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EYNSHAM  CARTULARY 


EDITED  BY  THE 

REV.   H.  E.  SALTER,   M.A. 

NEW  COLLEGE,    OXFORD 

WITH  THREE  ILLUSTRATIONS 


VOL.  II 


PRINTED  FOR  THE  OXFORD  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY 
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PREFACE 

I 

In  the  preface  to  the  previous  volume  a  list  was  given  of  the  abbots 
of  Eynsham  with  their  dates ;  it  can  now  be  made  more  accurate  in  four 
details.  First,  we  can  extend  the  rule  of  Abbot  Thomas  Bradingstock 
as  late  as  October  20,  14 13,  by  means  of  a  deed  preserved  at  Lincoln 
College  (see  ii.  198).  Next,  the  date  of  the  death  of  Thomas  Oxin- 
ford  and  of  the  election  of  his  successor  John  Quenington  is  fixed 
by  an  entry  in  a  computus  roll  of  Michaelmas,  1441  (Harleian  Roll 
F.  13)  where  it  is  stated  that  a  certain  tenement  had  paid  no  rent 
during  one  quarter  of  the  year,  because  Thomas  Oxinford,  late 
abbot,  had  promised  that  it  should  be  free  of  rent  as  long  as  he 
lived,  and  that  for  the  first  quarter  of  the  year  he  was  alive;  he 
must  therefore  have  died  between  December  21, 1440,  and  March  25, 
1 4  41.  Thirdly,  the  interval  between  1483  and  1499  can  now  be 
nearly  bridged ;  for  an  acquittance  by  William  Walwayn,  preserved 
at  Lincohi  College  (see  iu  208  note)^  proves  that  he  was  alive  on 
September  29, 1493  ;  while  a  roU,^  giving  the  records  of  courts  held  at 
Shifford  dated  by  the  years  of  Abbot  Miles,  enables  us  to  say  that  his 
term  of  office  began  between  December  13, 1497,  and  March  28, 1498. 
Lastly,  the  date  of  the  resignation  of  Abbot  John,  and  of  the  appoint- 
ment of  his  successor  is  supplied  by  an  entry  in  Madox,'  which  states 
that  the  abbey  of  Evesham  was  in  the  king's  hands  from  August  i, 
1 281,  to  January  13,  1282.  At  Evesham  there  was  no  vacancy  at 
this  time,  and  Madox  should  have  read  the  name  as  Enesham. 

A  friend  has  pointed  out  that  the  words  '  periurus^et  dilapidator ', 
used  of  Abbot  Adam  (vol.  i,  p.  xix),  are  probably  a  hendiadys ;  by 
wasting  the  goods  of  the  monastery  he  broke  the  oath  he  had  made 
at  his  consecration. 

The  statement  that  Abbot  Dunstone  took  part  in  the  consecration 
of  Archbishop  Parker  (vol  i,  p.  xxxii)  is  not  quite  correct  Although 
the  Letters  Patent  of  Royal  Assent  to  the  election  of  Parker  were 
addressed  to  him  among  others,  so  that  it  must  have  been  known 

'  Court  Rolls,  197.63  (Record  Office).  '  History  oftJu  Exchiqtter^  p.  496. 


vi  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

that  he  was  willing  to  take  part  in  the  consecration,  he  was  not 
present  at  the  actual  ceremony.* 

II 

This  second,  and  concluding,  volume  of  the  Eynsham  Cartulary 
consists  of  three  parts : — 

pp.  1-154,  the  second  cartulary  of  Eynsham  preserved  at  Christ 
Church,  Oxford. 

pp.  i56-264>  *  collection  of  Eynsham  records  from  various  sources, 
supplementing  the  cartularies. 

pp.  255-371,  the  Vision  of  the  Monk  of  Eynsham. 

It  is  a  piece  of  good  fortune  that  so  many  additional  deeds  have 
been  discovered,  especially  as  some  of  them  throw  some  light  on 
what  is  often  the  most  obscure  part  of  the  history  of  a  monastery, 
its  last  fifty  years.  The  muniment  rooms  of  New  College,  Lincoln, 
Queen's,  and  Exeter  have  furnished  some  interesting  leases  and  sales 
to  which  attention  may  be  drawn.  Although  long  leases  w^re  for- 
bidden by  many  bishops,  and  at  one  time  a  limit  of  five  years  was 
laid  down,*  yet  we  have  a  lease  for  eighty  years  granted  in  1536  and 
another  for  ninety  years  granted  in  1537.'  In  1535  there  was  a  still 
more  extraordinary  case,  a  lease  for  ninety  years  to  begin  after  the 
death  of  the  present  tenant.^ 

It  may  be  that  some  of  these  favourable  leases  were  granted  when 
the  monks  saw  that  the  confiscation  of  their  property  was  inmiinent, 
but  the  accounts  of  1539  (ii,  pp.  250-4)  show  that  many  of  them 
date  from  early  in  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII.  They  were  a  feature 
of  the  Tudor  age  and  were  used  by  the  bishop  himself,  as  the 
episcopal  registers  show ;  as  a  fine  was  paid  at  the  beginning  of  such 
leases,  they  were  a  means  of  forestalling  the  income  of  posterity. 
Unfortunately  it  was  not  the  custom  to  mention  in  the  lease  what 
fine  was  p)aid ;  and  in  the  case  of  monasteries  we  do  not  know  what 
fund  received  such  fines.  Perhaps  the  most  curious  of  the  leases  is 
the  grant  to  Richard  Gunter  in  1534  by  which  he  obtained  for  ninety- 
nine  years  all  the  possessions  of  the  abbey  in  Oxford,  namely,  six 
tenements  and  a  garden  and  quit-rents  amounting  to  64^.  a  year, 
in  return  for  which  he  was  to  pay  to  the  abbey  26x.  8</.  a  year."  It 
is  obvious  that  to  secure  such  terms  he  must  have  paid  a  fine,  but  no 
information  is  given  on  this  point. 

Not  only  did  Eynsham  grant  these  long  leases,  but  in  more  than 


*  ^^^/^r^/Viri^  (Canterbury  and 
York  Society)  pp.  5  and  $1. 

*  See  below,  II,  p.  19a ^' 


'  See  pp.  340,  24 1. 

*  ib.,  p.  239. 

*  II,  pp.  346,  353. 


PREFACE  vii 

one  case  alienated  monastic  property.  Charter  694  shows  that  the 
abbey  was  parting  with  the  tithes  of  Appleton  in  1531 ;  in  1532 
it  gave  away  a  holding  in  Oxford  (see  ii,  p.  243);  in  1534  it  sur- 
rendered a  pension  of  £3  from  Lincoln  College  for  a  lump  sum  of 
£60;  and  in  1538  it  sold  the  advowson  of  Stanton  St.  John  to  the 
Bishop  of  Lincoln.^  When  we  examine  the  Valor  of  1535  we  find 
that  many  small  properties  possessed  by  the  monastery  at  the  end 
of  the  fourteenth  century  have  been  lost,  but  the  annual  accounts  of 
the  abbey  which  survive  are  not  sufficient  to  show  exactly  why  or 
at  what  time  or  for  what  price  they  were  alienated. 


Ill 

For  our  knowledge  of  the  abbey  of  Eynsham  and  of  its  histoiy  we 
have  two  sources  besides  what  is  printed  in  this  volume.  The  first 
is  a  manuscript  preserved  in  the  Bodleian  Library  (Bodl.  MS.  435) 
being  the  rule  of  the  abbey  drawn  up  by  a  certain  John  of  Wodeaton, 
one  of  the  monks.  The  manuscript  is  of  the  fourteenth  century, 
and  internal  evidence  shows  that  the  work  cannot  have  been  com- 
posed before  1230.  The  headings  of  the  chapters  are  given  in 
Dugdale's  Monastican,  vol.  iii,  pp.  7-10,  but  the  whole  is  worth 
printing.  It  will  be  found  to  throw  light  not  on  the  history  of  the 
abbey  but  on  its  internal  arrangements,  such  as  the  names  of  the 
officials  of  the  monastery  and  their  duties,  and  the  course  of  the  daily 
life  of  the  monks  of  Eynsham. 

The  second  source,  one  of  special  value  for  what  it  tells  us  of  the 
extent  and  management  of  the  prop>erties  of  the  abbey,  is  supplied 
by  a  collection  of  rolls  among  the  Harleian  Rolls  at  the  British 
Museum.  Of  these  more  than  150  belonged  to  £}'nsham  Abbey.  The 
following  is  a  list  of  them : — 
A.  42.  Dated  the  26th  year  (i.e.  Michaelmas  26  Hen.  VI,  1447). 

The  names  of  the  places  are  lacking  but  we  have  here : 

(i)  Computus  of  the  farmer  of  Wick  Rissington. 

(2)  Computus  of  the  farmer  of  Little  Rollright. 

(3)  Computus  of  the  farmers  of  Mickleton. 

A.  43.  Computus  of  the  collector  of  rents  of  Brookend,  Michaelmas, 

1380- 

B.  I.  Courts  held  at  Brookend  from  April  12,  1389,  to  June  19, 

1438 ;  in  all  38  courts. 
B.  2.  The  computus  of  the  collector  of  rents  for  Brookend,  Michael- 
mas, 1391. 

*  See  ii,  pp.  208,  242. 


viii  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

B.  3.  The  same  for  Michaelmas^  1393. 

B.  4.  The  same  for  Michaelmas,  1396. 

B.  5.  The  same  for  Michaelmas,  1398. 

B.  6.  The  same  for  Michaelmas,  1399. 

B.  7.  is  1414.        B.  8  is  1413.         B.  9  is  1420.        B.  10  is  1421. 

B.  II.  Courts  of  Brookend  from  May  30,  1441,  to  Mar.  25,  1462; 

in  all  12  courts. 
B.  12.  Courts  of  Brookend,  Dec.  14,  1469,  and  May  9,  1470. 
B.  13.  Courts  of  Brookend  from  July  i,  1479,  ^  ^V^^  '7)  ^49^ '  ^^ 

all  9  courts. 
B.  14  (on  paper)  Court  of  Brookend,  April  10,  1499. 
B.  23.  A  rental    of  Charlbury  and    its    hamlets;    viz.  Charlbury, 

Fawler,  Finstock,  Tapwell,  Cote,   and  ChadIingtoi\ ;  probably 

about  the  year  13 10. 
B.  24.  Computus  of  the  bailiff  who  had  charge  of  the  demesne  of 

Charlbury,  Sept.,  1341. 
B.  25.  Computus  of  rents  collected  by  the  bailiff  in  Fawler,  Finstock, 

and  Charlbury  for  the  quarter  from  June  11  to  Oct.  6,  1350. 

and  also  the  perquisites  of  the  courts. 
B.  26.  Computus  of  John  Wrench,  bailiff  of  Charlbury,  for  the  year 

ending  Sept.  29,  1354,  giving  the  accounts  of  the  demesne  farm, 

and  mentioning  among  his  expenses  the  entertainment  of  the 

servants  of  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln  who  was  on  his  visitation. 
B.  27.  A  similar  computus  of  John  Cubbul,  reeve  of  Charlbury; 

Sept.  29,  1355. 
B.  28.  Computus  of  John  Carpenter,  bailiff  of  Charlbury,  for  the 

year  ending  July  7,  1365. 
B.  29.  Computus  of  John  Cubbyll,  who   collected  assize  rents  of 

Charlbury  and    assart  rents  of    Charlbury  and    Spellesbnry; 

Sept.,  1367. 
B.  30.    Computus  of  John  Carpenter,  bailiff  of  Charlbury,   Sept, 

B.  31.  Computus  of  John  Swayne,  who  collected  assize  rents  of 

Charlbury,  Chadlington,  and  Cote,  and  assart  rents  of  Charlbury 

andSpellesbury;  Sept.  29,  1373. 
B.  32.  Computus  of  John  Sclater,  reeve  of  Charlbury,  for  ten  months 

ending  Sept  29,  1373. 
B.  33.  Computus  of  the  beadle  of  Charlbury,  giving  the  perquisites 

of  the  courts  and  the  profits  of  the  woods,  for  the  year  ending 

Sept  29,  1373. 
B.  34.  Computus  of  the  bailiff  of  Charlbury,  giving  the  accounts  of 

the  demesne  farm  and  of  the  woods,  Sept.  29,  1380. 


PREFACE  ix 

B.  35.  (i)  Computus  of  John  Baldok,  who  collected  assize  rents  of 
Charlbuiy,  Cote,  Chadlington,  Fawler,  and  Finstock,  and  assart 
rents  of  Charlbuiy,  Fawler,  Finstock,  Stonesfield  and  Spellesbury ; 
Sept.  29,  1394. 
(2)  Computus  of  William  Pomeray,  beadle  of  Charlbury,  giving  the 
profits  of  the  courts  and  of  the  woods ;  Sept.  29,  1394. 

B.  36.  Computus  of  the  collector  of  rents  in  Charlbury  and  its 
hamlets;  Sept  29,  1391. 

B.  37.  Computus  of  William  Pomeray,  beadle  of  Charlbury ;  Sept, 
29,  1396. 

B.  38.  Computus  of  William  Baugh,  collector  of  assize  rents  of 
Charlbury,  Cote,  Chadlington,  Fawler,  Finstock,  and  of  assart 
rents  from  Charlbury,  Fawler,  Finstock,  Stonesfield,  and  the 
*  tenants  of  Spellesbury  and  Cote';  Sept.  29,  1409. 

B.  39.  Computus  of  William  Pomeray,  beadle  of  Charlbury,  of  the 
profits  of  the  courts  and  the  woods ;  Sept.  29, 141 2. 

B.  40.  Another  by  the  same  man  for  the  year  ending  Sept.  29,  1419. 
Among  his  expenses  is  fourpence  laid  upon  the  abbot  because  of 
Charlbury  Bridge,  which  he  was  bound  to  repair. 

B.  41.  (i)  Computus  of  the  collector  of  assize  and  assart  rents  in 
Charlbury  and  its  hamlets;  Sept.  29,  1426. 
(2)  Computus  of  Snareston,  beadle  of  Charlbury ;  Sept.  29, 1426. 

B.  42.  (i) Computus  of  the  collector  of  rents  of  Charlbury;  Sept.  29, 

1431- 

(2)  Computus  of  T^lliam  Weller,  beadle  and  woodward ;  Sept.  29, 

1431- 

(3)  Computus  of  the  bailiff  of  Charlbury,  recording  the  bushels  of 
com  received  by  him  for  the  tithes  of  Charlbury,  Chadllngton, 
Fawler,  Finstock,  Walecot,  Shorthampton,  and  Chilson  with 
Thume ;  Sept.  29,  1431. 

C.  I.  (i)  Computus  of  Richard  Asshe,  collector  of  assize  rents  in 

Charlbury,  •  the  vill  of  Coote,' « the  vill  of  Fawler,'  and  '  the  vill  of 
Finstock',  and  assart  rents  in  the  fields  of  Charlbury,  Fawler, and 
Finstock,  and  from  the  tenants  of  Stonesfield  for  land  assarted  in 
the  fields  and  lordship  of  Charlbury  and  Fawler,  and  from  assarts 
in  the  fields  of  Cote ;  including  a  rent  of  three  barbed  arrows 
from  the  tenants  of  Charlbury  for  an  acre  of  land  called  *  Pleyyng 
place',  for  the  year  ending  June  24,  1448. 
(2)  Computus  of  John  Grey,  beadle  and  woodward  of  Charlbury ; 
June  24,  1448. 
C.  2.  (i)  Computus  of  William  Downesley,  bailiff  of  the  manor  of 
Charlbury,  who  was  in  charge  of  the  demesne.    He  also  accounts 


Sept.  29, 
1406. 


X  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

for  the  tithe  corn  received  from  Charlbury,  and  Fawler;  June  24, 
1448. 

(2)  Computus  of  Thomas  Brynne  and  William  Wrench,  farmers  of 
the  tithe  com  of  Chilson  and  Thurne;  June  24,  1448. 

(3)  Computus  of  William  Bekyngham,  fanner  of  the  tithe  com  of 
Pudlicot;  June  24,  1448. 

(4)  Computus  of  Thomas  Sercheden,  farmer  of  the  tithe  corn  of 
Walecot  and  Shorthampton ;  June  24,  1448. 

C.  3.  Computus  of  William  Sheparde,  collector  of  rents  in  Charlbury 

and  its  hamlets;  Sept.  29,  1528. 
C.  4.  A  court  of  George  Darcy,  knight,  for  Charlbury,  Fawler,  and 

Finstock;  Sept.  i,  1539. 

There  are  also   some  rolls  of  Charlbury  at  the  Record  Office, 
Ministers'  Accounts,  957. 18-26  : — 

18.  Computus  of  William  Pomeray,  beadle  of  Charlbury' 
Computus  of  William  Baugh,  collector  of  rents 
Computus  of  the  bailiflf  of  Charlbury 

19.  Computus  of  John  Maynard,  collector  of  rents  )  ^ 
Computus  of  William  Pomeray,  beadle  i  ^^P^'  ^^'  '^'^• 

20.  Computus  of  the  same  two  officials;  Sept.  29,  14 16. 

21.  Computus  of  the  same  two  officials;  Sept.  29,  1418. 

22.  Computus  of  John  Maynard,  collector  of  rents;  Sept.  29,  1419. 

23.  Computus  of  William  Pomeray,  beadle;  Sept.  29,  1420. 

24.  Computus  of  John  Martyn,  collector  of  rents;  Sept.  29,  1422. 

25.  Computus  of  William  Drinkwater,  collector  of  rents  1  Sept.  29, 
Computus  of  the  woodward  '  1442. 

26.  Computus  of  Thomas  Pauley,  giving  the  rents,  the  profits  of  the 

courts  of  Charlbury  and  the  tithe  corn  received  from  Chilson, 
Thurne,   Charlbury,    Cote,   Chadlington,    Shorthampton  and 
Walecot;  Sept.  29,  1457. 
Harleian  Rolls : — 
E.  17.  Four  courts  held  in  Newland  (Nova  Tlrra),  Eynsham,  between 

Michaelmas,  1307,  and  Hokeday,  1309. 
£.  18.  Three  courts  held  in  Newland,  Monday,  Oct.  6 ;  Monday, 

Oct  27,  1309,  and  Monday,  June  i,  13 10. 
E.  19.  Two  courts  of  Newland;  Monday,  Oct.  5,  1310,  and  Monday, 

Julys,  131 1. 
E.  20.  Three  courts  of  Newland;  Monday,  Oct.  4,  131 1,  Monday, 

Jan.  24,  and  Monday  after  Hokeday  (April  17),  131 2. 
E.  21.  Five  courts  of  Newland ;  Monday,  Oct  i ;  Monday,  Oct  22, 

1 31 3,  Monday  after  Hokeday  (April  29),  131 4,  Monday,  Sept  30, 

1 314,  and  Monday  after  Hokeday  (April  14),  131 5. 


PREFACE  xi 

E.  22.  Four  courts  of  Newland;  Monday,  Oct.  6,  1315;  Monday, 

Mar.  15;  Monday,  May  3;  Monday,  Oct.  4,  1316. 
£.  23.  Court   of  Eynsham   Manor  with  view  of  frankpledge  Sat., 

Nov.   17,  1296;   and  courts  on  Saturday  after  the  month  of 

Easter  and  Aug.  i  (Thursday)  1297. 
£.  24.  Courts  of  Eynsham  Manor  for  Saturday,  Jan.  25 ;  Sat.,  May  10 ; 

Sat.,  July  19;  Sat,  Aug.  i;  Tuesday,  Nov.  ii,  1337;  and  Sat., 

Sept.  26,  1338. 
E.  25.  Computus  of  William  Budd,  collector  of  rents  in  Eynsham  for 

the  year  ending  Sept.  29,  1358. 
£.  26.  Computus  of  William  Budd,  bailiff;  Sept.  29,  1360. 
E.  27.  (i)  Computus  of  John  de  Hamme,  granarius  of  Eynsham, 

Sept.  29,  1325.* 

(2)  Computus  of  William  Joye,  reeve  of  Eynsham,  collector  of  the 
rents  of  Eynsham,  Tilgarsley,  Hanborough,  Cassington,  and  of 
the  perquisites  of  a  view  of  frankpledge  and  four  courts  of  the 
manor;  Sept  29. 

(3)  Computus  of  Henry  de  Broughton,  bailiff  of  Wick  Rissington, 
for  nine  months  ending  Sept  29. 

(4)  Computus  of  Hugh  le  Smyth,  collector  of  rents  in  Charlbury ; 
Sept  29. 

(5)  Computus  of  the  reeve  of  Charlbury  for  the  half  year  ending  Feb.  2, 
giving  the  perquisites  of  the  courts  and  the  profits  of  the  demesne. 

(6)  Computus  of  the  bailiff  of  Mickleton,  including  rents,  tithes, 
and  profits  of  the  courts. 

(7)  Computus  of  Nicholas  de  Wythehull,  reeve  of  Rolhright,  in 
chaige  of  the  demesne  and  collector  of  rents.     Sept  29. 

E.  28.  Computus  of  Nicholas,  bailiff  of  the  home  farm  of  the  abbey, 

for  the  year  ending  Sept  29,  1377. 
E.  29.  Computus  of  Henry  Scrippe,  bailiff  of  the  home  farm ;  Sept  29, 

1385. 

E.  30.  Courts  ofNewland  for  [date  illegible];  Monday, Oct  i;  Monday, 
Oct.  22;  Monday,  Nov.  12,  1386;  Monday  after  Hokeday; 
Monday,  Sept  30,  1387;  Monday,  April  20;  Monday,  Oct.  5, 
1388;  and  Monday  after  Hokeday,  1389. 

E.  31.  The  complete  account  for  the  year  ending  Michaelmas,  1390,  of 
the  receipts  and  expenditure  of  the  abbey ;  printed  below. 

E.  32.  A  rental  of  Eynsham,  of  Tilgarsley  \iiih  Hamstall  and  Cassing- 
ton, and  of  Hanborough ;  Sept  29,  1389. 

'  The  date  of  this  roll  is  the  'ninth  1335  or  153S,  bot  the  second  abbot  is 
year  of  Abbot  John';  as  two  abbots  generally  called  'John  de  B.'  to  dis- 
were  named  John,  the  date  might  be     tinguish  him  from  nis  predecessor. 


xii  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

£•  33*  Computus  of  iht  gareniarius  of  Eynsham  for  Sept.  29,  1393. 

F.  I.  Computus  of  the  bailiff  of  the  home  farm ;  Sept  29,  1394. 

F.  2.  Computus  of    Richard    Thrwsteyne,    collector    of    rents    in 

Eynsluun,  Tilgarsley»  Hamstall,  Cassington,  and  Hanborough; 

Sept  29,  1414. 
F.  3.  Computus  of  John  Scrippe,bailiflf  of  the  home  farm;  Sept  29, 1415. 
F.  4.  (i)  Computusof  John  Shoort,  bailiff  of  the  home  farm;  Sept  29, 

1404. 

(2)  Computus  of  William  Makerell,  coUector  of  rents  in  Newland. 

(3)  Part  of  a  computus  of  the  collector  of  rents  in  Eynsham, 
Tilgarsley,  &c. ;  Sept  29,  1404. 

F.  5.  (i)  Computus  of  Edward  yi^son^gareniarius;  Sept  29,  1406. 

(2)  Computus  of  Thomas  Chaundeler,  collector  of  rents  in  New- 
land;  Sept  29,  1406. 

(3)  Computus  of  Robert  Tanner,  bailiff  of  the  town  of  Eynsham, 
collector  of  the  perquisites  of  seven  portmotes,  held  between 
Oct  26  and  May  25. 

{4)  Computus  of  Thomas  Aleyn,  bailiff  of  Newland,  collector  of  the 
perquisites  of  two  courts  held  during  the  year  ending  Sept  29, 1 406. 

F.  6.  (i)  Computus  of  John  Busseby,  collector  of  rents  in  Eynsham, 
Tilgarsley,  Hamstall,  &c. ;  Sept  29,  1406. 
(2)  Computus  of  Walter  Attewater,  beadle,  collector  of  the  perquis- 
ites of  six  manorial  courts,  held  Oct  26,  Jan.  14,  Mar.  22,  May  3, 
July  28,  Sept  17  and  a  view  of  frankpledge  on  Sept  25;  collector 
also  of  hidage,  of  Peter's  Pence,  and  of  the  pannage  of  customary 
tenants  as  appears  on  the  roll  of  the  court  of  Poukebrugge. 

F.  7.  (i)  Computus  of  RichardThrwsteyne,^<zr«»/anitf';  Sept  29, 1415. 

(2)  Computus  of  William  Bromale,  collector  of  rents  in  Newland ; 
Sept  29,  1415. 

(3)  Computus  of  William  Bromale,  bailiff  of  Newland,  collector  of 
the  perquisites  of  two  courts  held  in  Newland. 

(4)  Computus  of  William  Barbour,  bailiff  of  the  town,  collector  of 
the  perquisites  of  the  courts  of  Porttnote  held  Oct  i,  Nov.  12, 
Dec.  24,  Jan.  21,  Feb.  25,  Mar.  25,  Monday  after  Hokeday, 
May  27,  June  17,  July  i6- 

(5)  Computus  of  Robert  Aleyns,  beadle,  collector  of  the  perquisites 
of  six  courts  of  the  manor  and  one  view  of  frankpledge;  collector 
also  of  hidage  and  Peter's  Pence. 

F.  8.  A  court  of  Powkebrugge  held  Nov.  11,  14 17. 
A  view  of  frankpledge  held  Friday,  Sept  26,  1420. 
Courts  of  the  manor  of  Eynsham  held  Monday,  Oct.  4,  141 7; 
Feb.  21,   Monday  after  Hokeday,  July  15,  Sept  12,  Oct.  3; 


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Dec.  5,  1418,  Monday  after  Hokeday,  July  10,  Oct.  2,  Oct.  23^ 
1 419,  Tuesday,  Feb.  6;  Monday  *post  dominicum  Passionis' 
(March  25),  Monday,  May  6;  Monday  after  the  Feast  of  Holy 
Trinity,  Monday,  Nov.  4,  1420;  Monday,  Jan.  13,  Monday  after 
Hokeday,  and  Monday,  July  21,  142 1. 

F.  9.  Courts  of  Newland,  Monday,  Oct.  4,  14 17,  the  Monday  after 
Hokeday  and  the  Monday  after  Michaelmas,  14 18,  the  Monday 
after  Hokeday,  141 9,  Monday,  May  6,  and  the  Monday  after 
Michaelmas,  1420. 

F.  10.  Computus  of  John  Cole,  bailiff  of  the  home  farm,  Sept.  29, 1 4 1 9. 

F.  II.  Computus  of  John  Brounhale,  collector  of  rents  in  Eynsham, 
Tilsgarsley,  Ac. ;  Sept.  29,  1427. 

F.  12.  (i)  Computus  of  John  Bryd,  collector  of  the  rents  of  Newland, 
which  he  paid  to  *  Master  Walter  Sandewyche,  general  receiver ' 
of  the  income  of  the  monastery;  Sept.  29,  1438. 

(2)  Computus  of  Richard  Blakeman,  bailiff  of  the  town,  collector  of 
the  perquisites  of  thirteen  courts  of  Portmote ;  Sept.  29,  1 438. 

(3)  Computus  of  John  Stokeman,  woodward.  '  De  attachiamentis 
in  bosco  domini,  ut  patet  in  curia  tenta  ibidem  die  Lime  proxima 
post  festum  sancti  Michaelis  ilr.  \d, ;  et  de  viii^.  de  perquisitis 
alterius  curie.' 

(4)  Computus  of  John  Carpenter,  beadle,  collector  of  the  perquisites 
of  the  manorial  courts  and  of '  viWd.  being  the  perquisites  of  the 
pannage  of  the  pigs  of  Powkebrege,  as  in  the  roll  of  the  court ' ; 
Sept.  29,  1438. 

(5)  Computus  of  Richard  Fox,  farmer  of  the  Rectory  of  South 
Newington  for  the  year  ending  Mar.  25, 1439 ;  part  of  the  money 
was  paid  by  him  to  Master  Walter  Sandewyche  by  the  hands  of 
*  John  Beek,  master  of  the  new  college  of  Lincoln  in  Oxford '. 

(6)  Computus  of  William  Wyntour,  collector  of  the  rents  of  New- 
land;  Sept.  29,  1427. 

(7)  Computus  of  John  Blakeman,  woodward,  collector  of  the  per- 
quisites of  two  courts,  probably  courts  of  the  manor;  Sept  29, 1427. 

(8)  Computus  of  John  Vyntenar,  bailiff  of  Newland,  collector  of 
the  perquisites  of  two  courts  of  Newland ;  Sept.  29,  1427. 

(9)  Computus  of  John  Hynebest,  bailiff  of  Eynsham  town,  collector 
of  the  perquisites  of  five  portmotes  held  during  the  year  ending 
Sept.  29,  1427. 

F.  13.  (i)  Computus  of  John  Blakeman,  collector  of  the  rents  of 
Eynsham,  Tilgarsley,  &c.     Sept.  29,  1441. 
(2)  A  *  visus  computi ',  or  quarterly  account,  of  William  Brounhale, 
for  the  quarter  ending  Mar.  14,  1442. 


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(3)  Computus  of  William  Blakeman,  bailiff  of  the  portmote,  who 
collected  the  perquisites  of  fourteen  portmotes  for  the  year  ending 
Sept.  39,  1 44 1.  It  is  evident  that  by  this  time  the  receiver- 
general  was  the  abbot,  not  Master  Walter  Sandwych :  a  new 
abbot  was  appointed  early  in  144 1. 
F.  14.  (i)  Computus  of  John  Lynby,  fisherman,  in  charge  of  the 
fishery  of  the  Abbey ;  Sept.  29,  1442. 

(2)  A  list  of  the  expenses  of  the  fishery,  e.  g.  in  nets,  '  clereweles ' 
*  eseweles '  and  a  *  drystewele '. 

(3)  A  rental  of  Tilgarsley,  giving  the  names  of  the  fields. 

(4)  A  rental  of  demesne  land  in  Eynsham,  leased  to  tenants. 

(5)  A  schedule  giving  the  names  of  three  to  whom  William  Page, 
woodward,  had  sold  brushwood  and  *  shrud'  of  oak. 

(6)  Computus  of  Robert  Blakeman,  collector  of  rents  in  Eynsham 
manor,  Sept.  29,  1442. 

(7)  Computus  of  John  Long  <capellanus^  collector  of  rents  in 
Newland;  Sept.  29,  1442. 

(8)  Computus  of  William  Page,  woodward. 

(9)  Computus  of  John  Carpenter,  beadle,  collector  of  the  perquisites 
of  four  courts  of  the  manor. 

(10)  Computus  of  John  Kene,  farmer  of  the  lands  and  tenements  in 
Eynsham  pertaining  to  the  Almoner ;  for  which  he  paid  £6  3^.  ^d. ; 
Sept.  39,  1442. 

(n)  Computus  of  John  Stokeman,  bailiff  of  Newland,  collector  of 
•   the  perquisites  of  two  courts  of  Newland. 

(12)  Computus  of  John  Stanley,  collector  of  the  perquisites  of  16 
portmotes ;  Sept.  29,  1442. 
F.  15.  Computus  of  John  Webbe,  bailiff  of  the  home  farm  {ballwus 

husbandrie)  for  the  half  year  ending  June  24,  1446. 
F.  16.  (i)  Computus    of  John    Middeltone,   collector    of  rents    in 
Eynsham,  Hamstall,  Hanborough,  Cassington  and  Wightham, 
for  the  quarter  ending  Sept.  29,  1453. 

(2)  Computus  of  Richard  Payn,  collector  of  rents  from  leases  in 
Tilgarsley. 

(3)  Computus  of  Richard  Payn, '  firmarius  piscarie  separalis  aque 
Thamisie ; '  lor.  for  this  quarter. 

(4)  Computus  of  Richard,  Payn  '  beadle '  (sic)  of  the  portmote  and 
of  William  Comysshe,  beadle  of  the  manor  court,  for  the  per- 
quisites of  courts  held  wiihin  the  quarter. 

(5)  Computus  of  Thomas  Dustelyng,  woodward,  for  wood 
sold. 

(6)  Computus  of  Thomas  Dustelyng,  collector  of  rents  in  Newland, 


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and  of  John  Stokeman,  bailiff  of  Newland,  collector  of  the  per- 
quisites of  the  court  of  Newland. 

(7)  Computus  of  Thomas  Dustelyng,  collector  of  rents  pertaining  to 
the  Almoner  for  this  quarter. 

(8)  Computus  of  Thomas  Robyns,  bailiff  of  the  home  farm;  among 
his  expenses  was  the  fetching  of  wine  from  Northleach  and 
provisions  from  '  Cambridge  and  Stourbridge  Fair '. 

(9)  Computus  of  Thomas  RobynSy  grangtd/or  (i.e.  in  charge  of  the 
bams). 

(10)  Computus  of  John  Dog^ii, garen/artus  (i.e.  in  charge  of  the 
granaries). 

(n)  Computus  of  Thomas  Dustelyng,  staurartus  (i.e.  in  charge  of 
the  live  stock). 

F.  17.  (i)  Computus  of  Thomas  Wykes,  collector  of  rents  inEynsham, 
Hampstall,  Cassington  and  Wightham ;  Sept.  29,  1457. 
(2)  Computus  of  Richard  Payn,  collector  of  rents  of  land  let  on 
lease  in  Eynsham  and  Tilgarsley ;  Sept  29, 1457 ;  among  his  ex- 
penses is  '  pro  cervisia  empta  in  recessu  episcopi  Lincolniensis ' ; 
probably  the  bishop  had  come  to  enthrone  the  new  abbot.  This  roll 
is  headed  '  anno  domini  Roberti  Faryngdon  pnmo  incipiente '. 

F.  18.  Courts  of  Eynsham  Manor  held   Monday  after  Michaelmas, 

1458,  Monday  after  Hokeday  and  Monday  after  Michaelmas, 

1459,  ^^^  Monday  after  Hokeday,  1460.  At  these  courts  a 
homage  attended  from  Hanborough  and  made  presentments  apart 
from  the  homage  of  Eynsham ;  perhaps  the  inclosures  in  Til- 
garsley were  let  to  men  of  Hanborough. 

F.  19.  A  rental  for  £3msham,  Tilgarsley,  Hamstall,  Cassington  and 
Hanborough ;  it  is  without  date,  but  it  is  later  than  1389  (E.  32) 
and  earlier  than  1440.  It  seems  to  be  the  rental  that  was  in  use 
in  14 1 4  (F.  2),  which,  as  we  are  there  told,  was  drawn  up  in 
1406. 

F.  20.  A  roll  of  the  expenses  of  the  abbey  for  a  year ;  imperfect  at  the 
beginning;  undated,  but  of  Michaelmas,  1406  (J>rtnied  below). 

F.  21.  Eighteen  portmote  courts  held  between  Monday,  May  14, 1453^ 
and  Monday,  June  3,  1454. 

F.  22.  A  list  of  the  closes,  part  of  the  demesne  of  Tilgarsley,  with  the 
names  of  the  tenants  and  their  rents;  undated. 

F.  23.  A  court  of  Eynsham  Manor  held  May  6,  1476. 

F.  24.  Computus  of  Thomas  Dustelyng,  bailiff  of  the  home  farm; 
Sept.  29,  1443. 

F.  25.  (i)  Computus  of  Geoffrey  Bryan,  bailiff  of  the  portmote  and 
beadle  of  the  manor  court.    He  accounts  for  2 1^.  ^d.  from  port- 


xvi  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

motes ;  but  nothing  from  Puckebrigge  court,  or  the  manor  court, 
ort  he  view  of  frankpledge,  for  lack  of  the  rolls ;  also  nothing 
irom  Peter's  Pence  '  quia  nullus  computans  apparuit '. 

(2)  Computus  of  Richard  Whithomei  woodward. 

(3)  Computus  of  Thomas  Wode,  collector  of  rents  in  Newland,  and 
of  William  West,  bailiff  of  Newland,  collector  of  the  perquisites 
of  two  courts  of  Newland. 

This  roll  is  undated,  but  it  mentions  what  took  place  '  in  the  sixth 
year'  of  Edward  IV:  it  is  therefore  after  1466. 
F.  26.  A  fragment;  perhaps  the  end  of  F.  28. 
F.  27.  A  roll  giving  the  expenses  of  the  monks  on  clothing ;  probably 

Michaelmas,  1404  {printed  btUruf). 
F.  28.  A  roll  giving  the  expenses  of  the  abbey  for  a  year;  undated, 

but  probably  1470  or  147 1  {printed  belcw). 
F.  29.  (i)  Computus  of  Thomas  Jaye,  siaurarius ;  about  ^  1454. 

(2)  Computus  of  Thomas  Jaye,  collector  of  the  rents  of  the  Almoner, 
amounting  to  £6  ox.  7(/.,  of  which  20s.  was  for  tithe  in  'Demford ' 
in  Wootton  parish. 

(3)  Computus  of  William  Aylewyn,  farmer  of  the  fishery,  for  which 
he  paid  £4  13X.  4^. 

(4)  Computus  of  Thomas  Probyn,  bailiff  of  the  home  farm. 

(5)  Computus  of  William  '^oVtl^x^  garentarius. 

F.  30.  (i)  Computus  of  Thomas  Smyth,  collector  of  the  rents  of  New- 
land;  Sept.  29,  1448. 

(2)  Computus  of  Thomas  Dawers,  bailiff  of  Newland,  collector  of 
the  perquisites  of  two  courts  of  Newland;  Sept.  29,  1448. 

(3)  Computus  of  Thomas  Dustelyng,  collector  of  the  rents  of  the 
'  Almoner,  amounting  to  £6  9X.  ^d, 

F.  31.  Court  rolls  of  the  portmote  of  Eynsham  for  April  13,  May  4, 
May  26,  June  15,  July  6,  July  27,  Aug.  17,  Sept.  7,  1461. 

F.  32.  A  court  of  Eynsham  Manor;  Sept  30,  1465. 

F.  33.  A  rental  of  Eynsham,  Tilgarsley,  Hampstall,  Wightham,  and 
Cassington;  Sept.  29,  1467. 

F.  34.  (i)  Computus  of  Hugh  Buelton  collector  of  the  rents  in 
Eynsham;  Sept.  29,  1471. 

(2)  Computus  of  William  Bryan,  bailiff  of  Eynsham  *burgus', 
collector  of  the  perquisites  of  portmotes;  Sept.  29,  1471. 

(3)  Computus  of  Thomas  Shorte,  beadle;  he  collected  56X.  6d. 
as  the  perquisites  of  the  manor  courts,  but  nothing  from  '  Pouke- 


1  This  roll  is  undated,  bot  Thomas  Probyn  was  bailiff  of  the  home  farm  in 
1453  (F.  16). 


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brigecourts*  nor   any  Peter's   Pence  'quia  non  comparuit  ad 
computum';  Sept.  29,  14  71. 

F.  35-  Twenty-eight  portmotes  of  Eynsham  held  between  Dec.  i8, 

1475  and  Aug.  11,  1477. 

G.  I.  Courts  of  Eynsham  manor;  Sept.  30,  1476,  and  May  5,  1477. 
G.  2.  (i)  Computus  of  Henry  Doget  and  John  Fellow,  who  have  a 

lease  of  the  manor  and  tithes  of  Southstoke  with  Exslade  and 
Woodcot;  Sept  29,  1470. 

(2)  Computus  of  William  Eyton,  collector  of  rents  in  Shifford ;  Sept. 
29,  1470.  It  mentions  that  Richard  Boyd,  rector  of  Northmoor, 
was  receiver-general  of  the  rents  of  Eynsham  for  part  of  this  year. 

(3)  Computus  of  Thomas  Pauley  for  the  demesne  lands  of  Charl- 
bury,  for  the  tithes  of  Charlbury,  Finstock,  and  Fawler,  and  for 
the  rectory  of  Brizenorton. 

(4)  Computus  of  Richard  Kymer,  collector  of  rents  in  Charlbury. 

(5)  Computus  of  John  Strauke,  collector  of  rents  in  Milcombe, 
including  rents  from  Netherorton  and  Hempton. 

(6)  Computus  of  John  Hamond,  who  had  a  lease  of  the  manor  of 
LitUe  RoUright. 

(7)  Computus  of  William  Shephurde,  collector  of  rents  in  Wood- 
eaton,  including  rents  from  Baldon  and  Milton. 

(8)  Computus  of  Hugh  Buelton,  supervisor  of  the  woods,  and 
Thomas  Stanley,  woodward  of  Eynsham. 

(9)  Computus  of  Richard  Bray,  collector  of  rents  in  Newland. 

(10)  Computus  of  Richard  Holway,  bailiff,  collector  of  the  perquisites 
of  the  courts  of  Newland. 

(11)  Computus  of  John  Mery,  beadle,  collector  of  the  perquisites 
of  the  courts  of  the  manor  of  Eynsham,  of  the  court  *  called 
Poukebrigecourt '  and  of  Peter's  Pence ;  Sept.  29,  1470. 

(12)  The  computus  of  Geoffrey  Brian,  bailiff,  collector  of  the 
perquisites  of  the  portmotes  of  the  '  burgus '  of  Eynsham. 

(13)  Computus  of  the  staurarius. 

G.  3.  Three  courts  of  Eynsham  manor  for  1477. 

G.  4.  Two  courts  of  Newland  for  the  year  ending  Sept.  29,  1478. 

G.  5.  Two  courts  of  Eynsham  manor  for  the  year  ending  Sept  29, 

1479- 
G.  9.  Computus  of  William  Glover,  collector  of  rents  in  Eynsham ; 

Sept  29,  1 46 1. 
G.  7.  Computus  of  Thomas  Dustelyng,  woodward;  Sept  29,  1447. 
G.  8.  Computus  of  William  Woodde,  bailiff  of  Newland,  collector  of 

the  rents  of  Newland  and  of  the  perquisites  of  the  court. 
G.  9.  (paper)  The  amercemefits  of  seven  portmotes  held  between 
n  b 


xviii  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Mar.  I  and  Nov.  15,  1518 ;  two  of  them,  held  May  6  and  Oct.  4, 

are  called  *  great  portmotes '. 
G.  10.  (paper)  (i)  Computus  of  Richard  Holwey,  bailiff  of  Newland, 

collector  of  the  perquisites  of  the  courts ;  probably  *  1469. 
(2)  Computus  of  John  Bray,  collector  of  the  rents  of  Newland. 
G.  II.  Computus  of  Hugh  Buelton,  supervisor  of  woods,  and  Thomas 

Stanley,  woodward;  Sept.  29,  147 1. 
G.  12.  Computus  of  John  Barry,  collector  of  rents  in  Eynsham ; 

Sept  29,  15 1 8.     The  rents  are  recorded  as  in  Eynsham  Street, 

Mill  Street,  Thames  Street,  and  Acre  end. 
G.  13.  Computus  of  John  Godwin,  collector  of  rents  in  Eynsham; 

Sept.  29,  1523. 
H.  I.  Part  of  a  computus  for  Histon  manor  and  tithes;  Sept.  29, 

M4S- 
I.  17.  Computus  for  Milcombe;  Sept.  29,  1438. 

18.  Computus  for  Milcombe ;  Sept.  29,  1423. 

19.  Seven  courts  held  at  Milcombe  between  Feb.,  1452,  and  May, 

1457. 
K.  31.  Courts  of  Little  Rollright,  held  Dec.  14,  1469,  and  May  9, 

1470. 
K.  32.  (i)  Computus  of  John  Hamond,  farmer,  of  Little  Rollright 

manor;  Sept.  29,  1442. 

(2)  Computus  of  Robert  Dome,  farmer  of  Wick  Rissington. 

(3)  Computus  of  John  Faukener,  collector  of  the  rents  of  Brookend ; 
Sept.  29,  1442. 

K'  33*  (')  Computus  of  John  Hamond,  farmer  of  Little  Rolhright; 
probably  •  1444. 

(2)  Computus  of  William  Deye,  farmer  of  Wick  Rissington. 

(3)  Computus  of  Richard  Godye,  farmer  of  Fulbrook,  Bucks. 

(4)  Computus  of  William  Wighton,  farmer  of  Histon. 

(5)  Computus  of  John  Shadde,  farmer  of  the  rectory  of  South 
Newington. 

K.  41.  Computus  of  the  collector  of  rents  in  Shifford,  Aston,  Cote, 

and  Weld;  Sept.  29,  1381. 
L.  I.  A  similar  computus;  Sept.  29,  1392. 
L.  2.  Computus  of  the  reeve  of  Shifford,  in  charge  of  the  demesne  of 

Shifford;  Sept.  29,  1396. 
L.  3  (i)  Computus  of  the  reeve  of  Shifford,  for  the  demesne  land* 

Sept.  29,  1403. 
(2)  Computus  of  the  collector  of  rents ;  Sept.  29,  1403. 

*  There  is  no  date,  but  the  rector  of     gee  G.  a. 
Northmoor  ifvas  the  receiver-general :  '  Perhaps  1443.    It  is  undated. 


PREFACE  xix 

L.  4.  Two  similar  computi ;  Sept.  29^  1406. 

L.  5.  Computus  of  the  collector  of  rents  of  Shiflford ;  Sept.  29,  1423. 

L.  6.  Computus  of  the  bailiflf  of  the  demesne  lands  of  Shiflford,  and  of 

the  collector  of  rents;  Sept.  29,  1428. 
L.  7.  Computus  of  the  farmer,  who  had  a  lease  of  all  the  rents  and 

the  demesne  lands  of  Shiflford ;  Sept.  29,  1434. 
L.  8.  Courts  held  at  Shiflford;  Dec.  10,  1434,  June  13  and  Dec.  i, 

1 435)  attended  by  three  homages  from  Shiflford,  Aston,  and 

Clay-Welde. 
L.  9.  Courts  held  July,  1436,  and  April,  1437. 
L.  10.  Computus  of  the  farmer,  who  had  a  lease  of  the  rents  and 

lands  of  Shiflford ;  Sept.  29,  1437. 
L.  II.  Two  courts  of  Shiflford  held  in  the  year  ending  Sept.  29, 

1442. 
L.  12.  Two  courts;  the  date  of  the  first  is  wanting;  the  second  is 

Oct.  20,  1458. 
L.  13.  Two  courts  held  in  the  year  ending  Sept.  29,  1460. 
L.  14.  Two  courts  held  Oct.  10,  1460,  and  May  27,  1461. 
L.  15.  Two  courts  for  the  year  ending  Sept  29,  1474. 
L.  16.  A  court  held  May  24,  1524. 
L.  17.  A  court  held  May  4,  1525. 
N.  27.  Thirty-eight  courts  of  Woodeaton,  from  June  24,  1441,  to 

Oct.  10,  1462. 
O.  20.  An  inquisition  about  the  repair  of  the  ferry-barge  at  Shiflford. 

Printed^  vol.  ii,  pp.  186-9. 
There  are  also  in  the  Record  OflBce  the  following : — 
Courts  Rolls  197.  62.    Ten  courts  of  Shiflford  held  between  Oct.  23, 

1481,  and  April  29,  i486. 
Courts  Rolls  197.  63.   Nineteen  courts  of  Shiflford,  from  May  31, 1498, 

to  Nov.  30,  1 5 10. 
A  court  of  Woodeaton,  Dec.  13,  igio. 
Courts  Rolls  197.  14.    (i)  Courts  of  Brookend  held  April  30  and 

June  30,  1382;  Feb.  7,  1385;  Sept.  25  and  Nov.,  1386. 
(2)  A  court  of  Rollright,  June  30,  1382. 
Ministers'  Accoimts  961.  20: — 

(i)  Computus  of  the  collector  of  rents  in  South  Stoke,  and  of  the 

woodward,  for  the  year  ending  Sept.  29,  1448. 

(2)  Computus  of  Edmund  Parson,  farmer  of  the  rectory  of  South 
Newington;  Sept  29,  1448. 

(3)  Computus  of  John  Folkes,  who  had  a  lease  of  all  lands  and 
rents  in  Shiflford;  Sept  29,  1448. 

Ministers'  Accounts  958.  20.   Computus  of  Thomas  Stowe,garenfanus 

b2 


XX  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

of  Eynsham,  for  the  year  ending  Sept.  29,  1356.    Among  his 

expenses  is  *  %d,  at  Bristol,  searching  for  fish '. 
Ministers'  Accounts  958.  2 1.  Computus  of  William  Bromhale,  collector 

of  rents  in  Eynsham,  Tilgarsley,   Hamstall,  Cassington,   and 

Hanborough;  Sept.  29,  14 18. 
Court  Rolls  197.  38,    Eleven  courts  of  Eynsham  manor;   one  on 

Oct.  I,  1473  2ind  the  others  between  Oct  i,  1481,  and  April  17, 

i486. 

It  is  obvious  that  it  would  be  impossible  to  print  all  these  rolls,  or 
any  large  portion  of  them ;  and  if  it  were  possible,  it  would  not  be 
advisable.  Court-rolls,  rentals,  or  computus  rolls,  whether  the  manor 
belonged  to  a  layman  or  a  monastery,  are  much  the  same ;  they  are 
useful  for  economic  and  for  local  history,  but  they  throw  little  light 
on  the  life  and  history  of  a  monastery.  It  is  true  that  from  such 
records  some  undertake  to  prove  that  as  landlords  the  monks  were 
exceptionally  lenient,  as  was  generally  said  of  them  after  they  were 
gone,  or  exceptionally  hard,  as  Bishop  Longland  said  was  the  case 
with  some  monasteries* ;  but  if  it  is  difficult  to  say  of  a  modem  lease 
that  it  is  favourable  or  unfavourable, — since  we  require  full  information 
of  the  state  of  the  farm-buildings,  the  nature  of  the  soil  and  its 
condition,-^it  is  quite  impossible  when  we  come  to  an  ancient  lease. 
But  there  is  one  point  which  emerges  clearly.  During  the  fifteenth 
and  sixteenth  centuries  the  monks  ceased  more  and  more  to  farm 
their  own  lands  or  to  collect  their  own  tithes.  It  was  found  more 
convenient  not  only  by  monks  but  by  landowners  generally  to  grant 
leases  to  resident  yeomen  or  squires ;  and  although  at  first  leases  of 
tithes  might  not  be  held  by  laymen,  Papal  permission  was  subsequently 
granted  freely.  One  result  was  that  when  the  monasteries  were 
dissolved  and  their  lands  and  tithes  confiscated,  in  many  localities  there 
was  no  change  that  would  be  nodced,  as  far  as  the  residents  were 
concerned ;  for  some  generations  the  monks  had  had  no  connexion 
with  their  land  or  their  churches,  and  the  man  who  held  them  by  lease 
before  the  Dissolution  continued  to  hold  them  afterwards. 

Such  information  as  the  rolls  give  has  been  incorporated  in  the 
following  account  of  the  properties  of  Eynsham,  taken  in  their  alpha- 
betical order. 

Appleton,  Berks.  In  1291  {Taxaiio,  p.  186)  Eynsham  possessed 
tithes  in  Appleton,  of  the  value  of  £1  6s,  8^/.,  but  we  do  not  know  how 
they  were  obtained.     In  1320  they  are  described  as  being  tithes  from 

^  '  Plus  auam  secolares  ant  laid  snos  firmarios  excoriant.*  LoDgland*s  Register, 
Mem.  fol.  Oa  (in  the  year  1526). 


PREFACE  xxi 

the  fee  of  WiUiam  de  Merton  (vol  i.  377);  in  1390  thej  were  paid 
to  the  abnoner  of  the  abbey  (E.  31),  but  the  amount  is  not  given.  In 
a  computus  of  Michaelmas,  1448  (F.  30),  we  learn  that  the  aknoner 
received  1 2 j.  from  a  portion  of  tithe*  in  Appleton,  leased  by  him  to 
the  vicar  of  Appleton.  In  153 1  the  abbey  had  it  in  mind  to  part  with 
them  (vol.  ii.  152),  and  must  have  carried  this  out;  for  four  years 
later  the  Valor  makes  no  mention  of  them. 

Baldon.  At  some  uncertain  date  Eynsham  was  granted  the  tithe 
of  the  demesne  of  Marsh  Baldon,  and  before  1239  had  agreed  to 
accept  in  exchange  an  annual  payment  from  the  abbey  of  Dorchester 
of  twelve  shillings  (i.  2).     This  was  still  paid  in  1535  {Vaior,  i.  210). 

It  also  held  a  virgate  of  land  in  Marsh  Baldon  given  by  Robert  de 
la  Mare  and  confirmed  by  Peter  his  son  (i.  159).  In  1254  it  was 
worth  6s.  Bd.  (i.  306),  but  in  1269  only  5^,  (i.  10).  In  1279  Robert 
Wymond  held  this  virgate  of  the  abbot  at  a  rent  of  6s.  Sd,  {Hund. 
Rolls,  ii  724).  In  1390  it  is  mentioned  that  the  rent  was  paid  to  the 
collector  of  Woodeaton,  but  the  amount  is  not  given  (E.  31).  The 
holder  of  this  virgate  was  bound  to  attend  the  court  of  the  abbot  at 
Woodeaton,  and  in  fact  he  was  a  customary  tenant  under  that  court. 
In  1443  Walter  Daniel  attended  the  court  and  surrendered  a  virgate 
in  Baldon,  and  paid  a  heriot,  and  in  1445  Robert  Renne  took  it 
according  to  the  custpm  of  the  manor  (N.  27).  In  1470  it  is  stated 
that  the  rent  paid  (G.  2)  was  only  5^-,  whereas  it  used  to  be  6s.  Sd. ; 
bat  in  1535  either  the  property  had  been  lost  or,  as  is  more  probable, 
the  rent  is  included  in  the  return  from  Woodeaton. 

Bampton  Aston,  see  Shifford. 

Banbury.  Eynsham  had  both  temporal  and  spiritual  possessions 
in  Banbury.  In  1254  it  held  property  in  Banbury  to  the  value  of 
24X.  (vol  i,  p.  306),  and  at  a  somewhat  later  date  it  was  worth  30^. 
(ib.  p.  305).  There  is  no  charter  which  shows  how  it  was  obtained. 
In  the  accounts  of  1390  there  is  an  entry  which  states  that  the  rents 
in  Banbury  were  reckoned  with  the  tithe,  and  it  can  be  proved  that  in 
1535  the  sum  of  £10  6^.  Sd.y  which  is  entered  as  the  tithe  of  Banbury 
and  Cropredy,  included  some  rents  in  Banbury  {Valor,  ii.  210). 

Tithe  in  Banbury  and  Cropredy  was  given  to  Eynsham  in  1094  by 
Bishop  Robert  Bloet  (vol.  i,  p.  36).  A  deed  of  Bishop  Alexander 
tells  us  that  it  was  the  tithe  of  the  demesne  that  was  granted,  and  that 
by  his  time  the  demesne  had  been  diminished  (ib.,  p*  41).  In  1238 
the  abbey  renounced  all  claim  to  the  small  tithes,  except  the  tithe  of 
wool  from  the  bishop's  sheep  (ib.,  p.  168).  The  tithe  is  described  as 
lying  in  Banbury  and  Hardwick,  and  by  the  former  is  not  meant  the 
town  of  Banbury,  which  contained  no  arable  land,  but  the  hamlet  of 


xxii  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Calthorp,  where  the  bishop  had  three  canicates  in  demesne,  while  at 
Hardwick  he  had  two  (Hundred  Rolls,  ii.  706),  In  1254  the  tithes 
from  Banbury,  together  with  Wickham,  were  worth  £7  (vol.  i,  p.  307), 
but  it  is  possible  that  the  tithes  of  Cropredy  are  included.  In  1 291  the 
share  of  Eynsham  in  the  tithes  of  Banbury  is  only  £4  {Taxalto,  p.  32). 
In  1293  Eynsham  promised  to  be  content  with  the  tithe  of  the  de- 
mesne of  the  bishop  in  Banbury  (vol.  i,  p.  337).  It  might  be  thought 
from  this  that  Eynsham  renounced  the  tithe  in  Hardwick,  but  a  lease 
of  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth,*  which  mentions  the  share  of  the  late 
monastery  of  Eynsham  in  Hardwick  of  the  value  of  £1  6s.  Sd.y  shows 
that  the  abbey  only  renounced  the  tithe  in  Wickham.  In  1390 
Eynsham  received  £7  13X.  4d,  from  the  tithes  of  Banbury  and 
Cropredy,  including  some  rents  in  both  places  (Harl.  Roll  E.  31);  in 
1535  the  sum  was  £10  6s.  Sd,  {Valor,  ii.  210),  and  by  combining  the 
lease  of  1535  (vol.  ii.  239)  with  the  return  of  1539  (  "•  253)  we  are 
able  to  see  how  this  sum  was  reached.  Rent  and  tithes  in  Banbury 
and  Hardwick  were  worth  £3  6s,  8d.,  a  payment  of  £1  6s.  Sd,  was 
made  by  the  rector  of  Adderbury  for  tithes  in  Bodicote,  and  tithes  in 
Cropredy  were  worth  £5  6s.  Sd. 

Barton  Hartshomey  Bucks.  A  meadow  in  this  manor  was 
given  to  Eynsham  about  11 60-1 180  (vol.  i.  p.  no),  and  the  pre- 
sumption is  that  the  property  was  still  retained  at  the  time  when  the 
cartulary  was  drawn  up ;  but  we  have  no  trace  of  it  subsequently. 

Barton,  Westcot.  The  church  was  granted  to  Eynsham  about 
the  year  11 90,  and  before  1200  a  pension  of  half  a  mark  from  it  was 
confirmed  to  the  abbey  by  Saint  Hugh  (vol.  i,  pp.  46  and  100).  The 
payment  was  still  made  in  1535  {Valor,  iL  211)  and  1539  (vol.  ii, 

p.  251)- 

Bloxham.  Eynsham  possessed  no  property  in  this  parish.  The 
entry  in  the  Taxatio  (p.  43),  which  seems  to  speak  of  property  in 
Bloxham  to  the  value  of  £3  \os.  belonging  to  Eynsham,  must  refer  to 
Deddington  (see  below,  under  Hempton),  and  the  suggestion  made 
(vol.  i,  p.  xiy)  that  Eynsham  obtained  property  in  Bloxham,  when  the 
monastic  house  in  Bloxham  wood  was  granted  to  it,  falls  to  the  ground. 

Bodicote.  Before  1239  William  Clement  gave  to  Eynsham  two- 
thirds  of  the  tithes  of  six  virgates  in  Bodicote  in  the  parish  of 
Adderbury  (vol.  i,  p.  5).  They  were  worth  6s.  Sd.  in  1269  (ib., 
p.  14),  and  6s,  in  1291  {Taxalio,  p.  31).  They  were  confirmed  to  the 
abbey  in  1320  (vol.  i,  p.  376)  but  are  not  mentioned  in  the  accounts 
of  1390,  (E.  31),  or  in  the  Valor  of  1535.    Yet  they  were  still  in  the 

'  Beesley's  History  of  Banbury,  p.  616. 


PREFACE  xxiii 

possession  of  the  abbey,  being  leased  with  the  tithes  of  Banbury  (see 
Banbury).  In  1597  Queen  Elizabeth  granted  to  Henry  Stringer 
a  lease  for  twenty-one  years  of  the  tithes  in  Bodicote  which  belonged 
to  the  late  abbey  of  Eynsham  at  a  rent  of  £i  6s.  Sd.,  and  in  1609 
they  were  purchased  by  New  College,  which  owned  the  rest  of  the 
tithes  of  Adderbury.* 

Brize-norton.  Eynsham  had  both  temporal  and  spiritual  pro- 
perty in  Brize-norton.  About  iiyg  it  obtained  two  virgates  from 
Walkeline  Hareng  (vol.  i,  p.  94).  It  held  them  about  1200  (ib.,  p.  40), 
but  in  1269  there  is  mention  of  only  one  virgate  worth  13J.  4</.  a  year 
(ib.,  p.  11).  In  1279  the  abbey  held  one  virgate  {Hundred  Rolls, 
ii.  693),  The  Taxatio  assigns  to  Eynsham  no  temporal  possession 
in  Brize-norton,  but  the  accounts  of  1360  mention  a  rent  of  2X.  2d, 
from  a  tenement  there  (Harl.  Roll  E.  31).  The  church  was  given 
to  Eynsham  about  11 80  (vol.  i,  p.  93),  and  from  it  a  pension  of  4X. 
was  allowed  before  1200  (ib.,  p.  46).  About  1268  the  abbey  obtained 
the  appropriation  of  the  church  (ib.,  p.  245).  In  1291  the  vicar  re- 
ceived £4  13J.  4</.,  Eynsham  £io,  and  Oseney  £2  \os,  {Taxatio^ 
p.  32).  Subsequently  there  may  have  been  a  re-endowment  of  the 
vicarage;  for  in  1535  the  vicar's  portion  was  worth  £10  {Valor ^  ii, 
pp.  178,  210).  In  1390  the  tithes  payable  to  Eynsham  were  sold  to 
Thomas  Frytewell  for  £6  13^.  J^d.  (Harl.  Roll  E.  31),  and  in  1470 
Thomas  Harryes  paid  £9  for  these  tithes,  but  was  allowed  27^.  for 
repairs  to  the  rectory,  and  4^.  8^.  as  the  cost  of  four  bushels  of  wheat 
and  four  bushels  of  barley  distributed  to  the  poor  (G.  2).  In  1535 
the  rectorial  tithes  were  leased  for  £10  14J.  8^.,  and  the  return  of 
1539  explains  that  of  this  7j.8</.was  due  to  the  archdeacon  for  pro- 
curations, 7J.  to  Oseney,  and  £10  to  Eynsham  (vol.  ii,  p.  253).  It 
will  be  obser\'ed  that  the  portion  due  to  Oseney  was  much  smaller 
than  in  1291,  but,  as  we  learn  from  Roll  F.  14,  m  1441  there  was 
an  adjustment  of  payments  between  the  two  abbeys;  rent  due  from 
Oseney  to  Eynsham  for  land  in  Hanborough  and  elsewhere  was 
cancelled  and,  in  return,  the  payments  due  to  Oseney  frc^i  Eynsham 
for  tithes  in  Brize-norton  was  reduced. 

Brookend,  see  Chastleton. 

Broughton  Foggs.  In  1192  Ralf  Murdac  gave  to  Eynsham 
a  *  seam  '  of  wheat  every  year  (voL  i,  p.  84)  for  making  hosts  [phlaii). 
In  1390  it  is  described  as  a  quarter  of  com,  being  a  rent  from 
Broughton  mill,  paid  to  the  sacrist  (Harl.  Roll  E.  31).  In  1254  the 
payment  from  Broughton,  including  perhaps  Lemhill,  was  15^.  (vol.  i, 
P-  306);  in  1269  it  was  14^.  (ib.,  p.  11). 

^  New  Collie  Muniments,  Adderbnry  deeds  27  and  28. 


xxiv  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Bucks.  At  one  time  Eynsham  had  possessions  in  Barton  Harts- 
horne^  Claydon,  CublingtoUy  and  Wolverton^  but  by  the  time  that  the 
Eynsham  Rolls  begin  the  abbey  had  property  only  in  Fulbrook  and 
Turwestan. 

Carswell  in  Witney,  William  de  Elmel  gave  to  Eynsham  two 
virgates  of  land  in  Carswell  and  services  from  four  other  virgates 
(vol.  i,  p.  204).  The  former  property  was  granted  by  the  abbey  to 
John  Wawe  and  his  heirs  at  a  rent  of  13X.  ^d.  (vol.  ii,  p.  147),  and  in 
1279  it^paid  this  amount,  while  the  payments  from  the  other  virgates 
produced  8f.  loj^/.  {Hundred  Rolls,  ii.  704).  In  1384  the  rent  from 
Carswell  is  stated  to  be  only  21J.  ^d.  (vol.  ii,  p.  145),  and  the  accounts 
of  1390  give  the  same  sum,  but  say  that  it  was  withheld  from  Eynsham 
by  the  bishop  of  Winchester,  lord  of  the  manor  of  Witney  (Harl. 
Roll  £•  31).  In  1535  the  rent  from  Carswell  was  only  13^.  4d. 
(  ValoTf  ii.  209). 

Cassington.  The  church  was  given  to  Eynsham  before  11 23  by 
Geoffrey  the  Chamberlain,  who  built  it  (vol.  i,  p.  43).  About  1198 
the  abbey  was  allowed  to  appropriate  it,  a  sum  of  five  marks  being 
reserved  for  the  vicar  (ib.,  p.  47),  but  in  a  short  time  a  more  liberal 
vicarage  was  appointed.^  In  the  Taxatio  of  129 1  the  churches  of 
Cassington,  Yamton,  and  Eynsham,  taken  together,  are  estimated  to 
be  worth  £21  6s»  Sd.  Two  other  religious  houses  had  portions  of 
tithe  in  this  parish ;  the  priory  of  Coggs  received  two-thirds  of  the 
tithes  of  the  demesne  of  the  Arsic  manor,  while  Oseney  abbey  had 
the  tithe  of  one  hide  in  the  hamlet  of  Worton.  They  were  both  acquired 
by  Eynsham ;  for  the  former  an  annual  payment  of  ten  shillings  was 
made  to  Coggs  priory  as  late  as  the  year  1390  (E.  31) ;  for  the  latter 
two  shillings  was  paid  to  Oseney  (vol.  i,  p.  63).  In  14 15  John 
Hacche,  vicar  of  Cassington,  paid  to  the  abbey  £136^.  Sd.  for  the 
rectorial  tithes  of  Cassington  and  Worton  (F.  7).  In  1535  the  abbey 
received  £12  is.  Sd.  and  the  vicar  £12  5^.  6d.  {Valor,  ii.  183,  210); 
the  latter  had  to  pay  5^.  6d.  for  Casde  Ward  at  Dover,  no  doubt  for 
his  two  virgates  of  glebe  (vol.  i,  pp.  43,  92)  which  were  in  the  Arsic 
manor  and  therefore  liable  to  the  payment  of  Castle  Ward.  In 
1539  the  return  is  somewhat  fuller  (vol.  ii,  p.  252);  it  is  stated  that 
the  frill  value  of  the  rectory  was  £12  Ss.  4^.,  of  which  £12  is.  Sd. 
was  in  money,  and  6s.  Sd.  in  wheat,  being  a  quarter  due  on  Feb.  2 ; 
it  also  states  that  the  odd  2od.  in  the  annual  rent  represented  a  pay- 
ment due  from  Cassington  to  Eynsham  for  the  right  of  sepulture, 
collected  apparently  for  the  abbey  by  him  who  leased  the  tithes. 

*  Liier  Hugonis  Wells,,  p.  3. 


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Some  of  the  £3mshain  rentals  record  a  few  rents  in  Cassington  due 
to  the  abbey,  but  they  diminished  in  value,  and  in  1467  were  only  two 
shillings  (F.  23).  In  151 9  the  sum  was  3^.  4^.  and  was  collected  wiih 
the  rents  of  the  parish  of  Eynsham  (G.  12). 

Caversham.  From  this  manor  the  abbey  received  a  quitrent 
of  two  pounds  of  wax,  paid  by  the  canons  of  Notley  Abbey  for 
conmion  of  pasture  in  the  wood  of  South  Stoke  (vol.  ii,  p.  127).  In 
1390  the  payment  was  'twelve  pehce  as  the  price  of  two  pounds 
of  wax'  (£.  31),  and  about  1530  the  amount  was  the  same  (vol.  ii, 
p.  140);  in  1536  it  was  included  in  the  lease  of  South  Stoke 
(ib.,  p.  241). 

Chastleton.  About  1 152-4  Henry  d'Oilly  gave  four  hides  of 
land  in  Chasdeton  to  Eynsham  (vol  i,  p.  74);  two  of  them  were  of 
unbroken  land  (m  bruerid)  and  two  are  described  as  in  villa  Cesiretone, 
words  which  must  mean  *•  within  the  cultivated  land  of  Chastleton  \ 
In  the  same  charter  all  the  foiu-  hides  are  said  to  be  'adjacent  to 
Chastleton'  {apud  Cestretonam  villam  meam),  and  our  records  show 
that  the  land  did  not  consist  of  detached  portions  within  the  fields, 
of  Chastleton,  but  was  an  outlying  part  of  the  parish,  known  in  the 
fourteenth  century,  and  at  this  day,  by  the  name  of  Brookend.  In 
the  court-rolls  of  Brookend,  which  survive,  the  open  fields  of 
Brookend  seem  to  be  distinct  from  the  open  fields  of  Chastleton; 
so  that  Brookend  was  not,  as  was  sometimes  the  case  in  Oxfordshire, 
a  manor,  the  lands  of  which  were  dispersed  among  the  lands  of 
another  manor. 

In  1086  Aluric  held  5f  hides  of  cultivated  land  in  Chastleton, 
and  there  were  at  least  4^  hides  of  waste  land,  held  partly  by 
Winchcombe  abbey  and  partly  by  the  bishop  of  Bayeux.  A  reference 
to  the  Hundred  Rolls  (ii.  729)  shows  that  after  1086  the  family  of 
d'Oilly  obtained  not  only  the  holding  of  Aluric,  here  as  elsewhere 
(see  vol.  i,  p.  xxxvi),  but  also  the  rest  of  Chastleton.  In  the  reign  of 
Stephen  two  hides  of  pasture  were  still  untilled,  but  by  1279 
{Hundred  Rolls,  ii.  729)  the  whole  manor  was  arable  and  the  holding 
of  Eynsham  consisted  of  exactly  16  virgates,  12^  being  held  in 
viUenage  and  3^  held  freely,  the  total  value  being  £5  Ss.  io|</. 
ayear;  in  12  70  it  was  worth  £5  (vol.  i,  p.  15).  In  1329  a  carucate  of 
land  in  'Chastleton  Bardulf'  held  of  the  abbot  of  Eynsham  at  a  rent 
of  I  or.  8^.  was  given  to  the  abbey  by  licence  of  the  king  (vol.  ii, 
p.  221).     This  is  no  doubt  the  land  which  was  held  freely  in  1279. 

In  1363  Brookend  contained  16  virgates,  of  which  fourteen  were 
held  in  villenage,  and  the  value  of  the  property  had  risen  to  £6  1 1  j.  2d, 
(see  ii,  p.  64) ;  it  is  stated  that  the  virgate  of  the  parish  contained 


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32  acres,  apart  from  meadow,  a  large  size  for  Oxfordshire ;  but  as 
the  rent  was  no  higher  than  %s.  6d,  for  a  virgate,  the  land  must  have 
been  poor.  The  accounts  of  the  collector  of  rents  in  Chastleton  for 
the  years  ending  Michaelmas,  1391,  1393,  1396,  1398,  1399,  1413, 
1 414,  1420,  and  1 42 1,  preserved  among  the  Harleian  Rolls  in  the 
British  Museum,^  show  that  at  that  period  the  rental  of  Brookend 
amounted  to  £7  9^.  9^.;  in  1535  it  was  £6  6s,  %d?  In  the  Hundred 
Rolls  it  is  asserted  that  the  abbot  of  Eynsham  held  Brookend  of 
Hugh  de  Plecy  as  a  quarter  of  a  knight's  fee,  but  the  statement 
needs  corroboration;  in  the  Feudal  Aids  for  Oxfordshire  there  is 
no  mention  of  such  a  fee,  and  the  property  was  given  to  the  abbey 
free  of  all  services  except  the  payment  of  Danegeld  and  murdrum. 

For  the  tenants  of  Brookend  the  abbey  held  its  own  court,  and 
we  have  almost  complete  records  of  it  between  the  years  1382  and 
1 49 1.  In  the  Record  Office  one  membrane'  gives  the  courts  held 
on  the  following  dates: — April  30,  1382;  June  30,  1382;  Feb.  7, 
1385;  Sept  26,  1386;  and  Nov.,  1387.  One  of  the  Harleian  Rolls* 
gives  the  thirty-nine  courts  which  were  held  between  April  12, 
1389,  and  June  19,  1438;  another  "^  gives  fourteen  courts  between 
May  30,  1 44 1,  and  March  25,  1462,  the  last  three  being  held  at 
such  wide  intervals  as  1452,  1454  and  1462.  Two  courts  for 
Dec.  14,  1469,  and  May  9,  1470,  are  given  on  Harleian  Roll  B.  12; 
B.  13  has  nine  courts  from  July  i,  1479,  to  April  27,  1491,  and 
B.  14  a  court  held  April  10,  1499.  I'  seems  that  there  was  no 
regularity  in  the  dates  at  which  the  courts  were  held.  It  depended 
partly  on  the  convenience  of  the  cellarer,  who  acted  as  presiding 
officer,  and  partly  on  the  fact  whether  there  had  been  a  death  among 
the  customary  tenants  or  a  tenement  was  to  be  surrendered.  If  there 
was  no  business  of  this  kind  to  transact,  no  court  would  be  held  for 
several  years,  probably  for  the  reason  that  the  amercements  in  such 
a  small  court  would  rarely  produce  enough  to  cover  the  cost  of 
holding  it. 

The  most  interesting  notices  in  the  court-rolls  are  those  which 
concern  escaped  nativiox  villeins.  At  the  court  held  April  30,  1382, 
it  was  presented  that  several  nativty  whose  names  are  given,  had 
withdrawn  from  Brookend;  and  an  order  is  made  in  one  case  to 
the  father,  in  other  cases  to  the  homage  as  a  whole,  to  see  that  the 
culprits  are  brought  back.    Similar  presentments  are  made  at  every 


»  Harl.  Rolls  B.  3-10.  *  Harl.  Roll  B.  r. 

2  Valor,  ii.  ao8  »  Had.  Roll  B.  ii. 

'  Court  Rolls,  no.  197.  14. 


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court  down  to  1462;  but  from  1469  onwards  the  matter  is  not 
mentioned.  Although  injunctions  were  always  given  to  the  nearest 
of  kin,  or  to  the  homage,  to  bring  back  those  that  had  escaped, 
and  sometimes  a  fine  of  6s,  Sd.  or  even  20J.  was  threatened,  yet 
nothing  was  done  either  by  the  lord  or  the  homage ;  the  fines  were 
not  inflicted  nor  were  the  na/m  produced.  At  the  court  held  in 
1437  when  it  was  presented  that  John  Rogers,  a  naiivus  who  had 
not  resided  in  Brookend  for  more  than  thirty  years,  was  living  at 
*  Hongrynge  Aston ',  the  homage  was  commanded  to  bring  him  back 
'  vel  respondere  pro  chivagio  suo  decetero,'  but  no  chivage  was  paid 
in  this  or  in  any  other  case.  Nor  was  there  any  difficulty  in  finding 
these  nativt.  They  were  living  in  neighbouring  villages  whither  they 
had  removed,  probably  to  obtain  better  land.  Some  were  in  holy 
orders;  thus  it  is  presented  at  the  courts  held  in  1427-9  that 
Thomas  Wattes,  vicar  of  Enstan,  *est  nativus  domini  &  moratur 
extra  dominium  sine  licencia';  and  again  in  1444  we  hear  of  a 
nativus^  John  Watts  *presbiter',  residing  at  Oxford  without  leave  of 
the  lord. 

The  abbot's  remedy  would  have  been  to  procure  the  king's  writ 
to  recover  his  villeins,  and  on  many  occasions  the  entry  ends  '  ideo 
loquendimi  est  inde  cum  consilio  domini  pro  breve  prosequend[o] ', 
but  it  does  not  appear  that  this  step  was  taken.  Doubtless  the  cost 
of  the  writ  would  have  been  more  than  the  profit  accruing  firom  the 
nativus  \  for  he  was  a  source  of  profit  only  occasionally,  as  when 
a  stranger  wished  to  marry  his  daughter  or  when  he  wished  to  have 
his  son  tonsured.  We  have  an  instance  of  the  latter  in  1405,  when 
Walter  Jacks,  a  nativus,  was  amerced  the  sum  of  ds.  Sd.  because  he 
had  had  his  son  tonsured  {coronavi/)  without  leave  of  the  lord.  At 
the  same  court  permission  is  given  to  a  na/ivus,  William  Hancok, 
son  of  John  Hancok,  to  receive  holy  orders  on  condition  that  he 
should  be  a  priest  within  thirteen  years ;  if  he  failed  to  receive  the 
said  holy  orders  (i.  e.  priest's  orders)  within  the  fixed  time,  he  was 
to  remain  in  his  former  status  of  a  naiivus.  At  a  court  held  July  27, 
14 19,  Robert  Hewys  paid  6s,  Sd.  for  licence  to  espouse  Margaret, 
daughter  of  John  Hanket,  a  nafiva ;  while  the  following  entry  occiurs 
in  the  year  1387:  'Homagium  presentat  quod  Alicia  relicta  Johannis 
Colyns  nupta  fuit  Nicholao  Busseby  &  fecit  leyrwit'  cum  eodem 
antequam  habuit  licenciam  domini  nubendi  se  eidem  Nicholao;  ideo 
dat  domino  de  leyrwit'  duos  solidos.'  But  in  most  cases  when  a 
daughter  of  a  nativus  married  without  leave,  she  withdrew  to  another 
village,  and  the  abbot  was  unable  to  obtain  any  payment  from  her 
husband;  and  on  an  average  he  did  not  secure  from  his  nativi  2l 


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payment  for  marriage  or  tonsuring  more  frequently  than  once  in 
twelve  or  fifteen  years. 

During  the  latter  half  of  the  fifteenth  century  the  business  of  the  court 
dwindled,  and  was  more  and  more  confined  to  the  formalities  of  sur- 
rendering holdings  and  the  granting  of  them  to  new  tenants :  there 
are  no  cases  of  debt,  no  payments  for  non-attendance  or  for  leave  to 
settle  quarrels.  The  reason  of  this  becomes  apparent  from  the  court- 
roll  of  December  14,  1469,  by  which  we  learn  that  the  homage  was 
reduced  to  four  members,  namely:  John  Barton,  who  held  freely  eight 
and  a  half  virgates,  and  three  customary  tenants,  Agnes  James  with 
three  virgates,  Richard  Fowler  with  two,  and  William  Milward  or 
Mylner  with  two  and  a  half.  The  other  customary  tenants  had 
thrown  up  their  holdings,  as  we  are  told  in  the  court-rolls,  with- 
drawing by  night  with  their  goods  and  chattels  to  a  neighbouring 
village ;  while  Brookend  fi*om  the  first  had  no  cottars.  These  four 
supplied  the  reeve,  the  collector  of  rents,  and  the  culprits,  witnesses, 
and  affeerors  for  the  court  Two  sets  of  entries  show  the  impotence 
to  which  a  manorial  court  might  be  reduced  when  there  was  a  small 
homage  to  carry  out  its  orders.  In  1488  it  was  presented  that 
Richard  Palmer  of  Morton  Henmersh  (i.e.  Moreton-in-the-Marsh) 
commoned  his  sheep  on  the  arable  lands  of  Brookend,  *et  quod 
custodit  dictas  bidentes  suas  cum  bacults  manu  forti ' ;  though  it  was 
ordered  that  this  should  be  stopped,  it  was  presented  two  years  later 
that  he  was  still  commoning  his  sheep  in  Brookend  to  the  number  of 
two  hundred  and  forty.  The  other  case  is  that  of  Agnes  James, 
a  customary  tenant,  who  was  presented  in  1479  ^^  being  ^  communis 
obiurgatrix  et  perturbatrix  populi  domini  regis ' ;  she  was  ordered  to 
amend.  Three  years  later  we  hear:  Mpsa  Agnes  adhuc  perturbat 
populum  domini  regis  cum  lingua  sua ; . . .  tamen  ex  gracia  domini  ad 
presens  perdonatur  sub  condicione  emendandi,  eo  quod  vidua  est, 
ad  rogatum  vicinorum  pro  hac  vice  &  non  ulterius.'  But  in  1484 
the  presentment  is  that  Agnes,  despising  the  mandate  given  at  the 
last  court,  '  contumelias  suas  continuavit ' ;  she  is  threatened  with  the 
forfeiture -of  her  holding.  In  1487  she  is  once  more  bidden  amend: 
and  in  1488,  as  she  was  still  obiurgatrix^  her  holding  was  forfeited 
and  given  to  another  tenant.  But  in  1490  it  was  presented  that 
'Agnes  Jamys,  vi  et  armis,  aggregatis  sibi  quampluribus  male- 
factoribus  intravit  quoddam  tenementum  domini  abbatis,  ubi  seisitum 
fuit  in  manus  ipsius  domini,  &  sine  licencia  aliqua  iUud  cum  perti- 
nenciis  tenet  Ideo  preceptum  est  quod  prosequatur  breve'.  No 
writ,  however,  was  obtained ;  for  the  same  presentment  was  made  in 
1 49 1,  ending  with  the  words  'prosequatur  breve  versus  eam'.     The 


PREFACE  xxix 

ending  of  the  case  is  not  given,  but  possibly  she  retained  possession, 
for  a  court-roll  of  1499  mentions  that  a  certain  Thomas  James, 
perhaps  her  son,  the  holder  of  three  virgates,  '  est  furiosus,  lunaticus, 
&  mente  captus  ac  desperatus,  semper  intendens  occidere  se  ipsum, 
non  credens  in  fide  catholica  et  non  abilis  ad  tenendum  praedictam 
tenuram ' :  his  holding  was  to  be  taken  from  him. 

It  is  noticeable  that  in  these  court-rolls  Brookend,  as  far  as  has . 
been  noticed,  is  not  called  a  '  manerium ' ;  the  word  is  used  of  the 
other  part  of  the  parish,  and  we  hear  of  the  lord  of  the  ^  manor  of 
Chastleton ',  but  Brookend  is  called  a  dominium.  The  use  of  this 
word  may  be  merely  an  accident,  but  it  is  possible  that  the  word 
manerium  was^  avoided  because  there  was  no  manor  house  or  demesne 
land. 

An  entry  suggests  that  there  was  a  small  oratory  in  Brookend.  In 
1435  it  was  ordered  that  Richard  Faukener  should  rebuild  '  domum 
vocatam  Chapel-house,  nuper  ob  defectum  suum  combustam',  and 
in  1437  it  was  presented  that  Richard  Faukener  had  not  repaired 
*domos  tenementorum  suorum  et  muros,  sive  capellam  et  domum 
columbarii  '•  It  might  have  been  an  oratory,  such  as  there  was  at 
Shififord,  in  which  mass  was  said  two  or  three  times  a  year. 

It  may  be  pointed  out  that  the  case  of  Brookend  proves  that  land 
brought  into  cultivation  as  late  as  the  latter  half  of  the  twelfth  century 
could  be  added  to  the  strips  in  the  open  field.  For  in  the  court-rolls 
of  Brookend  we  hear  of  Ae  open  fields,  but  of  no  inclosures.  It  is 
not,  therefore,  safe  to  assume  that  the  strips  show  the  extent  of  land 
cultivated  before  1066,  and  that  land  broken  up  after  that  date  was 
always  kept  as  an  assart  or  enclosure. 

As  long  as  the  monks  farmed  their  own  demesne  at  Mickleton, 
Brookend  was  a  convenient  resting-place,  when  sheep  and  cattle  were 
sent  from  Mickleton  to  Eynsham;  and  the  collector  of  rents  was 
allowed  to  deduct  in  his  reckoning  what  he  had  spent  on  shepherds 
and  other  servants  of  the  abbey  when  they  stayed  at  Brookend  for 
the  night  (B.  4). 

Charlbury.  In  this  very  large  and  complicated  parish,  embracing 
nine  hamlets  and  extending  into  two  hundreds,  Eynsham  had  many 
possessions,  temporal  and  spiritual;  the  spiritual  possessions  will  be 
dealt  with  first. 

The  church  of  Charlbury  belonged  to  Eynsham  from  the  year  1094, 
when  the  bishop  of  Lincoln  gave  his  manor  of  Charlbury  to  the 
Abbey.  In  later  days  there  were  two  dependent  chapels  in  the  parish, 
Chadlington  and  Shorthampton ;  of  these,  the  former  existed  by  the 
year  1197,  for  in  the  grant  of  Bishop  Hugh  of  that  date  (vol.  i,  p.  57) 


XXX  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

the  abbey  is  allowed  a  pension  of  five  marks  from  the  church  of 
Charlbury  and  fourteen  shillings  from  the  chapel  at  Chadlington. 
There  is  no  record  when  the  chapel  of  Shorthampton  was  built ;  but 
at  an  inquisition  held  in  1302  it  was  stated  that  from  before  the 
memory  of  man  Eynsham  had  received  each  year  the  crop  of  two 
acres  in  Walecot  (vol.  i,p.  398);  and  there  can  be  little  doubt  that 
this  was  the  endowment  granted  by  some  lord  of  Walecot  and  Short- 
hampton for  the  privilege  of  a  chapel  at  Shorthampton.  The  traces 
of  Norman  architecture  in  the  church  show  that  it  must  have  been 
erected  not  later  than  the  close  of  the  twelfth  century. 

The  advowson  of  the  chapel  of  Chadlington  was  at  one  time 
claimed  by  the  family  of  Wytefeld,  which  held  land  in  Chadlington 
from  before  1196.*  In  1258  Henry  de  Wytefeld  went  to  law  with  the 
abbot  on  this  matter  (vol.  i,  p.  404) ;  but  the  abbot  maintained  that 
the  case  could  not  proceed,  as  the  church  was  not  vacant,  being  held 
by  the  rector  of  Charlbury  as  a  dependent  chape] ;  and  when  the 
king^s  court  appealed  to  the  bishop,  he  confirmed  the  statement  of 
the  abbot.  The  matter,  however,  was  not  settled;  and  in  the 
Hundred  Rolls  of  1279 '  it  is  stated  that  the  advowson  of  Chadlington 
belonged  to  the  family  of  Wytefeld.  But  a  decision  was  reached  in 
1292  (vol.  i,  p.  327)  when  the  abbey  secured  its  property  *with  great 
trouble  and  expense '  (ib.,  p.  340).  There  is  no  difficulty  in  under- 
standing how  the  dispute  arose.  If,  when  the  first  member  of  the 
family  of  Wytefeld  acquired  his  small  manor  in  Chadlington,  he  found 
a  cha[)el  standing  on  his  land,  although  he  Would  be  aware  that  the 
chapel  belonged  to  Eynsham,  yet  his  descendants  might  assume  that 
the  advowson  belonged  to  the  manor  which  they  held.  The  fact  that 
Chadlington  never  paid  procurations  shows  that  it  was  only  a  chapeby. 

Besides  the  pensions  from  the  churches  of  Charlbury  and  Chadling- 
ton, of  which  mention  has  been  made,  the  abbey  took  a  large  portion 
of  the  tithe  in  Charlbury,  Cotes,  Fawler,  and  Finstock ;  in  fact 
the  list  of  these  tithes  drawn  up  in  1270  (vol.  i,  p.  275)  leaves  to  the 
rector  of  Charlbury  none  of  the  great  tithes  in  the  eastern  half  of 
his  parish  except  the  tithes  of  his  glebe  of  sbcty-five  acres,  and 
tithes  of  the  villeins  in  Fawler.  In  1239  the  tithes  taken  by 
the  abbey  are  described  as  the  tithes  of  13!  hides  'in  parochia 
de  Cherlebiry'.  In  1254  the  tithes  of  Fawler  and  Finstock  were 
valued  at  20s,  (ib.,  p.  306),  yet  in  1291  the  whole  of  the  tithe  received 
by  the  abbey  in  the  parish  of  Charlbury  is  estimated  to  be  worth  no 
more  than  £2  (Taxatio,  p.  32).    The  tithes  of  thirteen  hides  could 

'  Feet  of  Fines,  p.  116  (PipeRoUSoc,  «  Hundred  Rolls,  ii.  747. 

vol  17). 


PREFACE  xxxi 

never  have  been  worth  as  h'ttle  as  this,  and  either  there  is  a  mistake 
in  the  figure,  or  the  abbey  had  surrendered  some  of  its  tithes  to  the 
rector,  whose  portion,  including  the  glebe,  is  reckoned  at  £30. 

In  1293  the  church  was  appropriated  and  in  1296  the  bishop 
appointed  a  vicarage  (vol.  i,  p.  344).  At  that  time  the  archdeacon  of 
Oxford  estimated  that  the  portion  of  the  great  tithe  received  by  the  rector 
was  worth  100  marks — an  impossible  figure(ib.,p.  344) — and  the  bishop 
decided  that  the  altarage  and  the  tithe  of  hay,  valued  at  about  £25, 
together  with  the  glebe  of  65  acres,^  would  be  sufficient  to  maintain 
^he  vicar  and  his  staff.  There  was  to  be,  as  hitherto,  a  priest  resident 
at  Chadlington,  with  an  assistant  clerk,  and  at  Charlbury  two  priests 
and  two  clerks  who  would  serve  the  church  of  Charlbury  and  three 
days  a  week  would  say  mass  at  Shorthampton.  All  the  great  tithe 
was  to  be  taken  by  the  abbey. 

The  value  of  the  tithes  may  be  ascertained  in  some  years  from  the 
accounts  of  the  bailiff  at  Charlbury.  For  the  year  ending  Michaelmas, 
1354  (B.  26),  the  tithes  in  Charlbury,  Cote,  Fawler,  andFinstock  were 
collected  by  the  monks  and  we  cannot  tell  their  amount,  but  the  tithes 
in  Chilson,  Thume,  Walecot,  Shorthampton,  and  Chadlington  were 
granted  on  lease,  and  payment  was  made  not  in  money  but  in  kind ; 
thus  the  bailiff  received  from  Robert  Langele  six  quarters  of  wheat  and 
one  quarter  of  oats  for  the  tithe  of  Chilson  and  Thum ;  the  tithe  of 
Walecote,  and  the  name  in  this  place  must  include  Shorthampton,  was 
9  J  quarters  of  wheat  and  6  quarters  of  drageium ;  the  tithe  of  Chad- 
lington 31 J  quarters  of  wheat,  27  quarters  of  drageium^  and  12  quarters 
of  pulse.  In  1390  (ib.,  E.  31)  we  have  no  information  except  that  the 
tithes  of  Charlbury,  Chadlington,  Childeston,  Thume,  Shorthampton, 
Walecote,  Finstock,  Fawler,  and  Cote  had  been  garnered  at  Charlbury. 
In  1 43 1  (ib.,B.  42)  Charlbury  (no  doubt  including  Cote)  produced  by 
way  of  tithe  18  quarters  of  wheat  and  42  quarters  of  barley;  Chad- 
lington 20  quarters  of  wheat,  40  quarters  of  barley,  and  six  quarters  of 
oats ;  Chilson  and  Thume  eight  quarters  of  wheat,  1 5  quarters  of 
barley  and  i^  quarters  of  oats;  Shorthampton  four  quarters  of  wheat 
and  four  of  barley;  Walecot  three  of  wheat  and  three  of  barley;  Fawler 
twenty  of  wheat  and  thirty  of  barley,  and  Finstock  nine  of  wheat 
and  seventeen  of  barley.  That  the  abbey  did  not  at  this  time  collect 
its  tenth  sheaf,  but  had  granted  leases  of  the  tithes  for  a  payment  in 
kind,  is  evident  from  the  fact  that  in  several  of  the  hamlets  the  tithes 
produced  exactly  the  same  amount  sixteen  and  twenty-six  years  later. 

'  As  the  total  demesne  of  Charlbury      hides  (vol.  i,  p.  9)  it  looks  as  if  these  65 
was  four  hides  (^Hundred  Rolls,  ii.  709)      acres  constituted  the  remaining  hide, 
and  the  demesne  of  the  abbot  was  three 


xxxii  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Thus  in  1447  (Harl.  Roll  C.  2)  Thomas  Brynne  and  William  Wrench, 
described  as  ihtfirmarii  of  the  tithes  of  Chilson  and  Thume,  rendered 
eight  quarters  of  wheat,  15  quarters  of  barley,  and  ij  quarters  of  oats ; 
the  wheat  was  sold  at  3^.  4^.  a  quarter  and  the  two  latter  at  2od. 
a  quarter.  In  the  same  year  Thomas  Sercheden  had  a  lease  of  the 
tithes  of  Walecote  and  Shorthampton,  for  the  former  paying  six 
quarters  of  barley,  for  the  latter  four  quarters  of  wheat  and  four  of 
barley ;  the  barley  in  these  hamlets  must  have  been  better  than  in 
Chilson  foe  it  fetched  2x.  8^  a  quarter,  the  wheat  fetching  3^.  4^.  In 
1457*  the  tithes  of  Chilson  and  Thume  were  leased  by  William 
Bekyngham  and  John  Hogges ;  the  terms  were  the  same  as  ten  years 
earlier,  and  the  value  of  the  com  was  the  same.  The  tithes  of  Walecote 
and  Shorthampton  were  leased  by  John  Waver  in  1457  for  the  same 
rent  as  before,  but  his  wheat  fetched  5^.  6d.  a  quarter,  while  the 
barley  only  produced  w.  2d,  a  quarter.  Concerning  Walecote  a  note 
is  added : '  De  frumento  nichil,  eo  quod  nulla  huiusmodi  grana  ibidem 
seminata  fiierunt  per  tempus  supradictum ' ;  and  it  will  be  noticed  that 
ten  years  earlier  Aere  was  only  one  kind  of  com  grown  in  Walecote. 
The  tithes  of  Chadlington  in  1457  produced  twenty  quarters  of  wheat, 
40  of  barley,  and  six  of  oats,  as  in  1431,  the  whole  selling  for 
£6  13X.  4<f.;  while  the  tithes  of  Charlbury  and  Cote  were  leased 
partly  to  Thomas  Bemond  for  a  payment  of  20^.  and  partly  to  Thomas 
Pawley,  who  rendered  seven  quarters  of  wheat,  31  of  barley,  and  six  of 
oats,  of  the  value  of  £3  6s.  Sd,  The  value  of  the  tithes  of  Finstock 
and  Fawler  is  given  in  the  roll  of  1470  (Harl.  Roll  G.  2),  when  the 
tithes  of  Finstock  were  dimised  to  the  vicar  of  Charlbury  for  £4 
a  year,  and  the  tithes  of  Fawler  were  held  by  John  Pmdy  who  paid 
£7  for  them  in  1469,  and  in  1470  under  a  new  lease  paid  twenty 
quarters  of  wheat  and  £3  6s.  Sd.  in  money.  In  the  same  years  '  the 
rectory  of  Charlbury ',  i.  e.  the  rectorial  tithe  of  Charlbury  and  Cote, 
was  leased  to  Thomas  Pauley  for  £5  a  year.  The  return  in  1535 
(Valor,  ii.  182,  210)  records  that  the  vicarage  of  Charlbury  was  worth 
more  than  £25,  but  that  the  rectorial  tithe  received  by  Eynsham  was 
only  £5.  As  this  latter  sum  so  exactly  corresponds  with  what  the 
abbey  received  from  Charlbury  and  Cote  in  1470,  we  must  conclude 
that  in  1535  the  tithes  from  the  other  seven  hamlets  were  either 
forgotten,  or  that,  as  in  the  case  of  Mickleton  and  South  Stoke,  the 
lease  of  the  tithes  was  not  kept  distinct  from  the  rent  for  the  land,  and 
that  the  tithes  are  included  in  the  sum  of  £47  8^.,  which  is  the  value 
of  the  possessions  of  Ejmsham  in  Charlbury  and  its  members. 

*  Ministers*  Accounts,  957.  26  (Record  Office). 


PREFACE  xxxiii 

In  1353  the  king  increased  the  value  of  the  church  of  Charlbury 
by  granting  tithes  of  the  wild  beasts  and  other  animals  in  Combury 
Park,  being  within  the  parish  of  Charlbury  (vol.  i,  p.  393).  In  1354 
we  read  of  a  new  roof  for  the  chancel  of  Chadlington  church  and  the 
purchase  of  ridge  tiles  (Harl.  Roll  B.  26).  In  1389  a  churchyard  was 
added  at  Chadlington  at  the  expense  of  the  inhabitants,  and  they  were 
allowed  to  have  the  right  of  sepulture,  but  renounced  all  claim  to  be 
an  independent  church  (vol.  ii,  p.  179). 

The  temporal  possessions  of  Eynsham  in  the  parish  of  Charlbury 
were  acquired  at  many  different  times.  In  1094  the  bishop  of 
Lincoln  gave  all  that  he  possessed  in  Charlbury — *ita  solidam  et 
quietam  ut  episcopus  Robertus  tenuit.'  By  that  time  the  bishop's 
holding  in  Charlbury  was  less  than  it  had  been.  There  can  be  no 
doubt  that  the  bishop  of  Lincoln  originally  possessed  the  whole  of  the 
eastern  half  of  the  parish  of  Charlbury,  L  e.  all  that  pordon  which  was 
in  the  hundred  of  Banbury,  the  western  portion  being  in  the  hundred 
of  Chadlington ;  but  by  1094  the  manors  of  Finstock  and  Fawler  had 
been  granted  by  the  bishop  to  some  of  his  knights,  and  when  he  gave 
to  Eynsham  his  manor  of  Charlbury  the  word  was  used  in  the  narrower 
sense,  meaning  Charlbury  proper,  a  vill  of  eight  hides,  and  Cotes,  which 
contained  thirteen  virgates.^  Though  the  abbey  afterwards  obtained 
Finstock  and  Fawler  it  was  not  by  the  gifl  of  the  bishop.  Of  that  which 
the  bishop  granted  very  little  was  alienated.  About  11 70  half  a  hide 
was  confirmed  to  Gilbert  Taylard  at  a  rent  of  6x.,  and  it  is  stated  that 
his  father  and  grandfather  had  the  same  holding  (vol.  i,  p.  394),  but  in 
1279  Nicholas  Tailard  holds'  only  one  virgate  and  a  half,  and  the  rent 
is  6f.  6d.  In  1256  the  king  granted  a  weekly  market  and  an  annual 
fair  (vol.  i,  p.  213)^  and  it  is  difficult  to  believe  that  the  returns  made 
in  1269  (^0^  h  P*  9)  or  in  the  Hundred  Rolls  of  1279,  can  be  com- 
plete ;  for  the  rents  received  from  a  market  town  must  have  been  more 
than  10s.  or  12s,  A  rental  of  about  1310  (Harl.  Roll  B.  23)  gives 
£8  as  the  rents  received  from  sixty-six  tenants  in  the  borough,  and 
the  whole  rents  of  Charlbury  were  £14  8x.  3^/.;  in  addition,  the 
demesne  land  was  farmed  for  the  abbey  by  its  bailifif.  In  the  accounts 
of  1367  two  new  entries  appear;  besides  the  assize  rents  of  Charlbury, 
producing  £19  4J.  iid,,  Acre  were  rents  of  assarts  in  Charlbury, 
£7  17J.  8^.,  and  rents  of  assarts  of  Spelsbury,  £2  17J.  4j</.  (ib.,  B.  29). 
In  1373  the  case  is  still  more  complicated ;  beside  £18  of  assize  rents 
in  Charlbury,  £8  of  assart  rents,  and  £2  9^.  od,  of  rents  of  Spelsbury 
assarts,  there  is  also  an  entry  of  assize  rents  from  Cote  amounting  to 

*  Hundred  Rolls,  ii.  709.  •  ib. 


xxxiv  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

15X.  lod.  In  1447  we  have  assize  rents  from  Charlbmy  £14  4^.  5^., 
assize  rents  from  the  *villata  de  Coote'  12s.  6d.,  assarts  in  the  fields 
of  Charlbury  £4  iis.  5^.,  assarts  in  the  fields  of  Cote  £2  3^.  6J<f., 
while  the  'villa  de  Cootes',  with  lands,  meadows,  and  pastures, 
was  leased  to  John  Edmonds  for  £2  a  year  (C.  i).  From  these 
entries  we  may  conclude  that  both  in  Charlbury  proper  and  in  Cote 
much  of  the  waste  was  enclosed  and  assarted  in  the  fourteenth  and 
fifteenth  centuries;  and  in  tithings  where  there  was  only  one  free- 
holder, as  probably  in  Charlbury  and  Cote,  no  permission  or 
agreement  would  be  necessary.  The  assart  which  is  sometimes 
called  the  Spelsbury  assart  does  not  seem  to  have  been  actually  in 
Spelsbury,  as  there  is  no  evidence  that  Eynsham  at  any  time  possessed 
property  in  that  parish;  but  it  is  to  be  identified  with  the  assart 
<in  the  fields  of  Coote'.  In  the  accounts  of  1391  and  1409  it  is 
described  as  the  assart  occupied  by  tenants  of  Spelsbury  and  Cote ; 
and  it  must  have  been  called  the  Spelsbury  assart  because  it  was 
rented  by  people  in  Spelsbury.  These  notices  show  that  the  lost 
vt'il  of  Cote  or  Cotes  must  be  sought  in  that  part  of  the  manor  of 
Charlbury  which  is  near  the  village  of  Spelsbury.  It  may  be  added 
that  in  1470  an  entry  speaks  of  the  'manor  of  Cote'  dimised  to 
William  Bernard  at  a  rent  of  £2  (ib.,  G.  2). 

Besides  rents  and  the  produce  of  the  demesne  land,  the  abbey  also 
received  the  profits  of  the  courts.  For  the  manor  and  customary 
tenants  there  was  the  court  of  the  manor,  and  for  the  borough  there 
was  a  portmote.  Unfortunately,  no  court  rolls  of  either  court  survive, 
but  we  are  able  to  tell  how  often  the  courts  were  held,  and  what  their 
profits  were.  Thus  in  1373  twelve  manorial  courts  were  held,  of 
which  one  was  the  view  of  frankpledge,  and  the  profits  were 
£9  lis,  o^,  (Harl.  Roll  B.  33).  In  1406  five  courts  and  one  view 
of  frankpledge  produced  £4  5^.  4</.^  In  14 14  from  three  courts 
and  one  view,  held  November  6, 1405,  the  profits  were  about  £3  los., 
and  6d,  from  two  portmotes.'  In  1442  one  view  and  three  courts 
produced  £3  15^.  iod,y  and  thirteen  portmotes  13X.  8dl'  In  1448 
from  seven  courts  Sis,  6d,  was  received,  and  fit)m  one  view  22s. ;  the 
accountant  adds,  '  de  aliquo  proficuo  proveniente  de  perquisitis  curie 
portemoti  ibidem  tente  non  respondet,  eo  quod  nulla  huiusmodi  curia 
ibidem  tenta  fuit  per  tempus  supradictunu'  *  We  may  conjecture  that 
as  the  profit  from  portmote  courts  was  so  small,  it  was  hardly  worth 
while  holding  them.      The  record  in  English  of  one  portmote  held 

*  Ministers*  Accounts  957. 18  (Recoid         »  ib.,  957.  ae. 
Office).  *  HarL  RoU  C.  i. 

«  ib.,  957. 19. 


PREFACE  XXXV 

in  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth  is  preserved  at  the  Record  Office ; 
it  is  merely  a  list  of  tradesmen  in  Charlbury  each  lined  2d,  *  for  exces- 
sive lucre*. 

The  property  of  Eynsham  in  Fawler  was  acquired  about  1220. 
In  this  hamlet  two  and  a  half  hides  belonged  to  the  fee  of  Robert  le 
Chevalchesul,  and  two  and  a  half  hides  to  the  fee  of  the  family  of 
Wicham,  both  being  knights  under  the  bishop  of  Lincoln.^  The 
former  holding  was  divided  between  Robert  Danvers  and  Peter 
Talemasche,  the  heirs  of  Robert  le  Chevalchesul,*  and  was  given 
by  them  to  the  abbey;  while  Thomas  Caperun,  who  held  five  virgates 
under  Robert  de  Wicham,  gave  his  holding  about  the  same  time 
(vol.  i,  pp.  140-146),  though  a  subsequent  deed  shows  that  it  was 
a  sale  as  much  as  a  gift  (ib.,  p.  217).  In  1279'  ^^  ^^  ^^^  ^^ 
holding  of  Eynsham  in  Fawler  was  exacdy  fifteen  vijgates,  and  though 
the  inquisition  held  in  1363  gives  us  no  information,  as  it  deals  only 
with  the  demesne  (vol.  ii,  p.  28),  there  can  be  little  doubt  that  the 
holding  of  the  abbey  steadily  grew.  In  the  earliest  rental,  of  about 
1310  (HarL  Roll  B.  23),  the  income  from  Fawler  was  £4  i6s.  In 
1394  the  rents  of  assize  were  £7  14^.,  the  rents  of  assarts  £2  12^., 
and  the  'assart  of  Stonesfield'  £1  lor.  (ib.,  B.  35).  In  1528  the  rent 
from  Fawler  was  £11  Ss.  ^d,  (ib.,  C.  3),  and  25^.  from  *  assarts  in  the 
fields  of  Fawler  leased  by  the  tenants  of  Stonesfield '. 

The  '  assart  of  Stonesfield'  or,  as  it  is  described  elsewhere,  the  assart 
in  Fawler  rented  by  men  of  Stonesfield,  may  be  identified  with  the 
site  of  the  small  monastery  of  Pheleleie,  which  was  evidently  situated 
just  on  the  border  of  Fawler  and  Stonesfield  (voL  i,  p.  xiv). 

Finstock  is  one  of  the  most  puzzling  properties  of  the  abbey. 
The  facts  given  us  in  the  Cartulary  are  as  follows :  the  '  terra  de 
Finestoches'  was  given  to  Eynsham  before  11 54  by  Radulfus  Basset 
(voL  i,  pp.  40,  70);  between  1154  and  1161  this  gift  was  confirmed 
by  Reginald  of  St  Walery  for  a  payment  of  ten  marks  (ib.,  p.  70). 
In  1205  Peter  Thalesmasche  quitclaimed  to  Eynsham  half  a  knight's 
fee  in  Finstock  (ib.,  p.  134).  A  third  holding  in  Finstock  was  called 
Tapwell  and  was  given  to  the  abbey  by  the  family  of  Grant;  it 
consisted  of  thirteen  acres  and  was  held  of  the  king  by  the  seijeanty 
of  guarding  the  Wodegate,  when  the  king  was  staying  at  Woodstock 
(ib.,  p.  308);  at  the  inquisition  held  in  1279  it  was  stated  that  this 
was  alienated  to  the  abbey  by  Robert  le  Grant,  but  according  to  our 
Cartulary  it  was  given  by  William  his  son  (ib.,  p.  189)  between  1241 


*  Hundred  Rolls ^  ii  709.  by  F.  N.  Macnamara  (p.  17). 

*  Memorials  of  the  Danuers  Family^         '  Hundred  Rolls ^  ii.  709. 

C  2 


xxxvi  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

and  1264.  It  may  be  pointed  out  that  the  family  of  Grant  is  probably 
the  same  as  the  family  of  Magnus,  which  held  an  assart  in  Finstock 
by  the  authority  of  the  king  in  the  reign  of  Stephen  (ib.,  p.  139). 

These  three  holdings  of  the  abbey  can  be  identified  in  the  Hundred 
Rolls  of  1279  (ii,  p.  709);  the  first  appears  as  43  acres  and  a  virgate 
of  assart;  the  second  as  four  virgates  held  in  villenage  of  the  fee 
of  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln ;  the  third  is  ten  acres  bought  of  Robert 
le  Grant,  held  by  the  seijeanty  of  guarding  the  Wodegate.  One 
statement  of  this  return  is  certainly  incorrect,  namely  that,  hke 
Charlbury,  part  of  this  holding  was  obtained  from  the  Bishop  of 
Lincoln  in  exchange  for  the  manor  of  Stowe  in  Lincolnshire ;  our 
Cartulary  shows  that  it  was  not  so. 

Two  puzzles  remain  to  be  solved ;  in  the  first  place  why  did  the 
family  of  St.  Walery  succeed  to  the  possessions  of  the  family  of  Basset 
in  Finstock?  secondly,  if  Finstock  was  part  of  the  parish  and  manor 
of  Charlbury,  and  therefore,  as  we  should  suppose,  a  property  of  the 
Bishop  of  Lincoln,  how  did  the  Bassets  obtain  a  holding  here? 
There  can  be  little  doubt  that  we  here  have  a  case  where  the  tenant 
instituted  by  king  Stephen  was  purposely  deprived  by  Henry  II; 
it  was  his  custom  not  to  recognize  the  grants  of  his  enemies,  and 
for  that  reason  the  land  of  Finstock  must  have  been  taken  from 
Radulfus  Basset  in  1154  and  given  to  Henry's  favourite,  Reginald 
of  St.  Walery.  It  is  described  not  as  a  virgate  or  carucate  but  as 
'terra',  meaning  uncultivated  land,  and  it  must  have  been  within  the 
bounds  of  the  forest,  as  the  licence  of  the  king  was  necessary  before 
it  could  be  assarted  (vol.  i,  p.  54).  Just  as  in  the  manor  of  Charlbury 
there  was  a  portion  retained  by  the  king,  called  Combury,  so  in 
Finstock  part  belonged  to  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln  and  part  to  the 
king ;  and  it  seems  that  king  Stephen,  as  was  his  custom,  granted 
away  part  of  the  royal  demesne,  adjacent  to  Combury,  to  Ralph 
Basset,  who  in  turn  granted  it  to  Eynsham.  Similarly,  the  seijeanty 
of  Tapwell  must  have  been  situated  in  that  part  of  Finstock  which 
belonged  to  the  king.  The  Bishop  of  Lincoln  probably  had  nothing 
more  in  Finstock  than  the  four  virgates  that  were  assigned  to  Peter 
Talemasche,  who,  as  we  have  seen,  was  one  of  the  bishop's  knights 
and  held  land  of  him  in  Fawler  as  well  as  in  Finstock. 

As  in  Fawler,  so  in  Finstock,  during  the  fourteenth  and  fifteenth 
centuries  land  was  inclosed  and  the  value  of  the  property  increased. 
About  13 10  the  rents  from  Finstock  and  Tapwell  (Harl.  Roll  B.  23) 
were  about  £4  lox.;  in  1399  (ib.,  B.  35)  assize  rents  of  Finstock 
were  about  £4  4J.,  and  assart  rents  about  £4  8^.;  in  1447  (ib.,C.  i) 
they  were  los.  higher;  in  1470  (ib.,  G.  2)  and  1528  (ib.,  C.  3)  the 


PREFACE  xxxvii 

rents  had  fallen  to  £6,  the  abbey  perhaps  having  parted  with  some 
of  its  land. 

It  may  be  taken  as  certain  that  there  were  no  manorial  courts  at 
Finstock  and  Fawler  j  had  there  been  any,  the  yearly  accounts  would 
have  recorded  the  profits  of  the  courts^  The  tenants  of  these  two 
hamlets  must  have  attended  the  courts  at  Charlbury ;  and  after  the 
dissolution  of  the  abbey,  at  a  court  of  Charlbury  held  Sept.  i,  1539, 
we  find  that  homages  from  Fawler  and  Finstock  were  present  (HarL 
Roll  C.  4). 

The  woods  of  Charlbury,  321  acres  in  extent,  were  divided  into 
seven  parts,  and  as  is  still  the  custom  in  many  woods,  one  portion 
was  to  be  cut  every  seven  years  (vol.  ii,  p.  27),  and  it  was  estimated 
in  1363  that  on  an  average  the  produce  would  be  worth  £15  6f.  8</» 
a  year.  In  1373,  ^^S^o,  and  1394  the  profit  from  the  sale  of  under- 
wood was  about  £4,  £20^  and  £4  respectively  (HarL  Roll  R  33-5); 
in  1396  it  was  £29  (ib.,  B.  37),  in  1412  about  £10  (ib.,  B.  39), 
in  1419  about  £9  (ib.,  B.  40).  Each  year  there  were  expenses  for 
the  fencing  after  the  copse  had  been  cut  at  i\d.  or  ij^.  the  rod, 
no  doubt  in  order  that  cattle  might  not  spoil  the  young  shoots ;  also 
on  two^occasions  there  were  fees  to  the  officers  of  the  forest ;  thus  in 
1426  a  payment  was  made  to  Robert  Alkerton  head  forester  *pro 
brevi  habendo',  and  2s.  to  Nicholas  Jeffes  *prochymnagio,  (ib.,  B.  41); 
again  1470,  there  was  *in  feodo  capitalis  forestarii  de  Whichewode 
vi  s.  viij  d.,  et  eius  locum  tenenti  iij  s.  iiij  d.,  et  in  feodo  forestarii  vianun 
domini  regis  ex  consuetudine  ij  s.  vi  d.^  Although  the  perambulations 
of  Wychwood  forest  made  in  1298  seem  to  leave  all  Charlbury  wood 
outside  the  forest  (vol,  ii,  pp.  93-5),  yet  on  other  occasions  the 
boundaries  may  have  been  less  favourable  to  Eynsham,  for  the 
boundaries  varied  from  time  to  time ;  ^  at  all  events  it  is  certain  that 
in  1325  part  of  Charlbury  wood  was  reckoned  to  be  within  the 
forest  (vol.  i,  p.  363).  The  portion  of  wood  that  was  cut  in  1412 
was  called  Vasemerequarteron  (ib.,  B.  39),  a  name  which  was  in  use 
in  1363  (vol.  ii,  p.  27):  in  1426  (ib.,  B.  41)  when  the  same  wood 
should  have  been  cut  again,  it  is  called  Inposteredequarteron  (?In 
poste  rode  quarteron),  a  name  which  we  do  not  find  in  1363, 

In  Chadlington  the  abbey  possessed  half  a  virgate  granted  about 
1 173  (voL  i,  pp.  107,  109)  and  also  about  100  acres  (ib.,  p.  248) 
granted  by  John  Heynon  before  1264  and  confirmed  by  Walter  de 
Wayhulle,  a  rent  of  8j.  being  retained  to  hun  (ib.,  p.  215).  As  the 
accounts  of  the  abbey  show  that  each  year  2^.  6d.  for  hidage  and 

*  See  the  statement,  voL  ii,  p.  107. 


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i^,  for  wardsilver  was  paid  for  this  holding  in  Chadlington,  we 
conclude  diat  it  was  reckoned  to  be  five  virgates,  2s,  for  hidage 
and  id,  for  wardsilver  being  the  regular  -payment  for  one  hide. 
The  rent  from  this  land  varied  but  little.  About  13 lo  it  produced 
iSs.  6d.  (Harl.  Roll  B.  23);  ip  1447  ^^^  amount  was  ajx.  gd. 
(ib.,  C.  i).  Each  year  there  is  paid  a  rent  of  8 J.  'to  the  heirs  of 
John  Halowe'  as  the  wording  runs  in  all  the  accounts  from  1373  to 
1470  (B.  31  and  G.  2).  In  1528  the  money  was  paid  *to  the  heirs 
of  John  Halowe,  now  John  Osbaston'  (C.  23). 

Cirencester.  In  11 58  Eynsham  was  given  Wigewald  Mill  in 
Cirencester,  rented  at  30^.  a  year,  and  from  another  mill  a  payment 
of  los,  a  year  (vol  i,  p.  103).  Apparently  this  second  mill  was  also 
in  Wige^d  (ib.,  p.  190).  In  1291  the  abbot  of  Cirencester  paid  44s. 
a  year  from  a  certain  mill  to  the  abbot  of  Eynsham,  being  half  the 
total  rent  of  it  {Taxa/to,  p.  234),  but  the  return  in  1390  is  that 
Eynsham  received  lox.  a  year  from  *  Clerkenemulle,'  but  that  34^.  due 
from  « Macemulle  *  was  withheld  by  the  abbot  of  Cirencester  (Harl- 
RoU  E.  31).  In  1 635  he  paid  los.  to  Eynsham  from  <  Clerkyn  Mills ', 
but  the  other  sum  is  not  mentioned  ( Valor,  ii.  208). 

Clifton  Mill.  About  the  year  11 80  Matilda  de  Chesney  gave  to 
Eynsham  one  third  of  Clifton  Mill  in  Deddington  (i.  86),  and  in  1 192 
her  cousin  Ralf  Mmrdac  gave  another  third  (i.  84  and  89).  About 
1270  the  rent  from  this  mill  was  40s,  (i.  14)  and  it  remained  at  this 
figure  for  about  two  centuries ;  it  was  paid  by  the  Prior  of  Bicester 
who  held  the  manor  of  Clifton  and  the  remaining  third  of  the  mill 
(i.  86).  By  a  deed*  of  October  9,  1483,  the  prior  of  Bicester  agrees 
with  the  abbey  of  Eynsham  that  whereas  he  was  formerly  bound  to 
pay  to  Eynsham  a  rent  of  40^.  for  a  mill  called  Old  Clifton  Mill,  now 
called  Millstede  by  Thistelforde,  and  for  other  mills  in  Oxfordshire,' 
and  whereas  for  certain  causes  he  had  withheld  the  rent,  he  will  in 
future  pay  20s,  a  year,  to  be  secured  upon  his  mill  called  New  Clifton 
Mill.    This  amount '  was  paid  in  IS35*    {Valors  ii.  209.) 

Coggs.  Manasser  Arsic  on  his  deathbed  gave  Eynsham  five  acres 
of  meadow  in  Coggs  (vol.  i,  p.  109) ;  in  1254  and  in  1270  it  was  worth 
3 J.  a  year  (ib.,  pp.  13  and  306);  there  is  no  trace  of  it  subsequently. 

The  monks  sdso  possessed  from  the  earliest  times  the  crop  of  four 
acres  of  arable,  to  be  chosen  by  them  each  year  firom  the  demesne  of 

^  Printed    Formulare    Anglicanum,  sham  for  tithes  in  Stratton  Awdley,  and 

p.  107.  i6s,  for  tithes  in  Clifton ;  the  figures  are 

*  There  is  no  evidence  that  Bicester  correctly  given  snbseqnently  ( Vahr,  ii, 
held  any  other  mills  of  Eynsham.  309  and  aio\  namely  lax.  for  tithes  in 

•  There  is  an  error  in  the  retnm  for  Stratton  Awdley  and  aox.  for  the  rent  of 
Bicester  Priory  (  Vaior,  ii.  188)  where  it  Clifton  Mill. 

gives  i6x.  as  dne  from  Bicester  to  Eyn- 


PREFACE  xxxix 

Coggs.  It  was  given  to  Eynsham  when  the  church  of  Coggs  was 
allowed  the  right  of  sepulture  (vol.  i,  p.  4) ;  this  probably  took  place 
at  some  very  early  date,  for  the  church  of  Coggs  belonged  to  the 
priory  of  Coggs  from  the  first  years  of  the  twelfth  century,  and  if  the 
right  had  been  granted  to  the  church  after  that  date,  we  should  have 
some  deed  to  that  effect  drawn  up  between  the  two  monasteries. 
A  judgement  of  about  1202  describes  this  possession  (vol.  ii,  p.  46). 
In  1270  it  was  worth  6s.  Sd.  (vol.  i,  p.  13) ;  and  though  omitted  in  the 
Taxaiio  of  i29i,it  is  mentioned  in  the  confirmation  of  1320  (ib.,  p.  376). 
In  1390  it  was  paid  to  the  sacrist  (£.  31),  but  we  are  not  told  its 
value.  Afterwards  it  must  have  been  lost,  as  it  does  not  occur  in  the 
Valor.  Possibly  when  the  priories  of  Coggs  and  Minster  Lovell  came 
into  the  hands  of  Eton  College,  the  abbey  surrendered  its  possessions 
in  those  two  places,  in  return  for  the  share  of  the  tithes  in  Cassington, 
for  which  Eynsham  paid  lor.  a  year  as  late  as  1390  (E.  31). 

Colesboume.  In  1291  Eynsham  took  tithes  in  the  parishes  of 
Elkstone  and  Dimtsboume  Rouse,  Gloucestershire,  to  the  value  of 
dr.  8dl  and  %s.  respectively  i^Taxaiio^  p.  221).  In  1320  this  possession 
is  described  as  two-thirds  of  the  tithe  of  the  demesne  of  Thomas 
de  Gardino  in  the  parishes  of  Colesboume  and  Duntsbourne  ^.  377). 
In  1390  the  tithes  of  the  abbey  in  Colesboume  and  Dimtsboume  were 
sold  for  dr.  ^d.  (E.  31).  In  the  Val&r  of  1535  there  is  no  mention  of 
them,  but  possibly  they  were  included  among  the  properties  that  were 
granted  to  firaeme  Abbey  for  an  annual  payment  of  40X. ;  for 
Bmeme  held  land  in  Colesboume.  It  is  suggested  that  these  tithes 
were  given  to  Eynsham  before  mo  by  William  son  of  Bernard, 
who  in  Domesday  held  land  in  Duntsbourne,  Colesboume,  and  Elkston 
(see  i.  31  «.)• 

Ck>mwell.  Before  mo  Richard  de  Gray  gave  to  Eynsham  his 
great  and  small  tithes  in  Cornwell  (i.  36),  probably  meaning  the  tithes 
of  his  demesne.  Subsequently  the  abbey  obtained  the  church  of 
Comwell  by  the  grant  of  Alice  de  Gray  and  her  husband  (i.  100), 
and  was  albwed  by  the  bishop  to  receive  from  it  a  pension  of 
a  pound  of  wax  (i,  57).  In  1201  it  gave  the  church  bade  to  Alice 
de  Gray,  retaining  the  pension  (L  100),  and,  if  we  may  trast  the 
return  made  in  1239  (i.  3),  it  still  held  the  tithes  of  the  demesne  at 
that  time ;  but  there  is  no  subsequent  trace  of  them.  The  statement 
made  (I  100 ».)  that  Eynsham  received  4^.  from  Cornwell  in  1379 
proves  to  be  incorrect ;  the  name  of  the  place,  of  which  only  the  first 
four  lettersvare  clear  (Harl.  Roll  E.  31),  is  doubtless  to  be  read 
Toraestone  not  Comwell.  In  the  confirmation  of  tithes  m  1320 
(L  376)  there  is  no  mendon  of  Cornwell. 


xl  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Cropredy.  Eynsham  had  not  only  the  tithe  of  the  bishop's  demesne 
in  Cropredy,  but  also  two-thirds  of  the  tithe  of  Gosfridus  de  Cropredy 
and  of  the  tithe  of  Richard  of  Newark  in  Claydon  (vol.  i,  p.  37); 
in  each  case  it  is  probable  that  the  tithe  of  the  demesne  is  meant. 
The  bishop's  demesne  was  five  carucates  in  1291;  the  other  two 
demesnes  seem  to  have  been  each  of  less  than  two  hides  {Hundred 
Roils,  ii.  705).  In  the  record  of  Cropredy  church  in  the  TaxaHo  of 
1 29 1,  entered  by  some  oversight  under  Northamptonshire,  there  is  no 
mention  of  Eynsham;  but  the  portion  of  tithe  is  mentioned  in  1390 
(see  Banbury),  and  in  1539  it  was  worth  £5  13^.  ^d,  (vol.  ii,  p.  253). 

Croxtoiiy  Leicestershire.  Before  1 167  Eynsham  had  been  given 
tithes  in  Croxton  of  the  value  of  3^.  ^d  a  year  (i.  2),  and  by  the  year 
1 1 97  the  abbey  had  come  to  an  agreement  about  them  with  the 
canons  of  Chaucombe  (i.  120).  In  1254  the  payment  from  Croxton 
had  fallen  in  value  to  3^.  (i.  307),  and  in  1390  this  was  the  amount 
paid  by  the  prior  of  Chaucombe  (E.  21).  In  1525  the  payment  still 
survived,  but  it  is  described  as  being  for  '  certain  ground  and  pasture 
in  Wroxton'  (Fa/cv,  ii.  209).  It  may  be  that  the  payment  of  3^. 
due  originally  for  tithes  in  Croxton  was  secured  upon  land  in  Wroxton 
belonging  to  the  priory  of  Chaucombe.  In  1539  the  payment  is  said 
to  be  'for  tithes  in  Wroxton'  (vol.  ii,  p.  251).  Probably  in  both 
places  Wroxton  is  a  mistake  for  Croxton. 

Domford  in  Wootton.  The  tithes  of  Domford  and  <Wideli' 
were  given  to  Eynsham  before  11 10  (vol.  i,  p.  36),  and  in  1270  were 
worth  20X.  a  year  (ib.,  p.  13).  Though  omitted  in  the  TaxaHo,  this 
possession  is  mentioned  in  1320  (ib.,  p.  376).  In  1390  it  was  paid  to 
the  almoner,  but  its  amount  is  not  stated  (E.  31).  In  a  computus  of 
about  1454  the  almoner  received  20s.  from  the  tithe  of  Domford 
(F.  29).  In  1535  {Valor ,  il  211)  it  appears  as  tithe  to  the  value  of 
6j.  8</,  within  the  parish  of  Wootton. 

Dotard's  Mill.  William  de  Chesney  gave  to  Eynsham  about 
1 1 60  a  mill  in  Deddington  called  West  Mill  (L  82),  his  successors 
Ralf  Murdac  and  Guy  de  Dive  confirming  the  gift  (L  84  and  89). 
About  1270  it  is  called  Dotard's  Mill,  paying  %os,  a  year  (i.  14)  ;  and 
it  retained  the  same  name  and  returned  the  same  rent  at  the  Dissolu- 
tion {yahr,  ii  209). 

Eynsham.  The  Harleian  Rolls  supply  much  information  about 
the  manor  and  town  of  Eynsham  whidi  we  should  look  for  in  vain 
in  the  Cartulary,  and  reveal  the  fact  that  the  possessions  of  the  abbey 
in  that  parish  were  divided  into  three  heads,  the  Old  Borough,  the 
New  Borough,  and  the  Manor,  each  with  its  comrt  It  will  be 
convenient  to  take  the  New  Borough  first. 


PREFACE  xli 

The  Cartulary  (vol.  i,  p.  60)  gives  the  foundation  charter  of  this 
little  borough.  In  the  year  12 15  abbot  Adam  granted  to  tenants 
a  piece  of  his  demesne  lying  on  the  east  side  of  the  vill  of  Eynsham, 
and  divided  it  into  portions  of  an  acre  or  less  as  building  sites,  the 
rent  being  at  the  rate  of  4J.  an  acre.  It  was  known  by  the  name 
of  Nova  Terra,  or  in  modern  times  Newland,  but  in  one  deed  it  is 
called  the  New  Borough  (vol.  ii,  p.  177);  and  as  the  tenants  held  by 
burgage,  the  name  was  correct.  The  abbot  mentions  that  Nova  Terra 
was  a  iiirlong  from  north  to  south,  but  does  not  say  what  its  extent 
was  from  east  to  west:  but  the  inquisition  held  in  1366  (voL  ii,  p.  50) 
shows  that  it  contained  nearly  18^  measured  acres,  and  this  would 
imply  that  the  abbot  enclosed  a  cultura  containing  about  20  or  22 
nominal  acres.  The  map  of  Eynsham  of  1782  shows  Newland  Road 
leading  eastward  from  Eynsham  with  houses  on  either  side  and 
gardens  which  run  back  for  no  yards,  as  described  in  the  abbot's 
charter.  The  whole  forms  a  rectangular  projection  into  the  open 
fields,  measuring  one  furlong  from  north  to  south  and  two  furlongs 
from  east  to  west.  As  the  rent  was  to  be  4^.  an  acre,  while  arable 
land  at  that  time  was  worth  not  more  than  \s.  an  acre,  it  is  obvious 
that  the  abbey  gained  by  the  action  of  the  abbot.  Some  of  the 
privileges  of  the  tenants  are  mentioned  in  the  foundation  charter  of 
the  abbot,  but  others  are  revealed  by  the  court  rolls  of  Newland. 
The  tenants  were  to  hold  their  land  freely ;  as  tenants  by  burgage, 
they  not  only  owed  no  service,  but  they  were  not  liable  to  wardships, 
aids,  reliefs,  fines,  heriots,  or  other  such  burdens ;  further,  they  might 
alienate  their  land  to  any  secular  person ;  but  in  this  point  the  tenure 
in  Newland  seems  to  have  been  less  favourable  than  in  ordinary 
boroughs,  for  a  small  payment  to  the  lord,  i.  e.  the  abbey,  was  made 
when  a  holding  was  sold.  They  might  also  dispose  of  their  land  by  will, 
a  privilege  enjoyed  in  Oxford  and  large  boroughs,  but  probably  not 
usual  in  small  boroughs.  They  were  to  elect  their  own  reeve,  and 
if  there  was  a  complaint  against  any  tenant  he  was  to  be  tried  by 
his  peers.  Both  of  these  last  privileges  imply  that  Newland  was  to 
have  its  own  court,  as  is  also  implied  by  the  word  communa  which  is 
used  of  the  tenants  of  Newland  (vol.  i,  p.  61). 

Of  this  court  we  have  fairly  full  records  from  the  year  1307. 
Although  it  mig^t  be  expected  that  a  court  attended  by  those  who 
held  by  burgage  would  be  called  a  burghmote  or  portmote,  we  do 
not  find  this  word  used  of  the  court  of  Newland,  but  the  rolls  are 
headed  *Nova  Terra'  or  *  Curia  tenta  in  Nova  Terra'.  For  the  ten 
years,  1307-16,  the  rolls  are  extant  (Rolls  E.  17-22);  also  for 
1386-9  (E.30);  1417-20  (F.  9);  and  1478(0.  4).  There  was  always 


xlii  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

a  court  on  the  Monday  after  Hokeday ;  and  another  on  the  Monday 
before,  or  the  Monday  after,  Michaelmas ;  and  sometimes  the  court 
met  once  or  twice  in  the  year  besides ;  but  as  Newland  was  a  small 
place,  containing  in  1366  only  thirty-one  houses  (vol.  ii,  p.  50),  it 
was  not  profitable  to  hold  frequently  a  court  at  which  the  takings 
might  only  be  ^d,  or  6d.  Once  a  year  the  court  elected  officers; 
when  our  records  begin,  they  were  four  in  number,  a  head  bailiff, 
a  second  bailiff,  who  is  also  called  catchpole,  a  taster  of  beer,  and 
a  decennarius  or  tithing-man.  This  was  the  arrangement  in  the 
reign  of  Edward  II ;  but  in  the  reign  of  Richard  II  there  are  but 
three  officers,  the  bailiff,  the  collector  of  rents,  and  the  taster  of  beer. 
The  collector  of  rents  is  certainly  the  same  officer  as  the  catchpole 
of  the  earlier  period;  but  there  is  no  mention  of  the  tithing-man. 
From  certain  entries  on  the  roll  of  Newland  court  in  1 312,  it  seems 
that  the  tenants  of  Newland  were  reckoned  to  be  a  decenna^  or  tithing, 
by  themselves,  for  the  purposes  of  the  view  of  frankpledge ;  but  by 
the  time  of  Richard  II  other  arrangements  must  have  been  made 
and  the  court  no  longer  elected  a  tithing-man.  The  election  of 
a  collector  of  rents  makes  it  probable  that  one  of  the  original  privi- 
leges of  the  tenants  of  Newland  was  that  the  abbot's  rents  should 
be  collected  by  the  elected  representative  of  Newland.  Just  as  the 
large  boroughs  were  anxious  to  exclude  the  king's  officers,  and  at 
Oxford  and  elsewhere  elected  bailiffs  who  collected  the  king's  rents, 
so  the  conmiune  of  Newland  had  its  own  collector  of  rents.  But 
if  it  was  originally  a  privilege,  it  ultimately  became  a  burden.  Whereas 
the  abbot  had  to  pay  his  servant  for  collecting  his  rents  in  the  manor 
of  Ejmsham,  in  Newland  they  were  collected  for  him  without  pay; 
and  it  is  not  surprising  to  find  in  the  court  rolls  of  Newland  that 
there  was  much  unwillingness  to  accept  the  office  of  collector  of 
rents. 

The  court  rolls  of  Newland  record  several  cases  of  the  selling 
of  land,  the  vendor  paying  to  the  abbot  2d,  and  the  purchaser  4</., 
according  to  the  original  charter  of  Newland  (vol.  i.  p.  60) ;  there  are 
also  a  few  cases  where  an  executor  produces  a  will  in  court,  in  virtue  of 
which  a  tenement  is  transferred  to  a  new  owner.  There  are  very  few 
agricultural  offences,  no  doubt  for  the  reason  that  the  residents  of 
Newland  held  no  more  than  an  acre  or  half  an  acre;  but  there  are 
a  few  cases  of  the  breaking  of  hedges.  On  the  other  hand  there 
are  no  trading  offences,  such  as  are  found  in  borough  courts,  viz., 
breaking  the  assize  of  bread,  or  the  selling  of  bad  meat  or  fish  or 
leather ;  for  Newland  was  a  residential  not  a  trading  district 

Although  Newland  was  originally  granted  to  tenants  to  hold  in 


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burgage,  this  did  not  imply  that  such  a  tenure  was  attached  to  the 
•  land  for  ever.  In  some  cases,  when  a  tenement  was  acquired  by 
the  abbey  by  gift  or  purchase,  the  tenure  was  changed.  In  one 
of  the  charters  of  this  volume  (p.  177),  when*  a  tenement  had  come 
into  the  hands  of  the  abbot,  he  grants  it  to  be  held  freely,  but  with 
no  power  of  alienation  by  will  or  sale:  and  the  court  rolls  of 
Newland  show  that  one  or  more  of  the  holdings,  which  no  doubt 
had  been  given  or  sold  to  the  abbey,  had  been  changed  into  villein 
tenure  ,  or  copyhold,  so  that  in  the  later  court  rolls  of  Newland 
we  have  the  ordinary  matter  of  a  manorial  court,  viz.  the  surrendering 
of  a  tenement,  the  pa3nng  of  a  heriot  and  being  admitted  as  tenant 
for  two  lives;  and  whereas  in  12 15  Newland  was  almost  the  only 
part  of  Eynsham  where  copyhold  tenure  did  not  exist,  now  it  is  the 
only  part  where  that  tenure  is  found;  and  in  consequence,  while  the 
manor  court  and  the  portmote  court  have  ceased,  the  court  of  Newland 
is  still  held. 

The  amercements  due  to  the  abbot  from  the  court  of  Newland 
were  collected  by  the  bailiff  of  Newland,  the  rents  of  the  abbot  by 
the  under-bailiff.  The  rental  of  Newland  was  £3  i&f.  9</.*for  several 
years;  this  is  about  the  sum  that  we  should  have  expected,  but 
it  is  not  easy  to  offer  any  explanation  why  the  rental  should  end 
with  odd  pence. 

Passing  to  the  borough  of  Eynsham,  we  have  rolls  for  the  court 
of  portmote  for  1453  (F-  21),  for  part  of  1460  (F.  31) ;  for  eighteen 
months  in  1475-7  (F«  36)>  ^^^  for  1517  (G.  9).  It  is  unfortunate 
that  all  these  rolls  are  late;  but  certain  computus  rolls  carry  us 
back  farther,  for  we  have  the  accounts  of  the  bailiff  of  the  town,  who 
collected  the  amercements  of  the  portmotes  for  the  years  1406  (F.  5), 
1415  (F.  7),  and  1442  (F.  14),  showing  that  the  portmotes  were 
held  then  with  the  same  frequency  and  with  the  same  customs  as 
they  were  fifty  years  later.  It  is  evident  that  the  portmote,  though 
it  did  not  produce  a  large  sum  of  money,  ^as  an  important  court, 
as  it  was  held  twelve  or  even  sixteen  times  a  year ;  thus,  in  the  year 
1442,  while  there  were  two  courts  held  at  Newland  producing  6s, 
in  all,  and  four  courts  of  the  manor  producing  £9  iix.  4</.,  there 
were  sixteen  portmotes,  although  they  only  produced  £2  os.  lod. 
in  perquisites.  The  court  always  met  on  Monday,  and  on  the 
Monday  after  Michaelmas  elected  as  many  as  twelve  officers;  the 
head  officer  is  called  in  1453  *  provost  and  governor  of  the  town', 
in  1476  he  is  called  mayor ;  the  other  officers  were  a  bailiff,  two 
constables,  two  tithing-men,  two  tasters  of  beer,  two  inspectors  of 
victuals,  and  two  elected  ^  to  the  office  of  collecting  half  a  mark  \ 


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if  we  have  read  the  MS.  right.  Perhaps  this  was  the  half  mark 
which,  according  to  the  Hundred  Rolls,  was  paid  by  Eynsham  as 
toll  to  the  bailiffs  of  Oxford.  In  some  years  the  constables  seem 
to  be  called  '  collectors  of  toll ',  and  the  inspectors  of  victuals  are 
also  called  by  the  title  of  cadenaiores  or  cadenariu 

The  offences  which  came  before  this  court  were  partly  the  ordinary 
offences,  such  as  leaving  manure  in  the  road  or  pulling  hedges  to 
pieces,  but  more  often  connected  with  trade,  since  those  who  at- 
tended the  court  were  engaged  in  trade.  Thus,  bakers  are  fined 
for  selling  loaves  that  were  under  weight;  the  inspectors  of  food 
state  that  one  has  sold  beef,  but  gave  no  opportunity  that  it  should 
be  inspected;  on  some  occasions  rotten  meat  had  been  sold,  and 
once  rotten  fish ;  one  man  has  sold  a  candle  that  was  of  adulterated 
material;  another  has  used  bad  leather  in  his  boots.  In  1454  a 
by-law  for  one  year  was  made,  that  no  one  who  kept  a  tavern  was 
to  sell  beer  after  nine  o'clock  at  night;  should  any  one  demand 
beer  after  that  hour,  notice  was  to  be  given  to  the  constable  or  to 
the  tithing-man.  In  the  same  year  *  it  is  presented  that  John  Stevens 
jun.  has  been  idling  up  and  down  the  town  for  six  days  and  will 
not  work;  it  is  not  known  how  he  lives;  therefore  the  bailiff  is 
commanded  to  eject  him  before  the  next  court*.  The  profits  of  the 
court  amounted  to  about  50X.  a  year,  and  were  collected  for  the 
abbot  by  the  bailiff  who  was  annually  elected  at  the  portmote.  How 
far  the  tenure  in  the  old  Borough  differed  from  the  tenure  in 
Newland  we  cannot  say ;  if  wc  may  argue  from  the  silence  of  the 
rolls  we  should  say  that  the  tenants  in  the  old  Borough  might  not 
dispose  of  their  property  by  will,  but  on  the  other  hand  might  sell 
it  freely  and  without  that  small  payment  which  was  demanded  when 
the  tenants  in  Newland  sold  their  land. 

As  the  rents  in  the  borough  were  collected  by  the  abbot's  servant, 
who  also  collected  the  rents  of  the  manor,  the  rentals  make  no 
distinction  between  the  two  rents.  It  is  therefore  impossible  to 
say  how  many  houses  there  were  in  the  borough,  or  how  much 
the  abbot  received  from  the  borough ;  but  it  is  probable  that  the 
small  rents  of  about  6^.  and  u.,  which  are  mentioned  in  the  rental 
(E.  32)  to  the  number  of  nearly  300,  were  quitrents  from  burgage 
tenements  in  Eynsham.  But  it  appears  that  only  a  portion  of  the 
houses  in  the  vill  of  Eynsham  belonged  to  the  borough;  for  a  rental 
of  1 51 9  (G.  12}  shows  that  at  that  time  the  farm  buildings  of  the 
manor  were  situated  in  Thomas  Street,  Mill  Street,  and  the  other 
streets  near  the  market  place.  But  such  tenements  would  be  held 
under  the  manor  court,  not  under  the  borough  court. 


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'  Last  we  come  to  the  court  of  the  manor,  of  which  we  have  rolls 
for  1296  (E.  23),  1337  and  1338  (E.  24),  1414-1422  (F.  8),  1458-9 
(F.  i8),  1466  (F.  32),  1476  (F.  23),  1477  (G.  I),  i4?8  (G.  3), 
1479  (G.  5),  while  at  the  Record  Office  we  have  the  rolls  for  1480-5. 
At  these  courts  we  have  the  business  of  an  ordinary  manorial  court. 
In  the  earlier  courts  nativi  buy  their  freedom;  thus  in  1306  Adam 
Bovebroke  pays  6s.  Sd.  for  his  freedom;  in  1337  Richard  le  Loder 
pays  10s.  that  his  two  daughters  may  be  free.  In  the  later  courts 
there  are  surrenders  of  copyhold  tenements,  which  are  received 
back  again  for  two  lives  with  the  payment  of  a  fine.  There  are  the 
usual  farming  offences;  horses  have  been  allowed  to  stray  in  the 
com,  villems  have  left  their  work  too  early,  and  tenants  who  were 
bound  to  perform  transport  work  have  refused  to  convey  the  cellarer 
and  steward  to  Oxford,  though  due  notice  had  been  given.  For  the 
discovery  of  offences  there  were  two  officials — both  in  the  pay  of  the 
abbot — the  beadle  and  the  woodward.  The  work  of  the  former  was 
to  catch  and  impound  stray  cattle,  but  in  some  rolls  this  duty  is 
performed  by  the  messor.  The  duty  of  the  woodward  was  not  only 
to  supervize  the  cutting  of  the  wood  and  to  sell  the  timber  and 
faggots  of  the  abbot,  but  also  to  detect  those  who  cut  furze  and 
thorns  unlawfully  on  the  abbot's  waste.  In  the  earliest  rolls  the 
court  meets  on  Saturday,  but  after  1350,  like  all  other  courts  at 
Eynsham,  it  met  on  Monday;  and  on  the  Monday  after  Hokeday 
there  were  courts  of  the  portmote,  the  manor,  and  Newland.  The 
manor  court  was  held  from  four  to  seven  times  a  year,  at  no  regular 
intervals;  probably  as  soon  as  there  was  important  business  to 
transact,  such  as  the  surrendering  of  a  farm,  a  court  would  be 
summoned.  The  profits  of  the  court  were  considerable,  sometimes 
being  more  than  £5  on  one  day,  but  this  was  not  from  amercements 
for  the  most  pan,  but  from  the  fines  that  were  received  when  a 
copyhold  tenement  was  granted  anew.  The  amercements  of  this 
court  were  collected  by  the  beadle,  who  was  not  elected  by  the  court, 
but  was  the  abbot's  servant. 

It  was  to  this  court  that  the  view  of  frankpledge  was  attached.  In 
the  reign  of  Edward  II  (vol.  ii,  p.  214)  it  was  decided  that  the  view  of 
frankpledge  ought  to  be  held  not  at  the  Hundred  Court  of  Wootton, 
but  once  a  year  within  Ejrnsham,  under  the  sheriff  and  the  bailiff  of 
Woodstock;  that  they  ought  to  receive  8x.,  and  that  the  remainder 
was  the  abbot's.  As  the  fee  called  cert-money,  which  was  paid  by 
Eynsham,  was  in  later  years  8x.,  it  seems  that  the  abbot  from  the  first 
received  all  the  amercements.  In  13 13  (vol.  ii,  p.  213)  the  king 
granted  that  in  future  the  abbot  should  have  the  view  of  fhtnkpledge. 


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provided  that  the  fee  of  8x.  was  paid,  as  hitherto,  to  the  sheriff  and 
bailiff  of  Woodstock.  But  even  in  the  year  1296  we  find  that  the 
proceedings  at  the  view  of  frankpledge  were  entered  on  the  roll  of  the 
court  of  the  manor  (£.  23),  even  though  at  that  date  the  sheriff 
presided ;  and  if  we  remember  that  all  the  amercements  were  paid  to 
the  abbot  from  the  earliest  times,  it  was  reasonable  that  the  record  of 
the  proceedings  should  be  left  with  him. 

The  other  manorial  privilege  of  the  abbot,  the  assize  of  bread  and 
beer,  seems  to  have  been  attached  to  the  portmote ;  such  is  the  evidence 
of  the  rolls,  and  such  is  the  statement  of  die  inquisition  of  the  fourteenth 
century  (vol.  ii,  p.  39),  where,  however,  the  words  have  reference  to 
those  who  attended  the  manor  court  and  the  portmote,  omitting  the 
inhabitants  of  Newland.  The  inquisition  proceeds  to  say,  what  in 
any  case  we  should  have  assumed,  that  no  one  was  obliged  to  attend 
both  the  portmote  and  the  manor  court;  tenants  of  the  market 
attended  the  portmote,  the  others  attended  the  manor  court 

As  there  was  a  yearly  fair  at  Eynsham,  it  is  not  impossible  that 
a  Fair  court  or  a  Piepowder  court  was  held  at  the  time  of  the  fair : 
but  no  rolls  of  any  such  court  have  survived ;  in  fact,  the  account  rolls 
of  the  abbey  do  not  make  mention  of  the  fair,  or  indicate  that  it  was 
a  source  of  profit  in  any  way. 

There  was  also  a  fourth  court  in  Eynsham  called  Powkebridge 
Court  In  1406  the  beadle,  among  other  amercements  that  he  col- 
lected, mentions  2^.  o^.  'from  the  pannage  of  the  pigs  of  the 
customary  tenants  on  St  Martin's  day,  as  attested  by  the  roll  of 
the  Poukebrugge  Court'  (F.  6);  in  1438  he  accounts  for  8dL  from 
the  'perquisites  of  the  pannage  of  the  pigs  of  Powkebrege '  (F.  12); 
in  1470  he  answers  for  10^.  firom  Powkebrige  courts.  For  the  year 
1417  we  have  a  court  roll  beginning,  '  Powkebrugge :  a  court  held 
there  on  St  Martin's  day,  5  Hen.  V.  The  suitors  present  that 
Alicia  Hogshawe  has  one  porker,  Dionisia  Tanner  two  porkers'  and 
so  on;  for  each  porker  ^  was  paid,  while  Thomas  Doylly  had 
a  sow  and  paid  i^. ;  the  total  of  pigs  was  one  sow  and  thirty-three 
porkers,  and  the  pajrments  amounted  to  is,  6d,  It  is  evident  that 
the  court  met  once  a  year  on  St.  Martin's  day  at  Powkebrugge, 
and  it  seems  that  its  business  was  to  present  those  who  had  turned 
out  pigs  into  the  wood  beyond  their  allowance.  It  is  not  known 
where  Powkebridge  was,  but  there  are  many  streams  in  the  northern 
part  of  the  parish  of  Eynsham  where  the  woods  of  the  abbot  were. 

One  part  of  the  parish,  called  Tilgarsley,  is  somewhat  puzzling. 
In  1279  \Hundred  RoUs^  ii.  859)  it  is  described  as  a  hamlet  of 
Eynsham,  occupied  entirely  by  naiivi^  and  apparently  containing 


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twenty-fotir  virgates.  At  the  time  of  the  Black  Death  all  the  nattvi 
died,  and  the  land  became  the  demesne  of  the  abbot  (see  below, 
pp.  76,  77).  From  that  time  the  hamlet  ceased  to  exist,  but  the 
name  survived,  and  the  manorial  court,  which  was  regularly  held 
until  after  1890,  was  known  as  the  court  of  the  '  manors  of  Eynsham 
and  Tilgarsley',  or  in  earlier  days  'manor  of  Eynsham  cum  Til- 
garsley ',  a  more  correct  title.  Where  the  hamlet  stood  is  not  known. 
We  might  expect  that  it  was  near  Tilgar's  Ditch,  which  was  on  the 
west  boundary  of  the  parish  (vol.  i,  p.  24);  but  a  study  of  the 
Cartulary  suggests  that  we  should  rather  look  for  it  on  the  north-east 
side,  near  Hanborough.  It  was  evidently  to  the  north  of  the  parish, 
for  the  boundary  of  the  forest  of  Wychwood  passed  across  the 
northern  end  of  Eynsham,  and  it  was  in  dispute  whether  Tilgarsley 
was  within  the  forest  or  without  (vol.  ii,  p.  107);  and  as  Tilgarsley  is 
so  often  mentioned  in  connexion  with  Hanborough,  it  is  probable 
that  it  was  towards  the  east  boundary  of  the  parish. 

After  the  inhabitants  of  Tilgarsley  had  died,  it  seems  that  the  abbot 
enclosed  the  land.  It  is  not  certain  at  what  date  this  was  done.  In 
the  rentals  of  1389  and  1406  (E.  32  and  F.  19)  Tilgarsley  is  hardly 
mentioned,  for  the  abbot  at  that  time  had  the  land  in  his  own  hands; 
but  in  1442  a  rental  of  Tilgarsley  (F.  14.  3)  reveals  that  the  land  was 
divided  into  closes,  each  with  its  name,  and  was  let  out  to  tenants.  It 
seems  probable  that  this  change  had  not  taken  place  in  1370;  for 
when  the  men  of  Hanborough  claimed  common  of  pasture  in  the 
open  fields  of  Tilgarsley  throughout  every  third  year  (see  below, 
p.  105),  the  abbot  replied  that  the  custom  of  Tilgarsley  was  that  the 
land  lay  fallow  every  fourth  year,  not  every  third  year ;  and  if  the 
land  had  been  enclosed  he  would  hardly  have  used  this  language. 
But  the  matter  is  not  certain ;  for  the  main  plea  of  the  abbot,  and 
evidently  that  on  which  he  gained  the  verdict,  was  that  the  men 
of  Hanborough  only  had  common  of  pasture  within  the  bounds  of 
the  forest  of  Wychwood,  and  that  Tilgarsley  was  without  not  within 
these  bounds.  He  may  have  advanced  his  other  plea  merely  to 
non-suit  his  opponents  on  a  technical  point.  At  any  rate,  by  1442 
the  land  of  Tilgarsley  had  been  turned  into  closes ;  and  a  manuscript 
map  of  Eynsham  of  the  year  1782  shows  that  while  there  were  open 
fields  around  the  vill  (k  Eynsham,  and  stretching  to  the  western 
boundary  of  the  parish,  the  land  was  enclosed  towards  the  north-east, 
south  of  Eynsham  wood,  in  a  way  that  was  most  unusual  in  Oxford- 
shire. 

Another  hamlet  of  Eynsham  was  called  Hampstall.  It  lay  towards 
the  west  of  the  parish ;  and  in  1467,  when  the  abbey  retained  no  land 


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in  demesne  but  let  it  out  to  tenants,  the  rent  from  Hampstall  was 
more  than  £23  (F.  33). 

It  is  disappointing  that  so  few  rolls  of  the  officers  of  the  monastery 
survive.  We  have  the  rolls  of  the  cellarer  for  1390  (E.  31),  1406 
(F.  20)  and  1470  or  1471  (F.  28),  and  the  roll  of  the  chamberlain  for 
1404  (F.  27),  all  of  which  are  printed  below,  but  none  of  them  are 
complete.  We  have  no  rolls  of  the  coquinarius^  the  sacrist,  or  the 
almoner.  We  know  that  the  income  of  the  almoner  was  between 
£6  and  £6  10^.,  and  that  the  sacrist  had  some  rents  to  support  his 
office. 

It  is  also  disappointing  that  neither  the  Cartulary  nor  the  Harleian 
Rolls  throw  any  light  on  the  extent  and  style  of  the  monastic 
buildings;  in  fact  nothing  is  known  about  them  beyond  what  may 
be  gathered  from  the  rough  sketch,^  which  is  here  reproduced,  taken 
by  Anthony  Wood  in  1657.  What  he  then  saw  was  pulled  down 
a  few  years  later,  as  he  tells  us  in  his  diary ;  and  although  Buck  in 
1729  issued  a  print  of  the  west  end  of  the  Abbey,  it  was  an  imaginary 
reconstruction  *•  from  a  drawing  taken  Anno  1657,  which  now  is  in  the 
possession  of  the  Learned  and  Curious  Antiquary  Brown  Willis,  Esq.* 

In  the  Year  Book  of  19  Ed.  Ill,  pp.  i-io  (Rolls  Series)  is  a  record 
of  a  dispute  between  the  abbot  and  ten  or  eleven  of  the  inhabitants 
of  Eynsham.  The  latter,  who  held  sixteen  virgates  between  them, 
claimed  to  be  freeholders,  paying  a  fixed  rent  of  5^.  a  virgate^ 
and  asserted  that  their  ancestors  had  held  the  land  on  these  terms 
at  the  time  when  Eynsham  was  the  demesne  of  William  the  Con- 
queror; they  even  undertook  to  give  the  names  of  their  ancestors  at 
that  time ;  the  abbot  on  the  other  hand  claimed  that  they  were  villeins, 
and  in  the  case  of  three  the  claim  seems  to  have  been  undeniable. 
The  record  throws  but  little  light  on  Eynsham,  and  the  assertion  of 
continued  and  unaltered  tenure  from  the  days  of  William  the  Conqueror 
is  more  bold  than  convincing.  No  documentary  evidence  was  pro- 
duced. 

Filkins*  Ralf  Murdac  gave  the  abbey  half  a  hide  in  Filkins  in 
1174  (vol.  i,  p.  87);  it,  or  part  of  it,  was  worth  6s.  a  year  in  1269 
(ib.,  p.  11)  and  5^.  2d,  shortly  afterwards;  but  in  1291  it  was  6x. 
(TaxaHoy  p.  44).  The  same  rent  was  paid  in  1390,  being  received 
by  the  precentor  (Hari.  Roll  E.  31),  but  by  1535  it  had  disappeared; 
perhaps  it  was  included  in  the  properties  that  were  leased  to  Bruerne 
Abbey. 

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Eynsham  land  at  Fulbrook  in  Hogshaw,  Bucks.,  to  the  value  of  6ar. 
a  year  (vol.  i,  p.  loi);  it  was  two  hides  in  extent  (ib.,  p.  55).  After 
it  had  been  granted  in  perpetuity  to  the  family  of  Purcell  for  a  rent  of 
two  marks  a  year  (ib.,  p.  133),  the  abbey  made  an  effort  to  recover  it  by 
purchase,  but  unsuccessfully  (ib.,  p.  7  and  note).  In  1252  the  abbey 
purchased  other  land  in  Fulbrook  (ib^  p.  201)  and  in  1268  leased  all 
their  land  to  Nicholas  Aurifaber  at  a  rent  of  six  marks  (ib.,  p.  249). 
In  1 281  the  rent  was  only  4  marks  (ib.,  p.  312),  and  it  stood  at  that 
figure  in  1 291  (Taxation  p.  46).  Subsequently  it  was  held  by  Roger 
de  Bray  and  his  wife  at  the  rent  of  six  marks  (vol.  i,  p.  380),  and  m 
1350  of  seven  marks  (ib.,  p.  390).  In  1390  the  rent  had  fallen  to 
five  marks  (Harl.  RoU  E.  31)  and  in  1535  it  had  only  risen  to 
£3  8x.  4</.  (  ValoTy  ii.  208). 

A  manorial  court  belonged  to  this  property,  but  no  court  rolls 
survive.  It  seems  that  Eynsham  did  not  retain  this  manorial  court  in 
its  own  hands,  but  granted  the  right  of  holding  it  to  the  tenant  of  the 
manor  (vol.  i,  p.  313). 

Gloucester.  The  abbey  held  at  least  two  tenements  in  Gloucester 
by  the  middle  of  the  thirteenth  century  (vol.  i,  pp.  204,  228);  the 
names  of  the  donors  are  given  us  but  the  original  grants  are  not 
preserved.  In  1390  the  rents  from  Gloucester  produced  i8j.  (Harl. 
Roll  E.  31),  but  in  1535  the  amount  was  only  4^.  (Valor ^  ii.  209), 
received  from  a  tenement  of  Mr.  Rawlens  (vol.  ii,  p.  251). 

GrafiFasn,  Sussex.  We  possess  a  deed  which  mentions  that 
Ejmsham  had  property  at  Graffam  (voL  i,  p.  82),  but  there  is  no 
further  trace  of  it. 

Goring.  Eynsham  possessed  in  this  manor  one  hide  of  land  and 
twenty-seven  acres  by  the  gift  of  William  de  Druval  (vol.  i,  p.  106). 
It  was  called  Childeslonde,  and  seems  to  have  adjoined  the  boundary 
of  South  Stoke  (vol.  ii,  p.  125),  and  was  not  kept  distinct  from  the 
land  in  South  Stoke  in  the  monastic  accounts. 

Hanborough*  The  accounts  of  the  collectors  of  rents  in  Eyn- 
sham show  that  the  abbey  received  about  i^s.  a  year  from  Hanborough. 
Six  shillings  of  this  was  a  quitrent  from  the  abbot  of  Oseney  for  '  le 
Brech  et  Oseneyslond '  (R  32).  The  Hundred  Rolls  do  not  mention 
that  Eynsham  had  this,  or  any  other  rent,  in  Hanborough;  but 
Oseney  Charter  349,  among  the  Bodleian  Charters,  shows  that  it  was 
an  old  quitrent  and  that  about  1280  Oseney  became  responsible  for 
its  payment  In  1291  {Taxatio,  p.  44)  this  was  the  only  possession  of 
Eynsham  in  Hanborough;  in  1441,  'by  a  certain  agreement  between 
the  two  abbots,'  about  which  more  will  be  found  under  Brizenorton, 
Oseney  ceased  to  pay  this  rent  (F.  13) ;  if  any  of  the  other  rents  in 

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Hanborough  survived  until  1535,  there  is  no  separate  mention  of 
them  in  the  Valor. 

Hempton.  In,  or  before,  the  year  12 13,  Wido  de  Diva  and  his 
wife  Lucy  de  Chesney  gave  to  Eynsham  a  virgate  of  land  in  Hempton 
in  the  parish  of  Deddington  (vol.  L  157).  In  1254  it  was  worth  loj. 
a  year  (vol.  L  306),  but  subsequently  the  estimate  was  8^.  (voL  i.  14). 
In  1 291  the  sum  was  loj.  (TdxatiOy  p.  43)  ;  for  the  entry  *  abbas  de 
Eynesham  habet  ibidem  in  terns  et  redditibus  £3  loj.'  must  represent 
the  three  payments  in  the  parish  of  Deddington,  namely  20s.  from 
Dotard's  Mill,  40X.  from  Clifton  Mill,  and  lor.  from  Hempton.  The 
rent  remained  at  loj.  in  1390  (E.  31),  and  1470  (G.  2).  At  the  court 
of  Milcombe  held  in  1452  it  was  presented  that  the  house  of  Richard 
Hyde  in  Hempton  was  out  of  repair ;  and  at  the  court  held  June  8, 
1453)  h^  surrendered  his  tenement  into  the  hands  of  the  lord,  paying 
a  heriot ;  the  next  tenant  was  Richard  Tyso.  In  the  computus  of 
the  collector  of  rents  in  Milcombe  in  1470  (G.  2),  it  is  stated  that 
Richard  Hyde,  who  held  this  land  as  a  customary  tenant  of  the  manor 
of  Milcombe,  was  bound  to  attend  the  coiu-t  at  Milcombe  once  in  the 
year,  if  he  received  due  notice.  Though  this  holding  is  not  mentioned 
in  1535,  the  rent  is  no  doubt  included  in  the  £5  6x.  8dl  'from  the 
lordship  of  Mylcombe  *  (  Valor ^  ii.  208). 

Hejrford  ad  Pontem*  A  mediety  of  this  church  was  given  to 
Eynsham  about  the  year  1173  (vol.  i,  p.  109),  and  a  pension  of  %os, 
a  year  from  it  was  allowed  by  Sauit  Hugh  (ib.,  i,  p.  46).  The  payment 
remained  unaltered  until  1535  {Valor^  ii.  211). 

Hejrford  Warin.  In  a  deed  of  about  11 80  mention  is  made  of 
a  hide  of  land  in  Heyford  Warin,  which  had  long  been  held  by  the 
members  of  the  family  of  Chesney  under  the  abbey  of  E3msham  at  a 
rent  of  8x.  a  year  (vol.  i,  p.  86).  Though  according  to  the  deed  the 
land  was  then  freely  surrendered  to  Eynsham,  yet  it  must  have  been 
granted  out  again  under  the  same  terms;  for  in  1254  and  1270  the 
rent  received  from  it  was  8x.  (ib.,  pp.  14  and  306),  and  in  all  subsequent 
accounts  to  the  year  1535  (  Valor y  ii.  209).  When  the  land  passed  into 
the  possession  df  New  College,  Oxford,  the  abbey  receded  from  them 
this  rent  (vol.  ii,  p.  251). 

Histon,  Cambridgeshire.  Although  this  was  one  of  the  most 
valuable  properties  of  Eynsham,  we  possess  neither  court  roll  nor  com- 
putus of  the  manor.  It  was  given  to  the  abbey  by  Robert  Bloet  in 
1094  (vol.  i,  p.  36).  About  1270  the  rents  of  assize  amounted  to 
£47  6f.  8</.  (ib.,  p.  39)  ;  and  in  1291  it  was  vsdued  cU  £58  3^.  4^. 
{Taxaiio^  p.  269).  In  1535  its  value  had  sunk  to  £32  ( Valor y  ii  209), 
and  the  return  for  1539  is  nauch  the  same  (vol.  ii,  p.  250).    From  the 


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year  1191  the  church  paid  a  pension  to  Eynsham  of  4  marks  (vol.  i,  p. 
230),  and  among  the  rectors  was  Hugh  of  Burford  who  gave  Drowda 
Hall  to  Eynsham  (vol.  i,  p.  195 ;  vol.  ii,  p.  176.)  In  1268  the  church 
was  appropriated,  and  in  1291  was  valued  at  £20  net,  the  vicar  re- 
ceiving £4  6x.  8</.  as  well  {Taxatto^  p.  265).  In  1535  it  was  worth 
£20  gross,  from  which  £8  was  deducted  for  the  vicar  {Vahry  ii.  210}. 
In  1390  the  rectory  and  the  manor  produced  £81  10^.  id,  (Harl.  Roll 
E.  31).  In  1445  Eynsham  received  £1 1  6^.  8</.  from  the  rectory,  from 
which  a  deduction  was  allowed  to  ih^firmarim  of  £3  13J.  ^d,  paid '  ad 
novam  facturam  pontis  Cantebrigie ',  being  part  of  £30  imposed  upon 
the  manor  of  Histon  for  that  purpose  (Harl.  Roll  H.  i).  Another 
computus  which  is  undated,  but  probably  of  much  the  same  date,  re- 
cords that  the  manor  and  the  rectory  were  leased  to  William  Wighton 
for  an  annual  payment  of  £32  (Harl.  Roll  K.  33).  We  do  not  know 
why  the  sum  was  so  small ;  but  there  may  have  been  some  extra- 
ordinary expenses  that  were  laid  upon  the  lessee,  as  by  way  of  repairs, 
which  might  account  for  it. 

Langley.  In,  or  about,  the  year  11 80  the  abbey  was  granted  one- 
third  of  the  tithes  of  the  demesne  of  Langley  (vol.  ii,  p.  47).  In  1239 
they  are  described  as  the  tithes  of  the  ancient  demesne  of  Thomas  de 
Langele  (voL  i,  p.  3)  and  in  1270  were  worth  5^.  (ib.,  p.  14).  In  1279 
the  demesne  was  three  carucates  {Hundred  RoUsy  ii.  739),  but  the 
ancient  demesne  may  have  been  smaller.  Like  other  small  spiritual 
possessions,  this  tithe  does  not  appear  in  the  Taxaiio^  but  it  was  con- 
firmed to  the  abbey  in  1320  (ib.,  p.  376),  and  in  1390  is  mentioned  as 
paid  to  the  sacrist,  though  the  value  is  not  given  (Harl.  Roll  E.  31). 
^7  153s  '^  seems  to  have  been  lost,  for  it  is  not  to  be  found  in  the 

Ledcombe  Basset,  Berks.  Before  mo  Gilbert  Basset  granted 
to  Eynsham  the  tenth  of  his  cheese  and  wool  in  all  his  land  (i.  36) ; 
what  manors  he  held  is  not  mentioned ;  but  we  may  safely  attribute  to 
him  the  possession  by  Eynsham  of  the  tithe  of  wool  in  Ledcombe 
Basset  It  was  worth  26^.  %d.  in  1291  (Taxah'o,  p.  186)  and  in  1390 
was  leased  to  Magister  John  Denby  for  401'.  (E.  31),  but  in  1535  pro- 
duced only  13J.  4d,  {Valor,  ii.  210). 

Lemhill.  In  1192  Ralf  Murdac  gave  Eynsham  his  mill  'in 
Broughton  towards  Lemhill '  (vol.  i,  p.  84).  A  subsequent  deed  (no. 
90A)  shows  that  it  was  sometimes  reckoned  to  be  witlun  Lemhill,  a 
detached  portion  of  the  manor  of  Broughton.  Part  of  the  sum  of  1 5^ . 
received  from  Broughton  in  1254  was  no  doubt  from  this  mill  (ib.,  p. 
306),  and  in  1269  the  sum  of  14^.  was  received  'from  a  mill '  (ib.,  p. 
11).    In  1279  it  is  described  as  *  West  Mulle '  in  Broughton  {Hundred 

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Roils,  ii  698).  In  1390  the  *rent  from  LemhiU'  was  8x.  In  1535 
the  Valor  makes  no  mention  of  it,  but  the  handwriting  of  chart  90A 
proves  that  it  was  retained  until  near  the  end  of  the  fifteenth  century. 
In  1470  (Harl.  Roll  G.  2)  the  computus  roll  for  Shifford  and  the 
neighbourhood  says  that  a  *  placea  vocata  le  MuUe ',  formerly  in  the 
tenure  of  John  Langeley  at  a  rent  of  6s,  8^.,  had  been  alienated  to 
him  by  the  abbot  and  convent  ten  years  previously,  but  whether  this 
is  to  be  identified  with  Lemhill  is  uncertain. 

Merton.  The  church,  given  to  Eynsham  by  David  king  of  Scot- 
land (vol.  i,  pp.  41  and  45),  paid  a  pension  of  30J.  to  the  abbey 
(ib.,p.  56).  In  1357  it  was  appropriated,  but  pensions  from  it  of  20X. 
and  loj'.  were  reserved  to  the  bishop  and  the  chapter  of  Lincoln  (vol.  ii, 
p.  116).  In  1390  the  tithes  were  sold  for  £24  (Harl.  Roll  E.  31), 
but  subsequently  decreased  in  value.  About  1405-14 10  the  profits 
of  the  church  were  given  to  increase  the  private  allowance  of  the 
monks,  and  though  the  record  is  not  complete  the  rectory  seems 
to  have  produced  about  £8  los,  (ib.,  F.  27).  In  1535  the  gross  value 
was  £12  9^.,  but  the  stipends  of  the  vicar  and  clerk,  the  gifts  to 
Lincoln,  and  loj.  in  alms  to  the  poor  of  Merton,  reduced  the  value  to 
less  than  £2  (Valor,  ii.  211).  The  return  in  1539  is  similar,  but  more 
detailed,  and  there  is  no  mention  of  alms  to  the  poor  (vol.  ii,  p.  254). 

Mickleton.  The  manor  of  Mickleton,  Gloucestershire,  is  mentioned 
among  the  possessions  of  Eynsham  in  Domesday,  but  we  know  little 
about  its  value.  In  1291  the  temporals  of  Eynsham  in  the  parish 
of  Mickleton  consisted  of  six  carucates  of  land,  a  mill,  and  the  per- 
quisites of  the  manorial  courts,  worth  in  all  £13  2s.  Sd.  {Taxalio, 
p.  236).  In  1390  the  profits  of  the  manor  were  £22  is.  Sd.  (E.  31). 
We  have  a  computus  of  this  property  for  the  year  1338  (E,  27),  when 
the  bailiff  who  managed  the  land  and  collected  the  tithes  showed  a 
profit  of  more  than  £70  j  and  a  computus  of  1447  shows  that  a  lease 
of  the  rectory  and  manor  had  been  granted  for  thirteen  years,  beginning 
1446,  at  the  rent  of  £66  13^.  4^/.,  the  tenants  being  bound  to  do  all 
repairs  and  bear  all  charges  laid  on  the  manor  and  rectory  (A.  42). 

Though  the  church  of  Mickleton  belonged  to  Eynsham  from  early 
times,  yet  it  is  omitted  in  the  archiepiscopal  confirmations  of  the  years 
115s  to  1200  (i.  56-59).  As  early  as  11 84  the  abbey  took  a  share 
of  the  tithe  (i.  137),  and  a  deed  of  the  bishop  of  Worcester  of  1278, 
describing  this  share  in  detail,  asserts  that  it  was  of  immemorial 
antiquity.  In  129 1  the  rector  of  Mickleton  received  £11  6s,  Sd.,  and 
the  abbey  £1  in  money  and  £7  in  tithes  (Taxalt'o,  p.  223).  In  1338 
the  abbey  received  tithes  from  Quinton  worth  £4  iSs,,  and  a  pension 
of  £1  (Harl.  Roll  E.  27)  from  the  church  of  Mickleton,  the  tithes 


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in  Mickleton  which  belonged  to  the  abbey  being  no  doubt  included 
in  the  fanning  receipts.  The  church  was  appropriated  to  Eynsham  in 
1351,  and  a  vicarage  appointed  in  1353;  the  vicar  was  to  have  a 
stipend  of  ten  marks  with  other  allowances,  and  the  bishop  of  Worcester 
was  to  be  paid  a  pension  of  one  mark  a  year  (ii.  111-113).  In  1390 
Eynsham  received  £35  from  the  tithes  of  Mickleton,  70J.  from  the 
altarage,  5x.  from  Peter's  Pence,  6</.  from  the  tithes  of  flax  and  gardens, 
3 J.  from  the  tithe  of  pigs,  3J.  from  the  tithe  of  pigeons,  and  13^.  4^. 
from  the  tithe  of  milk  (E.  31),  while  the  vicar  was  duly  paid  his  stipend 
of  £6  13^.  4^.  At  a  later  date  there  must  have  been  another  com- 
position between  Eynsham  and  the  Vicar,  for  in  1526  the  stipend 
paid  to  him  was  £8,*  and  in  1535  the  whole  emoluments  of  the 
vicarage  were  estimated  at  £9  14X.  3^.  (Valor ^  iL  502).  We  also 
find  that  at  that  date  a  pension  of  13^.  4^.  a  year  was  paid  from  the 
church  of  Mickleton  to  the  chapter  of  Worcester.*  In  the  return 
made  in  1535  the  diurch  of  Mickleton  is  not  enumerated  among  the 
spiritual  possessions  of  Eynsham^  but  as  it  was  the  custom  to  lease 
the  tithes  together  with  the  demesne  land,  the  sum  of  £80  received 
from  Mickleton  included  the  profits  of  the  church  ( Valor,  ii.  209), 
as  is  dear  from  the  accounts  of  1539  (^oL  ">  P-  25a).  The  abbey 
of  Winchcombe  possessed  a  portion  of  tithe  at  Hidecot  within  the 
parish  of  Mickleton  as  early  as  1184  (i.  137);  in  1291  the  portion 
of  Winchcombe  was  estimated  to  be  worth  10s,  {Taxatto^  223);  but 
in  1390  (E.  31)  and  1526  {Subsidy^  p.  280)  the  payment  from  Eynsham 
to  Winchcombe  was  only  six  shillings. 

Milcombe.  The  property  of  3^  hides  in  Milcombe,  held  in 
Domesday  by  Aluric,  passed  to  Nigel  d'Oilly  (vol.  i,  p*  xxxvi),  and  was 
given  by  him  to  Eynsham  before  mo ;  it  was  valued  at  40^.  a  year, 
and  seems  to  have  been  intended  for  the  maintenance  of  one 
monk,  to  be  nominated  by  Nigel  d'Oilly  and  his  heirs  (ib.,  p.  36). 
About  1256  Eynsham  was  given  one  virgate  in  Milcombe  (vol.  i, 
p.  2 1 2)  and  about  the  same  time  granted  a  hide  to  Alexander  Busseby 
and  his  heirs  at  a  rent  of  15J.  (ib.,  p.  214).  About  1270  the  property 
was  worth  £3  6s,  Sd.  a  year  (ib,,  p.  14),  and  in  1291  the  estimate  was 
£3  lar.  {Taxa/iOf  p.  44).  In  1423,  1438,  and  1470  (Harl.  Rolls, 
I.  18,  I.  17,  G.  2)  the  rents  of  assize  were  £3  12s,  2d,,  and  the 
*auxilium  custumariorum  *  £1  10s,;  the  deductions  were  3^.  4^.,  the 
stipend  of  the  collector  of  the  rents,  6s.  Sd.  to  the  bailiff  of  the  Hundred 
of  Bloxham,  and  6^.  8^.  to  the  sheriff,  for  relaxing  the  suit  of 
the  abbot  at  the  Hundred  Court  and  the  Sheriff 's  turn.    In  1390, 

'  Snbsidy  of  1536^  is  wrongly  assigned  to  Evesham  instead 

'  ya/or,  iii«  226,  where  the  payment      of  Enesnam. 


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when  Thomas  Busseby  was  collector  of  rents,  the  net  proceeds  were 
£4  15X.  (E.  31),  m  1535  £5  (  Valor^  ii.  ao8),  in  both  cases  including, 
no  doubt,  the  rents  from  Hempton  and  Nether  Worton,  and  in  the 
latter  case  the  profits  of  the  courts  as  well. 

Not  only  have  we  the  computus  of  the  collector  of  rents  in  Milcombe 
for  the  years  1423,  1438,  and  1470  (Harl.  Rolls,  I.  18, 1.  17,  G.  2), 
but  we  also  have  the  rolls  of  seven  courts  held  there  from  September  22, 
1451,  to  May  17,  1457  (I.  19).  As  at  Chastleton,  Eynsham  had  a 
manorial  court  with  customary  tenants,  but  without  a  manor  house 
or  demesne  lands.  The  rents  of  the  customary  tenants  must  have 
been  low,  for  the  fines  paid  for  the  privilege  of  entering  on  a  tenement 
were  much  higher  than  at  Chastleton.  Thus  between  the  years  1451 
and  1457  the  fines  and  heriots  produced  more  than  £14;  and  in 
1470  Thomas  Monkin  paid  a  fine  of  £4  lox.  that  his  son  might 
succeed  him  in  his  holding  (HarL  Roll  G.  2).  The  court  roll  of 
May  17,  1457,  mentions  the  death  of  Thomas  Eberton,  who  held 
freely  a  carucate  of  land  in  Milcombe,  doubtless  the  carucate  once 
granted  to  Alexander  Busseby,  and  about  1530  held  by  'Mr.  Byllyng' 
(vol.  ii,  p.  149). 

Milton,  near  Thame.  About  1094  Robert  Bloet,  Bishop  of 
Lincoln,  gave  to  Eynsham  the  tithes  of  his  demesne  in  Milton  (i.  36 
and  233).  In  1254  they  were  estimated  to  be  worth  $os.  (i.  307); 
a  few  years  later  a  lease  of  them  was  granted  to  the  Dean  of  Lin- 
coln, for  an  annual  payment  of  33^.  4^/.  (i.  223).  By  the  time  of 
the  Taxatio  of  1291  Eynsham  had  ceased  to  hold  these  tithes, 
having  doubtless  surrendered  them  to  the  bishop  of  Lincoln  before 
he  established  the  prebend  of  Milton  Ecclesia  in  1290. 

The  abbey  also  possessed  land  in  Milton.  Four  acres  were  given 
before  1169  by  Roger  de  Cundi,  and  though  there  is  no  mention  of 
them  in  1279  {Hundred  Rolls)  yet  in  1291  {Taxatio^  p.  44)  Eynsham 
has  property  in  Milton.  In  1390  (E.  31)  a  rent  from  Milton  was 
paid  to  the  collector  of  Woodeaton,  but  the  amount  is  not  mentioned. 
In  1470  (G.  2)  the  collector  of  the  rents  of  Woodeaton  states  that 
the  tenement  in  Milton  which  used  to  pay  3^.  4^/.,  now  yields  only 
IS.  Sd.  In  1535  {Valor,  ii.  209)  the  rents  from  Milton  and  Baldon 
are  not  mentioned,  but  as  they  were  paid  at  Woodeaton  they  may  be 
included  in  the  sums  returned  from  Woodeaton. 

Milton-under-Wy chwood.  Before  1 1 67  Richard  son  of  William 
gave  to  Eynsham  the  tithe  of  two  hides,  his  demesne  in  Milton  (i.  2 
and  116),  and  Roger  son  of  Salomon  subsequently  confirmed  this 
gift,  and  gave  twelve  acres  of  land  (i.  117).  In  1254  and  1270  the 
possession  was  worth  26/.  Sd.  (i.  307  and  15),  and  there  can  be  little 


PREFACE  Iv 

doubt  that  Eynsham  surrendered  its  land  and  tithes  in  Milton  to  the 
abbey  of  Bnieme  at  a  permanent  rent  of  26^.  8^.  In  1320  the  tithe 
in  Milton  is  described  as  due  from  the  demesne  of  N.  de  Gardino 
(i*  376).  In  1390  a  rent  of  26^.  8dl  was  due  from  the  abbot  of 
Bnieme,  but  it  was  not  paid  (£.  31),  and  before  long  it  seems  to  have 
been  reduced  to  13^.  4^.  'due  for  land  in  Milton'  (ii.  48).  In 
1535  ^^  payment  from  Bnieme  was  40X.,  but  this  was  for  land  not 
only  in  Milton  but  also  in  Showell  {Volar ^  ii.  209). 

Minster  LovelL  Before  mo  Roger  de  Chesney  gave  to 
Eynsham  the  tithe  of  his  land  in  *Ministre',  i.e.  LitUe  Minster, 
in  Minster  Lovell  (vol.  i,  p.  36).  In  1239  it  is  described  more  fully 
as  being  the  tithe  of  a  hide  called  Murdakshide  in  'Ministre'  (ib.,  p.  2). 
It  was  worth  6s.  Sd.  in  1254  (ib.,  p.  307),  and  10s.  in  1270  (ib.,  p.  14), 
Although  there  is  no  mention  in  the  Tuxatio  that  any  tidie  in  Minster 
Lovell  was  paid  to  Eynsham,  yet  in  1320  the  abbey  still  held  the 
tithes  'of  the  land  of  W.  de  Cantelowe'  in  Minster  (ib.,  p.  376). 
In  1390  we  learn  that  these  tithes  were  received  by  the  sacrist,  but 
their  value  is  not  given  (E.  31).  We  cannot  trace  them  subsequently, 
and  by  the  time  of  the  Vahr  of  1535  it  seems  that  the  abbey  no 
longer  possessed  them.  Perhaps  when  the  possessions  of  the  priories 
of  Coggs  and  Mmster  Lovell  were  given  to  Eton,  an  arrangement 
was  made  by  which  Eton  surrendered  to  Eynsham  tithes  in  Cassington, 
while  Eynsham  surrendered  to  Eton  tithes  in  Minster  Lovel. 

Motilsford.  Robert  de  Oilly  gave  to  Eynsham  his  land  in 
Moulsford  (vol.  i,  p.  72),  one  hide  in  extent  (ib.,  p.  391).  It  appears 
that  the  abbey  must  have  granted  it  away  in  perpetuity,  retaining  only 
a  quitrent  of  4^.  (vol.  i,  p.  391),  which  it  received  until  the  Dissolu- 
tion (iL  241). 

Nauntoiiy  Gloucestershire.  Eynsham  possessed  a  share  of  tithe 
in  Naunton  in  early  times  (vol  i,  p.  63),  but  the  donor  is  unknown. 
In  1253  it  was  granted  to  the  prior  of  Little  Malvern  for  a  yearly 
payment  of  25^.  (ib.,  p.  205),  but  by  the  TaxaHo  of  1291  this  property 
was  held  no  longer. 

The  abbey  also  had  half  a  hide  of  land  given  about  1 180  (ib.,  p.  76). 
A  rent  of  9J.  was  received  from  'Neuton  super  le  Wold'  in  1391, 
1442,  and  1465  (Harl.  Rolls,  B.  2,  K.  32,  and  A.  42)  and  in  some 
other  years.  The  rent  was  collected  with  the  rents  sometimes  of  Wick 
Rissington  and  sometimes  of  Brookend,  and  possibly  in  the  VcUor  of 
1535  the  property  at  Naunton  is  included  under  one  of  those  two 
heads.    In  1465  (A«  42)  it  is  described  as  a  messuage  and  a  virgate. 

Netherworton.  About  1 255  or  1 256  Eynsham  was  given  a  rent  of 
41.  in  Nether  Worton  (L  212),  and  held  it  in  1279  {Hundred  Rolls,  ii. 


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p.  842),  and  in  1 29 1  {Taxa/io,  p*  43).  The  payment  appears  in  the 
computus  of  the  collector  of  rents  in  MOcombe  in  the  years  1423, 
1438,  and  1470  (I.  i8»  I.  17,  G.  2).  In  1423  it  is  described  as  being 
from  the  tenement  late  of  Thomas  Urry,  while  at  the  court  of 
Milcombe  held  on  May  13,  1452,  it  was  presented  that  William 
Birmingham  had  withheld  his  rent  of  4s,  in  '  Nethiroreton  *  for  many 
years.  It  is  not  mentioned  in  the  accounts  of  1390  (E.  31),  nor  in 
the  Valor  of  1535 ;  but  as  it  was  collected  with  the  rents  of  Milcombe, 
there  is  no  doubt  that  in  both  cases  it  is  included  in  the  return  from 
Milcombe. 

Newington.  The  church  of  South  Newington  was  given  to 
Eynsham  by  Hugh  de  Chesney  and  Dionisia  his  wife  before  1166 
(vol  i,  p.  81),  and  a  pension  of  4^.  a  year  was  allowed  by  St.  Hugh 
(ib.,  p.  S?)'  In  1399  the  abbey  was  granted  the  appropriation  of  the 
church  (vol.  ii,  p.  160).  From  1437  to  1439  ^^  rectorial  tithes  were 
leased  to  Richard  Fox  at  £18  a  year  (Harl.  Roll  F.  12);  about  1440 
John  Shadde  had  a  lease  of  them  for  £16  a  year  (Harl.  Roll  K.  33), 
and  in  1448  they  were  held  for  the  same  sum  byEdmimd  Parson, 
who  had  a  fifteen  years'  lease  from  March  26,  1442 ;  by  its  terms  he 
was  to  repair  all  buildings  roofed  with  straw ;  if  they  were  roofed  with 
stone,  any  expense  in  repairs  beyond  twelve  pence  was  to  be  borne 
by  the  abbey;  the  abbey  was  to  pay  the  vicar's  stipend  of  £8,  and  an 
annuity  of  6s.  Sd,  to  the  deacon  of  the  church,  and  all  ordinary  and 
extraordinary  expenses  of  the  rectory;  but  Utit firmartus  was  respon- 
sible for  twelve  bushels  of  com  ^  given  to  the  aforesaid  parish  clerk ' 
according  to  custom,  being  a  bushel  for  each  month,  also  for  the  oil, 
chrism,  and  incense  used  in  the  church,  for  the  expenses  of  the 
bishop's  officials,  who  visited  the  church,  and  the  claim  he  made 
against  the  abbey  for  2x.  spent  on  bread  and  wine  for  the  com- 
munion of  the  parishioners  at  Easter,  and  6s.  for  i2lb.  of  wax  and 
6d.  for  making  it  into  candles  was  disallowed,  'for  the  firmar  was 
responsible  for  them  by  his  agreement'*  Two  of  the  charges  on  the 
rectory  borne  by  the  abbey  were  a  pension  of  20s.  to  the  bishop  of 
Lincoln,  and  of  1 3^.  ^d.  for  procurations  and  sinodals  (  Valor ^  ii,  p.  2 10). 
In  1537,  when  the  monasteries  were  disposing  of  their  properties  to 
forestall  the  kmg,  Eynsham  granted  to  George  Gifford  a  lease  of  the 
rectory  for  ninety  years :  he  was  to  pay  £8  to  the  vicar,  6s.  Sd.  to  the 
'deacon  or  clerk ',  and  £8  to  the  abbot ;  the  twelve  busheb  of  com 
were  to  go  to  the  parishioners.  No  doubt  a  *fine',  or  purchase 
money,  was  paid  for  this  lease ;  but  it  is  not  mentioned.  It  appears 
that  the  rectory  was  worth  much  more  than  £16  by  this  time,  and  in 
^  Ministers'  Accounts  961.  30  (Record  Office). 


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1566  the  lease,  when  it  had  sixty  more  years  to  ran,  was  sold  for 
£280.*  Ultimately  the  rectory  came  into  the  possession  of  Exeter 
College. 

Northleigh.  The  church  of  Northleigh  was  given  to  Eynsham 
about  the  year  1 150  by  John  de  St  John,  the  gift  being  repeated  by 
his  successor  Regmald  of  St  Walery  (vol.  i,  pp.  130-31),  but  there 
is  no  mention  of  it  when  Thomas  of  St  Walery  confirmed  his  grand- 
father's gifts  (ib.,  p.  40).  It  is  suggested  (ib.,  p.  130  ^i.)  that  this 
possession  was  surrendered  or  lost  soon  after  the  compilation  of  the 
first  part  of  the  Cartulary.  In  1225  Robert,  Count  of  Dreux,  who 
married  the  daughter  and  heiress  of  Thomas  of  St  Walery,  was  in 
possession  of  the  patronage  of  the  church. '  It  may  be  added  that 
the  original  grant  (Charter  174)  has  found  its  way  into  New  College 
Muniment  Room,  probably  having  been  given  to  the  College  by 
oversight  together  with  the  similar  Charter,  no.  152. 

Oxford.  We  have  no  means  of  giving  a  satisfactory  history  of  the 
possessions  of  Eynsham  in  Oxford,  as  our  Cartulary  and  the  Harleian 
Rolls  both  M  us.  The  former  omits  them  for  the  most  part  because 
there  was  a  separate  cartulary,  now  lost,  which  dealt  with  them 
(see  vol.  ii,  p.  222),  and  they  do  not  appear  in  the  Eynsham  computus 
rolls  because  the  student,  whom  the  abbey  was  bound  to  support  at 
the  University  according  to  the  regulations  of  the  Chapter  of  English 
Benedictines,  collected  and  kept  the  rents  of  the  Eynsham  tenements 
in  Oxford,  in  place  of  receiving  an  allowance  from  the  monastery 
(see  vol.  i,  p.  436).  The  Hundred  Rolls  of  1279  give  us  our  first  and 
only  information  of  many  of  these  possessions,  and  we  cannot  tell 
how  they  were  acquired  or  how  they  were  lost.  It  is  certain  that  they 
continually  decreased  in  number  and  value,  and  what  we  see  to  have 
been  worth  more  than  £15  a  year  in  1279  was  estimated  to  be  worth 
no  more  than  £2  in  1535  (see  vol  ii,  p.  247). 

All  Saints.  It  is  clear  from  the  Hundred  Rolls  that  Eynsham 
owned  nothing  in  the  northern  half  of  this  parish.  In  the  southern 
half  it  had  two  rents,  one  of  which  remained  in  1539  and  is  described 
as  6s.  Sd,  from  the  house  of  Mr.  Kent  (vol.ii,  p.  253).  This  is  identi- 
fied by  Mr.  Hurst  {Ox/ord  Topography,  p.  172)  with  131  High  Street. 

St.  Axdate's.  In  the  Hundred  Rolls  the  parishes  of  St.  Aldate 
and  St  Ebbe  are  not  clearly  distinguished,  but  a  quitrent  of  a  is.  re- 
ceived by  Eynsham  from  the  Hospital  of  St  John  for  a  tenement 

>  An  accoant  of  South  Newington  by         '  Rotuii  Hugonis  Welles,  iL  18  (Cant 
the  Rev.  D.  Roycc,  p.  34  (published  by     and  York  SocJ. 
the  North  Oxon.  Archaeological  Soc). 


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which  had  once  belonged  to  Philip  le  Granger  seems  to  be  in  St. 
Aldate's  (Hundred  Rolls ^  ii.  789).  In  1539  Magdalen  College  paid  a 
quitrent  of  a  u.  to  Eynsham,  but  we  do  not  know  on  what  tene- 
ment (vol.  ii,  p.  254). 

St.  Ebbs's.  In  die  Hundred  Rolls  (ii.  790)  Eynsham  has  six  rents 
from  this  parish,  but  in  1539  only  one  remained,  a  payment  of  3^.  a 
year  from  Beef  Hall.  Neither  Wood  nor  Mr.  Macleane  {flisL  of  Pern- 
broke  CoU.^  p.  43)  is  able  to  trace  the  history  of  Beef  Hall  so  far 
back  as  to  connect  it  with  one  of  the  holdings  of  Eynsham  mentioned 
in  1279. 

One  of  the  properties  of  Eynsham  was  in  Pennyfarthing 
Street  (see  Book  of  Oxford  Wills,  no.  52).  Our  Cartulary  mentions 
a  holding  outside  the  walls,  between  Little  Gate  and  South  Gate  (see 
vol.  i,  p.  181).  It  may  be  identified  with  the  four  tenements  which, 
according  to  the  Himdred  Rolls,  Galfridus  Aurifaber  held  under  Eyn- 
sham, having  purchased  them  of  Symeon  of  Wallingford.  It  would  be 
on  the  south  side  of  Brewers  Street,  somewhat  to  the  east  of  Little 
Gate. 

St.  Edward's.  For  the  south-east  ward  of  Oxford  the  Hundred 
Rolls  are  imperfect,  and  we  are  unable  to  say  with  certainty  what 
Eynsham  possessed.  But  in  1539  it  received  a  payment  of  is.  from 
Silver  Hall  (see  vol.  ii,  p.  254).  As  a  rental  of  University  College  * 
informs  us  that  Silver  Hall  was  a  possession  of  Canterbury  College,  it 
is  probable  that  it  was  in  St.  Edward's  parish.  Another  tenement  of 
the  abbey  is  mentioned  and  described  in  vol  ii,  p.  245.  It  was  on 
the  south  side  of  what  is  now  called  Bear  Lane,  and  probably  had  a 
frontage  of  10  or  15  yards,  as  there  were  only  four  or  five  tenements 
in  the  whole  length  of  Bear  Lane.  In  the  Cartulary  ofSL  Frideswide 
(i.  150-3)  we  learn  that  it  lay  on  the  west  of  Sampson  Hall. 

St.  Martin's  Parish.  In  1539  Eynsham  received  lox.  annual 
rent  from  the  '  King's  Head ',  paid  by  Mr.  Woodward  (vol.  ii,  p.  253). 
This  tenement,  which  was  also  called  Pery  Hall,  lay  south  of  the 
Clarendon  and  north  of  Sewy's  Lane,  and  is  now  the  shop  of  Twining. 
To  judge  from  the  Hundred  Rolls  (ii.  794)  where  the  houses  are 
mentioned  in  order  according  to  their  geographical  position,  the  tene- 
ment of  Eynsham  for  which  Richard  Pach  paid  i2x.  in  1279  would  be 
the  northern  half  of  Twining's  shop. 

In  1534  New  College  paid  a  quitrent  to  Eynsham  of  i2x.  6</.,  and, 
as  is  clear  from  deeds  at  New  College,  it  was  due  from  a  shop  on  the 
west  side  of  Commarket  south  of  Sewy's  lane,  with  land  behind,  being 

*  Wood  MS.  D.  3,  p.  35. 


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now  part  of  the  site  of  the  buildings  of  Grimbley  and  Hughes.  The 
Hundred  Rolls  (ii.  794)  show  that  Eynsham  had  five  shops  or  selds 
at  this  part  of  the  Commarket,  some  of  which  probably  were  in 
Sewy's  lane.  Part  of  this  property  is  there  stated  to  have  been  given 
by  Henry  de  Oxonia,  who  died  about  1166,  father  of  John  de  Oxonia^ 
bishop  of  Norwich. 

We  can  locate  another  possession  of  Eynsham  by  means  of  a  draw- 
ing preserved  at  New  College,  giving  the  geography  of  Sewy's  lane  in 
1637,  which  shows  a  garden  measuring  about  70  feet  from  east  to  west 
and  36  feet  from  norUi  to  south,  described  in  the  terrier  as  originally 
land  of  Eynsham  abbey.  It  lay  immediately  to  the  east  of  the  turning 
from  Sewy's  lane  into  the  Drapery  (i.  e.  *the  Crown')  and  was  bounded 
on  the  north  by  Sewy's  lane,  and  can  still  be  traced  in  the  Ordnance 
Survey.    It  did  not  pass  into  the  possession  of  New  College. 

The  Htmdred  Rolls  mention  another  holding  of  Eynsham  near  St. 
Martin's  Church,  being  a  quitrent  of  8x.  This  may  be  identified  with 
a  messuage,  called  Helle,  which  was  given  to  Oseney  in  1345,  the 
licence  of  the  abbot  of  Eynsham  having  been  obtained.  From  an 
Oseney  deed  we  learn  that  it  was  next  to  Sl  Martin's  Church  on  the 
north  side  in  Commarket.  It  was  stipulated  that  Eynsham  should 
receive  what  was  due  and  accustomed,  but  in  1534  and  1539  no  rent 
is  recorded.  It  is  known  that  there  was  a  rearrangement  of  payments 
between  the  abbeys  of  Eynsham  and  Oseney,  Oseney  surrendering 
part  of  the  sum  due  from  the  church  of  Brizenorton ;  probably  in 
return  Eynsham  surrendered  this  and  other  rents  in  Oxford. 

In  the  north-east  ward  Eynsham  had  a  considerable  holding  at  the 
comer  of  High  Street  and  Cornmarket  {Hundred  Rolls,  ii.  798,  804). 
Probably  part  of  this  survived  until  1534  and  is  represented  by  the 
quitrent  of  13X.  4^.,  paid  on  a  house  which  had  been  given  to  the  church 
of  St  Aldate  (vol.  ii,  p.  253).  In  1539  ^^  ^^  occupied  by  William 
Spenser;  in  1665  Wood  says  it  was  the  house  of  Philipps  the  shoe- 
maker, but  he  does  not  describe  its  position  (Wood,  MS.  D.  2,  p.  69). 
Perhaps  it  will  prove  to  be  la  Commarket. 

St.  Mart's.  In  1279  Eynsham  received  53^.  4^.  from  a  house  in 
this  parish  '  juxta  bellum  frontem ',  and  3^.  from  the  house  of  Thomas 
Balle  {Hundred  Rolls,  ii.  804)  The  former  was  Stapell  Hall  opposite 
the  gate  of  Brasenose,  Beaufront  being  the  name  for  the  west  side  of 
the  north  end  of  School  Street ;  the  latter  was  on  the  west  side  of  Cat 
Street  (see  vol  ii,  p.  1 66).  Stapell  Hall  was  granted  to  Lincoln  College 
in  1483  (vol.  ii,  p.  205). 

For  the  southern  part  of  St.  Mary's  parish  the  Hundred  Rolls  are 
incomplete,  but  from  Oseney  charters  we  learn  that  Eynsham  had  a 


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qukrent  of  u.  3^.  from  Broadgates  Hall,  which  was  situated  in  Uie 
High  Street  to  the  west  of  University  College. 

St.  Michael's  North.  In  1279  Eynsham  had  a  large  holding 
on  the  west  side  of  Commarket  consisting  of  a  messuage  and  three 
shops,  apparently  43-45  Commarket  (Hundred  Rolh^  ii.  794).  In 
1539  there  remained  only  *  the  house  of  Nicholas  Hall  within  North- 
gate'  (vol.  ii,  p.  253).  From  deeds  preserved  at  the  church  of  St. 
Michael  we  learn  that  No.  44  Commarket  belonged  to  Eynsham,  that 
it  subsequently  was  in  the  hands  successively  of  Mr.  Gimter  and  Mr. 
French.  From  the  same  deeds  we  gather  that  by  the  beginning  of 
the  sixteenth  century  Eynsham  no  longer  held  No.  45  Commarket 

On  the  same  side  of  Commarket  Eynsham  had  a  rent  of  three 
shillings  given  by  Philip  the  Miller  (vol.  i,  p.  188).  This  was  retained 
in  1539  but  was  reduced  to  *■  tMro  shillings  from  a  tenement  of  St. 
Michael's  church '.  This  tenement  was,  and  is,  48-50  Commarket, 
and  the  entry  in  the  Hundred  Rolls  shows  that  it  was  the  southern 
part  of  this  tenement  which  paid  rent  to  Eynsham. 

On  the  east  side  of  Commarket  Eynsham  had  in  1279  four  selds 
or  shops  producing  47J.  in  rent,  and  two  tenements  held  by  Nicholas 
the  miller.  These  two  tenements  were  in  a  lane  or  alley  opposite  the 
pillory,  and  some  details  about  them  may  be  found  in  vol.  ii,  pp.  226-9. 
For  the  four  selds  which  seem  to  have  been  adjacent  to  one  another 
to  the  north  of  the  alley,  see  vol.  ii,  p.  223.  In  1539  ^^7  ^^^ 
become   *two    decayed   tenements    in    Northgate    Street'  (vol.  ii. 

P-  353)- 

St.  Michael's  South.  In  1279  E)msham  received  six  rents  from 
houses  on  the  west  side  of  Grantpont ;  for  the  east  side  the  Hundred 
Rolls  are  defective,  but  there  is  mention  of  a  rent  of  3^.  from  Nicholas 
de  Coleshille.  This  may  be  identified  with  the  quitrent  of  3 j.  received 
by  Eynsham  from  Trill  Mill  Hall,  alias  Trintle  Hall,  up  to  the  Dissolu- 
tion (vol.  ii,  pp.  248,  253);  for  John  de  Coleshille  held  Trill  Mill 
Hall  early  in  the  fourteenth  century  (see  Oxford  Book  of  Wills,  no.  3). 
The  holding  of  William  Piscator  {Hundred  Rolls,  ii.  789)  is  that  men- 
tioned in  our  Cartulary  (vol.  i,  p.  288).  In  1539  ^  rent  of  Ss.  6d, 
was  paid  by  the  warden  of  the  Tailors'  Guild  for  a  house  on  Grand- 
pont  (vol.  ii,  p.  253).  This  is  identified  by  Wood  with  a  public-house 
called  *  The  Wheaisheaf '  on  the  west  side  of  the  street.  The  Oxford 
Book  of  Wills  (nos.  217  and  241)  mentions  a  grant  of  four  houses  in 
Grantpont  to  the  Guild  of  Tailors. 

Besides  the  possessions  of  Eynsham  enumerated  in  the  Hundred 
Rolls,  it  probably  obtained  one  other  tenement  after  1279.  In  the 
Cartulary  (vol.  i,  p.  301)  there  is  recorded  the  gift  of  a  house  near 


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the  church  of  St.  Michael.  The  property  is  duly 'mentioned  in  the 
Hundred  Rolls  (ii.  803)  but  it  had  not  at  that  time  come  into  the 
possession  of  Eynsham. 

St.  Mildrid's.  In  1279  Eynsham  received  4s.  from  Richard  de 
Hambiri  from  a  tenement  in  St.  Mildrid's  {Hundred  Rolls^  ii.  804). 
In  the  Cartulary  (vol.  i,  p.  289)  he  holds  a  piece  of  ground  belonging 
to  Ejmsham  at  a  comer,  between  Galfridus  de  Submuro  and  a  house 
belonging  to  Godstow,  at  a  rent  of  15J.  4^  Both  these  entries  refer 
to  Plummer's  Hall,  which  stood  at  the  junction  of  Ship  Street  and  Turl 
Street  at  the  north-east  corner  of  Jesus  College.  It  is  known  that 
Plummer's  Hall  was  bounded  on  the  south  by  property  of  Godstow.* 
For  the  sale  of  Plummer's  Hall  to  Lincoln  College  see  vol.  ii,  p.  205. 

Oseney  charters  and  rentals  make  mention  of  a  quitrent  of  \s.  ^d. 
a  year  paid  by  Oseney  to  Eynsham  on  a  tenement  in  St.  Mildrid's 
parish  on  the  north  side  of  Market  Street  towards  Commarket  But 
the  Hundred  Rolls  give  no  possession  of  Eynsham  in  this  parish  except 
Plummer's  Hall,  and  it  is  probable  that  the  tenement  of  Oseney  ran 
northward  into  the  parish  of  St.  Michael,  and  that  the  rent  was  due  for 
part  of  the  tenement  of  Nicholas  the  Miller  in  Mulward's  Lane,  which 
had  been  united  to  the  Oseney  tenement  in  St.  Mildrid's. 

St.  Peter's  in  the  East.  The  Hundred  Rolls  (ii,  804)  show 
that  Eynsham  had  five  holdings  in  that  part  of  the  parish  which  was 
north  of  the  High  Street,  but  we  can  locate  only  one  of  them.  There 
is  mention  in  1539  ^^  ^tt  decayed  tenements  in  Cat  Street  (vol.  ii, 
p.  253)  and  there  is  good  reason  for  placing  them  on  the  east  side  of 
the  street  at  the  north  end  and  within  the  parish  of  St.  Peter  in  the 
East.  For  in  1341  (vol.  i,  p.  389)  we  hear  of  an  Eynsham  tenement 
in  Cat  Street,  between  John  Joie  and  John  Bibury ;  but  about  the 
same  time  Oseney  obtained  a  tenement  in  Cat  Street  from  John  Bibury 
with  the  licence  of  the  abbot  of  Eynsham,  which  tenement  is  described 
as  in  the  parish  of  St.  Peter.  The  tenement  in  Cat  Street  held  by 
Henry  of  Derby  (vol.  i,  p.  184)  was  doubdess  in  St  Peter's. 

South  of  the  High  Street,  Eynsham  had  a  property  near  the  East  Gate 
(see  voL  i,  p.  353).  In  1539  we  read  of  more  than  one  tenement 
in  this  position  (vol.  ii,  p.  253,  see  also  p.  243). 

For  a  short  time  Drowda  Hall  in  this  parish  was  a  possession  of 
Eynsham  (vol.  ii,  p.  175),  and  Oseney  deeds  and  rentals  record  a 
quitrent  of  a  is.  received  by  Eynsham  from  a  tenement  called  Quater- 
mayns  in  the  northern  part  of  St.  Peter's  parish. 

*  Wood,  CUy  of  Oxford,  1 68.    From     was  held  by  Alice  the  wife  of  Hugh  Eton, 
the  Godstow  Cartulary  (v,  518,  E.  £.      about  1230. 
Text  Soc.)  we  learn  that  Plommer^s  Hall 


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St.  Pkter  lk  Bailky.  In  1S39  there  is  mention  of  a  tenement 
for  which  a  quitrent  of  m.  was  paid  by  the  churchwardens  of  St. 
Peter  le  Bailey  (vol.  ii,  p.  254).  It  is  not  stated  that  it  was  in  the 
parish  of  St.  Peter  le  Bailey ;  but  the  Hundred  Rolls  show  that  at 
one  time  Eynsham  possessed  at  least  three  quitrents  in  that  parish. 

Pentecostals.  From  the  Pentecostals  of  Oxfordshire  Eynsham 
ought  to  have  received  £7  6x.  oJ</.  each  year  (see  voL  i,  p.  424),  but 
in  1390  the  only  year  for  which  we  have  an  account  of  the  income  of 
the  abbey,  the  amount  was  no  more  than  igs.  7je/.  (Harl.  Roll  E.  31). 
There  must  have  been  something  exception^  in  that  year,  for  in 
1539  the  sum  was  £6  19X.  ii\d.  (vol.  ii,  p.  254). 

Peter's  Pence.  A  small  profit  accrued  to  the  abbey  from  Peter's 
Pence  of  Eynsham,  Cassington,  Yamton,  Charlbury,  South  Stoke,  Little 
RoUright  and  Shifibrd.  From  early  times  the  abbey  had  the  privilege 
of  paying  no  more  than  eight  shillings  in  Peter's  Pence  for  these 
churches  and  chapels  (vol.  i,  pp.  2  and  47),  but  it  appears  that  more 
than  this  amount  was  collected  from  the  tenants,  and  the  abbey  was 
able  to  retain  the  diflference.  Thus  at  Little  Rollright,  although  the 
survey  of  1363  makes  no  mention  of  the  payment  of  Peter's  Pence 
by  the  tenants  (vol  ii,  p.  61),  yet  a  computus  of  1325  (Harl.  Roll 
E.  27)  mentions  that  eighteenpence  was  received.  From  Shifibrd  the 
amount  was  at  one  time  16^.,  at  another  16^.,  and  finally  2id.  Per- 
haps the  amotmt  varied  in  Shifford  for  the  same  reason  as  at  South 
Stoke,  where  it  was  the  custom  that  Peter's  Pence  should  only  be  paid 
by  those  who  possessed  animals  to  the  value  of  is.  6d.  (vol.  ii,  p.  129). 
Although  we  have  no  computus  which  gives  the  amount  collected  from 
South  Stoke,  the  return  made  in  1366  (vol.  ii,  pp.  129-33)  shows 
that  Peter's  Pence  were  due  from  45  tenants  or  more.  Peter's  Pence 
from  Eynsham,  perhaps  including  Cassington  and  Yamton,  were  4^.  6d. 
in  1325  (E.  27),  3J.  gd.  in  1406  (F.  6),  5^.  in  1415  (F.  7).  Such 
accounts  as  we  possess  of  the  manor  of  Charlbury  make  no  mention 
of  Peter's  Pence.  On  the  other  hand,  although  we  have  the  items  of 
the  expenditure  of  the  abbey  for  the  three  years  1390  (E.  31),  1406 
(F.  20)  and  1470  (F.  21),  the  payment  of  Peter's  Pence  by  the  abbey 
occurs  only  in  z  390,  when  4^.  was  paid  to  the  rural  dean  of  Woodstock. 
This  would  be  for  the  churches  of  Eynsham,  Cassington,  and  Yamton, 
which  were  in  that  rural  deanery.  The  entry  suggests  that  it  was 
the  duty  of  the  rural  dean  to  collect  Peter's  Pence  for  the  archdeacon. 
Pudlicot.  The  chapel  of  Pudlicot  was  given  to  Eynsham  before 
1 167  (vol  i,  p.  2),  but  as  the  tithes  of  the  demesne  of  Pudlicot,  claimed  by 
the  rector  of  Sarsden,  were  confirmed  to  Eynsham  in  1 181  (ib.,  p.  123), 
we  conclude  that  by  that  year  the  chapel  had  ceased  to  exist  and  that 


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its  endowment  had  never  been  more  than  the  tithes  of  the  demesne. 
In  1254  they  were  of  the  value  of  20s.  (ib.,  p.  307),  but  in  1291  the 
portion  of  the  abbot  in  the  tithes  of  Pudlicot  was  only  5^.  {Taxaiio, 
p.  32).  In  1390  these  tithes  were  paid  to  the  sacrist  of  the  abbey, 
but  their  value  is  not  specified  (E.  31).  In  1448  William  Bek3mg- 
ham  farmed  the  tithes  of  Pudlicot  for  a  payment  to  the  sacrist  of 
20s.  (C.  2),  but  no  further  mention  is  found  of  this  property.  It  may 
have  been  alienated,  or,  more  probably,  merged  with  the  rectory  of 
Charlbury. 

Eynsham  also  possessed  temporal  property  in  Pudlicot  The  con- 
jecture made  in  the  previous  volume  (vol.  i,  p.  120)  that  the  meadow 
of  Wolgersham  given  by  Alexander  de  Rumeli  was  situated  in  Pudlicot 
is  confirmed  by  the  words  in  Charter  no.  621  (ii.  67),  where  we  read 
that  in  12 12  Walter  of  Chadlington  held  a  meadow  in  Pudlicot 
under  the  abbot  at  a  rent  of  4^.  This  is  probably  the  meadow  of 
Wolgersham,  although  the  rent  of  Wolger^am  in  the  later  rentab 
was  always  five  shillings.  As  Pudlicot  adjoined  Chadlington,  this 
rent  in  subsequent  times  was  not  kept  distinct  from  the  rents  of 
Chadlington. 

Quintony  Gloucestershire*  It  seems  that  Eynsham  possessed 
two  hides  of  land  in  Quinton,  Gloucestershire,  in  early  times  (u  130), 
but  how  the  land  was  obtained  is  unknown;  possibly  it  was  part 
of  the  original  manor  of  Mickleton.  Some  smaJl  rents  were  subse- 
quently given  to  Eynsham  (i.  226,  229),  but  before  long  all  claim 
on  two  virgates  was  renounced  to  the  abbey  of  Winchcombe  (L  265) 
for  a  sum  of  10  marks;  this  sum  suggests  that  the  property  was 
worth  about  lor.  a  year.  In  1 29 1  Eynsham  had  no  temporal  property 
in  Quinton,  but  had  tithe  of  the  value  of  £1  6s.  Sd.  (Taxatio,  p.  223). 
This  was  still  retained  in  1320  (i.  377),  and  in  1325  was  worth  £4  iSs. 
(Harl.  Roll  E.  27),  but  there  is  no  trace  of  it  subsequently;  it  may  be 
that  the  tithes  which  the  abbey  collected  in  Quinton  were  not  kept 
apart  from  the  tithes  of  Mickleton.  The  accotmts  of  the  year  1390 
(E.  31)  say  that  the  abbot  of  Winchcombe  should,  but  did  not, 
pay  a  rent  of  6d. ;  but  whether  this  was  for  Quinton  (cp.  i.  229)  is  not 
stated. 

Great  RoUright.  In  1239  Eynsham  possessed  the  tithes  of  one 
hide  of  land  in  Rolhight  (vol  i,  p.  5).  In  1286  they  are  defined 
as  being  two-thirds  of  the  tithes  of  4^  virgates  (ib.,  p.  324)  and  in 
1291  they  were  worth  6s.  Sd.  (Taxaiio,  p.  32).  There  is  no  mention 
of  them  in  1320  (vol.  i,  p.  376),  and  by  the  lease  of  Little  Roll- 
right,  which  was  granted  in  1435,  the  tenant  was  to  take  the  tithes 
'which  pertain  to  the  manor';  no  doubt  these  were  the  tithes  in 


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Great  Rollright,  and  in  1470  the  tenant  complains  (G.  2)  that  his 
portion  of  tithe,  worth  6x.  8</.,  was  detained  by  the  Rector  (i.  e.  of  Great 
RoHright). 

