forsaid Robert yaf to hym before-handes x. mark of sterlyngis in warison. And that all thise afore-written thynges shold be sure, & cetera [Witnesses as in no. 690.] .
[[NOTE.—The relation between nos. 701 and 702 is obscure. On the face of it, it looks as if Crompe, after selling the substantial interest in the land, conveyed to Godstow the feudal superiority over it, represented by the 2d. yearly quit-rent in no. 701. Godstow may have acquired Robert Butte's interest.]]About 1259. Grant to Godstow, by William Cromp, of land, as in 701.
THE sentence of this charter is, that William Cromp of Oxen|ford yaf & cetera, for hym and his heires, to god & cetera and to the mynchons of Godestow ther seruyng god, all that lond, with his pertynentis, the which was somtyme of Thomas Furbure, the which is bitwene his lond of the one parte and the lond that was somtyme of Osberte Vyleyne of the other, in seynt [folio 134] Mil|drethis parissh of Oxenford: To be had and to be hold, to the forsaid mynchons and to ther successours, into pure and per|petuel almesse, frely quyetly holy wele and in pease fro all seculer seruyce and demaunde as ony almesse myght frely be yove. And William and his heires warantiȝed aquyted and defended for euer the forsaid lond, with all his pertynentis, ayenst all men and women. And that this his graunte shold be sure, & cetera.
1318, April 23. Grant by Godstow, to Staple|don hall, of a per|petual lease of a tene|ment and curtilage at a quit|rent of 12s. Right of distraint not only in that tene|ment but in Hart Hall and Arthur Hall.
THE sentence of this Covenaunte is, that there was a coue|naunte I-made, bitwene the religious women dame Margerye abbesse of Godestowe and the Couente of the same place of the one parte, and the Rector and scolers of Stapilton halle [Now Exeter College.] of Oxenford of the other parte, that is to sey, þat the forsaid Abbesse and Couente graunted and toke, for them and ther
