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

and in brede and in depenesse, yeldyng therof yerely to them and to ther heires xiij. d, at ij. termes of the yere, for all seruyce, that is to sey, vj. d obolus at Ester and vj. d obolus at Mighel|masse. And for ther graunte, & cetera, the afore-named Waryne yaf to them ij. marke of siluer for a recognicion. And they and ther heires warantiȝed to the forsaid Waryne and to his heires the foresaid lond, holy, ayenst all men and women that myght live or dye. And for-asmoche as they willed that the forsaid lond shold be sure to the forsaid Waryne and to his heires, of them and ther heires, they confermed hit to-gedirs with ther seales, & cetera.

A charter of Stephyn fitȝ Waryne Miller of Oxen|ford I-made to the mynchons of Godestowe for shiphalle and another halle in Seynt Iohn-is strete in Oxenford, & cetera.

About 1230. Cancelled draft (see no. 530) of grant to Godstow, by Stephen son of Waryn miller, of no. 526 (now called Ship Hall); and of no. 639; and of no. 528. Quit-rent to the mesne lord, 2d. Purchase|money, £6 13s. 4d.

THE sentence of this charter is, that Stephyn fitȝ Waryne yaf, & cetera, to god & cetera and to the mynchons of Godestowe, for hym and his heires for ever, ther [Take in after 'Godstowe.'] seruyng god and to serue for euer, for the helthe of his sowle and for the sowles of his fadir and modir and also of his wyf Molde, all the londe that he had by right heritage and possessed in the towne of Oxenford, with all his pertynentis, that is to sey, all that lond that his fadir bought of Adam fitȝ Richard Goldsmyth, the which lieth bitwene the kyngis hye-wey and the lond that was somtyme of william kysseblancpayn, And the said lond strecchith hit-self in depthe vnto the lond that was somtyme of Thomas fitȝ Ailrich and vnto the lond that was somtyme of Robert Pur of chestre behynde the lond that was some [folio 132] tyme of William kysseblanc|payn the which is in seynt Frideswith parisshe; Also all the lond that he held and had of the priour of seynt Frideswith, the whiche is in seynt Iohn-is strete of Oxenford, the which lieth bitwene the lond that Albert somtyme held and the lond that Wil|liam Waterman somtyme held; Also all the lond that he held and had of Richard Rasy and Gunnylde his wyf, that is to sey, that lieth bitwene the lond that was somtyme of Adam Chynnore, and the lond that his fadir held somtyme of Adam fitȝ Richard Goldsmyth: To be hold and to be had for euer, to the said

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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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