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

George perteynyng: þat is to say, þe church of marye Mawde|leyne, þe which is i-set in þe subarbes of oxonforde, with iij. hides in Walton, and þe londe of [The land called 'Twenty acres' lay in the north suburb of Oxford in the neigh|bourhood of the modern Walton Street. At the present day there is a field called 'Twenty acres' ('Twenty pound Meadow') in the west suburb, opposite the modern St. Frideswyde's parish church. The co|incidence of name has sometimes caused confusion.] xxti. acres, and þe tithe of þe same londes, and with þe mede þat is i-called Brummannys mede, with þe tithes of þe same mede, And with þe tithe of Northam [A meadow by Cherwell, whose name survives in the modern Norham Road.] , Wyueleye, And lynch [See note in no. 54.] , and of all [the [Added from the Latin.] lands and meads and other titheable things which are between] þe castell of Oxonforde and Henxsey or botely (þat is to say, in oxonforde shire), ande with oþer thynges and tithis to þe saide church of saynte Marye Mawdelen perteynyng; and [The clauses are out of order. The Latin gives, correctly, 'and the church of Cowley, with two hides of land and the meads of Sydenham and Froggemore, and other pertinences; and three hides of land in Cutslowe with men, tithes, and other pertinences.' Cutslow, two miles north of Oxford, is a member of Kidlington (Wood's Life and Times, i. 353).] þe church of Cowlay, with iij. hides of londe in Cudeslawe and other pertinences, and iij. hides of londe, and medis [These meadows lay east of the Cher|well, opposite Christ Church meadow: see 'Sidnam' in Wood's City of Oxford, i. map ii.] of Sidenham and ffrogmore, with men tithes and pertinences; and þe chapell of þe ffrees, with þe dwellyng or mansion and þe londe evyn ageynst þe chapell towarde þe west, with ffedynges and pastures and his oþer pertinences; And ij. hides in Ernycote, with þe woode and oþer pertinences; and þe church of Stowe, with alle þe towne, and with þe chapell of morton, and ij. hides of þe ffee of saynte George in þe same town, to-gedur with þe woodes and other thynges and libertees to þe church of saynte George perteynyng; and þe londe of Worton, with the tithe of j. hide in þe same towne; and j. hide with þe pertinences in Saunforde; and þe londe of fforsthull, and of Burton, and of bothe Stoonehale, with þe chapells in þe same, woodis, villenages, rentes, and tithis and other thynges of my ffee, to þe church of Saynte george perteynyng; And half j. hide and j. ȝerdelonde in Hokenorton, with þe pertinences; and ij. parties of tithe of alle thyng þe which is i-wonyd to be tithid of all demaynes [i.e. demesne-lands: Latin 'de omnibus dominicis utriusque honoris.'] of ayther honowr þe which lye to þe Castell of Oxenforde, þat
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The English register of Oseney abbey / by Oxford, written about 1460. Ed., with an introduction and indexes, by Andrew Clark.
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