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

women, cristen and Iewes. And for this yifte, & cetera, the forsaid abbesse and Couent yaf to hym v. marke of sterlyngis afore-handes. And that this his yifte, & cetera.

[4. Rent-charge acquired from William of Brackley.]
A quyte-clayme of William Brakley and Alice his wyf for xij. d of yerely rente of a Celer in horse|mongerstrete in the subarbis of Oxenforde.

About 1290. Sale to Godstow, by William of Brack|ley, of a quit|rent of 1s. Purchase|money, £1 6s. 8d.

THE sentence of this quyte-clayme is, that William Brakley and Alice his wyf, with one consente and ther owne good wille, lette, graunted, and vttirly quyte-claymed, for them and ther heires, to Mable Wafre, abbesse of Godestowe, and to the Covent of the same place and to ther successours, all the right and clayme that they had, or in ony wise myght have, in xij. d. of yerely rente, the which they were wonyd to resceive for that Celer that is I-sette in horsemongerstrete, bitwene the entryng of Iohn Enysham of the west parte and the lond of Walter Feteplace of the Est parte, in the subarbis of Oxenford: To be had and to be holde, the said xij. d. of yerely rente, to the forsaid abbesse and Couent and to ther successours, frely quyetly wele and in pease for ever: So that nother they (William and Alice), nother none of there heires, nother none by them or for them, myght further axe ony right or clayme in the said xij. d. of yerely rente. And for þis [folio 124b] letyng, graunte, and quyte-clayme, the said abbesse and Couent yaf to them ij. marke of sterlyngis before-handes. Into witnesse, & cetera.

[5. Alienation of Godstow land in St. Mary Magdalene parish.]
[folio 125b] A Charter of Mabile abbesse of Godestowe I-made to god and to oure lady and to seynt Cutberte and to the priour and covent of Dureham for a cer|tayn londe arable in Bewmounte fro a certeyn diche thurte over in Bewmounte.

About 1290. Sale by Godstow, to Durham Priory, of land towards a site for Durham College, and of a rent|charge, and of tithes over lands there; and of rights in waste land near Peril|ous Hall; with all manorial casualties over said lands; quit-rent, 10s. yearly. Powers of distraint. Exemption from tithes, great and small. Purchase|money, £13 6s. 8d.

THE sentence of this charter is, that Mabile, abbesse of Godestowe, and the couent of the same place, with one assent

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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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1911 [i.e.1905-11.]

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