About  1 1 89  the  abbey  received  seven  acres  by  the  gift  of  Juliana 
Tirel  (vol.  i,  p.  105).  We  hear  of  it  in  1275,  when  it  was  worth 
3J.  a  year  (ib.,  p.  15),  but  we  do  not  find  it  in  the  Hundred  Rolls 
of  1279  or  subsequently. 

Little  Rollright.  The  manor  of  Little  Rollright  was  given  to 
Eynsham  at  its  foundation  (vol.  i,  p.  34).  In  1254  the  demesne  was 
reckoned  to  be  worth  only  16s,  a  year,  and  rents  of  assize  40^.  (vol.  i, 
p.  306).  About  1275  the  abbot  had  two  carucates  worth  20J.  a  year 
(ib.,  p.  15).  In  279  the  demesne  is  said  to  consist  of  five  virgates,  and 
to  be  worth  66j.  8d?.,  while  the  whole  manor  is  valued  at  £13  is.iod, 
(Hundred Rolls,  ii.  774).  In  1 291  it  is  estimated  to  be  worth  £4  2J.  lod. 
(Taxatio,  p.  44).  In  1325  it  was  in  the  hands  of  the  abbey;  rents 
were  £3  i2X.  and  the  five  virgates  of  demesne  were  farmed  by  the 
bailiff.  Hidage  was  2s.  6d.,  ward  silver  i^d,  and  5^.  for  suit  of 
hundred  court  (Harl.  Roll  E.  27).  In  1363,  at  which  time  part 
of  the  land  was  out  of  cultivation,  the  manor  was  worth  £9  12s.  9^. 
(vol.  ii,  p.  62).  At  the  time  of  this  survey  we  gather  that  it  was  culti- 
vated on  the  two-field  system.  In  1390  the  manor  was  let  to  farm  at 
a  rent  of  £8  13J.  4d.  (Harl.  Roll  E.  31).  In  1443  it  was  held  by 
John  Hamond  under  a  lease  of  fifty  years,  at  a  rent  of  £7  13^.  4 A 
(Harl.  Roll  K.  32);  he  was  to  have  all  the  demesne  lands  and  the 
rents  of  the  free  and  customary  tenants,  but  not  the  profits  of  the 
courts.  In  z 447  the  firmarius  is  named  John  Faukenor,  being  perhaps 
the  guardian  of  John  Hamond's  heir,  and  the  rent  had  been  temporarily 
reduced  to  £5  6x.  %d,  (Harl.  Roll,  A.  42).  In  1470  it  was  held  once 
more  by  a  John  Hammond,  under  the  lease  of  50  years  (Harl.  Roll 
G.  2),  which,  as  we  learn,  had  been  granted  in  1435.  In  153s  it  was 
worth  £8  (Valor,  ii.  208). 

We  possess  the  computi  of  ihit  firmarius  for  1442, 1443  or  1444  and 
1447  (HarL  Rolls  K.  32,  K.  33,  A.  42)  and  records  of  the  courts  of  June 
30, 1382  (Record  Office,  Court  Rolb  197. 14),  December  14, 1469,  and 
May  9,  1470  (Harl.  Roll  K.  31).  At  one  court  we  have  the  names 
of  the  customary  tenants,  with  their  holdings,  which  amounted  to 
8J  virgates ;  at  another  court  there  is  an  entry  that  Henry  Stevyns 
of  Lynam,  husbandman,  has  married  Margaret  Godefrey,  'nativa 
de  sanguine ;  ideo  prosequatur  breve.' 

From  the  church,  Eynsham  received  a  pension  of  los.  from  the 
twelfth  century  to  the  Dissolution. 

Sarsden.    This  church  seems  to  have  been  given  to  Eynsham 


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before  1197,  but  it  is  not  mentioned  in  the  confirmation  by  St.  Hugh 
(vol.  i,  p.  123).  Probably  the  abbey  did  not  obtain  possession  until 
1303  (ib.,  p.  134),  and  the  pension  of  13^.  4^.  a  year  was  granted 
by  Bishop  William  (1204-6).  It  was  still  paid  at  the  Dissolution 
(VtdoTy  ii.  211). 

Saxey»  Berks.  In  1381,  1390,  and  1470  the  accounts  of 
Eynsham  record  a  rent  of  10s,  from  a  close  in  Saxey  in  Berks.  (Harl. 
Rolls  K.  41,  E.  31,  and  G.  2).  It  is  unknown  where  this  property 
was,  how  it  was  obtained,  or  when  it  was  lost.  It  is  not  mentioned 
either  in  the  Taxaiio  or  the  Valor. 

Shifford.  The  manor  of  Shifford  belonged  to  Eynsham  from  its 
foundation.  In  Domesday  Book  it  is  reckoned  to  be  three  hides,  and 
in  1279  it  is  recorded  that  the  hidage  was  only  6j.,  although  it 
appears  that  the  manor  contained  more  than  four  carucates;  two 
carucates  were  in  demesne,  two  held  by  villains,  and  one  virgate  was 
held  by  a  freeman  who  was  bound  to  give  suit  in  place  of  the  abbot 
at  the  County  court  and  the  Hundred  court  {Hundred  Rolls,  ii.  701). 
In  1360  the  account  given  was  very  similar.  The  demesne  arable  was 
161  measured  acres,  the  meadows  and  pasture  were  about  100  acres, 
the  villains  had  8  virgates,  each  of  40  acres  (ii,  p.  7),  and  John 
Freman,  who  gave  suit  at  the  Hundred  court  and  the  County  court, 
also  had  one  virgate.  By  this  return  Shifford  should  contain  about 
620  acres,  but  the  modem  parish  has  880  acres.  In  the  Cartulary, 
from  the  year  1229,  we  have  frequent  mention  of  the  freeholder  who 
was  bound  to  give  suit  at  the  Hundred  court  and  the  County  court 
as  the  representative  of  the  manor  of  Shifford  (vol.  i,  pp.  323,  369, 

380). 

To  their  manor  of  Shifford  the  monks  attached  property  that  they 
held  in  the  neighbouring  hamlets  of  East  Weld,  Cote,  and  Bampton 
Aston,  from  which  their  tenants  attended  the  manorial  court  of  Shifford. 
About  1 1 79  Eynsham  obtained  one  hide  in  Weld  by  the  gift  of  Ralf 
de  Chesney  (vol.  i,  p.  82).  His  whole  gift  was  2^  hides,  but  of  this 
I J  hides  were  in  Aston.  The  property  had  previously  belonged  to 
Walter  de  Cauz  and  can  be  identified  with  the  2^  hides  in  Weld  held 
at  the  time  of  Domesday  by  Theodoricus ;  for  the  charter  of  Walter 
de  Cauz  (i,  p.  130)  mentions  that  he  had  manors  also  in '  Hamme- 
stede  et  Ben$inton',  but  Domesday  records  that  Theodoricus  Aurifab^r 
held  land  in  '  Bensinton'  in  Oxfordshire  and  'Hamstede'  in  Berks.; 
evidently,  therefore,  in  Weld  as  well  as  in  these  two  places,  Theodoricus 
was  succeeded  by  Walter  de  Cauz.  At  first  the  monks  paid  a  quit- 
rent  of  15X.  a  year  to  the  heirs  of  Walter  de  Cauz,  but  this  was  subse- 
quently remitted  (i,  p.  207).  In  1269  the  abbey  had  9^  virgates 
in  Weld,  with  a  rental  of  £7  is.  8</.,  and  perquisites  of  the  court 

u  e 


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worth  2s.  (i,  p.  ii).  In  1279  the  holding  was  6^  virgates  and  5 
acres  {Hundred  Rolls,  iL  700),  and  in  1360  it  was  unaltered,  though 
reckoned  to  be  6 J  virgates  (vol.  ii,  p.  12). 

The  hamlet  of  East  Weld  appears  to  have  been  within  the  parish 
of  Ducklington.  It  is  true  that  at  this  day  the  only  place  of  the  name 
of  Weld  is  to  the  south-west  of  Bampton ;  but  m  old  days  there  were 
two  places  of  this  name,  and  in  the  return  of  1279  we  have  descrip- 
tions of  Weld  in  Bampton  and  of  East  Weld  in  Ducklington  (Hundred 
Rolls,  ii,  pp.  688  and  700) ;  also  in  the  names  of  vills  drawn  up 
in  1 3 16  it  is  stated  that  East  Weld  was  a  hamlet  in  Ducklington 
{Feudal  Aids,  vol.  iv,  p.  162),  and  the  same  statement  is  made  in 
the  Eynsham  Cartulary  (vol.  i,  p.  376).  In  accordance  with  this 
there  is  a  deed,  preserved  among  the  miscellaneous  deeds  in  the 
muniment  room  of  New  College,  which  mentions  that  the  road  from 
the  vill  of  Estweld  to  the  wood  called  Weldehemho  passed  through 
Yelford.  Lastly,  in  the  Shifford  court  rolls  the  property  is  often  called 
Clay  Weld;  and  to  this  day  there  is  a  farm  on  the  west  side  of 
Ducklington  called  ClaywelL 

In  Aston  the  abbey  had  half  a  hide  of  the  Doyley  fee  given  in 
early  times  (vol.  i,  p.  73),  and  supplemented  by  another  virgate  (ib., 
p.  77).  The  gift  of  Ralf  de  Chesney,  to  which  we  have  akeady 
referred,  was  one  hide  of  land  and  a  small  rent  from  half  a  hide. 
Another  gift  was  half  a  virgate  of  the  fee  of  Alvescot,  the  grant  of 
Gunnora  de  la  Mare  (ib.,  p.  177).  In  1279  the  abbey  retained 
these  properties,  and  its  holding  was  exactly  7^  virgates  {Hundred 
Rolls,  ii,  p.  699),  of  which  3J  virgates  were  held  by  villains,  two  by 
the  ' hundredar  \^  and  two  in  demesne;  but  on  the  other  hand  a  quit- 
rent  of  6^.  2d.  was  due  to  Robert  Pogeys  from  one  of  the  virgates. 
About  the  year  1360  the  holding  was  reduced  to  five  virgates  or 
5^,  of  which  3^  were  held  in  bondage,  while  John  Stevens  held  by 
copy  of  court  roll  (but  not  in  bondage)  i  J  virgates,  which  were  to  be 
reckoned  as  two  virgates  for  the  payment  of  aids;  he  was  probably 
the  hundredar  representing  the  abbot  both  at  the  County  court  and 
the  Hundred  court,  for  it  is  recorded  that  payment  to  the  Court  of 
Pugeys  was  made  through  him  (vol.  ii,  l^.  12  and  15).  At  this 
time  the  outgoings  from  the  holding  had  risen  to  31X.  10^.;  of  this 
5x.  2d,  was  the  quitrent  already  mentioned,  and  26/.  Sd.  was  an 
annual  payment  which  Eynsham  agreed  to  pay  to  Imbert  le  Pugeys 

^  L  e.  the  tenant  who  had  to  appear  giadoff  (  VilUttn^ge  in  England,  p.  188) 

at  the  Hundred  court  as  the  representa-  aa  <  Hondredarii  in  Aston  * ;  probably 

tiye  of  the  abbot    The  entry  '  Hnndr*  the  correct  expansion  is  '  Hondredarius 

in  Aston  *  is  expanded  by  Pro^  Vino-  in  Aston  *• 


PREFACE  Ixvii 

in  place  of  a  feast  due  to  the  tenants  of  the  manor  of  Aston  on 
St.  Bartholomew's  day  (vol.  i,  p.  196). 

In  1279  the  abbot  had  four  half-virgates  in  Cote  {Hundred  Rolls ^ 
ii,  p.  690),  but  it  is  not  known  how  they  were  obtained.  In  1360 
the  property  is  described  as  four  holdings,  each  three-quarters  of 
a  virgate  (vol  il,  p.  12),  but  the  rent  b  as  in  1279,  ^^d  the  property 
seems  to  be  the  same  as  in  1279. 

Among  the  Harleian  Rolls  (L.  8-17)  and  at  the  Record  Oflfice 
(Court  Rolls,  197,  62  and  63)  we  have  the  records  of  about  forty-five 
courts  of  Shifford  between  the  years  1434  and  1525.  The  court  was 
held  twice  a  year,  and  was  attended  by  one  homage  from  Shifford, 
another  from  Aston,  and  a  third  which  is  described  as  from  Estweld, 
or  Clayweld,  or  Weld  cum  Cote,  or  Weldcote,  or  even  Wildcote;  but 
in  the  thirteenth  century  it  appears  that  there  was  a  separate  court  for 
Weld  (vol.  i,  p.  11).  In  1508  the  homage  from  Shifford  was  twelve 
in  number,  the  other  two  homages  containing  only  four  members 
each*  Each  homage  made  presentments  separately.  On  two  occa- 
sions we  find  reference  to  the  chapel  of  Shifford:  thus  in  1499  the 
abbey  gave  consent  that  a  cottage  in  Cote  should  be  used  by  the 
'  wardens  of  the  chapel  of  Shifford,  called  the  churchmen  for  the  vill 
of  Cote'  at  the  customary  times  when  the  church-ale  was  kept :  also 
in  1 5 10  the  homage  of  Shifford  agreed  that  none  should  catch  fish  by 
means  of  'cooppis*  for  the  next  nine  months,  except  for  the  benefit 
of  the  chapel  of  Shifford  and  for  the  repairing  of  its  windows  with 
glass;  and  in  the  return  of  1360  we  learn  that  it  was  a  chapel  of 
St  Lawrence,  and  was  served  by  the  vicar  of  Bampton  at  least  three 
times  a  year  (ii,  p.  6). 

Some  computus  rolls  for  Shifford  which  exist  at  the  Record  Office, 
and  also  among  the  Harleian  Rolls,  throw  some  additional  light  on  the 
manor.  From  early  days  there  was  a  ferry  at  Shifford;  in  1269  it 
was  worth  2/.  a  year  (voL  i,  p.  11);  in  1360,  5^.  (vol.  ii,  p.  10).  In 
1426  it  was  decided  that  the  abbot  was  not  bound  to  keep  it  in  repair 
(vol.  ii,  p.  187).  In  1437  the  rent  of  the  ferry-barge  was  raised  from 
5^.  to  13^.  4d.  (HarL  Roll  L.  10),  but  in  1448  there  is  an  entry  that 
no  one  would  now  pay  more  than  5^.  a  year. for  it  (Min.  Accounts, 
961.  20,  Record  Office). 

In  1403,  in  1423,  and  in  1428  the  amount  of  Peter's  Pence  from 
Shifford  was  16^.  (HarL  Rolls,  L.  3,  L.  5,  L.  6).  In  1360  the  amount 
appears  to  be  16^.  (vol.  ii,  p.  7),  and  it  is  not  evident  how  there 
could  be  an  odd  halfpenny.  In  1470  the  amount  of  Peter^s  Pence 
was  2id,  (G.  2).  In  none  of  the  Rolls  is  there  any  mention  of  the 
escape  oinoHvu 

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Ixviii  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Down  to  the  beginning  of  the  fifteenth  century  the  abbey  farmed  the 
demesne  land  by  a  bailiff,  but  about  1430  the  whole  property  was 
granted  to  a  firmarius  on  a  lease  of  twenty  years,  and  the  monks 
ceased  to  have  any  direct  connexion  with  the  inhabitants  of  Shifford. 

Shipton.  The  accounts  for  1390  (HarL  Roll  E.  31)  give  a  rent 
of  13J.  4^  received  from  Shipton  mill  and  paid  to  the  precentor. 
There  is  no  trace  of  this  property  either  earlier  or  later,  and  it  is 
impossible  to  say  whether  it  was  in  Shipton-under-Wychwood  or 
Shipton-on-CherweU. 

Showell.  Robert  d*Oilly  II  gave  half  a  hide  of  land  to  Eynsham 
in  *  Sefewella'  (vol  i,  p.  77).    It  was  worth  9^.  in  1254  (ib.,  p.  306), 

1269  (ib.,  p.  15),  and  in  1390  (HarL  Roll  E.  31).  In  1535  the  property 
had  been  transferred  to  Brueme  abbey,  which  paid  4ar.  a  year  for  it 
and  other  properties. 

Somerton.  Eynsham  was  granted  three  virgates  in  Somerton  in 
1 148,  and  held  them  in  1279  (Hundred  Rolls,  ii,  p.  838).  Before 
1200  it  dimised  two  of  them  in  perpetuity  at  a  rent  of  10s.  2l  yezr 
(vol.  i,  p.  104).  In  1 29 1  Eynsham  received  i5x.  from  Somerton,  but 
in  1390  the  sum  was  only  10s,  (Harl.  Roll  E.  31)  *from  two  tene- 
ments in  Somerton' ;  the  property  cannot  be  traced  subsequently. 

Souldem.  The  church,  given  to  Eynsham  by  Jordan  de  Sai 
(vol.  i,  p.  T18),  paid  a  pension  to  the  abbey  of  loos.  a  year  in  1198 
(ib.,  p.  57),  1 36 1  (vol.  ii,  p.  89),  and  1390  (Harl.  Roll  E.  31).  Sub- 
sequently the  sum  must  have  been  reduced,  for  in  1535  and  1539  it 
is  53X.  4^.  (Valor,  ii.  211). 

South  Stoke.  The  church  of  South  Stoke  belonged  to  Eynsham 
from  the  end  of  the  eleventh  century,  and  in  1239  the  abbey  received 
from  it  a  pension  of  one  pound  of  pepper,  and  a  portion  of  the  tithe 
(vol.  i,  pp.  I  and  4).    This  portion  was  described  and  confirmed  in 

1270  by  the  bishop  of  Lincoln  (ib.,  p.  275).  In  1291  these  tithes  were 
worth  £5  6s.  8d.  a  year  (Taxatio,  p.  30).  In  1399  the  abbey  was 
allowed  to  appropriate  the  church  (ii,  p.  180),  and  a  vicarage  was 
appointed  (ii,  p.  183). 

The  holding  of  Eynsham  in  South  Stoke  and  Goring  was  worth 
£42  6x.  11^.  in  1 29 1  (Taxaiio,  p.  45),  but  we  have  no  court  rolls  or 
computus  rolls  to  throw  any  light  on  this  manor.  In  1390  the  portion 
of  tithe  due  to  the  abbey  was  worth  £7  iix.,  and  rents  and  perquisites 
£48  4J.  8</.  (E.31).  Subsequently  the  tithes  were  leased  with  the  manor; 
thus  in  1460  Henry  Doget  and  John  Felowe  obtained  a  lease  of  the 
manor  and  tithes  for  thirty  years  at  a  rent  of  £34 ;  in  addition  the 
tenant  was  to  repair  all  thatch  and  daubing,  when  necessary,  to  pay 
to  the  auditor  his  fee  of  53^.  4</.,  to  the  steward  of  the  manor  his 


PREFACE  Ixix 

fee  of  26s,  Sd.,  to  the  general  receiver  his  fee  of  40s,,  to  the  woodward 
and  the  guardian  of  the  woods  7^ .  Sd,  and  clothing  worth  4X.,  and  to 
the  Hundred  Court  of  Dorchester  3X.  4</. ;  but  it  does  not  appear 
whether  the  tenant  was  to  have  the  profits  of  the  extensive  woods 
(G.  2).    In  1536  a  similar  lease  was  granted  for  eighty  years  (vol.  ii, 

p.  241)- 

In  1406  (see  p.  Ixxxiii)  we  hear  of  the  'chapel  of  St.  Leonard  of 
Egguslade '.  Exlade  was  a  hamlet  in  South  Stoke,  and  this  chapel 
is  probably  what  is  now  known  as  Woodcote  chapeL 

Stanton  Harcoturt  A  hide  of  land  in  Stanton  Harcourt  was 
given  to  Eynsham  by  Adeliza,  widow  of  Henry  I,  probably  in  1136 
(vol.  ii,  p.  173).  The  cartulary  describes  how  on  the  death  of  Richard 
de  Camville  the  hide  was  seized  by  Ricardus  Ruffus  at  the  king's 
command  (vol.  i,  p.  399).  The  Pipe  Roll  of  Michaelmas  1190  shows 
that  Ricardus  Ruffus  was  at  that  date  in  charge  of  the  manor  of 
Stanton.^  The  abbey  retained  the  original  charter,  and  we  may 
conjecture  that  when  it  sold  the  advowson  of  Stanton  St.  John,  it  gave 
this  charter  with  it,  under  the  impression  that  it  referred  to  Stanton 
St.  John.  In  this  way  it  came  into  the  New  College  muniment 
room. 

Stanton  St  John.  The  church  was  given  to  Eynsham  before 
1 1 50  (vol.  i,  p.  118)  and  a  pension  of  20J.  a  year  was  paid  by  it  before 
1200  (ib.,  p.  56).  This  was  still  paid  in  1535  {Valor,  ii,  p.  211);  but 
in  1537  Eynsham  sold  to  the  bishop  of  Lincoln  both  the  advowson 
and  the  pension  (vol.  ii,  p.  142). 

Stoke  Talmage.  The  service  due  from  a  virgate  in  this  parish 
was  given  to  Eynsham  about  1222  (vol.  i,  p.  145).  Subsequent 
deeds  show  that  it  was  worth  us.  and  was  paid  by  the  abbot  of 
Thame  (HarL  Roll  E,  31).  It  was  still  received  in  1535  {Valor, 
ii.  209). 

Stratton.  Before  mo  Gilbert  Basset  gave  to  Eynsham  two- 
thirds  of  his  tithe  in  Stratton  in  the  parish  of  Bicester  (vol.  i,  p.  36). 
In  1 1 88  the  abbey  surrendered  this  possession  to  Bicester  Priory 
for  an  annual  payment  of  12s.  (ib.,  p.  71)  which  was  still  received 
in  1536  {Valor,  ii,  p.  210). 

Swinford  Ferry.  In  1539  there  is  mention  of  a  payment  of 
I  J.  a  year  due  to  Eynsham  from  the  abbey  of  Abingdon  (vol.  ii,  p.  251). 
In  1325  it  was  received  by  the  collector  of  rents  (E.  27)  and  was 
due  under  an  agreement  made  in  1299  (printed  vol.  i,  pp.  342-4). 

Tackley.    Two  mills  in  Tackley,  together  with  tithes  of  a  mill 


*  Pipe  Roll,  I  Ric.  J,  p.  106. 


Ixx     •  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

and  a  flsbpond  {vivarium)  were  given  to  Eynsham  before  1200 
(vol  i,  pp.  98,  99).  The  tithe  was  worth  4^.  in  1270  (ib.,  p.  13) 
and  5^.  in  1291  {Taxaiio^  p.  31).  It  was  confirmed  to  Eynsham  in 
1320  (vol.  i,  p.  376),  but  disappears  from  that  date. 

Subsequently  there  is  mention  of  only  one  mill,  called  Cattesham 
Mill,  of  which  Eynsham  granted  a  perpetual  lease  for  60s,  a  year 
about  1 241  (ib.,  p.  180).  In  1270  it  pays  6ar.  under  the  title  of 
Northbrook  Mill  (ib.,  p.  13),  but  in  the  TaxoHooli  1291  Eynsham  has 
no  holding  in  Tackley.  Once  more  the  abbey  acquired  the  mill 
in  1328  (ib.,  p.  383),  and  in  1390  obtained  20X.  from  Cattesham 
Mill  (Harl.  Roll  E.  31).  By  1535  the  rent  is  only  ioj.,  paid  by 
*  Mr,  Newars  for  certain  land'  {Valor ^  ii,  p.  210). 

Tetbury.  The  church  of  Tetbury,  Gloucestershire,  was  given 
to  Eynsham  by  Reginald  of  St  Walery  (i,  p.  70)  not  later  than  the 
year  1161 ;  and  in  1278  paid  a  pension  to  the  abbey  of  4ar.  a  year 
'from  of  old'  (i,  p.  293).  In  1291  the  rectory  was  valued  at  £24, 
apart  from  the  pension  of  £2,  which  was  still  received  by  Eynsham 
{Taxatio^  p.  221).  That  Tetbury  is  not  mentioned  in  the  confirma- 
tion of  1320  (ij  p.  376)  must  be  an  oversight.  The  church  was 
appropriated  to  Eynsham  in,  or  shortly  before,  the  year  1361 
(ii,  p.  108),  and  in  1390  the  abbey  obtained  £16  from  tithes  in 
Tetbury  (E,  21).  In  1537  the  rectory  only  produced  £8  lox., 
whereas  the  vicarage  was  worth  £35  {Valor,  ii,  210,  496).  A  small 
rent  of  2j.  a  year  to  the  Queen  'for  the  door  of  the  rectory  of 
Tetbury'  was  paid  in  1390  (K  31),  and  a  similar  payment  appears 
in  the  subsidy  of  1526.  At  the  time  of  the  appropriation  of  the 
church,  pensions  must  have  been  reserved  for  the  bishop  and  the 
monastery  of  Worcester;  in  139 1  it  seems  that  the  bishop  received 
53^.  41/.  and  the  chapter  40s.  from  Tetbury  (E.  31) ;  in  the  subsidies' 
of  1523  and  1526,  and  also  in  1535  {Valor,  ii,  210,  and  iii,  225) 
the  payments  were  i6s.  Sd.  to  the  bishop  and  40^.  to  the 
monks. 

Turweston,  A  portion  of  tithes  in  this  parish  was  given  to 
Eynsham  at  an  early  date  and  confirmed  about  11 70  (vol.  i,  p.  99). 
In  1291  it  was  worth  4J.  {TaxaHo,  p.  32),  and  in  1390  (Harl.  Roll 
E.  31),  but  we  do  not  find  it  in  the  Valor  of  1535. 

Whitfield.  The  church  of  Whitfield,  Northants,  was  given  to 
Eynsham  about  11 78  (vol.  i,  p.  loi),  and  by  a  composition,  of  which 
we  have  no  details,  it  was  decided  that  the  abbey  should  receive 
30  quarters  of  wheat  and  two  marks,  as  a  yearly  pension  from  the 

1  MS.  at  Lincoln. 


PREFACE  Ixxi 

church  (ib.,  p.  3).  In  1240  an  appropriation*  was  made  by  the 
bishop's  orders  (ib.,  p.  176),  and  the  monastery's  share  of  tithe  was 
worth  eight  marks  in  1254  (ib.,  p.  307).  In  1390  the  value  was 
£5  (Harl.  Roll  E.  31).  In  1441  the  rectory  and  vicarage  were 
consolidated,  and  £3msham  resigned  its  profits  from  the  church.* 

Wickham.  Robert,  son  of  Walcheline,  who  is  mentioned  in 
Donusdc^  as  the  holder  of  a  mill  in  Banbury,  gave  to  Eynsham 
all  his  tithe  from  Wickham  in  Banbury  (vol.  i,  p.  37).  In  1239 
this  possession  is  described  as  the  tithe  of  the  demesne  of  Wick- 
ham and  of  the  land  which  had  once  been  demesne  (ib.,  p.  5). 
In  1279  the  demesne  was  one  carucate  (Hundred  RolUy  ii,  p.  708), 
and  it  is  probable  that  Eynsham  took  the  tithes  of  the  two  hides 
which  in  the  time  of  Dotmsday  were  held  by  '  Robert '  in  Wickham. 
In  1293  this  portion  of  the  tithe  was  resigned  to  the  rector  of 
Banbury  (vol  i,  p.  337).  . 

Wick  Rissington.  Five  virgates  were  given  to  Eynsham  by 
Henry  de  Teyden'  about  1242  (vol.  i,  p.  82);  subsequently  two 
more  virgates  were  added  (ib.,  pp.  208,  209).  In  1291  the  holding 
of  Eynsham  was  i^  carucates,  worth  £2  a  year  {Taxaiio^  p.  236^). 
In  1312  another  carucate  was  acquired  (vol.  i,  p.  356).  In  1325 
the  property  was  farmed  by  the  abbey  through  a  bailiff  (Harl.  Roll 
E.  27),  but  in  1390  it  was  leased  to  Thomas  Dome  as  firmarius 
for  £6  13^.  4</.  (£.  31),  and  in  1442  it  was  similarly  held  by  Robert 
Dome,  at  a  rent  of  £5  6x.  8ef.  (K.  32).  In  a  roll,  the  date  of  which 
is  uncertain,  but  probably  is  of  1443,  William  Deye  is  the  farmer, 
paying  £$  13^.  4^.  (K.  33),  and  in  1445  a  lease  was  granted  him  for 
30  years  at  a  rent  of  £6 ;  he  was  to  have  the  profits  of  the  manor 
and  also  9^.  rent  from  Naunton  (A.  42).  In  1535  the  rent  was 
£7  {Volar f  ii,  208).  Although  it  is  described  as  a  Mordship',  i.  e. 
manor,  no  court  rolls  survive.  It  is  probable  that,  as  at  Fulbrook, 
it  was  customary  to  lease  the  profits  of  the  courts  to  iht  firmarius^ 
and  the  court  rolls  for  that  reason  would  be  less  safely  preserved. 

Witham,  Berks.  Half  a  virgate  in  this  manor,  given  to  Eynsham, 
was  granted  away  in  perpetuity  for  a  rent  of  6x.  M.  (voL  i,  p.  227). 
In  1390  this  sum  was  still  received  (HarL  Roll  E.  31);  in  1467  John 

'  It  had  originally  been  granted  in  xxiT,fol.  47,  explains  his  position  :<Nota 

lasa,  but  not  carried  oat  {Roiuli  Hu-  quod  HenricusdeTydene(Le.  the  elder) 

mms  Welles^  ii*  1999  Canterbury  and  nabuit  filinm  Paolinnm  nomine,  qui  in 

Yoric  Soc.).  infirmitate  deiecdonis  domom  quandam 

'  Bridges,  Hist,  of  Northants^  i.  aaa.  intniTit  &  reliquit  villam  de  Risindone 

'  Robert  de  Bms  as  overlord  (vol.  i,  filie  sue,  quam  Robertus  de  Brus,  qui 

p.  aai)  confirmed  the  gift  of  Henry  de  adhuc  superstes  est,  dnxit  in  uxorem.^ 
Teyden.    A  note  in  Cott  MS.  Vesp.  B. 


Ixxil  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Fennour  paid  6^.  %d,  for  a  croft  and  lands  in  '  Wyghtham  (F.  33) ; 
and  the  same  sum  was  paid  in  151 9  (G.  12).  No  mention  of  it  is 
made  in  the  Valor  of  1535,  but  probably  it  was  reckoned  among 
the  rents  of  the  manor  of  Eynsham. 

Woodeaton.  This  manor  was  given  to  Eynsham  by  Walkelin 
Hareng  before  1190  (voL  i,  p.  93),  being  a  quarter  of  a  knight's 
fee  (ib.,  p.  132).  In  1269  it  was  worth  £5  iix.  4^.  (ib.,  p.  9), 
and  £$  6s.  Sd,  about  1270  (ib.,  p.  14).  In  1291  it  was  valued  at 
£5  7 J.,  including  two  small  rents  from  Marsh  Baldon  and  Milton 
which  were  always  paid  at  Woodeaton  {Taxa/to,  p.  44).  An  extent 
made  in  1366  estimates  the  property  to  be  worth  about  £20  a  year 
(voL  ii,  p.  15).  In  1390  the  accounts  show  £11  or  £12  to  have  been 
received  from  Woodeaton  (Harl.  Roll  E.  31),  but  as  the  demesne  land 
was  &rmed  at  that  time  by  the  abbey,  it  is  impossible  to  judge  of  the 
value  of  the  manor  by  the  money  that  was  accounted  for;  doubtless 
farm  produce  was  also  sent  to  the  abbey.  In  1470  the  sum  received 
was  £19  2x.  4</.  which  included  the  rents  from  Milton  and  Marsh 
Baldon,  the  profits  of  the  courts  £2  4^.  iii/.,  and  the  sale  of  wood 
£1  17^.  3^«  (HarL  Roll  G.  2).  At  this  time  the  demesne  was  leased 
to  a  farmer  for  £5  6s.  Sd.  In  1535  the  estimated  value  is  £14  i^s.  ^d,, 
or,  deducting  necessary  expenses,  about  £13  (Valor,  iL  209).  In 
1307  the  abbey  made  a  payment  of  100  marks  that  its  woods  of 
Eynsham,  Charlbiuy,  and  Woodeaton,  being  within  the  forests  of 
Wychwood  and  Shotover,  should  be  free  from  interference  by  the 
king's  forest  officials  (vol.  i,  p.  32^);  but  in  1366  it  was  stated  that 
owing  to  their  action  the  wood,  ninety-six  acres  in  extent,  was  of  no 
value,  except  to  produce  wood  for  hedges  and  repairs  of  houses 
(vol.  ii,  p.  18);  but  in  1470,  as  we  have  seen,  wood  was  sold  to  the 
value  of  £1  I'js.  3^.        • 

The  records  of  thirty-nine  manorial  courts  held  between  June  24, 
1441,  and  October  10,  1462,  are  contained  on  one  of  the  Harleian 
RoUs  (N.  27).  The  courts  were  held  generally  on  the  Tuesday  after 
liokeday  and  the  Tuesday  after  Michaelmas,  and  occasionally  a  third 
time  in  the  year:  none  were  held  between  October  1459  ^^^  ^^7 
1462.  At  every  court  the  names  of  absent  na/rvi  were  presented,  and 
the  homage  was  commanded  to  produce  them  at  the  next  court,  but 
nothing  was  done  in  any  instance.  At  the  coiut  held  at  Michaelmas, 
1445,  William  Darling  of  Binsey  promised  to  pay  3^.  4d,  if  he  might 
marry  a  na/iva  of  the  manor,  Joan,  daughter  of  John  Hume.  Ten 
years  later  there  was  a  presentment  that  Richard  son  of  John  Hume, 
a  naiivus  of  the  lord,  was  resident  at  Oxford  '  in  Binsey  in  parochia 
sancte  Frideswide'.    At  the  court  held  in  1453  an  inquisition  was 


PREFACE  Ixxiii 

held  whether  Henry  and  John  Plont  were  freemen  or  naiivi  of  the 
manor ;  the  verdict  of  the  homage,  which  numbered  more  than  fifteen, 
was  that  their  grandfather  came  firom  Wales  to  settle  in  Woodeaton, 
and  therefore  they  were  freemen.  The  court  was  evidently  larger 
than  that  of  Brookend ;  the  fines  and  amercements  for  absence  were 
numerous,  and  the  profits  of  the  court  were  generally  more  than  lox. 
There  seem  to  be  only  three  entries  that  are  in  any  way  unusual  In 
1446  'ordinatum  est  inter  dominum  et  omnes  tenentes  suos  quod 
nuUus  tenens  decetero  capiet  supportacionem  scolarium  Oxonie  contra 
aliquem  alium  tenentem,  per  quam  alique  perdicciones,  vexaciones, 
perturbadones,  lites  et  discordie  inter  tenentes  predictos  cedere  valeant, 
sub  pena  xz  solidorum'.  In  1448  it  was  decided  that  the  lord  and 
the  tenants  should  each  have  his  own  close,  and  hedge  it  at  his  own 
expense;  for  this  privilege  the  tenants  paid  the  sum  of  31J.  2d.  *ad 
opus  ecclesie' ;  we  here  have  a  case  of  inclosure  by  mutual  consent. 
In  1454  it  was  presented  that '  Willelmus  Heynes  et  Elena  uxor  eius 
sunt  obiurgatores  et  pads  perturbatores  inter  vicinos  et  tenentes  ipsius 
domini  contra  ordinacionem  in  curia  factam  sub  pena  forisfiacture 
tenementi  sui;  ideo  preceptum  est  dictum  tenementum  in  manum 
domini  sdsire  quousque,  &c.  £t  Isolda  Basse  est  communis  obiurgatrix 
et  magna  perturbatrix  tenencium;  ea  de  causa  forisfecit  in  manum 
domini  unum  mesuagium  et  unam  virgatam  terre  \  unde  nichil  accidit 
domino  de  herietto,  eo  quod  expulsa  fuit  contra  voluntatem  causa  pre- 
dicta';  while  four  years  later  the  homage  present  that  *Robertus 
Heytone,  rector  ecdesie  ibidem,  tenet,  favorat  et  hospitat  quandam 
Rosam  Basse  in  domo  sua,  que  est  mulier  suspiciose,  male  gubema- 
cionis  et  vite,  in  perturbacionem  et  scandalum  totius  ville ;  ideo  ipse 
in  misericordia,  iijj.  iiij</. ;  et  quod  Thomas  Basse,  vir  perdicte  Rose, 
contra  supportat  et  favorat  istam  in  dicta  gubemadone  ad  nocumentum ; 
ideo  ipse  in  misericordia,  xij(// 

Yamton.  The  manor  of  Yamton  was  given  to  Eynsham  before 
the  Conquest  (vol.  i,  p.  a  a),  but  by  the  date  of  Domesday  it  was  held 
of  the  abbey  by  one  of  the  knights  of  the  bishop  of  Lincoln. 
Although  Eynsham  laid  claim  to  this  property  in  1206  (ib.,  p.  6  a),  and 
again  in  1285  (ib.,  p.  308),  it  did  not  recover  it,  nor  had  any  right  to  it 
(ib.,  p.  18). 

The  church  always  bdonged  to  the  abbey;  it  was  a  chapel  under 
the  parish  church  of  Eynsham,  and  was  at  first  served  by  chaplains. 
In  1235  a  vicarage  was  instituted  by  Bishop  Grosteste*,  which  in 
1636  was  worth  £8  ^s.  id.  {Valor,  ii.  183).    When  the  manor  was 

'  Tkree  Oxfordshire  Parishes,  ?•  ^19  (Oxf.  Hist.  Soc). 


Ixxiv  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

given  to  Rewky  Abbey,  a  Cistercian  house,  and  therefore  exempt  from 
the  payment  of  tithes  on  demesne  land,  it  appeared  that  Eynsham 
would  lose  some  of  its  tithe;  but  in  1294  Rewley  issued  a  charter, 
M'hich  seems  to  mean  that  no  use  would  be  made  of  this  exemption 
(vol.  iy  p.  334).  In  153s  the  rectorial  tithes  were  leased  to  Richard 
Andrews  for  £7  a  year*. 

Such  being  the  properties  of  the  abbey,  we  turn  to  the  Harleian  rolls 
to  discover  what  was  the  total  income  of  the  monks  and  in  what  way 
it  was  spent  Unfortunately  we  have  no  complete  roll  of  the  annual 
income  and  expenditure ;  but  roll  £.31  gives  the  income  for  the  year 
1390^  and  a  portion  of  the  expenditure,  as  follows : — 

Harleian  Roll  E.  31. 

Eynsham,  Computus  Thome  Durant  celerarii  ibidem  a  vigilia  Sancti 
Michaelis  [anno  regni  regis  Ricardi]  secundi  post  conquestum  [Anglic 
terciodecimo  usque  ad]  vigiliam  eiusdem  festi  Michaelis  extunc  proximo 
sequentis  [anno]  eiusdem  regis  quartodecimo  et  presidencie  [Thome 
Bradin]gstok  abbatis  secundo  finiente. 


Arrears  'ultimi  computi  fratris  lohannis  Wottone  celerarii  anni 
precedentis  * : 

Summa  clxxxvi/.  xvlr.  \d,  ob. 
Receipts  from  Eynsham,  including  £1  6s.  <)d,  from  the  rents  of  Nova 
Terra,  £^  6s,  Sd,  from  the  fishery  in  the  Thames,  £4$  16s.  od,  from  the 
collector  of  rents  in  Eynsham,  and  other  sums  from  the  sale  of  wool  and 
grassy  and  the  profits  of  the  courts : 

Summa  cxvii/.  liis,  ob. 
[Tithe  hay  in  Eynsham,  Cassington,  and  Yamton] : 

Et  de  xvs,  idd,  ob,  de  decima  feni  de  Carsynton  ;  et  de  vis.  viiyi.  pro 
dedma  feni  de  Worton  ;  de  decima  feni  abbatis  Loci  Regalis*  nichil  hie 
quia  transfit  cum  vendidone  decime  garbarum  ibidem ;  et  de  xvlr.  viij/il 
pro  decima  feni  de  Erdyngton ;  et  de  xvs,  pro  decima  feni  de  Bungey  & 
Batelmor  vendita  hoc  anno  (plus  quam  anno  precedenti  per  lis.);  de 
dedma  feni  Thome  Paynell  militis  nichil  hoc  anno,  quia  inhorriatur  ad 
ustmi  domini  apud  le  Bolde;  et  de  xiiix.  iiljd.  de  tota  decima  feni  de 
Eynesham  vendita  Henrico  Gamage. 

Siunma  Ixvilr.  yiid.  ob. 
From  the  sale  of  2  horses,  14  sheep,  and  other  things : 

Summa  Ixvilr.  \d. 

1  See  below  p.  a  16,  P'aUr,  ii.  aio.         ley;  the  tithe  of  hay  from  Yamton, 
*  Apparently  tithe  of  hay  from  Cas-      which   also    belone^    to  Rewley,   is 
sington  mills,  which  belonged  to  Rew-      mentioned  separately. 


PREFACE  Ixxv 

[Rents] : 

Et  de  xij/.  xvj.  huL  receptis  de  Alano  Fays  ballivo  de  Cherlebery  & 
collectore  ibidem  de  Chadlington,  Spellesbery  &  Cote;  et  de  cxii^.  de 
eodem;  et  de  xiii/.  xf.  de  Laurentio  Peper  collectore  reddituum  de 
Faulore ;  et  de  bpcvlr.  viii^.  de  Willelmo  Punbray  bedello  de  Cherlebery  ; 
et  de  xli.  de  lohanne  Walcote  dudum  collectore  de  Faulore  de  parte 
arreragiorum  suorum ;  et  de  Ixxxi/.  xr.  \d,  de  lohanne  Henry  preposito  de 
Histone ;  et  de  xxiijj.  vuL  ob.  de  arreragiis  eiusdem  lohannis ;  et  de  vi/. 
iiijx.  de  eodem  preposito  de  Histone  ut  in  precio  unius  apri  &  1  porcorum ; 
et  de  ilr.  vi</.  de  eodem  ut  in  precio  iii  gros  de  pakthred ;  et  de  x/.  xi,  de 
arreragiis  lohannis  Cory  nuper  prepositi  ibidem ;  et  de  vlr.  viii//.  de 
arreragiis  lohannis  Sautre ;  et  de  vii/.  xlr.  de  Roberto  Benet  preposito 
de  Stoke ;  et  de  xiiLr.  myd,  de  eodem  ut  de  amerciamends  &  herietto 
lohannis  Tommes,  pendent[i]  super  lohannem  Hacherand  iuniorem ;  et 
de  vir.  M\\\d,  de  eodem  ut  de  molar[i]  vendit[o] ;  et  de  xxxviii/.  iiiix. 
vWyL  de  lohanne  Vyncent  collectore  reddituum  de  Stokes ;  et  de  vi/. 
xiiijx.  vid,  de  Ada  Leveret  collectore  reddituum  de  Wodetone ;  et  de  xir. 
de  eodem  de  extra  firm[am]  terre ;  et  de  xixj.  viii//.  receptis  de  arreragiis 
Thome  Reue  nuper  coUectoris  ibidem ;  et  de  xix.  yd.  de  dicto  Ade  [x/V] 
collectore  per  pedem  computi  sui ;  et  de  xx.  xd.  de  lohanne  Bolte  de 
firma  terre  ibidem ;  et  de  xxvx.  de  Willelmo  Ottele  pro  firma  n^anerii 
de  Wodetone  et  de  iir.  iii^.  de  firma  vacc[arum]  ibidem  sibi  dimis[sarum] ; 
et  de  liilr.  ixd.  de  eodem  Willelmo  &  Willelmo  [  ]  de  vendicione  bladi 
de  manerio  de  Wodetone  post  recessum  lohannis  Felpus  nuper  prepositi 
ibidem ;  et  de  xviii/.  iix.  de  lohanne  Fyssher  collectore  de  Schifford ;  et 
de  xxii/.  xx^.  de  lohanne  Richard  preposito  ac  collectore  de  Mukeltone ; 
et  de  bocv/.  de  eodem  pro  decima  garbarum  de  Mukelton  sibi  vendita  hoc 
anno  &  anno  preterito ;  et  de  viiii.  de  eodem  ut  in  precio  v  vom[erum] ; 
et  de  viLf.  ix^  de  stramine  puis*  vendit'  apud  Worton  hoc  anno;  et  de 
vi/.  vx.  \id.  de  Willelmo  Faukener  collectore  reddituum  de  Brokende; 
et  de  xxiiix.  iiii^  de  eodem  per  pedem  computi  sui ;  et  de  vi/.  xiiir.  muL 
de  Thoma  Dome  pro  firma  manerii  de  Wyke ;  et  de  bcvlr.  viii^.  de 
lohanne  Corbrigge  pro  firma  manerii  de  Fulbroke ;  et  de  viii/.  xiiix.  m\d, 
pro  firma  manerii  de  RoUandrithe ;  et  de  iiii/.  xvx.  de  Thoma  Busseby 
collectore  reddituum  de  Mildecombe;  et  de  :ad,  de  arreragiis  Thome 
Baxster  per  computum  dicti  Thome  Busseby;  et  de  xxx.  de  lohanne 
Busseby  de  parte  arreragiorum  suorum  de  officio  coUectoris  reddituum  de 
Cherlebery  &  Faulore ;  et  de  hex.  de  parte  arreragiorum  lohannis  Baldok 
nuper  ballivi  ac  coUectoris  reddituum  de  Cherlebery  &  Faulore. 

Summa  cccxlviii/.  xvir.  xxd,  ob, 
Redditus  forinseci : 

De  xxir.  iiii//.  de  redditu  de  CarseweU  non  respondet  quia  detinetur  per 
dominum  epbcopum  Wintoniensem^  iniuste  contra  voluntatem  abbatis  fc 
conuentus ;  et  de  xviilr.  de  redditu  de  Gloucestre ;  et  de  xlr.  de  redditu 

^  Lord  of  the  manor  of  Witney,  of  which  Canewell  is  a  hamlet 


Ixxvi  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

abbatis  de  Thame  pro  Stoke  Talmache  ;  et  de  xr.  de  redditu  ii  tenemen- 
torum  in  Somerton ;  et  de  xxs,  de  redditu  de  Hetnpton  pro  isto  anno  &  pro 
ultimo  anno  preterito,  viz.  per  annum  xs. ;  et  de  xx.  de  redditu  de  Sexeye ; 
et  de  viilr.  r^ditus  de  Heyford  superiori ;  et  de  ixx.  redditus  in  SeweUe ; 
et  de  iilr.  prions  de  Chacombe ;  et  de  ilr.  ii//.  ledditus  de  Carswell  de 
quodam  tenemento  in  Norton  Bruyn;  et  de  vlr.  viii/f.  redditus  in 
VVhitham ;  redditus  de  Bannebery  &  de  Cropredy  transfit  cum  decimis 
de  Bannebery;  de  redditu  de  Newyntone  collector  de  Brokende  com- 
putat ;  de  redditu  de  Milton  &  Baldyndon  collector  de  Wodetone  com- 
putat ;  de  redditu  in  Oxonia  sacrista  computat ;  de  redditu  de  Moleford 
collector  de  Stoke  computat  ;  de  vix.  redditu  in  Fylkynge  nichil  hie  quia 
per  cantorem  ;  et  de  ii  lb.  cere  reddendis  de  Caueresham  x^d, ;  de 
xxvLr.  viii^.  redditus  abbatis  de  Brueria,  et  xlr.  redditus  prions  de  Landa, 
et  \id.  redditus  abbatis  de  Wynchcombe  nichil  quia  non  possunt  leuari, 

Summa  iiii/.  xviii.  xd,  \sic\ 
Penciones  ecdesiarum : 

[Souldem  ;f  5,  Sarsden  13^.  4//.,  Parva  Bartona  6s,  8//.,  South  Newington 
4^.,  Turweston  4f,,  Stoke  l^d.  (i.e.  I  lb.  of  pepper),  Dorchester  Abbey 
for  tithes  in  Baldon  I2J<,  the  prior  of  Bicester  for  tithes  in  Stratton  I2J., 
Stanton  St.  John  20f.,  Heyford  ad  pontem  20J.,  Combe  'sacrista  com- 
puUt ',  St  Ebbe  13^.  ^y  Little  RoUright  lof.] 

Summa  viijV.  xvj.  myd,  [stc\ 
Molendina : 

£t  de  xU.  redditus  prions  de  Burcestre  pro  molendino  de  Clyfton; 
et  de  xxj.  redditus  molendini  Dotard' ;  et  de  xxr.  redditus  molendini  de 
Catesham ;  et  de  xr.  redditus  de  Clerkenemulle ;  de  xxxiiijj.  redditus  de 
MacemuU'  nichil  quia  detinetur  per  abbatem  Cirencestrie  ;  de  xii|r.  \\\\d, 
redditus  molendini  de  Shipton  non  respondet  hie  quia  per  cantorem  ; 
et  de  viijx.  redditus  de  Lemulle;  de  una  quateria  frumenti,  redditu 
molendini  de  Broughton,  sacrista  computat. 

Summa  iiii/.  xviiij. 
Vendicio  decimarum : 

Et  de  xvi/.  (minus  quam  anno  precedenti  per  xLr.)  de  decimis  garbarum 
de  Tettebiry  venditis  Waltero  Walters ;  et  de  xxiiii/.  pro  decimis  garbarum 
de  Mereton  per  annum  venditis ;  et  de  vi/.  xiiir.  iiii^.  pro  decimis  gar- 
barum  de  Norton  Bruyn  venditis  Thome  Frytewell ;  et  de  cf.  pro  decimis 
garbarum  de  Whytefeld  venditis  vicario  ibidem ;  et  de  vii/.  xiiix.  mid,  pro 
decimis  garbarum  de  Bannebiry  &  Croperri  venditis  Johanni  Bemes. 
De  decimis  garbarum  parochianorum  de  Mukeltone  non  respondet  hie 
quia  prepositus  ibidem  inde  computat.  De  bladis  decimalibus  de  Cherle- 
bery,  Chadlyngton,  Childestone,  Thume,  Shorthampton,  Walcote,  Fyn- 
stoke,  Faulore  Sl  Cote  nichil  hie,  quia  inhorriantur  apud  Cherlebery,  et 
ballivus  ibidem  inde  computat,  ut  de  firmis  eorundem.  Et  de  vii.  viii//. 
pro  decimis  garbarum  de  Collesbome  &  Duntesbome  venditis.  De 
decimis  garbarum.  de  Carsyngtone  &  Wortone  non  respondet  hie  quia 


PREFACE  Ixxvii 

dimittuntur  ad  firmam  pro  bladis^  &  garentarius  de  Eynesham  inde 
computat  De  decimls  de  Eynesham  nichil  quia  inhorriantur  ibidem. 
De  decimus  de  Demeford  &  Appultone  elemosinarius  computat.  De 
dedmis  de  Histone  &  Stoke  prepositi  inde  computant  De  decimis  de 
Pudlicote,  Cogges,  Langele,  &  Minstre  sacrista  computat.  Et  de  bcxj.  de 
alteragio  de  Mikeltone  per  composicionem  factam  cum  vicario  ibidem ; 
et  de  vj.  de  denariis  sancti  Petri  ibidem  ;  et  de  y\d,  de  decima  lini  &  orto- 
rum  ibidem ;  et  de  \\]s,  de  decima  puUorum  &  porcellorum  ;  et  de  iij^.  de 
decima  aucarum  &  columbell'  ibidem ;  et  de  xiiix.  mid,  de  decima 
lactag[ii]  ibidem ;  et  de  xLr.  de  decima  lane  de  Lettcombe  vendita  magistro 
lohanni  Denby ;  et  de  xiii/.  vir.  ymd,  pro  decimis  de  Erdyntone  venditis 
lohanni  Podde  et  sociis  suis. 

Summa  bcxix/.  xiiijV.  7ui. 
Et  de  Ivlr.  \\\d.  receptis  de  lohanne  Ereby,  lardynario,  pro  coreis^ 
pellibus  &  pellect'  venditis  [in]  officio  lardan'  per  eundem  lohannem ;  et 
de  x/.  receptis  de  quadam  fine  £acta  inter  dominum  abbatem  &  lohannem 
Bodde  sub  tali  condidone  quod  predictus  lohannes  exonerari  posset  et 
excusari  ab  omnibus  officiis  comput[abilibus]  durante  vita  sua;  et  de  xx^. 
receptis  de  lohanne  Blake  executore  Ade  Blake  pro  debito  dicti  Ade  de 
redditu  lohannis  Halewy ;  et  de  xixi.  viii/.  ob,  receptis  de  Pent[ecostalibus] 
hoc  anno;  et  de  Pent[ecostalibus]  anni  precedents  frater  lohannes 
Wotton  adhuc  debet  computare. 

Summa  xiiii/.  xvix.  \\d.  ob. 

Summa  totalis  dcclxxii/.  xiij.  %d,  ob.  q. 
Resoludones : 

[Inde  solutum  episcopo  Lincolniensi]  pro  indempnitate  ecdesie  de 
Mereton  per  annum  xxx. ;  item  capitulo  dusdem  eadem  de  causa  [xj. ; 
item  episcopo  Wigomiensi]  pro  indempnitate  ecdesie  de  Tettebury 
liijj.  iiij</. ;  item  capitulo  eiusdem  eadem  de  causa  xLr. ;  [item  archidiacono 
Gloucestrie]  pro  eadem  ecclesia  iilr.  iiij^. :  item  [episcopo  Wigomiensi] 
pro  indempnitate  ecdesie  de  [Mikdtone]  per  annum  %\\\s,  \\\\d.\  item 
capitulo  eiusdem  eadem  de  causa  xiiLr.  iiii^. ;  item  archidiacono  Gloucestrie 
pro  procurationibus  eiusdem  ecdesie  [vix.]  viii^.;  item  eidem  pro  iure 
sequestri  iilr.  mid, ;  item  eidem  pro  seragio  eiusdem  ecdesie  i|f. ;  item 
solut*  ballivo  hundredi  de  Wottone  pro  visu  franciplegii  de  Eynsham  viijj. ; 
item  eidem  pro  hidagio  de  Eynesham  \\s, ;  item  solut*  vicecomiti  Oxonie 
pro  fine  secte  comitatus  rdaxande  vlr.  viii^. ;  item  nuncio  domini  pape 
hoc  anno  vijx.;  item  solut'  decano  de  Wodestoke  pro  denariis  sancti 
Petri  iiiir. ;  item  solut*  abbati  de  Winchecombe  pro  decimis  in  Hidecote 
[&]  acquiet[anda]  vir. ;  item  solut'  archidiacono  Oxonie  pro  [procura- 
tionibus] ecdesiarum  de  Eynesham,  Cherlebery,  Norton  Bruyn,  dc  Mery- 
tone  xxxj.  vii^.  q, ;  item  eidem  pro  iure  sequestri  ecdesie  de  Cherlebery 
vij.  smd, ;  item  solut'  archidiacono  Norhamt'  pro  ecclesia  de  Whitefeld 
vilr.  vii//.  ob,  q, ;  item  solut'  pro  fine  secte  hundredi  de  Wottone  hoc  anno 
^  L  e.  for  a  payment  in  com,  not  In  money. 


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vs. ;  item  solut*  priori  de  Cogges  pro  decimis  in  Carsynton  xs^ ;  item  solut' 
vicario  de  Mukelton  pro  pensione  sua  vi/.  xiijx.  iiii^. ;  item  de  iiix.  mid.  de 
fine  secte  hundred!  de  Bannebiry  nichil  hie  quia  hoc  anno  per  ballivum 
de  Cherlebery ;  item  solut'  vicecomiti  Oxonie  pro  Wodetone  &  Fynstoke 
iiir.  \\d,  ob. ;  item  solut*  domine  regine  de  redditu  pro  porta  rectorie  de 
Tcttebery  \)s. 

Smnma  xx/.  vir.  vd.  ob. 
Pensiones  ad  tempus : 

£t  computat  solut*  Ricardo  duerton  pro  pensione  sua  ex.;  item  in 
feodis  lohannis  Denby  Sl  lohannis  Walker,  utroque  cap[iente]  xLr.  per 
annum,  iiii/. ;  item  [in  feodis]  magistri  Robert!  More  xxx. ;  item  WiUelmo 
Orbury  xxs, ;  item  lohanni  Hylton  attomato  in  banco  domini  regis  per 
annum  [xiilr.  iiii^. ;]  item  lohanni  Corbrig*  attomato  in  communi  banco 
xiilr.  mid, ;  item  Willelmo  rectori  de  Sulthome  xxxiijx.  iiii^ ;  [item  ] 

xxr. ;  item  in  feodis  lohannis  Cassy  ut  in  redditu  in  Gloucestria  onerat' 
superius  &  sibi  assignaf  nomine  f  [  xLr.  iiii^. ;]  item  in  feodis  lohan- 
nis Vampage  auditoris  xxvlr.  viii//.;  item  in  feodis  Willelmi  Harrys 
derici  xxvix.  ymd. 

Summa  xviii/.  iiilr.  \\\\d. 

[Wine,  sugar,  spice,  almonds,  &c. ;  details  are  for  the  most  part  illegible] : 
Sunmia  xx/.  xvx.  iiii^. 
Furrura: 

[Liveries  for  apparently  21 '  valectis  *  and  3 '  pagettis '  £iy  91. 3^/.] ;  item 
vicario  de  (?)  Mukelton  pro  roba  sua  rxs. ;  item  vicario  de  Whitfeld  eadem 
de  causa  xxr. 

Summa  xix/.  ixr.  iii//. 
Custus  necessarii : 

[Linen;  pewter;  earthenware;  'canevas'  for  the  kitchen  window; 
thread ;  red  wax ;  locks ;  keys ;  an  axe ;  repairs  in  the  bake-house 
'contra  advent um  regis';  'item  solut'  uxori  lohannis  Lardyn'  pro 
diversis  hospitibus  monasterii  tempore  episcopi  Lincolniensis  existentis 
apud  Eynesham  xmd. ;  item  Willelmo  Burdon  pro  pictura  tabule  supra 
magnum  altare  vlr.  \md*  •  •  • '  item  in  reward'  dat*  Willemo  Deye  pro 
occupadone  sua  in  coquina  tempore  perhendinacionis  cod  existentis  cum 
abbate  apud  Stokes  xv'uL ; '  tools  for  £Emning  and  carpentering ;  dothing 
to  beggars  vilr.  vd. ;  '  item  in  xxviii  peys  de  vitro  empt'  xviilr.  viii^/.,  dand' 
pro  le  pels  vmd* .  . . '  item  in  litteris  dimisoriis  impetratis  per  fratrem 
Willelmum  Stauntone  de  episcopo  Lincolniensi  pro  quatuor  nouiciis  vx.', 
parchment,  boots,  saddlery,  candles,  &c,  many  of  the  entries  being  ill^ble.] 
Summa  xxvii/.  vx.  \d. 

[The  deanmg  of  ditches  and  fishponds] : 
Summa  cvix.  md. 

[Repairs  and  building  at  Eynsham  and  Charlbory:   the  wages  of 
carpenters,  masons,  thatchers;   Mtem  lohanni  Spellesbury  latomo  pro 
opere  suo  in  noua  capella  xviiif.  viiii^' ;  for  the  mending  of  roads] : 
Summa  xliij/.  ixx.  od. 


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[  \  oblaciones  &  [ad]  mandatum  in  cena  domini : 

£t  computat  in  xiiii  lb.  ^yn^berys  emptis  xvLr.  viiu/. ;  item  in  vi  lb. 
drag*  emptis  ijx.  vuL  ;  item  in  i  lb.  nudum  Muscaf  ijj.  ij</. ;  item  in 
iij  lb.  &  i  quatron  sucur*  iiij^.  iiii^. ;  item  in  iiij  lb.  confect  empt.  vix. ;  item 
in  vino  empto  Oxonie  iij^. ;  item  in  oblacionibus  datis  diversis  abbathie 
in  festis  Natalis  Domini  &  Pasche  xviij.,  plus  quam  anno  precedenti  per 
vlr.  vi^.,  et  tantum  hoc  anno  propter  famulos  regis  existentes  apud 
Eynesham  in  pistrina  ad  festum  Natalis  Domini ;  item  distribucionibus 
diversis  pauperibus  ad  mandatum  in  cena  Domini  xi^.  \}<L 

Summa  IxiLr.  -nL 
Empdo  bladorum  &  stauri : 

[Purchase  of  animals,  &c ;  *  item  in  pane  empto  per  vices  pro  abbate 
&  conventu  &  hospitibus  xvir.  vii^/.  et  ideo  tantum  quia  fiimum  monasterii 
fuit  occupatum  per  pistores  domini  regis ;  item  in  cervisia  eadem  de 
causa  empta  xxiijx.  vii^. ' ;  purchase  of  horses,  bullocks,  oxen ;  '  item  in 
pykes  &  pykerelles  &  aliis  pisdbus  emptis  de  rectore  de  Stanlake  pro 
instauro  vivariorum  in  gardino  xix^, ' .  .  . '  item  lohanni  Donnyng  pro 
f^the  suo  trahenti  piscem  ad  Stanlake  pro  instatu'o  vivariorum  viii^'] 

Siunma  Ixix/.  xvx,  xd.  ob. 
Coquina  abbatis : 

[Salt  fish,  pykerelles,  salt,  red  herrings,  stock-fish, '  haburdenes ',  cows, 
pigs,  white  herrings,  salmon,  rabbits,  oatmeal,  vinegar,  green  peas,  eggs, 
part  of  a  '  lupus  aquaticus ',  &c] 

Summa  Ixxxvi/.  vlr.  ob. 
Necessaria  abbatis : 

[Clothing  &  dothing  material :  also  a  comb.] 
Summa  iiii/.  viix.  v\]d,  ob. 
Necessaria  celerarii : 

Summa  xxilr.  vd. 

Item  computat  liberat'  fratri  lohanni  London  coquinario  . . . 
(The  rest  is  wanting.) 

These  accounts,  imperfect  as  they  are,  give  us  some  interesting 
information,  viz.  that  the  king  and  the  bishop  visited  Eynsham  this 
year,  and  that  6s.  Bd.  was  the  cost  of  painting  a  picture  to  be  placed 
above  the  high  altar. 

Another  roll,  giving  the  expenses  of  the  abbey  for  a  year,  is  defective 
at  the  beginning,  and  therefore  undated ;  but  from  internal  evidence 
we  assign  it  to  Michaelmas,  1406.  For  among  the  '  dona  abbatis '  we 
find  thirty-six  shillings  spent  on  the  purchase  of  robes  for  three  men, 
one  of  whom  was  a  squire  and  another  a  chamberlain  of  the  abbot,  on 
the  occasion  'quando  Courtney  intravit  cathedram  Oxonie  \  Now 
Courtney  became  Chancellor*  in  June,  1406. 

»  Wood*s  Fasti,  p.  37  (cd.  Gotch). 


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We  learn  from  this  roll  that  there  was  a  proposal  to  give  the  church 
of  Tetbury  to  the  abbey  of  St.  Peter's,  Gloucester,  in  exchange  for  the 
church  of  Chipping  Norton,  but  the  plan  was  never  carried  out.  We 
also  learn  what  an  expensive  honour  a  visit  from  the  bishop  was.  The 
bishop  received  a  fee  of  £io,  and  his  clerks,  his  nine  squires,  thirteen 
valets,  three  grooms,  &c.,  all  had  presents.  A  pipe  of  wine  was  bought 
for  them  at  Oxford,  and  other  delicacies,  and  the  cost  was  £63,  or 
more  than  a  tenth  of  a  year's  income  of  the  abbey. 


Harleian  Roll  F.  20. 

(defective) 

Summa  Ixxviii/.  viiLr.  iui. 
Necessaria  abbatis : 

Idem  comp'  in  uno  pari  botarum  ilr.  vui. :  in  uno  alio  pari  botarum 
lis,  \ui. ;  item  in  reparacione  botarum  per  vic[es]  xvi//. ;  et  pro  fact*  & 
reparacione  botarum  al[iis]  vic[ibus]  xvi^. ;  in  uno  pari  caligarum  xiiii//. ; 
in  iii  cappis  ilf. ;  in  cirotecis  viii^. ;  in  i  cucuUa  xiiiLf.  vi^. ;  in  uno  pari  de 
straylis  ixs,  vid. ;  in  i  uncia  de  nigro  serico  xiid. ;  in  i  pari  calcarium  xd, ; 
item  datum  magistro  lohanni  Merstone  pro  labore  suo  circa  abbatem 
infirmum  xiiLf.  iiii//.;  et  magistro  lohanni  Wyttenam  eadem  de  causa 
xiilf.  iiii^. ;  in  medicinis  &  speciebus  emptis  tempore  infirmitatis  abbatis 
vx. ;  item  in  i  zona  serica  stipata  cum  argento  deaurato  xiix.  iii//. ;  in 
diuersis  medicinis  &ctis  pro  domino  abbate  per  magistrum  lohannem 
Merstone  diuersis  vicibus  &  magistrum  lohannem  Wyttenam  xxixr.  iii^.y 
ut  patet  in  parcell'  papiri  cel[emni]. 

Summa  cxs.  vid, 
Necessaria  celerarii : 

Idem  computat  in  i  pennar[io]  empt',  quia  pennar*  celerarii  furat*  in 
camera  sua  yU, ;  item  in  aliis  necessariis  suis  per  annum  xxx. ;  item  in 
feodis  capellani  ilr. 

Summa  xxilr.  vi^. 
Liberacio  facta  conventui : 

Idem  comp'  solut'  fratri  WiUelmo  Whitchurch  coquinario  conuentus  per 
annum  per  quatuor  tall'  xliii/.  xvilr.  vi^. ;  item  solut'  fratri  Willelmo 
Henrythe  camerario  conuentus  hoc  anno  pro  cameraria  per  quatuor  talP 
xlv/.  xii^. ;  item  eidem  fratri  Willelmo  pro  anniuersario  conuentus  per  i 
tall'  hdis.  viii//. ;  item  liberat'  fratri  Rogero  Lee  pro  officio  infirmarii  per 
annum  vi/.  xiiir.  iiii^. ;  item  eidem  pro  stipendio  barbitonsoris  per  annum 
vis,  viii</. ;  item  eidem  pro  coquina  barbitonsoris  per  annum  xx.  x^. ;  item 
liberaf  fratri  Rogero  Clere  pro  officio  hostilarii  per  annum  xLr. ;  item 
eidem  pro  stipendio  seruientis  in  hostilar*  per  annum  vir.  viii^. ;  item 
liberat'  fratri  Petro  Erdynton  student!  Oxonie  per  annum  vi/.  xx. ;  item  in 


PREFACE  Ixxxi 

feodps]  fratris  Thome  Canyng*  subcamerarii  per  annum  xii/f. ;  item  in  cx- 
pensis  celerarii  &  nouiciorum  emicium  ad  ordines  hoc  anno  viiLr. 

Summa  cviii/.  xvii^.  viiu/.  ^ 
Stipendia : 

Idem  comp*  in  stipendiis  Rogeri  Berewyk*,  Henrid  Sauage  anni- 
gerorum  per  annum,  utrique  xx;.,  xLr. ;  item  in  stipendiis  Ade  camerarii 
&  lohannis  Redyng',  utrique  xiilr.  iiii^i,  xxvi^.  viii^ ;  item  in  stipendio 
lohannis  Blakeman  wodeward'  Sl  lohannis  clerici  celerarii,  per  annum 
utrique  xiilr.  iiii^.,  xxvlr.  viii^. ;  item  in  stipendiis  unius  pistoris,  unius 
brasiatoris  &  unius  ianitoris,  cuilibet  per  annum  vix.  vmd.,  xxs, ;  item  in 
stipendiis  Ricardi  pant*  per  annum  xs. ;  item  in  stipendiis  ii  squilar[iorum]y 
viz.  abbatis  &  conuentus,  utrique  per  annum  iilr.  liiui,,  \is,  y'liid, ;  item  in 
stipendiis  unius  maltman  per  annum  xr. ;  item  in  stipendiis  Willehni  Hare 
garcionis  eiusdem  per  annum  viilr. ;  item  in  uno  pari  caligarum  de  cou* 
pro  eodem  xii^ ;  item  in  stipendiis  unius  fumarii  &  unius  chetulward', 
utrique  per  annum  vir.,  xiii*. ;  item  in  stipendiis  lohannis  Shortt  balliui 
ibidem  per  annum  xx^. ;  item  in  stipendiis  Edwardi  Mason  garent[arii] 
per  annum  wis,  viii//. ;  item  eidem  pro  reward'  iilr.  iiii^. ;  item  in  stipendiis 
magistri  lohannis  coci  abbatis  xxvlr.  v'nid,;  item  in  stipendiis  unius 
subcoci  per  annum  xs, ;  item  in  coquina  clerici  ecclesie  per  annum  xs,  xd, ; 
item  in  stipendiis  unius  milward'  per  annum  xvilr.  iiii^ ;  item  in  stipendiis 
Roberti  palfrid[arii]  domini  per  annum  xvlr.  viii^^;  item  in  stipendiis 
unius  garcionis  ianitoris  per  annum  iilr.  iiii^, ;  item  in  stipendiis  Thome 
de  celario  per  annum  vlr.  viii^. ;  item  datum  vxori  lohannis  Makeswel 
lotrici  abbatis  &  pannorum  aule  iilr.  iiiii/.;  item  in  stipendiis  garcionis 
bedelli  per  annum  viilr. 

Summa  xiiii/.  xiiii.  xd. 
Pladta : 

[Induding,  *  item  in  expensis  celerarii  Oxonie  pro  una  carta  ostendenda 
iustidariis  domini  regis  &  hominibus  de  patria,  ut  monasterium  non 
oneretur  de  auxilio  pro  desponsatione  filie  domini  r^;is  prime,  ixd. ;  * 
*  item  in  expensis  celerarii  Londinie  in  comitiua  seneschalli  pro  colloquio 
habendo  cum  condlio  domini  duds  Lancastrie  &  pro  passagio  de  Schif- 
forde,  et  pro  colloquio  habendo  cum  consilio  domini  de  Moleyns  pro 
pastura  tenendum  nostrorum  in  Astone,  vocata  Trowelonde,  xxilr.  uid. ; ' 
'item  in  expensis  celerarii  Oxonie  pro  duobus  bobus  de  Shifibrd  apud 
Aston  captis  &  imparcatis  pro  homagio  domino  de  Moleyns  £Bu:[iendo] 
xxii^.'] 

Summa  iiii/.  xiilr.  \d. 
Expense  itinerandum : 

Idem  computat  in  expensis  Henrici  cod  uersus  Dadyntone  pro  negociis 
domus  ii  vidbus,  viii^ ;  item  in  expensis  dusdem  versus  Dadyntone  pro 
frumento  emendo  iiii^. ;  item  in  expensis  Rogeri  Berewyke  versus  Lud- 
gareshalle  x^;  item  in  expensis  Roberti  Tadmerton  versus  Burcestre 
viii^iC ;  item  in  eiqiensis  Henrid  Corbrigge  versus  Oxoniam  ad  habendum 

u  f 


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colloquium  cum  magistro  Thoma  Bekyngham  pro  presentacione  ecclesie 
de  Staunton  Sancti  lohannis  vlr.  vWid. ;  item  in  expensis  Roberti  Tadmer- 
ton  versus  Stokes  &  Merytone  viii^^  ;  item  in  expensis  Rogeri  Berewyke 
versus  Tettebiry  pro  ecclesia  ad  firmam  tradenda,  ix  vicibus,  iiilr.  viii//., 
et  alia  vice  pro  redditu  querendo  ibidem  x/^,  et  aliis  ii  vicibus  ibidem 
\\\\d, ;  et  eiusdem  versus  Cirencestre  ii  vicibus  vWd. ;  et  eiusdem  versus 
Elmlee  %vmd,  ob, :  item  in  expensis  celerarii,  Henrici  Sauage  &  aliorum 
cum  eis  Oxonie  pro  colloquio  habendo  cum  magistro  Thoma  Bekyngham 
pro  procuracione  domini  episcopi  pro  visitacione  sua  in  archidiaconatu 
Oxonie  pro  ecclesiis  nostris  exonerandis  ii^.  \\\\d, ;  in  expensis  celerarii 
alia  vice  ibidem  pro  i  capa  emend'  xi</. ;  item  in  expensis  celerarii  versus 
Londiniam  pro  debit[o]  r[egis]  rehabend',  et  de  Lond'  versus  Hystone  & 
de  Histone  versus  Eynesham  xxiix.  x^/. ;  item  in  expensis  celerarii  & 
Willelmi  Harrys  versus  Stoke  pro  tribus  vicibus  pro  curia  tenenda 
iilr.  iiii^. ;  item  in  expensis  celerarii  versus  Stoke  pro  manerio  superui- 
dendo  per  ii  vices  xviii^. ;  item  in  expensis  clerici  celerarii  pro  redditu 
querendo  ibidem  per  sex  vices  xi</. ;  item  in  expensis  celerarii,  clerici 
eiusdem,  &  Roberti  Tadmertone  versus  Gloucestriam  pro  colloquio 
habendo  cum  domino  abbate  de  permutatione  ecclesiarum  de  Tettebiry  & 
Chepynge  Norton  vlr.  \\\d, ;  item  in  expensis  celerarii  &  Willelmi  Harrys 
versus  Mukelton  pro  iii  curiis  tenendis,  iiij.  ix^. ;  item  in  expensis  Thome 
Sauage  &  Roberti  Tadmertone  Oxonie  pro  colloquio  habendo  cum 
magistro  Thoma  Bekyngham  pro  abbate  vd,  ob, ;  item  in  expensis 
celerarii,  fratris  Henrici  Dyngele  pro  negociis  domus  ibidem  fac[tis] 
iij.  ii^. ;  item  in  expensis  celerarii,  Willelmi  Harrys  &  aliorum  cum  eis 
versus  Histone  pro  manerio  superuidendo  &  pro  diuersis  victualibus 
emendis  apud  Steresbrugge  &  pro  computo  faciendo  viiLr.  md, ;  item  in 
expensis  celerarii  versus  Bannebiry  pro  i  domo  ibidem  superuidend'  xiud. ; 
item  in  expensis  celerarii  Oxonie  pro  duobus  bobus  de  Schifford  captis 
&  imparcatis  apud  Astone  per  homagium  domino  de  Molyns  fac[iendo]  ut 
clam  [ant]  xxii^. ;  item  in  expensis  lohannis  Mortymer  versus  Burcestre 
pro  redditu  querendo  iiii^. ;  item  in  expensis  eiusdem  versus  Londiniam 
per  ii  vices  pro  diuersis  negociis  ibidem  expediendis  &  de  Lond*  versus 
Hystone  vilr.  viiid.;  item  in  expensis  celerarii  Oxonie  pro  tenentibus 
de  Stokes  per  Thomam  Attehyde  arest[atis]  &  ad  castrum  Oxonie 
product[is]  pro  deliberacione  fac[ienda]  iif.  jod. ;  item  in  expensis  celerarii 
magistri  Henrici  Corbrigge  Oxonie  per  ii  vices  pro  colloquio  habendo 
cum  episcopo  Lincolniensi  pro  diuersis  negociis  expediendis  iiij.  ixd. ; 
item  in  expensis  domini  abbatis  Oxonie  uno  die  post  prandium  pro 
colloquio  habendo  cum  domino  episcopo  xxiix.  pret[io] ;  item  in  expensis 
Alani  Hume  de  Wodetone  existentis  ad  visum  de  Harowdonehulle  pro 
domino  abbate  excusando  iii//. 

Summa  cx^.  viii^. 
Dona  abbatis : 
Idem  comp*  dat*  vxori  Thome  Paynel  y\s.  yiiid. ;  et  Willehno  Ferme- 


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sham  iilr.  iiiuf. ;  et  lohanni  Cubbull'  de  Histone  xii//. ;  et  lohanni  Durstre 
fiamulo  episcopi  Lincolniensis  iilr.  \md, ;  item  famulo  vicarii  de  Eynesham 
portanti  exhennia  mid, ;  item  dat'  lohanni  Pole  in  recessu  suo  xx^. ; 
item  dat'  Willelmo  Wylcotes  xxx. ;  et  iii  famulis  suis  &  pagetto  sis,  \\\\d. ; 
item  dat*  vicecomiti  xxvir.  viii//. ;  et  subuicecomiti  vlr.  vmd^ ;  et  iii  famulis 
eorundem  vs.  et  ii  pagettis  xii//. ;  item  dat'  balliuo  de  Stoke  XL\d,  et  derico 
de  castro  iilr.  \\\\d, ;  item  in  i  boue  empto  de  lohanne  Masone  &  dato 
episcopo  Lincolniensi  xviii^.;  item  dat*  cuidam  homini  regis  portanti 
litteram  pro  auro  habendo  pro  rege  vi^.  viii^. ;  et  famulo  de  Histone  xii^. ; 
item  dat'  lohanni  Lylye  yoLd. ;  et  mu[n]strair  comitis  Arundelle  iilr.  iiii^., 
et  mu[n]strair  ducis  Eboraci  iiix.  \\\\d,  ;  item  dat'  magistro  Roberto 
Newby  xiilr.  iiii^.  et  clerico  suo  xx^/. ;  item  dat*  diuersis  portantibus 
cirpos^  pro  camera  abbatis  vi^. ;  item  dat'  lohanni  Blunt  &  Willelmo 
Burgh'  plicantibus  lanam  ilr.,  et  cuidam  mulieri  cremate  in  Wallia  v\d. ; 
item  lohanni  portario  de  Bannebiry  xx^. ;  et  Radulfo  Trumpur  -xxd. ;  et 
nuncio  episcopi  Lincolniensis  xii//. ;  item  dat'  Willelmo  Pomcray  iilr.  \\\\d, ; 
et  lohanni  Fyssher*  xii^. ;  et  filio  Thome  Chelray  v\s.  vmd. ;  et  domino 
Ricardo  ven[ienti]  cum  illo  xx^. ;  et  famulo  suo  xii//. ;  et  clerico  lohannis 
Corbrigge  xx^. ;  item  in  vestur*  empt'  &  dat'  lohanni  Bakforde,  Rogero 
Berewyke  &  Ade  camerario  quando  Courteney  intrauit  cathedrara  Oxonie 
xxxvlr.  ;  item  dat'  uni  homini  de  Stoke  portanti  i  fesaunt  domino  abbati 
iiii^. ;  item  daf  uni  femulo  de  scaccario  domini  regis  iiii^. ;  item  dat' 
nuncio  domini  episcopi  Lincolniensis  xii^. ;  item  dat'  famulo  de  Stoke 
ven[ienti]  cum  pultria  [stc\  &  cum  disc*  &  platell'  pore*  &  aliis  necessariis 
per  quatuor  vices  per  annum  xvi//. ;  item  dat*  famulo  lohannis  Corbrigge 
ven[ienti]  vsque  Eynesham  cum  i  breui  iiii^  ;  item  dat'  famulo  de  Stoke 
ven[ienti]  domino  pro  i  leporario  \md, ;  item  dat'  clerico  lohannis  Cor- 
brigge venienti  domino  cum  diuersis  breuibus  xx^. ;  item  dat*  i  famulo  de 
Mukeltone  venienti  usque  Eynesham  cum  iii  bobus  \\d, ;  item  dat' 
carectario  de  Mukeltone  ven'  cum  lana  iiii^.;  item  famulis  de  eodem 
manerio  diuersis  vidbus  per  annum  xii^. :  item  Emme  Deye  ibidem  vi^. ; 
item  diuersis  hominibus  [  ]  ad  caruc*  de  Cherlebery  de  prece  ad 

semen  quadragesimale  vi^. ;  item  daf  carpentario  reparanti  capellam 
sancti  Leonard]  de  Egguslhade  iiii<^ :  item  sarcul[antibus]  ibidem  \\\\d. ; 
item  dat*  diuersis  famulis  de  Mikdtone  ven'  ibidem  per  diuersas  vices  per 
annum  v\\id,\  item  daf  cuidam  derico  episcopi  Lincolniensis  pro  sua 
acquietanda  fac[ta]  pro  xl  mards  solutis  eidem  episcopo  Londonie  in 
hospic'  suo  xxd, ;  item  dat'  nuncio  domini  abbatis  de  Ramesey  venienti 
cum  i  mandato  pro  visitacione  fac'  xx^. ;  item  dat*  collectori  reddituum 
de  Brokende  per  ii  vices  \\\\d, ;  item  daf  lohanni  porcario  in  primo 
aduentu  suo  iiii^. ;  item  dat*  nuncio  domini  episcopi  Lincolniensis  venienti 
pro  pensione  suffragan[ei]  pro  consecracione  iii  altarium  xxi/. 
Summa  xl,  \xs.  \\d. 

^  Rushes  [  "■  sdrpos].    Dncange. 

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Trituracio  &  Ventulacio : 

[Threshing  of  107  quarters  of  wheat  at  yL^  ^\d.,  and  4^.  a  quarter ;  of 
365  quarters  of  draget  at  2d.  a  quarter ;  of  26  quarters  of  *  pulstrum '  at 
7.\d.  a  quarter  ;  of  62  quarters  of  oats  at  2d,  a  quarter ;  the  winnowing 
by  women  of  the  said  561  quarters  at  Zd.  for  20  quarters.] 

Summa  vi/.  vis.  qua. 
Sarculacio  bladorum  cum  custu  pratorum : 

[Hoeing  of  com ;  mowing,  making,  carting  of  hay,  and  hire  of  carts.] 
Summa  xiii/.  iiii^. 
Custus  autumpni : 

[The  mowing  &  reaping  of  com:  Mtem  in  drotecis  autumpnalibus 
emptis  Wis,  \\\\d.* '  item  solut'  Henrico  Frere  colligenti  decimas  garbamm 
dt  Eynesham  hoc  anno  vir.  \\\\d.  et  eidem  pro  cirotecis  ii^.'] 

Summa  xvi/.  xvilr.  x^.  ob. 
Fermra  equorum  cum  marchalsia : 

[Shoeing  of  the  horses  of  the  abbot  and  cellarer ;  '  item  In  curat'  ii 
equomm  domini  abbatis  &  unius  equi  celerarii  hoc  anno  ws,  vd/] 

Summa  xilr.  \d. 
Expense  &  liberaciones  forinsece : 

Idem  comp.  in  expensis  domini  abbatis  apud  Stuntesfeld'  xmd.^  et 
eiusdem  apud  Cherlebiry  xviii//.;  item  solut'  pro  reparacione  fenestre 
cancelli  de  Tettebiry  iir. ;  et  pro  reparacione  unius  (?)  enturclos  ibidem 
xx//. ;  in  expensis  domini  abbatis  versus  Cokthrop,  ibidem  &  redeund' 
iiilr.  y\d.\  item  in  expensis  eiusdem  versus  capitulum  generale,  ibidem 
&  redeund'  cilf. ;  item  solut*  pro  stipendiis  famuli  apud  Combe,  viz. 
Thome  Webbe,  viiij.;  &  Nicholai  Budel  xvij.  v\\\d,\  item  in  vestura 
empta  pro  famulis  domini  abbatis  equitancium  cum  eo  ad  dictum  capitu- 
lum Ixxj.  \uL ;  item  solut*  lohanni  Shoort  balliuo  de  Eynesham  pro 
yconomia  ibidem  fac*  per  i  tall'  ix/.  iilr.  i\\\d. ;  et  eidem  iiii/. ;  item  solut* 
Rose  Lardyner  pro  expensis  unius  monachi  de  Gloucestria  venientis  usque 
Eynesham  pro  colloquio  habendo  cum  domino  abbate  pro  permutatione 
ecclesiamm  de  Tettebiry  &  Chepyngnortone  vii^^  ob, :  item  in  expensis 
celerarii  versus  London'  pro  prima  solucione  fac'  domino  episcopo 
Lincolniensi  pro  una  dimissione  habenda  &  pro  indempnitate  ecclesiarum 
de  Stoke  &  Combe  xvlr.  ix^ ;  item  in  expensis  celerarii  Oxonie  pro 
colloquio  habendo  cum  magistro  Roberto  Newby  pro  diuersis  solucionibus 
sibi  factis  de  prima  solucione  medietatis  decime  ixd. ;  item  in  expensis 
celerarii  ibidem  primo  die  lulii  una  vice  &  tercio  die  lulii  alia  vice  pro 
colloquio  habendo  cum  magistris  Roberto  Newby  &  Henrico  Foular  pro 
Concordia  focienda  cum  magistro  Galfndo  Meltone  de  Stapulhalle  iilr.  xd. ; 
item  in  expensis  celerarii  Oxonie  pro  diuersis  tenentibus  de  Stoke  captis 
ad  castram  per  Thomam  Attehyde  deliberandis  ilr.  xi^. ;  item  in  expensis 
eiusdem  Londonie  pro  uno  breui  impetrando  pro  tenentibus  nostris  de 
Astone  in  Gildabil' '  ut  non  ponerentur  ad  decimam  cum  antiquo  dominico 
^  Perhaps  one  word, '  ingildabilibus.* 


PREFACE  Ixxxv 

ibidem  xvj.  ;  item  solut'  pro  factura  illius  breuis  iii^.  iiii^.  et  pro  sigil- 
lacione  y\d, ;  item  solut'  balli[uo]  pro  debitis  Willelmi  Baldenham  nuper 
balliui  per  manus  lohannis  Raper  de  Dadyntone  xxlr.  md. 

Summa  xxviil  xvx.  wd,  ob, 
Custus  bidentium : 
[Dipping  sheep,  &c] 

Summa  iiilr.  iiii^.  ob* 
Custus  molendini  equini : 
[Repairs  :  ^  item  in  ferrura  equonun  molendini  viii^.*] 

Slunmaxvi^il 
Decime  solute  &  al[ia]  tall[ia] : 

Idem  comput*  solut'  pro  secunda  medietate  decime  &  pro  tercia 
medietate  decime  domino  regi  ultimo  anno  concessa  viz.  pro  Ledecombe 
us,  v\\\d, ;  et  pro  spiritualibus  &  temporalibus  in  archidiaconatu  Oxon'  & 
Buck'  xxvi/.  vs,  %d. ;  et  pro  spiritualibus  &  temporalibus  de  Mukeltone 
IxviiLr.  y\\d.\  et  pro  pensione  ecdesie  de  Sulthume  xj. ;  et  pro  prima 
soludone  eiusdem  pensionis  ultimo  anno,  non  alloc ',  ws, ;  et  pro  secunda 
medietate  ecclesie  de  Tettebury  xxxiLf. ;  et  pro  prima  solucione  medietatis 
decime  eiusdem  ecclesie  ultimo  anno  non  alloc'  xns. ;  et  pro  secunda 
medietate  de  Wythfeld  xii^. ;  item  solut'  pro  medietate  decime  de  Hystone 
Ixxviilr.  \\d, 

Summa  xxxvii/.  %s,  md. 
Expense  circa  visitacionem  episcopi  &  pro  dimissionibus  habendis : 

Idem  comp'  dat'  episcopo  x/.  ;  et  lohanni  Cateryk'  sans. ;  magistro 
Henrico  Corbrygge  xxr. ;  item  magistro  Roberto  registrario  y\s.  vWxd, ;  et 
clericis  de  registro  xj.  ;  item  cuidam  herbeg'  episcopi  vir.  w\\\d.  &  lohanni 
Hotoft  vir.  viii^. ;  et  famulo  lohannis  Cateryk'  laui. ;  dat'  lohanni  Barton' 
vir.  viii//. ;  item  in  cuniculis,  caponibus,  volatilibus,  &  piscibus  emptis  pro 
expensis  episcopi  &  aliorum  cum  eo  ad  visitacionem  xxxiilr.  \\\\d. ;  item 
dat*  Roberto  Strattone  per  manus  Robert!  Newby  \\s.  viiirf. ;  item  solut* 
domino  episcopo  Lincolniensi  pro  una  dimissione  habenda  &  pro  indem- 
pnitate  ecdesiarum  de  Stoke  &  Combe  xxvi/.  xiiLr.  iiii/il ;  item  solut' 
suffi-aganeo  pro  consecratione  iii  altarium  bcvir.  y\\\d,\  item  in  expensis 
celerarii,  Henrid  Sauage  &  aliorum  cum  eis  Oxonie  pro  diuersis  achatibus 
ibidem  ^ctis  una  cum  expensis  magistri  lohannis  Barton  &  aliorum  de 
familia  episcopi  xxii^^. ;  item  in  expensis  iii  equorum  ibidem  \md. ;  item 
in  expensis  celerarii  Oxonie  pro  una  pipa  vini  querenda  cum  carecta  locata 
ilf.  xd. ;  [then  follow  provisions  bought : — A  pipe  of  wine  5dr.  8^. ;  salt, 
salmon,  red  herrings,  fresh  fish,  spice,  fruit,  22  ells  of  linen  ^pro  mappis ', 
10  quarters  of  charcoal,  two  great  torches,  oil,  mustard,  wood  fiid  *  pro 
aula,  cameris  &  coquina',  oysters,  candles;]  item  dat'  magistro  coco 
ms.  m\d. ;  item  dat'  ix  armigeris  domini  episcopi  \xs,  et  xiii  valectis 
xlvj.;  item  iii  gromis  iilr.;  item  dat'  uni  valecto  de  coquina  xvi^.,  et 
ii  pagettis  ibidem  xiii/.  et  uni  nundo  episcopi  -xiid^  et  magistro  Roberto 
Newby  pro  concilio  suo  abbati  impendendo  vLr.  wmd. 
Summa  bdii/.  iilr.  y'vid. 


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Summa  totalis  dcccii/.  vlr.  xi//.  qua, 
Et  sic  cxcedit  xvi/.  xms.  id.  qua. ;  postea  oneratur  de  vi/.  xiilf.  iiii^. 
receptis  de  magistro  Galfrido  Meltone  pro  reparacione  de  Stapulhall  non 
onerat'  superius ;  et  sic  adhuc  exccdit  x/.  iilr.  ix//.  ob.  qua. 

A  third  roll  remains,  which  also  is  defective  at  the  beginning.  The 
receipts  are  wanting,  and  though  the  payments  are  given  in  full,  the 
roll  does  not  give  the  whole  expenditure  for  the  year.  Thus,  there  is 
no  payment  to  the  chamberlain  of  the  monks  for  their  clothing ;  and 
we  have  the  expenses  of  the  abbot's  kitchen  and  of  the  kitchen  of 
the  convent  for  only  half  a  year.  In  consequence,  the  sum  total  of 
expenses  is  about  £345,  or  £200  less  than  the  average.  The  date 
may  be  assigned  with  some  certainty  to  Michaelmas  147 1.  As  there  is 
mention  of '  Robert  Faringdon  late  abbot ',  it  must  be  later  than  1469 ; 
but  if  it  were  of  1470,  we  ought  to  find  an  entry  of  the  expenses  at 
the  installation  of  the  new  abbot  in  October,  1469.  Further,  under 
the  '  expense  forinsece'  we  are  given  the  days  of  the  month  on  which 
the  steward  started  on  journeys,  and  we  find  that  if  the  roll  was  of 
Michaelmas,  1470  or  1472,  some  of  the  dates  would  fall  on  Sunday; 
but  it  is  not  so  in  the  intervening  year. 


Harleian  Roll  F.  a8. 

Superplusagium ; 

Et  in  superplusagio  anni  proxuno  precedentis  prout  patet  in  pede 
computi  eiusdem  iiii/.  xix//.  ob.  q. 

Summa  iiii/.  xix^  ob.  q. 
Resoluciones,  pcnsiones : 

Et  computat  solut'  ballivo  domini  regis  pro  visu  franciplegii  et 
hydagio  de  Eynesham  &  Tylgarsley  &  secta  curie  Wottone  cum  iilr.  iiii^. 
de  precio  duorum  quarteriorum  avenarum  ei  ab  antique  allocatorum 
xxiiix.  iiii^. ;  et  solut'  collectori  domini  pape  vilr. ;  et  solut*  domino 
episcopo  Lincolniensi  pro  pendone  ecclesie  de  Newton  xxj.  ;  et  solut* 
archidiacono  Oxonie  pro  indempnitate  fie  sinodalibus  ecclesiarum  appro- 
prietarum  iiii/.  vj.  ii//.  ob.  q. ;  et  solut'  abbati  de  Oseney  annuatim  viLr. ; 
et  solut'  vicecomiti  Oxonie  xiiii.  iiii//.;  et  solut*  escactori  eiusdem  comita- 
tus  vij.  viii</. :  et  solut'  capitulo  Lincolniensi  pro  pentecostalibus  &  legatis 
per  annum  xxvi^,  v\\\d. ;  et  computat  solut'  vicario  de  Histon  pro  annuali 
pencione  per  annum  viii/. 

Summa  xvii/.  ixj,  ij//.  ob.  q. 
Feoda: 

Et  solut'  Ricardo  Walwen  pro  feodo  suo  per  annum  cr. ;  et  solut' 
lohanni  Harecourt  pro  feodo  suo  per  tempus  [computi  xlr.] ;  et  solut' 
Willelmo  Dauers  pro  feodo  suo  per  annum  xxxiii^,  '\\\\d. ;  et  solut*  Thome 


PREFACE  Ixxxvij 

Wodde  per  tempus  huius  computi  ad  uoluntatem  domini  ei  concess* 
xiiij.  \\\\d. ;  et  solut*  Agneti  Croft  et  pro  regardis  de  decimis  dc  Damefford 
xiiu.  \\\\d, ;  et  in  feodo  lohannis  Salt'  pro  feodo  suo  xiii^.  iiiu/. ;  et  in  feodo 
Ricardi  Harecourt  militi  per  annum  \\\\s,  mid, 

Summa  xiii/.  vlr.  viii^. 
Dona,  elemosine  cum  oblacionibus : 

£t  in  diversis  elemosinis  datis  pauperibus  in  cena  domini  per  tempus 
computi  xiiiij.  viii^. :  et  in  diversis  denariis  datis  servientibus  domini  pro 
eorum  oblacione  ex  consuetudine  ad  festum  Natalis  Domini  viir.  vmd, ; 
et  in  denariis  datis  servientibus  domini  pro  eorum  oblacione  ex  con- 
suetudine ad  festum  Pasche  ws,  \x\\d. 

Summa  xxvilr.  ymd, 
Liberature  seu  vestes  famulorum : 

£t  in  liiii  virgis  panni  lanii  emptis  de  lohanne  Payn'  de  Witteney  pro 
liberaturis  diversis  famulorum  tam  in  hospicio  domini  quam  conventus, 
extendent"  ad  xxvii  togas,  ut  toga  ad  ij  virgas  in  commune  precium  virge 
per  tempus  huius  computi  vi/. 

Summa  vi/. 
Empcio  necessariorum : 

£t  in  diversis  pannis  lineis  emptis  de  lohanne  Hardyng  de  BurfTord 
xxr.  y\d,  [sackcloth  bought  at  Stourbridge  Fair ;  iron  bought  at  Bristol ; 
pitch  and  tar ;  hides ;  locks  and  keys,  &&] 

£t  in  iij  torticibus  emptis  &  datis  sacristar'  ad  usum  ecclesie  vlr.  imd, ; 
et  in  iii  ^genis  olei  emptis  ad  usum  dormitorii  Wis.  vid. 

Summa  viii/.  xv^.  iid, 
£mpcio  granorum : 

Summa  viii/.  xvuis.  viii//. 
Empcio  stauri : 

Summa  xxxiiii/.  vif.  xd. 
Empcio  equorum : 

Siimma  iii/.  ixs.  ud. 
Porcio  conventui  assignata : 

Et  in  denariis  solutis  domino  Willelmo  Norton  priori  ad  usum  conuentus 
pro  eorum  quoquina  &  suorum  famulorum  pro  dimidio  anno  viz.  a  festo 
sancti  Michaelis  usque  festum  Annunciacionis  Marie  xxxii/.  xviis.  xd. 
Stipendia  famulorum : 

Et  computat  solut*  Hugoni  Byltone  in  parte  solucionis  stipendii  sui 
xxiLr.  iiii//. ;  et  solut'  Willelmo  Etone  coUectori  pencionum  &  porcionum 
ut  pro  stipendio  suo  per  tempus  huius  computi  xIj.  ;  et  solut'  lohanni 
Cappar*  ianitori  pro  stipendio  suo  per  annum  xxvir.  viii//.;  et  solut' 
lohanni  Mery  custodi  boscorum  &  pastori  ouium  ac  virid[ari]o  pro  sti- 
pendio suo  liiij.  iiii^. ;  et  computat  soluf  Thome  Kene  custodi  pasturarum 
domini  per  annum  xxvi^.  viii//. ;  et  solut*  lohanni  Hykman  barcario  \sic\ 
ouium  matric'  per  annum  ut  pro  stipendio  suo  xxiiij.  \\\\d, ;  et  solut* 
lohanni  Malteman  pandoxatori  &  factori  bras[ei]  ut  pro  stipendio  suo  per 


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annum  xxvlr.  viii^. ;  et  solut*  Thome  Santone  servienti,  sibi  &  adiuvanti, 
custod[ibus]  porcorum  pro  stipendio  suo  per  annum  xx^. ;  et  soluf 
Thome  Foly  coco  pro  stipendio  suo  per  annum  X3cr. ;  et  solut'  lohanni 
Forde  ballivo  pro  stipendio  suo  per  annum  xxviy.  viii. ;  et  solut'  Hugoni 
Shurt  fuganti  carett*  domini  pro  consimili  per  annum  xxvLr. ;  et  solut' 
Thome  Carter  pro  stipendio  suo  per  annum  xxiiix. ;  et  Roberto  Coliar 
pro  consimili  per  annum  xxi^.;  et  lohanni  Holdar  pro  consimili  per 
annum  xxlr. ;  et  computat  soluf  Alexandro  servienti  ad  aratrum 
pro  stipendio  suo  per  annum  xxiilr. ;  et  solut'  Ricardo  Masone  pro 
consimili  per  annum  xixr.;  et  solut'  lohanni  Blakeman  pro  stipendio 
suo  per  annum  xixj. ;  et  solut*  Roberto  Carter  pro  consimili  per  annum 
xiix. ;  et  solut*  lohanni  Sterche  bidello  pro  stipendio  suo  \xs. ;  et  solut' 
GryfTyn  Ford  custodi  vaccanun  pro  stipendio  suo  per  annum  xr. ;  et  com- 
putat solutum  Galfrido  piston  &  lohanni  Squyar  occupantium  officium 
pistoris  ad  tempus  necessitatis  xvi^.  iiii//. ;  et  solut'  lohanni  Frank 
carpentario  conducto  pro  dimidio  anno  xxvi^.  viii^. ;  et  solut'  lohanni 
Cuttyng  pro  quarterio  anni  conducto  ad  officium  carpentarii  \\\\s.  \\\\d, ; 
et  solut*  Willdmo  Eliot  pro  stipendio  suo  pro  dimidio  anno  xiilf.  mid. ;  et 
solut*  Thome  Stanley  custodi  refectorii  &  promtuar*  ex  parte  conventus 
xxr. ;  et  solut*  lohanni  Bray  clerico  ecclesie  pro  stipendio  suo  xvlr.  viii^. ; 
et  solut*  Willelmo  Blanch'  barbitonsori  et  custodi  cam[ere]  seniorum  pro 
stipendio  suo  xx^. ;  et  soluf  Thome  conventuali  coco  pro  stipendio  suo 
xms, ;  et  solut*  Henrico  Dinsden  cissori  xxls.  ;  et  solut*  lohanne  Fostbury 
lotrici  pro  stipendio  suo  per  annum  xviix.  iiii^. 

Summa  xxxii/.  viiLr.  muL 
Expense  forinsece : 

Et  m  expensis  senescalli  reparantis  Londonie  xxiiii  die  mensis  Nouem- 
bns  se  tercio  pro  diversis  negociis  ibidem  expediendis  pro  utilitate  domus 
siue  monasterii  xviilf.  vd. ;  et  in  expensis  eiusdem  alia  vice  versus  Lond' 
circa  idem  tercio  die  mensis  [Decembris]  pro  consimili  xxiLr.  \\d, ;  et  in 
expensis  eiusdem  senescalli  apud  Oxoniam  xv  die  mensis  Decembris 
xiiii^. ;  et  in  expensis  eiusdem  alia  vice  ibidem  ix  die  mensis  Januarii  pro 
utilitate  domus  vk/. ;  et  in  expensis  Lond*  xv  die  mensis  Januarii  &  ibidem 
moram  fadentis  per  xxiii  dies  pro  diuersis  materiis  ibidem  expediendis 
iiii/.  xmid ;  et  in  expensis  Oxonie  xii  die  mensis  Februarii  pro  materiis 
monasterii  ibidem  expediendis  m\d. ;  et  in  expensis  senescalli  fietctis  apud 
Chorlbury  secunda  septimana  Quadragesime  m\d. ;  et  soluf  pro  expensis 
Thome  Ferthing  pro  diversis  negociis  expediendis  equitando  Burford, 
Oxon,  &  Thame  pro  comodo  monasterii  v^.  iiii//. ;  et  in  expensis  lohannis 
Starch  reparantis  ad  diversas  vices  tam  Burford  quam  Oxon'  &  Thame, 
Banbury,  Nortone,  Chorlbury  &  Wodestoke  ac  Oxon*  iiiLr.  wd.\  et  in 
expensis  Hugonis  Byltone  apud  Witteney  iiii//. ;  et  in  expensis  compu- 
tantis  apud  Banbury  octavo  die  mensis  Augusti  pro  diversis  ibidem 
expediendis  ad  utilitatem  monasterii  \s.  \}d. ;  et  in  expensis  eiusdem  com- 
putantis  apud  Histone  &  nundinas  de  Sterebrugge  mense  Septembris 


PREFACE  Ixxxix 

pro  victualibus,  pisdbus  &  aliis  ibidem  emendis  &  providendis  pro 
utiiitate  domus  siue  monasterii  una  cum  expensis  eundi,  redeundi  & 
moram  ibidem  trahentis  per  tempus  huius  computi  xxixj.  iiii^. ;  et  in 
expensis  lohannis  Clive  &  WUelmi  Eliot  factis  ad  diversas  vices  equi- 
tant[ium]  Bamptone,  Mynstre  Louell  &  Oxon'  pro  diversis  negociis 
ibidem  expediendis  pro  utiiitate  monasterii  viz.  ad  hostendendum  diversas 
evidendas  pro  secta  ibidem  quassanda,  iilr.  ymd, ;  et  in  cust'  &  expensis 
factis  Oxonie  pro  repl'  prioris  de  Bircetur  ibidem  quassand'  ii^. 

Summa  viii/.  xv^.  ix^. 
Custus  pladtonim  cum  regardis : 

Et  in  regardis  datis  Thome  Towncsyend  unius  [sic\  servient'  ad  legem 
retent*  cum  concilio  domini  &  monasterii  pro  materia  tangente  Collegium 
Lincoln*  Oxonie  pro  Combe  &  aliis  vlr.  v'md, ;  et  in  regardis  datis  Thome 
Brown  retento  cum  concilio  monasterii  &  pro  factura  evidenciarum  inter 
monasterium  &  dictum  Collegium  Lincoln*  viij.  vmd, ;  et  Hugoni  Seynt 
&  Thome  Ferthing  pro  materia  lohannis  Wodd*  supersed[endi]  viii^.  \}d, ; 
&  lohanni  Salt*  pro  regardis  \vs.  viii//.;  et  in  regardis  datis  Thome 
Swylingtone  attomato  in  Scaccario  domini  regis  iilr.  \md. ;  et  datum 
lohanni  Chorlletone  pro  favore  habendo  in  exec[utione]  unius  comp[uti] 
pros'  versus  servientes  &  tenentes  monasterii  per  tempus  huius  computi 
vij.  vmd. ;  et  in  regardis  datis  magistro  doctori  Wawan  per  manus  vicarii 
de  Histone  ex  precepto  domini  abbatis  xxf. 

Summa  lixr.  ii^. 
Taxado  ecdesiarum : 

Et  computat  solut*  episcopo  Lincoln  pro  ecdesia  de  Newtone  causa 
visitadonis  sue  per  tempus  huius  computi  iilr.  mid ;  et  solut'  episcopo 
Eliensi  pro  ecdesia  de  Histone  pro  consimili  una  cum  aliis  expensis 
factis  circa  archideaconum  [sic\  prout  patet  m  papiro  inde  examinato 
xvilr.  iiii^. 

Summa  xx^.  i\\\d>  [sic] 
Custus  ibidem :     [Repairs  of  builduigs.] 

Summa  xxx/.  xii^.  \d^ 
Reparadones  pontium  et  escuradones  fossarum : 
[Bridges  and  ditches.] 

Summa  Ixxii^.  iM, 
Emptio  necessariorum  cum  custu  hosbondrie : 
[Purchase  of  farming  implements.] 

Summa  iiii/.  xilr.  huL 
Ferrura  equorum : 
[Shoeing  of  horses  and  repairs  of  wagons.] 

Summa  xxxixj.  \\d,  ob. 
Triturado  et  ventulacio  granorum : 
[Threshing  and  winnowing.] 

Summa  ens.  xd.  ob, 
Cariagium  fimi :    [Carting  of  dung  &c] 

Summa  xxxix^.  vii^ 


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Sarculacio  bladorum  et  fdcacio  feni : 

Summa  Ixiix.  iiiid. 
Levacio  feni : 

Summa  xxxu.  vi^ 
Custus  autumpni : 

[Cutting  and  carrying  of  com.] 
Summa  ix/.  ii^.  viiu/. 
Custus  bidencium : 

[The  dipping  of  sheep.] 

Summa  xii^.  x\d. 
Empdo  signorum  cum  expensis  eorundem : 

[Two  swans  bought  for  22(L  and  yxLy  &c.] 
Summa  viilr.  v'ld, 
Empcio  victualium  ad  hospicium : 

[Fish  for  half  a  year  for  the  abbot  and  also  for  the  convent.] 
Summa  xvi/.  ixj.  \d. 
Expense  in  hospicio  &  coquina : 

£t  in  expensis  in  hospicio  &  coquina  domini  factis  per  diem  quorum 
parcelle  particulariter  specificantur  &  ceriatim  nominantur  in  libro  supra- 
dicti  computantis  per  tempus  huius  computi. 

[Summa]  xxxvi/.  %d, 
Empcio  specierum  &  aliorum  ad  hospicium  : 

Et  in  sale  &  farina  avenarum  cum  speciebus  emptis  ad  usum  hospicii  & 
quoquine  tarn  pro  domino  quam  pro  conventu  per  tempus  huius  computi 
prout  patet  in  parcel  la  in  libro  dial  computantis. 

Summa  iiii/.  mis.  Tud. 
Penciones  cum  feodis  &  vadiis  in  Hystone  : 

Et  computat  solut'  Roberto  Faryngdon  nuper  abbati  de  quadam  annua 
pencione  ei  ad  terminum  vite  sue  per  dominum  abbatem  nunc  &  conven- 
tu m  concessa  sub  eorum  commune  sigillo,  percipienda  annuatim  de 
manerio  &  redditu  de  Histone  prout  in  evidenciis  ipsius  plenius  apparet 
xxx/. ;  et  computat  solut*  Thome  Grey  militi  senescallo  de  Histone 
predicto  pro  feodo  suo  xx^. ;  et  in  vadiis  collectoris  redditus  ibidem  per 
tempus  huius  compoti  xlv^. ;  et  in  auxilio  vicecomitis  &  ballivi  hundredi 
annuatim  domino  regi  soluto  prout  in  libris  computorum  precedentium 
plenius  apparet  xxviilr. ;  et  in  quadam  annuitate  annuatim  Willelmo 
Wyghton  ad  terminum  vite  sue  ei  concessa  sub  sigillo  commune  mona- 
sterii  IxvLr.  viii^. ;  et  in  diversis  reparacionibus,  decasibus  &  aliis  expensis 
curie  una  cum  regardis  subsenescalli  tenentis  curiam  hoc  anno,  viz.  per 
tempus  huius  computi  Ixxviix.  \\\d. 
Summa  xli/.  xiir.  iii^. 
Expense  senescalli  cum  vadiis  suis : 

Et  in  vadiis  pro  camera  senescalli  &  computantis  ei  iuxta  morem  con- 
ventus  assignata  per  tempus  huius  computi  solutis  xb. ;  et  in  regardis  ei 
concessis  per  dominum  abbatem  pro  labore  suo  &  aliis  suis  forinsecis 


PREFACE  xci 

expensis  per  tempus  huius  computi  factis  xIj.  ;  et  in  denariis  solutis  pro 
tabula  sua  celebranda  &  custod*  altam  missam  vice  &  nomine  suo  per 
tempus  huius  computi  diversis  confratribus  suis  iuxta  formam  &  modum 
religionis  &  dicto  computanti  allocatis  xiilr.  \\\\d, ;  et  in  papiro  &  parga- 
meno  una  cum  incausto  emptis  ad  usum  computantis  necessarium  habendis 
per  tempus  huius  computi  \\\s.  WWd, 

Summa  mil.  xvi^.  viii^. 
Solucio  debitorum : 

£t  in  denariis  solutis  Ricardo  Walwen  generoso  pro  debitis  antiquis 
monasterii  contentatis  prout  patet. 
Summa  vi/.  xiilf.  iiii^. 

Summa  omnium  allocationum  &  liberacionum  denariorum  cccxlix/.  id.  ob. 

£t  computans  remanet  in  superplusagio  xxxvii/.  iilr.  vii^.  ob.  q. 

The  fourth  and  last  of  the  Harleian  rolls  which  is  worth  printing  is 
F.  27.  The  beginning  of  the  roll  is  missing,  but  there  can  be  little 
doubt  that  it  is  the  account  of  the  camerartus  for  Michaelmas,  1 403,  or 
1404.  Every  year  a  sum  was  paid  to  him  as  an  allowance  for  the 
private  expenses  of  the  monks,  and  this  roll  shows  in  what  way  the 
money  had  been  spent,  and  how  much  still  remained  to  the  credit  of 
each  member.  The  last  three  names  are  William  Chyrchehylle,  Ralf 
Dadyngton,  and  John  Oxinford,  who  had  become  eligible  for  an 
allowance  only  three  months  before  the  date  of  the  account.  Now,  in 
April,  1404,  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln  granted  permission  to  these  three, 
who  were  at  that  date  already  professed  at  Eynsham,  to  be  advanced 
from  the  order  of  acolytes  to  holy  orders  by  any  catholic  bishop.*  If 
this  permission  is  of  the  same  date  as  their  profession,  it  is  possible 
that  our  roll  is  of  Michaelmas,  1404,  for  it  seems  from  other  records 
that  a  man  received  no  allowance  as  long  as  he  was  a  novice,  but  only 
when  he  was  professed.  It  is,  however,  more  natural  to  assume  that 
they  were  professed  before  they  made  their  application  to  the  bishop, 
and  that  the  date  of  this  account  is  Michaelmas,  1403.  It  will  be 
noticed  that  in  the  course  of  the  year  Thomas  Oxinford  ceased  to  be 
the  scholar  of  the  monastery  maintained  at  the  University  according  to 
the  statutes  of  the  Benedictine  order,  and  his  place  was  taken  by  Peter 
Erdyngton.  This  corroborates  the  date  of  1406  which  we  have 
assigned  to  roll  F.  20,  printed  above,  in  which  we  find  mention  of 
Peter  Erdyngton,  a  monk  of  Eynsham,  studying  at  Oxford. 

From  the  information  supplied  by  this  roll,  we  learn  that  an  allow- 
ance of  £2  for  each  monk  was  paid  to  the  camerartus,  but  in  the  case 
of  those  who  were  not  priests  one-third  was  deducted  and  distributed 


1  Beaoibrf  s  register  at  Lincoln,  foL  59^ 


xcii  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

among  those  who  were  priests.  Thus,  the  last  six  in  our  roll  receive 
6s.  8d.  a  quarter  instead  of  los.,  and  as  the  total  paid  to  them  was 
I  OOP.  there  would  be  6oj.  from  their  portions  to  be  distributed  to  the 
others;  and  this  is  the  exact  figiu-e  given  towards  the  end  of  the  roll. 
In  addition  to  this,  the  profits  of  the  rectory  of  Merton  had  been  set 
aside  to  increase  the  allowance,  those  who  were  priests  receiving 
8s.  4</.  each,  the  others  6s.  Sd. ;  and  perhaps  from  this  source  came  the 
small  stipends  of  the  second  and  third  prior.  In  this  year  each  priest 
must  have  received  about  52^.,  and  to  this  was  added  a  balance  of 
a  few  shillings  due  from  the  previous  year.  From  this  allowance  each 
man  bought  clothes  and  boots,  he  paid  for  journeys  to  his  friends 
(devillcLcio),  for  entertainment  of  visitors,  in  some  cases  for  a  pilgrimage 
to  Canterbury,  for  beds,  spices,  a  knife,  &c.,  and  sometimes,  by  special 
leave,  part  of  the  allowance  was  given  to  a  poor  relative.  At  the  end  of 
the  roll  the  camerarius  accounts  for  the  wages  of  a  tailor,  a  washerwoman, 
and  a  shoemaker,  each  receiving  5^.  a  year,  and  an  allowance  of  %d. 
a  week  for  food.  Perhaps  this  was  only  a  retaining  fee,  for  it  could 
not  represent  the  full  pay  of  a  tailor  or  shoemaker. 

Although  the  roll  is  defective  at  the  beginning,  it  is  clear  that  not 
more  than  three  names  are  wanting.  For  at  the  end  of  the  account 
we  read  that  the  allowances  together  with  the  balances  from  the 
previous  year  amounted  to  £57  loj.  i  il^/.,  while  the  balances  and 
allowances  on  that  part  of  the  roll  which  remains  amount  to  £49  5^ .  ^d. 
Now,  the  allowance  of  one  of  the  senior  monks  was  not  less  than 
£2  8s.  4d.;  it  is  therefore  impossible  that  as  many  as  four  names  are 
wanting,  and  the  number  would  be  only  two  if  we  postulate  a  substan- 
tial balance  from  the  previous  year.  Therefore,  according  to  this  roll, 
the  nmnber  of  monks  at  the  beginning  of  the  year  was  22  or  23,  of 
whom  one  was  absent  at  Oxford,  and  during  the  course  of  the  year 
three  more  were  added 

Harleian  Roll  F.  27. 

[  ].    Et  debentur  eidem  [  ]. 

[  ]: 

Debentur  de  compute  precedent!  xvi^.  iii//.  od.  qua. ;  et  de  porcione  sua 
xl^.;  et  de  porcione  sua  ecclesie  de  Meriton  yms.  xWuL  Summa 
Ixiiilr.  vii^.  ob.  qua. 

Inde  liberat[io]  eidem  in  i  cucullo  de  say  vlr.  \\d. ;  item  in  bumeto 
ymd.  ob.  qua. ;  sutor*  ii^.  \\d.     Summa  ixj.  yd.  ob.  qua. 

Et  debentur  eidem  Ivj.  iid. 
Willelmus  Henreth : 

Debentur  de  compute  precedenti  xxxws.  xid.  ob.  qua. ;  et  de  porcione 


PREFACE  xciii 

sua  xlx. ;  et  causa  officii  subprioris  iilf.  mid, ;  et  de  porcione  sua  ecclesie 
de  Meriton  viilr.  iiii^    Summa  iiii/.  vii^.  vii^.  ob,  qua. 

Inde  liberat[io]  eidem  in  i  roba  de  say  viii^.  iiii^. ;  item  in  dimidia 
uncia  serici  -nd. ;  item  in  staminis  iii^.  iiii^. ;  item  in  blanket  xx\d. ; 
item  in  i  pellic*  emend*  xii^. ;  item  in  deuillac*  vLr.  viii//. ;  item  in  hospit' 
Wis, ;  item  in  speciebus  viii//. ;  item  in  oblat[ionibus]  dat'  iilr.  iiii^. ;  sutor' 
zvii//.    Summa  xxxr. 

Et  debentur  eidem  IviLr.  vii^.  ob,  qua, 
lohannes  London : 

Debentur  de  computo  precedent!  \d.  ob, :  et  de  porcione  sua  xLr. ;  et  de 
porcione  sua  ecclesie  de  Meritone  viiij.  iiii^.    Summa  xlviiij.  \xd,  ob, 

Inde  liberal'  eidem  in  i  lecto  nouo  empto  xxxr. ;  item  in  i  roba  de  say 
xlr.  ymd, ;  item  in  stam[in]is]  ii^.  \d,  ob.  qua. ;  item  in  bumet'  ns,  id.  ob, ; 
item  in  furur'  em[pt'  us.].    Summa  xlviiij.  iii^.  qua, 

Et  debentur  eidem  vid,  qua, 
Willelmus  Cogg[s] : 

Debentur  de  computo  precedenti  xliilf.  id, ;  et  de  pordone  sua  ids, ;  et 
de  porcione  sua  ecclesie  de  Meritone  viilr.  ilnd.    Summa  iiii/.  ids,  vd, 

Inde  liberat'  eidem  in  bumet'  xiii^.  ob,  qua.;  item  in  panno  nigro 
iii^.  idd. ;  item  in  i  par'  pedul'  id.  ob. ;  item  in  seric'  vd.  ob,  qua. ;  item  in 
cultello  Tviiid.  ob, ;  item  dat'  sorori  ex  licencia  abbatis  xiiis.  mid. ;  item  in 
panno  linio  viii//.  qua. ;  item  in  hospit'  Ixs.  y\d. ;  item  in  deuillac'  vi^.  viii//. ; 
sutor'  iiilr.  vmd.    Summa  xlii^.  ob,  qua, 

Et  debentur  eidem  xlixr.  iiii^.  qua, 
Thomas  Meritone : 

Debentur  de  computo  precedenti  vWs.  ud,  ob,  qua, ;  et  de  porcione  sua 
xlj. ;  et  de  porcione  ecclesie  de  Meritone  viilr.  m\d,  Summa  Ivi^.  \\d, 
ob,  qua, 

Inde  liberat*  eidem  in  i  cucullo  de  say  iiilr.  \d,  ob. ;  in  seric*  vd,  ob, ; 
item  in  stam[in]is  ii^.  ui. ;  item  in  i  clamid'  iilr.  iiii^. ;  item  in  pedul'  iii^. ; 
item  in  hospit*  vlr.  viii^. ;  item  in  cultello  ii^.  iiii^£  ;  item  in  panno  linio 
\\s.  ob. ;  item  uersus  Cantuariam  causa  peregrinacionis  xviiLr. ;  item  in 
speciebus  xmd. ;  sutor*  iii^.  ii^.    Summa  xliiir.  \\d,  ob, 

Et  debentur  eidem  xiLr.  qua, 
Rogerus  Clere : 

Debentur  de  computo  precedenti  vns,  y\\d,  ob, ;  et  de  porcione  sua  xl^. ; 
et  de  porcione  sua  ecclesie  de  Meritone  viilr.  iiii^.    Summa  \ms,  idd,  ob, 

Inde  liberal  eidem  in  i  roba  de  say  viilr.  vid, ;  item  in  seric*  wid, ;  item 
in  panno  nigro  xxiii^  ob.  qua.,  in  panno  linio  xviii^.;  item  in  hospit' 
v\s,  viii^.;  item  in  speciebus  ms.  vid.;  item  pro  factur'  camera  [sic] 
infirmar*  xxxiiif.  ii^. ;  sutori  ii^.  id.    Summa  Iviix.  xd,  ob.  qua, 

Et  debentur  eidem  ob,  qua. 
Henricus  Dyngele : 

Debentur  de  computo  precedenti  vii^.  ix^.  ob,;  et  de  porcione  sua 
xLr. ;  et  de  porcione  ecclesie  de  Meritone  viilr.  iiii^    Summa  Ivlr,  id.  ob. 


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Inde  liberat'  eidem  in  i  roba  de  say  xr. ;  item  in  i  lecto  xiii^.  mid, ; 
item  in  panno  nigro  xd.  qua, ;  item  in  stam[in]is  ilr.  vd,  ob.  qua, ;  item  in 
i  furur*  erapt'  vj.  y\d, ;  item  in  pedul'  vWd.  ob. ;  item  in  hospit*  vlf.  viii^, ; 
item  in  seric*  ii^. ;  item  in  deuillac'  iilr.  viii^. ;  sutor'  iiilr.  yi\d,  Summa 
xlviij.  yui,  ob. 

£t  debentur  eidem  viiij.  md. 
Ricardus  Wytteneye : 

Debentur  de  compute  precedenti  xvii x.  rid. ;  et  de  porcione  sua  xLr. ;  et 
de  porcione  sua  ecclesie  de  Meritone  viilr.  iiii^.    Summa  Ixvi^.  md. 

Inde  liberat'  eidem  in  i  roba  de  say  viiLr.  iiii^. ;  item  in  seric*  vid. ; 
item  in  bumet'  ii^.  Wid,  ob. ;  item  in  panno  linio  viii^.  qua. ;  item  in 
pedul'  md\  item  in  emendacione  pellic'  jmd.\  item  in  i  ciph[o]  mirreo 
empto  xiiij.  xmd.;  item  in  hospit'  viilr.  viii^.  ob.'y  item  in  deuillac' 
vii^.  \\\\d. ;  item  in  i  lecto  empto  xiiLr.  id. ;  sutor*  ilr.  \ld.  Summa  Iviilf.  qua. 

Et  debentur  eidem  viiLr.  \id.  ob.  qua. 
Rogerus  ate  Lee : 

Debentur  de  computo  precedenti  yd.  ob. ;  et  de  porcione  sua  xl^. ;  et 
de  porcione  sua  ecclesie  de  Meritone  viii^.  \\\\d.    Summa  xlviiLr.  ix^.  ob. 

Inde  liberal'  eidem  in  i  cucull*  de  say  v\s.  \\\\d. ;  item  in  hospit' 
iiilf.  mid. ;  item  in  deuillac'  vix.  vMid. ;  item  in  panno  nigro  iilr.  ixd.  qua. 
Summa  xxix.  vd.  qua. 

£t  debentur  eidem  xxvilr.  iiii^.  qua. 
lohannes  Cirencestrie : 

Debentur  de  computo  precedenti  xlr.  wid.  ob. ;  et  de  porcione  sua  xlf. ; 
et  de  porcione  ecclesie  de  Meritone  viiLr.  iiii^.    Summa  Xnns.  nd.  ob. 

Inde  liberat*  eidem  in  i  roba  de  say  xilr.  wid. ;  item  in  seric'  wid. ;  item 
in  panno  nigro  wis.  xid.  ob.  qua. ;  item  in  hospit'  wis.  xd. ;  item  in  speciebus 
ixis.  Hid. ;  in  oblat'  ius.  iiWd. ;  item  uersus  Cantuariam  causa  peregrina- 
cionis  xxs. ;  item  in  bumet'  iiilr.  id. ;  sutor*  ilr.  iid*  Summa  lixr.  viii^. 
ob.  qua. 

£t  debentur  eidem  id.  ob.  qua. 
Petrus  Erdyngtone ; 

Debentur  de  computo  precedenti'  xiiii//.  ob.  qua. ;  et  de  porcione  sua 
dimidio  anno  xxx. ;  et  de  porcione  ecclesie  de  Meritone  viiii.  iiii^. 
Summa  xxbis.  wid.  ob.  qua.  ^ 

Inde  liberat'  eidem  in  panno  nigro  viii^.  qua. ;  item  in  ii  pellic'  emptis 
wiixs. ;  item  in  hospit'  ilr.  xid.  ob. ;  item  uersus  Lond[iniam]  ac  alios  locos 
xvlr. ;  sutor'  ilr.  viii^.    Summa  ut  supra. 

£t  nichil  remanet. 
Willelmus  Whijtcherche : 

Debentur  de  computo  precedenti  ii^.  ob. ;  et  de  porcione  sua  xLr. ;  et  de 
porcione  ecclesie  de  Meritone  viilr.  iiii<^    Summa  xlviiii.  wid.  ob. 

Inde  liberat'  eidem  in  i  roba  de  say  xx.  wid.\  item  in  panno  nigro 
xxis.  wxid.  ob. ;  item  in  stam[in]is  xxs.  wd.  ob.  qua. ;  item  in  panno  linio 
wxxd. ;  item  in  i  furur*  empt'  ws.  wid.  pro  i  tunica ;  item  in  seric'  wid. ; 


PREFACE  xcv 

item  in  hospit'  vlr. ;  item  in  deuillac*  vj. ;  sutor*  mis.  vWid,    Summa 
xlvii^.  x//.  qua. 

£t  debentur  eidem  viii^.  qua. 
lohannes  Bartone  (tercius  prior) : 

Debentur  de  compute  precedent!  xxiii//.  qua. ;  et  de  porcione  sua  xlf. ; 
et  causa  officii  terdi  prions  ms.  mid. ;  et  de  porcione  ecclesie  de  Meritone 
viiij.  iiii//.    Summa  liiLr.  viii^.  qua, 

Inde  liberal'  eidem  in  bumet'  m\s,  y\\d, ;  item  in  i  roba  de  say  \xs,  vxd, ; 
item  in  seric'  wud. ;  item  in  iii  par*  pedul*  \md,  ob. ;  item  in  stam[in]is 
iilr.  \\d.  ob.  qua. ;  item  dat'  patri  suo  ex  licencia  abbatis  xs, ;  item  dat' 
priori  pro  fundac'  faciend'  xr. ;  item  pro  i  furur*  empt*  vlr. ;  item  in 
deuiUac*  \s,  md. ;  sutor'  iiLr.  md.    Summa  liiif.  qua. 

£t  debentur  eidem  vWd. 
Willelmus  Yslepe : 

Debentur  de  compute  precedent!  ms.  mid.  ob. ;  et  de  porcione  sua  ids. ; 
et  de  porcione  ecclesie  de  Meritone  \ms.  \md.    Summa  \\s.  vmd.  ob. 

Inde  liberat*  eidem  in  i  roba  de  say  xilr.  v\d. ;  item  in  seric'  \md.  ob. ; 
item  in  pedul'  iii^. ;  item  in  panno  linio  vmd.  qua. ;  item  in  emendacione 
pellic'  y\\d. ;  item  in  hospit*  y\s. ;  item  in  deuillac'  viii^.  iiii^. ;  item  in 
i  lecto  nouo  empto  xiiLr.  vWd. ;  sutor*  ilr.  xi^.    Summa  xlvj.  \id.  ob.  qua. 

Et  debentur  eidem  vlr.  \d.  ob.  qua. 
Thomas  Oxinford : 

Debentur  de  computo  precedent!  vWs.  y\d.  qua. ;  et  de  porcione  sua  pro 
termino  Michaelis  &  sancti  lohannis  Baptiste  xxs} ;  et  de  porcione  sua 
ecclesie  de  Meriton  \ms.  m\d.    Summa  -xxvs.  %d.  qua. 

Inde  liberat*  eidem  in  bumet'  xiii^.  ob.  qua.;  item  in  panno  nigro 
Yiid.  ob. ;  item  in  i  roba  de  say  viiLr.  iiii//. ;  item  in  stam[in]is  ilr.  v\d. ; 
item  in  panno  linio  xv^.  ob. ;  item  in  hospit'  iiir.  vi^. ;  item  in  deuillac' 
Ills.  vid. ;  sutor*  iiii^.  iid.    Summa  toys.  ob.  qua. 

£t  debentur  eidem  ix^  ob. 
Thomas  Kanyng: 

Debentur  de  computo  precedent!  vs.  vd.  ob. ;  et  de  porcione  sua 
xxvij.  viii^. ;  et  de  porcione  sua  ecclesie  de  Meritone  vlr.  viii<^  Summa 
xxxviilf.  iTuf.  ob. 

Inde  liberat*  eidem  roba  [sic]  de  say  viiis.  iii!^. ;  item  in  seric'  yd.  ob. ; 
item  in  panno  linio  ii^.  iid.  ob. ;  item  in  emendac'  i  pellic'  vii^. ;  item 
pro  i  camera  in  dormit'  xiilr.  iiii//. ;  item  in  peduF  iWd. ;  item  in  deuillac' 
vlr.  viii^. ;  item  in  hospit'  vs.  Hid.  ob.    Summa  xxxvilr.  id.  ob, 

Et  debentur  eidem  xx^. 
Ricardus  Oxinforde : 

Debentur  de  computo  precedent!  iilr.  ixd. ;  et  de .  porcione  sua 
xxvi^.  viii^. ;  et  de  porcione  sua  ecclesie  de  Meritone  vi^.  viii^  Summa 
xxxvilr.  id. 

^  <  Michaelis  8c  *  is  scratched  out,  and  'quia  scolaris  tunc  *  vnritten  above  it :  and 
zx  altered  to  x. 


xcvi  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Inde  liberat*  eidem  in  i  roba  de  say  viiix.  Wld. ;  item  in  seric'  v\d, ; 
item  in  panno  nigro  xxiii//.  ob. ;  item  in  pedul'  iii^  ;  item  in  emendac* 
furur'  xvd,  ob.;  item  pro  i  camera  in  dormitor'  viii^.  iiii^;  item  in 
deuillac*  vLr.  iiii^;  Item  in  panno  linio  ymd.  qua\  item  in  speciebus 
\xd, ;  sutor'  md.    Summa  xxxs.  \d.  qua. 

£t  debentur  eidem  vlr.  xi</.  ob.  qua. 
lohannes  Radele : 

Debentur  de  computo  precedenti  ixx.  ii^.  ob, ;  et  de  porcione  sua 
xxvir.  vmd, ;  et  de  pordone  sua  ecdesie  de  Meritone  vlr.  viii^.  Summa 
xlilr.  y\d,  ob, 

Inde  liberat'  eidem  in  i  roba  de  say  xj.  iii^. ;  item  in  seric'  y'md,  ob, ; 
item  in  panno  nigro  xxii^.  qua, ;  item  in  i  par*  stragul[arum]  \s,  \\\\d.  ob, ; 
item  in  panno  linio  xv//.  qua. ;  item  in  emendac*  i  pellic'  y\\d, ;  item  dat* 
matri  sue  iii^.  iiii^. ;  item  in  staminis  Ws,  vid,  ob. ;  item  in  hospit'  iilr.  vid. ; 
item  in  deuillac'  lis,  iiii^. ;  sutor  uiis.  iiii^.    Summa  xxxv'is.  vd. 

Et  debentur  eidem  vis.  id.  ob. 
Willelmus  Chyrchehylle : 

Debentur  hie  primo  pro  termino  sancd  lohannis  Baptiste  vir.  viiid. 

Inde  liberat'  eidem  pro  sutor'  bui. 

£t  debentur  eidem  vs.  xid. 
Radulphus  Dadyngton : 

Debentur  hie  primo  pro  termino  sancti  lohannis  vlr.  vind. 

Inde  liberat'  eidem  in  vi  virgis  &  dimidia  de  say,  vs.  ob, ;  et  in  seric' 
vid.    Sununa  vs.  vid.  ob. 

£t  debentur  eidem  ziii^  ob. 
lohannes  Oxinford : 

Debentur  hie  primo  pro  termino  sancti  lohannis  Baptiste  vis.  viiid. 

Et  debentur  eidem  vis.  viiid. 

Summa  omnium  expensarum  conuentus  xliii/.  xLr.  idd.  ob,  qua. 
Sununa  debitorum  diuersis  fratribus  xiii/.  xixx. 

Sununa  utriusque  Ivii/.  xs,  jld.  ob,  qua. ;  et  sic  summa  totalis  receptorum 
concordat  cum  expensis  conuentus  &  summa  debitorum  diuersis  fratribus 
preter  vi/.  xlr.,  de  quibus  idem  respondet  inferius  in  compoto  eiusdem  de 
forinseds  expensis. 

Compotus  eiusdem  de  omnibus  receptis  &  expensis  forinsecis  fiictis  in 
dicto  offido  anno  supradicto. 

Arreragia.    Idem  respondet  de  iiii/.  iiii^.  ob.  qua.,  remanent'  super 
ultimum  compotum  suum  huius  officii  anni  precedentis. 
Summa  iiii/.  mid.  ob.  qua. 

Recept*.    Et  de  vi/.  xlr.  recept' :  unde  de  porcione  non  sacerdotis  Is., 
et  pro  forinsecis  expensis  xb.,  et  pro  tribus  seruientibus  in  hoc  officio  xli^. 
Summa  totalis  recep[torum]  cum  arreragiis  x/.  xLr.  iiii//. 
ob.  qua. 

Minute  expense  pro  necessariis.  Idem  comp.  liberat'  de  porcione  non 
sacerdotis,  ad  distribuendum  inter  sacerdotes  is. ;  item  solut'  in  speciebus 


PREFACE  xcvii 

conuentus  y\s.  viiuf. ;  item  sissori  pro  filo  \i\s,  \\\\d, ;  item  lotrici  pro  filo 
xviiL ;  item  sutori  pro  sagie  iilf.  iiii^. ;  item  in  expensis  circa  itinerant*  ad 
diuersos  locos  xvi^;  item  in  oblacionibus  datis  ad  Natale  domini  & 
Pascha  xviii//. ;  item  in  ferur*  equi  per  annum  ii^. ;  item  in  prebenda 
equi  iir.  vi^. ;  item  in  i  par  botarum  causa  officii  ex  consuetudine  pro 
labore  suo  ii^.  v\d, ;  item  in  perchamen'  &  papiro  pro  computo  scribendo 
i\\d. ;  item  pro  uino  in  die  C9mpot[i]  xvi//. ;  item  in  marchel[sia]  unius 
equi  vid.  una  vice  &  alia  vice  vi^. 
Summa  Ixxvilf.  \d, 

Stipendia  &  coquina  famulorum  per  annum  integrum.  Idem  comp. 
soluf  scissori  pro  stipendio  suo  per  annum  vs. ;  item  eidem  pro  coquina 
sua  viiij.  vmd. ;  item  solut'  lotrici  pro  stipendio  suo  per  annum  vs. ;  item 
eidem  pro  coquina  sua  viiif.  viii//. ;  item  solut*  sutor*  pro  stipendio  suo  per 
annum  ys, ;  item  pro  coquina  sua  per  annum  viiij.  viii^. 
Summa  xli^. 

Summa  onmium  expensarum  forinsecarum  cxviiij.  \d, ;  et  sic  recepta 
excedunt  expensas  iiii^  xiii^.  ixid.  ob.  qua,,  que  remanent  in  manu 
computantis. 


While  these  pages  were  passing  through  the  press,  an  early  charter 
of  Eynsham  of  the  time  of  abbot  Rob^  (i  197-1206),  not  fomid 
in  the  Cartulary,  was  purchased  by  the  authorities  of  the  Bodleian 
Library ;  it  is  as  follows : — 

Sciant  presentes  &  futuri  quod  ego  Robertus  diuina  miseracione  abbas 
de  Eignesham  et  eiusdem  loci  conuentus  dedimus  &  concessimus 
Wilielmo  del  Frith  filio  Steikeri  &  Sabine  uxori  eius  &  heredibus  suis 
pro  seruido  &  homagio  suo  totam  terram  quam  Ricardus  Rufus  tenuit 
de  ecclesia  nostra  in  Wodechote  cum  omnibus  que  ad  predictam  terram 
pertinent  &  insuper  unam  acram  terre  iuxta  exitum  domus  sue,  tenendam 
de  nobis  libere  &  quiete  &  honorifice  ab  omni  seruicio  &  exaccione  seculari 
&  consuetudine,  reddendo  nobis  annuatim  viginti  duos  solidos  ad  quatuor 
terminos,  videlicet  in  festo  sancti  Michaelis  v  solidos  et  vi  denarios,  in 
festo  sancti  Thome  apostoli  v  solidos  et  vi  denarios,  in  Pascha  v  solidos 
et  vi  denarios,  in  Natiuitate  sancti  lohannis  Baptiste  v  solidos  et  vi 
denarios.  Ut  autem  hec  nostra  donacio  &  concessio  perpetue  firmitatis 
robur  optineat,  eam  presentis  scripti  attestacione  &  sigillorum  nostrorum 
apposidone  dignum  duximus  corroborare.  Hiis  testibus,  Magistro 
Martiano  de  Wilton'  qui  hanc  cartam  scripsit,  Wilielmo  persona  de 
Sul|>home,  Radulfo  clerico  de  Stokes,  Thoma  &  lacobo  derids,  Hugone 
de  Gersindune,  lohanne  ianitore,  Galfrido  camerario,  Simone  marescallo, 
Auenello,  Alano,  Waltero  Tholdin,  Waltero  Submuro,  Ricardo  Submuro, 
lukelo  milite  de  Stokes,  Ricardo  de  Wdecote,  Henrico  Banas[tre] 
Wilielmo  Passeliue  et  multis  aliis. 


xcviii  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

It  has  two  seals ;  on  the  left  the  seal  of  the  abbot,  a  full-length  figure 
with  a  book  in  the  left  hand  and  the  legend  [si]gillv[m  •  rJoberti  • 
DEi[:«  GRACiA  •]  ABBATis  •  egn[£Shami£].  The  Other  is  the  seal  of  the 
abbey,  hitherto  unknown,  representing  the  Virgin  with  Child  seated 
on  the  conventional  stool  or  throne,  with  a  lily  in  her  right  hand ;  of 
the  legend  nothing  remains  but  [sigil]lvm  :  sanc  ....  On  the  reverse, 
which  is  much  broken,  there  is  a  fbll-length  figure,  apparently  the 
Virgin,  with  a  star  on  her  right  side :  the  letters  ....  ari[.]kdidit  .... 
are  legible.  The  discovery  of  this  seal  proves  that  the  conjecture  made 
in  Vol.  I  (see  frontispiece),  that  the  seal  of  the  abbey  was  changed  in 
1 21 3,  is  correct  Probably  all  those  religious  houses  which  were  in 
the  hands  of  the  king  during  the  interdict  found  it  necessary  to  have 
a  new  seal  when  they  were  recovered  from  the  king  in  12 13. 


A  few  words  may  be  added  about  Charter  no.  i.  Vol.  I,  p.  20,  on 
which  Mr.  Horace  Round  has  made  two  happy  suggestions.  He  pro- 
poses that  Rameslege  should  be  identified  with  Rameslie,  which  is 
mentioned  in  the  SiiMs&ex  Domesday  \  although  the  name  is  now  lost^  it 
is  known  that  it  corresponded  with  the  modem  manor  of  Brede;  and 
as  Domesday  shows  that  it  was  on  the  coast,  it  would  have  a  '  hithe ' 
or  harbour.  He  also  suggests  that  Scyldford  with  its  thirteen  hides  is 
Shelford  in  Cambridgeshire,  which  in  Domesday  is  a  manor  of  Ely, 
containing  thirteen  hides  and  thirty-nine  acres.  If  this  is  so,  it  remains 
that  Little  Compton  must  be  found  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Up-Octery 
or  Lalling,  iot  the  charter  says  that  the  four  properties  were  '  tribus  in 
locis '. 


CORRIGENDA.    VOL.  I. 

Page  zzxiii,  line  14,  read  Thomus/or  Martin. 
Page  70,  line  25,  read  RicnTdo/or  Roberto. 
Page  97,  line  18,  read  udme  for  anima. 
Page  143,  line  27,  read  Nidiolao/^r  Nicholas. 
Page  163,  line  14,  read  eiem<maznofir  elmosinario. 
Page  309,  line  18,  r^Af  qnendam^^  qnendan. 
Page  351,  line  7,  insert  et  after  Eboraco. 
Page  404,  ma^in,  read  i%tfifor  ia68. 


V 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

PART  II 

[The  second  part  of  the  Eynsham  Cartulary,  preserved  in  the  library 
of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  is  a  small  parchment 
volume,  bound  in  law  calf.  It  will  be  seen  that  the  greater  part  of  it  con- 
sists of  a  series  of  inquisitions,  held  about  the  year  i36o,  dealing  with  the 
manors  that  were  farmed  by  the  Abbey,  describing  the  size  and  condition 
of  the  lands  and  fields,  the  nature  and  value  of  the  services  of  the 
villains,  and  the  estimated  annual  profit.  They  are  of  considerable 
interest  for  the  light  they  throw  on  the  methods  of  farming,  on  customary 
services,  and  on  the  effects  of  the  Black  Death.  The  pestilence  of  1349 
had  caused  such  changes  that  the  old  terriers  or  inquisitions  were  useless; 
it  was  no  longer  possible  to  till  all  the  arable  land,  and  that  which  was  of 
poor  quality,  being  allowed  to  revert  to  rough  pasture,  was  worth  no  more 
than  a  penny  an  acre ;  on  the  other  hand,  meadow  land,  the  amount  of 
which  was  limited  and  could  not  in  many  cases  be  increased,  had  risen  in 
value  and  was  worth  4^.  or  5^.  an  acre,  and  even  %s,  Sd,  at  Charlbury. 
Further,  in  some  manors,  as  at  Woodeaton,  the  villains  had  insisted  that 
their  customary  services  should  be  lightened,  while  at  Eynsham  and 
RoUright  so  great  was  the  mortality  that  much  of  the  land  which  had 
formerly  been  held  in  villainage  had  now  to  be  farmed  m  demesne.  For 
these  reasons  new  terriers  were  necessary.  In  compiling  them,  the  land 
was  no  longer  described  by  reputed  acres  and  half  acres,  but  accurately 
measured  and  the  extent  calculated,  with  curious  mmuteness,  to  the 
sixteenth  part  of  a  square  barley-corn. 

These  inquisitions  are  entered  in  a  contemporary  hand,  and  the  blank 
leaves  which  were  left  were  subsequently  filled  by  tbe  insertion  of  miscel- 
laneous deeds ;  there  is  no  writing  of  an  earlier  date  than  the  latter  half 
of  the  fourteenth  century.  We  conclude  that  the  volume  was  bound  or 
rebound  at  the  beginning  of  the  sixteenth  century  from  the  form  of  the 
letters  a,  d,  c,  d,  ^,/,^,  ^,  which  are  written  at  the  foot  of  fols.  i',  9',  15', 
25'>  46',  51',  83',  102',  being  the  first  pages  of  the  eight  gatherings  of 
which. the  book  is  composed.  It  seems  that  they  were  written  as  a  guide 
to  the  binder  at  that  time ;  and  the  paper  fly-leaves  which  the  volume 
has,  were  probably  added  then.  Part  of  the  book  was  abready  lost ;  for 
the  opening  words  on  fol.  i  prove  that  an  inquisition  about  Mickleton 
should  precede,  and  there  is  evidently  a  leaf  missing  between  folios 
n.  B 


1^ 


2  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

8  and  9 ;  but  as  the  ink  from  the  letter  b  at  the  foot  of  9'  is  blotted  on  8% 
it  is  evident  that  the  page  was  already  gone  when  those  letters  were 
added. 

On  one  of  the  paper  fly-leaves  the  following  is  written  in  a  hand  of 
about  1520: — 

A  kyntts  fee 

iii  barley  comys  taken  owt  oflF  the  mydd'  off  the  ere  off  lenght  makyt 
an  ynche,  &  xii  ynches  makyt  a  fott,  &  xvi  fot  &  a  hallffe  makyt 
a  peryche,  &  xl  perche  in  lenght'  &  iiii  in  bredythe  makyt  an  acar 
off  land,  &  iiii  acars  makyt'  a  yerd  off  land,  &  v  yerd'  makyt*  an  hyde 
off  land,  and  viii  hyd'  makyt  a  knyttes  fce.^] 


602. 

fol.  I'.  Shyfforde. 

[c.  1360.]  Inquisicio  capta  apud  Shyfforde  per  homagium  eiusdem  iuratum 
coram  domino  Galfrido  abbate  monasterii  de  Egnesham  predicto  & 
fratre  Nicholao  de  Vptone,  predecessore  ipsius  abbatis,  amiis  domini  & 
dicti  abbatis  predictis.' 

In  primis  dicit  quod  curia  manerii,  vt  in  aysiamentis  domorum 
&  clausi  adiacentis,  deductis  expensis  &  reprisis  domorum,  valet 
annuatim  vi  s.  viii  d. 

Item  dicit  quod  tempore  Ade'  abbatis  fuit  ibidem  molendinum 
ventricium,  ad  quod  omnes  tenentes  abbatis  de  Shyfforde,  Welde, 
Astone,  &  Cote  molare  tenebantur,  &  valuit  xx  s. 

Mensuracio  terrarum,  pratorum,  &  pasturarum  facta  &  mensurata 
per  predictos  dominum  abbatem  &  fratrem  Nicholaum  per  perticam, 
qua  Mukeltone  mensurabatur : — 

Est  vna  cultura,  nuncupata  Shjrppelonde,  &  continet  in  toto 
septem  acras,  dimidiam  acram  &  dimidiam  rodam,  &  valet  acra 
iii  d.  &  bis  successive  seminatur ;  terra  ibidem  aquosa  non  mensuratur. 
Summa  denarionim,  xxii  d.  ob.  qua.  dim.  qua. 

Est  ibidem  prope  alia  cultura,  nyncupata  Clayfurlong,  &  continet 
cum  capital!  inferiori  octo  acras,  vnam  rodam,  tres  perticas  cum 
dimidia,  &  potest  ter  seminari  successive,  videlicet  post  warettum 
ordium,  anno  sequente  cum  grosso  pulstro,  &  anno  tercio  cum 
frumento,  &  valet  acra  viii  d.    Summa  denariorum  v  s,  vi  d. 

^  It  need  hardly  be  said  that  this  inquisition  of  Mickleton  should  precede 
statement  is  fall  of  mistakes.  this. 

*  The  fourth  sentence  proves  that  an         *  Adam  de  Lamboome,  1307-16. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  3 

Est  ad  capud  dicte  culture  vna  longa  cultura,  nuncupata  Holle- 
furlongy  &  continet  nouem  acras  &  vnam  rodam  preter  quinque 
perticas,  &  potest  ter  seminari  vt  supra,  grosso  pulstro  mutato  in  pisas, 
&  valet  acra  viil  d.    Summa  denariorum  vi  s.  iiii  d. 

Est  vna  cultura  prope  clausum  domini,  &  continet  cum  longo 
capitali  vndecim  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  dimidiam  rodam  &  vnam 
perticam.  Sunt  ibidem  iuxta  Mulnehulle  ex  parte  australi  |  quinque  foL  z^« 
curte  butte  tendentes  in  viam  regiam  &  continent  dimidiam  acram, 
vnam  rodam,  dimidiam  rodam  &  duodecim  perticas ;  &  potest  semi- 
nari sicut  Clayfurlonge,  &  valet  acra  viii  d.  Summa  denariorum 
viii  s.  iiii  d.  ob. 

Est  vna  cultura  ad  capud  dicte  culture  septemdecim  selionum 
nuncupata  Wynemere,  &  continet  quinque  acras  &  tres  perticas.  Sunt 
ibidem  decem  seliones  curte  ex  parte  occidentali  tendentes  [ —  ^]  de 
Mulnehulle,  &  continent  duas  acras,  dimidiam  rodam  &  quatuor 
perticas.  Est  eciam  vna  cultura  ibidem  ex  opposito  partis  superioris 
de  HoUefurlong,  iacens  iuxta  viam  regiam,  &  continet  quatuor  acras, 
dimidiam  acram  &  sex  perticas,  &  potest  seminari  sicut  HoUefurlong 
&  cum  huiusmodi  semine,  &  valet  acra  vi  d.  Sunmia  denariorum 
V  s.  X  d. 

Sunt  due  seliones  bnge,  iacentes  in  Smallefurlong,  &  continent 
vnam  acram,  dimidiam  acram  &  nouem  perticas  &  possunt  seminari 
sicut  Clayfiirlonge  &  cum  huiusmodi  semine,  &  valet  acra  viii  d* 
Summa  denariorum  xii  d.  ob. 

Est  vna  cultura  in  campo  oriental!  iuxta  tenementum  Vppe,  & 
continet  quinque  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  dimidiam  rodam  &  decem 
perticas ;  &  potest  seminari  sicut  Clayfurlong  &  cum  eodem  semine,  ft 
valet  acra  vi  d.    Summa  denariorum  ii  s.  x  d. 

Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  ex  parte  oriental!  predicte  culture  &  ad 
capud  de  Fysshefurlong,  &  potest  seminari  sicut  Clayfurlong  &  cum 
eodem  semine,  &  continet  nouem  acras  &  tres  perticas,  &  valet  acra 
vi  d.     Summa  denariorum  iiii  s.  vi  d. 

Est  ibidem  vna  cultura  ex  parte  oriental!  tendens  se  ad  Weylond 
atte  Wyly,  &  continet  sex  acras,  dimidiam  rodam  &  quatuor  perticas, 
&  potest  seminari  sicut  Clayfurlong  &  cum  eodem  semine,  &  valet  acra 
iii!  d.     Summa  denariorum  ii  s.  ob. 

Sunt  sub  eadem  cultura  ad  Weylond  atte  Wyly  quatuor  |  seliones  foL  2'. 
longe  &  late,  ft  continent  quinque  acras,  vnam  rodam  &  septem 
perticas,  ft  possunt  seminari  sicut  Clayfurlong  ft  cum  eodem  semine, 
ft  valet  acra  vi  d.    Summa  denariorum  ii  s.  vi!  d.  ob.  qua. 

Est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Blethemanfurlong  vltra  le  Redelond,  & 

»  lUegible. 
B  2 


4  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

continet  tres  acras,  dimidiam  acram  &  dimidiam  rodam,  &  potest 
seminari  sicut  Hollefurlong  &  cum  eodem  semine,  &  valet  acra  viii  d* 
Summa  denariorum  ii  s.  v  d. 

Est  vna  magna  cultura  nuncupata  Fysshefiirlonge  tendens  se  in 
Euerlongwey,  &  continet  cum  capitali  superiori  sexdecim  acras,  vnam 
rodam,  dimidiam  rodam  &  decem  perticas;  &  potest  seminari  sicut 
HoUefurlonge  ft  cum  eodem  semine,  &  valet  acra  vii  d.  Summa 
denariorum  viii  s.  ii  d.  ob. 

Est  vna  cultura  in  campo  boriali  nuncupata  Droueacres,  &  continet 
sex  acras,  dimidiam  acram  ft  octo  perticas,  ft  bis  seminatur,  ft  valet 
acra  iiii  d.     Summa  denariorum  ii  s.  ii  d. 

Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  nuncupata  Stonyfiirlong,  ft  bis  seminatiu* ; 
continet  cum  capitali  superiori  quindecim  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  vnam 
rodam  ft  dimidiam  rodam,  ft  valet  acra  iiii  d  Sununa  denariorum 
V  s.  v  d.  qua. 

Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  nuncupata  Wellefurlonge,  ft  bis  seminatur,  ft 
continet  de  terra  arabili  cum  duobus  capitalibus  decem  acras,  dimidiam 
acram,  vnam  rodam,  dimidiam  rodam  ft  tresdecim  perticas,  ft  valet 
acra  iiii  d.    Summa  denariorum  iii  s.  vii  d.  ob.  qua. 

Est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Walewyngacres  cum  cultura  de  nouem 
acris ;  bis  seminatur,  ft  continet  tres  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  dimidiam 
rodam  ft  duas  perticas,  ft  valet  acra  iiii  d*      Summa  denariorum 
adiii  d.  ob.  | 
foL  a^  Est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Hasteleghefurlonge  iuxta  Clayhurste- 

fiirlonge ;  bis  seminatur,  ft  continet  in  toto  quatuordecim  acras  preter 
vnam  perticam  ft  dimidiam,  ft  valet  acra  iii  d.  Sunoma  denariorum 
iii  s.  vi  d. 

Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  nuncupata  Qaxhurstefurlong ;  bis  seminatur, 
ft  continet  preter  terram  aquosam  octo  acras,  dimidiam  acram  ft  octo 
perticas,  ft  valet  acra  iiii  d.    Summa  denariorum  ii  s.  x  d. 

Est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  le  Brech,  tendens  in  viam  regiam ;  bis 
seminatur,  ft  continet  quatuor  acras,  dimidiam  acram  ft  vnam  rodam, 
ft  valet  acra  iii  d.    Summa  denariorum  xiiii  d.  qua. 

Summa  acrarum  predictarum,  clxi  acre,  i  roda,  dim.  roda,  ft  xW 
pertice. 

Summa  extente  acrarum  predictarum  kxi  s.  vii  d.  qua.  dim.  qua. 

Prata  ft  pasture : — 

Est  quoddam  pratum  nuncupatum  Langenhurste,  ft  est  separale 
vsque  gulam  Augusti,  ft  est  in  parochia  de  Stanelake,  ft  continet  de 
prato  quatuordecim  acras,  dimidiam  rodam  ft  septemdecim  perticas, 
■ft  de  pastura  quatuordecim  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  vnam  rodam, 
dimidiam  rodam,  ft  duodecim  perticas,  ft  sic  in  toto  continet  viginti 


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nouem  acras  dimidiam  rodam  ft  nouem  perticas;  &  valet  acra  prati 
ii  s.,  &  acra  pasture  viii  d.     Summa  denariorum  xxxviii  s.  v  d. 

Est  quoddam  pratum  nuncupatum  Claxhurste,  &  continet  de  prato 
&  pastura  triginta  acras,  quinque  acras,  dimidiam  rodam  &  tresdecim 
perticas.  Est  ibidem  ex  parte  australi  vna  pecia  prati  &  pasture,  ft 
continet  decem  acras  ft  septem  perticas  ft  nuncupatur  Twelue  acres, 
que  annuatim  diuiditur  in  duodecim  parcellas  per  virgam  equales/ 
vnde  dominus  habet  vno  anno  primam,  terciam,  quintam,  septimam, 
nouam  ft  vndecimam ;  heredes  le  Freman  ft  Walterus  le  Reue  eodem 
anno  habent  secundam  parcellam,  quartam,  sextam,  octauam,  decimam 
ft  duodecimam.  Alio  anno  habet  dominus  parcellas  |  quas  tenentes  foL  3'* 
habuerunt,  ft  tenentes  parcellas  domini.  Et  sic  annuatim  habet 
dominus  quinque  acras  tres  perticas  ft  dimidiam  perticam.  Et  valet 
acra  tam  prati  quam  pasture  xii  d.     Smnma  denariorum  xl  s.  ii  d. 

Est  quoddam  pratvim  nuncupatum  Addehurst  iuxta  Knytenebrugge, 
ft  continet  quatuor  acras,  vnam  rodam  ft  dimidiam,  ft  valet  acra  xii  d. 
Summa  denariorum  iiii  s.  iiii  d.  ob. 

Est  vna  pecia  prati  apud  Horestone  nuncupata  Laundewes,  ft 
continet  in  toto  duas  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  ft  vnam  rodam ;  vnde 
dominus  habet  in  medio  dimidiam  acram  ft  vnam  rodam,  ft  valet 
vi  d. 

Est  vna  pastura  sub  le  Shiplond,  ft  vocatur  Shyffordemede,  ft 
continet  quatuor  acras,  vnam  rodam,  ft  dimidiam,  ft  valet  acra  xii  d. 
Summa  denariorum  iiii  s.  iiii  d.  ob. 

Est  vna  cultura  in  le  Mershe,  ft  vocatur  Cowelesowe,  ft  continet 
vndedm  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  ft  dimidiam  rodam,  ft  valet  acra  iii  d. 
Summa  denarionun  ii  s.  xi  d« 

Est  ibidem  vna  pastura  nuncupata  Russjiehammes,  ft  continet 
duas  acras  ft  dimidiam,  ft  valet  acra  iii  d.  Smnma  denariorum 
vii  d.  ob. 

Est  vna  pastura  apud  le  Breche,  ft  continet  sex  acras  ft  dimidiam 
rodam,  ft  valet  acra  iii  d.     Summa  denariorum  xviii  d. 

Summa  acranun  pratorum  ft  pasturarum,  Ixxxxix  acre,  xxv  pertice, 
dimidia.    Summa  denariorum  iiii  lib.  xii  soL  x  d.  ob. 

Siunma  acrarum  pasture.' 

Summa  extente  earundem.*  | 

Homagium  dicit  per  iuramentum  suum,  quod  dominus  non  deci-  fol.  3^ 
mabit  terras  dominicas  suas^  prata,  pasturas,  nee  aliquid  aliud  quod 

*  It  may  be  that  hay  would  be  made  strips.    Probably  this  arrangement  only 

in  those  years  when  there  was  enough  applied  when  the  field  was  meadow, 

water  to  flood  the  land.    One  does  not  ^  No  numbers. 
see  how  pasture  could  be  divided  into 


6  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

sutim  est  ibidem,  exceptis  que  secuntur,  videlicet  quod  vicarius  de 
Bamptona  habebit  decimam  de  duabus  acris  apud  Weylond  atte 
Wylye  propinquioribus  terre  Walteri  le  Reue,  &  de  duabus  selionibus 
in  Smalfiirlonge,  &  de  duabus  selionibus  in  Blechemanfurlonge  pro* 
pinquioribus  terre  Vppe,  ft  de  duabus  selionibus  in  Wellefurlong 
propinquioribus  terre  lohannis  Best,  &  in  fine  culture  de  Cleyfurlonge 
ex  opposito  tenement!  West  de  septem  perticis  in  latitudine  &  sex 
in  longitudine,  quia  aliquando  edificabatur.^  Habebit  etiam  idem 
vicarius  annuatim  de  dominicis  duas  seliones  frumenti,  non  de  meliore 
neque  peiore,  set  de  medio,  &  easdem  metet  &  ligabit  sumptibus  suis 
propriis.  Dicit  edstm  quod  dominus  tenetur  inuenire  in  uigilia  sancti 
Laurencii  ad  vesperas  duos  cereos  ponderis  vnius  libre  &  dimidie: 
didt  eciam  quod  capellanus  dicti  vicarii  hospitabit  in  manerio  nocte 
Natalis  Domini,  Easche  &  sancti  Laurencii,  &  noctuatim  habebit  vnam 
lagenam  seruisie,  lumen  sufficient'  [stc\  lectum,  dimidium  bussellum 
auenarum  pro  prebenda  equi  sui.  Dicit  eciam  quod  in  quolibet  festo 
predicto  dabit  famul[is]  manerii  pro  eorum  oblacionibus  iiii  d :  in 
festo  Purificacionis  vnam  magnam  candelam,  sicut  oflfertur,  &  in  die 
Passaues  [stc]  duas  turcas '  panis.  Dicit  eciam  quod  dominus  tenetur 
pratum  suum  de  Langenhurst  custodire,  nee  potest  attachiare  male- 
factores  in  eodem  a  solis  ortu  usque  ad  occasum,  aliis  temporibus 
bene  licet,  &  est  separale  a  festo  Annunciacionis  beate  Marie  vsque 
gulam  August!.  Dicit  eciam  quod  omnia  prata,  pasture  domini  & 
omnes  culture  non  seminate,  &  ^  deberent  seminar!,  sunt  separalia  per 
tempus  predictum.  Dicit  eciam  quod  dominus  &  villata  de  Shyflforde 
intercommunicant  cum  villatis  de  Stanlake,  Brythamptone,  &  Herde- 
wyke  a  gula  August!  vsque  festum  sancti  Martini ;  cum  villatis  vero 
de  Astone,  Cote  &  Eleford*  a  festo  sanct!  Michaelis  vsque  dictum 
festum  sanct!  Martin!  &  in  pastura  de  Chymneye.* 

Liber!  tenentes : — 

Henricus  Peuseye  tenet  libere  pratum  de  Cattokesham  pro  vi  s.  vii!  d. 
per  annum  ad  festum  sancti  Michaelis  &  ad  festum  Annunciacionis 
beate  Marie.  | 
foL  4^  Dominus  de  Cans  tenet  dimidiam  hidam  terre  annuatim  pro  iii  s.  ad 

terminum  Pasche  pro  omni  seruicio,  excepta  fidelitate  fadenda. 

Robertus  ^  de  Eleforde  tenet  quamdam  acram  boscatam  apud  Cote 
pro  vii!  d.  ad  festum  sancti  Michaelis  pro  omni  seruicio. 

*  A  vicar  took  all  tithes  from  gardens,  •  Means  '  si '  or '  quando,'  see  page  19. 

and  from  land  which  had  once  been  *  Now  Yelford. 

garden.  '  The  last  five  words  in  other  ink  and 

'  In  Jer.  xxxvii.  20  the  Vulgate  reads  another  hand. 

<  ut  daretur  ei  torta  panis  qnotidie ',  *  Another  hand  adds  above  the  line 

*  daily  a  piece  of  bread   (Ducange).  *  modo  Walweyn.' 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  7 

lohannes  Freman  de  Shyfford  tenet  vnam  virgatam  terre  cum 
pertinenciis  per  cartam  reddendo  annuatim  ad  quatuor  terminos 
X  8.;  debet  sectas  curiarum,  wardam,  maritagium  &  homagium  cum 
accident  Dabit  herietum;  dabit  cornbote*;  si  deliquerit,  quatuor 
garbas  frumenti,  duas  ordei,  &  duas  auenarum ;  et  si  non  deliquerit 
dabit  quatuor  garbas  bladorum  predictonim  &  valent  i  d.  ob. :  idem 
lohannes  faciet  sectam  pro  domino  &  viUata  de  Shyfforde  ad  comi- 
tatum  Oxonie  ft  ad  hundredum  de  Bamptone,  &  pro  huiusmodi  secta 
dominum  conseruet  indempnem,  quia  hac  de  causa  habet  tenementum 
suum. 

Tenentes  in  bondagium : — 

lohannes  Mareys  tenet  de  domino  vnum  mesuagium  iuxta  capellam 
sancti  Laurencii  ex  parte  orientali  &  vnam  virgatam  terre  quadraginta 
acrarum  campestrium  cum  pertinenciis  in  bondagium,  qui  dedit  pro 
ingressu  eiusdem  c  s. :  hie  operabitur  a  festo  sancti  Michaelis  vsque 
festum  sancte  Fidis  communiter  per  quinque  dies,  diebus  dominica  & 
Sabato  allocatis,  quod  sibi  iniungitur,  eciam  cum  caretta  sua  pro  fimis' 
extrahendis  si  summoneatur,  &  valet  opus  diei  i  d. ;  summa  v  d. : 
idem  arabit  ad  semen  yhemale  vnam  acram  terre,  &  eamdem  de 
semine  domini  seminabit,  &  valet  arura  vi  d.;  &  eamdem  acram 
herciabit,  &  valet  i  d. :  idem  ad  festum  sancti  Martini  dabit  pro 
Chircheot  i  bussellum  frumenti,  &  valet  viii  d. :  ad  idem  festum  dabit 
auxilium  ad  voluntatem  domini,  communiter  tamen  vi  s.  viii  d. :  ad 
idem  festum  dabit  pannagium  pro  porco  annato  i  d.,  pro  porco  dimidii 
anni  ob.,  pro  porcello  ablactato  qua[drantem] ;  et  habebit  vnam  suem 
quietam.  Idem  dabit  de  redditu  ad  festum  sancti  Thome  apostoli  xvd.; 
idem  operabitur  a  dicto  festo  sancti  Thome  vsque  in  festum  Natalis 
domini,  &  valet  ii  d. ;  idem  dabit  ad  festum  Natalis  domini  duos 
capones,  &  valent  viii  d. ;  idem  arabit  cum  quanto  habuerit  in  caruca 
sua  ad  semen  quadragesimale,  &  vocatur  Graseherthe,  &  valet  iii  d. ; 
idem  herciabit  ad  idem  semen  per  vnum  diem,  &  valet  i  d. :  idem 
dabit  I  de  redditu  ad  festum  Annunciacionis  beate  Marie  xv  d.  &  ad  fol.  4^ 
festum  sancti  lohannis  Baptiste  xv  d. ;  a  dicto  festo  sancti  lohannis 
vsque  festmn  sancti  Michaelis  singulis  diebus,  diebus  dominicis  & 
Sabatis  exceptis,  operabitur  quod  sibi  iniungitur,  de  quibus  per  tres 
dies  falcabit  &  amplius  si  oporteat  &  valet  falcacio  vnius  diei  iiii  d. ; 
summa  xii  d.;  per  duos  dies  fenum  cariabit  cum  vicino  quatuor 
carectatas  in  diem ;  valet  opus  diei  ii  d. ;  summa  iiii  d.  Et  sic  restant 
communibus  annis  a  dicto  festo  sancti  lohannis  vsque  gulam  Augusti, 

*  This  word  is  not  to  be  fonnd  in       money  or  in  grain   for   each    horned 
Ducange.     Perhaps  it  is  the  same   as      animal. 
*comagium',    a    payment    either    in  ''dung'. 


8  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

allocatis  dominicis  diebus,  Sabatis  &  Testis,  xviii  dies,  &  valet  opus 
diei  ii  d.  :  summa  iii  s.  A  gula  Augusti  vsque  festiun  Natiuitatis 
sancte  Marie,  in  quibus  habet  blada  domini  metere  &  ligare  (com- 
munibus  annis  per  xxviii  dies),*  allocatis  dominicis  diebus,  Sabatis  & 
festis,  restant  xxiii  dies,  &  valet  opus  diei  iii  d. :  summa  v  s.  ix  d. : 
idem  faciet  tres  bederipas  cum  vno  homine  preter  operarium  suum 
sine  cibo  domini,  &  valet  opus  diei  iii  d. :  summa  ix  d. :  idem  faciet 
quartam  bederipam  cum  tota  familia  sua  excepta  vxore  ad  cibum 
domini,  si  dominus  voluerit,  &  valet  opus  i  d.:  idem  superuidebit 
operarios  suos  proprios  dictis  diebus  de  bederipis  vt  bene  faciant,  vel 
dabit  vnam  aucam,  &  valet  iiii  d. :  ad  gulam  Augusti  loco  cuiusdam 
exhennii  piscis  appreciati  per  eundem  dabit  domino  ix  d. :  a  festo 
Natiuitatis  beate  Marie  vsque  festum  sancti  Michaelis,  diebus  dominicis, 
Sabatis  &  festis  exceptis,  restant  xii  dies  in  quibus  operabitur  quod 
ei  iniungitur,  &  valet  opus  diei  ii  d. ;  summa  ii  s. :  idem  si  braciet  ad 
tabernam,  dabit  vnam  lagenam  seruicie  melioris  vel  vnum  denarium : 
si  tenementum  suum  reddat  in  manus  domini  vel  moriatur,  dabit 
herietum ;  hoc  idem  faciet  relicta  eiusdem.  Idem  habet  recognoscere 
dominum  in  creacione  cuiuslibet  abbatis :  dabit  denarium  sancti  Petri: 
idem  dabit  comebote  sicut  lohannes  Freman,  &  valet  i  d.  ob. :  non 
maritabit  filiam  nee  filium  nee  vendet  puUum  vel  bouem  masculum  de 
nutritura  sua  sine  licencia  domini 

Summa  redditus  iii  s.  ix  d     Item  ix  d.  dicti  virgatarii. 

Summa  aucarum  &  caponum  xii  d.  eiusdem. 

Summa  arurarum  &  herci^u*um  xi  d.  eiusdem. 

Summa  falcacionum  xii  d.  eiusdem. 

Summa  bederiparum  x  d.  eiusdem, 

Summa  alionim  operum  cum  cornbote  &  denario  sancti  Petri  xi  s. 
xi  d.  ob.  eiusdem. 

Summa  frumenti  eiusdem  de  Chircheot  viii  d. 

Summa  summarum  dicti  virgatarii  xx  s.   ix  d.  ob.  preter 
auxilium,  tolnetum  ceruide  &  pannagium.  | 

fol.  5*.  Robertus  Comys  tenet  vnum  cotagium  cum  crofto  &  vna  acra  terre 

ad  voluntatem  domini  pro  redditu  ii  s.  vii  d.  per  annum  &  faciet  quinque 
bederipas  in  autumpno  cunx  vno  homine  sine  cibo  domini,  &  valet  opus 
XV  d.,  dabit  herietum  &c, 

lohannes  lukkes  virgatarius  tenet  virgatam  terre ;  reddet  &  faciet 
in  omnibus  sicut  predictus  lohannes  Mareys;  idem  tenet  vnam 
selionem  terre  apud  Blakelonde  non  mensuratam  pro  duobus  capo- 
nibus  ad  Natale  domini. 

^  The  words  in  brackets  are  inserted  in  the  margin. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  9 

Est  ibidem  vnum  cotagium  iam  in  manus  domini,  quod  reddere 
consueuit  per  annum  xii  d.,  leuar[e]  fenum  per  tres  dies,  &  valet  iii  d. ; 
tres  bederipas  &  valet  opus  ix  d.,  &  ad  festum  sancti  Martini  vnum 
gallum  &  quatuor  gallinas,  &  valet  x  d. 

Tenementiun  Vppe  uirgatarii  reddet  &  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut 
predictus  Johannes  Mareys. 

Walterus  le  Reue  virgatarius  reddet  &  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut 
predictus  lohannes  Mareys. 

Willelmus  le  Fyssher  tenet  per  rotulum  curie  vnum  tenementum 
cum  crofto  ad  finem  ville  cum  dimidia  virgata  terre  &  eius  perdnenciis 
ad  piscariam  domini  pro  xx  s.  per  annum,  &  debet  sectam  curiarum, 
dabit  herietum,  pannagium  &  denarium  sancti  Petri  &  fecit  finem  cum 
domino  pro  ingressu. 

lohannes  Est  uirgatarius  reddet  &  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut  predictus 
lohannes  Mareys. 

Henricus  Culbayn  virgatarius  reddet  &  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut 
predictus  lohannes  Mareys. 

Robertus  Clement  tenet  vnum  cotagium  &  quinque  acras  terre 
campestres  cum  quadam  piscaria  in  Thamisia  &  medietatem  prati 
de  Werham  pro  vi  s.  per  annum,  faciet  sectam  curiarum,  dabit 
herietum,  fecit  finem  pro  ingressu ;  idem  tenet  de  dominicis  superius 
mensuratis,  dum  domino  placet,  vnam  selionem  apud  Weylond  atte 
Wylye,  vnam  selionem  apud  Blechemanfurlong,  tres  seliones  in 
WeUefurlong,  &  vnam  selionem  apud  Droueacres  pro  ii  &•  per 
annum.  | 

Walterus  Robyns  tenet  vnum  mesuagium  cum  dimidia  virgata  fol.  5^. 
terre,  qui  facere  consueuit  pro  medietate  in  omnibus  &  singulis  sicut 
lohannes  Mareys:  iam  ponitur  ad  firmam  dum  domino  placet  ad 
vi  s.  viii  d.  per  annum:  faciet  sectam  curiarum,  dabit  herietum, 
denarium  sancti  Petri,  &  fecit  finem  pro  ingressu,  dabit  vnum  bussel- 
lum  frumenti  pro  Chircheot,  ii  capones,  iiii  d.  ob.  pro  Fysshesyluer, 
arabit  dimidiam  acram  &  eam  herciet  [sic]^  faciet  vnam  bederipam 
cum  dimidia  [sic]  cum  vno  homine. 

lohannes  Rolues  tenet  vnum  mesuagium  &  dunidiam  virgatam  terre, 
que  reddet  &  faciet  in  omnibus  pro  medietate,  sicut  lohannes  Mareys, 
hoc  addito  quod  dabit  duos  capones,  sicut  dictus  lohannes  Mareys, 
vnum  busellum  frumenti  pro  Chircheot,  arabit  &  herciabit  vt  predictus 
Walterus,  &  iiii  d.  ob.  pro  Fysshesyluer. 

Ricardus  Comys  tenet  vnum  cotagium  cum  duabus  acris  terre 
campestribus  pro  ii  s.  per  annum  &  duabus  bederipis  appreciatis  ad 
vi  d.,  &  faciet  sectam  curiarum  &  dabit  herietum  &  faciet  .vt  ceteri 
tenentes.    Idem  Ricardus  tenet  aliud  cotagium  &  vnam  acram  terre 


lo  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

campestrem  cum  vna  parua  piscaria  per  rotulum  curie  pro  ii  s.  per 
annum  &  duabus  bederipis  appreciatis  ad  vi  d,  ft  faciet  vt  supnu 

Johannes  Passour  tenet  vnum  cotagium  cum  crofto  &  passagio  per 
rotulum  curie  pro  v  s.  per  annum,  &  faciet  vt  supra. 

Henricus  Coby  tenet  vnum  cotagium  &  quatuor  acras  terre 
campestres  per  rotulum  curie  pro  v  s.  &  decem  bederipis  appre- 
ciatis ad  ii  s.  vi  d,  &  faciet  &  reddet  de  curiis  &  herietis  sicut 
ft  aliL 

Ricardus  West  tenet  vnum  cotagium  (quondam  vocatum  Osegod*) 
&  duas  acras  terre  campestres  (&  vnam  acram  prati*)  per  rotulum 
curie  pro  iii  s.  per  annum,  &  tribus  bederipis  appreciatis  ad  ix  d.,  cum 
vno  gallo  ft  duabus  gallinis  ad  festum  sancti  Martini  appreciatis  ad 
vi  d. :  idem  Ricardus  tenet  vnum  mesuagium  &  dimidiam  virgatam 
terre  in  bondagium,  qui  reddet  &  faciet  in  omnibus  pro  medietate  sicut 
predictus  lohannes  Rolues,  hoc  addito  quod  dabit  duos  capones  sicut 
dictus  lohannes  Rolues.  | 
foL  6'.  Willehnus  Fyssher  tenet  vnum  cotagium  ft  quartam  partem  vnius 
virgate  terre,  qui  facere  consueuit  pro  rata  porcione  sicut  virgatarius ; 
modo  ponitur  ad  firmam  dum  domino  placet  ad  vi  s.  viii  d. ;  faciet 
sectam  curiarum,  dabit  herietum,  denarium  sancti  Petri  &c. 

Robertus  Comys  tenet  cotagium  Lynkynhold'  cum  tribus  acris 
terre  &  dimidia  acra  prati  pro  iiii  s.  per  annum  ft  tribus  bederipis 
appreciatis  ad  ix  d.  &  ii  caponibus  ad  viii  d.,  &  faciet  ft  dabit  vt 
superius. 

lohannes  Hache  tenet  vnum  cotagium  cum  quarta  parte  vnius 
virgate  terre  pro  v  s.  per  annum,  ft  faciet  quatuor  bederipas  cum 
vno  homine  appreciatas  ad  xii  d.,  ft  duo  opera  pratorum  appreciata 
ad  ii  d. 

Nicholaus  Lord  tenet  vnum  cotagium  ft  quartam  partem  vnius 
virgate  terre  pro  vi  s.  viii  d.  per  annum  pro  omnibus,  excepta 
secta  curiarum,  heriet[o],  denar[io]  sancti  Petri,  ft  faciet  finem  pro 
ingressu. 

Omnes  tenentes  de  ShyfForde  dant  domino  annuatim  vi  d.  de 
redditu  ad  festimi  sancti  Thome  apostoli  de  piscando  in  Hammeslake 
&  Estelake. 

Tenentes  omnes  dicti  manerii  tempore  falcacionis  solebant  cotidie 
quilibet  eorum  habere  vnum  panem,  pro  quo  pane  nunc  habent 
quatuor  busellos  frumenti  &  pro  eorum  multone  ix  d.  ft  vnum 
casium  [sic]  vel  ii  d. 

Si  quis  eorum  fuerit   prepositus  manerii,  liber  erit  ft  quietus  de 

^  The  woids  in  brackets  are  inserted  above  the  line  in  another  hand. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  ii 

omnibus  seruiciis  &  consuetudinibus,  quas  facit   lohannes  Mareys 
predictus,  auxiliis,  pannagio  &  denario  sancti  Petri  exceptis. 

Astone. 

lohannes  Steuenes  tenet  de  domino  per  rotulum  curie  vnam 
virgatam  terre  cum  dimidia,  &  fecit  finem  cum  domino  pro  decem 
marcis,  reddendo  annuatim  xi  s.;  idem  herciabit  per  unum  diem  ad  semen 
yhemale  &  valet  i  d.  &  per  vnum  diem  ad  semen  quadragesimale  Sc 
valet  i  d. ;  idem  arabit  per  vnum  diem  cum  caruca  sua  propria  &  valet 
vi  d ;  idem  sarculabit  per  vnum  diem  &  valet  i  d. ;  idem  falcabit  per 
tres  dies  &  |  valet  xii  d. ;  idem  leuabit  fenum  per  tres  dies  &  valet  foL  6^. 
iii  d. ;  idem  faciet  cariagium  per  tres  dies  &  valet  vi  d. ;  idem  faciet 
tres  bederipas  cum  quatuor  hominibus  &  valent  iii  s.;  idem  dabit  vnum 
gallum  &  duas  gallinas  ad  festum  sancti  Martini  &  duos  capones  ad 
Natale  Domini;  idem  dabit  ix  d.  pro  Fysshesyluer  ad  gulam  Augusti; 
dabit  tolnetum  seruisie  &  pannagium  porcorum ;  idem  dabit  auxilium 
domino  sicut  duo  virgatarii ;  faciet  sectam  curiarum  &  dabit  herietum 
&c.,  non  maritabit  &c. 

Robertus  Touy  tenet  de  domino  vnam  virgatam  terre  in  bondagium 
pro  quinque  solidis  per  annum;  idem  herciabit  semel  ad  semen 
yhemale  &  semel  ad  semen  quadragesimale,  &  valet  ii  d. ;  idem  semel 
arabit  cum  vicino  adluncto^  &  valet  iii  d. ;  idem  semel  sarculabit  & 
valet  i  d. ;  idem  falcabit  per  tres  dies  &  valet  xii  d. ;  idem  ter  fenum 
leuabit  &  valet  iii  d. ;  idem  ter  faciet  cariagium  feni  &  bladorum  & 
valet  vi  d. ;  idem  faciet  tres  bederipas  cum  duobus  hominibus  &  valent 
xviii  d. ;  idem  dabit  duos  capones,  auxilium  &  tolnetum  ceruisie,  non 
maritabit  filium  nee  filiam  &c.,  nee  vendet  &c.,  faciet  sectam  curiarum 
&  dabit  herietum  &  faciet  finem  pro  ingressu,  conmiuniter  iiii  lib. 

lohannes  Walter  virgatarius  reddere  &  facere  consueuit  in  omnibus 
sicut  predictus  Robertus :  nunc  uero  pro  redditu,  seruiciis  &  operibus 
predictis  reddit  annuatim  xii  s. ;  faciet  tamen  sectam  curiarum,  dabit 
herietum,  faciet  finem  pro  ingressu,  non  maritabit  &c.y  non  vendet  &c., 
sicut  predictus  Robertus. 

lohannes  CoUes  virgatarius  reddet  &  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut 
predictus  Robertus  Touy,  hoc  excepto  quod  non  faciet  cariagium, 
recipiet  fenum  per  duos  dies,  &  bladum  per  vnimi  diem  cariabit,  & 
tunc  habebit  garbam  communem ;  dabit  duos  capones,  auxilium  &c. 
sicut  Robertus  Touy. 

lohannes  Palmer  tenet  dimidiam  virgatam  terre  pro  xxi  d. ;  idem 
dabit  vnum  bussellum  frumenti  pro  Chircheot,  vnum  gallum  &  duas 
gallinas :  in  omnibus  aliis  reddet  &  faciet  pro  medietate,  sicut  predictus 
Robertus  Touy.  | 


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Welde. 

fol.  7'.  lohannes  atte  Hache  tenet  duo  mesuagia  &  duas  virgatas  terre 

reddendo  ut  patebit;  non  operabitur;  faciet  sectam  curianim,  dabit 
ii  herieta ;  non  maritabit  filium  &c.,  non  vendet  bouem  &c 

Idem  Robertus  tenet  vnum  mesuagium  cum  dimidia  virgata  terre 
reddendo  &  faciendo  vt  supra. 

lohannes  atte  Bury  tenet  vnum  mesuagium  cum  vna  virgata  terre ; 
reddet  &  faciet,  sicut  predictus  lohannes  atte  Hache  faciet  pro  vna 
virgata  terre. 

Robertus  Aleyn  tenet  vnum  mesuagium  cum  dimidia  virgata  terre ; 
reddet  &  faciet  in  onmibus,  sicut  predictus  lohannes  atte  Hache  faciet 
pro  vna  virgata  terre. 

Henricus  Bastone  tenet  vnum  mesuagium  cum  tribus  partibus  vnius 
virgate  terre  pro  redditu  vt  supra,  Sc  alia  faciet  sicut  predictus  lohannes 
Attehache. 

lohannes  Derby  tenet  vnum  mesuagium  cum  tribus  partibus  vnius 
virgate  terre  pro  redditu  vt  supra,  ft  alia  faciet  sicut  lohannes  atte 
Hache. 

lohannes  Louelle  tenet  vnum  mesuagium  cum  tribus  partibus  vnius 
virgate  terre  pro  redditu  vt  supra,  &  alia  faciet  sicut  predictus  lohannes 
atte  Hache. 

Cote. 

lohannes  Aluyon  tenet  vnum  mesuagium  cum  tribus  partibus  vnius 
virgate  terre  pro  redditu  vt  supra ;  non  operabitur ;  de  aliis  faciet  sicut 
lohannes  atte  Hache  predictus. 

lohannes  Golde  tenet  tria  mesuagia  cum  tribus  partibus  trium 
virgatarum  terre,  faciendo  pro  qualibet  sicut  predictus  lohannes 
Aluyon. 

Robertus  Touy  tenet  vnum  cotagium  pro  redditu  quo  supra  &  pro 
duobus  caponibus  | 

Rent-roll  of  Blanor. 

fol.  7^.  Rentale  de  Shyfford  ad  terminos  sancti  Thome,  Annunciadonia 

beate  Marie,  sancti  lohannis  Bapdste  &  sancti  Michaelis. 

lohannes  Mareys  ad  terminos  sancti  Thome,  Aimun- 
ciacionis  &  sancti  lohannis  iii  s.  ix  d. 

Robertus  Comys  ad  dictos  quatuor  terminos  ii  s.  vii  d. 

lohannes  lucke  ad  tres  terminos  priores,  scilicet  sancti 
Thome  &c.  iii  s.  ix  i 

Cotagium  MuUewarde  ad  quatuor  terminos  prefatos  xii  d. 


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Thomas  Vppe  ad  tres  primos  tenninos 

Walterus  le  Reue  ad  dictos  tres  terminos 

Willelmus  le  Fyssher  ad  quatuor  tenninos  predictos 

lohannes  Est  ad  tres  tenninos  sancti  Thome  &c. 

Henricus  Culbayn  ad  dictos  tres  terminos 

lohannes  Freman  ad  quatuor  terminos  predictos 

Robertus  Clement 

De  eodem  pro  dominicis 

Walterus  Robyns 

lohannes  Rolf  ad  tres  terminos  primos,  sancti  Thome  &c, 

Ricardus  Cornys  ad  prescriptos  quatuor  terminos 

De  eodem  pro  alio  cotagio 

lohannes  Passour 

Henricus  Coby 

Ricardus  West 

De  eodem  ad  tres  primos  terminos,  sancti  Thome  &c 

Willelmus  Fyssher  ad  quatuor  terminos  predictos 

Robertus  Comys 

lohannes  Hache 

Nicholaus  Lorde 

Omnes  tenentes  pro  piscando 

Summa  de  termino  sancti  Thome  xxxi  s.  i 

Summa  de  termino  Annunciacionis  xxx  s.  vii 

Summa  de  termino  sancti  lohannis  xxx  s.  vii 

Summa  de  termino  sancti  Michaelis  xxxi  s.  x 

Summa  tocius     cxiiii  s.  iiii  d.  | 


iii  s.  ix  d. 

iii  s.  ix  d. 

XX  s. 

iii  s.  ix  d. 

iii  s.  ix  d. 

X  s. 

vi  s. 

11  s. 

vi  s.  viii  d. 

xxii  d.  ob. 

ii  s. 

ii  s. 

V  s. 

V  s. 
iii  s. 

xxii  d.  ob. 
vi  s.  viii  d. 

iiii  s. 

vs. 

vi  s.  viii  d. 

vi  d. 
d.  ob.  qua. 
d.  ob.  qua. 
d.  ob.  qua. 
d.  ob.  qua. 


Redditus  ad  terminos  sancti  Martini,  Natalis  Domini  &    Gule  fol.  8^ 
Augusti. 
lohannes  Mareys  1  bussellum  frument!,  ii  capones,  ix  d. 

lohannes  lukke  i  „  „        iii        ,,      ix  d. 

Cotagium  Mulleward         i  gallum  &  iii  gallinas 
Thomas  Vppe  i  bussellum  frumenti,  ii  capones,  ix  d. 

Walterus  le  Reue 
lohannes  Est 
Henricus  Culbayn 
Walterus  Robyns 
lohannes  Rolfe 
Ricardus  West 

Robertus  pro  tenemento  Lynkynholte 
lohannes  Steuenes     i  gallum  &  ii  gallinas,  ii  capones,  ix  d. 
Robertus  Touy    ii  capones. 


9J 

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99 

ix  d. 

if 

ii 

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ix  d. 

9> 

ii 

f> 

ix  d. 

» 

ii 

W 

iiii  d.  ob. 

9> 

ii 

99 

iiii  d.  ob. 

9i 

ii 

99 

iiii  d.  ob. 

ii  capones. 

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De  eodem  pro  Cote    ii  capones. 

lohannes  CoUes    ii  capones. 

lohannes  Palmer    i  bussellum  frumenti,  i  gallum  &  ii  gallinas. 

Summa  frumenti  i  quarterium,  ii  bussellos,  &  valet  vi  s.  viii  d, 
precium  busselli  viii  d. 

Summa  gallormn  &  gallinarmn    xi  &  valent  xxii  d. 

Summa  caponum    xxx  &  valent  x  s. ;  precium  capitis  iiii  d. 

Summa  denariorum  de  Fysshesyluer    vi  s.  iiii  d.  ob. 

Rentale  de  Astone  ad  terminos  sancti  Thome,  Annunciacionis  beate 
Marie,  sancti  lohannis  Baptiste  &  sancti  Michaelis  per  equales  porciones : 
lohannes  Steuenes  xi  s. 

Robertus  Touy  v  s. 

lohannes  Walker  xii  s. 

lohannes  CoUes  v  s. 

lohannes  Palmer  xxi  d. 

Summa  de  termino  sancti  Thome  viii  s.  viii  d.  qua. 

Summa  de  termino  Annunciacionis  viii  s.  viii  d.  qua. 

Summa  de  termino  sancti  lohannis  viii  s.  viii  d.  qua. 

Summa  de  termino  sancti  Michaelis  viii  s.  viii  d.  qua. 

Summa  tocius  redditus    xxxiiii  s.  ix  d. 

fol.  8'.          Rentale  de  Welde  ad  terminos  sancti  Thome,  Annunciacionis  beate 

Marie,  sancti  lohannis  Baptiste  &  sancti  Michaelis  per  porciones  equales: 

lohannes  atte  Hache  xv  s. 

De  eodem  xv  s. 

De  eodem  vii  s.  vi  d. 

lohannes  atte  Bury  xv  s. 

Robertus  Aleyn  xv  s. 

Henricus  Bastone  xi  s.  iiii  d. 

lohannes  de  Derby  xi  s.  ii  d. 

lohannes  Loueli  xi  s.  iii  d. 
Summa    d  s.  iii  d. 

Summa  de  termino  sancti  Thome  xxv  s.  iii  d.  ob.  qua. 

Summa  de  termino  Annunciacionis  xxv  s.  iii  d.  ob.  qua. 

Summa  de  termino  sancti  lohannis  xxv  s.  iii  d.  ob.  qua. 

Summa  de  termino  sancti  Michaelis  xxv  s.  iii  d.  ob.  qua. 

Rentale  de  Cote  ad  terminos  sancti  Thome,  Annunciacionis  beate 
Marie,  sancti  lohannis  Baptiste  &  sancti  Michaelis  per  equales 
porciones  : 

lohannes  Aluyon  viii  s. 

lohannes  Golde  vii  s.  vi  d. 


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De  eodem  vii  s.  vi  d. 

De  eodem  vii  s.  vi  d. 

Robertus  Touy  viii  d. 

Summa  de  termino  sancti  Thome  vii  s.  ix  d.  ob. 

„        „        „      Annmiciacionis  vii  s.  ix  d.  ob. 

^        „        ,t      sancti  lohannis  vii  s.  ix  d.  ob. 

„        „        „       sancti  Michaelis  vii  s.  ix  d.  ob. 

Smnma  todus     xxxi  s.  ii  d. 

Redditus  forinsecus : 

Henr[icus]  Peseye  ad  terminos  Annunciacionis  &  sancti 
Michaelis  vi  s.  viii  d. 

Curia  de  Caus  ad  terminmn  Pasche  iii  s. 

Robertus  Eleforde  ad  festum  sancti  Michaelis  viii  d. 

Summa      x  s.  iii  d. 

Sunmia  tocius  redditus  assisi  dicti  manerii  &  membrorum  cum 
Fysshesyluer  xiiii  li.  xviii  s.  ii  d.  ob. 

Inde  resoluuntur  curie  de  Caus  xxxi  s.  x  d.  &  curie  de  Puggeys  per 
lohannem  Steuenes  xiii  d.,  &  sic  restant  de  claro  xiii  li.  v  s.  iii  d.  ob. 
Summa  tocius  redditus    xiii  li.  v  3.  iii  d.  ob. 


603. 
Wodeton.*  foi.  9'. 

Ad  capud  dicte  culture  est  vnum  capitale  &  tres  seliones  tendentes     1366. 
in  viam  regiam,  &  abuttant  super  decem  seliones  domini  ibidem  ex 
parte    oriental!   iuxta   acram  rectoris,    &  continet   \sic\   tres  rodas 
quatuordecim  perticas  &  tres  partes  pertice ;  bis  seminatur  simul ;  & 
valet  acra  vt  iurati  dicunt  ii  d. 

Summa  terre,  iii  rode,  xiiii  pertice  &  iii  partes  pertice. 
Summa  extente,  i  d.  ob.  dimid.  quadrant. 

In  capite  dicti  capitalis  &  trium  selionum  sunt  x  seliones  apud 
Doddele,  vnde  quinque  curciores  &  quinque  longiores ;  bis  seminatur 
&  valet  acra  ut  iurati  dicunt  iii  d. ;  &  continent  quinque  curciores  vnam 
rodam,  dimidiam  rodam  &  xiiii  perticas :  quinque  longiores  continent 
duas  acras,  dimidiam  rodam,  vii  perticas  &  dimidiam  perticam. 

'    Another   hand    adds    *  computus  something  is  lost  here,  and  the  words 

superior:  summa  extente  vii  s.  viii  a.  ob.'  used  below  (p.  18)  prove  that  it  dealt 

This  must  refer  to  a  page  or  gathering  with   the  garden   and  the   dovehouse 

which  should  come  between  folios  8  among  other  possessions, 
and  9.    The  opening  words  show  that 


i6  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Summa  acranim,  ii  acre,  dim.  acra,  dim,  roda^  L  pertica,  dim. 

pertica. 
Smnma  extente,  vii  d.  ob.  qua.  dim.  qua. 
Ibidem  est  vna  cultura  tendens  in  viam  regiam  ex  parte  orientali 
ab  acra  rectoris  vsque  Hemland ;  bis  seminatur ;  &  continet  septem 
acras,  vnam  rodam,  dimidiam  rodam  &  septemdecim  perticas,  &  valet 
acra  ut  dicunt  iurati  iii  d. 

Simima  acrarum,  vii  acre,  i  roda,  dim.  roda,  xviii  pertice. 
Summa  extente,  xzii  d.  ob. 
Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  iuxta  Hemlande  ex  parte  superiori  dicta 
culture  &  nuncupatur  Hennele  ^  &  alterius  [sic]  annus  [sic\  seminatur 
&  valet  acra  vt  iurati  dicunt  ii  [d.*] ;  &  continet  vii  acras,  iii  perticas  & 
dimidiam  perticam. 

Sirnima  acrarum        •        .        .    [sic\ 
Summa  extente         .        .        .     [sic] 
Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  ex  parte  superiori,  cuius  latus  iacet  in  longum 
iuxta  hayam  comitis,  &  durat  usque  croicefurlonge,  &  nuncupamr 
Blakeland,  &  valet  acra  ut  dicunt  iurati  iii  d.,  &  continet  in  toto  xix 
acras,  iii  rodas,  dim.  rodam,  &  ix  perticas. 

Summa  acrarum,  xix  acre,  iii  rode,  dim.  roda,  &  ix  pertice. 
Siunma  extente,  iiii  s.  xi  d.  ob.  qua. 
Est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Fleyngland  tendens  in  hayam  comitis  in 
angulo  ibidem,  &  continet  duas  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  dimidiam  rodam, 
X  perticas,  &  iii  partes  pertice ;  alterius  annus  seminatur,  &  valet  acra 
ii  d.  ut  dicunt  iurati. 

Summa  acrarum,  ii  acre,  dim.  acra,  dim.  roda,  x  pertice,  &  iii 

partes  pertice. 
Summa  extente,  v  d.  qua.,  dim.  qua.  | 
fol.  9^         Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  nuncupata  Nettlebed  sub  Catesbrayn,  & 
continet  iiii  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  &  viii  perticas;  alterius  annus 
seminatur;  &.  valet  acra  ut  dicunt  iurati  ii  d. 

Simima  acrarum,  iiii  ac,  dim.  ac,  v^ii  pertice. 
Summa  extente,  ix  d. 
Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  sub  muro  bosci  de  Yslepe,  &  vocatur  Cates- 
brayn, &  continet  in  toto  cum  angulis  vii  acras,  i  rodam,  dimidiam 
rodam  preter  i  perticam;  alterius  annus  seminatur;  &  valet  acra  vt 
iurati  dicunt  ii  d. 

Summa  acrarum,  vii  acr.,  i  roda,  dim.  roda  preter  i  perticam. 
Summa  extente,  xiiii  d.  ob.  qua. 
Est  vna  cultura  iuxta  quareriam  &  vocatur  Culuercrofte ;  bis  semi- 

*  Or  Hemiele,  or  Hetmele.  "  Omitted  by  the  scribe. 


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natur,  k  continet  vnam  acram,  dimidiam  acram,  zvii  perticas,  dimidiam 
perticam,  &  valet  acra  ii  d. 

Summa  acrarum,  i  ac,  dim.  ac,  xvii  pertice,  &  dim.  pertica. 

Summa  extente,  iii  d. 

Summa  omnium  acrarum  campi  superioris,  Ixxvii  acre,  una  roda, 
dimidia  roda,  quinque  pertice,  &  tres  partes  pertice. 

Summa  extente  acrarum  campi  superioris,  xix  s.  ii  d.  ob.  dim.  qua. 

Summa  omnium  acrarum  tam  campi  inferioris  quam  superioris 
cxxxiiii  acre,  vna  roda,  xvi  pertice,  &  dimidia  pertica. 

Summa  extente  omnium  acrarum  tam  campi  inferioris  quam 
superioris,  xliiii  s.  xi  d.  quadrans,  quarta  pars  quadrantis.  | 

Prata  dominica  dicti  manerii :  fol.  io». 

Est  vnimi  pratum  drcumclusum  cum  aqua,  nuncupatum  Aluesmore, 
&  est  separale  per  totimi  annum ;  bis  falcatur.    Moniales  de  L3^el- 
more  in  dicto  prato  habent  vnam  acram  per  assignacionem  custodis 
manerii  de  dono  Walkelini  Harang;   in  parte  vero   australi  dicte 
acre  monialium  sunt  iiii  acre,  v  pertice;  in  parte  vero  boreali  dicte 
acre  monialium  sunt  vii  acre  &  i  roda ;  &  valet  acra  iii  s. 
Summa  acrarum,  xi  acre,  i  roda,  6c  v  pertice. 
Summa  extente,  xxiii  s.  x  d.  dim.  qua. 
Pratum  nuncupatum  Akerman  Mede  ex  parte  boriali  de  Storkesnest 
est  separale  usque  festtmi  sancti  Michaelis;  bis  falcatur;  &  continet 
duas  acras  &  xvi  perticas ;  &.  valet  acra  ii  s.  vi  d. 
Summa  acranmi,  ii  acre,  xvi  pertice. 
Summa  extente,  v  s.  ii  d.  ob. 
Pratum  nuncupatum  le  Hurst  semel  falcatur,  &  est  separale  vsque 
festum  sancti  Michaelis ;  &  continet  ii  acras,  i  rodam,  dimidiam  rodam 
&  viii  perticas  ;  &  valet  acra  xviii  d. 

Summa  acrarum,  ii  acre,  i  roda,  dimidia  roda,  viii  pertice. 
Summa  extente,  iii  s.  vii  d. 
Pratum  de  Smalmede,  sine  Mokedone,  bis  falcatur,  &  est  separale 
vsque  festum  sancti  Michaelis ;  &  continet  xii  acras,  dim.  rodam,  & 
valet  [acra  ii  s. 

Summa  acrarum,  xii  ac,  dim.  roda. 
Summa  extente,  xxiiii  s.  iii  d. 
Pratum  de  Wolgesham  est  separale,  ut  supra;   bis  falcatur;  & 
continet  dimidiam  acram,  ii  perticas;  &  valet  acra  ii  s.  vi  d. 
Summa  acrarum,  dimidia  acra,  ii  pertice. 
Summa  extente,  xv  d. 
Pratum  de  Noreham  est  separale,  ut  supra ;  bis  falcatur ;  &  continet 
V  acras  &  dimidiam  rodam ;  &  valet  acra  ii  s.  vi  d. 
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Summa  acranim,  v  acre,  dimidia  roda. 

Summa  extente,  vii  s.  ix  d.  ob.  qua. 
Summa  acrarum  omnium  pratorum,   xxxiiii  acre,  dim.  acra,  xi 
pcrtice. 

Summa  extente  pratorum,  Ixxv  s.  xi  d.  dim.  qua.  | 

fol.  lo^        Pasture : 

Est  vna  pastura,  &  vocatur  Caluecroft,  &  clauditur,  &  continet  iiii 
acras,  xxiiii  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam  ;  &  valet  acra  ii  d. 
Summa  acrarum,  iiii  acre,  xxiiii  pertice,  dim.  pertica. 
Summa  extente  ....  [stc\ 
Est  vna  pastura  ibidem  iacens  sub  Hikeneheg,  &  vocatur  Longe- 
breche,  &  continet  vii  acras,  preter  iiii  perticas ;  &  valet  acra  ii  d. 
Summa  acrarum,  vii  acre,  preter  iiii  perticas. 
Summa  extente,  xiiii  d. 
Est  vna  pastura  nuncupata  Muchelhay  sub  cultura  de  Longefurlong, 
&  continet  vi  acras,  iii  rodas,  vii  perticas,  dim.  perticam  cum  angulo 
ibidem ;  &  valet  acra  ii  d. 

Summa  acrarum,  vi  acre,  iii  rode,  vii  pertice,  dim.  pertica. 
Summa  extente,  xiii  d.  ob.  qua. 
Est  vna  pastura  nuncupata  Lutlehay,  &  continet  ii  acras,  iii  rodas, 
xvii  perticas,  dim.  perticam,  &  valet  acra  ii  d. 

Summa  acrarum,  ii  acre,  iii  rode,  xvii  pertice,  dim.  pertica. 
Summa  extente,  v  d.  ob.  qua. 
Summa  acrarum  omnium  pasturanun,  xx  acre,  iii  rode,  v  pertice, 
dim.  pertica. 

Summa  extente  dictarum  pasturarum,  iii  s.  vi  d.  qua. 

Et  sunt  dicte  pasture  separales  quousque  blada  circumcrescencia 
asportentur. 

Summa  extente  gardini,  columbaris,  terrarum,  pratorum  &  pastura- 
rum predictarum,  vi  Ii.  ix  s.  viii  d.  ob.  qua.,  dim.  qua.  &  quarta  pars 
quadrantis. 

Est  ibidem  vnus  boscus  &  continet  Ixxxxvi  acras,  dimidiam  acram  ; 
cuius  valor  non  appreciatur,  pro  eo  quod  ministri  regis  non  permit- 
tunt  includi,  si  fiat  copicium  ^ ;  sufficiens  tamen  est  pro  housebote  & 
heybote.  Est  vna  placea  ibidem,  nuncupata  Hangur,  non  mensurata, 
quia  modici  valoris. 

Moniales  vt  premittitur  habent  annuatim  vnam  acram  prati  in 

*   Dncange    gives    only    the    fonn  years  (see  below,   no.  604);    and    if 

copecia,  a   coppice.      Perhaps  '  copi-  cattle  are  not  fenced  out  for  the  next 

cium  *  might  mean  '  catting  of  copse-  year  or  two  the  yoong  growth  will  be 

wood'.    The  custom  was,  and  is,  to  spoilt, 
cut  the  nnderwood  about  every  seven 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  19 

Aluesmore  &  ii  seliones  frumenti  de  dominicis,  loco  vnius  acre  in 
cultura  non  (?)fimat[a] :  que  quidem  babuerunt  de  dono  Walkelini 
Harang  antequam  conttdit  manerium  de  Wodetone  monasterio  de 
Egnesham.  | 

Uillenag[ium] :  fol.  ii'', 

Waltenis  Dolle  uirgatarius  tenet  mesuagium,  xviii  acras  terre  arabilis, 
&  duas  acras  prati  pro  virgata.    Idem  soluere  solebat,  si  fuit  ad  firmam, 

V  s.  de  redditUy  facere  vnam  aruram  ad  cibum  domini,  dare  vnam 
gallinam,  dare  oua  contra  Pascha,  dare  pannagium,  herciare  per  vnum 
diem,  &  si  fuerit  ad  dey wynam  ^  berciabit  iii  rodas,  sarculare  per  i  diem 
cum  vno  bomine,  cariare  fenum  per  i  diem,  facere  iii  bederipas  cum  iii 
bominibus  in  autumpno  sine  cibo  domini  &  quartam  cum  totidem  ad 
cibum  domini.  Quando  vero  non  fuit  ad  firmam  operabatur  a  festo 
sancti  Micbaelis  vsque  festum  sancti  Martini  qualibet  ebdomada  per 

V  dies :  et  a  festo  sancti  Martini  vsque  festum  sancti  lobannis  Baptiste 
quatibet  ebdomada  per  iiii  dies,  &  facere  aueragium  per  dies  dominicos, 
si  necesse  fuisset,  usque  Egnesham.  Dedit  etiam  pannagium;  dedit 
auxilium :  dedit  tolnetum  & '  braciauit  ad  tabemam :  non  vendidit 
bouem,  neque  pullum  masculum  sibi  pullenat[um],  neque  filiam 
maritauit  sine  licencia  domini.  Quando  operabatur,  triturauit  de 
frumento  vnam  dejrwynam  vnam  mensuram,  vnde  quatuor  faciunt 
vii  bussellos,  de  ordeo  duas  mensuras,  de  auenis  iii  mensuras,  de  fabis 
&  pisis  vnam  mensuram;  quando  fecit  fossatum,  vnam  perticam 
profunditatis  ii  boscarum ' ;  quando  fecit  haias,  duas  perticas.  Item  si 
fuerit  ad  firmam  sine  operacionem,  colliget  nuces  in  bosco  domini  per 
i  diem,  &  duxit  ii  summas  bosci  ad  curiam  contra  Natale  domini  vel 
quatuor  fasciculos  bosci.  Tempore  mortalitatis  hominum  sine  pesti- 
lencie,  que  fuit  anno  domini  m  ccc  xlix,  vix  remanserunt  duo  tenentes 
in  dicto  manerio,  qui  recedere  voluissent,  nisi  frater  Nicholaus  de 
Vptone,  time  abbas  dicti  manerii,  cum  eisdem  &  aliis  superuenientibus 
tenentibus  de  nouo  composuisset ;  qui  conuenit  cum  eisdem  forma 
qua  [sic]  sequitur ;  videlicet  quod  idem  Walterus  &  alii  tenentes  dicte 
ville  ipsius  condicionis  finem  facerent  cum  domino  pro  ingressu  habendo 
in  huiusmodi  tenemento  ad  vtilitatem  domini;  facerentque  sectanni 
omnium  curiarum ;  darent  herietum  melius  animal ;  non  maritarent 
filiam,  non  venderent  bouem  neque  pullum  sibi   pullenatum,  sine 

^  There  is  no  such  word  in  Dncange ;  England,  pp.  288,  295,  meaning  per- 
bnt  no  donbt  it  means  '  a  day's  work  '.  haps  '  a  day  s  work  *. 
If  the  man  did  not  work  by  time,  but  *  For  *  &  '  we  should  expect  *  si '  or 
by  doing  what  was  reckoned  as  the  '  qnando  *,  see  p.  6.  The  *  tolnetum*  is 
amount  of  a  day's  work,  then  he  must  no  doubt  the  *  tolnetum  cervisie '  men- 
harrow  three  roods.  A  word^ '  daina '  tioned  in  other  inquisitions, 
occurs  in  VinogradofTs  Villainage  in  '  Ducange  gives  no  such  word. 

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licencia  domini ;  iidem  facerent  iii  precarias  siue  aruras  ad  dudr  semina 
cum  quanto  habuerit  [sic]  in  canica'  sua  ad  cibum  domini  &  quod 
idem  faciet[j2'r]  iii  bederipas  cum  ii  hominibus  sine  cibo  domini  & 
quartam  bederipam  cum  totidem  ad  cibum  domini ;  et  quod  falcabit 
per  xii  dies  prata  domini  siue  bladum  sine  cibo  domini ;  &  reddet 
annuatim  de  redditu  xiii  s.  iiii  d.,  dum  placet  domino,  &  vtinam 
domino  placeat  in  perpetuum,  quia  predicta  seruicia  non  tantum  | 
fol.  11^.  valebant :  faciant  tamen  domini  qui  pro  tempore  fuerint,  prout  eis 
commodius  visum  fuerit 

Matildis  Broune  tenet  de  domino  vnum  cotagium  cum  curtilagio 
ad  voluntatem  domini ;  faciet  finem  cum  domino  pro  ingressu,  non 
maritabit  &c. ;  leuabit  omnia  fena  domini  cum  suis  vicinis  &  familia 
domini  ad  primam  vesturam;  non  tamen  vertet  fenum;  &  habebit 
vnum  rastatum^  feni;  &  faciet  iiii  bederipas  cum  i  homine,  vt  supra; 
dabit  herietum,  &  dat  de  redditu  ii  s.  &  dabit  chirschot  i  gallum  &  iii 
gallinas. 

Willelmus  Mile  uirgatarius  tenet  i  virgatam  &c. ;  faciet  in  omnibus 
sicut  piedictus  Walterus  &  dat  de  redditu  xiii  s.  iiii  d.  Item,  reddit 
annuatim  pro  quadam  terra  annuatim  [sic]  iiii  d. 

lohannes  Botte  uirgatarius  tenet  &c.,  &  faciet  sicut  predictus 
Walterus,  &  dat  de  redditu  xiii  s,  iiii  d, 

Petrus  Say  tenet  i  cotagium  cum  curtilagio,  &  faciet  seruicia  que 
dicta  Matildis  facit,  &  dat  de  redditu  xii  d.,  &  faciet  quatuor  bederipas 
cum  vno  homine  ut  supra. 

Henricus  Schayle  tenet  vnum  cotagium  cum  curtilagio,  &  faciet  sicut 
predictus  Petrus,  &  dat  de  redditu  xii  d. 

Tenementum  Chichely,  quod  quondam  fuit  semiuirgatarii,  in  manus 
domini.  Terra  vero  eiusdem  &  pratum  adiunguntur  tenemento  Bolle  « 
&  sic  efficiebatur  virgatarius,  nam  ante  fuit  semivirgatarius. 

Matildis  Manggen  tenet  i  cotagium  cum  curtilagio,  &  faciet  sicut 
predictus  Petrus,  &  dat  de  redditu  xii  d.,  &  faciet  sicut  dicta  Matildis 
Broune. 

Ricardus  lames  virgatarius  tenet  &c.  per  seruicia  dicti  Walteri, 
facietque  in  omnibus  sicut  idem  Walterus,  &  dat  de  redditu  xiii  s.  iiii  d. 

lohannes  Leueret  virgatarius  tenet  &c.,  &  faciet  sicut  predictus 
Walterus,  &  dat  de  redditu  xiii  s.  iiii  d. 

Idem  dat  domino  pro  certis  terris  annuatim  de  certo  redditu  ii  s. 

Thomas  Rodeplonte  virgatarius  tenet  Ac,  &  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut 
predictus  Walterus,  &  dat  de  redditu  xiii  s.  iiii  d. 

*  rastellam  «=  *  a  ha3rfork.*    Ducange.      written    *  Dolle ' ;    see    below    in    the 
'   Perhaps  the   scribe    should    have      rental. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  21 

Thomas  le  Reu6  virgatarius  tenet  &c.;  faciet  sicut  idem  Waltenis,  & 
dat  de  redditu  xiii  s.  iiii  d. 

