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

ther seruyng god and to serue for euer, that mese that moold that was somtyme the wyf of William of Euestan held somtyme in the name of her dowry in the parissh of seynt Gyle in the subarbis of Oxenford, that (þat is to sey) that is I-sette bitwene the lond that was of Roger fitȝ Ive and the lond of Richard Wolgaricote: To be had and to be hold, of hym and of his heires, to the said mynchons and to ther successours, frely quyetly wele and in pease for euer, yeldyng therof yerely to hym and to his heires j. rose at the natiuite of seynt Iohn Baptist for all seruycis customes and seculer demaundis. And þe forsaid henry and his heires warantiȝed aquyted and defended for ever the said mese, with his pertynentis, to the said myn|chons and to ther successours, ayenst all peple. And for this yifte, & cetera, the said mynchons yaf to hym v. shillings of siluer in warison. And that this his yifte, & cetera.

A Charter of William Brampton of iiij. d of yerely rent of the tenement of William Toky in the parissh of Seynt Gyles of Oxenforde.

About 1270. Exchange between Godstow and William Brampton, of a quit|rent owned by Brampton to be held by a pepper|corn, for a strip of Godstow land.

THE sentence of this charter is, that William of Brampton yaf, & cetera, to god & cetera and to the mynchons of Godestowe there servyng god, iiij. d. of yerely rent, yerely to be take, at ij. termes of the yere, of all that mese that was of William Toky, with his pertynentis, that lieth bitwene [folio 96b] the lond that was somtyme of Hugh Sinot of the one parte and the lond þat was of Adam Fres of the other parte in the parissh of Seynt Gyle in the subarbis of Oxenford, that is to sey, at the Natiuite of seynt Iohn Baptist ij. d. of siluer, and at Mighelmasse ij. d. of siluer: To be had and to be hold, of hym and of his heires and his assignes, to the said Mynchons of Godestowe and to theire successours, frely and quyetly, wel and in pease, yeldyng therof yerely to hym and to his heires one corne of grayne of pepir in the fest of our lordis birthe for all seculer servicis customes and demaundes longyng to hym and to his heires. And the said william and his heires or his assignes warantiȝed aquyted and defended for euer the forsaid iiij. d. of yerely rent, as hit is dyuyded afore, to the said mynchons and to theire successours for euer. And for this yifte & cetera, the forsaid

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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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