xv. acris and [Read 'of.'] londe, and the forsaide pasture, with his pertinences, of þe forsaide Roger & his [heirs], in-to pure and perpetuell almes, frely and quietly fro all seculer seruice and exaccion for Euer: and the same Roger and his heyres schall warantiȝe, aquite, and Defende, to the same Abbot and to his successours and to his church aforesaide, þe forsaide xv. Acris of londe, and all þe foresaide pasture, with his pertinences, as it is i-saide afore, as ffree pure and his perpetuell almys, agaynste all men for Euer. And as [Omit 'as.'] for this relese, ande quyte-clayme, warantiȝyng, acquityng, defendyng, fine, and concorde, þe for|saide Abbot recognized and grauntid x. marke [Read 'acres,' as in the Latin, and lower down.] of londe, with þe pertinences, in the foresaide towne of stepulbarton, þat is to say, all that telth, with þe pertinences, þe which lieth Bitwene þe howse þe which whas sumtyme of Richard prynke and Brec|forlonge, with the mede of Blacwell that to þo þe [Omit 'þe.'] x. acris of londe perteyneth, as [i.e. 'to be the right': 'esse ius.'] ryȝght of the same Roger, as þoo þe which þe aunceturs of the same Roger had in-to Eschaunge for the [Omit 'the.'] x. acris of londe of the forsaide xv. acris within the for|saide close: to be had and to be holde, to the same Roger and to his heyres, free and quiete fro all [secular] seruice and exaccion for Euer: And the same Abbot and his successours schall warantiȝe, acquite, and defende, to þe same Roger and to his heyres, the foresaide x. acris of londe, with the foresaide mede, and all his other pertinences, free ande [folio 31b] quite fro all seculer seruice & exaccion agaynste all men for Euer.
[139.]
About 1222. Perpetual lease to Oseney, by St. John's Abbey, Col|chester, of Colches|ter tithes and lands in this district, for £3 yearly, under penalty of £6 13s. 4d. on occasion of each fail|ure to pay the rent; with obliga|tion to en|tertain at Oseney the Abbot of Colchester, his retinue, and eight horses, for three days on each occasion of his coming near Ox|ford. Lease to begin upon expiry of the ex|isting lease to John son of William of St. John. Colchester to give war|ranty, if needed, but Oseney to pay the costs. Provisions for re-writ|ing and re|sealing the deed, in case of damage. Each new abbot of Oseney (personally or by de|puty) to re|new these covenants at Colches|ter, and offer a bezant of gold, under penalty as above. Oseney to discharge all burdens due by said titho.
THIS is the conuencion [In 1222, about June, a council was held at Oxford, to make canons conform|able to those of the Lateran Council of 1215. The abbot of Colchester may well have attended this, and talked over the Barton property with the abbot of Oseney. Oseney had just acquired (no. 136) the rectory of Barton. See The Essex Review, xiv. 149.] i-maade bitwene thabbot and Couent of Colchester of the oone parte, and thabbot and Couent of Oseney of the oþer, that is to say, þat the foresaide Abbot and munkes haue i-grauntid and take to þe saide chanons all the tithis (both more ande smale) towchyng them in the pariches [of [Added from the Latin.] the churches] of Barton [Names noted in the margin: but spelling 'Sandeford.'] and of Sanforde [Names noted in the margin: but spelling 'Sandeford.'] and in ledewell [Names noted in the margin: but spelling 'Sandeford.']