Cotagium  quondam  Wasi  in  manu  domini ;  ideo  nichil  reddit 
Walterus  Nichol  tenet  i  mesuagium  cum  quatuor  acris  terre  campe- 
stribus  &  dimidiam  acram  prati,  faciet  sicut  predicta  Matildis  Broune  & 
dat  de  redditu  iii  s.  iiii  d.  | 

Willelmus  in  le  Hume  semiuirgatarius  tenet  dimidiam  virgatam  foL  la'. 
terre,  &  faciet  pro  medietate  sicut  dictus  Walterus,  &  dat  de  redditu 
vi  8.  viii  d. 

lohannes  Osyat  tenet  mesuagium  ad  fontem  ville  cum  vna  virgata 
terre  per  rotulum  curie,  non  operatur,  faciet  tamen  sicut  predictus 
Walterus,  hoc  excepto  quod  dat  de  redditu  xvi  s.  in  present!: 
augmentetur  in  prima  vacacione,  quia  reddere  consueuit  xxvi  s. 
viii  d. 

Rector  de  Wodetone  tenet  de  domino  vnam  domum  cum  orto  ex 
opposito  cimiterii  pro  redditu  vi  d.  per  annum :  faciet  sectam  curie  & 
dabit  herietum. 

Hawisia  Doziar,  semiuirgatarius  [sic],  tenet  dimidiam  virgatam  terre, 
&  faciet  sicut  predictus  Willelmus  in  le  Hume,  &  dat  de  redditu 
vi  s.  viii  d. 

Walterus  le  Taylour  tenet  i  cotagium  cum  curtilagio,  &  faciet  quatuor 
bederipas  vt  supra,  &  dat  de  redditu  ii  s. 

lohannes  de  Herforde  tenet  i  cotagium  cum  curtilagio,  &  faciet 
quatuor  bederipas  ut  supra,  &  dat  de  redditu  xxiii  d. 

Walterus  Getey,  couper,  tenet  i  cotagium  cum  curtilagio  &  crofto, 
&  faciet  sicut  Broune,  &  dat  de  redditu  iii  s.  iiii  d. 

Agnes  Basse  tenet  dimidiam  virgatam  terre;  nescitur  quare  non 
operatur;  &  dat  de  redditu  vi  s.  viii  d;  non  maritabit  &c.,  faciet 
finem  pro  ingressu,  dabit  herietum  &c. 

Cotagium  cum  crofto  quondam  Parker,  videlicet  v  seliones,  sunt 
in  manus  domini. 

Duo  cotagia  quondam  Schynner'  &  Stok'  sunt  in  manus  domini  : 
crofti  vero  locantu{.  pro  volimtate  domini  Ricardo  Russel  pro  ii  s.  per 
annum. 

Walterus  Nichol  tenet  v  seliones  terre  in  campis  ad  voluntatem 
domini  pro  xx  d.  per  annum. 

Thomas  Sybbeford  tenet  vnum  cotagium  cum  curtilagio;  faciet 
quatuor  bederipas  vt  supra,  &  dat  de  redditu  ii  s. 

Cotagium  quondam  Reginald!  le  Webbe  nichil  reddit,  quia  in 
manus  domini. 

Alicia  le  Masone  terret  cotagium  cum  curtilagio;  faciet  iiii 
bederipas,  &  dat  de  redditu  ii  s. 


22  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Sunt  ibidem  duo  parua  cotagia  cum  curtilagio  pertinencia  ad 
tenementum  lohannis  Osyat  ad  fontem  ville. 

Thomas  Hankyn  semiuirgatarius  tenet  dimidiam  virgatam  teire; 
faciet  in  omnibus  pro  medietate  sicut  dictus  Walterus  Dolle,  &  dat  de 
redditu  vi  s.  viii  d. 

Ricardus  Russel  semiuirgatarius  faciet  sicut  dictus  Thomas,  &  dat  de 
redditu  vi  s.  vii  d.  | 
fol.  la^.         lohannes  Maynard  virgatarius  tenet  &  faciet  in  omnibus   sicut 
predictus  Walterus,  &  dat  de  redditu  xiii  s.  iiii  d. 

lohannes  le  Masone  tenet  vnum  cotagium  cum  curtilagio,  ii  acras 
&  dimidiam  terre  campestres;  faciet  sicut  Matildis  Broune  &  dat  de 
redditu  iii  s.  ii  d. 

Ricardus  Harepyn  tenet  vnum  cotagium ;  faciet  sicut  eadem  Matildis, 
&  dat  de  redditu  xii  d. 

lohannes  Herdewyk'  tenet  quoddam  mesuagium,  duas  acras  terre 
campestres,  dimidiam  acram  prati,  quatuor  paruas  insulas  &  piscariam 
per  cartam,  debet  sectam  curie,  releuium,  herietum  &c.,  &  dat  de 
redditu  vi  s.  viii  d. 

Est  quoddam  cotagium  iuxta  portam  curie  ex  parte  occidentali,  & 
dat  xvi  d.  de  redditu :  iam  est  in  manu  domini. 

Summa  redditus  ix  lib.  xiiii  s.  iii  d. 

Summa  gallorum  &  gallinarum  de  Chirschot  xxxii,  &  valet  v  s.  iiii  d. 

Summa  arurarum  xxx  &  licet  non  apprecientur,  valet  tamen  arura  vid. 
Summa  xv  s. 

Summa  dierum  falcacionis  cxx,  &  licet  non  apprecietur,  opus  tamen 
diei  valet  iiii  d. 

Summa  xl  s. 

Smnma  bederipaium  c,  &  licet  non  apprecientur,  valet  tamen  opus 
diei  sine  cibo  iii  d.,  &  quando  ad  cibum  domini  i  d.  ob. 
Summa  xxi  s.  x  d.  ob. 

Summa  ualoris  tocius  manerii  xx  lib.  ii  d.  qua.  &  tres  partes  quad- 
raniis  ^  | 

fol.  13'.         Rentale  de  Wodetone  factum  per  Galfridum  abbatem  anno  domini 
Mccc  sexagesimo  sexto. 

Walterus  Dolle  tenet  vnam  virgatam,  vnde  medietas  de  terra 
Chichely,  per  certa  seruicia  &  redditus  xiii  s.  iiii  d. 

Matildis  Broune  tenet  cotagium  cum  curtilagio  pro  redditu 

ii  s.,  i  gallum,  iii  gallinas. 
Willelmus  Mile  uirgatarius  per  seruicia  ut  supra  &  redditus 

xiii  s.  iiii  d. 
Item,  de  eodem  pro  quadam  placea  terre  iiii  d. 

*  The  total  should  be  £20  5J.  2\d, 


•      CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  23 

lohannes  Botte  virgatarius  per  seniicia  &c.  pro  redditu    xiii  s.  iiii  d. 

Petrus  Say  tenet  cotagium  cum  curtilagio  pro  redditu  xii  d. 

Henricus  Schayle  tenet  cotagium  cum  curtilagio  pro  redditu     xii  d. 

Mesuagium  cum  curtilagio  quondam  Chichely  &  semiuirgatarius  in 
manus  domini :  pratum  &  terra  adiungitur  dimidie  virgate  terre  Walteri 
Dolle. 

Matildis  Manggen  tenet  cotagium  cum  curtilagio  pro  redditu 

xii  d.,  i  gallum,  iii  gallinas. 

Ricardus  lames  virgatarius  pro  tenemento  Houwes  per  seruicia  & 
redditus  &c.  xiii  s.  iiii  d. 

lohannes  Leueret  virgatarius  per  seruicia  &c.  &  redditus 

xiii  s.  iiii  d. 

De  eodem  pro  certis  terris  ii  s. 

Thomas  Rodeplonte  virgatarius  per  seruicia  &c.  &  redditus 

xiii  s.  iiii  d. 

Thomas  le  Reue  virgatarius  per  seruicia  &c.  &  redditus 

xiii  s.  iiii  d. 

Cotagium  quondam  Wasy,  non  edificat[um],  in  manus  domini. 

Waltenis  Nichol  tenet  mesuagium  ctun  quatuor  acris  terre  campe- 
stribus  &  dimidia  acra  prati,  i  gallum,  iii  gallinas  &  iii  s.  iiii  d. 

De  eodem  pro  v  selionibus  xx  d. 

Willelmus  in  le  Hume,  semiuirgatarius  per  seruicia  &c.  &  redditus 

vi  s.  viii  d. 

lohannes  Osyat,  sine  ad  fontem,  virgatarius  sine  operibus  pro 
redditu  xvi  s. 

Rector  de  Wodetone  pro  domo  nuncupato  Prestushous  pro  red- 
ditu vi  d. 

Hauwisia  Doziar  semiuirgat[arius]  per  seruicia  &c.  &  redd[itus] 

vi  s.  viii  d. 

Walterus  le  Taylour  tenet  cotagium  cum  curtilagio  pro  redditu    ii  s. 

lohannes  Herford  tenet  cotagium  cum  curtilagio  pro  redditu 

xxiii  d. 

Walterus  Getey,  couper,  tenet  cotagium  cum  crofto  &  curtilagio 
pro  redditu  iii  s.  iiii  d.,  i  gall[um],  iii  gall[inas]. 

Agnes  Basse,  semiuirgat[arius]  sine  operibus  pro  redditu 

vi  s.  viii  d. 

Cotag[ium]  quondam  Parker,  continent'  [sic]  v  seliones  in  .manus 
domini. 

Ricardus  Russel  tenet  duo  cotagia  cum  croftis  quousque,  quondam 
Schenner  &  Stok[es],  pro  redditu  ii  s. 

Thomas  Sybbeforde  vol  molendinarius  tenet  cotagium  cum  curti- 
lagio pro  redditu  ii  s. 


24  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

G)tagiam  quondam  Reginald!  le  Webbe  cum  curtilagio  in  manus 
domini. 

Alicia  Masone  tenet  cotagium  cum  curtilagio,  quondam  Stokes  pro 
fol.  13^    redditu  ii  s.  | 

Duo  parua  cotagia  pertinencia  ad  tenementum  lohannis  Osyat 

[blank'] 
Thomas  Hankyn  semiuirgatarius  per  seniicia  &c.  &  redd[itus] 

vi  s.  viii  4 
Ricardus  Russel  semiuirgatarius  per  seniicia  &a  &  redd[itus] 

vi  s.  viii  d. 
lohannes  Maynard  virgatarius  per  seniicia  &c.  &  redd[itus] 

xiii  s.  iiii  d. 
lohannes  Masone  tenet  cotagium  cum  curtilagio  &  ii  acris  &  dimidia 
campestribus  pro  redditu  1  galli,  iii  gallinarum,  iil  s.  ii  d. 

Ricardus  Harepyn  tenet  cotagium  cum  curtilagio  pro  redditu 

i  galli,  iii  gallinarum,  xii  d. 
Cotagium  iuxta  portam  curie  ex  parte  occidentali  in  manus  domini 

xvi  d. 

Mesuagium  piscatoris  cum  piscaria  nunc  tenet  lohannes  Herdewyk, 

videlicet  ii  acras  terre,  dimidiam  acram  prati,  quatuor  insulas  cum  aqua, 

per  cartam  pro  redditu  vi  s.  viii  d. 

Summa  ix  lib.  xiiii  s.  iii  d 

Homagium : 

Homagium  quando  falcat  prata  domini  habebit  quatuor  bussellos 
frumenti  pro  pane,  vnum  multonem  secundo  [sic]  meliorem,  vel  xii  d. 
ad  voluntatem  domini;  vnum  casium  vel  quatuor  denarios  &  vnam 
{>eluati[m]  ^  salis,  viz.  pek,  cum  quatuor  fasciculis  focalibus  de  bosco 
domini  pro  eorum  multonem  coquendo. 

Si  quis  eorum  fuerit  prepositus,  erit  quietus  de  redditu  &  omnibus 
operibus  suis,  nichil  aliud  percipiendo  de  domino. 

Si  quis  eorum  fuerit  wodewardus,  erit  quietus  ut  supra,  sed  est 
sciendum  quod  si  aliquis  semiuirgatarius  vel  quart[e]ronarius,  nichil 
aliud  habebit  quam  esse  quietus  de  redditu  suo  &  operibus  suis. 

[folio  14  is  blank.] 


*  Ducange  has  no  such  word,  but  'pelvis'  is  a  certain  measure  of  salt,  and 
probably  *  peluim  *  is  meant  here. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  25 

604.     ' 

Cherlebery.  fol.  l5^ 

1363. 

Inquisicio  capta  apud  Cherlebery  per  iuratos  de  valore  manerii 
&  membris  [sic]  eiusdem  anno  domini  mccc  sexagesimo  tercio  &  anno 
domini  Galfridi  abbatis  monasterii  de  Egnesham  duodecimo. 

Imprimis  dicunt  iurati  super  sacramentum  suum  quod  curia  domini- 
calis  ibidem  traditur  Ricardo  de  London  &  lohanne  vxori  eius  ad 
terminum  vite  eorum  pro  redditu  vi  s.  viii  d.  per  annum.  Curie  debent 
ibi  teneri,  si  dominus  voluerit 

Dicunt  eciam  quod  curia  rectorie,  deductis  reprisis,  annuatim  valet 
ziii  s.  iiii  d. :  item  dicunt  quod  nouum  columbare  cum  crofto  ibidem 
valet  annuatim  xiii  s.  iiii  d. 

Dicunt  eciam  quod  columbare  iuxta  cimiterium  traditur  ad  terminum 
vite  lohannis  Baillyf  pro  v  s.  annuatim.  Dicunt  quod  croftus  ibidem 
mensuratus  per'Nicholamn  de  Uptone,  predecessorem  predicti  Galfridi, 
continet  nouem  acras,  &  valet  acra  ii  s. 

Summa  denariorum  xviii  s. 

Dicunt  eciam  quod  pratum  infra  dictum  clausum  iuxta  pratum  de 
Sedenham  continet  duas  acras  &  sexdecim  perticas,  &  valet  prima 
uestura  vtriusque  acre  vi  s.  viii  d.  &  secunda  vestura  valet  ii  s. 
Summa  denariorum  xvi  s.* 

Dicunt  eciam  quod  pratum  de  Mulleham  continet  in  toto  nouem 
acras,  vnam  rodam  &  dimidiam  rodam,  &  valet  acra  v  s. 
Sunmia  denariorum  xlvi  s.  x  d.  ob.  | 

Dicunt  eciam  quod  est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Sedenham,  vnde  in  foL  15^ 
superiore  parte  est  vna  cultura  tendens  in  viam  versus  Faulour,  & 
continet  quatuor  acras,  vnam  rodam  &  tres  perticas.  Item  est  vna 
alia  parua  cultura  iuxta  fossatum  tendens  in  Sedenhamhegge,  &  con- 
tinet duas  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  dimidiam  rodam,  &  quatuordecim 
perticas.  Item  est  vna  alia  cultura  ibidem  iacens  iuxta  Sedenhamhegge, 
tendens  in  clausum  domini,  &  continet  tres  acras,  dimidiam  acram, 
vnam  rodam,  dimidiam  rodam,  &  quatuordecim  (>erticas,  &  dimidiam 
perticam.  Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  tendens  in  Putteslane  iuxta  viam 
regiam,  &  continet  quinque  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  dimidiam  rodam, 
quatuordecim  perticas,  &  dimidiam  perticam,  &  sic  in  toto  sexdecim 
acras,  dimidiam  acram,  dimidiam^  rodam,  &  sex  perticas;  &  valet 
acra  iiii  d.  .  ^^ 

Suinma  denariorum,  v  s.  vi  d.  ob. 

Est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Hundeley,  &  continet  in  toto  viglnti 

^  The  arithmetic  htta  is  at  £ault. 


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acras,  dimidiam  acram,  vnam  rodam,  dimidiam  rodam,  &  quindecim 
perticas ;  &  valet  acra  iii  d. 

Summa  denariorum,  v  s.  iii  d. 
Est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Ankusdene,  &  continet  octo  acras,  &  sex 
perticas;  &  valet  acra  iii  d. 

Summa  denariorum,  ii  s. 
Est  vna  cultura  nuncupata   Makerelshauwe,  &  continet  in  tota 
qualuordecim  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  vnam  rodam,  dimidiam  rodam, 
&  nouem  perticas ;  &  valet  acra  iii  d. 

Summa  denariorum,  iii  s.  viii  d.  ob.  qua. 
Est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Dedelonde,  &  continet  sex  acras,  dimidiam 
rodam,  &  vndecim  perticas ;  &  valet  acra  iii  d. 

Summa  denariorum,  xviii  d.  ob.  | 
foL  iC'.         Est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Shepecroftfurlong,  &  continet  tresdecim 
acras,  dimidiam  acram,  vnam  rodam,  &  quatuor  perticas;   &  valet 
acra  iiii  d. 

Summa  denariorum,  iiii  s.  vii  d. 
Est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Hemelonde  &  continet  octo  acras, 
dimidiam  acram,  dimidiam  rodam,  &  duodecim  perticas;    &  valet 
acra  iii  d. 

Summa  denariorum,  ii  s.  ii  d. 
Est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Wythylonde  in  parte  supcriore  inter 
duos  brokos,  &  continet  duas  acras,  dimidiam  acram  &  octodecim 
perticas.    In  cultura  inferiore  ibidem  sunt  tres  acre,  dimidia  roda, 
&  septemdedm  pertice ;  &  valet  acra  iii  d. 

Summa  denariorum,  xvii  d.  ob. 
Est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Whytefurlong  a  parte  superiore  de 
Efurlong,  &  continet  sex  acras,  dimidiam  rodam,  &  vndecim  perticas, 
&  dimidiam  perticam ;  &  valet  acra  iii  d. 

Summa  denariorum,  xviii  d.  ob. 
Est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Efurlong,  &  continet  cum  les  buttes  octo 
acras,  dimidiam  acram,  vnam  rodam,  dimidiam  rodam,  &  xiii  ^  perticas ; 
&,  valet  acra  iiii  d. 

Summa  denariorum,  ii  s.  xi  d.  ob. 
Est  vna  cultura  apud  Blountescroice,  &  continet  tres  acras;  &  valet 
acra  iii  d. 

Summa  denariorum,  ix  d. 
Summa  acrarum  terre  arabilis  cxiii  acre,  dimidia  roda,  ix  pertice 
&  dimidia. 

Summa  extente  earundem,  xxxi  s.  vi  d.  qua. 

*  The  scribe  wrote  *  qoatnor '  at  first. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  27 

Pasture : 

Est  vna  pastura  nuncupata  le  Merske,  continens  dimidiam  acram, 
dimidiam  rodam,  duodecim  perticas  &  dimidiam,  &  est  separal[is] 
quando  cultura  seminatur,  &  valet  acra  [blank'].  \ 

Est  vna  pastura  apud  Hollebroke,  &  continet  vnam  acram  &  vnam  foL  16^. 
rodam,  &  valet  acra  [hlank\ 

Summa  denariorum  \blank\ 

Est  vna  pastura  nuncupata  Morecroft  cum  pastura  inferiore  ibidem, 
&  continet  duas  acras  &  vnam  rodam. 

Summa  [blank']. 

Est  vna  pastura  inter  le  Merske  &  Shepecroft,  &  continet  dimidiam 
acram  &  octo  perticas;  &  valet  acra  [blank], 
Summa  [blank]. 

Est  ibidem  vnum  molendinum  aquaticum,  &  valet  cum  piscaria 
Ixvi  s.  viii  d. 

Boscus  : 

Est  ibidem  vna  quart[eron]  ex  parte  australi  vltra  Meredene,  & 
continet  septemdecim  acras,  dimidiam  rodam  &  quinque  perticas. 

Est  ibidem  alia  quart[eron]  vsque  London[e]sart',  Horsemanwalle,  & 
campimi  de  Faulour,  &  continet  sexaginta  duas  acras  &  decem  perticas. 

Est  vna  quart[eron]  iacens  ex  parte  australi  de  Portrude  & 
London[e]sart',  tendens  in  Faulourhemhache  &  Le  Croiceryding,  &, 
continet  sexaginta  decem  acras,  dimidiam  acram  &  vnam  rodam.  | 

Est  vna  quart[eron]  ex  parte  boreali  de  Portrude  &  Ruschemere,  &  fol.  17'. 
continet  quadraginta  duas  acras,  dimidiam  acram  &  xvi  perticas. 

Est  vna  quart[eron]  nuncupata  Myngeputtes  quarl[er]on,  &  continet 
viginti  quinque  acras,  vnam  rodam  &  dimidiam  rodam. 

Est  vna  quart[eron]  nuncupata  Uassemere  quart[er]on,  tendens  in 
Ryschemereslade,  &  continet  Ixxxvii  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  &  vnam 
rodam. 

Est  vna  quart[eron]  inter  le  Styequart[er]on,  &  continet  quatuor 
acras,  dimidiam  acram  &  dimidiam  rodam. 

Est  vna  quart[eron]  nuncupata  Styequart[eron],  &  continet  vndecim 
acras,  dimidiam  rodam  &  quindecim  perticas. 

Summa  acrarum  bosci  de  Uppewode  cccxxi  acre,  dimidia  acra, 
dimidia  roda  &  vi  pertice  preter  les  rydynges,  &  valet  acra  de  silua 
sidua  vi  s.  viii  d.  Qui  boscus  diuidatur  in  septem  partes ;  quelibet 
pars  potest  vendi  septimo  anno;  et  sic  annuatim,  secundum  magis 
A  minus,  prout  quart[erones]  iacent,  xlvi  acre,  quarum  summa  se 
extendit  annuatim  ad  xv  libras,  vi  solidos,  viii  denarios. 

Item  dicunt  iurati,  quod  dominus  habet  ibidem,  si  voluerit,  curias 


28  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

suas  de  tribus  septimanis  in  tres,  &  eciam  Portmot' ;  habet  eciam 
ibidem  visum  franciplegii,  quern  habent  simul  tener[e]  constabularius 
de  Bannebyry  &  senescallus  abbatis.  Habet  eciam  way wes  *  &  strayes. 
Habet  eciam  ibidem  regal[e]  in  tantimi,  vt  si  fur  capiatur  cum 
mayneoure*  suspendatur  in  loco  ad  hoc  deputato  infra  dominium, 
seneschallo  abbatis  iudice.  Si  uero  aliquis  per  suspectionem  latrocinii 
infra  dominium  capiatur,  manebit  ibidem  per  triduum;  quarto  die 
ducetur  ad  castrum  de  Bannebyry,  si  aliquis  prosequatur.  | 
fol.  17^  Dicunt  etiam  iurati  quod  dictum  manerium  abbas  &  conuentus 
habent  &  habuenmt  de  episcopo  Lincolniensi  in  excambium  cum 
Stoweparke  &  Sleforde,  vna  cum  Histona  &  Stokes  Abbatis.  Dictum 
vero  manerium  tenetur  de  episcopo  Lincolniensi  in  capite  &  hoc  ita 
libere  sicut  episcopus  tenuit. 

[The  rest  of  foUo  17^,  and  folio  18  blank.] 

605. 
foL  ig^  Fauelore. 

Item  dicunt  iurati  quod  curia  de  Faulour  valet  per  aimum  dcductis 
reprisis  v  s. 

Dicunt  eciam  quod  clausum  eiusdem  curie  continet  tres  acras  & 
vnam  rodam  preter  duas  perticas  &  dimidiam,  &  valet  acra  ii  s. 
Summa  denariorum,  vi  s. 
Dicunt  etiam  quod  pratum  infra  clausum  ibidem  iuxta  ripam  aque 
continet  duas  acras  dimidiam  rodam  &  decem  perticas,  &  valet  prima 
vestura  acre  vi  s. ;  secunda  vero  vestura  vnius  acre  valet  xviii  d. 
Summa  denariorum,  xvi  s.  vi  d. 
Item  dicunt  quod  pratum  de  Longemede  sub  cultura  sancti  Andree 
continet  sex  acras  &  vnam  rodam,  &  valet  acra  v  s. 
Summa  denariorum,  xxxi  s.  iii  d. 
Item  dicunt  quod  pratum  de  Horsselcy  cum  prato  quondam  prions, 
continente  per  estimacionem  vnam  acram,  continet  septem  acras  & 
octo  perticas,  &  valet  acra  v  s. 

Summa  denariorum,  xxxv  s. 
Est  vna  cultura  in  parte  inferiore  de  Strittehuppebreche,  &  continet 
duas  acras,  dimidiam  rodam,  duodecim  perticas  &  dimidiam  perticam. 
Cultura  vero  ibidem  ex  parte  superiore  continet  duas  acras  &  vndecim 
perticas,  &  valet  acra  iii  d. 

Summa  denariorum,  xii  d.  ob.  qua. 
Est  vna  cultura  apud  Lurttesse  ex  parte  superiore,  &  continet  duas 

*  Sic  :  i.  e.  *  waifs  *. 

*  i.  e.  cum  maaaopere,  *  in  possession  of  stolen  goods  \ 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  29 

acras,  dimidiam  acram,  dimidiam  rodam.  Cultura  Vero  inferior 
ibidem  continet  tres  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  vnam  rodam,  dimidiam 
rodam  &  vndecim  perticas,  &  valet  acra  iii  d. 

Summa  denariorum,  xix  d.  ob.  qua.  | 

Est  vna  cultura  vltra  pontem  nuncupata  cultura  sancti  Andree,  &  fol.  19'^. 
continet  cultura  inferior  tendens  in  pratum  de  Longemede  septem 
acras  &  dimidiam  acram,  &  valet  acra  iii  d. 

Sunmia  denariorum,  ii  s.  vi  d. 

In  cultura  ibidem  ex  parte  australi  in  le  Sladde  sunt  due  acre,  vna 
roda,  dimidia  roda  &  quatuor  pertice ;  in  cultura  superiore,  cultiua 
sancti  Andree,  iuxta  viam  versus  Fynstoke  sunt  octo  acre,  dimidia 
acra,  vna  roda  &  dimidia  roda,  &  valet  acra  iii  d. 

Summa  denariorum,  ii  s.  ix  d  ob.  qua. 

Est  vna  cultura  in  Grantesfelde  tendens  in  Tappewellelane  8c  ripam 
aque,  8c  continet  nouem  acras,  &  valet  acra  iii  d. 
Summa  denariorum,  ii  s.  iii  d. 

Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  a  latere  dicte  culture,  tendens  in  Tappe- 
wellelane, &  continet  duas  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  duas  perticas  8c 
dimidiam  perticam.  Est  una  cultura  ibidem  sub  pede  dicte  culture, 
tendens  in  pratum  de  Horsseleye,  &  continet  octo  acras,  dimidiam 
acram  &  vndecim  perticas.  Est  vna  pania  cultura  iacens  iuxta  pratum 
de  Horsseleye  in  longitudine  tendens  versus  Ordeweygroue,  8c  continet 
duas  acras,  vnam  rodam,  dimidiam  rodam,  quatuor  perticas  &  dimidiam 
perticam,  &  valet  acra  iiii  d. 

Summa  denariorum,  iiii  s.  vi  d. 

Est*  vna  cultura  in  Westfelde  in  parte  inferiore  iuxta  le  Parkewalle, 
tendens  in  ripam  aque,  &  continet  sexdecim  acras,  dimidiam  acram  & 
dimidiam  rodam.  Cultura  vero  superior  ibidem  a  dicto  Parkewalle  vsque 
Gylberdescroft,  tendens  in  Hyldecatt'  &  boscum  de  Fynstok,  continet 
quinquaginta  quinque  acras,  &  valet  acra  iii  d. 

Summa  denariorum,  xvii  s.  x  d.  ob.  qua. 

Summa  acrarum  terre  arabilis,  cxxiii  acre,  dimidia  acra,  dimidia 
roda,  xvi  pertice  &  dimidia  pertica.  |  * 

Summa  extente  predictarum  acrarum,  xxxii  s.  viii  d.  fol.  ao^ 

Cultura  de  Henleden'  non  mensuratur  nee  estimatur,  quia  non 
colitur  hiis  diebus. 

Est  ibidem  molendinum  aquaticum,  8c  valet  annuatim  cum  piscaria 
xlii  soiidos,  prout  traditur  in  presenti. 

[The  rest  of  folio  20  is  blank.] 

'  In    a  later  hand    'Fynstoke*   is  '  The  scribehas  erased  a  letter,  which 

written  in  the  margin.  he  wrote  before  '  d  *. 


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606. 
foL  3x^  Hundredum  de  Banneb[er]y. 

Extente  terrarum  &  tenementorum  Hundredi  de  Banneb[er]y: 
munimenta  excaetoris  Lincolniensis  episcopi  in  quodam  veteri 
rotulo. 

CherUhery}  Abbas  de  Egnesham  tenet  in  manerio  de  Cherlebery 
cum  omnibus  suis  pertinenciis  de  episcopo  Lincolniensi  per  escam- 
bium  factum  pro  manerio  de  Stowe  in  comitatu  Lincoln[ie]  episcopi 
antiquis  temporibus.  £t  abbas  habet  in  eodem  manerio  quatuor 
carucatas  terre,  que  continent  xvi  virgatas  terre,  in  dominico,  &  in 
villenagio  xvi  virgatas  terre,  &  quelibet  virgata  terre  soluit  dicto  abbati 
V  s.  annui  redditus,  si  non  operentur ;  si  operentur  nullum  dat  reddi- 
tum :  item  idem  abbas  habet  septem  cotarios,  qui  soluunt  dicto  abbati 
vii  s.  vi  d.  annui  redditus.  £t  Nicholaus  Taylarde  tenet  vnam  virgatam 
terre  &  dimidiam  de  eodem  abbate  pro  vi  s.  vi  d.  annui  redditus,  & 
facit  sectam  ad  curiam  dicti  abbatis  &  non  dat  scutagium  nee  dare 
consueuit.  Willelmus  Chaumberleyne  tenet  vnam  acram  terre  cum 
edific[io]  libere  de  dicto  abbate  pro  iii  solidis  annui  redditus  pro 
omnibus  seruiciis.  Item  idem  abbas  habet  duo  molendina  &  boscum 
in  foresta  pertinen[tem]  ad  dicta  molendina ;  &  habet  visum  franci- 
plegii,  presente  balliuo  episcopi  Lincolniensis;  &  habet  furcas  .& 
mercatum  quolibet  die  lune.  £t  dicunt  iurati  quod  nesciunt  quo 
warento. 

Cotes,  Item  dictus  abbas  habet  in  Cotes  xiii  virgatas  terre  in 
villenagio,  &  facit  seruicium  quod  faciunt  villani  de  Cherlebery. 

Fymtoke.  Item  idem  abbas  habet  in  Fynstoke  iiii  virgatas  terre  in 
villenagio,  &  quelibet  virgata  terre  soluit  dicto  abbati  v  s.  annui  redditus 
pro  omnibus  seruiciis.  Item  idem  abbas  habet  in  eodem  hameietto 
octo  coterellos,  qui  tenent  xxxvi  acras  terre  de  nouo  assart[o]  ad 
terminum  vite  pro  xxxiiii  s.  annui  redditus;  et  non  dat  scutagium, 
nee  dare  consueuit.  Heredes  C  de  Fynstoke  tenent  de  dicto  abbate 
libere  i  virgatam  terre  in  nouo  assart[o]  pro  v  s.  annui  redditus, 
&  non  dat  scutagium.  Nicholaus  de  Langeley  tenet  de  dicto  abbate 
vii  acras  terre  &  iii  rodas  libere  de  nouo  assart[o]  pro  vii  s.  annui 
redditus ;  et  facit  sectam  curie  dicti  abbatis ;  et  non  dat  scutagium  nee 
dare  consueuit.  Istud  dictum  tenementum  tenet  dictus  abbas  de 
episcopo  Lincolniensi  per  escambium  ut  supra. 

^  What  follows  is  the  return  made  in  1279  and  printed  in  the  Hundred  Rolls ^ 
vol.  ii,  pp.  709,  708,  and  705. 
•  *  GilberU '  in  the  Hundred  Rolls. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  31 

Fauelor.  Idem  abbas  |  habet  in  Fauelour  i  carucatam  terre  que  foL  2i\ 
condnet  quatuor  virgatas  terre,  &  tenet  in  capite  de  Roberto  Dawers  in 
puram  &  perpetuam  elemosinam.  Item  idem  abbas  habet  in  eodem 
hameletto  iiii  virgatas  terre  in  villenagio,  &  quelibet  virgata  soluit  dicto 
abbati  v  s.  annui  redditus.  Dant  viii  s.  ad  scutagium,  quando  scut[um] 
dat  xl  s.  Item  dictus  abbas  habet  ibidem  v  virgatas  in  viilenagio  de 
feoffamento  Thome  Capnm,  &  quelibet  virgata  terre  soluit  dicio  abbati 
v  s.  annui  redditus;  et  dant  ad  scutagium  xi  s.  v  d.  ob.,  quando 
scut[um]  dat  xl  s.  £t  istud  scutagium  soluendum  est  Roberto  de 
Wycham,  quia  de  feodo  suo.  Willelmus  Dawers  tenet  i  virgatam 
terre  de  dicto  abbate  pro  xii  d.  annui  redditus ;  et  dat  scutagium  u  s., 
quando  scut[um]  dat  xl  s.  Heredes  Simonis  Dawers  tenent  i  virgatam 
terre  pro  xii  d.  annui  redditus  soluendis  dicto  abbati;  et  dat  scuta- 
gium ii  s.,  quando  8cut[um]  &c.  Totum  istud  tenementum  quod 
dictus  abbas  tenet  in  isto  hameletto  est  de  feodi  Roberti  Dawers,  & 
Robertus  Dawers  de  episcopo  LincolniensL  Philippus  de  Podelincote 
tenet  libere  iiii  acras  terre  de  nouo  assarto  dicti  abbatis  pro  iiii  s. 
annui  redditus  &  non  scutagium.  Willehnus  le  Blund  tenet  i  hidam 
terre  ibidem  de  Roberto  de  Wycham  pro  quarta  parte  feodi  vnius 
militis ;  facit  duas  sectas  ad  curiam  de  Wycham  per  annum  &  facit 
ward[am]  ad  castrum  de  Bannebiry  per  xl  dies  propriis  sumptibus ; 
tam[en]  Robertus  de  Wycham  tempore  guerre;  &  dat  x  s.  ad 
scutagium,  quando  scut[um]  dat  xls.  Adam  de  Bloxham  tenet 
i  virgatam  terre  de  dicto  Willi[elm]o  libere  in  eodem  hameletto  pro 
ii  d.  annui  redditus.  Memorandum  quod  W.  le  Blund  tenet  totum 
tenementum  suum  in  predicto  hameletto  de  Fauloiu*  de  Roberto  de 
Wycham  per  predictxrai  seruicium  &  idem  Robertus  de  episcopo 
Lincolniensi.  Dominus  Roberlus  de  Wycham  tenet  in  Wycham 
feodum  vnius  militis  in  capite  de  episcopo  Lincolniensi  &  episcopus 
de  rege.  £t  dictus  Robertus  facit  ward[am]  ad  castrum  de  Bannebiry 
tempore  guerre  propriis  sumptibus  per  xl  d[ies] ;  et  facit  sectam 
hundredi  de  Bannebury  per  annum.  £t  habet  in  dominico  i  caruca- 
tam terre  &  iii  virgatas  &  dimidiam  terre  in  viilenagio,  &  quelibet 
virgata  terre  valet  ad  |  opus  dicti  Roberti  i  marcam  per  annum,  fol.  22'. 
Quelibet  virgata  terre  dat  iii  s.  vi  d.  scut[agium],*  quando  scut[um] 
dat  xl  8.,  &  facit  seruicium  precpi]  iii  s. 

Inquisicio  facta  per  dominum  Robertum  de  Wycham,  Robertum 
Dawers,  Symonem  de  Croppery,  Willelmum  de  la  Lee,  Robertum 
dominum  de  Swaleclyue,  Willelmum  de  Mortone,  Willelmum  Vlger, 
Laurencium  Herdewyk,  Ricardum  Halcheyn,  Gilbertium  [sic]  filium 

»  'scufscutVMS. 


32  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

clericf  de  Burtona,  Nicholaum  Taillarde  de  Cherlebury  &  Ricardum 
de  la  Lee  clericum,  iuratos  de  veritate  dicenda  super  capitulis  eisdem 
traditis  per  dominum  Sampsonem  &  socios  suos  domini  rfegis  iusticiarios 
ad  hoc  assignatos,  qui  dicunt  per  sacramentum  suum  quod  dominus 
rex  lion  dominicum  nee  feodum  nee  eschaetum  in  hundredo  de 
Bannebiry,  quamdiu  episcopus  Lyncolniensis  fuerit  superstes,  sed 
ipso  defuncto  dominus  rex  habebit  dictum  hundredum  &  omnia  feoda 
dicti  episcopi  in  ward[a]  cum  onmibus  rebus  dicta  feoda  tangentibus 
in  dicto  hundredo. 

Preterea  dicunt  quod  in  predicto  hundredo  non  sunt  alique  tenure 
alicuius  honoris,  nee  bosci,  nee  parca,  nee  chacea  \  nee  warenne,  nee 
aque,  nee  riparie  in  defens[o],  excepta  warenna  spineti  de  Croyche  &  de 
Derdene  iuxta  Bannebury ;  et  excepta  aqua  &  riparia  de  Charewelle 
inter  Bannebury  and  Croppery,  que  sunt  in  warrenno  [sic]  8c  defens[o] 
ex  antiquo  tempore,  &  similiter  excepta  aqua  &  riparia  de  Bladene, 
que  sunt  indefens[o]'  apud  Cherlebury  &  Faulour ;  et  excepto  quodam 
bosco  in  Whychewode,  pertinente  ad  manerium  de  Cherlebury.  Et 
dicta  villa  de  Cherlebury  cum  hamelettis  suis  pertinet  ad  hundredum 
de  Bannebury;  et  dicunt  dicti  iurati  quod  episcopus  L3mcolniensis 
tenet  dictum  hundredum  &  castrum  de  Bannebury  cum  feodis  suis  & 
pertinenciis  subscriptis  de  domino  rege  in  capite  per  baroniam;  et 
habet  libertates  suas  &  omnia  placita  &  indicia  que  vicecomes  Oxonie 
potest  plaeitare  &  visum  franeiplegii  &  retumum  breuium  domini 
regis.  Et  habet  vnam  feriam  per  annum  in  villa  de  Bannebury  per  | 
foL  22^.  vnum  diem  in  septimana  Pentecostes  &  quolibet  die  louis  per  annum 
mercatum  in  eadem  villa  &  nesciunt  quo  warento.  Postea  dicunt  de 
dominicis  &  feodalibus  &  tenuris  quorumcunque  virorum  in  dicto 
hundredo,  &  de  hiis  qui  ea  tenent  Sc  quomodo  &  qualiter  &  de  hiis 
qui  non  consuebant  dare  scutagium  &  dare  debent  &  quantum,  &  de 
nominibus  villanormn  &  hamelettorum  divisim,  aperte  &  distincte. 

[The  rest  of  22^^  is  blank.] 

607. 
foL  23'.  E3rnesham. 

Memorandum '  quod  a  capite  fossati  sub  Foulespole  inter  pratum 
de  Froggenhale  &  Stonyham  vsque  fossatum  de  Ouereyt  &  a  gurgite 

*  *  chaceo,'  MS,  cause  the  first  letter  "is  a  large  capital, 
'  Written  as  one  word.                             such  as  is  only  found  at  the  beginning 

•  The  deed  begins  abruptly,  but  there      of  an  inquisition, 
is  nothing  missing;  this  is  certain,  be- 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  33 

ultra  passagium  usque  Bulput  continentur  nouemdecim  acre,  preter  duas 
perticas ;  bis  falcatur,  &  est  separale  usque  festum  sancti  Michaelis. 

In  prato  de  Longemede  videlicet  a  capite  dicti  fossati  de  Foulespol© 
&  ab  angulo  de  Bulputte  vsque  lacum  de  Acheley  sunt  triginta  acre, 
dimidia  acra,  dimidia  roda  &  octodecim  pertice;  communibus  annis  falca- 
tur post  autumpnum,& est  separale  vsque  dictum  festum  sancti  Michaelis. 

In  prato  de  Acheley  citra  pontem  de  Wroghechey  sunt  xix  acre, 
dimidia  acra  &  quatuordecim  pertice;  bis  falcatur,  &  est  separale 
vsque  dictum  festum  sancti  Michaelis. 

Pratum  vero  de  Wroghethey  [stc\  continet  xxxvii  acras,  dimidiam 
acram,  dimidiam  rodam,  xvi  perticas ;  bis  falcatur,  &  est  separale 
usque  ad  festum  sancti  Michaelis. 

In  prato  de  Sedelakesham  sunt  viginti  tres  acre,  una  roda,  dimidia 
roda.  £t  est  commune,  feno  ablato,  &  siue  sit  ablatum  sine  non,  ad 
gulam  Augusti  est  commune.  Ad  caput  eiusdem  prati  est  vna  pecia 
prati  nuncupata  Cryspisham,  &  continet  tres  acras,  vnam  rodam  & 
sexdecim  perticas  &  dimidiam  perticam. 

In  pastura  de  Otehurst  sunt  quatuordecim  acre,  dimidia  acra  &  octo 
pertice,  &  est  communis  ad  gulam  Augusti. 

In  prato  de  Trumpermede  simt  septemdecim  acre,  dimidia  roda  & 
quindecim  pertice,  &  sequitur  *  pastura  de  Otehurst 

Memorandum  quod  pratum  de  Wyreshy  continet  in  toto  quinqua- 
ginta  tres  acras  &  unam  rodam.  | 

Memorandimi  quod  in  prato  de  Landemed'  sunt  sex  parcelle  fol.  23'^. 
bundat[e],  quarum  prima  parcella  nuncupata  Stubbefurlong  continet 
quatuor  acras  &  dimidiam  rodam,  &  est  domini  anno  Incamacionis 
Domini  imparl,  &  tenendum  anno  Incamacionis  Domini  pari: 
quando  vero  est  tenencium  diuiditur  per  sortem  videlicet  inter  heredes 
de  Tywe,  heredes  Bacon',  Choppereacr',  Willelmi  atte  Hulle. 

Secunda  parcella  dicti  prati  continet  viginti  duas  acras  &  dimidiam 
acram,  &  semper  est  domini. 

Tercia  parcella  continet  sex  acras,  vnam  rodam  &  tresdecim  perticas, 
&  est  domini  anno  Incamacionis  Domini  pari,  &  tenencium  anno 
Incamacionis  imparl,  &  diuiditur  inter  dictos  tenentes  per  sortem. 

Quarta  pecia  in  le  Longelete  continet  octo  acras,  vnam  rodam  & 
quinque  perticas,  &  est  domini  anno  Incamacionis  Domini  pari,  & 
tenencium  anno  Incamacionis  impari  In  qua  parcella  Nicholaus 
Colyns  habet  duas  acras,  Henricus  Leoue[n]  habet  vnam  acram, 
Chopper'  vnam  acram,  Willelmus  atte  Hulle  dimidiam  acram. 

Quinta  parcella  ibidem  in  le  Longelete  continet  nouemdecim  acras,  • 
vnam  rodam,  dimidiam  rodam  &  tresdecim  perticas, &  semper  est  domini. 

*  Probably  means  Ms  of  a  suit  with  \  *  follows  suit  with '. 
n.  D 


34  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Sexta  parcella  ibidem  ad  capud  prati  de  Clayhuych'  continet  septem 
acras  &  dimidiam  acram,  &  est  domini  anno  Incarnacionis  Domini 
impari,  &  dictorum  tenencium  anno  Incarnacionis  pari,  &  diuiditur  inter 
dictos  tenentes  per  sortem. 

Summa  acrarum   domini  anno  Incarnacionis  pari,  Ivi  acre, 
dimidia  acra,  &  xi  pertice.  | 
fol.  24^  Summa  acrarum  domini  ibidem  anno  Incarnacionis  Domini 

impari,  liii  acre,  dimidia  acra,  &  xiii  pertice. 

Dominus  habet  ibidem  sub  Biterhale  pratum  ab  aqua  vsque  Munke- 
shode,  &  continet  quatuor  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  vnam  rodam, 
dimidiam  rodam  &  quinque  perticas. 

Idem  habet*  ibidem  ex  parte  boreali  de  Munkeshode  super  le 
Hurst,  &  continet  quatuor  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  dimidiam  rodam  & 
octo  perticas. 

In  prato  de  Clayhuythe  sunt  quatuor  parcelle.  Prima  parcella 
iuxta  aquam  est  feodum  bedelli  domini  de  consuetudine,  &  continet 
vnam  acram  &  octo  perticas. 

Secunda  parcella  eiusdem  iuxta  dictam  acram  ex  parte  oriental! 
est  domini  anno  Incarnacionis  Domini  imparl,  &  erit  tenencium  anno 
eiusdem  Incarnacionis  pari,  &  continet  quinque  acras  &  vnam  rodam. 
Quando  vero  est  tenencium  diuiditur  in  septem  partes,  videlicet  tenens 
tenementum  de  Apestede  habebit  primam  sortem  iuxta  acram  bedelli, 
heredes  Belgraue  secundam,  lohannes  Roberde  terciam,  heredes 
Bacone  quartam  cum  medietate  vnius  sortis,  heredes  Halwy  quintam, 
Walterus  Morice  &  lohannes  Wodestoke  sextam,  heredes  de  Tywe 
septimam,  diuersi  habent  octauam  nuncupatam  Chopperacre;  Willelmus 
atte  HuUe  medietatem  vnius  sortis. 

Tercia  pecia  semper  est  domini,  &  continet  tres  acras,  dimidiam 
acram  &  tres  perticas. 

Quarta  pecia  versus  Come-eyt  continet  quinque  acras,  vnam  rodam, 
dimidiam  rodam  &  quindecim  perticas,  &  est  domini  anno  Incarna- 
cionis Domini  pari,  &  tenencium  anno  impari.  Quando  vero  est 
tenencium  diuiditur  inter  tenentes  predictos  ita  quod  tenens  de 
Apestede  erit  propinquior  de  Come  eyt. 

Summa  acrarum  domini  anno  Incarnacionis  Domini  impari,  viii 

acre,  dimidia  acra,  i  roda  &  iii  pertice,  &  anno  pari,  ix 

acre  preter  duas  perticas.  | 

fol.  24^.        Memorandum  quod  pratum  de  Benengey  est  separale  vsque  festum 

sancti    Michaelis;  bis   falcatur,  &   continet  nouem  acras,  dimidiam 

rodam  &  sex  perticas. 

*  Some  word  is  wanting,  probably  margin  '  Cane  qnia  non  bene  scrip- 
*  pratum '.    There  is  a  note  here  in  the      [turn] '. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  35 

In  prato  de  Beterdeye  sunt  tres  parcelle,  quarum  dominus  habet 
primam  iuxta  viam  regiam,  tendentem  versus  molendina  de  Carsyng- 
tone,  quondam  elemosinarii,  sacxiste  &  natiuonim  de  Tylgarsle,  & 
continet  viii  acras  preter  duas  perticas  &  dimidiam  perticam  minus  in 
toto.  Diuersi  tenentes  de  Egnesham,  Willelmus  atte  Hulle,  &  heredes 
Roberti  Wylles  de  Tylgarsle  habent  secundam  particulam,  sine  mediam. 
Dominus  habet  terciam  particulam  iuxta  Costloneit,  &  continet  i 
acram,  dimidiam  acram  &  xix  perticas. 

Summa  acrarum  domini  in  dicto  prato,  ix  acre,  xvi  pertice  & 
dimidia  pertica. 
Balliuus  manerii  de  permissione  domini  habet  ibidem  iii  rodas, 
dimidiam  rodam  &  xiiii  perticas  prati. 

Bedeilus  manerii  de  permissione  domini  habet  ibidem  i  rodam, 
dimidiam  rodam  &  xiiii  perticas  prati. 
Pratum  de  Costloteit : 

In  eodem  prato  sunt  etiam  tres  parcelle  quarum  dominus  habet 
primam  propiorem*  Beterdeye,  que  quondam  fuit  elemosinarii  & 
aliorum  supra  nominatorum,  &  continet  v  acras,  xii  perticas  & 
dimidiam  perticam.  Dicti  tenentes  adhuc  superstites  tenent  secun- 
dam parcellam,  sine  mediam.  Dominus  habet  terciam  parcellam 
iuxta  flumen  de  Bladen,  &  continet  de  bono  prato  duas  acras, 
dimidiam  acram  &  iii  perticas. 

Summa  acrarum,  vii  acre,  dimidia  acra,  xv  pertice.  | 
Terre  &  pratum  de  Langdale :  foL  25*. 

Dicta  \sic]  terre  &  pratum  iacent  sub  Cattesbrayne  &  iuxta  le 
MuUemore  :  continet  [sic]  in  longitudine  Ixxxxii  perticas  :  terra  iacet 
quasi  in  medio,  ita  quod  pratum  habetur  in  fine  vtriusque  capitis.  In 
primis  Willelmus  le  Brewester,  natiuus  domini,  tenet  de  dictis  prato  & 
terris  iuxta  fossatum  de  Mullemore  in  latitudine  i  perticam  &  dimi- 
diam perticam  longitudinis  predicte,  et  sic  continet  iii  rodas,  xviii 
perticas,  sine  redditu;  quas  Adam  pater  ipsius  adquisiuit:  et  quia 
quicquid  seruus  adquirit,  domino  adquiritur,  faciat  inde  dominus  quod 
sibi  videatur  expediens. 

Dominus  tenet  ibidem  latitudinem  vnius  pertice  longitudinis  quo 
supra,  &  fuit  quondam  Alicie  Colles,  &  sic  continet  dimidiam  acram  & 
xii  perticas. 

Ricardus  le  Porter  tenet  ibidem  in  latitudine  i  perticam  longitudinis 
quo  supra,  pro  i  roda.  Henricus  Leuon  tenet  ibidem  in  latitudine  vnam 
perticam  eiusdem  longitudinis  pro  i  roda,  pertinenl[em]  ad  terram 
suam  natiuam.    Walterus  Moricen  tenet  ibidem  de  hereditate  Bele- 

*  *  propriorem,'  MS. 
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36  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

graue  in  latitudine  x  pedes  &  dimidium,  preter  i  digitum,  longitudinis 
predicte  pro  tercia  parte  dimidie  acre. 

Dominus  habet  in  manibus  ibidem  in  latitudine  in  capite  sub 
Cattesbrayne  xviii  perticas;  in  alio  capite  xviii  perticas  &  dimidiam 
perticam  &  iii  pedes  longitudinis  quo  supra ;  &  sic  continet  x  acras, 
dimidiam  acram,  dimidiam  rodam,  x  perticas  &  xiii  pedes. 

Heredes  Tywe  babent  ibidem  pro  i  acra  in  latitudine  iii  perticas, 
dimidiam  perticam,  iii  pedes  longitudinis  quo  supra. 

Dominus  habet  ibidem  in  latitudine  ix  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam, 
i  pedem,  longitudinis  Ixxxx  perticarum;  et  sic  continet  v  acras, 
dimidiam  acram,  xii  pedes. 

Willelmus  atte  Hulle,  lohannes  atte  Halle,  lohannes  Panter  de 
ten[emento]  Londeneis*  habent  ibidem  in  latitudine  pro  i  acra  iii 
perticas,  dimidiam  perticam,  v  pedes  &  dimidium  pedem  longitudinis 
vt  iacet. 

Dominus  habet  ibidem  in  latitudine  iii  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam, 
iiii  pedes,  dimidium  pedem,  longitudinis  Ixxxviii  perticarum:  et  sic 
continet  ii  acras,  xiii  perticas,  v  pedes.  | 
fol.  35^  Willelmus  atte  Hulle  tenet  ibidem  de  tenement©  Fomer  in  latitudine 
pro  dimidia  acra  i  perticam,  iii  partes  pertice,  ii  pedes,  &  quartam 
partem  pedis. 

Walterus  Moricen  tenet  ibidem  in  latitudine  pro  tercia  parte 
dimidie  acre  ix  pedes,  iii  partes  pedis,  ii  digitos. 

Dominus  habet  ibidem  in  latitudine  iii  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam, 
V  pedes  &  dimidium  pedem  longitudinis  Ixxxvi  perticarum ;  et  sic 
continet  duas  acras,  xi  perticas,  iiii  pedes. 

lohannes  Roberd  carpentarius  tenet  ibidem  pro  i  roda  in  latitudine 
iiii  partes  pertice,  iii  pedes,  longitudinis  vt  iacet. 

Dominus  tenet  ibidem  in  latitudine  vii  perticas  &  dimidiam, 
longitudinis  vnius  lateris  Ixvi,  alterius  lateris  Ix  perticas ;  el  sic 
continet  duas  acras,  iii  rodas,  dimidiam  rodam,  xii  perticas  8c 
dimidiam. 

Walterus  Moricen  &  Willelmus  atte  Hulle  tenent  ibidem  pro  i  acra 
in  latitudine  iii  perticas  &  iii  partes  pertice,  longitudinis  ut  iacet, 

Dominus  tenet  ibidem  in  latitudine  in  capite  sub  Cattesbrayne  ii 
perticas  &  iii  pedes,  &  latitudine  in  pede  xviii  perticas ;  in  vno  latere 
de  longitudine  Ivi  perticas,  in  alio  latere  de  longiiudine  Iiii  perticas ;  et 
sic  continet  ista  parcella  iii  acras,  i  rodam,  dimidiam  rodam,  x  perticas, 
iii  pedes  &  ii  digitos. 

'  There  is  a  gap  after  this  word,  sufficient  for  the  insertion  of  another 
name. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  37 

Summa  omnium  acrarum,  que  sunt  in  manus  domini  in 
Langedale,  preter  parcellam  Willelmi  Bruester  se  exten- 
dunt  ad  xxvii  acras,  i  rodam,  x  perdcas,  dimidiam  perticam, 
&  vii  pedes,  preter  ii  digitos. 

Religiosi  viri,  abbas  &  conuentus  de  Egnesham,  monachi  ordinis 
sancii  Benedicti,  Lincolniensis  diocesis,  tenent  manerium  de  Egnesham 
sibi  &  successoribus  suis  ac  ecclesie  sue  conuentuali  ibidem  ex  dona- 
cione  domini  Almari  le  Crete,  dudum  comitis  Comubie,  primi  fun- 
datoris  sui,  in  veram,  puram  &  perpetuam  elemosinam ;  demumque 
donacio  per  litteras  &  cartas  Romanorum  Pontificum  &  Anglie  regum 
nobilium  stabiliter  confirmatur.  Qui  vero  Romani  pontifices  vna  cum 
archiepiscopis  &  episcopis,  ecclesie  dei  sacrosancte  |  prelatis,  omnibus  fol.  26', 
penitentibus  contritis  &  de  peccatis  suis  confessis  ^  aliquid  de  bonis  suis 
sibi  a  deo  prestitis  eisdem  monachis  deo  seruientibus  ac  ecclesie  sue  de 
Egnesham  in  eius  construccionem  &  iuuamen,  ad  omnipotentis  dei 
&  sue  matris  sancte  Marie  virginis,  sancti  Andree  apostoli  &  omnium 
sanctonun  honorem  &  deuocionem  sinceram  conferentibus  summam 
dierum  venie  magnam  in  domino  concesserunt ;  fructus,  redditus  & 
prouentus  dicti  manerii  de  Egnesham  cum  iuribus  &  pertinenciis  suis 
vniuersis  ad  eorundem  abbatis  &  conuentus  ac  successorum  suorum 
vsus  communes,  institucione  canonica  &  benigno  caritatis  intuitu, 
misericorditer  assignantes.  Fundatur  itaque  abbathia  de  Egnesham 
ex  manerio  predicto  cum  domibus  &  edificiis  sufficienlibus  &  honestis, 
non  tamen  propter  reprisas  hie  appreciatis,  adiacente  vno  largo  gardino 
.  cum  viuariis  pro  pisc[ibus]  recent[er]  inponend[is]  &  custodiend[is],  & 
cum  arboribus  &  ortis  pro  fab[isj  plantandis,  plantisque  olerum, 
porettis,'  canabo,  lino  &  multis  aliis  herbis  necessariis  domus  pro- 
ficieniibus :  et  valet  gardinum  predictum  cum  proficuis  huiusmodi  ab 
eo  proueniendis  per  annum  iuxta  veri  valoris  estimacionem  quadraginta 
solidos :  est  etenim  ex  parte  occidentali  eiusdem  abbathie  larga  curia 
in  qua  sunt  situata  grangia  &  alie  domus  pro  bobus,  vaccis  &  bidenti- 
bus,  ac  alio  diuerso  stauro  viuo  &  mortuo  recipiendo,  quarum  quidem 
domorum  proficuum  valere  per  annum  estimatur  quadraginta  solidos. 
Sunt  siquidem  ad  dictam  abbathiam  racione  prefati  manerii  spectantes 
quatuordecim  carucate  terre  ad  minus  ;  vnde  decern  boni  soli,  videlicet 
que  iacent  super  culturas  que  vocantiu*  Twelueacre,  Southefelde,  Lode- 
mede,  Loteshulle,  Cattesbrayne,  Huythecroft  &  Mullecroft,  &  valet  eis 
quelibet  carucata  terre  per  annum  sexaginta  solidos.  Cetere  autem 
carucate  terre  debilis  soli  iacentes  in  campis  qui  vocantur  les  Graunge- 
croftes  valent  vt  in  fructibus  gregum  &  animalium  cum  le  Frith 

*  'de  confessis,*  MS.  '  'plants  of  greens  and  beetroot* 


38  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

quadraginta  solidos;  et  preterea  duo  bosci,  videlicet  le  Frith  &  le 
Heyewode  cum  magna  brueria,  que  ibi  est  inter  illos  duos  boscos, 

fol.  26\  estimantur  pro  housebote  &  heybote  valere  per  |  annum  centum  solidos. 
Habetur  eciam  ibidem  vna  piscaria  per  Thamesiam  que  pertinet  ad 
dictam  abbathiam  occasione  eiusdem  manerii,  estimata  valere  per 
annum  septuaginta  tribus  solidis  [sic] ;  est  &  vna  alia  piscaria  per 
aquam  que  dicitur  Bladene  estimata  per  annum  ad  quatuor  solidos ; 
sunt  eciam  adiacencia  prata  videlicet  Wyreshey,  Wroghlehey,  Longe- 
mede,  Achey,  Froggenhale,  Stoweharo,  Benyngey,  Landemede, 
Stubelfurlong,  Longelete,  Cleyhuthe,  Byterhale,  Claxhurst,  Monke- 
shode,  Sydelakesham,  Cryspesham,  Weymore,  &  le  Croft  quod 
vocatur  Culuyrmede ;  et  estimantur  ista  prata  predicta  valere 
per  annum  triginta  quinque  libras.  Preter  que  sunt  pasture  que 
vocantur  le  Ouereyt  &  le  NeJ>ereyt  &  le  Caluecroft,  appreciate  per 
annum  ad  iiii  libras.  Ad  hec  quidem  sunt  ibi  tria  molendina  per 
predictam  aquam  de  Bladene,  quorum  proficuum  annuatim  estimatur 
valere  iiii  libras  vii  solidos :  et  memorandum  quod  aliquando  mains 
valent  superscripta  *  quam  hie  appreciantur,  turn  propter  bonum  annum 
&  rores  tempestiuos  tum  propter  prudenciam,  yconomiam  &  anima- 
lium  instauracionem.  Super  quibus  prouidendis  &  prospiciendis  sint 
rerum  huiusmodi  pro  commodo  vlterius  habundante  custodes  per  se 
uel  alios  circumspectos  diligenter  intendentes. 

Summa  valoris  manerii  predicti  per  estimacionem  prescrlptam, 
[blank,'] 
Caueat  balliuus  vel  bedelius  ne  aliquis  pascat  in  separalibus  pasturis 
domini  videlicet  in  Longemede,  Wroghtehey,  Achey,  Benyngey  a  festo 
Purificacionis  vsque  ad  festum  sancti  Michaelis,  nisi  casu  post  secundam 
ve^turam  dominus  ibidem  pauerit;  tunc  tenetur  bedelius  aliena  pecora 
effugare  &  non  attachiare.  Ouereyte  separabitur  a  Purificacione  vsque 
ad  natiuitatem  sancti  lohannis  Baptiste  ;  post  festum  sancti  lohannis 
Baptiste  tenetur  custos  aliena  pecora  effugare  &  non  attachiare, 
quousque  falcatur  Longemede  &  leuetur.  Post  hec  erit  communis, 
exceptis  bidentibus.  Otehurst  separabitur  a  Purificacione  quousque 
falcetur  &  leuetur.    Pratum  mcinum  Twelueacre   &  Partrichesmede 

fol.  27'.  separabuntur  a  Purificacione  vsque  ammoueantur  |  blada.  Lodemere 
&  Baremede  separabuntur  quando  terra  vicina  seminatur  quousque 
metatur.  Mullemore  separabitur  vsque  ad  ammocionem  bladorum  in 
Cattesbrayne,  sed  postquam  falcatur  &  leuatur  pratum  vicinum,  effugabit 
homines  de  Carsyngtone  &  non  attachiet.  Wyrresey  separabitur  a 
Purificacione  vsque  ad  ammocionem  feni,  nisi  pecora  domini  prius 

*  *  subscripta,'  MS. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  39 

ingrediantur.    Si  vero  pecora  domini  intrent,  homines  de  Carsyngtone 
&  alii  statim  intrabunt. 

Bedellus  habet  ex  consuetudine  pro  stipendio  suo  &  garcionis  sui 
per  annum  v  solidos  &  herbagium  in  foueis  &  lacis,  vbi  pre  artitudine 
pecora  domini  depasci  non  possunt,  &  dictas  foueas  metet  &  non 
pascet,  &  vnmn  equum  continue  in  estate  in  Landemede  depastum,  & 
mullionem  feni  in  Landemede  ex  curialitate,  &  garcio  eius  lectum  de 
feno  ibidem  vei  ii  s.;  et  bedellus  habebit  hamme  &  foueam  extra 
Landemede  de  communitate  ville,  &  garbas  in  Langedale.  Et  garcio 
de  dimidia  acra  vnam  garbam:  et  balliuus  habebit,  sicut  prepositus 
solebat,  vnam  placeam  prati  apud  Sydelakesham,  &  propterea 
mensurabit  pratum. 

Si  qui  sint  quoque  delinquentes  in  campis  [&]  pratis  predictis  a 
communi  separatis,  aut  in  boscis  &  brueria  supradictis  meremium, 
buscam  vel  brueriam  asportantes,  in  ciuia  de  Egnesham,  que  de  tribus 
septimanis  in  tres  septimanas  teneri  potest,  prout  placitum  fuerit,  vel 
aliter  agendum  in  eadem.*  Punire  possunt  abbas  &  conuentus  pre- 
dict! vnumquemque,  videlicet  huiusmodi  delinquentem,^  iure  semper 
obseruato  secundiun  delicti  quantitatem  amerciare,  &  eadem  amercia- 
menta  simul  ciun  emendis  assise  panis  &  ceruisie  fracte  in  Portemoto 
de  Egnesham,  quod  ex  donacionibus  regum  Anglie  in  perpetuam 
elemosinam  optinent,  per  satellites  ab  eis  deputandos  colligere  [ei] 
percipere  eisdem  plene  licet  &  habere.  Ad  quam  quidem  curiam 
simul  &  Portemotum  predictum  venient  tenentes  qui  secuntur.  Qui 
vero  de  curia  ad  curiam,  &  qui  de  mercato  ad  Portemotum. 

Robertus  Jordan  tenet  tenementum  quondam  Walter!  clerici  in  le 
Huthende  cum  vno  curtilagio  &  vno  crofto,  faciendo  pro  eisdem  vnam 
sectam  ad  curiam  de  Eynesham  ad  terminum  sancti  Michaelis  &  |  vnam  foL  27^^. 
aliam  sectam  ad  Hokeday,  &  nichilominus  reddet  per  annum  ad 
quatuor  terminos,  videlicet  sancti  Michaelis,  sancti  Thome  apostoli, 
sancte  Marie  in  Marcio  &  sancti  lohannis  Baptiste  tres  solidos 
equalibus  porcionibus  diuidendos ;  et  leuabit  fenum  cum  vno  homine 
per  vnum  diem  in  prato  quod  vocatur  Wroghtehey,  nichil  de  domino 
capiendo,  &  simili  modo  leuabit  fenum  in  prato  quod  vocatur  Wyrresey; 
et  eodem  modo  faciet  cum  vno  homine  mulones  *  vtriusque  prati  per 
vnum  diem,  nichil  de  domino  vt  predicitur  capiendo;  tunc  eciam 
^mptibus  suis  faciet  vnam  bederipam  cimi  vno  homine  per  vnum  diem 
&  duas  bederipas,  quamlibet  cum  vno  homine,  capiendo  de  domino 

^  Something  is  missing  from  this  sen-  &  sernisie  &  omnium  victnalium.' 
tence.  '    Usually  *  muiloncs ',  heaps,    hay 

*  In  the  margin  in  another  hand —  cocks. 
*Nota  quod  abbas  habet  asisam  panis 


40  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

vtroque  die  vnum  co[m]unnu[m]  *  in  die;  et  veniet  ad  fenum  leuandum, 
tassum  *  faciendum,  &  bladum  metendum,  ita  ut  sit  ad  opus  suum  ante 
pulsum  campane  misse  beate  Marie,  nee  sedebit  ad  iantaculum  vel  alias 
per  totum  diem  ante  coUacionem  nisi  amercientur,  &  dictis  duobus 
diebus  cum  sit  ad  mensam  domini  habebit  vnum  panem  de  peys 
sergeaunt  de  pondere  panis  monachalis  &  vnam  legenam  ceruisie  mixte 
&  tria  allec[ia],  qualiscumque  fuerit  dies,  si  celerarius  voluerit;  et 
dabit  denarium  sancti  Petri,  si  habeat  bouem  uel  bouiculum,  set 
herietum  ab  eo  non  prestabitur. 

Sunt'  due  forlonge  apud  le  Westyrtte,  que  uocantur  Lutteshulle  et 
Kyngesdone  cum  vno  prato  uocato  Baremede,&  continent  in  longitudine 
et  latitudine  xxi  acras. 

Est  alia  furlonga  iuxta  Caldecroft  ex  parte  australi  et  extendit  se  ad 
uiam  que  uocatur  Sty  wardispathe  &  continet  in  longitudine  &  latitudine 
xvii  acras  cum  prato  adiacente. 

608. 
foi.  a8'.  ^^  Cateshambrygge. 

1442-4.  Placita  coram  domino  rege  apud  Westmonasterium  de  termino 
sancti  Hillarii  anno  regni  regis  Henrici  sexti  post  conquestum  vicesimo 
secundo  :  rotulo  xxi  inter  placita  regis. 

Oxon.  Alias,  scilicet  vicesimo  secundo  die  Aprilis,  anno  domini 
regis  nunc  vicesimo  apud  Wottone  ad  uisum  franciplegii  Humfridi 
ducis  Gloucestrie  hundredi  sui  de  Wottone  in  comitatu  Oxonie  coram 
Willelmo  Somertone,  balliuo  &  seneschallo  eiusdem  ducis,  ibidem 
tentum  per  sacramentum  duodecim  hominum  iuratorum  extitit 
presentatum,  quod  est  quidam  pons  uocatus  Cateshambrigge  apud 
Takley  in  comitatu  predicto  diruptuS  et  confractus  ad  graue  nocu- 
mentum  tocius  populi  domini  regis  ibidem  pertranseuncium  in 
defectu  lohannis  abbatis  de  Egnesham  in  comitatu  predicto,  racione 
tenure  sue  ibidem  illi  ponti  adiacentis,  &  quod  predictus  abbas  & 
omnes  predecessores  sui  abbates  de  Egnesham  racione  tenure  sue 
predicte  pontem  ilium  reparare  consueuerunt  a  toto  tempore  cuius 
contrarii  memoria  hominum  non  existit,  &  de  iure  tenentur.  Quam 
quidem  presentacionem  dominus  rex  nunc  coram  eo  postea  certis  de 
causis  uenire  fecit  terminandam :  per  quod  preceptum  fuit  uicecomiti 

*  Dncange  gives  a  word '  comnnnum  *  *  '  tassum,*  a  heap  of  hay  or  com ; 

cr  '  comnnuus ',  which   he  conjectures  here  probably  hay-rick, 

may  mean  a  company.     What  follows  '  This  and  the  next  entry  are  in  a 

five  lines  below  suggests  that  it  means  later  hand. 
*  a  commons  of  food.' 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  41 

quod  non  omitteret  &c.  quin  uenire  faceret  eum  ad  respondendum  &c.; 
et  modo,  scilicet  in  Octabis  Purificacionis  beate  Marie  isto  eodem 
lennino  coram  domino  rege  apud  Westmonasterium  uenit  prediclus 
abbas  per  Thomam  Croxtone  attornatum  suum;  et  habito  auditu 
presentacionis  predicte  dicit  quod  ipse  et  omnes  predecessores  sui 
abbates  de  Egnesham  racione  tenure  sue  predicte  pontem  predictum 
a  tempore  cuius  contrarii  memoria  hominum  non  existit  reparare  non 
consueuerunt  nee  de  iure  tenentur  proui  per  presentacionem  predictam 
supponitur,  nee  quod  ipse,  nee  aliquis  predecessorum  suorum  abbates 
loci  predicti  pontem  predictiun  nee  aliquam  parcellam  inde  reparare 
non  [sic]  consueuit  nee  debuit.  Et  hoc  petit  quod  inquiratur  per 
pairiam.  Et  Thomas  Greswold,  qui  pro  domino  rege  in  hac  parte 
sequitur  similiter,  &c.  Ideo  ueniant  iurati  coram  domino  rege  a  die 
Pasche  in  xv  dies,  ubicumque  &c.,  et  qui  &c.  ad  recognoscendmn  &c. ; 
quia  &c.  Idem  dies  datus  est  prefato  abbati  &c.  Ad  quem  diem 
coram  domino  rege  apud  Westmonasterium  venit  predictus  abbas  per 
attornatum  suum  predictum;  et  uicecomes  non  misit  inde  breue.  Ideo 
ut  prius  ueniant  inde  iurati  coram  domino  rege  in  Octabis  sancte 
Trinitatis,  ubicunque  &c.,  et  qui  &c. ;  ad  recognoscendiun  &c.,  quia 
&c. :  idem  dies  datus  est  prefato  abbati  &c.  Ad  quem  diem  coram  | 
domino  rege  apud  Westmonasterium  uenit  predictus  abbas  per  attor-  fol.  28\ 
natum  suum  predictum;  et  uicecomes  retom[auit]  breue  domini  regis 
adeo  tarde  &c. ;  ideo  ut  prius  ueniant  inde  iurati  coram  domino  rege 
in  Octabis  sancti  Michaelis  ubicunque  &c.,  et  qui  &c.,  ad  recogno- 
scendum  &c.,  quia  &c. ;  idem  dies  datus  est  prefato  abbati  &c. ;  ad 
quem  diem  coram  domino  rege  apud  Westmonasterium  uenit  predictus 
abbas  per  attornatum  suum  predictum ;  et  uicecomes  non  misit  inde 
breue ;  ideo  ut  prius  ueniant  inde  iurati  coram  domino  rege  in  Octabis 
sancti  Hillarii  ubicumque  &c.,etqui  &c,  ad  recognoscendum  &c.,  quia 
&c. ;  idem  dies  datus  est  prefato  abbati  &c.  Ad  quem  diem  coram 
domino  rege  apud  Westmonasterium  uenit  predictus  abbas  per 
attornatum  suum  predictum.  Et  uicecomes  retom[auit]  nomina 
uiginti  quatuor  iuratorum,  quorum  nullus  &c. ;  ideo  preceptum  esc 
uicecomiti,  quod  non  omittat  &c.,  quin  distringat  eos  per  omnes  terras 
&C. ;  et  quod  de  exit[u]  &c.,  et  quod  habeat  corpora  eorum  coram 
domino  rege  a  die  Pasche  in  xv  dies,  ubicumque  &c.,  ad  faciendum 
iuratam  predictam  &c. ;  idem  dies  datus  est  prefato  abbati  &c.;  et 
continuato  inde  processu  per  iuratas  inde  positas  in  respectum  coram 
domino  rege  usque  a  die  sancti  Michaelis  in  xv  dies  anno  regni  dicti 
regis  uicesimo  quarto,  ubicumque  &c.,  nisi  iusticiarii  domini  regis  ad 
assisas  &c.  prius  die  *  Veneris  ante  festum  sancte  IVIargarete  uirginis 

*  'dies,' MS. 


42  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

apud  Oxon'  per  formam  statuti  &c.,  uenissent  pro  defectu  iur[atoram] 
&c;  ad  quam  quidem  quindenam  sancti  Michaelis  coram  domino 
rege  apud  Westmonasterimn  uenit  predictus  abbas  per  attornatum 
suum  predictimi:  et  prefati  iusticiarii  ad  assisas  &c.,  coram  quibus 
&c.,  miserunt  hie  recordum  suum  coram  eis  habitum  in  hec  uerba: 
*Postea  die  &  loco  infra  contends  coram  Willelmo  Yeluertone  et 
Ricardo  Byngham  iusticiariis  domini  regis  ad  assisas  in  comitatu 
Oxonie  capiendas  assignatis  per  formam  statuti  &c.  uenit  lohannes 
abbas  de  Egnesham  in  comitatu  predicto  per  Willelmum  Wayte 
attornatum  suum ;  et  iur[ata]  inpanellat[a]  exact[a]  similiter  uen[it] ; 
et  super  hoc  facta  est  proclam^io  pro  dicto  domino  rege  prout  iuris 
est,  quod  si  aliquis  sit,  qui  prefat[os]  iusticparios]  domini  dicti  aut 
attom[atum]  ipsius  regis  de  infracontentis  informare  uel  arraiam[entum] 
panelli  uel  aliquem  iur[atum]  eiusdem  panelli  pro  ipso  rege  calumpniare 
uelit,  ueniat  &  audietur ;  et  nullus  ad  hoc  faciendum  se  optulit.  Super 
quo  processum  est  ad  capcionem  iurate,  unde  infra  fit  mencio :  dictique 
iuratores  ad  ueritatem  de  infracontentis  dicendam  electi,  triati  &  iurati 
dicunt  super  sacramentum  suum  quod  predictus  abbas  &  omnes 
fol.  29^  predecessores  sui  abbates  de  Egnesham,  racione  tenure  sue  |  unde  fit 
mencio,  infrascriptum  pontem  a  tempore  cuius  contrarii  memoria 
hominum  non  existit  reparare  non  consueuerunt  nee  de  iure  tenentur 
prout  per  presentacionem  infrascriptam  supponitur,  nee  quod  ipse,  nee 
aHquis  predecessorum  suorum  abbates  loci  predicti  pontem  predictum 
nee  aliquam  pareellam  inde  reparare  non  consueuit  nee  debuit  prout 
idem  abbas  cum  dicto  domino  rege  infraplacitando  allegauit.'  Ideo 
cone[essum]  est  quod  predictus  abbas  eat  inde  sine  die  &c. 
Inquiratur  processus  predictus  inter  munimenta  de  Catesham.^ 

609. 

Nota  contra  abbatem  de  Letley.^ 

May  37,       Ad  curiam  legal[is]  Swamot[e]  tentam  apud  Fyueoke  infra  forestam 
I449*     domini  regis  de  Whichewode  in  comitatu  Oxonie  coram  Viridario  aliis- 

^  A  detached  piece  of  parchment,  Rogerus  Miltone              h* 

stitched  to  the  page,  contains  as  follows,  Ricardus  Dogette            h* 

'  Iurati  inter  dominmn  regem  &  abbatem  Willelmus  Faokener        h' 

monasterii  beate  Marie  de  Egnesham  Willelmus  Dauy             h* 

pro  Catesham  Brygge :  qui  dicunt  super  Thomas  Hyde                 h* 

sacramentum  suum  uidelicet : —  lohannes  Halywell          h* 

Ricardus  Purcell              h*  Willelmus  Hoincastelle  h' 

lacobus  Samwell             h*  Andreas  Coke                  h'. 

Humfridus  Hay              h*  *   Letley  or  Netley  Abbey,  Hants., 

lohannes  Somertone        h*  possessed  the  manor  of  Northlcigh. 
lohannes  Collys               h' 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  43 

que  ministris  domini  regis  de  foresta  predicta  ibidem  existentibus, 
xxvii  die  mensis  Maii  anno  xxvii^o  regis  Henrici  sexti,  per  sacramen- 
tum  xii  iuratorum  pro  domino  rege,  videlicet  Ricardi  Longe,  lohannis 
Legger,  Thome  Waraecombe,  lohannis  Oxherde,  Walteri  Brusshe, 
Willelmi  Rollerithe,  lohannis  Halle  de  Astcote,  lohannis  Denley, 
lohannis  Candyce,  lohannis  Wykynge,  Willelmi  Halle  de  Short- 
hamptone,  lohannis  Hogges  de  Ramesdem  [sic\  &  lohannis  Clyfford, 
qui  dicunt  quod  compertum  est  &  presentatum  quod  boscus  abbatis 
de  Egnesham,  qui  vocatur  Hiwode,  &  infra  metas  &  bundas  predicte 
foreste  existens,  incipit  apud  quemdam  locum  vocatiun  Tylgarsley 
&  extendit  se  a  predicto  loco  vsque  boscum  vocatum  Coggeswode, 
prout  plenius  patet  per  certas  metas  &  limites  ab  antiquo  cognitas 
&  factas  inter  Northlye  &  predictum  boscum  vocatum  Hywode^  et 
extendit  se  a  predicto  |  bosco  vocato  Coggeswode  vsque  boscum  fol.  39^ 
abbatis  de  Osney,  vocatum  Osneywode,  et  a  dicto  bosco  vocato 
Osneywode,  vsque  villam  de  Northlye,  et  sic  ab  eadem  villa  usque 
quemdam  locum  vocatum  Blowynde  prout  patet  per  certas  limites 
&  bundes  [sic]  ibidem  ab  antiquo  factas  &  cognitas  &  eciam  per 
communem  viam  processionalem  dicti  abbatis  &  conuentus  ac  vicarii 
&  omnium  parochianorum  de  Egnesham  tempore  &  diebus  rogacionum 
annuatim  a  tempore  quo  memoria  hominum  non  existit  vsitatam.  De 
quo  quidem  bosco  vocato  Hyewode  secundum  metas  &  bundas 
prescriptas  lohannes  nunc  abbas  de  Egnesham  &  eiusdem  loci  con- 
uentus &  onmes  predecessores  sui  de  tempore  quo  memoria  hominum 
non  existety  fuerunt  seisiti  vt  parsella  manerii  de  Egnesham  in  puram 
&  perpetuam  elemosinam  ex  concessione  domini  Aelmari  nuper 
comitis  Cornubie  fundatoris  dicti  monasterii  de  Egnesham. 

[folios  30-35  inclusive,  are  blank.] 


610. 

Copia  carte  qua  traditur  terra  de  Newebotle  WiUelmo     fol.  36^. 
de  Stratford. 

Sciant  [&c.]  quod  ego  Godfridus  dei  gracia  abbas  Egneshamie  [c  ngo- 
&  totus  eiusdem  loci  conuentus  dedimus  &  concessimus  Willelmo  "•  -I 

de  Stretford  filio  Willelmi  unam  hidam  terre  in  Newebotle,  quam 

*  This  clause  *  prout  . . .  Hywode '  that  Radnlfus  was  still  parson  of  Strat- 

seems  to  be  displaced.    It  wonld  make  ford  in  1226  (Cott.  MS.  Vit.  £.  xv. 

better  sense  if  it   occurred  three  lines  fol.  78).    The  two  sons  of  Azor  were 

later,  after  ^  de  Northlye.'  alive  in  Jan.  119a  (see  nos.  108  and 

'  The  reason  for  assigning  this  deed  109). 
to  the  later  years  of  Abbot  Godfrey  is 


44  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Azorius  quondam  uicecomes  Oxenford  nobis  dedit:  tenendam  de 
nobis  libere  &  quiete  ab  omni  seruicio  &  consuetudine  pro  decern 
solidis  reddendis  nobis  annuatim  ad  duos  terminos,  scilicet  v  s.  ad 
Natiuitatem  sancti  lohannis  Baptiste  &  v  s.  ad  festum  sancti  Thome 
apostoli.  Prefatus  uero  Willelmus  de  regio  seruicio  warantizabit 
predictam  hidam  &  heredes  sui  post  eum,  qui  eandem  hidam  pro 
supradictis  decem  solidis  de  nobis  tenebunt.  Hanc  uero  donacionem 
presentis  carte  attestacione,  sigillorum  nostrorum  impressione  roborate, 
dignum  duximus  confirmare.  Hiis  testibus,  Reginaldo  filio  Azorii, 
Rogero  fratre  ipsius,  Rogero  fratre  Willelmi,  Radulfo  persona  de 
Stratford,  WiUelmo  nepote,  Gerardo  bedello,  Ricardo  filio  Nigelli 
&  multis  aliis. 


6ii. 

Obligacio  Willelmi  de  Stretford  de  decem  solidis  pro 
terris  de  Newebotle  cuius  tenor  est  talis. 

Mar.  ag,  Sciant  presentes  &  futuri  quod  Willelmus  de  Stratford  filius 
"4^  Willelmi  secundi  de  Stratford  obligaui  me  &  heredes  meos  imperpe- 
tuum  fide  media,  prestito  corporaliter  sacramento,  deo  &  beate  Marie 
de  Egnesham  &  monachis  ibidem  deo  seruientibus,  quod  ego  & 
heredes  mei  fideliter  persoluemus  prefatis  monachis  decem  solidos 
sterlingorum,  quos  Willelmus  pater  meus  eisdem  debuit  pro  vna  hida 
terre  in  Newebotle,  scilicet  illam  hidam  quam  Rogerus  *  auus  patris 
mei  eisdem  monachis  dedit  eo  die  quo  Hadewisa  filia  sua  ibidem 
sepeliebatur,  soluendos  ad  duos  anni  terminos  scilicet  infra  quindenam 
sancti*  lohannis  Baptiste  quinque  solidos  &  infra  duodecim  dies 
Natalis  Domini  quinque  solidos ;  ita  quod  si  ego  vel  heredes  mei 
a  solucione  dictorum  decem  solidorum  aliquando  cessauerimus,  con- 

foL  36\  cessi  pro  me  &  heredibus  meis,  |  omni  contradiccione  &  reclamacione 
postpositis,  quod  prefati  monachi  me  &  heredes  meos  per  terras 
&  catalla  nostra  vbicumque  in  feodo  de  Stratford  fuerint  inuenta 
compellant  &  distringant,  vel  si  eisdem  melius  visum  fuerit,  foro 
ecclesiastico  vel  iuris  contra  nos  utantur  remedio,  vt  locum  pro  nobis 
habere  non  pcssit  regia  prohibicio,  donee  eisdem  monachis  tam  de 
dictis  decem  solidis  quam  de  expensis  pro  detencione  eorundem  in 
lite  factis,  iuxta  arbitr[ium]  duorum  virorum  legalium  plene  satisfeceri- 
mus.    Ut  autem  [&c.  sealing],  hiis  testibus,  Bartol[omeo]  vinitorio 

*  In  no.  6io  it  is  said  to  have  been  given  by  Azor:  we  must  therefore  identify 
Roger  with  Azor.  *  •  sancte,*  MS. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  45 

de  Egnesbam,   Reginaldo  Clement,   Stephano  Portar,  lohanne   de 

Chadlyngton,   Radulfo  filio  [?]clerici,  Radulfo  de  Lardar,  Roberto 

Auenell,   Roberto  [ *]  clerico  &  aliis.  Actum  amio  gracie 

Mcc  XLi,  die  Veneris  ante  Pascha. 


612. 

Delegado  H.  archiepiscopi  magistro  lohanni  Grim  &  magistro 
S.  de  Gloucester  cum  sententia  diffinitiua  eorundem  & 
confirmacione  predict!  H.  archiepiscopi  Cantuariensis 
super  eandem  sententiam  de  fructibus  quatuor  acrarum 
terre  apud  Cogges. 

H.  del  gracia  Cantuariensis  archiepiscopus,  tocius  Anglie  primas,  [iaoi-3.'l 
omnibus  sancte  matris  ecclesie  filiis,  ad  quos  presens  scriptum 
peruenerit,  salutem  eternam  in  domino.  Ad  uniuersitatis  uesire 
volumus  peruenire  noticiam,  quod  cum  causas,  que  vertebantur  inter 
dilectos  filios  abbatem  &  monachos  Egneshamie  ex  una  parte  | 
&  lohannem  Arsic  militem  ex  altera,  super  eo  quod  lidem  abbas  &  fol.  37^ 
monachi  asserebant  ipsum  lohannem  eos  spoliasse  fructibus  quatuor 
acrarum  terre  &  quosdam  seruientes  ipsius  in  clericos  ipsorum  manus 
violentas  temere  iniecisse,  ad  nos  per  appellacionem  delatas',  dilectis 
filiis  magistris  lohanni  Grim*  &  Simoni  de  Glouernia  commisissemus  * 
audiendas  &  fine  canonico  decidendas,  postmodum  dicti  abbas  & 
monachi  ad  nos  accesserunt  &  sentenciam  ab  eisdem  magistris  super 
eisdem  causis  latam  nobis  exhibuerunt  sub  hoc  tenore  verborum 
comprehensam  • : — *Vniuersis  sancte  matris  ecclesie  filiis  ad  quos 
presens  scriptum  peruenerit  magister'  lohannes  Grim  &  magister^ 
Symon  de  Glouernia,  theologiam  Oxon'  legentes,  salutem  in  vero 
salutari.  Nouerit  vniuersitas  vestra  nos  litteras  venerabilis  patris 
nostri  H.  Cantuariensis  archiepiscopi  suscepisse  in  hec  verba :  "  H.  dei 
gracia  Cantuariensis  archiepiscopus  tocius  Anglie  primas  dilectis  filiis 
magistris  I.  Grim  &  Simoni  Glouernie  salutem  &  benediccionem.  Ex 
informacione  *  dilectorum  filiorum  abbatis  &  conuentus  de  Egnesham 

*  illegible.  chancellors  of  Oxford  were  instituted 

*  John  Arsic    died  in    1 205.    This      {Hist.  MSS.  Comm.,  MSS.  of  the  Duke 
deed  is  evidently  to  be  assigned  to  the      of  Rutland,  iv.  83.) 

interval  when  the  see  of  Lincoln  was  *  *  commisiemus,*  MS. 

vacant.  •  *  comprehensum/  MS. 

»  '  delictas,'  MS.  '  *  magysiro/  MS. 

*  *  Grini/  MS.,  and  so  throughout  the  •  *  infimadune/  MS.      Perhaps   the 
charter.     John    Grim    was   *  magister  word  should  be  *  insinuacione  *. 
scholarum  Oxonie*  in  1201,  before  the 


46  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

accepimus,  quod  cum  lohannes  Arsic  miles  ipsos  fnictibus  quatuor 
acrarum  spoliasset,  &  quidam  seruientes  eiusdem  manus  violentas  in 
clericos  ipsorum  temere  iniecissent,  &  iidem  abbas  &  conuentus  super 
hoc  coram  decano  loci  non  possent  iusticiam  optinere,  ex  parte  eius- 
dem abbatis  ad  nos  fiiit  appellatum  ad  crastinum  sancti  Michaelis ;  quo 
die  eodem  abbate  per  procuratorem  suum  coram  nobis  appellacionem 
suam  prosequente,  pars  aduersa  minime  comparuit.  Hinc  est  quod 
quia  de  appellacione  ilia  nobis  non  constitit,  vt  sumptibus  parcium  ^ 
parcerimus  [stc\  causas  illas  discreccioni  uestre  duximus  commit- 
tendas  mandantes  quatinus  si  de  appellacione  ad  nos  taliter  interposita 
uobis  constiterit,  convocatis  illis  quos  propter  hoc  videritis  conuocandps, 
eas  audiatis  &  fine  debito  terminetis.  Valete."  Huius  igitur  auctoritate 
mandati,  abbate  &  monachis  de  Egnesham  &  lohanne  Arsic  milite  per 
procuratores  suos  in  presentia  nostra  constitutis,  dicti  lohannis  militis 
procurator  coram  nobis  publice  in  iudicio  spontanea  voluntate  confessus 
foL  37^.  fuit,  quod  prefati  |  monachi  de  Egnesham  fnictibus  quatuor  acrarum, 
videlicet  duarum  de  frumento  &  duarum  de  auena,  in  dominico  eiusdem 
lohannis  Arsic  in  villa  de  Chokes  per  ipsum  lohannem  Arsic  iniuste 
fuerant  spoliati,  &  quod  ius  ipsorum  monachorum  tale  est  &  esse 
debet,  quod  postquam  fab[er]  predicte  ville  de  Chokes  elegerit  ad 
opus  suum  quantum  ad  ipsum  pertinet  de  acris  dominii  eiusdem 
I.  Arsic  in  villa  de  Chokes,  prefati  monachi  quatuor  acras  cultas 
&  promptas  ad  metendum,  scilicet  duas  de  frumento  &  duas  de  auena, 
quas  vellent  in  dominio  eiusdem  I.  Arsic  *  &  antecessorum '  suorum  de 
iure  antiquo  *  sibi  eligere  consueverunt ;  &  fructus  ipsos,  quibus  ipsi 
monachi  fuerunt  spoliati,  eis  in  integrum  restituendos  esse  concessit. 
Nos  itaque  ius  &  possessionem  monachorum  plenius  attendentes 
auctoritate  domini  Cantuariensis  qua  fungebamur'  fecimus  ipsos 
monachos  dictorum  fructuum  plena  &  pacifica  possessione  gaudere : 
procurator  autem  prefati  I.  militis,  nomine  Philippus,  fidem  coram 
nobis  interposuit,  quod  perturbacioni  possessionis  monachorum 
nunquam  acquiescet,  &  quod  diligenciam  suam  adhibebit,  quod  ipsi 
monachi  pacifica  inperpetuum  possessione  gaudebunt  Vt  hec  autem 
omnia  perpetua  possint  firmitate  constare,  ea  presenti  scripto  & 
sigillorum  nostrorum  apposicione  duximus  confirmanda.  His  testibus, 
magistro  Willelmo  de  Sumercot'*,  magistro  Rogero  Porrectano, 
magistro  lohanne  de  Dolecester,  domino  Alardo  capellano,  magistro 
Henr[ico],   Roberto  de  Clypston,   lohanne  de   Ramsbiri,  magistro 


>  *  procum,'  MS.  *  *  antiques,'  MS. 

*  *  arsic  in  villa,'  MS.  *  *  fungcbantur,'  MS. 

«  '  ancessorum,'  MS.  *  *  Sumertot,'  MS. 


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Alexandre  de  Niuhold*  capellano,  Waltero  clerico  de  Eylesb[eri], 
lohanne  Sanitore  de  Egnesham,  Ricardo  de  ecclesia,  Roberto  socio 
suo,  Willelmo  [?]Sauntero  &  aliis  multis.*  Nos  igitur  hiis,  que 
auctoritate  nostra  acta  sunt,  prout  nos  decet  &  tenemur,  prouidere 
volentes,  sentenciam  suprascriptam,  sicut  a  memoratis  magistris  I.  & 
S.  &  auctoritate  nostra  racionabiliter  lata'  est,  confirmamus  &  sigilli 
nostri  imposicione  roboramus.  Hiis  testibus,  magistro  Ricardo  de 
Wiltun,  Rogero  de  Basingham,  magistro  Michahele  de  Ringefeld, 
Roberto  de  Wristoll  \sic\  magistro  Willelmo  de  Beamton',  Simone 
capellano,  lohanne  de  Kent',  lohanne  de  sancto  Edmundo,  Dauid  de 
Rudderby  et  multis  aliis. 


613. 

Langeley  Parke,  fol.  38'. 

Notum  sit  omnibus  hominibus  tam  presentibus  quam  futuris,  quod  ego  [htj- 
Rogerus  filius  Alani  dedi  [&c.]  deo  &  ecclesie  beate  Marie  Egnesham  &  SS'T 

monachis  ibidem  deo  seruientibus,  in  puram  &  perpetuam  elemosinam, 
terciam  partem  garbarum  decime  de  dominico  meo  in  campis  de 
Langeley  assensu  heredum  meorum  pro  salute  anime  mee  &  uxoris 
mee  &  heredum  meorum  &  antecessorum  meorum.  Et  ut  [&c. 
sealing],  hiis  testibus,  Ricardo  fratre  meo,  Willelmo  Foliot,  Gerardo 
de  Bukynham,  Ada  de  Walingforde,  Roberto  filio  Petri,  Roberto  filio 
Pagani,  Radulfo  filio  Fulconis,  Thoma  Basset,  Waltero  archidiacono 
&  Nigello*  eius  presbitero  et  multis  aliis. 

[The  rest  of  38,  all  39,  &  40""  are  bl^nk.] 


614. 

Registrum  de  acqttietanciis  scribend[is]  patet  inferius.       fol.  40^. 

Thame.    Nouerint  uniuersi  per  presentes  nos  lacobum  Ramysden,  [1414-31.] 
abbatem  monasterii  de  Egnesham,  recepisse  &  habuisse  die  con- 
feccionis  presencium  de  abbate  monasterii  de  Thame  imdecim  solidos 

^  Probably  it  wa«  '  Niubold '  in  the  but  in  the  Pipe  Roll  of  i  Ric.  I  the 

originaL     The  deed  is  in  a  later  hand,  holder  is  Richard  son  of  Alan.    This 

pcmaps  of  the  sixteenth  century,  and  deed  therefore  is  between  these  dates, 

the  scribe  may  have  been  unable  to  and  Walter  the  archdeacon  must  be 

read  the  ancient  hand.  "Walter  de  Coutances  (11 75-1 183),  not 

'  '  leta,'  MS.  Walter  Map,  whose   term    began    in 

"  Alanus  held  Langley  at  Michael-  11 96. 
mas,  1177,  {Pipe  Roll,  Hen.  II,  p.  1 2)  ;  *  *  Sigello ',  MS. 


48  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

legalis  monete  nobis  &  successoribus  nostris  de  dicto  abbate  & 
succcssoribus  suis  annuatim  contingentes,  videlicet  pro  una  uirgata 
terre  quam  de  nobis  tenent  in  Stoke  Talmache,  videlicet  pro  termino 
sancti  Michaelis  ultimo  preterito  ante  datum  presencium.  De  quibus 
quidem  undecim  solidis  fatemur  nos  inde  plenarie  fore  solut[os]  per 
presentes,  sigillo  nostro  consign[atas].     Dat'  &c.  anno,  &c. 

SoMERTONK.  Noueriut  uniuersi  per  presentes  nos  lacobum  Ramys- 
dyn,  permissione  diuina  abbatem  monasterii  de  Egnesham,  recepisse 
&  habuisse  die  confeccionis  presencium  de  Ricardo  Astone  de 
Somertone  decem  solidos  legalis  monete  pro  redditu  duarum  virga- 
tarum  terre  in  campis  de  Somertone  predicte,  videlicet  pro  terminis 
An[nunciacioni8]  beate  Marie  &  sancti  Michaelis  archangeli  ultimo 
preteritps]  ante  datam  presencium.  De  quibus  quidem  decem  solidis 
fatemur  nos  inde  plenarie  fore  solut[os],  dictumque  Ricardum, 
heredes  &  executores  inde  esse  quietos,  per  presentes  sigillo  nostro 
consign[atas].    Dat'  &c.,  anno  &c. 

Chacombe.  Nouerint  [&c. . . .]  presencium  de  priore  de  Chacombe 
tres  solidos  legalis  monete  nobis  &  successoribus  nostris  de  dicto 
priore  &  successoribus  suis  annuatim  contingentes.  De  quibus 
[&c.]. 

MiLTONE.  Nouerint  [&c.  . .  .]  presencium  de  abbate  monasterii 
de  Bruera  xiii  s.  iiii  d.  pro  terris  in  campis  de  Miltone,  videlicet  pro 
terminis  Annunciacionis  beate  Marie  &  sancti  Michaelis  ultimo  [&c.] 
De  quibus  [&c.]. 

SuLDURNE.  Nouerint  [&c.  .  . .]  presencium  de  rectore  ecclesie  de 
Sulthorne  centum  solidos  legalis  monete  nobis  &  monasterio  nostro 
de  dicto  rectore  &  successoribus  suis  annuatim  contingentes  pro 
quadam  pensione  exeunte  de  dicta  ecclesia,  videlicet  pro  terminis 
sancti  Martini  &  Pentecostes  ultimo  [&c.].  De  quibus  [&c.].  | 
fol.  41^  Sercheden.  Nouerint  [&c.]  .  .  .  de  rectore  ecclesie  de  Serchedene 
tresdecim  solidos  &  quatuor  denarios  nobis  &  monasterio  nostro  de 
dicto  rectore  &  successoribus  suis  annuatim  contingentes,  pro  quadam 
pensione  exeunte  de  dicta  ecclesia  de  Serchedene,  videlicet  pro  termino 
sancti  Michaelis  archangeli  vltimo  [&c.].     De  quibus  [&c.]. 

Bartona  Parua.  Nouerint  [&c.] . . .  de  rectore  ecclesie  de  Bartona 
Parua  sex  solidos  &  octo  denarios  nobis  &  successoribus  nostris  de 
dicto  rectore  &  successoribus  suis  annuatim  contingentes,  pro  quadam 
pensione  exeunte  de  dicta  ecclesia  pro  termino  sancti  Michaelis 
archangeli  ultimo  [&c.].     De  quibus  [&c.]. 

Turuestone.  Nouerint  [&c*] . . .  de  rectore  ecclesie  de  Turuestone 
quatuor  solidos  legalis  monete  nobis  &  successoribus  nostris  de  dicto 
rectore  &   successoribus  suis    annuatim  contingentes  pro  quadam 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  49 

pensione  exeunte  de  dicta  ecclesia  pro  termino  sancti  Michaelis  [&c.]. 
De  quibus  [&c.]. 

DoRCHESTRE.  Noucrint  [&c]  . . .  de  abbate  de  Dorchestre  duo- 
decim  solidos  legalis  monete  nobis  &  monasterio  nostro  de  dicto 
abbate  &  monasterio  suo  annuatim  debitos  pro  redditu  terre  & 
decimis  in  Baldjngdon  pro  termino  sancti  Michaelis  [&c.].  De 
quibus  [&c.]. 

BuRCESTRS.  Nouerint  [&c.]  . .  .  de  priore  de  Burcestre  duodecim 
solidos  legalis  monete  pro  decimis  in  Strattona,  videlicet  pro  termino 
sancti  Michaelis  [&c.].    De  quibus  [&c.].  | 

OxoN.    Pro  pensione  ecclesie  sancte  Ebbe.    Nouerint  [&c.]  . .  .  de  fol.  41^. 
rectore  ecclesie  sancte  Ebbe,  Oxon',  xiii  s.  iiii  d.  nobis  &  monasterio 
nostro  de  dicto  rectore  &  successoribus  suis  annuatim  contingentes, 
pro  quadam  pensione  exeunte  de  dicta  ecclesia  pro  termino  sancti 
Michaelis  [&c.].    De  quibus  [&c.]. 

RoLLYNGRYTHE.  Noucrint  [&c.]  . . .  dc  rectore  ecclesie  de  Rollyng- 
rythe  Parua  decem  solidos  legalis  monete  pro  quadam  pensione 
annuatim  exeunte  de  dicta  ecclesia  pro  termino  sancti  Michaelis  [&c.]. 
De  quibus  [&c.]. 

Clyftone  Mylle.  Nouerint  [&c]  . . .  de  priore  de  Burcestre  xl  s. 
nobis  &  monasterio  nostro  de  dicto  priore  &  monasterio  suo  annuatim 
debitos  pro  molendino  vocato  Clyfton  mylle  pro  terminis  Annuncia- 
cionis  beate  Marie  &  sancti  Michaelis  [&c.]«     De  quibus  [&c.]. 

Dotard  Mylle.    Nouerint  [&c.]  . .  •  de  [  *]  Somertone  xx  s. 

pro  reddim  molendini  vocati  Dotard  mylle  pro  terminis  Annunciacionis 
beate  Marie  &  sancti  Michaelis  [&c.].    De  quibus  [&c.]. 

Clerkynmylle.  Nouerint  [&c]  .  •  .  de  abbate  monasterii  de 
Cirencestre  x  s.  nobis  &  monasterio  nostro  de  dicto  abbate  &  monasterio 
suo  annuatim  debitos  pro  redditu  de  Clerkynmylle  videlicet  pro  termino 
sancti  Michaelis  [&c.].    De  quibus  [&c.]. 

Bannebury.*    Nouerint    uniuersi    per    presentes    nos    lohannem   [1449.] 
Quenyngton,  permissione  diuina  abbatem  monasterii  beate  Marie  de 
Egnesham,  recepisse  &  habuisse    die    confeccionis  presencium   de 
lohanne  [  ^]  vicario  ecclesie  de  Banbury  &  lohanna  nuper 

uxore  lohannis  I^uers,  executoribus'  testamenti  dicti  lohannis 
Danuers,  septem  libras,  tresdecim  solidos  &  quatuor  denarios  pro 
firma  granorum,  decimarum  &  reddituum  in  Bannbury,  Cropridy, 
Herdewyke,  Bodycote  &  Clatercote  nobis  &  monasterio  nostro 
prouenient[ium],  scilicet  pro  terminis  Annunciacionis  beate  Marie 

c 

^  Blank  in  the  MS.  see  Memorials  of  the  Danvers  Family^ 

'  This  is   added  in   ano&cr  hand.      p.  loi  (by  F.  N.  Macnamaiu). 
John  Danrers  died  shortly  after  1448:  '  'execntores/  MS. 


50  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

&  Nativitatis  sancte  lobannis  Baptiste,  ulterius  preteritis.  De  quibus 
quidem  septem  libris,  tresdecim  solidis,  &  quatuor  denariis,  fatemur 
nos  inde  fore  solut[o8],  dictumque  lohannem  &  lohannam  esse 
quietos  per  presentes.    Data  &c. 


615. 

fol.  49^  Eynesham.    Noua  terra. 

1366.         Redditus  tenementorum  &  terrarum  noue  teire  mensuratorum  per 
Gal&idum  abbatem,  anno  domini  mccclxvi. 

lobannes  de  Wjgyntone  tenet  vnum  cotagium  cum  crofto  ex 
opposito  le  Huthecrofte,  continent*  in  vno  capite  iuxta  viam  regiam 
ii  perticas,  v  pedes,  et  in  alio  capite  iii  perticas;  &  in  latere  continet 
xix  perticas  [&]  dimidiam.  £t  sic  continet  i  rodam,  xi  perticas, 
iiii  quart[eria]  pertice/  i  pedem,  iii  partes  pedis,  ii  digitos. 

Summa  redditus  xv  d.  qua[drans],  diniidi[usj  qua[drans], 
quarta  pars  qua[drantis]. 
Henricus  Halewy  tenet  i  cotagium  cum  crofto,  &  continet  in  capite 
occidentali  ii  perticas,  iiii  pedes,  &  in  alio  capite  iuxta  viam  regiam 
ii  perticas,  quart[erium],  ii  pedes ;  &  in  latere  xx  perticas,  dimidiam, 
ii  pedes.  £t  sic  continet  i  rodam,  vii  perticas,  iii  quart[eria]  pertice, 
dimidium  pedem,  iiii  digitos  minus  quan[a]  pars  [stc]  grani. 

Summa  redditus     xiiii  d.  qua[drans],  quarta  pars  qua[drantis]. 
Thomas  Frankelejm  tenet  i  cotagium  cum  crofto,  &  continet  in 
capite  iuxta  viam  regiam  ii  perticas,  ii  pedes,  &  in  alio  capite  ii  perticas, 
iii  pedes ;  &  in  latere  xx  perticas,  dimidiam,  i  pedem :  £t  sic  continet 
i  rodam,  iiii  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam,  i  pedem,  i  digitum. 
Summa  redditus    xiii  d.  qua. 
Henricus  Halewy  tenet  vnum  tenementum  sine  crofto  &  continet 
in  capite  iuxta  viam  regiam  x  perticas,  dimidiam,  &  in  alio  capite 
dimidiam  perticam ;  &  in  latere  recto  xvii  perticas.    Et  sic  continet 
dimidiam  acram,  xiii  perticas,  dimidiam. 

Summa  redditus  ii  s.  iiii  d. 
Willelmus  Sclatter  tenet  i  tenementum  cum  crofto,  &  continet  in 
capite  iuxta  viam  regiam  versus  boream  vii  perticas,  dimidiam,  St  in 
capite  inferiori  viii  perticas,  quart[erium],  iii  pedes ;  &  in  vno  latere 
iuxta  viam  regiam  xxi  perticas,  &  in  alio  latere  xx  perticas, 
qua[rterium].  £t  sic  continet  i  acram,  v  perticas,  quart[erium] 
pertice,  ii  pedes,  ii  digitos. 

Sunmia  redditus    iiii  s.  i  d.  ob.,  quarta  pars  qua[drantis]. 

i*partit,*MS. 


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lohannes  Vyncent  tenet  vnum  tenementum  cum  crofto  cont[inens] 
per  viam  regiam  in  capite  vi  perticas,  quart[erium],  &  in  alio  capite 
vi  perticas,  iii  pedes ;  &  in  latere  xx  perticas,  i  quart[erium].  £t  sic 
continet  dimidiam  acram,  i  rodam,  vi  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam, 
quart[erium]  pertice,  dimidium  pedem,  quart[erium]  pedis,  ii  digitos, 
i  granum. 

Summa  redditus    iii  s.  i  A  ob.  qua.  dimpdium]  qua.,  quarta 
pars  qua[drantis].  | 
lohanna  atte  Hulle  tenet  vnum  tenementum  cum  crofto  cont[inens]  fol.  43^. 
ad  vnum  caput  iuxta  viam  regiam  iiii  perticas,  i  quart[erium],  &  in 
alio  capite  iiii  perticas,  iii  pedes;    &  in  vno  latere  xxi  perticas, 
iii  pedes,  &  in  alio  latere  xx  perticas,  iii  quart[eria].    Et  sic  continet 
dimidiam  acram,  ix  perticas,  vi  pedes,  dimidiam  pedem,  iii  digitos. 
Summa  redditus    ii  s.  ii  d.  ob.  qua. 
lohannes  Vyncent  tenet  aliud  tenementum  cum' crofto  cont[inens] 
in  capite  iuxta  viam  regiam  iiii  perticas,  quart[erium],  i  pedem,  &  ad 
aliud  caput  iii  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam,  ii  pedes ;  &  ad  latus  xxi 
perticas,  dimidiam  perticam,  iii  pedes.    £t  sic  continet  dimidiam  acram, 
iiii  perticas,  ii  pedes,  quart[erium]  ped[is],  i  digitum. 

Summa  redditus    ii  s.  i  d.,  dimid.  qua.,  quarta  pars  qua[drantis]. 
Willelmus  Sclatt[er]  tenet  aliud  tenementum  cum  crofto  conti[nens] 
iuxta  viam  regiam  i  perticam,  dimidiam,  ii  pedes,  &  in  alio  capite 
ii  perticas,  dimidiam ;  &  in  latere  xxvii  perticas.    £t  sic  continet  i 
rodam,  xv  perticas,  iii  pedes,  dimidiiun  pedem,  i  digitmn. 
Summa  redditus    xvi  d.  ob.  dim.  qua. 
lohannes  atte  Halle  tenet  vnum  cotagium  cum  crofto  cont[inen8]  ad 
caput  iuxta  viam  regiam  ii  perticas,  dimidiam,  ii  pedes,  &  in  alio  capite 
ii  perticas,  quarterium,  &  in  latere  xxvii  perticas.    Et  sic  continet  i 
rodam,  dimidiam  rodam,  v  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam,  v  pedes. 

Summa  redditus    xix  d.  ob.,  dim.  qua. :  unde  lohannes  Vyncent 
tenet  iuxta  viam  regiam  vnam  placeam  non  edificatam  & 
continet  in  se  in  quadrum  dimidiam  perticam,  i  pedem ; 
pro  redditu  dim.  qua. 
Summa  acrarum  predictarum     v   acr',   dim.  rod,  v  pertic', 
quart[erium]  pertice,  dim.  ped',  &  quart[erium]  pedps],  & 
i  digitum  preter  quartam  partem  grani. 
Summa  redditus  predicti     xx  s.  vi  d.  ob.,  dim.  qua.,  &  quarta 
pars  qua[drantis]. 
Pars  Aquilonarts : — 

Ricardus  L3mde  tenet  vnam  placeam  non  edificatam  pro  parte  cum 
crofto,  &  continet  in  vno  capite  versus  viam  regiam  v  |  perticas,  iii  fol.  43' 
pedes ;  et  in  capite  versus  Cattesbrayne  continet  quatuor  perticas,  & 

£  2 


52  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

in  latere  continet  xxii  perticas;  et  sic  continet  dimidiam  acram, 
dimidiam  rodam,  xii  perticas,  i  pedem,  dimldium  pedem,  &  quartam 
partem  pedis.  Vnde  Editha  Marche  tenet  vnum  tenementum  edificatum, 
habens  in  capite  versos  viam  regiam  ii  perticas,  &  in  alio  i  perticam, 
dimidiam  perticam,  quartam  partem  pertice;  et  in  longitudine  xii 
perticas,  dimidiam  perticam,  quartam  partem  pertice :  et  sic  continet 
dimidiam  rodam,  v  perticas,  quartam  partem  pertice,  ii  pedes,  dimi- 
dium  pedem,  ii  digitos,  dimidium  granum. 

Summa  redditus  ii  s.  ix  d.  ob. ;  vnde  Editha  vii  d.  ob.  & 
quarta  pars  qua[drantis]. 
Dionisia  Irlonde  tenet  vnum  tenementum  cum  croflo,  contpnens] 
in  capite  iuxta  viam  regiam  vi  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam,  i  pedem ; 
et  in  alio  capite  continet  iiii  perticas ;  &  in  longitudine  continet  xxi 
perticas :  et  sic  continet  dimidiam  acram,  dimidiam  rodam,  vii  perticas, 
dimidiam  perticam,  quartam  partem  pertice,  iii  pedes,  quartam  partem 
pedis,  i  digitum,  dimidium  granum.  Vnde  Johannes  Bamptone  tenet 
xvii  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam  in  vno  tenemento  edificato  cum 
curtilagio  adiacente. 

Summa  redditus  ii  s.  vii  d.  qua.,  quarta  pars  qua[drantis], 
vnde  supradictus  *  Johannes  Bamptone  v  d.  qua, 
Thomas  Schermon  tenet  i  tenementum  nuncupatum  aulam;  et 
continet  in  capite  versus  viam  regiam  vii  perticas,  iii  pedes,  &  in  alio 
capite  vii  perticas,  preter  i  pedem;  et  in  longitudine  continet  vii 
perticas  :  et  sic  continet  cum  curtilagio  i  rodam,  ix  perticas,  vii  pedes. 
Caput  vnum  crofti  eiusdem  continet  vii  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam, 
quartam  partem  pertice ;  aliud  caput  continet  vii  perticas,  ii  pedes ;  et 
longitudo  continet  xiii  perticas,  iii  pedes.  Et  sic  in  crofto  dimidia 
acra,  xix  pertice,  v  pedes,  dimidium  ped[em],  quart[am]  part[em] 
pedis. 

Summa  redditus  tenementi  &  crofti  iii  s.  viii  d.  ob. 
Willelmus  Sclatter  tenet  i  tenementum  cum  crofto,  vnde  tenementum 
continet  in  capite  per  viam  regiam  iii  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam ;  et 
in  alio  capite  continet  iii  perticas,  iiii  parte[m]  [sic]  pertice,  et  in 
longitudine  vii  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam :  Et  sic  continet  tenementum 
cum  curtilagio  xxv  perticas,  quartam  partem  pertice,  i  pedem  preter  iii 
partes  grani.  Croft[um]  eiusdem  in  vno  capite  continet  iiii  perticas,  & 
i  nalio  capite  continet  iiii  perticas,  iii  pedes ;  et  in  longitudine  continet 
xii  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam,  iii  pedes.  Et  sic  in  crofto  i  roda,  xii 
pertice,  iiii  pedes. 

Summa  redditus    xxiii  d.  quarta  pars  qua.  | 

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Auicia  Laujrntone  tenet  i  tenementum  cum  crofto,  &  in  capite  iuxta  foL  43^. 
viam  regiam  continet  ii  perticas  preter  i  pedem,*&  in  alio  capite  i 
perticam,  dimidiam  perticam;  &  [in  *]  longitudine  vii  perticas,  qiiartam 
partem  pertice,  iii  pedes :  £t  sic  continet  tenementum  cum  curdlagio 
xiiii  perticas,  quartam  partem  pertice,  i  pedem,  dimidium  pedem, 
quartam  partem  pedis,  iii  digitos.  Et  in  vno  capite  crofi[um]  continet 
ii  perticas,  &  in  alio  capite  ii  perticas,  ii  pedes,  &  in  longitudine  continet 
ziii  perticas.  £t  sic  in  crofto  xxvi  pertice,  dimidia  pertica,  quarta  pars 
pertice,  i  pes^  quarta  pars  pedis,  i  granum. 

Summa  redditus  zii  d.  qua. 
Walterus  Ryng  tenet  i  tenementum  cum  crofto,  cuius  vnum  caput 
versus  viam  regiam  continet  ii  perticas,  iii  pedes,  in  alio  capite 
iii  perticas :  in  longitudine  vii  perticas,  quartam  partem '  pertice, 
iii  pedes:  et  sic  continet  xix  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam,  quartam 
partem  pertice,  iii  pedes,  preter  i  digitum.  Croft[um]  eiusdem  in 
capite  continet  ii  perticas,  ii  pedes :  in  alio  capite  continet  ii  perticas, 
i  pedem.  Et  sic  in  crofto  xxvii  pertice,  dimidia  pertica,  quart[erium], 
ii  pedes,  iii  digitos. 

Summa  redditus  [  *]. 

lohannes  Edward  tenet  i  cotagium  sine  crofto,  &  continet  per 
viam  regiam  i  perticam,  dimidiam  perticam,  quartam  partem  pertice, 
vnum  pedem;  et  in  alio  capite  i  perticam,  dimidiam  perticam;  in 
longitudine  continet  vii  perticas,  ii  pedes.  Et  continet  xii  perticas, 
i  pedem,  dimidium  pedem,  ii  digitos. 

Summa  redditus  iii  d.  ob. 
Henricus  Deyesone  tenet  vnum  mesuagimn  cum  croflo,  cuius 
mesuagium  iuxta  viam  regiam  continet  ii  perticas,  quartam  partem 
pertice,  ii  pedes,  &  in  alio'  continet  ii  perticas,  dimidiam,  quartam 
partem  pertice;  et  in  longitudine  continet  vii  perticas;  et  sic  in 
mesuagio  cum  curtilagio  continet  xvii  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam, 
quartam  partem  pertice,  iii  pedes,  i  digitum,  i  granum:  et  in  vno 
capite  crofti  eiusdem  continet  iiii  perticas,  ii  pedes;  in  alio  capite 
continet  iiii  perticas;  in  longitudine  xiii  perticas:  et  sic  in  crofto 
i  roda,  xii  pertice,  dimidia  pertica,  quarta  pars  pertice,  i  pes,  quarta 
pars  pedis,  i  granum. 

Summa  redditus    xxi  d.  dim.  qua. 
Nicholaus  Colons  de  antiqua  tenura. 

Elena  Riches  tenet  vnum  tenementum  cum  crofto,  cuius  tenementum 
in  capite  iuxta  viam  regiam  continet  vi  perticas  preter  vnum  pedem,  | 
et  in  alio  capite  v  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam,  iii  pedes ;  et  in  longitu-  foL  44'. 

>  omitted  in  MS.  »  '  ped','  MS.  *  quarta  par^'  MS, 

*  Blank  in  MS.  *  Supply  *  capite  \ 


54  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

dine  vii  perticas,  dimidiam.  £t  sic  continet  tenementum  cum  curtilagio 
xxxix  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam,  quartam  partem  pertice,  i  pedem, 
diraidium  pedem,  ii  digitos,  Et  in  capite  crofti  continet  v  perticas, 
ii  pedes ;  in  alio  capite  continet  v  perticas,  i  pedem ;  in  longitudine 
continet  xiii  perticas,  iii  pedes.  Et  sic  in  crofto  i  roda,  xxvii  pertice, 
dimidia  pertica,  preter  vnum  digitum. 

Smnma  redditus  ii  s.  viii  d  quarta  pars  qua. 
Robertus  le  Strynger  tenet  vnum  tenementum  [cum']  croft[o], 
&  continet  per  viam  regiam  v  perticas,  &  in  alio  capite  iiii  perticas, 
iiii  pedes;  in  vno  latere  continet  xx  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam, 
iii  pedes;  in  alio  latere  continet  xix  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam. 
Et  sic  continet  dimidiam  acram,  xiii  perticas,  ii  pedes,  dimidium 
pedem,  quartam  partem  pedis,  ii  digitos. 

Summa  redditus    ii  s.  iii  d.  ob.  qua.,  dim.  qua. 
Summa  acrarum  istius partis,  iiii  acre,  dimidia  acra,  i  roda,  dimidia 
roda,  xi  pertice,  quarta  pars  pedis,  i  digitus,  iii  partes  grani. 
Summa  redditus    xix  s.  viii  d. 
Pars  ex  opposito  Elene  Ryches : — 

Willelmus  lakkes  tenet  croftum  quondam  Ricardi  dame  Eleyne 
[sic],  &  continet  in  capite  oriental!  versus  le  Huthecrofte  xxx  perticas, 
dimidiam  perticam ;  in  capite  ex  opposito  illius  xxii  perticas ;  in  latere 
aquilonari  iuxta  viam  regiam  continet  xxi  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam ; 
in  latere  australi  ex  opposito  huius  xxi  perticas.  Et  sic  continet  cum 
hays*  [sic]  iii  acras,  i  rodam,  dimidiam  rodam,  xviii  perticas,  dimidiam 
perticam,  quartam  partem  pertice,  vnum  pedem,  i  digitum.  Et  in 
eodem  crofto  ex  parte  australi  est  vna  placea  plantata  arboribus, 
&  continet  in  capite  versus  Huthecrofte  v  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam ; 
in  alio  capite  continet  iii  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam ;  &  in  longitudine 
xii  perticas.    Et  sic  continet  i  rodam,  xiiii  perticas. 

Summa  redditus    xv  s.  iii  d.  ob.  qua.  quarta  pars  qua. 
Est  vna  placea  ibidem  ad  caput  eiusdem  crofti,  &  est  in  manus 
domini,  &  continet  in  capite  versus  viam  regiam  v  perticas,  &  in  alio 
capite  iiii  perticas,  &  continet  in  longitudine  xxi  perticas.     Et  sic 
continet  in  toto  dimidiam  acram,  xiiii  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam. 
Summa  redditus  ii  s.  iiii  d.  qua.  | 
fol.  44^        Isabella  Bollynge  tenet  vnum  tenementum  cum  crofto,  &  continet  in 
capite  iuxta  viam  regiam  ii  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam,  ii  pedes; 
in  alio  capite  continet  ii  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam :  et  sic  continet 
i  rodam,  xii  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam  &  vnum  pedem  preter  vnum 
granum. 

Summa  redditus    xv  d.  ob.  qua. 

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CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  55 

Willelmus  le  Baker  tenet  vnum  tenementum  cum  crofto,  &  continet 
in  capite  iuxta  viam  regiam  iiii  perticas,  ii  pedes,  dimidium  pedem ; 
et  in  alio  capite  continet  iii  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam,  ii  pedes: 
&  in  longitudine  xx  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam.  £t  sic  continet 
i  rodam,  dimidiam  rodam,  xix  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam,  quartam 
partem  pertice,  i  pedem,  iii  digitos. 

Summa  redditus    xxiii  d.  ob.  qua.,  quarta  pars  qua. 
lohannes  Bamptone  (alias  Webbe ')  tenet  vnum  tenementum  cum 
crofto,  &  continet  in  capite  iuxta  viam  regiam  iii  perticas,  dimidiam 
perticam,  ii  pedes,  &  in  alio  capite  continet  iiii  perticas,  i  pedem,  &  in 
longitudine  xx  perticas,  quartam  partem;   et  sic  continet  i  rodam, 
dimidiam  rodam,  xix  perticas,  iiii  pedes,  iii  partes  pedis,  i  granum. 
Summa  redditus    xxiii  d.  ob.,  dim.  qua. 
Ricardus  Belegrave  tenet  vnum  tenementimi  cum  crofto,  &  continet 
in  capite  iuxta  viam  regiam  v  perticas,  &  in  alio  capite  iiii  perticas, 
quart[erium]  pertice,  &  in  longitudine  continet  xxi  perticas,  quarterium 
pertice,  dimidium  quarterium  pertice.    £t  sic  continet  dimidiam  acram, 
xix  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam,  iii  pedes,  dimidium  pedem  preter 
vnum  granum :    vnde  in  pede  dicti  crofti   ex  opposito  teneraenti 
Henrici  Halewy  est  vnum  tenementum  dictimi  aliquando  Pryuyte: 
et  continet  in  toto  xii  perticas. 

Summa  redditus    ii  s.  v  d.   ob.   qua.,  vnde  pro  tenemento 
Pryuyte  iii  d.  ob. 
lohannes  Blake  tenet  vnum  tenementum  cum  crofto,  quondam 
vocatum  Goseford,  &  continet  in  capite  iuxta  viam  regiam  i  perti- 
cam, dimidiam  perticam,  iiii  pedes;   in  capite  inferiori  curtilag[ii] 
versus  croftum  |  continet  v  perticas,  vi  pedes ;    &  in  latere  recto  fol.  45''. 
continet  viii    perticas:    et   sic   continet  dictum    tenementum    cum 
ciutilagio  xxviii  perticas,  dimidiam  perticam,  i  pedem,  preter  i  digitum. 
Croftum  eiusdem  continet  in  capite  superiori  v  perticas,  vi  pedes; 
in  capite  inferiori  iuxta  Huthecroft  xiii  perticas,  &  in  latere  recto 
versus  austrum  continet  xxi  perticas :  et  sic  croftum  continet  i  acram, 
dimidiam  rodam,  xiii  perticas,  dimidium  pedem. 
Summa  redditus    v  s.  vi  d.  qua.,  dim.  qua. 
Summa  acrarum    viii  acre,  i  roda,  iiii  pertice,  dimidia  pertica 

preter  i  granum. 
Summa  redditus    xxiii  s.  dim.  qua. 

Summa  omnium  acrarum  tocius  none  terre    xviii  acre,  i  roda, 
dimidia  roda,  iii  partes  pertice,  i  pes  *,  dim.  pes  •,  i  digitus, 
i  granum,  dim.  granum. 
Summa  tocius  redditus  noue  terre    Ixxiii  s.  xi  d.  dim.  qua. 
*  These  two  words  are  inserted  above  the  line.  *  *  ped,*  MS. 


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Rentale  de  noua  terra  de  Egnesham : — 

lohannes  W7g3aitone  xv  d.  dim.  qua.,  &  quarta  pars  qua. 

Henricus  Halewy  xiiii  d.  quarta  pars  qua. 

Thomas  Frauncleyne  xiii  d.  qua. 

Henricus  Halewy  ii  s.  iiii  d. 

Heredes  Ricardi  Tuwe  iiii  s.  i  d.  ob.,  quarta  pars  qua. 

lohannes  Vjmcent       iii  s.  i  d.  ob.  qua.,  dim.  qua.,  quarta  pars  qua. 

lohanna  atte  HuUe  ii  s.  ii  d.  ob.  qua. 

lohannes  Vyncent  ii  s.  i  d.  dim.  qua.,  quarta  pars  qua. 

.  Willelmus  Sdatter  xvi  d.  ob.,  dim.  qua. 

lohannes  atte  Halle  xix  d.  ob.,  dim.  qua. 

Ricardus  Lynde            ii  s.  i  d.  ob.  qua.,  dim.  qua.,  quarta  pars  qua. 

Editha  Marche,  nichil  a  xvii  annis  vii  d.  ob.,  quarta  pars  qua. 

Dionisia  Irlonde  ii  s.  iii  d.  quarta  pars  qua. 

lohannes  Bamptone  v  d.  qua.  | 

fol.  45^.        Thomas  Shermon  iii  s.  viii  d.  ob. 

Willehnus  Sclatter  zxm  d.  quarta  pars  qua. 

Auicia  Lauenton  xii  d.  qua. 

Walterus  Rynge  xiiii  d.  qua. 

lohannes  Edward  iii  d.  ob. 

Henricus  Deyesone  xxi  d.  dim.  qua. 

Elena  Ryches  ii  s.  viii  d.  quarta  pars  qua. 

Robertus  Strynger  ii  s.  iii  d.  ob.  qua.,  dim.  qua. 

Dominus  lohannes  PateshuUe  xv  s.  iii  d.  ob.  qua.,  quarta  pars  qua. 

lohannes  Broghtone  ii  s.  iiii  d.  qua. 

Isabella  Bollyng  xv  d.  ob.  qua. 

Agnes  Lewes  xxiii  d.  ob.  qua.,  quarta  pars  qua. 

lohannes  Webbe  ii  s.  i  d.  dim.  qua. 

Ricardus  Lynde  xxiii  d.  ob.,  dim.  qua* 

Ricardus  Belegraue  pro  ii  tenementis  ii  s.  ii  d.  qua. 

Tenementum  Pryuyte  iii  d.  ob. 
lohannes  Blake  pro  tenemento  Goseforde    v  s.  vi  d.  qua.,  dim.  qua. 
Summa  Ixxiii  s.  xi  d.  qua. :  et  sic  de  incremento  xx  s.  viii  d  qua. 


6i6. 

fol.  46'.  Rolendryght 

X363.  Inquisicio  capta  apud  RoUendryght'  super  valore  &  extent[a] 
manerii,  anno  domini  millesimo  ccclxiiio  &  anno  domini  Galfridi 
abbatis  monasterii  de  Egnesham  duodecimo. 


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In    primis    inuentum    est,  quod  est  de  fundacione  ecclesie    de 
Egnesham  de  dono  magni  Almari^ 

Aysiamentum  domonim  manerii  deductis  expensis  valet  annuatim 
vi  s.  viii  d. 
Est  ibidem  unum  columbare,  &  valet  per  annum  iii  s.  iiii  d. 
Sunt  in  crofto  superiori  gardini  ex  parte  boreali  tres  acre,  dimidia 
roda,  &  nouem  pertice,  &  valet  acra  viii  d. 

Summa  denariorum  ii  s.  i  d.  ob. 
Sunt  in  crofto  inferiori  manerii  vna  acra  &  vna  roda,  &  valent 
viiid. 

Summa  denariorum  viii  d. 
Est  vna  cultura  ex  parte  austraii  de  Smallebrok'  a  prato  vsque  le 
More  sub  le  Hethe,  &  continet  quatuordecim  acras,  dimidiam  acram 
&  octodedm  perticas,  &  valet  acra  viii  d. 

Summa  denariorum  ix  s.  ix  d. 
Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  inter  le  Mere  sub  le  Hegge  &  aliam  Meram 
propinquiorem  ville  tendens  in  duas  seliones  iacentes  in  longum 
iuxta  Smallebroke  in  longitudine,  &  continet  cum  capitalibus  quinque 
acras,  dimidiam  acram,  vnam  rodam  &  decem  perticas ;  &  dicte  due 
seliones  continent  vnam  rodam  &  quatuordecim  perticas,  &  valet 
acra  vi  d. 

Summa  denariorum  ii  s.  x  d.  | 
Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  tendens  in  pasturam  nuncupatam  le  Reede  fol.  46^. 
ex  parte  superiori  &  clausum  manerii  ex  parte  inferiori,  vsque  le 
buttes,  &  continet  tres   acras,  dimidiam  acram,  vnam  rodam,  & 
quinque  perticas,  &  valet  acra  vi  d. 

Summa  denariorum  xxii  d.  ob.  qua. 
Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  nuncupata  le  Buttes,  tendens  in  pasturam 
predictam  &  grangiam  manerii,  &  continet  tres  acras,  dimidiam  jodam, 
&  tresdecim  perticas,  &,  valet  acra  iiii  d. 

Summa  denariorum  xii  d.  ob.  qua. 
Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  nuncupata  Merestonpece,  &  continet  duas 
acras,  vnam  rodam  &,  quatuor  perticas,  &  valet  acra  i  d. 
Summa  denariorum  ii  d.  qua. 
Est  vna  cultura  in  eodem  campo  quondam  tenendum  nunc  in 
manus  domini  iacens  sub  le  Mereston,  versus  campum  de  Salford, 
&  continet    quatuor    acras,  dimidiam    acram,  dimidiam    rodam  & 
quinque  perticas,  &  valet  acra  iiii  d. 

Summa  denariorum  xviii  d.  ob.  qua. 

^  If  Rollright  was  giTen  by  i^thel-      of  Eynsham,  for  it  is  not  mentioned  in 
mar,  it  was  not  given  at  the  foundation      the  fotmdation  charter. 


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Est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Cou[m]beslade  &  continet  tresdecim 
acras,  &  valet  acra  i  d. 

Summa  denarionim  xiii  d. 
Est  vna  cultura  vltra  bercariam  manerii  ex  parte  occidental!  & 
boreali  nuncupata  Dedelonde  extra  le  Hoste  vsque  Holwellesyche, 
&  continet  cum  terra  tenencium  iam  in  manus  domini  septem  acras 
&  vnam  rodam,  &  valet  acra  iiii  d. 

Summa  denariorum  ii  s.  v  d. 
Est  vna  cultura  vltra  croftimi  manerii  nuncupata  Leyecrofte,  & 
continet  tres  acras  &  dimidiam  acram,  &  valet  acra  iiii  d. 
fol.  47*.  Summa  denariorum  xiii  d.  | 

Alius  Campus : — 

Est  vna  cultura  extra  villam  ex  parte  orientali  ad  modum  scuti, 
inter  duas  vias,  &  continet  septem  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  vnam 
rodam,  dimidiam  rodam  &  septem  perticas,  &  valet  acra  iiii  d. 
Sununa  denariorum  ii  s.  vii  d.  ob.  qua. 
Est  vna  cultura  sub  cultura  predicta  a  villa  usque  le  Mere  tendens 
in  Smallebroke  ex  parte  boreali,  &  continet  cum  selionibus  iacentibus 
in  longum  iuxta  Smallebroke  septemdecim  acras  &  dimidiam  rodam, 
&  valet  acra  viii  d. 

Summa  denariorum  xi  s.  v  d. 
Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  a  dicto  Mere  vsque  pratum  tendens  in  viam 
&  Smallebroke  ex  parte  boreali,  &  continet  quindecim  acras  &  octo- 
decim  perticas,  &  valet  acra  viii  d. 

Summa  denariorum  x  s.  i  d. 
Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  iacens  in  longum  per  viam  abuttans  super 
dictam  culturam  Sc  pratum,  Sc  continet  tres  acras,  dimidiam  acram  & 
vndecim  perticas,  &  valet  acra  viii  d. 

Summa  denariorum  ii  s.  iiii  d.  ob. 
Est  vna  cultura  ad  capud  de  Saltgras  nuncupata  Wythyhullebuttes, 
&  continet  dimidiam  acram,  unam  rodam  &  dimidiam  rodam,  &  valet 
acra  ii  d. 

Summa  i  d.  ob.  qua. 
Est  vna  cultura  sub  Saltegras  tendens  in  Brodestrete,  &  continet 
duas  acras,  vnam  rodam,  dimidiam  rodam  &  sexdecim  perticas,  &  valet 
acra  ii  d. 

Summa  denariorum  v  d. 
fol.  47^.        Est  vna  cultura  inferius  ibidem  tendens  in  le  Brodeweye  |  nuncupata 
Brodeweyfurlong  &  erat  terra  tenencium,  &  continet   preter  terram 
rectoris  in  eadem  cultura  decem  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  dimidiam 
rodam  &  quatuor  perticas,  &  valet  acra  x  d. 

Summa  denariorum  viii  s.  x  d.  ob. 


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Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  ^  a  dicta  cultura  nuncupata  Dedelonde  iuxta 
Holeweye,  &  continet  duas  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  vnam  rodam 
&  quatuor  perticas,  &  valet  acra  ii  d. 

Summa  denarionim  v  d.  ob. 
Est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Holweyestretesfiirlong,  &  continet  septem 
acras,  vnam  rodam,  dimidiam  rodam  &  duodecim  perticas,  &  valet 
acra  ii  d. 

Siunma  denariorum.xv  d. 
Est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Luttelsladespece,  &  continet  duas  acras, 
dimidiam  acram,  dimidiam  rodam  &  quindedm  perticas,  &  valet 
acraii  d. 

Summa  denariorum  v  d.  ob. 
Est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Elnorrefurlonge  de  terra  tenendum  in 
manus  domini,  &  continet  quatuor  acras  &  dimidiam  acram,  &  valet 
acra  iiii  d. 

Summa  denariorum  xviii  d. 
Est  ibidem  vna  cultura  de  dominicis  nuncupata  Knorrespece,  & 
continet  vnam  acram  &  dimidiam  acram,  &  valet  acra  ii  d. 
Summa  denariorum  iii  d. 
Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  ex  parte  occidentali  sub  le  Knorre,  & 
continet  quatuor  acras,  vnam  rodam  &  quindecim  perticas,  &  valet 
acra  iiii  d. 

Summa  denariorum  xvii  d.  ob. 
Est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Luttelsladespece,  &  continet  quinque 
acras,  vnam  rodam  &  septem  perticas,  &  valet  acra  ii  d. 
Summa  denariorum  x  d.  ob.  qua. 
Est  vna  cultura  quatuor  selioniun  sub  WythyhuUe  in  |  campo  de  fol.  48.^ 
Magna  Rolendryght,  &  continet  duas  acras,  vnam  rodam,  dimidiam 
rodam  &  quindecim  perticas,  &  valet  acra  ii  d. 
Simima*denariorum  v  d. 
Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  sex  selionum,  &  continet  duas  acras,  &  valet 
acra  ii  d. 

Summa  denariorum  iiii  d. 
Est  vna  cultura  ibidem  quatuor  selionum  ex  parte  boreali,  &  con- 
tinet vnam  acram  &  nouem  perticas,  &  valet  acra  ii  d. 
Summa  denariorum  ii  d.  qua« 
Summa  acrarum  terre  arabilis  cl  acre,  i  roda  &  ii  pertice. 
Summa  extente  dictarum  acrarum  Ixiiii  s.  iii  d.  ob.;   et  sic 
pro  qualibet  acra  secundum  mains  &  minus  v  d.,  dim. 
qua.,  &  i  d.  ob.  plus  in  toto. 
Sunt  duo  campi  tam  de  dominicis  quam  de  tenentibus  super  le 
Downe,  qui  non  mensurantur,  quia  istis  temporibus  non  seminantur, 
*  Supply  *  tendens '. 


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quoram  vnus  seminabatur  vno  anno  &  alius  alio  anno.    lam  dominus 
habet  vnum  separale  vno  anno,  &  alium  alio,  vsque  gulam  Augusti. 

Pasture.    Est  vna  pastura  nuncupata  Saltegras,  &  continet  decern 
acras,  dimidiam  acram  &  dimidiam  rodam,  &  valet  acra  vi  d. 
Summa  denariorum  v  s.  iiii  d.  ob. 
Est  vna  pastura  in  WythyhuUefurlong  sub  cultura  sex  selionum, 
&  continet  dimidiam  rodam  &,  septem  perticas,  &  valet  in  toto  viii  d. 
Summa  denariorum  viii  d. 
Est  vna  pastura  ibidem  sub  cultura  quatuor  selionimi,  &  continet 
vnam  rodam,  dimidiam  rodam  &  quinque  perticas,  &  valet  iiii  d. 
Summa  denariorum  iiii  d. 
foL  48^*        Est  vna  pastura  ibidem  ex  parte  boriali  in  eadem  cultura,  |  &  con- 
tinet dimidiam  acram  &  vnam  rodam,  &  valet  viii  d. 
Summa  denariorum  viii  d. 
Est  vna  parua  pastura  inter  Brodewejfurlong  &  Luttelsladespece, 
&  valet  iiii  d. 

Summa  denariorum  iiii  d. 
Est  vna  pastura  ad  capud  de  Luttelslade,  &  continet  vnam  rodam, 
&  valet  ii  d. 

Summa  denariorum  ii  d. 
Est  vna  pastura  nuncupata  le  Rede :  continet  in  toto  cum  les  buttes 
in  parte  superiori  quinque  acras  &  vnam  rodam,  &  valet  acra  iiii  d. 
Summa  denariorum  xxi  d. 
Est  vna  pastura  nimcupata  le  Reemede,  &  continet  vnam  acram, 
vnam  rodam,  dimidiam  rodam  &  tresdecim  perticas,  &  valet  acra  iiii  d. 
Summa  denariorum  v  d.  ob.  qua. 
Est  vna  pastura  nuncupata  Byxemore,  &  continet  duas  acras  &  octo 
perticas,  &  valet  acra  vi  d. 

Summa  denariorum  xii  d.  ob. 
Pastura  de  Smalbroke  valet  xii  d. 

Summa  denariorum  xii  d. 
Summa  acrarum  pasture   preter  Smalbroke  &  Brodeweye- 
furlong  XX   acre,   dimidia  acra,  i  roda,  dimidia  roda, 
xiii  pertice. 
Summa  extente  dictarum  pasturarum  xi  s.  ix  d.  ob.  qua.  | 
foL  49^        Prata.    In  prato  ex  parte  boreali  de  Smalbroke  dominus  habet  tres 
pecias.    In  prima  pecia  propinquiori  Brodeweye  sunt  tres  acre,  dimidia 
roda,  8c  quinque  pertice.   In  secunda  pecia  sunt  tres  acre,  dimidia  acra, 
vna  roda  &  septem  pertice.    In  tercia  pecia  nuncupata  Flexlete  sunt 
quatuor  acre  &  quindecim  pertice. 

In  prato  ex  parte  australi  de  Smalbroke  versus  Salforde  dominus 
habet  tres  pecias.     In  prima  pecia  propinquiori  Smalbroke  sunt  tres 


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acre  &  vna  roda.    In  secunda  pecia  sunt  due  acre,  dimidia  acra, 

dimidia  roda  &  quatuor  pertice.     In  tercia  pecia  sunt  vna  acra, 

dimidia  acra,  dimidia  roda  &  octo  pertice,  &  valet  quelibet  acra  xvi  d. 

Summa  acrarum  xviii  acre,  dimidia  acra,  &  xix  pertice. 

Summa  extente  earundem  xxiiii  s.  x  d. 

Rector  &  tenentes  habent  in  primo  prato  vnam  peciam  vocatam 
Shrouedole,  &  continet  vnam  rodam  &  nouem  perticas.  Idem  habent 
in  secunda  pecia  duas  acras,  dimidiam  acram,  vnam  rodam  &  duo- 
decim  perticas.  Idem  habent  in  tercia  pecia  tres  acras,  dimidiam 
rodam,  &  septem  perticas.  Idem  habent  in  quarta  pecia  iuxta  Smal- 
broke  duas  acras  &  dimidiam  acram.  Idem  habent  in  secundo  prato 
ex  parte  australi  de  Smalbroke  duas  acras,  dimidiam  acram  &  quatuor- 
decim  perticas.  Idem  habent  in  secimda  pecia  vnam  acram,  dimidiam 
acram,  vnam  rodam  &  quatuordecim  perticas.  Idem  habent  in  tercia 
pecia  vnam  acram,  vnam  rodam  &  octo  perticas. 

Summa  xiiii  acre,  dimidia  acra  &  iiii  pertice,  que  diuidebantur 
xii  virgatariis  &  rectori,  vt  vni  eorum,  &  quia  iam  supersunt  tantum- 
modo  quatuor  virgatarii  &  rector,  dominus  habet  in  manu  sua  septem 
porciones  dicti  prati,  que  se  extendunt  ad  septem  acras,  dimidiam 
acram,  vnam  rodam  &  tresdecim  perticas,  &  valet  acra  xvi  d. 
Summa  denariorum  xs.vd.ob.  | 

Tenentes.  lohannes  Robyns  natiuus  domini  tenet  vnam  virgatam  fol.  49^. 
terre  cum  pertinenciis  in  bondagium,  &  habet  triginta  tres  acras  terre 
campestres  nunc  ad  firmam  pro  x  solidis  per  annum,  vel  in  loco  duo- 
decim  denarionmi  dicti  redditus,  si  dominus  voluerit,  dabit  sex  gallinas 
ante  Natale  Domini.  Idem  fapiet  aueragium  vsque  Egnesham  ante 
Natale  Domini,  &  valet  ii  d. ;  idem  arabit  semel  in  hyeme  cum  quanto 
habuerit  in  caruca  sua  sine  cibo  domini,  &  valet  opus  vi  d. ;  idem 
herciabit  per  vnum  diem,  &  valet  opus  ii  d.  ob. ;  idem  falcabit  per 
quatuor  dies  cum  vno  homine,  8c  valet  opus  cuiuslibet  diei  v  d. ;  idem 
cariabit  fenum  domini  per  vnum  diem  cum  vicino  suo  adiuncto,  & 
valet  opus  ipsius  iii  d. ;  idem  faciet  tres  bederipas  cum  duobus 
hominibus  per  tres  dies  sine  cibo  domini,  &  valet  opus  cuiuslibet  per 
diem  iii  d. ;  idem  faciet  quartam  bederipam  cum  duobus  hominibus 
per  vnum  diem  ad  cibum  domini,  &  valet  opus  vnius  per  diem  ii  d. ; 
non  maritabit  filium  neque  filiam  sine  licencia  domini,  non  vendet 
pullum  masculiun  sibi  pullenatum  sine  licencia  domini ;  dabit  tolnetum 
si  braciet  ad  tabemam,  videlicet  i  d. ;  faciet  finem  pro  ingressu  ad 
voluntatem  domini ;  dabit  herietum  &c.  Ipse  cum  vicmis  suis  quando 
numerus  fuit  plenus,  tempore  falcacionis  habuit  dimidium  quarterium 
frumenti,  vnimi  multonem  secundum  meliorem  vel  xii  d.,  vnum  pek' 
salis,  vnum  caseum  precii  iii  d. ;  et  si  fuerit  prepositus  erit  quietus  de 


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omnibus  predictis  seniiciis  6c  habebit  vaccam  euntem  cum  vaccis 
domini  in  estate. 

Godefridus  Abouetone  virgatarius  reddet  &  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut 
predictus  lohannes. 

lohannes  Vycory  virgatarius  reddet  &  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut  pre- 
dictus lohannes. 

Idem  lohannes  Vycory  &  Ricardus  le  Shepehirde  tenent  vnam 
virgatam ;  reddent  &  facient  sicut  predictus  lohannes. 

Ricardus  le  Carter  tenet  tenementum  quondam  Hugonis  Cassen 
cum  quatuor  acris  terre  campestribus  pro  redditu  xviii  d. ;    idem 
operabitur  circa  fenum  leuandum,  dum  necesse  fuerit,  &  valet  xii  d. ; 
idem  faciet  tres  bederipas  cum  vno  homine  sine  cibo  domini,  &  valet 
*  opus  diei  iii  d. ;  idem  faciet  quartam  bederipam  ad  cibum  domini  & 

fol.  so',  valet  ii  d. ;  idem  recipiet  fenum  |  in  curia  domini  quociens  necesse 
fuerit,  &  valet  iiii  d. ;  faciet  finem  pro  ingressu  ad  voluntatem  domini ; 
dabit  herietimi  &  alia  sicut  lohannes  Robjnis. 

Summa  extente  domorum  manerii,  columbaris  &  croftorum  xii  s. 
ix  d.  ob. 

Summa  extente  terrarum  Ixiiii  s.  iii  d.  ob. 

Summa  extente  pasturarum  xi  s.  ix  d.  qua. 

Simima  extente  pratorum  dominicorum  &  tenentium  in  manus 
domini  xxxv  s.  iii  d.  ob. 

Summa  redditus  xii  s.  vi  d. 

Summa  extente  arurarum  xx  d. 

Siunma  extente  herciaturarum  x  d. 

Summa  extente  aueragii  viii  d. 

Smnma  extente  falcacionis  vi  s.  viii  d. 

Stunma  extente  cariacionis  feni  xii  d. 

Summa  extente  bederiparum  viii  s.  iii  d. 

Summa  operacionis  Ricardi  le  Carter  circa  fenum,  vt  supra  xvi  d 

Item  clausa  8c  gardina  tenencium  existencia  in  manus  domini  valent 
vi  s.  viii  d. 

Summa  omnium  predictorum  ix  li.  xii  s.  ix  d.  qua. 
Inde  resoluuntur  pro  hidagio  [  ^]. 

Dominus  habet  quamdam  porcionem  decimarum  in  Magna  Rolend- 
ryghty  &  valent  iii  s.  iiii  d. 

617. 

fol.  50^.  Brokende. 

1363.         Inquisicio  capta  apud  Brokende  eodem  anno  quo  inquisicio  capta 
fuit  apud  Rollendryght. 

1  Blank  in  MS. 


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Dicit  quod  conuentus  de  Egnesham  tenet  ibidem  de  dono  dotnini 
lohannis  Tryllowe  tenementum  lohannis  le  Knyght  cum  duabus 
uirgatis  terre  ciun  pertinenciis,  que  reddere  solebant  domino  viii  s. 
annui  redditus  &  duodecim  capones  ad  Natale  domini,  hommagium, 
ward[am],  maritagiiun,  herietum  &c. 

lohannes  Colyns  virgatarius  tenet  de  domino  vnum  tenementum 
&  vnam  virgatam  terre  cum  pertinenciis  de  triginta  duabus  acris 
campestribus  per  estimacionem  preter  prata;  reddet  de  annuo  redditu 
viii  s.  iii  d. ;  fecit  finem  pro  ingressu  ad  voluntatem  domini ;  debet 
sectam  curianmti ;  dabit  herietum ;  non  maritabit  filium  neque  filiam 
sine  licencia  domini,  nee  vendet  ullimi  masculum  sibi  pullenatimi  sine 
licencia  domini. 

Walterus  lakkes  semiuirgatarius  tenet  dimidiam  virgatam  terre  cum 
pertinenciis;  reddet  annuatim  iii  s.  i  d.  ob. ;  in  omnibus  aliis  £aiciet 
sicut  predictus  lohannes  Coljms. 

Stephanus  lanes  virgatarius  tenet  vnam  virgatam  terre;  reddet 
de  annuo  redditu  viii  s.  iii  d. ;  in  onmibus  aliis  faciet  sicut  lohannes 
Colyns. 

WiUelmus  Hogges  semiuirgatarius  tenet  de  domino  dimidiam  vir- 
gatam pro  iiii  s.  per  anniun,  faciendo  in  omnibus  sicut  lohannes 
Colyns. 

Idem  Willelmus  tenet  tenementum  &  vnam  virgatam  terre  quondam 
le  Cran  pro  redditu  viii  s.  iii  d.,  faciendo  in  omnibus  aliis  sicut 
lohannes  Colyns. 

lohannes  Stout  virgatarius  tenet  vnam  virgatam  terre  cum  pertinenciis 
pro  annuo  redditu  viii  s.  iii  d.,  &  faciet  sicut  lohannes  Colyns.  | 

Willelmus  Rogers  virgatarius  tenet  vnam  virgatam  terre  cum  perti-  fol.  51'. 
nentiis  pro  annuo  redditu  viii  s.,  &  ^iet  sicut  lohannes  Colyns. 

Willehnus  Fauconer  virgatarius  tenet  vnam  virgatam  terre  pro 
redditu  viii  s.  vi  d.,  faciendo  in  aliis  sicut  lohannes  Colyns. 

lohannes  de  la  Hulle  virgatarius  tenet  vnam  virgatam  terre  pro 
redditu  viii  s.  vi  d.,  faciet  sicut  lohannes  Colyns. 

Henricus  Hogges  virgatarius  tenet  vnam  virgatam  tene  pro  redditu 
viii  s.  vi  d.,  &  faciet  sicut  lohannes  Colyns. 

lohannes  Godefrey  virgatarius  tenet  vnam  virgatam  terre  pro 
redditu  viii  s.  iii  d.,  &  faciet  sicut  lohannes  Colyns. 

Walterus  Attebrugge  virgatarius  tenet  vnam  virgatam  terre  pro 
redditu  viii  s.  vi  d.,  faciet  sicut  lohannes  Colyns. 

Idem  Walterus  tenet  dimidiam  virgatam  terre  cum  pertinenciis  pro 
redditu  iiii  s.  i  d.  ob. ;  faciet  sicut  lohannes  Colyns. 

Idem  Walterus  tenet  dimidiam  virgatam  terre  &  quartam  partem 
vnius  virgate  pro  redditu  ziii  s.  iiii  d.,  &  faciet  sicut  lohannes  Coljms. 


64  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Johannes  Bollour  virgatarius  tenet  vnam  virgatam  terre  pro  redditu 
viii  s.  iii  d.,  faciet  sicut  lohannes  Colyns. 

Thomas  Attebragge  tenet   le   Hokeplace  quondam   lohannis  le 
Knyght  cum  dimidia  virgata  terre  &  quarta  parte  vnius  virgate  terre 
pro  redditu  vi  s. ;  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut  lohannes  Colyns. 
Summa  tocius  vi  IL  xi  s.  ii  d.  | 

[51^  is  blank.] 


618. 

fol.  52^  Fylkyng. 

1354.  lohannes  de  Aluetone  eschaetor  domini  regis  in'comitatu  Oxon' 
&  Bark*  dilecto  sibi  lohanni  Osebem  subeschaetori  suo  in  comitatibus 
predictis  salutem.  Ex  querela  Willelmi  de  Vptone  filii  &  heredis 
Isaak'  de  Vptone  nobis  est  ostensum,  quod  cum  prefatus  Isaak  pater 
suus  nuper  adquisiuit  in  feodo  diuersa  terras  &  tenementa  in  Brough- 
tone  de  lohanne  de  Craule,  &  idem  lohannes  ea  adquisiuit  de  Willelmo 
Trauers,  vt  libero  tenenti  manerii  de  Broughtone,  que  quidem  tene- 
menta prefato  Willelmo  iure  hereditario  descenderunt  post  mortem 
patris  sui,  &  quod  ipse  Willelmus  &  antecessores  sui  a  tempore  quo 
non  extat  memoria  seisiti  fuerunt  de  tenementis  predictis,  &  ea 
tenuerunt  de  manerio  predicto  per  certa  seruicia;  vos  tamen  pre- 
tendentes  ipsum  Willelmum  prefata  tenementa  de  rege  tenere  *  &  quod 
lohannes  de  Craule  tenementa  predicta  adquisiuit  de  lohanne  Maudut, 
qui  ilia  de  rege  tenuit,  sine  licencia  domini  regis,  et  ea  occasione 
tenementa  predicta  capere  intenditis  in  manum  domini  regis  ac  tenentes 
terrarum  &  tenementonmi  predictorum  multipliciter  inquietatis  minus 
iuste,  super  quo  supplicauit  curie  vt  de  remedio  sibi  prouideatur  oportuno, 
vobis  mandamus  quod  facta  inquisicione  super  premissis  &  eorum 
circumstanciis  plenius  veritatem  [  "],   et  si  per  inquisicionem 

illam  inueneritis,  quod  prefatus  Isaak'  adquisiuit  tenementa  predicta 
de  lohanne  de  Craule  &  idem  lohannes  ea  adquisiuit  de  Willebno 
de  Trauers  vt  est  dictum,  et  non  de  lohanne  Maudut,  et  quod 
tenementa  predicta  non  tenentur  de  rege,  tunc  de  terris  &  tenementis 
predictis  vos  ulterius  non  intromittatis,  exitus,  s  quos  de  dictis  terris 
&  tenementis  percepistis,  prefato  Willebno  de  Vptone  liberantes,  ac 
prefatum  Willelmum  &  tenentes  suos  occasione  predicta  in  pace 
permittatis.  Datum  in  Castro  Oxon'  xxvi  die  Maii,  anno  vicesimo 
octauo. 

»  'teiieri,'MS. 
*  Some  word,  such  as  '  inaeniatls  *,  must  have  been  forgotten  here. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  65 

lohannes  de  Aluetone  escaetor  domini  regis  in  comitatu  Oxon' 
&  Bark'  dilecto  sibi  lohanni  Osebem  subescaetori  suo  in  comitatibus 
predictis  salutem.  Ex  graui  querela  abbatis  de  Egnesham  nobis  est 
ostensum,  quod  licet  ipse  &  predecessores  sui  loci  predicti  seisiti 
fuissent  de  dimidia  hyda  terre  cum  pertinentiis  in  Fylkynge  in  comitatu 
Oxon'  predicto  ex  dono  &  concessione  antecessorum  Radulfi  Murdac, 
quondam  dominorum  de  Broughtone,  tenenda  in  puram  &  perpetuam 
elemosinam  absque  aliquo  seruicio  inde  fadendo,  a  tempore  quo  non 
extat  memoria,  vos  tamen  pretendentes  prefatum  abbatem  terram 
predictam  sibi  &  domui  sue  adquisiuisse  post  publicacionem  statuti 
de  terris  &  tenementis  ad  manum  mortuam  non  ponendis  editi  sine 
licencia  domini  regis,  et  sic*  tenentes  eiusdem  abbatis  qui  terram 
predictam  tenent  per  graues  districciones  multipliciter  inquietatis,  in 
ipsius  abbatis  dispendium  non  modicum  &  grauamen,  super  quo 
nobis  supplicauit  vt  remedio  sibi  oportuno  congrue  per  curiam  proui- 
deatur,  nos  quod  iustum  est  sibi  facere  volentes,  vobis  mandamus 
quod  si  per  inquisicionem  &  alio  modo  legitimo  vobis  constare 
poterit  quod  predecessores  predicti  abbatis  |  adquisiuerunt  predictam  foL  5»^ 
dimidiam  hydam  terre  diu  ante  statutum,  vt  est  dictum,  et  quod  terra 
predicta  de  rege  non  tenetur,  tunc  de  terra  predicta  vos  vlterius  non 
intromittatis,  set  prefatum  abbatem  ac  tenentes  suos  de  terra  predicta 
in  pace  permittatis  absque  vexacione  vestra^  seu  ministrorum  vestronmi 
quorumcumque,  exitus  si  quos  te  terra  predicta  percepistis  prefato 
abbati  liberantes.  Dat'  in  Crastro  [sic]  Oxon',  iii®  die  lunii  anno 
vicesimo  octauo. 

Inquisicio  facta  apud  Wytteneye  in  comitatu  Oxon'  coram  lohanne 
de  Aluetone  escaetore  domini  regis  in  eodem  comitatu  nono  die 
lunii  anno  regni  regis  Edward!  tercii  a  conquestu  uicesimo  octauo 
iuxta  tenorem  breuis  domini  regis  huic  inquisicioni  consuti  per  sacra- 
mentum  Radulfi  Fretewelle,  lohannis  Bernard,  Henrici  Spicer,  Willelmi 
Strethende,  lohannis  Femhulle,  lohannis  Colyns,  lohannis  Freman, 
Thome  Comere,  Thome  Champeneye,  Ricardi  Wolewy,  Walteri 
Attehalle  &  Ricardi  Person,  qui  dicunt  super  sacramentum  suum 
quod  Isaak  de  Vptone  adquisiuit  sibi  &  heredibus  suis  vnum  mesuagium 
&  vnam  virgatam  terre  cum  pertinentiis  in  Broghtone  de  lohanne 
de  Craule,  et  idem  lohannes  ea  adquisiuit  de  Willelmo  Trauers,  qui 
eadem  tenementa  tenuit  successione  &  iure  hereditario  de  manerio  de 
Broughtone,  reddendo  inde  per  annum  ad  manerium  predictum  vi  s. 
iiii  d.  ad  quatuor  anni  terminos  principales  equis  porcionibus :  et 
dicunt  quod  tenementa  predicta  tenentur  de  domino  de  Broughtone 

'  As  though  'pretenditis '  had  preceded.  '  '  Texaciones  Testras,*  MS. 

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66  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

per  seruidum  predictum,  vt  dictum  est,  et  non  de  domino  rege,  nee 
vnquam  de  domino  rege,  nee  de  progenitoribus  suis  aliquo  tempore 
tenebantur.  Requisiti  eciam  si  Thomas  Corbet  vnum  mesuagium 
&  iii  virgatas  terre  eum  pertinentiis  in  Haliwelle  qui  eadem  tenementa 
concessit  Henrico  Spicer  in  feodo  tenuit  de  rege  immediate  an  de 
abbate  Circe8tr[ie],  qualiter  &  quomodo,  dicunt  super  sacramentum 
suum  quod  tenementa  predicta  tenentur  de  prefato  abbate  perseruicium 
unius  oboli  vel  unum  par  cirotecarum  eiusdem  precii.  Et  dicunt  quod 
tenementa  predicta  tenentur  de  prefato  abbate,  vt  dictum  est,  &  non 
de  rege.  Dicunt  etiam  quod  abbas  de  Egnesham  nullas  terras  seu 
tenementa  adquisiuit  sibi  &  domui  sue  post  publicacionem  statuti  de 
terris  &  tenementis  ad  manum  mortuam  non  ponendis  editi  in 
Fylkynge  nee  alibi  in  Hundredo  in  Bamptone.  In  cuius  rei  testi- 
monium predicti  iuratores  huie  inquisicioni  sigilla  sua  apposuenmt. 
Dat'  loco,  die  &  anno  supradictis. 


619. 

MoUsforthe. 

Memorandum  quod  scrutatis  rotulis  memorandorum  de  Scaccario 
compertimi  est  in  libro  rubeo  inter  feoda  militaria  in  comitatu  Berk', 
quod  Nicholaus  Southbury  tenet  in  villa  de  Molleford  in  comitatu 
Berk'  unam  hidam  terre  cum  pertinenciis  de  abbate  de  Egnesham 
per  seruicium  quatuor  solidorum  ad  manerium  ipsius  abbatis  de  Stoke 
annuatim  soluendorum  &  faciendo  inde  alia  seruicia  regalia  &  forinseca 
quantum  pertinet  ad  tantam  terram.' 

620. 

fol.  53^  In  magno  rotulo  de  anno  xxvii  in  Cant[ebrigia], 

Hunt[endona]. 

1354.  Abbas  de  Egnesham  debet  iiii  li.  de  nona  garbarum  vellerum  & 
agnorum  regi  concessa  anno  xiiiio  pro  bonis  suis  in  uilla  de  Hystona, 
sicut  continetur  in  rotulo  exami[natorum] ;  sed  non  debet  inde 
summoneri  per  breue  regis  irrotulatum  in  memorandis  de  anno  xxo, 
termino  Michaelis,  &  per  processum  inde  habitum  &  consideracionem 
Baronum  annot[atam]  *  in  memorandis  ex  parte  rememoratoris  regis 
de  anno  xxo  inter  reeorda  de  termino  Michaelis.    Et  quietus  est. 

*  At  the  foot  of  the  page  is  written      docninent  also  occors  in  toI.  i.  p.  301. 
(?)    'HavUr   de    Mouicfoni '.     This         ••wnot.'MS. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  67 

621, 
In  libro  feodomm  de  Scaccario  regi&k^ 

Tenentes  in  elemos[ina]  in  Hundredo  de  Wottone,  sic : — 

Abbas  de  Egneshame  tenet  tolam  villam  in  elemosina  de  episcopatu 
Lincolniensi. 

Cestretone.  Abbas  de  Egnesham  tenet  in  eadem  quatuor  hidas 
terre  in  liberam  elemosinam  de  feodo  de  Doylly.  Hundredum  de 
Chadelynton. 

Parua  Rolandry.  Abbas  de  Egnesham  tenet  in  eadem  v  hidas  terre 
in  liberam  elemosinam. 

Mildelcoumbe.  Abbas  de  Egnesham,  prior  de  Noione  &  prior  de 
Mertone  tenent  totam  uillam  in  liberam  elemosinam  de  feodo  de 
Doylly.    Sed  nescitur  pro  quanto  feodo. 

Sybford.  Abbas  de  Egnesham  tenet  totam  villam  in  liberam 
elemosinam  de  feodo  Episcopi  Lincolniensis. 

Libere  tenentes  de  eodem  abbate  de  Egnesham : — 

Waltenis  de  Chadeljnitone  vnum  pratum  in  Pudelicote       pro  iiii  s. 

Homines  de  Chadelyntone  dimidiam  virgatam  pro  ii  s.  vi  d. 

Willelmns  de  Fryd'  dimidiam  hidam  terre  pro  i  marca 

Ricardus  Scryuayn  dimidiam  hidam  &  miam  uirgatam       pro  viii  s. 

lohannes  lanitor  vnmn  mesuagium  cum  pert.  per  iiii  s. 

Ernaldus  vnum  mesuagium  cum  pert  per  unam  libram  cimini 

Gilbertus  Tayllard  dimidiam  hidam  cum  pert.  per  vii  s.  vi  d. 

Robertus  dimidiam  hidam  &  dimidiam  virgatam  terre        per  viii  s. 

622. 

Placita  de  lure  &  a88[ise]  coram  Salamone  de  Roff*,  Ricardo  foL  s^ 
Boilondey  Roberto  de  Fulcon»  Rogero  Loueday  &  Gal- 
frido  de  Pycheforde^  iustic'  itinerantibus  apud  Oxoniam 
in  crastino  sancti  Hillarii  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  &c. 
ziiio. 

De  seriantiis  dicunt  quod  quidam  Robertus  le  Graunt  tenuit  unum 
mesuagium  &  xiii  acras  terre  in  hameletto  de  Tappewelle  [&c.,  a  repe- 
tition of  charter  459,  see  vol.  i.  p.  307]. 

^  This  deed  is  interesting  because  it  They  are  probably  part  of  the  Inquest 

shows  that  two  entries  printed  in  the  of  Jane,  laia.     (See  TTie  Commune  of 

Testa  de  Nevill,  on  pages  108  b  and  London,  pp.  261-761  by  Mr.  J.  Horace 

xao  by  as  if  they  belonged  to  different  Round.) 
dates,  are  part  of  the  same  inquisition. 

F  a 


68  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

623. 

luratores  presentant  quod  Ailmerus  Grossus  quondam  comes 
Cornubie  fuit  fimdator  domus  religiose  de  Egnesham  &  tenuit  de  domino 
rege  in  capite;  et  episcopus  Lincolniensis  clamat  habere  custodiam 
domus  predicte  tempore  vacacionis :  nesciunt  quo  waranto.  £t  super 
hoc  Willelmus  de  Gyselham,  qui  sequitur  pro  domino  rege,  dicit  quod 
dominus  rex  habet  breue  suum  super  ipsum  episcopum  de  aduocacione 
domus  predicte  prout  patet  in  placitis  domini  regis  de  quo  waranto. 


624. 

Willehnus  de  Gyselham,  qui  sequitur  pro  rege,  petit  uersus  Oliuerum 
[&c.,  as  printed  in  Placita  De  quo  Waranto^  p.  669  b,]  .  •  •  quam 
dominus  rex. 

fol.  54'.  625. 

Abbas  de  Egnesham  summonitus  fiiit  [&c.,  as  printed  in  Placita  De 
quo  Waranto^  p.  663  a,]  . . .  inde  sine  die. 


626. 

Idem  Abbas  summonitus  fuit  [&c.,  as  printed  in  Placita  De  quo 
Waranto^  p.  663  bj  .  • .  qui  nee  &c. 


627. 

Godefridus '  de  Manneuille  tenet  x  hidas  in  Canyngesham  de  Rege. 
Terra  xv  •  caruc' ;  nunc  in  dominio  iiii  caruc'  &  iiii  semi,  xix  villani 
cum  X  bordariis  habent  xii  caruc' ;  ibi  molendinum  de  xliiii  d.  &  cix 
acre  prati,  xxxiii  acre  pasture :  valuit  xii  libras,  modo  xv  libras. 

Willelmus  tenet  de  Rege  iiii  hidas,  dimidiam  in  Rolandri  maiore : 
terra  xv'  carucat':  nunc  in  dominio  ii  caruc'  &  v  villani  cum  iii 
bordariis  habent  ii  caruc':  ibi  xxx*  acre  prati:  valuit  &  valet  iii 
libras. 

^  ^Go\t!b\AvA^  Donusday,  perhaps  they  were  taken  fW>m  tome 

'  XYi  in  Domesday,  t>ook  which  contained  the  substance  of 

'  ▼  in  Domesday,  Domesday ^  but  rearranged  by  Hundreds. 

^  XX  in  Domesday,    These  are  not  Kingham  and  Kollright  are  both  in 

consecutive  entries  in  Doomsday  Book :  Chadlington  Hundred. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  69 

628.  ^ol.  54^ 

Placita  coram  baronibus  de  Scaccario  de  termino  Trinitatis 
anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  terdi  post  conquestum  zzziiio. 

Oxen.  Nicholaus  Poure,  lohannes  de  Whitefelde  &  lohannes  Showe     1359. 
collectores  x»«  &  xv"»»  regi  a  laicis  concessarum  in  comitalu  Oxen' 
anno  xxxi^^o  regis  nunc,  attachiati  fuenmt  ad  respondendum  regi  & 
abbati  de  Egnesham  de  placito  transgressionis  &  contemptus. 

£t  vnde  predictus  abbas  venit  per  lohannem  de  Stauntone  attomatum 
suum,  qui  dicit  pro  rege  &  seipso,  quod  cum  idem  abbas  non  teneat 
nee  habeat,  neque  dicto  anno  xxxi^^o  habuit,  aliqua  terras  &  tenementa 
in  villis  de  Tylgarslee,  Fauelore  &  Cotes,  alia  quam  spiritualibus  suis 
annexa  &  ad  decimam  cum  clero  taxata,  &  que  fuerunt  in  possessione 
domus  sue  de  Egnesham  anno  xx^^o  regis  Edwardi,  aui  regis  nunc, 
quo  anno  taxacio  cleri  primo  fiebat,  &  quociens  &  quando  decime  cleri 
currebant  a  predicto  anno  vicesimo  hucusque,  taxata  fiierint  cum 
eodem  clero,  nee  idem  abbas  aliqua  bona  mobilia  in  villis  illis  habeat, 
seu  dicto  anno  xxxi°^o  habuit,  alia  quam  de  terris  &  tenementis  illis  sic 
spiritualibus  suis  annexis  exeuncia,  pro  quibus  ipse  aliquam  yy*"^ 
soluere  non  tenetur ;  predicti  collectores  prefatum  abbatem  assederunt 
ad  xv&m  predictam  ad  diuersas  summas  in  villis  predicts  pro  bonis  & 
catallis  suis  sic  ad  decimam  cum  clero  taxads,  videlicet  in  villa  de 
Tylgarsley  ad  iiii  libras  xiiii  s.  ix  d.,  in  villa  de  Fauelore  ad  xx  s.  & 
in  villa  de  Cotes  ad  x  s.,  A  ipsum  abbatem  pro  summis  illis  soluendis 
distrinxerunt  die  louis  proxima  post  festum  sancd  Micbaelis  anno 
xxxii<^o  regis  nunc  per  aueria  sua  apud  villas  predictas,  videlicet  per 
quatuor  boues  apud  Tylgarsle,  iii  equos  apud  Fauelore,  &  ii  boues 
apud  Cotes,  &  districcionem  illam  in  parco  apud  Tylgarsle  per  xv  dies 
proximo  sequentes  detinuerunt  in  contemptum  regis  ac  dampnum 
ipsius  abbatis  xl  lib. ;  et  inde  producit  sectam  &c. 

Et  predicii  collectores  venerunt  in  propriis  personis  suis  & 
defendunt  omnem  contemptum  &  quicquid  &c.  &  dicunt  quoad  dictam 
viUam  de  Tylgarsle,  quod  dicta  villa  ad  iiii  libras  xiiii  s.  ix  d.  ad 
xv«m  predictam  taxata  existit,  &  in  singulis  concessionibus  huiusmodi 
quintarumdecimarum  ab  anno  octauo  ad  hucusque  ad  consimilem 
summam  taxata  fiiit,  in  qua  villa,  dicto  abbate  |  excepto,  nullus  foL  55'. 
inhabitat,  neque  ab  anno  xxiiio  regis  nunc,  quo  anno  onmes  homines 
eiusdem  ville  moriebantur,  inhabitauit;  per  quonmi  mortem  omnia 
terre  &  tenementa  eorundem  hominiun,  qui  pro  bonis  &  catallis  super 
terris  &  tenementis  illis  existentibus  summam  illam  soluerunt,  ad 
manus  eiusdem  abbatis,  vt  domini  eiusdem  ville,  deuenerunt,  &  pro 


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defectu  tenendum  in  manu  sua  adhuc  existunt ;  et  dicunt  quod  ipsi  eo 
quod  summa  ilia  assessa  fuit  super  villam  predictam  racione  bonorum 
&  catallorum  existencium  ^  super  terns  &  tenementis  illis,  dummodo 
in  manu  tenendum  fuerint,  &  consimilis  summa  exemplariter  iuxta 
concessionem  inde  factam  ad  xv*i>^  predictam  est  leuanda,  &  dicta  terre 
&  tenementa  in  manu  dicti  abbatis  existunt,  ipsi  prefatum  abbatem  pro 
iiii  libris  xiiii  s.  ix  d.  predictis*  soluendis  distrinxerunt  prout  eis  bene 
licuit,  &  ex  officio  suo  facere  debuerunt:  et  petunt  indicium  si 
occasione  ilia  aliqua  iniuria  in  personis  suis  assignari  poterit  &c. 

£t  quoad  predictas  villas  de  Cotes  &  Fauelore  dicunt  quod  ipsi 
prefatum  abbatem  non  distrinxerunt  in  villis  predictis  nee  aliquam 
districcionem  ipsius  abbatis  pro  aliquibus  summis  eis  ibidem  soluendis 
in  parco  detinuerunt,  seu  imparcarunt,  prout  ds  inponitur.  Et  de 
hoc  ponunt  se  super  patriam.  Et  predictus  abbas  similiter.  Ideo  fiat 
inde  iurata. 

Et  idem  abbas  dicit  vlterius  quod  omnes  homines  dicte  ville  de 
Tylgarsle,  qui  tenuerunt  terras  &  tenementa  ibidem,  predicto  anno 
octauo,  &  semper  hucusque,  fuerunt  natiui  ipsius  abbatis,  &  terras  & 
tenementa  sua  tenuenmt  de  ipso  in  bondagio,  vt  terras  &  tenementa  de 
dominico  suo,  que  predicto  anno  xx°^o  regis  aui  &  semper  hucusque, 
quando  decime  cleri  currebant,  taxata  fuerunt  cum  clero  inter  alia 
temporalia  abbacie  predicte ;  post  quorum  mortem  terre  &  tenementa 
ilia  ad  manus  ipsius  abbatis  deuenerunt  pro  defectu  tenencimn  &  in 
manu  sua  iam  existunt,  et  petit  iudiciiun,  si  ipse  occasione  bonorum 
&  catallorum  exeundum  de  terris  &  tenementis  illis  sic  ad  decimam 
taxatis,  pro  huiusmodi  dedma  soluenda  aliqualiter  sit  onerandus  vel 
artari  debet.  Et  predicti  coUectores  petunt  inde  indicium  &c.  Ideo 
inde  ad  iudiciiun  &c.  Super  quo  datus  est  dies  partibus  usque  a  die 
sancti  lohannis  Baptiste  in  xv  dies.  Et  preceptum  est  vicecomid  quod 
venire  fadat  hie  ad  eundem  diem  xii  &c.  de  visnelo  ville  de  Cotes  & 
Fauelore,  quorum  quilibet  &c.  per  quos  &c.,  qui  nee  &c.  ad  recogni- 
fol.  55"^.  cionem  &c.  |  Ad  quem  diem  partes  predicte  venerunt,  et  vicecomes 
non  retomauit  breue;  ideo  datus  est  dies  eisdem  partibus  vlterius 
vsque  a  die  sancti  Michaelis  in  xv  dies.  Et  preceptum  est  vicecomiti 
sicut  alias  &c.,  ita  &c.,  ad  eundem  diem. 

Et  continuato  processu  isto  vsque  crastinum  Cinerum  anno  xxxiiii^o 
regis  nunc,  sicut  continetur  in  rotulo  placitorum  de  dicto  anno 
xxxiiiito  termino  videlicet  Michaelis.  Quo  die  partes  predicte  vene- 
runt :  et  vicecomes  retomauit  breue  &  nomina  iuratorum  &c.  Et  ipsi 
non  venerunt:  ideo  datus  dies  eisdem  partibus  vlterius  vsque  a  die 

»  *  &  existencium,'  MS.  •  <  predictos,'  MS. 


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Pasche  in  xv  dies :  et  preceptum  similiter  vicecomiti  quod  distringat 
iuratores,  et  preter  illos  octo  tales  &c.,  ita  ad  eundem  diem,  Et  idem 
dies  datus  est  dictis  *  partibus  vel  interim  coram  Willelmo  de  Shares- 
huUe,  iusticiario  regis,  apud  Cherlebery  die  louis  in  quarta  septimana 
quadragesime ;  ita  quod  inquisicionem  illam  habeat  hie  ad  predictam 
quindenam  Pasche.  £t  dictum  est  partibus  quod  expectent  ibidem 
dictum  diem  louis. 

Ad  quam  quindenam  Pasche  predictus  abbas  venit  per  dictum 
attomatum  suum,  et  predictus  Willelmus  de  ShareshuUe  liberauii  hie 
quandam  inquisicionem  coram  eo  apud  Cherlebery  captam  dicto  die 
louis  super  premissis  per  sacramentimi  Willelmi  de  Comptone,  Thome 
de  Walcote  &  aliorum  iuratorum,  quorum  nomina  annotantur  in 
panello  breuis:  qui  dicunt  super  sacramentum  suum,  quod  predict! 
nuper  collectores  dicto  die  louis  proxima  post  festum  sancti  Michaelis 
dicto  anno  xxxii<io  dictum  abbatem  de  Egnesham  per  tres  equos  apud 
Fauelore  pro  xx  solidis  &  per  duos  boues  apud  Cotes  pro  x  solidis 
eis  soluendis  ad  xv^^  predictam  racione  bonorum  &  catallorum  ipsius 
abbatis  in  villis  predictis  ad  decimam  cum  clero  taxatis  distrinxerunt. 
£t  quod  iidem  collectores  districciones  illas  a  prefato  abbate  pro 
summis  illis  soluendis  captas  apud  Tilgarsle  imparcauerunt  &  in  parco 
ibidem  per  xv  dies  proximo  sequentes  detinuenmt.  £t  assident 
dampnum  predicti  abbatis  ad  xl  s. 

£t  predictus  abbas  per  dictum  attomatum  suum  petit  indicium  super 
premissis ;  et  viso  processu  predic  o  inter  Barones  visum  est  eis  quod 
scrutiniiun  rotulorum  huiusmodi  scaccarii  fiat,  si  porcio  dicte  ville  de 
Tylgarsle  de  xv^^  predicta  ad  tantam  summam  se  extendit  antequam 
&c.;  ob  quod  scrutatis  rotulis  &c.compertumestinrotuliscomputorum 
collectorum  diuersarum  decimarum  &  quintarumdedmarum  regi  a 
laicis  concessarum  ab  anno  octauo  regis  nunc,  a  quo  anno  huiusmodi 
xtne  &  xv»®  exemplariter  leuate  fuerunt,  in  th[esaur]o  in  custodia  re- 
memoratoris  regis  existencium,  quod  summa  dictam  viUam  de  Tylgarsle 
contingens  est  iiii  libre  xiiii  s.  ix  d.  tantum,  et  de  tanto  responsur[a]  est 
regi,  quando  xv™«  laycales  currebant,  a  predicto  anno  octauo  vsque  pre- 
dictum  annum  xxxi™" ;  pro  quo  anno  iiii  libre  xiiii  s.  ix  d.  exiguntur 
sub  nomine  dicte  ville  de  Tylgarsle,  sicut  continetur  in  magno  rotulo 
de  anno  xxxiiio  in  Oxon,  Berk';  super  quo  habita  deliberacione  &c. 
consideratum  est  quod  predicta  villa  de  Tylgarsle  exoneretur  &  |  quieta  foL  56^ 
existat  de  iiii  libris  xiiii  s.  ix  d.  predictis;  et  quod  predictus  abbas 
inde  versus  regem  oneretur  pretextu  cognicionis  sue  supradicte 
quousque  &c.    Et  quod  idem  abbas  recuperet  versus  predictos  col- 


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lectores,  videlicet  Nicholaum  Poure,  lohannem  de  Whitefeld  & 
lohannem  Showe  dampna  sua  vt  premittitur  ad  xl  solidos  taxata. 
£t  quod  iidem  collectores  pro  transgressione  predicta  capiantur.  £t 
preceptum  est  vicecomiti  quod  ipsos  capiat  &c. ;  ita  &c.  in  crastino 
sancti  Michaelis. 


629. 

Copia  bille  proposite  regi  &  eius  concilio  super  exoneracione 
villate  de  Tylgarsle  de  quintadecima. 

A  notre  s[eign]ur  le  R07  &  son  conseil  supplient  labbe  &  couent 
de  Egnesham,  que  come  ils  nount  auount  nulles  terres  ne  tenementz 
en  la  ville  de  Tilgaresle  autres  que  ceux  que  sount  &  furount  parcelle 
des  temporaltes  de  sa  abbeye  &  annexe  a  sez  spiritualtes  Ian  xx^^  le 
Roy  Edward  fitz  le  Roy  Henry,  ne  biens  ne  cbateux  en  mesme  la  ville 
.  autres  que  issautz  &  esceautz  sur  mesmes  les  tenementz,  pur  queux  il 
&  ses  predecessours  fiirent  taxez  entre  les  clercs  le  dit  an  xx"*®  &  con- 
tinuehnent  puis  en  cea  qant  disme  ou  autre  taxe  fust  grante  a  notre 
seignur  le  Roi  ou  a  ses  progenitours,  ils  terres  &  tenementz  en  la  ville  de 
Tilgaresle,  les  qeux  terres  &  tenementz  sount  parcelle  de  lour  fimdacon' 
de  dit  abbeye,  qeux  eux  furent  seisiz  deuant  la  conquest  &  continuel- 
ment  puis  en  cea  et  nient  contreesteant  cella,  lohan  Whitefeld  &  sez 
compaignons  coillours  de  la  xv«  grante  a  laiel  notre  seignur  le  Roi 
(dieux  assoil)  Ian  de  son  regne  trentprimer,  distreinerent  le  dit  abbe 
pur  paier  la  xv«  pur  les  dit  terres  &  tenementz  en  la  dit  ville  pur  qoi 
le  dit  abbe  fut  pleint  deuers  le  dit  lohan  &  sez  compaignons'  pur  la 
dit  distresse  [P]  tortmousment  pris,  deuaunt  les  barons  de  Leschequer, 
le  dit  aiel,  Ian  de  regne  trentisme  tierce,  &  le  lohan  &  son  compaignons 
instilierent  la  pris  de  la  dit  detresse  par  tant  que  Ian  septisme  le  dit 
aiel  diuersez  tenantz  furont  demurantz  en  la  dit  ville  do  Tylgaresley, 
les  queux  furent  taxez  &  assiz  de  paier  quatre  liueres,  quatorsze  soldz 
&  neof  deniers  a  la  xv«,  a  la  dit  aiel,  le  dit  an  septism,  &  que  les  terres 
&  tenementz  queux  les  ditz  tenantz  tiendrent  en  la  dit  ville  furont  en 
possession  de  dit  abbe  pur  defaut  de  tenantz,  &  le  dit  abbe  allega 
enpledant  que  les  ditz  tenantz  furent  sez  neifs  &  les  terres  &  tene- 
mentz, les  queux  eux  avoient  le  dit  an  septisme  ou  puis  en  la  dit  viMe, 
tiendrent  de  luy  &  de  sez  predecessours  en  bondage  come  parcelle  de 
cez  temporaltes,  et  les  queux  terres  &  tenementz  le  dit  an  xx™«  le  dit 
Roy  E.  fitz  au  Roi  Henr'  8c  continuelment  puis  en  cea  quant  disme 
ou  autre  taxe  feust  grante  a  notre  s[eign]ur  le  Roi  ou  a  sez  pro- 
fol.  56^.    genitours  |  par  lez  clercs  feust  taxe  entre  les  clercs,  &  que  par  cause 


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que  touz  les  dit  neifs  moreront  labbe  occupia  lez  ditz  terres  &  tene- 
mentz  come  parcelle  de  sez  temporaltes  annexez  a  sez  spiritualtes.  £t 
nient  contreesteant  la  dite  matier  allegge  par  la  dit  abbe,  lez  ditz  barons 
agarderent  que  le  dit  abbe  pur  les  ditz  terres  &  tenementz  serroit  de  la 
xvme  deuers  la  dit  aiel  charge,  nient  obstant  qil  feust  charge  entre  les 
clercs  pur  mesmes  les  terres  &  tetiementz  &  continuelment  puis  le  dit 
jugementy  quant  dismes  ou  xv™^  ont  estez  grantez  a  notre  s[eign]ur 
le  Roi  ou  a  son  aiel  le  dit  abbe  ad  este  taxe  entre  clercs  &  les  laies 
pur  les  ditz  terres  &  tenementz  &  issint  il  ad  paie  pur  eux  double  taxe 
a  grant  damage  du  dit  abbe,  que  plese  de  anuUer  le  dit  jugement 
&  ordeiner  que  le  dit  abbe  soit  descharge  de  porter  taxe  pur  les  ditz 
terres  &  tenementz  entre  les  ditz  laies  ou  descharger  de  porter  taxe 
pur  eux  entre  les  clercs,  issint  que  le  dit  abbe  &  ses  successours  ne 
portent  double  taxe  pur  lez  ditz  terres  &  tenementz  pur  dieu  &  en 
[    ]ouere  *  de  charite. 

630. 

Superscriptio  dicte  bille  misse  Thesatir[ariis]  ft  Baronibus 
de  Scaccario. 

Soit  brief  mande  as  Tresorer  &  Barones  de  Lescheqer  lour  daignant 
en  mandement  que  serchez  les  accomptz  des  coillours  des  dismes  & 
quinsismez  en  dit  conte  del  dit  temps  renduz  al  dit  escheqer  si  par 
inspeccon'  dicelles  ou  par  enquest  eut  a  prendre  ou  en  autre  resonable 
manere  purra  apparoir,  que  la  suggestion  des  dit  abbe  &  couent  en 
cest  bille  compris  contient  plein  verite,  a  donq[ue]s  ils '  deschargent 
les  ditz  suppliantz  de  paier  la  quinsime  pur  lour  ditz  terres  issint 
esceautz  parcelle  de  lour  fundacion  fait  deuaunt  le  conquest  &  dont 
ils  paient  lour  dismes  come  dissius  est  dit,  quils  surseant  entrement  de 
la  demande  dez  meisme  la  quinszisme  de  lour  ditz  possession,  nient 
contresteant  le  jugement  renduz  en  dit  escheqer  enuers  lesz  ditz 
suppliantz  a  contraire. 

631. 

Breve  regis  directum  Thes[atirariis]  ft  Baronibus  de  Scac- 
cario  pro  exoneracione  ville  de  Tilgarsle  de  quintadecima« 

Rex  &C. ;  monstrauerunt  nobis  dilecti  in  Christo  abbas  &  conuentus     1378. 
de  Egnesham  in  presenti  pariiamento  nostro,  vt  cum  omnia  terre  & 

*  perhaps  *  amoure '.  *  *  il,'  MS. 


74  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

tenementa  sua  in  villa  de  Tilgaresley  in  comitatu  Oxon'  de  fundacione 
abbacie  loci  illius  ante  tempus  conquestus  Anglie  fundati  existant, 
eademque  terre  &  tenementa  anno  regni  domini  £.  nuper  regis  Anglie, 
filii  regis  Henrici,  uicesimo  inter  spiritualia  regni  Anglie  taxata  fuissent, 
predecessoresque  dictorum  abbatis  &  conuentus  terras  &  tenementa 
ilia  inter  spiritualia  ilia  sic  taxata  natiuis  suis  dictam  villam  inhabi- 
tantibus  ad  voluntatem  dictorum  abbatis  &  conuentus  &  successorum 
suorum  tenenda  tantum  dimisissent,  eademque  terre  &  tenementa  per 
mortem  dictorum  natiuorum  ad  manus  nunc  abbatis  &  conuentus  iam 
deuenerunt ;  &  licet  iidem  nunc  abbas  &  conuentus  &  omnes  prede- 
cessores  sui  decimas  &  omnimodas  alias  quotas  progenitoribus  nostris 
regibus  per  clenmi  regni  nostri  Anglie  concessas,  sine  per  summum 
ponlificem  eidem  clero  ad  opus  eorundem  progenitorum  nostrorum 
impositas,  pro  porcione  sua  dicta  terras  &  tenementa  contingenti,  tarn 
tempore  quo  terre  &  tenementa  ilia  in  manu  dictorum  natiuorum, 
quam  in  manibus  suis  propriis  extiterunt,  cum  eodem  clero  soluerunt, 
f  ol.  57'.  sicut  viis  &  modis  quibus  curia  nostra  considerauerit  parati  sunt  | 
edocere ;  pro  eo  tamen  quod  in  quodam  processu  coram  thesaur[ariis] 
&  baronibus  domini  £.  nuper  regis  Anglie  aui  nostri  anno  regni  sui 
xxxiiio  inter  tunc  abbatem  &  conuentum  dicti  loci  &  lohannem  de 
Whitefeld  &  socios  suos  collectores  quintedecime  per  laicos  eidem  auo 
nostro  anno  regni  sui  xxxio  concesse  habito,  per  eundem  lohannem 
&  socios  suos  allegatum  fuit  dictos  natiuos  in  dicta  villa  commorantes 
taxatos  fuisse  &  assessos  ad  iiii  libras  xiiii  s.  &  nouem  denarios  ad 
quintamdecimam  eidem  auo  anno  regni  octauo  concessam,  &  super 
hoc  per  eosdem  thesaur[arios]  &  barones  consideratum  ipsos  abbatem 
&  conuentum  de  dicta  quintadecima,  premissis  &  aliis  in  processu 
predicto  per  prefatos  abbatem  &  conuentum  allegatis  non  obstantibus, 
pro  terris  &  tenementis  predictis  inter  spiritualia  ut  premittitur  taxatis 
onerari  debere ;  iidem  nunc  abbas  &  conuentus  de  quintisdecimis  inter 
laicos  in  singulis  concessionibus  huiusmodi  quintarumdecimarum  a 
tempore  consideracionis  predicte  onerati,  &  ea  occasione  multipliciter 
inquietati  existunt  minus  iuste.  Super  quo  nobis  supplicarunt  sibi 
remedium  adhiberi.  £t  quia  non  est  consonum  racione  eosdem 
abbatem  &  conuentum  pro  terris  &  tenementis  illis  tam  cum  clero 
quam  inter  laicos  onerari  debere,  aliter  quam  temporalia  ceterorum 
prelatorum  regni  Anglie  spiritualibus  suis  annexa  onerata  existunt, 
vobis  mandamus  quod  viso  processu  predicto  &  rotulis  memorandis 
[sic]  dicti  Scaccarii  &  compotis  huiusmodi  coUectorum  decimarum 
&  quintarumdecimarum  in  dicto  comitatu  in  eodem  scaccario  redditis, 
premissa  tangentibus,  si  per  inspectionem  eorundem  vel  per  inquisi- 
cionem  inde  capiendam  aut  alio  modo  legitimo  vobis  constare  poterit 


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suggestionem  per  predictos  abbatem  &  conuentum  vt  premittitur 
factam,  plenam  veritatem  continere,  tunc  demande  quam  eisdem 
abbati  &  conuentui  pro  huiusmodi  quintadecima  pro  terns  &  tene- 
mentis  predictis  de  fundacione  sua  ante  conquestum  existentibus  & 
inter  spiritualia,  vt  premittitur,  taxatis  inter  laicos  soluenda  fieri  fac[itis], 
supersedeatis  omnino ;  ipsos  abbatem  &  conuentum  de  quintadecima 
ilia  pro  terris  &  tenemeniis  predictis  vt  prefertur  soluenda  ac  ceteros 
qui  inde  de  iure  fuerint  exonerandi  ad  idem  scaccarium,  prout  iustum 
fuerity  exonerari  &  quietos  esse  fac[ientes],  iudicio  in  placito  predicto 
contra  dictos  abbatem  &  conuentum  reddito  non  obstante:  prouiso 
tamen  quod  iidem  abbas  &  conuentus  quintamdecimam  inter  laicos 
pro  terris  &  tenementis  per  ipsos  aut  predecessores  suos  in  dicta  villa 
seu  alibi  in  dicto  comitatu  post  dictum  annum  uicesimum  prefati 
Edwardi  filii  regis  Henrici  adquisitis,  si  que  fuerint,  soluant  prout 
decet  Teste  me  ipso  apud  Westmonasterium  xxiiii  die  Maii  anno 
regni  nostri  secundo. 

632. 

Breue  regis  vocatum  venire  facias,  super  exoneracione 
ville  de  Tilgarsle  de  quintadecima. 

Rex  uicecomiti  Oxon*  salutem.  Precipimus  tibi  quod  venire  facias  1378. 
coram  baronibus  de  Scaccario  nostro  apud  Westmonasterium  a  die 
sancti  lohannis  Baptiste  vltimo  preterito  in  xv  dies,  xviii  tam  milites 
quam  alios  probos  &  legales  homines  de  balliua  tua  de  visneto  de 
Tylgarsleye,  quorum  quilibet  habeat  centum  8olidat[as]  terre  vel 
redditus  per  annum  ad  minus,  per  quos  rei  Veritas  melius  sciri  poterit, 
ft  qui  abbatem  de  Egnesham  nulla  affinitate  vel  alio  modo  attingant, 
ad  recognoscendum  super  sacramentum  suum,  si  omnia  terre  ft  tene- 
menta  dicti  abbatis  in  villa  de  Tilgarsleye  sint,  ft  a  tempore  quo  non 
extat  memoria  |  fuerint,  parcella  manerii  sui  de  Egnesham,  quod  est  fol.  57^ 
de  fundacione  abbatie  sue  ft  eidem  manerio  annexa:  et  si  dicta 
manerium,  terre  ft  tenementa  in  Tilgersleye  vt  parcella  eiusdem 
manerii  anno  regni  domini  E.  nuper  regis  Anglie  filii  regis  Henrici 
vicesimo  inter  temporalia  predicte  abbacie  spiritualibus  annexa  cum 
clero  taxata  fuerint;  ac  si  dictus  abbas  ft  predecessores  sui  nobis 
ft  progenitoribus  nostris  a  dicto  anno  vicesimo  hucusque  decimas  ft 
alias  quotas  cum  clero  pro  dictis  terris  ft  tenementis  in  Tilgersleye  vt 
parcella  dicti  manerii  de  Egnesham  soluerint ;  ft  si  predecessores  dicti 
abbatis  eadem  terras  ft  tenementa  diuersis  natiuis  suis  dimiserunt, 
tenenda  ad  voluntatem  suam,  reddendo  verum  valorem  eorundem 
terrarum  ft  tenementorum :  necnon  si  predictus  abbas  dicta  terras 


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Sc  tenementa  pro  eo  quod  vacua  absque  tenentibus  remanserunt  per 
mortem  naduorum  predictorum  reassumpserit,  ft  ea  vt  parcellam  diet! 
manerii  sui  de  Egnesham  occupauerit  Sc  teneat  in  presently  vt  de  iure 
ecclesie  sue  predicte,  necne ;  &  habeas  ibi  tunc  nomina  iuratorum  Sc 
hoc  breue,  Sec,  per  rotulum  memor[andorum],  de  anno  secundo 
Trinitatis  [stc]  record[um]. 

633- 

Copia  exempliflcacionis  processus  habiti  coram  baronibus 
de  Scaccario  super  exoneracione  villate  de  Tylgarsle  de 
quintadecima. 

Feb.  94,  Ricardus  dei  grada  [&c.]  salutem.  Sciads  quod  inspeximus 
I393-  qaendam  processum  coram  b^nibus  de  scaccario  nostro  habitum, 
termino  videlicet  sancte  Trinitatis  anno  regni  nostri  secundo  in  hec 
uerba :  '  Dominus  Rex  mandauit  hie  breue  suum  de  magno  sigillo 
suo  quod  est  inter  communia  de  hoc  termino  in  hec  uerba :  '*  Ricardus 
[&c.]  thes[aurariis]  Sc  baronibus  suis  de  Scaccario  suo  salutem. 
Monstrauerunt  nobis  dilecd  nobis  in  Christo  *'  (&c.  vt  supra  in  proximo 
folio,  vsque  ad  finem  illius  breuis) :  et  scrutads  rotulis  quoad  superius 
suggesta  in  breui,  compertum  est  in  rotulo  de  particulis  taxacionis 
temporalium  cleri  Lincolniensis  diocesis,  archidiaconatus  videlicet 
Oxon'  &  decanatus  de  Wodestoke,  que  taxado  facta  fuit  anno  regni 
regis  Edward!  filii  regis  Henrici  vicesimo,  quod  temporalia  abbads  de 
Egnesham  in  Egnesham  taxantur  ad  decimam  cum  clero  ad  xxvii 
libras  ix  s.  viii  d.,  nulla  facta  mendone  ibidem  de  aUquibus  tempora- 
libus  ipsius  abbatis  in  Tilgaresley,  &  quod  coUectores  huiusmodi 
dedmarum  in  singulis  concessionibus  earundem  a  dicto  anno  vicesimo 
hucusque  onerad  fuerunt  versus  regem  de  consimili  summa  pro  dicds 
temporalibus  in  Egnesham,  sicut  condnetur  in  rotulis  compotorum  de 
decimis  predictis  Sc  in  dicds  rotulis  de  particulis.  Compertum  est 
eciam  in  compoto  abbads  de  Oseneye  Sc  Thome  de  Langeleye  taxa- 
torum  &  collectorum  quintededme  Sc  decime  domino  Edwardo  nuper 
regi  Anglie,  auo  regis  huius  [sic],  anno  regni  sui  octauo  a  laicis 
concessarum  in  comitatu  Oxon',  quod  villata  de  Tylgarsleye  in 
hundredo  de  Wottone  tunc  taxata  fuit  ad  iiii  lib.  xiiii  s.  x  d.  [stc] 
per  se,  Sc  villata  de  Egnesham  ad  Ixxix  s.  iiii  d  per  se,  &  quod 
collectores  huiusmodi  dedmarum  Sc  quintarumdecimarum  a  dicto  anno 
octauo  hucusque  de  consimilibus  siunmis  in  singulis  concessionibus 
earundem  dommo  regi  nunc  Sc  progenitoribus  suis  onerad,  fuerunt,  sicut 
continetur  in  rotulis  de  pardculis  cdmpotorum  dictorum  collectorum 
penes  scaccarium  resideni[ibus].     Compertum  est  insuper  in  rotulo 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  77 

placitonim  de  anno  xxxiiio  dicti  regis  Edwardi,  aui  regis  huius, 
termino  |  videlicet  sancte  Trinitatis  in  quodam  processu  ibidem  habito  fol.  58^ 
inter  lohannem  de  Whitefeld  &  socios  suos  k  abbatem  de  Egnesham 
supradictos^  quod  pro  eo  quod  in  eodem  processu  continetur  quod 
onmia  terre  &  tenementa  in  Tylgarsleye  tunc  fiienint  in  manibus 
predicti  abbatis  pro  defectu  tenencium,  &  quod  collectores  decimarum 
&  quintarumdecimarum  dicto  regi  auo,  a  laicis  concessarum,  in  singulis 
concessionibus  eanindem  a  dicto  anno  octauo  vsque  dicium  annum 
tricesimum  tercium  onerati  fuerunt  versus  regem  de  iiii  libris  xiiii  s.  x  d. 
pro  villa  de  Tylgarsleye,  consideratum  fuit  per  tunc  barones  de  Scac- 
cario  quod  predictus  abbas  inde  versus  regem  oneraretur.  £t  super 
hoc  uenit  modo  a  die  sancte  Trinitatis  in  xv  dies  predictus  abbas  per 
Ricardum  Bank'  attomatum  suum  ft  dicit  quod  omnia  terre  & 
tenementa  sua  in  dicta  villa  de  Tylgarsleye  sunt,  ft  a  tempore  quo 
non  extat  memoria  fuerunt,  parcella  manerii  sui  de  Egnesham,  quod 
est  de  fiindacione  abbacie  sue,  ft  eidem  manerio  annexa :  ft  quod 
idem  manerium,  terre  ft  tenementa  predicta  in  Tylgarsleye,  vt  parcella 
eiusdem  manerii,  dicto  anno  vicesimo  regis  Edwardi  filii  regis  Henrici 
inter  cetera  temporalia  abbacie  predicte  cum  clero  taxata  fuerunt  ad 
predictam  summam  xxvii  11.  ix  s.  viii  d.  ft  quod  ipse  ft  predecessores 
sui  ab  eodem  anno  uicesimo  hucusque  dedmas  ft  alias  quotas  cum 
clero,  quociens  ft  quando  huiusmodi  decime  ft  quote  domino  regi  ft 
progenitoribus  suis  concesse  fuerunt,  pro  dictis  terris  ft  tenementis  in 
Tylgarsleye  vt  parcella  dicti  manerii  de  Egnesham  soluerunt  Et 
dicit  vlterius  predictus  abbas  quod  predecessores  sui  dicta  terras  ft 
tenementa  in  Tylgaresleye  diuer^s  natiuis  suis  dimiserunt,  tenenda  ad 
voluntatem  suam,  reddendo  inde  verum  valorem  eorundem  terrarum 
ft  tenementorum ;  ft  quod  ipse  pro  eo  quod  died  natiui  moriebantur  ft 
terras  ft  tenementa  predicta  per  mortem  eorundem  natiuorum  vacua 
absque  tenentibus  remanserunt,  eadem  terras  ft  tenementa  in  manus 
suas  reassumpsit,  ft  ea  vt  parcellam  dicti  manerii  sui  de  Egnesham 
occupauit  ft  tenet  in  presently  vt  de  iure  ecclesie  sue  predicte  in  forma 
predicta.  Et  hec  omnia  pretendit  verificare  qualitercunque  curia  ftc. 
Et  petit  quod  ipse  de  quintadecima  ft  aliis  quotis  ft  consimilibus  per 
laicos  concessis  ft  concedendis  racione  dictorum  terrarum  ft  tenement 
torum  in  Tylgarsleye  exoneretur.  Ad  quod  dictum  est  pro  rege  quod 
dicta  terra  ft  tenementa  in  Tylgarsleye  non  sunt  parcella  dicti  manerii 
de  Egnesham,  nee  de  fiindacione  abbathie  predicte,  nee  taxantur  inter 
temporalia  dicti  abbatis  spiritualibus  suis  annexa,  prout  predictus  abbas 
superius  placitando  allegauit,  sed  cum  laicis  dicti  comitatus  Oxonie 
sub  nomine  villate  de  Tylgarsley  per  se,  ft  quod  predictus  abbas  ft 
predecessores  sui  ac  tenentes  dictorum  terrarum  ft  tenementorum  in 


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Tylgarsleye  a  predicto  anno  octavo  hucusque  soluerunt  quintamdeci- 
mam  cum  laicis  pro  eisdem  terns  &  tenementis  &  non  decimam  cum 
clero :  et  petit  pro  domino  rege,  quod  inquiratur  &c.  Ideo  fiat  inde 
inquisicio.  £t  p[receptum]  est  uicecomiti  quod  uenire  faciat  hie  a  die 
sancti  lohannis  Baptiste  in  xv  dies  xviii  tam  milites  &c.  de  visneto  de 
Tylgarsleye,  quorum  quilibet  ^c,  per  quos  &c.,  A:  qui  nee  A:c.,  ad 
recognoscendum  in  premissis.  £i  idem  dies  datus  est  prefato  abbati. 
Ad  quem  diem  idem  abbas  venit  per  dictum  attornatum  suum  ft 
uicecomes  retomauit  breue  cum  panello  de  nominibus  iur[atorum], 
et  iidem  iuratores  non  ven[erunt].  Ideo  preceptum  est  vicecomiti  quod 
foL  58^  ipsos  I  distringat  ftc. :  ita  &c.,  a  die  sancti  Michaelis  in  xv  dies,  uel 
interim  coram  Wiilelmo  de  Hanleye  rememoratore  buius  scaccarii, 
qui  per  litteras  patentes  sub  sigillo  eiusdem  scaccarii  assignatur  ad 
inquisicionem  illam  interim  capiendam.  £t  idem  dies  datus  est  prefato 
abbati.  Ad  quem  diem  idem  abbas  uenit  &  inquisicio  adhuc  remanet 
capienda.  £t  uicecomes  retomauit  breue.  £t  iurat[ore8]  inde  non 
uen[erunt].  Ideo  preceptum  est  vicecomiii  quos  ipsos  distringat  vt 
prius  &C.:  ita  &c.,  in  crastino  sancti  Martini,  &  preter  iuratores 
predictos  preceptum  est  vicecomiti  quod  venire  faciat  hie  ad  eundem 
diem  sex  t[a]les  ftc,  ne  inquisicio  predicta  pro  defectu  iuratorum 
vlterius  remaneat  capienda.  £t  idem^  dies  datus  est  prefato  abbati. 
Ad  quem  diem  idem  abbas  venit  per  dictum  attornatum  suum.  £t 
vicecomes  retomavit  breue  ft  nomina  iuratorum.  £t  iidem  iuratores 
non :  ideo  preceptum  est  vicecomiti  quod  ipsos  distringat,  ita  ftc,  a 
die  sancti  Hillarii  in  xv  dies  uel  interim  coram  dicto  Wiilelmo  de 
Hanleye,  qui  per  litteras  patentes  sub  sigillo  buius  scaccarii  assignatur 
ad  inquisicionem  illam  interim  capiendam.  £t  idem  dies  datus  est 
prefato  abbati  Ad  quem  diem  idem  abbas  venit  £t  predictus 
Willelmus  de  Hanleye  liberauit  hie  quandam  inquisicionem  coram  eo 
super  premissis  captam  apud  Oxoniam  die  lune  proxima  ante  festum 
Natalis  Domini  anno  tercio  regis  huius  in  presencia  abbatis  de 
£gne8ham  ibidem  per  Willelmum  de  Stantone  commonachum  ft 
attornatlun  suum  comparentis  per  sacramentum  lohannis  Hardy, 
Roberti  Braylles  ft  aliorum  iuratorum,  quorum  nomina  annotantur  in 
eadem  inquisicione,  que  est  inter  inquisiciones  ft  extenta  retomata  hie 
dicto  anno  tercio.  Qui  triati,  electi  ft  iurati  dicunt  super  sacramen- 
tum suum  quod  onmia  terre  ft  tenementa  abbatis  de  £gnesham  in 
villa  de  Tylgaresleye  sunt,  ft  a  tempore  quo  non  extat  memoria 
fuerunt,  parcella  manerii  de  £gnesham,  quod  est  de  fundacione  abbacie 
sue  &  eidem  manerio  annexa:  et  quod  dicta  manerium  ac  terre  ft 

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CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  79 

tenementa  in  Tylgaresleye  vt  parcella  eiusdem  anno  regni  domini 
Edwardi  nuper  regis  Anglie,  filii  regis  Henrici,  vicesimo  inter  tempo- 
ralia  predicte  abbacie  spiritualibus  annexa  cum  clero  taxata  fuerunt, 
quodque'^dictus  abbas  &.  predecessores  sui  domino  regi  &  progenitoribus 
suis  a  dicto  anno  vicesimo  hucusque  decimas  &  alias  quotas  cum  clero 
pro  dictis  terris  &  tenementis  in  Tjlgarsleye  vt  parcella  dicti  manerii 
de  Egnesham  soluerunt  Dicunt  etiam  iuratores  quod  predecessores 
dicti  abbatis  eadem  terras  &  tenementa  diuersis  natiuis  suis  dimi- 
serunt,  tenenda  ad  voluntatem  suam,  reddendo  verum  valorem 
eorundum  terrarum  &  tenementorum :  et  quod  predictus  abbas  dicta 
terras  &  tenementa  pro  eo  quod  uacua  absque  tenentibus  remanserunt 
per  mortem  dictorum  natiuorum  reassumpsit,  &  ea  vt  parcellam  dicti 
manerii  sui  de  Egnesham  occupat  &,  tenet  in  presenti,  vt  de  iure 
ecclesie  sue:  et  predictus  abbas  petit  iudicium  super  veredicto 
inquisicionis  predicte.  Et  quia  curia  vult  deliberare  super  premissis 
antequam  vlterius  &c.,  datus  est  dies  hie  eidem  abbati  a  die  Pasche  in 
XV  dies  ad  audiendum  iudicium  super  premissis.  Ad  quem  diem 
predictus  abbas  venit  per  dictum  attomatum  suum,  &  ob  causam 
predictam  habet  diem  vlterius  vsque  a  die  sancte  Trinitatis  in  xv  dies. 
Ad  quem  diem  idem  abbas  venit  per  dictum  attomatum  suum.  Et 
ob  causam  predictam  habet  diem  vlterius  vsque  a  die  sancti  Michaelis 
anno  quarto  regis  huius  in  xv  dies.  Ad  quem  diem  idem  abbas  uenit 
per  attomatum  suum :  et  ob  causam  predictam  habit  diem  vlterius  vsque 
a  die  sancti  HiUarii  in  xv  dies.  Ad  quem  diem  predictus  abbas  venit 
per  dictum  attomatum  suum ;  et  ob  causam  predictam  |  habet  diem  foL  59"^. 
vlterius  vsque  a  die  Pasche  in  xv  dies.  Ad  quem  diem  predictus 
abbas  venit  per  dictum  attomatum  suum;  et  ob  causam  predictam 
habet  diem  vlterius  usque  a  die  sancte  Trinitatis  in  xv  dies.  Ad  quem 
diem  predictus  abbas  venit  per  attomatum  suum;  et  ob  causam 
predictam  habet  diem  ulterius  vsque  a  die  sancti  Michaelis  anno 
quinto  in  xv  dies.  Ad  quem  diem  venit  predictus  abbas  per  dictum 
attomatum  suum ;  et  ob  causam  predictam  habet  diem  vlterius  vsque 
a  die  sancti  HiUarii  in  xv  dies.  Ad  quem  diem  predictus  abbas  venit 
per  dictum  attomatum  suum;  et  ob  causam  predictam  habet  diem 
vlterius  vsque  a  die  Pasche  in  xv  dies.  Ad  quem  diem  predictus  abbas 
venit  per  dictum  attomatum  suum ;  et  ob  causam  predictam  habet 
diem  vlterius  usque  a  die  sancte  Trinitatis  in  xv  dies.  Ad  quem 
diem  predictus  abbas  venit  per  dictum  attomatum  suum;  et  ob 
causam  predictam  habet  diem  vlterius  vsque  a  die  sancti  Michaelis 
anno  sexto  in  xv  dies.  Ad  quem  diem  predictus  abbas  venit  per  attor- 
natum  suum ;  et  ob  causam  predictam  habet  diem  vlterius  vsque  a  die 
sancti  HiUarii  in  xv  dies.    Ad  quem  diem  idem  abbas  venit  per  dictum 


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attomatuin  suum,  et  petit  iudicium  vt  prius  &c.  Super  quibus  habita 
pleniori  deliberacione  per  barones,  quia  per  veredictum  inquisicionis 
predicte  est  compertum,  quod  omnia  terre  &  tenementa  abbatis  de 
Egnesham  in  villa  de  Tylgaresleye  sunt,  k,  a  tempore  quo  non  extat 
memoria  fuerunt,  parcella  manerii  sui  de  Egnesham,  quod  est  de 
fundacione  abbade  sue  &  eidem  manerio  annexa;  et  quod  dicta 
manerium,  terre  &  tenementa  in  Tylgarsleye  vt  parcella  eiusdem  anno 
vicesimo  supradicto  inter  temporalia  predicte  abbacie  spiritualibus 
annexa  cum  clero  taxata  fuerunt,  quodque  dictus  abbas  &  predeces- 
sores  sui  domino  regi  &  progenitoribus  suis  a  dicto  anno  vicesimo  hue- 
usque  decimas  &  alias  quotas  cum  clero  pro  certis  terris  &  tenementis 
in  Tylgaresleye  vt  parcella  dicti  manerii  de  Egnesham  soluerunt; 
concordatum  est  &  consideratum  quod  predictus  abbas  de  Egnesham 
&  eiusdem  loci  conuentus  de  quintadecima  contingente  terras  & 
tenementa  predicta  exonerenter  &  quieti  existant  pretextu  breuis  regii, 
inquisicionis  &  aliorum  premissorum,  aliquo  iudicio  versus  dictos 
abbatem  &  conuentum  dicto  anno  xxxiiio  regis  Edwardi  aui  regis 
nunc  reddito,  aut  aliqua  solucione  huius  quintedecime  per  predictos 
abbatem  k,  conuentum  pro  predictis  terris  &  tenementis  in  Tylgars- 
leye a  dicto  anno  vicesimo  regis  Edwardi  filii  regis  Henrici  facta 
non  obstante :  ita  tamen  quod  si  contingat  dicta  terras  &  tenementa 
imposterum  per  tenentes  inhabitari  seu  occupari,  quod  regi  de  quinta- 
decima bonorum  &  catallorum  suorum  in  eisdem  terris  &  tenementis 
tunc  existencium  respondeatur,  prout  ante  hec  tempora  fieri  consueuit.' 
Quern  quidem  processum  ad  prosecucionem  prefati  abbatis  sub  sigillo 
dicti  scaccarii  nostri  duximus  exemplificandum.  In  cuius  rei  testi- 
monium has  litteras  nostras  patentes  fieri  fecimus  patentes.  Teste 
R.  de  Plesyngton'  apud  Westmonasterium  xxiiii  die  Februarii  anno 
regni  nostri  sexto. 

