churche of our lady & of seynt Iohn baptyste of Godestowe & to aliȝ Georgis, abbas of Godestowe, & to the couent of þe same place & her successours, all the ryht & clayme þat euyr he had or myht haue or sholde haue in ony maner wyse in all þat tenauntrye with all the pertinences in euery place, þe whych they had of þe ryht of feffynge of william hys fadur in the towne of bloxham & estsone [Letters ambiguous: 'estsone' or 'eftsone.'] . He relesyd for hym & hys heyrys, & claymyd to be in rest, to the seyd god & to þe church of our lady & of seynt Iohn baptiste of Godestowe & to dame aliȝ Georgis & to the couent & to her successours, all hys ryht & clayme, þat noþer þe same yue, ne none other of hys heyrys, sholde neuer axe ne make no chalenge in all þe seyde tenement ne in no part of hyt. In-to wytnes of þe whyche he put to hys seele. I-gefe at bloxham þe freday next aftur þe feste of seynt gregory, þe yer of kynge Edwarde secunde [Letters ambiguous: 'estsone' or 'eftsone.'] xxiiij.
1397, June 18. Suit by Godstow, against 14 persons in Blox|ham, to recover possession of a mes|suage, with 32 acres arable and 1 acre of meadow. Verdict in favour of Godstow, with damages against three of the defendants, but mulct on Godstow for false claim against the others.
ASSISE at Oxenforde, a-fore Iohn hulle & hugh huls, Iustices of þe kynge in þe shyre of Oxenforde, to be take þe Moneday assynyd next a-fore þe fest of seynt petur in cathedra, þe yer of þe reyne of kynge Richard þe secunde xx., come & made knowlych [folio XVb(27b)] yf Roger beuchampe, knyht, Iohn chamberleyn of bloxham, walter hopper, Iohn phylyps, Robert large, Iohn kynge, Iohn spencer, william taylour of bloxham, Iohn lawe, Thomas putte, Robert fleccher, Robert preeste, Iohn Taylour of bloxham, & Nicholas helmyndon, wrongefully dissesyd Margaret Mounteney, Abbas of Godestowe, of her fre tenement & of a mese & xxxij. acris of londe & of j. acre of mede with þe perti|nences, wher-of she made hyr playnt: & þe fore-seyde Roger & þe oþers come not to answer, but on Iohn at dale answeryd for hem & ['&' is in error for 'as.' The Latin is 'tanquam eorum ballivus.'] her baylyfe, and for þe for-seyde Iohn Chamberleyne: seythe [The Latin is: 'dicitur quod praedicta abbatissa.' This is the Godstow plaint.] that the fore-seyde abbas is hyr owne selfe I-seysonde of þe fore-seyde tenantries I-put in syht with þe pertinences as of a fre tenement & was in þe day of the getynge of the brefe & cetera, xv. day of Iule þe yere of the reyne of þe kynge þat
