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

to Petir of Esrugge and to his heires or his assignes, So that nother he nother his heires ne none by hym or for hym sholde have power to axe ony right in the said Lond and mylle, with the pertynentes. And yf hit shold so happe that ony man, by the occasion of the covenant I-made bitwene them, claymed ony thynge toward the said Petir his heires or his assignes, the said Nicholas of Somerford and his heires bynde hem-self to warantiȝe and to defende to the said Petir of Esrugge and to his heires or his assignes the said quyte-clayme ayenst all men and women. In-to witnesse of the which, Nicholas of Somerford strengthed this present writyng with the pryntyng of his seale, & cetera.

A Charter of William Bagot fitȝ Robert Bagot, I-made to Peter of Esrugge, of v. yerdes of lond in karsynton, and a water mille, and iiij. acres [Seem to be 'yards' in the body of the deed.] , with vij. shillings of yerely rent, with all there pertynentis.

About 1245. Sale to Peter of Ashridge, by William, son of Robert Bagot, of 5 yard|lands, a water-mill, and a rent|charge, in Cassington; and of 4 yardlands in Thrup. Quit-rents, gloves to the mesne lord, 25s. to the chief lord, and scu|tage. Purchase|money, £46 13s. 4d, and £3 6s. 8d.

THE sentence of this charter is, that William Bagot fitȝ Robert Bagot yaf, graunted, & cetera, to Petir of Esrugge, for his homage and seruyce, to hym and to his heires or his assignes, v. yerdes of lond in the towne of karsynton, and a water mylle in the same towne, with all pertynentis towchyng the seid lond and the seid mylle, and vij. shillyng worthe of rent, with the pertynentis, the which Nicholas of Somerford was I-woned [folio 73b] yerely to yeld hym, And iiij. yerdes of lond of bondholde or vilenage, with all there pertynentis, in the towne of Thorpe, with the bonde-men and catell and theire goynges-out or availes, to be had and to be holde, to the said Petir of Esrugge and to his heires or his assignes, frely and quyetly pesibly worship|fully holy charitably for ever, that is to say, in medis fedyngis placis weyes pathes watirs and in all other libertees longyng to the forsaid tenauntry, yeldyng þerof yerely to hym and to his heires, or to his assignes, j. paire of gloves or j. d. withyn the vtas of Estir, for all seculer seruyce and demaunde and sute of Courte and helpe that myght be axed of the lond, Also to ser Richard Verney, chief lord, and to his heires or his assignes, xxv. shillings at two termes of the yere, that is to sey, at the

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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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London :: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,
1911 [i.e.1905-11.]

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