In  magno  rotulo  de  anno  quinto  in  adhuc.  Item  Berk'  [sic]. 
Abbas  de  Egnesham  debet  iiii  1.  xiiii  s.  x  d.  de  quintadecima  regi  a 
laicis  anno  sexto  regis  huius  concessa  pro  bonis  suis  in  Tylgarsleye, 
sicut  continetur  in  compoto  Roberti  Brayles  &  sociorum  suorum,  col- 
lectorum  dicte  quintedecime  in  comitatu  Oxon',  rotulo  compoti  de 
taxacione,  sed  non  debet  inde  summoned  per  processum  inde  habitum 
&  consideracionem  baronum  annotat[am]  in  memorandis  ex  parte 
rememoratoris  regis  de  anno  secundo  regis  huius  inter  recorda  de 
termino  Trinitatis.    Et  quietus  est. 

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CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  8i 

634. 

[Writ  to  the  Sheriff  to  collect  a  jury  from  the  neighbour- 
hood of  Ck>tes  and  Fawler.] 

Edwardus  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  &  Francie  &  dominus  Hibemie  fot  6o^ 
vicecomid  Oxonie  salutem.  Precipimus  tibi  quod  venire  facias  coram  J^y  4f 
baronibus  de  Scaccario  nostro  apud  Westmonasterium  a  die  sancd  '3^9* 
lohannis  Baptiste  proximo  iiitar[i]  in  xv  dies  xii  probos  &  legales 
homines  de  balliua  tua  de  visneto  de  Cotes  &  Fauelore,  quorum 
quilibet  habeat  centum  solidat[as]  terre  vel  redditus  per  annum  ad 
minus,  per  quos  rei  Veritas  melius  sciri  poterit,  &  qui  abbatem  de 
Egnesham  &,  Nicholaum  Poure,  lohannem  de  Whitefeld  &  lohannem 
Showe  collectores  decime  &  quintedecime  nobis  a  laicis  anno  regni 
nostri  Anglie  xxxio  in  comitatu  predicto  concessarum,  nulla  affinitate 
uel  alio  modo  attingant,  ad  recog[noscendum]  per  sacramentum  suum, 
si  predicti  collectores  prefatum  abbatem  pro  x  s.  in  dicta  villa  de 
Cotes  &  XX  s.  in  Fauelore  die  louis  proxima  post  festum  sancti  Michaelis 
anno  died  regni  nostri  xxxii  eis  soluend[is]  ad  quintam  decimam 
predictam  per  aueria  sua  distrinxerunt,  videlicet  per  duos  boues  apud 
Cotes  &  tres  equos  apud  Fauelor,  &  districciones  illas  apud  Tylgarsle 
per  XV  dies  proximo  sequentes  in  parco  detinuerunt,  vt  idem  abbas 
dicit,  uel  non  vt  predicti  collectores  dicunt;  quia  partes  predicte 
posuerunt  se  inde  in  inquisic[ione].  £t  habeas  ibi  nomina  iuratorum 
&  hoc  breue.  Teste  G.  de  WiUeford'  apud  Westmonasterium  quarto 
die  lulii  anno  regni  nostri  Anglie  xxxiii,  regni  vero  nostri  Francie  xx. 
Charwdton,  per  rotulum  placitorum  de  anno  xxxiiio  Pasche. 

635. 

[An  inquisition  about  Cotes  and  Fawler.] 

Inquisicio  capta  apud  Cherlebury  coram  Willelmo  de  ShareshuU'  Mar.  19, 
iusticiario  domini  regis  secundum  formam  commissionis  domini  regis  '36o. 
eidem  Willelmo  directed  &  huic  inquisidoni  consute^  die  louis  in 
quarta  septimana  quadragesime,  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  tercii  post 
conquestum  Anglie  tricesimo  quarto,  per  sacramentum  Willelmi  de 
Comptone,  Thome  de  Walcote,  Thome  de  Famebourgh',  lohannis  in 
le  Dene,  lohannis  de  Nortone  de  Bannebury,  lohannis  Mundy, 
lohannis  Croxford,  lohannis  Hardy,  Henrici  Tankeruill',  lohannis 
Say,  Henrici  Spycer,  &  Thome  Aselford;   qui  dicunt  super  sacra- 

>  '  directi . . .  coniuti/  MS. 


83  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

mentum  suum  quod  Nicholaus  Pourc,  lohannes  de  Whitefeld,  A 
Johannes  Showe  nuper  collectores  dccime  &  quintcdecime  domino 
regi  nunc  anno  regni  sui  Anglie  xzxi  in  comitatu  Oxon'  concesse, 
die  louis  proxima  post  festum  sancti  Michaelis  anno  regni  regis  nunc 
Anglie  xxxii  abbatem  de  Egnesham  per  tres  equos  apud  Fauelore  pro 
viginti  solidis  &  per  duos  boues  apud  Cotes  pro  decern  solidis  eis 
soluendis  ad  quintamdecimam  predictam  racione  bononim  &  catal- 
lorum  ipsius  abbatis  in  villis  predictis  ad  decimam  cum  clero  taxatis 
distrinxerunt,  &  iidem  collectores  districciones  illas  a  prefato  abbate 
sic  pro  sununis  illis  soluendis  captas  apud  Tylgarslegh'  imparcauerunt, 
&  in  parco  ibidem  per  xv  dies  proximo  sequentes  detinuerunt,  sicut 
idem  abbas  in  recordo  predicto  placitando  allegauit.  £t  assident 
dampnum  ipsius  abbatis  ad  xl  solidos.  In  cuius,  Bcc.  Dat'  &c.,  vt 
supra. 

636. 

foi.  6x^  Decima  de  Comebery  Parke. 

Edwardus  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  &  Francie  &  dominus  Hibemie, 
omnibus  ad  quos  presentes  littere  peruenerint,  salutem.  Sciatis  quod 
pro  salute  anime  nostre  [&c.  =  577,  vol.  i,  p.  393]. 


637- 

[An  inquisition  about  Mickleton.] 

April  9,  Inquisicio  facta  coram  Thoma  Saundres  escaetore  domini  regis  in 
1360.  comitatu  Gloucestrie  apud  Wynchecombe  die  louis  proxima  ante 
festum  Pasche  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  tercii  post  conquestum 
Anglie  xxxiiii  per  sacramentum  lohannis  Lefoy,  Ricardi  Fraunkelayn, 
Ricardi  Payne,  Nicholai  Fraunkelayn,  Roberti  Thomes,  Philippi 
Bradewelle,  Willelmi  lames,  lohannis  Kulle,  Willelmi  Messag[er], 
lohannis  Arkel,  Henrici  Newemant  &  Thome  Boteinleyn,  qui  dicunt 
super  sacramentum  suum  quod  abbas  de  Egnesham  tenet  manerium 
suum  de  Mukeltone  de  rege  in  capite  sine  medio  per  seruicium  vnius 
secte  ad  curiam  suam  videlicet  apud  hundredum  de  Kyflesgate  de 
tribus  septimanis  in  tres  septimanas :  et  quod  predictus  abbas  mane- 
rium illud  dimisit  lohanni  Trillowe  militi,  lohanni  de  Herdewyk 
&  Ricardo  So[m]nour  sibi  &  heredibus  suis  ad  vitam  Nicholai  de 
Vptone  predecessoris  istius  abbatis  sine  licencia  regis:  et  dicunt 
per  sacramentum  suum  quod  dictum  manerium  valet  per  annum  Ix 
libras  vltra  reprisam  [sic\.    In  cuius,  ^c. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  83 

[Writ  of  the  king,  forbidding  .that  stdt  of  court  shotdd  be 
demanded  of  the  abbot  of  Eynsham  for  his  manor  of 
Mickleton.] 

Rex  balliuis  suis  de  hundredo  de  Kyftesgate  salutem.  Monstrauit  Nov.  15, 
nobis  dilectus  nobis  in  Christo  abbas  de  Egnesham  quod  licet  ipse  ^358. 
sectam  aliquam  ad  bundredum  nostrum  predictiun  pro  manerio  suo 
de  Mukeltone  facere  non  teneatur,  nee  ipse  seu  predecessores  sui 
abbates  loci  illius  sectam  huiusmodi  a  tempore  cuius  contrarii  memoria 
non  existit  ad  hundredum  predictum  pro  manerio  predicto  hucusque 
facere  consueuerunt,  vos  nichilominus  ipsum  abbatem  ad  faciendam 
sectam  ad  idem  bundredum  grauiter  distringitis  &  multipliciter  inquie- 
tatis  iam  de  nouo,  ad  graue  dampnum  ipsius  abbatis,  sicut  ex  querela 
sua  accepimus,  super  quo  nobis  supplicauit  sibi  de  remedio  prouideri. 
Nos  ipsum  abbatem  indebite  pregrauari  nolentes  vobis  precipimus, 
quod  si  ita  est,  tunc  ab  huiusmodi  districtionibus  &  inquietacionibus 
eidem  abbati  ex  causa  predicta  de  cetero  inferendis  penitus  desistatis ; 
et  distric|cionem,  si  quam  ei  ea  occasione  fecerids,  sine  dilacione  foL  61^. 
relaxetis  eidem.  Teste  rege  apud  Westm*,  xv  die  Nouembris  anno 
xxxii. 

639- 

[Writ  commanding  that  an  inquisition  sliall  be  held  about 
the  tenure  of  Mickleton.] 

Edwardus  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  &  Francie  &  dominus  Hibernie   May  4, 
dilecto  &  fideli  suo  Willelmo  de  Shareshulle  &  Thome  Saundres     'S^o* 
escaetori  suo  in  comitatu  Gloucestrie  salutem.    Cum  nos  nuper  cercio- 
rari  volentes  super  causa  capcionis  manerii  abbatis  de  Egnesham  de     • 
Mukeltone  cum  pertinentiis  per  te,  prefate  escaetor,  vt  dicebatur,  in 
manmn  nostram,  tibi  precepimus  ^  quod  nos  super  causa  predicta  in 
cancellaria  nostra  sub  sigillo  tuo  redderes  cerciores,  at  tu  nobis 
retomasti  quod  pro  eo  quod  inuenisti  per  inquisicionem  coram  te  «x 
officio  tuo  captam,  quod  predictus  abbas  tenet  manerium  predictum 
de  nobis  sine  medio  per  seruicium  vnius  secte  ad  curiam  nostram 
videlicet  ad  hundredum  nostrum  de  Kjrftesgate,  de  tribus  septimanis 
in  tres   septimanas,  et  quod  idem  abbas    manerium  illud   dimisit 
lohanni  Trillowe  militi,  lohanni   Herdewyke  &  Ricardo  Sumnour 
&  heredibns  suis  ad  terminum  vite  Nicholai  nuper  abbatis  loci  predict! 
predecessoris  ipsius  abbatis  nunc  sine  licencia  nostra,  idem  manerium 
*  *  precipimus,'  MS. 
G  2 


84  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

cepisti  in  manum  nostram ;  at  idem  abbas  iam  nobis  dederit  intelligi 
quod  manerium  predictum  tenet  de  episcopo  Lincolniensi '  in  puram 
&  perpetuam  elemosinam,  &  de  episcopis  loci  predicti  a  tempore  quo 
non  exstat  memoria  tenebatur,  &  non  de  nobis  seu  progenitoribus 
nostris,  nee  idem  abbas  sectam  aliquam  ad  hundredum  predictum 
racione  manerii  predicti  facere  teneatur^  nee  ipse  nee  predecessores 
sui  sectam  aliquam  ad  idem  hundredum  temporibus  retroactis  facere 
consueuerunt,  supplicans  nobis  vt  manum  nostram  de  manerio  pre- 
dicto  velimus  facere  amoueri :  nos  vt  in  hac  parte  quod  iustum  fuerit 
fieri  faciamus,  volentes  super  premissis  plenius  cerciorari,  vtrum  videlicet 
manerium  predictum  teneatur  de  nobis  sine  medio  sicut  predictimi 
est,  an  de  alio,  et  ^  de  nobis,  tunc  per  quod  seruicium  &  qualiter 
&  quo  modo :  et  si  de  alio,  tunc  de  quo  vel  de  quibus  &  per  quod 
seruicium  &  qualiter  &  quo  modo:  et  si  predictus  abbas  sectam 
aliquam  ad  hundredum  nostrum  predictum  racione  manerii  predicti 
aut  alia  de  causa  facere  teneatur,  seu  quod  ipse  aut  predecessores 
sui  sectam  aliquam  ad  idem  hundredum  facere  consueuissent,  necne, 
&  si  sic  tunc  ex  qua  causa  &,  a  quo  tempore  &  qualiter  &  quomodo ; 
assignauimus  vos  ad  inquirendum  per  sacramentum  proborum  & 
legalium  hominum  de  comitatu  predicto,  per  quos  rei  Veritas 
melius  sciri  poterit,  super  premissis  ft  omnibus  aliis  articulis  pre- 
missa  contingentibus  veritatem:  et  ideo  vobis  mandamus  quod  ad 
certos  diem  &  locum,  quos  ad  hoc  prouideritis^  inquisidonem  illam 
capiatis,  &  eam  aperte  &  distincte  factam  nobis  in  cancellaria  nostra 
sub  sigillis  vestris  &  agillis  eorum  per  quos  facta  fuerit  sine  dilacione 
mittatis  &  hoc  breue ;  mandauimus  enim  vicecomiti  nostro  comitatus 
predicti,  quod  ad  certos  diem  &  locum,  quos  ei  scire  faciatis,  venire 
faciat  coram  vobis  tot  &  tales  probos  &  legales  homines  de  balliua 
sua  per  quos  rei  Veritas  in  premissis  melius  sciri  poterit  &  inquiri.  | 
foL  69'.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  has  litteras  nostras  fieri  fecimus  patentes. 
Teste  Thoma  filio  nostro  carissimo,  custode  Anglie,  apud  Redyng', 
quarto  die  Maii,  anno  regni  nostri  Anglie  tricesimo  quarto,  regni  uero 
nostri  Francie  vicesimo  primo. 

640. 

[Writ  to  the  sheriff  to  procure  a  Jury  for  an  inquisition 
about  Mickleton.] 

May  4»       Edwardus  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  &  Francie  ft  dominus  Hibemie 
1360.     ucecomiti  Gloucestrie  salutem.     Cum  assignauerimus  dilectum  ft 

^  Theeridenoe  of  Domesday  is  against      held  Mickleton  of  the  king,  not  of  the 
this  statement;  the  abbey  of  Eynsham      Bishop  of  Lincoln. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAAf  85 

fidelem  noslrum  Willelmum  de  ShareshuIIe  Sc  Thomam  Saundres 
de  Neubold  escaetorem  nostrum  comitatus  predicti  ad  inquirendum 
per  sacramentum  proborum  &  legalium  hominum  de  comitatu  tuo, 
per  quos  rei  ueritas  melius  sciri  potent,  vtrum  videlicet  manerium 
abbatis  de  Egnesham  de  Mukeltone  cum  pertinentiis  teneatur  de 
nobis  sine  medio  per  seruicium  vnius  secte  ad  curiam  nostram  videlicet 
ad  hundredum  nostrum  de  Kyftesgate  de  tribus  septimanis  in  tres 
septimanas  prout  idem  escaetor  noster  nos  in  cancellaria  nostra 
certificauit,'  an  de  episcopo  Lincolniensi  in  puram  &  perpetuam 
elemosinam  prout  idem  abbas  coram  nobis  in  dicta  cancellaria  nostra 
allegauity  necne,  tibi  precipimus  quod  ad  certos  diem  &  locum  quos 
idem  Willelmus  &  Thomas  tibi  scire  faciant,  venire  facias  eis  tot 
&  tales  probos  &  legales  homines  de  balliua  tua  per  quos  rei  Veritas 
in  premissis  melius  sdri  poterit  &  inquirt.  Teste  Thoma  [&c.,  dated 
as  639]. 

641. 

[Letter  to  the  sheriflF  fixing  the  date  for  the  inquisltioii*] 

Willelmus  de  ShareshuIIe,  capitalis  iusticiarius  domini  regis  &  Hay  10, 
Thomas  de  Neubold  escaetor  domini  regis  in  comitatu  Gloucestrie,  xa^o* 
vicecomiti  Gloucestrie  salutem.  Ex  parte  domini  regis  tibi  mandamus 
quod  venire  facias  coram  nobis  apud  Stowe  Seynt  Edward  die  lune 
in  crastino  sancte  Trinitatis  xviii  liberos  &  legales  homines  de  visneto 
de  Mukeltone,  per  quos  rei  Veritas  melius  sciri  poterit  &  inquiri,  ad 
facienda  ibidem  ea  que  eis  ex  parte  domini  regis  iniimgentur:  et 
habeas  ibi  nomina  predictorum  xviii  hominum  &  breue  domini  regis, 
quod  tibi  inde  venit,  &  hoc  mandatum.  Dat*  London'  x  die  Maii, 
anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  tercii  post  conquestima  Anglie  xxxiiii 

642. 

[An  inquisition  concerning  the  tenure  of  Mickleton.] 

Inquisicio  capta  apud  Stowe  Sancti  Edwardi  coram  Willelmo  de  J^ine  x, 
ShareshuIIe  &  Thoma  Saundres  de  Neubold  escaetore  domini  regis  '3«o» 
in  comitatu  Gloucestrie  die  lime  in  crastino  sancte  Trinitatis  anno 
regni  regis  Edwardi  tercii  post  conquestum  Anglie  xxxiiii  pretextu 
commissionis  domini  regis  huic  inquisicioni  consute  per  sacramentmn 
lohannis  de  la  Chambre,  Roberti  lurdan.  lohannis  Weoleye,"  lohannis 
Coke  de  Quenetone,  lohannis  Gatewyke,  Ricardi  Fraunkelayn  de 

»  « ccrtifauit,*  MS.  '  Spelt '  Wculeye '  in  no.  643. 


86  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Pebbeworthe,  Henrid  de  Chestre,  Ricardi  Marcschall',  Simonis  Mare- 
schall,  Robert!  Spycer,  Willelmi  Wygote  &  Radulfi  Broun,  qui  dicunt 
foL  69^  super  sacramentum  suum  |  quod  abbas  de  Egnesham  tenet  manerium 
de  Mukeltone  de  episcopo  Lincolniensi,  &  ipse  abbas  &  predecessores 
sui  manerium  illud  de  prefato  episcopo  &  predecessoribus  suis  huc- 
usque  tenuerunt  a  tempore  cuius  memoria  non  existit  in  puram  & 
perpetuam  elemosinam,  &  non  de  domino  rege  nee  progenitoribus 
suis  per  sectam  faciendam  ad  himdredum  de  Kyftesgate.  Dicunt 
eciam  predicti  iuratores  quod  predictus  abbas,  qui  nunc  est,  nee 
aliquis  predecessorum  suorum  aliquam  sectam  ad  hundredum  pre- 
dictum  vnquam  fecerunt  Preterea  iidem  iuratores  dicunt  quod  dictus 
abbas,  qui  nunc  est,  manerium  illud  nuper  dimisit  lohanni  de  Trillowe, 
lobanni  Herdewyk  &  Ricardo  Somenour  &  heredibus  eorum,  tenendum 
ad  terminum  vite  Nicholai  nuper  abbatis  loci  predicti,  predecessoris 
ipsius  nunc  abbatis,  sub  certis  condicionibus  pro  sustentacione  prefato 
Nicholao  nuper  abbati  inuenienda,  durante  vita  sua  supradicta.  £t 
postmodum  dictus  abbas  de  Egnesham  qui  nunc  est  propter  condi- 
ciones  illas  non  obseruatas  dictum  manerium  reintrauit,  &.  illud  vt 
premittitur  tenet  de  episcopo  predicto  vt  supradictum  est.  In  cuius 
rei  testimonium  huic  inquisicioni  iuratores  predicti  sigiUa  sua 
apposuerunt.  Dat'  apud  Stowe  Sancti  Edwardi  die  &  anno  supra- 
dictis. 

643- 

[An  exemplification  of  the  documents  concerning  the 

case  of  Mickleton.] 

July  18,       Edwardus  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  &  Francie  &  dominus  Hibemie 

1360.     omnibus  ad  quos  presentes  littere  peruenerint  salutem.    Inspeximus 

recordum  &  processimi  cuiusdam  magne  assise  capte  coram  Salomone 

de  Roff '  &  sociis  suis  tunc  iusticiariis  domini  Edwardi  quondam  regis 

Anglie,  aui  nostri,  itinerantibus  in  comitatu  Oxon'  in  cancellaria  ipsius 

aui  nostri  de  mandato  suo  missa  in  hec  uerba :  '  Placita  de  iurat[is] 

&  assisis  coram  Salomone   [&c.,  as  in  462  .. .  to]  quam  dominus 

foL  63^    rex '  |  Inspeximus  eciam  quasdam  litteras  patentes  quas  nos  fieri 

fol.  63^    fecimus  in  hec  uerba  *  Edwardus  [&c.,  as  in  639  .  .  .]  |  vicesimo 

primo '.    Inspeximus  eciam  quandam  inquisicionem  virtute  litterarum 

nostrarum  predictarum  captam  &  in  cancellaria  nostra  retomatam 

in  hec  verba  'Inquisicio  [&c.,  as  in  642  .  . .]  supradictis '.    Constat 

eciam  nobis  per  inspeccionem  rotulorum  cancellarie  nostre  quod 

nos  nuper  breue  nostrum  fieri  fecimus  in  hec  verba  '  Edwardus  dei 

gracia  rex  Anglie  &  Francie  &  dominus  Hibemie  dilecto  Thome 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  87 

Saundres  escaetoii  suo  in  comitatu  Gloucestrie  salutem.  Cum  nos 
nuper  [&c.,  as  in  639  ...  to]  |  manum  nostram ;  postmodumque  ad  foL  64^ 
prosecucionem  dicti  nunc  abbatis  nobis*  suggerentis  ipsum  &  pre- 
decessores  suos  manerium  predicUun  de  episcopo  Lincolniensi  & 
predecessoribus  suis  in  puram  &  perpetuam  elemosinam  a  tempore 
quo  non  exstat  memoria  &  non  de  nobis  tenuisse,  absque  eo  quod 
idem  abbas  nunc  seu  predecessores  sui  sectam  aliquam  ad  hundredum 
predictum  racione  manerii  predicti  aliquibus  temporibus  retroactis 
facere  consueuerunt,  &  nobis  supplicantis  vt  manum  nostram  de 
manerio  predicto  amouere  vellemus,  volentes  fieri  quod  est  iustum 
in  hac  parte  assignauerimus  dilectum  &  fidelem  nostrum  Willelmum 
de  Shareshulle  &  te  prefatum  escaetorem  ad  inquirendum  per  sacra- 
mentum  proborum  &  legalium  hominum  de  comitatu  predicto,  per 
quos  rei  Veritas  melius  sciri  poterit,  vtrum  videlicet  manerium  pre- 
dictmn  [Ac,  as  in  639  ...  to]  quomodo,  et  si  predictus  nunc  abbas 
vel  predecessores  sui  sectam  aliquam  ad  hundredum  predictum  racione 
manerii  predicti  facere  consueuerunt,  necne;  ac  per  inquisicionem 
in  hac  parte  captam  &  in  cancellaria  nostra  retomatam  compertum 
sit,  quod  predictus  nunc  abbas  &  predecessores  sui  manerium  pre- 
dictum de  episcopo  Lincolniensi  &  predecessoribus  suis  in  puram 
&  perpetuam  elemosinam  a  tempore  quo  memoria  non  existit  semper 
hactenus  tenuerunt,  absque  eo  quod  predictus  nunc  abbas  seu  pre- 
decessores sui  sectam  aliquam  ad  hundredum  predictum  racione 
manerii  predicti  aliquo  tempore  fecerunt,  tibi  precipimus  quod  manum 
nostram  de  manerio  predicto,  si  occasione  ptedicta  &  non  alia  in 
manu  nostra  existat,  sine  dilacione  amoueas,  &  te  indevltra  ius  in 
aliquo  non  intromittas;  exitus  si  quos  inde  perceperis  prefato  abbati 
liberans  vt  est  iustum.  Teste  me  ipso  apud  Westm'  xvi  die  lunii 
anno  regni  nostri  Anglie  xxxiiii,  regni  uero  nostri  Francie  xxi '.  Nos 
autem  tenores  recordi  &  processus,  litteranmi,  inquisicionis  ac  breuis 
predictorum  ad*  requisicionem  predicti  nunc  abbatis  per  presentes 
duximus  exemplicand[os].  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  has  litteras 
nostras  fieri  fecimus  patentes.  Teste  me  ipso  apud  Westm',  xviii  die 
lulii  anno  regni  nostri  Anglie  xxxiiii,  regni  vero  nostri  Francie 
vicesimo  primo. 


644. 

Assisa  venit  &  recognoupt]  si  Galfridus  [&c.  =  580  vol.  i,  p.  394].   foL  64^. 
»  «Yobis/MS.  »  'ac'MS. 


88  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

645- 

foL  65'.        lohannes  de  Cudyngtone  [Ac.  =  581,  vol.  i,  p.  396]. 

646. 

[Grant  of  a  pension  by  the  abbot  and  convent  of  E3msham 
to  John  de  Cndjmgtone^  rector  of  Stanton  SL  John«] 

fol.  65^  Uniuersis  presentes  litteras  inspecturis  G.  permissione  diuina  abbas 
Sept  14,  monasterii  de  Egnesham  &  eiusdem  loci  conuentus  salutem  in  domino. 
1354-  Noueritis  nos  vnanimi  assensu  conuentus  nostri  concessisse  pro  nobis 
&  successoribus  nostris  dilecto  nobis  in  Christo  magistro  lohanni  de 
Cudyngtone  publico  notario,  nunc  rectori  ecclesie  de  Stauntone  sancti 
lohannis,  que  quidem  ecclesia  est  de  patronatu  nostro  de  Egnesham, 
necnon  nobis  8c  monasterio  nostro  predicto  annuatim,  a  tempore 
cuius  non  extitit  memoria,  fuit  &  est  pensionaria  in  viginti  solidis 
sterlingorum  ad  officium  sacriste  spectandum,  pro  officio  suo  & 
beneficiis  nobis  Be  ecclesie  nostre  impendendis  annuam  pensionem 
tresdecim  solidorum  &  quatuor  denariorum  de  ecclesia  de  Stauntone 
predicta  ad  totam  vitam  magistri  lohannis  in  forma  que  sequitur 
percipiendam :  cum  autem  dictvis  rector  magister  lohannes  vel  alius, 
qui  pro  tempore  quocumque  titulo  incumbens  fiierit,  nobis  &  monas- 
terio nostro  fideliter  in  terminis  statutis  annuatim  dictos  viginti  solidos 
nomine  annuitatis  soluerit,  extunc  virtute  presencium  sine  vlteriori 
dilacione  de  eadem  pecimia  persoluemus  dicto  magbtro  lohanni  suam 
annuam  pencionem  tresdecim  solidorum  Be  quatuor  denariorum  ad 
eosdem  terminos  statutos;  et  si  contingat  quod  idem  magister 
lohannes  dum  rector  dicte  ecclesie  fueriti  seu  quiuis  rector  alius  dicte 
ecclesie  de  Stauntone,  predicta  minime  in  terminis  suis  satisfacere 
curauit,  vult  magister  lohannes  de  Cudyngtone  &  concedit  per  pre- 
sentes quod  nulla  eidem  fiet  solucio  de  dictis  abbate  &  conuentu, 
qui  pro  tempore  fuerint,  donee  integre  dictis  abbati  &  conuentui 
&  eorum  ecclesie  de  dictis  viginti  solidis  dictam  ecclesiam  de  Stauntone 
concementibuSi  nomine  annuitatis,  in  suis  terminis  fuerit  satisfactum. 
In  cuius  [&c,  sealing].  Dat'  in  capitulo  nostro  apud  Egnesham  in 
festo  Exaltacionis  sancte  Cruds  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  tercii  post 
conquestum  vicesimo  octauo. 


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647. 

Placita  apud  Westmonasterium  coram  R.  de  Thorp  &  sociis  foL  66'. 
snis   iustic'  domini  regis  de   Banco  de  termino  sancti 
Hillarii   anno   regni  regis   Edwardi  tercii  a  conquestu 
zxxiiii.    Rotuio  cvL 

Thomas  Solers  persona  ecclesie  de  Sulthome  in  misericordia  pro  1361. 
pluribus  defaltis  &c  Idem  Tliomas  summomtus  fuit  ad  respondendum 
abbati  de  Egnesham  de  placito  quod  reddat  ei  quindecim  libras,  que 
ei  a  retro  sunt  de  amiuo  redditu  centum  solidorum  quern  ei  debet  &c. ; 
et  vnde  idem  abbas  per  Stephanum  de  Meboume  attomatum  suum 
dicit  quod  idem  abt^  fiiit  seisitus  de  annuo  redditu  predicto  per 
manus  predicti  Tiiome,  soluendo  eidem  abbati  &  successoribus  suis  ad 
festa  sancti  Martini  &  Pentecostes  per  equales  porciones  imperpetuum, 
vt  de  feodo  &,  iure  ecclesie  sue  beate  Marie  de  Egnesham  tempore  pacis 
tempore  domini  regis  nunc;  et  similiterpermanuscuiusdamlohannisDal- 
derby  nuper  persone  predicte  ecclesie  de  Sulthome  vltimi  predecessoris 
predicti  nunc  persone  tempore  eiusdem  domini  regis  nunc ;  ac  eciam 
alii  predecessores  predicti  abbads  seisid  fuerunt  de  annuo  redditu 
predicto  per  manus  personarum  aliarum  predicte  ecclesie  de  Sulthome, 
vt  de  iure  ecclesie  sue  beate  Marie  predicte,  soluendo  in  forma  predicta 
a  tempore  quo  non  extat  memoria  vsque  iam  per  tres  annos  proximos 
ante  diem  impetraccionis  breuis,  scilicet  vicesimum  tercium  diem 
lanuarii,  anno  regni  domini  regis  nunc  Anglic  vicesimo  sexto,  quod 
predictus  Thomas  annuum  redditum  predictum  subtraxit,  vnde  dicit 
quod  deterioratus  est  &  dampnum  habet  ad  valenciam  quadraginta 
libranun:  et  inde  producit  sectam.  Et  predictus  Thomas  per 
lohannem  atte  Groue  attomatum  suum  venit,  et  defendit  vim  &, 
iniiuiam  quando  &c^  et  dicit  quod  ipse  est  persona  ecclesie  de 
Sulthome  predicte  impersonata  in  eadem,  &  nichil  clamat  in  aduoca- 
cione  ecclesie  illius,  &  dicit  quod  ipse  tempore  quo  institutus  fuit  in 
ecclesia  predicta  invenit  ecclesiam  illam  de  predicto  annuo  redditu  exone- 
ratam ;  et  dicit  quod  ipse  non  potest  ecclesiam  predictam  absque  lohanne 
episcopo  Lyncolniensi  loci  illius  ordinario  &  predicto  abbate  ecclesie 
predicte  patrono  de  predicto  annuo  redditu  onerare :  et  petit  auxilium 
de  ipsis  ordinario  &  patrono  &c.,  habeat  &c.  Ideo  ipsi  sum[moneantur] 
quod  sint  hie  a  die  Pasche  in  tres  septimanas  ad  respondendum 
similiter  &c.,  si  &c. :  idem  dies  datus  est  partibus  predictis  per  attomatos 
suos  &c.  Ad  quem  diem  venit  tam  predictus  abbas  quam  predictus 
Thomas  per  predictos  attomatos  suos,  et  predicti  episcopus  &  abbas 
patronus  non  venpuntj.  Et  sum[moniti  sunt]  &c.    Ideo  consideratiun 


90  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

est  quod  predictus  Thomas  respondeat  sine  &c. ;  et  idem  Thomas 
dicit  quod  predictus  abbas  non  ^it  seisitus  de  annuo  redditu  predicto 
per  manus  predicti  Thome,  et  per  manus  cuiusdam  lohannis  Dalderby 
nuper  persone  &c.,  nee  alii  predecessores  predicti  abbatis  seisiti 
fuerunt  de  annuo  redditu  predicto  per  manus  aliorum  personarum 
fol.  66^.  predicte  ecclesie  de  Sulthome,  vt  de  iure  ecclesie  sue  beate  Mar|ie 
predicte  soluendo  in  forma  predicta  a  tempore  quo  non  extat  memoria 
prout  predictus  abbas  per  narracionem  suam  suppon[it].  £t  de  hoc 
ponit  se  super  patriam.  Et  predictus  abbas  similiter.  Ideo  preceptum 
est  vicecomiti  quod  venire  faciat  hie  a  die  sancte  Trinitatis  in  xv  dies, 
xii  &c.,  per  quos  &c.,  et  qui  nee  &c.,  ad  recognidonem  &c.,  quia  tarn 
&c. ;  ad  quem  diem  ven[erunt]  partes  predicte  per  attomatOs  suos :  et 
iurata  inde  posita  fidt  in  respectu  hie  vsque  ad  hunc  diem,  scilicet  in 
Octabis  sancti  Michaelis  tunc  proximo*  sequens  [sic],  nisi  iusticiarii 
domini  regis  ad  assisas  in  comitatu  predicto  capiendas  assignati  die 
Lune  in  festo  sancte  Margarete  virginis  apud  Oxoniam  prius  venerint : 
et  modo  ad  hunc  diem  venerunt  partes  predicte  per  attomatos  suos,  et 
predicti  iusticiarii  ad  assisas,  coram  quibus  &c.  miserunt  hie  recordum 
suum  in  hec  uerba.  '  Postea  die  &  loco  infracontentis  coram  iusticiariis 
ad  assisas  &c  venerunt  partes  infranominate  per  attomatos  suos  infra- 
contentos,  &,  similiter  iuratores  venerunt,  qui  de  consensu  parcium  electi 
Sc  iurati  dicunt  super  sacramentum  suum  quod  abbas  de  Egnesham 
infracontentus  &  predecessores  sui  a  tempore  quo  non  extat  memoria 
seisiti  fuerunt  de  annuo  redditu  [de  quo^]  infra  fit  mencio  per  manus 
Thome  Solers  persone  ecclesie  de  Sulthome  &  similiter  per  manus 
lohannis  Dalderby  nuper  persone  ecclesie  predicte  &  omnium  pre- 
decessomm  suorum  personamm  ecclesie  predicte,  soluendo  ad  festa 
sancti  Martini  in  yeme  &  Pentecostes  per  equales  porciones  quousque 
predictus  Thomas  predictum  annuum  redditum  predicto  abbati  sub- 
traxit,  prout  infra  supponitur;  Sc  assignant  dampna  ipsius  abbatis 
occasione  predicta  ad  decem  libras  vltra  arreragia  redditus  predicti.' 
Ideo  consideratum  est  quod  predictus  abbas  recuperet  versus  pre- 
dictum Thomam  annuum  redditum  predictum  &  arreragia  predicta  ante 
predictum  diem  impetracionis  breuis  &  post,  que  se  extendunt  ad 
quinquaginta  &  duas  libras  &  decem  solidos.  £t  predictus  Thomas 
in  misericordia» 

648. 

199L         In  rotulo  de  taxacione*  ecclesiamm,  pensionum   &   porcionum 

personarum  ecclesiasticarum  in  archidiaconatibus  Oxon',  Buk',  Bed', 

*  Omitted  in  MS. 

'  Usually  called  the  Taxatio  of  Pope  Nicholas. 


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91 


Hunt*  &  Northant'  preter  decanatum  de  Ratel[and],  per  Radulfum  & 
Ricardum  de  Mortone  &,  GiUing'  ecclesiarum  rectores  facta  ^  anno 
domini  mcc  nonagesimo  primo  sub  reuerendis  patribus  dominis  I.  del 
gracia  Wyntoniensi  &  O.  Lyncolniensi  episcopis  taxatoribus  a  domino 
Nicholao  papa  quarto  deputatis  vna  ciun  incremento  per  retaxacionem 
a  supradictis  patribus  in  quibusdam  ecclesiis  factam  superaddito: 


Dtcanahi  de  Henle 

Ecclesia  de  Stoke  Basset,*  deducta  porcione  ix  marc. 

Porcio  abbatis  de  Egnesham  in  eadem  viii    „  | 

Decanaiu  de  Cudesdan*  foL  67'. 

Ecclesia  de  Stauntone  Sancti  lohannis,  deducta  pensione     x  marc. 
Pensio  abbatis  de  Egnesham  in  eadem  xx  s. 

Ecclesia  de  Meryton,  deducta  pensione  xvii  marc,  x  s. 

Pensio  abbatis  de  Egnesham  in  eadem  xxx  s. 

Decanaiu  de  WodesioK 

Ecclesia  de  Egnesham  cum  capellis  de  Erdyngtone  & 
Carsynton 

Ecclesia  de  Coumbe,  deducta  pensione 
Pensio  abbatis  de  Egnesham  in  eadem 
Ecclesia  de  Tackele,  deducta  porcione 
Porcio  abbatis  de  Egnesham  in  eadem 
Ecclesia  de  Barton'  Pania,  deducta  pensione 
Pensio  abbatis  de  Egnesham  in  eadem 

Decanaiu  de  Burcesire 

Ecclesia  de  Burcestr',  deductis  porcionibus 

Porcio  abbatis  de  Egnesham  in  eadem 

Ecclesia  de  Sulthome,  deducta  pensione 

Pensio  abbatis  de  Egnesham  in  eadem 

Ecclesia  de  Heyford  ad  Pontem  habet  duos  rectores 

Porcio  rectoris  de  patronatu  Rogeri  del  YUe 

Porcio  rectoris  de  patronatu  abbatis  de  Egnesham, 
deducta  pensione 

Pensio '  abbatis  de  Egnesham  in  ecclesia  de  Heyford 
ad  Pontem  xx  s. 


xxxn  m. 

xii  marc. 

X  s. 

xxiiii  marc. 

V  s. 

vi  marc.  &  dimid. 

dimid.  marc. 

xviii  marc. 

xiis. 

XV  marc. 

c  s. 

c  s. 


c  s. 


^  'facte,' MS. 

'  Stoke  Abbatis  is  meant.   It  is  so  in 


the  TtLxatio* 
•  *  Porcio,*  in  the  Taxaiio, 


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foL  67^ 


Decanaiu  de  DadyngtorC 

Porcio  abbatis  de  Egnesham  in  ecclesia  de  Dadyngton' 
Pordo  abbatis  de  Egnesham  in  ecclesia  prebendali  de 
Bannebury 

Decanaiu  de  WyiUneye 
Porcio  abbatis  de  Egnesham  in  ecclesia  de  Bampton 

Decanaiu  de  NorimC 

Pensio    abbatis  de  Egnesham  in  ecclesia  de  Parua 
Rollendr*  indedmali* 

Porcio  eiusdem  abbatis  in  Magna  Rollendrythe  dimid.  marc. 

Abbas  de  Egnesham  in  capella  de  Cherlebery  cmn 
Shorthamtone  .  .  .' 

Pensio  abbatis  de  Egnesham  in  eadem 

Porcio  eiusdem  abbatis  in  eadem 

Item  porcio  eiusdem  in  Pudelecote 

Pensio  eiusdem  abbatis  de  Egnesham  in  ecclesia  de 
Cerceden*  indecimali 

Decanaiu  de  Bukyngham 

Porcio  abbatis  de  Egnesham  in  ecclesia  de  Tureuestone  iiii  &. 


VI  s. 


vu  marc. 


1  marc. 


X  s. 


V  marc. 

xl  s. 

V  s. 

i  marc.  I 


649. 

Perambulado  Foreste  de  Wychewod'  in  comitatu  Oxonie 
facta  per  magistrum  L  Gilberd,  Rogerum  de  Hegham, 
lohannem  de  Preus  &  Waltenun  de  Wyghthulle  asso- 
c[iatos]  die  Mercurii  ante  medimn  quadragesime  anno 
regni  regis  Edwardi  filii  regis  Henrici  zxvL^ 

Mar.  13,      Foresta:  Incipit  ad  pontem,  qui  vocatur  Bladenebrugge,  ad  capud 
1398.     yjijg  Haneburghe :  et  inde*  descendendo  per  aquam  de  Bladene  vsque 


^  Apparently  an  error.  In  the  Taxa^ 
tic  the  wording  is  '  Porcio  Abbatis  de 
Egnesham  in  eadem*,  which  would 
natnrally  refer  to  '  Abberbnry ',  which 
immediately  precedes;  and  in  voL  i. 
p.  14  this  portion  of  tithe  is  assigned  to 
Adderbary,not  Deddington.  No  doabt 
it  was  tithe  at  Bodicote,  mentioned 
vol.  i,  p.  4. 

*  The  word  '  indecimali '  or  '  indeci- 
mabili  *  is  added  in  the  original  Taxatio 
to  explain  why  the  value  of  the  church 
is  not  mentioned,  but  only  the  value  of 
the  pension  or  portion.    For  one  reason 


or  another  the  church  was  'not  liable 
to  be  assessed  for  the  tenth  *  granted  by 
Pope  Nicholas. 

"  The  amount,  xxx  marks,  is  given  in 
the  Taxatio^  but  this  belonged  to  the 
incumbent  of  Charlbuiy,  not  to  the 
Abbot  of  Eynsham. 

*  A  perambulation  of  the  Forest  of 
Wychwood,  made  July  31,1 300,  printed 
in  Archaeologia^  vol.  xxxvii,  p.  ^35,  is 
represented  by  the  symbol  A.  m  the 
following  notes. 

•  'sic,^A. 


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ad  inclusum^  stagni  molendini  quod  vocatur  Egnesham  Mulne*:  et 
sic  inde  directe'  per  quendam  8ickettu[m]  qui  vocatur  Cauerswelle 
Broke,  et  sic^  vqsue  ad  longum  vadum,  et  sic*  inde  per  eundem 
8ickettu[m]  vsque  ad  pratum  quod  vocatur  Cauershulle,  &  sic '  inter 
le  Fr3rtbe  &  boscum  qui  vocatur  Mousele:  et  sic  directed  vsque  ad 
domum  Walteri  le  Wyneter*  in  dicta  villa  de  Hanebergh'  ex  parte 
occidental!  dicte  domus ;  et  a  dicto  *  [sic]  domo  vsque  ad  grangiam 
Roberti  le  Eyr  ex  parte  orientali,  et  sic  vsque  de  Blowynd  *•,  ex  parte 
oriental!  bercar[ie]  &  crofte  abbatis  Osseneye;  et  sic  per  medium 
Roule  ",  vsque  ad  fontem  vbi  Leyhambroke  incipit :  et  sic  descendendo 
per  Leyham  Broke  vsque  ^*  Colnbam :  et  de  Colnham  ^  inde  vbi  Coin- 
ham  descendit  in  aquam  de  Bladene :  et  inde  per  aquam  ^*  de  Bladene 
vsque  Stuntesforde :  et  inde**  sicut  vall[is]"  de  Neteldone*'  se 
extendit  inter  Stecheye"  &  campum  de  Stiintesfelde ;  &  sic  inter 
assartum  abbatis  de  Egnesham  &  Gernerswod' '*;  &  sic  vsque 
Ruthereswelle :  et  inde  directe  inter  boscum  qui  vocatur  le  Erleswode  de 
Bloxham  &  le  Forsakeneho :  et  inde  semper  per  le  Merewey  eiusdem 
bosci  vsque  per  medium  Dustesfeld '®,  et  sic  vsque  Grymesdiche;  et 
sic  directe  per  Grimesdyche  ^  inter  boscum  de  Bloxham  &  boscum 
de  Spellesbury:  et  sic  de  Grymesdyche  per  comarium**  bosci  de 
Bloxham  iuxta  boscum  de  Spellesburi  vsque  Dychelehegge;  et  sic  in" 
Dychele  sicut  haya  extendit  inter  terram  Henrici  de  Dychele  & 
terram  Agnetis  de  Bloxham  &  **  vsque  predictum  Grymesdyche  in 
Dychele  sicut  bunde^  extendunt  inter  dictum  boscum  de  Bloxham 
&  boscum  de  Enestan,  qu!  vocatur  Boxwode**;  &  sic  vsque 
Felleyehegge '^  sicut  sikettum  extendit  inter  terram  abbatis  de 
Egnesham  &  terram  abbatis  de  Wynchecombe ;  et  sic  '*  inter  boscum 
Ahnari  **  de  sancto  Amando  &  boscum  de  Cudyngtone  in  Boxdene : 

t  « indosam,'  A.  »•  '  ▼allis,'  A. 

•  A.  adds  'incladendo  Forestam  ex  ^'^  'Netleden  *  A. 
parte  dextra  per  omnes  bnndas  &  metas  '"  '  Stokhey/  A. 

snbscriptasy  &  exclndendo  extra  Fore-  ^*  '  usque  Gemeleswode '  instead  of 

stam  ex  parte  sinistra  totnm  xesidtmm '.  '  &  sic  . . .  Gemerswod'/  A. 

'  '  directe,*  omitted  in  A.  ^  *  bosci  usque  Dustesfeld :  et  sic  per 

•  <  et  sic/  omitted  in  A«  medium   Dnstesfelde    usque    Grimes- 

•  *  sic,'  omitted  in  A.  diche,*  A. 

«  « sic  inde,'  A.  »»  « dictum  Grimesdiche,'  A. 

'  « et  sic  directe,'  omitted  in  A.  **  '  comerium,'  A, 

•  <  Vinetcr,'  A.  •*  *  directe  de'  instead  of 'in!  A. 

•  'dicto,' A.  •*  «&'om.A. 

*•  'Blowend,'  A.  ••  'semper  sicut  divise*  for  'sicut 

"  '  Rowelcye,'  A,  bunde,'  A. 

"  *  usque  ad,'  A.  «•  '  le  Boxe,'  A. 

»  '  sic^  instead  of  *  de  Colnham/  A,  "  *  Felleyeshcgg'/  A. 

**  '  eandem  aquam,'  A.  *•  *  inter  terram  . . ,  et  sic/  om,  A. 

»  *  inde  semper,'  A.  =•  •  Almarid,'  A. 


94  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

et  sic '  vsque  le  Frithe :  ct  sic  inter  le  Frythe  &  boscum  dicte  Almari'; 
directe'  vsque  Benecleye*:  et  sic  directe  inter  le  Frithe  &  boscum  de 
Wottone  vsque  Poumerleye*;  et  sic  sicut  via  regia  directe*  extendit 
f  ol.  68'.  vsque  ad  domum  lohannis  de  Slap'  |  in  Wodestok'  Weye ;  et  sic  inter 
campum  de  Wottone,  qui  vocatur  Eldefelde  &  Gxmnyldegroue ;  et  sic^ 
vsque  ad  murum  parci  de  Wodestoke :  et  sic  extra'  murum  predictum 
vsque  aquam  que  vocatur  Glyme,  et  sic  descendendo  per  aquam  de 
Gljme  vsque  ad  aquam  que  vocatur  Bladene,  et  sic  vsque  ad  pontem 
de  Bladene. 

650. 

[Witney  Forest] 

Wytteneye.  Incipit  apud  Grymesheued  mere  * :  et  sic  vsque  domum 
Willelmi  piscatoris ^^ :  et  sic  per  diuisas  inter  campum"  de  Cogges  & 
campum  de  Wytteneye :  et  sic  vsque  "  ad  viam  que  vocatur  Wodestok- 
wey :  et  per "  Madelebroke  vsque  "  ad  fontem  de  Madeleyewelle :  et 
sic  per  viam  de  Northeleye  usque  Gnmdesweleye  ^' :  et  sic  per  hayam 
vsque  Snellesleye  ^ :  et  sic  vsque  Forsakenehoke :  et  sic  vsque  Sigardes- 
thome :  et  sic  vsque  Nethergate :  et  sic  vsque  Mirabelescroft :  et  sic 
vsque  domum  Walteri  Alfred :  et  sic  usque  Sewerede  " :  et  sic  vsque 
Scharpestiut' :  et  sic  descendendo  per  Biscbopden':  et  sic  vsque 
Tremymere":  et  sic  vsque  Akemanstrete  "• :  et  sic  vsque  Selneyhach'^: 
et  sic  vsque  Spondene :  et  sic  vsque  ad  aquam  de  Weneiych'  •' :  & 
deinde  descendendo  per  aquam  usque  Grymesmede:  &  sic  vsque 
Wytteney". 

*  '  ct  sic'  om.  A.  "  *  Sawrode/  A. 

'  *  Almar[ici]/  A.  "   *  per  Bisschopesdene  usque  Tre- 

'  *  directe,'  om.  A.  maunemere/  A. 

*  « Benteleye/  A.  »»  '  AUcemannestrete,'  A. 

*  '  Poddeleye/  A.  *»  '  Colneyshacche,'  A. 

*  'et  sic  directe   per  regiam  viam  "  '  Wenryshe,*  A. 

sicut  extendit,  &c./  A.  '^  It  seems  that  this  perambulatioii 

^  '  et  sic/  om.  A.  was  made  with  the  Forest  on  the  left 

'  '  per  */or '  extra,*  A.  hand  side,  not  as  it  professes,  nor  as  the 

*  *  Grimeshevedesdene,*  A.  other  perambulations  were  made.    The 
^^  Me  Peskour  includendo  Forestam      jurors  in  1300  added  that  the  manor  of 

ex  parte  dextra  per  omnes  bandas  Sc  Eynsham  was  included  in  Wychwdod 

metas  subscriptas,  &  excludendo  extra  Forest  subseauently  to  1154,  and  was 

Forestam  pr^ictam  ex  parte  sinistra  therefore  not  legally  affore^ed.   As  the 

totum  residuum/  A.  road  from  Witney  to  Woodstock  is  the 

"  *  terram/  A.  northern  boundary  of  the  parishes  of 

^  *  per  divisas  directe  usque/  A.  Coggs  and  Eynsham,  Coggs  wood  and 

"  '  inde  usque  ad/  A.  Eynsham  wood  are  both  declared  by 

'*  '  et  inde  usque/  A.  this  perambulation  to  be  outside  the 

*•  *  et  sic  per  medium  ville  de  North-  Forest  of  Wychwood.     It  is  evident 

leye*y5?r  ' et  sic  .  . .  Gnmdesweleye',  from  vol.  i,  p.  334,  that  in  the  reign  of 

A.  Henry  III  it  was  claimed  that  Eynsham 

'  '  Sullesleye,'  A.  wood  was  within  the  forest 


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651. 

Item  per  aliam  costeram  pred[icte]  for[este]. 

Incipit  ad  ripana  de  Bladene  supra  *  Faulorbrug'  *  per  Stonyweye 
vsque  Fynstok',  &  sic  per  medium  ville  de  Fynstok'  per  eandem  viam 
vsque  Gatesdeneheued :  et  sic  inter  le  Newefryth'  &  le  Hulewroke*: 
&  sic  vsqu<  Wyfhokes*:  et  sic*  vsque  Merewey:  et  sic  vsque 
Deckessladheued*:  et  sic  vsque  Stedleye'':  et  sic*  ad  capud  orientale 
ville  que  vocatur  la  Feld'  • :  et  sic  ^^  inter  Hawe  &  Ewardesfeld :  et  sic 
vsque  Loueburyhume,  que  extendit  vsque  Hulewroke^^*  &  per**  le 
Mereweye  usque  [le  "]  Eldemestub  " :  et  sic  [usque  "]  Seukeden'  *• 
vsque  Seukeforde:  et  sic  vsque  Losenegroue  *• :  &  sic  vsque  West- 
groue:  et  sic  vsque  Stockeley:  et  sic  vsque  Merewey:  et  sic  vsque 
Hemesgroue  *^ :  &  sic  *■  per  le  Merewey  vsque  Tudenyn  *• :  et  sic  vsque 
PeureshuUe  ** :  et  sic  vsque  Frethereston' " :  et  sic  vsque  Quemehaie : 
&  sic  vsque  Pouele*":  et  sic  vsque  Cuttedehach' " :  et  sic  vsque 
Forsakenho":  et  sic  vsque  Croswey  ad  Prestesgroue-end  ** :  et  sic 
vsque  ad  la  Laund'  de  Prestegroue " :  et  sic  vsque  Boynhale  inter 
comarium  de  Brestaneshalle  &  Boynhalle^:  et  sic  ad  capud  infimum 
de  Brestenhale :  et  sic  ad  capud  occidentale  de^  Hauedwey  vsque  ad 
capud  de  Smalestoneweye :  et  sic  ad  capud  occidentale  de  Scotersho  *' : 
et  sic  vsque  Waldene  ^ :  et  sic  vsque  Cockeshotehulle  inter  boscum 
domini  regis  &  boscum  lohannis'*  filii  Nigelli:  et  sic  vsque  Rouwe- 
hersbuUe":  et  sic  vsque  Oidlegh'":  et  sic  vsque  Langrygyate  **  inter 
boscum  domini  regis  &  boscum  Thome  Golafre :  et  sic  vsque  Asperle- 

'  '  snpcr,'  A,  "  *  Losn^^ave/  A. 

"  *  Faaloresbnigge  inclndendo  Fore-  ^^  'Hemegrove,'  A. 

stam  ex  parte  dextra  per  ompes  bandas  ^*  *  inde  semper/  A. 

9l   metas   stibsciiptas,    &   exclndendo  ^  'Tadeyin,  A. 

extra  Forestam  ex  parte  sinistra  totnm  ^  <  Poreshnlle/  A. 

residuum ;  et  sic  per  le  Stoniweye,  &c.*,  **  *  Frethelstone,*  A. 

A.  « 'Pochwele,»A. 

»  '  Hulwerk','  A.  «»  *  Cutteshacche,'  A. 

•  'WysokV  A.    The  name  is  now  •*  *  Le  Forsakenho/ A. 

Fiveoak.  *•  *  le  Croswey  ad  capud  de  Prest- 

•  *  sic  inde,*  A.  groTesende,*  A. 

•  '  Dockcslade  Heved/  A.  »•  •  Prestesgrove/  A. 

'  *  Stodleye,*  A.  ^  *  comerium  de  Brestenhale  &  Boyn- 

•  *  usque  V^w-' sic'.  hale/ A. 

»  Now Leafield.  ""del/A. 

w  '  sic  inde/  A.  »  *  Scheteresho/  A 

"  •  Hnlwerke/  A,  »  *  Waddone/  A. 

1'  'inde  semper  per/  A.  **■  *  quondam  domini  lohannis/  A. 

*•  Omitted  in  MS.,  restored  from  A.  "  '  Rouwereshulle/  A. 

"  •  Ellervestobbe/  A.  »•  *  Hodleye,*  A. 

*•  *  Sewkedenc,  Sewkefoide/  A.  ••  *  Longeruggeyate/  A. 


96  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

hume :  et  sic  per  le  Merewey  inter  boscum  domini  regis  ft  boscum 
Thome  Golafre :  et  sic  vsque  Bygarsdene  ^  ad  capud  superius :  et  sic  * 
inter  boscum  &  campum  vsque  ad  nouam  cnicem:  et  sic  vsque 
Lytleswadesyate :  et  sic  *  per  bosciun  vsque  le  Punfolde  de  Come- 
bery:  et  sic  vsque  Nunnedierclie :  et  sic  vsque  ad  aquam  que  vocatur 
Biadene. 


652. 

fol.  68^  Perambulacio  foreste  de  Shotouer. 

Incipit  ad  molendinimi  quod  vocatur  Sotelescot'  mulne :  et  sic  vsque 
le  Meredykes,  quod  est  inter  dominicum  domini  regis  de  Hedyndone 
&  terram  lohannis  de  Ellesfeld :  et  sic  vsque  Stonybrugge :  &  sic  per 
le  Meredyche  vsque  Hedenebroke,  &  sic  usque  Bunden'  quod  vocatur 
Hausegrouemere,  quod  est  inter  campum  de  Elesfeld  ft  campum  de 
Wyk' :  et  sic  vsque  Stodefelde:  et  sic  vsque  le  Breche:  et  sic  vsque 
Brechynhume,  quod  est  inter  boscum  domini  regis  qui  vocatur 
Stouwewod'  &  le  Brech'  de  Elesfeud:  et  sic  per  fossatum  vsque 
Eldenesdone:  et  sic  vsque  Dychweyes:  et  sic  vsque  Beckelestyb: 
et  sic  per  hayam  vsque  Hangeresende :  et  sic  inter  boscum  de 
Wodetone  &  Stowode  vsque  Kyngesoke :  et  sic  vsque  Dudesweyesend 
apud  la  lake  quod  vocatur  Wodetonho :  et  sic  vsque  Longrydynges, 
quod  est  inter  Stowod  ft  Cewali) :  et  sic  vsque  Bredenebrugge :  ft  sic 
vsque  Thicemeren  inter  Stowod  ft  boscum  Henrid  Tyeys  ft  boscum 
abbatis  Westmonast' :  et  sic  vsque  comarium  de  Perkeresbrecbe  de 
Beckele,  et  sic  vsque  le  Dycheshend  de  Beckele,  et  sic  directe  per 
hayam  vsque  Brecheshume  persone  de  Beckde  vsque  Stowodmere: 
et  sic  vsque  Bechelhache :  et  sic  per  hayam  vsque  Battehale :  et  sic 
per  hayam  vsque  Brecheshume  ad  capud  bosci  lohannis  de  Sancto 
lohanne:  et  sic  vsque  le  Merethome  inter  campum  de  Stauntone 
ft  Wyke:  et  sic  vsque  Bastardes  Crofte  de  Stouford;  et  sic  per 
fossatum  dicti  crofti  vsque  ad  pontem  de  Stouford :  et  sic  per  fossatum 
inter  campum  de  Hedyndone  ft  campum  de  Forsthulle :  et  sic  vsque 
Sanden' :  et  sic  per  fossatum  inter  campum  de  Forsthulle  ft  Schot- 
houere  vsque  Lynhall:  et  sic  vsque  By-yundebroke  inter  boscum 
domini  regis  ft  boscum  de  Forsthulle :  et  sic  vsque  Wodemanneshulle : 
et  sic  vsque  Famhulle :  et  sic  vsque  Fariiwellebroke  atte  Grouesend : 
ft  sic  vsque  Halentonehache :  et  sic  vsque  Mitenhale:  et  sic  vsque 
Baustakbroke  netherend :  et  sic  per  fossatum  vsque  Kyngewodbroke : 
et  sic  vsque  ad  capud  inferius  de  Akermere  iuxta  Kyngeswodbroke : 

*  *  Bykeresdenc,'  A.  ^  *s\q  semper/  A, 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  97 

&  sic  per  Carswelle-broke  vsqae  le  Rededyche  ascendendo  vsque  ad 
boscum  de  Templo :  et  sic  descendendo  per  boscum  Templl  vsque  le 
Merewey  que  eztendit  iuxta  Shotouere :  et  sic  vsque  Hakemerebroke : 
et  sic  usque  dictum  Rededych'  inter  boscum  lohannis  de  Scaccario  & 
boscum  de  Templo  vsque  Rededykeseued :  et  sic  descendendo  usque 
Akemerewelle :  &  sic  vsque  le  Merewey  iuxta  boscum  de  Shotouere : 
et  sic  per  le  Merewey  inter  boscum  de  Shotouere  &  boscum  de  Hors- 
pathe;  &  sic  vsque  ad  summum  capud  de  Akermere;  et  sic  vsque 
Chalfle  per  le  Merche  inter  Parihale  &  Chalfle:  et  sic  vsque  uiam 
regiam  que  ducit  versus  Oxoniam:  et  sic  per  eandem  viam  usque 
paruum  pontem  de  Oxonia:  et  sic  vsque  Charewelle:  et  sic  per 
ChareweUe  vsque  ad  molendinum  de  Sotelescote  mulne. 


653. 

Visus  frand  plegii  de  Egnesham.  fol.  69^ 

Rex  uicecomiti  Oxonie  salutem.  Precipimus  tibi  quod  iuste  &  sine  136a. 
dilacione  repleg[iare]  facias  abbati  de  Egnesham  aueria  sua,  que 
Thomas  Warner  cepit  &  iniuste  detinet,  ut  dicit ;  et  postea  eum  inde 
iuste  deduci  facias;  ne  amplius  inde  clamorem  audiam  pro  defectu 
iusticie.  Teste  me  ipso  apud  Westm'  vicesimo  die  lanuarii,  anno 
regni  nostri  xxxv. 

Oxon' :  pone  loquelam  que  est  in  hundredo  de  Wottone  per  breue 
replegiar[e]  inter  abbatem  de  Egnesham  &  Thomam  Warner  de  aueriis 
ipsius  abbatis  per  predictum  Thomam  captis  &  iniuste  detentis. 

Recordum  de  Banco  de  termino  sancti  Hillarii,  anno  regni  regis 
Edwardi  tercii  xxxvi:  rotulo  clxi:  Oxon.  Thomas  Warner  sum- 
monitus  fuit  ad  respondendum  abbati  de  Egnesham  de  placito,  quare 
cepit  aueria  ipsius  abbatis  &  ea  iniuste  detinuit  contra  uadium  & 
plegpum]  &c.  Et  vnde  idem  abbas  per  lohannem  Corbrugge 
attornatum  suum  queritur,  quod  predictus  Thomas  die  Sabati  proxima 
post  festum  sancte  Lucie  uirginis,  anno  regni  domini  regis  nunc  xxxv, 
apud  Egnesham  in  quodam  loco  vocato  Mulmore  cepit  aueria  ipsius 
abbatis,  videlicet  viginti  quatuor  boues,  &  eos  de  eodem  loco  fugauit 
vsque  ad  villam  de  Wottone,  et  eos  ibidem  iniuste  detinuit  contra 
uadium  &  pleg[ium]  &c. ;  unde  dicit  quod  deterioratus  est  &  damp- 
num  habet  ad  ualenciam  centum  librarum ;  et  inde  producit  sectam 
&C.  Et  Thomas  per  Simonem  de  Kylby  attornatum  suum  venit  & 
defendit  vim  &,  iniuriam  quando  &c. :  et  tanquam  balliuus  domini 
regis  libertatis  hundredi  de  Wottone  bene  cognouit  capcionem  bourn 
predictorum  in  loco  predicto  &  iuste  &c.    Dicit  enim  quod  habetur 

u.  H 


98  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

quidam  visus  franci  plegii  apud  Egnesham,  tenendus  bis  per  annum 
per  vicecomitem  Oxonie  &  balliuum  domini  regis  manerii  sui  de 
Wodestoke,  videlicet  semel  post  feslum  sancti  Michaelis  &  iterum  post 
festum  Pasche,  pro  quo  uisu  tenendo  predictus  abbas  inueniet  eis 
puturam  ^  pro  se  &  equis  suis  per  unum  diem  &  vnam  noctem,  &  dabit 
eis  in  recessu  suo  octo  solidos :  qui  quidem  visus  est  infra  procinctum 
hundredi  predict!.  Et  si  aliquis  defectus  infra  visum  predictum  factus 
ad  eundem  visum  non  extiterit  presentatus  sed  conceletur,  defectus 
huiusmodi  presentabitur  ad  magnum  visum  de  Wottone,  qui  teneri 
debet  apud  veterem  Wodestoke  bis  per  annum,  videlicet  semel  post 
festum  sancti  Michaelis  &  iterum  post  festum  Pasche  per  xii  liberos 
iuratores  per  totum  hundredum  predictum,  tarn  infra  predictum 
visum  de  Egnesham  quam  extra ;  qui  quidem  visus  4eneri  debet  per 
balliuum  manerii  predicti,  postquam  predictus  visus  de  Egnesham 
tentus  fuerit ;  &  ille  in  cuius  persona  defectus  huiusmodi  per  iuratores 
predictos  inueniatur,  ad  eundem  visum  amerciabitur  &  punietur :  de 
qua  presentacione  &  punicione  in  forma  predicta  a  tempore  quo  non 
foL  69^.  extat  memoria  vsitatum  fuit.  Et  quia  ad  visum  de  |  Wottone  tentum 
apud  veterem  Wodestoke  die  Mercurii  proxima  post  festum  sancte 
Frydeswyde,  anno  regni  domini  regis  nunc  tricesimo  quarto,  presen- 
tatum  fuit  quod  predictus  abbas  &  predecessores  sui  a  tempore  quo  non 
exiat  memoria  facere  debuerunt  quoddam  passagium,  vocatum  Swyne- 
fordehy the,  infra  predictum  visum  de  Egnesham;  per  quod  passagium 
homines  euntes  &  equitantes  pertransire  &  equitare  possent ;  et  quod 
passagium  predictum  confractum  et  ruinosum  fuit,  ita  quod  homines 
ad  predictum  visum  de  Egnesham  tentum  ibidem  die  lune  proxima 
post  festum  sancti  Michaelis  tunc  proximo  preterit[i]  venire  non 
potuerunt,  &  defectus  ille  ad  eundem  visum  presentatus  non  fuit, 
set  concelatus;  predictus  abbas  amerciatus  fuit  &  afforatus  ad 
quinquaginta  solidos.  Et  ad  visum  tentum  apud  veterem  Wodestoke 
die  Mercurii  proxima  post  festum  sancti  Marci  euangeliste  anno 
regni  domini  regis  nunc  xxxv  presentatus  fuit  per  xii  liberos  iura- 
tores de  hundredo  predicto  idem  defectus  non  emendatus  super 
predictum  abbatem ;  per  quod  idem  abbas  amerciatus  fuit  &  afforatus 
ad  quatuor  marcas.  Et  scilicet  ad  visum  tentum  apud  veterem  Wode- 
stoke die  Mercurii  proxima  post  festum  sancti  Marci  euangeliste  anno 
regni  domini  regis  xxxvi  presentatum  fuit  per  xii  liberos  iuratores  de 
hundredo  predicto,  quod  predictus  abbas  facere  deberet  &  reparare 
quemdam  pontem  &  quoddam  calcetum  inter  viilam  de  Egnesham  &. 
molendinum  ville  de  Kersyngtone,  que  confracta  fiienint  &  dirruta : 

»  Food. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  99 

ita  quod  homines  pertransire  non  potuerunt :  per  quod  idem  abbas 
pro  defectu  iilo  amerciatus  fuit  &  afforatus  ad  viginti  solidos.  £t  pro 
predicto  aroerciamento  quinquaginta  solidonim  cepit  ipse  decern  boues 
de  bobus  predictis :  et  pro  predicto  amerciamento  quatuor  marcarum 
cepit  ipse  duodecim  boues  de  bobus  predictis :  et  pro  predicto  amercia- 
mento viginti  solidorum  cepit  ipse  quatuor  boues  residuos  in  loco 
predicto,  tanquam  balliuus  domini  regis  nomine  districcionis,  prout  ei 
bene  licuit. 

Responcio.  Et  predictus  abbas  facit  protestacionem  suam  quod 
ipse  non  cognouit  quod  ipse  teneatur  facere  seu  reparare  passagium 
predictum  seu  pontem  ^  &  calcetum  predicta,  prout  per  cognicionem 
predictam  supponitur.  Dicit  quod  vbi  predictus  Thomas  per  cogni- 
cionem suam  supponit  quod  visus  predictus  de  Egnesham  teneri  debet 
per  uicecomitem  Oxonie  &  per  balliuum  domini  regis  de  Wodestoke, 
&  quod  predictus  abbas  inueniret  eis  puturam  per  vnum  diem  ^ 
vnam  noctem  pro  se  &  equis  suis,  &  daret  eis  in  recessu  suo  octo 
solidos,  dicit'  quod  visus  ille  teneri  debet  per  senescallum  predict! 
abbatis,  et  in  casu  quod  predict!  vicecomes  &  balliuus  ibidem  venirent, 
idem  abbas  inueniet  eis  &  uni  valetto  ipsius  vicecomitis  puturam  pro 
se  &  equis  suis  per  vnum  diem  &  vnam  noctem,  &  dabit  eisdem 
vicecomiti  &  balliuo  in  eorum  recessu  octo  solidos,  &  hoc  nisi  semel 
per  annum  videlicet  post  festum  sancti  Michaelis.  £t  dicit  quod 
predictus  visus  de  Egnesham  est  visus  ipsius  abbatis  &  idem  abbas 
habet  ad  visum  predictum  presentaciones  de  quocunque  defeciu  infra 
eundem  |  visum  facto  &  puniciones  eiusdem,  absque  hoc  quod  de  fol.  70'. 
aliquo  defectu  infra  eundem  uisum  facto  &,  ad  eundem  visum  non 
presentato  set  concelato  presentaciones  &  puniciones  inde  facte  fuerunt 
ad  predictum  visum  de  Wottone  a  tempore  quo  non  extat  memoria 
per  xii  libeios  iuratores  per  totum  hundredum  predictum  tam  infra 
predictum  visum  de  Egnesham  quam  extra,  prout  predictus  Thomas 
per  cognicionem  suam  predictam  [supponit'].  Et  hoc  paratus  est 
verificare,  vnde  petit  indicium. 

Et  predictus  Thomas  protestando  quod  ipse  non  cognouit  quod 
predictus  visus  de  Egnesham  est  visus  predicti  abbatis,  dicit  quod  de 
quolibet  defectu  infra  eundem  visum  facto  &  ad  visum  ilium  non 
presentato  set  concelato  presentaciones  facte  fuerunt  ad  prediclimi 
visum  de  Wottone  per  xii  liberos  iuratores,  tam  infra  predictum  visum 
de  Egnesham  quam  extra  per  totum  hundredum  predictum,  &  puni* 
dones  inde  a  tempore  quo  non  extat  memoria,  prout  ipse  per 
cognicionem  suam  predictam  supponit    Et  de  hoc  ponit  se  super 

» *  partem,'  MS.  »  Not  in  MS. 

'  MS.  reads  <et' instead  of 'dicit*. 

H  a 


loo  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

patriam.  Et  predictus  abbas  similiter.  Et  super  hoc  idem  Thomas 
dicit  quod  ipse  verificacionem  predictam  sine  auxilio  domini  regis 
exspectare  non  potest ;  et  petit  auxilium  de  dommo  rege  habeat  &c. 
Ideo  dies  datus  est  partibus  predictis  hie  a  die  Pasche  in  tres 
septimanas :  et  interim  loquendum  est  inde  cum  domino  rege  &c. 


654. 

[Writ  to  the  sheriff  to  stimmon  a  jury.] 

Rex  vicecomiti  Oxonie  salutem.  Precipimus  tibi  quod  venire  facias 
Nov.  27,  coram  iustidariis  nostris  apud  Westm',  a  die  sahcti  Hillarii  in  xv  dies, 
1363-  xii  tam  milites  quam  alios  liberos  &  legales  homines  de  visneto  de 
Egnesham,  quorum  quilibet  habeat  centum  solidatas  terre,  tenemen- 
torum  uel  redditus  per  annum  ad  minus,  per  quos  rei  ueritas  melius 
sciri  poterit,  et  qui  nee  abbatem  de  Egnesham  nee  Thomam  Warner 
aliqua  affinitate  attingant,  ad  recognoscendum  super  sacramentum 
suum  si  predictus  abbas  habeat  ad  visum  franci  plegii  ipsius  abbatis 
apud  Egnesham  presentaciones  de  quocunque  defectu  infra  eundem 
visum  facto  &  puniciones  eiusdem,  absque  hoc  quod  de  aliquo  defectu 
infra  eundem  visum  facto  &  ad  visimi  ilium  non  presentato  set 
concelato  presentaciones  facte  fuerunt  ad  magnum  visum  de  Wottone, 
qui  teneri  debet  apud  veterem  Wodestoke  per  duodecim  liberos  iura- 
tores  per  totum  hundredum  de  Wottone  tam  infra  predictum  visum  de 
Egnesham  quam  extra,  &  puniciones  inde  a  tempore  quo  non  extat 
memoria ;  per  quod  predictus  Thomas  capcionem  viginti  &  quatuor 
boum  ipsius  abbatis  pro  sex  libris,  tribus  solidis  &  quatuor  denariis, 
ad  quos  idem  abbas  ad  predictum  visum  de  Wottone  amerciatus  & 
afForatus,  pro  quibusdam  defectibus  per  ipsum  abbatem  infra  predictum 
visum  de  Egnesham  factis,  &  in  eodem  visu  non  presentatis  set 
concelatis,  iustam  cognoscere  non  debeat,  sicut  idem  abbas  dicit, 
vel  non :  immo  de  quolibet  defectu  infra  predictum  visum  de 
Egnesham  facto  &  in  eodem  visu  non  presentato  set  concelato 
presentaciones  facte  fuerunt  ad  predictum  visum  de  Wottone  per  xii 
liberos  iuratores,  tam  infra  predictum  visum  de  Egnesham  quam  extra 
per  totum  hundredum  de  Wottone  predictum,  &  puniciones  inde  a 
tempore  |  quo  memoria  non  existit,  sicut  predictus  Thomas  dicit : 
fol.  70."^  quia  tam  predictus  Thomas  quam  predictus  abbas  inter  quos  inde 
contencio  est  posuerunt  se  in  iuratam  illam.  Et  habeas  ibi  nomina 
iuratonun  ft  hoc  breue.  Teste  R.  de  Thorpe  apud  Westm'  xxvii  die 
Nouembris  anno  regni  notri  xxxvii. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  loi 

655. 

[Mandate  to  the  sheriff  to  produce  the  jurors  at 

Westminster.] 

Nomina  iuratorum  inter  regem  &  abbatem  de  Egnesham,  uidelicet,  Feb.  13, 
lohannes  Giflfard  chiualer,  Egidius  de  Arderne  chiualer,  lohannes     *3^4- 
Hardy,  lohannes  Say,  Hugo  Raues,  Walteras  Cokeswelle,  lohannes 
Ladwode,  Henricus  Spicer,  lohannes  Harpur,  Willeknus  Bretteforde, 
Ricardus  Craunforde,  lohannes  Swayn. 

Edwardus  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie,  dominus  Hibemie  &  Aquitanie, 
vicecomiti  Oxonie  salutem.  Precipimus  tibi  quod  habeas  coram 
iusticiariis  nostris  apud  Westm'  a  die  Pasche  in  tres  septimanas 
corpora  lohannis  Giffard  [&c.  as  above]  iur[atorum]  sum[monitorum] 
in  curia  nostra  coram  iusticiariis  nostris  apud  Westm'  inter  abbatem 
de  Egnesham  querentem  &,  Thomam  Warner  de  placito  detencionis 
aueriorum  ad  faciendam  iuratam  illam.  Precipimus  tibi  eciam  quod 
decem  tales  tam  milites  quam  alios  liberos  &  legates  homines  de 
visneto  predicto  in  iuratam  illam  ponas  &  illos  habeas  coram  prefatis 
iusticiariis  nostris  apud  Westm'  ad  prefatum  terminum  ad  faciendam 
iuratam  illam,  ita  quod  iurata  iUa  ad  diem  ilium  non  remaneat 
capienda  pro  defectu  iuratorum.  £t  habeas  ibi  nomina  eorum  quos 
de  nouo  apposueris  &  hoc  breue.  Teste  R.  de  Thorpe  apud  Westm* 
ziii  die  Februarii,  anno  regni  nostri  tricesimo  octauo. 
[folios  71  &  7a  are  blank] 

656. 

[Verdict  concerning  the  rights  of  the  men  of  Cassington 
to  have  common  in  Eynsham.] 

Fait  a  sauer  &  est  a  remembrer  que  les  seignours  &  les  tenauntz  de  foL  73'. 
Kersyngton  &  Labbe  &  Couent  de  Egnesham  &  lour  tenauntz  de  Aug.  7, 
Egnesham  &  Tylgaresle  par  assent  de  ambedeux  les  parties  ount     '3^^' 
entrecommuniez  en  certyn  temps  de  Ian,  del  temps  dount  memorie 
nest,  de  Somerford  tanque  al  fosse  de  Huythecroft  &  de  Tamyse 
tanque  a  les  flodeyates  del  molyn  de  Egnesham.    Par  quel  colour  del 
commune  auantditz  les  seignour  &  les  tenauntz  de   Kersyngtone 
claymerount  de  communere  en  les  Mulnemores  &  Mullecroftes  en 
Wyresheye  &  Landmed'  a  la  Natiuite  de  seynt  lohan  le  Baptiste.     Si 
fesoient  peser  lour  bestayle  en  les  ditz  placez  al  dit  temps.    Al  dit 
temps  le  dit  abbe  fist  distreydre  les  ditz  bestes  en  les  ditz  places  pur 
tiele  pestre,  par  quey  debat  y  feust  parentre  les  ditz  parties ;  vn  bon 
temps  par  auisement'  de  monsieur  William  de  Shareshulle  que  feust 
du  counseyl  les  ditz  abbe  &  Couent  &  auxi  du  counseil  de  la 


I02  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

honourable  dame,  Dame  Elizabet  de  Mountague,  seignouresse  de 
Kersyngton,  William  de  Melden  &  Labbesse  de  Godestoue... 
dentretys  *  &  dacord  feust  pris  parentre  les  parties  auantditz  en  les 
MuUemores  de  Egnesham,  &  ces  feust  le  dimaigne  procheyne  apres  la 
fest  de  Seynt  Peir,  que  est  dit  Aduincula,  Ian  du  regne  le  roy  Edward 
tiers  apres  le  conquest  secunde.  A  quele  iour  y  furrount  la  dite  dame 
one  monsioure  William  de  Shareshulle,  lohan  de  Croxford,  Sire  William 
de  Langeleye,  Thomas  Mundy,  &  one  son'  altr*  coimseil,  William  de 
Meldene  one  son  counseil  &  le  counseil  Labbesse  de  Godestouwe 
auantdit,  dautre  part  y  feust  danus  lohan  de  Chyltenham  a  donque 
abbe  de  Egnesham,  dane  Nichole  de  Vptone  son'  celerer  one  Sire 
lohan  de  Trillowe  lour  seneschall'  &  Richard  Wyllyamescote,  Thomas 
de  Langele,  Roberd  de  Trillowe,  William  de  Leghe  &  William  de 
Aldebury,  clerk  L  abbe,  one  son'  altre  counseil :  queux  assenterent 
par  bone  auysement,  qui  sis'  des  tenauntz  L  abbe  de  Egnesham  &  siz 
des  tenauntz  de  Kersyngton  serront  iurez  sure  la  liuer  pur  dire  la 
verite  de  la  dite  commune,  &  eusy  feust  fait  par  commune  assent; 
queux  eusi  iurez  &  bien  auisez  disoient  par  lour  sacrement,  que  les 
seignours  &  tenauntz  de  Kersyngton,  quant  Labbe  de  Egnesham 
au[er]a  fauche*  ses  preez  de  Wyreshey  &  Landemede  &  houste  les 
feyns  &  enchace  ses  bestes,  que  ceux  de  Kersyngton  purrount  entrer 
od  lours  bestes,  horn  by  horn :  auxi  mesmes  les  iurez  disoient  par 
lour  sacrement  que  ceux  de  Kersyngton  en  les  Mullemores,  ne  en 
Cattesbrayn  ne  deuereyent  entrer  ne  communer  od  lours  bestes  auant 
ceo  que  les  bledz  cressauntz  en  Cattesbrayn  &  en  les  Mullecroftes  furent 
syez  &  pleynement  hors  cariez.  Et  en  cas  que  Cattesbrayne  &  les 
Mullecroftes  ne  furrount  pas  semez,  que  cest*  an  ceux  de  Kersyngton 
purrount  od  lours  ditz  bestes  en  les  ditz  places  entrere  &  communer  a  la 
Goule  Daust :  auxi  les  ditz  iurez  disoient  par  lours  sacrement  que  les 
fol.  73^  gentz  de  Kersyngton  ne  ount  nule  commune  en  le  Huythecroft  |  nul 
temps  del  an.  En  remembraunce  de  quele  verdit  par  assent  des  parties 
&  pur  memorie  auer  pur  temps  auenir,  ceste  endenture  est  faite,  que 
nul  debat  y  serroit  parentre  les  ditz  parties  de  cest  iour  en  auant  pur 
la  dite  entrecommune.  Ceste  endenture  feust  fait  a  Egnesham  en 
les  ditz  Mullemores  le  dymaigne  ^  Ian  du  regne  auantdit'. 

657. 

[Eynsham  complains  to  the  king  against  tlie  men  of 
Cassington.] 

Treshonure  &  reuerent  seignour,  votre  humble  chapelayne  abbe  de 

Egnesham  en  quant  que  vaille  &  puisse  honours  &  reuerences  one  la 

^  This  word  is  uncertain ;  something  has  been  erased  before  it« 
*  'broken into.'  Littr^ 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  103 

benidiccion  de  Dieu.  Mon  treshonure  seignour,  playse  a  voire 
seignourie  sauer,  que  come  nous  auons  notz  preez  en  Egnesham  en 
les  queux  preez  vous  &  touz  voz  tenauntz  de  votre  manoire  de 
Kersyngtone  apres  les  feynes  leuez  &  unez  au  temps  quant  nous 
pesoms  notz  auers  en  les  ditz  preez,  votz  auers  &  les  auers  de  voz 
tenauntz  y  deyount  *  entrer  &  communer  8c  ne  mie  en  temps  deuant : 
et  ceste  chose  vsee  de  temps  dount  y  ny  ad  memorie:  et  pur  ceo, 
reuerent  seignour,  que  notz  ditz  prez  ount  este  ceste  an  souroundez 
par  decretyn  de  ewe,  parount  ils  ne  poient  encore  estre  fauchez,  votz 
auantditz  tenauntz  de  Kersyngton'  sount  entre  noz  ditz  prez  a  force 
&  les  ount  gastez  &  destruitz  a  noz  damages  de  1  markes  8c  plus. 
Par  quey  requeroms  a  votre  bon  seignourie  quil  vous  playse  par  votre 
bon  counseil  ordeignere,  que  les  amendes  soient  faitz  a  nous  & 
a  notre  eglise  de  cele  tort ;  entendaunt,  treshonure  seignour,  que  nous 
harrayoms  moult  faire  chose  en  offense  de  vous  &  de  votre  seignourie  ; 
queles  vous  m[er]ciez  auoms  troue  bones  &  graciouses.  Et  ceo  que 
playst  a  votre  seignourie  faire  touchant  ceste  matire  nous  veullez,  sil 
vous  plest,  certifier  par  votz  lettres ;  treshonure  &  reuerent  seignour,  le 
fiz  Dieu  soit  touz  iours  garde  de  vous  &  vous  deigne  bone  vie  &  longe 
durre. 

658. 

[Grant  of  land  in  the  Frith  to  Nicholas  of  Leies.] 

To  II  so  *1 

Notum  sit  tam  futuris  quam  presentibus  quod  Willelmus  abbas 

Egneshamie  &  onmesque  [sic]  conuentus  eiusdem  ecclesie  nullo 
contradicente  concesserunt  Nicholao  filio  Sewold'  de  Leies  ipsi  & 
heredibus  suis  terram  de  Frith',  tenendam  de  eis  iure  hereditario 
liberam  &  quietam  ab  omni  seruicio  pro  marc[a]  argenti  singulis 
annis  redden[da]  ad  festum  sancti  Michaelis;  et  ita  quod  ipse 
Nicholaus  propter  hoc  remittit  calumpniam  septem  marcarum  quas 
debebant  ei  de  debito  Walteri  abbatis  secundi.  Huius  conuentionis 
testes  sunt,  Walterus  archidiaconus,  Nigellus,  Radulphus  presbiteri, 
Willelmus  de  Cheysn[ei],  Radulphus  de  Wyrcestria,  Acsur,  Willelmus 
de  Stratteforde,  Willelmus  Waleys,  Walterus  de  Chesn[ei],  Walterus 
Piron,  Galfridus  Louuell,  Robertus  de  Terra  Vasta,  Rannulphus  & 
Ricardus  frater  eius,  Gilbertus  Pyncema,  Osmimdus  &  Walterus  filius 
eius,  omnesque  famuli  domus,  inniunerabilesque  alii. 

*  ?-devcrount  we  only  know  that  he  was  sheriff  in 

'  Walter  the  archdeacon  died  about  1147,  and   also  in    some    subsequent 

midsummer  1151.     Acsur  or  Azor  is  year. 

not  called  '  vicecomes  *,  but  at  present 


104  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

659. 
fol.  74^  Breue  inter  abbatem  de  Egnesham  ft  tenentes  de 

Haneburghe  pro  exaltadone  molendinL 

[?  1930]  Rex  uicecomiti  Oxon'  salutem.  Ostendenmt  nobis  homines  nostri 
de  Haneburghe  grauiter  conquerentes,  quod  abbas  Egneshamie  in 
preiudicium  iuris  nostri  &  in  graue  dampnum  predictorum  hominum 
stag:num  molendinorum  suorum  de  Egnesham  iniuste  &  sine  iudicio 
exaltauit  ad  nocumentum  prati  nostri,  alias  nobis  &  eis  grauis  & 
iniuriosus  existens  ex  eo  quod  non  permittit  eos  habere  communiam 
suam  pasture  in  terra  ipsius  abbatis  de  Egnesham  nee  porkerias  suas 
in  bosco  ipsius  abbalis  leuare  *  &  fugeras  •  in  eo  capere  sicut  tempo- 
ribus  predecessorum  nostrorum  regum  Anglie  &  tempore  nostro, 
vsque  ad  tempus  abbatis  qui  nimc  est,  facere  consueuerunt  Et  ideo 
tibi  precipimus  quod  assumptis  tecum  probis  &  legalibus  hominibus 
de  comitatu  tuo,  de  vicinioribus  scilicet  &  aliis,  qui  melius  sciant 
inde  veritatem,  vocato  ad  hoc  predicto  abbate,  in  presencia  sua  per 
sacramentum  predictorum  diligenter  inquiras  vtrum  ipse  abbas  sta- 
gnum  suum  exaltauerit,  sicut  predictum  est :  et  si  predicti  homines 
nostri  debeant  &  consueuerint  habere  communiam  in  terra  ipsius 
abbatis  in  Egnesham  &  porkerias  in  bosco  suo  leuare,  &  fugeram 
in  eo  capere.  Et  si  per  inquisicionem  illam  tibi  constiterit  quod 
ipse  abbas  stagnum  suum  ita  exaltauerit,  &  quod  predicti  homines 
nostri  in  terra  sua  &  bosco  ipsius  abbatis  habere  debeant  &  consue- 
uerint hec  predicta,  time  per  sacramentum  eorundem  stagnum 
predictum  mensurari  facias,  sicut  esse  debet  &  consueuit,  faciens 
similiter  eosdem  homines  nostros  omnia  predicta  habere  in  terra 
&  bosco  ipsius  abbatis  sicut  habere  debuenint  &  consueuerunt. 
T.  &c» 

660. 

[71230]  lurata  inter  abbatem  de  Egnesham  ft  tenentes  de 

Haneberge  pro  communia  de  Egnesham. 

lurata  inter  abbatem  de  Egnesham  &  homines  domini  regis  de 
Haneberge  de  stagno,  parcariis  [sic\  pascuis,  8c  feugera :  Robertus 
de  Rothomago,  Willelmus  de  Broke,  Ottowell'  de  Esthalle,  Petrus  de 
Kersyngtone,  Willelmus  le  Fraunkelayn  de  Thorpe,  Nicholaus  Piscator 
de  Somerforde,  Walterus  le  Canter',  Radulfus  de  Wottone,  Martinus 


1  < 


Set  up  their  pig-sties.'  350,  where  it  occmt  in  a  hand  of  the 

*  *  feugera,*  fern.  thirteenth  century. 

*  This  deed  is  the  same  as  yoL  i.  no. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  105 

de  Bladene,  Rogerus  Rouncy,  Petnis  de  Shiptone  &  Stephanus  de 
Mora,  qui  dicunt  super  sacramentum  suum  quod  abbas  de  Egnesham 
in  dampniun  tenendum  domini  regis  de  Haneberge  ezaltare  fecit 
stagnum  molendinorum  suorum  de  Egnesham  per  dimidium  pedem 
alcius  quam  debuit  &  hoc  per  duos  annos  proximos;  quolibet  anno 
dictorum  duorum  annorum  dampna  taxata  ad  xz  s. :  dicunt  eciam 
super  sacramentiun  suum  quod  tenentes  de  Haneberge  nuUam  habent 
communiam  in  campis  de  Egnesham,  neque  abbas  in  campis  de 
Haneberge ;  sed  dicti  tenentes  de  Haneberge  bene  habent  &  habere 
consueuerunt  communiam  cum  bestiis  suis  in  bruera  &  bosco  de  la 
Heyewode.  Item  dicunt  super  sacramentum  suiun  quod  tempore 
regis  H.  patris  regis  lohannis  &  tempore  tunc  Godefridi  abbatis 
Egnesham  uenerunt  homines  de  Haneberge  &  loquebantur  cum 
domino  abbate  &  celerario  eiusdem  domus,  vt  possint  porcarias  suas 
habere  in  bosco  suo  de  la  Heyewode,  &  eis  concesserunt  per  sic 
quod  quilibet  homo  de  manerio  de  Haneberge  faceret  eis  duas 
precarias  autiunpnales  apud  Egnesham  sine  cibo:  et  vt  quilibet 
homo  daret  vnam  gallinam  ad  Natale  Domini  &  ad  Pascha  x  ou[a] 
gallin[arum],  dum  etiam  placuit  abbati.  Dicimt  etiam  super  sacra- 
mentum suum,  quod  dicti  tenentes  de  Haneburghe  nullas  feugeras  in 
bruera  dicti  abbatis  capere  debent,  &  si  capiant,  per  ministros  abbatis 
attach[iandi]  sunt  &  in  curia  abbatis  amerc[iandi]  sunt  pro  huiusmodi 
delicto. 

661. 

Placita  de  Haneberge,  inter  recorda  de  Banco  de         foL  74T 
termino  sancte  Trinitatis  anno  zliiio. 

Oxon.  lohannes  Smyth,  lohannes  Freman,  Robertus  Wilkyn,  i37o« 
Ricardus  Swerstone,  Thomas  Stillen,  Robertus  Blowynd,  Thomas 
Sauage,  Ricardus  atte  Hacche,  lohannes  Milward,  WiUelmus  Girisshe, 
Walterus  Wynter  &  lohannes  Shepherd  in  misericordia  pro  pluribus 
defaltis  &c.  lidem  lohannes  Smyth  &  alii  attachiati  fuerunt  ad 
respondendum  abbati  de  Egnesham  de  placito  quare  iidem  simul 
cum  Thoma  Caue  capellano,  vi  &  armis,  blada  &  herbam  ipsius 
abbatis  apud  Egnesham  nuper  crescentia  ad  ualenciam  ducentarum 
librarum  cimi  quibusdam  aueriis  depasti  fuerunt,  conculcauerunt  8c 
consumpserunt  &  alia  enormia  ei  intulerunt,  ad  graue  dampnum  ipsius 
abbatis  &  contra  pacem  regis  &c. ;  et  vnde  idem  abbas  per  lohannem 
Corbrigge  attomatum  suum  queritur,  quod  predicti  lohannes  &  omnes 
alii  similiter  &c.  die  lune  proxima  post  festum  Natalis  sancti  lohannis 
Baptiste  anno  regni  domini  regis  nunc  tricesimo,  vi  &  armis,  scilicet 


io6  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

gladiiSy  arcubus,  ^agittis  &  baculis  blada,  uidelicet  frumentum  & 
ordeum  &  siliginem,  fabas,  pisas  &  auenas  &  herbam  ipsius  abbatis 
apud  Egnesham  nuper  crescentia  ad  valenciam  &c.  cum  quibusdam 
aueriis,  uidelicet  equis,  bobus  &  uaccis,  bidendbus  &  porcis,  depasti 
fuerunt,  conculcauenint  &  consumpserunt,  transgr[ediendo]  ilia  a  pre- 
dict© die  lune  vsque  diem  impetracionis  breuis,  diuersis  uicibus 
continuand[o],  &  alia  enormia  Ac.,  ad  graue  dampnum  &c.,  &  contra 
pacem  regis ;  unde  dicunt  quod  deterioratus  est  &  dampnum  habet 
ad  valenciam  mille  librarum ;  et  inde  producit  sectam  &c.  Et  predict! 
Johannes  Smyth  &  omnes  alii  per  Thomam  Hynynden'  attomatum 
suum,  et  [sic]  defendit  vim  &  iniuriam  quando  &c. ;  et  quoad  venire 
vi  8c  armis  dicit  quod  in  nullo  sunt  inde  culpabiles ;  et  de  hoc  ponit  se 
super  patriam.  Et  predictus  abbas  similiter:  et  quoad  residuum 
transgr[essum]  &c.,  dicunt  quod  dominus  rex  nunc  est  dominus 
manerii  de  Hanebergh :  et  iidem  Ricardus  Swerstone,  lohannes  Mil- 
ward  &  lohannes  Shepherd  dicunt  quod  ipsi  sunt  tenentes  domini 
regis  ad  voluntatem  in  eodem  manerio.  Et  dicunt  quod  locus,  ubi 
predictus  supponit  transgressionem  predictam  factam  fuisse,  est  quidam 
hamelettus  vocatus  Tilgerdesle  infra  bundas  ville  de  Egnesham,  infra 
quem  hamelettum  tam  in  vastis  quam  in  terris,  pratis  &  pascuis 
eiusdem  hameletti  iidem  lohannes  Smyth  &  omnes  alii  habent  com- 
muniam  cum  omnimodis  aueriis  suis  tanquam  pertinentem  ad 
tenementa  sua,  que  ipsi  separatim  tenent  in  Hanebergh,  scilicet  in 
vastis  &  pasturis  quolibet  anno  per  totum  annum,  &  in  terris  arabilibus 
fol.  75^  post  blada  |  messa  &  asportata  quousque  iterum  reseminentur,  & 
quolibet  tercio  anno  tempore  waretti  per  totum  annum,  eo  quod 
omnes  terre  arabiles  infra  eundem  hamelettum  per  duos  annos  con- 
tinuos  debent  seminari  &  tercio  anno  warectari,  et  in  pratis  post 
fenum  leuatum  &  asportatum  vsque  ad  festum  Purificacionis  beate 
Marie.  De  qua  quidem  communia  in  forma  predicta  habenda,  iidem 
lohannes  &  alii  &  omnes  tenentes  predictorum  tenementorum,  que 
ipsi  modo  tenent  in  Haneberghe,  fuerunt  seisiti,  vt  in  iure  domini 
regis  &  progenitorum  suorum  a  tempore  quo  non  extat  memoria. 
Et  dicunt  quod  diuersis  uicibus,  quibus  predictus  abbas  nunc  queritur 
&c.,  diuerse  parcelle  terre  arabiliuna  [sic]  in  hameletto  predicto,  que 
tunc  temporis  warectare  debuissent^  per  prediclum  abbatem  &  alios 
seminati  fuerunt :  per  quod  ipsij  tam  in  pa  reel  Hs  illis  sic  seminalts^ 
que  tunc  temporis  warectare  debuerunt,  quam  in  aliis  vastis,  pmtis 
&  pascuis  hameletti  predicti^  communia  sua  cum  aueriis  suis,  ^ 
eis  bene  licuit,  usi  fuerunt;  absque  hoc  quod  ipsi 
blada  siue  herbam  ipsius  abbatis  depasti  fucmuL 
sunt  verificare.    Unde  dicunt  quod  ipsi  noQ 


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iniuria  in  hoc  casu  in  personis  suis  assignaii  possit.  £t  predictus 
abbas  non  cognoscit  quod  terre  arabiles  infra  hamelettum  predictum 
quolibet  tercio  anno  debent  warectari,  immo  protestando  quod  eedem 
terre  per  tres  annos  continuos  debent  seminari  &  quarto  anno 
warectari,  Dicunt  \sic]  quod  quidam  Thomas  de  Langeley  iam 
decern  &  octo  annis  elapsis  fecit  quandam  perambulacionem  citra 
forestam  de  Wychewode,  elargando  bundas  predictas :  et  dicit  quod 
predictus  hamelettus  est  infra  les  pural[ees]^  eiusdem  foreste;  per 
quod  predicti  lohannes  Smyth  &  alii,  colore  eiusdem  perambulacionis 
&  per  maliciam,  vim  &  potentiam  &  eorum  iniuriam,  tam  in  bladis 
quam  in  pratis,  pascuis  &  pasturis  ipsius  abbatis  infra  hamelettum 
predictum  adtunc  aueria  sua  posuerunt,  clamando  communiam  ibidem 
sibi  communicari :  de  iure  non  deberent,  nee  vnquam  antea  fecerunt, 
et  sic  a  tempore  illo  hucusque  diuersis  vicibus  blada  &  herbam 
ipsius  abbatis  ibidem  vi  &  armis  depasti  fuerunt,  absque  hoc  quod 
predicti  lohannes  Smyth  et  alii  8c  tenentes  predictorum  tenementorum, 
que  ipsi  modo  tenent,  habuerunt  communiam  infra  hamelettum 
predictum  a  tempore  quo  non  extat  memoria,  prout  ipsi  superius 
allegar[unt] ;  et  hoc  paratus  est  verificare:  unde  petit  indicium 
&  dampna  sibi  adiudicari  &c.  £t  predicti  lohannes  &  alii  dicunt 
quod  ipsi  &  omnes  tenentes  tenementorum  predictorum,  que  ipsi 
modo  tenent,  fuerunt  seisiti  de  communia  infra  hamelettum  pre- 
dictum, vt  in  iure  domini  regis  &  progenitorum  suorum  a  tempore 
quo  non  extat  memoria,  prout  ipsi  superius  allegarunt  £t  hoc 
parati  simt  verificare  &c.  Set  dicunt  quod  ipsi  verificacionem  illam 
sine  domino  rege  expectare  non  possunt ;  et  petunt  |  auxilium  de  fol.  75^. 
domino  rege,  &  habeant  &c.  Ideo  dies  datus  est  partibus  predictis, 
hie  in  octabis  sancti  Michaelis  per  iustkiarios ;  et  interim  loquendum 
est  ciun  domino  rege. 


662. 

[Evidence  against  the  claim  of  the  men  of  Handborough.] 

Adam  Blake  natus  in  Tiisgarslcy  iuratus  &  examinatus  dicit  per 
sacramentum  suum,  quod  homines  uillate  de  Hanberghe  nee  aliqui  alii 
tenentes  domini  regis  de  manerio  suo  de  Wodestoke,  qui  sunt  de 
,rirti«^  '*"minico,  aliquam  communionem  habent  infra  manerium  de 
ec  in  aliquibus  parcellis  eiusdem  manerii  nisi  tantum  in  le 
garsle  &  in  le  Heyeuode. 

*  ^pomlccfij^  boimda. 


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Willelmus  Bodde  natiis  in  eadem  villa,  iuratus  &.  ezaminatus,  concor- 
dat in  omnibus,  sicut  predictus  Adam. 

Henricus  Leuen'  natus  in  eadem,  iuratus  &  examinatus,  vt  supra 
concordat  in  omnibus,  sicut  predictus  Adam. 

Walterus  Morce,  natus  in  Egnesham,  iuratus  &  examinatus,  con- 
cordat in  omnibus,  vt  supra. 

Rich[erjus  Cowbram  natus  in  eadem,  iuratus  &  examinatus, 
concordat  in  omnibus,  vt  supra. 

Rogerus  Browne  natus  in  eadem,  iuratus  &.  examinatus,  concordat 
in  omnibus,  vt  supra. 

Frater  lohannes  de  Oxon',  frater  Robertus  de  Bamptone,  com- 
monachi  testantur  quod  numquam  in  tempore  suo  aliquam  calumpniam 
seu  demandam  clamarunt  homines  de  Hanneburgh'  infra  villam  de 
Egnesham  seu  in  aliqua  parcella  eiusdem  ville  nisi  tantum  com- 
munionem  in  le  Hethe  de  Tilgarsle  &  in  le  Hyewode. 

663. 

[Oath  of  Richard  de  Brehulle  that,  if  he  is  presented  to 
the  church  of  Tetbury,  he  will  accept  whatever  arrange- 
ments the  Bishop  makes  about  a  vicarage.] 

foL  76^.  In  dei  nomine.  Amen.  Ego  Ricardus  de  Brehulle  tal[iter]  iuro  ad 
Oct  8»  hec  sancti  dei  euangelia,  quod  ab  isto  die  &  deinceps  ero  fidelis,  gratus 
i36x*  &  beniuolus  reuerendis  dominis  meis  domino  abbati  &  conuentui 
monasterii  de  Egnesham  ordinis  sancti  Benedicti,  Lincolniensis 
diocesis,  &  eorum  successoribus  &  ecclesie  dicti  monasterii  &c. ;  et  si 
de  gratia  sua  &  intuitu  caritatis  contingat  dictos  dominos  meos  me 
presentare  ad  vicariam  parochialis  ecclesie  de  Tettebery,  Wygomiensis 
diocesis,  iam  vacantem  &  ad  eorum  presentacionem  spectantem,  eciam 
iuratus  ad  eadem  euangelia,  quod  habita  induccione  dicte  vicarie  infra 
XV  dies  proximo  sequentes  dominum  episcopmn  Wigomiensem 
adhibo  ^  personaliter,  &  ipsum  requiram  diligenter  &  cum  effectu,  & 
ordinadoni  sue  alte  &  basse  me  submittam,  vt  dictam  vicariam 
dignetur  ordinare  congruenter  &  non  superfine :  et  eciam  iuro  quod 
ordinacionem  dicti  domini  episcopi  acceptabo  &  contentus  ero :  nee 
inde,  quomodocunque  ordinauerit,  brigam '  cum  dominis  meis  predictis 
habebo  seu  querelam  faciam  cuicunque,  si  deus  me  adiuuet  &  hec 
sancta  dei  euangelia  &c. 

Facta  fuit  hec  in  parua  aula  domini  abbatis  infra  monasterium 
predictmn  octauo  die  mensis  Octobris  anno  domini  mccclxio,  presenti- 

*  i.e.'adibo\  '  'dispute*:  Ducange. 


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bus  domino  abbate,  fratre  Nicolao  de  Vptone,  fratribus  lohanne  de 
Huntyngdone,  Willelmo  de  Persheor  monachis  dicti  monasterii  & 
lohanne  Hardewyke  clerico  &  aliis. 

664. 

Consideratum  fuit  iio  non[as]  August!  anno  xiio  regni  regis  lohannis 
[&c.  =  No.  184,  vol.  i,  p.  135]. 

665. 

Assisa  capta  [&c.  =  No.  510,  vol.  i,  p.  346]. 

666. 

Transcriptum  bieuis  [&c.  =  No.  51 1,  vol.  i»  p.  347]. 

667. 

Stokes  ft  Wodecote. 

Abbas  de  Egnesham  tenet  totam  villam  de  Stoke  cum  duabus  hidis  foL  Tf. 
teire  arabilis  &  cum  ix  acris  prati  &  dimid[ia]  Tami8[ia]  in  dominico  [ia79«*] 
videlicet  de  molendino  de  Stoke  Marmyoim  vsque  ad  Merewey  :  item 
habet  1  acras  de  bosco,  &  in  communi  breur[ia]  *  be  acras.  Item  tenet 
vnum  molendinum  ventriceum;  &  omnia  prenominata  habuit  in 
ezcambio  de  episcopo  Lincolniensi ;  ft  de  predicto  episcopo 
omnia  tenet  predicta  in  feodo.  £t  dictus  abbas  facit  sectam  ad 
hundredum  Dorkecestrie  de  tribus  septimanis  in  tres  septimanas. 
Item  post  decessum  cuiuslibet  abbatis  dictus  episcopus  dictum 
manerium  in  manu  sua  tenebit,  quousque  alius  foerit  electus  in 
abbatem.  Item  idem  abbas  tenet  de  feodo  Nicholai  de  Bredecote 
vnam  virgatam  terre  &  ix  acras,  &  Agnes  Ferer'  •  de  Waljmforde  tenet 
de  eodem  tenemento  capitale  mesuagium  ciun  ii  acris  de  eodem  feodo 
ft  dat  per  annum  dicto  abbati  pro  omni  seruicio  iii  solidos,  saluo 
seruido  domini  regis,  quantum  ad  iUam  terram  pertinet.  Item 
priorissa  de  Goryng  tenet  dimidiam  acram  terre  de  eodem  tenente. 
Item  idem  abbas  habet  in  eadem  villa  tenentes  qui  tenent  de  ipso  in 
villenagio  xxviii  ^  virgates  terre  ft  reddent  abbati  per  annum  cix  s.°  cum 

>  This  deed  is  the    beginning  and  *  '  Ferrant/  ff.  JR, 

ending  of  the  account  of  the  manor  *  <xxii'  in  H,  jR.,  where,  however, 

given  in  the  Hundred  Rolls,  voL  ii,  twenty-five  virgates  are  enumerated, 

p.  750.  •  'cxs.'in^.^. 

"  '  De  Breuerc,'  Hundred  Rolls. 


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aliis  seruiciis,  cecabunt^  blada  8c  cariabunt  &  pratum  falcabunt  &  caria- 
bunt,  &  quilibet  eorum  arabit  dimidiam  acram.  Item,  quilibet  eonim 
cariabit  apud  Egnesham  dimidium  quarterium  bladi ' :  item  debent 
esse  quolibet  anno  tallati  ad  uoluntatem  dicti  abbatis. 

Wodecote :  idem  abbas  habet  tenentes  in  hameleto  de  Wodecote, 
qui  tenent  de  eo  xiii  virgatas  terre;  de  quibas  consueuit  recipere 
secundum  quod  de  custumariis  suis  in  Stoke,  &  modo  seruicia  eonun 
conuertantur  in  den[arios],  &  recipiet  quolibet  anno  de  qualibet  virgata 
terre  xii  s.  annui  redditus.  Ricardus  de  la  Hyde  tenet  in  Wodecote 
unum  mesuagium  cum  iiii  virgatis  terre  de  Willelmo  de  Walden'  •  de 
feodo  Hauberl'  *  &  dabit  scutagium  dicto  Willelmo  quando  cunit.  Idem 
tenet  unam  croftam  que  vocatur  Bertrammes*  croft  de  abbate  de 
Egnesham  pro  xii  d.  annui  redditus  per  annum  pro  omni  seruicio, 
salua  una  secta  ad  curiam  dicti  abbatis  de  Stoke.  Willelmus  de 
Wodecote  tenet  iiii  virgatas  terre  de  predicto  abbate  pro  xxxiiii  s.  vi  d. 
pro  omni  seruicio,  salua  secta  hundredi  Dorkecestrie  &  curie  domini 
abbatis :  &  tenetur  per  socagium.  lohannes  de  la  Briche  tenet  tres 
virgatas  terre  pro  xxvi  s.  viii  d.  annui  redditus  pro  omni  seruicio,  salua 
secta  himdredi  Dorkecestrie  &  curie  dicti  abbatis,  &  tenetur  per 
socagium.  Willelmus  de  la  Dene  tenet  tres  virgatas  terre  &  vnam 
acram  pasture  pro  xxii  s.  annui  reddims  pro  omni  seruicio,  salua  secta 
hundredi  Dorkecestrie  &  curie  dicti  abbatis,  &  tenetur  per  socagium. 
lohanna  ErdyM  tenet  ii  virgatas  terre  pro  vii  s.  annui  redditus  pro 
omni  seruicio,  &  faciet  seclam  hundredi  Dorkecestrie  &  curie  dicti 
abbatis,  &  tenetur  per  socagium,  lohannes  Erlput  "^  tenet  ii  virgatas 
terre  pro  xxviii  s.  annui  redditus  pro  omni  seruicio,  salua  secta 
hundredi  Dorkecestrie  &  curie  dicti  abbatis. 

Memorandum  quod  omnes  liberi  tenentes  in  Wodcote  tenent  de 
abbate  de  Egnesham  per  socagium.  | 

[folio  77^  is  blank] 

668. 

fol.78^  Appropriatio  ecclesie  parochialis  de  Hikiltone. 

Sept  u        Sancte  matris  ecclesie  filiis  presentes  litteras  inspecturis,  lohannes 
1351.      permissione  diuina  Wigomiensis  episcopus  salutem  in  eo  qui  est 

^  Probably  for  'secabant* :  the  word  grain*.    In  H,  R,  it  is  as  <  quarterium 

might  be  read  <  cerabunt ' » '  serabunt ',  bladi '. 

but '  serrare  *,  though  it  mean  <  to  unite ',  *  '  Baldon '  in  Hundred  Rolls, 

does  not  seem  to  be  used  of  gathering  *  '  Hauberk '  in  H,  R. 

corn  together.    In  If,  R,  the  reading  is  '  '  Berteram  *  in  H.  R, 

*  cotabunt  *.  •  « Ardel '  in  //.  R. 

'  *  quarterium  i  bladi,'  MS.,  perhaps  '  '  Ossessput '  in  H,  R, 

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omnium  vera  salus.  Pastoralis  officii  solicitudo  continua  requirit 
&  mentem  nostram  velud  cotidiana  instanda  stimulat  &  inducit 
vt  religiosis  viris,  presertim  illis  qui  laudabiliter  deo  seruientes  tarn 
in  spiritualibus  quam  in  temporalibus  suis,  quominus  congnie  susten- 
tari  &  onera  eis  incumbentia  supportare  ualeant,  dispendia  paciuniur, 
pateme  prouisionis  dexteram  extendamus.  Sane  religiosorum  virorum 
abbatis  &  conuentus  ecclesie  sancte  Marie  de  Egnesham  Lincolniensis 
diocesis  nobis  oblata  peticio  continebat,  quod  eorum  prouentus,  de 
quibus  sustentari  solebant,  per  amissionem  possessionum  suarum 
&  dampna  varia  eis  multipliciter  iUata  adeo  attenuantur,  quod  ad 
eorum  congruam  sustentacionem  8c  onerum  eis  incumbenciiun  supporta- 
cionem  residue  proprie  non  suppetunt  facultates.  Quare  nobis  humiliter 
supplicarunt  vt  ad  eos  paterne  compassionis  oculos  dirigentes  eccle- 
siam  parochialem  de  Mukeltone  nostre  diocesis,  in  qua  ipsi  ius 
optinent  patronatus,  eis  &  eorum  ecclesie  conuentuali  predicte  ex 
causis  predictis  8c  aliis  racionabilibus  inferius  expressatis  annectere 
&  vnire  ac  in  vsus  proprios  concedere  vellemus  intuitu  caritatis. 
Nos  igitur  gregis  dominiciS  cui  permittente  domino  licet  inmeriti 
presidemus,  disiderantes,  vt  tenemur,  consulere  necessitatibus,  8c 
ipsius  comoda  quatenus  cum  deo  possimus  procurare,  ac  eorum 
indigenciis  de  bonis  spiritualibus  prouidere,  cum  ex  precepto  canonis 
stipendiis  ecclesiasticis  sustentari  debeant,  qui  ipsius  officiis  specialiter 
ascribuntur,  attendentes  eciam  dictos  religiosos  eris  alieni  sarcina 
oneratos  &  ad  eos  in  strata  publica  constitutos  magnatum  superueni- 
encium  8c  hospitum  confluere  multitudinem,  ipsosque  diuersis  imposi- 
tionibus  8c  angariis  multiplicibus,  quibus  ecclesia  Anglicana  plus  solito 
infestatur  8c  concutitur  hiis  diebus,  quam  plurimum  pregrauari; 
premissis  omnibus  consideratis,  necnon  serenissimi  principis  &  domini 
nostri  Edwardi  dei  gracia  regis  Anglie  illustris  optentu,  qui  pro 
religiosis  predictis  &  eorum  in  hac  parte  expedicione  negocii  specialiter 
nos  rogauit,  ad  laudem  8c  gloriam  omnipotentis  dei  &  beatissime 
virginis  Marie  in  cuius  honore  dicta  ecclesia  conuentualis  specialiter 
est  fundata,  omniumque  sanctorum  '  preconium  8c  honorem,  prefatam 
ecclesiam  de  Mukeltone  ex  causis  premissis,  quas  per  solertem  8c 
diligentem  inquisicionem,  quam  in  hac  parte  fieri  fecimus,  euidentes 
&  ueras  esse  reperimus,  prefate  |  ecclesie  conuentualis  abbali  &  fol.  78^ 
conuentui  eiusdem  tam  presentibus  quam  futuris,  prehabito  tractatu 
diligenti,  serioso,  &  solempni  cum  capitulo  ecclesie  nostre  cathedralis 
Wigomiensis,  concurrentibus  eciam  &  habitis  onmibus  &  singulis,  que 
de  iure  seu  consuetudine    requiruntur  &  que    necessaria   fiierunt 

'  Sic.  ^  saorum,  MS. 


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659. 
fol.  74^  Breue  inter  abbatem  de  Egnesham  ft  tenentes  de 

Haneburghe  pro  exaltacione  molendini. 

[?i93o]  Rex  uicecomiti  Oxon'  salutem.  Ostenderunt  nobis  homines  nostri 
de  Haneburghe  grauiter  conquerentes,  quod  abbas  Egneshamie  in 
preiudicium  iuris  nostri  &  in  graue  dampnum  predictorum  hominum 
stagnum  molendinorum  suorum  de  Egnesham  iniuste  &  sine  iudicio 
exaltauit  ad  nocumentum  prati  nostri,  alias  nobis  &.  eis  grauis  & 
iniuriosus  existens  ex  eo  quod  non  permittit  eos  habere  communiam 
suam  pasture  in  terra  ipsius  abbatis  de  Egnesham  nee  porkerias  suas 
in  bosco  ipsius  abbalis  leuare  ^  &  fugeras  •  in  eo  capere  sicut  tempo- 
ribus  predecessorum  nostrorum  regum  Anglie  &  tempore  nostro, 
vsque  ad  tempus  abbatis  qui  nimc  est,  facere  consueuerunt.  Et  ideo 
tibi  precipimus  quod  assumptis  tecum  probis  &  legalibus  hominibus 
de  comitatu  tuo,  de  vicinioribus  scilicet  &  aliis,  qui  melius  sciant 
inde  veritatem,  vocato  ad  hoc  predicto  abbate,  in  presencia  sua  per 
sacramentum  predictorum  diligenter  inquiras  vtrum  ipse  abbas  sta- 
gnum suum  exaltauerit,  sicut  predictum  est :  et  si  predicti  homines 
nostri  debeant  &  consueuerint  habere  communiam  in  terra  ipsius 
abbatis  in  Egnesham  &  porkerias  in  bosco  suo  leuare,  &  fugeram 
in  eo  capere.  Et  si  per  inquisicionem  illam  tibi  constiterit  quod 
ipse  abbas  stagnum  suum  ita  exaltauerit,  &  quod  predicti  homines 
nostri  in  terra  sua  &  bosco  ipsius  abbatis  habere  debeant  &  consue- 
uerint hec  predicta,  tunc  per  sacramentiun  eorundem  stagnum 
predictum  mensurari  facias,  sicut  esse  debet  &  consueuit,  faciens 
similiter  eosdem  homines  nostros  omnia  predicta  habere  in  terra 
&  bosco  ipsius  abbatis  sicut  habere  debuerunt  &  consueuerunt. 
T.&c* 

660. 

[7 1230]  lurata  inter  abbatem  de  Egnesham  ft  tenentes  de 

Haneberge  pro  communia  de  Egnesham. 

lurata  inter  abbatem  de  Egnesham  &  homines  domini  regis  de 
Haneberge  de  stagno,  parcariis  [sic],  pascuis,  &  feugera :  Robertus 
de  Rothomago,  Willelmus  de  Broke,  Ottowell'  de  Esthalle,  Petrus  de 
Kersyngtone,  Willelmus  le  Fratmkelayn  de  Thorpe,  Nicholaus  Piscator 
de  Somerforde,  Walterus  le  Canter',  Radulfus  de  Wottone,  Martinus 

*  'Set  up  their  pig-sties.*  350,  where  it  occurs  in  a  hand  of  the 
«  *  feugera,*  fern.                                      thiiteenth  century. 

*  This  deed  is  the  same  as  vol.  L  no. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  105 

de  Bladene,  Rogerus  Rouncy,  Petrus  de  Shiptone  &  Stephanus  de 
Mora,  qui  dicunt  sui)er  sacramentum  suum  quod  abbas  de  Egnesham 
in  dampnum  tenencium  domini  regis  de  Haneberge  exaltare  fecit 
stagnum  molendinonim  suonim  de  Egnesham  per  dimidium  pedem 
alcius  quam  debuit  &  hoc  per  duos  annos  prozimos;  quolibet  anno 
dictonim  duorum  annorum  dampna  taxata  ad  xx  s. :  dicunt  eciam 
super  sacramentiun  suum  quod  tenentes  de  Haneberge  nullam  habent 
communiam  in  campis  de  Egnesham,  neque  abbas  in  campis  de 
Haneberge ;  sed  dicti  tenentes  de  Haneberge  bene  habent  &  habere 
consueuerunt  conmiuniam  cum  bestiis  suis  in  bruera  &  bosco  de  la 
Heyewode.  Item  dicunt  super  sacramentum  suum  quod  tempore 
regis  H.  patris  regis  lohannis  &  tempore  tunc  Godefridi  abbatis 
Egnesham  uenerunt  homines  de  Haneberge  8c  loquebantur  cum 
domino  abbate  &  celerario  eiusdem  domus,  vt  possint  porcarias  suas 
habere  in  bosco  suo  de  la  Heyewode,  &  eis  concesserunt  per  sic 
quod  quilibet  homo  de  manerio  de  Haneberge  faceret  eis  duas 
precarias  autmnpnales  apud  Egnesham  sine  cibo:  et  vt  quilibet 
homo  daret  vnam  gallinam  ad  Natale  Domini  &  ad  Pascha  x  ou[a] 
gallin[arum],  dum  etiam  placuit  abbati.  Dicunt  etiam  super  sacra- 
mentiun suum,  quod  dicti  tenentes  de  Haneburghe  nullas  feugeras  in 
bruera  dicti  abbatis  capere  debent,  &  si  capiant,  per  ministros  abbatis 
attach[iandi]  sunt  &  in  curia  abbatis  amerc[iandi]  sunt  pro  huiusmodi 
delicto. 

661. 

Pladta  de  Haneberge,  inter  recorda  de  Banco  de        foL  74T 
termino  sancte  Trinitatis  anno  xliiio. 

Oxon.  lohannes  Smyth,  lohannes  Freman,  Robertus  Wilkjm,  i37o« 
Ricardus  Swerstone,  Thomas  Stillen,  Robertus  Blowynd,  Thomas 
Sauage,  Ricardus  atte  Hacche,  lohannes  Milward,  WiUelmus  Girisshe, 
Waltenis  Wynter  &  lohannes  Shepherd  in  misericordia  pro  pluribus 
defaltis  &c.  lidem  lohannes  Smyth  &  alii  attachiati  fuerunt  ad 
respondendum  abbati  de  Egnesham  de  placito  quare  iidem  simul 
cum  Thoma  Caue  capellano,  vi  &  armis,  blada  &  herbam  ipsius 
abbatis  apud  Egnesham  nuper  crescentia  ad  ualenciam  ducentarum 
librarum  cum  quibusdam  aueriis  depasti  fuerunt,  conculcauerunt  & 
consumpserunt  &  alia  enormia  ei  intulerunt,  ad  graue  dampnum  ipsius 
abbatis  &  contra  pacem  regis  &c. ;  et  vnde  idem  abbas  per  lohannem 
Corbrigge  attomatum  suum  queritur,  quod  predicti  lohannes  &  omnes 
alii  similiter  &c.  die  lune  proxima  post  festum  Natalis  sancti  lohannis 
Baptiste  anno  regni  domini  regis  nunc  tricesimo,  vi  Sc  armis,  scilicet 


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gladiis,  arcubus,  9agittis  &  baculis  blada,  uidelicet  frumentum  & 
ordeum  &  siliginem,  fabas,  pisas  &  auenas  &  herbam  ipsius  abbatis 
apud  Egnesham  nuper  crescentia  ad  valenciam  &c.  cum  quibusdam 
aueriis,  uidelicet  equis,  bobus  &  uaccis,  bideniibus  &  porcis,  depasli 
fuerant,  conculcauerunt  &  consumpserunt,  transgr[ediendo]  ilia  a  pre- 
dict© die  lune  vsque  diem  impetracionis  breuis,  diuersis  uicibus 
continuand[o],  &  alia  enormia  &c.,  ad  graue  dampnum  &c.,  &  contra 
pacem  regis ;  unde  dicunt  quod  deterioratus  est  &  dampnum  habet 
ad  valenciam  mille  librarum ;  et  inde  producit  ?ectam  &c.  Et  predicti 
Johannes  Smyth  &  omnes  alii  per  Thomam  Hynynden'  attomatum 
suum,  et  [sic\  defendit  vim  &  iniuriam  quando  &c. ;  et  quoad  venire 
vi  &  armis  dicit  quod  in  nullo  sunt  inde  culpabiles ;  et  de  hoc  ponit  se 
super  patriam.  Et  predictus  abbas  similiter:  et  quoad  residuum 
transgr[e8sum]  &c,  dicunt  quod  dominus  rex  nunc  est  dominus 
manerii  de  Hanebergh :  et  iidem  Ricardus  Swerstone,  lohannes  Mil- 
ward  &  lohannes  Shepherd  dicunt  quod  ipsi  sunt  tenentes  domini 
regis  ad  voluntatem  in  eodem  manerio.  Et  dicunt  quod  locus,  ubi 
predictus  supponit  transgressionem  predictam  factam  fuisse,  est  quidam 
hamelettus  vocatus  Tilgerdesle  infra  bundas  ville  de  Egnesham,  infra 
quem  hamelettum  tam  in  vastis  quam  in  terris,  pratis  8c  pascuis 
eiusdem  hameletti  iidem  lohannes  Smyth  &  omnes  alii  habent  com- 
muniam  cum  omnimodis  aueriis  suis  tanquam  pertinentem  ad 
tenementa  sua,  que  ipsi  separatim  tenent  in  Hanebergh,  scilicet  in 
vastis  8c  pasturis  quolibet  anno  per  totum  annum,  &  in  terris  arabilibus 
fol.  75^  post  blada  |  messa  &  asportata  quousque  iterum.  reseminentur,  & 
quolibet  tercio  anno  tempore  waretti  per  totum  annum,  eo  quod 
omnes  terre  arabiles  infra  eundem  hamelettum  per  duos  annos  con- 
tinuos  debent  seminari  &  tercio  anno  warectari,  et  in  pratis  post 
fenum  leuatum  &  asportatum  vsque  ad  festum  Purificacionis  beate 
Marie.  De  qua  quidem  communia  in  forma  predicta  habenda,  iidem 
lohannes  &  alii  &  omnes  tenentes  predictorum  tenementorum,  que 
ipsi  modo  tenent  in  Haneberghe,  fuerunt  seisiti,  vt  in  lure  domini 
regis  8c  progenitorum  suorum  a  tempore  quo  non  extat  memoria. 
Et  dicunt  quod  diuersis  uicibus,  quibus  predictus  abbas  nunc  queritur 
&c.,  diuerse  parcelle  terre  arabilium  [sic]  in  hameletto  predicto,  que 
tunc  temporis  warectare  debuissent,  per  predictum  abbatem  &  alios 
seminati  fuerunt :  per  quod  ipsi,  tam  in  parcellis  illis  sic  seminatis, 
que  tunc  temporis  warectare  debuerunt,  quam  in  aliis  vastis,  pratis 
&  pascuis  hameletti  predicti,  communia  sua  cum  aueriis  suis,  prout 
eis  bene  licuit,  usi  fuerunt;  absque  hoc  quod  ipsi  aliis  temporibus 
blada  sine  herbam  ipsius  abbatis  depasti  fuerunt  Et  hoc  parati 
sunt  verificare.    Unde  dicunt  quod  ipsi  non  intendunt  quod  aliqua 


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iniuria  in  hoc  casu  in  personis  suis  assignari  possit.  Et  predictus 
abbas  non  cognoscit  quod  terre  arabiles  infra  hamelettum  predictum 
quolibet  tercio  anno  debent  warectari,  inimo  protestando  quod  eedem 
terre  per  tres  annos  continuos  debent  seminari  &  quarto  anno 
warectari.  Dicunt  \sic]  quod  quidam  Thomas  de  Langeley  iam 
decern  &  octo  annis  elapsis  fecit  quandam  perambulacionem  citra 
forestam  de  Wychewode,  elargando  bundas  predictas :  et  dicit  quod 
predictus  hamelettus  est  infra  les  pural[ees]^  eiusdem  foreste;  per 
quod  predicti  lohannes  Smyth  &  alii,  colore  eiusdem  perambulacionis 
&  per  maliciam,  vim  &  potentiam  &  eorum  iniuriam,  tarn  in  bladis 
quam  in  pratis,  pascuis  &  pasturis  ipsius  abbatis  infra  hamelettum 
predictum  adtunc  aueria  sua  posuerunt,  clamando  communiam  ibidem 
sibi  communicari :  de  iure  non  deberent,  nee  vnquam  antea  fecerunt, 
et  sic  a  tempore  illo  hucusque  diuersis  vicibus  blada  &  herbam 
ipsius  abbatis  ibidem  vi  &  armis  depasti  fuerunt,  absque  hoc  quod 
predicti  lohannes  Smyth  et  alii  &  tenentes  predictorum  tenementorum, 
que  ipsi  modo  tenent,  habuerunt  communiam  infra  hamelettum 
predictum  a  tempore  quo  non  extat  memoria,  prout  ipsi  superius 
allegar[unt];  et  hoc  paratus  est  V4;rificare:  unde  petit  indicium 
&  dampna  sibi  adiudicari  &c.  £t  predicti  lohannes  &  alii  dicunt 
quod  ipsi  8c  omnes  tenentes  tenementorum  predictorum,  que  ipsi 
modo  tenent,  fuerunt  seisiti  de  communia  infra  hamelettum  pre- 
dictum, vt  in  iure  domini  regis  &  progenitorum  suorum  a  tempore 
quo  non  extat  memoria,  prout  ipsi  superius  allegarunt  £t  hoc 
parati  sunt  verificare  &c.  Set  dicunt  quod  ipsi  verificacionem  illam 
sine  domino  rege  expectare  non  possunt ;  et  petunt  |  auxilium  de  fol.  1^, 
domino  rege,  &  habeant  &c.  Ideo  dies  datus  est  partibus  predictis, 
hie  in  octabis  sancti  Michaelis  per  iusticiarios ;  et  interim  loquendum 
est  cum  domino  rege. 


662. 

[Evidence  against  the  claim  of  the  men  of  Handborough.] 

Adam  Blake  natus  in  Tilsgarsley  iuratus  &  examinatus  dicit  per 
sacramentum  suum,  quod  homines  uillate  de  Hanberghe  nee  aliqui  alii 
tenentes  domini  regis  de  manerio  suo  de  Wodestoke,  qui  sunt  de 
antiquo  dominico,  aliquam  commimionem  habent  infra  manerium  de 
Egnesham  nee  in  aliquibus  parcellis  eiusdem  manerii  nisi  tantum  in  le 
Hethe  de  Tilgarsle  &  in  le  Heyewode. 

*  '  poralees,*  bonnda. 


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Willelmus  Bodde  natus  in  eadem  villa,  iuratus  &  examinatus,  concor- 
dat in  omnibus,  sicut  predictus  Adam. 

Henricus  Leuen'  natus  in  eadem,  iuratus  &  examinatus,  vt  supra 
concordat  in  omnibus,  sicut  predictus  Adam. 

Walterus  Morce,  natus  in  Egnesham,  iuratus  &  examinatus,  con- 
cordat in  omnibus,  vt  supra. 

Rich[er]us  Cowbram  natus  in  eadem,  iuratus  &  examinatus, 
concordat  in  omnibus,  vt  supra. 

Rogerus  Browne  natus  in  eadem,  iuratus  &  examinatus,  concordat 
in  omnibus,  vt  supra. 

Frater  lohannes  de  Oxon',  frater  Robertus  de  Bamptone,  com- 
monachi  testantur  quod  numquam  in  tempore  suo  aliquam  calumpniam 
seu  demandam  clamarunt  homines  de  Hanneburgh'  infra  villam  de 
Egnesham  seu  in  aliqua  parcella  eiusdem  ville  nisi  tantum  com- 
munionem  in  le  Hethe  de  Tilgarsle  &  in  le  Hyewode. 

663. 

[Oath  of  Richard  de  Brehulle  that,  if  he  is  presented  to 
the  church  of  Tetbury,  he  wUl  accept  whatever  arrange- 
ments the  Bishop  makes  about  a  vicarage.] 

foL  76^.  In  dei  nomine.  Amen.  Ego  Ricardus  de  Brehulle  tal[iter]  iuro  ad 
Oct  8,  hec  sancti  dei  euangelia,  quod  ab  isto  die  &  deinceps  ero  fidelis,  gratus 
1361.  A  beniuolus  reuerendis  dominis  meis  domino  abbati  &  conuentui 
monasterii  de  Egnesham  ordinis  sancti  Benedicti,  Lincolniensis 
diocesis,  &  eorum  successoribus  &  ecclesie  dicti  monasterii  &c. ;  et  si 
de  gratia  sua  &  intuitu  caritatis  contingat  dictos  dominos  meos  me 
presentare  ad  vicariam  parochialis  ecclesie  de  Tettebery,  Wygomiensis 
diocesis,  iam  vacantem  &  ad  eorum  presentacionem  spectantem,  eciam 
iuratus  ad  eadem  euangelia,  quod  habita  induccione  dicte  vicarie  infra 
XV  dies  proximo  sequentes  dominum  episcopum  Wigomiensem 
adhibo  *  personaliter,  &  ipsum  requiram  diligenter  &  cum  efifectu,  & 
ordinacioni  sue  alte  &  basse  me  submittam,  vt  dictam  vicariam 
dignetur  ordinare  congruenter  &  non  superfine :  et  edam  iuro  quod 
ordinacionem  dicti  domini  episcopi  acceptabo  &  contentus  ero :  nee 
inde,  quomodocunque  ordinauerit,  brigam*  cum  dominis  meis  predictis 
habebo  seu  querelam  &:iam  cuicunque,  si  deus  me  adiuuet  &  hec 
sancta  dei  euangelia  &c. 

Facta  fuit  hec  in  parua  aula  domini  abbatis  infra  monasterium 
predictum  octauo  die  mensis  Octobris  anno  domini  mccclxio,  presenti- 

*  i.e.'adibo*.  '  'dispute*:  Dacange. 


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bus  domino  abbate,  fratre  Nicolao  de  Vptone,  fratribus  lohanne  de 
Huntyngdone,  Willelmo  de  Persheor  monachis  dicti  monasterii  & 
lohanne  Hardewyke  clerico  &  aliis. 

664. 

Consideratum  fuit  !!<>  non[as]  August!  anno  zii^  regni  regis  lohannis 
[&c.  =  No.  184,  vol.  i,  p.  135]. 

665. 

Assisa  capta  [&c.  =  No.  510,  vol.  i,  p.  346]. 

666. 

Transcriptum  breuis  [Ac.  =  No.  511,  vol.  i,  p.  347]. 

667. 

Stokes  &  Wodecote. 

Abbas  de  Egnesham  tenet  totam  villam  de  Stoke  cum  duabus  hidis  fol.  77'. 
terre  arabilis  &  cum  ix  acris  prati  &  dimid[ia]  Tami8[ia]  in  dominico  [m79-*] 
videlicet  de  molendino  de  Stoke  Marmyoim  vsque  ad  Merewey :  item 
habet  1  acras  de  bosco,  &  in  communi  breur[ia]*  Ix  acras.  Item  tenet 
vnum  molendinum  ventriceum;  &  omnia  prenominata  habuit  in 
excambio  de  episcopo  Lincolniensi ;  ft  de  predicto  episcopo 
omnia  tenet  predicta  in  feodo.  £t  dictus  abbas  facit  sectam  ad 
hundredum  Dorkecestrie  de  tribus  septimanis  in  tres  septimanas. 
Item  post  decessum  cuiuslibet  abbatis  dictus  episcopus  dictum 
manerium  in  manu  sua  tenebit,  quousque  alius  fuerit  electus  in 
abbatem.  Item  idem  abbas  tenet  de  feodo  Nicholai  de  Bredecote 
vnam  virgatam  terre  &  ix  acras,  &  Agnes  Ferer'  •  de  Walynforde  tenet 
de  eodem  tenemento  capitale  mesuagium  cum  ii  acris  de  eodem  feodo 
ft  dat  per  annum  dicto  abbati  pro  omni  seruicio  iii  solidos,  saluo 
seruicio  domini  regis,  quantum  ad  illam  terram  pertinet.  Item 
priorissa  de  Goryng  tenet  dimidiam  acram  terre  de  eodem  tenente. 
Item  idem  abbas  habet  in  eadem  villa  tenentes  qui  tenent  de  ipso  in 
villenagio  xxviii  ^  virgates  terre  &  reddent  abbati  per  annum  cix  s."  cum 

'  This  deed  is  tlie    beginning  and  '  '  Femnt/  ff,  R, 

ending  of  the  stccoimt  of  the  manor  *  'xzii*  in  ff,  R„  where,  however, 

given  in  the  Hundrtd  Rolls,  voL  U,  twenty-five  virgates  are  enmneiated. 
p.  750.  •  'Qx^'mff.R. 

*  *  De  Brcuere,'  ffundnd  Rolls. 


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aliis  seniiciiSi  cecabunt*  blada  &  cariabunt  &  pratum  falcabunt  &  caria- 
bunt,  &  quilibet  eorum  arabit  dimidiam  acram.  Item,  quilibet  eonim 
cariabit  apud  Egnesham  dimidium  quarterium  bladi*:  item  debent 
esse  quolibet  anno  tallati  ad  uoluntatem  dicti  abbatis. 

Wodecote :  idem  abbas  habet  tenentes  in  hameleto  de  Wodecote, 
qui  tenent  de  eo  xiii  virgatas  terre;  de  quibus  consueuit  recipere 
secundum  quod  de  custumariis  suis  in  Stoke,  &  modo  seruicia  eorum 
conuertantur  in  den[arios],  &  recipiet  quolibet  anno  de  qualibet  virgata 
terre  xii  s.  annui  redditus.  Ricardus  de  la  Hyde  tenet  in  Wodecote 
unum  mesuagium  cum  iiii  virgatis  terre  de  Willelmo  de  Walden'  •  de 
feodo  Hauberl'  ^  &  dabit  scutagium  dicto  Willelmo  quando  currit.  Idem 
tenet  unam  croftam  que  vocatur  Bertrammes'  croft  de  abbate  de 
Egnesham  pro  xii  d.  annui  redditus  per  annum  pro  omni  seruicio, 
salua  una  secta  ad  curiam  dicti  abbatis  de  Stoke.  Willelmus  de 
Wodecote  tenet  iiii  virgatas  terre  de  predicto  abbate  pro  xxxiiii  s.  vi  d. 
pro  omni  seruicio,  salua  secta  hundred!  Dorkecestrie  &  curie  domini 
abbatis :  &  tenetur  per  socagium.  lohannes  de  la  Briche  tenet  tres 
virgatas  terre  pro  xxvi  s.  viii  d.  annui  redditus  pro  omni  seruicio,  salua 
secta  hundredi  Dorkecestrie  &  curie  dicti  abbatis,  &  tenetur  per 
socagium.  Willelmus  de  la  Dene  tenet  tres  virgatas  terre  &  vnam 
acram  pasture  pro  xxii  s.  annui  reddims  pro  omni  seruicio,  salua  secta 
hundredi  Dorkecestrie  &  curie  dicti  abbatis,  &  tenetur  per  socagium. 
lohanna  Erdyl  *  tenet  ii  virgatas  terre  pro  vii  s.  annui  redditus  pro 
omni  seruicio,  &  faciet  sectam  hundredi  Dorkecestrie  &  curie  dicti 
abbatis,  &  tenetur  per  socagium.  lohannes  Eriput  ^  tenet  ii  virgatas 
terre  pro  xxviii  s.  annui  redditus  pro  omni  seruicio,  salua  secta 
hundredi  Dorkecestrie  &  curie  dicti  abbatis. 

Memorandum  quod  omnes  liberi  tenentes  in  Wodcote  tenent  de 
abbate  de  Egnesham  per  socagium.  | 

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668. 

fol.78^  Appropriatio  ecclesie  parochialis  de  Mikiltone. 

Sept.  14        Sancte  matris  ecclesie  filiis  presentes  litteras  inspecturis,  lohaimes 
1351.      permissione  diuina  Wigorniensis  episcopus  salutem  in  eo  qui  est 

^  Probably  for  'secabnnt* :  the  word  crain'.    In  II,  R.  it  is  as  '  quarterium 

might  be  read  <  cerabuDt '  * '  serabnnt ',  oladi '. 

but '  serrare  *,  though  it  mean  '  to  unite  \  *  '  Baldon '  in  Hundred  Rolls, 

does  not  seem  to  be  used  of  gathering  *  '  Hauberk '  ia  J/,  R, 

corn  together.    In  If.  R,  the  reading  is  *  '  Berteram  *\nII.R, 

«  cotabunt  \  •  •  Ardel '  in  //.  R, 

*  '  quarterium  i  bladi,*  MS.,  perhaps         *  'Ossesspnt'  in  H.  R. 
meaning  *  a  quarter  of  one  kind  of 


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omnium  vera  salus.  Pastoralis  officii  solicitudo  continua  requirit 
&  mentem  nostram  velud  cotidiana  instancia  slimulat  &  inducit 
vt  religiosis  viris,  presertim  illis  qui  laudabiliter  deo  seruientes  tarn 
in  spiritualibus  quam  in  temporalibus  suis,  quominus  congrue  susten- 
tari  &  onera  eis  incumbentia  supportare  ualeant,  dispendia  paciuniur, 
pateme  prouisionis  dexteram  extendamus.  Sane  religiosonim  virorum 
abbatis  &  conuentus  ecclesie  sancte  Marie  de  Egnesham  Lincolniensis 
diocesis  nobis  oblata  peticio  continebat,  quod  eorum  prouentus,  de 
quibus  sustentari  solebant,  per  amissionem  possessionum  suarum 
&  dampna  vana  eis  multipliciter  iUata  adeo  attenuantur,  quod  ad 
eormn  congruam  sustentacionem  &  onenim  eis  incumbencium  supporta- 
cionem  residue  proprie  non  suppetunt  facultates.  Quare  nobis  humiliter 
supplicarunt  vt  ad  eos  paterae  compassionis  oculos  dirigentes  eccle- 
siam  parochialem  de  Mukeltone  nostre  diocesis,  in  qua  ipsi  ius 
optinent  patronatus,  eis  &  eorum  ecclesie  conuentuali  predicte  ex 
causis  predictis  &  aliis  racionabilibus  inferius  expressatis  annectere 
&  vnire  ac  in  vsus  proprios  concedere  vellerous  intuitu  caritatis. 
Nos  igitur  gregis  dominid  S  cui  permittente  domino  licet  inmeriti 
presidemus,  disiderantes,  vt  tenemur,  consulere  necessitatibus^  & 
ipsius  comoda  quatenus  cum  deo  possimus  procurare,  ac  eorum 
indigenciis  de  bonis  spiritualibus  prouidere,  cum  ex  precepto  canonis 
sdpendiis  ecclesiasticis  sustentari  debeant,  qui  ipsius  officiis  specialiter 
ascribuntur,  attendentes  eciam  dictos  religiosos  eris  alieni  sarcina 
oneratos  &  ad  eos  in  strata  publica  constitutos  magnatum  superueni- 
encium  &  hospitum  confluere  multitudinem,  ipsosque  diuersis  imposi- 
tionibus  &,  angariis  multiplicibus,  quibus  ecclesia  Anglicana  plus  solito 
infestatur  &  concutitur  hiis  diebus,  quam  plurimum  pregrauari; 
premissis  omnibus  consideratis,  necnon  serenissimi  principis  &  domini 
nostri  Edwardi  dei  gracia  regis  Anglie  illuslris  optentu,  qui  pro 
religiosis  predictis  &  eorum  in  hac  parte  expedicione  negocii  specialiter 
nos  rogauit,  ad  laudem  &  gloriam  omnipotentis  dei  &  beatissime 
virginis  Marie  in  cuius  honore  dicta  ecclesia  conuentualis  specialiter 
est  fundata,  omniumque  sanctorum  '  preconium  &  honorem,  prefatam 
ecclesiam  de  Mukeltone  ex  causis  premissis,  quas  per  solertem  & 
diligentem  inquisicionem,  quam  in  hac  parte  fieri  fecimus,  euidentes 
&  ueras  esse  reperimus,  prefate  |  ecclesie  conuentualis  abbati  &  fol.  78^. 
conuentui  eiusdem  tam  presentibus  quam  futuris,  prehabito  tractatu 
diligenti,  serioso,  &  solempni  cum  capitulo  ecclesie  nostre  cathedralis 
Wigorniensis,  concurrentibus  eciam  &  habitis  omnibus  &  singulis,  que 
de  iure  seu  consuetudine    requinmtur  &  que    necessaria   fuerunt 

'  Sic*  *  snomm,  MS. 


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quoxnodolibet  in  bac  parte,  pro  predictis  &  aliis  ipsonim  &  dlcte 
abbathie  oneribus  facilius   supportandis  unixnus,  annectimus  &  in 
proprios  usus  concedimus  perpecuo  possidendam,  uolentes  vt  cedente 
vel  decedente  dicte  ecclesie  de  Mukeltone  nunc  rectore  liceat  prefatis 
religiosis  dicte  ecclesie  corporalem  possessionem  apprehendere,  nancisci 
&  retinere,  ac  fnictus,  prouentus,  &  obuenciones  ipsius  percipere  in 
vsus  suos  proprios  libere  conuertendos :   reseniata  tamen  congrua 
porcione  eonindem  fnictuum  perpetuo  vicario  qui  pro  tempore  fuerit 
in  eadem  ecclesia  seruituro,  nobis  &  successoribus  nostris  per  predictos 
religiosos  perpetuis  temporibus  canonice  presentando,  ac  per  nos  & 
successores  nostros  instituendo  in  eadem ;  quam  in  certis  prouentibus, 
fructibus  &  obuencionibus  eiusdem  ecclesie  debito  tempore  ordinare 
intendimus  &  taxare:   de  qua  idem  vicarius  congrue  sustentari  & 
onera  per  ordinacionem  nostram  &  successorum  nostrorum  eidem 
imponenda  ualeat  supportare,  dignitate,  consuetudine  &  honore  nostris 
&  successorum  nostrorum  ecclesie  nostre  cathedralis  Wigomiensis  ad 
loci  archidiaconi  in  omnibus  semper  saluis.    Ceterum   ne  prefati 
religiosi  seu  ipsorum  abbathia  cum  nostra  uel  successorum  nostrorum 
locupletentur  iactura,  quin   pocius  vt  emolumenta  que  actenus  tam 
vacacionum  ipsius  ecclesie  quam  aliis  temporibus  episcopis  Wigor- 
niensibus  de  eadem  ecclesia  &  eiusdem  fructibus  solebant  multipliciter 
prouenire,  que    amodo    cessare    perpendimus,  condigne  &    debite 
conpescenlur,  de  ipsorum  religiosorum  expresso  consensu  &  assensu 
annuam  pensionem  vnius  marce  sterlingorum  singulis  annis  in  festo 
sancti  Michaelis  nobis  &  successoribus  nostris  predictis  ab  eisdem 
religiosis  de  fructibus  &  obuencionibus  dicte  ecclesie  postquam  eius 
possessionem  virtute  unionis,  appropriacionis  &  concessionis  predicta- 
rum  adepti  fueriht,  integre  persoluendam  tenore  presenciam  reseruamus 
&  eciam  ordinamus ;  cuius  quidem  onus  pensionis  religiosis  predictis  ac 
ecclesie  de  Mukeltone  prefate  de  ipsorum  vt  premittitur  expresso  con- 
sensu nunc  vt  extunc  inponimus  per  presentes.     In  quorum  [&c. 
sealing].    Datum  apud  Wynchecombe  xxiiii*®  die  mensis  Septembris 
anno  domini  mcccu  &  nostre  translacionis  tercio. 


669. 

fol.  79^  Unio  ecclesie  de  Mikiltone. 

Jan.  19,       Uniuersis  [&c.]  lohannes  prior  ecclesie  cathedralis  Wygorniensis  & 

i35i'      eiusdem  loci  capitulum  salutem  in  eo  qui  est  omnium  vera  salus. 

Scriptum  venerabilis  patris  &  domini,  domini  lohannis,  dei  gracia 

Wygorniensis  episcopi,  inspcximus  continens  hunc  tenorem : — *  Sancte 


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[&c.  as  in  668].'  Nos  igitur,  prior  &  capitulum  Wygorniense  predict!,  ft>l«  So^* 
dictas  unionexn,  annexionem,  apprppriacionem  &  concessionem  per 
predictum  venerabilem  patrem  de  consensu  nostro,  &  prehabito 
diligenti  &  solempni  tractatu,  nobiscum  vt  premittitur  facto,  ratas 
habentes  &  gratas,  ipsas  auctoritate  ecclesie  nostre  cathedralis  quantum 
in  nobis  est  &  ex  certa  nostra  sciencia  ratificamus,  approbamus  & 
confirmamus  ac  presentibus  litteris  sigillum  capituli  nostri  commune 
apponi  fecimus  in  fidem  &  testimonium  premissorum.  Datum  in 
capitulo  nostro  Wygorniensi  xii  die  mensis  lanuarii  anno  domini 
supradicto. 

670. 

[The  ordination  of  a  vicarage  at  Mickleton.] 

Uniuersis  sancte  matris  ecclesie  filiis  ad  quos  presentes  littere  per-  May  35, 
uenerint  lohannes  permissione  diuina  Wygomiensis  episcopus  salutem  '35^ 
in  omnium  saluatore.  Cum  nos  ecclesiam  parochialem  de  Mukeltone 
nostre  diocesis,  habito  tractatu  solempni  cum  priore  &  capitulo  ecclesie 
nostre  Wygomiensis,  de  ipsorum  prions  &  capituli  consensu  unanimi 
religiosis  uiris  abbati  &  conuentui  monasterii  beate  Marie  de  Egnesham 
Lincolniensis  diocesis  ex  certis  causis  &  legitimis  appropriauerimus  & 
fhictus  eiusdem  ipsis  rite  concesserimus  in  usus  suos  proprios  perpetuo 
possidendos,  reseruata  nobis  &  successoribus  nostris  ordinacione  per- 
pctui  vicarii  in  eadem  seruituri  &  porcionis  congrue  eidem  vicario  de 
fructibus  ipsius  ecclesie  assignande ;  nos  uolentes  super  hiis,  vt  con- 
uenit,  ordinare  &  porcionem  dicti  vicarii  iuxta  valorem  fructuum  ipsius 
ecclesie  racionabiliter  moderari,  habita  consideracione  debita  ad  inquisi- 
cionem  quam  super  valore  dicte  ecclesie  fieri  fecimus  &  ad  alia  que  nos 
mouere  possent  in  hac  parte,  inuocata  spiritus  sancti  gracia,  ordinamus 
&  decernimus  quod  dicti  abbas  &  conuentus  ad  dictam  vicariam  iam 
&  in  futurum  in  singulis  vacacionibus  dicte  vicarie  nobis  &  successoribus 
nostris  tempore  congruo  habeant  presentare  personam  ydoneam,  per 
nos  &  successores  nostros  instituendam  canonice  in  eadem :  pro  cuius 
habitacione  &  sustentacione  de  consensu  expresso  dictorum  abbalis  & 
conuentus  concedimus  &  assignamus  totum  mansum  ex  opposito 
cimiterii  ipsius  ecclesie,  domus  [sic]  beate  Marie  nuncupatum,  ctun 
orto  &  clausura  eidem  adiacentibus,  tres  acras  terre,  sex  carectatas 
feni  singtdis  annis  &  decem  marcas  argenti  in  pecunia  numerata  ad 
quatuor  anni  terminos,  uidelicet  Natiuitatis  sancti  lohannis  Baptiste, 
sancti  Michaelis,  Natalis  Domini  &  Pasche  per  |  equales  porciones  foL  80^. 
sibi  per  predictos  abbatem  &  conuentum  annuatim  persoluendas  sub 
pena  centmn  solidorum  fabrice  ecclesie  nostre  Wygorniensi-is  applican- 
dorum  tociens  quociens  in  aliquo  dictorum  terminorum  defecerint  in 

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solacione  pecunie  supradicte ;  ceteris  omnibus  dicte  ecclesie  fructibus, 
redditibus,  prouentibus,  &  possessionibus  quibuscunque  cum  manso 
rectorie  eiusdem,  edificiis  &  gardinis  eidem  pertinentibus  penes  dictum 
abbatem  &  conuentum  &  eorum  monasterium  perpetuo  remansuris. 
Uolumus  eciam,  statuimus  &  ordinamus  quod  abbas  &  conuentus  pre- 
dicti  eorumque  monasterium  onera  pensionum,  imposicionimiy  episco- 
palia,  archidiaconalia  &  alia  onera  quecunque  ordinaria  &  extraordinaria 
ecclesie  de  Mukeltone  predicte  qualitercunque  incumbencia,  presencia 
&  futura,  quocunque  nomine  censeantur,  integraliter  persoluant,  subeant 
&  agnoscant.  Istam  autem  ordinacionem  nostram  ac  omnia  &  singula 
suprascripta  robur  habere  uolumus  perpetue  firmitatis ;  reseruata  nobis 
&  successoribus  nostris  plena  potestate  eam  corrigendi,  mutandi, 
augendi  &  minuendi  quociens  nobis  aut  eis  videbitur  expedire,  ac 
dignitate,  consuetudine  &  honore  nostris  &  ecclesie  nostre  cathedralis 
Wigorniensis  in  omnibus  semper  saluis.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium 
sigillum  nostrum  fecimus  hiis  apponi.  Data  Londonie  xxv  die  Maii, 
anno  Domini  mccclii  &  translacionis  nostre  tercio. 


671. 
Meritone. 

Aug.  z6,  Uniuersis  sancte  matris  ecclesie  filiis  presentes  litteras  inspecturis, 
1357'  lohannes  permissione  [diuina]  *  Lincolniensis  episcopus  salutem  in  eo 
qui  est  omnium  vera  salus.  Onerosa  nimis  sollicitudo  officii  pastoralis, 
cui  quanquam  inmeriti  presidemus,  laudabiles  acciones  attenta  con- 
sideracione  discuciens,  illas  pocioris  fauoris  presidio  prosequitur  in 
quibus  amplioris  deuocionis  studia  contemplatur.  Exhibite  siquidem 
nobis  pro  parte  dilectorum  filiorum  abbatis  &  conuentus  monasterii  de 
Enesham  ordinis  sancti  Benedicti  nostrorum  patronatus  &  diocesis 
peticionis  series  continebatur,  quod  ipsorum  monasterium  prelibatum, 
in  quo  in  pulcro  numero  monachorum  nocte  &  die  deseruitur  lauda- 
biliter  in  diuinis^  uiget  religio,  &  ampla  hospitalitas  pauperum  & 
aliorum  hominum  confluentium  ad  idem  monasterium  iuxta  uiam 
regiam  situatum  obseruari  hactenus  consueuit,  propter  temporum 
maliciam  &  eciam  tempestates  causasque  &  lites  quas '  tam  in  curia 
ecclesiastica  quam  eciam  seculari  a  multis  annis  preteritis  habuerunt,  { 

foL  8i'.  est  tam  graui  debitorum  onere  iam  depressum,  necnon  ipsius  facultates 
exinde  &  alias'  per  vltimam  generalem  hominum  pestilenciam  ad 
tantam  sterilitatem  &  penuriam  sunt  redacte  &  adeo  notabiliter  dimi* 

»  Omitted  in  MS.  •  «tlii«/  MS. 

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nute,  quod  ex  bonis,  fnictibus,  redditibus  &  prouentibus  ipsius  monas- 
terii  iam  exstantibus  nequeunt  idem  abbas  &  conuentus  commode 
sustentari  nee  hospitalitatem  solitam  &  alia,  consueta  inibi  fieri,  pietatis 
opera  obseruare,  nee  alia  onera  eisdem  incumbencia  supportare,  & 
quod  domus  &  edifieia  ac  officine  predied  monasterii  ac  maneriorum 
&  loeorum  eiusdem  adeo  iminente  comminantur  ruina,  quinimmo 
magna  pars  eonindem  corniit  &  notorie  est  collapsa,  &  quod  nisi 
eisdem  de  celerioris  reparacionis  remedio  suceurratur,  in  destruc- 
tionem  irreparabilem  eollabentur:  idemque  monasterium  ex  dictis 
causis  &  aliis  ad  desolaeionis  eciam  irremediabilis  obprobrium,  quod 
auertat  Altissimus,  verisimiliter  prothdolor  deducetur.  Quare  nobis 
humiliter  supplicarunt  ut  eis  patemo  compaeientes  afifectu,  in  aliqualem 
releuacionem  status  eorum  &  predicti  monasterii,  ecclesiam  paroehialem 
de  Meritone  nostre  dioeesis,  que  de  ipsorum  patronatu  existit  &  cuius 
fructus,  redditus  &  prouentus  septemdecim  marcarum  &  deeem  solido*^ 
rum  sterlingorum  iuxta  taxacionem  ad  decimam  valorem  annuum  non 
excedunt,  cum  suis  iuribus  &  pertinenciis,  eis  &  ipsorum  monasterio 
unire,  appropriare  &  annectere  imperpetuum  dignaremur.  Nos  igitur 
cupientes  quantum  cum  deo  possimus  eisdem  abbati  &  conuentui  & 
eorum  monasterio  patema  mansuetudine  prouidere  &  eorum  necessi- 
tatibus  subuenire,  dilectos  in  Christo  filios  decanum  &  capitulum 
ecclesie  nostre  Lincolniensis  ad  traclandtun  communiter  una  nobiscum 
super  &  de  appropriacione  &  vnione  diete  ecclesie  &  eius  causis 
mandauimus,  &  fecimus  ad  domum  nostram  capitularem  ecclesie 
nostre  Lincolniensis  predicte  ad  iterum  peremptorium  terminum  com- 
petentem  cum  contumacione,  prorogacione,  &  prefixione  terminorum 
&  dierum  sequencium,  eciam  usque  ad  finalem  expedicionem  huius- 
modi  unionis  negoeii,  coram  nobis  legitime  euocari;  habito  insuper 
&  premisso  dictis  loco  &  terminis  per  nos  super  premissis  cum  eisdem 
decano  &  capiiulo  traetatu  communi  &  frequenti  ac  diligent!  atque 
solempni,  ac  secutis  deliberadone  &  cause  cognicione  debitis  ae 
maturis  seu  in  huiusmodi  unione  quomodolibet  requisitis,  peracta  gesta 
&  habita  productaque  &  exhibita  in  huiusmodi  negocio  coram  nobis 
rite  &  legitime  vidimus  &  cognouimus  &  iam  cognoscimus  &  videmus 
premissa  nobis  suggesta  &  exposita  veritate  fulciri,  &  quod  patens 
necessitas  |  &  euidens  vtilitas  subsunt  &  requirunt  quod  fieri  debeat  foL  8i^. 
&  fiat  unio  &  appropriacio  supradicta.  Unde  Christi  nomine  inuocato 
•eam  decreuimus  &  iam  eciam  decernimus  faciendam :  et  de  communi, 
vnanimi  &  concordi  collaudacione,  consilio,  consensu  &  assensu  eonm- 
dem  decani  &  capituli,  necnon  omnium  &  singulorum  quorum  interest 
in  hac  parte,  &  concurrentibus  omnibus  &  singulis  in  hac  parte  de  iure 
requisitis,  predictam  paroehialem  ecclesiam  de  Meritone  cum  omnibus 

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siiis  iuribus  &  perdnenciis  uninersis  ex  dictis  causis  &  propter  eas  ac 
ad  supplicem  precum  instanciam  excellentissimi  principis  &  domini 
nostri  domini  Edwardi  dei  gracia  regis  Anglie  illustris  tercii  a  con- 
questu  &  al[ia]  legitime,  dictis  abbati  &  conuenttii  &  suis  successoribus 
ac  eorum  monasterio  auctoritate  ordinaria  &  diocesana  incorporamus, 
appropriamus,  applicamus,  annectimus  inperpetuum  &  unimus  ac  con- 
cedimus  in  vsus  suos  proprios  perpetuo  possidendam,  iurisdiccione, 
dignitate  &  iure  predicte  Lincolniensis  ecclesie  &  nostris  &  successonim 
nostrorum  &  cuiuscanque  alterius  a1[ia8]  in  omnibus  semper  saluis ; 
ita  quod  dilecto  filio  lohanne  de  Waure  eiusdem  ecclesie  ad  presens 
rectore  cedente  uel  decedente  seu  al[iter]  eandem  ecclesiam  quomodo- 
libet  dimittente,  liceat  eisdem  abbati  &  conuentui  &  eorum  successoribus 
possessionem  corporalem  dicte  ecclesie,  iurium  &  pertinenciarum  ipsius 
auctoritate  propria  libere  apprehendere  &  licite  retinere,  nostra  uel  ali- 
cuius  alterius  licencia  ad  hoc  minime  requisita;  reseruata  tamen  de  ipsius 
ecclesie  fiructibus  &  prouentibus  congrua  porcione  pro  vicario  perpetuo 
in  dicta  ecclesia  instituendo  &  Domino  seruituro,  quam  porcionem  in 
decem  marcis  numerate  pecunie  sterlingorum  fore  &  consistere  dum- 
taxat  decemimus  &  eciam  ordinamus,  per  abbatem  &  conuenttmi  pre- 
dictos  &  eorum  successores  ad  duos  anni  terminos,  videlicet  in  Testis 
Pasche  &  sancti  Michaelis,  per  equales  porciones  annis  singulis 
inperpetuum  persoluendis.  Reseruamus  insuper  nobis  &  succes- 
soribus nostris  episcopis  Lincolniensibus  nomine  recompensacionis, 
indempnitatis  &  commoditatis  que  de  dicta  ecclesia  obuenire  solebat 
in  singulis  vacacionibus  eiusdem  &  poterit  verisimiliter  obuenire, 
pensionem  annuam  uiginti  solidorum  sterlingorum,  ac  decano  & 
capitulo  ecclesie  nostre  Lincolniensis  decem  solidorum  ex  causa  con- 
simili,  in  festo  sancti  Michaelis  apud  Lincolniam  per  dictos  abbatem 
&  conuentum  annis  singulis  in  perpetuum  persoluendas  de  consensu 
eorundem  expresso.  £t  si  contingat,  quod  absit,  pensionem  alter- 
utram  huiusmodi  fore  in  aliquo  huiusmodi  termino  non  solutam, 
extunc  liceat  eo  ipso  &  non  seruato  alio  processu  nobis  &  succes- 
foL  89^  soribus  nostris  |  episcopis  Lincolniensibus  omnes  fructus,  redditus, 
&  prouentus  ipsius  ecclesie  sequestrare  &  sub  tuto  tenere  ^  sequestro 
donee  dicta  pensio  cum  suis  arreragiis  integre  fiierit*  persoluta. 
Onera  ordinaria  &  extraordinaria  omnia  &  singula  ad  dictam  ecclesiam 
pertinencia  quouismodo,  vt  refeccionem,  construccionem  seu  repara- 
cionem  cancelli,  fenestrarum,  vestimentorum,  &  aliorum  omamentorum 
quorumcunque,  necnon  solucionem  decime  cuiuscunque  currentis  ac 
sinodalium  &  aliorum  censutun  ipsam  ecclesiam  pro  tempore  concer- 

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nencium,  incensum,  luminare  in  cancello  quodcunque,  dictos  religiosos 
&  eorum  successores  supportare  volumus  &  ordinamus  imperpetuum 
suis  sumptibus  &  subire,  sed  panem  &  uinum  pro  sacramento  altaris 
vicarius  illius  ecclesie  propriis  sumptibus  exhibebit.  Dicti  insuper 
religiosi  domos  &  mansum  sufficientes  in  villa  de  Meritone  liberas  ab 
omni  decima  &  alio  onere  seculari  pro  inhabitacione  vicarii  predict! 
exhibebunty  constnient  &  &cient  prima  vice;  et  postea  vicarius  illius 
ecclesie  illas  reficiet  &,  si  opus  fuerit,  suis  propriis  sumptibus  inper- 
petuum  constniet  de  nouo.  Si  quid  vero  obscunmi,  ambigumn  seu 
dimitiuu[m]^  fiierit  in  premissis  vel  in  aliquo  eorundem^  potestatem 
illud  declarandi,  interpretandi,  eidemque  addendi  vel  subtrahend!  nobis 
&  successoribus  nostris  episcopis  Lincolniensibus  specialiter  reser- 
uamus.  In  quorum  omnium  testimonium  sigillum  nostrum  presentibus 
apposuimus  &  diet!  decanus  &  capitulimi  sigilltmi  suum  commune 
presentibus  apposuerunt.  £t  nos,  decanus  &  capitulum  Lincolniensis 
ecclesie  supradicte,  prehabito  simul  &  conununiter  cum  venerabili  patre 
domino  episcopo  predicto  super  premissis,  dictis  loco  &  terminis  vt 
prefertur,  tractatu  communi,  frequenti,  diligent!  &  solempni,  &  secutis 
deliberacione,  digestione  &  cause  cognicione  debitis  ac  sepius  recensitis 
demum  omnibus  &  singulis  predictis,  &  prout  superius  recitatur,  collau- 
dacionem,  consilium,  assensum  &  consensiun  nostrum  conununiter  & 
concorditer  prebuimus  &  prebemus.  In  quorum  testimonium  sigillum 
nostrum  commune  fecimus  hiis  apponL  Data  in  domo  capitular!  pre- 
dicta  xvii°^o  Kalendas  Septembris,  anno  Domini  mccc  quinquagesimo 
septimo.  Facte  fiierunt  incorporacio,  appropriacio,  applicacio,  con- 
nexion unio  &  concessio  supradicte  ecclesie  predicte  de  Meritone  in 
domo  capitulari  ecclesie  Lincolniensis  modo  &  forma  predictis  per 
venerabilem  patrem  dominum  lohannem  del  gracia  Lincolniensem 
episcopum  de  consensu  expresso  &  collaudacione  venerabilium  virorum 
magistrorum  Simonis  de  Biysle  decani,  Antonii  de  Goldesburghe  pre- 
centoris,  lohannis  de  Welbume,  Thome  S[ervientis] '  Hamonis  Beler 
subdecani,  Ricardi  de  Wyttewelle,  Radulfi  de  Ergham  &  Ade  de  |  Lym-  foL  8a^. 

berg*  [ ']  anno  ab  Incamacione  Domini  secundum  cursimi 

&  computacionem  ecclesie  Anglicane  millesimo  ccc  quinquagesimo 
septimo,  indiccione  decima,  pontificatus  serenissimi  in  Christo  patris 
&  domini  nostri  domini  Innocenci!  diuina  prouidencia  pape  sexti 
quinto,  mensis  August!  die  xvimo^  presentibus  reuerendis  viris  magistris 
Willelmo  de  Donne  archidiacono  Leycestrie,  &  lohanne  de  Carleton 
rectore  ecclesie  de  Sutton  legum  doctoribus,  domino  Waltero  Power 

'  Sic,     Perhaps   '  defecttniun  *   was  *  The  letters  In  brackets  are  doubt- 

meant,  or  <  dimicatiuum*,  if  sach  a      fiiL 
word  is  possible.  >  Two  lines  here  are  illegible. 


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canonico  Lincolniensi,  &  magistro  lohanne  de  [FjeUeseye  &  lohanne 
de  Denton,  notario  publico,  &  Willelmo  [...*]  offidali  archidiaconi 
Linc[olnien8is]  ft  aliis  tcstibus  ad  premissa  vocatis  specialiter  ft 
rogatis.' 

672. 
[Yamton.] 

Relaxacio  de  Erdyntone  facta  fiiit  ut  didtur  abbati  de  Regali  [loco »] 
anno  xxii*  regis  E[dwardi]  &  eodem  anno  termino  Trinitatis 
irrotulatur  rotido  primo  de  cartis  coram  luslic'  de  Banco. 

673. 
foi.  83^  Stoke  Abbatis. 

Oct.  Abbas  &  conuentus  de  Egnesham  tenent  manerium  de  Stoke  in 

130®.  pufam  &  perpetuam  elemosinam  in  capite  de  domino  episcopo 
Lincolniensi :  pro  quo  manerio  abbas  tenetur  ad  sectam  hundredi  de 
Dorcestria  per  se  uel  per  attomatum  suum  vel  finem  facere  pro  secta. 
Idem  abbas  habet  in  dicto  manerio  de  tenentibus  suis  visum  franci- 
plegii,  quem  tenebit  sen[escallus]  dicti  domini  episcopi  ad  usum  8c 
comodum  dicti  abbatis,  existente  &  presente  senescallo  abbatis,  si 
voluerit  interessse :  et  dominus  abbas  habebit  amerciamenta  dicti  visus 
franciplegii  pro  fine  cuius  franciplegii  tenentes  dicti  manerii  soluere 
tenentur  domino  episcopo  xiii  s.  iiii  d.,  ipsumque  senescallum  &  suos, 
dictum  visum  tenentes,  in  exculentis  &  poculentis  suis  sumptibus 
procurare. 

Inquisicio  diligens  capta  ibidem  de  iuribus,  pertinenciis,  &  valore 
manerii  per  xii  iuratores  de  homagio  coram  fratre  Nicholao  de  Vptone, 
nuper  abbate  dicti  monasterii,  &  fratre  lohanne  de  Huntyngdone, 
celerario  dicti  monasterii,  anno  domini  mccclxvi^  mense  Octobris  & 
domini  Galfridi  de  Lambum  dicti  monasterii  tunc  abbatis  xv^o :  qui 
dicunt  super  sacramentum  suum  quod  dictus  dominus  abbas  ft  eiusdem 
loci  conuentus  sunt  ibidem  patroni  ecclesie  ft  habent  presentare  ad 
ecclesiam  quociens  vacauerit:  item  dicunt  quod  idem  abbas  & 
conuentus  percipiunt  medietatem  decimarum  omnium  garbarum 
tocius  parochie.  Item  dicunt  quod  de  quibusdam  certis  terns  ibidem, 
vt  patebit  inferius,  decimam  integram  garbarum  percipit  elemosinarius 

^  One  or  two  words  are  illegible.  Danelmensis  diocesis  \    Much  of  this 

'  The  deed  ends  with  an  attestation  clause  of  attestation  is  illegible. 

by  a  public  notary;  his  name  seems  to  '  Omitted  in  MS. 

be  *  lohannes  de  Bratmscepath  dericus  *  Possibly  xxiii. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  119 

monasterii  predicd.  Item  dicrnit  quod  rector  ibidem  habet  mansnm 
cum  clauso  &  continet  quatuor  acras  &  duas  virgatas  terre  cum 
pertinenciis  amiexis  \stc\  rectorie  sue.  Item  dicunt  quod  idem  rector 
clamat  habere  housebote  &  haibote  sufficienter  de  bosco  domini  per 
hberacionem  ministroram  domini:  item  dicunt  quod  idem  rector 
clamat  pasturam  duarum  vaccarum  cum  vaccis  domini  &  pasturam 
vnius  afifri  in  estate  cum  affr[is]  domini.  Item  dicunt  quod  idem 
rector  dabit  de  annua  pendone  ad  festum  sancti  Michaelis  vnam 
libram  piperis ;  item  dicunt  quod  abbas  aliquando  percepit  *  medieta- 
tem  minutarum  decimarum;  tandem  abbas  &  conuentus  &  rector 
conuenerunt  per  composicionem,  vt  amodo  rector  soluat  abbati 
annuatim  ad  Pascha  pro  huiusmodi  decimis  v  s. :  item  dicunt  quod 
abbas  non  decimat  aliquid  rectori,  nee  rector  abbati :  set  elemosinarius 
dicti  monasterii  perdpere  consueuit  dedmam  omnium  garbarum  de 
terris  dominicis  integnditer :  item  dicunt  quod  elemosinarius  percipit 
integram  decimam  garbarum  vnius  virgate  terre  preter  croftum, 
quondam  lohannis  lohan  nunc  lohannis  Thoms':  item  dicunt  quod 
elemosinarius  percipit  decimam  integram  garbarum  vnius  dimidie 
virgate  terre  quondam  Thome  |  Touneshend,  nunc  Willelmi  Irland  :  fol.  83^ 
item  dicunt  quod  idem  elemosinarius  percipit  decimam  integram 
garbarum  de  quatuor  acris  de  vna  virgata  terre  quas'  lohannes 
Hetherand'  iunior  nunc  tenet,  quarum  due  acre  iacent  in  maiori 
campo  boriali  &  se  extendunt  ad  angulum  de  Merslade  &  vna  acra 
iacet  in  campo  australi  iuxta  Togyntwey  &  vna  acra  iacet  apud 
Crowethom' ;  item  dicunt  quod  idem  elemosinarius  percipit  decimam 
integram  garbarum  de  tenemento  quondam  Waleys,  nunc  Walteri 
atte  Welle,  quarum  vna  acra  iacet  in  medio  campo,  tendens  in 
Togynteweye,  vna  acra  iacet  iuxta  Withmullehulweye,  vna  acra  & 
forera  iacet  apud  le  Lynche,  vna  acra  iacet  in  Stineland  in  maiori 
campo  boriali:  item  dicunt  quod  idem  percipit  decimam  integram 
garlxirum  de  duabus  acris  terre  iacentibus  apud  Wolfeyesle,  quondam 
de  dominicis,  nunc  lohannis  Wichside:  item  dicunt  quod  idem 
percipit  ^  de  vna  acra  iacente  apud  Chishulle,  quondam  de  dominicis, 
nunc  lohannis  Hetherand'  senioris  pro  quodam  excambio  cuiusdam 
acre  terre  ad  finem  ville,  nunc  edificat[e] :  item  dicunt  quod  idem 
percipit  integram  decimam  garbarum  de  quadam  cultura  in  campo 
australi  nuncupata  Schortforlong',  quondam  de  dominicis,  nunc 
Walteri  atte  Welle  ad  terminum  vite ;  et  de  alia  culttua  sub  Rykyn- 
downe,  nunc  dicti  Walteri,  quondam  de  dominicis :  item  dicunt  quod 

1  '  percipit.'  MS.  *  »  *  qnos,'  MS. 

«  or  *  Thouii.'  *  Supply  '  decimam*. 


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idem  elemosinarius  perdpit  decitnam  feni  de  quinque  acris  prati  in  prato 
de  Stoke,  vnde  ii  acre  de  ten[emento]  Waleys,  nunc  dicti  Walteri, 
ii  acre  quondam  le  Bartour,  nunc  lohannis  le  Clerc,  &  vna  acra 
quondam  Harpedene,  nunc  Roberti  Lilie:  item  dicunt  per  sacra- 
mentum  suum  quod  manerium  predictum  constat  de  iuribus,  perti- 
nenciis,  &  portionibus  subsequentibus,  ludelicet  quod  dictum  manerium 
sufficienter  edificatur,  vt  de  aula,  cameris,  coquina,  grangia,  &  aliis 
domibus  diuersorum  oficiorum  \sic\  &  continet  duas  acras  preter  xii 
perticas  &  dimidiam  &  valet  annuatim  vltra  reprisas  vi  s.  viii  d« :  item 
dicunt  quod  sunt  ibidem  tres  campi,  uidelicet  campus  australis, 
campus  medius,  &  campus  aquilonaris,  vnde  duo  seminantur  annuatim, 
tercius  uero  iacet  warettu& 
Campus  australis :  | 
fol.  84'.  ^  ^^^  campo  habet  dominus  vnam  culturam  nuncupatam  ChisshuUe 
in  qua  sunt  iii  cullure  &  quatuor  seliones  transversaies  in  pede.  In 
prima  cultura  tendente  in  Gorynggespathe  sunt  vi  ac.  xxi  perticate, 
dim.  pertic. :  in  cultura  superiori  tendente  in  Togynwey  sunt  vi  acre 
xxvii  perticate,  dimid.  perticata:  in  cultura  sub  dictis  culturis  a 
Tog3aiwey  vsque  Goryngespathe  sunt  ix  acre  &  dimidia  &  due 
perticate.  In  quatuor  selionibus  transuersalibus  sub  pede  sunt  una 
acra,  xxxv  perticate ;  &  valet  acra  iiii  d.,  vnde  acra  seminari  potest 
de  iii  b[ussellis]  frmnenti  &  de  iiii  b[ussellis]  ordei. 

Summa  acrarum  xxiiii  acre,  vi  pertice. 

Summa  extente  viii  s. 
In  cultura  de  ^ortforlong  sunt  vna  acra,  iii  rode,  viii  perticate 
&  dimidia  perticata ;  &  valet  acra  ii  d. 

Summa  acrarum  i  acra,  iii  rode,  viii  pertice  &  dimidia. 

Summa  extente  iii  d  ob. 
In  eodem  campo    habet    dominus    vnam    culturam    nuncupatam 
Reueland  &  continet  iii  acras,  iii  rodas,  iii  perticatas;  &  valet  acra 
iii  d. 

Summa  acrarum  iii  ac.,  iii  rod.,  iii  pert. 

Siunma  extente  xi  d.  qua. 
In  eodem  campo  est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  WytebuUe  ^  continet 
ii    acras,  iii  rodas,  xi  perticatas  &  dimidiam  perticatam;  &  valet 
acra  i  d. 

Summa  acrarum  ii  ac.,  iii  rod.,  xi  pertic.  &  dimid. 

Summa  extente  ii  d.  ob.  qua. 
In  eodem  campo  est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Longforlong  &  continet 
iiii  acras,  i  rodam,  xxvii  pertic,  dimidiam ;  &  valet  acra  iiii  d. 

Summa  acrarum  iiii  ac.,  i  rod.,  xxvii  pert.  &  dim. 

Smnma  extente  xvii  d.  ob. 


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In  eodem  campo  est  vna  cultura  apud  Porthwey  &  continet  iii  acras, 
xxvii  pertic,  dimidiam ;  &  valet  acra  it  d. 

Summa  acrarum  iii  ac.,  xxvii  pert.  &  dimid. 

Summa  extente  vi  d.  qua.  | 
In  eodem  campo  est  vna  cultura  nuncupata  Rykendoune,  vnde  in  fol.  84^ 
cultura  prope  le  Stone  ex  parte  occidentali  montis  sunt  iiii  acre,  iii 
rode,  ii  perticate  &  dimidia.  In  duabus  culturis  iacentibus  in  longum 
super  le  Doune  sub  vno  mensurat[u]  continentur  xiiii  acre,  iii  rode :  in 
alia  cultura  ibidem  tendente  in  Ikeneldeswey  continentur  xii  ac,  xxi 
pertic. ;  &  valet  acra  i  d. 

Summa  acrarum  xxxi '  ac.,  &  dim.,  xxiii  pertic.  &  dim. 

Summa  extente  ii  s.  vii  *  d.  ob.  dim.  qua. 
Mosenhulle  in  eodem  campo;  est  vna  cultura  &  continet  iiii 
forlong' :  in  prima  cultura  iacente  per  latus  de  Ikeneldeswey,  tendente 
in  quatuor  selionibus'  long[is]  in  valle  &  pro  parte  in  latere  de  Cates- 
brayn,  vsque  capud  eiusdem  continentur  xx  acre,  iii  rode,  ii  perticate 
&  dimidia:  a  dicto  capite  de  Catesbrayn  vsque  ad  capud  culture 
nuncupate  Seuenacre  versus  orientem  continentur  xiiii  ac,  iii  rode : 
in  cultura  superiori  ibidem  tendente  in  cultur[am]  inferiorem  ibidem 
continentur  xi  acre,  preter  vnam  ^  perticat[am]  &  dimidiam :  in  cultura 
de  Catesbrayn  continentiu:  vii  acre,  iii  rode,  xxii  perticate :  in  iiii 
selionibus  predictis  in  valle  continentur  ii  acre  preter  ii  perticatas ;  & 
valet  acra  ii  d. 

Summa  acrarum  Ivi  ac  &  dim.  acra,  xxi  pertic. 

Summa  extente  ix  s.  v  d.  dim.  qua. 
In  eodem  campo  est  vna  cultura  iacens  supra  le  Linche  iuxta  viam 
regiam  versus  Egslade,  &  continet  iiii  acras,  i  rodam,  ii  pertic.  & 
dimidiam;  ft  valet  acra  i  d. 

Summa  acrarum  iiii  ac,  i  rod,  ii  pertic.  ft  dim. 

Summa  extente  iiii  d.  qua. 
In  cultura  ibidem  sub  le  Lynche  continentur  v  acre,  xxv  perticate; 
ft  valet  acra  i  d. 

Summa  acrarum  v  ac,  xxv  pertic. 

Summa  extente  v  d.  dim.  qua. 
In  eodem  campo  est  vna  cultura  sub  Ikeneld,  ft  continet  ii  acras  ft 
dimidiam  acram,  v  perticatas ;  ft  valet  acra  i  d. 

Summa  acrarum  ii  acre,  dim.,  v  pertic 

Sonmia  extente  ii  d.  ob. 

»  *xxi;Ma 

«'vi/MS. 

*  We   should  haye   expected  'leliones*. 

*  « vna;  MS. 


122  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

In  cultura  nuncupata  vii  acre;  in  eodem  continentur  iiii  acre,  iii 
rode,  &  xix  pertic. ;  &  valet  acra  i  d. 

Summa  acrarum  iiii  ac,  iii  rod,  xix  pert 
Summa  extente  iiii  d.  ob.  qua.  dim.  qua.  | 
foL  85'.        Summa  acrarum  campo  australi  cxxxvi  ac,  xii  pertic.  &  dim. 

Summa  extente  istius  campi  xxiiii  s.  x  d.  ob.  qua. 

Campus  medius  inter  australem  &  aquilonarem : 
Est  vna  cultura  iuxta  curiam  dicti  manerii  extra  portam  orientalem 
&  vocatur  Churcbecroft,  &  continet  iiii  acras  &  dim.,  x  pert  Sc  dim. 
preter  hayam;  &  valet  acra  iiii  d. 

Summa  acrarum  iiii  ac.  &  dim.,  x  pertic.  &  dim. 
Summa  extente  xviii  d.  qua. 
In  cultura  nuncupata  Mulleplek'  in  eodem  campo  continentur 
preter  le  Mullehulle  vna  acra  &  dim.,  xii  pertic.  &  dim. ;  &  valet  acra 
lid. 

Summa  acrarum  ii  ac.  &  dim.,  xii  pert.  &  dim. 
Summa  extente  iii  d.  &  dim.  qua. 
In  cultura  superiori  de  Hondesland  super  montem  continentur  ii  ac., 
i  rod.  &  dim.,  v  pertic.  &  dim.  &  quart.;  &  valet  acra  iii  d. 
Summa  acrarum  ii  ac,  i  rod.  dim.,  v  pertic.  &  dim. 
Summa  extente  vii  d. 
In  cultura  inferiori  ibidem  nuncupata  Hondesland  continentur  iii  ac. 
dim.^  ii  pertic.  &  dim.  &  quart. ;  &  valet  acra  iii  d. 

Summa  acrarum  iii  ac.  &  dim.,  ii  pertic,  iii  quart. 
Summa  extente  x  d.  ob. 
In  cultura  apud  Stanselythome  continentur  iii  ac.  dim.,  iii  pert.  & 
quart ;  &  valet  acra  i  d.  ob. 

Summa  acrarum  ii  ac  &  dim.,  iii  pertic.  &  quart. 
Summa  extente  v  d.  qua. 
In  cultura  apud  Portewey  in  eodem  campo  continentur  iii  ac,  xvi 
pertic. ;  &  valet  acra  i  d. 

Summa  acrarum  iii  ac.  xvi  pert 
Summa  extente  iii  d.  dim.  qua. 
In  cultura  apud  le  Berwe  continentur  iiii  ac,  iii  rod.  preter  vnam 
perticatam ;  &  valet  acra  i  d. 

Summa  acrarum  iiii  ac,  iii  rod.  preter  vnam  pert. 
Summa  extente  iiii  d.  ob.  qua. 
In  cultura  apud  Ikeneld  tendente  in  le  Southewey  continentur  iii  ac, 
i  roda,  ii  pert. ;  &  valet  acra  i  d.  | 
foL  85^.  Summa  acrarum  iii  ac,  i  rod.,  ii  pert 

Summa  extente  iii  d.  qua. 


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In   cultura  de  Hethforlong  propinquiore   Hcenelde,  tendente    in 
Northwey  continentur  iii  ac.  &  dim.,  x  pertic;  &  valet  ac.  i  d 
Summa  acrarum  iii  ac.  &  dim.,  x  pertic. 
Smnma  extente  iii  d.  ob. 
In  cultura  atte  Ljnche  in  isto  campo  continentur  iii  ac,  iii  rod,  viii 
pert.;  &  valet  acra  id 

Summa  acrarum  iii  ac,  iii  rod.,  viii  pert 
Summa  extente  iii  d.  ob.  qua. 
In  cultura  nuncupata  Woluemedene  sunt  duo  culture.    In  ilia  cultura 
tendente  versus  aquilonem  &  austrum  continentur  ii  ac.  &  dim.,  ii 
pertic  &  dim, :  in  Ula  cultiua  tendente  versus  orientem  &  occidentem 
continentur  iii  acre,  i  roda,  xxiiii  pertic ;  &  valet  acra  i  d. 
Summa  acrarum  v  ac,  iii  rod,  xxv  pert.  &  dim. 
Summa  extente  v  d.  ob.  qua.  &  dim.  qua. 
In  cultura  atte  Noke  sunt  due  culture :  in  cultura  tendente  versus    * 
orientem  &  occidentem  continentur  v  ac.  &  dim.,  ii  pert  &  dim. :  in  alia 
cultura  ibidem  tendente  versus  aquilonem  &  austrum  continentur  xii  ac, 
i  rod. ;  in  angulo  ibidem  continentur  xxxvi  perticate ;  &  valet  acra  i  d. 
Summa  acrarum  xix  ac  preter  i  pert.  &  dim. 
Summa  extente  xix  d. 
£t  quia  iste  campus  est  minor  aliis  duobus  campis,  ideo  parous 
campus  aquilonaris  adiungitur  isto  campo  medio.    In  cultura  nuncu- 
pata Hechyngforlonge  in  isto  campo  continentur  iii  ac  &  dim.,  xxii 
pertic.  &  dim. ;  &  valet  acra  iii  d. 

Summa  acrarum  iii  ac  ft  dim.,  xxii  pert.  &  dim. 
Summa  extente  x  d  ob.  qua.  &  dim.  qua. 
In  cultura  nuncupata  Middelplek'  ibidem  continentur  v  ac,  xxxviii 
pert.  &  quart. ;  &  valet  acra  iii  d. 

Summa  acrarum  v  ac,  xxxviii  pertic,  &  quart. 
Summa  extente  xv  d.  ob.  qua. 
In  cultura  apud  Merediche  inter  dominium  de  Stoke  Abbas  &  Stoke 
Marmion  continentur  v  ac,  xiiii  pert,  ft  dim. ;  ft  valet  acra  iii  d. 
Summa  acrarum  v  ac,  xiii  pert  ft  dim. 
Summa  extente  xv  d.  qua.  | 
Summa  acrarom  istius  medii  campi  cum  paroo  campo  aquilonari  fol.  SG'. 
eidem  adiuncto  Ixxiii  ac,  iii  rod.,  xxix  pert.,  iii  quart,  pertic 

Summa  extente  acranmi  dicti  medii  campi  ix  s.  xi  d.  qua.  dim.  qua. 
Campus  aquilonaris : 

In  cultura  nuncupata  Bottesacres  continentur  ii  ac  ft  dim.,  i  roda, 
i  pertic. ;  ft  valet  acra  iiii  d. 

Stunma  acrarum  ii  ac  ft  dim.,  i  roda,  i  pertica. 
Summa  extente  xi  d. 


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In  eodem  campo  est  vna  cultura  vkra  Togynwey  &  continet  iiii  ac., 
i  rodam,  xxvii  pert.  &  dim. ;  &  valet  acra  iii  d. 

Summa  acrarum  iiii  ac.,  i  roda,  xxvii  pert.  &  dim. 
Summa  extente  xii  d.  ob.  qua.  &  dim.  qua. 
In  quatuor  selionibus  sub  Luttelhulle  continentur  ii  ac.,  ii  pertic. ;  & 
valet  acra  ii  d. 

Summa  acrarum  ii  ac,  ii  pert. 
Summa  extente  iiii  d. 
In  cultura  apud  Luttelhulle  continentur  iiii  ac.,  &  dim.,  xx  pert. ;  & 
valet  acra  ii  d. 

Summa  acrarum  iiii  ac.  &  dim.,  xx  pert. 
Summa  extente  ix  d.  qua. 
In  cultura  de  LongfcA-long  in  isto  campo  continentur  iiii  ac,  iii  rod., 
xxxi  pert ;  &  valet  acra  iiii  d. 

Summa  acrartun  iiii  ac,  iii  rod.,  xxxi  pert. 
Simima  extente  xix  d.  ob.  qua. 
In  cultura  apud  Chalkeputtes  continentur  iii  ac,  xxiii  pert. ;  &  valet 
acra  iii  d. 

Summa  acrarum  iii  ac,  xxiii  pert. 
Summa  extente  ix  d.  qua.  dim.  qua. 
In  quatuor  selionibus  sub   Hankynslynche   propinquioribus  Stoke 
Marmyon  continentur  i  ac,  i  rod.,  preter  i  pertic ;  &  valet  acra  i  d. 
Summa  acranun  i  ac,  i  rod.  preter  i  pertic. 
Sununa  extente  i  d.  qua. 
In  cultura  de  Hankynslynche  contmentur  iiii  ac,  i  rod.,  i  pert. ;  & 
valet  acra  i  d.  ob. 

Summa  acrarum  iiii  ac,  i  rod.,  i  pertic. 
Summa  extente  vii  d.  qua.  dim.  qua.  | 
fol.  86^.        In  cultura  de  Waytyngdene  propinquiori  Stoke  Marmion  continentur 
i  acra,  xxxii  pertic. ;  &  valet  acra  i  d. 

Summa  acrarum  i  ac,  xxxii  pertic. 
Summa  extente  i  d.  ob.  qua.  dim.  qua. 
In  cultura  ibidem  nuncupata  Middeforlong  continentur  ii  acre,  iii 
rode,  vii  pert. ;  &  valet  acra  i  d. 

Summa  acrarum  ii  ac,  iii  rod.,  vii  pertic 
Summa  extente  ii  d.  ob.  qua. 
In  cultura  ibidem  propinquiore  le  MuUehuUe  continentur  i  ac, 
xxii  pertic ;  &  valet  acra  i  d. 

Summa  acrarum  i  ac,  xxii  pertic. 
Summa  extente  i  d.  dim.  qua. 
In  cultura  de  Stynynlond  continentur  iiii  acre,  iii  rod. ;   &  valet 
acra  i  d. 


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Summa  acraram  iiii  ac.,  iii  rod. 
Summa  extente  iiii  d.  ob.  qua. 
In  cultura  de  Piryforlong  continentur  ii  acre,  iii  rod.,  xvii  pertic.  ; 
in  angulo  ibidem  continentur  xxx  pertic. ;  &  valet  acra  i  d.  ob. 
Summa  acranim  iii  ac.,  vii  pertic. 
Summa  extente  iiii  d.  ob. 
In  cultura  de  Holinthome  continentur  i  ac,  iii  rod.,  preter  vnam 
perticam ;  in  angulo  ibidem  continentur  i  roda,  xxii  pertic.  &  dim. ; 
&  valet  acra  i  d. 

Summa  acranim  ii  ac.,  xxi  pertic.  &  dim. 
Summa  extente  ii  d.  dim.  qua. 
In  quatuor  selionibus  iacentibus  sub  le  Mere  de  Benesyngdone 
tendentibus  versus  aquilonem  &  austnim  i  acra,  xv  pertic.  dim. ;  & 
valet  acra  i  d. 

Summa  acrarum  i  ac,  xv  pertic.  &  dimid. 
Summa  extente  i  d.  dim.  qua. 
In   quatuor  selionibus  sub  le  Mere  ibidem  tendentibus  versus 
orientem  &  occidentem  continentur  i  ac.,  preter  vi  pertic;   &  valet 
acra  i  d. 

Summa  acrarum  i  ac.  preter  vi  pertic. 
Summa  extente  i  d. 
In  cultura  de  Scherdelynche  continentur  v  ac,  iii  rod.,  xviii  pertic 
&  iii  quart ;  &  valet  acra  i  d. 

Summa  acrartmi  v  ac,  iii  rod.,  xviii  pertic.  preter  quart[eria]. 
Summa  extente  v  d.  ob.  qua.  dim.  qua.  | 
In  cultura  de  Grenewey  continentur  ii  acre,  iii  rode,  iii  pertic  &  iii  fol.  87'. 
quarteria  pertic. ;  &  valet  acra  i  d. 

Summa  acrarum  ii  ac,  iii'rode,  iii  pertic,  iii  quarteria  pertice. 
Summa  extente  ii  d.  ob.  qua. 
In  cultura  super  Benesyngdon  continentur  xii  ac,  preter  v  pertic 
&  dimidiam;  &  valet  acra  i  d. 

Summa  acrarum  xii  ac,  preter  v  pertic  &  dimid. 
Summa  extente  xii  d. 
Cultura  de  Wolfayesle  non  mensuratur;   quondam  tradebatur  ad 
firmam  pro  iii  s.  per  annum ;  nunc  remanet  in  manus  domini. 
Summa  acrarum  istius  campi  aquilonaris 

Ixiiii  ac.  &  dimid.,  xxiiii  pertic. 
Summa  extente  dictamm  acrarum  preter  Wolfayesle 

ix  s.  V  d.  ob.  qua. 

Cultura  de  Childeslonde,  que  est  in  procinctu  de  Goiyngge  &  iacet 

pro  parte  sub  Appelhenger,  mensuratur  sub  tribus  figuris.    In  prima 

cultura  iacente  sub  Appelhenger  &  iuxta  Ikeneldeswey,  pro  parte 


126  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

extendentc  *  versus  MosenhuUe,  vsque  le  Thorn  atte  Grenewey  conti- 
nentur  xxvi  ac,  xx  pertic. :  in  cultura  inferiori  a  dicto  Grenemere 
usque  Bikehegge  supra  vii  cultur[as],  vocat[as]  vii  ac[ras],  condnentur 
xiiii  aCy  iii  rod.,  x  pertic. :  in  cultura  superiori  ibidem  a  Bikenhegge 
vsque  Garynggeshay  condnentur  x  ac.,  i  roda,  xxvi  pertic. ;  &  valet 
acra  i  d.  Pro  ista  terra  habet  dominus  communam  pasturam  cum 
omnibus  aueriis  suis  de  Stoke  in  quingentis  acris  camporum  de 
Gaiynges,  vt  declarabitur  infra. 

Summa  acrarum  li  ac.,  i  rod,  xvi  pertic. 
Summa  extente  vi  s.  v  d. 
Summa  omnium  acrarum  trium  camporum  cum  Childeslond,  preter 
culturam  de  Wolfisiyesle  non  mensuratam 

cccxxv  ac,  i  pertic.  &  quart. 
Summa  extente  dictanmi  acrarum  preter  Wolfayesle 

xlix  8.  viii  d.  ob.  qua.  dim.  qua. 

Dominus  habet  pratum  ibidem  supra  Thamisiam,  &  est  separale 

per  totum  annum ;  bis  falcatur  &  continet  xvii  ac.,  ix  pertic. ;  &  valet 

fol.  87^.    prima  |  vestura  cuiuslibet    acre  iiii  s. ;   vestura  secunde  falcacionis 

relucri '  valet  xx  d. ;  &  sic  acra  valet  annuatim  nisi  diluuium  impediat 

V  s.  viii  d. 

Summa  acrarum  xvii  ac,  ix  pertic 
Summa  extente  iiii  lib.  xvi  s.  viii  d.  ob. 
Pastura.    Dominus    habet    ibidem    vnam   pasturam  nuncupatam 
Couwelesewe  &  est  8eparal[e]  per  totum  annum,  &  continet  ii  ac, 
iii  rod.,  xxi  pertic.  dim. ;  &  valet  acra  xvi  d* 

Summa  acrarum  ii  ac,  iii  rod.,  xxi  pert  ft  dim. 
Summa  extente  iii  s.  x  d. 
Dominus  habet  ibidem  aliam  pasturam  nuncupatam  le  Hale  &  est 
pastura  afifr[orum],  &  est  separale  [sic]  per  totum  annum,  &  continet 
ii  ac,  iii  rod,  xxxi  pertic  &  dimidiam ;  &  valet  acra  xii  d 
♦  Summa  acrarum  ii  ac,  iii  rod.,  xxxi  pertic  &  dim. 

Summa  extente  ii  s.  xi  d.  qua. 
In  crofto  de  Merslade  superiori  continentor  preter  haias  ft  fossata 
ii  ac.  ft  dimid.,  xiiii  pertic ;  ft  est  separale  per  totum  annum ;  ft  valet 
acra  viii  d 

Summa  acrarum  ii  ac,  dimid.,  xiiii  pertic 
Summa  extente  xix  d.  qua. 
In  crofto  de  Merslade  inferiori,  per  totum  annum  separale,  conti- 
nentur  ii  ac   preter   iii  pertic,  exceptis  haiis  ft  fossatis;   ft  valet 
acra  xii  d. 

»  'cxtendimtur,*MS. 

'  Dncange  gites  no  sooh  word :  ao  doubt  it  meang  '  aftermath  '• 


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Summa  acrarum  ii  ac.  preter  iii  pertic. 
Summa  extente  ii  s. 
£t  memorandum  quod  dicte  pasture  vna  cum  pastura  prati  post 
falcacionem  relucri  sufficientes  sunt  pro  sustentacione  xiiii  afifrorum, 
i  tauri,  viii  vaccarum,  &  exitus  eonindem  vsque  iniugantur. 

Dominus  habet  ibidem  communem  pasturam  tam  in  campis  de 
Stoke  quam  in  quingentis  acris  terre  in  campis  de  Goryngges  racione 
&  occasione  de  Childeslond  pro  quingentis  multonibus;  &  valet 
pastura  cuiuslibet  per  annum  obolum. 

Summa  extente  huius  pasture  xx  s*  xd. 
Summa  extente  pratorum  &  pasturarum  vi  lib.  viii  s.  xd. 

Dominus  habet  ibidem  piscariam  videlicet  medietatem  Thamisie 
a  le  Merediche  inter  bundas  de  Parua  Stoke  &  terminum  manerii 
de  Stoke  |  Abbatis  &  durat  vsque  Romisford^  cum  illo  cursu  aque,  fol.  88^. 
qui  exiit  a  Thamisia  ad  finem  prati  domini  &  currit  pro  parte  per 
pratum  domini  &  pasturam  vaccarum  &  le  Hale  vsque  ad  finem 
de  Je  Coueyt,  cum  vna  parua  insula  ad  finem  prati  domini  &  nuncu- 
patur  Coueyt,  &  est  semper  separale  &  traditur  ad  firmam  pro  ix  s« 
per  annum. 

Sunmia  ix  s. 
Boscus.  Dominus  habet  boscum  apud  Egslade,  &  habet  in 
longitudine  per  viam  regiam  ix  stadia  &  xi  pertic,  &  continet  in  toto 
cum  angulo  cccxlviii  acras,  vnam  rodam  &  dimid.,  &  quartam  partem 
vnius  rode,  &  est  communis  ad  pasturandum  animalia  tenencium  de 
Stoke  &  Wodecote  &  non  forinc[ecis],  excepto  quod  canonid  de 
Cauersham*  dant  domino  annuatim  ii  lib.  bone  cere  pro  communa 
habenda  in  dicto  bosco  cum  aueriis  suis. 

Dictiis  boscus  est  sufficiens  ad  inueniendum  housebote  &  hajbot 
pro  manerio  de  Stoke  &  eciam  rectori  loci  &  valet  per  annum 
xiii  s.  iiii  d. :  de  eodem  bosco  annuatim  sine  dlstrucdone  &  vasto 
vendi  possunt  Ix  solid[ate]. 

Smnma  acrarum  cccxlviii  ac.^  i  roda  &  dim.,  quartam  partem 

rode. 
Sununa  valoris  bosd  Ixxiii  s.  iiii  d. 
Dominus  habet  ibidem  vnam  grauam  vltra  Appulhonger  nuncu- 
patam  Wellegroue,  &  continet  vnam  acram,  xiii  pertic.  &  dimid., 
&  valet  subboscus  eiusdem  annuatim  xviii  d. 

Summa  acrarum  i  ac.,  xii  [sic]  pertic.  dim« 
Summa  valoris  xviii  d. 

^  ?  RowDsford.  parish  of  CtTenham  reaches  the  boim- 

*  The  canoDS  of  Notley  Abbey,  who      daries  of  South  Stoke, 
had   a   grange   at   Cavenham.     The 


128  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Dominus  habet  ibidem  vnum  molendinum  ventricium  irreparatum, 
ad  quod  omnes  tenentes  natiue  de  Stoke  &  Wodecote  tenentur 
molare  si  repararetur :  tunc  valeret  per  annum  xxx  s.  Item  elemosi- 
narius  percipere  consueuit  ibidem  decimam  bladorum  de  terns  domi- 
nicis,  &  valent  annuatim  1  s. :  decima  quinque  acranim  prati,  quam 
idem  percipere  consueuit,  valet  annuatim  ii  s. :  decima  garbarum 
de  terris,  quam  idem  integraliter  percipere  consueuit,  valet  annuatim 
xiii  s.  iiii  d. :  idem  alibi  percipit  medietatem  omnium  bladorum  decima- 
bilium  tocius  parochie  de  Stoke,  &  valet  communi  ^  anno  viii  lib. 
Summa  decimarum  predictarum  xi  lib.  v  s.  iiii  d.  | 

fol.  88^.        Tenentes  de  Stoke : — 

Walterus  Atte  Welle  &  Isabella  vxor  eiusdem  tenent  quoddam 
tenementum  cum  certis  terris  &  pratis  ad  terminum  vite  sue  per 
cartam  abbatis  &  conuentus,  que  quondam  fuerunt  lohannis  Walejrs 
pro  annuo  redditu  quatuor  solidorum;  &  tenementum  iacet  ex 
opposito  porte  curie  domini  sub  cimiterio,  &  faciei  prout  in  carta 
continetur. 

lohannes  Uyncent  tenet  vnum  tenementum  &  vnam  virgatam  terre, 
que  constat  ex  vna  acra  super  quam  tenementum  edificatur,  xv  acris 
terre  campestribus  &  vna  acra  prati.  Idem  reddit  ad  terminiun 
sancti  Michaelis  de  redditu  xv  d. ;  idem  reddit  de  redditu  ad  terminum 
sancti  Thome  apostoli  ii  s.  id.;  idem  reddit  de  redditu  ad  terminum 
Annunciacionis  xv  d. ;  idem  reddit  de  redditu  ad  terminum  sancti 
lohannis  Baptiste  xv  d. ;  idem  debet  arare  dimidiam  acram  ad  semen 
hyemale  inter  festa  sancti  Michaelis  &  sancti  Martini  episcopi,  &  valet 
arura  iii  d. ;  idem  si  habeat  porcos  ad  idem  festuni  sancti  Martini 
dabit  pannagium  pro  porco  vnius  anni  i  d. ;  pro  porco  dimidii  anni 
obolum;  idem  dabit  cariagium  allec[iarum]  vsque  Egnesham  ad 
idem  festum  sancti  Martini  i  d.,  vel  •  car[iabit]  de  Henle  vsque 
Egnesham,  &  iam  vocatur  Heryngsiluer ;  idem  dabit  domino  ad 
festum  Natalis  Domini  vnam  gallinam  &  valet  ii  d.,  &  ante  Pascha 
X  oua  &  valent  obolum ;  idem  cariare  consueuit  vnam  carectatam ' 
bosci  de  bosco  de  Egslade  vsque  manerium  de  Stoke,  &  appreciatur 
opus  ad  i  d.  &  iam  vocatur  Lodpeny ;  idem  sarculabit  blada  domini 
per  vniun  diem  cum  vno  homine  sine  cibo  domini,  &  valet  opus  diei 
ii  d.;  idem  falcabit  pratum  domini  per  duos  dies,  &  valet  falcacio 
diei  vi  d. ;  idem  leuabit  fenum  dicti  prati  cum  vno  homine  quousque 
leuetur,  &  valet  opus  ii  d. ;  idem  cariabit  fenum  domini  per  duos  dies 

^  This  word  is  not  certain.  carted  from  Henley  because  at  that 

*  We  should  expect  'videlicet'.   We      time  barges  could  not  ascend  fuxthen 
may  conjecture  that  the  herrings  were         *  <  carectatem,*  MS. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  129 

cum  vicino  suo,  &  valet  opus  die!  iiii  d. ;  idem  metet  dimidiam  acram 
bladi  dominici  sine  cibo  domini,  &  valet  opus  iiii  d.  &  vocatur  la 
Bene ;  idem  faciet  cum  vno  homine  vnam  berepam '  sine  cibo  domini, 
&  vocatur  Mederep',  &  valet  opus  iiii  d, ;  idem  faciet  tres  berepas,  v, 
vel  vi,  vel  amplius  si  necesse  fuerit,  cum  vno  homine  ad  cibum  domini, 
&  habebit  vnum  panem  per  diem,  vnde  xii  panes  de  vno  bussello 
frumenti,  habebit  in  ceruis[ia]  i  potell[um]  ad  valorem  ob.  qua.,  in 
companagio'  ob.  qua.,  &  sic  qdlibet  de  vicinis  suis,  &  valet  opus 
diei  iiii  d. ;  &  metet  communiter  cum  vicinis  suis  per  vi  dies  vltra  la 
Bene  &  Mederip  predictas;  idem  veniet  ad  magnam  bederepam 
domini  ad  cibum  domini  cum  omnibus  famulis  suis  &  ipse  superuidebit 
operari  in  propria  persona  sua ;  quod  si  famulos  non  habuerit  tunc 
operabitur  in  propria  [persona '],  &  valet  opus  iii  d. ;  idem  cariabit 
blada  domini  communiter  per  v  dies  &  amplius,  si  oporteat,  cum 
vicino  suo,  &  valet  opus  vnius  tenentis  iiii  d. ;  item  si  habeat  |  animalia  fol.  89'. 
ad  valorem  ii  s.  vi  d.  ad  Uincula  sancti  Petri  dabit  Petrispans  i  d. ;  idem 
dabit  in  quadragesima  cum  vicinis  suis  pro  Heryngsiluer  iiii  s.; 
idem  dabit  de  auxilio  ad  festum  sancti  Michaelis  cum  vicinis  suis 
commimiter  xl  s.;  idem  si  braceat  ad  tabernam  dabit  domino  pro 
tolcestr'  ii  lagenas  ceruisie,  vel  ii  d.;  idem  non  vendet  bouem  uel 
equum  de  sui  nutritura  sine  licencia  domini;  non  coronari  faciet 
filium  nee  maritabit  filiam  sine  licencia  domini;  dabit  heriettum 
melius  animal;  faciet  finem  cum  domino  pro  ingressu  habendo  ad 
voluntatem  domini  communiter  pro  xl  s.,  &  omnia  alia  faciet  que 
natiue  [sic]  incumbunt. 

Agn[es]  le  Thecher  tenet  de  domino  per  rotulum  curie  vnum 
cotagium  cum  ii  acris  terre  pro  redditu  xii  d.  &  sarculabit  per  vnum 
diem  &  valet  opus  ii  d.  sine  cibo  domini ;  eadem  faciet  vnam  bederepam 
cum  custumariis  &  ministrabitur  ei  vt  vni  custimiario,  &  valet  opus 
iiii  d. ;  eadem  leuabit  fenum  domini  in  prato  per  i  diem  &  recipiet 
fenum  in  curia  domini  per  alium  diem,  &  valet  opus  duorum  dierum 
ii  d.;  eadem  tenet  ibidem  dimidiam  acram  terre  edificatam  pro 
redditu  xviii  d.,  &  operabitur  per  quatuor  dies  vt  supra,  Eadem 
Agnes  tenet  tercium  cotagium  cum  crofto  pro  redditu  xii  d.,  &  opera- 
bitur per  quatuor  dies,  vt  pro  vno  cotagio  supra;  faciet  finem  pro 
ingressu;  debet  sectam  curie,  &  heriectum  pro  quolibet,  pannagium  si 
habeat  porcos,  denarium  sancti  Petri  &  tolnetum  ceruisie  sicut  lohannes 
Uyncent. 

Rector  tenet  ibidem  dimidiam  acram  terre  edificatam,  ad  rectoriam 
pertinentem,  sine  redditu  vel  seruicio, 

^  Sic,     « '  bederipam '.  »  Omitted  in  MS. 

*  Any  food  besides  bread. 


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lohannes  Sely  tenet  vnum  tenementum  cum  quatuor  acris  teire 
campestribus  pro  redditu  v  solidonim,  &  faciet  omnia  que  predicta 
Agnes  facit,  preter  sarculacionem,  leuacionem  &  recepcionem  feni. 

Walterus  Carpentarius  virgatarius  tenet  vnam  virgatam  terre  cum 
pertinenciis ;  reddet  &  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut  lohannes  Uyncent 

Robertus  le  Tournour  virgatarius  reddet  &  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut 
lohannes  Uyncent ;  idem  tenet  vnum  cotagium  nuncupatum  Cotedenes- 
place  de  feodo  de  Hode  sine  redditu. 

lohannes  Scrag'  tenet  vnam  acram  edificatam  pro  redditu  ii  s.  ii  d., 
&  operabitur  per  quatuor  dies  &  alia  faciet  vt  predicta  Agnes.  Ibidem 
sunt  duo  cotagia  de  feodo  de  Wodcote  sine  redditu  &  seruicio,  quia  con- 
prehenduntur  sub  tenura  sua  de  Wodcote,  vt  creditur :  inquiratur  ergo. 

lohannes  le  Fuller  tenet  vnam  acram  edificatam  pro  redditu  xii  d. 
&  operabitur  per  quatuor  dies  &  alia  faciet  vt  predicta  Agnes. 

Thomas  Wade  tenet  dimidiara  acram  edificatam  pro  redditu  vi  d. : 
operabitur  per  quatuor  dies  &  alia  faciet  vt  predicta  Agnes. 

Lib[ere]: — Dominus  de  Stoke  Marmyon'  tenet  ibidem  libere 
dimidiam  acram  edificatam  pro  redditu  vi  d. :  faciet  fidelitatem 
&  sectam  curie  ad  festum  sancti  Michaelis  &  Hokeday:  dabit 
Leriettum  &c. 
fol.  89^.  lohannes  I  le  Clerk  tenet  vnam  acram  edificatam  ad  terminum  vite 
sue  pro  redditu  iii  s.  &  vnam  bederipam  ad  cibum  domini,  cui  mini- 
strabitur  sicut  vni  custumario :  debet  sectam  curie,  heriettum  &c. 

lohannes  Dunt  tenet  ibidem  vnam  acram  adhuc  non  edificatam, 
(precipietur  vt  edificiet)  pro  redditu  ii  s. :  operabitur  per  quatuor  dies 
&  alia  faciet  vt  predicta  Agnes  facit  pro  vno  cotagio. 

lohannes  Hacherend  iunior  tenet  vnum  cotagium  ciim  quatuor 
acris  terre  pro  redditu  iiii  s.,  &  faciet  quatuor  opera  &  alia  vt  predicta 
Agnes, 

lohannes  Hacherand  senior  tenet  vnum  tenementum  cum  dimidia 
virgata  terre  pro  redditu  viii  s.,  &  operabitur  per  quatuor  dies,  &  alia 
faciet  vt  predicta  Agnes  pro  vno  cotagio. 

Willelmus  Hacherant  tenet  vnum  tenementum  cum  crofto  &  ii  acris 
terre  pro  redditu  ii  s.,  &  operabitur  per  quatuor  dies,  &  alia  faciet  vt 
predicta  Agnes  pro  vno  cotagio. 

Thomas  Wade  tenet  dimidiam  acram  edificatam  pro  redditu  xii  d. : 
operabitur  per  quatuor  dies,  &  alia  faciet  vt  predicta  Agnes. 

lohannes  Thoms  virgatarius  reddit  &  faciet  in  omnibus  vt  predictus 
lohannes  Uyncent 

lohannes  Irland  tenet  dimidiam  acram  edificatam  per  rotulum  curie 
pro  redditu  ii  s.  vi  d. ;  non  operabitur ;  debet  sectam  curie,  heriectum 
&  finem  facere  pro  ingressu* 


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Radulphus  le  Couper  tenet  dimidiam  acram  edUicatam  pro  redditu 
ii  s.  vi  d. ;  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut  lohannes  Irland. 

