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

[folio XXIIb(33b)] A finall a-corde by-twene the Abbas of Godestowe & william of clere [In the MS., no. 224 immediately preceded, and its rubric has been repeated in error.] of a yerly rent of a marke.

1258, Oct. Agreement between Godstow and Roger of Mor|timer, by which Godstow quit|claimed to him 13s. 4d. yearly out of Withy mill, as also the arrears (£10 13s. 4d.), and he quit|claimed to Godstow all title in the tenement and paid £8.

THYS was þe final a-corde I-made in the kynges court at westmynster fro the day of seynt Myhel in-to iij. wokys, the xlij. yere of þe reyne of kynge henry þe sone of kynge Iohn, a-fore Roger of Turkelby, Gilbert of preston, & Nicholas of hanlo, Iustices, & a-fore oþer trewe men of the kynges then þer beynge present, by-twene Emyne, Abbas of Godestowe, playner, by wakelyne of Godestowe in her stede for to gete or to lese, & Roger of Mortmer, deforcyd, by amyse of pelethorp in hys stede to gete or to lese, xvj. Marke þe whyche wer by-hynde to þe same abbas of a yerly rent of a marke þe whyche he owyd to hyr of a mylle in withye, where-of hyt was pleyd by-twene hem in þe same courte: þat is to sey, þat þe fore-seyde Abbas relesyd & quite-claymyd, of hyr & of hyr successours & of hyr churche of Godestowe, to þe fore-seyde Roger & to hys heyrys, all here ryht and clayme þat she had in þe fore-seyde yerly rent & Also in þe foreseyde arreragijs for euyr. And for thys releys, quite-clayme, fine, & a-corde, þe same roger relesyd & quite|claymyd of hym & of hys heyrys to the foreseyde Abbas, & to oþer abbasses þat sholde succede to hyr, & to hyr churche a-foreseyde, all hys ryht & clayme þat he hadd in all þat rent & tenement with þe pertinences þat þe same abbas & hur churche a-fore-seyde helde in fee in þe paryshe of kynges Clere, the day þat þis a-corde was made, for euyr: & furþermore þe same roger gaf to þe foreseyde Abbas xij. Marke of siluer.

[folio XXb(31b)] Chartur of Iohn Chapleyn of Clere in þe towne of kynges Clere.

About 1260? Quit-claim to Godstow, by John of mill, of a croft, to be held by quit|rents, to chief lord, a clove gilly|flower, to the mesne lord, a rose.

THE sentence of thys chartur is, that Iohn of Mylle, chapeleyn, gaf & grauntyd, & confirmyd with hys wrytynge, to god & to the churche of our lady & of seynt Iohn baptiste of Godestowe & to þe mynchons þere seruynge god and to serue for euyr, hys oon croft in kyngys clere, the whyche he bowht of william Cnolle, the whyche is callyd denpurcut, & lythe by-twene þe

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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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