& to be seruid with her owne chaplaynys, the fore-seyd bysshop william hathe ratified & confermyd. Furthermore he hathe [granted] to the fore-seyd seruaunt[s] of crist for to be free & quiete fro all exaccion, custom, & grefe, sauynge the bisshop's ryht, & the dignite of the churche of lincolne. And, for that it shulde be sure & ferme, he confermyd hit with hys wrytynge & seele: Thes beynge wytnes, as hyt is shewyd in the confermacion ther-of.
A.D. 1221. Ordinance by Hugh of Wells, bishop of Lincoln (1209-34), by authority of the Lateran Council (1215), of vicars in the churches of Wycombe, Bloxham, and St. Giles', Oxford. In Wy|combe, the vicar is to have a lodging, half of the ordinary offerings, and most of the small tithe. Godstow to have all other tithes and offer|ings. In Blox|ham, the vicar is to have the offerings and most of the small tithes of Bloxham & Milcomb, 'church|scot,' and a lodging. In St. Giles', Oxford, the vicar is to have half the offer|ings, most of the small tithes, and a lodg|ing. These vicars, and their deputies, must take oath of loyalty to Godstow.
THE sentence of thys dede is that Hugh, Busshop of lincolne, ordeynyd, by the autorite of the councel, in the churchys of Wycombe, Bloxham, & of seynt Gylys with-out Oxenford, admittid, & set in hem so ordeynyd, perpetual vicarys at the presentacion of the wellouyd dowhtyrs in crist the Abbas of Godstowe ['… for þe vicar of Wycombe,' in mar|gin.] & of hyr Mynchyns. The forseyd vicaragys byn sette & ordeynyd in thys maner:—that is to say, that the perpetual vicar of wycombe shall haue, in the name of hys vicary, a dwellynge-place assynyd to hym vppon the west syde of the hows of the Abbas of Godstowe; the half of all offerynges & vayles of the [folio V(17)] auter, with all the tethe of chese & all the eggys comynge forth to the churche in the vigil of hestur [The 'h' is erased. There are also many instances of 'h' being erased, in this way, in words which elsewhere begin with the erased letter.] , & all tethes of gese & all the tethys of gar|deynys & orchardys with-in [the borowe] (except and out-take the offrynges & the vaylys of fowre days by the yere, that is to say, of Candylmes-day [Purificatio B. V. M., 2 Febr.] , Goodfryday, Hesturday [The 'h' is erased. There are also many instances of 'h' being erased, in this way, in words which elsewhere begin with the erased letter.] , & Holy rode day in heruyst [Exaltacio Crucis, 14 Sept.] ; & out-take all tethys of wolle, flex, lambys, pigge, & calues whenne a hole calfe comyth forth; & out-take all frutes of gardynys & of orchardys with-out the borowe, & all tethe of [The Latin is: 'carduorum qui ad offi|cium fullonum pertinent.'] tesyls that longyn to the office of fullers, bothe with-in the towne, & also with-out the towne; out-take also all eggys comynge to the profit of the seyd churche, saue vppon hestur [The 'h' is erased. There are also many instances of 'h' being erased, in this way, in words which elsewhere begin with the erased letter.] eve; & except alle offryng of candel thorowe the yere, save the
