that is to sey, xxv. acris of hys lordshyp yerly to be sowyd in the ground of blechesdon; & by-syde these xxv. acris he yaf tweyne acris, to make a dwellynge place, in-to perpetuel almis to the churche of god & of our lady seynt mary & of seynt Iohn baptiste of Godstowe & to the mynchons there seruynge god, with hys too dowhters þe whych were made mynchons in the same churche; & he grauntyd the forseyd xxv. acris & dwellynge place to be free and quiete fro all seculer seruice & fro all exaccion, with the assent of hadewyse hys wyfe & hys sonys, that is to say, Robert, Raph, and Richard, with syr henry doyly grauntynge & confermynge the same. Also he grauntyd commune pasture in the same towne to the bestys of the holy mynchons a-fore-seyd, of what-so-euyr kynde they be, euynlike fredom as to hys owne bestes in hys owne pasture: & by-syde thys graunt, he confirmyd the yeft of walter of pyrye, that is to sey, oon yerde-londe in the same towne (the whyche alfwy stern helde, & afturwarde Nigell scotte) & x. acris of londe of hys lordshype, with a dowhtyr of hys, the whyche was made mynchon in the forseyd churche: and is with-out date.
About 1190. Grant to Godstow, by Robert son of Nigel, of a yardland in the Perry.
THE sentence of thys chartur is, that Robert fitȝ Nigelle yaf & grauntid in-to perpetuell almys, with [The wording suggests that the two ladies then took the veil at Godstow, with this yardland for their dower.] hys modur Anneys & hys dowhter mariory, to god & to the churche of oure lady & of seynt Iohn baptiste of Godstowe & to the holy mynchons there seruynge god, a yerdlonde in blechesdon, I-callyd of the pyrye, free & in peace fro all seruice that longyd to hym & to hys heyrys, þat is to sey, in medewys, & in pasturys, & in playnys, as hyt was in kynge henry is tyme, & that by the consent & prayer of hys wyfe Molde of bewchampe, of whos dowry was that foreseyd londe.
About 1190. Sale to Godstow, by Jeffrey Bodyn, of all his rights in a yardland (no 292) subject to 4s. quit|rent.
THE sentence of thys couenant is, that hyt was a-cordyd by|twene the churche of Godestowe & Gefrey bodyn, that the
