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

score and vj. and the xiiij. yere of the reigne of kyng Edward, hit was accorded, bitwene broþer Robert Ewelme, priour at that tyme of seynt Frideswith of Oxenford, and [folio 142] the Couente of the same place, of the one parte, and Mabile Wafre, at that tyme abbesse of Godestowe, and the Couente of the same place, of the other parte, that is to sey, that the seid Robert priour and Couente of the forsaid hous of seynt Frideswyth lete, graunted, and quyte-claymed for them and for [MS. 'to.'] þere successours, as into a perpetuel eschaunge, to the forsaid abbesse of Godestow and to the Couente of the same place and to ther successours, all the rentes the which the forsaid abbesse and Couente were I-wonyd to pay to the forsaid priour and Couente of seynt Frideswith yerely at our lady day in marche and at Mighelmasse by even porcions, for all ther tenementis with-in the towne of Oxenford or with-out, that is to sey, of the house somtyme of Stephyn Bisshop, the which is I-called Shiphalle, in seynt Frideswith parissh, ij. shillings; of the hous of hugh Palmer in seynt Mighell parissh of the sowthe, ij. shillings; of the selde of hugh Palmer, in the Cordewaynrye, in seynt Mighell parissh of the sowthe [Read 'north': 'borealis' in the Latin.] , x. shillings iij. d.; of the house somtyme of Stephyn Bisshop, in seynt Iohn Baptist parissh, the which is I-called Elmenehalle, ij. shillings; ou[t]take iiij. shillings yerely to be resceived to the forsaid priour and Couente of seynt Frideswith and to ther successours for euer of ij. tenementis in Oxenford: that is to sey, of the seld that was somtyme of hugh Palmer, in Cordewaynere, xx. shil|lings [in error for 'xxid.'] j. d. at ij. termes of the yere by even porcions, that is to sey, at oure lady day in marche, and at Mighelmasse; And of the tenemente that somtyme Adam Spaldyng held in seynt Frideswith parissh, ij. shillings iij. d, at the same termes by even porcions; like-wise the forsaid abbesse and Covente of Godestowe, for them and ther successours, lete, graunted, and vtterly quyte|claymed for euer, as into an eschaunge, to the forsaid priour and Couente of seynt Frideswith and to ther successours, vj. shillings viij. d, the which Iohn Payne of knyghton was I-woned to paye yerely to the forsaid abbesse and Couente of Godestowe; 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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London :: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,
1911 [i.e.1905-11.]

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