The english register of Godstow nunnery, near Oxford : written about 1450 / edited with an introduction by Andrew Clark.

þo, þat is for to say, þat lyen by-twene þe londe þat water grute helde of hym & þe londe of raph auenel; & twey acris of mede in Walham, tho, þat is for to say, the which lyen by-twen þe kynges mede & þabbot of glowceturs mede; & oon acre of mede in londemede: to be holde & to be had of hym & of his eyeris for euer, for xij d ȝerly to be payid to hym & to his eyeres in too termis, halfe at estur & halfe at myhelmasse. And the sayde richarde & his eyeris warantiȝed to þe foresayde water & to alle his eyeris, agaynste all men; & aquited hym of all seruices & wordely demaundis. For þys ȝyfte & graunte, þe fore-namyd water ȝaf to hym be-fore handys x. marke of syluer to quite hym of the Iuys of gloucetur. The whych for-asmuch þat he wolde haue hit sure, he confermyd hit by settyng of his seele. Wytnyssys mony beyng present.

A charter of William Chercheden and Edith his wyf [of] vj acris lond & iij of mede.

About 1210. Confirma|tion to Godstow, by Richard Ticede|well's heirs, of his con|firmation, as in no. 171, subject to the quit|rent of 1s., on payment of a marc, of a meas|ure of wheat, and of a meas|ure of rye.

THE sentence of this charter is þat wylliam cherchesdon, with thassent & wylle of edithe his wyfe & of his dowghter & of Richarde ticedewelle his eyere, confermyd to god & to þe churche of owre lady seynte marye & of seynt Iohn baptiste & to þe mynchons of Godestow þere seruyng god, for the helth of his sowle & of all his aunceturs, vj. acris of arable londe & thre acris of mede: of the whiche fowre acris of londe arable lyen at þe kynges halle of glowcetur & turnen vppon the kynges hye wey, and twey acris at longeforde by twene the londe þat whas of raph Auenel [folio XLV(55)] & þe londe þat water grute helde, And tweyne Acris of mede lyen in Waleham, & j acre of mede lyeth in landemede: the which all acris water scriptor or wryter by heritage helde of richarde tyce|dewell, fadur of the foresayde edithe his wyfe, & ȝaf hit to þe foresayde mynchons in-to perpetuel almys. And þe same richarde confermyd hit to þe same mynchons by his charter, to be had & to be holde, alle þe foresayde acres, of hym & of his eyeris, in-to pure & perpetuel almys, ȝeldyng to hym & to his eyeris ȝerly xij d in two termys of the ȝere, halfe at þe annunciaciun of owre lady & þe oþer halfe at myȝhelmasse, for all seruices sewtes exaccions & seculer demaundis. And

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The english register of Godstow nunnery, near Oxford : written about 1450 / edited with an introduction by Andrew Clark.
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1911 [i.e.1905-11.]

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