Willelmus  Irland  tenet  tenementum  cum  dimidia  virgata  terre  & 
dimidia  acra  prati  ad  terminum  vite  pro  redditu  ix  s. 

lohannes  le  Clerc  tenet  dimidiam  virgatam  terre  ad  terminum  vite 
sue  pro  redditu  x  s.,  qui  reddere  solebat  ^  xiiii  s.  x  d. ;  in  aliis  faciet 
sicut  lohannes  Irland  &  operabitur  &  alia  fiaciet  vt  dicta  Agnes. 

lohannes  Hacherand  virgatarius  redd[et]  &  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut 
lohannes  Vyncent. 

lohannes  Thoms  virgatarius  redd[et]  ft  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut 
lohannes  Uyncent. 

Idem  lohannes  virgatarius  pro  tenemento  le  Bartour  reddet  ft  Cftdet 
in  omnibus  sicut  lohannes  Uyncent. 

lohannes  de  Passele  tenet  vnum  tenementum  cum  i  virgata  terre  & 
vna  acra  terre  in  campis  de  Stoke,  vnam  acram  prati  ft  xx  acras  terre 
in  campis  de  Gorynges  pro  redditu  ix  s.,  faciet  homagium :  dominus 
habebit  wardum '  &  maritagium  sine  releuium  si  contigerit :  sectam 
curie  debet :  dabit  heriettum.  Idem  faciet  unam  aruram  in  quadra- 
gesima  ad  cibum  domini  &  valet  iiii  d.  &  veniet  ad  Metbederep[am] 
domini  cum  tota  familpa]  sua  preter  vxorem  &  valet  vi  li.  iii  s.  vi  d. ' 

lohannes  Daunsell  virgatarius  reddit  &  faciet  in  omnibus  vt  pre- 
dictus  lohannes  Uyncent 

Radulphus  le  Couper  virgatarius  reddit  ft  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut 
predictus  lohannes  Vyncent  | 

Walterus  atte  Welle  tenet  ibidem  vnum  cotagium  pro  redditu  xvi  d.  foL  90'. 
ad  terminum  vite  per  rotulum  curie.  Rector  tenet  ibidem  mansum 
rectorie  continens  iiii  acras  cum  clauso  &  duas  uirgatas  terre  pertinentes 
ad  rectoriam  suam  sine  redditu  vel  seruido.  Idem  dabit  vnam  libram 
piperis  ad  festum  Natalis  Domini  pro  pensione  ecclesie.  Idem  dabit 
domino  ad  Pascha  v  s.  pro  quibusdam  minutis  decimis„  quos  elemo- 
sinarius  de  Egnesham  perdpere  consueuit. 

Radulfiis  iunior  virgatarius  reddit  &  fadet  in  omnibus  sicut  pre- 
dictus lohannes  Vyncent 

lohannes  le  Fuller  virgatarius  reddit  &  fadet  in  omnibus  sicut 
predictus  lohannes  Vyncent 

lohannes  Damosel  virgatarius  reddet  ft  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut 
predictus  lohannes  Vyncent. 

Robertus  Newman  tenet  duo  tenementa  cum  duobus  virgatis  terre : 
dupplicabit  omnia  seruicia  dicti  lohannis  Uyncent. 

^  '  solebant/  MS.  '  This  is  the  reading  in  the  mmnn- 

*  For'wardam'.  The  same  form  is  script,  but  it  seems  an  incredible 
used  again  in  charter  674.  amount 

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lohannes  Uyncent  virgatarius  reddet  &  fadet  pro  ista  in  omnibus 
sicut  facit  pro  alia  virgata,  que  clare  super  exprimitur. 

Willelmus  lacob  virgatarius  reddet  &  fadet  in  omnibus  sicut 
lohannes  Vyncent. 

Galfridus  atte  Holm  virgatarius  reddit  ft  faciet  sicut  predictus 
lohannes  Vyncent. 

lohannes  Northfolg*  tenet  vnum  mesuagium  cum  duabus  virgatis 
terre :  dupplicabit  omnia  seruicia  dicti  lohannis  Vyncent 

Walterus  atte  Welle  &  Isabella  vxor  eius  tenent  per  cartam  con- 
uentus  ad  terminum  vite  sue  tenementum  atte  Barre  cum  terra 
adiacente  &  terra  de  liremong[er],  que  lohannes  de  Chiltenham 
quondam  adquisiuit,  pro  redditu  xvi  s.,  que  reddere  consueuerunt 
xls.,  faciendo  vt  in  carta  indentata  continentur. 

lohannes  Dont  virgatarius  reddet  &  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut  predictus 
lohannes  Vyncent. 

Thomas  Akard  virgatarius  reddet  &  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut  pre- 
dictus lohannes  Vyncent. 

Willelmus  Albray  tenet  vnum  mesuagium  cum  duabus  virgatis 
terre :  dupplicabit  omnia  seruicia  predicti  lohannis  Vyncent 

Idem  Willelmus  tenet  vnum  cotagium  cum  curtilagio  &  crofto,  quod 
quondam  fuit  Nicholai  Passele,  pro  redditu  ii  s.  ii  d.,  &,  operabitur  & 
sdia  faciet  vt  lohannes  Irlond. 

lohannes  le  Baker  tenet  vnum  mesuagium  &  vnam  virgatam  terre 
pro  redditu  v  s.,  &  faciet  omnia  alia  seruicia  que  lohannes  Passele 
faciet,  &  arabit  per  i  diem. 

Henricus  WUiams  virgatarius  reddit  &  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut 
predictus  lohannes  Uyncent. 

lohannes  Thommes  virgatarius  pro  virgata  quondam  Hems  non 
edificatam  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut  predictus  lohannes  Uyncent. 

Robertus  Lilie  tenet  vnum  tenementum  cum  duabus  virgatis: 
duplicabit  omnia  seruicia  lohannis  Uyncent 

Alicia  Molden  tenet  vnum  cotagium  cum  quatuor  acris  terre  pro 
redditu  iiii  s.,  &  omnia  alia  faciet  predicta  Agnes  pro  vno  cotagio. 

lohannes  Godefrey  virgatarius  reddit  &  facit  in  omnibus  sicut 
fol.  90^.    predictus  |  lohannes  Uyncent. 

Willelmus  Hacherent  virgatarius  reddit  &  &cit  omnia  que  facit 
lohannes  Uyncent. 

lohannes  le  Couper  virgatarius  reddet  &  faciet  sicut  idem  lohannes 
Uyncent. 

Idem  lohannes  tenet  vnum  cotagium  cum  duabus  acris  terre  pro 
redditu  ii  s.,  ft  operabitur  per  quatuor  dies,  ft  alia  faciet  vt  predicU 
Agnes. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  133 

Rogeros  Hayward  ad  finem  ville  versus  boriam  tenet  vnum 
mesuagium  &  vnam  virgatam  terre  ad  terminum  vite  sue  pro  redditu 
z  s.,  &  fadet  quatuor  opera  vt  predicta  Agnes :  dabit  heriettum  &  fadet 
sectam  curie  &c. 

In  superiori  parte  dicti  vid  versus  orientem  Isabella  de  la  Hyde  tenet 
vnum  tenementum  cum  vna  virgata  terre,  nunc  tria  cotagia,  pro  redditu 
iiii  s.,  ft  facit  in  onmibus  sicut  lohannes  Passele. 

lohannes  le  Baker  tenet  ibidem  vnum  cotagium,  ii  acras  terre, 
dimidiam  acram  prati  pro  redditu  ii  s.  vi  d :  non  operabitur :  alia 
fadet  vt  predicta  Isabella. 

Est  vnum  tenementum  ibidem  cum  duabus  virgatis  terre  &c  in 
manus  domini:  cum  traditum  fuerit,  dupplicabitur  seruicium  & 
redditus  lohannis  Uyncent,  &  quondam  fuit  Knottyng. 

Thomas  le  Schort  tenet  vnum  mesuagium  &  est  virgatarius  &  reddet 
&  faciet  in  omnibus  sicut  dictus  lohannes  Uyncent. 

Idem  Thomas  tenet  vnum  croftum  ad  finem  clausi  sui  pro  redditu 
zii  d.  &  nuncupatur  Caluecroft. 

Willelmus  Steuenes  virgatarius  reddet  &  &ciet  in  onmibus  sicut 
predictus  lohannes  Uyncent. 

Thomas  le  Schort  virgatarius  tenet  vnum  tenementum  &  reddet  ft 
faciet  in  onmibus  sicut  idem  lohannes  Vyncent  pro  duplo. 

lohannes  Hacherent  senior  virgatarius  reddet  ft  fadet  onmia  que 
fadt  lohannes  Uyncent 

lohannes  le  Baker  tenet  i  cotagium,  ii  acras  terre,  dimidiam  acram 
prati  pro  redditu  ii  s.  vi  d.  ft  &dt  ut  prozima  \sic]  supra. 

Summa  arurarum  zviii  acr.,  dimid.  acr. 
Summa  extente  earundem  ix  s.  iii  d. 
Summa  gallinarum,  zxvii. 
Sununa  extente  vi  s.  ii  d. 
Smnma  de  Lodepens  iii  s.  i  d. 
Summa  de  Heryngsyluer  iiii  s. 

Sunmia  pannagii 

Simima  de  Tolcestr' 

Summa  denariorum  de  Petrespens  — «— 
Summa  sarculacionis  bladorum,  Ii  opera. 
Summa  extente  viii  s.  vi  d. 
Smnma  openun  falcacionis  pratorum,  Ixxiiii. 
Smnma  extente  xxxvii  s.  | 

Summa  leuacionis  feni  per  virgatarios  vi  s.  ii  d.  foL  91' 

Summa  leuacionis  eiusdem  ft  recepcionis  in  manerio  de  cotariis 
ii  8.  iiii  d. 


134  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Summa  cariagii  feni  per  uirgatarios  xxxvii  carect[atas]  quasi  per 
vnum  diem,  q[iiilibet]  cu[m]  uic[ino]. 

Summa  eztente  dicti  cariagii  xxiiii  s.  viii  d. 

Summa  metionis  virgatarioram  per  vnum  diem  sine  cibo  domini 
xviii  acras  &  dimidiam,  quilibet  dimidiam  acram. 

Summa  extente  eonmdem  xii  s.  iiii  d. 

Summa  mederip  eorandem  sine  cibo  xxxvii  opera. 

Summa  extente  corundum  xii  s.  iiii  d. 

Summa  operum  quinque  dierum  dictorum  virgatarioram  ad  cibum 
domini  cbcxxv. 

Summa  operum  xvi  cotariorum  per  unam  diem  ad  cibum  domini  xvi. 

Summa  extente  dictoram  operum  iiii  li.  xiii  s.  viii  d. 

Summa  omnium  operum  predictoram  preter  gallinas,  cum  Lodpens, 
Heringsiluer,  Tolcestt*  &  denariis  sancti  Petri  x  li.  vi  s.  iii  d. 

Omnes  tenentes  de  Stoke  tarn  liberi  quam  alii,  habentes  Caracas, 
tenentur  venire  cum  suis  caracis  in  quadragesima  ad  magnam 
precariam  domini  ad  cibiun  domini,  si  dominus  voluerit  £t  omnes 
tenentes  liberi  &  alii  habentes  animalia  dabunt  denarium  sancti 
Petri. 

674. 
Wodecote. 

Willelmus  le  Balif  de  Wodecote  tenet  libere  de  domino  vnum 
mesuagium,  ii  virgatas  terre,  grauam  cum  perlinenciis  apud  le  Breche 
pro  redditu  xxvi  s.  viii  d.  per  annum :  faciet  vnam  araram  in  quadra- 
gesima ad  cibum  domini  &  valet  iiii  d.,  &  faciet  sectam  curie,  dabit 
heriettum,  faciet  homagium.  Dominus  habebit  maritagium  cum 
acciderit  sine  releuium. 

Robertus  Wolford  tenet  vnum  mesuagium  &  vnam  virgatam  terre 
natiue,  qui  aliquando  operabatur  &  faciebat  in  omnibus  sicut  vnus 
virgatarius  de  Stoke,  &  reddebit  [sic]  de  redditu  vi  s.,  hoc  excepto 
quod  non  falcabit  prata  domini ;  a  diu  est  quod  opera  ponebantur  ad 
certum  redditum;  nunc  reddit  annuatim  de  redditu  xiii  s.  iiii  d. 
Idem  arabit  cum  caraca  sua  terram  dommi  in  quadragesima  per 
vnum  diem  ad  cibum  domini,  &  valet  arara  iiii  d. :  idem  dabit 
pannagium  vt  tenentes  de  Stoke:  idem,  si  bracearet  ad  taber- 
nam,  dabit  domino  duas  lagenas  ceraisie  pro  tolneto  vel  duos 
denarios  :  idem  debet  vnam  bederepam  in  autumpno  ad  dbum 
domini  cum  vno  homine,  &  valet  iiii  d.  Non  maritabit  filium  vel 
foL  91^    filiam,  non  vendet  |  bouem  uel  equum  de  nutritura  sua  sine  licencia 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  135 

domini :  dabit  heriettum :  faciet  finem  pro  ingressu  tenement!  habendo 
ad  voluntatem  domini:  veniet  ad  medebederepam  domini  cum  tota 
familia  sua,  preter  vxorem,  si  dominus  voluerit,  &  valet  opus  ii  d. : 
idem  dabit  denarium  sancti  Petri  &  alia  faciet  que  natiue  incumbunt 

Magister  Henricus  de  Wodecote  tenet  diuersa  mesuagia  cum 
quinque  virgatis  terre,  grauas  cum  suis  pertinentiis,  libere  pro  redditu 
annuo  xxxii  s. :  debet  sectam  curie.  Idem  mittet  caruram  [sic]  suam 
ad  magnam  precariam  domini  in  quadragesima  ad  cibum  domini,  si 
requisitus  fuerit.  Item  onmes  tenentes  sui  venient  ad  metebedere- 
pam  domini  &  eciam  ipse.  Quod  si  tenentes  non  habuerit,  tunc 
omnes  famuli  sui  venient:  debet  homagium  &  alia  vt  predictus 
Willelmus  Baillif.  Idem  Henricus  tenet  quandam  placeam  de  bruera 
pro  redditu  ii  s.  vi  d. 

Thomas  Schort  tenet  de  domino  per  rotulum  curie  ad  terminimi 
vite  sue  pro  redditu  xiiii  s.  vnum  mesuagium  &^  vnam  virgatam  terre, 
que  reddere  consueuit  xvi  s.  vi  d. :  debet  sectam  curie :  dabit  heriettum. 

Eustacius  le  Weler  tenet  de  domino  vnum  mesuagium  cum  dimidia 
virgata  terre  pro  redditu  annuo  vi  s. :  in  aliis  reddet  k  faciet  sicut 
Robertus  Wolford. 

lohannes  Wystone  tenet  vnum  mesuagium  pro  redditu  am  uo  viii  d. 
&  faciet  sectam  curie:  idem  lohannes  tenet  vnum  mesuagium  cum  dimi- 
dia virgata  terre  pro  redditu  vi  s.  &  facit  sicut  predictus  Eustacius. 

Thomas  Schort  virgatarius  reddit  de  annuo  redditu  xiii  s.  iiii  d. : 
reddet  &  faciet  sicut  predictus  Robertus  Wolford. 

Matildis  le  Baratour  tenet  vnum  cotland,  videlicet  quartam  partem 
vnius  virgate,  pro  redditu  iii  s.  iii  d.:  reddet  &  faciet  in  aliis  vt 
predictus  Robertus  Wolford. 

Walterus  atte  Water  virgatarius  reddit  de  annuo  redditu  xiii  s.  iiii  d.: 
in  aliis  reddet  &  faciet  sicut  predictus  Robertus  Wolford. 

lohannes  Wytsyde  tenet  dimidiam  virgatam  terre  pro  redditu  vii  s. : 
in  aliis  faciet  vt  predictus  Robertus  Wolford.  Idem  tenet  xii  seliones 
terre  apud  Wolfeynesle  pro  redditu  xii  d. 

Robertus  de  Cheseysey  virgatarius  dat  domino  de  redditu  xiii  s. :  in 
aliis  faciet  vt  dictus  Robertus  Wolford. 

Ten[ementum]  Crispe  cum  vna  virgata  terre  reddere  consueuit  in 
omnibus  vt  Robertus  Wolford ;  de  redditu  xiii  s.  iiii  d.  | 

In  manus  domini  cotagium  cum  cotland,  quondam  Pelaw;  reddere  fol.  99^ 
consueuit  de  redditu  iii  s.  vi  d.,  &  in  aliis  vt  predictus  Robertus. 

Tenementum  cum  vna  virgatar[ia]  [sic]  terre  quondam  Corkke  red- 
dere consueuit  de  redditu  xiii  s.  iiii  d.  &  alia  facere  vt  Robertus  Wolfard. 

Nicholaus  Paiable^  tenet  tenemenium  cum  ii  virgatis  terre  apud 
'  In  the  margin  is  written  <  abbas '. 


136  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

le  Deyere  pro  redditu  viii  8. :  in  aliis  &cit  vt  predictus  Henricus  de 
WodccoU 

Tenementum  &  vna  virgata  terre  quondam  Akard'  reddere 
consueuerunt  de  redditu  xiii  s.  x  d.  &  in  aliis  facere  vt  Robertus 
Wolfard. 

Petrus  le  Smyth  tenet  vnum  tenementum  cum  dimidia  virgata  terre 
quondam  le  Keympe  pro  redditu  vi  s.  viii  d. :  in  aliis  facit  vt  Robertus 
Wolford. 

Idem  Petrus  tenet  vnum  tenementum  cum  dimidia  virgata  terre  atte 
Hume  pro  redditu  vi  s.  viii  d. :  in  aliis  facit  vt  Robertus  Wolfard. 

Tenementum  cum  vna  virgata  terre  quondam  Drawelamppe  reddere 
consueuit  de  redditu  xii  s.  vi  d. :  &  alia  facere  vt  Robertus  Wolfard. 

lohannes  Burgeys  tenet  vnum  tenementum  cum  dimidia  virgata  terre 
quondam  atte  Horchard  pro  redditu  vi  s.  viii  d.,  &  alia  fadet  vt 
predictus  Robertus  Wolfard. 

Idem  lohannes  tenet  vnum  tenementum  cum  dimidia  virgata  terre 
quondam  Ade  le  Smyth  pro  redditu  vi  s.,  &  alia  faciet  vt  dictus  Robertus 
Wolfard.* 

Ten[ementa]  cum  duabus  virgads  terre  quondam  Radulphi  le 
Bartour  reddere  consueuer[unt]  de  redditu  xxvii  s.,  &  alia  facere  vt 
dictus  Robertus  Wolfard.* 

Unum  cotagium  quondam  bercaria  domini  reddere  consueuit  de 
redditu  ii  s.,  &  alia  facere  &c. 

Petrus  le  Smyth  tenet  vnum  cotagium  quondam  Willelmi  le  Smythe 
pro  redditu  ii  s.  vi  d.,  &  alia  faciet  &c. 

Lib[ere]:  Alicia  Suyen  de  Mortele  tenet  vnum  tenementum  cum 
duabus  virgatis  terre  pro  redditu  xxviii  s.  iiii  d. :  &  alia  vt  Willelmus 
BaiUif. 

Eadem  tenet  vnum  croftum  nuncupatum  Polycroft  iuxta  Brondley- 
gate,  pro  redditu  xi  d. 

Lib[ere] :  Willelmus  atte  Dene  tenet  vnum  mesuagium  cum  grauis 
&  iii  virgatis  terre  pro  redditu  xxii  s.;  &  alia  facit  vt  predictus 
Henricus  de  Wodecote. 

Isabella  de  la  Hyde  tenet  ii  crofta  pro  redditu  iiii  d. 

Tenementum  Willelmi  atte  Hercaid  cum  vna  virgata  terre  reddere 
consueuit  de  redditu  xiiii  s.  iiii  d.  &  alia  facere  vt  dictus  Robertus 
Wolfard.  | 
fol.  99^.        Walterus  atte  Welle  pro  quadam  parcella  terre  nuncupata  Oldland 
reddet  iiii  d. 

Tenementum  Thome  de  Astmer  cum  vna  virgata  terre  reddere 

^  In  the  margin  is  written  opposite  this  and  the  next,  <  in  manos  domini '. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  137 

consueuit  de  redditu  xv  s.  x  d.  &  alia  facere  vt  predictus  Robertus 
Wolfard. 

Tenementum  cum  vna  virgata  terre  quondam  le  Totcr  reddere 
consueuit  de  redditu  xiii  s.  iiii  d.  &  alia  facere  vt  Robertus  Wolfard. 

Tenementum  cum  vna  virgata  terre  quondam  le  Wyte  reddere 
consueuit  de  redditu  xiii  s.  iiii  d.  &  alia  facere  vt  Robertus  Wolfard. 

Terra  de  Wolfeyesle,  quondam  de  dominicis,  in  manus  domini, 
preter  xii  seliones,  qui  reddunt  vt  supra  xii  d.,  &  terra  que  remanet 
reddere  consueuit  de  redditu  iii  s. 

Summa  redditus  de  Wodecote  xx  11.  x  s.  vii  d. 

Summa  arurarum  liberorum  tenendum  &  aliorum  tenendum 

xxiii  arur[e],  prec[io]  iiii  d. 
Summa  extente  aruranun  vii  s.  viii  d. 

Summa  bedereparum  liberorum  tenendum  per  esdmadonem  ad 
cibum  domini  xii,  &  valet  opus  ii  d. 

Summa  bederiparum  virgatariorum,  semivirgatariorum,  &  cotariorum 
xxxiii,  &  valet  opus  diei  ii  d. 

Summa  extente  v  s.  x  d. 

Memorandum  quod  heredes  Philippi  de  Haunle  tenent  de  domino 
abbate  de  Egnesham  vnam  hidam  terre  cum  pert,  in  villa  de  Moleforde 
pro  redditu  quatuor  solidorum :  facient  homagium,  wardum,  &  mari- 
tagium  sine  relevium  cum  accident 

Item  prepositi  dicti  domini  abbads  de  Stoke  erunt  quieti  de  redditu 
vnius  virgate  terre  &  omnibus  seruiciis  &  operibus  virgatariorum,  dimi 
steterint  in  offido  domini 

Memorandum  quod  falcantes  prati  domini  abbatis  simul  habebunt 
pro  pane  eorum  annuatim  iiii  s.,  vnum  multonem  secundo  meliorem, 
vel  xii  d.,  vnum  caseum,  vel  duos  denarios,  &  vnam  peluatim  sails  & 
vnum  carectatum  bosci  pro  multone  coquinando. 

Nota  quod  tenementum  Ricardi  Passelowe,  alias  Balle,  tenet  unum 
messuagiimi  in  Exlade,  quondam  Payables  siue  Paynables  ^ 

675- 

Stoke.  foi.  93' 

Sciant  [&c.]  quod  ego  Thomas  de  Wodecote  filius  &  heres  Willelmi  Sept.  5, 
de  Wodecote  dedi  [&c.]  lohanni  Soundi,  heredibus  &  assignatis  suis,     i333* 
omnia  terras  &  tenementa  cum  pratis,  bosds,  pascuis,  pasturis,  haiis, 
fossatis,  &  omnibus  aliis  suis  pertinenciis,  que  habui  in  villa  de  Stoke 

'  This  sentence  is  in  a  later  hand,  and  'Tacatnr'  has  been  written  against  it 
by  another  hand. 


138  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Abbat[i8] ;  habenda  &  tenenda  omnia  predicta  [&c.]  lohanni  Soundi, 
heredibus  &  assignatis  suis  imperpetuum,  de  capitalibiis  dominis  feodi 
&c.  Et  ego  [&c.  warranty].  In  cuius  [&c.  sealing],  hiis  testibus, 
lohanne  de  Alueton,  Nicholao  de  Huntercumbe,  Benedicto  de 
Eyngles,  lohanne  ate  Garstone,  Thoma  Mannion  &  aliis.  Datum 
apud  Chakyndene  die  dominica  proxima  post  ft  stum  Decolacionis 
sancti  lohannis  Baptiste,  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  tercii  post  con- 
questum  septimo. 

676. 

[Richard  de  Wodecote  grants  a  qtiitrent  in  South  Stoke 
to  Adam  de  Hoghtone.] 

May  98,  Sciant  [&c.]  quod  ego  Ricardus  de  Wodecote  dedi  [&c.]  magistro 
^^^  Ade  de  Hoghtone  &  Ysabelle  de  Beel  &  heredibus  suis  &  suis 
assignatis  duos  solidatos  annui  liberi  &  quieti  redditus  prouenientes  de 
quodam  crofto  quod  nominatur  Hundescrofte  in  parochia  de  Sowth- 
stoke :  habendos  et  tenendos  de  capitalibus  dominis  feodi  illius  libere 
&  quiete,  bene  &  in  pace  dictis  Ade  &  Isabelle,  eorum  heredibus  siue 
assignatis  in  perpetuum.  Et  ego  [&c.  warranty].  Et  ut  [&c.  sealing], 
hiis    testibus,    Ricardo  Niwland,   lohanne    Marmyon,   Willehn    de 

fol.  93^  Wodecote,  |  Willelmo  ate  Dene,  Bartholomeo  ate  Barr',  lohanne  le 
Dezar^  lohanne  ate  Pound  &  aliis.  Datum  apud  Wodekote  predictam  ^ 
die  Veneris  proxima  post  festum  beati  Augustini  Anglorum  episcopi, 
anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  filii  regis  Edwardi  quarto. 

677. 

£tiidenc[ie]  lohannis  Paslow  in  villa  de  Sttthstoke. 

[u53~  Sciant  [&c.]  quod  ego  Godifrigus  [stc]  die  gracia  abbas  Egnesham 

9^0  &  conuentus  eiusdem  loci  dedimus  [Ac]  Willelmo  Paslow  quamdiu 
vixerit  vnam  virgatam  terre  in  villa  de  Stoke  &  vnam  acram  terre 
quam  Adam  Cithera  tenuit  &  uiginti  acras  terre  quas  Hugo  de  Bixest  * 
[cum  *]  filio  suo  monachando  ecclesie  nostre  dedit :  quod  tenementum 
predictus  Willelmus  de  nobis  tenebit  libere  &  quiete  ab  omni  seniicio 
&  consuetudine,  saluo  seruicio  domini  regis,  pro  octo  solidis  &  quatuor 
(ienariis  nobis  annuatim  persoluendis  ad  quatuor  terminos  scilicet  duos 
solidos  ad  Pascha  &  duos  ad  Pentecost',  duos  ad  Uincula  sancti  Petri  & 
duos  solidos  &  quatuor  denarios  ad  festum  sancti  Michaelis.  Heredes 
autem  sui  post  illius  decesstun  omnia  supradicta  eadem  libertate  de  no- 
bis tenebunt  per  nouem  solidos  annuos,  quorum  tres  ad  festum  sancti 

^  'predicta,*  MS.  Biz  Brand. 

'  i.  e.   £ast    Biz,   afterwards  called         '  Not  iu  MS.,  bat  is  required. 


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Michaelis  persoluent,  reliquos  terminis  predictis,  ad  singulos  scilicet 
terminos  duos  solidos  soluent.  Hec  vero  pro  seniicio  suo  ei  & 
heredibus  suis  concessimus  &  iile  pro  ista  confirmatione  dedit  nobis 
sexdecim  solidos  &  octo  denarios.     Hiis  testibus  &c. 

[folio  94'  is  blank.] 

678. 
Redditus  assise  de  Sowthstoke.^  foL  94^ 

Free-holders :  lohannes  Awdlett  ii  yerdland,  x  s, 
Wyllyam  Passlowe  a  yerdland,  ix  s. 
Item  a  pesse  of  grownd  by  Planox,  ii  s. 

Custumarii  tenentes  ibidem : 

(copia  sibi  tantum;)  Thomas  Wylderre  v  yerdland  &  gardyn 
grownd  xlv  s.  ii  d.;  for  Bellys,  ix  s.  vi  d. 

(sibi  tantum ;)  Thomas  Maynorre  ii  yerdland  &  a  mysse  *  &  di[mid.] 
acar,  xxiii  s.  iiii  d. 

(non  habet  copiam ;)  lohannes  Malwey  ii  yerdland,  xviii  s. 

Thomas  Gren  v  yerd  land ;  xliiii  s.  viii  s.  xii  s.  [sic] 

(sibi  tanlum ;)  lohannes  Tayllorre  a  yerdland,  ix  s.  viii  d. 

(non  habet  copiam ;)  Wyllam  Potsmowth  [sic]  ii  yerdland,  xvi  s. 

(sibi  tantum ;)  Wyllyam  Ware  iii  yerdland,  xxvii  s. 

(sibi  tantimi ;)  Robert  Whelar  a  yerd  land,  ix  s. 

(sibi  tanttmi ;)  Wyllyam  Knyght  a  yerd  land,  viii  s. 

Wyllyam  Walleys  ii  yerd  land  at  Wodcott,  ix  s. :  a  holld  howse,  ii  s. 
iiii  d. ;  item  the  same  Wyllyam  for  iiii  yerd  lands,  xxxv  s.  viii  d.;  item 
for  Heywards  ii  yerd  lands,  acar  medd[e],  xvi  s. 

Laurensse  Gylbert  Ivi  s. 

(caret  copia ;)  Wyllyam  Wales,  herysman,  a  yerdland,  ix  s. 

Attkjme  iii  yerdland,  xxx  s.  vi  d. 

Skynner,  alias  Mr.  Standyche,  iiii  yerdland,  iii  Ii.  ii  s.  viii  d. 

Planox,  a  yerdland  &  acar  off  medde 

John'  Byane  iiii  yerdland,  iiii  s.  vi  d. 

Walter  Adamsse,  iiii  s.  vi  d. 

Summa •  | 

Woddcott :  fol.  95'. 

Thomas  (?)  Endellelle,  kynght  \sic\  xii  d. 

Thomas  Heydok,  sqwerre  xxii  s, 

^  Thisisinahund  ofabont  1530.  *  Has  been  erased. 

'  Probably  « <  mese  *,  message. 


I40  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

lohannes  Cosmorre,  squerre,  xxvi  s,  viii  4 
Lady  Recde,  iiii  s. 
Robert  Benytt,  xzxv  s« 
Rychard  Wyntersell,  xxii  s. 
Abbat  of  Notley,  xii  d. 

Summa    v  11  xv  s.  \stc\  viii  d. 
Custumarii  tenentes  ibidem : — 
Stevyne  Alnett  a  yerdland,  xi  s. ;  copia  sibi  tantum. 
Thomas  Tayllor  ii  yerdland  &  dim,,  xxx  s. ;  sibi  tantmn. 
Wyllyam  Hanstey  a  yerdland  &  dim.,  xiii  s, ;  caret  copia* 
Item  for  a  howsse  to  a  holld  widow,  xxiii  d. 
Walter  Edrygge  ii  yerdland,  xxii  s. 
Harry  (?)Crihgselle  ii  yerdland,  xvi  s.  viii  4 
Item,  for  a  passel  off  land  off  xv  acars,  v  s. 
Thomas  Emand  a  yerdland,  xii  s. 
lohannes  Chyrche  ii  yerdland,  xviii  s. 
Nycolas  Fullerre  iii  yerdland,  xxxiiii  s.  vi  d. 
Wyllyam  Edkyne  dim,  yerdland,  iiii  s. 
Robert  Benytt  ii  yerdland,  xxii  s. 

[  *]  Wylder  dim.  acarre  off  herabylle  land,  iiii  d, 

Hawell  off*  Mossforthe  •  iiii  s. 

Smnma  totalis    xxxviii  IL  xvi  s.  v  d.  | 

foLgs^.        Stoke: 

Pro  firma  terrarmn  dominicalium    v  Ii.  xiii  s.  iiii  d. 
Item,  pro  decimis  rectorie    x  Ii.  x  s. 

[folios  g6-ioi  are  blank.] 


679. 

foLxoa'.  Munimenta  de  Carswell. 

April  3,  Sciant  [&c]  quod  nos  lohannes  Wawe  de  Astrop  &  Agnes  uxor 
I384-  mea  dedimus  [&c.]  Thome  Walter  capellano  manerium  nostrum 
de  Asthrop  cum  omnibus  suis  pert,  in  comitatu  Oxon',  ac  eciam 
omnia  terras  &  tenementa  nostra  cum  omnibus  suis  pert,  que  quondam 
fiierunt  Thome  Austyn  in  villa  &  campis  de  Carswelle  in  comitatu 
Oxonie:  habenda  &  tenenda  omnia  predicta  [&c.]  Thome  Walter, 
heredibus  &  assignatis  suis  inperpetuum,  de  capitalibus  dominis  feodi 
illius  per  seruicia  inde  debita  &  de  iure  consueta.    £t  nos  [&c. 

1  Illegible.  *  i.  e.  Mooltford. 

»  Written  *aff'. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  141 

warranty].  In  cuius  [&c.  sealing],  hiis  testibus,  lohanne  de  Carswelle, 
lohanne  Walker*  de  Bamptone,  Thoma  Bernard  de  Asthrope,  Willelmo 
de  Haddone,  Thoma  Costard  de  Lawe  &  aliis.  Datum  apud  Asthrope 
die  dominica  in  festo  Ramis  Palmarum  anno  regni  regis  Ricardi  II 
septimo. 

680. 

Finis  de  terris  &  tenementis  in  CarsweUe. 

Hec  est  finalis  concordia  facta  in  curia  domini  regis  apud  West-  X3^ 
monasterium  in  xv  diirs,^  anno  regnorum  Ricardi  regis  Angiie  & 
Francie  viii,  coram  Roberto  Bealknappe,  Willelmo  Skipwythe,  Rogero 
de  Fulthorp,  lohanne  Holt,  &  Willelmo  de  Burgh',  iusticiariis  &  aliis 
domini  regis  fidelibus  tunc  ibi  presentibus,  inter  Thomam  Walter 
capellanum  querentem  &  lohannem  Wawe  de  Astrop  &  Agnetem 
uzorem  eius  defordantes  de  manerio  de  Astrop  cum  pert.  &  de  uno 
mesuagio,  centum  acris  terre  &  decem  acris  prati  cum  pert,  in 
Craswelle;  unde  placitum  conuencionis  summonitum  fuit  inter  eos 
in  eadem  curia,  scilicet  quod  predict!  lohannes  &  Agnes  recognouerunt 
predicta  manerium  &  tenementa  cum  pert,  esse  ius  ipsius  Thome, 
vt  ilia  que  idem  Thomas  habet  de  dono  predictorum  lohannis  & 
Agnetis :  et  ilia  remiserunt  &  quietum  clamauerunt  de  ipsis  lohanne 
&  Agnete  &  heredibus  ipsius  lohannis  predicto  Thome  &  heredibus 
suis  in  perpetuum.  £t  preterea  idem  lohannes  &  Agnes  concesserunt 
pro  se  &  heredibus  ipsius  lohannis,  quod  ipsi  warantizabunt  predicto 
Thome  &  heredibus  suis  predicta  manerium  &  tenementa  cum 
pert,  contra  omnes  homines  in  perpetuum.  £t  pro  hac  recognidone, 
[&c.]  Thomas  dedit  predictis  lobanni  &  Agneti  centum  libras 
sterlingorum.  | 

681. 
Carta  Thome  Walter  facta  lohannL  foL  xoa^ 

Sciant  [&c.]  quod  ego  Thomas  Walter  de  Hambury  capellanus  de  Aug.  36, 
comitatu  Wigornie  dedi  [&c.]  magistro  lohanni  Denby  rectori  ecdesie  *3^* 
de  Chelrey,  domino  lohanni  Mareys  rectori  ecclesie  de  Hayford 
Pont[em],  Ricardo  Ouertone  &  Ade  Baker  de  Egnesham,  omnia 
terras  &  tenementa  mea,  prata,  pascuas  &  pasturas,  redditus  & 
seruida  &  reuersiones  cum  omnibus  suis  i)ert.,  que  &  quas  habeo  seu 
quouismodo  habere  potero,  in  villa  &  campis  de  Crotebrugge  & 

^  The  date  has  beea  omitted. 


143  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Carswelle  in  parochia  dc  Wytteneye,  que  quondam  fuerunt  Thome 
Austyn:  habenda  &  tenenda  omnia  predicta  terras  [&c.]  predictis 
lohanni,  lohanni,  Rlcardo,  &  Ade  Baker,  heredibus  &  assignads 
eormn  in  perpetuum :  faciendo  capitalibus  dominis  feodi  illius  seruida 
inde  debita  &  de  iure  consueta.  Et  ego  [&c.  warranty].  In  cuius 
[&c.  sealing],  hiis  testibus,  lohanne  Louel,  Thoma  Harcourte  milite, 
Thoma  Poure,  Barlholomeo  Hastjmg,  Thoma  Fretewelle,  lohanne 
Walker,  lohanne  Carswelle,  Thoma  Bernard,  Thoma  Batyn  &  multis 
aliis.  Datum  apud  Carswelle  predictam  die  Veneris  proxima  post 
festum  sancti  Bartholomei  apostoli,  anno  regni  regis  Ricardi  II 
octaua 


682. 

Carta  lohannis  Denby  k.  sociorum  suorum  facta 
Willelmo  Persone. 

Aug.  3O9  Sciant  [&c.]  quod  nos  lohannes  Denby  [&c  as  in  the  last] 
*3^«  dedimus  [&c.]  domino  Willelmo  Person'  rectori  ecclesie  de  Sulthume, 
domino  Thome  Tiwe  capellano,  domino  Willelmo  Priour  capellano, 
&  Thome  Braundestone  clerico,  omnia  terras  &  tenementa  nostra, 
prata  [&c.  as  before]  in  villa  &  campis  de  Crotebrugge  &  Carswelle 
in  parochia  de  Witteney,  que  terre  &  tenementa  quondam  fuerunt 
Thome  Austyn :  habenda  &  tenenda  [&c.  as  before,  muiaits  mutandis], 

fol.  xo3».  Et  nos  [&c.  warranty]  |  .  In  cuius  [&c.  sealing],  hiis  testibus, 
lohanne  Louel,  ut  supra  in  proxima  carta.  Datum  apud  Carswelle 
predictam,  die  Martis  proxima  post  festum  Decolladonis  sancti  lohannis 
Baptiste,  anno  regni  regis  Ricardi  II  octauo. 


683. 

Littera  attomat[oria]  lohannis  Denby  facta  Ade  Baker 
ad  deliberandam  seisinam. 

Aug.  31,  Noverint  [&&]  nos  lohannem  Denby,  rectorem  ecclesie  de  Chelreye, 
1384'  lohannem  Mareys  rectorem  ecclesie  de  Heyford  Pont*,  &  Ricardum 
Ouerton  attomasse  &  loco  nostro  posuisse  dilectum  nobis  in  Christo 
Adam  Baker  de  Egnesham  certum  attomatum  nostrum  ad  deli- 
berandum domino  Willelmo  Person'  rectori  ecclesie  de  Sulthume, 
domino  Thome  Tiwe  [&c.  as  in  the  last]  in  omnibus  terris  &  tene- 
mentis,  pratis,  pascuis  [&c.]  plenam  seisinam,  secundum  vim,  formam 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  143 

&  effectum  cuiasdam  carte  eisdem  per  nos  &  eundem  Adam  Baker 
inde  confecte,  prout  in  eadem  plenius  continetur,  que  &  quas  terras 
[&c.]  habuimus  ex  dono  &  feoffamento  domini  Walteri  capellani  in 
villa  &  campis  de  Carswell'  &  Crotebrugge,  &  que  quondam  fuerunt 
Thome  Austyn,  ratum  &  gratum  habituros  quicquid  idem  attornatus 
noster  fecerit  in  premissis.  In  cuius  [&c.  sealing].  Datum  Oxonie, 
die  Mercurii  proxima  post  festum  Decollationis  sancti  lohannis 
Baptiste,  anno  regni  regis  Ricardi  secundi  post  conquestum  octauo. 


684. 

Relaxacio  lohannis  Bussh'  de  terris  &  tenementis 
in  Carswelle. 

Omnibus  [&c.]  lohannes  Bussh'  de  Witteney  capellanus  salutem  Aug.  38, 
in  domino.  Noueritis  me  pro  me  &  heredibus  meis  remisisse,  •  *3o4» 
relaxasse  ac  in  perpetuum  quietum  clamasse  magistro  lohanni  Denby 
rectori  ccclesie  de  Chelrey,  domino  lohanni  Mareys  [&c.],  totum  ius 
meum  &  clameum,  que  habeo  seu  quouismodo  habere  potero,  in 
omnibus  illis  terris  &  tenementis  [&c.],  que  iidem  I.,  I.,  R.  &  A. 
tenent  in  villa  &  campis  de  Carswelle  &  Crotebrugg'  in  parochia 
de  Witteney :  ita  quod  nee  ego  [&c.].  In  cuius  [&c.  sealing] :  datum 
apud  Wytteneye  die  dominica  proxima  post  festimi  sancti  Bartho- 
lomei  apostoli,  anno  regni  regis  Ricardi  secundi  post  conquestum 
octauo.  I 

685. 

Relaxacio  Ricardi  Ouertone  super  terris  &  fol.  103^ 

tenementis  in  CarsweUe. 

Omnibus  [&c.]  Ricardus  Ouertone  salutem.  Noueritis  me  [&c.  as  Sept  36, 
in  the  last]  quietum  clamasse  Willelmo  Person',  rectori  ecclesie  de  '384- 
Sulthtime,  Thome  Tiwe  [&c.]  totimi  ius  meum  [&c.  as  in  the  last] 
que  iidem  W.,  T.,  W.  &  T.  tenent  in  villis  &  campis  de  Carswell  & 
Crotebrugge  [&c.  as  before].  Datum  apud  Egnesham,  die  lune 
proxima  ante  festum  sancti  Michaelis  archangeli,  anno  r.  r.  Ric.  II. 
octauo. 


[The  rest  of  103^  is  blank.] 


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686. 

fol.  xo4^  Breve  ad  quod  dampnum  super  dictis  terris 

&  tenementis. 

Sept  3,  Ricardus  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  &  Francie  &  dominus  Hibemie, 
*3S4«  dilecto  sibi  Edmundo  Giflfard  escaetori  suo  in  comitatu  Oxonie 
salutem.  Precipimus  tibi  quod  per  sacramentum  probonim  & 
legalium  hominum  de  balliua  tua,  per  quos  rei  Veritas  melius  sciii 
potent,  diligenter  inquiras,  si  sit  ad  dampnum  vel  preiudicium  nostrum 
aut  alionmi,  si  concedamus  Willelmo  Person',  persone  ecclesie  de 
Sulthume,  Thome  Tiwe  capellano,  Willelmo  Priour  capellano  & 
Thome  Braundestone  clerico,  quod  ipsi  unum  mesuagium,  centum 
acras  terre  &  decem  acras  prati  cum  pert,  in  Carswelle  dare  possint  & 
assignare  dilectis  nobis  in  Christo  abbati  &  conuentui  de  Egnesham : 
habenda  &  tenenda  eisdem  abbati  &  conuentui  &  successoribus  suis 
imperpetuum  in  parte  satisfaccionis  viginti  marcatarum  terre  &  redditus 
per  annum,  quas  dominus  £.  nuper  rex  Anglie,  proauus  noster,  per 
litteras  suas  patentes  eisdem  abbati  &  conuentui  tam  de  feodo  suo 
proprio  quam  alieno,  exceptis  terris,  &  tenementis  redditibus,  que  de 
ipso  proauo  nostro  tenebantur  in  capite,  concessit  acquirendas,  necne. 
£t  si  sit  ad  dampnum  &  preiudicium  nostrum  aut  aliorum,  tunc  ad 
quod  dampnum  &  quod  preiudicium  nostrum,  &  ad  quod  dampnum 
&  quod  preiudiciimi  aliorum  &  quorum  &  qualiter  &  quomodo,  &  de 
quo  uel  de  quibus  teneantur,  &  per  quod  seruicium  &  qualiter  & 
quomodo,  &  quantum  ualent  per  annum  in  omnibus  exidbus  iuxta 
uerum  ualorem  eorundem,  &  qui  &  quot  sunt  medii  inter  nos  & 
prefatos  Willelmum,  Thomam,  Willelmum  &  Thomam  de  mesuagio, 
terris  &  prato  predictis;  et  si  terre  &  tenementa  eisdem  Willelmo, 
Thome,  Willelmo  &  Thome  remanencia  vltra  donacionem  &  assig- 
nacionem  predictas  sufficiant  ad  consuetudines  &  seruicia  tam  de 
predictis  mesuagio,  terris  &  prato  sic  datis,  quam  de  aliis  terris  & 
tenementis  sibi  retentis  dcbite  facienda,  &  quod  iidem  W.,  T.,  W.  &  T. 
in  assisis,  iuratis  &  aliis  recognicionibus  quibuscunque  poni  possunt 
prout  ante  donacionem  &  assignacionem  predictas  poni  consueuerunt ; 
ita  quod  patria  per  donacionem  &  assignacionem  predictas  magis 
solito  non  oneretur,  seu  grauetur.  £t  inquisicionem  inde  distincte  & 
aperte  factam,  nobis  in  cancellaria  nostra  sub  sigillo  tuo  &  sigillo 
eorum  per  quos  facta  fuerit  sine  dilacione  mittas,  &  hoc  breue. 
Teste  me  ipso  apud  Westm'  secundo  die  Septembris  anno  regni 
nostri  octauo. 


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687. 

Inqtiisicio  capta  per  escaetorem  super  breui  ad  quod 
dampnum. 

Inquisicio  capta  apud  Witten'  xiiio  die  Septembris  anno  r.  r.  Sept  13, 
Ricardi  II  octauo  coram  me  Edmundo  Giflfard  escaetore  domini  regis  '3^' 
in  comitatu  Oxonie,  virtiite  cuiusdam  breuis  ad  quod  dampnum,  per 
sacramentum  Thome  Fretewelle,  lohannis  Abraham,  Thome  Batyn, 
Ricardi  Dyer,  lohannis  Nettelcombe,  Stephani  Drouere,  Willelmi 
Pacy,  Thome  Cogges,  Nicholai  Cnindale,  Willehni  Bunt3mg,  Nicholai 
Sch[er]man  &  Thome  Bernard,  qui  dicunt  per  sacramentum  suum 
quod  non  est  ad  dampnum  vel  preiudicium  regis  nee  aliorum,  licet 
idem  dominus  rex  concedat  Willelmo  Persone,  persone  ecclesie  |  foL  104^ 
de  Sulthume,  Thome  Tiwe  [&c.]  quod  ipsi  unum  mesuagium,  centum 
acras  terre,  &  decem  acras  prati  cum  pert,  in  Carswelle  dare  possint  & 
assignare  abbati  &  conuentui  de  Egnesham:  habenda  &  tenenda 
eisdem  abbati  &  conuentui  &  successoribus  suis  in  perpetuum  in  parte 
satisfaccionis  uiginti  marcatarum  terre,  tenementorum  &  redditus,  que 
de  rege  non  tenentur,  quas  dominus  £.  nuper  rex  Anglie  proauus 
domini  nostri  regis  nunc  eis  concessit  acquirendas.  £t  dicunt  quod 
mesuagium  predictum,  centum  acre  terre  &  decem  acre  prati  cum 
pert,  in  Carswelle,  vnde  breue  facit  mencionem,  tenentur  de  abbate 
de  Egnesham,  vt  de  iure  ecclesie  sue  de  Egnesham  per  seruicium 
militare  &  redditum  xxi  solidorum  &  quatuor  denariorum  annuatim 
prefatis  abbati  &  conuentui  &  eorum  successoribus  soluendorum :  et 
valet  in  omnibus  exidbus  iuxta  ^  verum  valorem  eiusdem  vi  s.  viii  d. : 
et  dicimt  quod  predictus  abbas  de  Egnesham  omnia  predicta,  mesua- 
gium, terras  &  pratum  cum  pert  in  Carswell  tenet  de  domino  rege 
in  capite  in  liberam,  puram  &  perpetuam  elemosinam,  ut  de  honore 
sancti  Wallerici  in  manu  domini  nostri  regis  nunc  existente.  Et 
predicti  W.,  T.,  W.  &  T.  nulla  alia  terras  seu  tenementa  habent  in 
balliua  eiusdem  escaetoris;  nee  patria  per  donacionem  &  assigna- 
cionem  predictas  magis  solito  aliqualiter  onerabitur.  In  cuius 
[&c.  sealing].  Datum  apud  Witteneyam,  dicto  xiii  die  Septembris 
anno  supradicto, 

688. 

Carta  regis  super  dicUs  terris  &  tenementis  in  Carswell' 
mortificandis. 

Ricardus  dei  grada  r&c.].    Sciatis  quod  cum  dominus  £.  nuper  Oct  139 

X384. 

*  *vltra,'MS. 

U.  L 


146  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

rex  Anglie,  proauus  noster,  per  iitteras  suas  patentes  concessisset 
&  licenciam  dedisset  pro  se  &  heredibus  suis  quantum  in  ipso  fuit 
dilecto  sibi  in  Christo  abbati  &  conuentui  de  Egnesham,  quod  ipsi 
terras,  tenementa  &  redditus  cum  pert,  ad  valorem  viginti  marcanim 
per  annum  iuxta  verum  valoretn  eorundeifi  tarn  de  feodo  suo  proprio 
quam  alteno,  exceptis  terris,  tenementis  &  redditu,  que  de  ipso  proauo 
nostro  tenebantui^  adquirere  possent,  habenda  sibi  &  successoribus 
suis  imperpetuum,  statuto  de  terris  &  tenementis  ad  manum  mortuam 
non  ponendis  edito  non  obstante,  prout  in  litteris  ipsius  proaui  nostri 
patentibus  inde  confectis  plenius  continetur ;  nos  uolentes  concessionem 
ipsius  proaui  nostri  predictam  effectui  debito  mancipari,  concessimus 
&  licenciam  dedimus  pro  nobis  &  heredibus  nostris  quantimi  in  nobis 
est  Willelmo  Person,  persone  ecclesie  de  Sulthume,  Thome  Tiwe 
[&c.]  quod  ipsi  unum  mesuagium,  centum  acras  terre,  &  decem  acras 
prat!  cum  pert,  in  Carswelle,  que  sunt  de  feodo  ipsorum  abbatis  & 
conuentus  &  que  ualent  per  annum  iuxta  ^  verum  valorem  vi  s.  viii  d.  | 
fol  xo5^  sicut  per  inquisidonem  inde  per  Edmundum  Giffard  escaetorem 
nostrum  in  comitatu  Oxonie  de  mandato  nostro  captam  &  in  can- 
cellariam  nostram  retornatam  est  compertum,  dare  possint  &  assignare 
prefatis  abbati  &  conuentui :  habenda  &  tenenda  sibi  8c  successoribus 
suis  in  valorem  viginti  solidonim  per  annum  in  parte  satisfaccionis 
uiginti  marcatarum  terre,  tenementorum  &  redditus  predictorum. 
Et  eisdem  abbati  [&c.  licence  to  receive  the  gift].  Teste  nie  ipso 
apud  Westm'  xiii  die  Octobris  anno  regni  nostri  octauo. 


689. 

Carta  facta  abbati  de  Egnesham  de  terris  k.  tenementis 
in  Carswell. 

Nov.  9,  Sciant  [&c.]  quod  nos  Willelmus  Persone,  persona  ecclesie  de 
1384.  Sulthurne,  Thomas  Tiwe  [&c.]  ex  licenda  illustrissimi  principis  & 
domini,  Domini  Ricardi,  dei  gracia  regis  Anglie  [&c.]  super  hoc 
optenta  dedimus  [&c,]  abbati  &  conuentui  de  Egnesham,  ummi 
mesuagium,  centum  acras  terre,  &  decem  acras  prati  cum  omnibus 
suis  pert,  in  Carswell :  habenda  &  tenenda  in  puram  &  perpetuam 
elemosinam  in  perpetuum.  In  cuius  [&c.  sealing]  hiis  testibus,  domino 
lohanne  Louel,  Ricardo  Abburbury,  Thoma  Harcourt^  lohanae 
Noweres,  militibus,  Thoma  Poure,  Thoma  Fretewelle,  Bartholomeo 
Hastyng,  lohanne  Walker,  lohanne  Carswell,  lohanne  Abraham, 

»  'vlt«,»MS. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  147 

Thoma  Bernard,  Thoma  Batyn  &  multis  aliis.  Datum  apud  Carswell 
predictam  die  Mercurii  in  crastino  Omnium  Sanctorum,  anno  regni 
regis  Ric.  II.  octauo. 

690. 

Littera  attom[atoria]  de  deliberanda  seisina,  &c. 

Nonerint  uniuersi  nos  Willelmum  Person  [&c.],  T.  T.  capellanum   Nov.  5, 
&  W.  P.  capellanum  attomasse  &  loco  nostro  posuisse  dilectum  nobis     '3®^ 
in  Cbristo    Thomam    Braundestone    clericum    certum    attomatum 
nostrum  ad  deliberandam  abbati  &  conuentui  de  Egnesham  in  uno 
mesuagio,  centum  acris  terre  &  decem  acris  prati  |  cum  omnibus  suis  foL  105^. 
pert  in  Carswell  plenam  seisinam,  secundimi  vim,  formam  &  efifectum 
cuiusdam  carte  [&c.].    Datum  Oxonie  die  Sabbati  proxima  post 
festum  Omnium  Sanctonim  anno  r.  r.  Ric  II.  octauo. 


691. 

Cy  comencer  le  droit  title,  que  loban  Wawe  fitz  &  heir  a  John 
Wawe,  cytezin  &  pauner  de  Londrez,  ad  en  diuerse  terres  &  tene- 
mentes  oue  les  appurtenancez  en  lez  villes  &  champes  de  Carswell, 
Crudbrugge,  Craule,  Astrop',  Norton  le  Bruyn  &  Aston  le  Riche 
en  le  coimte  de  Oxon',  deprim^z*  coment  vn  Adam  abbe  de 
Egnesham  &  le  Couent  de  m[eme]  le  meison  ount  seisi  en  pure  & 
perpetuall  almoigne  par  vn  Willym'  de  Elvell'  ■  de  ii  virgetz  de  terre 
oue  lez  appurtenauncez  en  le  vile  de  Carswell  susdit;  le  quele 
abbe  &  son  Couent  grauntez  lez  auandit'  ii  virgetts  de  terre  oue 
lez  appurtinaimcez  a  vn  Hugh'  Pomeray  a  tenur  a  luy  ses  heyres 
&  sez  assignes  pur  toutz  iours,  cy  co[mme]  pleinement  apiert  par 
un  ch[art]re  parentre  eux  fait,  rendaimt  a  eux  &  a  lour  successours 
annuelment  xiii  s.  iiii  d.  a  dieux  termes  de  Ian,  cest  assau[oir]  al  fest 
de  seynt  Thomas  le  appostell  vi  s.  viii  d.  &  a  le  fest  de  seint  lohn 
Baptist  vi  s.  viii  d. ;  par  force  de  quell  graunte  il  fuiste  seisi  & 
m[ur]ust  seisi  sauns  issue  de  son  corps;  apres  quell  mort  lez 
auaundit'  terres  descender'  a  vn  meister  Willm'  Pomeray  son  frere, 
le  quelle  Willm'  enfeffa  lohan  Pomeray  sa  soer  de  lez  auaimdit' 
terres  &  de  toutz  lez  autrez  tenementez,  quels  ill  auoit  en  le  dit  vile, 
a  tenur'  a  luy  sez  heirez  &  |  sez  assignes  pur  toutz  iours  par  le  foL  xoG'. 
seruice  susdit  &c. ;  par  force  de  quelle  feffement  ill  fiiist  seisi  &  prist 
a  baron  un  Willm'  Galard  &  parentre  eux  ount  issue  Hugh  Galard 
1  <  in  the  first  place '.  '  VoL  i,  p.  15a,  the  name  is  ElmeL 

L  a 


148  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

&  m[u]rer'*  seisi:  apres  quell  mort  Icz  auauntdit'  terres  &  tenement' 
oue  lez  appurtenauntez  descender'  a  le  dit  Hugh  Galard  come  fitz 
&  hejre  de  meme  ceux  William  Galard  &  lohan  Pomeray  sa  feme ; 
le  quell  Hugh  Galard  enffeffa  vn  Hugh  de  Stanlak  de  Witney  &  lohn 
son  frere  en  un  mes[8uage],  xli  acr'  de  terre  &  ii  acr'  de  pree  oue 
lez  appurtenauncez  en  Carswell  auauntdit  a  auoyr  &  tenur  a  eux 
&  lour  assignes  pur  toutz  iours,  ci  come  pleinement  appiert  en  chartre 
parentre  eux  faitz :  et  sur  ceo  Agnes  que  fuist  le  feme  de  meme  cestuy 
Hugh  relessa  tout  le  droit  quel  auoit  en  lez  ditz  mes[suage]  xli  acr' 
&  ii  acr*  de  pree  a  lez  auauntditz  Hugh  de  Stanlak  &  lohn  son  frere : 
et  lohn  Galard  fitz  &  heire  relessa,  ci  come  pleinement  appiert :  et 
auxi  le  dit  Hugh  Galard  enffefifa  vn  lohan  Dokelington  de  iiii  acr' 
pree  &  v  places  de  pree  appellez  lez  gores  en  Aston,  le  quell  lohan 
Dokelyngton  graunt'  son  estate  a  les  auauntdit*  Hugh  Stanlak  Sc 
lohn  son  frere,  cy  come  pleynement  appiert  par  vn  chartre.  Et  auxi 
vn  Henr*  Lambard  graunta  a  meme  ceux  Hugh  Stanlake  &  lohan 
son  frere  de "  ii  acr*  de  terre  en  le  vile  de  Astropp,  cy  come  pleine- 
ment apiert  par  vn  chartre:  et  auxi  vn  Willm'  fitz  de  vn  William 
Galard  graunte  a  Richard  Whithered  vn  croft  oue  les  appurtenauncez 
en  Crudbrugge  a  tenur'  a  luy  cez  heires  &  cez  assignes  pur  toutz 
iours,  cy  come  pleinement  apiert  par  vn  chartre;  le  quell  Richard 
don'  &  graunt'  lez  ditz  croft  a  la  auauntditz  Hugh  de  Stanlake  &  lohn 
son  frere  a  tenur^  a  eux  &  lour  heyres  &  lour  assignes  pur  tons  iours : 
et  puis  apres  les  auauntditz  Hugh  de  Stanlake  &  lohn'  son  frere 
demerunt  seises  de  toutz  lez  auauntditz  terres  &  tenementez  oue  lour 
appurtenauncez;  apres  que  mort,  lez  auauntditt*  terres  &  tenementez 
fol.  xo6^.  oue  lour  appurtenauncez  descender*  a  un  Roger  de  |  Stanlake  come 
cosyn  &  heir  a  lez  auauntditz  Hugh  de  Stanlake  &  lohn  son  frere : 
le  quell  Roger  graunt*  son  estate  a  lohn  Blewbery  clerke,  cy  come 
pleinement  [appiert']  par  vn  relesse  parentre  eux,  le  queU  lohn* 
graunt*  son  estate  a  Thomas  Austyn  &  Margaret  sa  feme,  cy  come 
pleinement  appiert  par  vn  autre  relesse,  le  quell  Thomas  Austyn 
graunt*  son  astate  a  lohn'  Moryn  vicary  de  Witney  &  lohn'  Busshe 
chapleyns:  et  puis  apres  lez  auauntditz  lohn'  Moryn  &  lohn' 
Busshe  graunter^  lour  astate  a  meme  cestuy  Thomas;  arerema3me 
le  quell  Thomas  graunt'  son  astate  a  lohn'  Wawe  de  Astrop  esquier 
par  chartre,  &  auxi  par  fine  en  le  court  de  Roy  leuie :  et  puis  apres 
lauauntdit  lohn  Wawe  esquier  graunt*  a  lohn'  Wawe  son  cosyn 
citezin  &  pauner  de  Loundres  toutz  cez  terres  &  tenementez  &  rents 
&  seruis'  oue  lour  appurtenauncez  queux  ill  auoit  en  lez  countez 

»  '  mrer,»  MS,  «  As  if '  enfifcfifa » had  preceded. 

•  Not  in  MS. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  149 

de  Oxon',  North[ampton]  &  Wigome  a  auoir  &  tenur  a  luy  cez  heires 
&  ses  assignes  pur  toutes  iours;  le  quell  lohn'  Wawe  auoit  issue 
vn  lohn'  Wawe,  le  quell  lohn'  Wawe  enfeflfa  mon  maister  Thomas 
Bekyngham. 

692. 
Mylcombe.^  foL  xot'. 

Wyllyam  Castell  a  howse  &  ii  yerdlands  off  herabyll  land    xiiii  s. 

Wyllyam  Castell  a  nother  howse  &  a  yerdland   xiii  s.  iiii  d. 

Richard  Halle '  ii  yerdlands  &  ii  tenements    zv  s.  iiii  d. 

Edward  Franke  ii  yerdlands  &  a  tenement   xiiii  s. 

Rychard  Castell  a  tenement  &  a  yerdland    vii  s. 

Robart  Franke  a  tenement  &  ii  yerdland    xv  s. 

Allys  Dawby  a  howse  &  a  yerdland    xiiii  s. 

Mr.  Osbaston  ii  closys    ii  s. 

Raflfe  Hynd'  off  Hempton  a  yerdland  &  a  tenement    x  s. 

Mr.  Byllyng  iiii  yerdlands  •  for  cheffagg*  *    xv  s. 

Thomas  Partrygge  a  howse  &  a  yerdland    xiii  s.  iiii  d/ 

Item  Master  Byllyng  for  Dodar  myllys    xx  s* 

Castell  Fee  •    vi  s.  viii  4 

Mr.  Newelle  for  the  cort    vi  s.  viii  d. 

Summa   v  Ii.  ix  s.  viii  d.^ 

[folio  107^  is  blank.] 

693- 
In  omnibus  curiis  obseitiandis.* 

Item,  primo  vt  omnes  inducunt  [sic]  copias  &  quod  nulli  per 
copias  possint  locare  altri  [sic]  uel  fkcere  subtenentes  de  terris,  foL  io8'. 
pratis  &  pasturis  sine  licencia  abbatis  uel  domini  sub  pena  foris- 
facture. 

*  In  a  hand  of  about  1^30.  '  This  entry  has  at  some  time  been 

'  Above  this   name  is  written  'a  scratched  through, 

haryatt  *  (-iheriot)  xiii  s.  iiii  d.  *  The  V^ilor  Ecciesiasticus  mentions 

'  '  Ont  of  Sympole'  land '  is  written  a  payment  of  6s,  Sd.  dne  from  Eynsham 

above  these  words.  to  the  King's  Hundred  of  Bloxham  for 

^  Chevage  generally  means  the  pay-  lands  at  Milcombe.    This  entry  and  the 

roent  made  by  'nativi  *  to  their  lord  for  next  are,  of  course,  deductions  or  reprises, 

permission  to  reside  outside  the  manor  "*  This   total    can    be    obtained  by 

to  which  they  were  bound ;  but  the  omitting  the  rents  from  Dotard's  mill 

word  was  also  used  for  any  chief  rent  and  the  land    In    Hempton,  both  of 

{capitalis  redditus\  or,  as  we  should  which  were  in  Deddington. 

say,  quit  rent  paid  to  the  feudal  lord.  *  This  deed  is  in  the  same  hand  as 

Seie  voL  i,  p.  314.  the  last. 


ISO  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Item,  nota  quod  inquiratnr  de  hiis  qui  non  occupant  terras  suas, 
sed  dimittunt  libere  tenentibos  &  sub  qua  forma. 

Item,  nota  quod  inquiratur  quomodo  tenentes  reparant  ^  domos  suas 
&  si  sint  in  decasu  &  ruina. 

Item,  nota  quod  inquiratur  si  illi  qui  habent  copias  excambunt 
\sic\  cum  libere  tenentibus  uel  dimittimt  terras  suas  pro  alienis 
terris. 

Nota  interrogare  de  illis  qui  faciunt  ex  domibus  orrea  '  pro  granis 
ponendis. 

Item,  interrogare  utrum  illi  qui  tenent  per  copias  alterauerunt 
terras  suas  &  tenementa  quas  tenent  per  copias  aliter  quam  copia 
extendit,  quando  prius  habuerunt  copias. 

Nota,  quod  iuratores  non  cito  &  absque  examinatione  &  diligent! 
inquisitione  &  deliberacione  temporum  faciunt  responsiones,  sed 
omnibus  visis  &  interrogatis  cum  diligencia,  quod  utant  responsum', 
iuxta  iusiurandum  suum. 

694. 

[The  abbey  appoints  proxies  for  a  case  concerning 
fol.  loS^.  Appleton,  Berks.] 

1531.  Pateat    uniuersis   per   presentes    quod   nos  abbas  &  conuentus 

monasterii  de  Egnesham  ordinis  sancti  Benedicti,  Lincolniensis 
diocesis,  in  omnibus  causis,  negociis,  litibus  &  querelis  ^  nos,  personas 
nostras,  statusque  nostros  ac  monasterium  nostnmi,  necnon  res  & 
bona  nostra  monasteriique  nostri  predicti  quecunque  qualitercunque 
concementibus  sine  tangentibus  coram  quibuscunque  iudicibus  ordi- 
nariis,  delegatis,  subdelegatis  aut  eorum  commissariis  quibuscunque 
qualemcunque  iurisdiccionem  habentibus  motis  seu  mouendis,  diebus, 
horis  et  locis  quibus  nos  adesse"  vel  abesse  contigerit,  dilectos  in 
Christo  magistros  Zachariam  Dawtre,  lohannem  Talkarum,  Thomam 
Stacy  k  Henricimi  Boffylde  notaries  publicos  coniunctim  &  eorum 
quemlibet  per  se  diuisim  &  in  solidum,  ita  quod  non  sit  melior  con- 
dicio  occupandi*  sed  quod  unus  eorum  incepit  id  eorum  quilibet 
libere  persequi  ualeat,  mediare  pariter,  &  firmare,  nostros  veros  & 
legitimes  nominamus,  ordinamus,  facimus  &  constituimus  procuratores, 
actores,  factores  negociormnque  nostrorum  gestores  et  nuncios  speciales 
per  presentes :  damusque  &  concedimus^  eisdem  procuratoribus  nostris 

»  '  repenmt,'  MS.  * « qncroolit,*  MS* 

»  « ordea,*  MS.  •  *  abesse,'  MS. 

*  This  seems  to  be  what  is  written :  *  <  occnpanii,'  MS. 

the  meaning  of  the  clause  is  inteUigible,  '  '  consedimns,*  MS. 

though  its  grammar  is  not. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  151 

conhinctim  &  eorum  cuiKbet,  ut  prefatur,  per  se  diuisim  4^  iu  solidum, 
potestatem  genentlem  ft  mandatum  speciale  pro  nobis  &  nominibua 
Qostris  ac  nomine  dicti  monasterii  nostri  coram  dictis  iudicibus  com^ 
parendi,  agendi  et  defendendi,  ezcipiendi  &  replicandi,  litem  seu  lites 
contestandi  &  contestar[iJ  videndi,  lib[ell]u[m]  seu  lib[ell]o8  ac  alias 
materias  quascunque  proponendi  et  admitti  petendi,  ponendi,  articu- 
landi,  po[siti]onibus,  et  articulis  ac  interrogatoriis  quibuscunque 
reddendi,  testes,  litteras  et  instrumenta  ac  alia  quecunque  probadonum 
genera  producendi  et  exhibendi,  productaque  et  exhibita  ex  aduerso 
reprobandi  el  impugnandi/  iuramentum  tam  de  calumpnia  quam  de 
veritate  dicenda  ac  quodlibet  aliud  genus  liciti  sacramenti  in  animas 
nostras  prestandi,*  subeundi*  et  iurandi,  cri[min]aque  et  defectus 
obiiciendi  ac  obiectis  ex  aduerso  respondendi,  absenciasque  nostras 
quoad  personales  composiciones  ^  excusandi,  ac  caus^m  et  caqsas 
absencie  nostre  huiusmodi  alligandi,  proponendi  et  probandi,  necnon 
beneficium  absolocionis  a  quibuscunque  suspencionis,  excommuni- 
cadonis,  seu  interdicti  sententiis,  a  iure  uel  ab  homine  lalis  seu 
ferendis,  status  nostri  et  monasterii  nostri  reformationem,  in  integrum 
restitucionem,  dampna  et  expensas  ac  interesse  quelibet  petendi, 
recipiendi  et  obtinendi,  in  causa  causisque  et  negociis  huiusmodi 
concludendi  et  concludi  videndi,  sententiasque  quascumque  tam  inter* 
locutorias,  quam  diffinitiuas  ac  decreta '  quecunque  fern  et  promulgari 
petendi  et  audiendi,  prouocandi  &  appellandi,  prouocaciones  et 
appellaciones  huiusmodi  notificandi  et  intimandi,  ac  eas  et  earum 
causas  cum  effectu  prosequendi  et  finiendi,  ap[pel]l[aci]o[ne]sque 
petendi  et  redpiendi,  alium  vel  alios  procuratorem  seu  procuratores 
loco  ipsorum  et  eorum  cuiuslibet  substituendi  ac  substituttmi  seu 
substitutos  huiusmodi  reuocandi,  et  procur[atoris]  oflficiiun  in  ipsos 
et  eorum  quemlibet  reassumendi  quociens  et  quando  eis  vel  eorum 
alicui  melius  videbitur  expedire,  et  generaliter  omnia  alia  et  singula 
faciendi,  exercendi  et  expediendi,  que  in  premissis  et  circa  ea  neces- 
saria  fuerint  seu  quomodolib^t  oportuna,  licet  mandatum  de  se 
magis  exigant  speciale  quam  presentibus  est  expressum,  et  que  in 
premissis  nosmet  faceremus  seu  facere  possimus  si  presentes  persona- 
liter  interessemus  promittimus  nos  ratum,  gratum  el  firmum  habituros* 
quantum^  et  quicquid  per  dictos  procuratores  nostros  seu  aliquem 
nomine  nostro  &  pro  nobis  ac  nomine  dicti  monasterii  nostri  actum, 
gestum   seu  procuratiun  fiierit  in  premissis  seu  aliquo  premisso; 

»  Written  « imp^miigwmdi '.  •  *  decerta,'  MS. 

•  '  prostandi.'  MS.  •  '  habitores/  MS. 

»  '  subendi/  MS.  '  *  talum,'  MS. 
«  <  composicioneini*  MS. 


152  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

necnon  in  iudicio  sisti  &  iudicatum  solui  sub  ipotheca  et  obligacione 
omnium  bonoram  nostrorum  et  monasterii  nostri:  et  in  ea  parte 
causacionem '  exsponimus  per  presentes.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium 
sigillimi  nostrum  commune  presentibus  apposuimus.  Datum  in  domo 
nostra '  capitulari  die  mensis  [sic]  anno  Domino  Mo  quingentesimo 
xxzio.  Hoc  negocium  tamen  tantum  spectat  de  &  in  omnibus  causis 
concernentibus  decimas,  terras,  pasturas,  redditus,  fructus,  prata, 
fol.  109'.  pascua  cum  omnibus  suis  pertinenciis  de  ecclesia  |  sine  in  villa  & 
campis  de  Appyltone,  que  iure  debentur  monasterio  de  Egnesham« 

[The  rest  of  109  &  uo  are  blank.] 


foL  ni'. 


695- 


[The  Abbot  of  Esmsham  grants  permission  to  William, 
a  monk  of  Eynsham,  to  accept  the  post  of  Prior  of 
Tickford  to  which  he  has  been  elected.] 

Mar.  9O9  Omnibus  Christi  fidelibus  [&c.]  Milo  permissione  diuina  abbas 
^^*  monasterii  beate  Marie  virginis  de  Egnesham  Lincolniensis  diocesis, 
ordinis  sancti  Benedicti,  salutem  in  Domino  sempitemam.  Nouerit 
uniuersitas  uestra  ad  nostram  noticiam  nuper  peruenisse  quendam 
Willelmum  Egnesham  nostrum  conmionachum  de  veresimili  assumi 
seu  eligi,  per  eum  seu  eos  aut  [  ] '  quorum  interest,  ad  prioratum  de 
Tjckforde  eiusdem  diocesis :  idcirco  nos  prefatum  abbatem,  ne  tante 
caritati  contraire  videamur,  dictum  Willelmum  Egnesham  a  nostra 
obediencia  pariter  &  monasterio  penitus  absoluisse  &  dimisisse, 
necnon  {quantum  ex  parte  nostra  est  eidem  Willelmo  licenciam  dedisse 
&  concessisse  huiuscemodi  assumpcioni  seu  elecdoni  de  se  licite  ^te 
consenciendi.  In  cuius  [&c.  sealing] ;  datum  in  manerio  nostro  de 
Stoke,  vicesimo  die  mensis  Marcii  anno  Domini  millesimo  &  quad- 
ringentesimo  nonagesimo  octauo. 

[uT  &  112^  are  blank.] 

696. 

Pons  Cantebr[igie]. 
fol.  na^.   ^  ig^Q  ViXito  continentur  omnes  hide  que  debent  pontagium 
ad  magnum  pontem  ville  Cantebrlgie  in  Comitatu  Cante- 
br[igie]. 

Papp[e]  Everard.    Ibidem  sunt  v  hide  terre,  unde  quelibet  hida 

'  Perhaps  the  scribe  meant  *  candonem.*  «  '  nostro,*  MS. 

•  A  word  has  been  erased,  apparently  *  illos*. 


CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM  153 

continet  cxx  acras  terre:  unde  lohannes  Dengayne,  chivaler,  &  alii 
sunt  tenentes. 

Papp[e]  Annets.  Ibidem  sunt  vii  virgate  terre  que  continent  unam 
hidam  &  tria  quarteria  unius  hide :  unde  tenentes  terre  nuper  Ricardi 
Franceys  sunt  tenentes. 

CoNTTONS.  Ibidem  sunt  tres  hide  &  una  virgata  terre:  unde 
Georgius  de  Ellesworthe  &  heredes  Thome  (?)Dauseye  sunt 
tenentes. 

Overs.  Ibidem  est  una  hida  terre  :  unde  Elizabeth  Pygace,  tenentes 
terre  Luce  de  Ouere,  &  tenentes  terre  Roberti  Waryn[er]  sunt 
tenentes. 

SwANESETE.  Ibidem  est  una  hida  terre :  unde  lohannes  Hook'  & 
alii  sunt  tenentes. 

BoKESwoRTHE.  Ibidem  sunt  quatuor  hide  terre  &  dimidia  hida 
terre:  unde  Henricus  de  Bokesworthe  est  tenens. 

Stantone.  Ibidem  sunt  due  hide  &  dimidia:  unde  lohannes 
Cheyne,  Robertus  Camp',  &  tenentes  terre  nuper  lohannis  Walwayn 
sunt  tenentes. 

LoLLEwoRTHE.  Ibidem  sunt  due  hide:  unde  Willelmus  Thorpe 
chivaler  est  tenens. 

Landebeccre.  Ibidem  sunt  quinque  hide :  unde  lohannes  Attelee 
chivaler  est  tenens. 

HoKTSTONE.  Ibidem  sunt  una  hida  &  dimidia  :  unde  tenentes  terre 
Galfridi  G[ra]ncete  &  participes  sui  sunt  tenentes. 

Westwye.  Ibidem  sunt  due  hide :  unde  Robertus  Lyfle  chivaler 
est  tenens. 

Chtlderle.  Ibidem  simt  tres  hide  :  unde  Willelmus  Childerle  est 
tenens. 

Htstone.  Ibidem  sunt  xv  hide  terre;  unde  abbas  de  Egnesham 
est  tenens. 

Drattone.  Ibidem  sunt  vi  hide :  unde  lohannes  Recche,  prior  de 
Bemewelle,  Willelmus  (?)Aluens  &  alii  sunt  tenentes. 

Toft.  Ibidem  sunt  una  hida  &  dimidia  de  feodo  Roberti  de  Beche, 
quas  lohannes  AuenelF  miles  tenet. 

Eltesle.    Ibidem  sunt  iii  hide :  unde  Thomas  Eltesle  est  tenens. 

Brun[n]e.  Ibidem  sunt  due  hide :  unde  lohannes  Aluene  capellanus 
est  tenens. 

EuERSDONE.  Ibidem  sunt  v  hide  &  dimidia  &  una  virgata  terre : 
unde  lohannes  de  Fynore,  Robertus  de  Rudham,  Robertus  Rycher, 
lohannes  Reuerell  &  lohannes  Rocheford  sunt  tenentes. 

(?)CuDECOTE.  Ibidem  est  una  hida  terre:  unde  tenentes  terre 
Theobaldi  filii  Fulconis  &  Willehni  Crachemay  &  alii  sunt 
enentes.  I 


154  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

foL  n3'.  Bkrtonx.  Ibidem  sunt  vi  hide :  unde  Bartholomeus  Boreswoith, 
dux  Lancestrie,  prior  de  Bernewelle,  &  alii  sunt  tenentes :  unde  prior 
tenet  iii  hidas  &  dimidiam. 

DoKESwoRTHE.  Ibidem  sunt  quatuor  hide  ft  una  virgata  terre  * 
unde  Robertus  (?)  Brustildi  chtvaler  tenet  iiii  hides :  &  prior  de  Witeles- 
ford*  tenet  unam  virgatam  terre  de  feodo  Willelmi  Coluyje. 

HisTONK.  Ibidem  abbatis  feodum  de  Egnesham  debet  i  sectam  & 
de  auxilio  vicecomitis  viii  s.  &  sunt  ibidem  de  feodo  eiusdem  xv  hide 
geld[abiles]  &  tenentur  in  80cag[io]  de  episcopo  Lincolniensi  &  debet 
pontagium. 

[The  rest  of  113^  is  blank.] 


fdl-na^.  697. 

Oct  X,     [A  receipt  from  John  Golafre  for  arrears  of  his  salary.] 

Nouerint  uniuersi  per  presentes  me  lohannem  Golafre  in  Comitatu 
Berk'Esquier  reoepisse  [die]  confectionis  presencium  de  lohanne  abbate 
monasterii  sancte  Marie  de  Egnesham  centum  solidos  legalis  monete 
Anglie  in  plenam  solucionem  feodi  mei  &  arre[ragiorum]  eiusdem 
usque  ad  diem  confectionis  presencium.  De  quibus  quidem  centum 
solidis  ^  pro  feodo  &  arre[ragiis]  eiusdem  fateor  me  plenarie  solutum, 
dictumque  abbatem  &  eius  monasterium  inde  fore  quietum  per  pre- 
sentes. In  cuius  [&c.  sealing].  Dat*  in  crastino  sancti  (?)  leronimi 
anno  r.r.  Henrici'  [sexti]  post  conquestum  Anglie  uicesimo. 


1441. 


^  '  centum  solidis  *  hms  been  scratched  abbot  of  Eynsbam  was  Milo  in  1504*  iQ 

through,  and  <  solidis'  written  again.  1528  Henry  Reading  or  Anthony  Dun- 

'  Henry  VI,  VU,  VIU,  all  reached  stan ;  in  1441  John  Quenyngton  was 

a  twentieth  year,  but  the  name  of  the  abbot. 


CHARTERS  FROM   MISCELLANEOUS 
SOURCES 

698. 

[Henry  I  grants  to  the  men  of  Esmsham  exemption  from 
serving  in  the  htmt:  from  an  inspeximus  in  Pat  Rolls, 
I  Rich.  II,  part  2.] 

Henricus  rex  Anglorum  W.  uiceccmiti  de  Oxenefort  &  omnibus  [noo-7.*] 
forestariis  suis  de  Oxenfortscira  salutem.    Sciatis  me  clamasse  quietos 
abbati  de  Eglessam  homines  de  Eglessam  ne  eant  ad  stabilitatem* 
quamdiu  familia  mea  ibi  hospitata  fiierit.    Teste  R«  episcopo  Lin- 
colniensi  &  W.  de  Werelwast  apud  Hanebergam. 

699. 

[The  Empress  Matilda  confirms  to  Eynsham  exemption 
from  hundred  courts,  &c.,  as  granted  by  her  father: 
from  an  inspeximus  in  Pat.  Rolls,  i  Rich.  U,  part  2.] 

M.  imperatrix,  regis  Henrici  filia  k  Angl[orum]  domina  nice-  [n4i-a.] 
comiti  &  ministris  de  Oxenfordesdra  salutem.  Precipio  quod  terra 
&  homines  abbatis  de  Egenesham  sint  in  pace  &  quieti  de  placitis  & 
querelis  &  sciris  &  hundredis  &  omnibus  rebus  excepta  [sic]  murdro  & 
latrocinio,  sicut  erant  tempore  regis  Henrici  patris  mei  k,  sicut  carta 
regis  Henrici  testatur.    Teste  K  de  Buh[un]  apud  Oxenefordiam. 

7CX). 

[Writ  of  Stephen  about  the  lands  of  the  abbey  at  Histon; 
from  an  inspeximus  in  Pat.  Rolls,  i  Rich.  II,  part  2.] 

S.  rex  Anglie,  conestabuJ[ario]  &  uicecomid  &  ministris  eius  de  [n5a-4.] 
Cantebr'shire  salutem.    Mando  nobis  k   precipio  quod  permittatis 

1  William    de   Wcrdwitt    became  Jiolis,  Vi%2. 

bishop  of  Exeter  in  Aug.  1107.    Aa*  '  The  service  of  aiding  at  the  king's 

other  charter  of  Hen.  I  issned  at  Han-  hont. 
borough  is  given  in  CdUndar  of  Chartir 


156  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Godefridum  abbatem  de  Egenesham  tenere  terrain  suam  &  homines 
suos  &  omnia  sua  de  Histona  bene  &  in  pace,  libere  &  quiete  de 
placitis  &  querelis  &  shiris  &  hundredis  &  omnibus  rebus,  ne  super  hoc 
infestetis  eos  in  aliquo  neque  iniuriam  uel  contumeliam  facialis.  Teste 
W.  de  Caisneto  apud  Oxen[efordiam]. 


701. 

[n6a-         [Writ  of  Henry  II  to  the  same  effect:  from  the  same 
^  ^^  sotirce.] 

H.  rex  Anglie  &  dux  Normannie  &  Aquitanie  &  comes  Andegauie 
uicecomiti  &  ministris  suis  de  Cantebr'sira  salutem.  Precipio  quod 
abbas  &  monachi  de  Egenesham  teneant  bene  &  in  pace  &  iuste  terram 
suam  de  Histona  sicut  melius  tenuerunt  tempore  regis  H.  aui  mei  &: 
[cum]  eisdem  libertatibus  &  liberis  consuetudinibus.  £t  prohibeo  ne 
quis  super  hoc  ab  eis  aliquid  inde  exigat  quod  facere  non  debeant. 
T.  Gaufridoi  arch[idiacono]  Cant[uariense]  apud  Wodestoke. 


702- 

[n54-      [Confirmation  by  Henry  II  to  Eynsham  of  a  weekly  market 
^^'J     and  two  annual  fairs:  from  the  Pat  Rolls,  i  Ric  IL 
part  a.] 

H.  rex  Anglie,  dux  Normannie  &  Acquitanie,  comes  Andegauie 
episcopo  Lincolniensi  &  iustic'  &  baronibus  &  uicecomiti  &  ministris 
&  omnibus  fidelibus  suis  de  Oxenefordscira  salutem.  Sciatis  me  con- 
cessisse  abbati  de  Eigenesham  &  monachis  quod  habeant  mercatum  die 
dominica  singulis  septimanis,  &  in  ebdomada  Pentecostes  concedo  ut 
celebrentur  nundine  a  die  Martis  ipsius  ebdomade  usque  ad  viii  diem 
&  ad  festum  Assumpcionis  sancte  Marie  similiter  xl[j^]  dies  ad  Eige- 
nesham. Et  precipio  quod  homines  illi  qui  illuc  conueniunt  ipsi  & 
animalia  sua  vel  alia  mercimonia  in  diversis  rebus  in  eundo  & 
redeundo  in  siluis  uel  in  aliis  semitis  liberum  passagium  habeant,  ibique 
morando  habeant  meam  firmam  pacem,  ita  ut  ne  quis  super  hoc  in  aliquo 
disturbentur  [stc]  iniuste  super  xv  libras  forisfacture.  T[estibus],  R.  de 
Luciy  Manasser  Biset,  Willelmo  de  Sancto  lohanne  apud  Windeleshore. 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES     157 

703. 

Compositio  inter  eccleslas  Einsham  &  Dunstaple.^         ["58- 

66. T 
Notum  sit  omnibus  sancte  matris  ecclesie  filiis  tarn  futuris  quam 
presentibus,  quod  hec  compositio  facta  est  inter  ecclesiam  Egneshamme 
&  ecclesiam  de  Dunestapl'  et  abbatem  Godefridum  &  priorem 
Gubertum'  de  ecclesia  de  Mersetone,  scilicet  quod  utreque  ecclesie 
predictam  ecclesiam  de  Mersetone  pari  iure  possidebimt,  ita  ut  cum 
sacerdos  eidem  ecclesie  eligendus  fuerit  communi  ecclesiarum  assensu 
et  deliberacione  qui  eisdem  ecclesiis  melius  seruiat,  eligatur,  et  ipse 
sacerdos  utrique  *  ecclesie  sacramento  obligetur,  et  constituti  seruicii 
et  census  medietatem  ecclesie  Egneshamme,  &  aliam*  ipsius  pacti 
medietatem  ecclesie  de  Dunestapl'  annuatim  prefixis  terminis  persoluet. 
Hec  autem  composicio  apud  Lundonias  coram  Roberto  episcopo 
Lincolniensi  facta  est  et  fidei*  sacramento  ab  utraque  parte 
firmata. 


704- 

[1159-  , 
[Henry  n  confirms^  the  grant  of  his  grandfather.]  ^3* 

H.  rex  Anglie  &  dux  Normannie  &  Aquitannie  &  comes  Andegauie 
episcopis,  abbatibus,  comitibus,  baronibus,  iustic',  uicecomitibus, 
ministris  &  omnibus  hominibus  &  fidelibus  suis  totius  Anglie,  francis 
&  anglis,  salutem.  Sciatis  me  concessisse  &  carta  mea  presenti  con- 
firmasse  abbatie  de  Einegsham  quicquid  datum  est  ei  rationabiliter,  • 
uidelicet  uillam  de  Einegsham  cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  eius  & 
RoUndricd  cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  eius ;  et  Schiford  similiter :  et  in 
Gloec[estra]sira  Micheletunam  ciun  pertinentiis  suis ;  et  in  OxeneforS 
ecclesiam  sancte  Ebbe  cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  eius,  &  duo  molendina 
iuxta  Oxineford'  &  prata,  &  quicquid  Robertus  Lincolniensis  epi- 
scopus  dedit  pro   commutatione    Newerc[e]   &    Stowie,    uidelicet 

^  From  Ashmole  MS.  1125,  foL  4  Hubert,  not  Cuthbert 

(Bodl.   Libr.),    a   volume    containing  *  <  itaqne/  MS. 

trftnsoipts  of  charters  of  the  chapel  of  ^  'alia,'  MS. 

St  George's,  Windsor.  •  *  fidi,'  MS. 

'  The  deed  in  VoL  i,  p.  55t  proves  '  From  the  original  preserved  among 

that  this  is  after  Aug.  1 158.  the  mnniments  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter 

*  The  name  of  this  Ftioi  is  given  as  of  Lincohi.  Compare  voL  L  p.  36. 
Cnbertns  (»Cuthbert)  in  the  Bedford-  '  Froger  became  bishop  of  Seez  in 
shire  Victoria  County  History.  In  the  1159,  ^^  Thomas  ceased  to  be  Chan- 
next  deed  in  the  Ashmole  MS.,  a  deed  cellor  in  May,  11 6a.  Eyton  (^Itinerary 
about  Uiis  same  church  but  not  con-  of  Hen.  I  J,  p.  56)  suggests  the  date  of 
ceming  Eynsham,  the  Prior  is  'H.':  April,  Ii6a. 
probably  therefore  Gubertus  stands  for 


158  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Cerlebiriam,  ita  solidam  &  quietam  ut  episcopus  Robertus  tenuit,  in 
bosco  &  piano  &  in  omnibus  pertinentiis  eius ;  similiter  Stoches  cum 
omnibus  pertinentiis;  similiter  Wdecotam  cum  silua  que  ad  eam 
pertinet:  et  in  Cantebnigesira  in  Histona  xv  hidas  &  tres  uirgatas 
terre,  &  decimam  de  Thama,  in  annona,  in  pecudibus,  &  lana  & 
caseis  &  unum  bordarium  cum  duabus  acris  &  dedmam  de  Banneber* 
&  de  Croperia  cum  bordariis ;  similiter  Mildeltone  decimam  A  decimam 
cere  altaris  de  Stowa :  et  ex  dono  Nigelli  de  Oilli  unam  hidam  terre 
quam  tenebat  de  ecclesia  de  Einegsham  &  clamauit  quietam  concessu 
Robert!  predicti  Lincolniensis  episcopi^  &  ex  dono  eiusdem  tres  hidas 
&  dimidiam  in  Midelcumba :  ex  dono  Ricardi  de  Graio  decimam  de 
Dameford'  &  de  Widel*  &  de  Comewell',  uidelicet  omnium  illorum 
que  ad  easdem  uillas  pertinent,  tam  de  annona  quam  de  lana  &  caseis 
&  ceteris  pecuniis :  ex  dono  Rogeri  de  Kesneto  decimam  terre  sue  de 
Ministr'  &  de  tota  lana  sua  de  Oxinefordesira :  ex  dono  Gilleberti 
Basset  decimam  de  Stratona,  uidelicet  duas  partes,  &  de  tota  lana  sua 
&  caseis  de  tota  terra  sua :  ex  dono  Radulfi  Basset  decimam  suam  de 
una  hida  de  Estlaia  &  de  tota  lana  sua :  ex  dono  Roberti  filii  Walque- 
lini  totam  decimam  suam  de  Wicheham:  ex  dono  Gaufridi  de 
Croperia  duas  partes  decime  sue :  ex  dono  Ricardi  de  Newerce  duas 
partes  decime  sue  de  Claindona :  ex  dono  Willelmi  filii  Nigelli  unam 
domum  in  Oxeneford* :  ex  dono  Hardinc  de  Oxeneford'  duas  domos, 
unam  intra  burgum  &  aliam  extra :  ex  dono  Gisleberti  de  Almereio 
unam  domum  extra  burgum,  excepta  consuetudine  regia :  ex  dono 
Willelmi  filii  Bemardi  decimam  suam.  Hec  autem  abbatia  tota  est 
in  manu  &  potestate  Lincolniensis  episcopi  constituendi  abbatem 
canonice  consilio  &  assensu  regis.  Quare  uolo  &  firmiter  pre- 
cipio  quod  abbatia  predicta  babeat  &  teneat  hec  predicta  bene  & 
in  pace  &  honorifice  &  integre  &  libere  &  quiete,  &  episcopus 
Lincolniensis  habeat  eandem  libertatem  &  dignitatem  constituendi 
abbatem  in  eadem  abbatia  consilio  &  assensu  regio,  sicut  carta 
Henrici  regis  aui  mei  testatur,  quam  uidi  oculis  meis.  Testibus, 
Rotr*  Ebroicensi*,  Amulfo  Lexouiensi,  Philippo  Baiocensi,  Hilario 
Cicestrensi,  Frog[ero]  Sagiensi  episcopis,  Thoma  cancellario, 
Willelmo  filio  Hamonis,  Willelmo  de  Kesneto,  Man[assero]  Biset 
dapifero,  Ricardo  de  Humet  constabulario,  loscelino  de  Baillol, 
Stephano  de  Belcampo,  Roberto  de  Donstanuilla,  apud  Roto- 
magum. 

^  In  Riport  XII,  part  is,  p.  ^55  (Hist  MSS.  Committion),  this  name  it 
turned  into '  Roger,  bishop  of  York  . 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES     159 

705. 
[The  agreement  between  Eynsham  ft  the  Chapter  of      [nss- 

Lincohi  about  Pentecostals.]  ^3*  1 

Godefridus  del  gracia  abbas  Egneshaxnie  totusque  conuentus 
univeHBis  sancte  matris  ecclesie  filiis,  salutem.  Nouerit  dilectio  uestra 
dominum  Adelelmum  Lincolniensis  ecclesie  decanum  uniuersumque 
capitulum  eiusdem  ecclesie  nobis  concessisse  &  perpettto  assignasse 
ecclesie  nostre  de  Egnesham  processionem  todus  archidiaconatus 
Oxenefordie  sicut  earn  ex  liberalitate  uenerabilis  memorie  Alexandri 
episcopi  8c  domini  Roberti  eiusdem  successoris  Lincolniensis  ecclesie 
in  soUempnitate  Pentecosten  obtinuisse  dinoscimur;  hac  interposita 
distinctione,  quod  ecclesia  Lincolniensis  cuius  nomine  eam  adepti 
sumus  duas  partes  oblationis,  argenti  scilicet  &  quicquid  oblatum 
fuerit  in  auro,  in  pannis  sericis,  oortinis,  &  uestimentis  paraturis 
omatis,  integre  annis  singulis  percipiet  Tercia  uero  pars  oblaticmis 
uidelicet  argenti  cum  aliis  oblationum  beneficiis  ad  usus  nostri 
monasterii  reseruabitur.  £t  ut  huius  beneficii  uel  distinctionis 
memoria  nulla  debeat  obliuione  deleri,  nulla  possit  etate  quolibet 
modo  infirmari)  prefatus  A.  decanus  totumque  capitulum  Lincolniensis 
eccle^e  donadonem  istam  A  rem  gestam  carta  sua  nobis  confirmauit 
&  sigiUi  sui  munimine  corroborauit.  Nosque  id  ipsum  contestamur, 
&  ne  in  irritimi  uel  in  dubium  de  cetero  ualeat  reuocari,  capituli 
nostri  sigillo  communimus:  tali  cautione  ascripta,  ut  abbates  huius 
monasterii  sibi  canonice  succedentes  super  hac  re  ipsis  sacramend 
relligione  ob%entur,  sicut  iamdictus  abbas  G.  se  illorum  obligauit 
capitulo,  saluis  in  omnibus  supra<£ctis  utriusque  partis  oblationum 
beneficiis.    Valete.' 

7o6. 

[Grant  of  a  virgate  in  Mickleton.] 

Soiant  [&c.]  quod  ego  Godefridus  gratia  dei  abbas  Egneshamie  [^5*- 
&  totus  eiusdem  loci  conuentus  dedimus  &  concessimus  Waltero 
famulo  nostro  de  Muclintune  &  heredibus  suis  unam  uirgatam  terre 
in  eadem  uilla  de  Muclintone,  tenendam  de  nobis,  reddendo  singulis 
annis  quinque  solidos  ad  duos  terminos,  uidelicet  triginta  denarios  in 
festo  sancti  Kenelmi,  &  triginta  in  Piuificatione  sancte  Marie.  Hiis 
testibus,  Henrico  Trenchenote,  Willelmo  Franceis,  Roberto  Coco, 
Willelmo  filio  T[ur]ri,  Roberto  Toldin  &  multis  aliis' 

«  See  Vol.  i,  p.  38.  ii.  69. 

*  The  seal  is  wantiiig.    This  deed  is  •  From  Heame^s  Ectypa  Varia,  f.  44, 

ptaenred  ainoog  the  liitmimetits  of  the  where  it  is  reproduced  in  fiicsimile. 
Dean  and  Chaptet  of  Lincoln,  Press  D. 


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707. 

[iao3-6.1     [An  order  of  Bishop  William  concerning  the  pa3rment 

of  Penteco8tal8^] 

Willelmus  dei  gracia  Lincolniensis  episcopus  omnibus  archidiaconis 
&  ofiScialibus  per  diocesim  Lincolniensis  ecclesie  consdtutis,  salutem 
&  dei  benedicdonem.  Cum  cura  &  solidtudo  Lincolniensis  ecclesie, 
quam  deo  auctore  regendam  suscepimus,  nos  admodmn  inuitent  ea 
que  hactenus  minus  bene  fuerint  ordinata  in  meliorem  statum  redigere, 
canonicorum  ibidem  deo  iugiter  famulandum  comodo  in  posterum 
pro  futuro  inuigilare  tenemur.  Mouemur  siquidem,  nee  illud  clausis 
oculis  de  cetero  preterire  possumus,  quod  etiam  nos '  mouere  deberet, 
&  non  monemini'  ad  quos  specialius  pertinet  cura  &  solidtudo  Lin- 
cobuensis  ecclesie,  quod  cum  tantam  habeat  filiorum  multitudinem, 
ipsi  eam  contempnunt,  ut  saltem  eam  semel  in  anno  secundum 
consuetudinem  ecclesie  nostre,  que  in  aliis  ecclesiis  Celebris  habetur, 
eam  in  propria  persona  uel  de  suis  facultatibus  condignas  obladones 
mittendo  negligant  uisitare.  Quod  quidem  ex  negligencia  clericorum 
pocius  quam  laicorum  simplicitate  nouimus  acddisse.  Quocirca 
uniuersitati  uestre  auctoritate  qua  fungimur  predpimus,  quatinus 
decanis,  personis,  presbiteris  per  nostram  diocesim  constitutis  in 
uirtute  obedience  iniimgatis,  ut  in  singulis  parochiis  singuli  capellani 
fideles  sibi  commissos  ad  hoc  sufficientes  auctoritate  nostra  inducant 
quod  de  singulis  domibus  aliqui  in  festo  Pentecosten  ad  locum 
consuetum  &  processionibus  destinatum  singulis  annis  satagant 
conuenire,  oblaciones  condignas  in  remissionem  peccatorum  suorum 
&  in  signum  obediende  &  recordacionis  matris  sue  Lincolniensis 
ecclesie  offerentes.  lubeatis  etiam  ut  singuli  decani  personis,  pres- 
biteris sibi  commissis  auctoritate  nostra  predpiant,  quatinus  uniuersi 
attenta  solidtudine  prouideant  ut  nominibus  parochianorum  suorum 
seorsum  notatis,  decanis  suis  cum  derids  nostris  in  Pentecost'  ad  hoc 
desiinandis  sdant  per  nominum  annotadones  fideliter  respondere,  qui 
secundum  mandatum  nostrum  ut  filii  obedientes  uel  uenerint  ud 
miserint  &  qui  mandatum  nostrum  transgredientes  uenire  uel  mittere 
neglexerint 

^  This   deed    is   copied    from   the  but  in  the  R^trum  the  letters  -n-  and 

Registrum  Antiquissimum  at  Lincoln  -n-  are  distin^nished.    The  Liber  Niger 

Cathedral,  fol.  184.    For  the  subject  (reproduced  In  Lincoln  Cath,  StaiuUs) 

see  VoL  i.  427.  attributes  a  similar  order  to  St.  Hugh, 

'  In   Lincoln    Cath,    Statutes   (ed.  predecessor  of  Bishop  William ;  but  the 

Bradshaw  and  Wordsworth),  i.   307,  Registrum,  a  better  authority,  assigns  it 

the  reading  is  'uos'  and  'mouemini*,  to  Hugh  Wells,  his  successor. 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    i6i 

708. 

[Roger  son  of  Robert  quitclaims  twenty  acres  in  Eynsham 
to  tlie  abbey.] 

Hec  est  finalis  concordia  facta  in  curia  domiDi  regis  apud  West-  June, 
monasterium  in  octabis  sancte  Trinitatis  anno  regni  regis  lohannis  i^oo* 
secundo  coram  G.  filio  Petri,  Ricardo  de  Her*,  Simone  de  Pateshille, 
Osberto  filio  Heniei,  lohanne  de  Gestling',  Eustachio  de  Faucunberg 
iustic'  &  aliis  baronibns  domini  regis  tunc  ibi  presentibus,  inter 
Rogerum  filium  Roberti  petentem  per  Walterum  filium  Roberti 
positmn  loco  suo  ad  lucrandum  uel  perdendum  &  Robertum  abbatem 
de  Einesham  tenentem  per  Thomam  clericum  positum  loco  predicii 
abbatis  ad  lucrandum  uel  perdendum  de  xx  acris  terre  cum  pertinenciis 
in  Egnesham ;  unde  recognicio  de  morte  antecessoris  summonita  fuit 
inter  eos  in  prefata  curia,  scilicet  quod  predictus  Rogerus  remisit  & 
quietmn  clamauit  predicto  abbati  &  successoribus  suis  totum  ius  & 
clamium  quod  habuit  in  predicta  terra  de  se  &  heredibus  suis  in 
perpetuum ;  &  pro  hac  quieta  clamancia  &  fine  &  concordia  predictus 
abbas  concessit  predicto  Rogero  unam  uirgatam  terre  in  Tilgaresle 
cmn  pertinenciis,  quam  lohannes  Hardlac  tenuit,  tenendam  de  se  & 
successoribus  suis  in  tota  uita  ipsius  Rogeri  per  liberum  seruicium  v 
solidorum  per  annum  pro  omni  seruicio,  saluo  forinseco  seruicio, 
scilicet  ad  festum  sancti  Michaelis  xv  d.  &  ad  Natale  Domini  xv  d., 
&  ad  Annunciacionem  sancte  Marie  xv  d.,  &  ad  festum  sancti  lohannis 
XV  d.;  et  post  decessum  ipsius  Rogeri  predicta  uirgata  terre  cum 
pertinenciis  redibit  predicto  abbati  &  successoribus  suis  quieta  de 
predicto  Rogero  &  heredibus  suis.* 

709. 

[Eynsham  grants  to  William  le  Bnin  and  Ysabella  his 
wife  half  a  hide  in  Brizenorton  in  exchange  for  half  a 
canicate  in  Woodeaton.] 

Hec  est  finalis  concordia  &cta  in  curia  domini  regis  apud  Sanctam     Oct. 
Brigidam,  Lond',  a  die  sancti  Michaelis  in  xv  dies,  anno  regni  regis     ^^5* 
lohannis  septimo*  coram  G.  filio  Petri,  Eustacio  de  Faucunberg', 
lohanne  de  Gestling,  Osberto  filio  Heruei,  Waltero  de  Cresping*, 
iustic',  &  aliis  baronibus  domini  regis  tunc  ibi  presentibus,  inter 

^  Oxon.  Fines,  file  a,  no.  a  a  (Record  this  date,  no  doabt  from  the  names  of 
Ofiice) .  the  judges  and  the  sitaadon  of  the  court 

'  This  word    is   illegible,  but   the      mentioned  in  the  fine, 
authorities  at  the  Record  Ofiice  assign 

n.  M 


i62  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Willelmum  le  Brun  &  Ysabellam  uxorem  suam  petentes  per  ipsum 
Willelmum  positum  loco  suo  ad  lucrandum  uel  perdendum,  & 
Robertinn  abbatem  de  Einesham  tenentem  per  Willelmum  de  la 
More  monacum  suum  posimm  loco  suo  ad  lucrandum  uel  perden- 
dum de  dimidia  carucata  terre  cum  pertinenciis  in  Wudeetona; 
unde  recognicio  de  morte  antecessoris  summonita  fuit  inter  eos 
in  prefata  curia,  scilicet  quod  predictus  Willelmus  &  Ysabella  re- 
miserunt  &  quietum  clamauenmt  de  se  &  heredibus  eorum  predicto 
abbati  &  successoribus  suis  in  perpetuum  totum  ius  &  clamium  quod 
habuerunt  in  predicta  terra  cum  pertinenciis;  et  pro  hac  quieta 
clamancia,  fine  &  concordia  [idem  abbas  dedit]  et  concessit  predictis 
Willelmo  et  Ysabelle  dimidiam  hidam  terre  cum  pertinenciis  in  Nor- 
tone,  quam  Radulfus  le  Frere  &  [  ]  tenuerunt :  habendam  &, 

tenendam  ipsis  Willelmo  &  Ysabelle  &  heredibus  ipsius  Ysabelle  de 
ipso  abbate  &  successoribus  suis  in  perpetuum  p^r  Uberum  seruicium 
unius  denarati  thuris  reddendi  ad  Pentecosten  pro  omni  seruicio, 
saluo  forinseco  seruicio.  £t  preterea  predictus  abbas  dedit  predictis 
Willelmo  et  Ysabelle  quatuor  marcas  argenti.* 

710. 

[King  John  restores  to  the  Bishop  of  Lincohi  the  abbey  of 

Ejmsham.] 

July  14,  I.  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie,  dominus  Hibernie,  dux  Normannie  & 
I9I3.  Aquitannie,  Comes  Andegauie,  priori  &  conuentui  de  Einesham 
salutem.  Sciatis  quod  reddidimus  uenerabili  patri  nostro  domino  H. 
Lincohiiensi  episcopo  abbatiam  suam  de  Einesham  cum  pertinenciis 
suis.  Et  ideo  nobis  mandamus  quod  ei  de  cetero  sitis  intendentes. 
Et  in  huius  rei  testimonium  has  litteras  nostras  patentes  uobis  inde 
mittimus.  Teste  me  ipso  apud  Portesm[outh],*  xiiii  die  lulii  anno 
regni  nostri  xv.' 

7". 

[King  John  restores  to  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln  the  abbey  of 

Eynsham.] 

Julyzy,       L  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie,  dominus  Hibernie,  dux  Normannie  & 
1913. 

^  Oxon.  Fines,  file  a,  no.  73.  on  the  Patent  Rolls  is  at  times  only 

'  According  to  the  Itinerary  of  John,  approximate.    If  they  are  correct,  the 

prefixed  to  the  printed  edition  of  his  kmg  mnst  sometimes  ha^e  jonmeyed 

latent  Rolls,  he  was  at  Corfe  Castle  on  over  fifty  miles  a  day. 

this  day,  and  also  next  day.    This,  of  *  Yiomt\itRigistrumAneiquissimum 

coarse,  is  a  deduction  from  the  dates  among  the  mnniments  at  Lincoln  Cathe- 

given  in  his  Patent  Rolls,  but  it  may  be  dral,  toL  29,  no.  i6a. 
suspected  that  the  dating  of  the  entries 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    163 

Aquitannie,  Comes  Andegauie,  militibus,  libere  tenentibus  &  omnibus 
hominibus  abbatie  de  Einesham  salutem.  Sciatis  quod  reddidimus 
uenerabili  patri  nostro  domino  H.  Lincolniensi  episcopo  abbatiam 
suam  de  Einesham  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis,  libertatibus  &  liberis 
consuetudinibus  suis.  Et  ideo  nobis  mandamus  quatinus  ei  de  cetero 
inde  sitis  intendentes  &  respondentes.  Teste  me  ipso  apud  Poreces- 
tr[iam]  xvii  die  luKi  anno  rcgni  nostri  xv.* 


712. 

Carta  abbatis  de  Egnesham  pro  suspendio  clericortun 
apud  Oxoniam. 

Omnibus  [&c.],  A[dam]  die  gracia  abbas  Egneshamie  &  eiusdem  [c  12x5.] 
loci  conuentus  salutem  in  domino.  Nouerit  uniuersitas  uestra  quod 
cum  Burgenses  Oxonie  pro  suspendio  clericorum  mandatis  ecclesie 
per  omnia  stare  iurassent,  secundum  statutum  uenerabilis  patris 
domini  Nicholai  Tusculani  episcopi,  apostolice  sedis  legati,  &  eis 
ab  eodem  inter  cetera  fuisset  iniunctum  quod  quinquaginta  solidos 
&  duos  solidos  annuatim  in  perpetuum  in  usus  pauperum  scolarium 
dispensandos  de  consilio  uenerabilis  patris  Hugonis  tunc  episcopi 
Lincolniensis  &  successorum  suorum/uel  archidiaconi  loci,  seu  eius 
officialise  aut  cancellarii  quern  episcopus  Lincolniensis  scolaribus 
ibidem  preficiet ;  ita  scilicet  quod  uiginti  sex  solidi  soluentur  an- 
nuatim in  festo  Omnium  Sanctorum,  &  uiginti  sex  solidi  in  capite 
ieiun[ii] ;  preter  hec  etiam  quod  centum  pauperes  scolares  die  sancti 
Nicholai  singulis  annis  pascent  in  perpetuum,  quos  episcopus  Lin- 
cohiiensis,  uel  archidiaconus  loci,  seu  eius  officialis,  aut  ipse  can- 
cellarius,  aut  alius  ad  hoc  ab  ipso  Lincolniensi  deputatus,  prouiderit ; 
istud  onus  in  nos  integre  suscepimus  singulis  annis  perpetuo  faciendum 
secundum  formam  premissam ;  ita  tamen  quod  ad  centum  pauperes 
clericos  die  sancti  Nicholai  pascendos  eodem  die  sexdecim  solidos 
ft  octo  denarios  dabimus  annuatim  inter  ipsos  qui  inde  pascendi 
fuerint  distribuendos,  ut  singuli  singulos  duos  denarios  accipiant  per 
manus  eorum  quos  episcopus  Lincolniensis  ad  hoc  assignauerit.  Ad 
hoc  autem  nos  episcopo  &  ecclesie  Lincolniensi  per  cartam  nostram 
presentem  obligauimus  in  perpetuum,  et  presenti  scripto  sigilla  nostra 
apposuimus ;  teste  capitulo.' 

^  From  the  Rigistrum  Aniiquissi-  *  lb.,  fol.  41,  no.  227.     This  docn- 

mum  among  the  mmiiments  at  Lincoln      ment  is  also   printed  in  Munimenta 
Cathedral,  fol.  29,  no.  161.  Acadtmica  i.  4  (Rolls  Smes). 

V  3 


i64  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

713. 

[Permission  is  granted  to  the  abbey  to  appropriate 

Whitfield  church.] 

Nov.  25,  Omnibus  Christi  fidelibus  ad  quos  presens  scriptum  peruenerit 
1222.  Hugo  dei  gratia  L[incolniensis  episcopus  eternam  in  domino  salutem. 
Nouerit  uniuersitas]  uestra  nos  de  assensu  Rogeri  decani  &  capituli 
nostri  Lincolniensis  dedisse  &  concess[isse  dilectis  in  Chrislo  filiis 
abbati  &  conuentui  Eg]neshamie  ecclesiam  de  Whitefeld  cum  per- 
linentiis  in  proprios  usus  habendam  &  [in  perpetuum  possidendam, 
salua  perpetua  uicaria  in]  eadem  e[cclesia]  iuxta  constitutionem 
concilii  prouincialid  apud  Oxoniam  [sub  uenerabili  patre  domino 
Stephano  Canluariensi  archiepiscopo]  tocius  [Anglie  primate]  et 
sancti  Romane  ecclesie  Cardinale  celebrati,  per  nos  [ordinanda. 
Uicarius  autem  dicte  ecclesie  sinodalia  soluet  et]  dicti  monachi 
hospitium  archidiaconi  procurabunt,  saluis  [in  omnibus  episcopalibus 
consuetudinibus  et  Lincolniensis]  ecclesie  dignitate.  Quod  ut  per- 
petuam  optineat  firmitatem  [presenti  scripto  sigillum  nostrum  una 
cum  sigillo]  capituli  nostri  Lincolniensis  duximus  apponendum.  Hiis 
testibus,  Ro[gero  decano,  Galfrido  precentore,  Ricardo  cancellario, 
lohanne  subdecano],  Roberto  Huntingdonie  et  Hugone  Stowe  archi- 
diaconis,  [magistris  Willelmo  filio  Fulconis,  Gileberto  de  Scardeburg' 
et  Ricardo  de]  Lindwode,  Rogero  de  BristoU',  Roberto  de  W[assinge- 
burge  et  Stephano  de  Cicestria,  Petro  de  Hungeria,  Willelmo  de 
Aualone],  magistris  Willelmo  de  Cantia  &  Amaurico  de  Buggedene, 
[Petro  de  Bathonia  et  Petro  de  Cheuremunt,  canonicis  Lincol- 
niensibus].  Data  per  manum  Oliueri  de  Chedneto  clerici  in  capitulo 
[Lincolniensi  apud  Lincolniam,  septimo  kalendas  Decembris  ponti- 
ficatus  nostri  anno  terciodecimo].^ 

714. 

Compositio  inter  abbatem  ft  conuentum  Egnesham  ft  abba- 

tissam  &  moniales  de  Fontisebrald'  de  capella  in  parochia 

de  Tettebir\ 

[1213-  Notum  sit  [&c.]  quod  cum  inter  A.  dei  gratia  abbatem  &  conuentum 

1228.]  de  Egnesham  ex  una  parte  &  abbatissam  &  moniales  Fontisebrald 

ex  alia  coram  iudicibus  a  sede  apostolica  delegatis  super  quodam 

^  The  original  preserved  in  the  muni-  dnm  tradita  est,  sed  est  in  sciiniis  domini 

ment  room  at  Lincoln  Cathedral  (D.  II.  episcopi  *  explains  why  the  deed  is  at 

61)  is  a  fragment,  but  can  be  restored  Lincoln.    This  grant  came  to  nothing, 

from  the  Rolls  of  Bishop  Hugh,  vol.  ii,  but  the  church  was   appropriated  Si 

p.  199  (Canterbury  and  York  Society).  1240  by   the    permission    of   Bishop 

A  marginal  note  in  the  roll  <  Hec  non-  Grotseteste  (see  voL  i,  p.  176). 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    165 

oratorio  in  curia  predictanim  abbatisse  &  monialium  apud  Ailmun- 
destr*  habendo  in  parochia  de  Tettebir'  questio  uerteretur,  tandem 
dicta  questio  hoc  fine  quieuit ;  uidelicet  quod  predicti  abbas  & 
conuentus  de  Egnesham  predictis  abbatisse  &  monialibus  infra  septa 
curie  domorum  suarum  quas  habent  apud  Ailmundestr*  oratorium, 
quantum  in  eis  est,  concesserimt  habendum,  ita  uidelicet  quod  liberum 
sit  capellanis  ordinis  sui  &  uiris  religiosis  &  hospitibus  transeuntibus 
ibidem  diuina  officia  celebrare,  et  etiam  clericis  de  domo  sua  beneficia- 
tis.  Concesserunt  etiam  quod  si  aliquis  clericus  uel  laicus  propter 
guerranl  uel  aliam  similem  necessitatem  apud  predictum  locum 
perhendinare  elegerit,  possit  ibidem  diuinis  interesse,  &  si  capellanus 
fuerit,  possit  durante  necessitate  diuina  celebrare.  Et  si  forte  capel- 
lani  sui  egritudine  impediantur  uel  ex  causa  necessaria  abfuerint,  liceat 
eis  per  uiros  religiosos  uel  per  capellanos  ecclesie  de  Tettebir'  uel 
per  beneficialos  suos,  ut  predictum  est,  diuina  oflBcia  celebrare;  et 
fratres  &  moniales,  conuersos  &  conuersas  eiusdem  ordinis,  illos 
scilicet  qui  in  sanitate  sua  uel  in  egritudine  compotes  sui  publice 
habitum  religionis  susceperunt,  &  uiros  religiosos  &  hospites  trans- 
euntes,  necnon  &  clericos  suos  ad  diuina  &  ecclesiastica  sacramenta 
suscipere:  ita  tamen  quod  si  clerici  illi  fuerint  de  parochia  de 
Tettebir'  non  admiitantur  ad  confessionem  apud  oratorium.  Ho- 
spitibus uero  &  seruientibus  suis  &  alii  familie  sue  licebit  cum 
uoluennt  in  eodem  oratorio  diuinis  interesse;  ita  tamen  quod 
seruientes  singulis  annis  confessionem  faciant  sacerdoti  suo  parochiali 
&  ad  ipsimi  in  Pascha  ueniant  communionem  Eukaristie  percepturi. 
Et  ut  ecclesia  parochialis  de  Tettebir'  conseruetur  indempnis,  promi- 
serunt  predicte  abbatissa  &  moniales  quod  ntdlam  de  parochianis  de 
Tettebir'  recipient  oblationem.  Et  si  forte  ibidem  a  parochianis  de 
Tettebir'  uel  a  seruientibus  apud  Ailmundestr*  morantibus  alique 
recepte  fuerint,  omnes  in  custodia  fratrum  ibi  morantium  uel  custodis 
eiusdem  manerii  seruentur  donee  rector  ecclesie  de  Tettebir'  uel 
capellanus  suus  certum  nuntium  miserit  propter  predictas  oblationes, 
&  tunc  sine  difficultate  cum  omni  integritate  fideliter  reddentur  ei. 
Oratorium  ipsum  &  oblationes,  si  que  ibi  fiant  ab  aliis  quam  a 
parochianis  de  Tettebir',  &  alia  omnia  ad  predictam  cantariam 
pertinentia  in  dispositione  fratrimi,  qui  apud  locum  predictimi  pro 
tempore  fuerint,  sine  custodis  libera  permaneant  &  ab  omni  perturba- 
tione  &  exactione  quieta.  Et  ut  super  hiis  oblationibus  aliunde  quam 
de  parochia  de  Tettebir'  uenientibus  parochialis  ecclesia  de  Tettebir' 
seruelur  indempnis,  predicta  abbatissa  &  moniales  assignabimt 
memorate  ecclesie  de  Tettebir'  annuum  redditum  sex  denariorum  in 
certo  loco,  tunc  demum  percipiendum,  cum  ibi  habebunt  oratorium 


i66  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

cum  cantaria.  Concesserant  aatem  eis  ut  ibi  habeant  duo  tintinna- 
bula,  si  uoluerint,  ad  conuocandos  fratres  ad  diuinonim  celebrationem. 
Si  uero  tractu  temporis  predicta  abbatissa  &,  moniales  Fontisebrald' 
occasione  priuilegiorum  suorum  ibi  cimiterium  cum  sepultura  habere 
uoluerint,  id  quantum  in  eis  est  predicti  abbas  &  conuentus  de 
Egnesham  concesserant,  dum  tamen  indempnitati  ecclesie  de  Tettebir' 
fuerit  prouisum,  secundum  determinationem  comprehensam  in  com- 
positione  inter  capitulum  Lincolnie  &  predictas  abbatissam  &  moniales 
habita,  uel  alio  modo  indempnitati  dicte  ecclesie  fuerit  prouisum  per 
uiros  pradentes  &  discretos  ad  hoc  ex  utraque  parte  electos.  Promisit 
autem  utraque  pars  se  predictam  compositionem  fideliter  obseruaturam, 
&  quod  neutra  contra  formam  compositionis  predicte  aliquid  impetra- 
bit,  &  si  fuerit  impetratum  uiribus  carebit.  In  huius  rei  testimonium  & 
robur  frater  Willelmus,  generalis  procurator  abbatisse  &  monialium  in 
causis  &  controuersiis  inter  ipsos  \stc]  &  alios  motis  in  archiepiscopatu 
Cantuariensi  tam  ad  transigendum  &  amicabiliter  componendum  quam 
ad  agendum  datus,  huic  scripture  sigillum  suum  apposnit,  et  litteras  rate 
ha  iti  nis  sigillo  abbatisse  &  conuentus  signatas  eis  reddidit  patentes.^ 

715- 

[A  concord  between  E3m8ham  and  Cristiana  Sewy  about 
a  house  in  Oxford.] 

Jan.  Hec  est  finalis  concordia  facta  in  curia  domini  regis  apud  West- 
1334.  monasterium  in  octabis  sancti  Hillarii  anno  regni  regis  Henrici  filii  regis 
lohannis  octauo,  coram  Martino  de  Pateshille,  Stephano  de  Segraue, 
Thoma  de  Haiden,  Roberto  de  Lexintone,  Gaufrido  le  Sauuage  iusdc' 
et  aliis  domini  regis  fidelibus  tunc  ibi  presentibus,  inter  Cristianam  que 
fuit  uxor  lohannis  Sewy  petentem  &  Adam  abbatem  de  Eftiesham 
tcnentem  de  uno  mesuagio  cum  pertinenciis  in  Oxonia,  quod  ipsa 
Cristiana  clamabat  esse  rationabilem  dotem  suam  de  libero  tenemento 
quod  fuit  predicti  lohannis  quondam  uiri  sui  in  eadem  uilla :  et  unde 
placitum  fuit  inter  eos  in  prefata  curia,  scilicet  quod  predicta  Cristiana 
remisit  &  quietum  clamauit  de  se  ipsi  abbati  &  successoribus  suis 
totum  ius  &  clamium  quod  habuit  in  predicto  mesuagio  cum  pertinenciis 
nomine  dotis.  Et  pro  hac  remissione,  &  quieta  clamancia,  fine  & 
concordia  idem  abbas  dedit  ipsi  Cristiane  nouem  marcas  ai^genti.' 

^  Harldan  Charter,  44.  D.  43.  this  house  that  John  Sewy  had  granted 

*  From  Oxon.  Fines,  file  3,  no.  76.  to  £ynsham  had  been  previonslj  as- 

We  learn  from  Bracton's  Note  Book  signed  to  Cristiana  as  dowry.     This 

(vol.  iii,  p.  472)  that  this  case  came  tenement  was  probably  in  Cat  Street  on 

before  the  king's  court  in  Jan.  is 23:  the  west  side,  where  Eynsham  had  a 

and  that  it  was  decided  that  a  jury  hovLit  in  12'jg  (J/undreaRviis^  ii.So^), 

i^onld  be  summoned  to  testify  whether  In  the  Cartulcay  of  St.  Fridesmidt^ 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    167 

716. 

[A  concord  between  E3mshani  Ac  Sarah,  widow  of  Stephen 
de  Fretwelly  about  two  corrodies.] 

Hec  est  finalis  concordia  facta  in  curia  domini  regis  apud  West-    Jnne, 

monasterium  in  octabis  sancti  lohannis  Baptiste,  anno  regni  regis     '^3^* 

Henrici  filii  regis  lohannis  quintodecimo,  coram  Thoma  de  Muletone, 

Willelmo  de  Ral',  Willelmo  de  Eboraco  &  Radulfo  de  Norwica  iustic* 

&  aliis  domini  regis  fidelibus  tunc  ibi  presentibus,  inter  Sarram  que  fuit 

uxor  Stephani  de  Frettwelle  querentem  &  Nicholaum  abbatem  de 

Egnesham    deforciantem  de  duobus  conrediis  monachorum;  unde 

eadem  Sarra  questa  fuit  quod  predictus  abbas  ei  deforciabat  predicta 

conredia  contra  finem  factum  in  curia  domini  regis  coram  iusticiariis 

suis  itinerantibus  apud   Rading*,  inter    Stephanum    de    Fretewelle 

quondam  uirum  ipsius  Sarre  &  Adam  quondam  abbatem  de  Egnesham 

predecessorem  ipsius  abbatis:  et  unde  placitum  fuit  inter  eos  in 

pre&ta  curia,  scilicet  quod  predicta  Sarra  remisit  &  quietum  clamauit 

de  se  ipsi  abbati  &  successoribus  suis  &  ecclesie  sue  de  Egnesham 

totum  ius  &  clamium  quod  habuit  in  predictis  duobus   conrediis 

monachorum  in  perpetuum:  et  preterea  predicta  Sarra  remisit  & 

quietum  daimauit  de  se  ipsi  abbati  Sc  successoribus  suis  &  ecclesie 

sue  de  Egnesham  totum  ius  &  clamium  quod  habuit    in   terda 

parte    unius  acre  terre  in   Egnesham,   in   qua  ius  clamabat    per 

predictum  iinem.    Et  pro  hac  remissions  quieta  clamancia,  fine  & 

concordia,  idem  abbas   dedit   predicte    Sarre    quadraginta  solidos 

sterlingorum :  et  preterea  idem  abbas  dedit  &  concessit  predicte  Sarre 

duo  conredia  monachorum  percipienda  eidem  Sarre  a  die  Translationis 

sancti  Thome  martiris,  anno  regni  regis  Henrici  eiusdem  quintodecimo, 

usque  in  unum  annum  proximo  sequentem  completum,  scilicet  duos 

panes  monachi  per  diem  &  duos  galones  ceruisie  monachales[x2i:],  & 

duo  genera  potagii,  scilicet  quatuor  discos,  &  unum  ferculum,  scilicet 

duos  discos,  in  diebus  communibus :  in  principalibus  uero  festis  duo 

fercula,  scilicet  quatuor   discos   de  coquina  monachorum;  et  post 

predictum  annum   completum,    idem  abbas  &  successores    sui  & 

ecclesia   sua   de  Egnesham   quieti  erunt  a  solucione  predictorum 

duorum  conrediorum  inperpetuum,     Et  sciendum  quod  finis  prius 

factus  inter  predictum  Stephanum  quondam  uirum  ipsius  Sarre  & 

predictum  Adam  quondam,  abbatem  de  Egnesham  per  hunc  finem 

adnichilatur.' 

vol.  i,  p.  311,  we  see  that  a  tenement  *  Oxon.  Fines,  file  4,  no.  63.  The 

in  Cat  Stieet  at  one  time  held  by  Roger  last  sentence  is  also  written  on  the  back 

Sewy  belong^  subsequently  to  £yn-  of  the  fine, 
sham. 


168  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 


717. 

[Henry  ni  grants  a  lawn  in  Bloxham  wood,  adjacent  to 
the  chapel  of  St.  John.] 

June  18,  R.  &c.  salutem.  Sciatis  nos  intuitu  del  &  pro  salute  aniroe  nostre 
1335'  &  animarum  antecessonim  &  heredum  nostrorum  dedisse  [&c.]  pro 
nobis  &  heredibus  nostris  abbati  &  monachis  de  Egnesham  unam 
landam  in  bosco  nostro  de  Blokesham,  continentem  duas  acras 
&  dimidiam,  que  iacet  iuxta  capellam  sancti  lohannis  Baptiste,  quam 
idem  abbas  &  monachi  habent  de  dono  predecessorum  nostrorum 
regum  Anglie,  quam  landam  Ricardus  Pincerna  tenuit  de  balliuo  nostro : 
habendam  &  tenendam  [&c.]  in  liberam,  puram  &  perpetuam  elemo- 
sinam.  Quare  uolo  &c.,  quod  predict!  abbas  &  monachi  [&c.]  habeant 
&  teneant  predictam  landam  [&c.]  cum  onmibus  liberis  consuetudinibus 
ad  predictam  landam  pertinentibus,  sicut  predictum  est.  Hiis  testibus, 
venerabile  patre  W.  Karleolensi  episcopo  [&c.].  Data  per  manum 
venerabilis  patris  R.,  Cycestrensis  episcopi,  cancellarii  nostri  apud 
Windesore ;  xviii  die  luniL* 


718. 

[Lucia  de  Ardeme  quitclaims  the  advowson  of  Souldem.] 

Jan.  Hec  est  finalis  concordia  facta  in  curia  domini  regis  apud  Wyntoniam 
1336.  j,^  octabis  sancti  Hillarii  anno  regni  regis  Henrici  filii  regis  lohannis 
uicesimo  coram  Willelmo  de  Eboraco,  Willelmo  de  Insula,  Radulfo  de 
Norwica  &  Hugone  de  Pleyz  iusticiariis  itinerantibus  &  aliis  domini 
regis  fidelibus  tunc  ibi  presentibus  inter  Luciam  de  Ardeme  petentem 
&  Nicholaum  abbatem  de  Egnesham  tenentem  per  fratrem  Ricardum 
de  Wodestoke,  monachum  suum,  positum  loco  suo  ad  lucrandum  uel 
perdendum,  de  aduocacione  ecclesie  de  Shulthorne  cum  pertinenciis  ; 
unde  placitum  fuit  inter  eos  in  eadem  curia,  scilicet  quod  predicta 
Lucia  remisit  &  quietum  clamauit  de  se  &  heredibus  suis  eidem  abbati 
&  successoribus  suis  &  ecclesie  sue  de  Egnesham  totum  ius  &  clamium 
quod  habuit  in  tota  predicta  aduocacione  cum  pertinenciis  in  per- 
petuum.  Et  pro  hac  remissione,  quieta  clamancia,  fine  &  concordia 
idem  abbas  dedit  predicte  Lucie  duodecim  marcas  argenti.* 

^  From  the  Charter  Roll  of  19  Hen.       is  a  piece  of  grass  gronnd  in  a  wood» 
III,  mem.  6.    Sec  also  Calendar   of         *  Ozon.  Fines,  file  4,  no.  laS. 
Charter  Rolh,  vol.  i,  p.  ao6.    I^nda 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    169 

719. 

[Roger  de  Verdun  and  Agnes  his  wife  quitclaim  the 
advowson  of  South  Newington.] 

Hec  est  finalis  concordia  facta  in  curia  domini  regis  apud  Oxoniam  Sept.  lo, 
die  Ueneris  proxima  post  Natiuitatem  sancte  Marie  anno  regni  regis  '^^S* 
Henrici  filii  regis  lohannis  ulcesimo  secundo  coram  Petro  filio  Ogeri, 
Bardulfo  de  Cestretone,  lobanne  le  Brun,  Willelmo  Wace  iusticiariis 
ad  hoc  assignatis  &  aliis  iidelibus  domini  regis  tunc  ibi  presentibus, 
inter  Rogerum  de  Uerdun  &  Agnetem  uxorem  eius  conquerentes  & 
Nicholaum  abbatem  de  Egnesham  per  Reginaldum  Clement,  posilum 
loco  eius  ad  lucrandum  uel  perdendum,  deforciantem  de  aduocacione 
ecclesie  de  Newentona,  unde  assisa  ultime  presentacionis  fuit  summonita 
inter  eos  in  prefata  curia  scilicet  quod  predictus  Rogerus  de  Uerdun  & 
Agnes  uxor  eius  recognouerunt  aduocaclonem  ecclesie  predicte  de 
Newentona  esse  ius  ipsius  abbatis  &  ecclesie  sancte  Marie  de  Egne- 
shamia  &  earn  renuserunt  &  quietam  clamauerunt  de  eis  &  heredibus 
predicte  Agnetis  predicto  abbati  &  successoribus  suis  inperpetuimi. 
Et  ideo  idem  abbas  recepit  predictum  Rogerum  de  Uerdun  &  Agnetem 
uxorem  eius  &  antecessores  &  successores  suos  in  beneficiis  domus 
sancte  Marie  de  Egnesham  in  perpetuum.* 


720. 

[The  abbot  of  E3m8hani  quitclaims  to  Stephen  Bodin 
a  mesuage  in  the  suburb  of  Oxford.] 

Hec  est  finalis  concordia  facta  in  curia  domini  regis  apud  Oxoniam     J&n* 


a  die  sancti  Hyllarii  in  tres  septimanas  anno  regni  regis  Henrici  filii 
regis  lohannis  quadragesimo  quinto  coram  Gilberto  de  Prestone, 
Martino  de  Lydebyri  &  Galfrido  de  Leuekenore  iusticiariis  itinerantibus 
&  aliis  domini  regis  fidelibus  tunc  ibi  presentibus,  inter  Stephanum 
Bodyn  petentem  &  Gilbertum  abbatem  de  Egnesham  tenentem  de  uno 
mesuagio  cum  perdnenciis  in  suburbio  Oxonie;  unde  placitum  fuit 
inter  eos  in  eadem  curia,  scilicet  quod  predictus  abbas  recognouit 
predictum  mesuagium  cum  pertinenciis  esse  ius  ipsius  Stephani  & 
illud  ei  reddidit  in  eadem  curia;  habendum  &  tenendum  eidem 
Stephano  &  heredibus  suis  de  predicto  abbate  &  successoribus  suis 
&  ecclesia  sua  sancte  Marie  de  Egnesham  in  perpetuum ;  reddendo 

*  Oxon.  Fines,  file  5,  no.  i. 


xa6i. 


I70  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

inde  per  annum  tres  solidos  ad  festum  sancti  Michaelis  pro  omni 
seruicio,  consuetudine  &  exacdone.  £t  pro  hac  recognicione,  reddi- 
tione,  fine  ft  concordia,  idem  Stephanus  dedit  predicto  abbati  unum 
speruarium  sonim.^ 

721, 

[Radulfas  de  Rocheforde  and  Alice  his  wife  sell  to  the 
Abbey  ten  lands  in  Eynsham.] 

Jan.  Hec  est  finalis  concordia  facta  in  curia  domini  regis  apud  Oxoniam 
^^^^  a  die  sancti  Hyllarii  in  quindecim  dies  anno  [ftc,  as  in  the  previous 
deed],  inter  Gilbertum  abbatem  de  Egnesham  querentem  per  Walterum 
filium  Bartholomei,  positum  loco  suo  ad  lucrandum  ud  perdendum, 
&  Radulfum  de  Rocheforde  &  Alidam  uxorem  eius  impedientes  de 
decern  sellionibus  terre  cum  pertinendis  in  Egnesham ;  unde  placitimi 
warantie  carte  summonitum  fuit  inter  eos  in  eadem  curia,  sdlicet  quod 
predicti  Radulfus  &  Alicia  recognouerunt  predictam  terram  cum  perti- 
nenciis  suis  esse  ius  ipsius  abbatis  &  ecclesie  sue  sancte  Marie  de 
Egnesham,  ut  iUam  quam  idem  abbas  &  ecclesia  sua  predicta  habent 
de  dono  predictorum  Radulfi  ft  Alicie,  ft  illam  remiserunt  ft  quietam 
clamauerunt  de  se  ft  heredibus  ipsius  Alicie  predicto  abbati  ft  succes- 
soribus  suis  ft  ecclesie  sue  predicte  inperpetuum.  Et  pro  hac  recogni- 
cione,  remissione,  quieta  clamadone,  fine  ft  concordia,  idem  abbas 
dedit  predictis  Radulfo  ft  Alicie  quatuor  marcas  ft  dimidiam  argenti.^ 


722. 

[E3m8ham  accepts  the  decision  of  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln 
about  the  church  of  Brizenorton  and  the  tithes  of  Thame.] 

Oct.  93,  Uniuersis  [ftc]  abbas  ft  conuentus  de  Egnesham  Lincolniensis 
ia66.  diocesis  salutem  in  domino  sempiternam.  Ad  uniuersitatis  uestre 
noticiam  uolumus  peruenire  quod  cum  nos  de  unanimi  uoluntate 
ft  consensu  submisimus  nos  ordinacioni  uenerabilis  patris  domini 
Ricardi  dei  gracia  Lincolniensis  episcopi  quantum  ad  ecclesiam  de 
Northone  Bnm  et  dedmas  quas  in  parochia  prebendal[is]  ecclesie 
de  Thame  aliquando  percepimus,  et  idem  dominus  episcopus  super 
predictis  ordinauerit  sicut  in  ipsis  Uteris  super  hoc  confectis  plenius 
continetur ;  nos  ipsius  ordinacionem  per  omnia  ft  in  onmibus  acce- 
.  ptantes,  iuri  quod  in  dictis  dedmis  habuimus  uel  aliquo  tempore  habere 

*  Oxon.  Finci,  file  8,  no.  27.  »  Oxon.  Fines,  file  8,  no.  37. 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    171 

potuimus,  tenore  presendum  renunclamus  expresse,  uolentes  &  con- 
cedentes  quod  ipsius  prebendalis  ecclesie  rectores  qui  pro  tempore 
fuerint  integre  secundum  ordinacionem  predictam  de  premissis  in 
perpetuum  percipiant  sine  impedimento  uel  contradiccione  nostra 
decimas  antedictas.  In  cuius  [&c.  sealing],  teste  deo  &  capitulo 
nostro;  actum  in  capitulo  nostro,  z  kal.  Nouembris,  anno  domini 
MCCLX  sexto.* 

723. 

Ordinatio  Ade  abbatis  de  xxs.  &  duobus  quarteriis  Crumenti 
die  anniuersarU  eius. 

Omnibus  [&c.]  frater  Adam  permissione  diuina  abbas  Egneshamye  Nov.  17, 
salutem  in  domino  sempitemam.  Cum  apud  Wyk  Rysindon'  terras  &  '3i6. 
tenementa,  que  aliquando  fuerunt  lohannis  Le  Long  de  eadem,  non 
sine  magnis  sumptibus  &  laboribus  de  licencia  domini  regis  adquisiui- 
mus;  uolentes  de  eisdem  terris  de  consensu  tocius  conuentus  nostri 
die  anniuersarii  nostri  singulis  annis  uiginti  solidos  ad  refecdonem  con- 
uentus ordinari,  uolumus  &  assignamus  quod  per  manus  prions,  qui  pro 
tempore  fuerit,  predicti  uiginti  solidi  recipientur  [sic]  &  ad  refeccionem 
supradictam  per  manus  eiusdem  uiiliter  ordinentur.  Necnon  uolumus 
&  assignamus  duo  quarteria  frumenti  de  dicta  terra  de  Wyke  Rysindone 
percipienda  dicta  die  anniuersarii  per  ordinadonem  prions,  prout  supra- 
dictum  est,  pauperibus  fore  distribuenda.  Et  ad  istam  solucionem 
predictam  infra  abbathiam  nostram  ad  duos  anni  terminos,  uidelicet 
ad  Pascha  decem  solidos  &  ad  festum  sancti  Micbaelis  decem  solidos 
una  cum  duobus  quarteriis  frumenti  predictis  ad  idem  festum  sancti 
Michaelis  sine  ulteriori  dilacione  fideUter  fadendam  &  persoluendam, 
cellerarium  abbathie  predicte  qui  pro  tempore  fuerit  imperpetuum 
oneramus.  In  cuius  [&c.  sealing].  Dat'  in  capitulo  nostro  apud 
Egnesham  xv  kal.  Decembris,  ani>o  Domini  mccc  sexto  dedmo.' 

724. 

[E3m8ham  grants  to  the  canons  of  Lincoln  an  annual 
pension  of  ten  shillings  from  the  church  of  Merton.] 

Sciant  [&a]  quod  nos  abbas  &  conuentus  monasterii  de  Egnesham  Aug.  16, 
.  .  .  dedimus  [&c.]  uenerabilibus  viris  decano  &  capitulo  ecclesie     '357- 

^  LiocolnCathedial muniment;  from  the  anntud  acconnts  of  the  abbey,  as 

press  D.  IL    This  deed  enables  ns  to  far  as  they  have  been  preserved,  and 

date  charter  no.  356  (vol.  i,  p.  245).  the  Volar  Ecclesiasticus  of  1535  (vol. 

*  HarL  Charter  44  D.  44.     It  is  ii,  p.  209)  make  no  mention  of   an 

doubtfiil  whether  the  arrangements  men-  annual  dole  to  the  poor  of  Wick  Ris- 

tioned  in  ttus  deed  were  carried  out ;  sington. 


172  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Lincolniensis  ad  usum  canonicorum  ibidem  residencium  decern  solidos 
sterlingorum  annue  pensionis  percipiendos  &  habendos  de  ecclesia 
nostra  de  Meritone  Lincolniensis  diocesis  nobis  appropiata,  annuatim 
soluendos  in  festo  sancti  Michaelis  [&c.].  Datum  in  domo  nostra 
capitulari  monasterii  nostri  predicti  decimo  sepiimo  kalendas  Septem- 
bris  anno  Domini  hccclvii.^ 


725. 

A.  regine  de  una  hida  in  Stantona. 

[ii35"7']  A.,  dei  gracia  regina,  omnibus  fidelibus  sancte  ecclesie  tam  Francis 
quam  Anglis  salutem.  Sciatis  me  concessisse  &  dedisse  perpetualiter 
pro  anima  nobilissimi  regis  H.  domini  mei  &  mea  salute  ecclesie  & 
conuentui  sancte  Marie  de  Eghenesham  unam  hydam  terre  que  est  in 
Stantona,  scilicet  illam  quam  abbas  predicte  ecclesie  tenuit  dimidiam 
pro  iiii  solidis  per  annum  &  aliam  dimidiam  quam  Osward'  &  Gooze 
&  Bernardus  tenuerunt.  Quare  uolo  &  firmiter  precipio  ut  eam  bene 
&  in  pace,  libere  &  quiete  &  honorifice  teneant,  in  bosco  &  in  piano  & 
pratis  &  pasturis  &  in  omnibus  aliis  locis  cum  omnibus  rebus  &  con- 
suetudinibus  eidem  hyde  pertinentibus.  £t  ita  ne  quis  eis  iniuriam 
uel  contumeliam  super  hoc  inferat.  Teslibus,  Rogero  episcopo  Sar', 
Simone  episcopo  Wig[omiensi],  Bem[ardo]  episcopo  de  sancto  Dauid, 
Rogero  episcopo  Cestr[ensi],  Herm[anno]  capellano,  magistro  Serlone, 
Waltero  Giffardo,  Rodb[erto]  de  Noburc,  Rodberto  de  Oleo,  Rob[erto] 
filio  Martpni],  Fulcone  de  Oleo,  Peurello  de  Belloc',  Mauricio  de 
Windr[esores],  Rag'  [sic]  de  Windr[esores],  apud  Rading'.' 

726. 

Matheus  de  Bixtrop'  de  III  acris  arabilibus  Ac  I  acra  prati 
datis  ecclesie  de  Stantuna  pro  cantaria  habenda  in 
capella  sua  de  Forsthulle. 

[1221-8.]      Sciant  omnes  presens  scriptum   inspecturi  quod  conuenit  inter 
A[dam]  abbatem  de  Egnesham,  patronum*  ecclesie  de  Stantona,  & 

*  From  the  Regtstrum  AnHquissi-  of  donation  (vol.  I,  p.  118),  and  charter 

mum  at  lincoln  Cathedral,  fol.  323^,  no.  726,  bnt  ako  two  old  deeds  which 

being  a  late  insertion.  referred  to  lost  gifts,  namely  this  deed 

'  Preserved  at  New  College  among  about  a  hide  of  land  in  Stanton  Harcourt 

the  Stanton  St.  John  Charters,  no.  36.  (vol.  i,  p.  399),  and  also  the  grant  of 

A  portion  of  the  seal  remains,  a  qneen  Northleigh    dinrch  (vol.  i,    p.   130). 

with  the  orb  in  her  left  hand,     when  From  the  Bishop  they  must  have  found 

the  church  of  Stanton  St.  John  was  sold  their  way  to  New  College  muniment 

by  Eynsham  to  Bishop  Longland,  he  must  room, 

have  received  not  omy  Uie  original  deed  '  Patronem,  MS. 


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lobannem  personam  eiusdem  ecclesie  ex  una  parte  &  Matheum  de 
Bixtrop  ex  altera,  scilicet  quod  predicti  abbas  &,  persona  concesserunt 
eidem  Matheo  quandam  capellam  construendam  in  curia  ipsius  Mathei 
apud  Forsthulle  ad  peticionem  ipsius  Mathei ;  que  capella  habeat  in 
perpetuum  capellanum  in  ea  ministrantem,  ad  custum  tamen  &  susten- 
tacionem  ipsius  Mathei  &  heredum  suorum,  ita  scilicet  quod  quilibet 
capellanus,  cum  primo  uenerit  ad  capellam  illam,  faciet  fidelitatem 
matrici  ecclesie  de  Stantona  &  in  uerbo  ueritatis  ueraciter  promittet 
quod  omnia  iura  eiusdem  matricis  ecclesie  in  omnibus  &  per  omnia 
pro  posse  suo  seruabit,  quod  in  nuUo  loco  er[it]  ubi  matrix  ecclesia 
per  ilium  uel  per  alium  quem  possit  impedire  in  aliquo  sit  perdens. 
Matrix  uero  ecclesia  de  Stantona  retinet  sibi  in  perpetuum  omnes 
decimaciones,  scilicet  garbas  &  minutas  decimas  &  omnia  ea  que  ad 
decimationem  pertinent  sine  aliqua  diminucione.  Retinet  eadem  sibi 
matrix  ecclesia  predicta  quatuor  dies  per  annum,  scilicet  diem  Natiui- 
tatis  domini  &  diem  Pasche  &  diem  Purificacionis  beate  Marie  &  diem 
festum  ecclesie,  scilicet  diem  beati  lohannis  Baptiste :  de  his  quatuor 
diebus  predictis  percipiet  matrix  ecclesia  de  Stantona  omnes  oblationes 
de  tota  familia  ipsius  Mathei  manente  in  parochia  de  Stantona,  scilicet 
in  ilia  hyda  que  est  de  feudo  domini  lohannis  de  Sancto  lohanne. 
Retinet  etiam  sibi  matrix  ecclesia  predicta  legata  mortuorum.  Habeat 
autem  capella  prenominata  omne  bonum  quod  ei  deus  uelit  concedere 
exceptis  quatuor  diebus  anni  predictis  &  exceptis  purificacionibus  post 
partum  &  exequiis  mortuorum;  excepto  etiam  eo  quod  prefatus 
Matheus  &  heredes  sui  &  familia  eonim  recipient  apud  predictam 
matricem  ecclesiam  omnia  sacramenta  &.  confessiones,  Omnes  etiam 
coloni  habitantes  in  dicta  hyda  sectam  facient  &  sacramenta  percipient 
apud  matricem  ecclesiam,  sicut  ceteri  parochiani  eiusdem  ecclesie,  ita 
quod  nichil  depereat  iuri  matricis  ecclesie.  Si  uero  contigerit  quod 
capellanus  dicte  capelle  uel  dictus  Matheus  uel  heredes  eius  contra 
fidelitatem  suam  &  huius  tenorem  instrumenti  aliquo  tempore  uenerint, 
uel  aliqua  fecerint  unde  matrix  ecclesia  fuerit  dampnificata  &  super 
hoc  conuicti  fuerint,  dicta  capella  tamdiu  suspendatur  a  diuinis  ofliciis 
donee  dicte  matrici  ecclesie  plene  &  sufficienter  fuerit  satisfactum. 
Prenominatus  uero  Matheus  excellenciam  matricis  ecclesie  &  uoluntatis 
patroni  &  persone  respiciens,  diuine  caritatis  intuitu,  pro  anima  Walteri 
de  Bixtrop  patris  ipsius  Mathei  &  pro  anunabus  omnium  fidelium  dedit 
deo  &  ecclesie  de  Stantona  quatuor  acras  de  terra  sua  in  Forsthulle  in 
puram  &  perpetuam  elemosinam,  scilicet  tres  acras  arabiles  &  unam 
acram  prati :  tres  uero  acre  arabiles  iacent  iuxta  murum,  quod  [sic] 
est  diuisum  inter  terram  canonicorum  de  Oseneya  &  terram  ipsius 
Mathei,  sicut  &  per  perticam  mensuratur:  acra  uero  prati  iacet  in 


174  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

prato  de  Stantona,  scilicet  in  prato  de  Sydel',  &  taliter  est  recipienda 
a  persona  matricis  ecclesie  quod  Matheus  de  Bixtrop  de  omnibus  acris 
quas  habet  in  prato  de  Stantona  debet  eligere  quatuor  acras  &,  persona 
quintam,  &  fiet  statim  electio  &  duret  in  perpetuum  ilia  acra  ecclesie 
immutabiliter.  Et  ad  maiorem  istius  facti  securitatem  huic  scripto  in 
modum  cyrographi  confecto  sigilla  parcium  sunt  apposita,  scilicet 
sigillum  domini  A.  abbatis  Egneshamie  &  sigillum  lohannis  persona 
de  Stantona  sunt  apposita  particule  tradite  Matheo  de  Bixtrop,  & 
sigillum  eiusdem  Mathei  aponitur  [stc]  particule  domino  abbati  tradite, 
similiter  sigillum  eiusdem  M.  aponitur  particule  domino  lohanni  persone 
de  Stantona  tradite.  Hiis  testibus,  domino  R.  abbate  Abbendonie, 
domino  Rl  abbate  Oseneye,  lohanne  persona  de  Gersendona,  lohanne 
de  Sancto  lohanne,  WiUelmo  filio  El[ye],  Alezandro  de  Cumbes, 
Willelmo  de  Leuek[enore],  Wydone  de  Watel',  Ricardo  Gernun, 
Hugone  clerico  et  multis  aliis. 

727. 

[Grant  by  William  de  Drogheda  to  the  Priory  of  Monk 
Sherborne,  Hants,  of  his  house  in  Oxford.] 

(Endorsed).    Litera  de  quadam    domo   quam  dedit  Wuillermus 
Drokda  in  uiUa  Oxonie.^ 

Jan.  8|       Omnibus  Christ!  fidelibus  has  literas  uisuris  uel  audituris  Will[elmus] 
134)*     de  Drokeda  salutem  in  uero  salutari.    Nouerit  uniuersitas  uestra  me 

^  This  it  not  an  Eynsham  deed,  bnt  mediately  afterwards  the  priory  sold  it 

is  printed  to  explain  the  quitclaim  of  to  the  scholars  of  William  of  Durham, 

Eynsbam,    which  follows.     Both  the  subsequently  called  Uniyersity  College, 

deeds  are  preserved  in  the  muniment  and  it  is  only  within  the  last  few  years 

room    of    Qaeen*s    Collie,    Oxford,  that  the  College  has  parted  with  it 

whither  they  found  their  way  when  the  {The  ColUgis  of  Oxfird,  ed.  Clark, 

alien  priory  of  Monk  Sherborne,  Hants,  p.  4). 

was  granted  to  that  college.     By  the  An  account  of  William  of  Drogheda, 

first  deed,  William  of  Drogheda  gives  and  of  his  writings  may  be  found  in 

notice  that  he  has  granted  to  the  priory  Cofton  Law  in  the  English  Church,  pp. 

of  Sherborne  his  house  in  High  Street,  1 07-1 15,  by  Professor  Maitland.    An 

Oxford,  subsequently  known  as  Drowda  answer  can  be  given  to  the  question 

Hall,  being  now  the  house  next  to  All  there  asked,  namely,  what  was  the  tragic 

Souls  College  on  the  east  side.    From  (Jugubris)  death  of  William  to  which 

the  fact  that  WiUiam  subsequently  died  Matthew  Paris  refers.  He  was  murdered  . 

in  this  house,  we  should  gather  that  the  by  his  squire  in  1245.    At  the  Oxford 

grant  was  not  to  take  effect  until  his  Eyre  of  IS47  (Assize  Roll,  no.  700) 

death.     The  second  deed  shows  that  there  was  the  following  presentment : — 

the  priory  must  have  granted  the  tene-  '  Magister  Willelmus  de  Drogheda  in- 

ment  in  perpetuity  to  Hugh  de  Bure-  ventus  fuit  ocdsus  in  domo  sua  propria 

forde  at  a  fixed  rent ;  that  on  his  death  in  alto  vico  juxta  ecclesiam  beate  Marie, 

he  must  have  granted  his   rights   to  Et  Willelmus  de  Ely  primus  inventor 

Eynsham ;  and  that  the  priory  paid  venit  et  non  malecreditur.    Et  testatum 

five  marics  to  Eynsham  to  recover  the  est  quod  Radulfus  de  Boklaunde  armiger 

entire  possession  of  Drowda  HalL    Im-  suus  oecidit  eum  &  quendam    alinm 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    175 

dedisse  et  concessisse  et  hac  present!  carta  confirmasse  deo  &  beate  Marie 
et  sancto  lohanni  Baptiste  et  priori  et  monachis  ibidem  ^  deo  seruien- 
tibus  domum  meam  cum  pertinenciis  quam  habeo  aput  Oxoniam,  scilicet 
que  sita  est  in  parochia  sancti  Petri  uersus  portam  orientalem  Oxonie 
inter  terram  que  fuit  Waited  Hinge  et  terram  que  fuit  Alwini  le 
Tomoor ;  habendam  &  tenendam  libere  et  quiete,  padfice,  in  puram  et 
perpetuam  elemosinam  sicut  in  carta  inde  confecta  plenius  continetur, 
de  me  &  heredibus  meis ;  ita  quod  pro  anima  mea  et  animabus  patris 
et  matris  et  parentum  et  benefactorum  meorum  et  omnium  fidelium 
defunctorum  celebretur  una  missa  animarum  quolibet  die  anni  in 
perpetuum  in  ecclesia  nostra  de  Syreburnia  coram  altari  sancti  lacobi 
in  eadem  ecclesia  ubi  pater  &  mater  mei  iacebunt  post  obitum  eorum 
sepulti  et  ego  una  cum  eis ;  et  prefato  altari  lego  ad  opus  dicte  misse 
domum  meam  ap[ut]  Oxoniam  secundum  quod  in  carta  continetur 
quam  tradidi  dictis  priori  et  monachis,  et  omnes  libros  meos  theologie 
quos  habeo  &  habiturus  sum,  gradale,  troperium,  et  portetorium ',  & 
calicem  estimacionis  duanmi  marcarum,  et  cetera  uestimenta  que 
contingunt  sacerdotem  ministrantem  in  albis,  &  altare;  que  omnia 
honera  prior  et  conuentus  sustinebunt  in  perpetuum  sumptibus  suis 
postquam  semel  fuerint  predicta  dicto  altari  assignata  et  a  me 
deputata.  Actum  anno  domini  mccxli  die  Mercurii  proxima  post 
Epiphaniam  Domini  in  capitulo  nostro  de  Syreburnia.^ 

728. 

[E3m8ham  quitclaims  Drowda  Hall  to  the  Priory  of  Monk 
Sherborne.] 

Omnibus  Christi  fidelibus  presentes  litteras  uisuris  uel  audituris  Aprils, 
Gilbertus  abbas  de  Heynesham  &  eiusdem  loci  humilis  conuenlus     '*55« 
etemam  in  domino  salutem.    Nouerit  uniuersitas  uestra  quod  nos 
unanimi    consensu   nostro    concessimus,    relaxauimus    &,   quietum 

garcifernm  ipsins  magistri,  et    stAtim  de  Uncolnia  is  a  chancellor  hitherto 

fngit  et  malecreditnr ;  ideo  exigator,  et  unknoMm. 

utlagetnr.  Catalla ^os viii s.    Etmagis-  ^  As  though    'de  Syreburnia'  had 

ter  Willelmus  de  Lmcolnia,  tunc  cancel-  occurred  after  '  Marie  *. 

larinsy  non  permlsit  ballivos  attachiare  '  An  unknown  word.    <  Portatorinm  * 

predicta  catalk ;  ideo  ad  judicium.    £t  might  mean  a  case ;  '  portiforium  '  a 

Willelmus  de  la  Mare  8c  Johannes  de  breviary ;   but  we  need  here  a  word 

Schirebume   capti  fuemnt    per    snspi-  which  means  '  missal  *.    Perhaps  it  was 

cionem  predicte  mortis  et  deliberati  per  a  term  used  for  a  handy  or  abbreviated 

Galfridum  de  Henkesteseye  &  Henricum  missaL 

Perle,  ballivos  Oxonie,  shie  warowda;  *  Attached  is  a  broken  seal,  oval, 

ideo  ad  judicium.' Geoffrey  of  Hinksey^  about  {  inches  by  j;  a  figure  sitting 

Henry  Perle  were  the  reeves  for  the  vear  under  a  canopy. 

beginning  Michaelmas  1244.    William 


176  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

clamauimus  pro  nobis  &  successoribus  nostris  in  perpetuum  Michaeli 
priori  Scyreburnie  &  successoribus  suis  &  eiusdem  lod  conuentui 
Wyntoniensis  diocesis  totum  ius  &  clamium  quod  nos  habuimus  uel 
aliquo  modo  habere  potuimus  in  domum  que  fuit  quondam  magistri 
Willelmi  de  Drochedathe,  que  sita  est  in  magno  uico  inter  ecdesiam 
sancte  Marie  Oxonie  &  portam  eiusdem  municipii  orientalem;  ita 
quod  nee  nos  nee  successores  nostri  dictis  priori  &  conuentui  de 
Scyreburnia  uel  eorum  successoribus  super  dicta  domo  unquam 
molestiam  aliquam  uel  grauamen  inferre  polerimus  uel  in  eadem 
domo  nobis  aliquid  iims  uendicare.  Nos  autem  in  signum  perpetue 
quieteclamacionis  dictis  priori  &  conuentui  de  Scyreburnia  omnia 
instrumenta  que  nos  de  dicta  domo  habuimus  a  magistro  Hugone  de 
Bureforde,  quondam  clerico  noslro,  &  que  ipse  Hugo  habuit  de 
dicta  domo  a  dictis  priore  &  conuentu  de  Scyreburnia,  eisdem  litteris 
resignando,  ipsis  priori  &  conuentui  coram  multis  tradidimus.  Pro 
hac  autem  concessione,  relaxacione  &  quieta  clamacione  dederunt 
nobis  dicti  prior  &  conuentus  de  Scyreburnia  quinque  marcas  in 
gersumma.  £t  quia  uolumus  quod  bee  nostra  concessio,  relaxacio  8c 
quieta  clamacio  in  perpetuum  robur  firmitatis  optineat,  huic  scripto 
impressiones  sigillorum  nostrorum  apposuimus,  hiis  testibus,  magistro 
Egidio  de  Brudeport  tunc  archidiacono  Bercsyrye,  magistro  Willelmo 
de  Lodelauhe  tunc  cancellario  Oxonie,  Ada  Feteplace  tunc  maiore 
Oxonie,  Galfrido  Aurifabro,  Henrico  Hynge,  Galfrido  Trutun  &  multis 
aliis.  Datum  apud  Oxoniam  die  Martis  proxima  post  Quasi  Modo 
Geniti  anno  domine  mcclv.^ 


729. 

[Grant  to  Roger  le  Sclatter  &  Agnes  his  wife  of  a  tenement 
in  the  New  Borough  of  Eynsham.] 

Oct«z9i       Sciant  presentes  &  futuri  quod  nos  Thomas  permissione  diuina 

'^94«     abbas  Egneshamye  &  eiusdem  loci  conuentus  dedimus  [&c.]  Rogero 

le  Sclattere  de  Egnesham  &  Agneti  vxori  sue  prime  &  heredibus  de 

ipsis  legitime  procreatis  illud  tenementum  cum  curtilagio,  gardino  & 

omnibus  aliis  suis  pertinenciis  quod  Symon  vicarius  prius  de  nobis  tenuit 

^  With  two  seals,  both  of  white  wax  Child  with  the  inscriptions  "  Big  ill* 

and  pointed  oval ;  on  the  right,  the  seal  Convent'  Egnesh amis  ad  Cavsas  " 

of  the  abbey  which  has  been  reproduced  and  «S'.  Abbatis  Egneshamie  ad 

in  vol.  i ;  on  the  left,  the  seal  of  the  Cavsas."    We  conclude  from  the  book 

abbot,  much   chipped,  a  full   length  of  John  of  Woodeaton  (Bodley  MS.  435) 

6gure  of  an  abbot,  no  inscription  re-  that  these  reverse  seals  were  ordered  and 

maining.    There  are  also  two  reverse  made  about  the  year  1228, 
seals,  each  representing  the  Virgin  and 


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CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    177 

in  Nouo  Burgo  de  Egnesham;  habendum  &  tenendum  predictis 
Rogero,  Agneti  &  beredibus  de  corporibus  suis  exeuntibus  de  nobis  & 
successoribus  nostris,  libere,  quiete,  bene  &  in  pace ;  reddendo  inde 
annuatim  nobis  &  successoribus  nostris  quatuor  solidos  sterlingorum 
ad  quatuor  anni  terminos  consuetos  pro  equalibus  porcionibus  diui- 
dendos,  faciendo  inde  sectam  ad  curiam  nostram  de  Nouo  Burgo 
predicto  &  alias  consuetudines  &  seruicia  secundum  quod  alii  eiusdem 
tenure  nobis  hucusque  fecerunt  &  facient  infuturum  pro  omnibus  aliis 
seruiciis  secularibus,  exaccionibus  &  demandis.  £t  si  contingat  predi- 
ctos  Rogerum  &  Agnetem  sine  herede  de  se,  ut  premitlitur,  legitime 
exeuntibus  in  fata  decedere,  totum  predictum  tenementum  prout 
superius  annotatur  nobis  &  successoribus  nostris  absque  impedimento 
vel  contradictione  cuiusque  libere  reuertetur.  Nos  uero  [&c.  warranty] 
salua  nobis  &  successoribus  nostris  ilia  lercia  parte  quam  Elena  vxor 
Ricardi  le  Harpour  tenet  in  dotem,  que  aliquando  fuit  dicto  tenemento 
annexa,  post  eiusdem  Elene  decessum.  £t  ut  [&c.  alternate  sealing], 
hiis  testibus,  Ada  de  la  Dunhalle,  lohanne  de  la  Sale  de  Norhtleye, 
Willelmo  le  Bedel  de  eadem,  Ricardo  Bacun  de  Egnesham,  lohanne 
Morel,  Thoma  Abberd,  Nicholao  Fabro,  et  multis  aliis.  Dat*  apud 
Egnesham  die  Lune  in  crastino  sancti  Luce  ewangeliste  anno  regni 
regis  Edwardi  filii  regis  Henrici  vicesimo  secundo.* 


730. 

[Eynsham  grants  to  the  Earl  of  Warwick  ten  acres  of 
waste  in  Ciiarlbury,  adjacent  to  his  wood  in  Spelsbury.] 

Sciant  [&c.]  quod  nos  Thomas  permissione  diuina  abbas  de  June  17, 
Egneshame  &  eiusdem  loci  conuentus  dedimus  [&c.]  nobili  viro  ^<^5* 
domino  Guidoni  de  Bello  Campo,  Comiti  Warr',  x  acras  regalis  vasti 
nostri  cum  pertinendis  in  Cherlebury,  iacentes  in  quodam  loco,  qui 
vocatur  Normanesgrove,  iuxta  boscum  predict!  domini  Comitis  in 
Spellesbury,  habendas  &  tenendas  predicto  domino  Guidoni  &  heredi- 
bus  suis  de  capitalibus  dominis  feodi  illius  per  seruicia  que  ad  tantum 
uastum  pertinent  sine  uUo  retenemento  nobis  vel  successoribus  nostris 
dominii  vel  seruicii  in  eisdem  in  perpetuum,  et  quod  dictus  dominus 
Comes,  heredes  &  assignati  sui  de  dicto  uasto  appriare '  se  possint  pro 
uoluntate  sua,  salua  nobis  &  successoribus  nostris  communia  pasture 

'  This  it  presenred  among  some  mis-  It  does  not  appear  that  New  College  ever 

cellaneons  deeds  in  New  College  mnni-  possessed  property  in  EynshanL 

ment  room«    As  there  is  no  sign  of  seal-  '  '  to  nse  for  one's  own  benefit.* 
ing,  the  deed  is  a  copy,  not  4Ui  original. 

U.  N 


178  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

in  eisdem  temporibus  war[ec]ti  &  aperto.  Et  nos  predicti  abbas  & 
conuentus  &  successores  nostri  predictas  x  acras  regalis  uasti  cum 
pertinendis  predicto  domino  Goidoni  [&c.  warranty].  lu  cuius  [&c. 
sealing],  hiis  testibus,  domino  Philippo  de  Gaytone,  lohanne  Hamelyn, 
lohanne  Dyue,  Henrico  de  Willamescote,  militibus,  Ed[mund]o  de 
Dene,  Roberto  de  Ascote,  Reginaldo  de  Lynham,  &  multis  aliis. 
Dat'  apud  Egnesham  in  capitulo  nostro  die  sancti  Botulphi,  anno 
regni  regis  Edwardi  filii  regis  Henrici  xxxiii.^ 


731. 

[Eynsham  renounces  all  daim  to  have  common  of  pasture 
in  the  ancient  demesnes  of  the  manor  of  Spelsbury.] 

JtmexS,  Omnibus  [&c.]  Thomas  permissione  diuina  abbas  Egneshamie 
^o^'  &  eiusdem  loci  conuentus  salutem  in  domino  sempitemam.  Noue- 
ritis  nos  remisisse  &  omnino  quietum  clamasse  pro  nobis  &  successori- 
bus  nostris  seu  tenentibus  de  manerio  de  Cherlebury  nobili  viro 
domino  Guidoni  de  Bello  Campo,  comiti  Warr',  omnimodum  ius  & 
clamium  siquid  habuimus,  vel  aliquo  modo  habere  poterimus  ad 
com[munic]andum  cum  aueriis  nostris  seu  tenencium  nostrorum  in 
antiquis  dominicis  predicti  domini  Guidonis  in  manerio  de  Spellesbury : 
ita  quod  nee  nos  [&c.].  In  cuius  [&c.  sealing],  hiis  testibus,  Reginaldo 
de  Lynham,  Nicholao  Broun  iuniori,  Ricardo  de  Ouuyle,  Willelmo  le 
Blund,  Willelmo  de  Leghe,  lohanne  de  London,  lohanne  de  Colunces 
&  aliis.  Dat'  in  capitulo  nostro  apud  Egnesham  die  Sabbati  in  Octabis 
sancti  Bamabe  apostoli,  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  filii  regis  Hemici 
xxxiiiito.* 

732. 

[E3msham  and  the  vicar  of  Charlbury  consent  that  the 
inhabitants  of  Chadlington  shall  have  the  right  of  sepul- 
ture at  Chadlington.'] 

July  95,      In  del  nomine  Amen.    Hec  indentura  confecta  inter  religiosos  viros 

1309.     fratrem  Thomam  Bradyngstoke,  abbatem  monasterii  de  Egnesham 

Lincolniensis  diocesis  ordinis  sancti  Benedicti,  &  eiusdem  loci  con- 

^  From  Brit.  Mns.  Add  MS.  28034,  Bnckingham,    Mem.    foL    408.      The 

fol.   168,  a  caitnlaxy  of  the  Earl  of  original  is  very  verbose,  and  if  prbted 

Warwick.  in  fall  would  take  15  or  16  pages;  hot 

'  lb.  fol.  169.  it  contains  no  (acts  beyond  those  that 

*  From    the    Register    of   Bishop  are  here  given. 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    179 

uentum  ecclesiam  paroch[iaIem]  de  Cherlebury  dicte  diocesis  cum 
capella  de  Chadlyngton  eidem  ecclesie  annexa  et  ab  eadem  dependente 
ac  infra  fines  et  limites  eiusdem  parochialis  ecclesie  notorie  situata, 
eisdem  religiosis  viris  unitam,  annexam  et  incorporatam  ac  in  usus 
coram  proprios  perpetuo  possidendam,  legitime  concessam,  [tenentes^] 
ex  una  parte  &  Margaretam  Appulby,  rcHctam  lohannis  Appulby, 
Ricardum  Withfeld,  Rogeram  Badford,  Reginaldum  Stacy,  WiUelmum 
Martyn,  lohannem  atte  Yate,  &  lohannem  Shepherd  parochianos  dicte 
ecclesie  de  Cherlebur}',  hamelettam  de  Chadlyngton  inhabitantes,  ac 
ceteros  parochianos  eiusdem  ecclesie  hamelettam  predictam  inhabi- 
tames  &  residentes  in  hameletta  antedicta,  in  capella  predicta  die 
sancti  lacobi  apostoli  anno  domini  millesimo  ccc  octogesimo  nono 
intra  missarum  solempnia  constitutos  &  pro  infrascriptis  specialiter 
congregatos  &  ad  ea  omnia  &  singula  eorum  consensum  expressum 
singiUatim  &  coniunctim  adhibentes,  nuUo  reclamante  seu  contra- 
dicente,  ac  omnes  &  singulos  alios  parochianos  dicte  ecclesie  hame- 
lettam predictam  inhabitantes  consimili  modo  consencientes  tactis 
sacrosanctis  euangeliis  per  eosdem  parochianos  de  complendo,  faciendo 
&  tenendo  omnia  infrascripta  &  de  non  contraueniendo  nee  contra* 
dicendo  subscripta  vel  eorum  aliqua  specialiter  iuratos,  ex  parte  altera ; 
testatur  quod  licet  parochiani  predicti  dictam  hamelettam  inhabitantes 
ac  coram  predecessores  corpora  quorumcumque  mortuorum  in  eadem 
hameletta  decedencium  ad  ecclesiam  coram  parochialem  de  Cherle- 
bury, in  Cherlebury  situatam,  in  cimiterio  eiusdem  ecclesie  dumtaxat 
sepelienda  a  toto  tempore  cuius  contrarii  memoria  hominum  non 
existit  detulerant  &  ibidem  hucusque  sepelierant  &  illuc  ea  deferre 
&  ibidem  &  non  alibi  sepelire  de  iure  teneantur ;  dicti  tamen  religiosi, 
interaentu  magnatum  &  dictoram  omnium  suorum  parochianoram  ac 
ceteroram  amicorum  precibus  multiplicibus  eorum  aures  beneuolas 
graciose  adhibentes,  ipsis  inhabitantibus  hamelettam  de  Chadlyngton 
predictis,  parochianis  suis  ecclesie  eorum  de  Cherlebury  supradicte, 
&  successoribus  suis  dictam  hamelettam  inhabitaturis  (quatenus,  saluo 
iiu'e  ecclesie  coram  de  Cherlebury  infrascripte,  possunt)  consensu 
domini  Thome  perpetui  vicarii  dicte  ecclesie  de  Cherlebury  in  hac 
parte  concurrente,  sepulturam  ex  nunc  habendam  eis  hamelettam 
antedictam  inhabitantibus  et  successoribus  suis  modis  &  condicionibus 
subscriptis  ft  non  aliter  in  cimiterio  sine  solo  capelle  predicte  ad 
procuracionem  eorundem  parochianoram  de  nouo,  abbate  &  conuentu 
&  dicto  vicario  ad  hoc  non  vocatis,  dedicato  concedunt  per  presentes. 
[In  return  for  this  benefit  the  inhabitants  of  Chadlington  recognize 

^  Required  by  the  senie. 

N  2 


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that  their  dead  in  past  time  both  in  fact  and  by  right  have  been  buned 
at  Charlbury,  and  that  Chadlington  is  not  a  parochial  church,  that  the 
newly  dedicated  cemetery  and  the  chapel  are  rightly  in  the  possession 
of  Eynsham,  being  dependent  on  the  church  of  Charlbury.  They 
promise  for  the  inhabitants  of  Chadlington  .  • .]  quod  decimas  tarn 
jnaiores  quam  minores,  oblaciones,  mortuaria,  prestaciones,  subuen- 
ciones  &  cetera  omnia  quecumque  eidem  ecclesie  parochiali  de  Cherle- 
bury  . . .  (quatenus  hactenus  supportare  tenebantur  &  non  alias  neque 
ultra)  reddant  &  faciant. . .  .  Concedunt  insuper  &  volunt  iidem  paro- 
chiani  .  •  .  quod  singulis  annis  in  perpetuum  qualibet  die  dedicacionis 
capelle  antedicte  teneantur,  ut  in  festo  Natalis  Domini,  offerre,  ac 
insuper  diem  dedicacionis  ecclesie  eorum  parochialis  &  matricis  de 
Cherlebury  prenominate  festum  ab  omni  opere,  sicut  ceteri  parochiani 
ecclesie  parochialis  &  matricis  antedicte,  celebrare  denote  teneantur. 
Volunt  insuper  .  • .  quod  in  signum,  recognicionem  ft  recordationem 
perpetue  subiectionis  prefate  capelle  de  Chadlyngton  ecclesie  eorum 
matrici  &  parochiali  de  Cherlebury  et  dependencie  eiusdem  capelle  ab 
eadem  ecclesia  iidem  parochiani,  hamelettam  de  Chadlyngton  inhabi- 
tantes,  ac  eorum  heredes  &  successores  singulis  annis  in  perpetuum 
duos  cereos  cere,  utrumque  per  se  unam  libram  cere  &  de  cera 
ponderantem,  quorum  unus  in  cancello  dicte  ecclesie  de  Cherlebury 
remaneat  &  alter  balliuo  sen  custodi  manerii  dictorum  religiosorum 
ad  hoc  deputato  tradatur  in  usus  eorundem  abbatis  &  conuentus  & 
successorum  suorum  convertendus,  die  Pasche  in  ecclesia  parochial! 
de  Cherlebury  predicta  • . .  intra  missarum  solempnia  hora  consueta 
dum  maior  populi  multitudo  ibidem  congregata  fuerit  [offerre 
teneantur  &c.].* 

733. 

[The  Bishop  of  Lincohi  grants  to  E3msham  permission  to 
appropriate  the  churches  of  South  Stoke,  South  Newing- 
ton,  and  Combe.] 

Jan.  ay.  Omnibus  Christi  fidelibus  ad  quos  presentes  littere  peruenerint 
^9$*  Henricus  permissione  diuina  Lincolniensis  episcopus  salutem  in 
domino.  Noueritis  nos  concessisse  &  licenciam  dedisse  dilectis  filiis 
nostris  abbati  de  Egnesham  &  eiusdem  loci  conuentui,  qui  de  nostro 
patronatu  existunt,  quod  ipsi  ecclesias  de  Stoke  Abbatis,  Newentone 
lewelle  &  Combe  in  comitatu  Oxpnie  &  in  diocesi  nostra,  quarum 

^  The  original  at  this  point  becomes  words  or  lines ;  bnt  it  is  evident  that 
confused  and  cannot  be  construed,  the  the  rest  of  the  deed  was  common  form, 
scribe  having  lost  his  place  and  omitted 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES   i8i 

ecclesiarum  iidem  abbas  &  conuentus  veri  patroni  existunt  et  ipsanim 
advocationes  ut  parcellam  dicte  abbathie  sue  de  nobis  ut  in  iure 
episcopatus  nostri  predict!  tenent,  appropriare  &  eas  in  usus  proprios 
tenere  possint,  quandocumque  eas  seu  eanim  aliquam  quovismodo 
vacare  contingat.  In  cuius  [&c.  sealing].  Dat'  Oxonie  xxvii  die 
mensis  lanuarii  anno  domini  mccc  nonagesimo  octauo,  et  nostra 
consecrationis  primo.^ 


734. 

[The  Abbey  consents  that  the  three  churches  shall  be 
served  by  perpetual  vicars  instead  of  curates,  as  was 
permitted  them  by  the  grant  of  the  Pope.] 

Henricus  permissione  divina  Lincolniensis  episcopus  dilectis  filiis  Jan.  39, 
magistro  Willelmo  Bylsthorpe,  nostro  in  archidiaconatibus  Oxonie  &  '39l- 
Bukjngham  sequestrator!,  ac  Roberto  Newby  Official!  archidiaconi 
Oxonie  salutem,  graciam  et  benedictionem.  Cum  nuper  sanctissimus 
in  Christo  pater  et  dominus  noster,  dominus  Bonifacius  divina  pro\'i- 
denda  papa  nonus,  ecclesias  parochiales  de  Stoke  Abbatis,  Newtone 
lueU  &  Combe  nostre  diocesis,  cedentibus  vel  decedentibus  earundem 
ecclesiarum  rectoribus,  per  suas  litteras  apostolicas  religiosis  viris 
abbat!  &  conventui  monaster!!  de  Eynsham  ordinis  sanct!  Benedict! 
dicte  nostre  diocesis  univit,  annexuit,  incorporavit  &  appropriavit, 
quarum  vigore  litterarum  possunt  etiam  ecclesiis  per  simplices  sacer- 
dotes  remoturos  ad  nutum  in  diuinis  officiis  facere  deseruiri ;  tamen, 
ut  cultus  augeatur  diuinus  &  ut  devotio  parochianorum  in  dictis 
parochiis  degencium  magis  excitetur  &  ut  cura  animarum  nullatenus 
necligatur,  nobis  humiliter  supplicarunt  quatinus  auctoritate  nostra 
ordinaria,  cum  dictarum  ecclesiarum  fuerint  possessionem  pacificam 
assecutiy  perpetuos  vicarios,  congruis  eis  porcionibus  assignatis,  eisdem 
ecclesiis  preficere  dignaremur ;  nos  vero  *  peticion!  eorundem  religio- 
sorum,  racioni  consone  et  iuri,  annuentes,  ut  de  dictarum  ecclesiarum 
prouentibus,  cum  ipsarum  vel  alicuius  earundem  prefati  religiosi  vir! 
fuerint  possessionem  pacifice  assecuti,  et  pro  parte  eorundem  fueritis 
legittime  requisiti,  pro  perpetuo  vicario  seu  vicariis  in  dictis  ecclesiis 
seu  alicuius  [sic]  earundem  canonice  instituendo  vel  instituendis,  per- 
petuo in  eisdem  domino  servaturo  &  servaturis,  porcionem  congruam 
limitare  valeatis,  unde  diet!  vicarii  seu  vicarius  nobis  presentandi,  quam 

^  From  Bishop  Beaufort's  registers,      Beaufort,  Mem.  fol.  8,  is  supplied  from 
Mem.  fol.  8.  the  repetition  of  the  deed  in  Beanfort, 

*  A  line,  omitted  by  the  scribe  in      Inst  foL  aoi. 


i82  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

presentacionem  nobis  fieri  volumus  una  cum  limitacione  porcionis 
huiusmodi  inserta  in  eadem,  valeant  &  valeat  commode  sustentari  & 
alia  onera  incumbencia  debite  supportare,  ac  omnia  &  singula  facere 
&  expedire,  in  hac  parte  necessaria  seu  aliqualiter  oportuna,  vobis 
coniunctim  &  divisim,  de  quorum  fidelitate  ft  industria  plene  confidi* 
mus,  &  super  quo  consciendas  vestras  in  domino  oneramus,  com- 
mittimus  vices  nostras,  cum  cuiuslibet  cohercionis  canonice  potestate. 
Dat'  sub  sigiUo  nostro  Oxonie  vicesimo  nono  die  mensis  lanuarii, 
anno  domini  mccc  nonagesimo  octauo  &  nostre  consecrationis  primo. 


735. 

[The  institution  of  a  vicarage  at  Combe.] 
Combe  vicaria. 

May  3,  Unluersis  sancte  matris  ecclesie  filiis  ad  quos  presentes  littere  per- 
1399*  uenerint  Offidalis  domini  archidiaconi  Oxonie  salutem  in  onmium 
saluatore.  Litteras  venerabilts  in  Christo  patris  et  domini,  domini 
Henrici,  dei  gracia  Lincolniensis  episcopi,  nuper  recepimus  in  bee 
uerba : — *  Henricus  [&c.]  dilectis  filiis  Willelmo  Bidesthorp  [&c.  as  in 
no.  734  . . .  to]  consecrationis  primo.'  Post  quarum  quidem  litterarum 
percepdonem  per  partem  dictorum  abbatis  &  conuentus  fuimus  in- 
stanter  requisiti  ut  vicario  perpetuo,  qui  cure  deseruiet  ecclesie  paro- 
ehialis  de  Coumbe,  cuius  possessionem  ut  asserunt  canonice  sunt 
assecuti,  auctoritate  in  hac  parte  nobis  commissa  congruam  velimus 
limitare  porcionem.  Nos  uero,  predictarum  litterarum  auctoritate  ac 
ad  ipsorum  abbatis  &  conuentus  requisicionem,  porcionem  perpetuo 
vicario  in  eadem  ecclesia  de  Coumbe  deseruituro  de  fructibus  &  pro- 
uentibus  eiusdem  ecclesie  assignamus  &  limitamus,  ac  porcionem 
eandem  in  decimis  &  rebus  decemimus  infrascriptam ;  uidelicet  quod 
vicarius  qui  pro  tempore  fuerit  percipiet  &  habebit  omnes  &  omni* 
modas  decimas  tam  maiores  quam  minores  necnon  oblaciones  &  alia 
quecumque  ad  dictam  ecclesiam  de  Coumbe  qualitercumque  pro- 
ueniencia,  decimis  tamen  garbarum  &  feni  infra  parochiam  ft  de 
parochia  dicte  ecclesie  qualitercumque  obuenientibus,  quas  percipient 
ft  habebunt  dictus  abbas  ft  conuentus,  dumtazat  exceptis ;  quodque 
vicarius  qui  pro  tempore  fuerit  habebit  integram  glebam  tam  terrarum 
arabilium  quam  prati  ad  dictam  ecclesiam  de  Coumbe  spectantem  ft 
pertinentem  absque  deductione  decime,  excepta  tma  crofta  que  iacet 
prope  mansum  dicte  rectorie,  que  vulgariter  nuncupatur  The  Gret  Croft ; 
habebit  etiam  idem  vicarius  qui  pro  tempore  fuerit  decimas  lini  ft 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    183 

canabi  ubicumque  infra  parochiam  siue  in  campis  sine  in  ortis  crescen- 
tium  ac  siluarum  ceduanim:  habebit  etiam  idem  vicarius  herbas  in 
cimiterio  crescentes^  et  arbores  amputabit  in  eodem  cimiterio  &  ramos 
in  usns  suos  conuertet  £t  vicarius  quicumque,  qui  pro  tempore 
fuerit,  inueniet  panem  &  uinum  ac  lumen  competens  in  cancello  ad 
celebracionem  diuinorum  &  communionem  parochianorum  quociens 
&  quando  opus  fuent ;  necnon  duos  cereos  processionales.  Omnia 
autem  alia  onera  dicte  ecdesie  ordinaria  siue  extraordinaria,  dicte 
ecclesie  qualitercumque  incumbencia,  prefati  abbas  &  conuentus 
supportabunt,  inuenient  ac  sustentabunt.  £t  quia  de  habitacione 
pro  vicario  nuUatenus  est  prouisum,  ordinamus  quod  dicti  abbas  & 
conuentus  in  terra  dotali  dicte  ecclesie  iuxta  rectoriam  habitacionem 
pro  vicario  ft  successoribus  suis  celeriter  construi  faciant  competentem 
suis  propriis  sumptibus  ft  expensis.  £t  interim  predictus  vicarius  pro 
sua  ft  suorum  seruiencium  inhabitacione  habebit  unam  cameram  ft 
alias  domos  sibi  necessarias  in  rectoria  predicta.  Istam  dotacionem 
nos  Offidalis  antedictus  auctoritate  prefati  venerabilis  patris  ordinamus, 
statuimus  ft  limitamus.  In  quorum  omnium  testimonium  sigiUum 
officii  nostri  presentibus  apposuimus.  Dat'  apud  Coumbe  predictam 
secundo  die  mensis  Maii,  anno  Domini  ftc,  nonogesimo  \stc\  nono.^ 


736. 

[The  institution  of  a  vicarage  at  Soutli  Stoke.] 
Vlcaxie  ecclesie  de  Stoke  ordinado. 

Uniuersis  [ftc.  as  in  the  last  deed  ...  to]  consecrationis  primo.  April  38, 
Post  quarum  quidem  litterarum  perceptionem  per  partem  dictorum  '399' 
abbatis  ft  conuentus  fuimus  instanter  requisiti  ut  vicario  perpetuo,  qui 
cure  deseruiet  ecclesie  parochialis  de  Stoke  Abbatis,  cuius  possessionem 
ut  asaerunt  canonice  sunt  assecuti,  auctoritate  in  hac  parte  nobis  com- 
missa  congruam  velimus  limitare  pordonem.  Nos  vero,  predictarum 
litterarum  auctoritate  ac  ad  ipsorum  abbatis  ft  conuentus  requisi- 
clonem,  pordonem  perpetuo  vicario  in  eadem  ecclesia  de  Stoke 
Abbatis  deseruituro  de  fructibus  ft  prouentibus  eiusdem  ecclesie 
assignamus  ft  limitamus,  ac  pordonem  eandem  in  decimis  ft  rebus 
decemimus  consistere  infrascriptis : — ^videlicet  quod  vicarius  qui  pro 
tempore  fuerit  perdpiet  ft  habebit  omnes  ft  omnimodas  decimas  tarn 
maiores  quam  minores  necnon  oblaciones  ft  alia  quecumque  ad 
dictam  ecclesiam  de   Stoke  Abbatis   qualitercumque  proueniencia, 

^  From  the  Register  of  Bishop  Beanfort,  Inst.  foL  aoi. 


i84  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

decima  garbarum  &  feni  ac  siluanim  ceduanim  quarumcumque  infra 
parochiam  &  de  parochia  dicte  ecclesie  qualitercumque  obueniencium, 
quas  percipient  &  habebunt  dicti  abbas  &  conuentus,  diimtaxat  ex- 
ceptis ;  percipient  etiam  &  habebunt  prefati  abbaa  &  conuentus  omnia 
&  singula  mortuaria  viua  infra  dictam  parochiam  proueniencia.  Item 
ordinamuSy  eciam  assignamus,  et  limitamus  quod  vicarius  qui  pro 
tempore  fuerit  habebit  de  gleba  et  terris  dotalibus  dominicis  ad 
dictam  ecdesiam  pertinentibus  octo  acras  terrarum  arabilium  integra- 
liter  absque  deduccione  decimarum,  videlicet  dimidiam  acram  in  Grene- 
furlong  extendentem  in  the  Grene,  &  aliam  dimidiam  acram  iacentem 
in  Crousloue  extendentem  in  Touchinwey,  &  aliam  dimidiam  acram 
iacentem  in  Croslowe  extendentem  ab  australi  ad  boream,  &  aliam 
dimidiam  acram  iacentem  in  Schortfurlong  extendentem  in  Merway 
in  campo  australi,  &  unam  dimidiam  acram  iacentem  in  Lamcowpe 
extendentem  in  Miswey,  &  aliam  dimidiam  acram  iacentem  in  Lamp- 
cowpe  extendentem  in  Northwey,  &  aliam  dimidiam  acram  in  eodem 
campo  extendentem  in  Touchenwey,  &  aliam  dimidiam  acram  super 
Portwey  extendentem  in  Wodewey  in  the  Midellfelde,  &  unam  dimidiam 
acram  iacentem  iuxta  Portwey  extendentem  in  Northwey,  &  aliam 
dimidiam  acram  extendentem  erga  album  montem,  &  aliam  dimidiam 
acram  extendentem  in  Merslade,  ft  aliam  dimidiam  acram  super 
paruimi  montem,  &  duas  acras  ab  antiquo  vocatas  Lampeacres,  ft 
duas  acras  prati  iacentes  in  Wodekote  ab  antiquo  vocatas  Thepeacres, 
una  cum  octo  bigatis  focalium  de  silua  dicti  abbatis  ft  conuentus  com- 
munis vecture  trium  equorum  ad  liberacionem  custodis  silue  siue 
balliui  eorundem,  quas  quidem  octo  bigatas  focalium  dictus  custos 
siue  balliuus  deliberabit  sine  difficultate  prefato  vicario  cum  per 
partem  eiusdem  vicarii  fuerint  requisiti  seu  alter  eorum  fuerit  requi- 
situs.  Habebit  eciam  idem  vicarius  qui  pro  tempore  fuerit  decimas 
lini  ft  canabi  ubicumque  infra  parochiam  siue  in  campo  siue  in  ortis 
crescencium.  Item  habebit  herbas  in  cimiterio  crescentes  ft  arbores 
amputabit  in  eodem  cimiterio,  ft  ramos  in  usus  suos  conuertet. 
Vicarius  vero  qui  pro  tempore  fuerit  inueniet  ft  sustentabit  unum 
lampadem  ardentem  in  cancello  dicte  ecclesie  ft  panem  ac  uinum  ac 
lumen  competens  ultra  illam  candelam  quam  percipiet  a  parochianis 
singulis  diebus  dominicis,  si  oporteat,  ad  celebradonem  diuinorum  ft 
communionem  parochianonmi,  quociens  ft  quando  opus  fuerit ;  nee- 
non  duos  cereos  processionales  competentes.  Omnia  autem  alia  onera 
dicte  ecclesie  ordinaria  ft  extraordinaria  qualitercumque  incumbencia 
prefati  abbas  ft  conuentus  supportabunt,  inuenient  ft  sustentabunt. 
Assignamus  eciam  dicto  vicario  mansum  competens  pro  sua  ft  suorum 
inhabitadone  infra  mansum  quod  rector  prefate  ecclesie  pro  tempore 


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existens  inhabitare  consueuit,  videlicet  aulam  &  cameras  in  parte 
boreali  existentes  &  gardinum  sibi  limitatuin  per  bundas  &  fines. 
Istam  dotacionem  nos  Officialis  antedictus  auctoritate  prefati  venera* 
bilis  patris  ordinamus,  statuimus  &  limitamus.  In  quorum  [&c.  sealing] ; 
dat'  apud  Stoke  predictam  vicesimo  octauo  die  mensis  Aprilis  anno 
Domini  millesimo  ccc  nonogesimo  [sic\  nono.^ 

737. 

[The  institution  of  a  vicarage  at  South  Newington.] 

Presentacio  ad  vicariam  in  ecclesia  de  Newenton  lewell, 
noviter  ordinatam. 

Reuerendo  in  Christo  patri  ac  domino,  domino  Philippo,  dei  gracia  April  12, 
Lincolniensi  episcopo,  vestrove  vicario  in  spiritualibus  generali  vestri  M^S* 
humiles  &  deuoti  filii,  abbas  monasterii  de  Egnsham  ordinis  sancti 
Benedicti  vestre  diocesis  &  eiusdem  loci  conuentus,  obedienciam  & 
omnimodas  reueren[tias]  tanto  patri  debitas  cum  honore.  Cum  nuper, 
piis  &  racionabilibus  de  causis  ac  urgente  necessitate,  parochialis 
ecclesia  de  Newentone  lewell  dicte  vestre  diocesis  apostolica  auctori- 
tate nobis  ft  monasterio  nostro  predicto  appropriata  fuisset;  ac  ipsa 
ecclesia  per  liberam  resignadonem  domini  Galfridi  Bedyll  ultimi 
rectoris  eiusdem  iam  nouiter  uacauisset;  quodque*  nos  eandem 
ecclesiam  vigore  appropriacionis  huiusmodi  cum  suis  iuribus  &  perti- 
nenciis  uniuersis  in  proprios  usus,  salua  congrua  porcione  de  fructibus 
&  prouentibus  ipsius  ecclesie  pro  perpetuo  vicario  in  eadem  instituendo, 
notorie  nunc  habentes  &  possidentes,  ad  vicariam  perpetuam  ecclesie 
parochialis  de  Newenton  lewell  predicta  de  nouo  ordinandam  & 
assignandam,  ac  ut  infra  scribitur  vestra  auctoritate  dotandam,  dile- 
ctum  nobis  in  Christo  dominum  Adam  Dalton  capellanum  patemitati 
vestre  reuerende  tenore  presencium  presentamus,  humiliter  suppli- 
cantes  &  denote  quatinus  vicariam  perpetuam  in  eadem  ecclesia  cum 
porcione,  manso  ft  aliis  infrascriptis  dotare,  ipsumque  dominum  Adam 
ad  vicariam  huiusmodi  admittere  ft  vicarium  perpetuum  in  eadem 
canonice  instituere,  ac  cetera  que  vestro  incumbunt  officio  pastorali  in 
hac  parte  facere  dignemini  graciose  intuitu  caritatis.  Porcio  vero  cum 
manso  eidem  domino  Ade  ft  successoribus  suis  vicariis  in  eadem 
vicaria  instituendis  ft  per  nos  assignata  ac  per  etmdem  dominum 
Adam  admissa  ft  concordata,  si  vestre  reuerende  libeat  patemitati, 
sequttur  ft  est  talis.    In  primis  memoratus  dominus  Adam  ft  suc- 

1  From    the    R^fister    of    Bishop      the  scribe   has  oxhitted   some   words 
Beaufort,  Inst.  foL  201.  after  <  qnodqoe*,  or  we  can  make  sense 

^  The  grammar  is  oonfiised ;  perhaps      by  removing  the  word. 


i86  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

cessores  sui,  vicarii  dicte  ecclesie  quicumque  in  posterum  suis  tempo- 
ribus  futuris,  de  nostro  expresso  consensu  A:  assensu  habebit  ft  habebunt 
unum  mansum  competentem  ex  parte  austral!  dicte  ecclesie  &  iuxta 
cimiterium  prefate  ecclesie,  una  cum  competenti  gardino  eidem  ad- 
iacenti,  in  fundo  dicte  ecclesie  dotali,  quern  eidem  domino  Ade  &  suis 
successoribus  pro  manso  vicarii  assignauimus.  Ac  insuper  percipiet 
&  habebit  idem  dominus  Adam,  &  sui  successores  quicumque  per- 
cipient  &  habebunt,  duodecem  marcas  monete  Anglicane  a  nobis 
&  successoribus  nostris  annis  singulis  imperpetuum  ad  quatuor  anni 
terminos,  videlicet  Pascha,  Ad  Vincula  sancti  Petri,  Omnium  Sancto- 
rum, &  Purificadonis  beate  Marie  Virginis  ad  sustentadonem  dicti 
domini  Ade  &  suorum  successorum  quorumcumque,  eisdem  terminis 
persoluendas  per  equales  porciones,  vel  infra  quatuordecem  dies  dictos 
terminos  &  quemlibet  eonmdem  immediate  sequentes.  Onera  vero 
ordinaria  &  extraordinaria  quecumque  &  qualitercumque  eidem  ecclesie 
incumbencia  suscipimus  in  nos  &  successores  nostros,  ac  eadem  onera 
nos  &  successores  nostri  supportabimus  perpetuis  temporibus  &  subie- 
mus.  Alia  vero  omnia  &  singula  ad  dictam  parochialem  ecclesiam 
quomodocumque  pertinencia  seu  obveniencia  preterquam  pro  pordone 
superius  limitata  nobis  &  monasterio  nostro  predicto  specialiter  reser- 
uamus.  In  cuius  rd  testimonium  sigiUum  nostrum  commune  pre- 
sentibus  est  appensum.  Dat'  in  domo  nostra  capitulari  xiiii  die  mensis 
Mardi  anno  domini  mccccxil 

Postmodum  vero  videlicet  xii  die  Aprilis  anno  domini  mccccxiu 
apud  Egnsham  supradictus  dominus  Adam  presentatus  ad  eandem 
vicariam  per  magistrum  Thomam  Brouns,  dicti  reuerendi  patris 
domini  Philippi  Lincolniensis  episcopi  commissarium  in  hac  parte 
sufficienter  deputatum,  fuit  admissus  &  vicarius  perpetuus,  de  con- 
tinue residendo  &  personaliter  ministrando  secundum  formam  consti- 
tutionum  legatinanun  in  hoc  casu  editam  iuratus,  institutus  canonice 
in  eadem,  nulla  inquisicione  preuia,  quia  &c.;  iurata  canonica 
obediencia,  scriptum  fuit  archidiacono  Oxonie  seu  eius  officiali  ad 
inducendum  eundem  &c.^ 

738. 

[Verdict  of  a  jury  that  the  abbot  of  Eynsham  is  not  bound 
to  maintain  the  ferry  barge  at  Shiffbrd  ferry.] 

Aug.  3,       Oxon.    Inquisitio  capta  apud  Oxoniam  in  comitatu  predicto  coram 
'4»^»     senescallq  et  marescallo  hospicii  domini  regis  die  sabbati  proxima  post 

^  From  the  Register  of  Bishop  Repingdon,  Inst  foL  397. 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    187 

festum  sancti  Petri,  quod  dicitur  Ad  Uincula,  anno  regni  regis  Henrici 
sexti  post  conquestum  quarto  per  sacramentum  xii  liberorum  &  legalium 
hominum  de  visneto  de  Bamptone  in  comitatu  predicto  infra  virgam : 
qui  pro  domino  rege  de  omnimodis  prodicionibus,  feloniis,  nocumentis, 
transgressionibus  &  aliis  diuersis  articuiis  onerati  &  iurati  dicunt  super 
eorum  sacramentum  quod  est  quoddam  passagium  in  villa  de  Shjfford 
in  parochia  de  Bamptone  in  comitatu  Oxonie  predicto  infra  virgam  a 
tempore  quo  non  exstat  memoria  usitatum  vocatum  Shyffordesfery 
ultra  aquam  Thamisic,  versus  viUam  de  Longeworthc  in  comitatu  Berks 
per  lacobum  abbatcm  domus  &  ecclesie  beatc  Marie  de  Egnysham  in 
comitatu  Oxonie  predicto  distructum  ad  graue  nocumentum  cariagii 
dicti  domini  regis  A:  populi  sui  per  predictum  passagium  transeuncium, 
uidelicet  a  festo  Natalis  domini  anno  regni  regis  Henrici  sexti  tercio, 
usque  diem  capdonis  huius  inquisitionis  pro  defectu  reparacionis  unius 
ferybarge  in  defectu  ipsius  abbatis ;  quam  quidem  ferybarge  predictus 
abbas  reparare  debet  &  de  iure  tenetur  radone  iuris  ecclesie  sue 
abbathie  de  Egnysham  predicte,  et  quod  ipse  abbas  A  omnes  pre- 
decessores  sui  a  tempore  quo  non  exstat  memoria  predictamfeiybarge 
reparare  consueuerunt  &  de  iure  tenebantur  radone  iuris  ecclesie  sue 
supradicte  &c.,  et  super  hoc  preceptum  est  marescallo  curie  mare- 
scalcie  hospidi  predicti,  quod  non  omittat  propter  aliquam  libertatem 
quin  venire  faciat  coram  prefatis  senescallo  &  marescallo  prefatum 
abbatem,  ita  quod  sit  coram  eisdem  hac  instanti  die  lune  proxima  post 
festum  Assumpcionis  beate  Marie  uirginis  proximo  tunc  futuro,  ubi- 
cunque  ftc.  infra  uirgam  ad  respondendum  dicto  domino  regi  de 
nocumento  predicto.  Ad  quern  diem  lune  pladta  [xiV]  aule  hospicii 
predicti  tenta  apud  Oxoniam  predictam  coram  prefatis  senescallo  & 
marescallo,  Robertus  Fayreford  qui  pro  domino  rege  sequitur  in 
propria  persona  sua  venit,  predictusque  abbas  hie  in  cur[ia]  solemp- 
niter  exactus  per  Thomam  Roppeley  attomatum  suum  similiter  venit 
&  petit  auditum  de  presentacione  predicta  et  habuit;  quo  audito  [sic] 
petit  diem  ad  interloquendum  usque  diem  Martis  proxima  post  festum 
sancti  Bartholomei  apostoli  proximo  tunc  futurum  ubicunque  &c. 
infra  virgam,  et  ei  per  curiam  conceditur;  ad  quem  diem  Martis 
placita  aule  hospicii  predicti  tenta  apud  Abyndone  in  comitatu  Berks 
infra  virgam  coram  prefatis  senescallo  &  marescallo,  prefatus  Robertus 
qui  pro  domino  rege  sequitur  in  propria  persona  sua  venit  et  petit 
responsum  pro  dicto  domino  rege  de  predicto  abbate  de  nocumento 
predicto.  Qui  quidem  abbas  hie  in  curia  per  attomatum  suum  pre- 
dictum  pro  placito  dicit  quod  ipse  predictam  ferybarge  reparare  non 
debet  neque  de  iure  tenetur  racione  iuris  ecclesie  sue  supradicte,  et 
quod  ipse  abbas  neque  predecessores  sui  a  tempore  quo  non  exstat 


i88  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

memoria  predictam  ferybarge  reparare  consueuenint,  neque  de  inre 
tenebantur  radone  iuris  ecclesie  sue  supradicte  prout  pro  dicto  domino 
rege  superius  supponitur,  et  hoc  idem  abbas  per  attomatum  sumn 
predictum  petit  quod  inquiratur  per  patriam :  et  predictus  Robertus 
qui  pro  domino  rege  sequitur  in  propria  persona  sua  venit^  &  pro 
dicto  domino  rege  dicit  quod  idem  abbas  predictam  ferybarge  reparare 
debet  &  de  iure  tenetur  racione  iuris  ecclesie  sue  supradicte,  et  quod 
predictus  abbas  &  omnes  predecessores  sui  a  tempore  quo  non  exstat 
memoria  predictam  ferybarge  reparare  consueuerunt  &  de  iure  tene- 
bantur racione  iuris  ecclesie  sue  supradicte  prout  pro  domino  rege 
superius  presentatum  est,  et  hoc  idem  Robertus  pro  dicto  domino  rege 
offert  verificare  per  patriam ;  et  predictus  abbas  per  attomatum  suum 
predictum  similiter.  Ideo  dies  datus  est  tarn  predicto  Roberto,  qui 
pro  domino  rege  sequitur,  quam  prefato  abbati  coram  prefatis  sene- 
scallo  &  marescallo  die  louis  proxima  post  festum  Exaltacionis 
sancte  Crucis  proximo  tunc  futuro  ubicumque  &c.  infra  virgam:  et 
preceptum  est  prefinto  marescallo  quod  non  omittat  propter  aliquam 
libertatem  quin  venire  faciat  coram  prefatis  senescallo  &  marescallo  xii 
liberos  &  legales  homines  de  visneto  de  Shyfiforde  in  parochia  de 
Bamptone  per  quos  &c.,  et  qui  nee  &&,  ad  recognoscendum  &a,  erga 
eundem  diem  louis :  ad  quem  diem  louis  placita  aule  hospidi  pre- 
dicti  tenta  apud  Abyndone  predictam  coram  prefatis  senescallo  & 
marescallo,  prefatus  Robertus  qui  pro  domino  rege  sequitur  in  propria 
persona  sua  venit,  predictusque  abbas  per  attomatum  suum  predictum 
similiter  venit,  et  prefatus  marescallus  retomauit  nomina  xii  iuratorum 
de  visneto  predicto,  qui  venerunt,  et  super  hoc  prodamatio  hie  in 
curia  solempniter  facta  fuit,  si  aliquis  senescallus  curie  predicte  aut 
attornatus  ipsius  regis  eiusdem  curie  de  premissis  informare  vellet^ 
veniret  &  audiretur,  &  nullus  venit  &c. :  super  quo  capta  fuit  inde 
iurata  per  sacramentum  lohannis  Freman  de  Cote,  Ricardi  Fremantell, 
Ricardi  Steuenys,  Thome  Orletone,  Roberti  Hyde,  lohannis  Sewger, 
Roberti  Carpenter,  Roberti  Stoke,  Willelmi  I>any,  Thome  Uincent^ 
lohannis  Parkyn  &  lohannis  Hachet ;  qui  ad  ueritatem  de  premissis 
dicendam  electi,  triati  ft  iurati  dicunt  super  eorum  sacramentum  quod 
predictus  abbas  predictam  ferybarge  reparsu-e  non  debet  neque  de 
iure  tenetur  racione  iuris  ecdesie  sue  supradicte,  et  quod  ipse  abbas 
neque  predecessores  sui  a  tempore  quo  non  exstat  memoria  predictam 
ferybarge  reparare  consueuerunt,  neque  de  iure  tenebantur  racione 
iuris  eomm  ecdesie  supradicte,  prout  pro  dicto  domino  rege  per  pre- 
sentacionem  predictam  superius  supponitur.  Et  super  hoc  idem 
abbas  per  attomatum  suum  predictum  petit  indicium  suum.  Ideo 
consideratum  est  quod  predictus  abbas  eat  inde  sine  die,  saluo  semper 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    189 

iure  dicti  domini  regis  in  hac  parte.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  sigillum 
officii  curie  marescalcie  hospicii  predicti  tempore  domini  lohannis 
Tjrptoft  militis,  domini  de  Tiptofl  &  de  Powys,  senescalli  hospitii  pre- 
dicti, &  tempore  lohannis  Westbury  deputati  sui  eiusdem  curie 
presentibus  est  appensum.  Irrotulatur  inter  placita  corone  aule  hospicii 
predicti  anno  regni  ipsius  regis  H.  sexti  quarto,  rotulo  Lxxin.* 


739- 

[lojunctions  given  to  E3msham  Abbey  by  Bishop  Gray.] 
E3mesham  Iniuncdones.' 

Willelmus  permissione  diuina  Lincolniensis  episcopus  dilectis  filiis   [1432.] 
abbati  &  conuentui  monasterii  de  Eynesham  ordinis  sancti  Benedict! 
nostrorum  patronatus  &  diocesis  salutem,  graciam  &  benedicdonem. 
Super  gregem  dominicum  &c.,  ut  in  Ramesey '  &c. 

In  primis,  ut  signum  signato  corespondeat,  volumus,  iniungimus  & 
mandamus  ut  regulam^  &c.,  ut  prius  in  Ramesey. 

Item  quod  omnes  veniant  ad  matutinas  quaUbet  nocte  preter  infir* 
roos  &  licenciatos  per  abbatem  ex  causa  radonabili  cognita ;  quodque 
divinum  obsequium  debite  dicatur  de  nocte  &  de  die  cum  debita 
pausacione  &  debita  deuodone. 

Item  quod  abbas  &  omnes  monachi  iaceant  in  dormitorio  preter 
infirmos  &  nisi  abbas  alias  legitime  impediatur  &  quod  ostia  dormitorii 
statim  claudantur ;  quodque  silencium  seruetur  locis  et  horis  debitis  & 
consuetis  secundum  regulam  tam  per  senes  quam  per  iuvenes 
monachos,  &  quod  in  hoc  delinquentes  acriter  puniantur  secundum 
ordinem  regularem ;  et  quod  nullus  monachus  exeat  loca  claustralia 
vel  septa  monasterii  nisi  de  licencia  abbatis  &  causa  legitima  cognita 
A:  tum  non  absque  maturo  socio  ft  aliis  honestis  secularibus  non 
9uspectis,  qui  perhibeant  testimonium  conuersacionis  sue. 

Similiter  quod  nuUe  mulieres  ingrediantur'  ecclesiam  ad  loquendum 
cum  monachis,  nee  claustrum,  refectorium  vel  infirmariam  aut  alia 
loca  claustralia  nisi  de    licencia   abbatis  A:  causa  cognita,  preter 

'  Harl.    Rolls    O.    30.     It   has   a  undated ;  but  from  their  tone  we  con«- 

circnlar  seal,  two  inches  in  diameter  :  a  dude  that  these  iojnnctions  were  prior 

key,  with  the  legend  *  Sigillnm  offidi  to  the  worst  ootbreaks  of  the  abbot, 
marescalcie  d  . .  . '  '  i.  e.  the  same  preface  was  to  be 

*  From  the  Register  of  Bishop  Gray,  supplied  as  in  the  injunctions  to  Ramsey 

Mem.  foL    aoi.     The  injunctions  by  Abbey. 

the  bishop  to  twenty  or  more  of  the  ^  i.  e.  that  the  mle  was  to  be  read, 

religious  houses  in  his  diocese  are  given  '  '  egrediantur/  MS. 

at  the  end  of  his  register.    They  are 


I90  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

parentes  et  sorores  monachorum,  ita  quod  ipsi  ueniant  cum  honesta 
comitiva. 

Item  quod  due  partes  conventus  omni  die  seruent  refectorium 
tempore  refeccionis. 

Insuper  iniungimus  &  mandamus  quod  ille  due  celle  situate  ad 
ostium  camere  abbatis  omnino  &  penitus  amoueantur. 

£t  quod  omnimodi  prouentus  maneriorum  &  ecclesiarum  de  Chorle- 
bury,  Hystone  &  Mykeltone  assignentur,  reserventur  &  disponantur  ad 
satisfaccionem  debitonim  monasterii  &  hoc  per  aduisamentum  Thome 
Chaucer  &  lohannis  Golafre. 

Item  pro  uberiori  releuamine  debitorum  monasterii,  quod  decetero 
nullus  monachus  recipiat  pro  uestura  ultra  duas  marcas  annuatim 
quousque  debita  monasterii  soluantiu-,  &  quod  iste  due  marce  soluantur 
in  quatuor  terminis  annuatim  absque  omni  dilacione  quolibet  monacho, 
cum  alii  duabus  marcis  contentantur.^  Insuper  quod  abbas  faciat 
diligens  scrutinium  an  aliqui  monachi  sint  proprietarii  ft  hoc  omni 
anno  semel  ad  minus  &  quod  singuli  monachi  plene  ezhibeant  abbati 
peculium  suum,  per  abbatem  requisiti,  sub  pena  excommunicacionis. 

Similiter  iniungimus  &  mandamus  in  virtute  obediencie  et  sub  pena 
contemptus  ut  habeatur  unus  instructor  in  primittiuis  scienciis  pro 
iuuenibus  monachis,  &  quod  prouideatur  eisdem  monachis  de  muta- 
toriis  vestimentorum,  hiis  presertim  qui  non  recipiunt  pecunias  pro 
vestitura.  Modo  consimili  iniungimus  et  mandamus  quod  substituatur 
unus  monachusc  disretus  qui  dicitur  magister  nouicionim,  qui  super- 
uideat  uestituram  eorum  et  audiat  eos  in  reddicione  historianim 
suarum,  et  quod  non  excedat  modum  in  castigando  eos  pro  eorum 
defectibus. 

Item  quod  abbas  diligenter  inquirat  de  iocalibus  et  aliis  bonis  domus 
impignoratis  &  quod  ea  cum  omni  festinacione  possibili  ad  domum 
reducat,  quia  in  hiis  abbas  fuit  hucusque  nimis  remissus.  Preterea 
quod  sigillum  commune  domus  seruetur  sub  tribus  vel  quatuor  clauibus, 
que  sub  custodia  totidem  monachorum  per  conventum  ad  hoc  eligen- 
dorum  remaneant  &  hoc  sub  penis  inobedientie  &  contemptus,  &  quod 
nichil  amplius  sigilletur  cum  eo  nisi  de  consensu  maioris  et  sanioris 
partis  conuentus.  Item  iniungimus  &  mandamus  sub  eisdem  penis 
quod  nulla  corrodia,  pensiones  aut  liberate  ad  certum  tempus  vel 
terminum  vite  aut  in  perpetuum  nee  firme  ultra  quinquennium  con- 
cedantur,  nee  nemora,  exceptis  siluis  ceduis  &  tum  absque  vasto, 
prostemantur,  succidantur  aut  vendantur  absque  speciali  licenda 
domini  petita  &  obtenta. 

»  *  contentato,'  MS. 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    191 

Item,  quod  abbas  semel  omni  anno  exhibeat  statum  domus  omnibus 
fratribus  in  conuentu. 

Item,  quod  non  teneantur  exhibere  aliquem  monachum  in  studio 
Oxonie  pro  proximo  quinquennio,  quousque  domus  exoneretur  ere 
alieno. 

