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The English register of Oseney abbey / by Oxford, written about 1460. Ed., with an introduction and indexes, by Andrew Clark.

Betrynton [Batterton, Berks.] , Harewell, ledecumbe, and in Elflynton [Elfreton in Welford parish, Berks.] of thre hides and of þe mylle, of Craneforde [Cranford in Northts., near Kettering.] , leyes [Leyes is probably Northleigh, supra.] , tenesshe [Tenesshe is perhaps Asshe, supra.] , Tenyeth [Tenyeth (or Peryeth, as in the Latin) is probably Woodperry, supra.] ; Haurugge [Hawridge, Cotslow hundred, Bucks.] , Koleston [Coleston- or Colston-Basset, Notts.] , Messeworth [Marsworth, Cotslow hundred, Bucks.] , and clop|pam [Clapham, Beds.] ; and all þe tithe of þe Demayne of Wolgarcote [Marginal note: 'Note for tithes of the demesne of Wulgarcote,' i.e. Wolver|cote.] , and in Baldynton [Baldon, Oxon.] of thre hides, and in Wauerton [Waverton, or Warton, in Leominster parish, Herefordshire.] , of þe demayne, of Croftes [Croftes seems to be another name for the manor in Waverton, which paid tithe to Oseney.] and Tewycrosse [Twycross in Orton-on-the-hill parish, Leicestershire.] ij. parties of all maner tithes, ande in Ibston þe tithe of oon hide, and in Cutlynton ['Curtlinton' in the Latin, i.e. Kirt|lington.] , þe tithe of j. hide, ande in Cawdewell þe tithe of three ȝerdes. Wherefore I wille and surely charge þat þe chanons of þe foresaide church and pere successours haue and holde, well and in peece, all tenementes londis rentis tithis and possessions þe which þey haue in all þe forsaide maners, and also of me and my eyres or my men may geete in tyme to come, with all liberteis [Marginal note: 'Note and marke þe liberties.'] and free customs þe which I euer had or oony of myne aunceturs; and þat pey haue þere courte ffre of here men of all maner transgressions or mysdoynges [As usual, the word introduced by 'or' is an alternative English word for the pre|ceding Latinism. The Latin is 'de omni|modis transgressionibus et defaltis.'] ande defautes; and been quyte, bothe they and there tenauntes, of all maner sutes of my cowrte, and of sute of my myllis, and of all demaundis or axynges [Latin: 'de omnimodis demandis ex|cepta iustitia mortis et membrorum.'] , outetake Justice or ryȝght of deth or of membres. And if þey or there men be amercid agaynst me or myne eyres of [Read 'or': 'seu.'] my baylyffs for oony cause, trespas, or forfete, all mercys [Marginal note: 'Note for ffynes & amerciamentes, &c.'] and mercymentes and all fynes and all profytes and all outegoynges [Latin, 'exitus.'] of pleys þat comen forthe of þem or of þere men shall be of þe chanons selfe, withoute oony agayne-holdyng to me or to myne heyres, weþer hit be for defautes or for oony other cawse. Also I will and charge surely þat þe saide chanons ande þere suc|cessours
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The English register of Oseney abbey / by Oxford, written about 1460. Ed., with an introduction and indexes, by Andrew Clark.
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