for the helthe of laurence his wyf and for the sowles of his auncetours and for the helthe of his successours, with his body and the body of the forsaid laurence his wyf, half a marke of siluer yerely [The rent-charge is mentioned in the 1291 Taxatio Ecclesiastica of pope Nicholas IV, in Buckingham deanery.] of the rente of his mylle of Torueston, into whos|euer hande the forsaid mylle were to be take, at ij. termes of the yere, that is to sey, atte fest of seynt Petir that is I-called Ad uincula, xl. d; and atte fest of our lady in marche, other xl. d. And þat þis, & cetera.
1308, May 10. Agreement by Godstow to excuse arrears of the rent|charge (no. 84), due 8 Sept. 1307, on condi|tion of the tenant re|building the mill.
THE sentence of this charter is, that Moolde vpton, Abbesse of Godestowe, and the Couente of the same place, remytted and pardoned to Emme, that was the wyf of William of the mylles of Torueston, all the arreragis of theire rente the which they were behynde before, vnto the fest of the Natiuite of our lady the first yere of the reigne of kyng Edward the sone of kynge Edwarde; So that the forsaid Emme and her heires shold make and bilde agayne the forsaid mylle, with theire owne costis, afore the fest aforsaid, And pay afterward euery yere the forsaid rente, that is to sey, vj. shillings viij. d. to them in wonyd termes, truly without gyle: or els this present writyng shold be had for nought. Into witnesse, & cetera. The date at Godestowe, the x. day of may, in the yere abouesaide.
About 1220. Grant to Godstow, by Ralph Harange, of wood|rights.
THE sentence of this charter is, that Raaf harange yaf & cetera, to god & cetera and to the holy mynchons of Godestow ther seruyng god, in-to pure and perpetuel almesse, for the helth