Item,  quod  nulle  fiant  potaciones  aut  vigilie  post  completorium,  sed 
quod  statim  ipso  £nito  omnes  indififerenter  petant  dormitorium  et 
incontinenti  ostia  claustri  seris  claudantur. 

Item,  quod  iUe  frater  Radulphus  Dadjugtone  qui  in  contemptum 
visitacionis,  ordinacionum  ft  iniunccionum^  nostrarum  huiusmodi  apo- 
statando  recessit  de  monasterio,  non  iterum  admittatur  nisi  de  hoc  a 
nobis  emanent  littere  spedales.  Monemus  igitur  vos  omnes  & 
singulos  quatinus  has  nostras  iniuncdones,  ordinaciones  &  mandata 
que  pro  reformadone  religionis  status  domus  vestre  &  morum  degen- 
cium  in  eadem  vobis  destinamus  &  que  in  aliquo'  loco  patenti  infra 
dormitorium  vestrum  ut  pateant  cuilibet  intuenti  affigi  vdlumus  ft 
mandamus,  inuiolabiliter  observetis.    Datum  ftc. 


740. 

Egnesham.    Commissio  ad  inquirendum  de  iniuncdonibus 
ft  defectibus.' 

Willelmus  permissione  divina  Lincolniensis  episcopus  dilectis  filiis  Jan.  aa, 
magistris  Thome  Warde  decretorum  doctori,  officiali  nostro  Lincolni-  HSi* 
ensi,  ac  Roberto  Thwates  in  sacra  theologia  bacallario,  necnon 
Willelmo  Simon  nostro  in  archidiaconatibus  nostris  Oxonie  et  Buck' 
commissario  generali  salutem,  graciam  ft  benedictionem.  Licet  nos 
alias  monasterium  nostrum  de  Egnesham  nostrorum  patronatus  et 
diocesis  nostra  ordinaria  [auctoritate  ^]  actualiter  visitaverimus  ac 
nonnulla  [stc\  iniuncciones  et  mandata  licita  et  canonica  pro  certis  ex- 
cessibus,  criminibus,  culpis  ft  delictis  nobis  in  visitacione  nostra  huius- 
modi detectis  et  delatis  abbati  ft  conuentui  dicti  nostri  monasterii  per 
eos  sub  certis  penis  et  censuris  obseruanda,  eciam  de  eorum  con- 
sensu et  assensu,  imposuerimus,  iniunxerimus  et  mandaverimus ;  pro 
parte  tamen  nedum  abbatis,  verura  eciam  prions  et  conuentus  dicti 
monasterii  nostri  nobis  extitit  intimatum  graviter  cum  querela  quod  et 
huiusmodi  iniuncciones  et  mandata  non  obseruantur  in  aliquo,  ymo 
rupto  obediende  freno  et  religionis  tramite  penitus  obiecta  contemp- 

'  Probably  yerbal  injtinctions  at  the  '  From  Bishop  Gray*s  Roister,  Mem. 

time  of  the  visitation.  fol.  1 1 1. 

*  alio  MS.  *  Omitted  in  MS. 


193  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

nuntur,  obiciuntur  et  totaliter  infringuntur;  saper  qolbos  tarn  pro  parte 
died  abbatis  quam  prions  et  conventus  monasterii  nostri  antedicti  nobis 
extitit  humiliter  et  cum  instancia  multiplici  supplicatum^  quatenus  ad 
locum  descendere  &  super  premissis  inquirere  ac  debitum  nostri  officii 
prout  nobis  iure  ordinario  et  patronatus  congruit  exercere  A:  exequi 
dignaremur.  Ne  tamen  et  tarn  insigne  monasterium,  multorum 
munifica  manu  et  stmiptuosis  expensis  edificatum,  dotatum  et  renoua- 
tum,  desolacioni  subiaceat,  quod  absit,  nos  igitur  intensis  desideriis 
affectantes  religionem  ubique  infra  nostram  diocesim,  potissime  in 
monasterio  que  [stc\  peculiali  quodam  priuilegio  plus  pre  ceteris  nobis 
subfuit,  florere  ac  ea  que  religionem  maculare  sarculo  nostre  correc- 
cionis  eueUere  &  amputare,  arduis  tamen  regis  et  regni  negociis 
quominus  infrascriptis  vacare  possimus,  ut  optamus,  impediti,  ad 
inquirendum  in  debita  iuris  forma  super  premissis  omnibus  &  singulis 
et  eorum  circumstanciis  uniuersis  diebus  et  locis  per  vos  assignandis, 
vocatis  qui  fuerint  in  hac  parte  euocandis,  &  quos  in  premissorum  et 
eorum  circumstanciarum  aliquo  reos  inueneritis  iuxta  iuris  exigendam 
ac  regule  sancti  Benedicti  formam,  eciam  si  ad  amodonem  seu 
priuacionem  aliquorum  a  dignitatibus,  officiis  vel  administracionibus 
procedi  contingat,  corrigend[um]  &  canonice  puniendum,  ceteraque 
omnia  et  singula  faciendum,  exercendum  et  expediendum  ac  exequen- 
dum  que  in  premissis  necessaria  fuerint,  oportuna  quomodolibet,  vel 
requisita,  vobis  tam  coniunctim  quam  diuisim,  de  quorum  fidelitatibus 
et  circumspectionum  industriis  plene  in  domino  confidimus,  vices 
nostras  committimus,  mandantes  quatinus  vos  de  omni  eo  quod 
inueneritis  et  feceritis  nos,  ipsis  expeditis,  distincte  ft  aperte  certificetis 
vestris  litteris  patentibus.  Dat*  apud  Toucestriam  xxii  die  lanuarii 
anno  Domini  mccccxxxii<^  et  nostre  consecrationis  anno  secundo. 


741- 

[The  scheme  of  the  monks  for  pa3dng  their  debts.]  ^ 

Jan.  6,  Willelmus  permissione  diuina  Lincolniensis  episcopus  dilectis  filiis 
'4dt*  abbati  &  conuentul  monasterii  nostri  de  Egnesham,  ordinis  sancti 
Benedicti,  nostrarum  \sic]  patronatus  &  diocesis,  salutem,  graciam  & 
benedictionem.  Certa  relacione  didicimus  quod  vos  de  aduisamento 
et  deliberacione  matura  consilii  vestri,  tractatibus  capitularibus  super 
hiis  pluries  preuiis,  pro  bono  regimine  dicti  nostri  monasterii  in 
temporalibus  eiusdem  &  pro  republica  ipsius  &  vestrum  omnium 

*  From  Gra/s  Register,  Mem.  foLi53. 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES   193 

vestronimque  successorum  procuiunda,  dummodo  nostra  auctoritas 
&  consensus  interueniant  in  hac  parte,  certas  ordinadones,  prouisiones 
A:  appunctuamenta  usque  dum  dictum  nostrum  monasterium  ab  onere 
eris  alieni  quo  grauiter  opprimitur  releuetur  &  ad  pinguiorem  fortunam 
deo  opulante  reducatur,  prout  in  cedula  presentibus  annexa  descri- 
buntur,  concorditer  statuistis  et  ordinastis ;  cuius  cedule  tenor  sequitur 
et  est  talis : — videlicet  assignatur  abbati  de  exitibus  manerii  de  Mykel- 
ton  per  annum  pro  se  et  suis  familiaribus  preter  esculenta  &  poculenta 
xiii  libras  vi  s.  viii  d. ;  item  assignatur  conuentui  eiusdem  loci  de 
exitibus  eiusdem  manerii  una  cum  vadiis,  de  concilio  eiusdem  domus, 
li  libras  vi  s.  viii  d. ;  item  manerium  et  dominium  de  Egnesham  assig- 
natur ut  pro  expensis  coquine  et  aliorum  pertinencium  ad  domicilium, 
Ix  libre ;  item  assignatur  manerium  de  Chorlebery  pro  stipendiar[ia] 
seruiencium  per  annum,  que  extendit  ad  xl  libras;  item  assignatur 
pro  reparacionibus  per  annum  ut  estimatur  xl  libras ;  item  assignatur 
pro  diuersis  expensis  forinsecis  per  annum  per  estimacionem  xx  li. ; 
item  assignatur  pro  pensionibus  tam  ianitori  regis  quam  aliis,  ut  in 
corrodiis  suis,  vi  li.  xiii  s.  iiii  d. ;  item  assignatur  pro  expensis  tempore 
fenicionis  &  autumpni  xxvi  li.  xiii  s.  iiii  d. ;  summa  totalis  assignatur 
cclviii  li. ;  et  sic  restat  de  claro  ad  soluendum  debita  domus  per  annum 
cxxxi  li.  xix  s.  iii  d..  Super  quo  nobis  humiliter  supplicastis  ut  ea  sic 
per  uos  et  inter  uos  voto  concordi  statuta  &  ordinata  nostra  auctoritate 
autorizare,  ratificare  &  stabilire  dignaremur.  Nos  igitur  qui  cure  A: 
solicitudini  omnium  ecclesiarum  nostre  diocesis  regularium  &  secu- 
larium  nostre  iurisdiccioni  immediate  subiectarum,  deo  permittente, 
presidemus,  in  votis  gerentes  ut  ecclesie  huiusmodi  et  plebes,  presertim 
iUe  que  peculiali  privilegio  nobis  sunt  subdite  &  subiecte,  in  spiritua- 
libus  &  temporalibus  salubriter  pro  nostris  viribus  dirigantur,  omnia  & 
singula  sic  per  vos  et  inter  vos  concorditer  statuta  &  ordinata,  habita 
primitus  per  nos  super  eis  deliberacione  sufficiente  &  matura,  auctori- 
tate nostra  auctorizamus,  ratificamus  et  stabilimus  et  ea  dehinc  usque 
ad  finem  quinquennii  in  suo  robore  persistere  decemimus  et  ordinamus. 
Preterea  ut  omnis  occasio  euagandi  et  dictum  monasterium  nostrum 
indebitis  expensis  aut  ere  alieno  amplius  grauandi  penitus  tollatur, 
volumus  et  ordinamus  iure  et  auctoritate  nostra  ut  communi  vestrum 
consensu  et  assensu  deputetur  secularis  unus  circumspectus  et  discretus 
qui,  et  nullus  alius,  sumptibus  monasterii  omnia  et  singula  comoda, 
prouentus,  redditus,  firmas,  pensiones  et  cetera  monasterii  emolumenta 
colligat,  exigat  A:  leuet,  ac  collecta  fratribus  Thome  Eynesbam  priori, 
et  lohanni  Qujnytone  monacho  died  monasterii  per  tallia  siue  inden- 
turas  liberet  in  unam  cistam  communem  duas  diuersarum  formarum 
claues  habentem,  quarum  unam  dictus  prior  et  dictus  lohannes  aliam 
n  o 


394  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

habeant,  reponenda,  et  quod  died  fratres  Thomas  &  lohannes  resolu- 
ciones  iuxta  formam  ordinacionum,  prouisionum  et  appunctuamen- 
torum  predictonim  prout  opus  fiierit  faciant,  residuum  quod  ultra 
resoluciones  huiusmodi  supererit  in  exon^racionem  eris  alieni  predict! 
monasterii  iuxta  nostrum  arbitrium  conuertendum  iideliter  conser- 
uando;  quodque  de  quothidianis  expensis  in  conuentu  faciendis  in  fine 
cuiuslibet  septimane  quatuor  de  senioribus  ad  hoc  omnium  consensu 
electi  vel  ad  minus  duo  electorum  huiusmodi  compotum  administra- 
tor[um]  audiant  &  superuideant  ac  aUocanda  allocent  et  qui  uiderint 
non  allocanda  disallocent.  Vobis  igitur  abbati  in  virtute  obediencie 
&  sub  pena  privacionis  &  finalis  amocionis  vestre  a  statu  &  dignitate 
vestra  abbaciali,  singulisque  vestrum  de  conuentu  sub  pena  incarcera- 
cionis  &  excommunicacionis  maioris,  quam  in  singulares  personas 
vestras  si  hiis  mandatis  nostris  debito  non  parueritis  cum  effectu 
intendimus  liilminare,  iniungimus  et  mandamus  quatinus  omnia  & 
singula  huiusmodi  ordinaciones,  prouisiones  et  appunctuamenta  sic 
per  uos  et  inter  vos  concorditer,  ut  prefertur,  statuta  et  ordinata  ac 
per  nos  auctorizata  &  confirmata  &  stabilita,  necnon  voluntatem  et 
ordinacionem  nostras  predictas,  inuiolabiliter  penitus  obseruetis  usque 
ad  tempus  per  nos  superius  prefinitum,  sicque  obseruet  vestrum 
quilibet,  ne  (quod  absit)  causam  habeamus  contra  vos  vel  aliquem 
vestrum  occasione  non  obseruacionis  premissorum  in  aliquo  pro- 
cedendi.  Intimamus  insuper  vobis  &  vestrum  cuilibet  per  presentes 
quod  nos  contra  premissa  non  obseruantem  ad  execudonem  penarum 
predictarum  prout  eum  concemunt  acrius  quo  [sic]  de  iure  possumus 
canonice  procedemus.  Dat'  sub  sigillo  nostro  ad  causas,  Londoniis^ 
vi  die  lanuarii  anno  Domini  iiccccxxxm  et  nostre  consecrationis 
tercio. 

742. 

Egnesham.    Commissio  ad  inquirendum  de  defectibus 
abbatis  &  conventus  monasterii  de  Egnsham.^ 

June  7,  Willelmus  permissione  divina  Lincolniensis  episcopus  dilecto  filio 
H34*  magistro  Roberto  Thomtone,  in  legibus  licenciato,  salutem,  graciam 
%  &  benedictionem.  Visitantes  iamdudum  iure  et  auctoritate  nostra 
ordinaria  monasterium  nostrum  de  Egnesham  ordinis  sancti  Benedicti 
nostrorum  patronatus  et  diocesis  tam  in  capite  quam  in  membris 
eiusdem  ac  super  statu  &  regimine  ipsius  monasterii  tam  in  spiritua* 
libus  quam  temporalibus  singulariumque  personarum  eiusdem  uita, 

*  Gxmj*!  Roister,  Mem.  foL  iffi* 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    195 

moribus  et  conuersacionc,  prout  nobis  ex  officii  nostri  debito  in- 
cumbebat  sollicite  inquirentes,  quia  per  inquisiciones  buiusmodi 
reperiebamus  euidenter  nonnulla  vetita  &  sacre  religioni  contraria 
inibi  absque  pudore  committi,  certa  iniuncciones,  ordinaciones  et 
mandata  nostra  licita  et  canonica  pro  salubriori  regimine  dicti  monas- 
terii  ac  abbatis  et  conuentus  eiusdem  fecimus  eisdem,  quorum  tenores 
in  cedula  presentibus  annexa  continentur,  easque  &  ea  sub  sigillo 
nostro  prefatis  abbati  &  conuentui  transmisimus,  per  eos  sub  certis 
penis  in  litteris  nostris  eisdem  abbati  et  conuentui  super  hoc  directis 
et  liberatis  et  per  eos  admissis  et  receptis,  ad  quas  nos  referimus,  et 
quatenus  expediat  pro  hie  insertis  haberi  volumus,  plenius  expres- 
satiSi  penitus  obseruanda.  Subsequenter  veto  ad  ipsonun  abbatis  et 
conuentus  supplicaciones  et  instancias  humiles  et  rogatus,  certas 
ordinaciones  et  prouisiones  ac  appunctuamenta  per  eosdem  abbatem 
et  conuentum  de  aduisamento  et  deliberacione  matura  consilii  sui, 
tractatibus  capitularibus  super  hiis  inter  eos  pluries  preuiis,  pro  bono 
regimine  ipsius  monasterii  in  temi>oralibus  concorditer  statuta  et 
ordinata  nostra  auctoritate  auctorizauimus,  ratificauimus  et  stabiliui- 
mus  et  ea  usque  ad  certum  tempus  in  litteris  nostris  ipsis  abbati  & 
conuentui  super  hoc  directis  prefinitum  in  suo  robore  persistere  decre- 
uimus  et  ordinauimus,  ipsis  abbati  et  singularibus  personis  dicti 
monasterii  nostri  sub  certis  penis  iniungendo  ut  huiusmodi  ordina- 
ciones, prouisiones  et  appunctuamenta  usque  ad  tempus  huiusmodi 
prefinitum  penitus  et  inuiolabiliter  obseruarent  Verumtamen  fama 
publica  referente  &  clamosa  insinuacione  que  tergiuersacione  aliqua 
celari  non  potest,  ad  aures  nostras,  quod  dolenter  referimus,  nuperime 
peruenit,  quod  dicti  abbas  &  conuentus  freno  obediencie  &  pudicitie 
habenis  lazatis,  ad  prioris  uite  sue  luxum  &  vomitum,  ut  canes  indo- 
miti,  reuertentes  ac  inobediencie  et  contemptus  pemiciem  resilientes 
huiusmodi  iniuncciones,  ordinaciones  et  mandata  nostra,  quin  eciam 
ordinaciones,  provisiones  et  appunctuamenta  sua  per  nos  auctorizata, 
ratificata,  et  stabilita  quasi  pro  ridiculo  et  ludibrio  tenentes,  eas  aut  ea 
seu  eorum  aliquod  obseruare  penitus  et  omnino  contemptibiliter  & 
dirisorie  omiserunt  &  omittunt  arroganter  de  presenti,  penas  predictas 
intrepide  incurrendo  in  suarum  graue  periculum  animarum,  aliorum 
pemiciosum  exemplum,  nostrique  &  iurisdiccionis  nostre  episcopalis  & 
ordinarie  contemptum,  vilipendium  manifesta.  Volentes  igitur  super 
premissis  plenius  informari  disposuimus  nos  descendere  ut  videremus 
si  clamor  operecompleretur;  regis  tamen  et  regnorum  suorum  negociis 
uniuersalisque  ecclesie  republica  procuranda  quominus  hiis  intendere 
valeamus  notorie  impediti,  ad  inquirendum  super  premissis  omnibus 
et  singulis  et  eorum  circumstanciis  uniuersis,  vocatis  ad  hoc  ipsis 

o  2 


^96  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

abbate  et  conventu  in  specie  et  ceteris  omnibos  quomm  interest  in 
genere,  necnon  eundem  abbatem  et  singulares  personas  conuentus 
dicti  monasterii,  eorum  interposito  super  hoc  si  ezpediat  iuramento, 
matur[ius]  et  diligencios,  eciam  articulatimy  ezaminandum,  ceteraque 
omnia  et  singula  faciendum,  exercendum  &  expediendum  cum  onmibus 
&  singulis  emergentibus,  dependentibus,  inddentibus  &  connexis  in 
premissis  &  eorum  quolibet  necessaria  et  oportnna,  vobis  de  cuius 
fidelitate  &  drcumspecdonis  industria  plene  in  domino  coniidimus, 
vices  nostras  comroittimus  per  presentes,  cum  cuiuslibet  cohercionis  et 
execucionis  canonice  potestate,  mandantes  quatinus  de  omni  eo  quod 
feceritis  in  premissis,  ipsis  expeditis,  distincte  &  aperte  certificetis 
litteris  vestris  patentibus  &  clausis  harum  seriem  et  totum  factum 
vestrum  plenius  continentibus  auctentice  sigiUatis.  Dat*  sub  sigiUo 
nostro  ad  causas  in  hospicio  nostro  apud  vetus  Templum  Londoniis 
vii  die  mensis  lunii  anno  Domini  Hccccxxxnn,  et  nostre  translacionis 
anno  quarto. 


743. 

Citacio  abbatis  et  conventus  monasterii  de  Egnesham. 

[March,  Willelmus  permissione  divina  Lincolniensis  episcopus  dilectis  filiis 
1435.^]  magistris  WiUelmo  Sjmond  nostro  in  archidiaconatibus  nostris 
Oxonie  &  Buk*  commissario  generali,  Thome  Woiler  rectori  ecclesie 
parochialis  sancti  Petri  in  Ballio  Oxonie,  Stephano  Braywell  notario 
publico  ac  decano  de  Wodestoke  nostre  diocesis,  salutem,  gradam 
&  benedictionem.  Visitantes  iamdudum  monasterium  nostrum  de 
Egnesham  ordinis  sancti  Benedicti  nostrorum  patronatus  et  diocesis 
tam  in  capite  quam  in  membris  &  super  statu  singularum  personarum 
eiusdem  ac  regimine  ipsius  monasterii  in  spiritualibus  et  temporalibus 
prout  nostro  incumbit  offido  pastoral!  soUicite  inquirentes,  certas 
iniuncciones  et  ordinaciones  ac  mandata  nostra  salubria,  legitima  et 
canonica  pro  reformandis  excessibus  ac  religione  inibi  prosperanda, 
et'  communi  utilitate  ipsius  monasterii,  fratri  Thome  Oxonford 
abbati  &  conuentui  lod  illius  fecimus  &  transmisimus  per  ipsorum 
singulos  sub  certis  penis  &  censuris  inuiolabiliter.pbseruanda ;  et  sub- 
sequenter  ad  ipsorum  abbatis  &  conuentus  supplicationes  humiles  & 
rogatus  certas  ordinaciones,  prouisiones  &  appunctuamenta  per  ipsos 

^  The  document  is  undated,  bat  iti  position  in  the  R^^ster  luggests  this  date. 

*  nee  Ma 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    igi 

abbatem  &  conuentum  de  aduisamento  &  deliberacione  matura 
consilii  sal,  tractatibus  capitularibus  super  hiis  inter  eos  pluries  preuiis, 
pro  uberiori  regimine  ipsius  monasterii  in  temporalibus  concorditer 
statuta  &  ordinata  nostra  auctoritate  auctorizauimus,  ratificauimus  & 
stabiliuimus,  &  ea  usque  ad  certum  tempus  in  hac  parte  prefinitum 
in  suo  robore  persistere  decreuimus  &  ordinauimus,  ipsis  abbati  & 
singularibus  personis  diet!  conuentus  sub  certis  penis  &  censuris 
iniungentes  ut  huiusmodi  ordinacibn'es,  prouisiones  &  appunctuamenta 
usque  in  tempus  huiusmodi  prefinitum  penitus  &  inuiolabiliter  sub  aliis 
certis  penis  obseruarent,  prout  hec  omnia  in  certis  litteris  eisdem  abbati 
&  conuentui  super  hiis  directis  &  liberatis  per  eos  receptis,  ad  quas 
nos  referimus  &  quatenus  expedit  haberi  volumus  pro  hie  insertis, 
continentur ;  verum  quia  fama  publica  referente  &  clamosa  insinuacione 
precedente  ad  nostras  aures  peruenit  quod  dicti  abbas  &  conuentus 
iniuncciones,  ordinaciones  &  mandata  nostra  predicta  aut  ordinaciones, 
prouisiones  &  appunctuamenta  huiusmodi  seruare  in  aliquo  non 
curarunt  sed  pocius  contemptabiliter  &  derisorie  distulerunt,  penas 
&  censuras  antedictas  notorie  incurrendo,  ut  uideremus  igitur  s|  clamor 
huiusmodi  opere  compleatur,  super  premissis  omnibus  &  singulis  in 
forma  iuris  debita  fecimus  inquiri,  et  quia  tarn  per  confessiones  ipsius 
abbatis  in  inquisidone  huiusmodi  emissas  quam  alia  comperta  & 
inuenta  in  eadem  repertum  est  premissa  veritate  fulciri,  quodque  idem 
abbas  nonnulla  alia  grauia  enormia  &  detestabilia  ac  sacre  religioni  & 
bonis  moribus  contraria,  utpote  adulteria,  fornicaciones,  incestus  & 
stupra  dtra  visitadonem  nostram  huiusmodi  grauiter  &  quam  publice 
in  oculis  omnium  commisisse,  iddrco  non  valentes  ea  conniuentibus 
oculis  Sana  consciencia  preterire  incorrecta,  vobis  &c.,  quatinus  &c^ 
citetis  &c.  prefatum  fratrem  Thomam  abbatem  necnon  &c.,  quod  com- 
pareant  &  eorum  quilibet  compareat  personaliter  coram  nobis,  prefatus 
videlicet  frater  Thomas  abbas  causam  racionabilem,  si  quam  habeat 
aut  dicere  sciat,  quare  in  penas  &  censuras  huiusmodi  occasione 
premissorum  iuxta  confessiones  suas  &,  inuenta  &  comperta  in  dicta 
inquisitione  incidisse  pronunciari  non  debeat,  in  forma  iuris  propo- 
siturus,  necnon  idem  frater  Thomas  abbas  ac  dicte  A.,  B„  &  C.  super 
grauibus  criminibus  adulterii,  fornicacionis  &  incestus  inter  eos 
prefateque  C,  D.,  &  B.  super  grauibus  criminibus  adulterii,  incestus 
&  fomicacione  cum  domino  Henrico  Norwych,  vicario  ecclesie  de 
Egnesham  predicta,  necnon  predicta  A.  &  £.  super  crimine  lenocinii 
inter  dictos  abbatem  &  muUeres  ut  dicitur  commissi,  eis  &  eorum 
cuilibet  diuisim  ut  prefertur  ex  officio  nostro  mero  &c. ;  terminum  vero 
huiusmodi  peremptonum  ac  causam  personalis  eorum  comparicionis 
termino  ft  loco  antedictis  propter  grauia  animarum  suarum  immi- 


198  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

nentia  pericula  ac  alias  causas  legitimas  nos  in  hac  parte  mouentes 
sic  duzimus  assignandum  &  exprimendam.  £t  quid  &c.,  dicds  die  A: 
loco,  remissis  presentibos,  ceitificet  sub  sigiUo  autentico  ille  vestnim 
qui  presens  mandatum  nostrum  receperit  ezequendum.    Dat  Bcc} 


744 

[The  abbot  grants  to  the  convent,  the  profits  of  the  rectory 

of  Combe.]' 

Oct.  ao,  Uniucrsis  [&c.]  Thomas  permissione  diuina  abbas  monasterii  de 
<4i3*  Eynesham  ordinis  sancti  Benedicti  Lincolniensis  diocesis  salutem  [&c]. 
Cum  iustum  sit  &  consonum  radoni  in  vinea  domini  laborantibus 
pondusque  diei  &  estus  portantibus  ne  in  via  deficiant  de  necessariis 
vite  presentis  providere ;  nos  vero  Thomas  abbas  predictus  necessi- 
tatibus  conuentus  monasterii  nostri  de  Eynesham  in  quantum  pos- 
sumus  subuenire  volentes  &  affectantes,  prout  de  iure  tenemur,  pro 
salute  anime  nostre  &  uberiori  sustentacione  predicti  nostri  con- 
uentus ex  unanimi  consensu  &  assensu  prefati  conuentus  nostri, 
prehabito  super  hiis  cum  eodem  tractatu  diligenti,  pro  euidenti  & 
necessaria  ipsius  monasterii  utilitate,  ecdesiam  parochialem  de  Combe 
dicte  Lincolniensis  diocesis  quam  prefato  monasterio  nostro  nuper 
procurauimus  &  fecimus  legitime  appropriari,  incorporari  pariter  & 
uniri  cum  omnibus  suis  iuribus,  fructibus,  redditibus,  prouentibus, 
obuentibus  &  pertinendis  uniuersis  prefato  conuentui  ac  suis  dis- 
posicioni  &  usibus  necessariis  post  datam  presencium  remanendam, 
ac  ab  eodem  conuentu  k  illius  successoribus  perpetuo  possidendam 
concedimus,  assignamus,  deputamus  pariter  &  ordinamus ;  ita  tamen 
quod  administracio  tota  predicte  ecclesie  de  Combe  cimi  omnibus 
oneribus,  ordinariis  &  extraordinariis,  eidem  ecclesie  incumbentibus, 
dicto  conuentui  remaneat  in  solidum,  necnon  ad  ipsum  pertineat  in 
omne  tempus  futuram.  £t  nos  conuentus  memoratus,  exigentibus 
utilitate  &  necessitate  nostra  ft  monasterii  predicti,  assignacioni, 
concession!  &  ordinacioni  nostrum  tractatu  debito  super  hiis  pre- 
buimus  &  prebemus  consensum  unanimiter  &  assensum.     In  cuius 

^  Bishop  Graj't  Register,  Mem.  fol.  thanks   are   dae  to  the  Rector,  and 

f  68.  espedallj  to  the  Bursar  of  the  College, 

'  This  and  the  next  fourteen  deeds,  who   made   it   possible  to  transcribe 

concerning  the  church  of  Combe,  are  them, 
presenred  at  Lincoln  College.     Many 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES   199 

[&c.  sealing].    Dat'  apud  Eynesham  vicesimo  die  mensis  Octobiis 
anno  domini  millesimo  cccc  decimo  tercio.^ 


745. 

[The  abbey  grants  to  the  vicar  of  Combe  a  lease  of  the 
rectorial  tithes.] 

Hec  indentura  facta  inter  dominum  lohannem  Quenyngtone  Mar.  95, 
abbatem  monasterii  beate  Marie  de  Egnesham  &  eiusdem  loci  con-  '44^' 
.  uentum  proprietarios  ecclesie  parochialis  de  Longecombe  in  comitatu 
Oxonie  ex  una  parte  &  dominum  Walterum  Bretfortone  uicarium 
perpetuum  predicte  ecclesie  de  Longecombe  ex  altera  parte  testatur 
quod  dicti  abbas  et  conuentus  concesserunt,  tradiderunt  et  ad  iirmam 
dimiserunt  prefato  domino  Waltero  ecclesiam  suam  predictam  simul 
cum  rectoria  eiusdem  ecclesie  cum  omnibus  fructibus,  oblacionibus 
et  aliis  prouentibus  et  commoditatibus  quibuscumque  eisdem  ecclesie  & 
rectorie  spectantibus,  habendam  &  tenendam  prefato  domino  Waltero 
a  die  confeccionis  presencium  usque  ad  terminiun  viginti  annorum, 
si  tam  diu  vixerit,  reddendo  inde  annuatim  prefato  abbati  &  suc- 
cessoribus  suis  in  primis  duobus  annis  sex  marcas,  tercio  anno  septem 
marcas,  ceteris  vero  annis  sequentibus  decem  marcas,  soluendas  ad 
festa  Annunciacionis  beate  Marie  Virginis  et  sancti  Michaelis  arch- 
angeli  per  equales  porciones.  £t  predictus  Walterus  omnia  onera 
tam  ordinaria  quam  extraordinaria  eisdem  ecclesie  &  rectorie  medio 
tempore  incimibencia  cum  omnibus  suis  iuribus  et  consuetudinibus 
persoluet  et  supportabit  ac  omnes  domos  dicte  rectorie  et  cancelle 
[szc]  ecclesie  predicte  sumptibus  suis  propriis  et  expensis  reparabit, 
sustentabit  et  manutenebit  ac  eas  in  adeo  bono  statu  vel  meiiori  quo 
eas  receperit  in  fine  died  termini  sursum  reddet  &  dimittet  [The 
abbey  may  distrain  for  the  payment]  In  cuius  [&c.  sealing],  hiis 
testibus,  magistro  Stephano  Dillowe,  magistro  Ricardo  Combe, 
rectore  de  Hanburghe,  Thoma  Houkyn  et  aliis.  Dat'  in  festo 
Annunciacionis  beate  Marie  Virginis  anno  regni  regis  Henrici  sexti 
post  conquestum  Anglie  vicesimo  quarto. 


'  With  two  seals,  the  one  Is  the  centre,  a  sword  on  the  right,  keys  on 
abbey  seal,  as  used  on  later  deeds;  the  the  left ;  legend  s.  thomb  . . .  abb*is 
other,  a  inches  bj  i },  has  a  figure  in  the      de  eynesham. 


200  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

746. 

[An  instmctioii  from  the  archbishop  of  Canterbury  to  hold 
an  hiqttiry  about  the  proposed  consolidation  of  the 
vicarage  and  rectory  of  Combe.] 

May  10,  lohannes  permissione  diuina  Canttiariensis  archiepiscopos  tocius 
1451-  Anglie  primas  &  apostolice  sedls  legatus  ad  quern  omnis  &  omnunoda 
iurisdiccio  spiritualis  &  ecclesiastica  episcopatus  LincolniensiSy  ad 
episcopum  pertinens  sede  plena,  eadem  ibidem  mode  uacante  notorie 
dinoscitur  pertinere,  dilecto  nobis  in  Christo  magistro  Hugoni  Sugar 
legum  doctori  salutem  [&c.].  £x  parte  uenerabilium  et  religiosorum 
uirorum,  dominorum  abbatis  &  conuentus  monasterii  beate  Marie  de 
Egnesham  ordinis  sancti  Benedicti  Lincolniensis  diocesis  proprie- 
tarionim  ecclesie  parochialis  de  Longecombe  eiusdem  diocesis,  ac 
domini  Walteri  Bretfortone  uicarii  perpetui  eiusdem  ecclesie  nobis 
extitit  humiliter  supplicando  monstratum  quod  cum  fructus,  decime, 
oblaciones,  prouentus  &  emolumenta  alia  quecunque  ecclesie  paro- 
chialis predicte  &  ad  eandem  qualitercunque  pertinencia  propter 
raritatem  parochianorum  eiusdem,  sterilitatem  terrarum  &  defectum 
culture  earundem,  colocorum  paucitatem  ac  seruiencium  excessiua 
stipendia,  peslilenciasque  &  nouas  imposiciones  ac  alios  nonnullos 
casus  fortuitos  plus  solito  ingruentes  adeo  decreuerint  &  diminuta 
existant  quod  hiis  diebus  porcionem  congruam  eiusdem  ecclesie 
vicario  ad  ipsius  sustentacionem  &  onerum  tam  de  iure  communi 
quam  ex  constitucionibus  prouincialibus  legitime  editis  &  rite  publi- 
catis  debite  eidem  incumbencium  supportacionem  in  multo  non 
excedant,  quatinus  ex  causis  premissis  prefatam  ecclesiam  &  vicariam, 
quibus  dicti  abbas  &  conuentus  ac  predictus  dominus  Walterus 
intitulati  existunt,  consolidare  et  reintegrare  dignaremur*  Nos  igitur 
ipsorum  supplicationibus  inclinati,  ad  inquirendum  de  &  super  pre- 
missis dictamque  ecclesiam  parochialem  &  ipsius  vicariam  perpetuam 
legittime  &  canonice  consolidandam,  ipsamque  ecclesiam  dictis  abbati 
&  conuentui  pensionariam  constituendam  &  ordinandam,  &  pensionem 
de  fructibus  eiusdem  ecclesie  eisdem  abbati  &  conuentui  arbitrio 
vestro  limitandam  &  assignandam,  ac  quibuscumque  interesse  in  hac 
parte  habentibus  de  eorum  indempnitate  prouidendxun,  ordinacio- 
nesque  &  statuta  necessaria  &  penas  circa  premissa  facienda,  conce- 
denda,  edenda  &  vallari  facienda,  ceteraque  omnia  ft  singula  in  hac 
parte  requisita  seu  quomodolibet  necessaria  facienda,  exercenda  & 
expedienda,  vobis  de  cuius  fidelitate  &  industria  in  hiis  &  aliis  iiduciam 
gerimus,  conunittimus  vices  nostras  &  plenam  domino  potestatenu 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES   201 

Datum  in  manerio  nostro  de  Lamehithe  decimo  die  mensis  Maii  anno 
domini  mcccc  quinqtiagesimo  primo  et  nostre  translacionis '  anno 
octauo. 


747. 

[The  church  of  Combe  is  to  be  consolidated  and  to  pay 
13  8. 4  d.  a  year  to  Eynsham  Abbey.] 

Uniuersis  [&c.]  Hugo  Sugar  legum  doctor,  reuerendissimi  in  Christo  May  16, 
patris  et  domini,  domini  lohannis  dei  gracia  Cantuariensis  archiepi-  '^5^* 
scopi  [&C.],  commissarius  in  hac  parte  sufficienter  &  legitime  deputatus, 
salutem  [&c.].  Litteras  commissionis  diet!  reuerendissimi  patris  per 
partem  venerabilium  &  religiosorum  virorum  abbatis  &  conuentus 
monasterii  beate  Marie  de  Egnesham  ordinis  sancti  Benedicti  Lin- 
colniensis  diocesis  proprietariorum  ecclesie  parochialis  de  Longecombe 
ac  domini  Walteri  Bretfortone  vicarii  perpetui  eiusdem  ecclesie  nobis 
in  capella  de  Tateryche  ab  ecclesia  de  Hatfeld  dicte  diocesis  depen- 
denti  presentatas  recepimus  cum  ea  que  decuit  reuerencia  ft  honore, 
tenorem  continentes  infrascriptum : — lohannes  [&c.  as  in  the  last 
deed]  . . .  octauo.  Post  quarum  quidem  litterarum  recepdonem 
fuimus  per  partem  abbatis  ft  conuentus  proprietariorum  ft  domini 
Walteri  vicarii  predictorum  cum  instancia  debita  requisiti  ut  onus 
execucionis  commissionis  predicte  in  nos  assumere  ft  ad  earum 
cxecucionem  procedere  curaremus.  Nos  igitur  Hugo  commissarius 
antedictus  requisicioni  huiusmodi  tanquam  racioni  congrue  fauora- 
biliter  annuentes,  volentes  mandatis  dicti  reuerendissimi  patris  obedire 
ut  tenemur,  de  ft  super  contentis  et  suggestis  in  commissione  predicta 
inquiri  fecimus  diligenter  et  per  inquisicionem  per  nos  in  hac  parte 
&u:tam  et  alia  legitima  documenta  comperimus  manifeste  premissa 
dicto  reuerendissimo  patri  in  hac  parte  suggesta  fore  vera,  et  partibus 
prefatorum  abbatis  et  conuentus  ft  monasterii  de  Egnesham  ac  vicarii 
ecclesie  parochialis  predicte  coram  nobis  commissario  predicto  suffi- 
cienter ft  legittime  comparentibus  ac  pronundacionem  nostram  de  ft 
super  premissis  interponi  et  predicte  ecclesie  vicariam  eidem  ecclesie 
consolidari  et  redintegrari  instanter  postulantibus,  prefatam  vicariam 
eidem  ecclesie  parochiali  de  Longcombe,  seruatis  in  hac  parte  de  iure 
seruandis,  consolidandam  et  redintegrandam  esse  ac  ipsam  ecdesiam 
parochialem  sic  consolidatam  et  redintegratam,  de  consensu  expresso 
dicti  domini  Walteri  vicarii,  prefatis  abbati  ft  conuentui  pensionariam 
fore  decemimus,  ipsamque  vicariam  dicte  ecclesie  parochiali  consoli- 
damus  et  redintegramus,  necnon  prefatam  ecclesiam  dictis  abbati  ft 


2oa  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

conuentui  pensionariam  constituimus  et  ordinauimus  per  hanc  nostram 
sentenciam  siue  decretum,  quam  seu  quod  in  hac  parte  tulimus  et  pro- 
mulgammus  in  hunc  modum : — In  dei  nomine,  Amen.  Auditis  plenius 
et  intellectis  ac  discussis  per  nos  Hugonem  Sugar  legum  doctorem 
reuerendissimi  in  Christo  patris  &  domini,  domini  lohannis  dei  gracia 
Cantuariensis  archiepiscopi,  todus  Anglie  primatis  &  apostolice  sedis 
legati,  commissarium  ad  infrascripta  suffidenter  &  kgitime  deputatum 
meritis  &  circumstanciis  negocii  consolidacionis  &  redintegracionis 
ecdede  parochialis  de  Longecombe  Lincolniensis  diocesis,  seruatis 
primitus  in  hac  parte  de  iure  seruandis,  de  consensu,  voluntate  et 
petidone  expressis  venerabilium  virorum  abbatis  &  conuentus  mona- 
sterii  de  Egnesham  proprietariorum  et  patronorum  ecclesie  parochialis 
predicte  ac  domini  Walteri  Bretfortone  vicarii  perpetui  antedicti,  prefate 
ecclesie  parochialis  vicariam  eidem  ecclesie  parochial!  auctoritate  dicti 
reuerendissimi  patris  nobis  in  hac  parte  commissa  consolidamus  & 
redintegramus  et  eandem  ecclesiam  per  unum  dumtaxat  rectorem  in 
posterum  canonice  instituendum  in  eadem  perpetuis  futuris  temporibus 
gubemandam  statuimus  amodo  &  regendam.  Volentesque  ulterius 
necessitatibus  abbatis  &,  conuentus  dicti  monaster!  [et^]  causis  propter 
quas  dicta  ecclesia  extitit  appropriata  in  parte  subuenire,  predictam 
ecdesiam  de  expresso  consensu  d:  voluntate  prefati  domini  Walteri 
vicarii  pensionariam  ordinamus  ac  constituimus  censualem,  onerantes 
eandem  ecclesiam  et  ipsius  rectorem  quemcunque  in  futurum  annua 
pensione  xii!  s.  iii!  d.  prefatis  abbati  ft  conuentui  et  eorum  successoribus 
in  monasterio  de  Egnesham  predicta  singulis  annis  in  perpetuum  in 
festo  sancti  Michaelis  archangel!  iideliter  persoluenda ;  statuentes  et 
decementes  rectorem  dicte  ecclesie  quemcunque  si  in  solucione  pen- 
sionis  predicte  defecerit  in  termino  superius  limitato  penam  incurrere 
xl  solidorum,  cuius  pene  mediam  partem  prefatis  abbati  et  conuentui, 
aliam  uero  partem  fabrice  ecdesie  Lincolniensis  volumus  ft  decemimus 
applicari;  ac  quod  quilibet  ad  prefatam  ecclesiam  amodo  presentandus 
et  in  rectorem  eiusdem  instituendus  de  fideliter  soluendo  dictam 
annuam  pendonem  tempore  admissionis  sue  corporale  prestet  iura- 
mentum,  de  quo  in  litteris  super  institutione  sua  confeclis  fiat  mentio 
specialis,  iuribus  ecclesie  cathedralis  Lincolniensis  ac  eciam  iure 
patronatus  ecclesie  parochialis  predicte  necnon  inhabitand!  dictam 
rectoriam  et  mansum  eiusdem  per  mensem  singulis  annis  perpetuis 
futuris  temporibus  suis  sumptibus  ft  expensis  prefatis  abbati  ft  con- 
uentui in  omnibus  semper  saluis,  premissaque  omnia  ft  singula  modo 
et  forma  premissis  recitata  pronunciamus,  decemimus  et  defilnimus 

^  omitted  in  MS. 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES   203 

perpetuis  futuris  temporibus  inuiolabiliter  obseraari  per  banc  nostram 
sentenciam  siue  decrettun,  qaam  seu  <iuod  fecimus  et  promulgauimus 
in  hiis  scriptis.  In  quorum  omnium  fidem.  et  testimoniimi  has  litteras 
nostras  et  presentem  nostrum  processum  per  magistrum  Robertum 
Kent,  notarium  publicum  scribam  nostrum  in  hac  parte  assumptum, 
subscribi  ac  sigillum  officii  archidiaconi  Londoniensis  quo  in  presenti 
fungimur  duximus  presentibus  apponendum.  Data  et  acta  anno 
domini  millesimo  quadringentesimo  quinquagesimo  primo  indictione 
quartadecima,  pontificatus  sanctissimi  in  Christo  patris  ft  domini 
nostri,  domini  Nicholai  diuina  prouidencia  pape  quinti  anno  quinto 
mense  Maii  die  terciadecima  in  capella  de  Tateryche  Lincolniensis 
diocesis  ad  instanciam  et  petidonem  parcium  predictarum.  Et  ego 
Walterus  Bretfortone  vicarius  predictus  in  ^  perpetuam  rei  memoriam 
mei  consensus  in  hac  parte,  quia  sigillum  meum  quampluribus  est 
incognitum,  sigillum  venerabilis  viri  domini  archidiaconi  Sudburye  in 
ecclesia  Norwicensi  in  duitate  Londoniarum  residentis  hiis  apponi 
procuraui.  £t  nos  archidiaconus  antedictus  ad  personalem  et  specialem 
rogatum  dicti  domini  Walteri  vicarii  sigillum  nostrum  presentibus  appo- 
suimus.  Data  Londoniis  xvi  die  dicti  mensis  Maii,  anno  domini  supra- 
dicto.  £t  nos  dicti  abbas  et  conuentus  dicti  monasterii  beate  Marie  de 
Egnesham  proprietarii  et  patroni  ecdesie  parochialis  de  Longecombe 
predicta  in  testimonium  &  maiorem  fidem  nostri  consensus  in  premissis 
ac  corroboracionem  sigillum  nostrum  commune  presentibus  apposui- 
mus.  Data  in  domo  nostra  capitulari  vicesimo  quarto  die  mensis  pre- 
dicti  anno  domini  supradicti.  [There  follows  a  notarial  attestation  bj 
'  Robertus  Kent  in  legibus  bacallarius,  Cantuariensis  diocesis,  publicus 
auctoritate  apostolica  ft  imperiali  notarius.'] ' 


748. 

[A  deed  of  John,  bishop  of  Lincoln,  issued  at  Oxford,  June  ao,  June  90, 
1464,  in  the  14th  year  of  Ms  consecration,  confirming  the  consolida-     1464* 
tion  of  the  church  of  Longcombe,  as  authorized  by  the  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury,  to  whom  the  matter  pertained  during  the  vacancy  of  the 
see  of  Lincoln].* 

^  com,  MS.  by  I,  an  angel  in  a   niche  with  a 

'  Fonr  sealt  are  attached:  on  the  half  length  ftgnre  below  *sigillvm 

left  the  seal  of  Eyniham,  a  large  pointed  officialis    arch*i  lomdonV     The 

oral:  Legend,  *sigillvm  ecclbssib  fonrth,  mnch  the  lame  devise,  is  a| 

SCS  TRINrTAT*  SCE  MARIE  [ST  APLOR']        tnches     bj    I  j     *  SIGILLV     CLBMBNTIS 
PET*   ET   PAVLI  EGNESHAM.'     Next  is        DENTOVN  ARCH'l  SVDBVRIE.* 

the  seal    of  the   bishop  of  Lincoln.  *  This  deed  is  attached  to  No.  747, 

The  third  is  a  pointed  oval  x|  inches      and  the  seal  of  the  bishop  of  Lincoln 


904  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 


749- 

Sept  37,  [A  notarial  attestation,  issued  by  John  Jevanne,  of  the  diocese  of 
^S9-  Menevia,  notary  by  apostolic  authority,  Sept  27,  1459,  in  a  chamber 
within  the  limits  of  the  College  of  All  Souls,  Oxford,  asserting  that* 
Walter  Bretfortone,  rector  of  Longcombe,  had  produced  before  him 
certain  letters  of  consolidation,  sealed  with  three  seals:  'insuper 
asseruit  quod  propter  hostium  latronumve  incursum  ac  alios  casus 
inopinatos  qui  ex  ipsarum  delacione  verisimiliter  eueniri  possint,  noluit 
nee  audebat  dictas  litteras  originales  alicui  extra  eius  manus  tradere 
seu  liberare ;  quapropter  me  notarium  infrascriptum  speciaUter  requi- 
siuit  ut  dictas  litteras  diligenter  inspicerem  et  inspectas  transcriberem, 
ut  eidero  transcripto  sicut  originalibus  adhiberetur  plena  fides,  quarum 
quidem  litterarum  tenor  sequitur  in  hits  verbis :— Uniuersis/  &a  [as 
above] ;  '  presentibus  tunc  ibidem  venerabilibus  viris  magistris  Thoma 
Flppis  &  lohanne  Parkequyner,  ardum  magistris,  Wigomiensis  A: 
Heifordensis  diocesum,  testibus  ad  premissa  vocatis  spedaliter  et 
rogati&'] 

750. 

May  ao,  [A  deed  of  *  Leonellus  Widevile,  archidiaconus  Oxonie,'  appointing 
^'^^'  'magistros  Nicholaum  Longtone,  Willelmum  Cunstable,  in  decretis 
baccallarium  et  lohannem  Emlyn,  curie  Cantuariensis  procuratorem 
generalem,'  to  be  his  proxies  {procuraiores)  before  Thomas,  bishop  of 
Lincoln,  in  the  matter  of  uniting,  annexing,  and  appropriating  the 
parochial  church  of  St.  Laurence  of  Longcombe  to  the  rector  or 
warden  and  scholars  of  the  college  of  St  Mary  and  All  Saints  of 
Lincoln  in  the  University  of  Oxford.  Dated  at  Oxford,  May  20, 
M75]. 

751. 

Mayao,      [A  similar  deed,  issued  at  Eynsham,  May  20,  1475,  by  which 
>475«     William,  abbot  of  Eynsham,  appoints  *  magistrum  Willelmum  Goodyer, 
legum  doctorem,  et  Walterum   Castell*,  monachum  et  sacerdotem 
monasterii  predicti,'  to  be  his  proxies  in  the  same  matter]. 

OD  thmt  deed  was  added  when  he  issaed      1459  the  deed  of  coosolldatioii  had 
this  confinnatioo.    Hence  in    Charter      three,  not  four,  sods. 
749  it  is  rightly  stated  that  in  the  year 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES  305 

752. 

[Charter  of  appropriation  by  Bp.  Rotherham  of  the  churches  of  Nov.  90, 
Twyford  and  Longcombe  to  Lincoln  College.    Nov.  20,  1478].  ^7^. 

753. 

[Indenture  whereby  the  Rector  ft  Fellows  of  Lincoln  College  bind  Dec.  21, 
themselves  to  pay  3/4  yearly  to  the  chapter  of  Lincoln  in  acknow-     ^478. 
ledgement  of  the  subjection  of  those  churches  to  that  see.    Dec.  21, 
1478.] 

754. 

[A  deed  by  which  'Georgius  Strangwayse  in  theologia  bacha-  jtmeio, 
larius/  rector  of  Lincoln  College,  and  the  fellows  and  scholars,  H^S- 
'  proprietarii  ecclesie  parochialis  de  Longcombe/  appoint '  magistrum 
Abel  More  in  utroque  iure  bachalarium,  magistrum  Thomam 
Claybroke  in  legibus  bachalarium,  et  magistrum  Robertum  Caxtone 
in  legibus  bachalarium '  to  be  their  proxies  in  the  matter  of  churches, 
chapels,  portions  or  pensions  which  concern  the  College.  Dated  in 
the  College  chapel,  June  10,  1483.] 

755. 

[The  Abbey  of  Esmsham  quitclaims  to  Lincoln  College  the 
church  of  Combe,  and  Stapulhalle  and  Plummershalle  in 
Oxford.] 

Omnibus  [&c.]  Willelmus  abbas  monasterii  beate  Marie  virginis  Aug.  30, 
de  Egnesham  in  comitatu  Oxonie  &  eiusdem  loci  conuentus  salutem.  ^483* 
Cum  aduocacio  ecclesie  parochialis  de  Longcombe  in  eodem  comi- 
tatu &  ecclesia  ilia,  que  nuper  fiiit  de  patronatu  nostro  in  iure  dicti 
monasterii,  ex  assensu  &  concessione  nostris  lohanni  Tristhorp 
tunc  rectori  collegii  Lincohi'  beate  Marie  &  Omnium  Sanctorum  in 
Oxonia  &  sociis  eiusdem  collegii  unite,  annexe  &  appropriate  ex- 
titerint,  habende  &  tenende  eis  &  successoribus  suis  in  proprios  usus 
8UO8  imperpetuum;  ac  nos  nuper  dederimus  &  concesserimus  duo 
mesuagia  cum  pertinenciis  in  Oxonia,  unum  videlicet  vocatum 
Stapulhalle^  &  alteram  vocatum  Plummershalle,  habenda  eis  Sc  suc- 

*  Stapulhalle  was  on  the  east  side  of      stood  at  what  is  now  the  north-east 
School  St.,  opposite  the  entrance  to      comer  of  Jesus  College. 
Brasenose  College;   Pliimmer*s  halle 


306  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

cessoribus  suis  imperpetuum,  licencia  regia  inde  habita  &  optenta, 
prout  in  scripto  illo  plenius  continetur :  sciatis  nos  prefatos  abbatem 
&  conuentum  unanimi  assensu  4^  concensu  nostris  per  presentes  pre- 
dictum  statum,  possessionem,  dtulmn  &  interesse  Geoiigii  Strangways 
nunc  rectoris  &  sociorum  collegii  predict!  in  omnibus  A:  singulis 
premissis  &  eorum  quolibet  ratificasse,  approbasse  &  confirmasse  ac 
tam  totum  ius,  titulum  &  interesse  nostra  que  habemus  seu  habere 
poterimus  in  eisdem,  quam  omnes  annuitates,  pendones,  porciones,  et 
alias  res  quascunque  quas  habemus  seu  habere  poterimus  de  vel  in 
ecclesia  predicta  eisdem  rectori  &  sociis  et  successoribus  suis  remi- 
sisse,  relaxasse  &  quietum  clamasse  per  presentes.  In  cuius  [&c.  sealing]. 
Dat'  vicesimo  die  mensis  Augusti  anno  regni  regis  Ricaidi  tercii  post 
conquestum  Anglie  primo. 


756. 

[Lincoln  College  agrees  to  pay  Esmsham  a  pension  of  ^63.] 

Aug.  90,  Omnibus  [&c.]  Georgius  Strangways,  rector  collegii  Lincoln'  beate 
H^3-  Marie  Virginis  &  Omnium  Sanctorum  in  Oxonia  &  socii  eiusdem 
collegii  salutem.  Cum  aduocacio  ecclesie  parochialis  de  Longcomb 
in  comitatu  Oxonie  &  eadem  ecclesia  que  nuper  fuit  de  patronatu 
Willelmi  abbatis  d:  conuentus  monasterii  beate  Marie  de  Egne^am 
in  iure  monasterii  illius  ex  assensu  &  concessione  eiusdem  abbatis 
&  conuentus  monasterii  illius  nobis  prefatis  rectori  &  sociis  unite, 
annexe  &  appropriate  extiterint ;  habende  A:  tenende  nobis  &  succes- 
soribus nostris  in  proprios  usus  imperpetuum ;  ac  dicti  abbas  &  con- 
uentus nobis  dederint  &  concesserint  duo  messuagia  cum  pertinenciis 
in  Oxonia  predicta  unum  uocatum  Stapulhalle  d:  alterum  uocatum 
Plummershalle,  habenda  &  tenenda  nobis  d:  successoribus  nostris 
imperpetuum,  licencia  regia  inde  habita  &  optenta ;  dictique  abbas  & 
conuentus  per  scripta  eorum  ratificauerunt  &  confirmauerunt  statum 
&  possessionem  nostram  in  premissis,  ac  totum  ius,  titulum  &  in- 
teresse sua  in  eisdem  ac  in  omnibus  annuitatibus,  pencionibus  &  aliis 
rebus  que  tunc  habuerunt  de  aut  in  ecclesia  predicta  relaxauerunt, 
prout  in  scriptis  illis  plenius  continetur ;  sciatis  nos  prefatos  rectorem 
&  socios  unanimi  assensu  &  consensu  nostris  pro  premissis  per  pre- 
sentes concessisse  pro  nobis  &  successoribus  nostris  prefotis  abbati 
A:  conventui  &  eorum  successoribus  quandam  annuitatem  sexaginta 
solidorum,  habendam  &  percipiendam  eisdem  abbati  et  conuentui 
&  eorum  successoribus  de  nobis  &  successoribus  nostris  imperpetuum 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES  207 

ad  festa  Annunciacionis  beate  Marie  Virginis  &  sancd  Michaelis 
archangeli ;  prouiso  semper  quod  si  infra  quadraginta  annos  proximo 
futuros  predicta  aduocacio  predicte  ecclesie  de  Longcomb  &  predicta 
duo  messuagia  recuperata  uel  evicta  fuerint  extra  possessionem  pre- 
dictorum  rectoris  &  sociorum  uel  successorum  suorum  absque  eorum 
collusione  uel  assensu,  radone  alicuius  tituli  ante  predictas  appro- 
priaciones,  donaciones  &  concessiones,  inde  ut  prefertur  facti  & 
habiti,  quod  tunc  solucio  dicte  annuitatis  trium  librarum  a  tempore 
huiusmodi  recuperacionis  uel  euicdonis  annuatim  imperpetuum  cesset. 
£t  si  infra  eosdem  quadraginta  annos  dicta  aduocacio  per  se  tantum 
uel  predicta  duo  messuagia  per  se  tantum  sic  ut  prefertur  recuperata 
vel  euicta  fuerit  vel  fuerint  extra  possessionem  predictorum  rectoris 
&  sociorum  suorum  vel  successorum  suorum  absque  eorum  collusione 
vel  assensu  radone  alicuius  tituli  ante  predictas  appropriaciones,  dona- 
ciones &  concessiones  inde  ut  prefertur  facd  &  habiti,  quod  tunc 
solucio  triginta  solidorum,  parcella  annuitatis  predicte  a  tempore 
huiusmodi  recuperacionis  vel  euicdonis  annuatim  imperpetuum  cesset, 
&  extunc  summa  triginta  solidorum,  residuum  dicte  annuitatis  trium 
librarum,  &  non  plus,  imperpetuum  annuatim  soluatur.  [If  the 
annuity  is  unpaid,  the  Abbey  may  distrain  '  super  glebam  rectorie 
ecdesie  nostre  de  Longcomb  &  super  garbas  decimales  cum  fructibus 
eiusdem  ac  in  omnibus  catallis  infra  rectoriam  predictam  una  cum 
prouenientibus,  necnon  in  omnibus  terris  A:  tenementis  nostris  in 
Botteley  iuxta  Oxoniam,'  or  in  other  possessions  of  the  College]. 
In  cuius  [&c.  alternate  sealing].  Dat*  vicesimo  die  mensis  Augusti 
anno  regni  regis  Ricardi  tercii  post  conquestum  Anglie  primo. 


757. 

Acqnletancia  abbatis  ft  conuentus  de  Esmesham  pro 
termino  sancti  Michaelis. 

Nouerint  uniuersi  per  presentes  nos  Willelmum  permissione  diuina  Sept.  39, 
abbatem  monasterii  beate  Marie  de  Eynesham  recepisse  d:  habuisse  H93* 
die  confeccionis  presencium  de  rectore  coUegii  Lincoki'  beate  Marie 
Virginis  &  Omnium  Sanctorum  in  Oxonia  triginta  solidos  ster- 
lingorum  monete  Anglie  pro  quadam  annuitate  pro  termino  sancti 
Michaelis  archangeli ;  de  quibus  quidem  triginta  solidis  fatemur  nos 
fore  solutos,  dictosque  rectorem  &  socios  suos  inde  fore  quietos 
per  presentes.  In  cuius  rei  tesdmonium  sigillum  nostrum  quo  in 
huiusmodi  utimur  presentibus  apposuimus.    Datum  in  festo  sancti 


2o8  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Michaelis  archangeli  anno  regni  regis  Henrid  septimo  post  con- 
questum  Anglie  octauo  ^' 


758. 

[For  the  sum  of  £60  E3ms]iam  surrenders  the  annual 
pension  of  £z  due  from  Lincoln  College.] 

Oct.  3o,  Omnibus  [&c.]  Anthonius  abbas  monastcrii  bcate  Marie  Virginis 
1534*  de  Egnesham  &  eiusdem  loci  conuentus  salutem.  Sciatis  nos  pro 
summa  sexaginta  librarum  nobis  solutaram  per  lohannem  Cottysford, 
sacre  theologie  professorem,  custodem  siue  rectorem  collegii  beate 
Marie  &  Omnium  Sanctorum  Lincoln  in  Uniuersitate  Oxon,  vulgariter 
appellati  Lyncoln  Collyge,  &  socios  siue  scolares  eiusdem  collegii 
barganizasse,  dedisse,  uendidisse,  concessisse  &  per  hoc  presens 
scriptum  nostrum  confirmasse  ac  remisisse,  relaxasse  &  omnino  pro 
nobis  &  successoribus  nostris  imperpetuum  quietum  clamasse  prefato 
lohanni  Cottysford,  custodi  siue  rectori  collegii  Lincoln  Oxon  ac 
sociis  siue  scolaribus  eiusdem  collegii  6c  successoribus  suis  totum  ius 
nostrum,  titulum,  statum,  possessionem,  usum,  interesse  &  demandam 
de  &  in  quadam  porcione,  annuitate,  siue  annuali  redditu  siue  pen- 
sione  sexaginta  solidorum  exeuntium  de  &  in  rectoria  de  Longe 
Combe  cum  pertinenciis  in  comitatu  Oxonie ;  ita  videlicet  quod  nee 
nos  [&c.].  Datum  in  domo  nostra  capitulari  vicesimo  die  mensis 
Octobris  anno  regni  regis  Henrici  octaui  dei  gracia  Anglie  &  Francie 
regis,  fidei  defensoris  &  domini  Hibemie  &  in  Terra  supremi  capitis 
Anglicane  ecdesie  vicesimo  sexto.' 

June  19,  Endorsement  in  another  hand:  '  Hec  acquyetancia  tradita  erat  &  de- 
153^-  liberata  duodecimo  die  lunii  anno  regni  regis  Henrici  octaui  tricesimo 
lohanni  Cottisford,  sacre  theologie  professori,  rectori  collegii  Lincoln  in 
Universitate  Oxonie,  &  magistro  Hugoni  Westone  subrectori  eiusdem 
ad  usum  eorum  ac  sociorum  et  successorum  suorum  per  reuerendum 
patrem  Anthonium  Dunston  abbatem  monasterii  beate  Marie  Virginis 
de  Egnesham  &  priorem  eiusdem  nomine  totius  conuentus;  hiis 
testibus,  lohannem  Abery  tunc  aldermanno  Oxonie  &  Thoma  Perkyns 
yeoman.* 

*  With  a  seal,  pointed  oval,  I  {inches  that  there   are   similar  receipts   from 

by  I ;    the  Viigm   seated  with  child  William,  abbot  of  Eynsham,  for  May 

under  a  canopy;  beneath  is  a  figure  in  ao,  1492,  and  Sept.  29,  1493. 

adoration;   legend   's*  abb'is   bgne-  ^  But  in  the  Valor  of  1535  the  pen- 

SHAMIB    AD    CAVSAS.'      The    Cau-  sion  from  Lincoln  College  is  enumerated 

logue  of  Lincoln  College  deeds  says  among  the  possessions  of  the  abbey. 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES   209 

759. 

[Verdict  of  an  inqtiisition,  that  it  would  be  to  the  king's 
damage  if  the  custody  of  the  woods  of  the  abbot  of 
Eynsham  within  the  forest  of  Wychwood  was  assigned 
to  the  bailiffs  of  the  abbot]. 

H.  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie,  dominus  Hybernie  &  dux  Aquitannie  Aug.  8, 
dilecto  &  fideli  sue  Rogero  de  Qyfford  iuniori,  iusticiario  foreste  sue  ^*7o. 
citra  Trentam,  salutem.  Mandamus  uobis  quod  per  sacramentum 
uiridarionim  &  aliorum  proboram  &  legalium  hominum  de  balliua 
uestra,  per  quos  rei  ueritas  melius  sciri  potent,  diligenter  inquiratis 
utnim  esset  ad  dampnum  nostrum  uel  ad  nocumentum  foreste  nostre  de 
Whichewode,  si  concedamus  dilecto  nobis  abbati  de  Egnesham  quod 
boscos  suos  dominicos,  qui  sunt  infra  forestam  nostram  predictam, 
per  proprios  balliuos  &  ministros  custodire  faciat,  ita  quod  sint 
intendentes  nobis  &  iusticiario  nostro  foreste  in  omnibus  que  ad  cus-* 
todiam  eorundem  'boscorum  pertinent,  necne ;  et  si  sit  ad  dampnum 
nostrum  seu  ad  nocumentum  foreste  nostre  predicte  uel  in  preiu- 
didum  alterius,  ad  quod  dampnum  &  quod  nocumentum  &  cuius 
preiudicium.  Et  inquisicionem  inde  distincte  &  aperte  factam  nobis 
sub  sigillo  uestro  &  sigillis  eorum,  per  quos  facta  fuerit,  mittatis 
&  hoc  breue.  Teste  me  ipso  apud  Wyntoniam  viu  die  August!,  anno 
regni  nostri  quinquagesimo  quarto. 

Inquisicio  facta  in  foresta  de  Wychewode  in  crastino  Exaltacionis  Sept.  15, 
sancte  Crucis  anno  regni  domini  regis  H.  l.  quarto  per  lohannem  ^*7o. 
de  Fifhide  &  Walterum  de  Cercedene  uiredarios  precHcte  foreste  & 
omnes  regardatores  eiusdem  foreste  &  per  Thomam  de  la  Becheheye, 
Henricum  Pod  de  Wodestoke,  Alexandrum  de  Pyrie,  Thomam  de 
Estoke,  Walterum  Kyme  de  Nortleye,  Walterum  le  seriant  de  Take- 
leye,  lohannem  Golafre,  Emoldum  Dogenon,  Thomam  le  Uenur, 
Robertum  Staci,  Robertum  le  Uilur,  Alexandrum  de  la  Thurne, 
Ricardum  de  Willamescot  &  Hugonem  le  Frankeleyn  utrum  esset  ad 
dampnum  domini  regis  uel  ad  nocumentum  foreste  sue  de  Wyche- 
wode si  concedat  abbati  de  Wychewode  [stc\  quod  boscos  suos 
dominicos  qui  sunt  infra  forestam  predictam  per  proprios  balliuos 
&  ministros  suos  custodiri  faciat,  ita  quod  sint  intendentes  domino  regi 
&  iusticiario  suo  foreste  in  omnibus  que  ad  custodiam  eorundem 
boscorum  pertinent,  necne :  et  si  sit  ad  dampnum  domini  regis  seu 
ad  nocumentum  foreste  predicte  uel  in  preiudicium  alterius,  ad  quod 
dampnum  &  ad  quod  nocumentum  &  cuius  preiudicium*  Qui  iurati 
dicunt  super  sacramentum  suum  quod  si  dominus  rex  concedat  pre* 

n  p 


210  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

dicto  abbati  quod  custodiri  faciat  predictos  boscos  suos  in  forma 
predicta,  erit  ad  magnum  dampnum  suum  &  etiam  nocumentum 
foreste  sue  predicte^  eo  quod  si  idem  abbas  &  ministri  sui  debeant 
decetero  esse  intendentes  tantummodo  domino  regi  &  iusticiario  suo 
foreste  de  custodia  boscorum  ipsius  abbatis,  forestarii  domini  regis 
nullum  facient  in  [eis^]  attachiamentum ;  per  quod  idem  abbas  &  sui 
&  edam  alii  magnam  facient  destructionem  in  eisdem  &  magna 
assarta  consequenter,  sicut  ante  nunc  facere  inceperunt;  et  sic  de- 
strueretur  melius  receptamentum  quod  fere  domini  regis  habent 
modo  in  foresta  predicta.  Perdet  etiam  domini^  rex  omnia  attachia- 
menta  de  uiridi  &  de  aliis  que  modo  faciunt  forestarii  [sui^]  in  boscis 
predictis.  Sunt  enim  iidem  bosci  infra  regardum  ita  quod  nullum 
potest  quicquam  capere  in  eisdem  nee  etiam  predictus  abbas  nisi 
racionabilia  estoueria  sua  &  hoc  per  uisum  &  liberacionem  forest- 
ariorum  domini  regis ;  unde  si  bosci  predicti  non  sint  ammodo  sub 
custodia  forestariorum  domini  regis  [uerisijmiliter  destruerentur 
omnino.  Erit  etiam  hoc  ad  preiudicium  Thome  de  Langele  qui  est 
forestarius  domini  regis  in  foresta  predicta  &  ad  quem  pertinet  de  iure 
custodia  predictorum  boscorum  sicut  et  omnium  aliorum  boscorum 
existencium  infra  forestam  predictam,  unde  sine  ipsius  Thome  pre- 
iudicio  predicta  concessio  fieri  non  potest  predicto  abbati,  sicut 
predictum  est.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  predicti  iuratores  huic 
inquisitioni  sigilla  sua  apposuerunt.  Item  Thomas  de  Langeleye 
soluere  non  posset  domino  regi  firmam'  quam  ei  debet  si  predicti 
bosd  predicto  abbati  in  forma  predicta  concederentur  eo  quod  per- 
deret  magnam  partem  minutorum  attachiamentorum  que  ad  ipsum 
pertinent  ad  finnam  suam  faciendam.' 


760, 

[Verdict  of  an  inqtiisition,  that  it  would  not  be  to  the  king's 
damage  if  the  abbot's  woods  in  Wychwood  &  Shotover 
forests  were  quit  of  regard.]^ 

May  30,      Edwardus  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie,  dominus  Hibernie  &  dux  Aqui- 

1300.     tannic  dilecto  &  fideli  suo  Hugoni  le  Despenser  iusticiario  foreste  sue 

citra  Trentam  vel  eius  locum  tenenti  salutem.    Mandamus  vobis  quod 

^  illegible.  *  Inquisitio  ad  qaod  dAmDam.    File 

'  Thomas   de  Langeleye  held  the  3,  No.  16  (Record  Office), 

office  of  forester-in-fee,  L  e.  hereditary  *  Inqnis.  ad  quod  damnum  :  File  59, 

forester,  at  Kjirrna  of  £*i  {Hundred  No.  15  :  cp.  Vol.  I,  p.  322. 
^^/fr,IL739). 


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per  sacramentum  tarn  forestariorum  &  uiridarionim  forestanim  nos-^ 
trarum  de  Whicchewode  &  Shothouere  quam  aliorum  probonim  &; 
legalium  hominum  de  balliua  vestra,  per  quos  rei  Veritas  melius  sciri 
potent,  diligenter  inquiratis  si  sit  ad  dampnum  vel  preiudicium  nostrum 
aut  nocumentum  forestanim  nostrarum  predictarum  si  concedamus 
dilectis  nobis  in  Christo  abbati  &  conuentui  de  Egnesham,  quod  ipsi 
boscos  suos  de  Egnesham  &'Cherlebury  qui  sunt  infra  metas  predicte 
foreste  de  Whicchewode  &  boscum  suum  de  Etona  qui  est  infra  metas 
predicte  foreste  de  Shothouere  tenere  possint  &  habere  sibi  &  succes- 
sonbus  suis  extra  rewardum  quorumcunque  ministrorum  forestarum 
predictarum  imperpetuum,  necne.  £t  si  sit  ad  dampnum  vel  pre- 
iudicium nostrum  aut  nocumentum  forestarum  nostranmi  predictarum, 
tunc  ad  quod  dampnum  &  quod  preiudicium  nostrum  &  ad  quod 
nocumentum  forestarum  predictarum  &  qualiter  &  quomodo,  & 
quantum  quilibet  boscorum  predictorum  contineat  in  se  per  numerum 
acrarum  per  perticam  de  foresta,  &  quantum  distat  a  cooperto  foreste, 
et  si  sit  ibi  frequens  reperium  ferarum  nostrarum :  et  inqulsitionem 
inde  distincte  &  aperte  [&c.  as  before].  Teste  me  ipso  apud  West- 
monasterium  xxx  die  Maii  anno  regni  nostri  tricesimo  quarto^ 

Inquisicio  capta  coram  domino  Roberto  Harwedone,  tenente  locum  June  30, 
domini  Hugonis  le  Despenser  iusticiarii  foreste  citra  Trentam,  apud  i3o6, 
Islepe  in  foresta  de  Shottoure  die  louis  in  crastino  sanctorum  Petri  & 
Pauli  anno  regni  regis  Edward!  tricesimo  quarto  per  sacramentum 
Philippi  Mimekan  custodis  foreste  predicte  &  aliorum  forestariorum, 
Roberti  de  Louches  &  lohannis  le  Moyngne  uiridariorum,  Roberti 
Neel,  Willelmi  Bernard,  lohannis  de  Thomelee,  lohannis  de  Ledhale, 
lohannis  ad  Fontem,  lohannis  de  (jardino,  Galfridi  de  Camera, 
Thome  Thursteyn,  Martini  Stub,  Petri  Ouere,  lohannis  Prat,  Bartho- 
lomei  de  Kent,  Walteri  de  Stofolde,  lohannis  le  Heyr,  Willelmi  de  la 
Fente,  Petri  Sage  &  Willelmi  Spileman  iuratorum,  si  sit  ad  dampnum 
vel  preiudicium  domini  regis  aut  nocumentum  foreste  sue  predicte  si 
dominus  rex  concedat  abbati  &  conuentui  de  Egnsham  quod  ipsi 
boscum  suum  de  Etone  qui  est  infra  metas  foreste  de  Shottoure 
tenere  possint  &  habere  sibi  &  successoribus  suis  extra  rewardum 
quonmicunque  ministrorum  foreste  predicte,  necne ;  qui  dicunt  super 
sacramentum  suum  quod  non  est  ad  dampnum  nee  preiudicium 
domini  regis  nee  nocumentum  foreste  sue  predicte  si  dominus  rex  con- 
cedat predictis  abbati  &  conuentui  quod  ipsi  possint  tenere  &  habere 
boscum  suum  predictum  extra  rewardum,  ita  tamen  quod  venacio 
domini  regis  in  eodem  bene  custodiatur  &  quod  coopertum  eiusdem 
non  destruatur;  et  quod  continet  in  se  per  numerum  acrarum  per 
perticam  de  foresta  decem  acras,  &  quod  idem  boscus  est  contiguus 

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2ia  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

cooperto  dominico  domini  regis  foreste  predicte,  ft  quod  est  ibi 
frequens  reperium  ferarum  domini  regis.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium 
predict!  iurati  huic  inquisidoni  sigilla  sua  apposuerunt 
July  I)  Inquisicio  capta  apud  Wodestoke  coram  Roberto  de  Harwedone, 
1306.  tenente  locum  domini  Hugonis  le  Despenser  iusticiarii  foreste  citra 
Trentam,  die  Veneris  proxima  post  festum  apostolorum  Petri  &  Pauli 
anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  tricesimo  quarto  per  sacramentum  lohannis 
de  Langeleie  custodis  foreste  de  Whicchewode  &  aliorum  foresta- 
riorum,  Thome  Golafre,  Roberti  le  Botiler,  Nicholai  Broun  &  Reginald! 
de  Ljnham  viridariorum,  Bartholomei  de  Walecote,  lohannis  de 
Honyntone,  lacobi  Taillard,  lohannis  de  Colunce,  Roberti  Vobbe^ 
de  Langeleie,  Rogeri  clerici  de  Swynbroke,  Rogeri  de  Lynham,  Ade 
clerid  de  Cudyntone,  Henrici  de  Prestone,  lohannis  de  Londone, 
lohannis  Mahu,  lohannis  le  Hunte,  Willelmi  Gilebert,  Galfridi 
Pachim  ^  lohannis  de  la  Sale,  Petri  de  Boryanes,  lohannis  Punchard, 
Thome  de  la  Beccheie,  lohannis  atte  Beccheie  ft  Ricardi  de 
Haneberwe  iuratorum,  si  sit  ad  dampnum  vel  preiudicium  domini 
regis  seu  nocumentum  foreste  sue  de  Whicchewode  si  idem  dominus 
rex  concedat  abbati  &  conuentui  de  Egnesham  quod  ipsi  boscos  suos 
de  Egnesham  &  Cherleburi,  qui  sunt  infra  metas  foreste  predicte  de 
Whicchewode  tenere  possint  ft  habere  sibi  ft  successoribus  extra 
rewardum  inperpetuum,  necne ;  qui  dicunt  super  sacramentum  suum 
quod  non  est  ad  dampnum  vel  preiudicium  domini  regis  nee  nocu- 
mentum foreste  predicte  si  dominus  rex  concedat  eisdem  abbati  ft 
conuentui  quod  ipsi  boscos  suos  predictos  de  Egnesham  ft  Cherlburi 
tenere  possint  ft  habere  sibi  ft  successoribus  suis  extra  rewardum 
inperpetuum ;  ita  tamen  quod  venacio  domini  regis  in  eisdem  boscis 
custodiatur;  et  quod  maior  boscus  de  Cherlburi  continet  in  se  per 
numerum  acrarum  per  perticam  de  foresta  quadraginta  acras ;  minor 
boscus  de  Cherlburi,  qui  vocatur  boscus  de  Finstoke,  continet  per 
perticam  predictam  quinque  acras;  et  quod  boscus  de  Egnesham 
continet  decem  acras  per  eandem  perticam ;  et  quod  maior  boscus  de 
Cherlburi  distat  a  cooperto  foreste  per  tres  quarentenas ;  minor  boscus 
predictus  est  iuxta  coopertum  foreste;  boscus  de  Egnesham  distat 
a  cooperto  foreste  per  unam  leucam;  et  quod  in  maiori  bosco  de 
Cherlburi  est  reperium  ferarum,  et  in  minori  bosco  predicto  est 
frequens  reperium  ferarum,  et  in  bosco  de  Egnesham  raro  est 
reperium  ferarum.    In  cuius  [ftc.  sealing]. 

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761. 

[Verdict  of  an  inqtiisition  about  the  view  of  frank-pledge 
at  Eynsham.]^ 

Edwardus  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie,  dominus  Hibemie  &  dux  Aqui-  April  7, 
tannic  dilecto  &  fideli  sue  lohanni  Abel  escaetori  puo  citra  Trentam  ^^'^' 
salutem.  Supplicauit  nobis  dilectus  nobis  in  Christo  abbas  de  Egnes- 
ham  quod  cum  vicecomes  noster  Oxonie  &  balliuus  noster  de 
Wodestoke  teneant  semel  in  anno  quendam  visum  franci  plegii  apud 
Egnesham  de  tenentibus  ipsius  abbatis,  percipiendo  inde  ad  opus 
nostrum  tantummodo  octo  solidos,  ceteraque  proficua  eiusdem  visus 
prefato  abbati  integre  debent  remanere,  velimus  eidem  abbati  & 
successoribus  suis  per  cartam  nostram  concedere  quod  ipse  visum 
predictum  per  balliuos  suos  proprios  de  tenentibus  suis  predictis 
tenere,  et  nobis  et  heredibus  nostris  de  dictis  octo  solidis  per  manus 
vicecomids  nostri  Oxonie  singulis  annis  valeat  respondere ;  nos  igitur 
certiorari  volentes  an  sine  nostro  aut  alterius  preiudicio  pedcioni 
huiusmodi  annuere  valeamus,  vobis  mandamus  quod  per  sacramentimi 
proborum  &  legalium  hominum  de  balliua  vestra,  per  quos  rei  Veritas 
melius  sciri  poterit,  diligenter  inquiratis  si  sit  ad  dampnum  vel  preiu- 
dicium  nostrum  aut  aliorum  si  concedamus  predicto  abbati  quod  ipse 
&  successores  sui  teneant  visum  predictum  singulis  annis  per  balliuos 
suos  de  propriis  tenentibus  suis  sicut  predictum  est,  necne ;  et  si  sit 
ad  dampnum  vel  preiudicium  nostrum  aut  aliorum  tunc  ad  quod 
dampnum  &  quod  preiudicium  nostrum  &  ad  quod  dampnum  &  quod 
preiudicium  aliorum  &  quorum  &  qualiter  &  quomodo,  &  que  & 
cuiusmodi  proficua  de  visu  predicto  capi  consueuerunt  ad  opus 
nostrum  &  per  quos  &  qualiter  &  quomodo,  &  que  &  cuiusmodi 
proficua  idem  abbas  inde  percipit.  Et  inquisicionem  inde  distincte 
&  aperte  factam  nobis  sub  sigillo  vestro  &  sigillis  eorum  per  quos  facta 
fuerit  sine  dilacione  mittatis  &  hoc  breue.  Teste  me  ipso  apud  Shene 
vii  die  Aprilis  anno  r^gni  nostri  sexto* 

Inquisicio  capta  coram  escaetore  domini  regis  apud  Oxoniam  ultimo  April  30, 
die  Aprilis  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  sexto  per  sacramentum  lohannis  i3i3- 
de  Crokesforde,  Roberli  le  Botiller,  lohannis  de  Wyghthulle,  lohannis 
Scorchboef,  lohannis  de  Lodewelle,  lohannis  de  Leihe  •,  Walter!  de 
Romeny,  lohannis  le  Murye,  Radulfi  Chastyllon,  Reginald!  de 
Lynham,  Ricardi  de  Ouyle,  &  Thome  Golafre,  si  sit  ad  dampnum 
vel  preiudicium  domini  regis  aut  aliorum  si  dominus  rex  concedat 

^  Inquis.  ad  qood  damnmn :  File  94,  No.  29. 
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314  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

abbati  de  Egnesham  quod  ipse  et  successores  sui  teneant  visum  firanci 
plegii  semel  in  anno  apud  Egnesham  de  tenentibus  suis  per  balliuos 
8U0S  proprios  reddendo  domino  regi  Sc  heredibus  suis  quolibet  anno 
octo  solidos  per  manus  vicecomitis  Oxonie,  necne;  et  si  sit  ad 
dampnum  [&c.  as  in  the  writ,  to  .  .  .]  abbas  inde  percipit;  qui 
dicunt  per  sacramentum  suum  quod  non  est  ad  dampnum  nee 
preiudicium  domini  regis  aut  aliorum  quamuis  ipse  dominus  rex 
concedat  abbati  de  Egnesham  quod  ipse  &  successores  sui  teneant 
visum  franci  plegii  semel  in  anno  apud  Egnesham  de  tenentibus  suis 
per  balliuos  suos  proprios.  Dicunt  etiam  quod  vicecomes  Oxonie  & 
balliuus  de  Wodestoke  qui  pro  tempore  fuerunt  semper  hactenus 
percipere  consueuerunt  de  visu  predicto  singulis  annis  ad  opus 
domini  regis  octo  solidos  nomine  finis  tantum  per  equales  porciones 
inter  ipsos  diuidendos,  et  quod  idem  abbas  &  predecessores  sui  omnia 
alia  proficua  que  de  dicto  visu  prouenire  possint  percipiimt  &  ab 
antiquo  perceperunt,  ut  in  amerciamentis  et  aliis  que  ad  visum 
pertinent.    In  cuius  rei  testimonium  [&c.  sealing]. 


762. 

Inquisitio  ad  quod  damnum  about  South  Stoke : 
File  148^  No.  8. 

Blay  I,        [A  writ  issued  to  Richard  de  Rodeneye,  escheator  on  this  side 
^330.     Qf  the  Trent,  to  hold  an  inquisition  whether  it  will  be  to  the  damage 
of  the  king,  if  he  grants  licence  to  Robert  de  Trillowe  &  Isabel  his 
wife  to  give  to  Eynsham  a  messuage,  forty  acres  of  land  and  two 
acres  of  meadow  in  *  Suthtabbotestoke ',  in  part  satisfaction  of  20 
marcates  of  land  or  rent,  to  be  acquired  by  the  abbey  in  fee,  according 
to  the  king's  grant.    Dated,  Shene,  May  1,13  Ed.  II.] 
Then  follows: — 
Oct.  5,        Inquisicio  capta  coram  escaetore  domini  regis  citra  Trentam  apud 
1320.     Mersshbaldyndone  die  dominica  proxima  post  festum  sancti  Michaelis 
anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  filii  regis  Edwardi  quarto  decimo  secundum 
tenorem  breuis  huic  inquisicioni  consuti  per  sacramentum  Hugonis 
Thurbam,  Thome  le  Passour,  lohannis  ate  Welle,  Thome  le  Franke- 
leyn  de  Couele,  lohannis  Somer,  Thome  le  Fraunkeleyn  de  Stauntone, 
Willelmi  ate  Dene,  Nicholai  le  Naper,  lohannis  le  Deyare,  Roberti  le 
Courtey,  Willelmi  le  Deer  &  Willelmi  Aihelain  iuratorum,  qui  dicunt 
super  sacramentum  suum  quod  non  est  ad  dampnum  nee  preiu- 
dicium domini  regis  nee  aliorum  si  dominus  rex  concedat  Roberto 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES  215 

de  Trillowe  &  Isabelle  vxori  eius,  quod  ipsi  unum  mesuagium, 
quadraginta  acras  terre  &  duas  acras  prati  cum  pertinenciis  in  South'- 
abbotestoke  dare  possint  &  assignare  dilectis  sibi  in  Christo  abbati 
&  conuentui  de  Egnesham;  habenda  &  tenenda  eisdem  abbati  & 
conuentui  &  successoribus  suis  in  partem  satisfaccionis  viginti  marca* 
tanim  terrarum,  tenementorum  &  redditus,  quas  eis  per  litteras  suas 
patentes  in  feodo  concessit  adquirendas  inperpetuum.  Dicunt  etiam 
quod  predicta  messuagium,  viginti  &  quinque  acre  terre  &  due  acre 
prati  tenentur  de  predicto  abbate  per  seruicium  septem  solidorum 
annuatim  soluendorum  &  sectam  curie  de  tribus  septimanis  in  tres 
septimanas  ad  manerium  dicti  abbatis  de  Southabbotestoke  pro  omni 
seruicio ;  et  quatuordecim  acre  terre  tenentur  de  Thoma  filio  Willemi 
de  Wodecote  per  seruicium  quatuor  solidorum  &  undecim  denariorum 
per  annum  pro  omni  seruicio ;  et  una  acra  terre  tenetur  de  Sweyne 
de  Mortele  per  seruicium  unius  denarii  per  annum  pro  omni  seruicio ; 
et  dicunt  quod  predicta  mesuagium,  quadraginta  acre  terre  &  due  acre 
prati  valent  per  annum  in  omnibus  exitibus  iuxta  verum  valorem 
eorundem  quatuor  solidos  ultra  predicta  seruicia.  Et  dicunt  quod 
quatuordecim  acre  terre  tenentur  de  Thoma  filio  Willelmi  de  Wodecote, 
qui  ilia  tenet  de  predicto  abbate  ut  de  manerio  suo  de  Southabbote- 
stoke, qui  illud  manerium  tenet  de  episcopo  Lincolniensi  in  puram  8c 
perpetuam  elemosinam,  qui  quidem  episcopus  illud  tenet  de  domino 
rege  in  capite.  Dicunt  etiam  quod  una  acra  tenetur  de  Sweyne  de 
Mortele,  qui  illam  tenet  de  dicto  abbate  ut  de  manerio  suo  de  Sut* 
abbotestoke.  Dicunt  etiam  quod  predicta  messuagium,  viginti  quinque 
acre  terre  &  due  acre  prati  tenentur  de  abbate  predicto,  ut  de  manerio 
suo  predicto.  £t  dicunt  quod  remanent  eisdem  Roberto  &  Isabelle 
unum  mesuagium  &  due  carucate  terre  cum  pertinenciis  in  Wyuelecote 
que  tenentur  de  abbate  de  Netele  in  capite  per  seruicium  dimidii  feodi 
militis  ultra  donacionem  &  assignacionem  predictas :  et  valent  predicta 
mesuagium  &  terra  per  annum  in  omnibus  exitibus  iuxta  verum 
valorem  eorundem  decem  libras  ultra  predicta  seruicia.  Dicunt  etiam 
quod  terra  &  tenementa  eidem  Roberto  8c  Isabelle  remanentia  suffi- 
ciunt  ad  consuetudines  &  seruicia  tarn  de  predictis  mesuagiis,  terra 
&  prato  sic  datis  quam  de  aliis  terris  &  tenementis  sibi  retentis 
debita  facienda,  &  ad  omnia  alia  onera  que  sustinuerunt  &  sustinere 
consueuerunt,  ut  in  sectis,  visibus  franci  plegii,  auxiliis,  talagiis, 
vigiliis,  finibus,  redempcionibus,  amerciamentis,  contribucionibus,  & 
aliis  quibuscunque  oneribus  emergentibus  sustinenda.  Dicunt  etiam 
quod  iidem  Robertus  &  beredes  ipsius  Isabelle  in  assisis,  iuratis  &  aliis 
recognidonibus  quibuscunque  poni  possint  prout?  idem  Robertus  8l 
antecessores  ipsius  Isabelle  ante  donacionem  &  assignacionem  pre- 


fii6  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

dictas  poni  consueuerant.  Dicunt  etiam  quod  patria  per  donacionem 
&  assignacionem  predictas  in  ipsius  Roberti  &  heredum  ipsius  Isabelle 
defectum  roagis  solito  non  onerabitur  seu  in  aliquo  grauabitur.  In 
cuius  rei  testimonium  predicti  iuratores  huic  inquisidoni  sigilla  sua 
apposuerunt.    Data  die,  loot  &  anno  supradictis.^ 


763. 

Inqtiisitio  ad  quod  damnum  about  South  Stoke: 
File  151,  No.  lo. 

Aug.  13,      [A  writ  of  the  king  to  Richard  de  Rodeneye,  whether  it  will  be  to 
^3^1'      the  king's  damage  if  he  grants  licence  to  John  de  Tryllowe  to  give 
land  in  South  Stoke  to  Eynsham.     Dated  Westminster,  Aug.  12, 
15Ed.IL] 
Then  follows : — 

Oct.  31,  Inquisicio  capta  coram  escaetore  domini  regis  dtra  Trentam  apud 
i33i«  Oxoniam  die  Sabbati  in  vigilia  Omnium  Sanctorum  anno  regni  regis 
Edwardi  filii  regis  Edwardi  quintodecimo  secundum  tenorem  breuis 
huic  inquisicioni  consuti  per  sacramentum  Georgii  de  Louches, 
lohannis  Eustace,  Hugonis  Thurbam,  Roberti  atte  Penne,  Thome  le 
Fraunkeleyn  de  Stauntone,  Thome  le  Smith,  Thome  le  Fraunkeleyn 
de  Couele,  Nicholai  le  Naper,  Roberti  le  Curter,  Willelmi  le  Deer  de 
Clyftone,  Willehni  Astyl  &  Willelmi  le  Moncke  iuratorum,  qui  dicunt 
super  sacramentum  suum  quod  non  est  ad  dampnum  nee  preiudi- 
cium  domini  regis  nee  aliorum  si  dominus  rex  concedat  lohanni  de 
Tryllowe  quod  ipse  unum  mesuagium,  unum  toftum,  duas  acras 
8c  tres  rodas  terre  &  unam  acram  prati  cum  pertinenciis  in  Stoke 
Abbalis  dare  possit  &  assignare  dilectis  sibi  in  Christo  abbati  &  con- 
uenlui  de  Egnesham ;  habenda  &  tenenda  eisdem  abbati  Sc  conuentui 
&  successoribus  suis  imperpetuum.  Dicunt  etiam  quod  predicta 
mesuagium,  toftum,  terra  &  pratum  tenentur  de  predicto  abbate  in 
capite  per  seniicium  trium  solidorum  per  annum,  &  sectam  curie 
sue  ad  manerium  suum  de  Stoke  Abbatis  de  tribus  septimanis  in 
tres  septimanas  pro  omni  seruido.  Item  dicunt  quod  predicta 
mesuagium,  toftum,  terra  &  pratum  valent  per  annum  in  omnibus 
exitibus  iuxta  uerum  valorem  eorundem  tres  solidos  &  quatuor  de- 
narios  ultra  predicta  seruida.  Dicunt  etiam  quod  predictus  abbas 
&  episcopus  Lincobiensis  medii  sunt  inter  dominum  regem  &  pre- 
fatum  lohannem  de  mesuagio,  tofto,  terra  &  prato  predictis  &  non 

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CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    217 

plures  sunt  medii.  Item  dicunt  quod  remanent  predicto  lohanni 
ultra  donadonem  &  assignacionem  predictas  duo  mesuagia  &  quatuor 
carucate  terre  cum  pertinenciis  in  Cestertone  &  Saltforde  in  comitatu 
Oxonie  que  tenentur  de  Hugone  de  Plesetis  in  capite  per  seruicium 
medietatis  unius  feodi  militis;  et  valent  per  annum  in  omnibus 
ezitibus  iuxta  verum  valorem  eorundem  decern  Ubras.  Dicunt  etiam 
quod  terre  &  tenementa  eidem  lohanni  remanenda  [&c.  ending  as 
the  last  deed]. 

764. 

Inquisitio  ad  quod  damnum  about  Wick  Rissington: 
File  164,  No.  IS. 

[A  writ  of  the  king  to  magister  John  Walewayn,  eschaetor,  whether  Aug.  91, 
it  will  be  to  the  king's  damage  if  John  de  Trillowe  &  Robert  Page     '333« 
give  to  Eynsham  a  mesuage,  a  carucate  of  land,  &c,  in  Wick  Ris- 
sington,   Dated  at  Pykeryng,  Aug.  21,  17  Ed.  II.] 

Then  follows : — 

Inquisicio  capta  apud  Wykerysingdone  xxvii  die  Septembris  anno  Sept.  97, 
regni  regis  Edwardi  filii  regis  Edwardi  septimo  decimo  coram  escaetore  *3^3- 
domini  regis  citra  Trentam  secundum  formam  breuis  domini  regis 
huic  inquisitioni  consuti  per  sacramentum  Roberti  Mareys,  Philippi 
de  Tenacre,  Roberti  de  Nethercote,  lohannis  de  Nethercote,  lohannis 
Uileyn,  lohannis  Steuenes,  Philippi  Caldecote,  Ricardi  de  Euore, 
Hugonis  le  Spenser  de  Wyk',  Willelmi  Hamund,  Ricardi  atte  Welle 
&  Roberti  le  Freman  qui  dicunt  quod  non  est  ad  dampnum  vel 
preiudicium  domini  regis  aut  aliorum  si  dominus  rex  concedat  lohanni 
de  Trillowe  clerico  &  Roberto  Page  quod  ipsi  unum  mesuagium, 
unam  carucatam  terre,  quindecim  acras  prati  &  redditum  unius  libre 
piperis  cum  pertinenciis  in  Wykerysindone  dare  possint  &  assignare 
dilectis  sibi  in  Christo  abbati  et  conuentui  de  Egnesham;  habenda 
&  tenenda  sibi  &  successoribus  suis  imperpetuum  in  partem  satis- 
faccionis  uiginti  marcatarum  terrarum,  tenementorum,  &  reddituum 
quas  dominus  rex  eisdem  abbati  &  conuentui  nuper  per  litteras  suas 
patentes  tam  de  feodo  ipsius  abbatis  &  conuentus  quam  alieno^  ex- 
ceptis  terris  &  tenementis  que  de  ipso  domino  rege  tenentur  in  capite, 
concessit  adquirendas.  Et  dicunt  quod  dictum  mesuagium,  terra  & 
pratum  tenentur  de  Isabella  de  laneuyle  per  seruidum  unius  rose 
per  annum  pro  omni  seruida  Et  dicimt  quod  predicta  mesuagium, 
terra  &  pratum  valent  per  annum  in  omnibus  exidbus  iuxta  verum 
valorem  eorundem  viginti  solidos  &  non  plus  quia  ad  dictum  mesua- 
gium non  est  aliquod  columbare  seu  proficuum  gardini  pertin[en8],  et 


2i8  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

terra  est  montana  &  sterilis,  et  pratum  est  siccum  &  montanum.  £t 
dicunt  quod  predicta  Isabella  est  media  inter  dominum  regem  & 
prefatos  lohannem  &  Robertum  de  mesuagio,  terra  &  prato  predictis. 
£t  dicunt  quod  terra  &  tenementa  eisdem  lohanni  &  Roberto  re- 
manent ultra  donacionem  &  assignacionem  predictas,  quatuor  cam- 
catas  ^  terre  in  Chasteltone  que  tenentur  de  Hugone  de  Plescy  per 
homagium  &  seruicium  unius  denarii  per  annum;  et  valent  per 
annum  in  omnibus  exitibus  decem  libras  sterlingorum ;  et  duas 
carucatas  terre  &  decem  libras  redditus  annul  in  Saltforde  que 
tenentur  de  Thoma  de  Uerdoun  *  per  seruicium  unius  esperuarii  per 
annum ;  et  valent  per  annum  in  omnibus  exitibus  viginti  libras  ster- 
lingorum. Et  dicunt  quod  terre  &  tenementa  remanentia  [&c.  as 
before].' 

765- 

The  king  demands  a  farther  inqtiisitioii,  the  last  having 
been  too  favourable  to  Eynsham ;  File  164,  No.  la. 

Oct.  15,  Edwardus  [&c.]  dilecto  clerico  suo  magistro  Walewyn  escaetori  suo 
*323'  vltra  Trentam  Milutem.  Licet  per  inquisicionem  coram  vobis  de 
mandato  nostro  nuper  factam  &  in  cancellaria  nostra  retornatam 
compertum  sit  quod  non  est  ad  dampnum  vel  preiudicium  nostrum 
aut  aliorum  si  concedamus  lohanni  de  Trillowe  &  Roberto  Page 
quod  ipsi  imum  mesuagium,  unam  carucatam  terre,  quindecim  acras 
prati  &  redditum  unius  libre  piperis  cum  pertinenciis  in  Wikerisindone 
dare  possint  &  assignare  dilectis  nobis  in  Christo  abbati  &  conuentui 
de  Egnesham ;  habenda  [&c.  as  above] ;  quodque  dicta  mesuagium, 
terra  &  pratum  tenentur  de  Isabella  de  laneuille  per  seruicium  unius 
rose  per  annum  pro  omni  seruicio,  &  quod  valent  per  annum  in 
omnibus  exitibus  iuxta  verum  valorem  eorundem  viginti  solidos  & 
non  plus ;  quia  tamen  videtur  nobis  &  consilio  nostro  quod  predicta 
mesuagium,  terra  &  pratum  ad  nimis  modicum  valorem  onmibus 
consideratis  per  inquisicionem  illam  extenduntur  &  hoc  in  nostri 
preiudicium  ipsorumque  abbatis  &  conuentus  fauorem,  unde  plurimum 
conturbamur,  et  etiam  in  eadem  inquisitione  non  continetur  de  quo 
vel  de  quibus  redditus  ille  teneatiu:  &  per  quod  seruicium  &  qualiter 

^  At  though  '  scilicet*  had  preceded.  i.  e.  to  cancel  four  of  the  twenty  mar- 

'  Not  quite  distinct  cates  of  land  mentioned  in  the  original 

'  The  endorsement  is  '  Consideratum  grant  of  the  king.    The  entry  on  the 

est  per  consilium  regis  quod  habeant  Patent  Rolls ^  Nov.  ao,  1333,  reckons 

terras  &  tenementa  infrascripta  in  yalo-  the  land  at  foar  marks. 

xem  quatuor  marcatarum  per  annum ' ; 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    219 

&  quomodo  ft  quantum  valeat  per  annum  in  omnibus  exitibus  iuxta 
veram  valorem  eiusdem,  vobis  mandamus  quod  per  sacramentum 
proborum  ft  legalium  hominum  de  balliua  vestra,  per  quos  rei  Veritas 
melius  sciri  poterit,  non  suspectorum,  omni  fauore  pretermissOi  mesua- 
gium,  terram  ft  pratum  predicta  extendi  faciatis  quantum  videlicet 
valeant  per  annum  ut  in  dominicis,  homagiis,  seniiciis,  redditibus, 
villenagiis  &  aliis  exitibus  terre  iuxta  verum  valorem  eorundem,  et 
etiam  per  sacramentum  eorundem  diligenter  inquiratis  de  quo  vel 
de  quibus  dictus  redditus  teneatur  ft  per  quod  seruicium  ft  qualiter 
ft  quomodo  ft  quantum  valeat  per  annum  in  omnibus  exitibus  iuxta 
verum  valorem  eiusdem  et  qui  et  quot  sunt  medii  inter  nos  ft  pre- 
fatos  lohannem  ft  Robertum  de  redditu  supradicto,  necnon  de  aliis 
articulis  negocium  illud  tangentibus  plenius  veritatem;  et  extentam 
ft  inquisicionem  predictas  nobis  sub  sigillo  vestro  ft  sigillis  eorum  per 
quos  facta  fuerit  sine  dilacione  mittatis  ft  hoc  breue,  taliter  vos 
habentes  in  hac  parte  ne  contingat  vos  inde  in  aliquo  reprehendi. 
Teste  me  ipso  apud  Holand  xv  die  Octobris  anno  regni  nostri 
decimo  septimo. 

Gloecestria.  Extenta  ft  inquisicio  facta  ft  capta  coram  escaetore  Nov.  lo, 
domini  regis  citra  Trentam  apud  Wykerisindone  decimo  die  Nouem-  '3a3' 
bris  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  filii  regis  Edwardi  decimo  septimo  per 
sacramentum  lohannis  Crossom,  lohannis  de  Shiptone,  lohannis  Kun, 
WiUelmi  le  Eyr,  Ricardi  le  Mareschall,  Roberti  le  Freman,  Hugonis  le 
Spencer,  Willelmi  Thomekyn,  Philippi  de  Rysindone,  lohannis  Whette, 
Michaelis  de  Bladjoitone  ft  Philippi  de  Caldecote,  qui  dicant  quod 
est  apud  Wykerisindone  imum  mesuagium  sine  columbario,  sine 
gardino,  et  sine  proficuo  curtilagii,  quod  valet  per  annum  in  omnibus 
exitibus  iuxta  verum  valorem  xii  d. ;  item  dicunt  quod  est  ibidem  una 
carucata  terre  continens  quatuor  virgatas  terre  ft  quelibet  virgata  terre 
continet  viginti  quatuor  acras  terre  ft  quelibet  acra  terre  valet  per 
annum  in  omnibus  exitibus  iid.  ft  non  plus,  quia  montana  ft  sterilis ; 
summa  xvis.;  item  dicunt  quod  simt  ibidem  xv  acre  prati  que  valent 
per  annum  in  omnibus  exitibus  prec[ium]  acre  xiid.;  smnma  xvs.; 
item  dicunt  quod  est  ibidem  redditus  unius  libre  piperis,  qui  valet  per  ' 
annum  in  omnibus  exitibus  iuxta  verum  valorem  eiusdem  xviiid.;  et 
predictus  redditus  tenetur  de  Isabella  de  laneuille  simul  cum  mesua- 
gio,  terra  ft  prato  per  seruicium  vnius  rose  per  annum  pro  omni 
seruido,  que  est  media  inter  dominum  regem  ft  lohannem  de 
Trillowe  ft  Robertum  Page.  Item  dicunt  quod  non  est  [stc]  ibidem 
ad  predicta  mesuagium,  terra  ft  pratum  aliqui  tenentes  pertinentes 
per  homagium  nee  per  aliqua  alia  seruicia  seu  consuetudines ;  nee 
stmt  ibidem  villani  tenentes  in  villenagio  nee  aliquis  alius  redditus 


220  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

eisdem  mesoagio  sen  terre  pertinentes.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium 
predicti  iuratores  sigilla  sua  appoeuerunt  Summa  totius  extente  ft 
inquisitionis  xzziii  s.  vi  d. 

766. 

Inquisitio  ad  quod  damnum  about  Catiesham  mill  in 
Tackley:  File  197,  No.  22. 

Mar.  9,       [Writ  of  the  king  to  Simon  de  Bereford ;  dated  York,  Mar.  2, 
i3a«.     2  Ed.  m.] 

Then  follows: — 

^^yx7>  Oxonia.  Inquisicio  capta  apud  Haneburghe  coram  Simone  de 
'328.  Bereforde  escaetore  domini  regis  citra  Trentam  xvii  die  Maii  anno 
regni  regis  Edwardi  tercii  post  conquestum  secundo  iuxta  tenorem 
breuis  domini  regis  huic  inquisicioni  consuti  per  sacramentum 
lohannis  de  Croxforde,  senioris,  Stephani  Douuyle,  lohannis  de 
Wighthulle,  lohannis  de  Wappenham,  lohannis  Scorcebeof,  Roberti 
de  Parco,  Henrici  le  Spicer,  Walteri  le  Gigour,  Willehni  le  Clerk, 
lohannis  le  Wodeward,  lohannis  le  Baunk,  et  Walteri  Douuyle; 
qui  dicunt  quod  non  est  ad  dampnum  nee  preiudicium  domini  regis 
nee  aliorum  si  idem  dominus  rex  concedat  lohanni  de  Trillawe  quod 
ipse  unum  mesuagium,  unum  molendinum,  sex  acras  &  medietatem 
vnius  virgate  terre  &  duas  acras  prati  ft  dimidiajn  cum  pertinenciis  in 
Takkele  dare  possit  &  assignare  abbati  &  conuentui  de  Egnesham ; 
habenda  &  tenenda  sibi  &  successoribus  suis  imperpetuum  in  partem 
satisfaccionis  viginti  marcatarum  terrarum,  tenementorum  8c  reddi- 
tuum  per  annum,  quas  dominus  E.  nuper  rex  Anglie  pater  domini 
regis  nunc  per  litteras  suas  patentes  eisdem  abbati  &.  conuentui  tam 
de  feodo  suo  proprio  [&c.  as  before].  Item  dicunt  quod  molen- 
dinum,  terra  &  pratum  predicta  tenentur  de  predictis  abbate  & 
conuentu  per  seruicium  sexaginta  solidorum  per  annum  pro  omni 
seruicio.  Et  dicunt  quod  valent  per  annum  vltra  solucionem  dicti 
redditus  xii  d.  iuxta  verum  valorem  eorundem  &.  non  plus,  quia  pre- 
dictum  molendinum  non  habet  nisi  Louesokne.^  Item  dicunt  quod 
predictus  lohannes  tenet  mesuagium,  molendinum,  terram  ft  pratum 
predicta  de  predictis  abbate  ft  conuentu  per  seruicium  predictum; 
et  idem  abbas  ft  conuentus  ea  tenent  de  episcopo  Lincolniensi '  in 

^  '  Lovesokne'  mutt  mean  thmt  there  '  This  was  so  only  in  the  sense  that 

were  none  who  were  comi>eIled  to  hare  the  abbey  and  all  its  possesions  were 

their  com  gronnd  at  this  miU.     Its  reckoned  to  belong  to  the  bishop;  com- 

'  socne  *  or  *  secta*  consisted  only  of  pare  the  language  used  abore  in  charter 

those  who  came  voluntarily.  na  733. 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    221 

puram  8c  perpetuam  elemosinam;  et  quod  predictus  episcopus  ea 
tenet  de  domino  rege  in  capite.  Item  dicimt  quod  remanent  eidem 
lohanni  vltra  donacionem  &  assignacionem  predictas  decem  librate 
terre  &  redditus  apud  Chestertone  in  comitatu  Oxonie ;  et  tenentur 
de  Hugone  de  Pleycy  per  seruicium  unius  feodi  militis.  £t  dicunt 
quod  terre  &  tenementa  predicta  eidem  lohanni  remanentia  [&c.  as 
before  to...]  sustinenda.  Item  dicunt  quod  predictus  lohannes 
clericus  est,  et  quod  heres  ipsius  lohannis  in  assisis,  iuratis  &  aliis 
recognicionibus  quibuscunque  poni  poterit  prout  ante  donationem  & 
assignationem  predictas  pater  ipsius  lohannis  poni  consueuit,  ita 
quod  patria  [&c. . . .]  grauabitur.    In  cuius  [&c.  sealing].^ 


767. 

Inqtiisitio  ad  quod  damnum  about  land  in  Chastleton; 
File  S06,  No.  4. 

[Writ  of  the  king;  dated  Westminster,  Feb.  15,  3  Ed.  III.]  Feb.  15, 

Then  follows ; —  X3»9- 

Oxonia.  Inquisicio  capta  apud  Cherlebury  coram  Simone  de  Feb.  38, 
Bereforde  escaetore  domini  regis  citra  Trentam  vltimo  die  Februarii  *3a9- 
anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  tercii  post  conquestum  tercio  iuxta  tenorem 
breuis  huic  inquisicioni  consuti  per  sacramentum  lacobi  le  Blount, 
Willelmi  de  Brome,  Ricardi  de  Comewelle,  Roberti  Pynnoke, 
lohannis  le  Lord,  Gilberti  Crips,  Henrici  le  Tomur,  Bartholomei 
de  Walecote,  lohannis  de  Londres,  Willelmi  Belegraue,  lohannis  de 
Bernewelle  &  Ricardi  atte  Hulle,  qui  dicunt  quod  non  est  ad  damp- 
num  nee  preiudicium  domini  regis  nee  aliorum  licet  dominus  rex 
concedat  lohanni  de  Trillowe  quod  ipse  tria  mesuagia,  unam  caru- 
catam  terre,  quinque  acras  prati  &  pasturam  ad  octo  boues  vel 
vaccas  in  separali  pastura  cum  bobus  suis  ubicumque  pascuntur  extra 
clausum  suum  cum  pertinenciis  in  Chasteltone  Bardulf  &  Egnesham 
dare  possit  &  assignare  dilectis  domino  regi  in  Christo  abbati  ft 
conventui  de  Egnesham ;  habenda  &  tenenda  [&c.  as  before  .  • .] 
adquirendas.  Item  dicunt  quod  unum  mesuagimn  de  predictis  tribus 
mesuagiis  in  Egnesham  tenetur  de  predicto  abbate  per  seruicium 
unius  aduentus  ad  curiam  dicti  abbatis  in  Egnesham ;  et  valet  per 
annum  xii  d. ;  item  dicunt  quod  predicta  duo  mesuagia,  una  carucata 
terre  &  quinque  acre  prati  tenentur  de  predicto  abbate  per  seruicium 
z  s.  viii  d.,  octo  caponum,  et  sectam  curie  de  tribus  sepdmanis  in  tres 

*  Cp.  Vol.  I,  pp.  383,  384. 


222  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

septimanas  in  Chastreton ;  et  valent  predicta  duo  mesoagia,  terra  Sc 
pratum  per  annum  xxvii  s«  iiii  d,  ultra  seraida  predicta.  Item  dicunt 
quod  predicta  pastura  ad  viii  boues  tenetur  de  Hugone  de  Pleycy 
per  seruicium  unius  rose  per  annum,  et  vakt  per  annum  iiii  s. ;  item 
dicunt  quod  predicta  tria  mesuagia,  una  carucata  terre  &  quinque 
acre  prati  tenentur  de  predicto  abbate  per  seruida  supradicta,  et 
quod  idem  abbas  ea  tenet  de  episcopo  Lincolniensi  in  liberam, 
puram  &  perpetuam  elemosinam;  et  idem  episcopus  ea  tenet  de 
domino  rege  in  capite.  Item  dicunt  quod  predicta  pastura  ad  viii 
boues  tenetur  de  Hugone  de  Pleycy  per  seruicium  supradictum ;  et 
idem  Hugo  eam  tenet  de  domino  rege  in  capite.  Item  dicunt  quod 
remanent  eidem  lohanni  ultra  donacionem  &  assignacionem  predictas 
decem  librate  terrarum  et  redditus  in  Chasteltone  in  comitatu 
Oxonie;  et  tenentur  de  Hugone  de  Pleycy  per  seruidmn  dimidii 
feodi  militis,^  et  dicunt  quod  terra  &  tenementa  predicta  ddem  lohanni 
remanentia  [&c  ending  as  in  the  last  inquisition].^ 


768.' 

[Nicholas  Bishop  describes  the  position  of  the  tenement 
of  Nigellus  de  Gardino.] 

Registrum  cartarum  tenementorum  &  reddituum  ecdesie  de  Egnes- 
ham  collatorum  in  burgo  Oxonie  de  diuersis  uiris  nobilibus  feoffatori- 
bus  . . ,  Ecclesia  de  Egnesham  tenet  unum  tenementum  infra  portam 
aquilonarem  Oxonie  in  magna  strata  qua  itur  a  porta  predicta  ad 
quadrivium  ex  feoffamento  Willelmi  filii  Nigelli  de  Gardino»  de  quo 
mencio  facta  est  in  carta  regis  HenricL^  Quod  tenementum  situm  est 
inter  tenementum  abbatis  Oseneye  ex  parte  australi  et  tenementum 

'  In  the  previooft  charter  it  is  said  to  the  purpose  of  his  lawsnits  he  made 

be  one  knight^s  fee.  copies  of  charters  from  the   registers 

'  In  addition  to  these,  there  should  of  Eynsham  and  Oseney,  and,  as  the 

be  an  inquisition  of  1384,  to  which  opening  words  show,  the  yolnme  he 

there  is  reference  in  charter  no.  687,  used  for  Eynsham  was  a  cartulary  of 

and  another  by  which  Robert  Mascall,  the  properties  in  Oxford,  distinct  from 

bishop  of  Hereford  (1404-1416),  was  the  cartulary  which  is  still  preserved 

permitted   to   give  land    to  Eynsham  (see  Vol.  I,  pp.  zxxiy,  105,  187).    Un- 

\Vict.  County  Hist,,  Oxfordshire,  ii.  fortunately  he  only  copied  charters  of 

14a).  properties  in  the  parish  of  St  Michael's 

*  Charters  768  to  ^88  are  taken  from  at  North  Gate,  as  his  chief  lawsuit  was 
the  note  book  of  Nicholas  Bishop,  com-  about  a  tenement  in  that  parish.  It 
posed  by  him  about  1430,  and  now  pre-  may  be  added  that  his  writing  is  of 
served  in  the  University  Library  at  Cam-  the  worst,  and  his  topographical  state- 
bridge  (MS.  Dd.  xiv.  1) ;  of  this  there  ments  more  bold  than  accurate* 
is  a  modem  transcript  in  the  Bodleian  ^  i.  e.  Vol.  I,  p.  36. 
Library  (MS.  Top.  Oxon.  d.  73).    For 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    223 

WiUelmi.Osarii  ex  parte  aquflonari*,  quod  tenementum  Galfridus  frater 
predict!  Willelmi'  tradidit  WiUelmo  de  ultra  la  Haia  per  cartam 
subscriptamv    • 

769. 

[Galfridus  son  of  Nigel  surrenders  a  tenement  in  S.  Michael's 
North  to  WiUiam  de  ultra  la  Haia.]"" 

Sciant  [&c.]  quod  ego  Galfridus  filius  Nigelli  de  Gardino  concessi  &  Nic.  Bish. 
liberaui  Willelmo  de  vltra  la  Haia  totam  terrain  que  est  inter  terram   f<>l*  1^-'' 
quam  abbas  [de]  *  Oseneya  tenet  de  Piritune  &  seldam  WiUelmi  [^  woo.] 
Osarii'  in  parochia  sancti  Michaelis  aquilonaris  Ozonie  pro  seruicio 
suo  scilicet  pro  predicta  terra  perquirenda,  quam  pro  paupertate  mea 
adquirere  non  potui ;  illi  &  beredibus  suis  tenendam  de  me  &  here- 
dibus  meis  libere  &  quiete,  reddendo  omni  anno  viis.  ad    duos 
terminos  pro  omni  seruicio,   scilicet  ad  Pascba  quadraginta  duos 
denarios,  &  ad  festum  sancti  Michaelis  quadraginta  duos  denarios. 
£t  pro  ista  concessione  et  liberacione  predictus  Uillelmus  dedit  michi 
in  kersuma  unum  talentum.     Et  ego  Galfridus  acquietabo  predictam 
terram  versus  capitalem  dominum.    £t  vt  [&c.  seeing],  hiis  testibus^ 
lohanne  Kepeharm,  Laurencio  Kepeharm,  Henrico  filio  Simeonis, 
Ricardo  Brackele,  Willelmo  filio  Radulfi,  Henrico  filio  Secrim,  Auredo 
de  Helmele,  Ricardo  filio  Owain  &  aliis.' 


*  A  later  hand  writes  'atwtrali,  nt 
existimo.'  This  seems  to  be  correct; 
the  property  was  bounded  by  tenements 
of  Oseney  both  north  and  south,  that 
on  the  north  being  the  land  of  the  fee  of 
Piritune,  that  on  the  south  being  Hosar's 
tenement  (see  next  deed). 

>  It  is  incredible  that  Galfridus  filius 
Nigelli  of  the  following  deed  can  have 
beoi  brother  of  one  who  gave  the  pro- 
perty before  11 09:  he  was  probably 
grandson. 

*  From  the  notes  of  Nicholas  Bishop 
we  learn  that  on  the  east  side  of  Corn- 
market,  opposite  Frewen  Court,  there 
was  a  passage  called  at  first  venella 
abbaiis  Oseneye^  afterwards  Muleward*s 
lane,  finally  Colesboume*s  lane,  run- 
ning eastwards  about  40  yards.  The 
land  to  the  south  belonged  to  Oseney ; 
the  land  to  the  north,  measuring  about 
IS  yards  from  north  to  south,  and  30 
or  40  yards  from  east  to  west  was 
given  to  Eynsham  by  William,  son  of 
NigeL     It  was  diyided   into  various 


tenements  each  of  which  paid  a  small 
reserved  rent  to  £3msham.  Fadnff  the 
street  there  were  five  shops,  the  middle 
one  of  which  had  some  land  behind  and 
paid  5  s.  a  year  to  EynshanL  It  seems 
to  be  the  tenement  which  is  the  subject 
of  this  and  the  next  three  charters. 

«  Omitted  in  MS. 

'  A  later  hand  inserts  above  the  line, 
*est  situm  in  parte  australi  uenelle  de 
Colesboume,'  referring  to  Hosar's  seld. 

•  The  following  notes  are  in  the  bot- 
tom margin  of  folios  70^  and  71'. '  Mem. 
2uod  alK)as  Oseney  habet  duas  seldas 
e  Pyritone;  quod  quondam  Robertus 
molendinarius  illas  habuit,  vt  patet  per 
rentale  eiusdem  abbatis  Oseneye  factum 
de  tempore  domini  lohannis  de  Rodeby 
coquinarii  Oseneye,  anno  r«  r.  Edward! 
filii  regis  Edwardi  sexto :  ac  edam  per 
aliud  rentale  Oseneye  de  tempore  fratris 
Thome  Wycombe  coquinarii  ibidem 
factum  in  anno  r.  r.  Klcardi  secundi 
nono.' 


234  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

770. 

[Galfridus  son  of  Nigel  resigns  land  which  he  had  unjustly 

claimed.] 

Nic  Bish.     Item  habetur  alia  carta  eiusdem  GalfridL 
fol.  7I-'       Sdant  [Ac]  quod  ego  Galfridus  filius  Nigelli  de  Gardino,  penitens 

''97-  quod  ecclesiam  iniuste  ^  clamaui,  totum  ius  quod  in  eadem  terra  me 
'^^  credidi  habere  in  manus  domini  Roberti  abbatis  ecclesie  eiusdem 
reddidi,  Be  iuramentum  quod  in  tempore  bone  memorie  Godefridi 
predecessoris  sui  feci,  me  scilicet  terram  illam  nunquam  calumpnia- 
turum,  recognoui,  eciam  quod  Robertum  fratrem  meum  qui  iam  in 
fata  cessit  predicte  terre  heredem  constitui,  &  omne  ius  quod  ad  me, 
siue  ad  heredes  meos  pertinere  debebat  ei  concessi,  iterato  iuramento 
nee  me,  nee  aliquem  per  me,  de  cetero  prefatam  ecclesiam  super  pre- 
dicta  terra  vexaturum,  hiis  testibus,  magistro  Marciano,  lacobo  clerico, 
lohanne  de  porta  &  aliis  multis. 

771. 

[Galfridus  son  of  Nigel  and  William  his  son  grant  land  to 
WilUam  de  ultra  la  Haia.] 

Nic  Bish.     Item  alia  carta  &  optima. 
^  •  ^^'         Sciant  [Ac]  quod  ego  Galfridus  filius  Nigelli  de  Gardino  concessi 

Ic  iiQSJ  &  dimisi  [&•]  Uberaui  Willelmo  de  ultra  la  Haia  terram  meam  in 
Oxeneforde,  que  terra  fuit  Nigelli  de  Gardino  patris  mei  &  iacet  versus 
aquilonarem  portam  de  [Oxenford*]  iuxta  terram  que  fuit  Willelmi 
Syward  &  Radulfi  fratris  eius,  quam  abbas  Oseneye  ecclesie  tenet :  illi 
&  heredibus  suis  habendam  &  tenendam  de  me  &  heredibus  meis  in 
feodo  &  hereditate  libere  &  quiete,  honorifice  &  integre,  sicut  Nigellus 
pater  meus  illam  terram  tenuit ;  reddendo  inde  annuatim  michi  & 
heredibus  meis  nouem  solidos  ad  duos  terminos  anni  pro  omni  ser- 
uicio,  videlicet  iiii  s.  vi  d.  in  die  Purificacionis  beate  Marie  virginis,  et 
iiii  s.  vi  d.  in  die  sancti  Bartholomei  apostoli.  £t  pro  concessione 
[&C.J  Willelmus  prenominatus  dedit  michi  duo  bisantia  de  gersuma, 
et  fidelitatem  fecit  de  tenemento,  Et  ego  [&c.  warranty]  &  versus 
dominum  de  omni  seruicio  illam  acquietabimus,  saluo  prescripto 
redditu  michi  &  heredibus  meis.  Et  ego  Willelmus  filius  predicti 
Galfridi   concessi  &  confirmaui  sepedictam    terram    sepenominato 

^  Some    words    mnst  be    omitted :      ham  initiste  clomani.' 
perhapi  it  should  nin  <  qnod  terram  in  '  Omitted  in  MS. 

Oxenefordia  contra  ecclesiam  de  Egnes- 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES  225 

Willelmo  &  heredibus  suis,  habendam  &  tenendam  firmiter  &  stabi- 
liter  eodem  seruicio  de  me  &  heredibus  meis,  sicut  pater  meus 
Galfridus  earn  concessit  habendam  &  tradidit  tenendam.  £t  pro 
concessione  mea  &  confirmacione  idem  WiUelmus  dedit  [michi^]  unum 
bisancium.  £t  vt  premissa  perpetuo  rata  &  inconcussa  teneantur,  ego 
Gaufridus  &  Willehnus  hac  carta  nostra  presenti  sigillorom  nos- 
trorum  munimine  roborata  confirmauimus ;  hiis  testibus,  Gaufrido 
filio  Petri,  Willekno  de  Boclanda,  &  Gaufrido  de  Boclanda,  lohanne 
Kepeharm,  Laurencio  filio  eius,  Petro  filio  Galfridi,  Willehno  fratre 
Anket[illi],  Henrico  filio  Segrim,  Willekno  Knit  &  aliis.* 


772. 

[Dionysia  daughter  of  Simon  Blancpaln  grants  her  seld  to 
SyvrsLTd  de  Bamptone.] 

Sciant  [&c.]  quod  ego  Dionysia  quondam  filia  Sjononis  Blancpain  Nic.  Bisb. 
in  mea  ligea  [etate ']  &  potestate  mea  dedi  &  concessi  [&c]  Sy wardo  ^^^"  ^^• 
de  Bamptone  zonario  totam  illam  seldam  suam  cum  solario  supra  '^®^' 
&  omnibus  pertinenciis  suis,  que  est  inter  terram  que  fiiit  Willelmi 
Warewyk'  ex  una  parte  &  terram  que  fuit  lohannis  le  Fraunceys  ex 
altera,  in  parochia  sancti  Michaelis  aquilonaris  in  lormeria  Oxonie  ; 
habendam  &  tenendam  predicto  Sywardo  &  heredibus  sub  vel  suis 
assignatis,  videlicet  cuicunque  dare  vel  vendere,  legare  vel  assignare 
voluerit,  sine  in  sanitate  sine  in  egritudine,  in  religione  vel  extra 
religionem  iure  hereditario,  libere,  quiete,  integre,  bene  &  in  pace 
imperpetuum:  reddendo  inde  annuatim  abbati  de  Egnesham  quin- 
que  solidos  sterlingorum  ad  quatuor  anni  termlnos  [viz.  xv  d.  Sept.  29, 
Dec.  21,  Mar.  25,  June  24]  et  ad  luminare  ecclesie  sancti  Michaelis 
aquilonaris  Oxonie  duos  denarios  ad  Pascha,  &  michi  Sc  heredibus 
meis  unum  par  albarum  cyrothecarum  vnius  oboli  vel  vnum  obolum 
ad  Pascha  pro  omni  seruicio  &  exaccione  &  demanda.  £t  ego  [&c. 
warranty].     Pro  hac  autem  donacione  [&c.]  dedit  michi  predictus 

^  Omitted  in  MS.  assen^  granted  to  Syward  short  leases 

*  It  is  probable  that  this  deed  is  of  this  tenement,  and  that  Dionysia 
earlier  than  769  and  770.   G.  filius  Petri      came  of  age  in  136a. 

and  G.  de  Bociand  were  jnstidars  from  It  is  necessary  to  assume  that  the 

the  year  11 95;  they  were  also  officials  holding  of  William  de  ultra  la  Haia 

at  the  Exchequer,  where  perhaps  this  passed  to    Simon    Blancpain.      From 

deed  was  executed.  Syward  it   seems  to  have   passed  to 

*  Not  in  MS. ;  but  it  is  evident  we  Nicholas  the  miller,  and  so  ultimately 
must  not  supply  'viduitate*;  for  the  to  Nicholas  Bishop,  the  rent  to  £yn- 
three  preceding  charters  in  Nicholas  sham  remaining  at  5  s.  until  1366,  sub- 
Bishop  mention  that  in  1256  and  1260  sequently  falling  to  one  shilling  (see 
the  guardians  of  Dionysia,  with  her  No.  779). 

U.  Q 


226  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Sywardus  pre  manibus  sexaginta  solidos  sterlingomm  in  gersoma. 
£t  ut  [&c  sealing],  hiis  testibus,  Nicbolao  de  Kjngestone  tone 
maiore  Qxonie,  Willelmo  de  £w,  lohanne  Pady  tunc  balliais, 
Roberto  molendinario,  Ricardo  de  Cantoaria,  Nicbolao  Dewy, 
Tboma  de  Wyncestria,  Ricardo  Pahnere,  Serlone  Cooke,  Nicbolao 
Edrich,  lordano  le  Tannere,  Reginaldo  fabro,  Galfrido  derico 
&  aliis. 

773. 

[Henry  de  Wigomia  surrenders  to  Philip  the  miller  land 
that  was  of  the  fee  of  Eynsham.] 

Nic.Bish.  Sciant  [&c.]  quod  ego  Henricus  de  Wigomia  sellarius  concessi 
fol.  55^   ^  dimisi  &  liberaui  &  quietum  clamaui  Philippo  molendinario  illud 

[c.  *^*^  tenementum  quod  de  predicto  Philippo  tenui  in  parochia  sancti 
Michaelis  in  Oxenforde  pro  nouem  solidis  &  quatuor  denariis  per 
annum.  Concessi  eciam  &  dimisi  &  liberaui  eidem  Philippo  quantum 
habui  in  tenemento  retro  iUam  terram  vnde  solebam  reddere  abbati 
de  Egnesbam  zvi  d.  per  annum:  habendum  &  tenendum  predicto 
Philippo  &  heredibus  suis  de  me  &  heredibus  meis ;  reddendo  inde 
michi  &  heredibus  meis  viginti  duos  denarios  ad  duos  terminos  anni, 
medietatem  ad  Pascha  &  medietatem  ad  festum  sancti  Michaelis :  et 
ego  8c  heredes  mei  banc  terram  que  est  de  feodo  abbatis  de  Egnesham 
[&C.  warranty].  Pro  hac  autem  concessione  [&c.]  tenementi,  quod 
ei  quietum  clamaui,  &  pro  concessione  [&c.]  terre  quam  ei  in  feudum 
dimisi,  dedit  michi  Philippus  quindecim  marcas  argenti,  unde  solui 
xii  marcas  in  ludaismo  ad  predicta  tenementa  acquietanda.  Preterea 
idem  PhUippus  concessit  &  dimisit  &  liberauit  michi  &  heredibus  meis 
solarium  &  celarium,  quod  est  inter  seldas  &  terram  quam  predicto 
Philippo  quietum  clamaui,  quod  solarium  est  tam  supra  introitum 
quam  supra  celarium,  quod  celarium  habet  in  longitudine  tres  ulnas  & 
quatuor  pollices  [id  est  xi  pedes  &  vii  pollices  *] ;  unde  ego  Henricus 
&  heredes  mei  sustentabimus  guttarium  superius  &  guttarium  inferius, 
nee  aliquam  aperturam  versus  terram  predicti  Philippi  habebimus: 
habendum  &,  tenendum  michi  &  heredibus  meis  de  predicto  Philippo 
&  heredibus  eius;  reddendo  inde  per  annum  predicto  Philippo  & 
heredibus  suis  tres  solidos  ad  duos  terminos  anni  [xviii  d.  at  Easter, 
xviii  d.  Sept.  29].  Hoc  tenementum  ita  recepi  a  predicto  Philippo 
michi  &  heredibus  meis  in  fisudum,  quod  ego  vel  heredes  mei  non 
poterimus  illud  vendere  vel  inuadiare  vel  aliquo  modo  alienare,  quin 
illud  hereditarie  de  predicto  Philippo  &  heredibus  eius  teneamus,  sicut 

^  Added  above  the  line. 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES  227 

prediuisum  est  Sed  [si  ^]  ita  contigerit  quod  non  possimus  predicto 
Philippo  terrain  warrantizare,  quam  ei  in  feudum  posui,  predictum 
tenementum,  quod  de  eo  in  feudum  accepi,  predicto  Philippo  & 
heredibus  eius  solutum  &  quietum  remanebit.  £t  vt  [&c.  alternate 
sealing],  hiis  testibus,  Roberto  Oien,  lohanne  Padi,  Galfrido  de 
Stokwelle,  Thoma  iuxta  murum  tunc  preposito,  Ricardo  corde- 
wanario,  Simone  Lormerio,  Simone  Hus,  lohanne  Mazalin,  lohanne 
de  Kyng',  Hugone  de  Heiford,  Hugone  Harding,  &  multis  aliis. 


774.' 

[Pavia,  widow  of  Henry  de  Wigornia,  confirms  his  cliarter.] 

Sciant  [&c.]  quod  ego  Pauia  relicta  Henrid  de  Wigornia  concessi,  Nic.  Bish. 
dimisi  [&c.]  Philippo  molendinario  illud  tenementum  quod  tenui  de  *^ '  ^  * 
abbate  de  Egnesham  in  parochia  sancti  Michaelis  ad  portam  aquilo-  L^'  '^^®~i 
narem  Oxonie :  habendum  &  tenendum  predicto  Philippo  &  heredibus 
eius,  de  me  &  heredibus  meis :  reddendo  inde  michi  &  heredibus  meis 
xviii  d.  per  annum  pro  omni  seruicio.  £x  quibus  xviii  d.  predictus 
Philipus  &  heredes  eius  reddent  annuatim  abbathie  de  Egnesham 
xvi  d.  pro  me  &  heredibus  meis  [viii  d.  at  Easter,  &  viii  d.  Sept.  29] 
&  michi  &  heredibus  meis  duos  denarios  ad  festum  sancti  Michaelis. 
Et  ego  [&c.  warranty].  Et  sciendum  est  quod  predictus  Philippus  pro 
confirmacione  Henrid  viri  mei  in  vita  sua  &  pro  confirmacione  mea 
post  vitam  Henrid  viri  mei  dedit  nobis  quatuor  marcas,  unde  acquie- 
tauimus  terram  nostram  in  ludaismo.  Et  vt  [&c  sealing],  hiis  testibus, 
domino  Roberto  Oyen,  lohanne  de  Haliwelle,  Philippo  Burgense, 
lohanne  Fraunceys,  Henrico  molendinario,  Simone  Paneller',  Galfrido 
Tuluse,'  et  multis  aliis.' 

775. 

[Hugo  Panelarins  grants  to  Laurence  Wundur  a  tenement 
in  Colesboume's  lane  held  of  Eynsham.] 

Notum  [&c.]  quod  ego  Hugo  Panelarius  per  voluntatem  &  per  Nic  Bish. 
concessum  Lecie  vxoris  mee,  filie  Symonis  Pictoris,  &  per  voluntatem   foL  57' 
&,  assensum  Ricardi  Pictoris,  fratris  ipsius  Lecie  uxoris  mee,  concessi  [c.  1200O 
&  dimisi  &  liberaui  Laurendo  Wundur  totam  iUam  terram  meam  in 

^  Not  in  MS.  withatenementdownColesbonrae'slane, 

'  This  word  is  uncertain.  which  paid  16  d.  a  year  to  Eynsham; 

'  The  tenement  described  in  this  and  ultimately  it  became  part  of  the  holding 

the  prerions  charter  may  be  identified  of  Nicholas  Bishop  (see  No.  777). 

0  2 


228  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

parochia  sancti  Michaelis  aquilonaris  Oxonie,  quam  Simon  Pictor 
socer  meus  dedit  michi  in  liberum  maritagium  cum  Leda  filia  ipsius, 
sicut  suum'  adr  3itum;  ipsi  Laurencio  &  heredibus  suis  habendam  & 
tenendam  de  me  Hugone  &,  Lecia  vzore  mea  &  de  heredibus  nostris, 
qui  enmt  de  eadem  Lecia,  in  feodo  &  hereditate,  libere  &  quiete  &  ita 
plenarie  &  ita  integre  cum  introitu  &  exitu  per  venellam  ad  ipsam 
terram  contra  piUoriam,*  sicut  Symon  Pictor  socer  meus  illam  terram 
unquam  aliquo  tempore  plenarius  &  integrius  in  latum  &  in  longum 
tenuit :  reddendo  annuatim  pro  tota  predicta  terra  [ille ']  &  heredes 
sui,  pro  me  Hugone  &  pro  predictis  heredibus  meis,  abbati  &  conuentui 
de  Egnesham  tres  solidos  ad  quatuor  terminos  anni  [viz.  ix  d.  Mar.  25, 
June  24,  Sep.  29,  Dec.  21],  et  insuper  michi  Hugoni  &  heredibus 
meis  predictis  unum  denarium  singulis  annis  reddendum  ad  festum 
sancti  Michaelis  pro  omni  seruicio  michi  Hugoni  &  heredibus  meis 
pertinente.  Et  ego  Hugo  &  Lecia  uxor  mea  &  heredes  nostri  waran- 
tizabimus  totam  predictam  terram  integre  cum  ingressu  &  egressu  per 
venellam  ad  ipsam  terram  [&c  warranty].  Et  propter  banc  meam 
concessionem  [&c.]  prefatus  Laurencius  dedit  michi  Hugoni  &  Lecie 
uxori  mee  quindecim  solidos  argenti  in  gersuma,  &  Ricardo  fratri 
uxoris  mee  dedit  Laurencius  tres  solidos  pro  suo  assensu  &  suo 
concensu.  Et  Laurencius  fecit  michi  Hugoni  fidelitatem  de  ipso 
tenemento  &  de  predicto  redditu,  reddendo  sicut  prescriptum  & 
prediuisum  est.  Ut  autem  [&c  sealing],  hiis  testibus,  Laurencio 
Kepeharm  tunc  aldermanno  Oxonie,  Thoma  filio  Eihici,  Adam 
Rupho,  Turoldo  cordewanario,  Roberto  filio  Oweyn,  Lamberto 
cordewanario,  Henrico  de  Lisuic,  Rogero  filio  Stephani,  Waltero  de 
Ponte,  Ricardo  filio  Durant,  Willelmo  de  Pischecote,  Willelmo  filio 
Anfridi,  Thoma  fratre  eius,  Frome[n]do  Barefot,  Willelmo  de 
Warwyk,  Radulpho  filio  Laurencii,  Henrico  molendinario,  Humedeu 
le  Taillour,  Symone  de  Brackele  &  multis  aliis. 

776. 

[Laurence  Wundtir  grants  the  same  tenement  to  Philip  the 

miller.] 

NicBish.      Sciant  [&c.]  quod  ego  Laurencius  Wundur  dedi  [&c.]  Philippo 
fol.  58'.   tnolendinario  totam  illam  terram  in  venella  contra  pilloriam  quam 


[c.  1225.] 


^  Tenements  were  divided  into  those  on  his  daughter, 

that  were  inherited  and  those  that  were  '  The  pillory  stood  in  Commarket, 

acquired  ;  those  which  were  inherited  opposite  tne  entrance  to  Frewen  Cooit. 

by  Simon  would  pass  to  his  son  Richard,  *  Not  in  MS. 
what  had  been  acquired  might  be  settled 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES   229 

tenui  de  Hugone  Panellatore  &  de  Lecia  uxore  sua  in  parochia  sancti 
Michaelis  aqoilonaris  Oxonie ;  habendam  &  tenendam  predicto  Philippo 
&  heredibus  suis  vel  cuicunque  voluerit  dare,  vendere,  legare  vel 
assignare  tarn  in  egritudine  quam  in  sanitate:  reddendo  inde  annuatim 
abbati  de  Egnesham  tres  solidos  ad  quatuor  tenninos  anni,  &  michi  & 
heredibus  meis  unum  denarium  ad  festum  sancti  Michaelis  pro  omni 
seniicio.  Et  ego  Laiu-encius  Wundur  [Ac.  warranty].  Et  ut  [&c. 
sealing],  hiis  testibus,  Roberto  Oien,  lohanne  Pady,  Osberto  clerico, 
lohanne  Oien,  Simone  de  Brackele,  Nicholao  Lormerio,  Uincencio  & 
multis  aliis. 


777. 

[The  abbot  of  Eynsham  grants  to  Nicholas  the  miller  two 
tenements  at  a  rent  of  4  s.  4  d.] 

Sciant  [&c.]  quod  nos  Thomas  miseracione  diuina  abbas  Egnesham  Nic.  Bish. 
&  eiusdem  loci  conuentus  unanimi  assensu  &  voluntate  dedimus  [&c.]  *^ '  59^* 
Nicholao  filio  Roberti  molendinarii  Oxonie  totum  illud  mesuagiimi  ^'^  '~  ^  1 
cum  omnibus  suis  pertinenciis,  quod  situm  est  in  quadam  venella 
contra  collestrigium  ex  parte  orientali  inter  terram  abbatis  Oseneye 
ex  parte  australi  &  terram  predicti  Nicholai  ex  parte  boriali  in  parochia 
sancti  Michaelis  aquilonaris  Oxonie;  habendum  &  tenendum  totum 
predictum  mesuagium  cum  omnibus  suis  pertinenciis  predicto  Nicholao 
&  heredibus  suis  vel  suis  assignatis  de  nobis  &  successoribus  nostris, 
cuicunque  volyerit  dare,  vendere,  legare  vel  assignare,  tam  in  egritu- 
dine quam  in  sanitate,  libere,  quiete,  pacifice,  &  integre  imperpetuum  : 
reddendo  inde  annuatim  nobis  &  successoribus  nostris  iiii  s.  &  iiii  d. 
ad  quatuor  anni  tenninos  [viz.  xiii  d.  Dec.  25,  Mar.  25,  June  24, 
Sep.  29],  pro  omni  seruido  [&c.].  Et  nos  [&c.  warranty]  contra 
lohannem  de  Bosco  &  heredes  suos.  In  cuius  [&c.  alternate  sealing], 
hiis  testibus,  lohanne  Culuerd,  Nicholao  de  Kyngestone,  Henrico 
Oweyn,  lohanne  de  Oo,  Nicholao  aurifabro,  lohanne  Sewy,  Thoma 
Sewy,  Andrea  de  Dureham,  lohanne  de  Bedeford.* 

^  These  are  the  two  tenements  in  the  The  abbey  therefore  returned  it  to  the 

lane  opposite  the  pillory,  which  had  previous  tenant  at  the  previous  rent, 

been    acquired   by  Philip  the   miller.  The  tenement  on  the  north  held  by 

grandfather  of  Nicholas.    A   deed  in  Nicholas   the  miller  is   probably  the 

Vol.  i,  p.  373,  shows  why  it  was  neces-  Oseney    tenement,   called   the  Piriton 

sary  that  Eynsham  should  grant  the  tenement,  which  was  held  by  Robert 

holding  afresh.    In  1269  John  de  Bosco  the  miller  in  1260,  according  to  the 

had  recovered  one  of  these  tenements  by  Oseney  rental  of  that  year  (Bodl.  Oseney 

verdict  of  the  itinerant  justices,  but  sub*  Roll,  no.  52). 
sequently  he  granted  it  to  Eynsham. 


230  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 


778. 

[Nicholas  the  miller  grants  to  William  de  Colesboume  two 
tenements  in  Hnleswardes  lane  &  a  shop  in  the  high  street.] 

Nic.  Bish.  Sciant  [&c.]  quod  ego  Nicholaus  dictus  molendinarius  de  Oxonia 
foL  62'.  jg^ji  |-^  j  willelmo  de  Colesboume  &  Sibilie  uxori  eius  duo  mesuagia 
i^9^-  cum  pertinendis  que  sita  sunt  in  parochia  sancti  Michaelis  ad  portam 
borialem  Oxonie  in  venella  que  vocatur  Mulewardeslane  inter  tene- 
mentum  quondam  Philippi  de  Ew  ex  parte  boriali  &  tenementum 
abbatis  Oseneje  ex  parte  australi,  una  cum  quadam  selda^  que  sita 
est  iuxta  viam  regiam  in  eadem  parochia  inter  terram  abbatis  de 
Egnesham  ex  parte  una  videlicet  ex  parte  australi,  &  terram  predicti 
abbatis  de  Oseneya  ex  parte  altera,  scilicet  ex  parte  boreali:  Imbenda 
&  tenenda  predicta  duo  mesuagia  una  cum  predicta  selda  cum 
omnibus  vbique  suis  pertinendis,  iuribus,  consuetudinibus  onmibus 
Sc  singulis,  quibus  dicta  mesuagia  muniuntur  ab  antiquo  prefatis 
Willelmo  &  Sibilie  uxori  eius  &  eorum  heredibus  vel  eorundem 
assignatis  de  capitalibus  dominis  feodi  per  seruicia  inde  debita  &  de 
iure  consueta  imperpetuum,  libere,  quiete,  bene  &  in  pace,  pro  omni 
seruicio  seculari,  exacdone  &  demanda.  Et  ego  [&c.  warranty].  Pro 
hac  autem  donadone  [&c.]  dederunt  michi  predicti  Willelmus 
&  Sibilia  vxor  eius  centum  solidos  sterlingorum  pre  manibus. 
Et  vt  [&c  sealing],  hiis  testibus,  Philippo  de  Ew  tunc  maiore 
Oxonie,  Andrea  de  Purye,  &  lohanne  de  ColeshuU  tunc  ballivis, 
lohanne  de  Ew,  Andrea  Culuerd,  Thoma  dicto  Mareschallo,  Ricardo 
Barbitonsore,  Willelmo  de  Stoke,  Willelmo  de  Lambome  derico  & 
aliis. 

779- 

[Record  of  a  lawstdt  between  Eynsham  and  Bartholomew 

Tavemer.] 

Nic.  Bish.     Hustengum  Oxon'  tentum  ibidem  coram  maiore  et  balliuis  eiusdem 

fol.  57.    uille  die  Lune  in  crastino  sancte  Trinitatis  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi 

^^^'    ^^^^^^  P^^^  conquestum  quadragesimo.    Ad  istud  hustengum  missum 

fuit  quoddam  recordum  de  Banco  domini  regis  cum  transcripto 

^  This  shop  seems  to  be  the  tenement  the  Piriton  tenement  of  Oseney :  on  the 

of  charters  769-772 ;  if  its  premises  ran  south  was  a  shop  belonging  to  God- 

behmd  the  shops  of  Matilda  de  Magno  stow  (see  No.  781),  bnt  its  capital  lord 

Ponte  (see  No.  78  aV  it  would  be  rightly  was  Eynsham,  receiving  from  Godstow 

described  as  bounded  on  the  north  by  a  rent  of  two  shillings  (see  No.  788). 


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ciiiusdam  breuis  domini  regis  originalis,  illi  recordo  consuto,  quod 
quidem  transcriptum  breuis  predicti  patet  in  hec  uerba:  'Edwardus 
del  gracia  rex  Anglie,  dominus  Hibemie  et  Aquitanie  vicecomiti 
Oxonie  salutem.  Precipe  Bartholomeo  tabernario  de  Oxonia  quod 
iuste  et  sine  dUatione  reddat  abbati  de  Egnesham  mesuagium  cum 
pertinenciis  in  Oxonia,  in  quod  idem  Bartholomeus  non  habet  ingres- 
sum  nisi  per  Willelmum  de  Colesbome,  qui  illud  ei  dimisit,  qui  illud 
de  prefato  abbate  tenuit  per  seruicia  dicta,  et  quod  ad  ipsum  abbatem 
revenire  debet  per  formam  statuti  de  communi  consilio  regni  nostri 
inde  provisi,  eo  quod  predictus  Willelmus  in  &ciendo  predicta  servicia 
per  biennium  iam  cessauit  ut  dicit.  £t  nisi  fecerit,  et  predictus  abbas 
fecit  te  securum  de  clamio  suo  predicto,  tunc  summone  per  bonos 
summonitores  predictum  Bartholomeum  quod  sit  coram  iusticiis 
nostris  apud  Westmonasterium  in  crastino  beati  Martini,  ostensurum 
quare  non  fecerit ;  et  habeas  ibi  summonitores  et  hoc  breve.  Teste 
me  ipso  apud  Westmonasterium  vicesimo  die  Septembris  anno  regni 
nostri  tricesimo  nono.'  Et  dictum  transcriptum  indorsatur  in  hac 
forma :  *  plegii  de  predicto  Willehnus  atte  jate,  lohannes  atte  Hole.' 
Et  patet  dictum  recordum  in  hec  verba :  *  Placita  apud  Westmona- 
sterium coram  Roberto  de  Thorp  et  sociis  suis,  iusticiis  domini  regis 
de  Banco,  de  termino  Pasche,  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  tercii  a 
conquestu  quadragesimo.  Oxon. :  abbas  de  Egnesham  per  attor- 
natum  suum  petit  versus  Bartholomeum  Tavemer  de  Oxonia  unum 
mesuagium  cum  pertinenciis  in  Oxonia,  in  quod  idem  Bartholomeus 
non  habet  ingressum  nisi  per  Willelmum  de  Colesbome,  qui  illud 
ei  dimisit,  qui  illud  de  prefato  abbate  tenuit  per  certa  seruicia,  et  quod 
ad  ipsimi  abbatem  reverti  debet  per  formam  statuti  de  communi 
consilio  regni  nostri  Anglie  inde  provisi,  eo  quod  predictus  Willelmus 
in  faciendo  predicta  servicia  per  biennium  iam  cessavit.  Et  predictus 
Bartholomeus  per  attornatum  suum  venit;  et  super  hoc  venerunt 
faidlivi  Ubertatis  ville  Oxonie  et  petierunt  inde  libertatem  suam.  Et 
quh^  huiusmodi  libertas  alias  allocata  fuit  eis  hie  per  breve  domini 
regis « nunc,  prout  patet  termino  sancte  Trinitatis  anno  regni  domini 
regis  nunc  primo,  rotulo  xviii,  ideo  habeant  libertatem  suam  in  placito 
isto.  Et  iidem  ballivi  prefixerunt  diem  partibus  coram  eis  apud 
Oxoniam  die  Lune  in  crastino  sancte  Trinitatis  proximo  futuro.  Et 
dictiun  est  eisdem  ballivis  quod  partibus  predictis  celerem  iusticiam 
exhibeant;  alioquin  redeant  &c.'  Virtute  cuius  adiomationis  tam 
predictus  abbas  per  lohannem  Hardewyk  attornatum  suum,  quam 
predictus  Bartholomeus  in  propria  persona  sua  venerunt  ad  diem 
Lune  supradictum.  Et  predictus  abbas  per  dictum  attornatum  suum 
petit  versus  predictum  Bartholomeum  predictum  mesuagium  cum 


233  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

pertinenciis  ut  ius  suuin,  ut  de  iure  ecclesie  sue  predicte  de  Egnesham, 
quod  idem  Bartholomeus  de  eo  tenet  per  certa  servicia ;  et  in  quod 
idem  Bartholomeus  non  habet  ingressum  nisi  per  Willelmum  de 
Colesbome  qui  iUud  ei  dimisit,  qui  illud  de  prefato  abbate  tenuit 
per  certa  servicia,  et  quod  ad  ipsum  abbatem  reverti  debet  per 
formam  statuti  de  communi  consilio  regni  nostri  regis  inde  provisi, 
eo  quod  predictus  Willelmus  in  faciendo  predicta  servicia  per 
biennium  iam  cessavit.  £t  unde  idem  abbas  per  predictum  attor- 
natum  suum  dicit  quod,  cum  predictus  Willelmus  tenuit  de  abbate 
de  Egnesham  predictum  mesuagium  per  feodelitatem  et  servicium 
quinque  solidorum  per  annum,  de  quibus  feodelitate  et  servido  quidam 
Nicholaus  de  Upton  quondam  abbas,  predecessor  istius  abbatis,  qui 
nunc  petit,  fuit  seisitus  per  manus  predicti  Willelmi  ut  per  manus  veri 
tenentis  sui  tempore  pacis  tempore  domini  regis  nunc,  qui  quidem 
Willelmus  in  faciendo  predicta  servicia  per  biennium  iam  cessavit, 
per  quam  accionem  accrevit  prefato  abbati,  nunc  petenti,  dictum  tene- 
mentum  in  dominico  &c. ;  et  inde  produdt  sectam  &c. ;  et  predictus 
Bartholomeus  feodelitatem  et  servicium  predictum  non  potuit  dedicere. 
Ideo  consideratum  est  quod  predictus  abbas  recuperet  redditum  suum 
predictum,  &c.,  simu)  cum  arreragiis  vei  dictum  mesuagium  in  dominico 
suo;  et  quod  predictus  Bartholomeus  sit  in  misericordia  &c  £t 
dictus  Bartholomeus  ofTert  in  curia  se  satisfac[turum]  de  dicto  redditu 
et  arreragiis.  £t  predictus  abbas  per  attomatum  suum  petit  securi- 
tatem  suffidentem  de  dicto  redditu  fideliter  in  posterum  solvendo  ibi 
inveniendam.  £t  predictus  Bartholomeus,  nomine  securitatis,  obligat 
hie  in  curia  tam  predictum  mesuagium  quam  omnia  alia  tenementa 
sua  in  Oxonia  districtioni  ipsius  abbatis  et  successorum  suorum 
imperpetuum  quodenscunque  et  quandocunque  dictus  redditus  in 
parte  vel  in  toto  a  retro  imposterum  existere  contigerit.  Pro  qua 
quidem  concessione,  fine  et  concordia  predictus  abbas  per  dictum 
attomatum  suum  perdonavit  eidem  Bartholomeo  hie  in  curia  omnia 
arreragia  redditus  predicti  de  toto  tempore  preterito  usque  in  hunc 
diem.  £t  concedit  iam  abbas  insuper  quod  idem  Bartholomeus 
et  Isabella  uxor  eius  et  lohanna  fiUa  eorundem  Bartholomei  et 
IsabeUe  teneant  et  tenere  possint  pacifice  predictum  mesuagium  cum 
pertinenciis  de  predicto  abbate  et  successoribus  suis  per  servicium 
duodecim  denariorum  tantummodo  eidem  abbati  et  successoribus 
suis  annuatim  inde  reddendum  ad  totam  vitam  ipsorum  Bartholomei, 
Isabelle  etiohanne  sine  ulteriori  redditu  eidem  abbati  et  successoribus 
suis  inde  reddendo,  ita  tamen  quod  statim  post  mortem  ipsorum 
Bartholomei,  Isabelle  et  lohanne  predictus  redditus  quinque  solidorum 
extunc  eidem  abbati  et  successoribus  suis  annuatim  de  mesuagio 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES   233 

predicto  exigatur  et  solvatur  ad  quorumcunque  manus  predictum 
mesuagium  devenerit  imposterum  sine  contradictione  aliquali  ipsius 
abbatis  iuzta  tenementa  died  Bartholomei  in  eadem  venella  ad 
nocumentum  ipsius  abbatis  ideo  adiudicanda. 


780. 

[£3m8ham  grants  to  Bartholomew  Bishop  a  lease  of 
a  shop.] 

Noverint  [Ac]  quod  religiosi  viri  frater  Galfridus  del  miseracione  Nic  Bish. 
abbas  de  Egneshsun  &  conuentus  eiusdem  loci  tradiderunt,  conces-  *^1. 95^ 
serunt,  8c  ad  finnam  dimiserimt  Bartholomeo  Bysshoppe  Tabemario  Oct.  9, 
de  Oxonia  &  Isabelle  vxori  eius  &  Alicie  filie  eorundem  ad  totam  '^ 
vitam  ipsorum  &  eorum  cuilibet  diucius  viventi  quandam  seldam 
dictorum  abbatis  &  conuentus  apud  Oxoniam  in  parochia  sancti 
Michaelis  aquilonaris  Oxonie>  sitam  inter  seldam  quam  abbatissa  de 
Godestowe  de  eisdem  abbate  &  conuentu  tenet  &  quam  cooperit 
solarium  huius  selde,  a  parte  boreali,  &  seldam  abbatis  de  Oseneya 
ex  parte  austndi;  habendam  &  tenendam  memoratis  Bartholomeo, 
Isabelle  &  Alicie  ad  totam  uitam  ipsorum,  ut  prefertur,  cum  con- 
dicionibus  infrascriptis ;  reddendo  scilicet  inde  &  faciendo  pre- 
nominatis  abbati  8c  conuentui  &  eorum  successoribus  annuatim 
decem  solidos  legaUs  monete  ad  quatuor  anni  terminos.  [If  the 
three  die  before  the  completion  of  sixty  years,  the  heirs  and  assigns 
may  hold  the  premises  at  the  same  rent,  until  the  completion  of 
that  term.  Bartholomew  will  rebuild  the  sdd  together  with  the 
solar  within  two  years.  The  tenants  will  do  all  repairs.  Egnesham 
may  distrain  if  the  rent  is  withheld.]  Quod  si  predicti  B.,  I.  &  A. 
vel  edam  ipsorum  assignati  a  solucione  dicti  redditus  in  parte  vel 
in  toto  per  annum  integrum  defecerint  seu  cessauerint  eorum  aliquis 
sic  requiratur,^  aut  si  altera  via,  tam  patens,  tam  apta  tamque  per- 
facilis  ad  distringendum  intra  dictam  seldam  pro  redditu  quatuor  soli- 
dorum  &  quatuor  denariorum  sepedictis  abbati  &  conuentui  debitorum 
de  bradna,  dicta  Colesbome,  8c  pro  aliis  redditibus  eisdem  debitis^ 
sicut  fuit  ilia  via  quam  dictus  B.  ad  angulum  supradicte  selde  orien- 
talem  nuper  preclusit,  per  quam  pretactus  abbas  &  conuentus  intrare 
pro  redditu  suo  querendo  solebant,  vel  eciam  si  prenominati  B.,  I. 
aut  A.,  seu  eciam  ipsorum  assignati  ab  edificatione  8c  sustentacione 
prefate  selde  deuiauerint  [&c.,  then  Eynesham  shall  have  the  right  to 

1  Some  words  are  wanting ;  perhaps      eomm  alionis  defecerit  sen  cessanerit, 
the  deed  should  mn :  '  cessanerint  aut      ant  si  leqnlratnr  altera  via  &c.' 


234  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

retain  the  seld]  dictamque  preclusionem  introitus  pro  libitu  sue 
aperire  &  pro  redditu  predicto  distringcre  cum  a  retro  fuerit.  Dat' 
apud  Egnesham  die  Lune  proxima  post  festum  sancti  Michaelis  anno 
regni  regis  Edwardi  III  quadragesimo  secundo.' 


781. 

[Godstow  grants  a  lease  of  a  shop  in  Cornmarket.] 

NicBish.      Hec  indentura  testatur  quod  domina  abbatissa  de  Godestow  et 

foL  104.   eiusdem  loci  conuentus  concesserunt,  tradiderunt  et  ad  firmam  dimi- 

^^^^'  *^»  serunt  Nicholao  filio  Bartholomei  Bysshop  de  Oxonia  unam  shopam  * 

*     situatam  subtus  solarium  abbatis  et  conventus  de  Egnesham  inter 

tenementum  dictonmi   abbatis  et   conventus   ex    parte    australi  et 

tenementum  dicti  Nicholai  ex  parte  boriali ;  que  quidem  shopa  cum 

postibus  et  muris  continet  in  longitudine  octodecim  pedes  et  in 

laiitudine  quinque  pedes  et  dimidium ;  habendam  et  tenendam  pre- 

fato  Nicholao,  heredibus  et  assignatis  suis  a  die  confeccionis  pre- 

sencium  usque  ad  finem  termini  sexaginta  annorum  extunc  proximo 

sequencium;   reddendo  inde  annuatim  quatuor  solidos  et  quatuor 

denarios.    [The  abbess  may  distrain  for  the  rent,]    Datum  apud 

Godestowe  in  crastino  annimciacionis  beate  Marie  virginis  anno  regni 

regis  Henrici  quarti  post  conquestum  tercio. 


782. 
[Matilda  de  Hagno  Ponte  grants  two  shops  to  Ejmsham.] 

Nic.  Bish.      Sciant  [&c.]  quod  ego  Matilda  de  Magno  Ponte  in  ligea  potestate 
foL  72^.  jjjgj^  ^^^^  concessi  &  hac  presenti  carta  mea  confirmaui  abbati  & 
'^^^     conuentui  de  Egnesham  duas  seldas  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  suis 
Mi^    in  lormeria  Oxonie  in  parochia  sancti  Michaelis  aquilonaris  Oxonie, 
1250.     que  selde  iacent  inter  terram  Robert!  molendinarii  ex  parte  boreali 
&  terram  Symonis  Blancpain  ex  parte  australi,  habendas  &  tenendas 
predictis  abbati  &  conuentui  &  eorum  successoribus  de  me  &  here- 
dibus meis  in  feodo  &  hereditate,  libere,  quiete,  pacifice,  &  integre,: 
reddendo  inde  annuatim  michi  &  heredibus  meis  vnum  denarium  ad 
Pascha   pro  omni  seruicio,  exaccione  &  demanda.    Et  ego  [&c. 

^  The  shop  granted  by  this  charter  Eynsham  by  Simon  Pictor  (See  VoL  I, 

lay  immediately  north  of  Colesbonme's  p.  197). 

lane,  and  south  of  the  shop  mentioned  '  It  was  between  the  two  tenements 

in  charter  no.  781.    It  was  given  to  described  in  No.  780  and  No.  778.  > 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES   235 

warranty].  Pro  hac  autem  donacione  [&c.]  dedenint  michi  predictus 
abbas  &  conuentus  centum  solidos  sterlingonim  pre  manibus  in 
gersumam.  Vt  igitur  [&c.  sealing],  hiis  testibus,  Thoma  filio  Walteri 
tunc  maiore  Oxon*,  Hugone  cordewanario,  Aluredo  Lespicer  &  aliis.^ 


«  783. 

[£3aisham  grants  this  tenement  in  perpetuity  to  Thomas 

de  Wynton.] 

Omnibus  [&c.]  Gilbertus  dei  grada  abbas  Egneshamie  &  eiusdem  Nic  Bish. 
loci  conuentus  salutem  in  domino.    Nouerit  uniuersitas  uestra  nos  ^^^*  73'- 
dedisse  [&c.]  Thome  de  Wynton'  lormario  Oxonie  duas  seldas  cum    Mich- 
omnibus  pertinenciis  suis  in  lonneria  Oxonie  in  parochia  sancti    ]£^7 
Michaelis  aquilonaris  Oxonie,  que  selde  iacent  inter  teiram  Roberti     1950. 
molendinarii  [ex  parte  boreali*]  &  terram  Symonis  Blancpain  [ex 
parte  australi'];  habendas  &  tenendas  sibi  &  heredibus  suis  vel  suis 
assignatis,  exceptis  viris  religiosis  &  iudeis,  de  nobis  &  successoribus 
nostris  libere,  quiete,  pacifice  &  integre:   reddendo  inde  annuatim 
nobis  &  successoribus  nostris  duas  marcas  argenti  ad  quatuor  anni 
terminos  [viz.  Mar.  25,  June  24,  Sep.  29,  Dec.  25]  pro  omni  seruicio, 
exaccione  &  demanda,  nobis  &.  successoribus  nostris  de  predictis 
seldis  pertinent].    £t  nos  [&c.  warranty].    £t  predictus  Thomas  & 
heredes  sui  vel  sui  assignati  predictas  duas  seldas  cum  pertinenciis 
suis  de  proprio  custu  suo  bene  8c  competenter  sustentabunt.    Pre- 
dictus vero  Thomas  concessit  pro  se  &  heredibus  suis  &  assignatis 
quod  nos  &  successores  nostri  possimus  ipsum  distringere  &  heredes 
suos  vel  suos  assignatos  per  omnia  catalla  sua  [&c.  if  the  rent  be 
withheld].    Ut  igitur  [&c.  alternate  sealing],  hiis  testibus,  Thoma 
filio  Walteri  tunc  maiore  Oxonie,  Hugone  cordewanario,  Aluredo  le 
Spicer  tunc  prepositis,  Henrico  Symeone,  Petro  filio  Toraldi,  Lauren- 
cio  Ruffo,  Nicholao  Dewy,  Thoma  le  Forbour',  Thoma  le  Espicer, 
Roberto  clerico  &  aliis.^ 


^  The  shop  mentioned  in  this  deed  Matilde  de  Magno  Ponte  predicta,  vel 

lay  sonth  of  the  Piriton  tenement  of  com  carta    Phuippi   molendinarii,  yt 

Osoiey,  occupied  by  Robert   son    of  sabscribitnr.*    He  then  gives  a  charter 

Philip  the  miller,  and  north    of  the  of  Philip  the  miller,  bnt  it  refers  to  a 

tenement  described  in  charters  769-772.  tenement  on  the  other  side  of  the  road  ; 

*  Added  above  the  line.  this  is  only  one  instance  from  many, 

-^  This  word  is  uncertain.  showing  that   he  was  very  uncertain 

^  Nicholas  Bishop  adds  a  note :  '  ista  what  tenements  were  meant  in  the  char- 

carta  concordat   in   parte   cum   carta  ters  before  him. 


236  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

784. 

[Eynsham  grants  a  lease  of  the  same  shops  to  IXniliam 
of  Bergeveny  and  his  wife.] 

Nic.  Bish.  Hec  indentura,  fecta  apud  Egnesham  inter  Galfridum  abbatem  de 
fol.  80^.  Egnesham  &  eiusdem  loci  conuentum  ex  parte  una  &  Uillelmum  de 
July  95,  Bergeuenj  harpour  &  lulianam  vxorem  suam  de  Oxonia  ex  allbra, 
*^^*  testatur  quod  predictus  abbas  &  conuentus  unanimi  concensu  & 
assensu  concesserunt,  tradideront  &  dimisenint  predictis  Uillelmo 
&  luliane  vxori  sue  duas  seldas  cum  solar[iis]  desuper  existent[ibus] 
infra  portam  aquilonarem  Oxonie,  situatas  inter  seldas  abbatis  Oseney 
ex  parte  una,  videlicet  boreali,  &  seldam  que  vocatur  Colesboume 
ex  altera,  videlicet  ex  parte  australi :  habendas  &  tenendas  predictas 
duas  seldas  prefatis  Uillelmo  &  I\iliane  vxori  sue  ad  terminum  uite 
eorundem  seu  eorum  alteri  diucius  uiuenti  de  abbate  &  conuentu 
predictis  &  eorum  successoribus ;  reddendo  inde  annuatim  eisdem 
abbati  &  conuentui  &  eorum  successoribus  decem  solidos  ster- 
lingorum  ad  festa  sancti  Michaelis  archangel!,  sancti  Thome  apostoli, 
Annunciacionis  beate  Marie,  et  Natiuitatis  sancti  lohannis  Baptbte, 
equis  porcionibus,  prout  in  antiquo  registro  eonmdem  abbatis  & 
conuentus  inde  plenius  continetur.  Dat'  apud  Egnesham  in  festo 
sancti  lacobi  apostoli,  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  tercii  vicesimo  sexto.^ 


785. 

[Qtdtdaim  by  Elinore,  daughter  of  GeofErey  le  Saucer,  to 
Nicholas  the  miller,  of  all  her  right  in  a  seld  and  solar 
on  the  west  side  of  Ck)mmarket.] 

Feb.  ao,  Omnibus  [&c.]  Elinor[a]  filia  Galfridi  le  Saucer  de  Oxonia  salutem 
1998.  in  domino  sempitemam.  Noueritis  me  remisisse  &  concessisse  & 
omnino  pro  me  &  heredibus  meis  uel  meis  assignatis  in  perpetuum 
quietum  clamasse  Nicholao  filio  Roberd  molendinarii  de  Oxonia 
totum  ius  meiun  &  clamium,  quod  unquam  habui,  habeo  vel  aliquo  iure 
habere  potui  in  una  selda  cum  solario  super  predictam  seldam  edificato 
&  cum  omnibus  perdnenciis  suis,  que  quidem  selda '  sita  est  in  parochia 

^  After  the  fall  of  renti  caused  by  the  '  This  seld  seems  to  have  been  at 

great  pestilence,  the  heirs  of  Thomas  of  the  corner  on  the  north  side  of  the  alley 

Winchester  mnst  have   allowed  their  called  Bedford's  lane,  half  way  between 

holding  of  the  two  shops  to  lapse  to  Frewen  Court  and  North  Gate.    See 

Eynsham ;  and  now  the  abbey  gives  a  also  VoL  I,  p.  18S. 
lease  of  them  at  a  lower  rent 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES  237 

sancti  Michaelis  borealis  Oxonie  inter  seldam  Ricardi  de  Dadington 
ex  parte  un^  [viz.  ex  parte  boreali  ^ j  &  seldam  que  est  ad  comerium, 
que  [sic]  ducit  se  per  unam  venellam  usque  ad  domum  lohannis  de 
Bedeford;  habendam  &  tenendam  predictam  seldam  cum  solario 
predict©  &  cum  omnibus  suis  pertinenciis  prefato  Nicholao  &  here- 
dibus  suis  vel  suis  assignatis  libere,  quiete,  bene  et  in  pace  imper- 
petuum;  ita  videlicet  quod  nee  ego  predicta  Elenora  nee  aliquis 
heredum  meorum  nee  assignatorum,  nee  aliquis  alius  nomine  meo 
aliquid  iuris,  clamei,  seu  calumpnie  in  predicta  selda  cum  solario 
nee  in  suis  pertinentiis  de  cetero  exigere  vel  vendicare  poterimus 
imperpetuum.  In  cuius  [&c.  sealing],  hiis  testibus,  Andrea  de  Purye 
tunc  maiore  Oxonie,  Thoma  de  Henxeie,  &  lohanne  de  Coleshull 
tunc  balliuis  eiusdem  viUe,  Thoma  Marescallo,  Willelmo  de  Coles- 
borne,  Willelmo  de  Stok',  Ricardo  Barbitonsore,  lohanne  de  Bede- 
ford, Willekno  de  Lambome  clerico  &  aliis.  Dat'  apud  Oxoniam 
die  louis  proxima  ante  festum  sancti  Petri>  quod  ^  didtm-  Cathedra, 
anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  filii  regis  Henrici  uicesimo  sexto. 

786. 

[An  agreement  between  E3msham  and  John  Kepehamu] 

Hec  est  conuencio  facta  inter  abbatem  de  Egnesham  &  conuentum  Nic  Bish. 
eiusdem  domus  &  lohannem  Kepeharm  de  Oxonia  videlicet  quod   foL79'. 
abbas  &  conuentus  concesserunt  &  dimiserunt  lohanni  Kepeharm  [c.  ngo- 
terram  quam  Segrim  Dyaconus  tenuit  uersus  portam  aquilonarem  ^'J 

Oxonie,  habendam  &  tenendam  de  ecclesia  Egnesham  in  vita  sua  ; 
reddendo  inde  annuatim  vi  s.  pro  omnibus  seruiciis ;  et  prenominatus 
lohannes  pro  salute  anime  sue  &  uxoris  sue  &  filiorum  suorum  & 
antecessorum  suorum  terram  predictam  cum  omnibus  edificiis  & 
expensis,  quas  in  edificiis  predicte  terre  posuit,  post  obitum  suiun 
donauit  &  quietam  clamauit  deo  &  sancte  Marie  &  ecclesie  de 
Egnesham  &  monachis  ibidem  deo  seruientibus.  Et  pro  hac  con- 
cessione  &  donacione  abbas  &  conuentus  de  Egnesham  receperunt 
lohannem  Kepeharm  in  monachum  sue  congregacionis,  s[cilicet] 
in  plenar[]um]  beneficium^  monachi.  Hoc  pactum  sepedlctus 
lohannes  pro  se  &  heredibus  suis  affidauit,  tenendum  deo  &  sancte 
Marie  &  ecclesie  de  Egnesham :  et  eciam  hoc  scriptum  sigillo  suo 
corroborauit.     Hiis  testibus^  Nigello  decano  Oxon',  Lamberto  filio 

^  Added  above  the  line;  the  words  *  'qne'MS. 

are  correct,  for  Hundred  Rolls  ii,  795  •  This  word  is  doubtful.    Hurst  in 

gives  Richard  de  Dadington  as  next  his  transcript  (MS.  Top.  Oxon.  d.  7a) 

tenant  on  the  north.  suggests  *  victnm  *. 


238  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Toui,  Petro  filio  Gaufridi  filii  Durant,  lohanne  filio  Radulfi,  Thoma 
filio  Eilric,  Henrico  filio  Segrim,  Rogero  filio  Sewy,  Rogero 
Brodeker^  Ricardo  filio  Alani,  Henrico  de  Litetona  *,  Baitholomeo 
nepote  Abbatis,  Radulfo  fratre  eius,  Henrico  Banastre^  Ade  [pc]  de 
Walinf[ord],  Gilberto  Graunt,  Roberto  de  Benefeeld,  Simone^ 
Mar[e]8c[aUo]». 


787. 
[Another  agreement  about  the  same  property.] 

Nic.  Bish.  Hec  est  convencio  facta  inter  Robertum  abbatem  Egneshamie  & 
foL  8o^    ciusdem  loci  conuentum  &  lohannem  Kepeharm  super  terra  Segrim 

Sept.  30,  Dyaconi  que  iacet  in  magna  strata  de  Oxonia  versus  portam  de  North 
1200.  ijjjgj.  teiram  Hospitalariorum  &  locelini ;  quod  scilicet  predictus 
lohannes  Kepeharm  tenebit  de  prefatis  abbate  &  conuentu  prememo- 
ratam  terram  quamdiu  uixerit  reddendo  annuatim  vi  s. :  et  pro  quadam 
terra  que  iacet  retro  sellarios  quam  Galfridus  sellarius  &  Henricus 
molendinarius  tenuerunt  ix  d.  in  Annundacione  sancte  Marie.  £t 
post  decessum  eiusdem  lohannis  predicte  terre  cum  edificiis  & 
omnibus  pertinentiis  libere  &  quiete  8c  integre  remanebunt  ecclesie 
Egneshamie;  ita  eciam  quod  nullus  hominum  pro  expensis  in 
predictis  terris,  edificiis  uel  pertinenciis  a  sepedicto  lohanne  factis,  ab 
abbate  &  conuentu  Egneshamie  aliquid  poterit  exigere.  Facta  est 
autem  hec  conuencio  in  crastino  sancti  Michaelis,  anno  regni  regis 
lohannis  secundo.  Hiis  testibus,  Petro  filio  Galfridi,  Nicholao  filio 
Willelmi,  Hamone  clerico,  Th[oma]  clerico,  Ricardo  de  Trib[er]g' ' 
clerico,  Willelmo  de  Brasci,  Benedicto  Kepeharm,  Rogero  Pumpe, 
Rogero  Wynt'  &  multis  aliis. 

788. 

[Ejmsham  rentals  for  the  parish  of  St.  Michael 
North-gate.] 

Nic.  Bish.     De  terra  Roberti  Dewy  debentur  sacriste  viii  s. ;  de  terra  Henrici 

foL8i'.   ^e  Oxonia  in  magno  uico  iuxta  terram  Hospitalariorum  debentur 

[c.  1970.]  sacriste  per  lohannem  Bedeford  iiii  s. ;  per  Thomam  Cementarinm 

V  s.  et  vi  s. ;  per  Ricardum  Dadintone  iiii  s. ;  prior  de  Egnesham  de 

*  Not  certain. 

'  This  tenement  was  probably  on  the  west  side  of  Commarket  near  the  North 
Gate.  »  Or  perhaps « Tribrig  *. 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES   239 

tenemento  retro  seldas  istas  &  soIar[io]  super  easdem  ziii  s. ;  de  terra 
filii  Durandi  per  Paganum  Colesboume  debentur  sacriste  iiii  s. ;  de 
seldis  Matilde  de  Magno  Ponte  xxvi  s. ;  de  terra  Nigelli  de  Gardino 
debentur  sacriste  per  Willelmum  Blancpain  pro  una  selda  v  s. ;  per 
Nicholaum  Lorimarium  pro  parva  selda  ii  s. ;  per  Robertum  *  Cotesford 
pro  selda  angular!  &  solario  xxi  s. ;  per  Nicholaum  molendinarium 
pro  domo  retro  seldas  iiii  s.  iiii  d. ;  per  abbatem  de  Oseney  pro  domo 
interiori  ii  s.  viii  d.' 

De  terra  Henrici  de  Oxonia  in  magno  uico  iuxta  terram  Hospitala-  fol.  79. 
riorum  debentur  sacriste.  per  lohannem  de  Bedeford  iiiis. ;    per  f^'^^^'J 
Thomam  Cementarium  per  v  s.  et  vi  s. ;  per  Ricardum  Dadintone 
modo  per  Agnetem  Latoner  iv  s. ;  prior  de  Egnesham  de  tenementis 
retro  seldas  &  solar[io]  super  easdem  xiii  s,  iiii  d. ;  de  terra  Galfridi 
filii  Durandi  per  Paganum  Colesbome  iiii  s. 

Extracta  super  quodam  rentale  de  tempore  fratris  Rogeri  atte  Lee  fol.  75. 
monachi  &  sacriste  de  Egnesham,  factum  in  anno  regni  regis  Ricardi  ^395- 
secundi  xixo,  viz.  de  seldis  Matilde  de  Magno  Ponte  per  Willelmum 
Harpour  x  s.,  feodum  antiquum  inde  xxvi  s.  viii  d. ;  de  tenemento 
Nigelli  de  Gardino  per  Nicholaum  Bysshop  xii  d.,  antiquum  v  & ;  de 
parva  selda  annexa  sub  solario  nostro  per  abbatissam  de  Godestow  ii  s. ; 
de  parva  selda  annexa  cum  duobus  solariis,  que  est  inter  venellam  & 
dictum  Nigellum  de  Gardino  per  Nicholaum  Nortone  x  s.,  feodum        * 
antiquum  xxi  s.;    de  domo  infra  nouam  aulam,  dictam  Bracina 
Colesboume,  per  Nicholaum  Bysshop  iiii  s.  iiii  d.,  antiquum  iiii  s.  iiii  d.; 
de  terra  Segrim  ibidem  infra  dictam  venellam  per  abbatem  Oseneye 
xvi  d.,  antiquum  ii  s.  viii  d. 

789. 

[£3nisham  grants  to  Maurice  Wogan  a  lease  of  its  pro- 
perties in  Banbury,  Hardwick,  and  Bodicot  for  go  years 
to  begin  after  the  death  of  Thomas  Wilkinson.] 

Hec  indentura  facta  septimo  die  Aprilis  anno  regni  regis  Henrici  April  7, 
octaui  vicesimo  sexto  inter  reuerendum  in  Christo  patrem  et  dominum,     '535* 

^  Hiint*8  transcript  of  Bishop  reads  xiii  s.  iiii  d.,  as  in  the  second  rental,  and 

'  lohannem  * ;  it  has  not  been  possible  for  xxvi  s.  we  should  read  xxvi  s.  viii  d. 

to  verify  the  reading  of  the  original.  The  charters  and  rentals  of  Oseney  give 

'  The  rent  collector  passes  northward  the  payment  due  to  Eynsham  from  a 

along  the  west  side  of  Cornmarket  and  tenement    in    Colesboume*s    lane    as 

southward  along  the  east  side.    It  seems  xvi  d.  not  ii  s.  viii  d. 
clear  that  for  xiiis.  we  should  read 


240  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

dominum  Anthonium,  pennissione  diuina  abbatem  monasterii  de 
Egnesham  in  comitatu  Oxonie  et  eiusdem  loci  conuentum  ex  parte 
una  et  Morys  Wogan  de  Nether  Worton  in  comitatu  Oxonie  predicto 
generosum  ex  patre  altera  testatur  quod  predictus  dominus  abbas  et 
conventus  unanimi  assensu  et  concenso  concesserunt,  tradiderunt 
et  per  presentes  ad  finnam  dimiserunt  prefato  Morjs  Wogan  omnia 
terras,  tenementa  et  redditus  una  cum  omnibus  suis  pertinenciis  in 
Banberjy  acetiam  omnes  decimas  suas  in  Banbery  predicta  &  in 
dominio  eiusdem  in  comitatu  predicto,  simul  cum  xxvi  s.  viii  d. 
annuatim  prouenientibus  de  redditu  firme  porcionis  dictorum  abbatiset 
conuentus  in  Bodjcote  et  campis  eiusdem  in  parochia  de  Adderbury 
in  comitatu  antedicto,  acetiam  omnes  decimas  dictorum  abbatis  et 
conuentus  et  successorum  suorum  prouenientes  infra  villam  et  campos 
de  Hardwicke  in  parochia  de  Banbery  eidem  monasterio  spectantes; 
habenda  &  tenenda  prefato  Morys  Wogan,  heredibus,  executoribus 
et  assignatis  suis  pro  termino  nonaginta  annorum  proximo  sequen- 
tium  post  terminum  vite  natiu^is  cuiusdam  Thome  Wylkynson  iam 
tenentis  ibidem  et  plenarie  complendorum ;  reddendo  inde  annuatim 
durante  termino  predicto  prefatis  abbati  et  conuentui  et  successoribus 
suis  in  monasterio  de  Eynsham  predicta  quatuor  libras  tresdedm 
solidos  et  quatuor  denarios  bone  &  legalis  monete  Anglicane  ad 
duos  anni  terminos,  videlicet  ad  festa  sancti  Michaelis  archangeli  et 
Annunciacionis  beate  Marie  Virginis  per  equales  porciones.  [The 
Abbey  may  enter  on  the  premises  if  the  rent  is  withheld ;]  prouiso 
semper  quod  nos  predicti  abbas  et  conventus  et  successores  nostri 
quantum  in  nobis  erit  dictum  Morys  Wogan,  heredes  et  executores  & 
assignatos  suos  in  premissis  contra  omnes  gentes  warantizabimus  et 
defendemus  per  totum  tempus  predictum  salvo  iure  uniuscuiusque. 
In  cuius  [&c.  alternate  sealing].  Dat'  apud  Eynsham  predictam  in 
domo  capitulari  ibidem  die  et  anno  supradictis.^ 


790. 

[Eynsham  grants  a  lease  of  the  rectory  of  South  New* 
ington  for  go  years.] 

Mar. xO|      'Whereas  the  late  abbott  and   covente    of  the   late    dissolved 
1537*     monasterie  of  Eynesham  in  the  countie  of  Oxon  by  theire  indenture 

*  From  a  paper  copy  at  New  Col-  Thomas  Wylkynsoo,  that  vi  to  sare 

lege.   A  note  adds :  *  Memorandiim  that  the  fourth  daye  of  Maye  in  the  zzxrii^ 

Morys  Wogan  entred  upon  this  lease  yere  of  the  raygne  of  Kynge  Henry 

after  the  decease  of  the  above-named  Tbeyghte.' 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES     241 

of  lease  under  theire  conuentuall  seale  bearinge  date  in  the  chapiter 
house  of  the  saide  monasterye  the  tenthe  daje  of  Marche  in  the 
xxviii**'  yere  of  oure  late  soveraignej  lorde  of  famouse  memorye 
Kinge  Henrye  tbeighte  withe  theire  hole  assente  and  consente  for 
the  consideration  in  the  same  lease  specyfied  demysed,  graunted 
and  to  ferme  dyd  lette  unto  George  Gyffarde  of  Mydle  Claydon  in 
the  countye  of  Buck,  Esquyre,  theire  parsonage  of  Southnewington 
within  the  county  of  Ozon  with  all  houses  and  buildings,  lands, 
meadows,  pastures  and  arrable  lands  called  the  gleabe  lands, 
withe  all  manner  tytheu  of  come  and  haye  &  all  other  tythes, 
proffitts,  aduantages  and  comodities  whatsoeuer  therunto  apperteyn- 
ynge  or  belonginge ;  to  haue  and  to  holde  the  saide  parsonage  with 
all  manner  of  houses  theruppon  stondinge  or  belonginge  with  all  lands 
meadows  leases  pastures  arrable  lands  called  the  gleabe  landes  and  all 
manner  of  tjrthes  and  other  proffitts  therunto  apperteynynge  or  taken 
as  parcell  of  the  same,  to  the  said  George  Gyffarde  and  to  his  assignes 
from  the  feast  of  the  Annunciation  of  our  Ladie  Saincte  Marie  that 
then  shoulde  be  in  the  yere  of  oure  Lord  God  one  thowsande  fyve 
himdred  thirtie  and  eighte  unto  thende  and  terme  of  fourescore 
and  tenne  yeres  then  next  followinge  and  fuUye  to  be  compleate  and 
ended;  yeeldinge  and  payinge  therfore  yerelie  unto  the  vicar  of 
Southenewingtone  afforesaide  at  foure  termes  in  the  yere  eight 
poundes  sterlinge  [viz.  June  24,  Sep.  29,  Dec.  21,  &  Mar.  25],  and 
yelding  &  payinge  yerely  unto  the  said  abbot  and  covente  and  theire 
successors  eight  pounds  of  lawfuU  moneye  of  Englonde  at  two  termes 
of  the  yere  [viz.  Sep.  29  &  Mar.  25],  and  to  the  clarke  or  deacon  of 
Southnewington  aforesaide  yerely  vi  s.  viii  d  sterlinge  and  to  the 
parisheoners  of  Southnewington  aforesaide  twelve  busshells  of 
masselyn  or  rye,  and  that  to  be  distributed  amongeste  them  ones 
in  the  yere  after  tholde  custome,  as  by  the  same  indenture  playnlie 
maye  appere."  * 

791. 

[Eynsham  grants  a  lease  of  the  church  and  manor  of 
South  Stoke  for  80  years.] 

An  indenture,  whereby  Anthony,  the  abbot,  &  convent  of  Eynsham  Dec.  90, 
dimise  &  lease  to  Walter  Barton  &  his  assigns  the  manor  of  South     '536« 
Stoke,  and  all  their  lands,  rents,  fishings  &c.  in  Mullesford,  Chakenden , 
Goring  and  Caversham,  together  with  the  rectory  of  Stoke,  *  always 
except  and  reserved  to  the  said  abbott  &  convent  the  wood  called  the 

*  From  an  indenture  of  the  year  1560,  preserved  at  Exeter  College. 
11.  R 


342  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Abbott's  wood  .  .  •  with  all  other  woods  now  being  inclosed  ft  copsed 
within  any  grounds  in  the  holding  of  any  custom  tenant  of  the  said 
manor  with  all  other  woods  ft  trees  growing  in  the  common  and 
in  the  high  ways,  ft  not  requisite  to  be  spared  for  the  inclosures  of  the 
several  grounds  of  the  said  tenants  ft  for  the  defence  of  their  houses ; ' 
to  hold  for  80  years  from  Michaelmas  last  at  a  rent  of  £53  6x.  8dl ;  he 
is  to  repau:  all  thatched  buildings,  while  the  abbey  ft  convent  are  to 
repair  the  others ;  *  the  said  abbot  ft  covent  doth  also  grant  that  the'said 
Water  ft  his  assignes  during  the  said  terme  shall  have  yeerely  thretti 
lodes  of  hardwood  for  their  fuell  with  sufficient  hedgebote,  carte  bote 
ft  plough  bote '  to  be  taken  by  the  assignment  of  the  woodward  of  the 
abbot  or  convent,  who  *  shall  always  be  dwelling  within  the  saide 
manor';  also  he  and  the  customary  tenants  may  take  all  necessary 
house-bote  for  the  repair  of  their  tenements. 

Sealed  in  the  Chapter-house  of  the  monastery,  Dec.  ao,  a?  Hen.  VIII, 
*  coram  Willelmo  Cauendyshe  auditore.' 

^  In  witnes  and  for  a  dew  proofe  that  this  indenture  is  the  very 
deede  of  the  within-named  abbot  ft  covent,  sealed  and  delivered  with 
oone  assent  ft  consent,  the  said  abbot  and  covent  have  severally  putte 
to  their  names  with  their  own  hands:  Anthony  abbott,  Edmund 
Etun  prior,  Georgius  Aderbiry,  Nicholas  Wells,  John  Wyntertone, 
Thomas  Milsbiry,  John  Astropp,  Thomas  Philipp,  Thomas  Knolls, 
Kerry  Winsor,  Robert  Newland,  John  Andrew,  Wilhelm  Redjmg.'  * 


792. 

[Eynsham  sells  the  advowson  of  Stanton  St.  John  to 
the  bishop  of  Lincoln  for  £44  3s   2|d.] 

Feb.  24,  Sciant  [ftc]  quod  nos  Anthonius  miseradone  diuina  abbas  monas- 
Z53l*  terii  de  Egnesham  ordinis  sancti  Benedict!  in  comitatu  Oxonie  et 
eiusdem  loci  conuentus  unanimi  assensu  ft  consensu  nostris  pro 
xliiii  libris,  iii  solidis,  ii  denariis  ob.  qua.  legalis  monete  Anglie  nobis 
pre  manibus  per  reuerendum  in  Christo  patrem  lohannem  Longlond 
epistbpum  Lincolniensem  solutis  dedimus  [ftc]  pro  nobis  ft  succes- 
soribus  nostris  prefato  reuerendo  patri  lobanni  Longlond,  episcopo 
Lincolniensi,  aduocationem,  donacionem  ft  ius  patronatus  ecclesie 
parochialis  de  Staunton  sancti  lohannis  in  eodem  comitatu  Oxonie 
Lincolniensis  diocesis  cum  suis  iuribus  et  pertinenciis  uniuersis, 
eciam  rectoriam  ecclesie  parochialis  de  Staunton  sancti  lohannis 
predicla  ac  quendam  annualem  redditum  siue  quandam  pensionem 
*  Harg.  MS.  303,  folio  i  (Brit  Miu.) 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    243 

aimu^m  uigind  solidorum  per  annum  nobis  &  pi-edecessoribus  nostris 
abbatibus  monasterii  predict!  ab  eadem  ecclesia  parocbiali  sancti 
lohannis  debitam  ft  annuatim  solui  consuetam  in  tarn  amplis  modo 
et  forma  prout  nos  prefati  abbas  &  conuentus  de  Egnesham  predicta 
seu  aliquis  predecessorum  nostrorum  uel  aliquis  abbas  dicti  monasterii 
predictmn  annualem  redditum  sine  annuam  pensionem  miqnam  habui- 
mus  aot  unquam  habuit;  habendum  &  tenendum  prefato  reuerendo 
patri  lohanni  Longlond  episcopo  Lincolniensi,  heredibus  et  assignatis 
suis  in  perpetuum,  ad  proprium  usum  eiiisdem  reuerendi  patris 
lohannis  Longlond,  heredum  et  assignatorum  suorum  imperpetuum. 
Et  nos  [&c.  warranty].  In  cuius  [&c.  sealing].  Dat'  in  domo  nostra 
capitular!  xxiiii  die  mensis  Februarii  anno  domini  M  quingentesimo 
trigesimo  septimo  et  anno  regni  ezcellentissimi  in  Christo  prindpis  et 
domini  nostr!^  donuni  Henrici  octaui  de!  gracia  Anglie  et  Francie  regis, 
fidei  defensoris,  domini  Hibemie,  ac  in  terra  supremi  capitis  ecclesie 
Anglicane  vicesimo  nono. 

[Signed]  Anthonius  abbas,  dan  Edmund  Etun  prior,  dan  Georg 
Adderbuiy  supprior,  daan  Thomas  Phyllypp,  dan  Thomas  Malsbere, 
dan  Thomas  Knoll',  dan  John'  Wynterton,  dan  Wyllyam  Redjmg, 
dane  John  Andrewe,  dan  Robert  Newlond.^ 

793- 

[Eynsham  grants  a  perpetual  lease  of  a  toft  to 
Edward  Standishe.] 

Thys  indenture "  made  the  xii*^*  daye  of  the  monythe  of  June  in  the  June  12, 
xxiiiitJ^  year  of  the  reigne  of  kyng  Henrye  the  Vlllth  betwene  the  '533. 
reverende  father  in  God  Antonye  Dimstone  by  the  prouidence  of  God 
abbott  of  the  monasterye  of  sanyt  [sic]  Marye  the  virg3m  of  Eynesham 
in  Oxfordschere  and  the  convent  of  the  same  monasterye  of  the  oon 
partie  and  Edward  Standysche  of  the  toone  of  Oxford  in  the  countie 
aforesayde  squjrar  of  the  other  partie,  testifyithe  and  witneshythe  that 
we  the  sayde  abbot  &  convent  not  allonlye  consyderyng  and  ponderyng 
the  good,  acceptabell  and  fruyghtfuU  counsell  whyghe  heretofore  no 
fewe  tymes  the  sayde  Edward  ower  welbelouyd  and  faythefull  counselar 
to  us  hathe  geuen  and  daylye  to  geue  do  not  desyste  ne  ceas,  but  also 

^  New  College  Mtmimeots,  Stanton  Pertinebat  Willelmo  Denysse,  pre- 

St.  John  deed  no.  7.  posito,  et  iam  collegio,  olim  nu^;istro 

*  The  original  is  in  the  muniments  lohanni  Pantre.' 

of  Queen's  College,  Oxford ;  it  is  en-  In  Wood's  hand  '  ex  parte  austral! 

dorsed  '  Ensham.    Pro  gardino  annexo  alti  vici  prope  hospitium  vocatuin  le 

domui  in  qua  olim  mansit  Mr.  Stan-  Angell.*    The  property  was  on  the  site 

dishe,   bedelle,    nunc    Mr.    Hodshon,  of  uie  New  Schools, 
medicus. 

R  2 


244  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

the  inward  affection,  loue,  and  fauor  whitche  the  same  Edward  toward 
ower  sayde  monasterye  hathe  and  berythe,  haue  demysed,  graunted, 
and  to  perpetual  farme  letlen,  and  by  this  present  indenture  doo 
dymisse,  graunte,  and  to  perpetuall  ferme  lett  to  the  sayde  Edwarde 
a  certen  parcell  of  vacaunt  grownde  otherwyse  namyd  and  called 
a  tofte,  perteynyng  and  belongyng  to  ower  sayde  monasterye  of 
Eynesham,  lying  and  being  in  the  parishe  of  Saynt  Peters  in  the 
Est  of  the  sayde  towne  of  Oxford,  betwene  the  londes  and  tenements 
of  Mawdelyn  College  of  the  Vniuersitie  of  Oxford  of  the  west  and  est 
partes  and  abuttithe  and  boundithe  apon  and  toward  the  kyngs  grace 
hyghte  and  comon  waye  of  the  northe  parte  and  vppon  and  toward 
the  londe  of  Mawdelyn  College  aforesayde  of  the  sowthe  parte,  and 
the  sayde  parcell  of  vacaunt  grownde  and  tofte  conteynjrthe  in  bredithe 
xviii  fote  and  a  half  and  in  lengthe  one  hundred,  twentye  seven  fote 
and  a  half;  to  have  and  to  holde  the  sayde  parcell  of  vacaunt  grownde 
and  tofle  to  the  sayde  Edwarde,  his  heyres  and  assignes,  in  perpetuall 
ferme,  of  the  cheif  lordes  of  the  flfee  by  the  service  thereof  due  and  of 
ryght  acustomyd,  of  and  vppon  condicion  that  the  sayde  Edwarde,  his 
heyres  and  assignes,  shall  yerelye  and  euerye  yere  paye  or  cause  to  be 
payde  to  vs  the  sayde  abbot  and  convent  and  to  ower  successors  syxe 
pens  of  Englyshe  monye  in  ower  monasterye  of  Eynesham  within 
syx  wekes  next  ensuinge  the  fest  and  daye  of  the  Annunciacione  of 
ower  blessyd  ladye  seynt  Marye ;  and  moreouer  the  sayde  Edwarde 
Standyshe  grantythe  ffor  hym,  his  heyres  and  assigns  that  whan  and 
as  ofton  as  any  defaute  in  and  of  payment  of  the  sayde  rent  or  mony 
of  six  pens  in  maner  and  forme  above  specyfyed  shall  happen  to  be, 
that  thenne  it  shalbe  good  and  lawfull  to  the  sayde  abbot  and  convent 
and  to  there  successors  in  to  the  sayde  vacaunt  parcell  of  grownde 
and  toft  to  entre  and  the  goodes  and  catells  thenne  and  there  founde 
to  dystre)me  and  the  dystresse  so  taken  to  bere,  lede,  dryue  and  carye 
awaye,  and  that  with  them  irreplenyschabul  to  reteyne  vnto  they  be 
fullye  content,  satisffyed  and  payd  of  the  sayde  rent  and  monye,  the 
arrerages  of  the  same  and  the  costs  and  chargis  in  and  abowt  the 
takyng  of  the  same  dystresse  and  the  suyt  and  pleye  concemyng 
the  same.    In  wyttnes  whereof  to  the  oon  parte  of  thys  indenture 
remaynyng  with  the  same  Edwarde  Standysche  the  sayde  abbot  and 
convent  haue  putt  and  sett  there  common  and  conventual!  seale,  and 
to  the  other  parte  of  thys  indenture  remaynyng  with  the  sayde  abbot 
and  convent  the  sayde  Edwarde  Standyshe  hathe  putt  and  sett  his 
seale  the  daye  and  yere  aboue  wrytten.* 

*  With  the  second  seal  of  the  monastery,  as  reproduced  iia  Vol.  t 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    245 

794- 

[Ejmsham  grants  to  New  College  a  perpetual  lease  of 
a  tenement  adjoining  Vine  Hall.] 

Nouerint  universi  per  presentes  nos  lohannem  dei  gracia  Calipolen'  Aug.  14, 
episcopum  ac  custodem  Noui  Collegii  beate  Marie  virginis  Winton'  in  ^S^^S^ 
Oxonia  &  eiusdem  collegii  socios  &  scolares  teneri  &  per  presentes 
firmiter  obligari  Henrico  Redynge  diuina  prouidentia  abbati  monasterii 
beate  Marie  uirginis  de  Egnesham  8c  eiusdem  loci  conuentui  in  uiginti 
libris  sterlingorum,  soluendis  eisdem  abbati  &  conuentui  aut  eorum 
certo  attornato  uel  successoribus  suis  in  festo  sancti  Michaelis  arch- 
angeli  proximo  future  post  datam  presencium;  ad  quam  quidem 
solucionem  bene  &  fideliter  faciendam  obligamus  nos  &  successores 
nostros  firmiter  per  presentes  sigillo  nostro  communi  collegii  nostri 
predicti  sigillatas.  Date  in  collegio  nostro  predicto  xiiii  die  Augusti 
anno  regni  regis  Henrici  octaui  xvii. 

The  condicion  oflF  this  obligacion  is  suche  that  yfif  the  within 
bownden  warden  &  felows,  scolers  and  ther  successors,  after  a  suffi- 
cient astate  to  them  made  in  the  law  by  the  within  namyd  abbot  and 
couent  off  and  in  on  gardeyn  grounde  lying  in  the  paryshe  of  seynt 
Mary  the  vyrgyn*  in  Oxon',  to  haue  &  to  hold  the  said  gardeyn 
grownd  to  them  and  to  there  successors  for  euermore,  beryng  and 
paying  yerely  to  the  sayde  abbott  &  couent  &  ther  successors  an 
annual  rente  off  ii  s.  iiii  d.  by  the  yere,  alway  payable  att  the  fest  of 
saynt  Michaell  tharchaungell,  as  by  the  lemyd  counsell  off  bothe 
partyes  in  wryting  hereafter  shalbe  deuysed,  flfor  performance  wheroff 
the  sayd  abbott  &  couent  stondyn  bowndyn  to  the  sayd  warden  & 
scolars  &  to  ther  successors  in  the  summa  off  xx  IL  by  there  dede 
obligatory  beryng  date  off  thes  presents,  yff  the  said  warden  &  scolers 
&  there  successours  after  suche  astate  to  them  made,  as  is  before 

^  There  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  until  the  foundation  of  Cardinal  College, 
garden  ground  described  by  this  deed  shortly  before  the  date  of  this  deed, 
was  in  the  parish  of  St.  Edward.  The  The  parish  of  St  Edward's  was  ulti- 
deed  which  follows  shows  that  it  was  mately  united  with  All  Saints',  but  it 
part  of  Vine  Hall  or  Peckwater's  Lm,  may  have  been  uncertain  in  1525 
and  from  New  College  deeds  it  can  be  whether  it  was  to  be  joined  to  St.  Maiy*s 
located  with  precision ;  it  was  on  the  parish.  In  any  case,  the  boundary  of 
south  side  of  Jury  lane,  now  called  St.  Mary's  parish  was  not  far  distant. 
Bear  Lane,  bounded  on  the  West  by  for  St.  Edward's  Hall,  which  be- 
a  garden  once  called  Soler  Hall,  which  longed  to  University  College  and  sub- 
was  the  comer  tenement  The  date  at  sequently  to  Oriel,  and  as  is  clear  from 
which  St  Edward's  church  was  des-  New  College  deeds  touched  the  tene- 
troyed  is  uncertain,  and  is  generally  ment  of  Eynsham  at  its  south-east 
said  to  be  about  1450;  but  such  evi-  comer,  is  always  described  as  being  in 
dence  as  there  is  suggests  that  it  existed  the  parish  of  St  Mary. 


346  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

expressyd,  off  and  in  the  sayde  garden  grownd  do  putt  the  sayd  abbot 
ft  couent  &  there  successors  by  there  suffycient  dede  in  the  law  in 
surety  fore  the  payment  off  the  sayde  annuell  rente  off  ii  s.  iiii  d.,  as 
shalbe  deuysed  by  the  lemyd  councell  off  bothe  partyes,  thatt  then  the 
sayd  obligadon  to  be  voyde  and  of  none  effect^  or  elles  to  stond  ft 
abyde  in  his  full  strenght  and  vertu/ 


795. 

[The  abbot  and  convent  of  Eynsham  grant  to  Richard 
Gunter  a  lease  of  all  their  rents  in  Oxford  for  99  years.] 

Atig.  2i|  This  indenture  made  the  21^  day  of  August  in  the  a6^  yeare 
1534*  of  the  raigne  of  King  Henrie  the  Eight,  between  the  right  reverend 
father  in  God  Antonie  Dunstone  by  the  grace  of  God  Abbott  of  the 
monasterie  of  our  blessed  Ladie  of  Eynesham  in  the  countie  of  Ozon, 
the  Prior  ft  Covent  of  the  same  place,  on  the  one  partie,  and  Richard 
Gunter  of  the  towne  of  Oxon  gent,  on  the  other  partie,  testifyeth  ft 
witnesseth  that  the  said  Antonie  Abbot,  Prior,  ft  Covent  of  the  said 
monasterie  with  one  assent  and  consent  hath  demised,  granted,  ft  to 
firme  letten,  ft  by  these  presents  doth  demise,  grant,  ft  to  firme  lett 
unto  the  said  Richard  all  their  tenements,  gardens,  rents  ft  quitrents 
within  the  towne  of  Oxon  ft  suburbs  of  the  same ;  that  is  to  say,  an 
house  within  Northgate  in  the  holding  of  Nicholas  Haull,  and  two 
other  tenements  now  decayed  in  the  said  street  on  the  east  side,  and 
three  tenements  in  Cattis  street  likewise  decayed,  and  a  garden  within 
Eastgate  in  the  holding  of  Mr.  Standiche,  called  Buigatts,  ft  a  garden 
ground  now  in  the  holding  of  Andrew  Robinson  behind  Mr.  Pie's  * 
house,  one  annuall  rent  out  of  New  Colledge  by  the  year  xii  s.  vi  d., 
of  the  Warden  of  the  Taylors  for  a  Brewhouse  in  Grampoole  by  the 
yeare  viii  s.  vi  d.,  a  quit  rent  for  Tryntishaul  in  Grampole  by  the  yeare 
iii  s.,  of  the  proctors  of  the  Universitie  of  Ozon  for  Biefehaull  by  the 
yeare  iii  s.,  an  annuall  rent  out  of  Mr.  Kent's  place  in  AUholen '  parish 
by  the  yeare  vi  s.  viii  d.,  of  Mr.  Woodward's  house  for  one  annuall 
rent  out  of  the  King's  Head  by  the  yeare  x  s.,  a  quit  rent  of  a 
tenement  belonging  to  St  Towlis  church  now  in  the  holding  of 
William  Spenser,  shoemaker,  xiii  s.  iiii  d.,  allwaies  excepted  and 
reserved  to  the  warden  and  fellowes  of  New  Colledge  ft  to  their 

*  From  New  College,  Lease  Book  no.  a,  foL  96. 

*  The  next  deed  shows  that  the  name  was  Pers  or  Pierce. 

*  Le.  All  Saints. 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    247 

successors  a  garden  ground  within  Vine  Hall,  now  called  Peckwater's 
In,  during  the  yeares  that  they  have  by  covente  scale  of  the  monasterie 
of  Eynesham,  paying  to  the  said  Richard  &  his  assignes  ii  s.  iiii  d., 
and  a  quit  rent  of  a  house  belonging  to  St.  Michael's  church  late  in 
the  holding  of  John  Westbome  by  the  yeare  ii  s.  &c..;  *  to  have  &  to 
hold  &  to  perceave  all  &  singular  the  premisses  with  rents,  quitrents, 
&  portions  of  tithes'  on  the  backeside  of  these  indentures  to  the  said 
Richard  Gunter,  his  executors  and  assignes,  from  the  feast  of  St 
Michael  the  Archangell  next  comeing  after  the  date  of  these  presents 
unto  the  end  and  term  of  Ixxxxix  yeres  then  next  following  &  fully  to 
bee  complete ;  the  said  Richard  Counter,  his  executors  and  assigns, 
yealding  &  paying  yearely  therefore  clearely  xl  s.  to  the  said  abbot  & 
covent  &  their  successors  in  &  att  their  monastery  of  Eynesham  at  two 
termes  of  the  yeare,  att  Michalmas  &  the  Annunciation  of  our  blessed 
Ladie  the  Virgin  by  even  portions  &c.  In  witnesse  whereof  the 
aforesaid  Antony  abbot,  the  Prior  and  Covente  to  the  one  partie 
of  this  indenture  remaineinge  with  the  foresaid  Richard  Counter 
have  set  to  their  common  seal ;  to  the  other  part  of  this  indenture 
remaineing  with  the  said  Antonie  Abbott,  the  Prior  &  Covente,  the 
said  Richard  Counter  hath  set  to  his  seal,  the  daye  &  yeare  above- 
written. 

Antony  Abbot, 

By  me,  Edmund  Eton.' 

Concordat  cum  originali  xvii  Septembris,  1576,  per  me  lohannem 
Keper,  per  me  lohannem  Crakar,  per  me  Cilbertum  Coode. 

[At  the  head  of  the  deed.]  Some  account  of  an  annuall  rent  of 
12  s.  6  d.  due  from  New  CoUedge  in  Oxon.  This  12  s.  6  d.  anciently 
belonged  (as  by  this  following  indenture)  unto  the  abbey  of  Eynesham; 


.     ^  This  transcript  is  in  the  writing  of  the  abbey  was  dissolved  and  St  Ebbe*s 

Dr.  Woodward,  warden  of  New  Col-  church  came  into  the  hands  of  the  king 

lege^  1658-1675.    He  enlains  at  the  the  pension  may  have  been  restored  to 

end,  why  (imfortnnately  tot  ns)  he  did  the  chnrch. 

not  cofnr  the  whole  deed.  In  the  VaUr  Ecclesiasticus  of  1535, 

'  Unfortnnatelv  the  endorsement  is  this  lease  to  Gnnter  is  not  recognized, 

not  given.    In  oiarter  no.  797,  where  bat  the  sum  received  by  the  abbey  from 

the  items  of  Gtinter's  lease  are  repeated,  the  city  of  Oxford  comes  to  the  same 

there  is  no  mention  of  tithes;  but  it  total  bat  by  a  different  reckoning.    The 

may  be  noticed  that  by  that  date  the  receipts  from  the  town  of  Oxford  are 

payment  dae  from  Ganter  was  only  53  s.  4  d.,  bat  the  expenses  of  George 

36  s.  8  d.,  not  40  s.,  from  which  we  may  Reve,  the  collector,  are  13  s.  4d.  (ib. 

oonclade  that  the   tithes  were  worth  iL  209).    As  there  is  no  separate  men- 

13  s.  4  d.  a  year.    Now  the  pension  dae  tion  of  the  pension  of  13  s.  4  d.  from 

from  St  £bbe*s  charch  to  Kynsham  St.  £bbe*s,  we  gather  that  it  was  in- 

was  13  s.  4  d.  a  year,  and  it  is  possible  eluded  in  the  sum  of  53  s.  4  d. 

that  it  is  this  pension  that  is  meant  by  *  He  was  Prior  of  Eynsham. 
the  phrase  'portion  of  tithe'.    When 


248  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

then  (after  the  dissolation)  imto  the  king ;  at  present  unto  one  Mr. 
Philip  French,  vicar  of  Chesterton ;  &  ishacing  out  of  a  tenement 
belonging  to  New  Colledge  in  St  Martin's  parish,  Oxon^  latdy  in  the 
tenore  of  Mr.  Chesterman,  now  of  Mr.  Aostine,  on  the  west  side  of 
the  High  Street  leading  fixHn  Carfookes  to  Bocardo.* 

[At  the  end  0/  the  dud.]  Mr.  Philipp  French,  vicar  <rf  Chesterton, 
who  had  sometime  been  fellow  of  New  Colledge,  among  other  booses 
and  quitrentes  that  belonged  unto  him  in  Oxon.,  had  the  aforesaid 
quitrent  of  12  8.  6  d.  andenily  due  from  New  Colledge  (as  by  this 
indenture),  now  paid  imto  him  by  the  tenant  of  that  house  above 
described,  lately  Mr.  Chesterman's,  now  Mr.  Austine's.  Hee  showed 
unio  mee  the  aforesaid  indenttu-e  &  suffered  mee  to  transcribe  a  coppie 
of  it,  att  lest  soe  much  thereof  as  any  way  concerned  New  Colledge ; 
and  it  was  transcribed.  Mart  16,  1659. 


796. 

[Notes  by  Tw3me  concerning  the  Ejmsham  rents  in 

Oxford.*] 

£x  libro  munimentorum  magistri  Thome  French,  registrarii  Oxonie: 
Antony  Dunstan,  abbot  of  Eynsham,  &c.;  anno  26  Hen.  VIII, 
31  August!,  dimiseth  unto  Richard  Gunter  of  Oxon  many  parcells 
and  amongest  them  these :  a  garden  within  Estgate  in  the  holdinge 
of  Mr.  Standiche  called  Burgates,  of  the  warden  of  the  Taylors  for 
a  brewhouse  in  Granpole  by  the  year  8  s.  6  d.,  a  quit  rent  for 
Trintlehall  in  Granpole  by  ^e  yeare  3  s.,  of  the  proctors  of  the 
University  of  Oxford  for  Beofifehall  by  the  yeare  3  s.,  allwayes  except 
and  reserved  to  the  warden  &  fellows  of  New  College  &  to  their 
successors  a  garden  ground  within  Vynehall  now  called  Peckwater's 
Inne  duringe  that  they  have  by  Covent  seale  of  the  monastery  of 
Eynsham  pajring  to  the  said  Richard  a  s.  4  d.  &c ;  and  exceptinge 
a  quitt  rent  out  of  Sylverhall  xii  d 

Out  of  the  Augmentation  Court  in  Westm3mster:  in  quodam 
computo  terrarum  et  possessionum  monasterii  de  Eynsham  in  comi- 
tatu  Oxonie,  anno  3a  Hen.  VIII,  ubi  sic  occurrit:  de  redditu  trium 

^  The  property  of  New  College  on  this  tenement  was  leased  to  Mr.  Aostine 

the  west  side  of  Cornmaiket  lay  imme-  in  1659.    ^  ^^  early  computi  of  New 

diately  sooth  of  Shoe  lane  or  Sewy*s  College  the  rent  to  Eynsham  is  described 

lane,  consisting  of  two  shops  in  front  as    doe    *•  pro    solario    superediiicato 

and  a  hoose  and  yard  behind.    It  is  at  shopam  qnondam  Nicholai  Spycer*. 

present  impossible  to  say  which  part  of  '  Twyne,  vol.  xxii,  p.  $37. 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    249 

tenementomm  vocatorum  Burgates  &  unius  gardini  modo  in  tenura 
Andree  Robinson  pone  tenementum  magistri  Pers,  unius  annualis 
redditus  exeuntis  de  Novo  Collegio  Oxonie  per  annum  12  s.  6d.,  de 
gardino  scissorum  ibidem  pro  domo  brasiatoria  situata  in  Grantpont 
per  annum  8  s.  6  d.,  de  redditu  assise  exeunte  de  Tryndehall  in 
Granpole  per  anniun  3  s.,  de  procuratoribus  Universitatis  Oxonie  pro 
Beyffhall  per  annum  3  s.  &c.;  de  annuali  redditu  unius  gardini  iacentis 
in  Vinehall  modo  vocata  Peckwatersynne  per  annum  2  s.  4  d.  &c.,  de 
quieto  redditu  exeunte  de  Siluerhall  per  annum  12  d. 

