About 1200. Grant to Godstow, by Robert of Seuke|worth, of the tithes of two full|ing-mills.
THE sentence of thys chartur is, that Robert of Sevecowrthe gaf & grauntyd & confirmyd wīth hys chartur, with the assent of hys eyerys, to god & to our lady Seynt Marie & to seynt John Baptist of Godstowe, & to the mynchons there seruinge god, for the helthe of hys sowle, & of hys aunceturs, in-to pure & perpetual almes, tythe of hys two myllis fuleree in Seve|cowrthe, & that hys gyft shulde be sure, & neuer be broke, he made hyt stronge by settynge to of hys seele; these beynge wytnes: & is with-out date.
[[NOTE.—The mills of which the tithes were given by the father (no. 25) were corn-mills (the Latin having 'in bladis et nummis et piscibus'). These, in the son's gift, must be different, being fulling-mills for the felting of woollen-cloth ('decimas duorum molendinorum meorum fuleree in Seuecordia').]]About1240. Grant by William of Sewke|worth, to the church there, of tithe of the meadow held by Godstow (no. 25).
I, William of Seuekeworthe, grant to the church of Sewke|worth the tithe of that meadow which my ancestors gave to Godstow, and, in augmentation of the tithes, if they are in|sufficient, pasture for two oxen in my meadows with my own oxen in wood and plain, etc., and the half of the water-course of Dudwell. Confirmed by the seal of the bishop of Salisbury. Witnesses:—Thomas, then vicar of Sewkeworth; William Moreton, archdeacon of Berkshire and dean of Abingdon; Walter of Sewkeworth; Robert of Boteley.
About 1135. Grant to Godstow, by Robert, son of Vincent, of a site near Wytham, for a collecting|reservoir, and of leave to bring the connecting pipe over his lands.
THE sentence of thys dede is, that Robert [See his gift of land in 1138/9 (no. 4).] the sone of vyncent, lord of Wyhtham, hath grauntyd & confirmyd to the Mynchyns of Godstowe, for the helthe of hys soule & many othyr rehersyd, a plase to make an hede of her water cundit, to haue
