & Mylles by the Castell.' The 'were' mentioned was the narrow strip of land between the eastern boundary stream of Oseney (i.e. South Oseney) island and the feeder of the Castle mills: Wood's City of Oxford, i. 313. See more of it in no. 43.] the which is of myne myllys þe which been by þe castell of Oxonforde; and tithynges of the same Myllys; And þese churches [The six names are noted in the margin. Kidlington, Weston-on-the-Green, Hooknorton, Chesterton, are in Oxfordshire; Claydon is in Bucks. 'Sheneston,' the sixth, was not in Lincoln diocese, as is shown by its absence from the Lincoln confirmations, e.g. nos. 14, 19, 26. It is Shenstone in Staffordshire.] of my londe, of Cudelyngton, of Weston, of Hokenorton, of Cleydon, of Sheneston, of chesterton; with-in the borowgh of oxonford, londys þe which helden Engerike, Raymunde, Ailnoth, Good|wyne the soone of Edwachere, Ermenolde, Goodwyne Nicuma, Suetyng Cadica, Rauenyng, Segryn by the Walle, Henry Corueser, leofwyne Haltyng ['claudus,' in the Latin.] , Goodwyne money-maker ['monetarius.'] ,