In  litteris  patentibus*  regine  Elizabeth  Edwardo  Heren  armigero 
&  Johanni  Nicholls  generoso  apud  Westmonasterium  16  die  Junii 
anno  regni  nostri  29,  ubi  inter  cetera  concedit  ac  dat  iisdem  Edwardo 
et  Johanni  omnia  ilia  tria  tenementa  nostra  cum  pertinentiis  vocata 
Burgates  &c«,  ac  totum  annualem  redditum  octo  solidorum  et  sex 
denariorum  de  gardianis  scissorum  in  villa  Oxonie  pro  quadam  domo 
brasiatoria  in  Grampole  alias  Grantpole,  ac  totum  ilium  redditum 
assise  trium  solidorum  exeuntium  de  quadam  aula  vocata  Trinitiehall 
in  Grampole,  ac  totum  ilium  redditum  trium  solidorima  solutum  sive 
solubilem  per  procuratores  Universitatis  Oxonie  pro  quadam  aula 
vocata  Beiffehall  in  villa  predicta  &c^  ac  totum  ilium  annualem 
redditum  2  s.  4  d.  de  uno  gardino  iacente  in  Vinehall  &c.,  et  totum 
ilium  quietum  redditum  12  denariortun  exeuntem  de  quadam  aula 
vocata  Silver  hall  &c. 

Also  in  the  bargaine  of  sale  from  Nicholaus  Geffe  of  London  and 
Hugh  Popham  to  Philip  Randall  principall  of  Herthall  &c.  it  is  called 
Trinitie  Hall  &c.,  in  quadam  indentura  facta  inter  eos  xxo  Septembris 
anno  Elizabeth  29. 

Domus  ista  braciatoria,'  cuius  hie  mentio  in  Granpole,  est 
domus  ubi  jam  habitat  Sparrowe,  et  est  diversorium  cui  insigne 
est  Wheatsheafe.  Mr.  French  saith  it  was  given  to  the  Taylors 
of  Oxon. 

Taken  out  of  certain  writings  of  Mr.  WiU.  Randall  of  Milton  abbot 
in  Devonshire,  heire  to  Mr.  Philip  Randall  sometime  prindpall  of 
HarthaU,  Oxon.,  ubi  in  testamento  ipsius  Philippi  Randall  inter  cetera 
viz.  in  quadam  indentura  inter  Mich,  [sic]   Geffe  de  London  et 

'  A  search  at  the  Record  Office  for  four  tenements  in  Grandpont  to  the 

this  entiY  on  the  Patent  Rolb  of  Queen  warden  and  cmft  of  the  tailors,  to  main- 

Klizabeth  was  unsuccessful .  tain  a  priest  to  sing  for  the  souls  of  the 

'  In  the  Book  of  Wills,  preserved  donors,  and  the  brethren  and  sisters  of 

among  the  muniments  of  the  City  of  St  John,  the  craft  of  the  tailors,  &c., 

Oxford,  on  folio  127  is  a  summary  of  receiving  four  marks  a  year.    The  deed 

a  deed  by  Thomas  Wyth^ge  and  Mar-  is  without  date, 
garet  his  wife,  leaving  a  brewhouse  and 


250  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Hngonem  Popham  sic  lego:  Omnia  ilia  tria  tenementa  vocata 
Brodegates,^  ac  totnm  iUmn  gardinom  nuper  in  tenura  Andree 
Robynson  pone  tenemenlom  cniusdam  Peerose,  ac  redditmn  la  s.  6 d. 
exeontem  de  Novo  Cdlegio,  ac  redditom  8  8.  6  d.  percipiendnm  de 
gardino  sdsfiorum  in  villa  Oxonie  pro  qoadam  domo  braciatoria  in 
Granponle,  et  redditom  assise  trinm  solidorum  exeantem  de  qoadam 
aola  vocata  Trinity  hall  in  Granpoole  ftc ;  et  qoietom  redditom  12  (L 
exeonte  de  qoadam  aola  vocata  Sylver  hall  ftc. 

These  writings  were  showed  to  me  by  the  same  Philip  Randall  at 
Qxf<^  at  the  sign  of  the  Swan :  he  is  Mr.  Forster's  landlord. 


797. 

[Receipts  from  the  dissolved  abbey  of  Ejmsham  for  the 
year  ending  Sept.  29,  1539.*] 

Sept  39,      I.  Hystone  Eynsham  in  the  coonty  of  Cambridge.    The  accoont  of 
I539*     Thomas  Est,  collector  of  rents. 

Rents  of  free  tenants    4  s.  i  d. 
Rents  of  costomary  tenants    30  L  4  s.  9]^  d. 
Rents  of  tenants  at  will    14  s.  10}  d. 
Rent  of  the  tithes  of  wool  and  lambs  with  all  other  tithes,  profits, 
and  advantages  pertaining  to  the  vicarage  of  Hyston  Eynsham,  granted 
by  the  late  monastery  of  Eynsham  to  Thomas  Este  and  Alexander  his 
son  by  indentore  dated  Nov.  6,  30  Hen.  VIII,  to  be  held  for  [blanlc] 
years  at  the  rent  of  a  L 

Rent  of  the  manor  of  Hyston  and  of  the  tithes  of  com,  demised  to 
John  Chapman  by  indentore  for  ao  years  from  Sept.  ap,  33  Hen.  VIII, 
at  the  rent  of  ao  1. 
Profits  from  the  sale  of  woods  and  perqoisites  of  coorts,  nothing. 

Total  53  L  3  s.  9  d. 
Dedoctions: — 
'  Resolotos  redditos '  paid  to  the  sheriff  of  Cambridge    aa  s. 
An  annoal  pension  to  the  vicar  of  Hyston  Ensham    8  L 
Fee  of  the  accoontant  granted  to  him  for  life  by  the  late  monastery 

by  letters  patent  dated  Oct  8,  28  Hen.  VIII    a  L 
Fee  of  John  Hynde,  steward  of  the  coort    a  L 
Fee  of  the  clerk  of  the  aoditor  for  writing  this  accoont,  after  the 
rate  allowed  to  the  clerk  of  the  aoditor  of  the  king's  dochy  of 
Lancaster    a  s. 

'  An  error  for '  Burgates'.  Vm,  Oxon.  no.   135  (Record  Office). 

'  Ministers  Accounts,   30-31  Hen.      The  original  is  tn  Latin. 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    251 

Paid  to  the  Augmentacion  Office     19  1.  19  s.  11  d. 

The  remainder,  viz.  19  L  19  s.  10  d.,  is  not  due,  because  on  Dec.  5, 
31  Hen.  VIII,  the  manor  of  Hyston  Ensham  was  granted  by  the 
King  to  Sir  Thomas  Elyott  and  his  heirs  for  ever,  that  is  to  say  from 
Mar.  26,  31  Hen.  VIII. 

II.  Account  of  George  Osbaldestone,  collectorof  pensions. 

From  the  abbot  of  Thame  for  land  in  Stoke  Talmage  11  s.,  from 
the  abbey  of  Cyscetor  for  mills  called  Clarkenmylls  10  s.,  an  annual 
pension  issuing  from  land  in  the  town  of  Gloucester  in  the  tenure 
of  Mr.  Rawlens  4  s.,  from  the  college  of  B.V.M.  in  Oxford  for  land  in 
Heyforde  Warenn  8  s.,  from  the  rectory  of  Letcum  Basset  13  s.  4  d, 
from  the  vicar  of  Chorlebury  20  s.,  from  the  rectory  of  Showldren 
53  s.  4  d.,  from  the  rectory  of  Saresden  13  s.  4  d.,  from  the  rectory  of 
Heyforde  apud  pontem  20  s.,  from  the  rectory  of  Westcote  Barton 
6  s.  8  d.,  from  the  rectory  of  Roulryght  10  s.,  from  the  rectory  of 
Wotton  6  s.  8  d.,  from  the  tithes  of  Burleyfelde  in  the  tenure  of  William 
Barbour  5  s. ;  but  pensions  of  40  s.  due  from  the  abbey  of  Brueme, 
of  12  8.  due  from  Dorchester  abbey  for  tithes  in  Baldon,  of  32  s.  from 
Burcester  priory  for  tithes  in  Strotton  &  for  Clyftone  mylls,  of  3  s. 
from  the  priory  of  Chacombe  for  tithes  in  Wroxton  *  \sic\  and  of  12  d. 
from  the  monastery  of  Abendone  for  Wynkeforde'  [sic]  fery  have  not 
been  received  because  those  religious  houses  are  in  the  hands  of  the 
king;  from  Dodersmyll  in  the  tenure  of  the  heirs  of  Mr.  Byllyng  20  s., 
from  .mills  called  Catesham  mylls  in  the  tenure  of  Mr.  Newers  10  s., 
a  pension  from  a  meadow  called  Catokesham  in  the  tenure  of  Mr. 
Umptone  6  s.  8  d.  Total  10  1.  18  s. 

The  rent  of  the  rectory  of  Yamton  dimised  to  Richard  Andrewes 
*  at  will '    7  L  Sum  total  17 1.  18  s. 

Deductions : — 

The  fee  of  the  accountant  60  s.  granted  to  him  for  life  by  the  late 
monastery  in  the  following  words:  [Then  follows  in  English  an 
indenture  of  Oct  31,  29  Hen.  VIII,  by  which  Anthony  Dunston, 
abbot  of  Ensham,  with  the  assent  of  the  convent  grants  to  George 
Osbaldeston  of  Swarforde  in  Oxfordshire,  gent,  the  collectorship  of 
certain  pensions  and  pordons, — viz.  those  mentioned  above,  except 
that  the  40  s.  from  the  abbey  of  Brueme  is  said  to  be  due  for  certain 
mylls  in  Mylton  &  Sewell,  that  the  ferry  is  now  called  Swynforde  fery, 
that  the  payment  of  8  s.  from  the  warden  ft  fellows  of  the  Newe 
College  in  Oxford  is  said  to  be  due  for  a  hide  of  land  in  Heyforde 


^ '  Croxton '  must  be  meant    The  same  error  occurs  in  the  Valor  EccUsiasiicus, 
^  *  Swynford '  is  meant. 


252  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

Warenn,  the  payment  in  Lettcnm  Bassett  is  due  from  '  the  patron ', 
the  payment  of  lo  s.  is  due  from  Mr.  Newers  of  Tacley  or  hys 
executors,  and  Mr.  William  Barbor  is  *of  Wodstoke', — to  hold  the 
office  to  himself  or  his  assigns  for  40  years,  receiving  40  s.  a  year  and 
'  a  lyuery  or  20  s.  in  mony ;  also  mete,  drynke  &  lodgeyng  as  the 
gentyllmen  of  the  seyd  abbott  doth  dayly  fare,  with  horsmete  dueryng 
the  tyme  of  hys  accompte  'J ;  for  the  clerk  of  the  auditor  writing  this 
account  2  s.  Total  62  s. 

Paid  to  the  Augmentation  Office     12I.  195.4^ 

The  payment  of  20  s.  due  from  Doddermyll  in  the  tenure  of  the 
heirs  of  William  Byllyng,  hitherto  paid  to  the  manor  of  Milcombe,  is 
reserved  until  advice  has  been  taken  with  the  council  of  the  court, 
because  that  manor  has  beeri  granted  by  the  king  to  Sir  George 
Darcey  &  his  heirs  by  letters  patent;  for  the  same  reason  10  s.  issuing 
from  Catesham  myll  in  the  tenure  of  Edmund  Newars,  formerly  paid 
to  the  lordship  of  Shyfiforth,  is  reserved;  and  also  for  the  same  reason 
6  s.  8  d.  due  from  a  meadow  called  Catokesham  m  the  tenure  of 
Alexander  Umpton  formerly  paid  to  the  lordship  of  Ensham. 
Total  36  s.  8  d. ;  *  remanet  nichil '. 

III.  Account  of  Edmund  Powell  collector  of  *  firms'. 

The  *firm'  of  the  rectory  of  South  Nuynton,  both  tithes  & 
glebe,  dimised  to  George  Gyfforth  by  indenture  dated  March  10, 
28  Hen.  VIII,  to  hold  from  Mar.  25,  1538,  for  90  years,  paying 
8  1.  a  year  to  the  prior  of  Eynsham,  8  1.  to  the  vicar,  6  s.  8  d.  to  the 
archdeacon  for  procurations  and  sinodals,  &  i  quarter  and  a  half  Me 
lez  messelyn'  to  be  distributed  to  the  poor.  8  L 

The  '  firm '  of  the  rectory  of  Cassington  with  tithes  of  com  and  hay 
and  a  messuage  called  Bedwyns,  on  which  a  tithe  barn  has  been  built, 
hard  by  the  house  of  the  vicar,  with  lands,  pastures  &c.  pertaining  to 
the  messuage,  dimised  to  Robert  Marche  by  indenture  dated  March  i, 
12  Hen.  VIII;  to  hoki  from  March  25  following  for  30  years, 
paying  12  1.  6  s.  8  d.  on  the  day  of  S.  Peter  ad  Vincula  &  St. 
Michael's  day,  including  6  s.  8  d.  being  the  price  of  a  quarter  of 
wheat  to  be  paid  on  Feb.  2,  as  is  contained  in  the  indenture; 
and  20  d.  from  the  parishioners  of  Cassington  for  the  right  of 
sepulture.  12  1.  8  s.  4  d. 

The  'firm'  of  the  manor  and  rectory  of  Mykelton  dimised  to 
Richard  Porter  by  indenture  dated  July  20,  9  Hen.  VIII,  to  hold 
from  Sept  29  following  for  60  years,  paying  yearly  80  L  4  s.,  includ- 
ing 4  s.  being  the  price  of  twelve  'copell'  of  rabbits,  as  in  the 
indenture.  80  1.  4  s. 

The  '  firm '  of  the  rectory  of  Norton  Broyne  with  tithes  of  com  & 


CHARTERS  FROM  MISCELLANEOUS  SOURCES    253 

hay  &  all  other  tithes  together  with  a  tithe-bam,  dimised  to  John 
Symons  &  Thomas  Wynnoke  by  indenture  dated  Feb.  26,  16 
Hen.  VIII,  to  hold  from  March  25  following  for  25  years,  paying 
10  1.  a  year,  &  being  liable  for  7  s.  8  d  to  the  archdeacon  for 
procurations  &  sinodals  &  7  s.  due  to  the  king's  college  of  Osney 
near  Oxford  and  for  any  other  payments  issuing  from  the  rec- 
tory. 10 1. 

The  firm  of  the  manor  and  rectory  of  South  Stoke  dimised  to 
Walter  Barton  by  indenture  dated  Dec.  20,  27  Hen.  VIII,  to  be 
held  from  the  previous  Michaelmas  for  80  years,  paying  53 1,  6  s,  8  d*, 
being  bound  to  keep  In  repair  all  thatched  buildiogs,       53  U  6  s.  8  d. 

The  firm  of  the  rectory  of  Tetbury  dimised  to  Gilbert  Norres  by 
indenture  dated  Jan.  3,  20  Hen.  VIII,  to  be  held  from  Mar,  25 
following  for  40  years,  paying  10  K  10  1, 

The  firm  of  lands,  tenements  and  rents  in  Banbury,  with  the  tiihes 
of  ibe  demesne,  including  26  s,  8  d.  due  to  the  abbey  from  Body  cote, 
but  not  including  the  tithes  belonging  to  the  abbey  in  Hardwick 
■within  the  parish  of  Banbury,  dimised  to  Thomas  Wylkynson  by 
in  denture  dated  Jan.  3,  13  Hen,  VIII,  to  hold  from  March  25 
following  for  31  years,  paying  4  L  13  s,  4  d.  4  ].  13  5^  4  d. 

The  frnn  of  tithes  in  Cropredy  with  a  messuage  and  a  bam  dimised 
£0  William  HaJfhed  &  William  Crampfelde  of  Banbury  by  indenture 
for  27  years,  paying  5  L  13  s*  4  d.,  being  bound  (o  keep  the  messuage 
in  repair,  5  !.  13  s,  4  d. 

The  firm  of  all  the  tenements,  gardens  &  rents  in  Oxford  &  the 
suburbs,  viz.,  a  tenement  in  Northgate  Street  in  the  tenure  of  Nicholas 
Hall,  two  decayed  tenements  in  the  same  street  on  the  east  side,  three 
teneraenls  in  Cat  Street  also  decayed,  a  garden  at  Eastgate  in  the 
the  tenure  of  Mr-  Standiche  and  three  tenetnents  called  Burgatts  and 
a  garden  now  in  the  tenure  of  Andrew  Robynson  behind  the  tenement 
of  Mr*  Pers,  a  rent  of  13  s.  6  d,  from  New  CoUege,  of  8  s.  6  d.  from  the 
wardens  *  [jiir]  of  the  taylors  for  a  brew  house  in  Crampon te,  3  s,  assise 
rent  from  Tryntilhail  in  Grampole,  3  s.  from  the  proctors  of  the  Uni- 
versity for  Beyff  Hall,  a  rent  of  8  d.  issuing  from  the  house  of  Mr, 
Kent  in  All  Saints  parish,*  10  s.  from  Mr.  Wodward's  inn  called  le 
Kynges  Heddc,  13  s,  4  d*  from  a  tenement  belonging  to  St.  Aldate's 
church  now  in  the  tenure  of  William  Spenser,  2  s,  4  d,  from  a  garden 
in  Vynehalle  now  called  Pekwater's  Inn,  2  s,  from  a  tenement  belonging 
to  the  church  of  Sl  Miciiael  Jately  in  the  tenure  of  John  Wclsbome, 

^  i.  e.  the  mudezis  of  the  tiulors'  6  s.  S  (L,  whicli  11  A  more  likely  sam. 
gtiikU  Foi  the  situntion  of  \htwt  teoeincats 

'  Ciiaitei  ao.  7^§  saya  the  ttent  woj      Ace  tbc  Pmfact;  to  VoL  iu 


r 


254  CARTULARY  OF  EYNSHAM 

12  d.  from  the  President  &  FeDows  of  the  college  of  St.  Mary 
Magdalen,  14  d.  from  a  close  in  St  Gflesi's  parish  called  Maultmans 
lately  belonging  to  Godstow,  3  s.  6  d«  from  a  close  in  Stockwell  Street 
lately  bebnging  to  Oseney  abbey,  la  d.  a  qoitrent  from  Silver  Hall, 
a  qnitrent  of  13  d.  paid  by  the  wardens  of  the  church  of  St  Peter 
in  le  Bayllye  for  a  certain  tenement;  dimised  by  indenture  dated 
Aug.  31,  26  Hen.  VHI,  to  Richard  Gnnter,  his  executors  and  assigns 
to  hold  from  Michaelmas  following  for  99  years  at  a  rent  of 
26s.8d  j^36s.8d. 

The  firm  (rf*  the  rectory  of  Merton  dimised  by  in^nture  dated 

Aug.  31,  33  Hen«  Vm,  to  Richard  Gunter,  to  hgld  for  99  years, 

paying  to  the  abbey  50  s.,  to  the  vicar  8  L,  to  the  bishop  of  Lincoln 

10  8.,  to  the  chapter  of  Lincoln  10  s.,  to  the  archdeacon  of  Lincohi 

[sic]  12  s.  3f  d.,  to  the  dean  of  the  church  of  Merton  6  s.  8  d., 

and  13  d.  rent  for  a  meadow  at  Merton,  as  is  contained  in  the 

indenture.  50  s. 

Sum  total    188  1.  2  s.  4  d. 

Deductions: — 

Fee  of  the  accountant  53  s.  4  d.,  and  for  the  derk  of  the  auditor 

writing  this  account    as.  55  s.  4  d. 

Paid  to  John  Carlton,  receiver  of  the  Court  of  Augmentations 

179  L  18  8.  a  d. 
Repairs  to  the  rectory  of  Merton    8  s.  10  d. 
Deducted  from  the  account  of  Tetbury  5  L,  being  the  payment 
for  the  first  half  year,  because  the  money  was  received  by  the 
late  abbot  of  Eynsham. 
IV.  Account  of  [blank']  Walker,  collector  of  Smokefarthings  in  the 
deaneries  of  the  county  of  Oxford. 

Due  yearly  from  the  churches  in  Oxfordshire  at  Pentecost,  viz^ 
Woodstock  deanery  24  s.  oj  d.,  Witney  deanery  18  s.  6  d.,  Oxford 
deanery  9  s.  4  d.,  Norton  deanery  14  s.  9|  d.,  Deddington  deanery 
15  s.    5  d.,  Bicester   deanery   18  s.   3^  d.,   Cuddesdon  deanery 

13  s.  6  d.,  Aston  deanery  15  s.  3|d.,  Henley  deanery  9  &  9^^  d. 

Total  6  1.  19  s.  iifd. 
Deductions : — 

Paid  to  Lincoln  Cathedral     26  s.  8  d. 

The  stipend  of  the  collector,  granted  to  him  for  life  by  deed  of 

the  monastery  of  Eynsham    26  s.  8  d. 
Payment  of  the  clerk  for  writing  this  account    2  s. 
Remainder  4  1.  4  s.  7f  d. 


VISION    OF    THE    MONK 
OF   EYNSIIAM 


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INTRODUCTION 

After  the  following  *  Vision  of  the  Monk  of  Eynsham '  had  been 
transcribed,  in  the  spring  of  1904,  from  MS.  Digby  34,  it  was 
found  that  it  had  just  been  printgd  in  the  Analecta  Bollandiana  for 
1903,  vol.  xxii,  with  an  introduction  by  Father  H.  Thurston,  S.J. 
The  Committee  of  the  Oxford  Historical  Society,  however,  determined 
that  it  might  be  printed  again.  If,  as  is  shown  below,  there  is  reason 
to  attribute  both  the  vision,  and  also  the  record  of  it,  to  men  bom  in 
Oxford,  if  the  religious  houses  to  which  it  refers  prove  to  be  Eynsham 
and  Godstow,  if  the  men  who  were  seen  in  purgatory  were  inhabi- 
tants of  Oxford  and  throw  light  upon  the  religion,  education,  and 
social  life  in  Oxford  at  the  end  of  the  t)¥elfth  century,  the  record 
is  one  which  ought  to  be  printed  in  the  series  of  the  Oxford 
Historical  Society. 

The  first  to  draw  attention  to  the  MSS.  of  this  vision  was  Dr. 
H.  R.  Luard,  in  his  edition  of  Matthew  Paris,  published  in  the  Rolls 
Series  in  the  year  1874.  In  vol.  ii,  p.  423,  where  the  historian  makes 
mention  of  the  vision,  the  editor  added  the  note  that  manuscripts  of  it 
were  to  be  found  in  Cott.  MS.  Calig.  A  8  and  at  Corpus  Christi  College, 
Cambridge.  Additions  to  our  knowledge  were  made  by  Mr.  Ward  in 
the  *  Catalogue  of  Romances  in  the  Department  of  MSS.  in  the  British 
Museum  *,  vol.  ii,  and  especially  by  Father  H.  Thurston,  S.J.,  who 
issued  a  text  of  the  vision  in  1903,  as  already  stated,  which  he 
followed  by  an  article  in  the  Dublin  Review  for  October,  1904.  It 
will  be  manifest  from  the  following  pages  how  much  this  edition  owes 
to  his  learning.  Another  edition  of  the  text  appeared  in  the 
Romanische  Forschungen  for  November,  1904,  by  Dom.  Michael 
Huber,  O.S.B.  It  may  be  added  that  an  English  translation  of  the 
vision  issued  about  1480,  with  the  title  'Vision  of  a  Monk  of 
Evyshamne ',  was  reprinted  by  Arber  in  1869. 

Matthew  Paris  (vol.  ii,  p.  423)  and  Roger  of  Wendover  (vol.  i, 
p.  247)  inform  us  that  on  the  Thursday^  before  Easter,  11 96,  a 
certain  monk  of  Eynsham  fell  into  a  trance,  and  had  a  vision  of  the 

^  As  it  was  after  midnight  on  Thursday,  it  wotdd  now  be  reckoned  Friday, 
lu  s 


258  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

next  world ;  and  they  give  extracts  at  some  length  from  the  account 
of  the  vision  that  was  written.  More  information  about  the  circum- 
stances is  given  by  a  MS.  in  the  British  Museimi  (MS.  Reg.  13. 
D.  V.  fol.  45).  The  writer*  is  describing  a  vision  seen  in  the  year 
1 206  by  a  man  named  Thurkill,  of  Sticsted  in  Essex.  In  his  preface 
he  mentions  similar  visions.  'Est  &  alia  uisio  diligent!  narratione 
luculenter  exarata,  que  in  monasterio  de  Einesham  anno  Uerbi 
incamati  mcxcvi®  contigit,  quam  domnus  Adam  supprior  eiusdem 
cenobii,  uir  ualde  grauis  ac  religiosus,  eleganti  stilo  conscripsit,  sicut 
ab  eius  ore  audiuit,  qui  a  corport  per  duos  dies  &  noctes  educlus 
fuerat.  Non  credo  tantum  uirum,  tam  religiosum,  ac  tam  litteratum, 
nisi  comperta  &  probabili  auctoritate  subnixa  uoluisse  scripto  mandare, 
maxime  cum  tunc  temporis  extiterit  capellanus  domni  Hugonis 
Lincolniensis  episcopi  sanctissimi  uiri.  Interrogatus  autem  a  nobis 
domnus  Thomas,  prior  de  Binham,  qui  illis  diebus  extiiit  prior  de 
Einesham,  &  qui  diligenti  scrutinio  omnia  examinauit  de  monacho 
educto,  &  que  de  eius  uisione  perscrutanda  erant,  quidnam  super  his 
sentiret,  respondit  se  non.amplius  de  ueritate  huius  uisionis  hesitare, 
quam  de  Domini  nostri  Ihesu  Christi  crucifixione.  Multaque  alia  nobis 
retulit  probamenta  ad  commendationem  predicte  uisionis.  Hec 
iccirco  dixerim  quia  multi  contubernalium  suorum  huic  uisioni 
contradicunt ;  sicut  fere  de  omni  reuelatione  a  quibusdam  dubitatur.' 
From  this  passage  we  learn  that  the  vision  was  written  down  by 
Adam,  the  sub-prior,  chaplain  of  Hugh,  bishop  of  Lincoln.  This 
Adam,  chaplain  of  Bishop  Hugh,  was  the  author  of  the  Magna 
Vita  Hugonis,  printed  in  the  Rolls  Series,  chaplain  of  the  bishop 
from  November  12,  11 97,'  and  known  to  have  been  afterwards 
abbot  of  Eynsham.  That  he  had  previously  been  a  monk  of 
Eynsham  had  long  been  guessed,  but  now  can  be  proved.  It  is, 
no  doubt,  inaccurate,  as  has  been  pointed  out  by  Father  Thurston, 
to  say  that  Adam  was  chaplain  of  St.  Hugh  *tunc  temporis',  if 
by  that  phrase  is  meant  Easter  1196 :  but  if  it  means  '  at  the  time 
when  he  wrote  the  account'  it  may  be  quite  correct;  for  it  is 
clear  that  Adam  did  not  learn  full  details  of  the  vision  until  some 
time  after  Easter,  11 96,'  and  in  the  notes  to  chapter  xlviii  it  is 
shown  that  the  writer  implies  that  the  last  chapters  were  composed 
after  November,  11 97,  by  which  time  he  was  the  bishop's  chaplain. 

*  *  Almost  certainly  Ralph  of  Cogges-  *  Vita  Magnay  p.  45. 

hall.'    Ward,  Catalosue  of  Romances  in  '  See  chap,  xxiii. 

thi  British  Museum^  p.  495. 


INTRODUCTION  259 

In  the  Digby  MS.  we  have  an  opening  rubric  which  tells  us 
somewhat  more.  The  author  is  called  Adam  •  prior  of  Ainesham ', 
brother  of  Edmund,  who  saw  the  vision*  We  have  already  seen 
that  Adam  at  Easter  1196  was  only  sub-prior,  Thomas  being  prior; 
but  three  years  later  Thomas  had  become  prior  of  Bmham  in 
Norfolk;  and  though  the  date  when  he  was  appointed  is  not 
certain,^  there  is  no  difficulty  in  assuming  that  he  had  left  Eynsham 
by  November,  11 97,  and  had  been  succeeded  by  Adam;  so  that 
before  the  writing  was  finished,  the  author  had  become  prior. 

The  mention  of  Adam,  the  chaplain  of  St.  Hugh,  naturally  leads  us 
to  examine  the  Vita  Magna ;  and  there  we  find,  as  Father  Thurston 
points  out,  a  clear  reference  to  our  vision.  In  Book  V,  chapter  iii 
(p.  235),  we  have  the  story  of  a  clerk,  aged  about  twenty-five,  who 
on  the  morrow  of  All  Saints'  Day,  while  he  was  saying  his  prayers  in 
a  certain  church,  heard  a  voice  bidding  him  go  to  the  bishop  of 
Lincoln  with  the  message  that  he  should  urge  the  archbishop  of 
Canterbury  to  work  with  him  for  the  reform  of  the  state  of  the  clergy. 
Early  next  day  the  clerk  started,  and  after  a  journey  of  evidendy 
more  than  one  day'  came  to  the  bishop  at  Buckden,  Hunts,  and 
found  him  saying  Mass,  the  day  being  Saturday  in  the  same  week  in 
which  All  Saints'  Day  was.  Thereupon,  looking  at  the  bishop  when 
he  elevated  the  Host,  he  saw  in  his  hand  the  Saviour  in  the  form 
of  a  child.  The  bishop,  having  received  the  message,  told  the  clerk 
to  keep  the  matter  secret,  and  urged  him  to  enter  a  monastery :  and 
so  next  day  he  departed  and  went  to  a  certain  monk  with  whom 
he  was  intimate,  and  himself  soon  after  became  a  monk.  The  writer 
continues,  '  Many  other  visions  were  afterwards  revealed  to  him,  as 
I  know  well :  some  of  which  were  written  down  at  the  command 
of  the  bishop,  and  have  been  published  far  and  wide.  From  his  own 
mouth  I  often  heard  the  story  I  have  just  told.'  That  the  account 
written  by  the  command  of  Bishop  Hugh,  and  widely  circulated,  is  our 
vision  is  a  natural  conjecture :  that  it  was  written  at  the  command  of 
Bishop  Hugh  is  the  meaning  of  the  passage  in  the  preface  where  the 
writer  says  the  task  was  imposed  upon  him  by  men  of  high  position, 
men    of   sanctity    and    authority,  and    of   a    similar    passage    in 

*Tn   the  Victoria   County  History^  more  than  that  Thomas  was  prior  in 

Norfolk,  ii.  345,  the  dates  of  the  priors  HQpi  and  that  Ralf  cannot  have  died 

of  Binham  are:  Peter  in  1197,  Ralph  before   11 95.     There   seems  to  be  no 

Gnbion,  it 98-9,  Thomas,  1199;  but  a  proof  that  Peter  was  iprior  in.  1 197. 

reference  to  the  cartulary  of  fiinham,  '  The  words*  qua  primnm  die  ad  ilium 

from  which   these  dates  are  obtained  perveniens  ipsnm  intuebehs*,  &c.,  imply 

(Cott  MS.  Claud.  D  xiii),  proves  nothing  that  it  was  a  journey  of  some  days. 

S  2 


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chapter  xxxviii:  that  it  was  popular  is  proved  by  the  number 
of  MSS.  which  survive,  as  well  as  by  the  notices  in  Matthew 
Paris  and  Roger  of  Wendover.  But  this  conjecture  is  now  a 
proved  fact  For  the  Carthusian  Bohicius,  after  telling  the  story 
of  the  youth  who  visited  St.  Hugh  at  Buckden,  mentions  that  he 
had  revelations,  especially  one  about  the  future  state  of  souls  after 
this  present  life,  and  that  a  copy  of  this  vision  was  preserved  in 
the  Charterhouse  of  Pare.  Further  proof  is  supplied  by  the  fact 
that  when  Dyonisius  the  Carthusian  quotes  a  passage  from  the 
vision  to  which  Bohicius  refers,  it  proves  to  be  from  our  work.* 

Therefore  by  the  use  of  our  Vision  and  what  we  learn  in  the 
Vita  Magna  we  can  discover  certain  facts  about  Edmund  the  monk. 
As  he  had  been  at  least  fifteen  months  in  the  monastery  at  Easter, 
1 1 96,"  yet  was  lying  desperately  ill  with  quinsy  at  some  place 
near  Eynsham  at  the  Christmas-tide  which  was  somewhat  more 
than  fifteen  months  past,'  we  can  assert  that  he  must  have  been 
admitted  at  Eynsham  in  the  course  of  the  first  three  weeks  of 
January,  1195.  But  as  the  Vtta  Magna  informs  us  that  he  entered 
a  monastery  not  long  after  his  interview  with  St.  Hugh  at  Buckden, 
we  can  assign  this  event  with  certainty  to  November,  11 94.  At 
that  time  the  young  clerk  was  about  twenty-five  years  old;  hence 
we  know  that  Edmund  the  monk  was  bom  about  the  end  of  1 169. 

The  next  step  is  to  discover  to  what  family  Edmund  belonged, 
and  what  was  his  native  place.  And  here  Father  Thurston  has 
a  striking,  and  at  first  sight  tempting,  suggestion  that  our  Edmund 
was  none  other  than  Edmund  le  Rich,  subsequently  archbishop  of 
Canterbury.*  His  theory  is  that  St.  Edmund,  of  whose  life  very  little 
is  known  before  the  year  1222,  tried  at  one  time  the  religious  life, 
entering  Eynsham  in  1195,  but  finding  that  his  health  ¥^s  too 
delicate,  was  forced  to  return  to  a  secular  life.  He  argues  that  there 
are  so  many  resemblances  between  the  two  Edmunds  that  the  monk 
'may  with  fair  probability  be  identified  with  St.  Edmund'.  The 
coincidences  are  as  follows: — (i)  They  were  of  the  same  age,  the 
monk  being  born  about  11 69  and  St.  Edmund  certainly  before  11 78, 
and  according  to  the  most  recent  authorities  about  11 70;  both  also 


*  AnnalesordinisCartusiensis^hjC         •  Chap,  xxi  *die  Natalis  Domini'; 

le  Couteulx,  iii.  p.  1 1 1 .    This  reference  chap,  xxiii.  *  ante  qnindecim  menses  *. 
lowe  to  the  article  of  Father  Thurston  in         ^  First  in  an  article  in  The  Month, 

ihR  Dublin  Review,  January,  1898;    subsequently  in   more 

'  '  Annum  integrum  et  menses  tres/  detail  in  the  Dublin  Review ,  October, 

chap.  L  1904,  pp.  331-50. 


INTRODUCTION  261 

were  students  at  Oxford;  (2)  the  monk  lived  at  a  place  below 
Eynsham/  but  such  is  Abingdon,  the  home  of  St.  Edmund ;  (3)  he 
lived  in  a  town  where  there  was  a  parish  of  St.  Nicholas ' ;  there 
is  such  a  parish  at  Abingdon  ;  (4)  both  bore  an  unusual  name ;  and 
from  a  study  of  lists  of  names  Father  Thurston  comes  to  the  con- 
clusion that,  except  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Bury  St.  Edmunds, 
the  name  was  borne  by  only  one  person  in  a  thousand ;  (5)  the  monk 
was  an  orphan,'  so  was  St.  Edmund ;  (6)  one  life  of  St.  Edmund  says 
that  he  had  a  brother  at  Eynsham  '  vir  discretus  et  compositus ' ;  our 
author  had  a  brother,  Adam  the  subprior,  *vir  valde  gravis  ac 
religiosus '  as  Ralf  of  Coggeshall  tells  us ;  (7)  both  had  the  practice  of 
reciting  the  whole  Psalter  at  once ;  we  are  told  this  of  St.  Edmund  by 
his  biographers,  and  of  the  monk  we  know  that  on  November  2, 
1194,  he  was  occupied  in  reciting  the  whole  Psalter,  when  he  heard 
the  heavenly  voice  * ;  (8)  both  had  a  revelation  that  the  letters  JESUS 
NAZARENUS  written  on  the  body  were  a  protection  against  sudden 
death  ;  the  lives  of  St.  Edmund  tell  us  that  it  was  his  custom  to  mark 
himself  daily  in  this  way :  for  Edmund  the  monk  see  chapter  xxii ; 
(9)  both  Edmunds  were  subject  to  ulcers,  and  both  were  healed 
miraculously :  (10)  St.  Edmund  made  prophetic  speeches,  while  many 
predictions  of  Edmund  the  monk  were  fulfilled";  (11)  St.  Edmund, 
like  our  author,  according  to  his  biographers  had  visions  of  the  souls 
in  purgatory;  (12)  St.  Edmund  was  interested  in  the  recovery  of 
the  Holy  Land:  Edmund  the  monk  made  a  prophecy  about  it*; 
(13)  St.  Edmund  on  his  deathbed  called  for  a  crucifix,  and  washing 
the  wounds  with  wine,  drank  it;  which,  it  is  suggested,  was  a 
reminiscence  of  his  experience  as  a  youth  at  Eynsham  (see  chap.  xi). 
The  cumulative  effect  of  these  arguments  is  at  first  considerable, 
but  when  they  are  tested  separately  many  of  them  are  of  little  force. 
Thus,  to  take  four  points  in  which  St.  Edmund  closely  resembled 
our  monk,  viz.  that  he  had  ulcers,  that  they  were  healed  miraculously, 
that  he  saw  souls  in  purgatory,  and  that  he  made  prophetic  speeches, 
is  it  not  the  case  that  these  were  not  unusual  features  in  the  life  of 
any  good  man  of  that  time  ?  Ulcers  were  common,  and  prophecies, 
visions,  and  miraculous  healings  are  recorded  in  most  biographies 
of  saints.     That  they  both  were  interested  in  the  recovery  of  the 

*  Chap,  xix,  *  descenderatis '.  psalterinm  ciecantarem  pro  aniroabns 
'  Chap.  xxi.  ndelium  defunct ornm,  sicnt  ipsa  die  sol- 
'  Vita  Magna,  p.  238.                              lennis  exhiberi  earum  memoria  solet* 

*  But  the  wording  of  the  Vita  implies  *  Vita,  p.  24a. 
that  he  was  following  a  customary  form          *  Ibid. 

of  devotion  for  All  Souls*  Day ;  *  cum 


262  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

H0I7  Land,  and  that  they  both  were  in  the  habit  of  reciting  the 
whole  Psalter  on  certain  occasions,  is  merely  to  say  that  they  both 
had  the  customs  and  thoughts  of  good  men  of  that  age.  Some  of 
the  actions  in  which  Edmund  of  Abingdon  very  closely  resembles 
Edmund  of  Eynsham  are  such  as  might  occur  independently  to  two 
reverent  minds,  for  instance,  the  custom  of  marking  himself  with  the 
letters  *  Jesus  Nazarenus ',  and  the  drinking  of  the  wine  with  which 
he  had  washed  the  wounds  of  the  crucifix.*  Nor  must  we  allow  our- 
selves to  strain  the  evidence  in  order  that  it  may  support  a  foregone 
conclusion;  and  if  both  the  Edmunds  received  the  revelation  that 
the  words  Jesus  Nazarenus  were  a  protection  against  sudden  death, 
we  are  informed  that  St.  Edmund  learned  it  from  the  Child  Jesus 
in  a  vision,  while  Edmund  the  monk  learned  it  from  St.  Nicholas. 
No  doubt  there  are  some  curious  coincidences.  The  two  men 
were  certainly  somewhat  of  one  age,  probably  within  ^yt  years  of 
each  other ;  they  both  studied  at  Oxford ;  they  both  had  an  unusual 
name.  To  say  that  only  one  in  a  thousand  was  called  Edmund  at 
that  time  is  perhaps  to  overstate  the  case,  but  there  certainly  were 
not  many  Edmunds  in  Oxford.  From  the  Oseney  charters  at  Christ 
Church  we  know  the  names  of  two  thousand  or  more  of  the  chief 
inhabitants  of  Oxford  between  1170  and  1260;  speaking  from 
memory,  it  is  only  possible  to  mention  three  who  bore  the  name 
Edmund;  we  have  an  'Edmundus  Medicus'  alive  in  11 82,  but 
apparently  dead  by  iigo';  about  1230  we  meet  with  one  named 
*  Edmund  the  chapeler ',  a  man  with  sons,  owner  of  property  in  the 
parish  of  St.  Peter  in  the  East;  about  1260  there  occurs  one  of  the 
name  of  Edmund  Thorold ;  there  may  be  one  or  two  more,  but  it 
would  probably  be  safe  to  say  that  not  more  than  one  in  five  hundred 
was  named  Edmund.  If  we  assume  that  at  the  end  of  the  twelfth 
century  five  hundred  students  came  to  Oxford  each  year,  there  would 
be  one  Edmund  among  them ;  and  the  coincidence  amounts  to  this, 
that  among  the  four,  five,  or  six  Edmunds  that  came  to  Oxford  about 
the  years  1185  to  11 90  two  were  deeply  religious,  practised  the 
religious  customs  of  that  age,  and  reproduced  its  ordinary  features. 
This  would  not  be  a  very  remarkable  coincidence.  No  doubt  it  is 
curious  that  of  these  few  Edmunds  one  should  have  become  a  monk 

*  How  natnxal  this  action  of  St.  Ed-  wounds  of  a  crucifix, 

m^nd  was,  is  shown  by  the  story,  given  ^  He  is  mentioned  in  an  Oseney  deed 

in  chap,  xiii  A,  of  a  monk  of  Eynsham  of  1182-5,  ^<1  i^^  ^o  oi*  three  others 

who  was  cured  of  fever  by  drinking  which  cannot  be  dated, 
water  ¥dth  which  he  had  washed  the 


INTRODUCTION  263 

at  Eynsham,  while  the  father  of  the  other  died  there/  but  in  the 
course  of  history  there  have  been  coincidences  more  strange  than 
this. 

If,  as  Father  Thurston  maintains,  there  is  evidence  that  our  author, 
Edmund  the  monk,  lived  at  Abingdon,  it  must  be  confessed  that  his 
conclusion  could  hardly  be  avoided.  Abingdon  at  that  time  cannot 
have  had  a  thousand  inhabitants,  possibly  not  five  hundred;  that 
there  should  be  two  Edmunds  among  such  a  small  number,  so  alike 
in  age  and  character,  would  be  most  unlikely.  But  there  are  details 
in  the  vision  which  are  fatal  to  the  theory  that  Edmund  the  monk 
was  a  resident  at  Abingdon.  Four  points  are  mentioned  about  his 
home:  it  was  lower  down  the  river  than  Eynsham;  it  was  a  place 
where  goldsmiths,  or  at  least  a  goldsmith,  lived  (chap,  xix);  where 
there  was  a  parish  of  St.  Nicholas;  and  where  there  was  a  lecturer 
in  the  faculties  of  canon  and  civil  law  (chap.  xxvi).  There  might 
be  a  goldsmith  at  Abingdon,  although  ic  is  not  probable;  there 
certainly  was  a  parish  of  St.  Nicholas ;  but  there  certainly  was  not  a 
lecturer  in  the  faculties  of  law  who  had  *  auditores  in  scolis '.  The 
words  point  clearly  to  Oxford ;  they  imply  the  existence  of  a  Uni- 
versity, and  such  at  that  time  could  be  found  nowhere  in  England 
but  at  Oxford. 

There  is  other  evidence  which  proves  that  the  residence  of  the 
monk  cannot  have  been  Abingdon,  or  any  place  in  Berkshire.  We 
have  seen  that  there  is  no  doubt  that  our  author  is  identical  with 
the  young  clerk  who  on  a  certain  All  Souls'  Day  was  ordered  by  a 
heavenly  voice  to  carry  a  message  to  Hugh,  bishop  of  Lincoln.  But 
Abingdon  was  in  the  diocese  of  Salisbury,  and  it  would  have  been 
contrary  to  the  habits  of  the  Middle  Ages  that  one  who  was  under  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  bishop  of  Salisbury  should  seek  an  interview  with 
another  diocesan  and  receive  spiritual  advice  from  him.  The  ties 
of  parish  and  diocese  were  not  in  those  days  as  loose  as  they  are 
now ;  and,  as  it  would  be  safe  to  argue  from  any  mediaeval  will  in 
which  money  was  left  to  the  cathedral  of  Lincoln  that  the  testator 
lived  within  that  diocese,  so  it  is  safe  to  argue  that  the  young  clerk 
who  had  an  interview  with  St.  Hugh  was  one  who  was  under  his 
jurisdiction.  And  this  points  to  Oxford  ;  for  if,  as  we  have  seen,  the 
spot  we  require  was  lower  down  the  river  than  Eynsham,  yet  must  be 
in  the  diocese  of  Lincoln,  it  is  not  possible  to  find  any  other  place 
which  satisfies  these  conditions  except  Oxford. 

^  This  is  stated  in  the  lives  of  St.  Edmund. 


264  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

Biit  if  the  home  of  Edmund  was  at  Oxford,  it  may  be  asked  how 
his  neighbour  the  goldsmith  could  describe  himself  as  a  parishioner 
of  St.  Nicholas ;  for  there  was  no  parish  of  St.  Nicholas  in  Oxford. 
As  this  touches  one  of  the  problems  of  Oxford  topography,  it  will  be 
discussed  with  some  fullness.  The  most  western  of  the  Oxford  parishes, 
containing  the  island  of  Oseney,  the  Castle,  and  a  strip  of  the  north 
suburb  between  the  parish  of  St.  Mary  Magdalene  and  the  river,  was 
originaUy  called  St.  George's,  the  parish  church  being  St.  George's 
within  the  Castle.  About  the  beginning  of  the  thirteenth  century  the 
parish  changed  its  name,  and  is  called  in  charters  the  parish  of  St. 
Thomas.  Although  the  old  name  was  occasionally  used  in  Oseney 
rentals  even  as  late  as  the  fifteenth  century,  there  can  be  no  doubt 
that  the  parish  church,  where  the  inhabitants  were  buried,  was  St. 
Thomas's  in  the  island  of  Oseney.  The  chapel  of  St.  George,  how- 
ever, was  not  deserted;  it  served  as  the  chapel  for  the  Castle,  and 
from  time  to  time  we  meet  with  clergy  described  as  '  capellani  sancti 
Georgii '  down  to  the  Reformation.  We  also  hear  of  a  third  building 
called  the  chapel  of  St.  Nicholas;  thus  on  May  23,  1225,  two  com- 
positions were  effected  *  apud  Oseneyam  in  capella  Sancti  Nicholai ', 
one  of  them  being  an  agreement  with  the  archdeacon  of  Oxford  that 
the  'chaplain  of  the  chapel  of  St.  Thomas'  need  not  attend  the 
chapters  (capUula)  of  the  archdeacon  nor  pay  procurations  or  sinodals, 
but  that  he  would  attend  the  archdeacon's  sinods  twice  a  year.^  In 
a  deed  of  October,  1225,  among  the  witnesses  we  find  Walter  de 
Brackele,  chaplain  of  Sl  Thomas,  and  William  de  Ebberbury,  chaplain 
of  the  chapel  of  St.  Nicholas.*  In  127 1  Nicholas  of  Weston  left 
money  to  Thomas  the  chaplain  of  the  chapel  of  St.  Nicholas  '  within 
the  gates  of  Oseney  *  and  to  Robert,  chaplain  of  the  chapel  of  St 
Thomas';  finally  in  the  Valor  of  1535  there  is  mention  of  three 
chaplains,  one  being  of  St.  George  within  the  Castle,  another  of 
*  St.  Thomas  within  {infra)  Oxford ',  and  another  of  *  St.  Nicholas 
within  the  monastery  of  Oseney  *,  each  of  them  receiving  a  salary  of 
forty  shillings.*  The  problem  before  us  is  to  discover  when  the  two 
chapels  of  St.  Thomas  and  St.  Nicholas  were  built,  what  their  relation 
was  to  each  other,  and  where  the  chapel  of  Sl  Nicholas  stood;  in 
particular  to  discover  whether  the  chapel  of  St.  Nicholas  existed  about 
the  years  11 90  to  1195,  and  whether  it  was  in  any  sense  a  parochial 
chapel  at  that  time. 

»  Cott  MS.  Vitell.  E.  xv.  fol.  153.  •  Oseney  Charter,  no.  i4(Bodl.  Lib.). 

*  Oseney  Cartuiaty^  charter  809,  *  Valor ^  u.  223. 


INTRODUCTION  265 

In  the  Gseney  charters  there  seems  to  be  no  mention  of  the  chapel 
of  St.  Nicholas  earlier  than  1225,  but  it  would  be  dangerous  to  argue 
from  this  silence  that  it  did  not  exist.  If  we  hear  nothing  of  it  for  the 
260  years  after  1271,  though  it  was  in  use  all  the  time,  it  may  be  the 
case  that  it  existed  for  half  a  century  before  1225,  although  the  fact 
does  not  happen  to  be  recorded  in  any  charter.  Of  the  chapel  of  St. 
Thomas  we  have  fuller  records.  Richard,  chaplain  of  St.  Thomas, 
occurs  between  1196  and  11 98';  in  a  deed  of  the  time  of  Abbot 
Hugh,  and  therefore  not  later  than  1205,  there  is  mention  of  land 
near  the  chapel  of  St.  Thomas" ;  about  1196  the  abbot  and  convent 
of  Oseney  granted  *  to  our  faHllful  clerk  magister  Remerius,  for  the 
love  with  which  we  embrace  him,  the  messuage  in  Oseney  which  is 
between  the  messuage  of  Walkeline  the  priest  and  the  messuage  of 
Walter  the  clerk ',  to  be  held  by  him  for  life,  free  of  rent ;  the  deed  is 
headed  '  de  terra  juxta  capellam ',  •  and  the  property  seems  to  be  next 
to,  or  the  same  as,  the  house  '  by  the  chapel  of  St.  Thomas  '  granted 
a  few  years  later  to  Eva,  widow  of  William  Hosarius,  a  benefactor  of 
Oseney,  to  hold  for  her  life.*  We  have  evidence  therefore  that  the 
chapel  of  St.  Thomas  existed  before  the  year  1200,  but  whether  it  had 
already  supplanted  St.  George's  as  the  parish  church  is  uncertain. 

When  we  turn  to  the  Oseney  Cartulary  at  Christ  Church  we  find 
darkness  rather  than  light.  The  section  headed  *  de  capella  Sancti 
Thome '  *  begins  with  the  statement  that  the  chapel  of  St.  Thomas 
was  built  while  the  Castle  of  Oxford  was  besieged  by  King  Stephen 
(September  to  December,  11 42),  because  the  parishioners  of  St. 
George's  could  not  enter  the  Castie;  'and  let  it  be  known  that  it 
is  built  on  the  fee  of  St  Walery,  upon  the  moiety  of  174  acres  given 
us  by  Bernard  of  St.  Walery  as  appears  below ' ;  then  follows  the 
donation  of  the  land  by  Bernard  of  St.  Walery,  the  charter  being 
not  earlier  than  11 70.  This  is  the  story  that  was  current  when  the 
Cartulary  was  composed  (i.e.  about  the  year  1284),  but  it  is  mani- 
festly impossible.  There  could  be  no  chapel  of  St.  Thomas  the 
Martyr  nearly  thirty  years  before  the  martyrdom  of  St.  Thomas,  nor 
is  it  likely  that  a  chapel  was  built  on  the  fee  of  St.  Walery  thirty  years 
before  the  land  was  given  to  Oseney ;  if  some  chapel  was  erected  in 
1 142  for  the  use  of  the  residents  in  Oseney  it  might  have  been  the 
chapel  of  St.  Nicholas,  but  not  the  chapel  of  St.  Thomas.     The  next 

1  Oseney  Cartulary,  charter  573  (MS.  »  Cott  MS.  Vitell.  E.  xv.  fol.  181. 

at  Christ  Church,  Oxford).  *  Ibid.,  fol.  191. 

«  Christ  Church,  North  Oseney,  char-  »  The  Cartulary  at  Christ  Church, 

ter  no.  9.  Oxford,  fol.  31. 


266  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

deed  in  the  Cartulary  is  a  confirmation  by  Bishop  Hugh  of  Lincohi, 
which  can  be  assigned  by  the  witnesses  to  the  years  ii  89-1 191; 
in  it  he  gives  notice  that  '  the  canons  of  Oseney  with  our  assent  and 
will  have  built  a  certain  chapel  before  the  gate  of  their  court  {curie 
sue)  on  their  own  land  {J'undo),  with  this  intent  that  therein  divine 
service  may  be  celebrated  for  their  servants  and  guests  or  even  their 
parishioners  in  the  immediate  neighbourhood*  And  lest  by  reason  of 
this  oratory  the  brethren  should  in  future  be  troubled  with  unjust 
exactions  we  decree  that  the  chapel  shall  be  for  ever  free  from 
sinodals  and  enjoy  all  the  immunities  which  are  enjoyed  by  the 
monastery  of  Oseney'.  Then  follofrs  a  bull  of  Pope  Honorius, 
confirming  to  Oseney  the  chapel  of  St.  Thomas  'even  as  you  are 
in  possession  of  it  justly,  canonically,  and  peaceably ' ;  the  deed  is 
undated,  but  it  must  be  between  12 16  and  1232,  for  in  the  latter 
year  a  composition  was  efifected  between  Oseney  and  the  archdeacon 
of  Oxford,  which  assumes  that  the  chapel  of  Sl  Thomas  belonged  to 
Oseney  and  was  the  parish  church  of  the  district* 

From  Anthony  Wood  little  help  can  be  derived,  but  in  one  respect 
he  adds  something  to  our  knowledge.  He  was  able  to  peruse  a 
manuscript,  at  that  time  in  the  possession  of  the  bishop  of  Oxford 
but  now  lost,  which  gave  an  account  of  the  abbots  and  the  buildings 
of  Oseney;  and  from  this  source  he  seems  to  have  derived  his 
information  that  the  chapel  of  St.  Nicholas  was  'juxta  et  ante 
januam  Ousney  V  that  it  was  adjoining  to  the  Domus  Dei,  a  guest 
house  for  poor  people,  and  that  both  these  buildings  stood  outside 
the  great  gate  of  the  abbey  but  within  the  lesser  gate.'  He  also  was 
able  to  inspect  the  original  grant  of  St.  Hugh,  which  was  in  his  time 
to  be  found  in  Christ  Church  Treasury ;  though  it  is  now  lost,  he  has 
left  us  a  transcript  of  it,  which  corresponds  exactly  with  the  version  of 
the  Cartulary.  He  tells  us  *  that  it  was  endorsed  '  de  capella  Sancti 
Thome';  but  he  must  have  thought  that  this  endorsement  was 
untrustworthy,  as  he  takes  the  deed  to  be  a  licence  for  the  chapel 
of  St  Nicholas,  not  for  the  church  of  St  Thomas.*  But  his  whole 
treatment  of  the  matter  is  confused  and  uncertain.  In  one  place 
he  conjectures  that  the  chapel  of  St  Thomas,  which  was  said  to 
have  been  built  in  1142,  was  one  of  the  chapels  in  the  monastic 
church  of  Oseney  • ;  in  another  he  suggests  that  the  chapels  of  St 


'  Cott  M.S.  Vitell.  E.  xv.  fol.  153.  *  Wood  MS.  D.  a,  p.  501. 

•  City  of  Oxford,  iu  208.  *  City  of  Oxford,  ii.  aoS. 

•  Ibid.,  p.  20J.  •  Ibid.,  219. 


INTRODUCTION  267 

Thomas  and  St.  Nicholas  were  the  same,  or  that  the  chapel  of 
St.  Nicholas  was  a  part  of  the  church  of  St  Thomas  * ;  but  if  that 
were  the  case,  it  would  be  described  as  *capella  sancti  Nicholai 
infra  ecclesiam  sancti  Thome ' ;  moreover,  there  is  evidence  that  in 
1520  they  were  distinct,  and  in  fact  if  Wood's  statements  about  the 
buildings  of  Oseney  are  correct,  the  two  chapels  must  have  been 
100  yards  apart. 

But  we  are  helped  by  some  evidence  which  was  unknown  to 
Wood ;  it  is  the  record  of  a  visitation  of  Oseney  made  by  Bishop 
Atwater  in  1520.*  As  was  customary,  the  convent  produced  the 
episcopal  charters  in  right  of  which  were  held  the  appropriations 
of  its  chiu-ches,  i.  e.  St.  Mary  Magdalene,  St.  Thomas,  Cowley,  &c. ; 
next  was  produced  the  grant  of  the  Pope  that  the  abbot  might  use  a 
mitre  and  pastoral  staff  and  confer  minor  orders ;  then  the  licence  of 
the  bishop  of  Lincoln  *  for  the  building  of  a  chapel  before  the  gate 
of  the  monastery  for  celebrating  divine  offices  for  the  servants  and 
neighbouring  parishioners'.  This  was  evidently  distinct  from  the 
church  of  St.  Thomas,  and  can  be  identified  confidently  with  the 
chapel  of  St.  Nicholas ;  and  there  can  be  little  doubt  from  the  lan- 
guage of  the  record  that  the  document  produced  was  that  licence 
of  St.  Hugh,  which  in  1284  the  scribe  of  Oseney  took  to  refer  to 
the  chapel  of  St.  Thomas,  It  is  not  necessary  to  decide  whether  the 
interpretation  of  1284  or  of  1520  is  correct;  for  our  purpose  it  is 
enough  to  learn  that  in  1520  there  was  a  chapel  distinct  from  the 
church  of  St.  Thomas,  that  it  was  outside  the  gate  of  the  abbey, 
,and  was  used  by  the  servants  of  the  abbey  and  the  neighbouring 
parishioners;  although  the  name  of  the  chapel  is  not  given,  there 
can  be  no  doubt  that  it  was  the  chapel  of  St.  Nicholas.  By  *  neigh- 
bouring parishioners '  are  probably  meant  the  residents  on  the  ipanor 
of  South  Oseney.  The  southern  half  of  the  island  was  the  nfanor 
of  the  abbey,  and  we  may  conjecture  that  the  tenants  of  the  abbey 
were  allowed  to  make  use  of  the  chapel  of  St.  Nicholas.  But  whatever 
the  phrase  means,  we  learn  that  in  1520  there  were  some  who  could 
call  themselves  parishioners  of  St.  Nicholas ;  and  if  it  was  so  in  1520, 
it  was  probably  so  from  the  time  when  the  chapel  was  first  built.' 

Although  no  mention  of  the  chapel  of  St.  Nicholas  has  been  found 

*  City  of  Oxford y  ii.  116.  that  the  parish  should  bear  the  name  of 

'  MS.  at  Lincoln.  St.  Nicholas  instead  of  St.  Thomas,  and 

'  When  Henry  VIII  was  wag^g  war  in  deeds  of  the  end  of  the  reign  of 

against  the  memory  of  St.  Thomas  the  Henry  VIII  it  is  so  described. 

Martyr,  he  decreed  (or  it  was  decreed) 


268  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

earlier  than  1225,  yet  we  meet  with  *  chaplains  of  Oseney '  at  an  earlier 
date,  distinct  from  the  chaplains  of  St  George's.  Thus  William  de 
Burton  is  *capellanus  de  Oseneye'  about  the  year  1200,  and  the 
grant  of  St.  Hugh  which  has  already  been  mentioned  so  often  is 
witnessed  by  Walkeline  '  our  chaplain  *.  May  it  not  be  the  case  that 
he  was  not  chaplain  to  the  bishop,  but  chaplain  to  Oseney,  that  he  is 
identical  with  Wakeline  the  priest  who  lived  near  both  the  chapels  of 
St.  Nicholas  and  St.  Thomas*?  If  so,  it  may  prove  to  be  the  case 
that  the  'venerable  priest'  who  attended  the  lawyer  when  he  lay 
in  his  last  illness  at  the  guest-house  of  Oseney*  was  Walkeline. 

It  is  not,  therefore,  unwarrantable  to  assume  that  in  the  years 
1 1 90-1 1 95  there  was  a  chapel  of  St.  Nicholas  for  the  servants,  guests, 
and  neighbours  of  Oseney.  And  in  two  respects  such  a  chapel 
suits  better  the  story  of  the  goldsmith'  than  any  parish  church  of 
St.  Nicholas,  if  such  could  be  found.  In  the  first  place,  the  gold- 
smith was  in  the  habit  of  attending  matins  at  night  in  this  chapel ; 
but  it  is  doubtful  if  any  parish  church  had  matins  regularly.*  We 
are  told  in  the  life  of  St.  Edmund,  preserved  at  Balliol  College,  that 
such  was  the  devoutness  of  Mabel,  his  mother,  that  she  was  accus- 
tomed to  rise  at  midnight  and  attend  *the  matins  of  the  monks', 
which  seems  to  imply  that  in  the  two  parish  churches  of  Abingdon 
she  would  not  find  the  service.  But  the  chapel  of  St  Nicholas  at 
Oseney,  being  semi-monastic,  would  naturally  follow  the  monastic 
hours  and  services.  In  the  second  place,  our  author  describes  the 
building  as  '  oratorium '  and  '  ecclesiola ',  words  unsuitable  to  a  parish 
church. 

On  all  groimds,  therefore,  the  evidence  points  to  Oxford,  not 
Abingdon,  as  the  residence  of  the  monk  who  saw  the  vision.  And  if 
it  is  maintained  that  he  might  still  be  identified  wiih  St  Edmund, 
as  tie  saint,  though  bom  at  Abingdon,  and  known  as  '  Edmundus  de 
Abendone  ',*  lived  at  Oxford  from  boyhood,  yet  the  argument,  that  it 
is  unlikely  that  there  should  be  two  people  of  the  same  name  with  so 
much  in  common,  loses  its  force  according  to  the  size  of  the  popula- 
tion; and  Oxford  must  have  been  ten  times  as  populous  as  Abingdon. 

Moreover,  there  are  grave  difficulties  in  the  way  of  the  suggested 
identification,  and  the  facts  that  are  known  about  St.  Edmund  are 

*  See  above,  p.  265.  introdaction  to  the  services  of  Christmas 
^  Chap.  xxvi.  Day  {Records  of  Borough  of  Leicester^ 
'  Chap.  xxi.                                               i.  369). 

*  We  hear  of  matins  at  midnight  at  *  Roll  of  Hugh  IVells,  ii.  3. 
a  church  in  Leicester,  but  it  was  as  on 


INTRODUCTION  269 

in  many  points  in  disagreement  with  what  we  know  about  Edmund 
the  monk.  We  are  told  in  the  life  of  St.  Edmund  that  he  was  so 
young  when  his  father  died  that  he  could  not  remember  him;  our 
Edmund  could  well  remember  his  father,  and  was  thinking  of  him  on 
All  Souls'  Day  while  he  was  reciting  the  Psalter.  Again,  the  father  of 
St.  Edmund  died  in  the  monastery  of  Eynsham,  the  father  of  our 
Edmund  died  in  the  Holy  Land.*  Father  Thurston  puts  this 
evidence  aside  by  remarking  that  as  the  biographies  of  St.  Edmund 
are  not  agreed  what  was  the  name  of  his  father,  some  saying  Edward 
and  others  Reginald,  we  need  not  heed  them  when  they  tell  us 
that  his  father  died  at  Eynsham.  It  is  true  that  the  lives  of 
St.  Edmund  are  not  in  harmony  on  this  and  many  other  points; 
but  if  we  are  to  use  them  to  prove  similarities  between  St.  Edmund 
and  Edmund  the  monk,  they  must  also  be  noticed  when  they 
prove  dissimilarities.  And  if  the  latter  can  be  neglected,  because 
the  lives  are  untrustworthy,  by  the  same  reasoning  the  former 
cannot  be  adduced. 

But  more  fatal  is  the  silence  of  the  biographers  of  St.  Edmund 
and  of  the  chroniclers  of  the  thirteenth  century.  There  is  nowhere 
the  least  suggestion  either  that  St.  Edmund  was  at  one  time  in  a 
Benedictine  monastery,  or  that  he  saw  that  vision  which  was  so 
edifying,  so  popular,  so  well  known  to  Ralph  of  Coggeshall, 
Matthew  Paris,  and  Roger  of  Wendover.  Father  Thurston  himself 
sees  the  diflBculty;  it  is  almost  incredible  that  the  matter  should 
have  been  kept  secret,  quite  incredible  that,  if  known,  a  point 
which  was  so  much  to  the  glory  of  the  saint  should  have  been 
omitted  in  his  biographies.  One  of  them  is  said  to  have  been 
composed  by  his  brother  Robert.  Can  it  be  the  case  that  he  did 
not  know  that  St  Edmund  was  at  one  time  at  Eynsham,  that  it 
was  he  who  saw  the  miracle  of  the  infant  Saviour  in  the  hands  of 
St.  Hugh,  and  afterwards  had  the  vision  of  the  souls  in  purgatory  ? 
Father  Thurston,  laying  emphasis  on  the  passages  in  the  vision, 
where  the  monk  expresses  a  wish  that  neither  the  names  of  those 
who  were  in  torments,  nor  of  himself  who  saw  them,  should  be  known, 
assumes  that  Adam,  the  author,  was  bound  to  secrecy  by  the  young 
Edmund.  But  this  was  evidently  not  the  meaning  of  Edmund.  His 
name  was  well  known  in  connexion  with  the  vision ;  it  is  given  in  the 
Digby  MS.,  in  Matthew  Paris  and  Roger  of  Wendover.  Edmund  did 
not  mean  to  bind  his  hearers  to  secrecy,  but  like  a  humble  and  right- 

/  Vita  Magna^  p.  238. 


fi70  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

minded  man  he  thoaght  that  the  vision  was  given  him  not  for  his 
own  glory,  but  for  the  glory  of  God,  and  desired  no  mention  of 
himself.  Even  if  he  had  wished  for  secrecy,  it  would  have  been 
quite  impossible  to  secure  it«  Oxford  was  near  Eynsham,  and  when 
the  vision  was  compiled  by  Adam  at  the  command  of  Bishop 
Hugh,  were  there  none  at  Oxford  who  asked  which  of  the  monks 
it  was  who  had  the  vision  ?  And  ten  years  later,  when  St.  Edmund 
was  a  prominent  preacher  and  teacher  at  Oxford,  can  we  assume 
that  every  one  had  forgotten  the  marvellous  incident  of  the  Easter 
of  1 1 96?  Even  if  he  had  asked  for  secrecy  during  his  life,  yet 
after  his  death  it  would  have  been  a  duty  to  have  disregarded  his 
wish,  and  to  have  let  the  world  know  the  marvellous  and  edifying 
story.  Not  only  is  there  no  evidence  in  the  lives  of  St  Edmund 
to  connect  him  with  this  vision,  but  there  is  no  evidence  that  he  was 
ever  a  member  of  a  monastery.  Father  Thurston  suggests  that, 
as  at  one  time  he  held  some  '  ill-defined  position  among  the  Austin 
canons'  of  Merton  Priory,  he  may  previously  have  tried  the 
Benedictine  rule  at  Eynsham ;  but  this  is  to  read  into  our  authorities 
what  is  not  there.  There  is  no  authority  for  connecting  him  with 
Merton  except  the  letter  of  the  prior  of  Merton  composed  in  124 1 
with  a  view  to  securing  the  canonization  St.  Edmund,  and  this  letter 
merely  states  that  St  Edmund  had  resided  for  more  than  a  year 
at  Merton  Priory  before  he  became  a  regent  {rector)  in  theology,  and 
had  often  resided  there  since,  as  some  of  the  brethren  took  much 
delight  in  his  holy  talk^;  much  the  same  words  are  used  by  the 
abbot  of  Reading,  saying  that  St.  Edmund  had  sometimes  stayed 
there.*  Also  the  theory  that  Fr.  Thurston  is  obliged  to  advance,  that 
St.  Edmund  tried  the  Benedictine  rule  but  was  never  professed,  having 
only  been  a  novice,  does  not  accord  well  with  the  facts  known  about 
Edmund  the  monk.  It  is  true  that  by  Easter,  11 96,  he  had  only 
been  fifteen  months  at  the  monastery,  and  that  as  he  had  been  ill 
nearly  the  whole  time,  his  profession  might  have  been  postponed; 
but  the  work  before  us  implies  that  Edmund  the  monk  continued 
to  reside  at  Eynsham  after  he  recovered  his  health.  Adam,  the 
author,  definitely  says  that  the  details  of  the  vision  were  told  to 
him  on  various  occasions  after  Easter,  1196;  one  passage  refers  to 
events  which  happened  three  weeks  or  more  after  that  Easter,  and 
the  impression  conveyed  by  Adam  is  that  for  weeks  and  months 
he  was  in  communication  with  Edmund,  and  learned  more  details 

^  Martene,  Thesaurus  anecdotarum,  iii.  1899.  '  Ibid.,  iii.  191a 


INTRODUCTION  271 

of  what  he  had  seen.  We  should  be  forced,  therefore,  to  assume 
that  a  man  could  be  a  resident  in  a  monastery  for  almost,  if  not 
quite,  two  years  without  being  professed  This  in  itself  is  unlikely, 
but  in  view  of  the  far  greater  improbabilities  that  have  already 
been  pointed  out,  it  need  not  be  pressed. 

But  if  the  world  was  ignorant  who  it  was  who  saw  the  vision, 
there  was  one  place  where  there  could  not  be  this  ignorance, 
namely,  Eynsham  Abbey;  and  if  St.  Edmund  had  once  been  a 
resident  and  a  novice  there,  is  it  likely  that  the  monks  would  have 
forgotten  it?  A  mother  might  as  soon  forget  her  offspring  as  a 
monastery  forget  an  inmate  that  would  have  brought  it  such  honour. 
And  if  there  is  one  occasion  when  Eynsham  would  have  been 
proud  of  this  connexion,  and  would  have  had  special  reasons  for 
dilating  on  any  marvel  connected  with  St.  Edmund,  it  was  when 
evidence  was  being  collected  with  a  view  to  the  canonization  of 
the  saint  Among  the  letters  from  monastic  houses  printed  in 
Martene  {TTiesaurus  anecdoiorum,  iii.  19 15)  is  one  from  G.  abbot 
of  '  Egnelham '.  Any  one  who  has  had  to  read  many  charters  of 
the  period  1230-1250  must  know  that  about  that  time  the  letter  '  s ' 
was  often  so  formed  as  to  be  hardly  distinguishable  from  T. 
Doubtless,  therefore,  'Egnelham'  means  *Egnesham',  the  abbot  of 
which,  in  the  year  1241  was  named  Gilbert.  Now  in  this  letter 
there  is  not  the  least  reference  to  any  residence  of  St.  Edmund  at 
the  abbey.  Father  Thurston  says  that  in  the  letter  'much 
familiarity '  with  St.  Edmund  '  is  assumed ' ;  but  here  again,  in 
his  desire  to  prove  his  new  theory,  he  has  allowed  his  judgement  to 
be  warped.  The  letter  assumes  no  more  familiarity  with  St.  Edmund 
than  the  letter  of  any  other  monastic  house  near  Oxford.  The 
Abbot  claims  to  be  able  to  speak  with  confidence  about  St.  Edmund 
simply  because  Eynsham  is  near  Abingdon,  where  St.  Edmund  was 
born,  and  near  Oxford  where  he  studied. 

Moreover,  the  Digby  MS.  of  the  Vision,  which  we  have  selected 
for  printing,  contains  a  statement  about  Edmund  which  throws 
some  light  on  his  family.  The  rubric  at  the  beginning  of  the 
manuscript  speaks  of  him  as  brother  of  Adam  the  prior.  Now, 
in  the  Eynsham  Cartulary  it  appears  that  Adam  was  a  native  of 
Oxford;  for  his  brother,  named  William,  is  generally  described  as 
William  of  Oxford.*      In   two  charters   at   Magdalen   College   we 

*  See  vol.  i,  p.  305 ;  compare  p.  167,  index.  In  vol.  i,  p.  245  we  leam  that 
and  see  Willelmus  de  Oxonia  in  the      William  had  a  son  named  Adam. 


272  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

meet  with  *  William,  brother  of  Adam,  abbot  of  Eynsham ' ;  he  held 
two  small  properties  in  the  parish  of  St.  Peter  in  the  East,  and  is 
described  as  'faber',  but  it  has  not  been  possible  to  discover  who 
was  the  father  of  William  and  Adam,  and  also  therefore  of  Edmund. 
If  we  remember  how  rare  the  name  Edmund  was,  and  that  it  is 
often  the  case  that  an  unusual  name  occurs  in  the  same  family 
for  several  generations,  we  might  naturally  conjecture  that  Edmundus 
Medicus,  of  whom  we  have  spoken,  was  their  father.  He  was 
alive  in  1182  or  later,  but  seems  to  have  disappeared  about  1185- 
1190,  having  sold  some  of  his  land  to  Oseney;  this  would  suit 
what  we  know  about  the  father  of  Edmund  the  monk,  namely, 
that  in  11 94  he  had  been  dead  for  some  years.  Also  it  would 
explain  the  accuracy  of  medical  language  which  is  a  marked  feature 
in  the  writing  of  Adam.*  But  much  search  has  produced  no  cor- 
roboration of  this  theory.  We  hear  of  a  daughter  of  Edmundus 
Medicus,  by  name  Dionysia,  alive  in  1230,  and  owner  of  property 
near  the  Castle,*  but  hitherto  no  deed  has  been  found  to  connect 
her  with  Adam,  abbot  of  Eynsham,  or  William  of  Oxford,  smith. 
Nothing  more  can  be  said  than  that  Edmund  and  Adam  belonged 
to  an  Oxford  family,  and  probably  we  may  conclude  from  the 
language  used  by  Adam  that  when  he  was  composing  the  life  of 
St.  Hugh  about  1210-1220,  the  clerk  who  had  seen  the  miracle 
at  Buckden  and  foretold  the  recovery  of  the  Holy  Land,  was 
himself  dead.* 

Not  only  does  it  appear  that  Edmund  was  a  native  of  Oxford, 
but  his  outlook  is  limited  to  Oxford  and  the  neighbourhood.  Father 
Thurston  is  of  the  opinion  that  if  the  monk  had  not  studied  at 
Paris  as  well  as  Oxford,  he  could  not  have  recognized  in  purgatory 
so  many  prominent  persons,  whom  he  had  seen  on  earth;  but  it 
will  be  shown  in  the  notes  that,  with  one  exception,  there  is 
historical  evidence  that  all  of  them  could  have  been  seen  in  Oxford 
between  the  years  11 75  and  1195.  The  king's  court  was  occasion- 
ally at  Oxford,  and  often  at  Woodstock,  and  prominent  nobles  and 
ecclesiastics  came  frequently  to  Oxford  as  itinerant  judges.  Also 
the  abbots  and  abbesses  that  he  mentions  seem  to  be  those  of  the 
religious  houses  that  were  nearest  to  Oxford. 

If,  as  we  have   seen,  it  was   in   November,  11 94,  that  Edmund 

*    See    chap.    xix.      His     medical  daties  may  have  been  partly  medical, 

language  is  so  accurate  that  he  may  •  Close  Rolls^  p.  350. 

himself  have  been  a  doctor,  and  though  '  Vita  Magna^  p.  342. 
he  is  called '  capellanus'  of  St.  Hugh,  his 


INTRODUCTION  273 

made  his  journey  to  Buckden,  it  may  be  asked  whether  in  that 
year  November  2  would  fall  on  such  a  day  of  the  week  that  a 
traveller  leaving  Oxford  on  November  3  would  reach  Buckden  on 
a  Saturday,  as  was  the  case  with  the  young  clerk.  In  1194  All 
Saints*  Day  fell  on  Tuesday.  Edmund,  therefore,  starting  from 
Oxford  before  daybreak  on  Thursday,  November  3,  and  travelling, 
as  we  are  told,  on  foot,  would  reach  Buckingham  on  Thursday 
night,  and  Bedford  on  Friday  night,  covering  twenty-five  miles  each 
day.  Starting  early  on  Saturday  he  would  reach  Buckden  before 
II  o'clock,  in  time  to  find  the  Bishop  saying  mass;  for  as  there 
had  already  been  a  funeral  that  day,  it  was  evidently  not  an  early 
mass.  No  doubt  this  is  quick  travelling,  but  he  was  ordered  to  go 
*  quam  celerrime  \ 

In  what  part  of  Oxford  Edmund  lived,  and  in  what  church  he 
was  praying  when  he  heard  the  heavenly  voice,  must  remain  un- 
certain. We  know  that  he  dwelt  in  a  lodging-house  (hospicium) 
with  certain  companions^  {soat),  but  there  were  lodging-houses  in 
all  the  parishes  of  Oxford.  Nor  can  we  identify  the  church  from 
the  fact  that  a  *  reclusa  *  lived  there.'  We  hear  of  a  recluse  named 
Alice  at  the  church  of  St.  Budoc'  in  1243,  of  another  named 
Basilia  at  the  church  of  St.  Ebbe  about  twenty  years  earlier,*  and 
it  is  probable  that  they  were  not  at  all  uncommon  at  the  end  of 
the  twelfth  century.  Perhaps  a  more  clear  indication  may  be  found 
in  chapter  xxiv,  where  Edmund  asserts  that  before  his  vision  he 
had  always  been  specially  devoted  to  St  Nicholas;  the  words 
suggest  that,  like  the  goldsmith,  he  was  a  parishioner  of  the  chapel 
of  St.  Nicholas.  In  confirmation  of  this  theory  we  may  adduce 
the  phrase  spoken  to  Edmund  in  chapter  xxvi,  'uenerabili 
presbitero,  quem  et  tu  nosti,'  which  it  will  be  seen  is  used  of  the 
chaplain  of  St.  Nicholas.  If  Edmund  was  a  resident  in  the  island 
of  Oseney  and  a  neighbour  of  the  goldsmith,  he  would  naturally 
be  acquainted  with  the  chaplain  of  St.  Nicholas  who  attended  that 
clerk  whom  we  shall  identify  with  William  of  Tonbridge. 

At  present  nothing  more  can  be  said  with  certainty  than  that 
Adam,  Edmund,  and  William  belonged  to  an  Oxford  family.  The 
two  former  were  clerks,  and  may  have  been  drawn  to  Eynsham  by 
long  acquaintance^  with  one  who  held  the  post  of  prior  there. 

•  Viia  Magna,  p.  340.  *  St  Ebbe's  deed,  No.  7  (Magd.  Coll. 

'  Vt/a  Magna^  p.  239.  Charters). 

»  Col.  0/ Patent  Rolls^  p.  275.  *  See  the  end  of  chap.  li. 


274  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

There  can  be  no  doubt  that  Adam  had  received  a  good  education. 
His  Latin,  if  too  ambitious,  is  idiomatic,  and  it  will  be  obvious 
from  the  following  pages  with  what  care  he  revised  his  sentences 
and  improved  their  rhythm,  in  what  we  may  call  the  successive 
editions  of  his  work.  Some  of  the  words  he  uses  suggest  that  he 
had  been  grounded  on  Ovid  and  Virgil,  and  we  can  hardly  avoid 
the  conclusion  that  he,  or  Edmund,  or  both  of  them,  knew  the 
Sixth  Aeneid.  A  few  verbal  resemblances  are  indicated  in  the  notes, 
and  the  presence  of  St  Nicholas  as  a  guide  and  explainer  seems 
to  be  derived  from  Virgil's  Sybil. 

But  it  would  be  an  error  to  think  of  our  Vision  as  though  it 
were  a  Christian  version  of  the  Sixth  Aeneid.  Unlike  the  works 
of  Virgil  or  Dante,  there  can  be  little  doubt  that  our  vision  was 
a  real  event,  not  a  literary  figment.  It  is  impossible  to  agree  with 
Mons.  B.  Haureau,  who  blames  Matthew  Paris  for  inserting  the 
story  in  his  history  as  though  it  were  an  historical  fact  of  the  year 
1 1 96,  and  asserts  that  the  historian  has  taken  too  literally  what 
was  merely  the  setting  of  a  moral  tale.^  We  cannot  doubt  that 
Edmund  had  a  real  existence,  and  that  what  we  are  told  -of  his 
fifteen  months  of  illness,  of  his  ulcers,  and  so  foith,  is  to  be  taken 
literally.  In  fact,  one  of  the  chief  features  of  the  vision  is  its  lack 
of  imagination.  Virgil  and  Dante  made  use  of  their  opportunity 
to  bring  before  us  the  great  men  of  past  time,  but  our  monk 
mentions  none  but  those  of  his  time  whom  he  himself  had  seen  in 
person.  We  may  notice  also  that  details  in  the  dream  which  are 
pointless  or  impossible  are  yet  reproduced,  as  when  Edmund  dreamt 
that  the  prior  took  his  seat  on  the  abbot's  throne  and  was  dressed 
in  an  alb  to  administer  the  discipline.* 

Although  we  hold  that  there,  can  be  no  doubt  that  Edmund  had 
a  trance  and  saw  a  vision  of  the  other  world,  we  may  yet  be  of 
opinion  that  our  account  of  it  owes  something  to  the  imagination 
of  Adam.  In  more  than  one  place  he  explains  that  he  was  not  a 
mere  reporter,  but  sometimes  gave  the  sense  rather  than  the  words 
of  Edmund,  and  that  he  pieced  together  stories  which  were  told 
him  by  Edmund  at  different  times.'  We  may  even  go  farther  than 
this.  When  we  find  that  the  opinions  attributed  in  our  Vision  to 
St.  Nicholas  about  the  state  of  the  clergy  ^  correspond  ahnost  word 

*  Notices  et  extraits  cU  qutlques  manu-         •  Chap,  vi, 
scrits  latins  bjr  B.  Haureau,  1.  127.  *  See  p.  344. 

^  Chap.  ziii. 


INTRODUCTION  275 

for  word  with  the  opinions  attributed  to  Bishop  Hugh  in  the  Vita 
Bugonis^  the  natural  conclusion  is  that  neither  St  Nicholas,  nor 
Edmund,  nor  St.  Hugh  was  the  true  source,  but  Adam,  the  com- 
poser of  both  the  works.  Similarly,  when  we  find  that  in  the  one 
work  ^  an  unnamed  abbess,  and  in  the  other  work  St.  Hugh,  are 
depicted  as  behaving  to  lepers  in  a  way  which  the  author  says  was 
astounding,  the  most  natural  conclusion  is  that  in  both  cases  Adam 
is  adding  an  embellishment  of  his  own.  And  it  would  probably  be 
fair  to  say  that,  according  to  the  literary  canons  of  the  Middle  Ages, 
a  writer  of  the  life  of  a  saint,  or  a  narrator  of  a  vision,  would  be 
failing  in  his  duty  to  the  public  if  he  did  not  make  such  edifying 
additions  as  were  within  his  power. 

Perhaps  the  point  about  this  vision  which  will  be  generally  con- 
sidered of  most  interest  is  whether  Dante  had  any  knowledge  of 
it.  It  has  been  pointed  out  that  Dante  mentions  the  morning  of 
Good  Friday  as  the  date  for  the  beginning  of  his  vision,  the  very  hour 
when  Edmund  the  monk  passed  mto  his  trance ;  and  though  Dante's 
vision  is  represented  as  extending  over  six  or  more  days,  yet  the 
first  third  of  it  came  to  an  end  exactly  at  the  hour  when  Edmund 
returned  to  earth  again.  .  It  seems,  therefore,  probable  that  Dante 
had  met  with  a  copy  of  our  vision.* 

It  will  be  noticed  that  Edmund's  vision  deals  only  with  purgatory. 

It  is  true  that  in  chapters  xlix-liv  he  describes  those  who   have 

left  purgatory  and  are   approaching   paradise,  and  in  chapter  Iv 

he  even  enters  paradise,  but  he  gives  no  description  of  it,  and,  as 

we  shall  see,  there   is  reason  to  think  that  these  chapters  are  a 

supplement  to  the  original  vision.     Of  hell  he  says  little ;  those  who 

die  imrepentant  in  gross  sin  depart  to  eternal  death  (chapter  xxii) ; 

in    particular   he    mentions    a    multitude    of    incontinent    priests 

(chapter  xxxvi);  but  this  information  is  from  what  he  heard,  not 

from  what  he  saw.     In  purgatory  he  describes  three  parts ;  the  first 

is  where  holy  people  are  purged  of  their  sins ;  the  second  may  be 

defined  as  the  place  for  those  who  die  repentant  though  they  were 

imperfect  Christians ;  the  third  is  the  place  for  those  who  were  guilty 

of  unnatural  lust  but  died  repentant ;  though  they  are  not  in  hell  but 

in  purgatory,  the  writer  is  uncertain  whether  their  pains  are  not  eternal. 

In  the  other  two  cases  the  period  in  purgatory  varies  according  to 

the  life  of  the  individual,  but  from  several  passages'  we  gather 

*  See  p.  355. 

'  See  Father  Thurston  in  AnaUda  Bollandiana^  xxiii.  232. 

3  See  p.  339. 

T  2 


276  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

that  it  was  the  idea  of  Edmund,  and  perhaps  of  others  of  his 
time,  that  on  an  average  souls  were  not  in  purgatory  for  more 
than  ten  years.  As  the  current  teaching  was  that  the  pains  were 
assuaged  by  the  prayers  and  masses  of  the  living,  it  is  easy  to 
understand  why  money  was  often  left  to  be  spent  on  obtaining 
prayers  for  the  first  years  after  death. 

Of  the  moral  teaching  of  the  vision  little  need  be  said.  If  Adam 
and  Edmund  are  fair  representatives  of  the  Oxford  of  the  twelfth 
century,  both  in  religion  and  in  education,  the  University  was  in  a 
healthy  state.  The  same  sturdy  type  of  Christianity  which  is  found  in 
the  Vita  Hugonis  is  found  here  also ;  there  is  the  same  dislike  of  the 
forest  laws,  not  because  they  were  harsh,  but  because  they  were 
unchristian ;  *  there  is  praise  for  laymen  and  secular  clergy  as  much 
as  for  monks ;  and  more  than  once  he  states  that  monks  were  among 
those  who  were  in  the  worst  punishment  Monsieur  Haureau  is  less 
than  fair  to  Edmund,  when  he  would  have  him  to  be  a  narrow  monk, 
because  in  paradise  he  sees  only  those  of  his  own  profession,  a*  prior, 
an  abbess,  and  a  monk.'  There  are  points  in  the  religious  teaching 
to  which  we  refuse  assent,  as  that  a  man  can  be  guilty  of  sin  when 
he  was  unaware  that  what  he  did  was  sinful;'  but  the  pictures 
of  holiness  that  he  puts  before  us  are  more  inspiring  and  elevating 
than  is  common  with  religious  works  of  that  period.^ 

The  manuscripts  of  our  vision  are  numerous ;  the  following  is  a  list 
of  those  that  have  been  used,  numerals  being  used  as  their  symbols,  as 
in  the  edition  by  Father  Thurston : — 

MS.  I  is  Cott  MS.  Calig.  C.  xi.  foil.  49-69,  at  the  British  Museum. 
An  account  of  this  manuscript  may  be  found  in  the  *  Catalogue  of 
Romances  in  the  MS.  Department  of  the  British  Museum ',  pp.  493- 
502.  It  is  written  in  double  columns  in  a  small  hand  of  the  be- 
ginning of  the  thirteenth  century.  This  manuscript  has  been  used 
by  Father  Thurston  as  the  basis  of  his  text 

MS.  2  is  Digby  MS.  34,  foil.  100-26,  in  the  Bodleian  Library. 
The  volume,  which  measures  about  six  inches  by  seven,  contains 
three  manuscripts  which  were  all  in  the  library  of  Dr.  Allen,  and 
still  bear  the  numbers  50,  46,  and  39  in  his  hand.  When  they  came 
into  the  possession  of  Mr.  Digby  they  were  bound  together,  his 
inscription  being  stamped  on  the  leather.     The   second   of  these 

•  Chap.  xli.  »  Chap,  xxxiii. 

'  Notices et extraits de qwlques manu-  *  e.g.  the  Lives  of  St.  Edmund  of 
scrits  latim,  i,  137.  Canterbury. 


INTRODUCTION  277 

three  manuscripts  is  a  collection  of  five  visions  of  the  other  world 
(foil.  81-126),  of  which  the  first  four  have  already  appeared  in  print. 
The  fifth  is  the  vision  of  Edmund  of  *  Ainesham '.  The  manuscript 
unfortimately  is  incomplete,  extending  no  farther  than  the  first  two 
letters  of  the  word  imputari  in  chapter  xxviii.  As  fol.  126^  is  not 
rubbed,  whereas  fol.  81'  is,  we  conclude  that  the  mutilation  of 
the  MS.  took  place  at  some  comparatively  recent  date. 

MS.  3  is  Bodleian  MS.  44  (formeriy  numbered  1868),  foil.  170-89. 
The  handwridng  is  of  the  first  half  of  the  thirteenth  century,  and  an 
entry  on  the  fly-leaf  shows  that  the  whole  volume,  consisting  of  five 
or  six  pieces  in  different  hands,  was  complete  by  the  year  1260.  It 
is  known  to  have  come  from  the  neighbourhood  of  Reading,  and 
on  the  first  page  occur  the  words  *  Nicholaus  camerarius  de  Radyng '. 
One  feature  of  this  MS.  is  that  the  gaps  left  by  the  scribe,  where  his 
original  was  defective  or  illegible,  have  been  filled  up  by  an  early  reader, 
but  quite  at  random;  any  word  that  would  make  sense  has  been 
inserted  by  pure  conjecture ;  and  consequently  these  words  are 
valueless  for  a  reconstruction  of  the  true  text.  The  vision,  being 
the  last  of  the  pieces  of  which  the  volume  is  composed,  is  defective, 
ending  with  the  words  a  camihus  in  chapter  li. 

MS.  4  is  Selden  MS.  supra  66  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  beautifully 
written  in  a  hand  of  the  end  of  the  fourteenth  century;  it  contains 
very  few  mistakes,  and  is  divided  into  paragraphs  with  rubricated 
headings.  Father  Thurston  inserted  these  headings  in  his  edition, 
and  they  are  reproduced  here;  but  it  must  be  remembered  that 
they  are  not  the  work  of  the  original  author.  The  way  in  which 
the  text  is  divided  into  paragraphs  varies  in  each  manuscript,  and 
the  headmgs  or  marginal  summaries,  where  any  are  given,  likewise 
vary.  This  MS.  is  closely  allied  to  MS.  11,  and  in  chapter. xxxi 
they  agree  in  the  same  blunder. 

MS.  5  is  Bodleian  MS.  636  foil.  25-50,  of  the  fifteenth  century, 
badly  written.  The  MS.  is  formed  of  gatherings,  each  consisting 
of  six  pages,  two  sheets  of  paper  being  placed  within  a  sheet  of 
parchment.  The  MS.  is. defective  from  the  middle  of  chapter  xiii 
to  the  middle  of  chapter  xix. 

MS.  6  is  No.  43  among  the  manuscripts  of  Corpus  Chrisd  College, 
Cambridge.  It  is  in  a  hand  of  the  fourteenth  century  in  double 
columns,  the  pages  measuring  about  thirteen  inches  by  eight.  No 
rubrics  are  given,  but  spaces  have  been  left  for  their  insertion.  It 
is  carefully  written,  but  the  archetype  was  a  somewhat  corrupt  text, 


278  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

and  the  scribe  was  utteriy  uninteUigent;  words  are  divided  in  a  way 
which  the  context  shows  is  impossible,  fresh  sentences  are  begun 
in  the  middle  of  a  clause,  and  the  punctuation  is  frequently  such 
as  to  ruin  the  sense.  Occasionally  Uank  spaces  are  left  for  words 
which  the  scribe  could  not  read. 

MS.  7  is  HarL  MS.  3776  in  the  British  Museum,  containing  only 
short  excerpts  from  the  vision,  and  apparendy  of  no  value. 

MS.  8  is  the  symbol  used  by  Father  Thurston  for  Cott  MS.  Calig. 
A.  viii  foil.  192-209.  This  is  an  entirely  diflferent  text,  being  a 
rendering  into  Latin  of  a  French  rhyming  edition,  as  is  shown  by 
its  preface,  which  runs  as  follows: — 

*  Ad  laudem  dei  &  legentium  utilitatem  presens  opusculum  super 
quadam  uisione  terribili  de  suppliciis  &  locis  penalibus,  in  quibus  anime 
peccatis  obnoxie  post  obitum  corporis  cruciantur,  quam  deus  ulcionum 
&  pater  misericordiarum  cuidam  seruo  suo,  non  solum  ad  premuni- 
endum  electos  suos,  uerum  etiam  ad  eorum  incredulitatem  corri- 
piendum,  qui  huiusmodi  penas  8c  loca  penalia  non  esse  opinantur, 
necnon  ad  terrorem  peccancium  &  penitere  nolencium,  dum  tempus 
habent,  reuelare  dignatus  est,  de  Gallica  edicione  rithmice  composita 
in  Latinam  transtuli  stilo  communi,  quamuis  rudis  ego  &  inops 
uerborum,  diuitibus  forsan  multis  exponendum.  Quorum  prouida 
discrecio  mee  indulgeat  insufficiencie,  quia  non  presumpcione  aliqua 
negocium  istud,  quod  uires  meas  excedit,  attemptaui,  sed  iussu  & 
rogatu  reuerendi  ac  karissimi  magistri  mei,  cuius  precepta  reuerenter 
exequi,  utcunque  potero,  non  solum  magistralis  auctoritas  &  merita 
ipsius  gratissima  animum  meum  alliciunt,  quinimmo  dileccio  sincera 
suadet.  Placuit  autem  sibi  hoc  onus  imponere  michi  hac  radone, 
quia  in  prenotato  tractatu  in  rithmico  sermone  nimis  diffunditur  causa 
metri  8c  multa  inseruntur,  que  fastidium  inferunt  legenti  &  parum 
ad  propositum  facere  uidentur;  que  tanquam  superflua  rescindere 
8c  rem  gestam  succincte  perorare,  seruata  sentencia  uerborum,  ut 
oportet,  me  docuit  magister  mens  prenominatus,  utilitati  legencium 
consulens  &  considerans  fructum  leccionis  non  in  multiloquio,  sed 
pocius  in  compendio  consistere  conuenienter  ad  intellectum  ordinato. 
Nomen  uero  serui  dei  memorati  frater  Edmundus  uocabatur,  monachus 
de  Eynesham,  regnante  illustre  rege  Ricardo,  quem  tante  uirtutis  fiiisse 
ac  tante  sanctitatis  &  meriti  apud  Deum  testatur  ipsa  scriptura,  quod 
fides  certissima  est  ab  omnibus  sibi  adhibenda,  &  a  nuUo  sane  mentis 
reuocari  debent  in  dubium,  que  uir  Spiritu  Sancto,  que  est  ipsa  ueritas, 
repletus  scriptis  committere  decreuit.    Hiis  igitur  pro  parte  prohemiali 


INTRODUCTION  279 

premissis  ad  partem  executiuam  inuocata  Spiritus  Sancti  gracia  uertatur 
stilus. 

'In  quodam  monasterio  de  Eynsham  regni  anglie  erat  quidam 
monachus  uir  simplex  &  rectus  ac  timens  Deum  &  recedens  a  malo ; 
castus  etiam,  humilis  &  obediens  erat  [&c].' 

The  name  of  the  translator  is  not  given,  but  this  passage  implies 
that  he  was  an  Englishman.  It  is  therefore  curious  that,  although 
Roger  of  Wendover  and  Matthew  Paris  had  given  long  extracts  from 
the  original,  and  several  of  our  manuscripts  must  have  been  in 
existence,  the  translator  was  unaware  that  there  was  already  a 
Latin  version. 

It  is  possible  that  if  the  French  version  could  be  discovered  it  might 
add  something  to  our  knowledge  of  Eynsham,  for  it  might  have 
been  composed  at  Eynsham ;  but  the  Latin  rendering  of  the  French 
does  not  seem  to  contain  any  detail  which  is  not  found  in  the  ordinary 
Latin  text 

MS.  9  is  Cod.  Lat  131  foil.  1-27  at  Chartres,  being  of  the 
thirteenth  century.  It  has  been  used  by  Dom.  Ruber  in  his  edition, 
where  its  symbol  is  F. 

MS.  10  is  Cod.  Lat.  51  foil.  281-309  at  Chartres,  of  the  fourteenth 
century;  Ruber's  Z. 

MS.  II  is  Cod.  Lat  651  at  Metz,  of  the  fourteenth  century; 
Ruber's  M. 

MS.  12  is  Cod.  Lat.  2590  foil.  51-8  in  the  Bibl.  Nationale  at 
Paris ;  Ruber's  P,  of  the  thirteenth  century. 

MS.  13  is  Reserve  des  Imprimis  D.  1042  in  the  Bibl.  Nationale, 
a  MS.  of  the  fifteenth  century  on  paper.  As  it  is  bound  up  at 
the  end  of  some  early  printed  works,  it  is  kept  in  the  department 
of  printed  books. 

MS.  14  is  Cod.  Lat  14,978  foil.  1-74  in  the  Bibl.  Nationale,  probably 
of  the  fifteenth  century.  It  is  composed  of  paper  and  parchment  like 
MS.  5,  and  after  the  word  narratores  at  the  end  of  the  preface  adds 
a  short  summary  of  the  vision,  which  it  calls  a  prologue. 

MS.  15  is  MS.  1030  foil  96-124  in  the  Bibliothfeque  de  I'Arsensal 
at  Paris,  of  the  fifteenth  century.  This  MS.  has  a  passage  at  the  end, 
peculiar  to  itself,  in  which  the  scribe  exhorts  the  reader  to  attain 
the  joys  mentioned  in  the  vision.  In  the  few  places  where  the 
readings  of  this  MS.  have  been  tested,  it  seems  to  agree  very  closely 
with  MSS.  9,  10,  and  12. 

This  does  not  exhaust  the  list  of  known  MSS.;  the  catalogue 


28o  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

of  the  MSS.  at  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  shows  that  it  contains  one 
MS.,  possibly  two,  of  our  vision ;  there  is  also  said  to  be  one  at 
Trinity  College,  Cambridge;  also  Basle  MS.  A.  vL  i6  and  St.  Gall 
MS.  142 ;  *  and  there  can  be  little  doubt  that  many  are  yet  to  be 
found  in  French,  German,  and  Italian  libraries. 

Of  these  MSS.  I  have  no  knowledge  of  9-12,  except  from  Ruber's 
printed  collations;  the  others  I  have  seen  and  examined,  but  have 
collated  only  i,  2,  3  and  4. 

It  would  be  a  long  and  profidess  work  to  record  all  the  minute 
variations  of  these  manuscripts,  all  the  slight  inaccuracies  of  the 
scribes,  and  such  minor  matters  as  the  reversing  of  the  order  of 
a  noun  and  its  epithet  Father  Thurston  has  attempted  it  for  the 
six  manuscripts  that  he  used,  but  has  given  no  more  than  a  quarter 
of  their  variations.'  Dom.  Huber  has  attempted  it,  and  apparently 
with  success,  for  his  four  manuscripts,  but  as  the  two  Chartres 
MSS.  are  practically  identical,  he  had  only  to  give  the  various 
readings  from  two  MSS. ;  and  the  length  of  his  critical  notes 
shows  how  immense  would  be  the  same  task  for  fourteen  MSS.  But 
the  discovery  that  all  MSS.  fall  into  three  classes  suggests  a  simpler 
plan,  and  nothing  more  is  attempted  in  this  volume  than  to  give 
the  reading  of  each  group  of  MSS.  It  will  be  seen  diat  the 
divergences  are  so  great  that  they  cannot  have  been  the  work  of 
a  scribe,  but  must  be  the  deliberate  alterations  of  the  author,  so  that 
we  can  trace  three  successive  editions  of  the  book.  The  first  edition 
is  represented  by  MS.  2,  and  will  be  called  Text  A ;  the  second, 
or  Text  B,  is  represented  by  MSS.  i,  3,  6,  9,  10,  12,  14,  15;  the 
third,  or  Text  C,  by  MSS.  4,  5,  11,  13.  Text  A  is  the  most  lengthy, 
the  most  personal,  and  the  roughest ;  in  the  subsequent  texts  we  have 
a  more  condensed,  rhythmical  and  impersonal  version.  As  an  instance 
of  the  difference  between  the  three  texts  we  may  take  a  passage 
in  chapter  xxvi : — 

Text  A  (MS.  a).  Text  B  (MSS.  i,  3,  6,  9,  Text  C  (MSS.  4,  5,  11). 

nutu  Dei,  qui  omnes  i®»  ^V*  nutu  Dei,  qui    omnes 

precepit  ab  errore  ad  peni-  nutu  Dei,   qui  omnes  uult  ad  penitendam  con- 

tentiam  conuerti,  incidit  cupit  ab  errore  ad  peni-  uerti,  incidit  in  longuo- 

in    langnorem,   quo    per  tentiam  conuerti,  incidit  rem,  quo  per  nouem  cir- 

Douem    menses    uexatus  in    languorem,  quo    per  citer  menses  uexatus  est. 

nixit.  nouem     circiter     menses 
uexatus  est 

*  On  the  authority  of  Father  Thurston  gives  only  two  various  readings  from 
{Dublin  Review^  1904,  p.  238)  who,  MS.  4  and  none  from  MSS.  5  and  6, 
however,  has  not  seen  them.  whereas  MS.  4  differs  from  his  printed 

*  Thus  on  page  277  of  his  edition  he  text  in  a  dozen  places  or  more. 


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281 


No  mention  is  made  of  MSS.  13,  14  and  15,  as  their  text  has 
not  been  verified  at  this  spot.  No  doubt  in  this  instance  the  diver- 
gence between  the  three  texts  is  slight,  and  might  be  attributed  to  a 
slip  of  the  scribe,  but  when  we  find  similar  variations  on  every  page, 
MS.  2  always  standing  by  itself,  when  we  find  that  what  is  lengthy 
and  awkward  in  MS.  2  is  pruned  and  polished  in  what  is  called 
Text  B,  and  still  more  in  Text  C,  we  are  led  to  the  conclusion 
that  we  have  three  editions  of  the  work,  and  that  the  author  himself 
revised  it  twice.  The  difference  between  Texts  B  and  C  is  best  marked 
in  chapters  xlii,  xliii  and  xlviii :  thus  in  chapter  xlviii  we  have  : — 


Text  B  (MSS.  i,  3,  6,  9, 10,  la,  14,  15). 

lam  aero  quia  multa  ex  hiis  que  in  locis  tonnen- 
tonim  comperimas,  nt  potuimus,  festinanter  occupa- 
tionibas  niminim  uariis  multnm  prepediti,  nimiis  hinc 
inde  tnmnltibus  ex  diaini  natu  moderaminis  in  nos 
consargentibos  nehementer  attriti,  fideli  potins  quam 
falerato  sermone  digessimus,  hie  de  penis  et  in  eis 
positis  animabus  narracionem  interim  conclndimos. 
Post  hec  cmn  saperne  intuitns  miseracionis  quietem 
nobis  immodice,  peccatis  nostris  exigentibns,  ad  pre- 
sens  turbatam,  serenatis  immo  sedatis  contrarietatum 
procellis  qaibns  infestamnr,  restitnerit,  de  gandio  & 
exaltacione  bonorum  in  sede  amena  8c  iocnnda  felici- 
ter  qniescentium  aliqna  qne  nidimns  exprimere,  pront 
dominus  dederit,  temptabimns.  Dignum  quippe  8c 
omnino  instnm  est  nt  qui  post  tot  non  marinornm 
flactunm  sed  amara  tormentorum  discrimina  stellam 
maris  pagine  nostre  illuxisse  nidimns,  portamque 
salutis  tandem,  scilicet  miserornm  refiigium  et  beato- 
mm  gandium,  matrem  misericordie,  stilo  applicante 
tetigimns,  denuo  in  istins  Inmine,  in  hnius  quiete 
ambnlantes,  maneamns  &  manentes  ambnlemns,  am- 
bnlantes  quoqne  &  manentes  gandeamns,  prestante 
domino  nostro  Ihesn  Christo,  beatissime  eiusdem 
▼irginis  creatore  8c  filio,  qui  cum  deopatre  &coetemo 
et  consubstantiali  Spiritu  paracllto  uiait  &  glonatnr, 
nnns  deus  in  secula  seculorum. 

Nnnc  de  solaciis  quiescencinm  &  eterna  gloria 
beatorum,  que  dicere  promisimns,  aliqua  utcumque 
dicamus,  &c. 

Although  there  is  no  other  passage  where  the  alterations  are  as 
great  as  here,  yet  the  footnotes  will  show  in  how  many  cases  the 
two  texts  diverge,  the  text  represented  by  4,  5,  11  and  13  being 
always  the  more  brief,  the  more  impersonal,  and  the  more  polished  ; 
unnecessary  epithets  are  omitted,  references  to  the  feelings  of  the 
author  and  his  circumstances  are  removed,  and  the  rhythm  of  the 
Latin  is  improved.  There  can,  I  think,  be  no  doubt  that  the  shorter 
version  is  in  this  case  the  later. 

A  theory  may  be  hazarded  to  account  for  these  three  versions. 


Text  C  (MSS.  4,  5,  II, 
13). 

lam  uero  quia  multa 
ex  hiis  que  in  locis  tor- 
mentorum comperimusi 
nt  potuimus,  fideli  pocius 
quam  falerato  sermone 
digessimus,  hie  de  penis 
uel  in  eis  positis  anima- 
bus narracionem  interim 
terminabimus.  Post  hec 
de  gandio  et  exultacione 
bonorum  in  sede  amena 
&  iocunda  feliciter  qnie- 
scentium aliqna  que  uidi- 
mus  exprimere,  prout  do- 
minus dederit,  temptabi- 
mns. 

Nunc  de  solaciis  quie- 
scencinm et  eterna  gloria 
bonorum  aliqua  utcum- 
que dicamus,  &c. 


28a  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

It  18  acutely  noticed  by  Father  Thurston  that  the  vision  must  at 
one  time  have  come  to  an  end  with  chapter  zlviiL  We  there  have 
the  ordinary  conclusion  of  a  book  '  unus  Deus  in  secula  seculorum ' ; 
the  author  expresses  the  hope  that  some  day  he  may  continue  the 
work,  but  for  the  moment  he  must  come  to  an  end  because  of 
'  storms  of  opposition '  (fontrarietatum  procelU\  and  he  says  that  what 
he  had  written  was  composed  hurriedly  amid  other  occupations  and 
'disturbances'  (iumultibus)  which  arose  against  him.  Our  know- 
ledge of  the  history  of  Eynsham  enables  us  to  see  in  these  words 
a  reference  to  the  great  lawsuit  which  was  running  its  course  in 
1 196  and  1 197,  between  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln  as  patron  of  Eynsham 
and  King  Richard  I  (see  vol.  i,  p.  17).  If  we  possessed  the  con- 
clusion of  MS.  2  we  should  probably  find  that  Text  A,  composed 
in  1 197,  came  to  an  end  at  chapter  xlviii  except  that  there  was  an 
appendix  from  hec  ego  (chapter  Ivii)  to  the  end  of  chapter  Iviii. 
Subsequently  the  author  revised  what  he  had  written,  and  added 
ten  chapters,  but  when  he  added  chapter  xlix  he  forgot  to  correct 
the  last  words  of  chapter  xlviii,  so  that  in  Text  B  the  author  promises 
a  continuation  of  his  work  at  some  distant  date,  and  then  immediately 
fulfils  his  promise  in  chapter  xlix.  Subsequently  he  corrected  the 
whole  work,  and  removed  this  and  many  other  imperfections  in 
Text  C.  This  theory  will  account  for  the  fact  that  whereas  Texts  B 
and  C  diverge  considerably  in  chapters  i-xlviii  and  the  final  ap- 
pendix, they  are  almost  identical  in  the  remaining  part.  It  is  as 
if  the  author  found  that  what  he  had  hurriedly  composed  in  1197, 
though  revised  in  Text  B,  yet  needed  fiirther  polishing  in  Text  C, 
whereas  that  which  had  been  composed  at  leisure  for  Text  B  satisfied 
him,  and  needed  little  alteration  for  Text  C. 

We  have  no  manuscript  which  can  claim  to  have  been  drawn 
up  under  the  eye  of  the  author.  Although  MSS.  i  and  a  must  have 
been  written  during  his  life-time,  they  contain  so  many  blunders  that 
it  is  evident  that  they  are  transcripts. 

In  the  following  pages  Text  A  has  been  reproduced  as  far  as  that 
point  in  chapter  xxviii  where  the  manuscript  comes  to  an  end ;  from 
that  point  Text  C  is  given.  No  doubt  it  would  be  more  logical 
to  give  Text  B  where  we  cannot  give  Text  A ;  but  as  it  has  already 
been  printed  by  Father  Thurston  and  by  Dom.  Huber,  it  has  been 
thought  better  to  give  Text  C. 

The  best  form  of  Text  B  will  be  found  in  Father  Thurston's 
edition ;  Dom.  Huber  was  at  a  disadvantage  from  the  fact  that  the 


INTRODUCTION  283 

three  MSS.  to  which  he  trusted,  MSS.  9,  10  and  i3,  are  not  only 
inaccnrate,  but  are  not  independent.  The  two  Chartres  MSS.  are 
copied  from  one  another  or  from  one  archetype,  and  often  have 
the  same  errors ;  thus  in  chapter  xxxii  both  omit  the  same  six  lines 
and  make  havoc  of  the  sense.  Again,  MSS.  9  and  12  have  some 
connexion,  making  the  same  error  in  the  second  line  of  chapter  vi, 
and  many  other  instances  might  be  given.  The  result  is  that  in 
many  places,  perhaps  a  hundred  or  more,  no  one  of  the  three 
manuscripts  gives  the  true  reading;  and  Dom.  Huber  would  have 
done  better  to  print  MS.  11,  which  gives  Text  C,  and  happens  to  be 
an  accurate  MS.,  although  he  had  no  other  MS.  to  collate  with  it. 
Perhaps  the  readers  should  be  warned  that  in  Father  Thurston's 
edition  the  collations  which  were  supplied  to  the  author  by  various 
friends  are  far  from  accurate. 

It  must  not  be  understood  that  when  a  reading  is  assigned  to 
Text  B  or  Text  C,  all  the  MSS.  of  that  group  have  been  ex^imined. 
A  combination  of  MSS.  4,  5,  and  1 1  is  trusted  to  give  Text  C, 
while  Text  B  is  the  reading  that  is  found  in  MSS.  i,  3,  6,  9,  10,  12, 
The  other  MSS,  have  not  been  given  a  closer  examination  than 
was  necessary  to  show  from  the  crucial  passages  to  what  group 
they  belong. 


( 


THE   VISION  OF  THE   MONK  OF 
EYNSHAM 

[PREFATIO] 

Incipit  prefatio  domini  Adam  prions  de  Aineshamma  super  uisione 
quam  uidit  Eadmundus  monachus,  bone  indolis  adolescens,  frater 
ipsius,  scilicet  prions,  &  in  professione  filius,  anno  ab  incaraacione 
domini  mOcOxcvi<>. 

Usu  notissimum  habetur  quod,   diem  terns  sole  post  tenebras  5 
noctium  reportante,  paulatim  umbranim  densitas  lumine  succedente 
atteritur,  donee  pleno  fulgore  facies  terrae  \sic\  et  renim  foraie  illu- 
strarentur,  &  sic  uideri  incipiant  que  uisum  penitus  latuerant;  uisa 
eciam  certa   agnitione  comprehendantur,  que  in  luce  dubia  uideri 
utcunque,  sed  discerni  non  poterant  cercius.     Totus  autem  mundus  10 
inuoluitur  tenebris,  in  aliis  tanquam  in  profunda  nocte  caliginis,  in 
aliis  uelud  in  crepusculo  dubie  uidens.     Aderit  post  hec  ueri  mani- 
festatio  diei,  cum  scilicet  in  regno  Patris  eonim  gaudebunt  omnes 
electi,  beata  inmortalitate  felices,  solem  iustitie  perpetuo  cementes. 
Aurora  huius  diei  est  resurrectionis  uniuersorum  &  iudicii  tempus,  15 
quo  uere  diuiditur  lux  a  tenebris,  iusti  uidelicet  ab  impiis.     Tunc  nox 
in  diem   commutabitur,   ut,   qui    modo   fidei  merito  &  deuocionis 

Preface.  As  the  end  of  the  world  is  probably  at  other  monasteries,  that  one 
now  approaching  visions  of  the  other  who  wished  to  enter  the  house  was  as- 
world  are  occnrring,  as  it  were  glimpses  signed  to  the  care  of  one  of  the  brethren, 
ofthe  coming  dawn;  they  show  the  pains  to  be  instmcted  in  the  rule  and  the 
of  those  whohayenotrei>ented  sufficiently  customs  of  the  place ;  apparently  he  was 
in  this  world,  and  the  joy  of  those  who  *  pater  in  professione  *  to  his  pupil.  We 
have.  As  for  those  in  heaven,  their  state  gather  from  the  phrase  in  chap,  vi, '  in 
is  beyond  the  powers  of  tongue  to  de-  sancto  proposito  dilectus,'  that  in  some 
scribe.  cases,    perhaps    alwajrs,  there   was    a 

I.  This  heading  is  peculiar  to  A.  lasting  intimacy  between  'father*  and 

In  the  manuscripts  the  heading  varies  'son\ 

slightly,  but  no  other  version  mentions  5.  Text  C  omits  terris, 

that  Adam  was  the  author,  that  he  was  7.  Texts  B  and  C  read  illustrentur ; 

prior  of  Eynsham,  that  he  was  brother  of  perhaps  illustraretUur  is  an  error  of  the 

Edmund,  and  his  spiritual  father.    In  scribe  of  A. 

MS.  II  it  says  that  the  vision  occurred  10.  Texts  6  and  C  read  'discerni  cer- 

^inAnglia*,  showing  that  this  manuscript  tins  neqnibant*.     There  can  be  little 

was  not  written  in  England.  doubt  that  the  reading  of  A  preceded  the 

Adam  was  not  prior  when  the  vision  reading  in  B  and  C. 

took  place;  see  p.  258.  \\,fundittis  caligans^  for  caliginis ^ 

3.  It  was  the  custom  at  Eynsham,  and  B,  C. 


a86  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

cognoscimur  a  deo,  dum  in  eum  credimus  &  turn  non  uidentes, 
iam  cognoscamus  eum  sicut  cogniti  sumus  ab  eo,  ipsom  facie  ad 

ao  feciem  contemplantes.  Uti  uero  de  die  mundi  premisimus,  quod 
oculis  iugiter  cernimus,  quia  ipso  iam  iam  terris  imminente  noctis 
umbra  tenuatur  &  uicine  lucis  candor  magis  &  magis  aperitur,  sic 
nimirum  eteme  uicinitas  diei»  mundi  scilicet  fine  quasi  obscurissime 
noctis  termino  instante,  lucis  sue  gradam  euidencius  apeiire  ubique 

35  pene  terrarum  cepit,  et  fiunt  passim  mire  uite  future  reuelationes ; 
ut  ea  que  patres  per  fidem  cemebant  in  speculo  &  in  enigmate,  non 
manifesta  quidem  reuelatione,  ab  aliis  quidem  uideantur,  &  audita 
per  illos  qui  uident  ab  aliis  cercius  agnoscantur;  pluraque  eciam  huic 
seculo  semper  inaudita  &  quasi  ab  oculis  in  hac  mortalitate  degen- 

30  cium  penitus  oculta  ipsis  reuelationibus  producuntur  in  lucem,  &  fiunt 
certa  que  dubia  erant,  &  que  prorsus  latuerant  clans  uisibus  ex- 
ponuntur.  Legimus  sane  multas  temporibus  patrum  de  statu  seculi 
uenturi  factas  reuelationes,  &,  ab  ipsis  Sanctis  patribus  successure 
posteritatis  noticie  stili  benefitio  transmissas.  Legimus  quoque  non- 
35  nullas  huiusmodi  manifestationes,  que  nostris  diebus  et  reuelate  sunt 
diuersis,  &  per  fideles  excepte  scriptoque  mandate  personas,  quibus 
&  fides  non  incertis  roboretur  argumentis,  animetur  spes,  &  caritas 
infiammetur ;  maxime  autem  inicium  sapientie,  scilicet  timor  domini, 
adquiratur:   cautela  quoque  augeatur,  que  in  uite  presentis  lubrico 

40  gressum  dirigit  &  a  lapsu  protegit  tendencium  ad  patriam  superne  here- 
ditatis.  Uidetur  dominus  secundum  quod  petiit  ab  Habraham  diues  in 
inferno  sepultus,  ut  in  omnibus  &  suis  prospiciat  amicis  ad  salutem 
&  inimicis  omnem  auferat  excusationem,  non  eo  solo  contentus  quod 
Moysen  &  prophetas,  apostolos  etiam  &  uiros  apostolica  sancdtate 

45  illustres  ad  preparanda  mortalium  &  excitanda  torpentium  corda 
seculo  concessit,  nisi  eiiam  ea  que  apud  inferos  sunt  uiuentibus  in 
hoc  mundo  innotescant,  queque  etiam  in  locis  penalibus  perferant,  qui 
hie  maculas  peccaminum  minus  diluerunt,  &  quanta  felicitate  per- 
fruantur,  qui  labe  uitiorum  discussa,  superni  aditum  regni  in  regione 

50  amenitatis  &  lucis,  in  loco  quietis  &  suauitatis,  beata  prestolatione 
expectant  De  his  enim  que  super  celos  sunt,  ubi  exultant  iusti  in 
conspectu  dei,  sicut  multa  &  ineffabilia  credere  omnibus  fidelibus 

18.  eum  for  ium^  B,  C;    turn  may  the  true  reading  of  Text  B,  but  is  an  error 

be  an  error,  but  it  makes  sense,  being  of  the  three  manuscripts  he  followed, 
opposed  to  iam,  43.  contentus  esse,  B;  contentum  esse, 

26.  nunc  manifesta,  B,  C,  for  non  C. 
manifesta  quidem,  50.  expectatione  prestolantur,  B,  C, 

28.  uiderunt,  B,  C,  for  vident,  for  prest,  exp, 
pleraque,  B,  C.  5a.  MSS.  i,  3,  4,  6,  11,  la,  add  bona 

36.  commendate,  C.  after  itieffdbilia,  but  9.  10,  and  15  do 

40.  tendentes,  read  by  Huber,  is  not  not. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  287 

ft  plerisque  contemplari  permissum  est;  sic  de  ipsis  aliquid  pre 
excellentia  rerum  digne  referre  omni  creature  que  in  terns  consistit 
inpossibile  est.  Igitur  ut  magnis  uiris,  quibus  &  sanctitatis  merito  55 
&  auctoritatis  eorum  priuilegio  paruitas  mea  et  condicionis  ordine 
&  deuDtionis  affectu  usquequaque  addicta  et  obnoxia  habetur,  pro 
uiribus  satisfatiam,  qui  illud  honeris  michi  inperito  ineuitabili  pre- 
scriptu  obedientie  imponunt,  quedam  ualde  preclara  et  ad  tocius 
catholice  matris  ecclesie  consolationem  &  edificationem  atque  in-  60 
structionem  multorum,  si  fideliter  audiantur,  efficacissima,  que  in 
quodam  michi  notissimo  monasterio  contigisse  anno  presenti,  qui 
est  uerbi  incarnati  miUesimus  centesimus  nonagesimus  sextus,  cer- 
tissime  agnoui,  utpote  quibus  interfui  &  que  fratri  cuidam  in  uisione 
ostensa  sunt,  ex  parte  scribere  disposui,  et  hinc  quidem  summis  uotis  65 
fidelium  edificationem  quos  presenti  relatione  letificandos  spero 
exoptans,  hinc  etiam  serui  inertis  Sc  pigri  penam  &  notam  euitare 
satagens ;  banc  namque  imminere  michi  pertimescerem,  si  conseruos 
tante  edificationis  stipe  ingrato  silencio  fraudarem.  De  ueritate 
autem  dicendorum  fidelium  nemo  dubitare  maluerit,  quia,  sciens  per-  70 
dendos  a  domino  omnes  qui  locuntur  mendacia,  magis  silerem 
funditus,  quam  quicquam  obnoxium  mendaciis  scriptitando,  tot  ipse 
primo  menciens  redderem  falsiloquos,  quot  fore  contingeret  scripti 
nostri  narratores.  Explicit  prefatio  ;  incipit  uisio  Eadmundi  monacbi 
de  Ainesham  edita  a  uenerabili  Adam  priore  de  eodem  loco.  75 

[I.  Qualiter  monachus  in  egritudinem  incideret  &  qualiter 
vacaverit  confessioni,  orationi  et  lacrimarum  compun- 
ctioni.] 

Tn  quodam  ergo  cenobio  iuuenis  quidam  ad  uitam  monasticam 
fidei  deuotione  a  seculi  uanitate  conuersus  est,  qui  circa  primordia 

55.  magnis  uiris,  the  great  men  who  74.  explicit . . .  loco,  A  alone  has  this 

by  their  position  had  a  right  to  command  final  sentence. 

the  obedience  of  Adam  are  doubtless  Chapter  L  A  certain  monk,  soon 
Hugh  his  bishop  and  Thomas  his  prior,  after  he  entered  a  monastery,  was 
We  read  in  the  Vita  Bugonis,  p.  235  afflicted  with  ill  health  which  lasted  fif- 
(Rolls  Series),  that  the  young  man  teen  months.  On  the  evening  of  Wed- 
whom  we  have  identified  as  ^mund  nesday  in  Holy  Week,  April  17,  11 96, 
had  visions  which  were  written  down  at  he  was  somewhat  better,  and  went  to 
the  command  of  Hugh.  For  the  attitude  matins  next  morning.  On  Thursday  at 
of  Thomas  the  prior  of  £3rnsham  see  midday,  having  spent  the  intervening 
quotation  given  above,  p.  258.  The  time  in  devotions,  he  made  his  con- 
same  phrase  occurs  in  chapter  IviiL  fession  to  two  of  the  brethren.     On 

58.  idy  B,  C,  for  illud.  Friday  morning  he  went  to  matins. 

69.  For  this  emphasis  on  truthfulness  i.  igitur ,  B,  C,  for  ergo. 

see  chapter  Iviii.  a.  fiUlit  B,  C,  iovfideu 


a88  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

sue  conuersionis  uehementer  egrotare  incipicns,  per  annum  integrum 
ft    menses    tres   graui   corporis  ualitudine  laborans,  cibi   &  potus 

5  abhominationem  ita  incurrerat,  ut  per  nouem  aliquando  dies,  uel  eo 
amplius,  nichil  preter  modicum  aque  calide  perciperet.  Medicorum 
ei  nulla  quicquam  potuit  conferre  industria,  sed  in  contrarium  uerte- 
batur  quicquid  leuaminis  causa  a  quolibet  homine  uidebatur  exibitum. 
Languebat  igitur  grabato  decumbens,   uiribus    corporis    plurimum 

lo  destitutus,  nee  loco  moueri  preualens,  nisi  ministrantium  labore 
deuectus.  Ita  tribus  mensibus  solito  acerbius  macerabatur,  cum  ex 
insperatOy  imminente  iam  resurrectionis  dominice  annua  sollempnitate, 
cepit  aliquatenus  leuius  habere,  &  uiribus  parum  restitutis,  baculo 
innixus  per  cellam  infirmonmi  solus  deambulare.     Interea  cum  iam 

15  adesset  nox  qua  officium  de  traditione  Domini  sollempni  more 
consueuit  celebrari,  cui  cene  etiam  dominice  proxime  succedit  dies 
magnus,  deuotionis  instinctu  ad  maiorem  ecclesiam  una  cum  fratribus 
qui  secum  debilitatis  gratia  in  infirmaria  pausabant,  baculo  subuehente, 
porrexit ;  ubi  conuentus  noctumales  domino  laudes  persoluebat ;  ubi 

30  tantum  compunctionis,  gratie  celestis  respectu  afflatus,  percepit,  ut 
modum  excederet  sancta  deuotio :  unde  nee  a  fletibus  &  dei  laudibus 
a  medio  noctis  usque  ad  sextam  diei  sequentis  horam  se  potuit 
continere,  hinc  miserationum  domini  quas  bumano  contulit  generi  cum 
gaudio  et  ueneratione  memor,  inde  preteritarum  negligentianun  & 

35  presentis  sui  imperfectionis  cum  dolore  &  luctu  detrimenta  deplorans. 
Circa  sextam  uero  accersiri  fecit  ad  se  duos  ex  fratribus,  unum  post 
alium,  quibus  suscipiendi  confessiones  &  penitentibus  absolutionem 
dandi  ministerium  creditum  fuerat,  ft  utrique  omnium  in  quantum 
sibi  possibile  erat  culparum  &  minimarum  quarumlibet  transgressionum 

30  ordinis  sine  preceptorum  dei  confessionem  pure  &  integre  in  summa 
contritione    cordis  &    ^rimarum    effusione   fecit,  &  absolutionem 


4.  graui    ualitudine^    Mil    health.*  from  thelangnage  of  this  chapterwhether 

MSS.   I,  3y  4,  5,  read  inualitudine;  it  speaks  of  the  matins  of  Wednesday 

bnt  two,  if  not  three,  of  Huberts  MSS.  morning  or  of  Thursday  morning,  bat  it 

agree  with  A.  is  stated  in  chapter  ix  that  the  monk 

7-8.  B  and  C  add  remedii  after  quic-  made  his  confession  on  Thursday,  and 

quatftf  and  ei  after  causa,  in  chapter  xiii  that  the  matins  which 

13.  aliquantulumf  B,  C.  followed  was   the  matins  of  Friday, 

se  habere,  C.  *  sexte  ferie.' 

parumper^  B,  C.  25.  sue^  B,  C. 

17.  magne.BfCffoTmagnus.  Manndy  26.  duos  ex  Jratribus,  from  what  fol- 
Thursday  might  be  called  ^magnus  .  lows  and  from  the  quotation  given  above 
See  chapter  v,  first  line.  (p.    258),  we   should  conjecture  that 

18.  MSS.  9,  10,  and  12,  all  make  the  these  two  were  Adam,  his  brother  the 
same  blunder,  omitting  debilitatis,  sub-prior,  and  Thomas  the  prior. 

22.  MS.  2  reads  laudis  for  noctis ^  an  29.  All  MSS.  of  Text  C  place  omnium 

obvious  error.    It  might  be  uncertain  after  erat. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  289 

uehementi  desiderio  quesitam  percepit.     Requisitus  ab  uno  eorum, 
quid  sibi  tarn  immoderati  fletus  &  luctus  occasionem  dedisset,  suspi- 
cati  enim  sunt  uniuersi,  quod  de   seculo  migraturum  aliquo  modo 
sentiret,  respondit  se  nil  tale  sentire ;  immo  curiosius  sciscitanti  fratri  35 
hec  tandem  confessus  est :  *  Sciatis/  inquiens,  *  domine,  quod  nocte 
transacta  tantam  in  capitulo,  ubi  simul  fuimus,  cordis  suauitatem  & 
exultationem  percepi  spiritus,  quod  me  ipsum  capere  uix  pre  gaudii 
magnitudine  aut  ferre  ualeo.*     Requisiuit  etiam  utrum  consuetudinis 
esset,  quod  ipsa  nocte  priores,  sacris  induti  uestibus  &  albis,  disciplinas  40 
frairibus  darent.     Hec  ab  ipso  audiens  frater  credebat  ilium  ex  nimia 
inanitione  capitis,  quam  forte  ex  inedia  et  languore  simul  immoderato 
contraxisset,  in  mentis  alienatione  talia  proferre,  licet  mirabili  pru- 
dencia  atque  discretione  toto  egritudinis  sue  tempore  preditus  fuisset. 
Quamobrem  commendans  eum  domino,  nil  ab  eo  ulterius  inquirendum  45 
censuit  moxque  discessit.    £ger  autem  totum  in  dc-i  laudibus  exegit 
diem.    Sequenti  nocte,  modico  prelibato  sompno,  strato  se  excutiens, 
cum  ex  more  illius  temporis  pro  conuocandis  ad  matutinas  fratribus 
tabula  percutereiur,  iter  ad  ecclesiam,  sicut  pridie  fecerat,  aggressus 
est.     Qualiter  uero  in  ecclesia  se  tunc  habuerit,  uel  quando  inde  50 
discesserit,  uerbis  illius  insequentibus  pandeiur. 

[II.    Qualiter  monachus  iacuerit  in  capitulo  quasi  exanimis 
fuisset  extento  corpore.] 

Facto  autem  mane  sequentis  diei,  id  est  Parasceue,  cum  fratres  ad 
prime  hore  sollempnia  peragenda  consurgerent,  ecclesiam  quoque 
adituri  ante  capitulum  transirent,  conspiciunt  eum  coram  sede  abbatis, 

32.  B  and  C  add  vero  after  requisitus,  found  in  the  notes  to  Father  Thurston's 

MS.  2,  annum,  for  eorum.  edition. 

34.  B  and  C  add  se  after  quody  and  48.  iilius  temporis :  the  rale  was  that 

ceUrius  after  secuio.  bells  should  n ot  be  rung  during  Lent,  but 

41.  B  and   C   add  predictus  before  that  a /a^/z/a,  a  slab  of  wood,  should  be 

frater.    Possibly  in  h  frater  meant  *  his  strack  to  summon  the  brethren, 
brother',  and  to  make  the  story  more  49.  Father   Thurston    reads    iterum 

impersonal  predictus  was  inserted,  so  and  egressus^  but  iter  and  at^gressus  or 

that  the  meaning  would  be  '  the  said  agressus  are  read  by  all  MSS. 
monk*.  Chapter  II.    On   Friday  morning 

B  and  C  omit  ex  and  improve  the  when  the  monks  went  to  prime  (about 

rhythm  by  rearranging  the  words.  seven  o'clock)   he   was   found   in    the 

44.  MS.  2  has  many  blunders  at  this  chapter-house,  lying  unconscious  on  his 

passage ;  spem  for  spiritus  (L  38),  qtwd  face  before  the  abbot's  seat.     He  was 

for  quam  (1. 42),pudieicia  ioi prudencia.  carried  1  o  the  infirmary. 
The  scribe  ^^  as  evidently  a  poor  scholar,  a.  et  ecclesiam  for  ecclesiam  quoque, 

and  it  is  much  to  be  desired  that  another  C. 

MS.  of  this  text  might  be  found.     It  is  3.  ante  sedem  most  MSS.  of  B  type ; 

not  thought  worth  while  to  mention  the  coram  sede  most  MSS.  of  C  type, 
obvious  blunders  of  MS.  2 ;  they  may  be 


290  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

ubi  ueniam  petere  fratres  solent,  nudis  pedibus  iacere,  recta  todus 
5  corporis  strage,  uultn  solotenus  defixo,  quasi  ueniam  a  quolibet  presi- 
dente  ex  more  postularet.  Quo  uiso  stupefacti  accurrunt ;  &  uolentes 
eum  ammouere,  uelud  exanimem  &  sine  motu  alicuius  membrorum 
reperiunt,  oculis  in  profundiora  demissis,  &  ipsis  luminum  sedibus  ac 
naso  mullo  sanguine  illitis.     Igitur  expirasse  iam  ilium  multi  pro- 

lo  clamant  Pedes  quidem  habebat  frigidissimos,  sed  reliquo  corpori 
aliquantum  uidebatur  inesse  caloris.  Motus  in  eo  arteriarum  nullus, 
multo  intercurrente  more  spatio,  poterat  dinosd :  hanelitum  tandem, 
licet  perexilem,  &  precordialem  motum  uix  ei  subesse  deprehensum 
est.    Itaque  uerticem  illius  pectusque  manusque  ac  pedes  frigida 

15  diluentes  aqua,  primo  eum  toto  corpore  uiderunt  trementem  modice, 
sed  mox  quieuit  &  insensibiliter  permansit.  Diucius  itaque  hesitabant 
quid  in  re  tali  faciendum  sibi  esset  dum  nee  penitus  exanimari  nee 
meliorari  cemeretur.  Ad  lectulum  uero  suum,  inito  consilio,  tandem 
deferunt   eum,   adhibitis   custodibus    a    quibus    diligentia    peruigili 

20  seniaretur. 

[IIL    De  figura  crucifixi  cruentata.] 

Interea  fratribus  super  tali  euentu  stupentibus,  nempe  talem 
mirantur  tamque  insolitam  egroti  consistentiam,  &  multo  plus 
qualiter  illud  ei  accidisset,  uel  quemadmodum  sine  alicuius  admini- 
culo  sustentaminis  eo  loci,  ubi  inuentus  fuerat,  peruenisset,  nunciantur 
5  alia  que  incomparabiliter  plus  admiranda,  sed  pauenda,  sed  ueneranda 
subtexam.  Corporis  enim  dominici  figuram  ligno  in  crucis  modum 
afllixam,  que  a  conuentu  annis  singulis  adorari  ipsa  die  deuotissime  & 
in  uenerationem  passionis  Chrisd  deosculari  consueuerat,  sanguine 
recenti  circa  uulneris  locum  in  latere  &  pede  dextro  cruentatam  non 

10  sine  ingenti  metu  &  admiratione  audierunt.  Secretarii  equidem 
ecclesie  ante  quadragesimale  tempus  ipsam  crucem  a  desuper  altari 
ad  terram  deposuerant,  interque  maceriam  &  altare  locatam,  sic  usque 
tunc  dimiserimt.  Baculus  autem  &  calciamenta  predicti  fratris  infirmi 
prope  locum  ipsum  in  cumulum  admiradonis  reperta  sunt.    Quid 

15  multa?    Conueniunt  uniuersi  fratres  in  capitulum  super  his  omnibus 

8.  dimersis,  B,  C.  cnicifix,  which  had  been  placed  on  the 

13.  superesse^  B,  C.  ground  at  the  beginning  of  Lent  between 

16.  insensibilist  B,  C.  Uie  altar  and  the  wall.     The  monk  re- 

17.  sibiy  omit  B,  C.  mained  unconscious  all  the  day. 

18.  MSS.  9,  10,  13,  a£;ree  with  a  in          13.  maceriam^  *  outer  wall.' 
omitting  aliquatenus  after  meliorari  \  14.  In    Huber's  text  the  words  in 
all  other  MSS.  seem  to  have  it  cumulum  are  omitted,  spoiling  the  sense. 

Chapter  III.     It  was  found   that      Probably  this  is  a  printer's  error, 
there  was  blood  on  the  right  side  of  the 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  291 

que  acciderant  nimis  attoniti,  &  habita  deliberatione  omnes  &  singuli 
disciplinas  cum  uniuersa  animi  contricione  susceperunt,  proster- 
nentesque  se  in  ecclesia  septem  penitenciales  psalmos  pro  impetranda 
diuine  propitiacionis  dementia  flebiliter  decantauerunt  Frater  uero 
sepe  memoratus  tota  die  ilia  cum  sequenti  nocte  &  in  crastino  fere  20 
usque  ad  solis  occasum  in  eodem  quo  ceperat  permansit  statu.  Succos 
diuersarum  specierum  uel  herbarum  ore  eius  uiolentius  adaperto 
remedii  gracia  iniecerunt  fratres,  sed  confestim  quasi  preclusi  essent 
faucium  meatus,  quicquid  immittebatur  effluebat.  Emplastra  etiam 
pectori  eius  &  brachiis  frustra  alligarunt ;  acubus  plantas  scalpentes  35 
&  pungentes,  nil  quod  animati  hominis  esse  uideretur  perspicere 
in  eo  potuerunt,  preter  ruborem,  qui  genas,  &  modicum  teporem 
pocius  quam  calorem,  qui  reliquum  obtinebat  corpus.  Genarum 
etiam  et  faciei  color  in  liuorem  &  cinereum  pallorem  conuerti  &  denuo 
minim  in  modum  reuiuiscere  &  nitere  uidebatur.  Comu  quoque  30 
pregrandi  sed  nequicquam  in  aurem  eius  uehementer  buccinari 
fecerunt. 

[IV.    Qualiter  monachus  ab  extasi  reversus  est] 

In  crastino  autem,  uidelicet  die  magno  sabbati,  instante  iam  hora 
qua  fratres  ad  collationes  &  completorium  erant  conuenturi,  ceperunt 
primum  cilia  oculorum  eius  paululum  agitari  &  ita  marcescere  ac  si 
bullienti  aqua  essent  decocta,  &  demum  croceus  quidam  humor  more 
lacrimarum  in  genas  leuiter  defluebat.     Hec  uidentes  qui  aderant,  5 
fratres  conuocant,  mox  eum  putantes  migraturum.    Paulo  ante  labia 
quoque  eius   uidimus    moueri,  compressis    tamen    faucibus,  ac  si 
predulce    quidlibet   ori   suo    illapsum   gluciendo    insumeret.      Post 
defluxum  autem  lacrimarum  ut  prelibauimus,  quemadmodimi  si  dor- 
miens  quis  ploret,  crebra  &  minuta  imo  pectore  uisus  est  ingeminare  10 
suspiria,  &  post  modicum  sono  uix  audibili  sed  minime  intelligibili 
profundo  in  gutture  uerba  quedam  uoluere,  sed  que  proferre  nequibat, 
uidebatur.    Redeunte  autem  sensim  spiritu,  uox  hec  prima  ab  ore  eius 
insonuit,  quam  intelligerent  audientes  *0  sancta  Maria,  O  sancta 
Maria';  et  denuo  *0  domina  mea  sancta  Maria,   O  domina  mea  15 
sancta  Maria '  (uerba  ipsa  dicturus  sum  sicut  ab  illo  audiuimus  nil 
« 
17.  Many   MSS.   read  immensa  for      covered  consciousness. 
uniuersa ;  in  the  MSS.  the  words  look         3.  marcescere  seems  to  refer  to  the 
almost  IdenticaL  colour  of  the  eyelids. 

32.  ori,  B,  C.  1 1.  MS.  3  omits  uix ;  9  and  10  seem  to 

31.  nequaquam,  MS.  3,  in  error.  read  uero\  probably  Aey  are  not  true 

Chapter  IV.    The  next  day,  Easter      readings,  but  attempts  to  escape  the 
Eve,   shortly  before  compline,  he  re-      awkwardness  of  uix, 

U  2 


293  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

adiciendo)  *0'  inquit  * Sancta  Maria  domina  mea'  namque  hoc 
frequentissime  repetebat  'pro  quo  peccato  perdo  tam  magnum 
gaudium  ? '  et  iterum  '  Domina  mea,  sancta  Mana,  quando  recuperabo 

ao  tam  grande,  quod  nunc  perdo,  gaudium  ? '  Hec  autem  sepius  &  alia 
in  hunc  modum,  quibus  immensi  nescio  cuius  gaudii  deflebat  priua- 
tionem,  adhuc  tanquam  in  sompnis  &  clausis  semper  oculis  iterabat. 
Deinde  repente,  quasi  de  alto  euigilans  sompno,  excussit  capud,  & 
nimis  amare  flere,  &  grauiter  decurrentibus  lacrimis  singuliire,  ut 

25  plorantes  solent,  cepit :  palmis  quoque  complosis  &  digids  strictis 
subito  erexit  se  &  resedit ;  capudque  in  manus  &  super  genua  deponens 
lamentabilem  nimis  planctum,  sicut  ceperat,  continuare  diutius  non 
cessabat.  Time  a  quodam  assidencium  ei  fratrum  leniter  inquisitus 
est,  quid  sibi  uellent  tam  ingentes  fletus,  uel  quomodo  se  habere 

30  sentiret,  tunc  ille  paullulum  quieuit  &  sic  leui  uoce  demum  respondit. 
*  Bene,  bene  '  inquit  *  &  uere  bene  hactenus  me  habui,  sed  nunc  male 
&  uere  male  me  habeo  * ;  et  iterum  uehementius  quam  ceperat  plangere 
&  plorare  adiecit.  Sed  quia  nimis  longum,  immo  inpossibile  omnino 
est,  omnia   commemorare   que  tunc  uelud  in  excessu  mentis  dixit 

35  &  quantum  fleuit  exprimere,  hiis  ad  presens  omissis,  summatim  que 
ab  illo  postmodum,  iam  plene  sibi  reddito,  in  summa  mentis 
contricione  referri  audiuimus,  perstringere  uel  ex  parte  curabimus. 


[V.    Qualiter  cepit  baculum  &  calciamenta   querere  et 
quam  devote  crucem  adoraverit.] 

Inter  lamentationes  itaque  &  suspiria,  oculos  cum  itigenti  annisu, 
compressis  &  reduciis  ter  uel  quater  ciliis,  demum  aperuit  &  utraque 
manu  circumcirca  querere  baculum  in  ecclesia  relictum  cepit :  et  non 
inueniens,  *  requirite,*  inquid,  *  baculum  nostrum ;  sed  &  calciamenta 

5  nostra  prope  columpnam  sumite  &  redeamus  in  infirmariam.'  Cui  cum 
a  fratribus  diceretur  *  iam  respice,  frater,  &  uide  te  in  infirmaria  &  in 
stratu  tuo  locatum ;  baculus  tuus  &  calciamenta  tua  en  presto  sunt', 
ille  deinceps  '  O '  inquit  *  quando  hue  uel  quomodo  aduenimus  ? 
Nonne  modo  simul  in  ecclesia  ad  matutinas  fuimus  ? '     Audiens  uero 

10  iam  biduo  se  ibidem  quieuisse,  &  paschalis  sollempnitatis  in  crastino 
dominicum  diem  fore,  uehementius  plorare  cepit.  Et  *  O '  inquit 
*  nonne,  fratres,  crucem  dominicam  die  parasceue  adorare  debueramus, 
et  adhuc  in  commune  non  adorauimus  ? '     Cumque  audiret  hoc  pridie 

25.  palmisqus,  B,  C,  for  palmis  quo-  was  Thursday,  and  that  he  was  in  the 

que,  church.    He  was  told  that  he  had  been 

constrittis,  B,  C.  for  strictis,  unconscious  two  days. 
CUAPTKR  V.    He  imagined  that  it         la.  in  die  parasceue,  B^C 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  293 

a  fratribus  impletum  &  ilium  detinente  egritudinis  impedimento 
minime  interfuisse  *0'  inquit  *ego  postquam  in  ecclesia  fui,  nulla  15 
egritudine  laboraui :  sed  uadam,  queso,  crucem  domini  nostri 
Ihesu  Christi  adoiare.'  Tunc  allatam  sibi  crucem  argenteam  nimia 
cum  ueneratione  amplexatur,  pedes  lacrimis  &  osculis  rigat  &  lambit, 
et  usque  ad  tedium  quorundam  circumstanlium  gratiarum  actiones  pro 
beneficiis  innumeris,  quorum  nonnulla  singillatim  commemorauit,  ao 
Redemptori  cum  Patre  &  Spiritu  Sancto  persoluit,  &  denuo  pro  se  & 
uniuersitate  sancte  &  catholice  matris  ecclesie,  immo  &  pro  omni 
gradu  &  conditione  fidelium,  &  attencius  pro  inimicis,  si  qui  essent, 
suis  uel  amicorum  diuisim,  oraciones  &  miras  obsecrationes  fecit,  & 
tricies  uel  pluries,  ut  estimo,  super  pedes  crucifixi  capite  demisso  as 
incumbens,  oscula  cum  fletu  imprimens,  singultu  plerumque  orantis  & 
gratias  referentis  uocem  interrumpente.  Uerba  que  in  ilia  supplica- 
tione  protulit,  tanta  ratione  &  sensuum  profunditate,  sed  &  sermonum 
promta  facilitate  referta  erant,  ut  pocius  legere  scripta,  quam 
fundere  propria  uerba  uideretur.  Quorum  tenore  dulci  &  tunc  multos  30 
excitauit  audientium  fletus  &  semper  dum  ilia  recordamur,  non 
minimum  compunctionis,  deuotionis  &  dilectionis  in  Dominum  & 
fratres  nostros,  omnes  scilicet  homines,  nobis  prestant  inceniiuum. 
De  dementia  &  longanimitate  Redemptoris  magnifica  quedem  ad 
singulas  oratiunculas  interserebat.  35 

[VI.    Qualiter  cuidam  sibi  familiari  in  parte  narravit  que 
in  extasi  viderit.] 

Interea  signum  ad  coUationem  pulsari  cepit,  &  asportantibus  fratribus 
crucem,  que  illi  allata  fuerat,  &  discedentibus  *  lam'  inquit  *  uere  scio 
quia  pascha  est  Domini'.  Hoc  qua  de  causa  dixerit,  postmodum 
exponetur.  Remorante  autem  secum  fratre  sibi  in  sancto  proposiio 
familiariter  dilecto,  eius  callida  pie  quodammodo  circumuentus  5 
instancia,  cum  adhuc  in  quodam  propter  ilia  que  uiderat  stupore 
delineretur,  multa  ex  his  que  acciderant  ei  ante  ipsam  qua  captus 
fuerat  extasim  &  ex  his,  que  spiritu  abductus  seculo  uiderat,  passim  &, 
ut  ita  dixerim,  fruslatim  commemorauit ;  que  omnia  fraier  ille  in  corde 
suo  coaseruabat,  &  his  que  palam  ei  accidisse  nouerat  conferens,  10 

24.  amicorum  morum^  B,  C,  chapter  Iviii,    HeariDg  the  bell,  not  the 

30.  preduUi^  B,  C.  tabula,  he  knew  that  it  must  be  the 

Chapter    VI.     While   the    other  beginning  of  Easter, 

monks  were  at  sapper  (and  compline)  ^fratre  quodam^  B,  C.    No  doubt 

he  told  some  of  his  visions  to  one  of  Adam,  to  whom  he  was  '  in  professione 

the  brethren;    subsequently,   on   other  filius*. 

occasions,  he  told  him  more,  bit  by  bit  7.  raptusfor  captus,  B,  C. 

3.  postmodum,  i.e.  the  last  section  of 


294  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

postmodum  occasione  ex  hiis  omnibus  sumpta,  expressius  &  plenius 
ordinem  singulorum  cum  ingenti  addidicit  diligentia:  non  tamen 
uniuersa  que  uidit  in  tarn  prolixo,  duorum  scilicet  dienim  &  totidem 
noctium,  spatio  cuiquam  narrare  uoluit.    Quanmdam  enim  uisionum 

15  mentionem  inter  narrandum  fecit,  sed  mox  ceptam  subticuit  historiam, 
nee  ullis  adhuc  precibus  ad  earum  explanationem  potuit  inducL  Sed 
nee  cuncta  nos  ad  presens  referre  safficimus,  que  ipsius  relatione 
perpaucis  quidem  arbitris,  Sc  super  quorum  deuotione  specialem 
conceperat  fiduciam,  credita  nouimus;  neque  scripto  uUatenus  seu 

3o  lingua,  uisionum  tam  expresse,  sicut  ipse  solet,  possumus  intimare 
proprietatem.  Inter  alia  uero  sciscitantibus  utrum  de  infirmitatibus 
se  speraret  euadere,  uel  in  corpore  diucius  uiuere,  respondit  '  Satis ' 
inquiens  'uiuam,  nam  et  de  infirmitate  iam  conualui'. 

[Vn.    Quomodo  rogatus  est  a  firatribus  ut  propter  longuin 
ieiunium  aliquid  manducaret] 

Post  hec  cum  iam  sero  esset,  multum  rogatus  ut  aliquid  sumeret 
post  tam  prolixam  inediam  &  ieiunium  'apponatur  nobis'  inquit 
'parum  quod  alia  nice  superfuit  mellis  &  mica  panis'.  Quo  facto, 
talis  cibi  satis  perexigua  refectione  ieiunium  soluit,  sicque  ad  illam 
5  usque  noctis  horam  qua  ad  matutinales  horas  festiua  domino  exulta- 
tione  persoluendas  conuentus  pulsantibus  signis  cepit  preparari,  per- 
uigil  in  lacrimis  &  gratiarum  actione  permansit.  Surgentibus  uero 
fratribus  &  ipse  cum  eis,  immo  uelud  cum  domino  ipsa  quondam  bora 
ab  inferis  resurgente,  surrexit,  &  non  sine  gratulabunda  admiratione 

10  intuentium,  ecclesiam  nuUo  usus  sustentamine  adiit,  chorum  ingressus 
est,  quod  fere  undecim  elapso  mensium  spacio  ante  non  fecerat,  ibique 
in  fletus  continuatione  perstitit,  usque  dum  matutinis  percantatis  &, 
sicut  in  eadem  ecclesia  ilia  die  annua  consuetudine  fieri  solet,  uisi- 
biliter  exhibita  representatione  dominice  resurrectionis  &  angelice 

15  manifestationis,  mulieres  ad  sepulchrum  alloquentis,  ac  regis  sui  per- 
actos  tam  triumphos  ipsis  &  per  ipsas  discipulis  denuntiantis,  ac  deinde 
apparidonis  ipsius  Christi  dilectricem  suam  Mariam  in  ortolani  efiSgie 
compellantis,  missis  etiam  celebratis,  sacra  communionis  meruit  partici- 
patione  saginari. 

33.  All  MSS.  except  3,9, 10,  la  add  5.  maiuiinarum  laudes^  B,  C,   for 

satii  after  icun,  matutinales  horas. 

Chapter  VII.    After  taking  a  little  16.  demum,  B,  C,  for  dei$tde, 

food,  he  continued  his  deTotions  until  it  18.  appellants ^  C,  and  also  MS.   i, 

was  time  for  matins,  when  he  went  to  the  for  conipellanlis.    This  way  of  keeping 

church  without  the  aid  of  a  stick,  and  Easter  Day  seems  to  have  been  peculiar 

joined  in  all  the  services  of  Easter  mom-  to  Eynsham. 

ing.  sacre,  B,  C. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  295 

[Vni.    Qualiter  duobus  confessoribus  suis  que  in  visione 
viderat  ex  parte  narravit.] 

Post  hec  iam  plenius,  deo  hospite,  gratulabundus  &  alacer  in  locu- 
torium  a  fratribus  deducitur,  ac  religiosa  eorundem  sollicitudine  im- 
pensius  conuenitur,  obnixius  postulatur,  ut  seriatim  que  sibi  acciderant, 
queque  uiderat,  edificationis  gratia  eis  indmaret,  uel  communicaret. 
Multa  enim  oslensa  sibi  fuisse  multis  ex  signis  uniuersi  intellexerunt,  5 
qui  uerba  eius  expergiscentis  pridie  audierant  &  lacrimas  eius  indefi- 
tientes  uidebant.  Quo  aliquamdiu  cuncta  dissimulante,  cum  illi  uehe- 
mentius  petendo  instarent,  tandem  illis  duobus,  quibus  confessus  fuit 
in  die  cene  Domini,  ut  premissum  est,  singulis  eorum  separatim,  que 
inferius  digesta  sunt,  interfluentibus  iugiter  lacrimis  et  gemitu  crebrius  10 
uocem  absorbente,  narrauit ;  et  quedam  quidem  utrique,  alia  tantum 
isti,  alia  tantum  illi,  non  sine  pie  cuiusdam  &  multum  circumspecte 
dispensadonis  respectu,  insinuauit. 

[IX.    Que  fuit  peticio   monachi  specialis   ft   de  cuiusdam 
apparitione  sibi  facta  in  somno.] 

Hoc  autem  dicendi  exordio  usus  est : — 

Cum  (inquit)  &  graui  &  prolixa,  sicut  uidistis,  tabescerem  ualitudine 
corporis,  &  ore  semper  &  animo  Dominum  benedicerem,  &  gratias  illi 
referrem,  quod  me  indignum  paterno  uerbere  casligare  dignaretur, 
postposita  omnino  spe  recuperande  sanitatis,  cepi,  quamquam  nimis  5 
segniter,  tamen  utcunque  sicut  sciui  &  potui,  me  ipsum  preparare,  quo 
citius  &  facilius  futuri  seculi  calamitates  euaderem,  &  perpetue  salutis 
quietem,  cum  de  corpore  reuocandus  essem,  inuenire  potuissem.  Dum 
hec  pro  posse  meo  sedulo  agerem,  aliquanto  tempore  elapso,  incidi  in 
talem  cogitatum,ut  Dominum  petere  deberem,  quatinus  reuelare  michi  10 
qualicumque  dignaretur  modo,  qualis  esset  futuri  seculi  status,  que 
animanun  corpore  exemptarum  post  banc  uitam  foret  conditio,  qua- 

Chapter  VIIL     At  first  the  monk,         6.  B  and  C  have  indesintntes^  which 

when   questioned,    was    unwilling    to  is  more  rhythmical   than  indeJUUnlts 

divulge  what  he  had  seen,  but  subse-  of  A. 

qnently  told  the  following  vision  to  his         Chapter  IX.    He  said  that  thinking 

two  confessors,  some  parts  to  the  one,  his  life  would  soon  end,  he  had  often 

and  some  parts  to  the  other,  and  some  prayed  that  he  might  have  a  revelation 

parts  to  both.  about  the  next  world.    One  night  before 

3.  obnoxius  of   MS.  a,  an  obvious  the  beginning  of  Lent  a  female  figure 
error,  appears  also  in  MS.  la.  appeared  to  him  in  a  dream,  and  bid 

4.  Text  B,  except  MS.  i,  rtzAs  gratia  him  continue  his  prayers  and  he  would 
eis  communicaret.  Text  C  reads  inti-  obtain  his  desire.  He  was  also  to  ask 
nutret  for  communicaret.  This  is  an  the  prayers  of  some  neighbouring  nuns, 
instance  where  the  redundancy  of  Text  7.  euadere  of  Father  Thurston  is  a 
A  was  avoided  in  subsequent  editions.  misprint    All  MSS.  read  euaderem. 


296  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

tenus  hiis  ad  liquidum  cognitis,  plenius  agnoscerem  quid  michi  in 
breui,  ut   putabatur,  ex   hac   ad  illam  migraluro  sperandum,  quid 

T5  metuendum  existeret,  et  perinde  in  timore  &  amore  diuino  proficerem 
quamdiu  in  ista  ancipiti  uita  superfuissem.  Continuis  igitur  uotis  huic 
meo  desiderio  satisfieri  cupiebam,  &  nunc  Dominum,  nunc  Donunam 
nostram,  nunc  sanctos  quos  familiarius  diligebam,  nunc  onuies  simul 
electos  dei  interpellando,  afFeclus  michi  inseparabiliter  inserti  require- 

20  bam  affectum ;  cum,  ecce,  quadam  nocte,  imminente  quadragesime 
initio,  quam  proxime  transegimus,  michi,  quod  rarissime  ualebam, 
pauUulum  dormienti  assistere  uisa  est  quedam  uenerabilis  persona 
omnino,  &  ita  affari ;  *  O '  inquit  *  fili,  multa  tibi  est  precandi  deuotio, 
magna  intentionis  tue  perseueranlia,  nee  potent  apud  Redemptoris 

35  clementiam  inefRcax  esse  tarn  pius  tamque  continuus  orationis  tue 
conatus.  Uenimtamen  animequior  esto  &  orationi  deuotus  insiste ; 
tibi  eiiam  orationum  suffragia  a  religiosis  quibusque  personis  attentius 
exquire.  Noueris  procul  dubio  quod  hec  agens  celerem  pie  peticionis 
consequeris  effectum.'  Nominatim  etiam  expressit  quarundam  uocabula 

30  &  offiiia  personarum,  *  multum '  inquiens  *  tibi  scias  profuturum,  si 
talium  intercessione  adiuueris,  quos  diuina  pietas  libentius  exaudire 
consueuit.  Mitte  etiam  ad  bene  tibi  notum  ancillarum  dei  mona* 
sterium'  &  nominauit  illud  '  ab  eis  tibi  orationum  adminicula  im- 
plorans ;  plurimum  siquidem  delectatur  Christus  in  sancto  proposito 

35  &  laudabili  deuotione  illarum ;  quamobrem  &  uotis  earum  supema 
fauet  benignitas.'  Hiis  dictis,  alloquentis  ymago  cum  ipso  ablata  est 
sopore.  Ego  experrectus  uisionem  fixo  seruaui  animo,  &  licet  non 
propalala  intentione  mea,  quantum  potui,  eam  sanctorum  supplica- 
tionibus  adiuuari  instantius  sategi.     lamque  sex  decurso  ebdoma- 

40  darum  spacio,  cum  in  nocte  ilia,  que  cene  Domini  die  illucescente 
finitur,  in  capitulo,  sicut  meministis,  a  nobis  &  a  socio  uestro  disci- 
plinas  percepissem,  ab  utroque  scilicet  singillatim  sex,  pro  ipsa  scilicet 

13.  Some    MSS.  read    cognoscerem^  hSXxx  notum.   So  too  the  English  version, 
others  dinoscerem  for  agnoscerem,  '  the   monastery  of  nonnys  here  by ' ; 

14.  Text  B  adds  uitam  after  illam*  doubtless  it  refers  to  Godstow,  3  or  4 
Text  C  returns  to  Text  A.  miles  from  Eynsham. 

15.  Text  C  reads  per  id  iox  perinde,  40.  nocte  ilia  :  we  should  describe  it 
Both  B  and  C  add  pariter  after  timore,  as  early  on  Thursday  morning. 

22.  persona  ontnino  is  altered  in   B  4I.  nobis  ^nd  socio  uestro /\,e.\ht'pnoi 

and  C  to  omnino  persona^  which  is  less  (uos)  and  the  sub-prior,  according  to  our 

awkward ;  but  MS.  10  retains  the  read-  assumption  (see  notes  to  chapter  i). 

ing  of  A.  disciplinas^  as  mentioned  in  chapter 

A  has  several  blunders  at  this  point ;  i ;    in  reality  it  was  an  hallucination  : 

eiiam  for  ecce  (1.  ao),  and  uidebam  for  see  chapter  xiii. 

ualebam  {}.  21),  4a.  sex;   by   some  mistake   this   is 

36.  B  and  C  add  amodo  after  uerum^  omitted  in  Thurston's  text;  it  is  found 

tamen.  in  all  MSS. 

3a.  Some  MSS. of  TextC  tidduiciHum 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  297 

die  unam  &  quinque  pro  transactis  sextis  feriis  quadragesime,  quibus 
morbo  impediente  a  susceptione  disciplinarum  compulsus  sum  absd- 
nere,  tantam  inter  hec  dulcedinem  mentis  &  afHuentiam  michi  lacri-  45 
marum  infusam  sensi,  quantam  nullis  possem  uerbis  effarL  Unde  & 
die  sequenti  iugiter  flere  dulcissimum  habui.  Proxima  deiride  nocte 
post  larga  suspiria,  instante  iam  hora  qua  ad  matutinas  surgendum 
erat,  placidum  sum  resolutus  in  sompnum. 


[X.    Qualiter  monltus  est  in  somnls  crucem  Domini 
adorare.] 

Tunc  uero  banc,  nescio  cuius  ministerio  delatam,  auditu  percipio 
uocem,  hec  monita  proferentem, '  Surge '  inquit  *  &  ingressus  oratorium 
accede  ad  altare,  quod  in  ueneratione  sancti  Laurentii  &  onmium 
martirum  habetur  consecratum,  &  retro  ipsam  aram  inuenies  crucem, 
cui  Redemptoris  ymaginem,  sua  morte  uitam  mundi  comparantis,  5 
affixam  uidebis ;  ipsamque  in  memoriam  saluatoris  supplex  &  deuotus 
adiens  &  osculans,  cordis  contriti  &  humiliati  sacrifidum  offer,  scilurus 
domino  fore  acceptum  deuotionis  tue  tibique  salubre  deuodonis  holo- 
caustum,  cuius  ibidem  pinguedine  affluenter  donaberis.'  Hie  discusso 
sopore  euigilo,  &  cum  fratribus  ad  ecclesiam  matudnas  auditurus  per-  10 
uenio;  quibus  a  conuentu  iniiiatis  seniorem  in  uestibulo  ecclesie 
obuium  habui,  qui  unus  est  eorum,  a  quibus  nocte  precedente  disci- 
plinas  sumpsimus.  Quem  nutu  solito  ad  dandam  simili  ordine  tunc 
quoque  nobis  disciplinam  inuitantes,  alacriter  capitulum  ingredimur 
pariter,  &  uod  compotes  effecti,  ad  oratorium  led  redimus.  Occurrit  15 
etiam  nobis  alius  in  eodem  loco,  quo  istum  inueneramus,  senior,  a  quo 
simile  munus  signo  indice  postulantes,  parumper  expectare,  manu 
innuente,  iussi  sumus.    Tunc  ego  relicds  sociis,  qui  in  parte  utpote 

Chapter  X.    Shortly  before  matins  St.  Paul,  St.  Peter,  St  Mary,  and  St. 
on  Good  Friday  in  his  sleep  he  heard  Andrew, 
a  voice  bidding  him  arise  and  adore  the  7.  deosculans,  B,  C. 
crucifix  behind  the  altar  of  St.  Lawrence.          8.  The  second  devotionis  is  redundant 
Rising  for  matins,  at  his  own  request  in  Text  A.    Most  MSS.  of  Text  B  read 
he  received  (as  it  seemed  to  him)  the  cuceptum  deuotumis  tibique  salubre  kolo- 
discipline    at    the    hands    of   one    of  caustum.    Text  C  is  acceptum  tibique 
the  brethren,  and  then  proceeded  to  the  salubre  deuotionis  holocaustum, 
cruciBx,  which  he  found  as  the  voice  11.  B  and  C  add  quem  nostis  after 
had  said,  though  he  had    never  been  seniorem.    Probably  the  prior   is   in- 
told  where  the  brethren  had  deposited  tended, 
this  crucifix.                                                     13.  nutu  solito ^  signo  indice  (1.  17), 

2,  preferentem,  C,  fox  proferentem,  manu  innuente  (ib.);    no  doubt    be- 

3.  St.  Lawrence  was,  and  is,  the  patron  cause  silence  was  the  rule  at  this  hour, 
saint  of  the  parish  church  of  £ynsham,  17.  All  MSS.  of  Text  C  (4,  5>  ii>  13) 
but  the  chidf  saints  of  the  abbey  were  vesAparum  iox  parumper. 


298  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

uiribus  debilitati  consederant,  solus  ad  altare  michi  in  sompnis  notatum 

30  progredior :  quo  appropinquans  calciamenta  depono,  genibusque  paui- 

mento  impressis,  baculum  manu  tenens,  capud  solotenus  frequenter 

inclinans,  ad  locum  tendo  quo  saluatoris  uexillum  inueniendum  audie- 

ram.    Nesciebam  sane,  nullo  uidelicet  inditio  antea  instructus,  quod 

ibi  crux  deposita  fuisset    Inuenio  tamen  sicut  michi  predictum  fuerat, 

35  moxque  totus  in  lacrimas  resolutus,  totoque  corpore  pauimento  co- 

equatus,  ipsam  deuotissime  adoro  &  multimodarum  precum  libamina 

suppliciter  fundo:  denuo  genibus  innitens  ad  earn  usque  accedo,  ft 

post  diutius  repetita  supplicationum  &  gratiarum  actionum  uota,  crebra 

pedibus  crucifixi  oscula  imprimo,  &  fletibus  quibus  medullitus  michi 

30  liquescere  uidebar  sedulus  rigo. 


[XL    De  sanguine  effluente  de  latere  cracifiziy  et  de  pede 
dextro;  et  de  duobus  lumlnibus.] 

Interea  dum  ad  uultum  ymaginis  lumina  grauia  lacrimis  attollo, 
mirum  dictu,  sed  nimis  iocundum  uisu  &  suaue  auditu,  in  frontem 
michi  sentio  guttas  quasdam  leuiter  instillasse ;  digitosque  admouens 
sanguinem  ex  rubore  deprehendo.    Contemplor  denique  latus  dominici 

5  corporis  ita  cruore  eroanare,  ut  solet  uiui  hominis  caro,  cute  fleubotomo 
recissa.  Erat  quidem  locus  ille,  quo  ista  uidebam,  sui  scilicet  positione 
obscurior,  sed  uisa  sunt  michi  circa  utrumque  latus  crucifixi  flammea 
duo  rutilare  lumina,  qualia  possent  bene  ardentes  cerei  ministrare ;  nil 
uero  licet  curiosius  inspitiens  uidere  potui,  quod  materiam  daret  uel 

10  alimentum  splendori.  Suscepi  autem  manu  aperta  nescio  quot  de- 
fluentes  guttulas,  &  exinde  oculos,  aures  &,  nares  michi  diligenter 
liniui.     Postremo,  an  in  hoc  peccauerim   ignoro,  unam  eiusdem 

33.  Two  MSS.  of  Text  C  (i  i.and  13)  from  the  Anglo-Saxon  ;  but  the  reading 

lead  ullo  for  fuUlOj  making  nonsense;  is  brachium,  the  k-  having  been  de- 

the  same  two  in  1.  28  below  read  sup-  ciphered  as  li-  while  the  -a-  above  the 

pliccUiont  for  supplUatumum,  line  has  somewhat   the  appearance  of 

37.  It   is   carious  that  MSS.   i,  a,  two  dots.    The  reading  itself  is  of  no 

and  3  all  make  the  mistake  of  reading  value ;  the  original  scribe,  puzzled  per- 

imminens  for  innitens.  haps  by  the  word  caro^  left  a  gap,  and 

Chapter  XL     Blood  from  the  right  a  subsequent  reader  conjectured  brack- 

side  of  the  figure  on  the  cross  fell  upon  ium, 

him.    Two  lights  seemed  to  be  burning  Some  MSS.  read  cruorenu 

on  each  side  of  the  figure.    Also  the         8.  luminaria^'B,    The  C  Text  returns 

right  foot  gave  forth  blood.  to  lumina, 

I.  grauiday  B,  C.  p.  B  and  C  read  nuUeriam  ianto  tul 

5.  Father  Thurston,  trusting  to  the  altmentum  daret  splendori, 
collation  of  a  friend,  gives  lichium  as  10.  All  MSS.  of  Text  B  seem  to  read 

the  reading  of  MS.   3  for  caro,  and  quot  nescio :  Text  C  returns  to  A. 
discusses  whether    it   means  'corpse*. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  299 

sanguinis  stillam  labiis  ingessi  &  ex  nimio  cordis  desiderio  etiam 
deglutiui.  Quod  reliquum  pugillo^  exceperam,  seniandum  decreui. 
Pedem  quoque  dextrum  ymaginis  sanguinare  conspexi.  Hesterna  15 
uero  die  quando  michi  redditus  sum,  cum  nil  sanguinis  meis  in 
manibus  inuenissem,  nimis  indolui,  semperque  dolebo  super  amisso 
tanti  precii  thesauro. 


[XII.    Qualiter  in  capitulum  venerit^  disciplinas  susceperit, 
et  qualiter  in  extasi^mentis  raptus  sit] 

Uerum,  ut  cetera  studiis  uestris  uel  in  parte  satisfacturus  euoluam, 
lumina  ilia  que  altrinsecus  circa  crucem  radiarant,  elongari  repente 
uidi,  &  in  meridianam  altaris  plagam  transferri.  Quod  cemens  ego, 
qui  in  parte  procumbebam  aquilonari,  scilicet  ad  latus  crucifixi 
dextrum,  festinanter  eo  transire  cupiebam,  quo  lumina  emigrabant,  5 
sperans  me  aliquid  spirituale  ibidem  conspicere  uisibiliter.  Quo  per- 
ueniens,  audiui  mox  sonitum  longiuscule  retro  me  factum,  a  fratre 
scilicet  illo  a  quo  disciplinas  expectabam  suscipere.  Relictis  itaque 
hiis  que  ibidem  uideram,  nescio  quali  modo  in  capitulum  confestim 
deueni,  &  post  disciplinas,  ut  prius,  feceram  sex  uicibus,  iterata  con-  10 
fessione  mea  &  oratione  eius  pro  me,  ut  moris  est,  cum  absolutione 
ipsius  &  benedictione  in  nomine  Patris  &  Filii  &  Spiritus  Sancti, 
optabam  sepius  confessionem  repetere  &  pluries  disciplinari.  Incredi- 
bills  enim  quedam  michi  per  singulas  percussiones  nice  doloris  infunde- 
batur  dulcedo  &  ineslimabilis  suauitas.  Sed  illo  abnuente  surrexi.  ^5 
Ipse  uero  in  sede  abbatis,  ut  erat,  albis  indutus  resedit.  Tunc  ego 
prosternens  me  coram  eo  &.  ueniam  petens,  ac  repetens  *  confiteor  deo 
&  beate  Marie  &  omnibus  Sanctis '  &  que  sequuntur,  denuo  absolu- 
tionem,  premisso  *  Misereatur  uestri  omnipotens  deus  *  et  cetera,  ac 
subiuncta  benedictione,  ab  illo  percepL  Cumque  ad  benedictionem  ^o 
eius  respondissem  Amen,  continuo  accedens  ad  me  quidam  senior 
angelicum  habens  uultum,  ueste  indutus  bissina,  que  nitore  sui  niuis 
candorem  superaret,  capillo  canus,  statura  mediocris,  erexit  me,  hoc 

17.  MSS.  9,   10,   13,  15,  reproduce  6.  Text  C  reads  uisurum  iot  conspi- 

one    archetypal    blonder,   sem\f€rque  cere  uisibiliter, 

dolebo  s%i\per  amisso y  &c.,  omitting  the  7.  MSS.  9,  10,  la,  15,  all  make  the 

letters  in  brackets.  extraordinary  blander  of  reading  corri- 

Chapter  XIL    Having  agam,  as  he  giuncule  for  longiusctUe :  the  same  MSS. 

fancied,  recdved    the    discipline,  and  below    read    annuente   for    abnuenle 

having    been    granted    absolntion,   an  (1.  15),  and  absolutione  premissa   for 

angelic  figure  said  *  Follow  me',  and  absolutionem  premisso  (I.  19),  obvious 

took  him  by  the  hand.  blunders. 

3.  B  and  C  zA^pariter  before  trtms-  14.  a/,  B,  C,  {qx  per, 
ferri. 


300  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

tantum  dicens  '  Sequere  me '.    Tenebat  uero  manum  meam  dextram, 
35  tarn  firmiter  quam  leniter  earn  manu  complezus. 

[Xm.    Qoaliter  se  primiim  raptum  sensiL] 

Hie  primum  sensi  me  in  excessum  mentis  raptum.  Ad  hec  frater 
ille,  cui  omnia  retulit  que  supra  gesta  sunt,  inquisiuit  dicens :  *•  £t 
putas,'  inquidy  '  frater,  adhuc,  quod  ego  uel  ille  alius  senior,  ut  dicis, 
reuera  de  noctibus  tibi  disciplinas  exibuimus,  uel  capitulum  albis 
5  induti  ingressi  sumus?'  Qua  ille  percunctatione  stupefactus  'nonne' 
ait '  utique  uerum  esse  scilis  quod  assero? '  Cumque  audiret  hoc  ab 
inquirente  omnino  nee  se  fecisse,  nee  ordine  contradicente  faeere 
ullatenus  potuisse,  ille  uehementer  admirans  dixit,  *  Hec  nempe  in- 
dubitanter  uerum  fiiisse  haetenus  eredidi.  Nullatenus  autem  dubium 
10  gero,  id  uigili  &  integro  sensu  corporaliter  pertulisse,  &  a  uiris  speeiem 
uestri  satis  expresse  proferentibus :  nam  &  ictus  audiui  &  sensi, 
&  uoeem  exorantis  &  absoluentis  bene  quasi  uestram  utriusque  noui 
&  intellexi.  Prima  uero  noete  cum,  de  ipso  capitulo  nobis  receden- 
tibus,  in  magna,  quam  ibi  conceperam,  cordis  leticia  ipso  in  loco 
15  usque  ad  lucem  remorari  cogitarem,  strepitu  egredientis  de  ecclesia 
eonuentus  post  finitas  matutinas  parumper  inquietatus  sum,  &  re- 
tractans  mecum  ne  forte  presumptionis  arguerer,  si  ibi  pemoctarem, 
cum  fratribus  ad  lectulum  nostrum  iui,  obuiumque  habui  fratrem 
Martinum  cum  ostium  exirem  capituli.  Peruigil  autem  tota  noete 
30  ilia  permansi,  &  in  ingenti  alacritate  animi  ita  ferie  sexte  matutinas 
expectaui.  Quibus  cum  interessem,  ut  iam  dixi  superius,  circa  prin- 
cipium  tercie  nocturne,  de  altari  ubi  oraueram  accersitus,  sonilu  ut 
premisi  facto  quasi  hominis  pede  lapideum  quod  adiacebat  cederetur 
pauimentum,  capitulum  adiui.  Ipsa  enim  bora  fiiit  qua,  noete  ante- 
as  acta,  postrema  uice  simili  de  causa  illo  porreximus.  Cetera,  ut 
retuli,  omnia  euenerunt  nobis.  Hoe  tamen  nullatenus  recordari  ualeo, 
quomodo  de  oratorio  hac  ultima  uice  illuc  deuenl  Neque  enim  sine 
baculo  eatenus  incedere  ualebam,  &  ipsum  circa  altaris  sacrarium 
me  scio   reliquisse.    Qualiter  uero  interiacentem  uiam  longiorem, 

35.  earn :  MS.  a  does  not  read  suam  the   time,  he  ivoald  not    know  what 

(as  Thurston  says).    B  and  C  add  sua  the  regulations  were, 
before  earn.  10.  B  and  C  add  me  before  uigiiu 

Chapter  XIII.    It  is  explained  to         as.  C  text  omits  quod  adiacebai, 
him  that  in  reality  he  did  not  receive  2j^  B  and  C  etiam  for  enim, 

the  discipline.  35.  postrema  uice :  on  the  previous 

a.  digesta^  B,  C,  {or  gesta,  night  be  had  gone  to  the  chapter^bouse 

7.  ordine  contradicente :   as  Edmund  but  once.     It  seems,  therefore,  as  if  the 

had  only  been  sixteen  months  in  the  words  postrema  uice  were  unnecessary ; 

monastery  and  had  been  ill  nearly  all  but  they  are  in  all  MSS. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  301 

subobscuram  &  gradibus  aliisque  offendiculis  quatuor  aut  quinque  30 
in  locis  impeditam  confecerim,  nequeo  meminisse.  Nam  &  cum  ad 
me  ipsum  sero  redissem  adeo  impressa  erant  menti  mee,  que  circa 
aitare  &  cnicem  corporaliter  expertus  fueram,  ut  magis  ibi  quam 
in  capitulo  me  crederem  constitutum.'  Hec  de  hiis  frater  ipse  ita 
enarrauit  35 


[Xm  A.  De  duobus  egrotantibus  curatis  per  sangtdnem 
crucifix!  &  quid  fratres  inde  egerint,  &  de  visione  super  hoc 
monacho  facta.] 

De  cruce  autem,  quam  prenominatus  frater  in  sompno  premonitus 
adierat  &  adorauerat,  nos  antiquorum  fratrum  attestatione  olim  co- 
gnouimus,  quod  &  alia  dudum  uice  sanguinem  distillauerit.  Quidam 
uero  e  fratribus  ante  hoc  septennium  grauibus  &  repentinis  febribus 
molestissime  urgeri  cepit.  Tunc,  de  consilio  cuiusdam  grandeui  5 
senioris,  eiusdem  crucifixi  pedes  diluit  sacrista,  &  bibendam  febrici- 
tanti  eiusdem  ablutionis  optulit  aquam;  quam  ut  gustauit  extimplo 
omni  fugata  molestia  plene  conualuit.  Hoc  relatione  tarn  illius, 
qui  potionem  tante  salubritatis  confecit  &  propinauit,  quam  illius 
astipulatione,  qui  eodem  antidoto  recepta  sospitate  de  morbo  trium- 10 
phauit,  cognouimus.  Supersunt  enim  utrique,  eiusdem  ligni  hactenus 
uirtutem  magnis  preconiis  altolentes.  Quod  uero  frater  ille,  de  quo 
iam  plura  retulimus,  nimis  dolere  se  dicebat,  sanguinis  amissionem, 
quem  manu  collegerat,  constat  nimirum  quia,  inventus  in  capitulo, 
cum  uelud  exanimis  aqua  perfundebatur,  de  manibus  sicut  &  de  15 
oculis,  fronte  uel  ore  uel  naso  uel  reliquis  membris  eius  ipsum  san- 

Chapter   XIII  a.      How   a    monk  5.   grandeui  senioris  \    perhaps  the 

seven  years  before  had  been  healed  by  saintly  prior  mentioned   in  chapter  li, 

means  of  the  same  cross.     How  the  whom  we  may  identify  with  the  prior 

brethren  found  evidence  to  corroborate  named  Bartholomew, 

the  story  of  Edmnnd,  and  of  a  dream  7.  Text  C  for  quam  .  .  .  conualuit 

subsequently  had  by  one  of  the  monks.  reads  qua  gustata  pUne  conualuit  in- 

This  chapter  is  omitted  in  the  English  firmus. 

version ;  that  the  numbers  in  the  I^tin  extimplo^  the  spelling  of  MS.  a,  is 

may  correspond  with  those  in  the  printed  also    the    spelling   of   Dom.    Huberts 

English  version,  the  number  xiii  is  used  MSS. 

twice.  p.  MS.  a  reads  in  error  potionis  for 

4.  septennium.    If  Adam,  the  writer,  saiubritalis, 

has  to  trust  to  the  *  attestation  of  the  la.  Text  Cioxhoc ,,. attoUntes  reads 

older  brethren ',  it  is  evident  that  in  the  supersunt  utrique,  et  qui  potionem  con- 

year   1189  he  was  not  a   member  of  fecit  et  qui  comialuit^  quorum  relatione 

the  monastery  of  Eynsham.   If  this  story  hoc  agnoui  ;  qui  hactenus  eiusdem  li^i 

is  meant  to  prove  how  on  another  occa-  uirtutem    magnis   altollunt  preconiis, 

sion  the  cross  gave  forth  blood,  the  Dom.  Huberts  MSS.  have  the  error  of 

author  has  omitted  the  essential  details,  utique  for  utrique. 


302  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

guinem  fratres  diluenint  &  penitus  extersenmt.  Nasus  uero  circa 
medium  exterius  quidem  sanguine  indurato  concretus  erat,  sed  liquido 
patebat  de  naribus  ipsum  nequaquam  profluxisse.    Ipse  uero  assere- 

ao  bat  quia,  recedente  lumine  quod  circa  cnicem  uiderat,  cum  illi  obuiam 
festinato  transire  niteretur  ut  supradictum  est,  aliquid  sibi  de  manu 
in  pauimentum  decidisset ;  cuius  rei  fidem  experiri  cupientes,  lustra- 
uimus  curiose  designatum  locum,  &  ipsum  altare  purpureo  sanguine 
aspersum  nescio  quot  locis,  ubi  crux  steterat,  inuenimus  &  guttulas 

25  aliquot  pauimento  delapsas  utroque  ex  altaris  latere  euidenter  con- 
speximus;  quas  reuerenter  abrasimus,  &  puluerem  de  ipsis  consper- 
sum  reponentes  cum  diligentia  seruamus.  Dum  autem  in  die 
Parasceue  ipsa  crux  de  retro  altari  a  sacrista  tolleretur  ad  adorandum 
de  more  a  conuentu,  digitos  misit  supra  latus,  quod  sanguine  adbuc 

30  madebat  intinctum.  Qui  pauefactus  circumstantibus  quibusdam 
manum  ostendebat  cruentatam,  sed  inscius  unde  illud  accidisset 
manum  detersit.  Latus  uero  cnicifixi  eiusdem  adhuc  uestigia  cruoris 
manifesta  conseruat  Pedem  uero  similiter  cruentatum  alius  quidam 
e  sacristis  incauta  uelocitate,  non  bene  prcuentus,  quia  mox  a  uene- 

35  rantibus  cnicem  deosculandus  erat,  diluit  &  extersit.  Aquam  nichil- 
ominus  eadem  ablutione  rubricatam  inprouide  eiecit,  lintheolum 
conseruans  illius  detersione  purpuratum.  Postmodum  autem,  cum 
euentus  seriem  fratris  iam  crebro  memorati  insinuatione  percepisset, 
expauit  uehementer  quod  fecerat,  &  (ut  bene  est)  timoratus  dominum 

40  sedulo  exorabat,  .quatinus  ei  huius  ueniam  reatus  indulgeret  Ambi- 
gebat  tamen  non  modice,  quid  de  sanguine  huiusmodi  sentire 
debuisset.  Et  ecce  non  post  multum  temporis  in  stratu  suo  multa 
inde  cogitanti  &  ex  dubietate  fluctuanti,  sompnus  irrepsit ;  &  audire 
sibi  uisus  est  uocem  in  sompnis  hec  protestantem :  '  Sanguinem,  super 

45  cuius  estimationem  fide  titubas,  ita  noueris  debere  uenerari,  sicut 
ipsum  qui  pacientis  in  cruce  de  latere  Domini  noscitur  emanasse/ 
Quo  circa,  nos  nichil  temere  discutere  uel  diflSnire  presumimus; 
magis  autem  diuina  miracula  humiliter  ueneremur,  tanta  deitatis 
magnalia  Spiritui   sancto,   cuius  patrantur  maiestate,  committentes 

3 1 .  festinato f  *  hurriedly,'  adv..  A,  B ;  30.  quibusdam :  Text  B  reads  quidem^ 

festinanter,  C.  while  Text  C  omits  altogether. 

uideretury  of  MS.  2,  for  niteretur ,  is  31.  ></  cruci,  B,  C,  for  iUud, 

probably  an  error  suggested  by  uiderat  39.  All  MSS.  of  Text  C  read  quad 

shortly  before.  fecerat^  dominumque,  omitting  &,M/^^e 

24.  steterat^  apparently  the  cross  was  «r/,  timoratus. 

above  the  altar  of  St  Lawrence,  yet  42.  in  stratu . . .  irrepsit  & ;  C  reads 

chapter  iii  says  it   had  been  placed  on  cum  in  stratu  suo  multa  inde  cogUando 

the  ground.  obdormisset. 

27.  Text  C,  reseruamus  for  serua-  47.  C  omits  uei  difinire, 

mus.  48.  veneramur,  B,  C. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  303 

discernenda.    Ipse  enim  scratatur  ctiam  profunda  Dei,  qualiter  &  50 
quantum  uult  suis  aspirans,  ut  celestium  noscant  abdita  secretorum. 
Dulce  tamen  uniuersis  est  intueri,  quanta  superne  pietatis  dispensa* 
tione  actum  sit,  ut  frater,  qui,  graui  percussionis  uerbere  diu  exami- 
natus,  iam  consolationis  munere  diuinitus  erat  refouendus,  tali  ac 
tanto  summi  regis  munimine  et  corporalitcr  undique  septus  tueretur,  55 
ut  nee   spiritualium  tormentorum  uel  hostium  contuitu,  quos  erat 
uisunis,  terreretur,  nee  corporei  strepitus  uel  inquietudinis    uehe- 
mentia,    qua    sicut  retulimas    multipliciter    fuerat  exagitandus,   ab 
intime    speculationis    serenitate  ullatenus    intempestiue   auocaretur. 
Hiis  itaque  dictis   per  quendam    necessarie,  ut  puto,  digressionis  60 
excessum    compendiose    intersertis,  ad  directum  historie  tramitem 
recurramus,  non  nostra  sed  illius,  qui  uidendo  6c  experiendo  cognouit, 
uerba  uel  sententias,  quam  proxime  ualebimus,  fideli  calamo  expri- 
mentes.     Ipsum  etiam  potius  non  modo  loquentem,  immo  et  tanquam 
scribentem  inducimus,  cuius  cotidiana  relatione  de  his  ad  unguem  65 
edocti  que  scribimus,  ne  in  minimo  quidem  ab  eius  nos  uerbis  deuiare 
indubitanter  scimus. 


[Xrv.    Qualiter  in  extasi  positus  sit  monachus  &  secutos 
faerit  ductorem  suum.] 

'  Senem  itaque  uenerabilem '  ait  frater  predictus  '  qui  me  et  uocis 
imperio  &  ductu  manus  uie  sue  comitem  asciuerat,  alacriter  comitatus 
sum;  pariterque  incedentes,  simul  etiam  manus  iugiter  consertas 
habebamus  omni  tempore  quo  corporeis  sensibus  mente  absens 
permansi.  Hoc  autem  fuit  a  medio  noctis  que  ferie  sexte  aurora  5 
terminatur,  quo  scilicet  tempore  in  capitulo  mentis  excessum  incurri, 

50.  ipse . . .  secretorum^    omitted    in  scimus,  is  slightly  altered  in  Text  6,  uelut 

Text  C .  being  inserted  before  loquentem.   In  Text 

57.  corporei  strepitus ^  Slc,  i.e.  blow-  C  it  is  much  improved,  Ipsum  ergo  non 

ing  a  trumpet  in  his  ear  and  running  modo  uelut  loquentem  immo  etiam  ista 

pins  into  his  feet :  see  chapter  iii.  scribentem  inducimus^  cuius  cotidiana 

59.  auocaretur  answers  to  tueretur^  relcUione  de  his  edocti,  que  scribimus  in 
not  to  terreretur,  nullo  ab  eius  uerbis  deuiamus.    This  is 

60.  For  dictis,  of  MS.  %,  B  reads  de  a  clear  instance  that  Text  C  is  later 
istis,    C  has  here  on  abbreviated  text  than  A  and  B. 

xeti^m^hisquadamnecessariadigressume         Chapter  XIV.    He  starts  on   his 

insertts  ad  rem  gestam  redeamt^s,  illius  journey  holdhig  the  hand  of  St.  Nicholas. 

qui,  &c.  He  was  absent  from  his  body  for  nearly 

63.  B  reu6s  ej^eriendo  Aec  et  zndendo,  two  days. 
C,  kec  experiendo  et  videndo.  a.  In  Thurston's  text  the  reading  me 

63.  B  and  C,  sensa  for  sententias,  for  uie  makes  nonsense. 
Text  C,  abbreviating,  omits  quam,,,         4.  orbatus,  added  by  Text  C  after 

calamo.  sensibus  is  an  improvement 

67.  This  awkward  sentence,  ipsum . . 


304  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

per  totum  fere  sequens  biduum,  id  est  usque  ad  uesperam  sabati  quo 
ad  mundane  conuersaiionis  publicum  uobis  sum  cemenubus  a  quietis 
quo  fruebar  secreto  expulsus. 

[XV.    Qualiter  venit  in  primum  locum  tormentomm.] 

Ibamus  igitur  per  uiam  planam  recto  orientis  tramite  quousque 
peruenimus  in  regionem  quandam  spatiosam,  nimis  uisu  horrendam, 
palustri  situ  et  luto  in  duriiiem  inspissato  deformem.  Ibi  erat  hominum 
uidere  infinitam  muldtudinem,  quam  estimare  nemo  sufficeret,  uariis  et 
5  inenarrabilibus  expositam  suppliciorum  immanitatibus.  Ibi  utriusque 
sexus,  uniuerse  condidonis,  professionis  et  ordinis  turba  innumerabilis ; 
ibi  omnium  quoque  peccatorum  admissores,  diuersis  nescio  quid 
est  quique  addicti  pro  culparum  uarietate  et  personarum  qualitate 
generibus  tormentorum.    Uidebam  et   audiebam  per  late  patentia 

10  illius  campi  spatia,  cuius  metas  nulla  circumspiceret  acies  oculorum, 
miserorum  choros  nimium  miserabiles,  turmatim  collectos  et  grega- 
tim,  criminum  parilitate  et  pro  similitudine  constrictos,  pariliter  estuare 
et  semper  eiulare  sub  penarum  cumulis.  Quoscunque  uidi  pro  qui- 
buscunque  affligi  peccatis,  liquido  aduertebam  et  peccati  eius  genus  et 

15  modum  et  salisfactionis  qualitatem,  qua  solummodo  uel  de  reatu  suo 
penitendo  et  confitendo,  uel  aliorum  remediis  benefitiorum  adiuncds, 
meruissent  in  illo  penali  exilio  ad  patrie  celestis  ingressum  preparari. 
Uniuersos  enim  ibi  positos  in  spe  salutis  quandoque  capessende  aliqua- 
tenus  respirare  dinoscebam.    Omnes  quoque  ac  singulos  diligentius 

ao  intuenti  e  uesdgio  clarebat,  quibus  rebus  penam  meruissent  uel  leuamen. 
Quosdam  grauiora  cemebam  equanimius  ferre  supplicia,  et  quasi  de 
conscienda  reposite  sibi  mercedis  bonorum,  que  egissent,  operum  et 
fiducia  beatitudinis  consecuture  animo  semper  proposita,  leuia  reputare 

7.  Text  C  omits  ^^...f^^»^;  it  then      situ*.     Our  author  takes  the  word  to 
reads  ad  sequeniis  sabbati  uesperam ;      mean  '  filth  \ 

so  in  MS.  4,  but  MS.  1 1  reads  horam         7.  nescio  quid  esty  omitted  B  and  C. 
vesperam,  la.  /or^Vf/oj  is  a  favonrite  word  in  the 

8.  The  awkward  order  fw^w x«OT  r^-  Life  of  St  Hugh;    see  Magna  Vi/a, 
nentibus  is  responsible  for  the  erroneous  p.  39a  (Rolls  Series). 

reading  of  Ruber's  MSS.,  uobiscum  cer-  pro  similitudine  of  MS.  a  may  be  a 

nentibus.    In   Text  C  it  is  sum  uobis  blunder  for  professionum  similitw&ne  q( 

cementibus.  Texts  B  and  C. 

Chapter  XV.    He  reaches  the  first  Thurston    reads   constiiutos ;    but 

place  of  torment;   for  the  most  ]>art  constrictos  is  the  reading  of  i,  a,  4, 

in  each  case  the  torments  grew  lighter  9,  10,  i  a. 

in  time,  and  none  was  without  hope  of  13.  For  semper,  B,  C,  read  similiter, 

ultimate  salvation.  18.  speniy  B,  C,  for  spe, 

I.  Ibamus,    The  journey  of  Aeneas  19.  Text  C  omits  the  sentence  Omnes 

to  Hades  begins  with  this  word :  *  Ibant  . , .  levamen, 

obscuri  sola  sub  nocte,^^».vi.a68.  The  a  3.  proposita^  of  Texts  A  and  B,  is 

resemblance  is  more  than  accidental.  omitted  in  C. 

3.  situ,     Aen,  vi.  46a   Moca  senta 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  305 

horrenda,  que  perferebant,  supplicia*    Gemebant  quidem,  flebant  et 
eiulabant  urgentibus  penis,  et  inter  hec  ad  anteriora  paulatim,  semper  35 
scilicet  minora  pertendebant,  ut  sic  dixerim,  palestre  illius  certamina. 
Nonnullos  conspidebam  de  loco  quo  torquebantur  exilire  repente,  et 
uiam  ad  ulteriora  tendentem  ocius  festinando  carpere;  quos  subito 
emergens  ab  ymis  fiamma,  quasi  dirupto  malefidi  soli  gremio,  inuoluebat, 
dureque  conflagratos,  cum  flagris  ac  tridentibus  et  uario  tormentorum  30 
apparatu  accurrentibus  tortoribus,  omnem  in  eos  seuitiam  exhausturis, 
denuo  restituebat    Nichilominus,  sic  exusti,   sic  cesi,   et  cedendo 
precordialiter  discerpti,  denuo  euadentes  simili  semper  conditione 
ulterius  tendebant,  de  grauissimis  iugiter  ad  tolerabilia  succedentes. 
In  hac  profectione  alii  multum,  alii  parum,  alii  pene  nichil  proficie-  35 
bant.    Quibusdam  uero  de  atrocissimis  ad  crudeliora  non  profectus 
sed  miserabiliter  restabat  defectus ;  et  singuli  quidem,  quemadmodum 
uel  suis  pristinis  iuuabantur  uel  impediebantur  meritis,  et  presentibus 
carorum  suorum  amminiculabantur  pro  se  exhibitis  benefitiis.    Uerum 
de  hiis  euidencius  quod  mente  intellexi,  quodue  alloquiis  quorundam  4^ 
instructus  percepi,  ut  inferius  declarabitur,  paulo  post  enodabo. 


[XVI.    De  diversitate  penarum.] 

Infinite  erant  speties  quas  ibi  uidi  penarum.  Hii  ad  ignes  torre- 
bantur.  Hii  in  sartagine  frigebantur.  Hos  ungues  ignei  usque  ad 
ossa  et  solutionem  compagum  radendo  sulcabant.  Illos  balnea  pice 
&  sulphure  cum  fetore  horrifico  aliisque  liquaminibus,  plumbo  etiam  et 
ere,  necnon  et  aliis  generibus  metallorum  calore  solutis,  extorquebant.  5 
Istos  uermes  monstruosi  ueneniferis  rodebant  dentibus.  Illos  denso 
ordine  substrati  sudes  flammatis  aculeis,  dum  furcis  regirantur,  unguibus 
distrahuntur,  flagellis  innumeris  ceduntur,  diro  laniabant  exemplo. 
Multos  pridem  agnitos  michique  familiares  in  seculo  atque  karissimos 
ibi  uario  exitu  conspexi  tormentatos.  Quorum  episcopi  uel  abbates  10 
nonnuUi  fuerunt ;  alii  aliis  dignitatibus,  quidam  in  clero,  quidam  in 

35.  Haber,  following  an    erroneous  31.  extuturis,  B,  C. 

reading  of  two  of  his  MSS.,  gives  prunis  34.  tolerabiliora^  B,  C. 

ioT  penis,  37.  Text  C  reads  secundum  quod  for 

a6.  B  and  C  add  vel  mitiora  after  quemadmodum  uel. 

minora.  Chapter  XVI.    The  terrible  nature 

39.  maUfiduSf  as  an  epithet  for  the  of  the  punishments,  especially  for  those 

soil,  'treacherous/  is  thoroughly  Vir-  who  had  been  judges  and  prelates, 

gilian, '  statio  malefida  carinis^  Aen.  ii.  5.  excoquebant,  B,  C. 

23,    This  ambitious  language  puzzled  10.  cruciatos  for  tormentatos ^  C. 

the  scribe  of  MS.  3,  who  converted  it  In  MS.  4  (and  probably  all  MSS. 

into  quadrupartito  mole  sihi\  this  when  of  Text  C),  Quorum  nonnulli  episcopi 

written  with  contractions  is  much  like  uel  abbates  extiterunt, 
quasi  dirupto  malefidi. 

U.  X 


3o6  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

seculari  foro,  quidain  in  claustro  flonierant,  quos  duplici  super  immunes 
personas  uidebam  cniciari  dolore.  Nam  clericos  &  monachos,  laicos 
et  feminas,  tarn  laicas  quam  sanctimoniales,  eo  simplicioribus  aidi 

If  addictos  cniciatibus,  quo  in  uita  priori  minoribus  fuerant  honorum 
fulti  priuilegiis.  In  ueritate,  speciali  quadam  pre  ceteris  acerbitafe 
suppUcii  angi  uniuersos  perspiciebam,  quos  indices  aliorum  uel  prelates 
nostra  etate  noueram  extitisse.  Longum  nimis  erat  quid  singuli 
roeruissent,  quidue  paterentur  non  modo  ignoti  sed  et  cogniti,  uobis 

3o  exponere,  et  de  omnibus  preterire  non  foret  gratum.  Pauca  igitur  ex 
multis  perstringam,  et  de  certis  quibusdam  personis,  quid  et  qua  ex 
causa  perferebant  uel  antea  post  obitum  suum  pertulerant  (nam  et  hoc 
in  singulis  conspicuum  michifuit)  ex  parte  sicut  ueradter  comperi,  decla- 
rabo.     '  £x  parte '  dixerim,  quia  omnimodis  illius  seculi  uel  leuissima 

35  quolibet  eloquio  describere  supplitia  nulla  lingua  sufficeret,  nulla  homi- 
num  estimaiione  concipi  posset.  Uarietatem  etiam  et  multiplicitatem 
qua  uicissim  altemantibus  subduntur  penis,  nemo  uere  fateor  dinu- 
merare  ualeret.  Testis  michi  deus  est,  quia  si  uiderem  quempiam 
hominum,  qui  me  et  omnes  caros  meos  omnibus  que  homini  in  hac 

30  uita  constituto  possunt  irrogan  dampnis,  iniuriis  et  lesionibus  et 
extrema  leti  sorte  affecisset ;  si,  inquam,  tarn  immanissimum  hostem 
meum  illis  suppliciis  que  uidi  deputatum  conspicerem  prolixius  cru- 
ciandum,  milies  si  fieri  posset  pro  eius  ereptione  mortem  temporalem 
oppeterem ;  adeo  quecunque  ibi  penalia  sunt  doloris  et  amaritudinis 

35  et  miserie  mensuram  excedunt  et  modum.  Uiderimus  nos  quantis 
nisibus,  quam  castigatis  moribus,  quam  laboriosis  mandatorum  Dei 
et  omnium  bonorum  denique  exercitationibus  operum,  deberemus 
conari,  ut  nos  ipsi  tot  tarn  que  immensis  preripi  meruissemus  erumpnis, 
et  hiis  deputati  pro  suis  excessibus,  karissimi  parentes,  amici  dulcissimi 

40  et  suauissimi  quondam  dilectores  nostri,  pietatis  et  misericordie  ex- 
hibitionibus  pro  redemptionibus  suis  denote  a  nobis  impensis  ut  inde 
citius  eicerentur. 

14.  minoribus t  C,  for  simplicioribus,  33.  antea  means  '  before  my  arriyal  *. 

31.  ceteris,  the  reading  of  MS.  i  and  Three  of  Haber's  MSS.  and  MS.  3  read 
adopted  by  Thurston,  mast  be  an  error  uel  ante  uel  post,  which  makes  nonsense. 
for  certis.   This  awkward  sentence  is  im-  36.  estimatio   concipcre,  B,  an    im- 
proved in  Text  C.  For  Longum . . .  posset  provement. 
It  reads,  Quoniam  autem  longum  est  de  38.  prtvcUeret^  B,  C 
singulis,  pauca  scUtim  de  certis  quibus-  30.  et  lesionibus ^oisdXXediiiC.  Father 
dam  perjonis,  quid  et  qua  ex   causa  Thurston  shows  that  this  passage  is  twice 
perferebant  uel  antea  post  obitum  suum  quoted  by  Dionysios  Caithusiannt. 
pertulerant,  perstringam ;   nam  et  hoc  43.  emerentur,  B,  C,  for  eicerentur. 
in   singulis    conspicuum    michi  Juit,  B  omits  ut  before  inde,    C  improves  the 
Nulla  tamen  hominis  lingua  sufficienler  sentence    by   reading   erumpnis  et   ut 
uel  leuissima  illius  regionis  supplicia  karissimi parentes  &  quondam  dilectores 
ualet  exprimcre  nee  estimacio  concipere,  nostri  6*  amici  dulcissimi,  hUs  pro  suis 
Uarietatum  etiam  multiplicitatem,  &9.  excessibus  deputati,  pietatis,  &c 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  307 

Prius  uero  quam  speciales  aliquorum  describam  agones,  quos  ibi  reper- 
tos  ab  ipsis  recognitus  ipse  agnoui,  uolo  breuiter  percurrendo  summatim 
commemorare,  que  et  alia  supplicionim  stadia,  postquam  hoc  penale  45 
transiuimus  ergastulum,  mesto  compassionis  afTectu  lustrando  conspexi, 
£rat  sane  huius  prout  uidebatur  palestre  impermeabilis  longitudo ;  sed 
nos,  dux  scilicet  mens  et  ego,  ex  transuerso  illam  pretermeauimus, 
sicut  et  alios  quos  inferius  memorabo  tormentales  fines.  Confinia 
nempe  transibamus  cniciatuum ;  sed  inter  ipsos  non  incessimus,  licet  5^ 
hoc,  ut  uidebatur  michi,  impauidi,  indempnes  et  prorsus  illesi  potuis- 
semus. 

[XVIL    De  secundo  loco  tormentonim.] 

Igitur  post  hunc  ad  alium  quoque  deuenimus  locum  tormentorum. 
Mons  uero,  nubibus  ipsis  celsitudine  sui  pene  contiguus,  locum  dis- 
terminabat  utrumque.  Huius  nos  iuga  tarn  facili  quam  ueloci  gressu 
subegimus.  Erat  itaque  sub  remoto  ipsius  montis  latere  uallis  pro- 
fundissima  et  tenebrosa,  altrinsecus  iugis  rupium  eminentissimis  cincta,  5 
cuius  longitudinem  nullius  perstringeret  aspectus.  Ima  eiusdem  uallis 
fluuius  dixerim  an  stagnum  nescio,  tenebat,  amplitudine  latissimum, 
teterrimo  latice  horrendum,  quod  nebulam  fetoris  indicibilis  iugiter 
exalabat.  Imminens  uero  hac  ex  parte  stagni  montis  latus  rogum,  ad 
ipsam  usque  celi  cameram,  succensum  emittebat.  £x  opposito  autem  10 
promontorio  coUis  eiusdem,  tanta  frigoris  immanitas  certatim  niuis  et 
grandinis  seuientibus  procellis  rigebat,  ut  illo  eatenus  algore  nil 
penalius  me  conspexisse  putauerim.  Tractus  prescripte  uallis  et 
utriusque  montis  latera,  que  frigoris  et  ignis  facies  horrenda  inuaserat, 
ita  muldtudine  feruebant  animarum,  ut  solent  aluearia  crebro  apum  15 
examine  scatere.  Quibus  hoc  generale  fuit  supplicium,  quod  nunc  in 
amne  fetido  mergebantur,  nunc  inde  erumpentes  hinc  obuiis  uolu* 
minibus  ignium  uorabantur,  et  deinde  flucluantibus  flammarum  globis 
tanquam  fomacis  scintille  in  editum  delate,  et  in  alterius  ripe  profunda 
demisse,  turbinibus  uentorum,  frigoribus  niuium,  et  grandinum  asperi-  20 
tatibus  excipiebantur ;  et  inde  precipitate  ac  quasi  refugientes  uiolen- 
ciam  tempestatum,  iterum  fetoribus  fiuuii,  iterum  concremationibus 
debacchantis  incendii  reddebantur.  Quosdam  flarame,  quosdam  frigora, 
diutius  cruciabant,  et  quidam  in  amnis  fetore  moram  ducebant  largio- 

45.  ei  alia  om.  C,  which  inserts  alias  also  an  improvement. 

heionmesto.  8.  /o/^jr, 'liquid.'    Perhaps  a  reminis- 

ChaptbrXVII.    Of  the  second  and  cence   of  Virgil,    e.g.    Aen.    vi.   715 

worse  place  of  torment  *  Secnros  latices  et  longa  oblivia  potant'. 

I.  Text  C  omits  quoque,  an  improve-  10.  camera,  *  vault/ 
ment    B  and  C  read  Post  hunc  igitur, 

X  2 


3o8  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

35  rem.  Alios  quasi  oleas  in  prelo  ita  mediis  in  flammis  comprimi,  quod 
dictu  quidem  minim  est,  et  iugiter  artari  uidebam.  Omnium  qui  iUo 
loco  cruciabanlur  ista  fuit  condicio,  quod  ad  periiciendam  purgadonis 
sue  plenitudinem,  omnia  illius  loci  a  principio  usque  ad  finem  permeare 
cogebantur  spatia.    Maxima  tamen  et  multiformis  erat  ibi  afflictorum 

30  distinctio,  quia  isus  leuior  et  ocior  indulgebatur,  pro  meritomm  quali- 
tate  et  collatorum  sibi  post  funera  solatiorum  quantitate,  transitus. 
Maioribus  obnoxii  reatibus  et  restricdoribus  adiuti  remediis,  graui  et 
diutino  detinebantur  supplicio.  Onmibus  uero,  quanto  plus  ad  finem 
illius  prozimabant  loci,  eo  mitior  restabat  cruciatio.     Crudelissimam 

35  uero  in  principio  constituti  perferebant,  quamquam,  ut  premisi,  non 
omnes  equaliter.  Grauissima  istius  loci  tormenta  immaniora  fuerunt, 
quam  loci  superius  a  nobis  inspecti  immanissima :  similiter  et  minima 
illius  loci  leuiora  erant  quam  istius.  Unde  fiebat  quod  multi  ibi 
grauius  quam  hie  uidebantur  torquerL     Hie  uero  plures  notorum 

40meorum  quam  superius,  reperi  et  agnoui.  Quibusdam  utrobique 
collocutus  sum.  Stature  eorum  non  statim  patebat  mensura,  quam 
pridem  noueram :  quorundam  uero  uelud  attenuata  suppliciis  et  immi- 
nuta  forma  uidebatur;  alii  de  granditate  solita  nil  deposuerant. 
Ceterum  cognitioni  intuentis  in  nullo  preiudicabat  ista  diuersitas.     Ita 

45  prompta  michi  fuit  et  manifesta  omnium  cogniUo,  sicut  in  ipso  tem- 
pore quo  nobiscum  degebant  in  seculo. 


[XVIII.    Qualiter  beata  Margareta   quandam    meretricem 
liberavit  a  demonibus.] 

Hie  iaro  referre  libet  perpulcrum  quoddam  magne  pietatis  opus, 
quod  tunc  quidem  meroris  pariter  et  congratulationis  michi  prestitit 
insigne  spectaculum,  et  toti  semper  mundo  egregium  esse  ualeat  pie 
in  Deum  et  sanctos  ac  sanctas  eius  uenerationis  documentimi.    Dum 

36.  Both  4  and  1 1  add  penam  after  harlot  being  carried  to  hell  by  devils ; 

equaltUTy  and  this  may  be  considered  how  she  prayed  to  St.  Marg;aret  and  was 

ine  reading  of  Text  C.  rescued  by  her. 

istius  loci '=  the  second  place  of  tor-  As  MS.  11  is  defective  from  ncdis* 

ment,  described  in  this  chapter.    That  cum  (p.  308,  1.  46)  to  prorsus  (p.  310, 

hie  (1.   39)  means    this  second  place  L  59),  and  MS.  5  from  chapter  xiii  to 

is  proved  by  chapter  xxxiv,  where  the  the  middle  of  chapter  xix,  and  MS.  1 3 

author  repeats  that  he  found  more  of  has  not  yet  been  collated,  our  only  know- 

his  friends  in   the  second  and  worse  ledge  of  Tert  C  is  derived  from  MS.  4. 

place  than  in  the  first.  By  some  oversight  Thurston's  edition 

39.  B  and  C  read  multo  plures.  gives  four  readings  from  MS.  5  in  chap- 

41.  B  and  C  read  satis  for  statim,  ter  xvii,  and  four  in  chapter  xviii,  but  the 

43.  visebeUur,  B,  C.  whole  passage  is  lacking  in  that  MS. 

45.  B  and  C  omit  in,  and  C  reads  eo,  3.  MS.  4  inserts  quod  before  toti. 
Chapter  XVllI.     How  he  saw  a 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  3C9 

enim  que  supra  retuli  aliaque  quamplura  stupens  conspicio,  et  longiores  5 
cum  notis  meis  confabulationes  protraho,  audiebatur  eminus  strepitus 
coromotionis  magne,  ingensque  turoultus  quasi  latrunculorum  uoci- 
ferantium  super  preda  quam  cepissent,  et  hosti  quem  uicissent  incon- 
ditis  cachinnationibus  insultantium.  £t  ecce  post  commotionem 
sequebatur  ualida,  immo  nefanda,  malignorum  spirituum  cohors,  10 
animam  a  se  olim  illaqueatam  in  seculo  et  modo  inde  abstractam 
ducentium,  infemalibus  mox  ut  sperabant  claustris  ingerendam.  Deus 
bone^  quas  cruces,  que  supplicia  infligebant  captiue  sue  noui  illi  hospites 
illius,  eo  in  exsulem  immaniores,  quo  earn  nouerant  magis  desolatam 
et  destitutam  auxilio.  Quis  unquam  referenti  crederet  audiens  nefandos  15 
diaboli  satellites  uicissim  miserabilem  animam  ab  isto  ad  ilium  quasi 
pilam  iactare;  et  hunc  igneis  trideniibus,  ilium  furcis  eque  flammeis 
excipere  uel  excipienti  auferre.  Quis,  etsi  credant  que  audiunt,  ullo 
unquam  sermone  exponet,  quomodo  iecur,  qualitec  cordis  intima, 
quomodo  abditos  uiscerum  recessus,  flammigera  terebrabant  spicula  20 
furentium  lanistarum,  et  tamen,  ut  Deus  ipse  testis  est,  hec  tanta  talia 
tormenta  tarn  uere  quam  seue  irrogabant  illi,  pertulit  ilia,  ego  con- 
spexi.  Neque  enim,  ut  camalium  oculonim  natura  consueuit,  eorum 
superficiem  tantummodo  que  uidebaniur,  perstringebant  obtutus,  sed 
que  in  occultis  bona  uel  mala  sentiebant,  qui  afficiebanlur  letis  aut  25 
tristibus,  omnia  intuenti  peruia  fuerunt  atque  conspicua.  Iia  ergo 
infelix  anima  presentium  dolore  et  eternorum  metu  angebalur  dolorum, 
nee  spes  aliqua  hec  uel  ilia  euadendi  miseram  refouebat,  meritorum 
sufiragiis  desolatam.  Quidni  banc  eius  amaritudinem  omnium  amari- 
tudinum  dixerim  amarissimam,  quam  nee  fiducia  mitigabat  leuaminis,  30 
exaggerabat  autem  desperatio  finis,  precipue  autem  conscientia  torque- 
bat  reprobe  actionis.  Pridem  libenter  reiecerat  honestatis  clamidem, 
(fuerat  enim  meretricium  opus  eius  in  seculo,)  nunc  confusionis  operta 
diploide,  quam  scilicet  et  conscientie  pudibunde  attestatio  et  instil- 
tantium  urgebat  insolens  exprobratio.     In  libro  discebat  experientie  35 

5.  MS.  4  inserts  ea  before  que.  omnium    amaritudinum   amarissima, 

14.  MS.  4  omits  illius.  quantj  &c. 

MS.  4   abbreviates,  reading  only  31.  exaggerate  B  and  MS.  4.     The 

magis  auxilio  destitutam,  latter  omits  the  clause  precipue . . .  o^- 

16.  MS.  4  reads  illctm  for  animam.  tionis. 

17.  MSS.  I,  3,  4  read  iactari..  33.  MS.  4  reads  et  meretricis  operi  in 

1 8.  qui  audiunt  B,  for  que  audiunt ;  seculo  uacans  for  fuerat  .  .  .  seculo. 
MS.  4  abbreviates,  reading  ^tffj  ^r^</^/2/t  Psalm  cviii.  29  'operiantnr  sicut  di- 
ullo  sermone  exponeret.  ploide  coninsione  sua  *. 

