hit shold come to, without our licence and of the chief lordis of the which the same thynge was holden, willyng never|thelesse to our welbeloved Roger of wrytell by speciall grace we have yoven licence in as moche as is in vs, that he a [Observe Latin order: agent, object, verb; instead of English: agent, verb, object.] mesuage, sixe yerdes lond, with a mylle, and thirty shillyngis of rent, with the pertynentis, in Brode Bluntesdon and Chelleworth, may yeve and assigne to our welbeloued in crist the Abbesse and Covent of Godestow: To hold and have, to hem and to theire successours for evermore. And to the same Abbesse and Covent, to [For 'to' read 'that they.'] the forsaid Mesuage, lond, mylle, and rent, of the forsaid Roger may resceive, by this present writyng, in like wise, we have graunted special lycence. Not willyng that the same Roger nor the for|said Abbesse and Covent by reson of the statute aforseid by vs or by our heires therof be occasioned in any wise or greved. Savyng nathe-lesse to the chief lordis of that fee services therof dew and acustomed. [folio 210] In witnesse of which thynge thise we have made our lettres patentis: witnessyng my-self, at west|mynstre, the tenthe day of Iuyn, The yere of our reigne xiij.
1285. Grant to Godstow, by Roger of Writele, of all his lands and manorial rights in Broad Blunsdon, Eastrop, Highworth, and Chal|worth, out of which £2 is to be spent as a pittance on his anni|versary. Godstow is to give a place in the prayers of the com|munity to Roger and his relatives.
THE sentence of this charter is, that Roger of wrytell of Brodebluntesdon, with the consent and wille of Agneis his wyf, yaf, graunted, and by his present charter confermed, and all-wey for hym and his heires quyteclaymed, to god and to the chirch of our Lady Seynt Marie and of Seynt Iohn Baptist of Godestow and to the mynchons ther servyng god and for evermore to serve, for the helthe of his soule and of Agneis his wyf and of Isabell somtyme his wyf, and for the soules of theire fadirs and Modirs and for all theire good doers, in fre and perpetuel almesse, all his londes in Brode bluntesdon, and in Estthorp in the towne of Heylbreche [In error for 'Heyworthe.'] , and in Chelleworthe, with mansions and bildyngis, gardeyns, Culuerhouse, Mille, fre holders, bond|holders, with all her sequele, Coterell, rentis, werkis, helpis, wardis, relefis, eschetis, fynes of londes, redempcions of progeny|tours,