27.  MS.  4  reads  malorum  for  dolo-  34.  MS.   4   improves   the   awkward 

rutf^  ulla  for  aliqua^  and  omits  hec  uel  sentence   quam  ,  •  .  exprobrcUio   thus  : 

ilia.  diploide^  interius  reprobe  accionis  con- 

29.  MS.  a  has  Quid  in  for  Quidni.  sdencia  el  exlerius  demonum  sibi  insul- 

MS.  4  abbreviates  thus : — 0  amaritudo  tancium  molestia  urgebatur. 


3IO  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

quid  illud,  quod  semper  quasi  leue  contempserat,  amari  habeat  ponderis ; 
unde  in  psalmis  canitur  '  Ueniat  mors  super  illos  et  descendant  in 
infemum  uiuentes '.  £t  illud  beati  lob  '  Ducunt  in  bonis  dies  suos,  et 
in  puncto  ad  infema  descendunt '.     Uel  quod  item  legimus  *  Merces 

40camis,  ignis  et  uermis'.  Dum  itaque  quasi  triumphalibus  hostium 
pompis  infelix  ob  camis  illecebras  agitur  in  gehennam,  lux  repente  de 
sublimi  celorum  cardine  copiosa  emicuit,  cuius  hebetati  radiis  predicti 
ministri  tenebrarum,  qui  earn  uehebant,  ad  terram  cum  ea  pariter 
dilabuntur.    Cum  luce  uero  premissa  multitudo  descendit  uirginum 

45  niueis  ueslibus,  auro  et  margaritis  intermicantibus,  refulgenlium. 
Gratiam  et  gloriam  uultus  uel  aspectus  earum  non  describe,  que 
tanta  fuit  quantam  nee  animo  recolere  ipse  qui  uidi  digne  sufficio. 
Inter  istas  unam  speciosissimam,  beatam  scilicet  Margaretam,  agnoui, 
quam  mox  ut  uidit  anima  prefata,  criminum  periculosius  quam  de- 

50  monum  captiua,  miserabilibus  uocibus  exclamare  cepit :  '  O '  inquit 
'sponsa  Christi,  sponsa  pretiosa,  subueni  desperate,  miserere  mei  et 
ob  scelera  propria  meritis  iuste  suppliciis  addicte.  Confiteor,  et  uere 
confiteor,  quia  in  omni  uita  mea  mandata  Dei  contempsi,  corpusque 
meum  omni  poUutionum  labe  fedaui:  Deum  uel  aliquem  sanctorum 

55  seu  sanctarum  preter  te  nunquam  uel  afifectu  dilexi  uel  facto  uenerata 
sum*  Te  solam  de  supernorum  ciuium  numero  ex  corde  semper 
amaui,  omnique  die  sabbati  coram  altari  tuo  luminare  de  meo  exhibui ; 
comipte  uite  consuetudinem  bene  sospes  et  mei  plene  compos,  ob 
honorem  et  dilectionem  tui  postposui  et  prorsus  deserui ;  confessionis 

60  lauacro  totius  uite  mee  flagitia  diluisse  me  credidi,  sed  banc,  heu  proh 
dolor,  nee  precedens  contritionis  feruor,  nee  subsequentes  penitencie  et 
satisfactionis  digne  fructus  congruam  reddiderunt  ad  tot  tantasque 
tamque  inueteratas  diluendas  sordes.  Adherent  igitur,  heu  michi,  non 
remisse  iniquitates  mee,  quia  neglexi  illas  dignis  actionibus  tegere.    Sic- 

65  cine  ergo  domina  et  dulcedo  mea  unica,  peribunt  michi  deuotionis  mee 


37.  Ps.  liv.  16.  sanctorum^  &c.,  omitting  nunquam  in 
In  libro  . .  .  viventes  omitted   in  1.  55. 

MS.  4.     It    proceeds  senciebat  in  se  58.  MS.  4  has  several  small  altera- 

c<mpletum  illttd  beati  lob,  &c  tions,  mee  after  viie ;  dudum  before ^^if^; 

38.  Job  xxi.  13.  plene    omitted;  postposui  et  omitted; 

39.  uel . . .  legimus,      MS.    4    con-  remedio  for  lauacro, 

denses,  reading  on\y  et  item  illud,  60.  MSS.  2,  3,  la  make  the  same 

41.  MS.  4  for  lux .,,  emicuit  reads  error,  omitting  ^z'/wm^  m^. 

ecce  de  s.  c,  c.  lux  copiosa  descendit,  61.  Text  C  omits  subsequentes  pcni- 

43.  qui   earn    uekebant    omitted    in  tencie  et, 

MS.  4.  63.  reddidit  of  MSS.  2  and  3  may  be 

53.  omniy  which  Thurston  says  is  the  correct 

reading  of  MSS.  1  and  3  only,  is  the  64.  quas,  Text  C,  for  quia,  omitting 

reading  of  all.  illas. 

54,  MS.    4    nunquam    Deum    nee  65.  Text  C  omits  unica^ 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  311 

munia  fideliter  impensa  tibi?  Immo  egone  sic  peribo,  non  modo 
michi  sed  tibi,  cui  soli  non  perire  impense  studui,  cum  michi  et 
omnibus  perii  ? '  Hec  et  alia  in  hunc  modum  uociferando  et  misera- 
biliter  eiulando,  ac  dure  et  amare  supra  quam  credi  possit  lacrimando 
(nam  Deum  testem  inuoco,  quod  in  grandinis  modum  lacrimas  ab  70 
oculis  eius  erumpentes  conspicere  michi  uisus  sum),  talia,  inquam, 
dum  ista  congeminat,  beaiissima  uirgo  et  martir  Margareta  ad  sodales, 
que  simul  aderant,  uirgines  conuersa  *  O '  inquit  *  dulcissime  sorores, 
uidetis  periculum  huius  qualiscumque  olim  ueneratricis  mee,  et  scitis 
peruicaciam  demonum  qui  ius  sibi  in  illam  usurpare  multis  rationum  75 
fulti  presidiis  non  differunt.  Agite  ergo,  quod  solum  remedii  superest, 
eterno  ludici  et  pio  Redemptori  preces  fundamus,  quatinus  ipse  qui 
omnia  potest,  ob  sui  clemenciam  et  gratiam  nostre  huic  ouicule  suo 
sacro  sanguine  olim  redempte,  iam  uero  uirulentis  luporum  dentibus 
prefocate,  sicut  nouit,  aliquatenus  dignetur  subuenire '.  Hec  cum  per-  80 
orasset  uirgo  gloriosa,  incunctanter  uniuerse,  ad  solum  genibus  demisse, 
palmis  in  sublime  porrectis,  grata  grate  gratifico  suo  immortali  sponso 
pro  peccatrice  thura  libant  orationum.  Nee  tardius  quod  petunt  diui- 
nitus  impetrato,  ab  oratione  surgunt.  £t  uirgo  prefata,  non  minori 
uultus  quam  animi  constancia,  sinistris  spiritibus  terribilis  et  minax,  85 
propius  accedens,  quasi  flabello  de  manica  sua  facto,  ictus  moliri  cepit 
in  nequam.  Qui  mox  ut  solent  musce  acte  turbinibus  hac  illacque 
diffugiunt,  captiuuam  suam,  male  malo  eatenus  stipatam  comite,  iam 
bene  solam  relinquentes.  Extimplo  apparuit  in  loco  remotioh  fossa 
bullientem  habens  aquam  ad  summam  plena.  In  banc  illam  ream  90 
pariter  et  absolutam  repente  dimersam  uidL  'Hie'  ait  miseratrix 
piissima  et  potentissima  Uberatrix  eius,  sepe  memoranda,  beata  scilicet 
Margareta  *hic  penitenciam,  quam  peragere  dissimiilasti  in  seculo, 
consummare  necesse  habes,  iniercessione  mea  plurimum  habitura 
leuaminis,  &  maculis  deinde  tuis  expiatis  per  me  gaudiis  admittenda  95 
sempiternis '.  Did  uero  non  potest  quam  hilaris  et  gaudens  peccatrix 
diclatam  exceperit  sententiam,  in  qua  sic  debitam  agnouit  iram,  ut  et 
indebitam  sentiret  clementiam.  Ita  uirginalis  acies  specioso  seque 
digno  potita  triumpho  celo  recipitur. 

70.  Text  C,  teslar  for  tesicm  inuoco,  93.  sepe  memoranda  and  Jo/tV^/om.  C. 

83.  grata  grate  gratifico  is  pruned  94.  interuenciom^  B,  C. 

in  texts  B  and  C,  grate  being  omitted.  97.  ilia  for  diclatam^  B ;  illam  dicta^ 

86.  ictm  in  nequam  spiritus  molie-  tam^  MS.  4,  but  not  MS.  11  if  Ruber's 

batur^  Text  C.  collation  is  accurate. 

90.  summumy  B,  C.  98.  seque  digno  omitted  in  Text  C. 


3ia  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

[XIX.    De  quodam  aurifabro  per  beatum  Nicholaum  a 
damnatione  liberato.] 

Exigit  uero  similitudo  miraculi,  ut  hie  quoque  non  imparis  miseri- 
cordie,  non  inferioris  potentie,  sanctissimi  presulis  et  confessoris 
piissimi  retexam,  domini  scilicet  beati  Nicholai,  opus  eximium,  in 
quodam  famulo  suo,  michi  dudum  familiariter  ob  quedam  bona  que  illi 

5  uidebantur  inesse  cognito  et  dilecto,  nuperrime  patratum ;  quod  ea 
ex  ratione  hie  iam  libencius  replico,  quia  ductoris  mei  cum  nomine 
meritum  quoque  is  de  quo  nunc  agimus  michi  primitus  declarauit, 
licet  forte  preuaricari  uidear  prescriptam  hystorie  seriem,  qua  supe- 
rius    dixi  me  prius  loca  queque    penalia    michi    ostensa  summa- 

lotim  percursurum,  quam  speciales  aliquorum  retexerem  craciatus: 
sed  hoc  aliorum  relatu  dictum  accipiatur,  de  quibus  innumeras 
quas  inferius  seriatim  dilucidem  narrationes  referendas  accept  ad 
cautelam  legencium  siue  audiencium.  De  isto  in  presenciarum  ob 
causas  prelibatas  agere  opere  precium  nobis  uidetur.     Igitur  memi- 

15  nisse  uos  credo  ea  tempestate  qua  me,  passione  quam  sinandam 
physici  appellant  desperabiliter  percussum,  in  uillam  quandam  uisi- 
taturus  descenderatis,  aurificem  quendam  eiusdem  loci  ciuem  subita 
morte  expirasse;  de  quo  id  etiam  celebriter  uulgatum  fuerat,  quod 
nimia  uini  potatione  ingurgitatus,  uitam  ebrietate  uendiderit,  letum 

aoleticia  non  bene  cautus  institor  emercatus.  Hunc  ergo  ubi  sortem 
uocationis  sue  accepisse  dicetis  nisi  inter  illos  de  quibus  speciallter 

Chapter  XIX.   The  monk  recog.  16.  MS.  a  is  corrupt  at  this  place, 

sizes  a  friend,  a  goldsmith,  who  had  reading    decedentem     for     uisUaturus 

died  from  drink,  December  28,  1194.  descenderatis.    Text  B  reads /^n^nJiv/m 

The  man  showed  pleasure  at  the  sight  uisUaturus  in  uillam  ubiscminea  non 

of  Edmund's  guide.  dissimilis    decutnbebam    descenderatis  \ 

3.  Text  C  abbreviates  thus,  Sanctis-  one    MS.    (MS.    6)    reads   tnsitaturi, 

simi  presulis   Nicolai    retexam    opus  erroneously.    Text  C  tempestate  gua  me 

eximiuptf  &c.  sinancia   percussum    in    uillam    tUd 

7.  agitur  for  agimus ^  Text  C.  zemineci  similis  decumbebam  uisiteUurus 

8.  narrationis  for  hystorie^  Text  C.  descendercUis,    The  singular  uisitaturus 
II.  B  and  C  read  respectu  for  relatu,  is  used  because  Edmund  is  no  doubt 

Translate : — *  Let  this  statement  of  mine  referring   to  Adam  his  brother.     We 

bf^  taken  with  reference  to  those  others,  learn  from  chapter  xxi  that  the  death 

about  whom  I  received  endless  stories  occurred    December    28,    and     from 

that  I  am  to  explain  below  in  order,  fit  chapter   xxiii    that   it   was   in    1 194. 

to  be  narrated  for  the  warning  of  all  who  The  name  of  the  illness  is  spelt  in 

read  or  hear.    About  this  man  I  think  it  various  ways  in  the  MSS. ;  sinantiam 

worth  while  to  deal  at  this  place,  for  the  (MS.  2),  squinanciam  ( MS.  3),  sina$uia 

reasons  I  have  given.'    As  soon  as  the  (MS.  4),  sinanam  (MS.  6).    Squinancy 

author  has   finished  with  the  story  of  is  an  old  spelling  for  quinsy, 

the  goldsmith,  he  passes  (chap,  xxiv)  to  18.  celebriter,  om.  C. 

the  third  place  of  torment.  19.  nimio  uino  for  nimia  uimpotO' 

13.  Text  C  omits  the  sentence  De  tiane,C, 

isto  • . .  uidetur^  21.  diceres  for  dicetis j  B,  C. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  313 

lohannes  in  epistola  sua  scribere  uidetur,  ita  dicens  '  est  peccatum  ad 
mortem ;  pro  quo  non  dico  ut  quis  oret '?  Quis  uero  tarn  absolute 
peccatum  ad  mortem  dicetur  admittere,  quam  qui  uitam  exuit  et 
mortem  excepit  manens  in  crimine.  Hie  autem  non  qualicumque,  25 
sed  in  illo  crimine,  nee  modo  usque  ad  mortem  mansit,  sed  iUud 
admittendo  mortem  sibi  asciuit,  quod  occasio  et  seminarium  solet 
esset  omnium  malorum.  Ebrietas  enim,  ut  quidem  dicunt,  nullum 
uitium  excusat.  Ne  autem  oflfendamus  potentes  ad  bibendum  uinum 
fortesque  ad  concinnandam  ebrietatem,  qui  negant  uitio,  cui  deser-  30 
uiunt,  mortalis  peccati  thecam  esse  prefigendam,  maxime  cum  con- 
tigerit  illud  non  continuam  febrem  sed  interpolatam  imitari  (cum 
tamen  frequentior  ac  durior  ac  pene  inexorabilis  esse  prenuntia 
mortis  soleat  quartana,  quam  febris  continua),  ne,  inquam,  eos  qui 
huiusmodi  sunt  nimis  exaggerando  temulentie  crimen  scandalizemus,  35 
dicamus  hoc  quod  uerum  scimus,  hunc,  cuius  modo  et  peccatum  ut 
caueatur  &  periculum  innotescimus  ut  timeatur,  cum  in  pristina  uita 
ad  ebrietatem  nimis  fuisse  pronum,  tum  illo  triduo  quod  in  seculo 
uidit  ultimum,  in  huius  admissi  reatu  deguisse  continuum.  Si  ergo 
pridem  michi  constitisset  eum,  licet  nobis  carum,  tali  ueraciter  ex  40 
causa  in  fata  concessisse,  nil  facto  dignius  censerem  pro  illo  quam 
non  orare,  ne  penes  iustum  iudicem  nil  preter  repulsam  cassa  oratio 
reperisset.  Orare  tamen  pro  illo,  licet  egre,  consueueram,  multum 
scilicet  scandalizatus,  sed  non  usquequaque  ceriificatus  fama  tarn 
Inctuosi  euentus.  Contigit  ergo  celesti  prouisione,  quod  in  loco  45 
tormentonim,  quern  postremo  depinxi,  hunc  michi  cominus  uicinum 
aspexi.    Quern  confestim  agnoscens,  et  pre  multis  aliis  quos  uideram 

3 a.  Text  C  reads  scribit  for  scribere  (!•  ^9)  •  •  •  ***^  orare  (1.  4a),  reads  Hie 

uidetur  Ua,     i  John  v.  16.  ergo,  cuius  peccatum  ut  caveaiur&»  peri" 

33.  ncn  pro  hoc  for  pro  quo  non,  culum  modo  innotescimus  ut  timeatur. 
By  C.  cum  in  pristina  uita   ad  ebrietatem 

25.  excipity  B,  C.  nimis  fuuset  prontts,  illo  triduo  quod 

The    next    sentence    is    improved  in    seculo    utdit    uUimum    in    huius 

in  Text  C,  thus  ;  hie  autem  non  modo  admissi  reatu fuit  fere  continuus.    Quod 

usque  ad  mortem  in  crimine  mansit,  si  michi  pro  certo  pridem  constitisset 

sea  mortem  incurrit  admittetido  illud  eum  scilicet  ex  tali  causa  in  fata  ces- 

crimen^    quod  omnium    malorum    est  sissCy  quid  de  eo  dignius  censerem  quam 

seminarium :  an  instance  which  clearly  pro  illo  non  orare  ? 

proves  that  Text   C  is  later  than  A  41.  quid  de  eo,  B,  for  nil  facto;  and 

and  B.  quam  pro  illo  for  pro  illo  quam* 

2^.   ut   ait  quidam^  B,  C,   for    ut  42. /^#i&r:  at  this  word  MS.  5  begins 

quidam  dicunt,  again. 

II,  theca.,  ,prefgendum,'B,  43.  Text    C  omits  multum  scilicet 

34.  cotidiana  for  continua^  B.  scandcdizatus  sed,  and  adds  de  before 

35.  MS.   2   reads  crimine,  perhaps     fama, 

intentionally;    it    could   be   construed.  45.  B  and  C  add  Aiv  before  i5;f£>. 

Notice   the  precision   of  the  medical         46.  Text  C  reads  e  vicino  conspexi  for 

language.  cominus  vicinum  aspexi. 

Text  C,  for  the  passage  Ne  autem         47.  a  me  visis,  C,  for  quos  uideram. 


314  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

spe  bona  tormenta  tolerare,  leuius  afflictum,  cernens,  opido  miratus 
sum.     Ductor  uero  meus,  cernens  me  ilium  atlencius  respectaniem, 

50  sciscitatus  est  an  ilium  agnoscerem,  et  audiens  ilium  notissimum 
fuisse,  '  Ergo  si '  inquit '  nosti  eum,  loquere  illi/  Ipse  uero  intuens 
in  nos  et  recognoscens,  ineffabili  gestu  leticie  applaudebat  uiro  qui 
ducebat  me,  expansis  manibus  crebraque  totius  corporis  inclinatione 
uenerans  atque  salutans,  et  pro  inpensis    beneficiis    inexplicabiles 

55  gratiarum  referens  actiones.  Ego  interim  salutaui  eum  et  ille  me 
gratulabundus  resalutauit.  Tunc  a  me  inquisitus  quomodo  immania 
tarn  cito  pertransisset  tormenta,  que  ilium  pertulisse  ipso  eius  aspectu 
cognoui,  ita  infit. 

[X3L    Monachus  hie  primo  solvit  quod  beatus  Nicholaos 
ftiit  ductor  suus.] 

'Uos'  inquiens  'dilecte  mi,  in  seculo  unanimiter  me  uniuersi 
quasi  pro  perdito  et  dampnato  habetis,  nescientes  clementiam  & 
misericordiam  presentis  domini  mei  sancti  Nicholai,  qui  me  infelicem 
homuncionem  et  seruulum  suum  inutilem,  meritam  non  est  passus 

5  dampnationem  perpetuo  subire '.  Ad  quam  ego  '  Reuera '  inquam 
'ut  asserts,  nimium  omnes  amici  tui  repentina  clade,  qua  te  pre- 
uentum  doluimus,  animo  consternati  sumus,  existimantes  profecto 
te  indicium  subiisse  remota  misericordia,  cui  uidimus  ante  mortis 
periculum  omnia  christianitatis  abnegata  remedia.    Uerum  quia  secus 

10  ac  putabamus  successisse  tibi  iam  letissimus  comperi,  magno  opere 
a  te  ipso  audirem  omnem  euentus  tui  seriem,  quo  scilicet  ordine  et 
temporaliter  obisti,  et  mortis  perpetue  discrimina  effugisti. 

[XXL    Narratio  aurifabri  de  subita  eius  morte.] 

Et  ille  *  libens '  ait  *  quod  cupis  tibi  enarrabo.  Nosti  enim  quibus 
studiis  in  seculo  uilam  meam  dicaueram,  quantum  ad  ea  que   in 

48.  6  and  C  add  -que  after  leuius.  remoius  at  that  time ;  when  judges  were 

50.  B  and  C  add  michi  before  noiis^  bidden  to  decide  a  case  '  without  ap- 

simum,  peal*  the  phrase  was  'remota  appella- 

53.  ductori  meo  et,  C,  for  uiro  qui  tione.*  Text  C  reads  damnationis  for 
ducebat  me.  r.  m, 

54.  ueneratus,  B,  C.  9.  secus  quam^  Text  C,  for  secus  ac. 
C  reads  innumerabiles  gratiarum         10.  letus,  C. 

ri^r^^/,  omitting  ^/ befoie/r^.  ii.  Thurston  gives  interitus  as  the 

57.  supplicia,  B,  C,  for  tormenta.  reading  of  all  M^.,  but  eventus  is  their 

Chapter  XX.    The  goldsmith  says  reading, 
that  he  has  been  helped  by  St.  Nicholas.  1 2.  etemty  C,  lot  perpetue, 

A.  seruuMf  C  text,  for  h,  et  s.  discrimen,  C.     MS.  2  reads  cri- 

6.  nimium,  omitted  in  C.  mina. 

8.  remota  misericordia,  *  without  pity.*         Chapter  XXI.    The  account  of  the 

This  was  the  regular  use  of  the  word  goldsmith's  death,  December  a8,  11 94. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  315 

prospectu  intuentibus  patent.  Crimini  maximo  ebrietatis  mala 
deuinctus  consuetudine  finetenus  deseruiui,  non  tamen  uolens  quan- 
tum ad  interioris  hominis  uotum :  multum  enim  michi  displicebat  5 
multumque  dolebam  quod  uitium  hoc  deserere  non  potui.  Frequenter 
enim  erexi  me  contra  me,  quasi  finniter  proponens  quod  iugum 
turpissime  huius,  qua  detentum  me  uidi,  abicerem  seruitutis ;  sed  mox 
bibendi  uoluptate  et  bibentium  importunitate,  quibus  ex  equo  inique 
compotare  urgebar  deuictus,  trahebar  denuo  captiuus  in  regnum  10 
peccati,  quod  erat  in  gula  et  faucibus  meis.  Inter  hec  uero  per 
misericordiam  Domini  nostri,  qui  neminem  uult  perire,  in  dominum 
meum,  quem  felici  comitatu  presentem  sequeris,  sanctissimum 
Nicholaum  scilicet,  cuius  eram  parochianus,  talem  habui  deuotionem, 
ut  nulla  tmquam  occasione  pretermiserim,  quin  eius  uenerationi  quic-  15 
quid  potuissem  deuotissime  exhiberem.  Quantumlibet  sero  ebrietati 
indulsissem,  matutinas  de  nocte  nullatenus  pretermittere  consueui,  sed 
mox  pulsante  signo,  ipso  frequenter  capellano  ocior  occurrebam. 
Lampadem  in  oratorio  domini  mei  sancti  Nicholai  de  meo  proprio 
iugiter  exhibebam.  Que  uero  ad  totius  ecclesie  cultum,  siue  in  ao 
luminaribus,  siue  in  rebus  diuersis,  forent  necessaria,  sedulo  quasi 
familiare  ipsius  mancipium  in  id  ipsum  deputatum  procurabam,  et 
ubi  proprie  facultatis  minus  suppetebant  uires,  comparochianos 
monebam  ad  conferendum  que  defore  uiderentur.  Dona  uero  conferen- 
tium  suscipiebam  opportunis  usibus  fidelissime  expendenda.  Bis  in  H 
anno  scilicet  ante  Natale  Domini  et  ante  Pascha,  purissimam,  prout 
sciebam,  peccatorum  meorum  sacerdoti  faciebam  confessionem,  peni- 
tentiam  susdpiens  et  in  parte  eam  studiose  adimplens;  non  enim 
sufficienter  que  precipiebar  obseruabam ;  hinc  nonnunquam  omittens 
facienda,  hinc  et  cauenda  admittens.  Dies  dominico  aduentui  30 
solempniter  in  ecclesia  dicatos  ex  mandato  domini  sacerdotis  mei 
abstinentia  quadragesimali  transigebam,  quibus  sponte  mea  tot  de 
prioribus  adiciebam  dies  quot  numerum  adimplerent  quadragenarium. 
Ita  in  die  qua  Uerbum,  caro   factum,  de  thalamo  uteri  uirginalis 


6.  B  and  C  ti<^A  pestiferum  nSttr  hoc,  a  a.  mancipcUum,     B,     for    deputa- 

8.  qtUL  detinebar,  C,  for  q.  d,  m.  u,  turn,     C    omits   the    clause    in  ,  ,  . 

9.  combibentium^  B,  C.  deptUatum* 

14.  Text  C  omits  scilicet,  34.  videbantur^  C. 

17.  MSS.  4  and  5  read  denote  (or  de  31.  domini  and  mei^  omit  B,  C. 

nocte,  but  Huber  does  not  give  it  as  the  33.  cum   abstinentia,  B ;    in   absti- 

reading  of  MS.  11.  nentia  C. 

ao.  Huber's  MSS.  read  ecclesioie.    It  tot  is  wanting  in  MS.  a. 

does   not    seem    to  be    found  in  the  33.  explerent,  B,  C. 

English  MSS.  Perhaps  it  is  an  emenda-  34.  For  qua ...  a  nobis  C  reads  merely 

tion  by  a  scribe,  a  deduction  from  the  natalis  Domini, 
use  of  the  word  oraiorium  above. 


3i6  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

35  processit  ut  habitaret  in  nobis,  et  uideretur  a  nobis,  corporis  et 
sanguinis  eius  uiuifica  percipiebam  mysteria,  sed  heu,  proii  dolor, 
cum  illis  sacrosanctis  diebus  dominice  Natiuitatis  cautius  et  sacratius 
uiuere  oporteret,  ne  uisitantis  nos  tanti  regis  presentia,  conuersatione 
nostra  indisciplinali  offensa,  magis  supplicia  ingratis  irrogasset,  quam 

40  supplicibus  et  legum  suarum  decreta  seniantibus  uotiua  premioruni 
donatiua  largiretur,  ego  in  contrarium  ex  mundana  consuetudine 
deuoluebar  institulum.  O  miram,  immo  miserabilem  et  omnina 
preposteram  humane  insensibilitatis  uecordiam.  Cum  enim  in 
preparationem    sancti    Pasche    uel    Natalis   Domini  diutina   carnis 

45  maceratione  soliti  simus  emimdari,  ut  diuinis  conspectibus  fiducialiter 
in  solempni  sacrorum  dierum  reuolutione,  quibus  nos  celilus  uisitatos 
et  liberatos  agnouimus,  tanquam  honoris  uasa  representari  mereremur, 
supemorum  ubertim  munerum  benedictionibus  refouendi,  nos  e 
contrario  mox  ut  affuisset  uotiue  exspectationis  tempus,  ita  noxiis  et 

50  ludicriSy  uanis  et  uoluptuosis  studiis  occupandos  tradebamus,  quasi 
premissam  hoc  tantum  fine  subissemus  continentiam,  ut  tunc  auidi  et 
inexplebiles  peruersitatum  omnimodarum  redderemur  cxecutores. 
Quo  ex  usu  contigit,  ut  michi  quoque  in  extremis  insultaret  incentor 
malorum,  angelus  Sathane,  qui  et  patri  suo  diabolo  gtatum  de  perdi- 

55  tione  mea  deiulisset  obsequium,  nisi  domini  mei  sancti  Nicholai 
pietas  obstitisset.  Grates  illi  semper  referat  pro  ereptione  mea  fidelium 
suorum  pia  deuotio,  quia  tam  iuste  dampnandum,  tam  seue  cruciatum 
absoluit,  tam  pie,  tam  benigne  refouit.  De  more  siquidem,  ut 
prelibaui,  Natalis  Domini  die,  que  uicinior  exitus  mei  de  corpore 

60  discrimen  antecessit,  cum  essem  uiuifica  mense  celestis  participatione 
refectus,  quod  meminisse  sine  ingenti  horrore  non  ualeo,  nimia 
potatione  in  ebnetatem  traditus  sum,  non  sine  iniuna  et  dolenda 
inhonoratione  tanti  hospitis,  quem  mentis  habitaculo  susceperam.  In 
crastino  ad  ecclesiam,  ut  moris  fuit  michi,  ante  lucem  processi,  quod 

65  pridie  feceram  lugens  et  dampnans  ac  de  cetero  emendare  proponens. 


35.  It  is  worth  notice  that  the  laity  57.  seuere,  B,  C,  but  seue  in  MS.  6 ; 

at  this  date  still  communicated  in  both  cruciandum,  C. 

kinds.  59.  diem  of  MS.  a  must  be  an  error. 

38.  The  sentence  ne,.,  largiretur  is  60.  antecesserat^  B,  C. 

omitted  in  Text  C.  6a.  traductus,  B,  C. 

40.  For  premiorum  the  three  MSS.  et  dolenda  inhonoratione,  om.  C. 

of  Huber  read  suarum  divitiarum^  but  65.  commiseram  iot  feceram,  C. 

the  reading  is  peculiar  to  them.  dampnare  for  emendare^  B,  C. 

4a.  miramy  immo,  omitted  in  C.  The  reading  of  MS.  3  proponens  ad 

44.  sancti  Pasche  is  the  reading  of  id  non  reversurus  [sic]  is  worthless. 

MSS.  a,  4,   II.    Most  of  the  others  yf^  wf  is  an  error  for  a/ ?i/ which  follows, 

give  sancie,  and  to  make  sense  some  reader  has 

48.  ubertim,  om.  C.  added  non  reversurus  above  the  line. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  317 

At  id  frustra.  Merito  enim  tanti  excessus  quern  in  tarn  sacra  die 
post  tanti  perceptionem  sacramenti  negligenter  admiseram,  impletur 
in  me  quod  in  populo  quodam  hostibus  suis  resistere  non  ualenti,  rex 
ipsorum  euenisse  deflet :  *  Uenerunt '  inquiens  '  filii  usque  ad  partum, 
et  uires  non  habet  parturiens.'  Sic,  sic  nimirum,  uirile  sobrietatis  70 
propositum,  quod  mente  conceperam,  occasione  potandi  ingesta, 
instigante  aduersario  et  uirtutis  instancia  desdtutus,  in  facto  non 
edidi,  sed  turpiter  sicut  heri,  et  hodie  uitio  blandiente  succubui. 
Quid  multis  immoror?  Die  postera  quoque  non  ante  a  sobrietatis 
hostili  infestatione  destid,  quam  funditus  ipsam  a  sensuum  meorum  75 
inhabitatione  profugaui.  lam,  iamque  nocte  profunda  de  loco  pota- 
tionis  proprios  lares,  propriumque  cubile  repetens,  sicut  eram  uestitus, 
calceis  etiam  non  solutis,  modice  dormiui.  Nee  mora ;  expergefactus 
surgere  uolebam,  dicens,  quod  uerum  credebam,  quia  iam  pulsatum 
fuisset  ad  conuocandum  eos  qui  matutinos  essent  audituri.  Sed  80 
prohibente  thori  socia  nee  longe  post  tempus  afifore  surgendi  astruente, 
lectulo  iterum  non  resurrecturus  me  restituo.  In  momento  enim  post 
hec,  dormido  prius  quidem  sompni  et  confestim  mords  etiam  me 
peruasit.  Qualiter  autem  mortem  michi  senserim  obrepsisse  non 
tacebo.  Demon  quidem,  quem  ad  malignum  ebrietads  desiderium  85 
incentorem  habueram,  reputans  secum  quod  me  omni  remota  contra- 
dictione  ad  tartarum  pertraheret,  si  ita  in  tali  arriculo  deftingerem, 
presumens  etiam  quia  tunc  ad  quecumque  uellet  in  me  potestatem 
haberet,  quod  eatenus  ilium  sequendo  sibi  paruissem,  uerens  autem 
quam  maxime  ne  aliquando  merids  domini  et  patroni  mei  contra  90 
ipsum  per  uitam  emendatiorem  preualuissem,  si  uiuendi  spacia 
largiora  non  defiiissent,  me  ex  improuiso,  presumpta  potestate 
abusus,  crudeliter  prefocauit  Sensi  enim  instar  bufifonis  eum,  os 
meum  quod  todens  male  patulum  bibendo  laxaueram  ingressum,  mox 
per  gule  fistulam  ad  cordis  abdita  proserpere.  Extemplo  inimid  agnoui  95 
presenciam,  nee  immemor  tamen  miserationum  domini  &  miseria- 

68.  illud  added  before  quody  C.  84.  invasii,  C. 

69.  a  Kings  xix.  3.  We  are  to  conclnde,  it  seems,  that 

73.  sic  hodie  for  et  hodie^  B,  C.  it  was  the  knell  of  doom  which  he 

74.  MS.  a  reads  animi  for  ante  a,  an  heard  and  mistook  for  the  chnrch  bell, 
error.  MS.  2  reads  me  and  obrepisse ;  both 

75.  insectatumey  6,  C. .  apparently  are  errors. 

76.  bibendo  before  prqfugavi,  B,  C.  85.  qutdam^  C. 

MS.   I,  3,  6  read  projligavi^  but  the  87.  defungtrem^  the  reading  of  MSS. 

three  MSS.  of  Hober  belonging  to  this  i,  2,  3,  9,  12,  is  not  grammatical,  but  is 

same  group  retain  profugmn.  the  true  reading  of  Texts  A  and  B. 

78.  expergescensy  read  by  Thurston,  Text  C  reads  defungerer, 

is  not  found  in  MSS.  I,  a,  3,  4,  5,  6,  90-1.  MS.  a  reads  me  znA prevaiuisse 

nor,  apparently,  in  any.  for  ne  and  prevaluissem, 

80.  matutinos^  B,  C- 


3i8  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

rum  mearum,  fixo  lain  proposito,  Domino  in  mente  uoui,  quod  puram, 
fidelem  et  integram  de  omnibus  peccatis  mds  ^icerem  confesdonem 
et   ebrietatis    uitium   omnimodis  in  eternum  abdicarem.     Ad  hec 

loo  fideiussorem  michi  fore  sanctum  poscebam  Nicholaum,  ipsum  etiam 
ut  potui  meduUitus  inuocando.  Uerum  ad  huiusmodi  deliberationem 
momentaneum  uiz  michi  spatium  indulgebatur.  MaUgnus  enim 
confesdm  super  cor  meum  decumbens,  ipsumque  brachiis  nefandis 
undique  complexus,  horrificum  etiam  ueneni  ore  hjante  uomitum 

105  ingerens,  lateque  diffundens,  in  ictu  oculi  sedibus  suis  euulsum  de 
corpore  spiritum  eiecit.  Agebar  itaque  per  loca  tenebrosa  incredibili 
spirituum  malignorum,  qui  me  trahebant,  furore,  atrodssime  muld- 
pliciterque  uerberatus,  discerptus,  dilaniatus  et  perustus,  nesdo  quo 
loci  pro  libitu  eonim  ad  cruciatus  et  mortem  immortalem  deputandus. 

no  Et  ecce  piissimus,  quern  corde  inuocaueram  in  extremis  et  semper  in 
uita  licet  peccator  colueram,  dominus  et  aduocatus  mens  sanctus 
Nicholaus  adueniens,  me  potenter  de  manibus  illorum  eripuit,  et  in 
hoc  purgationis  loco  consdtuit ;  ubi  etsi  dira  perpessus  sim  tormenta, 
nichil  duco,  timore  malignorum  spirituum  sublato,  tyrannica  et  im- 

115  portabili  seuitia  eorum  frustrata,  qua  in  me  debacchad  sunt  Ad  hec 
autem  etiam  quietem  et  gaudium  sempitemum  per  ipsum  dominum 
meum  quandoque  percepiurum  me  certissime  confido.  Quin  etiam 
modo  et  semper,  ex  quo  hiis  penis  subactus  fui,  cum  nimis  angebar  et 
estuabam   grauiori    supplicio,   clementissima   ipsius    releuatus    sum 

1 20  uisitatione.  In  ardficio  sane  quo  uitam  meam  meorumque  transige- 
bam  in  mundo,  fraudes  nonnunquam,  adhuc  in  rudi  etate  consdtutus 
et  metu  egestatis  seductus,  inferre  presumpi ;  hoc  itaque  acerbissime 
nunc  luo  et  pridem  multo  acerbius  lui.  Frequenter  enim  in  cumulum 
nummorum  ardentium  predpitatus  intolerabiliter  nimis  exurebar ;  ipsos 

125  quoque  igneos  denarios  ore  hians  uorare  compulsus,  omnia  michi 
uiscera  ardere  sensi.  Hactenus  edam  crebro  illos  numerare  com- 
pellor,  et  ex  contrectatione  eorum  ipsas  manus  et  digitos  pessumdatos 
habeo.  Sitis  incendio  nimium  acri  uiscerum  michi  iddem  interiora 
cum  gutture,  corde  et  faucibus  iugiter  tabescunt.'    Hec  et  alia  multa 

130  ab  isto  ita  manifeste  audiui,  sicut  ab  uUo  in  CQrpore  uiuentium  possent 
enuntiari, 

106.  statim,  C,  for  itaque.  130.  Thuretbn  reads  a  nullo,  bat  the 

107.  AH  Ruber's  MSS.  oxsaX  furore^  reading  certainly  of  MSS,  i,  a,  4,  5,  6, 
confusing  the  sense.  and  apparently  of  all,  is  ab  ulio. 

108.  B  and  C  add   confossus   after  131.  C  reads  enarraru    Most  MSS. 
discerptus.  of  Text  B  read  enumerarit  probably  a 

1 14.  nichili  ea^  B,  C,  for  nichiL  misreading  of  enunciari, 

127.  ipia,  B,  C,  for  eorum  ipsas. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  319 


[XXn.    Documentum  aurifabri  contra  mortem  subitaneam.] 

Quiddam  uero  inter  cetera  dixit  michi  quod  Icctorem  celare  non 
debeo.     Subita  enim  morte  extinctos  ibi  innumerabiles  conspexi,  et 
fere  omnes  atrocitate  immoderata  uexabantur.    De  nonnullis  autem  id 
agnoui,  quia  positi  in  deliberatione  peccandi,  cum  uentum  esset  ad 
perpetrationem,  cuiuscumque  id  esset,  reatus,  et  diceret  quilibet  eorum  5 
in  corde  suo  '  Expleo  ecce,  quod  multum  optaui ',  tradebatur  diuino 
nutu  in  exterminium  mortis,  ac  si  diuinitus  audiret  *  Stulte,  en  repetitur 
anima  tua  a  te ;  ad  quid  cogitasti  contra  Deum  immo  contra  te  ipsum 
nequitiam  ? '    Qui  tamen,  sicut  de  isto,  ex  ipso  exponente,  cognouimus, 
in  ipsa  mortis  amaritudine  positi,  culpas  suas  corrigere  et  deserere  10 
cupientes  et  proponentes,  si  daretur  eis  locus  penilencie,  Dei  et  san- 
ctorum eius  auxilium  et  misericordiam  in  celeritate  exitus  sui  enixius 
requisierunt ;    quamobrem    mors   ipsa   acerbissima   ex    miseratione 
omnipotentis  Dei  reputata  est  eis  in  expiationem   non  modicam 
commissorum,  quam  plenissime  in  penalibus  postmodum  locis  conse- 15 
quebantur.    Inquisiui  igitur  ab  isto,  de  quo  plura  iam  diximus,  si 
possibile  esset,  ut  homines  quouis  remedio  muniti  tale  uitarent  tamque 
horrendum  cunctis  exitium.    Ad  quod  ille  suspirans  '  O '  inquit '  pro- 
fecto',  si  scissem  cum  eram  in  seculo  quod  scio  modo,  totum  mundum 
contra  hoc  munissem  et  instruxissem,  qualiter  tutus  et  saluus  foret  ab  20 
ingruentia  eius.     Si  enim  cotidie  superscriberentur  in  frontibus  et  circa 
locum  cordis  digito  uel  quolibet  modo  hec  duo  uocabula,  mysterium 
salutis  humane  continencia,  scilicet  lesus  Nazarenus,  fideles  proculdubio 
a  periculo  conseruarentur  immimes:   post  mortem  quoque  ipsarum 
effigies  litterarum  loca,  in  quibus  solebant  depingi  in  uiuentibus,  decore  25 
clarissimo  in  eis  ipsis  insignirent.     Scio  preterea  quia  biduo  post 
exanimationem  corporis  mei  me  insepultum  obseruauerunt  familiares 
mei,  sperantes  recuperationem  meam  propter  ruborem  et  calorem, 
quern  in  facie  et  toto  preferebam  corpore,  quod  nimirum  uini  fecerat 
feruens  repletio ;  nam  meus  de  corpore  tam  uelox  egressus  fuit  spiritus  30 

Chapter    XXU.     The    goldsmith  right;   MS.  3  gives  enixius.     If  the 

says  that  the  words  Jesas  Nazarenns  sentence  ends  at  requisierunt^  a  verb  is 

written  with  the  finger  on  the  forehead  wanting.    If  the  sentence  runs  on,  then 

or    breast  were    a    safeguard    against  guamoorem  is  wrong, 
sudden  death.  18.  £t  ille  ad  hec ^  B,  C,  for  A,  q,  i.  s, 

8.  St.  Luke  xii.  20.  20.  B  and  C  add  incommcdum  after 
ex  ie^  B,  C,  for  a  te,  instruxissem, 

9.  nequissimOf  B,  C,  for  nequitiam,  24.  B  and  C  add  isto  nSttr  pericuio, 
12.  All  MSS.  seem  to   be  faulty  in  conseruarenty  C, 

this  sentence.   Anxius,  read  by  MSS.  i ,  30.  B  and  C  omit  spiritus, 

^>  4>  5»  ^y  9f  "^^i  ii>  13)  c^  hardly  be 


320  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

utf  antequam  conlux  ipsa  aduerteret  meum  incommodum  uel  ad  sacer- 
dotem  mitteret,  camis  exuuias  penitus  reliquerim/  Hec  ita  de  istis  ab 
isto  uerissime  cognouL 


[XXTTT.    Qualiter  narraverit  filius  aurifabri  de  appariiione 
trina  patris  matri  sue  facta.] 

Post  quindecim  uero  dies  ex  quo  ista  uidi  et  audiui,  uenit  ad  me 
iuuenis  quldam  predicd  artificis  filius,  et  multis  perfiisus  lacrimis 
asserebat  sepedictum  patrem  suum  matri  sue,  in  stratu  suo  psalmos, 
uel  orationes  quas  nosset,  niminanti  et  Dominum  deprecanti,  dum 
5  adhuc  uigilaret,  tribus  continue  noctibus  apparuisse,  et  precepisse  ut 
ipsum  filium  suum  ad  nos  mitteret,  scitura  ex  nobis  statum  suum; 
quo  cognito  fiducialius  et  obnixius  ad  subueniendum  sibi  animaretur ; 
ipsa  etiam  cum  suis  ad  cautius  uiuendum  eadem  ipsa  relatione  nostra 
excitari  utiliter  ualuisset.    Testabatiu-  cum  uehementi  iuratione  idem 

10  adolescens,  se  nocte  tercia  eiusdem  appantionis  patris  sui  diutius 

audisse  sermocinantem  matrem,  nunc  inquirentem  nunc  respondentem, 

'  &  retulit  michi  (inquid)  illius  uerba.    Ipse  uero  colloquentis  cum  ea 

sermones  non  audiens,  patienter  sustinebat  colloquia  eorum,  quia 

dixisset  sibi  mater  quod  bis  a  uiro  antea  audisset.     Ira  enim  plenus, 

15  ut  ipsa  fatebatur,  improperabat  ei  neglectum  se  ab  ea  et  posthabitum, 
quod  tantillum,  per  se  ipsum  admonita,  facere  noluisset  pro  ipso. 
Qua  excusante  se  propter  uisionum  incertas  uarietates  et  incertitudines 
uarias  distulisse,  ne  forte  ipsam  delirare  crederemus,  *  Mitte '  ait  ille 
'  incuntanter  quo  iubeo,  et  expone  quotiens  pro  hoc  ipso  apparui  tibi, 

ao  dicetisque  pro  intersignis,  quia  in  afflictione  magna  fui  cum  postremo 
me  uidit,  et  inter  alia  que  a  me  audiuit,  exposui  ei  quantum  michi 

31.  tneum  incommodum^  om.  C.  a.  aurtficisy  B,  C. 

3a.  de  istis  J  om.  C.  6.  pUmssime  after  ex  nobis  ^  MSS.  r, 

Chapter  XXIII.    How  a  fortnight  9,  10,  la;   omitted   in    MSS.   a,    3, 

after  this  vision  the  goldsmith  appeared  4,  6. 

to  his  wife  for  three  consecutive  nights  la.  ipsa  for  inquidy  B,  C. 

and  bade  her  send  to  Edmund  to  learn  13.  audivit  sea,  B,  C,  for  audiens. 

abont    his   fate.      By  this  means  the  14.  guidjB,  InTextCit  rans</<!;r^a/ 

message  he  had  given  Edmund  for  his  enim  ei  mater  quid^  &c 

wife,  Siat  she  should  continue  showing  15.  ^  posthahitumy  om.  MS.  4.     In 

honour  to  St.  Nicholas,  was  delivered  MS.  a  it  is  post  obitum, 

to  her.   Thoughts  on  the  value  of  alms-  16.  que  for  quody  B,  more  scholarly, 

giving.    Why  no  names  are  mentioned.  Text  C  reads  que  post  obilum  eius  per 

I.  Post  quindecim :  this  shows  that  se  ipsum  admonita  tantUlum  fro  ipso 

the  whole  story  was  not  told  by  Edmund  facere  noluisset.     It  looks  as  if  the  B 

on  Easter  Day,  but  that  it  was  narrated,  text  posthabitum  arose  from  the  mis- 

perhaps  we  may  say  to  some  extent  placing  oipost  obitum,  as  in  text  A. 

unconsciously  compiled,  during  the  sub-  ai.  a  me,  om.  C. 
sequent  weeks  and  months. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  321 

auxiliatus  est  sanctus  Nicholaus'.  Rogauerat  autem  me  multis 
precibus  quatenus  ipsis,  scilicet  relicte  sue  et  uidue  et  filio,  persua- 
derem  et  ex  parte  illius  studiosius  predperem,  ne  famulatus  obsequiutn, 
quod  ipse  in  uita  sua  et  ipsi  exemplo  eius  sancto  consueuerant  deferre  25 
Nicholao,  uUa  occasione  negligerent,  sed  magis  ac  magis  turn  uite  sue 
correctioni  turn  pennaxime  aduocati  sui  instantissime  uenerationi  de 
die  in  diem  propensiorem  operam  adhiherent  Uerum  de  isto  hec 
omnia  commemorare  sufficiat. 

Nimc  alium  quoque  quern  postremo  uidi  locum  miserorum  miseriis  30 
nimium  miserabilem  breuiter  attingamus^  et  deinde  aliqua  ex  hiis, 
que  ab  aliis  etiam  audiui  et  circa  ipsos  uidi,  ex  parte  uobis  communi* 
cabo. 

Uir  ille  de  quo  superius  iam  prolixior  est  exacta  relatio,  ante 
quindecim  menses  quam  ipsi  sum  locutus  de  seculo  emigrauit,  qui  35 
reuera  meritis  aduocati  sui  in  breui  expleuit  tormenta  multa,  ita  ut  uix 
quemquam  uiderim,  qui  tantum  in  tempore  tantillo  profecerit.    Unde 
profecto  liquet  ueracem  esse  illam  sacre  auctoritatis  sententiam,  qua 
dicitur  *  Non  ei  est  bene,  qui  assiduus  est  in  malis,  et  elemosinam  non 
danti '.    Danti  enim  elemosinam  a  pio  retributore  dicetur  '  Quod  uni  40 
ex  minimis  meis  fecisti,  michi  fecisti';  nee  poterit  de  mercede  non 
esse  securus,  qui  talem  in  beneficiis  obligat  sibi.    Hie  autem  non 
quidem  de  minimis,  sed  de  precipuis  et  maximis  Christi  amicis,  imi 
quod  potuit  fecit  et  expertus  est  illius  quoque  sentende  ueritatem, 
qua  in  physicis  quidam  peritissimus  et  bonus  animarum  medicus45 
uirtutem    huius    antidoti    de   quo    nunc    agimus   exprimit  dicens 
'Sicut  aqua  extinguit  ignem,  ita  elemosina    extinguit    peccatum'. 
£rit  itaque  aliquando    bene  danti  elemosinam,  et  tanto  citius  et 
melius  erit  ei,  quanto  libentius  et  deuotius  dederit,  et  per  aliquem 
earum,  ut  sic  dixerim,  portitorem  et  in  magni  regis  curia  familiarem,  50 
illas  domino  commendari  sategerit     Quod  totum  quam  prudenter 


33.  B,  C  omit  et  uidue ^  and    add  B,  C  improve  the  sentence  by  pla- 
instanter  vStetJilio.  cing  uni  before  quidem* 

39.  omnia,  om.  B,  C.  44.  hhtr  fecit  C  reads  in  se  expertus 

31.  alioua  ex  Aiis,  om.  C.  sentende  illius  ueritatem^  Sicut  aqua, 

3a.  uooisy  om.  C.  See,  omitting  qua . . .  dicens, 

34.  de  quo  prolixior  iam  superius  est  47.  Neither  Hnber  nor  Thnrston  are 
facta  relatio,  C.     Hnber's  three  MSS.  able    to    say    whence    this    quotation 

agree  here  in  giving  a  false  reading,  comes. 

diximus  exacta  relatione,  48.  The  MSS.  are    confused   here ; 

38.  sacre  auctoriicUiSy  om.  C.  MSS.   I   and  6  r^id  etiam  citius   et 

42.  in  beneficiis,  om.  C.  melius ;  ^  reads  citius  etiam  melius, 
obligauit,  B,  C.  50.  dicam,  C. 

C  adds  uir predictus  after  autem.  C  adds  magis  dec  after  curia, 

43.  C  omits  et  maximis,  and  reads  51.  commendare,  C.  and  most  MSS. 
amicis  Dei  for  Christi  amicis,  of  B  text 

II.  Y 


332  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

iste  procorauerit  ex  premissb  satis  elucet.  Unde  licet  uerax  sit  et  ilia 
rursum  sententia  que  dicit '  Non  redimuntur  elemosinis  peccata  nisi 
que  desenmtur';  iste  tamen,  qui  assiduus  erat  in  malis,  idcirco  meruit 

55  redimi  a  peccatis,  quia  peccata  sua  oderat,  et  ut  potuit  confitendo  et 
alia  que  enumerauimus  bona  exequendo  ilia  impugnabat  Quod  et 
ipsum  ut  mereretur  hinc  forte  concessum  est  ei,  quia  elemosinam,  ut 
dictum  est,  tam  prouide  quam  deuote  iugiter  exercebat  Quod  autem 
uerum  sit  quia  et  in  malis  assiduo  nee  danti  elemosinam  non  sit 

^  bene,  ex  hiis  que  inferius  promuntur,  satis  ut  estimo  perpendi  ualet 

De  cetero  autem  non  ignoramus  quia  futuris  lectoribus  perspicatior 

&  gratior  hec  nostra  foret  oratio,  si  uocabula  personarum  et  loca  in 

quibus  famosi  deguissent    hii,  quorum  fata    reteximus,  uiderentur 

impressa    pagiuncule.     Uerumtamen    ne    tristitiam    uel    scandalum 

^5  paterentur  infirmi,  de  quorum  fortasse  amicis  uel  necessariis  hie 
pleraque  tam  dura  quam  recentia  scriberentur,  neminem  designari  ex 
nomine  consilium  fuit  Non  solum  autem,  sed  et  importunitatem 
omnium  excludimus,  qui  curiositatis  instinctu  inextricabilem  nobis 
gignerent  molestiam,  dum  de  suis  singuli  nos  caris  consulturi  con- 

^^fluerent,  si  a  nobis  hos  msos  agnouissent  Lateant  ergo  lectorem 
nomina  et  habitationis  loca  non  modo  eorum  de  quibus  texitiu:  hie 
sermo,  sub  Dei  testimonio  uerissimus,  sed  lateat  utinam  relatoris 
nomen.  Lateat  et  quo  lod  idem  degat ;  res  ipse  diuulgentur  ubique 
et  lods  cunctorum,  nee  sit  qui  se  abscondat  a  cognitione  earum,  ut 

75  hinc  discatur  feruencius,  impleatur  perfectius  lex  dei  conuertens  animas 
ab  uniuersis,  sdentibus  cimctis  et  hec  quoque  per  exempla  plenius 
certificatis,  quia  factores  uel  neglectores  illius  retributio  manet  reuera, 
sine  hos  in  bono,  sine  illos  in  malo,  multa  nimis. 

5  a.  quod  dicitur^  C,  for  et,,,  dicit,  ma^nam^  C,  for  inextrieabiUm, 

54.  C  zd&iforsitan  after  idcirco,  69.  stf^gu/i,  om.  C. 

58.  C  oudts  provide  quam,  70-1.   C  omits  lectorem  and  et , .  , 

60.  C  omits  satis  ut  tstimo,  eorum. 

MSS,  2,  6  reMdpromerentur ;  MS.  7a.  C  reads   set   et   utinam   lateat 

3  and  Hubor's  MS^  promentur;  pro-  relatoris  nomen  et  locus  in  quo  dent ; 

muntur^  MS.  i.  res  ipse  ubique  diuulgentur  ut   Tunc 

C  text  reads  sequuntur  for  ittferius  discatur ^  &c.,  for  sed . . .  discatur.    The 

promuntur,  MSS.  of  B  text  add  after  diuulgentur 

61.  C  oiDi\%  fiUuris  lectoribus  and  et  either  tacitis  nomimbus  (MSS.  i  and  €) 
gratior,  or  nominibus  suppressis  (MSS.  3  and 

6a.  nomina,  C,  for  uocabula,  10). 

63.  deguerant,  C.  75.  C  reads  ferfectius  ah  uniuersis 

63-4.  Ainc  inserentur  pagine,  C,  for  lex    domini    trnmaculata,    sdentibus 

u,  f .  /.  cunctis  etper  hec  exempla  plenius,  &lq, 

65.  uel  necessariis y  om.  C.  77.  MS.  a  xet^  fortiores  uel  negli^ 

66.  plura,  C,  iot  pleraque,  gentiores  iox  f,  u,  n, 

67.  preter  kec,  C,  for  N.  s.  a,s,e.  C  omits  reuera, 

68.  eorum  a  nobis,  C,  for  omnium. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  323 


[XXrV.    De  tertio  loco  tormentorum.] 

Sed  iam  que  restant  de  tertio  quoque  quern  inspeximus  loco,  qui 
super  omnia  que  mente  concipi  possunt  exitialis  erat,  ut  possumus, 
exprimamus.  Nam  prout  magnitudo  ipsius  mali  quod  ibi  est  postu- 
laret,  nemo  (uere  fateor)  exprimere  uel  extrema  supplicia,  quorum  ibi 
uniuersitas  innumerabilis  seuit,  quantolibet  fretus  ingenio  sufficeret.  5 
Huius  inexplicabilem  loci  horrorem  eo  quodammodo  alacrior  uidere 
potui,  quo  eum  quem  amando  et  colendo  speciali  uoto  ambieram  et 
desideraueram,  iam  noui  ex  nomine  ductorem  esse  meum.  Quanto 
enim  in  uenerando  michi  extiterat  familiarior,  tanto  illius  adeptus 
consortium  undique  efficiebar  securior.  Et  ante  quidem  letum  me  et  10 
impauidum  illius  ubique  seruarat  societas,  sed  ad  immaniora  tuenda 
supplicia,  que  nunc  quoque  ab  illis  absens  animo  recordari  absque 
immensi  horroris  concussione  non  possum,  geminata  ex  agnitione 
eius  fiducia,  usquequaque  sum  factus  constantior. 

Relinquentes   igitur  iam  dictam  uere    lacrimarum  uallem  quam  15 
secimdo  adiuimus  loco,  peruenimus  ad  campum  maximum,  in  demerso 
quodammodo  terre,  ut  uidebatur,  gremio  situm  et  ab  uniuersorum, 
preter  eonun  qui  ibi  tortores  uel  torti  uidebantur,  accessu  sequestra- 
tum.    Tegebat  autem  superiora  illius  campi  chaos  quoddam  horrificum, 
quo  permixtim  rotabantur  fumus  sulfureus,  nebula  fetoris  immensi,  20 
flamma  etiam,  picea  nigredine  permixta,  que  montium  instar  hinc  inde 
emergens  confuse  per  inane  spargebatur.    Planities  eiusdem  loci  ita 
multitudine  uermium  constrata  scatebat,  ut  iunco  aree  domorum  solent 
operiri.     Et  hii  super  omnem  estimationem  horridi,  monstruosi  et 
deformes,  terribili  oris  rictu  et  naribus  ignem  spirantes  execrabilem,  H 
turmas  miserorum  uoracitate  inexplebili  lacerabant;  quos,  iam  iam 
absumptos,   demones   ubique    discursantes    insanientium    more    in 

Chapter  XXIV.    Of  the  third  and  a  parochianus  of  St  Nicholas, 

worst  place  of  torment.  10.  consorHo^   C,    for   adeptus   con- 

I.  quoque t  om.  C.  soriium  undique, 

3.  est  for  eratf  C.  11.  seruauU^  B.    Text  C  omits  ante 

3.  ipsius,  om.  C.  ...  sed. 

4.  quorum  . . .  ingenio^  om.  C.  ii-ia.  inmania  supplicia  intuenda^ 

t.  immensitas,  B,  for  uniuersitas.  C,  for  i,  t,  s, 

.  securior fC,  for  q,  a,  12.  fue  nunc  quoque  sine  immensi 

7.  B   adds  semper  before  amando,  Aorrons  concussione  recordari  nequeo,Cf 
C  reads  semper  amando  et  specialiter  omitting  a.i.a.a, 

colendo  desideraueram  for  semper  ...  15.  prediciam,  C,  for  iam  dictam. 

desideraueram,  18.  ibi  uel  torquebanl   uel  torque- 

8.  ex  nomine,  om.  C.  bantur,  C,  for  /.  u.  /.  u. 

Notice  that  Edmund  had  always  ai.  picee  nigredinis,  C,  for  p.  n.p. 

been    an    hononrer    of  St  Nicholas ;  aa.  uero^  C,  for  eiusdem. 
donbtless,  like  the  goldsmith,  he  was 

Y  2 


324  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

miseros  seuientes,  nunc  eosdem  fhistatim  igniferis  per  membra 
singula  truncabant  ferramentis,  nunc  omnem  camem  funditus  ad  ossa 

30  abradebant,  nunc  igni  iniectos,  ut  solent  metalla,  liquefaciebant  eos  et 
in  modum  ignis  ardentis  reddebant  Parum  est,  Deum  tester,  immo 
tanquam  nichil  est,  quicquid  dicere  nitimur  presertim  de  penis  illius 
loci.  Ut  Deus  scit,  in  breuisslmo  temporis  spatio  centum  uel  eo 
amplius  penarum  diuersitatibus  onmimodis  annullatos  et  mox  restitu- 

35  tos,  iterumque  in  nichilum  pene  redactos  et  denuo  redintegrates  eos 
intuebar,  quos  eo  loci  uita  perdita  cruciari  cogebat :  et  harum 
uicissitudinum  nullus  erat  finis,  non  aliqua  meta  nee  terminus  uUus. 
Ignis  illius  tam  edax  fuit  incendium,  ut  quasi  tepere  crederes  in 
comparatione  quicquid  feruere  uel  exurere  solet.    Uermes  autem 

40  dirupti  et  mortui  ac  per  frusta  comminuti  sub  infelicibus  in  congeriem 
glomerabantur.  Hii  tabe  putredinis  et  fetore  tam  execrande  tabis 
adeo  universa  replebant,  ut  feculentia  Dla  omnem  predictarum  penarum 
excederet  cruciatum.  Restat  uero  adhuc  quod,  hiis  omnibus  exosum 
magis  et  graue  atque  uerendum,  illius  loci  tolerare  cogebantur  dampna- 

45  ticii. 

[XXV.    De  vitio  sodomitico.] 

Omnes  enim  qui  ibi  puniebantur,  sceleris  quod  nee  nominari  decet 
non  modo  a  christiano  sed  nee  a  quolibet  etiam  ethnico  uel  pagano, 
in  seculo  fuerant  patratores.  Hos  itaque  monstra  quedam  ingenda, 
igneam  qualitatem  preferentia,  uisu  autem  super  omnia  que  cogitari 
5  ualent  terribiliter  horrida  et  horrende  terribilia,  iugiter  impetebant,  et 
quamlibet  renitentes  ac  fugientes  sibi  abusionis  genere  dampnabili 
permisceri  cogebant.  Horreo  referens,  et  sceleris  obscenitate  dum 
loquor  in  memetipso  supra  modum  confiindor.  Ita  uero  nefandos 
inter  complexus  pre  dolore  nimio  palpitabant,  rugiebant  et  ululabant : 
10  et  deinde  uelud  exanimati  et  in  mortem  deficientes  collabebantur 
innouatis  mox  cruciatibus  excipiendi.    Inauditimi  sane  et  prorsus 

31.  ardentes,  B,  C.  putredinis  for  tabis ^  C. 

3a.  presertim f  om.  C.  44.  turecundum,     B,     C,    meaning 

33.  ut  deus  scit  in,  om.  C,  inserting      'something  to  be  ashamed  of*. 

enim  after  breuissimo.  Chapter  XXV.    All  in  this  place 

34.  restauratos,  B,  C.  had  been  guilty  of  the  sin  of  Sodom. 

36.  ec  locOy  C.  I.  J.  illius,  C. 

37.  nulla  meta,  nullus  terminus,  C,  2.  uel  pagano,  om.  C. 

for  non  . .  .  ullus.  4.  uisu  Itorribilia,  C,  abbreTiating 

38.  in  comp,^  om.  C,  but  B  retains,      for  uisu  .  .  .  terribilia, 
adding  illius.  8.  supra  modum,  om.  C. 

41.  glomerantur,  MS.  a.  C  inserts  indc  before  loquor. 

tabe  p,  e,,  om.  C. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM         325 

insuspicabile  michi  eatenus  fuerat  minorem  sexum  talibus  immunditiis 
aliquatenus  esse  deprauatum.  Neque  enim  que  apostolus  de  talibus 
commemorat  satis  aduerteram,  ubi  sexus  utriusque  innaturalem 
prostituti6nem  condempnat,  et  si  casu  perpendissem,  tantam  impuden-  15 
tiam  a  sexu  naturaliter  pudibundo  temporibus  christianis  potuisse 
presumi  nullatenus  credidissem.  At,  proh  dolor,  talium  caterua  tarn 
innumerabilis,  quam  miserrime  miserabilis,  ibidem  reperiebatur. 
Personas  eo  loco  multorum  nee  agnoui  nee  inspexi  diligentius,  quia 
obscenitatis  enormitas  et  tormentorum  ac  fetoris  immanitas  nimium  ao 
michi  tedium  ingerebat  simul  et  hoirorem.  Molestum  michi  fait  supra 
quam  did  possit  uel  ad  breue  momentum  ibi  consistere,  uel  que  ibi 
erant  intueri.  Fetorem  tamen,  sicut  nee  aliarum  penarum  lesionem, 
per  experientiam  non  sensi,  nee  enim  si  sensissem,  uiuere  ulterius 
potuissem,  ut  michi  uidebatur :  immo  intellectualiter  in  mente  horum  25 
omnium  intolerabilem  magnitudinem  satis  perpendi.  Miseri  uero  illi 
hec  uniuersa  et  alia  infinita  que  nullus  enarrare  sufficeret  sensibiliter 
experiebantur.  Denique  inter  lamentabiles  querimoniarum  Actus  dum 
clamaret  unusquisque  eorum  *  Ue  I  Ue  I  quare  peccaui  ?  quare  non 
penitui  ?  quare  penitendo  peccata  non  correxi  ? '  etiam  supplicionun  30 
dolores  memorabant,  et  resultabat  clamor  hec  flentium  et  plangentium 
nimia  uociferatione,  ut  putares  hunc  in  toto  mundo  audiri. 

[XXVI.    De  quodam  legista  sodomitico.] 

Itaque  licet,  quantum  potui,  que  ibi  fuerant  refugerem  intueri,  unius 
tamen  clerici,  quem  olim   uideram,  non    potui    eflFugere  mutuam    . 

12,  ftmimumiot  minoremt  Cf  omit'  printed   in   Collectanea^  iL   181   (OxC 

ting  aliquatenus.  Hist.   Soc.)»   tells  as   that   he  was   a 

15.  C,  add  tamen  after  tantam,  prominent   legist  and  had  been  con- 

18.  mti^rrrmtf,  om.  C,  and  most  MSS.  nected  with  Oxford.     Several  charters 

of  B.  in  the  Cartulary  of  Winchcombe  Abbey 

a  I.  simul f  om.  C.  show   that   before    1190   he   had   left 

22.  credi  for  diciy  C.  Oxford  and  held  an  important  position 

29.  quare  non  penitui,  om.  B,  C.  among  the   clerks   of   the  Bishop  of  • 

31.  resultahant  clamore^  MS.  2,  mnst  Worcester;  the  latest  occurrence  of  his 

be  an  error.  name  is  in  a  deed  in  the  Winchcombe 

For  hec  MS.  i  reads  hic^  MS.  3  Cartulary,    L  171,  which    is    between 

hinc.    Text  C  omits  altogether.  April  16   and  Oct.  24,   1 195.    He  is 

Chapter  '  XXVI.     Of    a    certain  also  witness  to  a  deed  of  1190-1  at 

famous  clerk,  a  legist   and  decretist,  Welb  Cathedral  {MSS,  of  the  Dean 

who  had  recently  died.  and  Chapter  of  Wells,  p.  51,  Hist.  MSS. 

It  is  not  improbable  that  this  un-  Comm.).    Although  we  do  not  know 

named  legist  is  to  be  identified  with  that  he  was  the  holder  of  many  churches, 

Magister  Willelmus  de  Tunbrige.    The  yet  we  know  that  Bishops  needed  clerks 

following  are  the  facts  known  about  who  were  learned  in  canon  law,  and 

him.    A  letter  addressed  to  him  by  used  to  reward  them  with  churches  and 

Senatus,  prior  of  Worcester  (1189-96),  canonries.    Lastly,  there  is  a  charter  of 


326 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 


agnidonem.  Hie  autem  eomm  quos  legistas  uel  decretistas  uocant 
suo  tempore  peritissimus  habebatiir.    Eanim  facultatum  auditores  in 

5  scolis  quamplurimos  instituerat,  et  subinde  magnatum  familiarem 
noticiam  sibi  conciliarat  Hinc  redditibus  ecclesiaruin  ampliatus,  cum 
affluentibus  in  diem  opibus  magis  magisque  inhiaret,  nutu  Dei,  qui 
omnes  precepit  ab  errore  ad  penitentiam  conuerd,  inddit  in  languorem, 
quo  per  nouem  menses  uexatus  uizit    Hoc  uero  pia  saluatoris  dis- 

lopensatione  agebatur,  ut  uel  percussione  doloris  commoneretur  Sc 
corrigere  satageret,  que  blandiente  incolumitate  corporis  exitialiter 
deliquisset.  llle  contra  de  sospitate  duntazat  temporalis  quam  nimium 
diligebat,  sollicitus  erat,  et  consecuturum  se  inaniter  sanitatem  pre- 
sumebat.    Unde  nee  miserendo  anime  sue  ut  sapientia  preeipit,  quod 

15  primum  et  precipuum  est  genus  elemosinale,  confiteri  peccata  studuit, 
nee  pauperibus  compatiendo,  uel  Sanctis  Dei   obsequia  munerum 


his  addressed  to  Hn^h,  abbot  of  Oseney 
(1184-1205),  by  which  he  presents  his 
body  to  Oseney  to  be  bnried  there,  and 
leaves  his  books  of  theology  to  the 
abbey  after  his  death;  meanwhile  he 
is  to  have  no  power  to  alienate  them 
(MS.Cott.VitelLE.xv.fol.145).  This 
deed  is  entered  in  the  Oseney  Cartulary 
in  the  first  hand,  which  from  internal 
evidence  appears  to  be  of  1195  or  1 196. 
The  fact  that  the  deed  was  entered  in 
the  Cartnlarv  shows  that  at  that  date 
'William  de  Tnnbrige  was  alive  and  his 
gift  had  not  yet  taken  effect.  The 
suggestion  we  make  is  that  in  July, 
1 1 95,  he  fell  sick  at  Oseney  at  the 
guest-house,  or  Domus  Dei ;  that  during 
his  illness  he  made  the  charter  about 
his  books  and  his  burial,  but  under  the 
impression  that  his  illness  was  not 
mortal  he  inserted  the  caution  that  he 
should  not  be  able  to  alienate  the  books 
subsequently ;  and  lastly  that,  after  an 
illness  of  nine  months,  he  died  in  March 
or  April  1196,  so  that  Edmund  at  the 
end  of  April  might  not  yet  have  heard 
the  news  of  his  death.  In  a  list  of  the 
obits  at  Oseney,  mentioning  the  chief 
benefactors  to  the  abbey  (Rawlinson  MS. 
^*  939>  fol*  ^)>  ^c  ^^  A  Magister 
WiUelmus  on  March  33,  but  no  facts 
are  given  about  him.  It  may  be  pointed 
out  how  consistent  are  the  details  of  this 
chapter  with  the  theory  that  the  legist 
died  at  Oseney  in  the  Domus  Dei.  He 
is  described  as  being  in  a  domusy  appa- 
rently not  his  own,  and  attended  by 
mintstrif  who  do  not  seem  to  be  his 


own  servants.  And  the  geographical 
detaik  correspond.  According  to  Wood 
{City  of  Oxford,  ii.  207)  the  Domus  Dei 
was  next  to  the  chapel  of  St.  Nicholas^ 
and  the  priest  of  St.  Nicholas  visited 
the  sick  in  the  Domus  Dei,  and  we  know 
enough  of  the  geography  of  Oseney  to 
say  uiat  he  would  have  to  pass  the 
chapel  as  he  returned  home  from  the 
guest*house.  According  to  this  theory 
ue  priest  who  visited  Edmund  at  Eyo- 
sham  and  confirmed  the  news  of  the 
death  of  the  legist  was  none  other  than 
the  parish  priest  under  whom  he  had 
lived  as  a  parishioner  of  St.  Nicholas. 
I.  fUbani,  B,  C,  {otfuerant. 

3.  Jiic  autem  inter  legistas  uel  decre- 
tistas peritissimus  hab^atur,  C,  abbre- 
viating. 

4.  Perhaps  some  of  the  early  scribes 
were  puzzled  by  the  technical  use  of  the 
word  facultas.  MS.  2  gives  *  Earum 
facilitate*;  MS.  3,  *£rat  autem  facul- 
tatum auditor,'  both  errors. 

The   two  faculties   of  dvil   and 
canon  law,  I  presume,  are  meant. 

5.  famUtaritatem,  C,  for  /.  n, 

8.  languorem :  the  technical  term  in 
the  law-courts  for  any  illness. 

10.  commonrfactus,  B,  C,  for  comm^ 
neretur  et. 

12.  deliquerattC, 

corporis  for  duntaxat,  MS.  4  and  5, 
but  not  MS.  II  according  to  Huber. 

13.  sanitatem,  om.  B,  C. 

14.  U.S. p.,  om.  C. 

15.  elemosine,  B,  C. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  327 

bumiliter  offerendo,  pro  eorum  redemptione  elemosinas  saltern  de 
rebus  exterioribus  et  caducis  erogare,  quoad  uixit,  curauit.  Uidens 
itaque  celestis  medicus  quia  nil  proficeret  in  eo  cura  pietatis  adhibita, 
dum  non  egrederetur  de  uasculo  corrupte  camis  eius  nimia  rubigo,  ao 
neque  per  afflictionem  ignis,  misericorditer  mala,  que  in  uiuente 
emendari  nequibant,  finiie  uel  in  moriente  disposuit.  Quid  enim 
clementius  cum  hiis  ualet  actitari,  qui  secundum  duritiam  et  cor 
impenitens  de  die  in  diem  thesaurizant  sibi  iram  in  die  ire  et  reuela- 
tionis  iusti  iudicii  Dei,  quam  ut  citius  auferatur  eis  mundi  dies  in  quo  25 
mali  thesauri  cumulus  in  pemidem  accresdt  possessoris^  et  in  noctem 
mortis  recipiantiur,  qua  nemo  potest  thesaurizare,  quia  nee  operari  ? 
Quid  salubrius  hiis  fiet,  qui  stricto  per  insaniam  mucrone  letum  sibi 
inferre  propriis  uulneribus  incipiunt,  quam  ut  ligentur,  ablatis  quibus 
abutebMitur  armis,  et  parcere  uel  ligati  compellantur,  qui  male  soluti  30 
parcere  sibi  nescierunt  ?  Clericum  hunc  olim  in  pueritia  michi  notum, 
post  autem  a  prouinda  qua  degebam  remotius  separatum,  obiisse 
nesciuL  Quamobrem  talibus  in  penis  eum  reperiens,  duplid  admira- 
tione  tenebar,  quia  uiuimi  adhuc  et  semper  eum  honestum  uirum  esse 
putaueram.  Nimium  autem  miserans  calamitatis  pondus  infinitum  35 
quo  premebatur,  inquirebam  utrum  misericordiam  se  aliquando 
consecuturum  speraret  Qui  respondens  'Ue'  inquit  'Uel  Uel 
scio,  scio  quia  dtra  diem  iudicii  misericordiam  omnimodo  non 
merebor :  an  autem  uel  tunc  incertum  habeo.  Semper  enim  ex  quo  in 
hec  mala  deuolutus  sum,  deterioratur  pena  mea  ad  peiora  me  trahens/  A^ 
Cui  ego  '£t  quare  in  extremis  non  es  confessus  peccata  tua,  nee  egisti 
penitentiam  ? '  Et  ille  *  Quia  spem '  inquit  *  habebam  recuperandi 
sanitatem,  et  fallente  diabolo  erubui  tam  turpe  facinus  confiteri,  ne 
despectior  inter  eos  haberer,  in  quibus  male  splendidus  apparebam 
et  gloriosus.  Leuia  enim  peccata  queque  presbitero  uenerabili  quem  45 
et  tu  nosti  confessus  sum,  et  interroganti  an  aliorum  michi  consdus 
essem  peccatorum,  precepi  ut  tunc  abiret,  et  iterum  si  quid  occurrisset 


20.  eius,  om.  C.  34.  inhubar,  read  by  Thnnt.,  seems 

21.  C  omits  ignis.    B  reads  afflic'  to  be  an  error.    Tenebar  is  the  reading 
tionis  igfiem.  of  2,  3,  4,  5  and  Ruber's  MSS. 

26.  ptali  huius  thesauri,  B,  C.  35.  infinitum,  om.  C. 

The  misreading  noctis  mortem  is  38.  veniam  omnimodis,  C,  for  m.  0, 

found  in  MSS.  3,  9,  10,  la.  40.  demersus,  C,  for  devohUus. 

28.  The  reading  of  MS.  11  dven  by  B,  C  insert  de  pessimis  before  ad 
Huber  as  '  si  et  his '  is  really  *  Set  his  ,  peiora. 

which  is  given  in  MSS.  4  and  5.  41.  uel  in  extremis,  B,  C. 

ictum,  B,  C,  for  letum.  45.  quidem  for  enim,  C,  also  omitting 

29.  cupiunt,  C,  for  incipiunt.  queque, 

sublatis,  B,  C.  47.  tunc  quidem^  B,  C. 

30.  sic  hdoie  parcere,  C. 


328  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

memorie  sibi  intimarem.  Quo  recedente  iam  et  usque  ad  uicinam 
capellam   domui  in  qua  decumbebam  progresso,  mori  incipiebam. 

50  Ille  a  ministris  reaccersitus,  iam  me  inuenit  hominem  exuisse.  Nichil 
autem  de  mille  penarum  generibus,  quas  omni  die  perfero,  sic  me 
excruciat  quomodo  infausta  erroris  mei  quo  tenebar  in  seculo 
representatio,  qua  cogor  actualiter  turpitudini  antique  passionis 
deseruire :  preter  supplicii  enim  indicibilem  uehemenciam,  confusione 

55  uehemencius  et  intolerabillus  premor,  dimi  in  conspectu  omnium  de 
tali  et  tanto  flagitio  execrabilis  fio.  Ue  I  Ue !  quis  unquam  crederet 
gloriam  et  fauorem,  quibus  conspicui  inter  homines  habebamur,  tanta 
contemptibilitate  et  ignominia  permutandos?  Unde  et  permaxime 
confundor,  quia  fedus  cunctis  intuentibus  ostendor,  qui   omnibus 

6oapparebam  gloriosus.'  Hec  ille  cum  nimia  eiulatione  profatus  est. 
In  momento  autem  dum  miseriam  tanti  quondam  uiri  in  magno 
animi  stupore  admiror,  innumeris  eum  uidi  modis  excraciari,  et  ipsis 
cruciatibus  uelud  in  nichilum  redigi  et  instar  plumbi  in  liquidum 
quasi  per  uim  caloris  dissolui.     Senem  etiam  qui  astabat  sciscitatus 

65  sum  an  possent  aliquo  genere  remediari  tanta  hominis  tormenta.  Ille 
uero  ad  hoc  '  Cum  uenerit '  inquit  *  extremi  dies  iudicii,  tunc  Christi 
uoluntas  fiet.  Ipse  solus  nouit  corda  omnium,  et  tunc  quod  nouit  iustum 
omnibus  retribuet'  Nichil  itaque  certa  de  liberatione  huius  potui 
agnoscere.    Ex  hiis  ergo,  ut  suflScienter  prefati  sumus,  licet  perpendi 

70  quod  superius  de  sacro  ^eloquio  tetigi  *  quod  non  sit  ei  bene,  qui 
assiduus  est  in  malis,  et  elemosinam  non  danti'.  Uidi  enim  quam 
maxime  per  elemosinarum  largitionem  et  per  opera  misericordie, 
que  Dominus  in  euangelio  memorat  et  commendat,  omnes  adiuuari  et 
refrigerari  in  aliis  penarum  locis,  qui  ea  exhibuissent  in  uita  sua.    Iste 

75  uero  aliquando  dictus  sapiens,  et  se  reputans  sapientem  et  confidens 
in  hoc,  alteriusque  patrocinium  quibusque  operibus  bonis  implorare 
detrectans  contra  peccata  quibus  in  perditionem  agebatur,  ecce  quam 
stultus,  quam  uecors  factus  est.  Quare  ergo,  proh  dolor,  finem 
accepit  furori  et  dementie  sue  equa  satis  proportione  consimilem,  iam 

80  uere  sciens  maledictum  hominem  esse,  qui  confidit  in  homine ;  quod 

48.  B  and  C  insert  vix  after  et;  bat  69.  Ex  hiis  igitur  quod  prefati  sumus 

C  omits  iam,  superius  satis,  itcei,  &c,  C 

capellam   que   vicina   est,   B,  C,  70.  quod .  .  .  tetigi,  om.  C. 

for  u.  c.  73.  et  commendat,  om.  C. 

55.  uehemencius  et,  om.  B,  C.  74.  in  uita  sua  exercuerant,  C,  for 

58.  perimitandos,  read  by  Tharst.,  is  e,  i,  u,  s, 

of  coarse  a  slip  for  permutandos,  the  Iste  uero  cUiquando  sapiens  in  ocuiis 

reading  of  all  MSS.  suis  ei  in  se  conJuUns  alteriusque  patro- 

64,  sanctum  for  senem,  B,  C.  cinium  bonis  operibus  implorare, 8cc.,C, 

65.  modo  iox  genere,  C,  77.  subito  insipiens  (y  uecors  inuemtus 

67.  iusie,  C,  for  quod  nouit  iustum,        est,  C,  for  ecce  ,  . .  est, 

68.  cerium  and  istius,  B,  C.  78-^1.  Qucu^e  , , ,  in  se,  om.  C. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  329 

utique  facit  qui  confidit  in  se.  Ecce  quod  nunc  de  isto,  et  tunc  de 
illo  paulo  ante  aurifice  expositum  est,  etiam  illius  loci  sententiam 
confinnat,  que  in  Sapientie  huius  libro  habetur ;  '  Exiguo '  ait 
*  conceditur  misericordia,  potentes  potenter  tormenta  patientur.'  Ille 
enim,  etsi  peccator,  exiguus  fuit  in  oculis  suis,  neque  de  sapientiass 
sua,  neque  de  uirtute  sua  presumebat^  sed  iniirmum  se  et  imprudentem 
propter  peccata  sua,  et  non  peccandi  impotentiam  reputabat :  quare 
magni,  sapientis,  fortis  aduocati  suffragium,  quibus  potuit,  elemosinanim 
donis  ambiebat.  Unde  concessam  percepit  misericordiam.  E  diuerso 
quasi  ex  adipe  hinc  honoris  et  opum,  illinc  scientie  et  presumptionis,  90 
de  hiis  omnibus  egressa  est  iniquitas  istius,  et  quia  exceptum  se 
putabat  a  labore  hominum,  en  quam  seuo  exemplo  eum  non  cum 
hominibus  flagellatum.  Quod  enim  de  iniquitate  legitur  Sodome  in 
propheta,  adhuc  in  filiis  suis  uiget,  qui  per  superbiam  et  abundantiam 
in  reprobum  sensum  traducti,  faciunt  que  non  conueniunt,  contumeliis  95 
aflScientes  corpora  sua  in  semetipsis.  Quos  non  homines  probabili 
satis  ratione  dixerim  :  et  duplici  ex  causa,  quia  et  scelus  quod 
comprobatur  a  natura  humana  in  bestialem,  immo  demoniacam,  eos 
degenerare  ostendit  insaniam,  et  semel  admissi  erroris  insania  mentem 
funditus  eos  rationabilem  confundit  exuisse :  cuius  propium  fore  debet  100 
quod  fecerit  inconsultius,  utilius  retractando  corrigere.  Linguam 
preterea  istius  assidua  uidi  conflagratione  in  modum  facule  ardentis  de 
ore  ipsius  prominentem  exuri.  Constat  uero  hoc  ilium  propterea 
sustinere,  quia  iusticiam  sepius,  ut  puta  homo  potens  in  sermone, 
munerum  et  personarum  acceptione  peruerterit.    Non  enim  admodum  105 

8  r .  Ecce  quod  et  nunc  de  isto  et  paulo  meaning  *  fat '. 

CMtede  illo  cturifice  expositum  est yliquido  hinc,  omitted  in  MS.  a,  but  neces- 

iilam  sententiam  libri  sapientie  conr  sary. 

firmai  dicenSy  exiguo  conceditur,  &c. ,  C.  C  text  reads  ex  adipe  honoris,  opum 

This  is  the  reading  of  MSS.  4  and  5,  et  scientie  istius  egressa  est  iniquitas  for 

though  ungrammatical ;   for  we  ought  honoris  .  .  .  istius. 

to  have  dicentem,     Huber   sajrs   that  92.  B  and  C   read   en    quam   seuo 

MS.  II  reads /r^  for //^n;  this  would  exemplo   cum    hominibus   non  flagel- 

be  grammatical  but  unmeaning.    Prob-  latur  ? ;  but  the  reading  in  A,  though 

ably  the  author  orieinally  retained  *  sen-  awkward,  is  more  pointed.     Huberts 

tentiam  que  in  sapientie  libro  habetur ',  MSS.  of  the  B  text  omit  non, 

and  when  he  changed  this,  forgot  that  95.  traditi,  C.    Romans  i.  a8. 

dicens  should  be  changed.    The  passage  97.  et ,  , .  ccnisa,  om.  C. 

is  Wisdom  vi.  7.  98.  operantur^  B,  C,  for  comprobatur, 

84.  potentes  vero,  B,  C.  99.  pertinacia,  B,  C,  for  insania, 

85.  exiguus  tcunen,  C.  100.  rationalem  conuincit,  B,  C. 
80.  sua,  om.  C,  after  sapitntia  and  cuius  .  . ,  corrigere,  om.  C. 

uirtute.  104.  veluti,  C,  for  ut  puta,^ 

87.  propter  impotentiam  suam,  C ;  in  105.  non  enim  otiosa  tantum  loqui 

place  of  non  p,  t,  consueuerat,  sed  quod  deterius  est  in 

89.  Sicque  cupitam,  C,  for  U.  c,  verbis  nociuis^  iusticie  et  veritati  con- 

90.  adipe ;  for  the  most  part  a  medical  trariis,  excesserat,  C ;  B  agrees  with  A, 
word,  occurring  in  Pliny  and  Celsus,  only  omitting  frequencius. 


330  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

otiosa  loquebator,  air  grauis  qoantuin  ad  aerba  et  serhis :  sed,  quod 
detenus  est,  frequencius  in  uerbis  magis  eo  nodois,  quo  iostide  et 
ueritati  contrariis  et  insontes  ledentibus,  ezcesserat  Nee  minim  si 
pro  huius  lingue  excessibus,  hoiusmodi  perferebat  lingue  cnidatos, 

no  cum  de  diuite  in  euangelio  legatur  quod  propter  odosa,  que  inter 
epulandum  garriebat,  eius  lingua  crudabatur  in  flamma.  Uenit  antem 
ad  nos  sacerdos  uenerabilis,  cui  leuia  tantisper  confessum  se  dixit 
delicta  sua,  et  inter  cetera,  cum  audisset  a  nobis  qualiter  abire  earn 
iusserit,  et  mox  illo  abeunte  expirauerit,  ut  iam  dictum  est,  in  fletom 

115  amarissimum  prorupit,  Deum  testans  quia  bee  uerissima  essent 
certissime ;  bine  remota  ambiguitate  constare  sibi,  quia  hec  ab  alio 
perceperim,  qui  solus  preter  se  ista  cognouerit  Hunc  aero  solum  in 
ilia  multitudine  infelidum  agnoui,  et  hec  dixit  michL 

Citius  uero  tunc  discedentes  peruenimus  ad  regionem  felidter  con- 

laoquiescentium,  in  qua  multos  a  nobis  cognitos  in  multa  exultatione 
positos  inuenimus.  Uertun  de  loci  illius  amenitate  et  ibi  consisten- 
tium  mira  claritate,  uel  etiam  de  meritis  eorum  aliqua  que  nobis 
comperta  sunt,  ut  Dominus  dederit,  postmodum  disseremus.  Nunc 
ad  ea  que  omisimus  de  penis  et  meritis  quorumdam,  quos  pridem  in 

135  seculo  uideramus  et  in  lods  superius  memoratis  cruciatibus  addictos 
inueneram,  still  cursum  reflectamus. 


[XXVn.    De  hiis  quos  in  primo  loco  tormentomm 
monachus  viderat  cruciari.] 

Rector  cuiusdam  ecclesie    religiose  congregationis,  quem  bene 

noueram,   anno  presenti  regimen  animarum,  quod  diutius  in  sui 

109.  For  huius  MS.  3  reads  huiusce;  laa.  iocunditafe,  B,  C,  for  claritaU, 

all  other  MSS.  huiuscemodi,  ea,  C,  for  aUqua. 

no.  diuUe  illo^  C;  but  the  Gospel  124.  pridem^  om.  C. 

does  not  say  that  the  rich  man  had  125.  uideram^  B,  C. 

talked  foolishly.  superius,  om.  C. 

iia.  B  and  C  insert  cito  post  hec  ChafierXXVIL   Of  an  abbot  who 

before  ad.  had  recently  died.    There  can  be  little 

sacerdos  ille  uenerabilis,  cui  clericus  doubt  that  this  chapter  describes  God- 

iste  leuia  tantummodo  delicta  sua  se  con^  hey,  abbot  of  Eynsham,  who  died  early 

fessum  esse  dixerat^  C,  for  sacerdos  ...  in  11 96  (see  vol.  L  p.  xr) ;  he  had  been 

sua;  B  follows  A,  but  reads  dixerat  abbot  forty-fonr  years.  No  other  head  of 

for  dixit,  a  monastic  house  in  Oxfordshire  died  in 

115.  esse  certissime  sciret,  B  and  C,  this  year,  as  far  as  is  known;  certainly 
for  essent  certissime.  none  who  had  held  office  for  any  length 

116.  Of  remota  omni,  C,  for  h.  r.  of  time  (see  the  sequence  of  the  abbots 
quia  hec  perceperim  ab  eo,  quia  of  Oseney,  Thame,  and  Brueine  in  the 

solus  ille,  C,  for  quia  , . .  solus.  Oxfordshire  Vict.  County  Hist.). 

118.  ^i,  C,  for  et.  i .  B  and  C  read  rector  igitur  religiose 

lao.  felicitate i  C,  for  exultacione^  cuiusdam  congregationis^ 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  331 

ipsius  &  gregis  sibi  commissi  graue  tenuerat  dispendium,  mortis 
benefitio  tandem  absolutus  deposuit:  de  cuius  moribus,  in  utram- 
libet  partem  se  habentibus,  multa  que  non  inutiliter  scriberentur  ad  5 
cautelam  legentium  noui,  pro  quibus  &  pene  &  itidem  cuiuscumque 
solatii  uicissitudinem  percepisse  uisus  est ;  sed  tedio  lectoris  consulens 
plura  ex  his  que  circa  hunc  uel  alios  quosque  uidi  uel  audiui  silentio 
preterire  decreui.  Hunc  quoque  in  penis  ad  quos  primo  uenimus  in 
loco,  inter  primos  quos  uidimus  agnoui.  £rat  uero  in  tormentis  10 
maximis  &  nunc  in  igne  nunc  in  balneis  fedis  sulphure  &  pice  mixtim 
feruentibus  grauissima  perferebat  supplicia :  uultu  exanguis  nimiumque 
deformatus  aspectu  erat  Qui  statim  me  ut  uidit  blanda  satis  &  supplici 
uoce  &  affatu  compellari  cepit  ac  salutare:  quem  &  ego  conpatien- 
tissimo  afifectu  resalutaui  &  multa  ei  sum  locutus  et  ipse  michi.  15 
Querebam  enim  an  propter  delicta  iuuentutis  sue  talia  ac  tanta 
pateretur,  quando  forsitan  negligentius  ordinis  sacri,  quem  in  infantia 
susceperat,  obseruasset  instituta.  lUe  econtra:  'Dura'  inquit  '& 
ualde  et  nimium  amara  patior,  nee  tarn  pro  excessibus  quos  in  propria 
admisi  persona  torqueor,  licet  in  multis  oflfenderim,  quam  pro  peccatis  ao 
&  nequitiis  olim  subditorum.  Nam  mea  utcumque  ferrem  peccata 
&  his  debitas  equanimiter  sustinerem  penas;  hec  enim  crebra  con- 
fessione  &  disciplinarum  perceptione  assidua  orationibus  frequentissimis 
&  aliis  pluribus  modis  redimere  &  castigare  consueueram.  £x  his 
tamen  grauius  me  premunt  amor  parentum  &  camalium  propinquorum,  25 
quorum  aliis  ecdesiastica  beneficia  ciun  minus  digni  essent  adquisiui, 
&.  omnibus  illis  multa  de  bonis  ecclesie  quam  regebam  indiscrete 
contradidi;  qui  mei  curam  modo  in  hac  necessitate  mea  omnino 
postponunt    Amor  uero  excellencie  &  honoris  ac  fauoris  humani 

3.  grauiy  om.  C.  14.  compatienii,  C. 

4.  tandem^  om.  C.  15.  et  ipse  michi,  om.  C. 

MS.  8,  the  Latin  rendering  of  the  18.  B  reads  Dura,  inquit,  ualde  tf 

French  venion,  reads  *septennio  iam  nimis  amara  perpetior.    CjKsA&Dura, 

elapso '  for  *  anno  present!  .    If  this  is  inquit,  tf  amara  ualde  perpetior. 

correct,  it  shows  that  the  French  rhyming  a  i .  michi  pridem,  B,  C,  for  olim, 

yersionwas  composed  in  the  year  1203.  33.  C  omits  assidua  and  reads  as- 

But  in  the  light  of  the  readings  given  siduis  ior  frequentissimis. 

by  this  MS.  in  chaps,  zxx  and  zxziii  26.  ecdesiastica  beneficia\  Bartholo- 

(q.  V.)  we  must  treat  septennio  as  an  mew,  nephew  of  abbot  Godfrey,  held 

error.  the  rich  rectory  of  Mickleton,Gloucester- 

5.  Text  C  abbreviates  thus :  '  se  ha-  shire  (vol.  i,  p.  xv).  He  is  no  doubt  the 
hentibusj  multa  que  noui,  tedio  lectoris  Bartholomew  of  Eynsham,  witness  to  a 
consulens ypretereo.  deed  of  Robert  Follot,  bi^op  of  Here- 

utiliter,  read  by  MS.  a  in  error.  ford  (1174-86) ;  see  Calendar  o/Docu- 

9,  igitur  for  quoque,  B,  C.  ments  in  France,  p.  139. 
primo   loco   wnimus,   B,  C,    for  27.  C  reads  alits  for  omnibus  illis* 

p.  u,  i,  I.  38.  cotttuli,  B,  C. 

13.  C  reads  satis  supplici  affatu  for 
blanda  .  • .  affatu. 


332  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

30  turn  800  ipsios  uido  turn  alioram  occasione  malorain,  que  illiiis  michi 
causa  merito  imputantur,  principaliter  nocuit,  &  (hea  dolori  mco)  sicut 
modum  sic  &  terminum,  nisi  deus  misereatur,  funditus  ademit.  Cupido 
enim  retinendi  honoris  auida  &  amittendi  timida  ita  excecauerat  oculos 
cordis  mei,  ut  discipline  habenas  subiectonim  uoluntati  omnino  re-  " 

35  lazarem,  pennittens  eos  uelut  clausis  oculis  uoluptatibus  &  desideriis 
suis,  ne  forte  illos  adquirerem  prelationis  mee  insidiatores,  si  sols 
leuitatibus  meum  experirentur  rigorem  oppositum.  De  cetero  nee 
ipse  bonos  &  ordinem  feruenti  amore  zelantes  in  bonum  opitulando 
uel  saltern  fauendo,  aliquatenus  in  religionis  conuersatione  iuui,  sed 

^o  quod  nimis  preposterum  fuit  his  una  cum  emulis  eorum  clam  derogare 
&  professionis  sacre  transgressores  multo  amplius  dampnabiliter  fouere 
solebam.  Quod  totum  partim  leuitatis  proprie  instinctu,  partim  obtentu 
tuendi  primatus  mei  faciebam.  Nam  ludicra  &  inania  queque  facere 
&  preferre,  atque  inter  seculares  otiose  peruagari  solebam.    Satis  licebat 

45  ipsis,  sat  etiam  licebat  et  michL  Qua  crudell  lenitate  mea  abutentes 
quidam  eorum  execranda  &  nefanda  plurima  presumpserant  attemptare. 
Hinc  autem  desperabiliter  torqueor,  quia  licet  non  animo  approbante, 
me  tamen  sciente  &  ex  inani,  ut  dixi,  formidine  dissimulante,in  pre- 
sumptione  &  abusionibus  suis  nonnulli  ex  ipsis  in  deteriora  uergentes 

50  permanserunt.  Alii  in  malis  suis  ad  mortem  persistentes,  me  adhuc 
superstite  in  mundo,  etemaliter  perierunt  Alii  nunc  usque  in  mortuis 
operibus  deterius  uiuentes,  continuis  enormitatibus  &  sibi  inextingui- 
biles  &  michi  pariter,  ut  uereor,  succendunt  ardores.  Denique  ab  hora 
exitus  mei  de  corpore  indicibilibus  fiii  addictus  snppliciis,  &  tamen 

55  michi  leuissima  uisa  sunt  que  tunc  pertuli^  comparatione  malorum  in 
quibus  modo  sum.  Eratque  michi  dies  prima  onmibus  deinceps 
diebus  remissior,  dum  ex  omnibus  que  iUi  post  decessum  meum  ex 
consuetudine  praua  committunt,  quam  per  meam  uidentur  contraxisse 
incuriam,  augentur  pene  cruciatus  mei.     Et  quia  aliquos,  super  cetera 

60  mala  ipsorum  in  crimine  singulariter  odibili  deo  &  omnibus  hominibus 

30.  C  omits  turn  sue, , ,  imputantur,  B  and  C  omit  solebam.    C  abbre- 

inserting  michi  before  principaliter,  viates  further,  reading  satis  eis  licebat , 

33.  C  reads  ambitus  . .  .  auidus  . . .      sicut  et  michi, 

timidus  for  cupido  . . .  auida . . .  timida,  45.  B  adds  et  graui  Uuitate  after 

34.  laxarem,  B,  C.  lenitate.    But  C  omits  it. 
36.  si  meum  opposuissem  rigorem^  C,         46.  execranda  et,  om.  C. 

for  si  , , ,  oppositum,  47.  ex  animo  approbante,  B,  C. 

38.  C  omits  in  bonum,  also  aliqua-  48.  quadam  inani,  C,  for  e,  i.  u.  d. 
tenus,  49.  presumptume  et,  om.  C. 

39.  conseruatione,   B,  C.     Probably  B  reads  de  pessimis  in  detericra ; 
conuersatione  of  MS.  2  is  a  blonder.  C,  de  prauis  in  peiora, 

41,  multo    amplius    dampnabiliter,  54.  sum  foi/ui,  C. 

om.  C.  60.  crimen  • .  .  odibile .  •  .  detestabile, 

44*  prof er re,  B,  C.  B,  C ;  but  C  omits  omnibus. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  333 

detestabili,  quod  nee  nominare  licet,  siue  iam  destructos  siue  dampna- 
bilius  in  came  uiuentes,  prolapsos  sciui  &  correctionis  manum  non 
adhibui,  nil  ita  timeo  quam  meorum  eatenus  deteriorationem  accrescere 
michi  tormentorum,  quousque  fetorem  etiam,  quo  talium  admissores 
flagitiorum  cruciantur,  sustinere  conpellar.  Hunc  enim  scio  cunctis  65 
penis  intolerabiliorem,  quas  undecunque  rei  alii  perferunt  peccatores. 
Quociens  enim  dampnabile  aliquid  perpetrant  quos  superstites  post 
me  reliqui,  accurrunt  demones  inde  michi  cum  nimia  exprobratione 
insultantes,  penas  priores  nouis  &  atrocioribus  semper  accumulantes '. 
Dicebat  enim  michi  quo  die  uel  loco  uel  tempore^  postquam  migrauit  1^ 
a  seculo,  que  persona  quoque  quale  comisisset  piaculum  &  .referebat 
pleraque  de  factis  plurimorum,  asserens  mox,  ut  a  suis  olim  discipulis 
eadem  mala  impieta  fuissent,  hec  sibi  per  angelos  ministros  Sathane 
improperari  et  suos  continue  cruciatus  aumentari.  Constat  uero 
aliquos  ex  amicis  &  fratribus  eiusdem  cui  iste  prefuerat  congrega-  75 
tionis,  zelo  iusticie  &  feruore  uere  religionis  succensos,  multam  im- 
pendisse  operam,  ante  mortem  quoque  ipsius,  quatenus  exordina- 
tionibus  indisciplinatorum  amotis  uel  correctis,  ordinis  puritas  cum 
integfitate  ipso  in  loco  conseruaretur.  Hoc  etiam  &  michi  conpertum 
fuit ;  quamobrem  &  dixi.  ei :  '  Quomodo  ergo  disseminatum  est  longe  80 
lateque  quasi  plurimum  emendationis  prouenerit  ante  finem  uestrum 
in  domo  ilia  cui  prefiiistis,  cum  tanta  tamque  enormia  nobis  de  incolis 
eiusdem  loci  nuntientur/  Ille  uero  ad  hec :  '  Uera  nimis  esse  scio  hec 
que  commemoras,  nee  tamen  falsum  esse  nonnulla  ibi  solito  proba- 
bilius  et  correctius  constare.  Uerumtamen  ipsa  me  mala  ad  penam  85 
respiciunt.  De  melioratione  uero  nullus  michi  fructus,  merces  nulla 
ascribitur,  immo  &  augetur  cruciatus;  nimis  enim  infestus  obstid 
correctionibus  eorum,  et  ne  corrigerentur  que  uel  correcta  sunt,  uel 
corrigenda  essent  nisi  correctioni  obuiassem,  quam  maxime  impediui. 
Confusione  enim  ilia,  que  ut  dicit  scriptura  adducit  peccatum,  in- 9° 
sipienter  preuentus,  peccatis  et  negligentiis  meis  exigentibus,  erubui 
manifestam  eorum  correctionem,  que  minus  erubui  incorrecta,  cum 
passim  in  uulgo  forent  ignominiose  diffamata.  Tanta  enim  in  quibus- 
dam  obstinatione  conualuerunt  germinis  detestandi  plantaria,  ut  &  eos 

61.  defunctos,  B,  C.  84.  est,   B,  for  esse,     C  omits  nee 
The  language  of  chap,  xxv,  line  i,      tamen  falsum  esse, 

shows  what  sin  is  meant.  85.  C  omits  ipsa  , , .  respiciunt, 

62.  correptionisy  C.  89.  corruta  for  corrigetida,  B ;  corri-- 
75.  quosdam  a  fratribus y  C,  for  o/x-  gerentur,  C.    C  omits  correctioni, 

?u)s  ex  amicis  ^  fratribus  \  no  doubt  91.  ^/  negligentiis,  om.  C 

homas  the  prior  and  Adam  the  sub-  93.  The  text  of  MS.  2  is  diffamata, 

prior.  not  diffamati  as  given  by  Thurst. ;  B  and 

78.  cum  , .  .  loco,  om.  C.  C  read  erubui  passim  in  vulgo,  cum 

8a.  u^bis  nuntientur^  '  told  me  by  fierent,  ignominiose  diffamari, 
you.' 


334  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

95  estimem  prorsus  incorrigibiles,  &  per  eorum  facdones,  nisi  mint  deitatis 
omnipotentia  auxilietur  semis  suis,  qui  nequitiis  eoram  aduersantur, 
quicquid  ibi  ad  emendationem  ceptum  creditur  in  infectum  deducetur. 
Ue,  Ue,  cur  me  unquam  talium  consiliis  credidi?  Ue;  cur  tales  in 
sublime  extuli,  per  quos  adeo  diuine  maiestatis  incurri  oflfensam,  dum 

loo  campum  eis  laxaui,  quecunque  uellent  per  se  suosque  complices  inique 
operandi  ?  Illis  uero  quatuor  (&  nominatim  expressit  uocabula  eorum) 
dicere  poteris  uerbis  meis^  quod  etema  eos  &  inefifabilia  manent  in 
gehenne  baratro  supplida,  nisi  celerius  dignam  deo  de  malis  suis 
factis  uel  consiliis,  quibus  tam  se  quam  sibi  acquiescentes  perdidenmt, 

105  sadsfactionem  optulerint.  £t  reuera  si  usque  ad  suppremnm  iudicii 
diem  in  sadsfaciendo  laborarent  quantumuis,  modicum  omnino  uideri 
debuisset  in  conpensadonem  &  expiadonem  tam  magne  tam  diutume 
prauitads  sue,  qua  me  ipsum  extreme  calamitad  fecerunt  obnoxium  et 
domum  pene  totam  muldplicibus  malis  interfecerunt.     Hos  enim  uix 

no  unquam  uel  leuiter  contristare  uolebam,  sed  ad  nutum  eorum,  quod- 
cumque  eis  libuisset,  inclinabar.  Preterea  debita  michi  in  psalmis  & 
missis  su£fragia  intercessionum  uix  pauci  ex  omni  congregadone 
plenarie  soluunt.  Muld  autem  ex  ipsis  pro  quibus  precipue  ad  penas 
teneor,  nil  omnino  earum  renun  implent.     Pro  his  igitur  omnibus 

120  dolore  presentium&  instandum  formidine  malorum  undique  coangustor/ 
Talia  circa  istum  uidi  &  sic  locutus  est  michi. 


[XXVin.    De  quadam  inclusa.] 

Inclusam  quoque  quandam  bone  conuersadonis  agnoueram,  quam 
&  impensius  dilexeram.  Hanc  ibi  quasi  de  seculo  uenientem  de  nouo 
uidi.  £rat  autem  uultu  admodum  constand  &  aspectu  uenusto,  quam 
uia  quidem  laboriosa  fatigabat  inmodice ;  penis  etiam  ignium,  quibus 
5  alii  hinc  inde  inuoluebantur,  ilia  frequentius  attacta  solum  modo  ureba- 
tur.  Ipsa  uero  hec  quasi  pro  exiguo  ducens,  iter  ad  paradisum  ocius 
festinando  multumque  profidens  agebat    Hec  cum  uiderem  (deus  scit) 

96.  potentia,  C,  for  omnipotentia,  life  in  prayers  and  fastings  within  that 

seruis   suis,  om.  C,  making  the  chnrch  where  Edmund  h^ird  the  yoice 

sentence  almost  nnintelligible.  bidding  him  journey  to  Bishop  Hogh 

obstinatorum  for  eorum,  C.  {Vita  Hugonis^  p.  239,  Rolls  Series^. 

103.  maleficiis  suis,  C,  for  malis  suis         i.  B  and  C  add  prorsus  after  iom 

factis.  and  read  vero  for  quoque, 

109.  B  and  C  read  i^<fr^m»/.  4.  inmodice  \  MS.  11,  reading  'non 

1 10.  quocunqvey  B,  C.  modice ',  suggests  what  must  be  the  true 
113.  soluerunty  C.  reading,  though  found  in  no  manuscript, 
Chapter  XXVIII.     This  inclusa,  *  non  inmodice.' 

well  known  to  Edmund,  may  with  much  7.  B  and  C  add  indesinenter  before 

probability  be  identified  with  the  *  uirgo 


quaedam  religiosa  ualde '  who  spent  her  teste  deo^  C,  for  deus  scit. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  335 

fantasma  &  quasi  sompnum  illud  reputabam,  quia  illam  nullatenus 
mortuam  esse  credebam.  Dicebam  uero  in  meipso  ita :  meritum  michi 
potius  karissime  anciUe  Christi  in  jrmaginadone  ista  insinuatur :  nam  10 
in  ueritate  ea  ipsa,  que  adhuc  uiuit  in  corpore,  hie  esse  non  potest. 
Hodie  nunc  terdus  dies,  quo  locutus  est  mecum  quidam  oHm  conui- 
caneus  mens,  quern  rogaui  ut  salutaret  earn  uerbis  meis,  deuote 
supplicans,  quatenus  pro  me  attentius  orare  dignaretur.  Is  autem 
respondit :  Tu  autem  magis  pro  uenerabili  ilia  communi  amica  nostra  15 
intercede  obnixius.  Mortis  enim  debitimi  iam  soluisse  earn  cognoscas. 
Obstupui,  fateor,  uehementius,  &  uerum  fuisse,  quod  de  ilia  conperue- 
ram,  tunc  primum  ipse  credere  cepi.  De  cetero  hanc  fore  generalem 
omnium  conditionem  morientium  euidentissime  agnoui.  Uniuersos 
autem,  qui  ad  percipiendam  ante  resurrectionis  &  iudicii  tempus  ao 
quietem  destinati  sunt,  ab  bora  exitus  mortis  semper  duriora  relin- 
quentes,  leuiora  subibant  tormenta,  nisi  forte  occasione  sui  aliqua 
uiuentibus  committerentur,  que  sibi  iuste  imputari  potuissent,  dum 
ante  mortem  satisfaccionis  munere  non  obtinuissent,  ut  eis  ignosceretur, 
transmissa  ad  posteros  materia  delinquendi.  Illos  uero  quos  grauior  25 
astrinxit  causa,  qua  puniri  eternaliter  demeruissent,  indpiebant  quidem 
a  penis  grauissimis,  que  successu  grauiorum  indies  iugiter  augmenta- 
bantur,  &  fiebat  eis  omnis  dies  sequens  precedente  amarior. 


[XXIX.    De  quodam  episcopc] 

In  predictis  etiam  penis  episcopum  quemdam  longe  lateque  famosum 
strenuitatis  immense  prerogatiua  qua  preminebat,  natum  quidem  de 
terra  hac,  sed  presulatus  honore  fiinctum  in  partibus  transmarinis, 
quem  semel  tantum  uideram,  recognoui.     Obiit  uero  anno  presenti 

g.  Puto  quia  meritam,  C,  for  ita  . . ,  ai.  B  and  C  omit  exitus^  but  C  adds 

huissime,  sue, 

13.  B  reads  eius  for  meu5\  while  C  23.  B  and  C  add  a  before  uiuentibus, 

reads  predicte  ancilU  dei,  imputari ;  at  this  word  MS.  a  ends ; 

15.  Tu  autem;  both  B  and  C  omit  from  this  point  C  text  (the  texts  of 

autem,  an  improvement.  MSS.  4,  5,  11)  is  given. 

C  adds  et  before  communi,  2^,  B  reads /^r  se  after  transmissa. 

17.  compereram  is  the  reading  of  B,  quos  verOy  B,  for  /.  u,  q, 

and  correctly ;  as  comperui  is  not  the  a6.  astringeret,  B. 

correct  perfect  of  comperio,     Thurst.  Chapter  XXDC.    Of  a  bishop  in 

reads  conspexeramt  but  MS.  i,  which  foreign  parts,  an  Englishman  by  birth, 

he  professes  to  follow,  reads  compere-  who  had  died  abont  Michaelmas,  11 95. 

ram,    MS.  4  reads  conceperam^  MS.  5  4.  anno  presenti :   MS.  8,  which  in 

compeream,  chap,  xxvii  substitutes  for  this  phrase 

ao.  B,  equidem  for  autem;  C  omits  septennio  iam  elapso^  here  omits  the 

altogether.  phrase  altogether. 
B  and  C  add  extremum  after  ante. 


336  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

5  circa  festum  sancti  Michaelis,  nam  &  diem  transitus  ipsius  tmic  liquido 
noui,  scd  iam  memorie  excidii ;  mente  scilicet  mea  circa  multa  que 
uidebam  occupata,  imiumera  eorum  nee  diligenter  notarc,  nee  omnia 
potui  que  notaueram  arcius  retinere.  Ille  uero  quern  superius 
memoraui  de  transitu  incluse  michi  certitudinem  attulisse,  &  hunc 

10  rebus  humanis  exceptum  cercius  denundauit,  sed  quo  tempore  obisset 
ignorabat.  Repatriarat  enim  quidam  adolescens  eiusdem  presulis 
consanguineus,  qui  illius  dum  uiueret  adheserat  fiamulatui,  eique 
certum  detulerat  nuncium  de  obitu  ipsius.  Flammis  autem  continuis 
adurebatur  &  maxime  propter  lubricos  adolescencie  sue  excessus. 

15  Aliis  etiam  modis  innumeris  torquebatur :  cuius  mencionem  iccirco  non 
pretermittendam  putaui,  quia  mirum  quiddam  circa  ipsum  specialiter 
uidi.  Cum  enim  iugi  arderet  incendio  ignis,  uestis  semper  honestis- 
sima,  qua  erat  indutus,  non  modo  illesa  sed  seipsa  formosior  per 
flammas  reddebatiu-.     Cuius  miraculi    racionem  michi  dux    meus 

30  exposuit  dicens, '  Hoc  ei  priuilegium  prisce  consuetudinis  sue  benefido 
comparatum :  enimuero '  ait  *  nudis  semper  specialius  compati  &  eorum 
indigenciam  liberalissime  solebat  releuare.  Quare  uestis  eius  decore 
non  carebit,  donee  penitende  spacio  cxcurso  stola  diuinitus  iocundi- 
tatis  &  leiicie  donetur  sempitemo/ 


[XXX.    De  ctiiusdam  vzore.] 

Uiri  cuiusdam  plebei  uxor,  bonis  admodum  una  cum  marito  predita 

moribus  &  studiis,  anno  preterito  huic  instabili  lud  uldmum  ualefedt. 

Hanc  familiariter  olim  michi  caram  ibi  sub  leui  afflictione,  respectu 

aliorum,  ad  immensum  glorie  fastigium  celestis  alacriter  properantem 

5  gratulabundus  aspexi.     Inde  uero  grauiorem  reatum  contraxerat  &, 

5.  tuttCf  i.e.  shortly  after  his  vision.  Palmer.    There  is  no  evidence  that  he 

Here  he  speaks  as  if  at  some  period  was  in  England  for  the  last  thirty  years 

several  months  later.  of  his  life,  and  on  the  other  hand  there 

10.  B  text  reads  humanis,  sed  nescie^  is  no  evidence  that  Edmnnd  had  been 

bat  quo  temporCy  excmptum  cercius  de-  abroad,  or  had  even  travelled  far  ^m 

nunciauit.  Oxford.    Perhaps  we  onght  rather  to 

14.  exurebaturt  6.  look  to  Ireland.    Many  Irish  bishops 

2/L,  sempiteme,  B.  passed  through  England   in    11 79   to 

Thnrston  suggests  that  this  bishop  attend  the  Lateran  council,  and  Edmnnd 

was    Richard   Palmer,   archbishop    of  at  that  date  would  have  been  ten  years 

Messana,  who  died  Aug.  7,  11 95.     He  old.    At  present  little  is  known  about 

certainly  was  an  Englishman,  and  pro-  the  early  Irish  bishops,  and  it  cannot 

minent,  but  our  author  would  naturally  be  proved  that  one  of  them  died  shortly 

use  in  his  case  not  'presulatus'  but  before  Easter  11 96. 

'  archipresulatus ' ;  compare  *  archipresu-  Chapter  XXX.    Of  a  good  woman 

lem  *  chap.  zlii.  L  a ;  also  the  statement  who  had  recently  died. 

that  Edmund  had  once  seen  this  prelate  2.  MS.  8  here  reads  '  anno  elapse 

is  a  difficulty  in  the  case  of  Richard  defuncta*. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  337 

supplicium  quia  emulis  stiis  &  quibuscunque  sibi  iniuste  inimicantibus 
impacienti  dicacitate  conuiciari  &  obloqui  et  in  animo  dolorem  rancoris 
tenere  consueuerat.  Hoc  tamen  uicium,  inuincibile  sibi  propter  ixnper- 
feccionem  suam,  &  semper  oderat  in  se  &  frequencius  deflebat  Quare 
&  uicinior  restabat  &  facilior  illius  uenia  commissi.  Fuerat  enim  in  10 
deuocione  &  oradonis  studio  fenientissima,  elemosine,  hospitalitati, 
uel  reliquis  misericordie  operibus  super  possibilitatem  facultacule  sue 
dedita  &  intenta.  Ad  ultimum  uero  diutumo  langore  ut  fomacis  aunim 
examinaia,  omnem  pene  uiciorum  scoriam  deposuerat  Sed  omnino 
perrarum  est,  ut  hiis  diebus,  quibus  a  mera  illius  nascentis  pridem  15 
ecclesie  simplidtate  &  innocencia  omnium  pene  mores  degenerant, 
quisquam  in  hac  mortalitate  degens,  euangelicam  ad  plenum  conseruet 
aut  recuperet  iusticiam  &  puritatem,  quas  donee  quisque  promeruerit, 
nee  in  tabemaculo  celestium  habitare  mansionum,  nee  in  monte  para- 
disiace  amenitatis  requiescere  ualebit.  Quamobrem  quicquid  animabus  ao 
migrancium  de  hoc  seculo  immundicie  equitatique  contrarium  inheserit 
in  illo  seculo  purgari  habet,  ut  per  supplicia  purificatis  aditus  pateat 
beate  quietis,  &  in  quietis  loco  perfeccius  ex  desiderio  diuine  uisionis 
dignificatis  animabus  introitus  reseretur  celestis  glorie.  Hoc  autem 
tantum  de  illis  credi  oportet  iniquitatibus  &  maculis,  quas  inter  uenialia  ^5 
concedunt  annumerari  uel  sui  qualitas  in  mall  pondere  leuis  uel 
penitencie  satisfaccio  &  confessionis.  Nam  de  criminalibus  que  &  sui 
natura  mortifera  sunt  &  penitencie  remedio  leuigata  non  fiierunt, 
restat  proculdubio  ut  talis  quisque  in  futuro  presentetur  iudicio,  quails 
recessit  de  hoc  seculo.  30 


[XXXI.    De  viris  religiosis  quas  penas,  pro  quibus  delictis, 

pertulerint.] 

Omnes  uero  tam  pro  magnis  quam  pro  leuioribus  peccatis  certas 
&  quasi  singulorum  peccatorum  proprias  uidi  perferre  penas.  Grauia 
ualde  michi  uidebantur  eciam  que  minima  ibi  &  pro  leuioribus  infere- 
bantur  excessibus,  ut  pro  risu  inunoderato  &  uerbis  odosis,  pro 
cogitacionibus  uagis  cum  nimis  mentem  per  incuriam  occupassent,  uel  5 
certe  que  a  uiris  obseruanciam  regularem  professis  committitur  ordinis 

16.  B  inserts  per  milk  uiciorum  am*  scilicet  ei,  B»  for  Nam  ...«/. 

fractus  9h<cT  mores.  Chapter  XXXI.     Of  offences  of 

ao.  ^riiibus,  B,  for  animaius^  men  of  religion,  and  how  they  were 

33.  B  inserts  necesse  before  habet,  punished. 

23.  perampUus  et  fetfectiusy  B.  a.  quodammodo  for  ouasi^  B. 

35.  sperari  et  credit  B.  3.  nimis  for  ualdey  B. 

B  reandiA  decedentium  vStet  macuHs,  6.  MSS.  4  and  11  both  omit  com- 

37.  Nam  respectu  crimina/ium  que  mittitur,  but  it  is  found  in  MS.  5. 


338  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

sui  &  institucionis  transgressio  facilis,  scilicet  in  gestu  indisciplinato 
&,  signis  nimiis,  in  euagacione  de  claustro  uel  cellis  inuiili  et  indiscreta 
&  in  aliis,  que  in  hunc  modum  sunt.    Nam  &  aliquos  uidi  pro  eo 

lo  quod  extra  locum  &  horam  legittime  refeccionis  herbas  uel  arborum 
fructus  non  medicine  sed  uoluptatis  impulsu  comedere  presumpsissent, 
prunas  ardentes  in  ore  uoluere,  miserabiliter  deflentes  se  non  cibum  sed 
supplidum,  cum  ilia  sumerent,  comedisse.  Pro  risu  uero  immoderato 
uerbera,  pro  uerbis  ociosis    in  facie   cesiones,  pro  cogitadonibus 

15  inutilibus  &  nimium  ex  more  uagis  aeris  uariam  inclemendam  perfere- 
bant.  Qui  in  gestu  dissoluciori  peccassent,  vinculis  aspernmis  & 
nonnulli  igneis  artabantur.  Pro  signorum  numerositate  superflua, 
quibus  ludicra  &  ociosa  queque  contulissent  adinuicem,  digiti  negli- 
gendum  uel  excoriabantur  uel  tunsionibus  quassabantur.     Uagacio 

20  instabilium  dura  de  loco  in  locum  iactacione,  distraccione  &  collisione 
inter  se  membrorum  molestius  plectebatur,  Sermones  uero  impuritate 
aliqua  &  irreligiosilate,  qualibetue  turpitudine  sordentes,  in  uiris  preser- 
tim  ordinis  sacri,  sicut  capitalia  crimina  pene  puniebantur.  Uotorum 
quorumcunque  fracciones  &  precipue  cum  aliquid  impendentis  periculi 

25  metu  quique  domino  uel  Sanctis  eius  pro  erepdone  uouissent,  & 
securitate  recepta  eiusdem  uoti  preuaricacionem  non  uitassent, 
inestimabilibus  penis  luebantur. 


[XXXn.    De  quodam  milite,  qui  votum  fregit.] 

Inter  eiusmodi  preuaricatores  iuuenem  quendam  de  ordine  militari, 
michi  dudum  familiarem,  uidi  medio  in  rogo  ardere.  Quern  scisci- 
tatus  cur  tantis  subderetur  malis,  hec  ab  eo  audiui.  <Uita'  inquit 
^  mea  omnino  sterilis  &  nana,  sed  multorum  fertilis  uiciorum,  immo 

5  uiciis  plena.  Feda  enim  libidine,  eladone  insolens  erat.  Uenim  inde 
crucior  precipue,  quia  crucem  reieci,  quam  sumpseram  in  note 
lerosolimam  adeundi,  quamquam  non  instinctu  deuocionis  sed  inanis 
glorie  obtentu,  quatn  a  domino  cui  militabam  captare  sategi,  illam 
susceperim.    Omni  uero  nocte  iter  illud  quanta  ualeo  profeccione 

loconsummare  laboro.  Uerum  debilis  uiribus,  destitutus  sumptibus, 
aeris  contrarietate,  &  asperitatibus  insuper  uie  non  leuiter  prepedior. 

7.  utt  B,  for  scilicet,  given  by  Fr.  Thurston. 

II.  uoluptatis  cuiusdcun,  B.  a6.  incurrissent^  B,  for  non  uitassent. 

14.  cedes,  B.  Chapter   XXXII.     Of   a   young 

34.  infractio  .  .  .  luebatur,  B,  for  knight,  who  took  the  cross  to  win  tfie 

fracciones  . . .  luebantur,  favoor  of  his  feudal  lord,  but  broke  his 

25.  quique  is  the  reading  of  MSS.  4  vow. 
and  5 ;  not  quicquam  and  quidlibet  as 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  339 

Unde  uix  breuissimam  explere  ualeo  dietam.  Erumpente  autem 
mane  aduolant  terrores  mei,  angeli  tenebranim,  omnique  crudelitate 
debachantes  ad  locum  me  reuehunt  tormentorom,  ubi  tods  semper 
diebus,  cum  quadam  tamen  melioracione  hestemi  doloris,  licet  15 
permodica,  incendor  et  muldpliciter  aflBigor.  Denuo  nocte  reddita, 
illo  restituor  in  loco  ubi  pridie  finiui  iter.  Unde  uiam  omisse 
peregrinacionis  demum  aggredior,  mane  iugiter  suppliciis  de  more 
subdendus.  Omnes  quoque  qui  crucem  reidentes  lerosolimitanam 
postposuerint  quam  uouerint  peregrinacionem,  simili  fatigacione  banc  20 
tenentur  explere,  si  tamen,  sicut  &  michi  celitus  concessum  est,  uel 
in  uite  suppremo  ex  hoc  digne  penituerint  &  per  confessionis  salutare 
refugium  hoc  crimen  sibi  ueniale  reddiderint  Alias  peccatum  illud 
suos  admisores  dampnacioni  eteme  astringit/ 


[XXXm.    De  alio  miUte.] 

Alium  quoque  militem  qui  ante  hoc  decennium  miliciam  uite,  que 
super  terram  est,  defunccione  salutari  omiserat,  ibidem  recognoui. 
Hie  autem  tunc  temporis  omnes  quidem  penas  evicerat  grauiores,  sed 
prius  in  eis  multipliciter  estuauerat.  Cuius  ideo  defunccionem  salu- 
tarem  dico,  quia  &  per  tanti  spacii  cruciatus  ad  gaudia  tamen  5 
migrabat  omnium  seculorum.  Auiculam  quandam  niso  similem  pugno 
ferebat  Hie  uero  in  uita  pristina  pre  omnibus  prouincie  sue 
hominibus  beneficium  hospitalitatis,  ut  monet  apostolus,  liberalius 
&  studiosius  quibusque  aduentantibus  exhibere  gaudebat.  Annis 
ferme  triginta  continendam  uidualem,  coniuge  sua  quam  maritali  10 
castitate  dilexerat  ad  Dominum  premissa,  sectari  uidebatur.  Dapsilis, 
omnibus  aifabilis  &  beneficus  uixerat  Mirabar  itaque  uehemen- 
ter  cur  tanto  tempore  uir  honeste  morigeratus  quietem  plenissimam 
minime  percepisset.  Uerum  dixit  michi  hoc  mirandum  non  esse, 
cum  in  mundo  diucius   uiuens   non   potuerit  plurima   non  com-  15 

13.  terrores ,  MS.  4 ;  perhaps  an  error  come.'   Later  in  this  chapter  the  anthor 

for  /^r^^tff,  which  is  the  reading  of  all  repeats  that  ten  years  was  a  long  time 

other  MSS.  for  snch  a  one  to  spend  in  purgatory^ 

20.  quam  uouissent,  B.  13.  B  inserts  pro  posse  stto  before 

33.  auxUiumy  B,  for  refupum,  uixerai. 

Chapter  XXXIII.     Of  a  knight  Notice   the   disparagement  of  a 

who  had  been  too  fond  of  hawking.  second  marriage.    Certain  houses  near 

I.  MS.  8  reads  decenmo.    See  p.  331,  Oseney  Abbey  were  occupied  by  widows 

1.  4.  and  widowers,  and  a  condition  was  made 

3.  missione,  B,  for  defunccione,  that  the  lease  came  to  an  end  if  another 

5.  tanti \  'even  though  he  had  been  marriage  was  contracted, 
tormented  so  long,  ^  ne  was  now  on  13.  tarn  honestissime^  B,  for  honeste, 

his  journey  to  the  joys  of  all  ages  to  15.  B  omits  diucius. 

z  2 


340  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

misisse,  presertim  in  puericia  &  iuuentute  cam  delicacius  nutri- 
retur,  et  turn  a  sodalibus,  turn  feruore  indiscrete  etads,  ad  noxia 
multipliciter  traheretur,  que  uidelicet  in  conuersacione  secular!,  ubi 
conuiuencium  moribus   conformari  oportet,  ad  plenum   nequiuerit 

3oexpiaie.  Auem  uero  quam  pugno  gestabat,  penaliter  sibi  manum 
rostro  &  ungulis  lacerare  querebatur.  Cuiusmodi  tedium  ea  ex  re 
molestius  &  infestius  sibi  imminere  fatebatur,  quia  in  lusu  auium, 
quarum  uolatu  alias  raperet,  omni  uite  sue  tempore  inani  quadam 
uoluptate  impensius  delectari  consueuisset.    Quod  genus  delinquendi 

H  nee  in  senio  reliquerit  uel  defleuerit,  quia  hoc  in  peccatum  deputari 
nescisset  Multa  eciam  &  alia  uidi  in  loco  quern  primo  inspexi  tarn 
circa  notos  meos  quam  circa  promiscuas  omnium  graduum  &  profes- 
sionum  multitudines,  quorum  singuli,  ut  longe  superius  breuiter  sub 
quadam  generalitate  complexus  sum,  innumeris  affidebantur  penarum 

30  asperitatibus  &  amaritudinibus.  Uerum  hec  interini  pauca  de  multis 
dixisse  sufficiat. 


[XXXIV.    De  hiis  quos  in  secundo  loco  tormentonim 
monachus  viderit.] 

lam  ex  hiis,  que  loco  secundo  notauimus  nobis  insinuata,  aliqua 

compendiose  memoremus.     Hoc  in  loco,  ut  prefati  sumus,  multo 

plures  quam  in  aliis  nobis  dudum  familiares  &  notos,  ea  in  quibus 

a  dei  cognicione  &  familiaritate  abalienati  sunt  deuiando,  scilicet 

5  a  mandatis  eius,  inter  supplicia  deflere  conspexL 


[XXXV.    De  tribus  episcopis.] 

Tres  ibi  episcopos  olim  sepius  a  nobis  uisos  cathenis  igneis  arcius 
constrictos  inter  globos  ignium  &  procellas  grandinum  ac  niuium  & 
turbines  uentorum  &,  interfluentis  stagni  fetores  miseral»li  ordine 
uolutari  cemebam.    Non  multum  ab  inuicem  dissimiliter  cradabantur. 

18.  B    is    fuller,   ubi   mundialihis  fbtind  more  of  his  friends. 

€C9miu€Hciufn    m&rigerandum  fuisset  a.  Ibi  entm,  B,  for  Ifoc  in  loco, 

etiam  in  uanitatibusncninpaucis^ad  ut  prefati   $umu5\    see   end   of 

plenum  &c.  chapter  xviL 

35.  The   reading  of  Hnber's  MSS.  3.  cUiis  in  locisy  B,  for  in  aliis, 

se  deliguisse  for  deputari   makes   no  4.  B  omits  sciUcet, 

sense,  and  is  not  fonnd  in  MSS.  I  or  3,  Chaptbr  XXXV.   Of  three  bishops, 

which  belong  to  the  same  family.  whom  Edmund  had  often  seen.    Their 

30.  succinie  before  pauca^  B.  respective  sins  and  punishments.    Re- 

31.  scripsisse,  B,  foT  dixisse,  marks   on  the  general  corruptioD  of 
Chapter  XXXIV.    Of  the  second  prelates. 

and  worse  place  of  torment,  where  he 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  341 

Unus  tamen  pre  ceteris  inmanissime  ea  potissimum  ex  causa  torque-  5 
batur,  quia  placitatoris  loco  inter  seculares  iudices  consedere  pluri- 
mumque  in  hoc  delectari  soleret,  multis   etiam  bona  consciencia 
nitentibus  in  litigando  uiolentus  contra  iusticiam  oppressor  extiterit. 
Hiante  iugiter  ore  linguam  sibi  flammis  ultricibus  ardere  qnerebatur ; 
et  cum  uicissim  nunc  ignibus  totus  cremaretur,  nunc  niue  madidus  10 
geluque    constrictus    obrigesceret,    nunc    stagni    fetoribus   cenoque 
oblimatns  sorderet,  lingue  semper  sue  continuabantor  incendia.    Alius 
continende  dngulo  aliquando  negligencius  usus  est.    Quod  nefas, 
in  episcopo  nimis  immensum,  crebra  putentis  demersione  stagni  illius^ 
quod  estus  &  frigora  interiacere  supradiximus,  puniebatur.    Profuit  15 
ei  multum  inter  alia  satisfacdonis  bona   quod  calcato  prelacionis 
ambitu  humilem  roonachorum  ante  finem  suum  corde  contrito  susce- 
perat  habitum.    Hoc  enim  quibusque  fadentibus  plurimum  confert^ 
quia  &  mentis  &  interu^ntu  sanctorum,  qui  hoc  habitu  usi  sunt,  specia- 
lius  iuuantur,  &  in  ordine  eorum  resuscitandi  noscuntur,  qui  mundum  20 
pro  domino  fimditus  reliqnerunt,  si  uel  in  extremis  plena  deuocione 
mundo  renunciauerunt.    Tercii  peculiare  fiierat  uicium,  inanis  gloria« 
In  cuius  compensadone  delicti  frequencius    altissimis    fiammarum 
spins  in  sublime  agebatur,    £t  quia  per  hoc  uicium  precipue  a  divino 
amore  in  frigus  itur  mundani  torporis,  cadentem  Ulum  exdpiebant  35 
partis  opposite  algores.    Commune  iUorum  trium  exicium  fuit  anima- 
rum  incuria,  diuiciarum  cura,  despecdo  erga  pauperes,  in  principeai 
adulaciOy  sollidtudo  illicita  &  immoderata  propinquorum,  &  ut  una 

6.  Dacange  ^ves  qnotations  which  in  11 84,  entered  a  Cisterdan  monastery, 

prove  that  placttator  sometimes  means  and  died  Nov.  18  of  that  year.    He  was 

judge,  as  here.  at  Woodstock  in  July  1175  (Eyton, 

Father  Thnrston  suggests  that  the  Hen.  II,  p.  192),  and,  as  the  bishop 

bishop  was  Hugh  Pudsey,  bishop  of  whose  (Aocese  included  Berkshire  and 

Durham,  who  died  March  3, 1195.    He  part  of  Grantpont,  must  often  have  been 

was  hold^g  pleas  in  Yorkshire,  Cumber-  in  Oxford. 

land,    and    Northumberland    in    11 89  \z.  eontinmcU  cin^lo\  Ythioi'Rtf^' 

(Eyton,  Hen.  II,  p.  ap8),  and  bought  nald,8on  of  Josceline,  was  elected  bishop 

the    office    of   justiciar    from    Kmg  of  Bath  and  Wells  in  1 1 74  objection  was 

Richard  I.    He  was  at  Woodstock  in  made  by  some  that  he  was  bom  after  his 

July  1 1 75  and  about  Sept  1 186  (Eyton,  fother  was  raised  to  the  priesthood ;  he 

Hen.  li,  pp.  193,  273^,  and  doubtless  was  of  illegitimate  bhth(Diceto,i.  391). 
visited  Oxford  frequently  with  the  king's  15.  supra  descripsimuSy  B. 

court.  He  was  al«o  summoned  to  Oxford  17.  monachorum\  MS.  i  is  defective 

for  a  council  on  Feb.  28,1193,  but  it  is  from  this  word  to  the  beginning  of 

doubtful  if  the  council  was  held  (Hove-  chapter  xxxvii. 
den,  iii.  p.  xdv,  Rolls  Series).  22.  B  adds  samatU  saeri  perceptione 

B  reads  consedirt  plurimum  deUc-  after  mundo,   MS.  6  reads  habitus  sacri 

tori  for  consedere  . . .  aeUctari.  ptrcepiione^  probably  merely  an  emenda- 

12.  conHnuabantur  incendia  sua,  B,  tion  of  the  scribe, 
for  s,  c.  t.  35.  Huber*s  MSS.  read  corporis  for 

Alius :  possibly  Josceline,  bishop  torporis^  an  obvious  mistake, 
of  Salisbury,  who,  resi^^ing  his  bishopric  36.  ut  premisimus  after  opposite,  B. 


343  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

sermone  breuiter  multa  concladam,  quilibet  que  sua  erant  quesisse, 

30  que  Ihesu  Chrisd  neglexisse  conuincebatur.  Generale  autem  huius 
&  complurium  quos  uidi  prelatorum  malum  fuit  neglectus  officii 
suscepti,  honoris  delectacio,  oneris  dissimulacio.  In  hiis  omnibus 
potestate  qua  prediti  fiierant  in  sui  perniciem  &  subditorum  perdicio* 
nem  se  abusos  inenarrabili  luctu  plangebant.    Horum  fere  omnium 

35  tormenta  ita  sicut  superius  de  quodam  rettuli  coddianis  fere  cumulis 
augmentabantur,  ut  quicquid  diutina  uexacione  &  amicoram  uiuen- 
cium  suffragiis  in  missis,  elemosinis  &  ceteris  huiusmodi  midgari 
de  penis  eorum  debuisset,  nouis  &  recentibus  suonim  criminibus» 
quos  in  uiciis  suis  pemiciose  fouerant,  aut  minime  pro  gradus  sui 

4<>  debito  corripuerant,  amplius  indies  aggrauabantur.  Quare  uniuersi, 
qui  tali  condicione  supplicia  perierebant,  de  salute  sua  omnino 
dubii  &  ancipites  pene  despcrabiliter  fluctuabant.  Nichil  uero  in 
tormentb  ita  exiciale  ducebant,  sicut  indulgencie  quandoque  perci^ 
piende  incertitudinem,    Nichil  e  diuerso  aliorum  dolorem  sic  midgabat, 

45  quemadmodum  fida  consequende  remissionis  presumpcio.  Incertis 
quoque  de  fine  malorum  suorum  uel  hoc  ipsum  magnum  quodam* 
modo  uidebatur  esse  soladum,  quod  dampnacionis  sue  cerdtudine 
non  tenebantur.  Nam  hoc  malum  peremptorium,  scilicet  desperado, 
quantum  perpendere  mecum  secundum  ea  que  uidebam  ibi  suffido, 

50  omnibus  crudatibus  plus  crudat,  omnibus  angustiis  plus  angustat, 
&.  penis  omnibus  magis  grauat. 

[XXXVIt    De  quodam  archiepiscopo.] 

Uidi  preter  istos  quendam  merid  quondam  &  nominis  magni  uirum, 
qui  post  humile  cenobitarum  contubemium,  ubi  reuera  denote  uixerat, 

39.  innumera  (OHcludamus^  B,  for  35.  jff^rrW,chap.zxvii,p.333,1.67. 

m,  c,  sicut  quendam  superius  specialiUr 

30.  B  reads  comuincebaniury  omitting  iam  retuli^  MS.  3 ;  sicut  quendam  michi 

quilibet,  specialiter  de  se  ipso  dixisse   retuli^ 

We  cannot    say  who   this  third  MSS.  6, 9,  10, 13,  for  sicut . .  .  rettuli, 

bishop  was.    Bartholomew,  bishop  of  36.  diutina  implies  that  none  of  the 

Exeter,  who    died    in   Dec   11 84,  is  three  bishops  had  died  recently.    Hnber 

known  to  have  been  often  in  Oxford.  reads  diuina  and  gives  no  other  reading 

The  same  is  trae  of  Robert  Foliot,  in  any  of  his  MSS.,  bat  all  MSS.  in 

bishop    of   Hereford,   formerly    arch-  England  read  diutina, 

deacon  of  Oxford,  who  died  in  May,  41.  duradant,  B,  ioi  perferebant, 

1 1 86.  50.  suppliciis^  B,  for  angustiis;  also 

30.  Generale  inquam  sed  multiforme  plus  for  magis y  B. 

korum  <&•  complurium^  B,  for  Generale  Chapter   XXXVI.     Of  Baldwin, 

. .  .  complurium,  archbishop  of  Canterbury. 

33.  Dissimulacio,  in  its   mediaeval  i.  quendam :  Baldwin,  a  Cistercian 

sense,  *  avoiding*,  'shirking'.  monk,  abbot  of  Ford,  then  bishop  of 

B  adds  eiusdem  honoris  after  cUs-  Worcester,  in  11 84  elected  archbishop  of 

simulacio.  Canterbury.    He  died  at  Acre,  Nov.  1 9, 

33.  subiectorum,  B.  11 90. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  343 

in  religione  feniens,  in  corporis  maceracione  rigidus,  in  sacris  medi- 
tacionibus  strenuus,  in  multarum  carismatibus  uirCutum  prestantis- 
simus,  ad  pontificatus  &  demum  ad  primatus  apicem  in  regione  5 
latissima  profecerat  Uenim  prothdolor  quantum  per  hoc  in  oculis 
hominum  creuerat^  tantum  in  iudido  intemi  inspectoris  decreuisset, 
si  non  diuina  miseracione  &  precedentis  uite  mentis  adiutus,  in  qua 
in  humili  habitu  bene  placuerat  domino,  in  bono  proposito  &  labore 
deo  acceptabili  uite  terminum  conclusisset  '  In  pontificali  enim  10 
regimine  minori  iusto  solercia,  maxime  cum  scientia  magna  pre- 
mineret,  saluti  inuigilauit  populoram.  Indignissimorum  eciam  pro- 
mocionibus  ad  honores  ecclesiasticos  ignauiter  consensit.  Regiis 
nutibus  propter  iuris  execucionem  displicere,  quia  specialiter  regio 
fauore  tantum  honorem  uidebatur  adeptus,  aut  formidauit  aut  erubuit.  15 
Denique  &  simultatum  equo  tenador,  multa  quibusque  studuit  irrogare 
aduersa,  quos  promodoni  sue  inprimis  nouerat  renitentes.  Hiis 
&  huiusmodi  excessibus  enormiter  offenderat  Hoc  etiam  sibi  ad 
maiorem  reputabatur  culpam,  quod  religionis  &  sapientie  auctori- 
tatem,  quibus  opinatissimus  celebrabatur,  &  quibus  multis  prodesse  30 
oaluisset,  sub  cuiusdam  ignauie  modio  inutiliter  deprimendo  occul- 
tauit.  Qui  enim  hoc  faciunt  supplidis  enormibus  deputantur;  quia 
&  scandalum  magis  parant  ecclesie  dei  quique  sanctitatis  &  sapientie 
titulis  illustres,  dum  nee  uicia  &  abusionum  male  sata  &  peius 
radicata  plantaria  euellunt,  nee  uirtutum  &  honestatis  insignia  edificare  25 
&  plantare  pro  iure  officii  sui  in  plebe  sibi  subdita  satagunt,  quam  alii 
qui  utriusque  boni  prerogatiua  destituti,  cum  sint  eque  inutiles, 
noscuntur.  Enimuero  ab  istis  exigi  non  potest,  quod  eis  creditum 
non  est.  Quamobrem  &  leuiter  ferendum  esse  creditur  si  inutilitate 
natiua  terram  occupant  nitore  mundane  ambicionis  quasi  foliis  30 
quibusdam  umbrosis  pulcri,  sed  fructus  dulcedine  uacui :  iUorum  uero 
torpor  &  remissio  etiam  isds  securitatem  pemidosam  transmittit, 
ut  credant  se  strenuos  ministerii  sui  executores  in  quo  tam  £unosis 


8.  B  omits  in  before  qua.  18.  offsncUtj  6,  for  offenderat, 

10.  Christo,  B,  for  deo,  19.  de/mtabal,  B,  for  repuiabaiur, 

Ti,  B  omits  maxime  before  cum,  20.  quibusque^  B,  for  et  quibus, 

15.  B  iascTts  frequenter  tdicr/ormi^  23.  maius  pariunt^  6,  for  m.p, 
dauit,  25.  Bti66Metdestruun^sLheTfue//unf, 

16.  equc  equanimior,  the  reading  of  20.  subiecta  et  clero^  B,  for  sibi  sub' 
Iluber's  MSS.,  must  be  a  blunder.  difa, 

17.  B  reads  offenderat  for  ncuerai,  28.  exif^e  non possunt  homines  quod 
The  occurrence  of  the  same  word  in  the  ipsis  credUum  non  esse  omnes  nouerunt^ 
next  clause  may  have  suggested  tliat  the  B,  for  exigi  . . .  est.  This  is  a  clear  case 
word  should  be  changed.  where  C  condenses  and  improves  the 

17.  MS.  4  reads  quo^  but  MSS.  5  text  of  B. 
and  II  quos,  30.  B  adds  tantum  before  occupant. 


344  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

rectoribus  uel  predecessoribus  uel  coUegis  suis  aut  pares  inueniuntur 

35  aut  panim  inferiores.  Deus  tamen  &  ab  insciis,  quod  habere  de- 
buerunt  ut  fierent  capita  in  populis,  expetit ;  &  sciolis,  quod  steriliter 
habuerunty  in  ipsorum  pemiciem  &  penam  inmaniorem  conuertit. 
De  publica  autem  presbiterorum  &  clericorum  incontinenda  maxime 
periclitantur  modem!  pontifices,  quia  tarn  enorme  scelus  in  iniuriam 

4ocele8tium  sacramentorum,  in  quibus  omnia  fidelium  salus  &,  uita 
consistit,  que  isti,  quantum  in  ipsis  est,  temerare,  cum  sint  polluti 
et  fedi,  non  uerentur,  corrigere  dissimulant  De  negligencia  de- 
canorum,  officialium  &  archidiaconorum  pleraque  que  uidi  referre  super- 
seded, ft  qualiter^  iUis  uel  consencientibus  uel  propter  numerum  aut 

45  personarum  accepcionem  dissimulantibus,  Christianitatis  status  omnis 
euertitur.  Id  enim  in  uiuencium  operibus  uel  moribus  euidencius 
ostenditur.  Horum  itaque  dissolucio  ft  languor  erga  zelum  domus 
dei  turn  maxime  clero  ft  populo  turn  precipue  ft  sibi  ft  suis  auctoribus 
dampnadonem  adquirit  etemam.    De  hiis  uero  omnibus  ft  aliis  in 

50  hunc  modum  innumeris,  prefatus  in  regione  sua  presulum  maximus 
graui  sub  questione  laborabat.  luuit  autem  precipue  hunc  predo- 
sissimus  martir  Anglorum  archiepiscopus  sanctus  Thomas,  quern 
suflragatorem  hinc  potissimum  obtinuerat,  quia  in  terra  Promissionis 
ad  quam  peregre  deuenerat  xenodochium  instituerat  nomine  sancti 

55  Thome  intitulatum  ad  magnum  sdlicet  refugium  peregrinorum.  Quod 
factum  ibi  primo  cognoui,  sed  pridie  quidam  monachus  id  michi 
sciscitanti,  an  uerum  esset,  rettulit  per  ordinem  qualiter  iUud  insti- 
tutum  est.  Auxit  preterea  non  modice  remedia  ipsius  peregrinadonis 
labor,  quem  in  expedidone  lerusolimitana  sustinuit,  que  nuper  de 

60  omnibus  pene  mundi  partibus  contra  inimicos  cruds  Christi,  qui 
ipsam  urbem  peccatis  incolarum  exigentibus  peruaserunt,  profecta 
est.  Sacerdotum  plures  qui  incontinende  sue  reatus  penitendo  ft 
confitendo  reliquerant,  sed  penitenciam  non  peregerant,  innumeris 
ft  immensis  suppliciis  ft  ardoribus  ibi  confectos  misera  per  omnia 

36.  B  adds  nee  habeni  tAexfopulis.  56.  sed  pridie^  quodam  mofuuko  id 

41.  quantum   in  ipsis  est,  om.   B.  michi  sciscitanti  an  uerum  esse  sciret 

The  reading  of  TAnrst.  uenerentur  is  referente  per  ordinem^  qualiter  illud 

of  course  a  slip  for  uerentur.    The  instituerit  attdiui^  B.    Several  of  the 

same    topic    and  the   same   language  manuscripts  are  corrupt  here.    MSS.  6, 

occurs  in  Kito  ^ft;,ft?isf>,  p.  237  :  *  Sactr-  9,    10    read    tferum    esse   recisset   (or 

dotes  . . .  luxurie  sordibus  fedati,  sacra-  rescisset)^  showing  that  these  three  are 

mentis  divmis  ex  indigno  accessu  in-  closely  allied, 

iuriosi  existentes,  ea   irreverenter  su-  58.  immodtce,  B,  for  non  modice. 

mendo  atque  tractando,  quantum  in  se  to.  ad  expugncmdos  cruds  Ckristi 

est,  poUuere  non  verentur.'  isUmicos,  B,  for  c.  i,  c.  C, 

54.  eius,  B,  for  sancti  Thome.  63.  dampnaueroMt  atque  before  rv- 

55.  refrigerium^  B,  for  rejugium.    It  liquerant,  B. 

also  OQUts  scilicet.  sed,  , , peregerant^  om.  B. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  345 

sorte  uidi.  Uerum  cogitanti  intra  me  quod  nimis  pauci  ibi  re-  65 
perirentur  ad  multitudinem  nimiam  eorum  quam  ubique  terrarum 
castimoniam  polluendo  penas  demeruisse  post  mortem  suspicabar, 
responsmn  est  michi  quod  ideo  paudssimi  de  multitudine  taUum  ibi 
torquerentur  quia  vix  &  rams  quisquam  ex  eis  uere  penitens  super 
iniquitate  ft  fomicacionibus  suis  inueniatur :  unde  multitudinem  70 
ipsorum  maximam  ad  illos,  quos  in  carae  morientes  mors  etema 
exdpit,  pertinere  &,  illorum  penis  indicibilibus  coniungi  non  esset  am* 
biguum.  Ego  autem  in  tota  uisione  ista  neminem  conspexi,  qui 
spem  funditus  amisisset  indulgende  ft  sub  certitudine  estuaret  per- 
didonis  eteme.  75 


[XXXVn.    Quedam  descripsio  monachi  de  quibusdam 
hominum  generibus  &  de  eorum  penis.] 

Longum  supra  modum  foret  si  uiritim  omnium  condicionum  uel 
graduum  uel  ordinum  personas  quos  ibi  noui  recenserem :  fastidiosum 
etiam  nimis  lectori,  si  singillatim  supplida.  criminum  singulorum, 
prout  nobis  ostensa  sunt,  temptarem  exponere.  Nullum  in  scripturis 
Sanctis  peccati  genus  describitur,  cuius  in  hiis  locis  certa  non  sint  5 
auctoribus  suis  preparata  tormenta.  Pretereo  igitur  homicidas,  adul- 
teros,  fomicatores,  incestuosos,  mendaces,  periuros,  commessatores, 
proditores,  auaros,  superbos,  inuidos,  detractores,  odientes  proximos, 
ft  cenodoxie  seruientes,  ft  alias  in  hunc  modum  mille  pestes,  quanun 
ibi  merces  copiosa  nimis  diuisim  suis  preparatur  operariis.  Quis  10 
enim  hec  omnia  referre  ualeat  cum  bene  religiosos  uiderim  pro  eo 
tantum,  quod  manuum  decore  ft  digitorum  production  nitore  glo- 
riari  solerent,  amara  nimis  perferre  supplicia?  Uiatores  repentinis 
latronum  insidiis  trucidatos  modestius  crucian  pro  suis  quibusque 

68.  numtrosUaie^  B,  for  muUitttdine,  ut  nobis  ostensa,  8rc. 

71.  mors proculdubio  itema  confestim  4.  exponere  i  MS.  i  begins  again  at 

excipii,  B,  tor  m.  e.  e,  this  word. 

He  here  shows  that  his  vision  con-  6.  B  reads  Taceo  de  homicidisy  &c. 

cems  only  pnreatory,  not  helL  for  Pretereo  igitur  homiddas,  &c.  and 

Chapter  XXXVIL  Of  highwaymen  begins  a  new  sentence /V/Z^^w  x«i/*<r^j. 

and  other  offenders.  9.  B  adds  criminum  vS\cr  pestes, 

1-4.  For  si  uiritim . . .  ostensa,  text  B  10.  restituitur,  B,  for  preparatur, 

reads  si  uiritim  omnes  uel  solos  notos  13.  B  inserts  in  before  manuum, 

meos    recenserem,    episcofos,    abbcUes,  nitore,  'beauty.' 

priores,  iusticiarios,  iudues  inferiores  Some  MSS.  read  productorum  or 

et  omnium  conditionum  uel  graduum  froductiorum,  which  is  probably  the 

et  ordinum  personas ;  longum  nimis  et  tme  reading:  if  productiori  is  retained 

lectori  fastuUosum  uideretur,  si  omnium  it  must  mean  '  more  excessive '. 

singillatim  criminum  et  minorum  sup-  14,  tormenlari,  B,  for  cruaari, 
plicia  erroHtium  iuxtaproprietaUs  suas. 


346  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

15  reatibus  uidi.  Fures  uero,  quod  omnimodis  pretereundum  non  est, 
qui  suspendio  adiudicati  sacerdoti  tantum,  uel  quod  maxime  iuuat, 
puplice  crimina  &  opera  sua  mala  in  uera  cordis  contricione  con- 
fessi  sunt,  ipsumque  mox  patibulum  pacienter  in  remissionem 
peccatorum  omnium  subierunt,  remittentes  ex  animo  persecutoribus 

ao  Sc  inimicis  suis  iniurias  &,  afflicciones,  ipsam  etiam  mortem  suam, 
cum  speciali  quadam  uenerabilitate  in  penis  micioribus  uidi  contrec- 
tari.  Alios  pro  simili  punitos  scelere,  qui  confiteri  iam  leto  imminente 
obiecta  facinora  palam  noluerunt,  sperantes  (scilicet  diabolica  fraude 
decepti)  quod,  negantes  unde  criminabantur,  dimitterentur  illesi,  pro- 

H  positimi  autem  firmum  habentes  relinquendi  peccata  sua  ac  digne 
penitendi,  si  speratas  percepissent  inducias,  tunc  etiam  presbitero, 
si  adesset,  confiteri  parati,  sed  hiis  omnibus  frustrati,  dei  solius  &  sanc- 
torum eius  misericordiam  in  uite  suppremo  enixius  interpellantes,  nimia 
uidi  attrocitate  uexari.    Uenie  tamen  consequende  spem  nee  isti  ami- 

30  serant  Igneis  autem  patibulis  lorisque  flammeis  compediti  & 
suspensi,  mediis  in  rogis  palpitabant,  quos  flagris  &  tridentibus 
cedentes  et  discerpentes  tortores  inmanissimi  facinora  sua  cum  insul- 
tacionibus  nimiis  improperabant 


[XXXVm.    De  venefids.] 

Ueneficos  ft  mulierculas,  que  fetus  suos  aut  editos  exposuerant 
abdicatos  aut  interfecerant  uel  conceptos  abortire  maleficiis  suis 
coegerant,  dilacerari  multimoda  cede  &  ungularum  abrasione  uidi. 
Metalla    etiam  diuersa,  ut  es  &  plumbum,   igne    soluta,  admixtis 

5  quibusdam  fetidissimis  sordibus,  potare  cogebantur.  Quod  genus 
poculi  execrandum,  interiora  eorum  exurens,  omnia  miserabili  clade 
penetrabat  &  emissum  per  secreciora  iterum  mberis  bibendum  in- 
gerebatur.  Immania  uero  quedam  monstra  portentuosis  lacertis 
ipsas  complectencia,  unguibus  alcius  immersis  in  ceruices  &  costas, 

10  uberibus  huiusmodi  feminarum  dependebant,  ore  uipereo  &,  dentibus 
sugentes  &  corrodentes  mammas  earum. 

15.  quod  pretereundum   omnimodis  4.  B  omits  ^/uim  and  reads  r^m/tf/rM 

non  iudico,  B,  for  quod . .  .  est.  for  cogebantur, 

20.  B  inserts  ^mifr^ttj  before  iW^/f^f>.  6.  iW^/o^i^a  (for  {M/m<^a),  the  read> 

23.  MSS.4and5read/Mif2/f :  MS.  11  ing  of  MSS.  i  and  3,  though  not  of 

(also  of  C  text)  puniri :  but  neither  are  Hnber's  MSS.,  may  be  the  tnie  reading 

satisfactory.  of  B  text. 

36.  deJUndiy  B,  ior  penitendi.  7.  miserrimis,  B. 

27.  B  reads  nece  uero  statim  illata  8.  B  inserts  repenHum  before  mon* 

for  sed.  stra, 

30.  B  adds  uincti  after  compediti.  9.  ipsos,  B. 

Chapter  XXXVIII.    Of  poisoners.  10.  uipereo;  a  word  used  by  Ovid 

3.  uariis,  B,  for  suis.  and  Vergil. 


VISION  Ot-  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  347 

[XXXIX.    De  feneratoribus.] 

Feneratores,  nummorum  cumulis  instar  monciiim  igneorum  coa- 
ceniatis  immersi,  auaracie  flammam  malo  siio  se  iniquis  aluisse 
compendiis,  dum  in  seculo  uixerant,  indefessis  eiulatibus  testabantur. 


[XL.    Deftigitivis.] 

Fugitiui  de  sacris  professionibus,  quibus  diuino  se  famulatui  deuo* 
uerant,  &  post  uotum  mundananim  sordium  uomitum  ritu  canino 
repetentes,  tantis  ibi  afficiebantur  malis,  ut  eorum  exponere  supplicia, 
qae  uidi,  nullo  sciam  eloquio.  Amarissima  uix  penitudo  &,  resi- 
piscencia  in  extremis,  adiuncta  confessione,  tales  quidem  interdum  5 
a  gehennali  suspendit  interitu,  sed  ipsa  eorum  apostasia  nimiis  & 
diutissimis  cruciatibus  pmiitur. 


[XLI.    De  quodam  principe.] 

Quid  uero  de  principe  quodam,  quern  inter  todus  mundl  principes 
uidimus  potentissimum,  dicam?  quem  hinc  tantis  cemere  erat 
calamitatibus  pressum  &  undique  coangustatum  ut  in  eo  specialius 
impletum  uiderim  quod  de  mistica  Babilone  in  lohannis  Apocalipsi 
precipitur.  '  Quantum  '  inquit  ^  dilatauit  se  ft  in  deliciis  fiiit,  tantum  5 
date  ei  tormentum  &  luctum/  Quis  enim  uel  mente  concipiat 
quantis  cruciatibus  corpore  toto  ft  membris  omnibus  torquebatur,  qui 
equo  insidens,  piceam  ore  ft  naribus  fiammam  cum  fiimo  ft  fetore 
tartareo  iugiter  in  supplicium  sessoris  afHanti,  armis  omnibus  tanquam 
ad  bellum  erat  indutus,  que  ei  supplicium  inenarrabile  extiterunt  ?  10 

Chapter  XXXIX.    Of  usurers.  luiiur  for  punitur, 
3.  B  adds  irreqtUttis  clamoribus  et         Chapter  XLI.    Of  Henry  II,  his 

before  indefessis,  vices,  virtnes,  and  ponishments. 

MS.  1 1  gives  a  sopplement  to  this  a.  cemere  erat  reminds  us  of  Mn, 

chapter,  extending  to  bfteen  Unes.    As  vi.  596,  'necnonet  Tityon,  Terraeomoi. 

it  is  not  found  in  MSS.  4  or  ^,  we  may  potentis  alnmnnm,  cemere  erat'    But 

conclude  that  it  is  the  invention  of  the  the  phrase  need  not  be  borrowed  by  our 

scribe  of  MS.  11.    The  passage  may  author  directly  from  Vergil.    It  may  be 

be  found  in  Huber's  text  (RonuaUsche  found  in  most  visions  of  the  other  world. 
Forschungen,  band  xvi,  p.  704^.  3.  B  adds  immo  obrtUum  after  pres- 

Chapter  XL.    Of  men  of  religion,  sunu 
who  had  given  up  their  vows.  5.  Rev.  xviii.  7. 

2.  B  reads  post  uotum  insipienter         9.  sicut  preparaius  ad  bellum^  B,  for 
contra  fas  tractantes  et  uomitum  mun-  t,  a,  b, 

danarum  sordium  ritu,  &c.  for  post ...  10.  ^ue  non  presidium  sed  inenarra- 

ritu,  Uk  supplicium  ei  prestiterunt^  B,  for 

3.  B  adds  eorum  after  supplicia,  que  . . .  extiterunt. 
6.  B  adds  hie  before  nimiis ,  and  reads 


348  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

Ipsa  enim  arma  quibus  tegebatur  uelut  candens  femim  cum  malleU 
contunditur  igneum  scintillabant  imbrem,  quo  totus  meduUitus 
exurebatur.  Exterius  uero  flammea,  nimio  pondere  sui  onerabant, 
nimioque  ardore  incendebant  utentem  eis.    Itaque  de  galea,  scuto, 

15  lorica  &  ocreis  taceo,  quorum  omnium  concremacione  &  onere, 
quantum  cniciaretur,  nullus  estimare  sufficeret  Optabat  sane,  si  fieri 
posset,  tocius  orbis  dacione  tormentum  redimere,  quod  per  unius 
calcaris  usum,  quo  uectorem  suum  in  uaria  urgebat  precipicia, 
tollerabat     Sella,  que  sub  ipso  erat,  clauis  &  uerubus  igneis  hinc  inde 

30  prefixa,  eminus  intuenti  horrorem  permaximum  incuciebat.  Sedentis 
uero  in  ea  iecur  &  precordia  uniuersa  aculeis  illis  transfigebantur. 
Nocebant  eum  tarn  crudeliter  sanguinis  humani  iniusta  effusio  & 
legittimi  thori  adulterina  transgressio.  In  hiis  duobus  frequencius 
mortaliter  deliquerat.    Seuientes  enim  camifices  hec  ei  impropera- 

35  bant,  insultantes  preterea  uehemendssime  quia  in  ulcionem  ferarum 
irracionabilium,  que  de  iure  naturali  communiter  omnibus  cedere 
deberent,  homines  racione  utentes  &  eodem  sanguine  Christi  redem- 
ptos  &  nature  indififerentis  parilitate  consortes  aut  multasset  leto  aut 
membris  diuersis  crudeliter  mutilasset.     Super  hec   onmia  egram 

30  penitus  ft  parum  deuotam  penitenciam  in  uite  termino  habuerat. 
Subsidia  uero  paucissima  superstites  filii  &  amici,  quibus  bona 
temporalia  inmensa  contulerat,  ut  miserabiliter  querebatur,  defuncio 
exhibuerant.  'Nichil'  inquit  *remedii  omnes  pridem  fautores  & 
alumpni  mei   in  hiis  erumpnis  michi  prestitenint.     HeusI   siccine 

35  omnem  laborem  meum  ft  sollicitudinem  perdidi  quibus  pro  heredi- 
bus  meis  ditandis  frustra  desudaui?  Heu  obsequencium  fallax 
adulacio,  quid  contulit  michi  infortunato,  quorum  gracia  tot  gazas 
pessumdedi,  quibus  tot  inaniter  redditus  conferre  sategi,  pro  quibus  in 
tantis  deliqui  uiuens  ft  iam  defunctus  per  illos  in  nuUo  remedia  percepi  ? 

4oUiri  tamen   sacre   religionis   aliquantulum   meam  suis  oracionibus 

13.  B  reads  cum  ipsa  extertus  arma  27.  eodem  sanguinis  CkrisH  preciOy'^. 

Jlammancia  nimio  pondere  sui  onera-  38.  parilitas  is  selected  by  the  editor 

rent  nimioque  ardore  incenderent  uien-  of  the  Vita  Hugonis  as  one  of  the  curious 

tern  ea  after  exurebatur,  words  of  his  author.     Vita  Hugonis^ 

]  7.  B  adds  tantum  after  unius,  p.  392  (RoUs  Series). 

22.  inmanissime^  B,  for  crudeliter^  34.  B  adds  constiiuto  before  presti- 

23.  sui  lethcUis  et^  B,  after  thori,  terunt, 

24.  The  MSS.  of  B  text  are  nearly  36.  ety  B,  for  heu. 
all  corrupt  at  this  point,  but  the  reading  39.  B  omits  iam, 

of  that  text  was  probably  qui  ilium  hts  MS.  1 1  again,  as  in  chapter  zxxix, 

et  aliis  quam  supra  memoraui  modis  gives   a  supplement,  continuing  after 

cruciabant  inserted  after  camifices,  percepi  *  O  fallaz  gratia  amicorum,  ftc* 

25.  ultione,  B.  (printed  by  Huber),  but  it  is  not  in 

26.  occupantihuSfB,,  i.c,*  the  ienwnis  MSS.  4  or  5,  and  seems  to  be  the 
of  lands  within  the  bounds  of  the  forests ',  invention  of  the  8cribc^of  MS.  1 1 . 
instead  of  omnidus. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  349 

lenienint  calamitatem/  Intellexi  prelerea  quod  inde  precipue  spem 
gereret  adipiscende  misericordie,  quia  religiosis  uiris  pro  Domino 
sepius  beneficus  ft  afifabilis  extitisset.  Tercium  uero,  unde  preter 
premissa  grauius  ingemiscebat  afflictus,  uaria  extidt  depressio 
populorum,  quos  uehemencius  aliquociens  indebitis  onerauit  exac-  45 
cionibus. 

Hucusque  compendiose  multa  percurro  &,  sicut  de  pluribus  nichil, 
ita  &,  de  paucis  a  nobis  cognitis  non  omnia  que  ueraciter  &,  utiliter 
dicere  possem  retexo.  Uniuersa  enim  complecti  nee  multa  uolumina 
possent  Nemo  autem  exaggerando  aliquid  me  suspicetur  uel  de  5^ 
penis  uel  de  querelis  referre  dolencium.  Secretorum  testis  &,  conscius 
deus  ipse  nouit,  quod  relegens  que  iam  scripta  sunt  de  quonmdam 
suppliciis  &  recolens  que  circa  ipsos  conspexi,  tanquam  nichil 
expressum  sit  de  miseriis  eorum,  ita  inania  pocius  quam  leuia  reputo 
in  comparacione  uisonim  ea  que  digesta  sunt  Colligat  igitur  ex  hiis  55 
lectoris  prudencia  aliquod  edificacionis  sue  emolumentum,  discatque 
ex  minimis  &  paucissimis,  que  scripta  relegit,  ingencia  metiri,  que  uel 
referri  ob  sui  magnitudinem  &  numerum  innumerabilem  nequiunt 
uel,  si  utcunque  possent,  magis  forte  tediosa  &  minus  credibilia 
infirmis  quibusque  &  tediosis  uiderentur.  Paucorum  adhuc  men-  ^ 
cionem  subinfero,  quos  in  hac  pridem  mortali  uita  specialius  dilexi. 
Numerus  autem  eorum  quos  recordacioni  nostre  &  aspectui  repre- 
sentauit  ilia  hora,  innumerabilis  est.  Quosdam  notorom,  quos 
uiuere  credebam  adhuc,  ibi  mortuis  admixtos  obstupui.  De  dormi- 
cione  quonmdam  eorum  certitudinem  plenam  ibidem  concepi.  De  ^5 
quibusdam  uero  pre  admiracione  nimia,  scilicet  non  credens  eos 
obisse,  certus  non  sum  redditus.  Nam  ft  sciscitari  propter  alia 
pfinita,  que  contemplabar,  dissimulaui,  uel  a  ductore  meo  uel  ab 


43.  "BtetidA  quia  pro  domino  religiosis  55.  que  stilus  digtssit,  B,  for  oa  que 

personis  beneficus  tf  affdbilis  sepius  eX'  digesta  sunt, 

titisset,  59.  B  adds  digerendo  coniexi  after 

43.  posty  B,  iox  preter,  possent, 

44.  ampliuSf  B,  (or  grauius.  60.  tediosis  following  tediosa  is  awk- 

47.  Ifucusque,  om.  B:  MS.  4  has  a  ward.    MSS.  i,  3,  12  read  desidiosis; 
mbric  here,  <  Q^od  monachus  non  omnia  MSS.  4,  5,  9,  10,  1 1  tediosis, 

que  nidit  in  scripto  redegerit.'  61.  cufu  mortuum  penitus  neminem 

48.  quos  a  nobis  uisos  comntemoro,  B,  dum  ista  uidebam  foiuerim  non  uidere, 
for  a  nobis  cognitis,  si  modo  hunc  memmissem  esse  defunctum 

49.  B  adds   nisi  tedio  prospicerem  added  in  B  after  dilexi, 
lectoris  tdtex  possem,  64.  funeratis^  B,  for  mortuis, 

B  reads   muUi^  si  ederentur,  et  B  adds  inueniens  before  obstupui, 

magni  codices  for  muUa  uolumina,  65.  eorum^  om.  B. 

51.  querinumiiSf  B,  for  querelis,  66.  nimia,  om.  B. 

53.  que  oculis  circa  eos  ipsos  conspexi^  67.  B  reads  tunc  before  certus, 

ammo  reuoluens  if  recolens^  B,  for  re-  68.  dissimulaui^  *  postponed/  *ncg- 

colens  . . .  conspexi.  lected.' 


350  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

ipsis ;  sed  iam  indubitata  quomndam  relacione  super  eorum  decessa 
70  certioratus  sum. 


[XLII.    De  quodam  episcopo,  qui  licet  in  penis  esset,  tamen 
niiracul[is]  coruscavit.] 

Iam  quartus,  ut  arbitror,  elapsus  est  amius,  quo  pontifex  quidam  in 
archipresulem  eleclus  cita  morte  preuentus  episcopatus  onus  ante 
deposuit  quam  honorem  consequeretur,  ad  quern  petebatur,  gradus 
eminencioris,    Extiterat  autem  in  abscondito  interioris  hominis  bene 

5  religiosus  pureque  deuotus,  asperrimo  cilicii  usu  multlsque  aliis 
cruciatibus  carnem  macerans  corpusque  proprium  domans.  In  facie 
uero  non  mulium  a  secularibus  distare  uidebatur,  nonnunquam  pro 
uitanda  inanis  glorie  aura,  que  uirtutum  semper  floribus  probatur 
inimica,  leticiam  uultu  pretendens  ft  uerbis,  cum  interius  esset  corde 

locontritus  &  affectu  compmictus.  lilud  autem  sapientis  memoriter 
tenebat, '  Frons  tua  populo  conueniat,  cum  intus  sint  omnia  dissimilia.' 
Episcopus  autem,  de  quo  nunc  agimus,  excessus  tam  quotidianos,  qui 
in  magnis  soUicitudinibus  &  negociis  sepe  difficilibus  constituto  subri- 
puerant,  quam  minoris  quoque  etatis,  quando  seculi  lasciuiam  minus 

15  declinauerat,  lacrimis  frequentibus  ft  uaria  ut  predixi  castigacione 
corporis  punire  solebat.  Uerum  in  episcopali  officio  multa  per 
negligenciam  grauiter  offenderat,  sicut  ft  alii  de  quibus  superius 
mencionem  feci. 

De  isto  plurimorum  iam  vulgatum  assercione  audiui  quod  per 

ao  ipsum  miracula  curadonum  in  quibusdam  debilibus  &  infirmis  post 
eius  transitum  fuerint  perpetrata.    Quod  fortassis  uerum  esse  non 

70.  sum  edoctuSy  B,  for  certioratus  11.  B  \txX  9AA%  At  presulum  gradus 

sum,  sublimior  tam  lingue  quam  uitSy  tam 

Chapter  XLIL    Of  Reginald  Fitz*  gestus   decore    mcUuro   quam    affecius 

jocelin.  nitore  puro   debet   iUustrari^    aicente 

I.  elapsus  est  I   R^[inald,  bishop  of  apostolo  *  Forma  esto  fdelium  in  ser^ 

Bath  and  Wells,  elected  archbishop  of  mone^    in    conuersattone  *    et    cetera, 

Canterbnry  Nov.  27, 1191,  died  Dec  a6  Quamobrem  non  in  istis  ixempla  utl 

following,  before  his  election  was  con-  licentiam   transmittuni    leuitatis    in- 

finned  by  the  Pope.    The  author  cor-  tuentidus,  qui  auctoritatis  et  pcrfec- 

rectly  says  that  the  fourth  year  had  tionis  apostolice  ex  successionis  digni- 

passed  since  that  event.  tote   tenentur  fastigia   emulari  after 

MS.  8  reads  transacto  iam  quad-  dissimilia, 

riennio.  la.  B  reads  quotidianos  in  hiis  6t 

9.  B  reads  in  uultu  pretexens  for  aliiSy  si  quid  ut  assolet  in  magnis .  . . 
u,  p,  surripiedat. 

B  adds  exterius  after  uerbis,  15.  premisi,  B,  iot  predixi. 

10.  B  ict^  Nitebatur  enim  talis  uite  17.  grauius  deli^uerai^  B,  for  g,  0, 
institute  sapientis  cuiusdam  in  se  eX'  21,  B  reads  diutnitms  before /aMnn/. 
primere  consilium,  qui  ait  Frons,  &c. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  351 

negamus,  Domino  huiusmodi  beneficiis  famulum  suum  honorante,  ut 
daret  intuentibus  ostensionem,  quod  sibi  grata  fuerint  merita  ipsius, 
que  in  uite  austeritate  occulta  &  mentis  puritate  interna  suis  conspecti- 
bus,  qui  corda  intuetur,  placuissent.  Uerumtamen  in  penis  adhuc  &  ^5 
ipsum,  restante  sibi  proculdubio  multa  premiorum  recompensacione, 
inueni.  Qui  uero  non  credit  fieri  aliquociens  miraculum  meritis 
eonun  qui  in  purgatoriis  uexantur,  quartum  librum  dialogi  beat! 
Gregorii  relegat  &  ibi  plenius  huius  rei  exemplum,  scilicet  de  Paschasio 
diacono,  reperict  3® 


[XLni.    De  quodam  abbate.] 

Abbas  quidam  sane  religiosus  magneque  frugalitatis  ante  hoc 
decennium,  transiturus  e  seculo,  fidelissimo  cuidam  monacho  delegauit 
solidos  non  paucos,  quos  in  scriniis  habebat,  in  pauperum  refrigeria 
pro  salute  anime  sue  dispensanda.  Qui  sagaciter  uotum  testatoris 
adimplens  deuote  largiebatur  egenis  subsidia.  Si  quem  fame  uel  5 
languore  afflictum  grauius,  si  quos  a  claris  natalibus  &  honesds 
moribus  ad  indigencie  necessitatem  redactos  didicisset,  qui  &  men- 
dicare  confiinderentur,  ft  uictualia  comparare  undecunque  non 
ualebant,  aperiebat  benediccionibus  manum  suam  &,  replebat  pro 
uiribus  animas  eorum,  etiam  calciamentis  uel  uestibus  tegens  eos.  10 
Anachoritis  ft  uiduis  necnon  ft  senibus  deuotis  uel  clericis  multa 
tribuebaty  omnibus  indicens  quatinus  pro  anima  illius  qui  hec  sibi  per 
manus  suas  largienda  destinasset  orare  sedulo  meminissent.  Quod 
etiam  ab  illis  haut  segniter  implebatur.  Hie  ergo  fidelis  dispensator, 
cum  omnia  dispergendo  que  acceperat  pauperibus  erogasset,  in  15 
languorem  ft  ipse  decidit ;  quo  tempore  non  modico  excoctus  ante 
hos  quatuor  annos  hominem  sancto  fine  beatus  exuit*    Hos  utrosque 

a8.  B  reads  benecUcti  Gregorii  dia-  he  is  described  as '  suspicions  and  hard  * 

logum  relegat  &*  ibi  plenius  huius  rei  (ib.  p.  393),  but  qualities  described  by 

racionem    reperiet   tf   exemplum    for  contemporaries  in  these  terms  might  be 

quartum  . . .  reperiet,  called  '  caution '  and '  frugality '  by  snb- 

Chapter   XLHL     Of   a    pmdent  sequent  ages,  especially  by  one  who  had 

abbot.    As  this  abbot  was  at  the  h&id  never  experienced  the  nile  of  Abbot 

of  monks,  not  canons,  we  mast  look  for  Roger. 

the  abbot  of  a  Benedictine  or  Cistercian  4.  B  reads  per  ilium  after  sue, 

house  who  died  between  April  20, 1185,  0.  B  reads  si  quos  diuitiis  clarisque 

and  April  20,  11 86.    Serlo,  abbot  of  uatalibuSy  8cc 

Thame,  is  said  to  have  died  in  11 84,  12.  B  reads  omnibus  et  singulis  in- 

bnt  the  date  of  his  death  is  not  known  dicens, 

accurately.    Probably  Roger,  abbot  of  14.  B  adds  et  prudens  after  dispen* 

Abingdon,  is  meant.    He  died  a  few  salor, 

days  before  April  11,  11 85  {Cartulary  15,  dedisset^  B,  for  erogasset, 
of  Abingdon^  ii.  315).    It  is  true  that 


353  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

ibidem  repperi.  Uerum  abbas  suppliciis  adhuc  detinebatur  acrioribus 
ea  potissimum  ex  causa,  quod  propinquis  ft  camaliter  se  condngend- 

ao  bus  nimie  teneritudinis  afiectu  fuisset  obnoxius,  nimiumque  erga  ilios 
munificus,  de  bonis  monasterii  sui  plus  in  eis,  quam  deceret, 
expendisset.  Plane  hoc  uicium,  amor  scilicet  propinquorum  intensior 
equo,  omnes  fere,  etiam  qui  in  aliis  probabiliter  se  gesserant,  sacri 
ordinis  professores  ft  quoslibet  ecclesiasdcos  dispensatores  in  illis 

35  penis  plurimum  grauabat  Ut  enim  de  illis  taceam  qui  ecclesiasdca, 
quibus  locupletad  sunt,  beneficia  in  luxu  uestium  ft  uentris  concnpi- 
scencia,  in  equis  ft  uariis  uanitadbus  ft  mundi  pompis  absumunt,  illi 
edam  qui  ita  fnigaliter  hiis  utuntur  ad  necessitatem,  ut  nichil  horum  ad- 
mittant  ad  superfluitatem,  racionem  nichilominus  exacdssime  de  illis 

30  tenentur  exsoluere,  que  suo  fuerint  necessario  usui  residua.  Debent 
enim  ea  primitus  ft  abundancius  indigendbus  sue  cure  subditis 
ministrare,  deinde  mediante  discrecione  parentum  indigenciam,  remota 
superfluitate,  ft  quonimlibet  inopum  sine  culpa,  immo  cum  fructu 
misericordie,  poterunt  releuare.     Hanc  enim  regulam  ecclesiarum 

35  uicariis  ft  personis,  abbatibus  ft  episcopis  statutam  ibi  primo  didici, 
quam  sine  graui  uindicta  non  licet  preuaricari.  Prius  enim  quam  ista 
uidi  longe  aliter  de  hiis  sensi,  quia  longe  aliter  morem  ipsorum  se 
habere  sciui.  Qui  uero  ista  bene  ut  iustum  est  obseruant,  tanquam 
semi  boni,  ita  pro  hiis  remunerantur,  ac  si  de  suis  patrimoniis  hec  pro 

40  domino  presddssent.  Predictus  igitur  abbas,  inter  duros  agones  pena- 
rum  ad  requiem  anhelans  paradisi,  monachum  prefatum  qui  respectu 
sui  satis  leniter  uexabatur  in  parte  quadam  a  tormends  difficilioribus 
remota  intuens,  frequend  inclinacione  sui,  manibus  edam  protensis 
grates  ei  piissimo  affectu  exsoluebat  pro  pietate  sibi  in  premissa 

45  solidorum  distribucione  impensa.  Monachus  autem  uenusto  admodum 
aspectu,  ueste  nidda  rarissimis  tamen  maculis  respersa,  iocunda  etiam 
quodammodo  alacritate  sui  graciosum  de  se  prebebat  intuend  spectacu- 
lum  abbad.  Quod  dum  mecimi  stupens  admiror,  hanc  ab  ore  ductoris 
mei  de  eo  audiui  testificacionem.    *  Noueris '  inquit  *  hunc  quern  cemis 

18.  recogmui  for  repperi,  MSS.  3,  6,  uerint  after  bom. 

9, 10,  13  ;  bat  MS.  i  reads  uidebam,  B  inseitf  omnibus  after  hiis, 

31.  "BnAdaexistenshtioTt  munificus,  40.  duriores   inUr  i^gwtes,    B,   for 

30.  B  raids  Quae  for  Debent  entm  ea,  ud,a, 

and  inserts  debent  after  ministrarei  it  43.  It  is  noticeable  that  MSS.  i,  3, 

also  inserts  ^'r»/sM(/ir  after  Ji^.  9,  10,  la  all  omit  intuens,  which  is 

33.  B^  uel  etiam   quorumlibet   for  necessary  for  the  sense.     The   other 

et  q,  MSS.  of  this  group  have  not   been 

B,  absque  noxa  for  sine  culpa,  collated. 

35«  B,  prestitutam  for  statutam,  frequentissima,  B. 

37.  B  reads  secus  for  cUiter  in  both  etictm,  om.  B. 

places.  49.  audio,  B,  for  audiui, 

39.  B  adds  qui  scilicet  bene  ministra^ 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  353 

multa  cordis  sinceritate  ft  corporis  castimonia   domino  placuisse,  50 
plurimaque  per  eum  in  loco  quo  degebat  mala  ne  fierent  fuisse 
impedita.      Fuit  enim  iosticie  zelo  feniidus,  odio  habens  malum  ex 
animo.       Multas   etiam    sepe    contrarietates    ft    probra  pacienter 
sustinuit  pro  defensione  honestads  ft  religionis,  machinantibus  hiis  qui 
religionis  habitum  ad  hoc  portant,  ut  religionem  destruant,  in  castris  55 
spiritualis  milicie  non  spiritui  sed  cami  officiosissime  obsequentes. 
Per  tales,  prothdolor,  hodie  speciale  quondam  sancte  ecclesie  decus  ft 
gloria  paulominus  ad  nichilum  redigitur,  dum  crescit  super  numerum 
muldtudo  camalium,  cui  cedit  paucitas  spiritualium,  magis  eligens 
aliena  mala  dissimulando  in  sese  quiescere,  quam  increpando  fiirencium  60 
in  se  bella  concitare.    Qui  ft  si  sileant  ft  quiescant,  a  talium  insidiis 
quieti  esse  non  ualent.    Sicut  enim  quondam  Ysmael,  qui  secundum 
camem  natus  est,  persequebatur  Ysaac  qui  secundum  spiritum,  ita  et 
nunc  camales  spiritualibus  inexorabiles  conflictus  ingerunt,  frementes 
ft  tabescentes  quia  eos  suis  peruersitatibus  nequiunt  conformare.  65 
Plures  quoque,  quod  nimis  lugendum  est,  spiritu  incipientes,  tempore 
procedente  uel  pusillanimitate  uicti  uel  simplicitate  seducti,  in  hoc 
certamine  succumbunt  in  corrupcionem  ft  miserabilem  uite  torporem, 
exemplis  ft  persuasionibus  infelicium  abstracd  ft  illecti.    Uerum  hec 
tanta  cenobite  uite  dispendia,  que  instar  celestis  rei  puplice  temporibus  70 
patrum  insignissime  floruit,  modemos  prelatos  maxime  respiciunt,  qui 
hec  sciunt  ft  negligunt,  immo  ita  hec  contempnunt,  ut  nee  ea  sic  se 
habere  aduertant    Sciunt  enim  ad  quid  uenerunt,  sed  ignorant  ad 
quid  uenisse.  debuerunt.    Uenerunt  enim  ad  luxum  ft  ad  gloriam 
mundi,  uenisse  autem  debuerant  ad  imitacionem  paupertatis  Chrisd,  75 
ad  sollicitudinem    Pauli,   ad  custodiam  circumspectam  gregis   sibi 
commissi.    Hoc  ergo  sequuntur,  hoc  curant,  hoc  querunt,  ad  quod 
uenerunt:  gregem  uero  domini  non  pascunt,  immo  depascunt,  ft  a 

53.  B  adds  O*  in  ipso,  immo  anU  73.  'R^A'ditfedisaspirationibMs'btloT^ 

ipsum  exortum,  precisa  after  impedita,  uenerunt, 

56.  B    reads    milicie,    officiosissime  74.  For  Uenerunt  .  .  .  commissi,  the 

cami  in  memento  periture  obsequentes,  read^g  of  B  is  /</  enim  est  luxus  et 

59.  B  adds  muJtitucUni  eorum  after  gloria  mundi;  hec  autem  imitatio pau- 

cedit,  pertatis   Christi,  solluitudinis  Pauli, 

64.  B    adds    et  persecutiones    after  pactio    sana,    custodilio    circumspecta 

ingerunt.  gregis  sibi  commissi. 

67.  B  tM%  frequenter  before  in,  Thurst.   reads  pasiio.     It  is  the 

69.  B  adds  infelices  ipsi  after  in-  reading  of  MS.  3,  but  pcutio  is  read 
felicium,  by  MSS.  9,  10,  13,  14,  15. 

70.  inenarrabilia,  B,  for  tanta.  Compare  Vita  ffugonis,  p.  338, 
B    adds   super   terram  after   rei      for    similar   utterances.     Notice    that 

puplice,  St.  Nicholas  and  the  author  of  the  Vita 

71.  in  capite,  B,  for  maxime,  coincide  in  opinions. 

73.  quare  nee  ista,  B,  for  u.  n.  e,\  77.  B  xtwas /Hi  vero  hoc  for  ffoc  ergo. 

B  also  omits  ita, 

II.  A  a 


354  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

recdtudine  quam  forte  habent  deicientes  spiritnaliter  mactant,  ft  sibi 

80  eos  conformantes  perdunt^  non  se  pastores  sed  lapos  exhibentes  & 
fures.  Talium  promociones  reges  ft  pontifices  ft  alii  iam  procuiunt 
potentes :  ipsi  quoque  subiecti  tales  propensius  exquirunt  non  rectores 
sed  peruersores  animarum  suarum;  sub  quibus  omne,  quod  eis 
libuerit,  liceat    Quare  iusto  del  iudicio  ft  regna  turbantur  ft  ecclesie 

85  confunduntur  ft  status  terrigenarum  prorsus  euertitur.  Fiunt  enim 
hoc  ordine  deo  execrabiles,  qui  pro  uiuis  ft  defunctis  pii  ad  deum  ft 
exaudibiles  fore  deberent  intercessores,  quorum  specialius  meritis  ft 
interuentu  omnium  conseruarift  augeri  debuerat  incolumitas  Christiano- 
rum,  omnisque  clades  a  plebe  del  propelli  ft  amoueri/    Hec  ft  in 

90  hunc  modum  plurima  de  lapsu  ft  defectu  sacre  religionis  sancto  dei 
Nicholao  conquerente  ft  de  preconiis  eorum,  qui  in  hiis  periculis 
uiriliter  stare  ft  alios  corroborare  non  signiter  curant,  sublimia  quedam 
commemorante,  alios  atque  alios,  quos  ante  noueram,  uariis  dextra 
leuaque  uidebam  detineri  cruciatibus.    Pre  ceteris  uero  quos  pridem 

95  cariores  habueram  hiis  curiosius  intendebam. 


[XLIin.    De  quadam  abbatissa.] 

E  quibus  uenerabilis  quedam  abbatissa  fiiit,  que  anno  presenti  spe 
felici  presentis  uite  erumpnas  euadens,  ad  interminabilem  perpetue  luds 
diem  peruentura  a  corpore  migrauit.  Hec  michi  quam  plurima  de 
statu  suo  tam  presenti  quam  preterito  insinuauit.  Germanis  etiam 
5  sororibus  suis  sub  uirginitalis  titulo  inter  sacras  uirgines  in  monasterio, 
cui  prefiierat,  ad  amplexus  celestis  sponsi  piis  desideriis  anheiantibus, 
quibusdam  certorum  intersignorum  indiciis  nonnuUa  per  me  illis 
intimanda  mandauit.  £x  quibus  quedam  hie  referam,  aliis  quibiisdam 
suppressis,  que  auditu  forent  graciosa,  ni  uetuisset  ea  aliis  diuulgari 
10  quam  ipsis  pro  quibus  ea  specialiter  mandasse  videbatur.  Aiebat 
itaque  se  non   modicum  leuamen  psalmis,  oracionibus  ft  lacrimis 

^,  alia  fer^lurima,  B,  for  p/nrimiu  turn  suum  transacto  insimtdvit,    Ver^ 

B  adds  in  dies  after  lapsu,  eiiam   et   quibusdam  ctrtorum  inter- 

91.  B  omits  Nicholao  and  reads  can'  signarum  tticUciis  germanis  sororibus 

querendo  prosequente   for  conquerente,  suis,  quos  sub  tfirgtnitatis  titulo  inter 

o  adds  et  impedimentis  tJtijtx  periculis.  sacras  reliquerat  tfirgiues  in  monasterio^ 

Chapter  XLIV.    The  only  abbess  cui prefueratipsa^  ad immortales  celestis 

in  the  neighbourhood  of  Eynsham  was  sponsi  amplexus  piis  desideriis  omAe- 

the  abbess  of  Godstow.    The  saccession  lantes^    his    {inq$tam)    nonnulla    vice 

and  the  dates  of  the  abbesses  of  Godstow  iltius  per  me  i^is  intimanda  mandauit. 

are  not  known  with  certainty,  bat  the  De  quibus  hu  oHqua  referre  graium 

third  abbess,  by  name  Agnes,  seems  to  duxi^   quibusdam   ex   industria   su^ 

have  died  about  1195.  pressis. 

4-9.  For  preterito  ,  .  .  suppressis  B  ii.  immensum,  B,  for  non  modicum, 
reads  et  oKm  in  seculo  et  nunc  post  obi- 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  355 

ancillamm  dei  qtiibri^  mater  spiritualis  extiterat  percepisse.  Gracias 
illis  referendas  mandaiiit  quod  ft  per  se  ipsas  multa  ei  contulissent 
benefida,  &,  quod  a  quibuscunque  ualebant  religiosis  missarum  & 
oracionum  ei  sategissent  impetrare  sufifragia;  insuper  annuas  hosdas  15 
pro  se  diadm  sine  intermissione  domino  fecissent  immolari.  Scirent 
procul  dubio  bine  premia  ipsis  deberi  ingencia,  se  uero  acerbissima 
per  hec  supplicia  euasisse  ft  de  residuis  adhuc  penis,  si  perseruerarent 
in  inceptis,  cito  euasuram.  Referebat  quoque  multum  sibi  profuisse 
quod  ante  susceptum  gradum  regiminis  compacientissimam  se  ao 
quibusque  afflictis  sororibusque  multa  benignitate  prestitisset  ft  quod 
quibuslibet  sese  extremis  uilibusque  officiis  deuodus  persepe  manci- 
passet 


[XLV.    De  duabtts  monialibtis  leprosis.] 

'  Fuerunt  nempe '  ait  '  quodam  tempore  in  monasterio  nostro  due 
tenere  quidem  etads  uirgungule,  lepre  contagio  miserabiliter  supra 
modum  infecte,  in  tantum  ut  uirulenta  pemicies  carnes  earum 
plerisque  in  locis  usque  ad  ossa  exederet,  cutis  superfide  inmaniter 
pustulis  frequentissimis  turgescente.  Has  uniuersis  pene  sororibus5 
tangere  uel  aspicere  horrori  erat.  Michi  aut^m  ipsos  sinibus  mds 
confouere  ft  ulnis,  lauare  in  balneis,  manids  edam  meis  ulcera  earum 
detergere  duldssimum  uidebatur.  Ipse  uero  in  summa  equanimitate 
ft  graciarum  acdone  plagam  sibi  diuinitus  iUatam  perferentes,  ita  tali 
delectabantur  incommodo  ac  si  percepissent  a  suo  quem  tenerrime  10 
dilexerant  sponso  uarii  omatus  pignora  gradosa.  Hinc  longo  pridem 
coronate  martirio  iam  sine  macula  fdices  sequuntur  agnum  quocumque 
ierit.  Huius  quoque  pietads  obtentu  celerrimum  in  omni  angustia 
mea  persensi  refrigerium.'  Alia  autem  multa  predicta  michi  abbatissa 
nundauit,  conquerens  inter  alia  sibi  non  exiliter  obfuisse  in  penis,  15 
quod  clericum  quendam,  amicorum  omnium  solado  destitutum,  etate 
paruulum,  cuiusdam  episcopi  commendacione  ei  ad  educandum  tradi- 

13.  cofUulissetU  in  elimesinis  &*  aiiis  7.  qtuu  uieboTf  6,  for  nuts. 

benefUiis    rtmedia  &*   quod  sedulo   a  8.  B  inserts  <?mm /^m/^fv  before  tfiic^- 

qutbuscumqu$t  B.  biUur, 

19.  facUHmtf  B,  for  cito,  la  B  inserts   7nc€  vuln^rum  after 

B  adds  per  ommm  modum  after  perapissitU, 

sibi,  II.  B  inserts    momlium   et  before 

ao.  "Biiaiatipreeipuehtioxt  gradum,  uarii. 

Chapter  XLV.  Of  two  leprous  nans.  13.6  adds  in  tas  hMte  after  obtentu, 

4.  After   superficie   B   r^uls    sicubi  16.  annis,  B,  for  eta/e, 

tamon  cutis  potmt  superesse  miselHs,  17.  B  reads  usque  ad  tempus  tradi' 

6.  B  reads  non  modo  tangere  sed  uel  turn  ^  ase  receptum  for  traditum, 
aspicere  for  /.  u,  a, 

A  a  2 


35«  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

tcun,  moz  penitus  neglexisset;   qui  ob  hoc  uitam  diucius  protraxtt 
enimpnosam.    De  sui  quoque  monasterii  cetu  aliquot  sanctimoniales 
30  feminas  leuioribus  in  penis  ibidem  recognouL 


[XLVI.    De  quodam  milite  ssrmoniaco.] 

Miles  quidam  cuiusdam  ecclesie  patronus  niginti  septem  marcis 
cuidam  clerico  uendiderat  personatum.  Qui  postea  facti  penitens 
in  recompensacionem  tanti  piaculi  crucem  susceperat,  sepulcnim 
domini,  si  daretur  facultas,  aditurus,  suisque  erratibus  ueniam  peti- 
5  turns.  £a  tempestate  terram  Promissionis  barbaries  gentilium, 
expugnatis  Christianis,  peruasione  nefaria  occupauerat.  Ad  quorum 
perfidiam  propulsandam  Christicolis  de  cunctis  mundi  partibus 
adunatis,  hie  miles  sese  coniunxit;  ubi  tactus  incommodo,  pro 
domino  exul  spontaneus  uitam  in  castris  terminauit     Hunc  igitur 

lo  mediocribus  in  suppliciis  positum  repperi.  Fatebatur  autem  quod 
pro  crimine  symonie  superius  memorato  grauissimos  pertulisset 
cruciatus,  adiciens  quod  nisi  diuina  preuentus  miseracione  ante 
mortis  horam  adeo  super  hoc  penituisset,  eternum  nullatenus  efiu- 
gisset  interitum.     'Pene  uero/  ait  'tante  iniquitati  debite,  mukum 

15  pro  labore  peregrinaqonis,  quam  pro  domino  suscepi,  michi  sunt 
alleuiate.  Indultum  preterea  diuina  bonitate  fuit  michi,  ut  dudum 
per  quendam  fidelem  clericum  in  sompni  uisione  admonitum  uxori 
quondam  mee  mandarem,  quadnus  pro  salute  mea  quinque  missarum 
tricennalia  cum  officiis  psalmorum,  leccionum  &  oracionum,  que  pro 

30  defunctis  recitari  mos  ecclesiasticus  instituit,  per  honeste  &  continentis 
uite  presbiteros,  quos  etiam  nominatim  expressi,  sollicite  procuraret 

18.  protraxissety  B.  was  not  uncommon  for  an  abbess  to 

A  story  of  the  kindness  of  St  Hugh  train  np  yonng  clerks  that  they  might 

to  lepers  is  told  in  almost  identi^  enter  monasteries, 

words  in  the  Vita  Hugonis,  p.  163.    It  CHAFrER  XLVI.    Of  a  knight,  a 

is  noticeable  that  although  Adam  was  patron  of  a  church,  who  had  been  guUty 

familiar  with  the  story  told  by  Edmnnd  of  simony. 

his  brother,  yet  he  represents  himself  in  i.  B  reads  miles  quidam  xxvii  marcis 

the  Viia  Hugonis  as  shocked  when  he  argenti  in  ecclesia  quadam  cuius  gcutdf 

subsequently    saw    the    bishop    touch  bat  pcUrocinio  iist  miles  . . .  marcis, 

lepers.  6.  B  adds  qui  earn  coluerant  before 

Possibly  Edmund  himself  was  the  Christianis. 

young  clerk  who  was  neglected  by  the  7.  B  adds  dc  terra  sancta  after  par' 

abbess.     It  seems  (p.  361)  that  he  was  Jidiam. 

familiar  with  the  inmates  of  Godstow  finibus^  B,  iox  partilms, 

before  1183,  and  when  his  father  died  8.  B  adds  in  hostem  before  adunatis, 

in  the  Holy  Land  (  Vita  Hugonis^  p.  338)  9.  B  adds  corporis  after  uitam. 

he  may  have  been  commended  to  the  ab-  14.  B  adds  per  omnem  modum  after 

bess  by  St.  Hugh  or  some  other  bishop.  multum. 

On  p.  363,  I.  3a,  we  have  the  same  16.  celtsH^  B,  for  diuina* 

word,  educare^  and  it  is  implied  that  it  19.  tricenaria^  B. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  357 

celebrarL  Quod  ipsa  fideliter  impleri  satagens,  ipsosque  sacerdotes 
postea  ut  digni  erant  remunerans,  maximam  michi  penarum  mearum 
mitigacionem  impetrauit.  Nam  circa  primordia  post  decessum 
meum  coiidie  frequencius  denarios,  quos  pro  uendicione  ecclesie  35 
perceperam,  ardentes  uorare  compellebar.  A  cuius  inmanitate 
supplicii  iam  supema  pietate  illius  potissimum  remedii  subuencione 
immunis  sum  redditus.  Asperitate  frigoris  adhuc  immoderacius 
coartor,  quia  nudis  &  algentibus  inclemencior  uixi  &  incompaciens. 
Quamuis  enim  sepius  alimoniam  famelicis  largirer,  tenacitatis  tamen  30 
uicio  denarios  in  refrigeria  eorum  cauebam  expendere.*  Ad  quem 
ego  '  Si  adhuc '  inquam  *  pro  uobis  fieret  missarum  celebracio,  nomae 
perfectam  reciperetis  quietem?'  Et  ille  *Eciam'  inquit  *si  modo 
septem  pro  me  tricennalia  cum  officiis  coherentibus,  scilicet  dirige 
&  placebo,  exsoluerentur,  spero  quod  hiis  completis  mox  de  penis  35 
transferrer  ad  quietis  eterne  mansionem/  Hec  ille.  Animaduertendum 
uero  est  quod  idem  defiinctus,  sicut  michi  certissime  iam  compertum 
est,  quinque  castissimos  sacerdotes,  ex  nomine  electos,  in  uisione  ad 
hec  pro  se  peragenda  missarum  officia  designauerit ;  quonun  persone 
&  nomina  &,  mansionum  loca,  que  singula  diligenter  expressit,  tarn  40 
sibi  dum  in  corpore  uixerat,  quam  clerico  quo  mediante  hec  uxori 
sue  nunciata  sunt,  quam  eidem  eciam  mulieri  fuerunt  incognita. 


[XLVn.    De  monacho  sacrista.} 

luuenem  quendam  sub  monachili  habitu  religiose  in  multis  se 
habentem  aliquando  uideram ;  qui  sacriste  eciam  officio  in  ecclesia  sua 
fungebatur.  Ymagines  autem  tres  uel  quatuor  in  ueneracione  sancte 
dei  genitrids  Marie,  auro  &  coloribus  decenter  ornate,  Saluatoris 
in  forma  puerili  yconas  in  gremio  gestantes,  in  ecclesia  ilia  per  singula  5 

a  a.  deucttssinu  et,Bfh^{oTefideliter,  Chaptbr  XLVII.    Of  a  sacrist  of 

B,  ipsosque  sacerdotes  caritaiiuis  a  monastery  and  his  pnnishment. 

postea  donariis,  ut  digni  erant,  copiose  The  writer  shows  such  knowledge 

remunerans.    This  is  the  reading  of  of  the  customs  of  the  minamed  monas- 

MS.  3  ;    Thnist.  reads  denariis,  and  tery  that  we  assame  it  was  Eynsham. 

llnber  cantatiuis  denariis.  i.  B  adds  et  honeste  after  multis, 

36.  B,  lucis  et  before  quietis,  3.  B  adds  et  perpetue  uirginis  after 

38.  habetur,  B,  for  est,  sancte, 

39.  B  adds  tf  psaltnorum  after  mis-  4.  speciosius  celate  et  coloribus  uel 
sarum,  auro,  B,  for  a,  e,  c, 

B  adds   cum   quinque  tricenalia  it^.  formula  pueri^  MS.  3;  formula 

celebrari  posiulauit  after  designauerit,  puerili,  MS.  i  \  formula paruuli,  Hnber's 

41.  uiuebat,  B,  for  uixerat,  MSS.    It  is  uncertain  therefore  what  the 

4a.  B  adds  reticle  after  uxori  sue,  reading  of  B  is. 


358  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

altaria  disponantur,  magnum  intuentibus  pie  deuocionis  prebentes 
incentiuum.  £x  consuetudine  uero  ecclesie  singulis  precipuis  festiui- 
tatibus  per  annum,  totis  a  uespera  usque  ad  uesperam  diebus  &  noctibus, 
singule  lampades  ante  singulas  ymagines  ardere  consueuerant,  totam 

lo  8Uo  fulgore  ecclesiam  reddentes  choniscam.  Contigit  autem  quodam 
tempore  in  diebus  sacriste  illius  olei  magnam  in  regione  ilia  fieri 
penuriam,  quia  &  unde  fieret  nulli  indigenarum  suppetebat  materies 
ft  aduenarum  rams  quisquam  eisdem  in  horis  id  genus  merdmonii  in 
uenalibus  proponebat.    Unde  habita  desperadone  adquirendi  liquoris 

15  prefati  in  usus  quosque  necessarios,  predictus  sacrista,  ubi  licendosius 
fore  putauit,  lampadum  interim  resecauit  usum,  ita  quod  in  Pentecoste, 
uel  in  ascensione  Domini,  lampadibus  que  in  istis  solemnitatibus  ardere 
consueuerant,  ignem  non  admouit  Sed  non  impune :  tercia  namque 
feria  Pentecostes,  cum  sanissimus  uideretur,  ft  per  omnia  incdumis, 

30  repente  acutis  febribus  usque  ad  mentis  alienacionem  uexatus,  secunda 
feria  sequentis  ebdomade  defungitur.  Mane  uero  die  sabbad,  que 
festum  sancte  Trinitatis  antecedit,  cum  adhuc  in  extremis  ageret, 
intuetur  in  uisione  angelorum  reginam,  deique  matrem  piissimam,  in 
limine  cuiusdam  coclee,  que  uni  de  supradictis  ymaginibus  uidna 

35  imminet,  consistere.  Qua  uisa,  sui  non  immemor  langoris  ft  periculi 
exclamare  uidebatur  '  O  sancta  Maria,  miserere  \  Ilia  uero  ad  hec, 
uoce  ft  aspectu  seuerior,  ita  infit  '  Tu '  inquit  *  luminis  decus  michi 
preripuisds  in  terris :  ego  tibi  preripiam  uite  presentis  limien  '•  Hac 
ille  (nee  mirum)  conmiinacione  pertetritus  prostemere  se  uidebatur 

30  ad  pedes  domine  cum  nimio  eiidatu,  ueniamque  postulare  commissi, 
emendadonem  de  cetero  polliceri.  Ad  hec  ilia  cuius  edam  mine 
de  misericordia  manare  consueuerunt,  demencius  in  eum  respiciens 
ft  manu  innuens,  limen  cui  suprastabat  ei  ostendit,  dicens  *  Sede  hie ' : 
tunc  ille  ad  uestigia  eius  residere  tremebundus  cepit,  cum  ilia  subito 

35  disparuit    lUe  uero  ad  se  reuersus,  fratres  conuocauit,  uisionem 

6.  disposite  osU$tdu$Uurf  B^  for  dis*  ywtaginibus   huere    imprtUrwmu    m 

poHunhtr,  fatis  huiusmodi  eonsutturantt  B,  for 

^.  Mos   quoqu0   mifiime   aiolendus  lampadibus .  •  .  eonsueuerant. 
imbi  conualuit  ouod  singulis^  &c,  B,  ao.  aaUis  corripUur  febribus  tt  in- 

ior4x.,*  singulis,  manissime  ad,  B,  for  acufis  , . ,  ad, 

8.  After  annum  B  retds  pte  nums-  22,  et  indiindue,  B,  after  sancte, 
rum   quifUumdecimum   excedunt  out         a^.  MSS.  4  and  5  read  himine^  MS.  1 1 
eontingunt,  UmUe. 

9.  uidtntur,  B,  for  eonsueuerant,  eechlea  means  'a  winding  staircase*, 

10.  serene^  B,  for  sttc,  hence  sometimes  ^  a  turret ' :  see  Priory 

13,  B  inserts  nemo  uel  before  rams.       of  Hexham^  vol  i,  p.  la  (Surtees  Soc.). 

14.  facta,  B,  for  habita.  35.  constitisse,  B,  for  consistere, 

16.  resecare  disposuit,  B,  for   rese'  Turn  ille,  B,  for  Qua  uisa, 
cauU,                                                              2^  immense,  B,  hefon  perterritus, 

unde,  B,  for  ita  quod,  31.  attentius,  B,  bdoie  polliceri, 

17.  lampadibus  que  coram  prefaiis 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  359 

seriatim  exposuit,  &  ut  sequenti  nocte,  cum  die  succedente,  luminaria 
de  more  inextincta  lucerent  cum  magnis  adiuracionibus  precepit, 
&  summa  cimi  instanda  flagitauit;  uouitque  quod,  si  redderetur 
cupite  sospitatiy  ad  gloriam  perpetue  uirginis  &  matris  ueri  luminis 
et  solita  conseniaret  &  ecclesie  luminaria  perpetim  conseruanda  40 
augeret.  Sed  nequiuit  reuocari  sentencia  quam  mater  ueritatis  ueraci 
ore  dictauerat.  Obiit  enim  post  hec  die  tercia,  quasi  premissa  in  ilia, 
que  intercessit,  sancte  Trinitatis  soUemnitate  ex  luminarium  restitucione 
aliqua  sui  reatus  satisfaccione.  In  penis  uero  hactenus  ipsum  uidi 
detentum,  quia  sepe  &  multum  in  ordinis  uel  diuini  officii  execucione  45 
negligens  extitisset,  &  in  cibis  &  potibus,  in  risu  &  iods  remissius 
quam  deceret  sese  habuisset* 

[XLVni.    De  quodam  clerico  scolastico  qui  sancte  vixerat.] 

Clericum  quendam  preterea  in  ipso  iuuentutis  flore  ex  hac  luce 
sublatum  quem  spiritu  scientie  illustrante  omnes  pene  coetaneos  tarn 
in  diuinis  quam  in  liberalium  artium  disdplinis  uidimus  transcendisse, 
faciliori  purgacione  mediocriter  afflictum,  ad  paradisi  gaudia  ex  bone 
consciende  testimonio  hillariter  pertendentem,  eodem  in  loco  uidi.  5 
Uixerat  enim  moribus  probis  &  studiis  preditus,  pudicicia  fulgidus, 
caritate  beniuolus,  aliisque  uirtutum  carismatibus  deo  <&  bonis  omnibus 
acceptus.  Precipue  uero  egregium  culmen  optime  structure  bonarum 
accionum  impositum  preferebat,  dilecdonem  scilicet  sancte  uirginis 
dei  matris  Marie,  in  cuius  ueneracione  extiterat  deuotissimus,  crebras  to 
persepe  &  prolixas  coram  altaribus  eius  spiritu  contrito  &  humiliato 
exercens  in  oracionibus  &  fletibus  excubias,  multisque  stipem  neces- 
sariam  pro  illius  amore  impendens.  Unde  proculdubio  restabat  ei  in 
cells  ab  eadem  piissima  angelorura  celique  regina  preparata  merces 
immarcessibilis  gloriaque  perhennis.  Illius  quoque  beneficiis  ab  bora  15 
exitus  sui  multiplicia  receperat  refrigeria,  continuo  illius  solacio  inter 
penarum  gemitus  misericorditer  refocillatus.  Aeris  solummodo 
intemperancia  affligi  uidebatur,  per  frigus  scilicet  &  estum^  cum  michi 
ostendebatur.  Dictum  uero  michi  est  scisdtanti,  utrum  &  alias  unde- 
libet  sustineret  penas,  quod  preterea  sitis  quoque  interdum  cruciaretur  ao 

36.  omnia,  B,  mfter  luminaria.  derk,  well  beneficed,  who  died  young. 

37.  rogauity  B,  iox  precepiU  a.  undecunque,  B,  after  coetaneos, 
41.  et  in  irritum  deebici,  B,  after          6.  admodumy  B,  before /r^^. 

sentencia,  8.  et  carus,  B,  alter  acceptus, 

45.  MS.  II  reads  diuine  oraiionis,  9.  insigniier  preferebai  impositum, 

bat  this  must  be  an  error,  as  MSS.  4  B,  for  Lp, 

and  5,  which  also  are  of  C  text,  read  semperque,  B,  after  sancte, 

diuini  officii.  16.  perceperat,  B,  for  receperat. 

Chapter  XLVIII.     Of  a   learned  %o,BtAA%quandoque\Aoitpenas. 


36o  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

ardore,  quia  iusto  pardus  desideria  egenoram,  cum  mulds  abundaret 
facultatibuSy  exsaciasset.  Et  quidem  bene  coxnpadens  uidebatur  & 
egenis  multa  erogare  dum  uixit:  sed  tamen  pauperes  multociens 
fastidiuit,  ex  quo  diues  apparuit,  in  tantum  ut,  quibus  ipse  pauperior 

35  affabilis  uixerat  &  subuentor  deuotus,  iam  locupletatus,  austerior 
aliquociens  cemeretur :  unde  cum  ingend  metu  animaduertendum  est, 
quam  districte  ab  hiis  qui  ecdesiastica  perceperint  benefida,  exigetur 
racio  dispensacionis  sue,  dicente  in  euangelio  Salvatore  'cui  plus 
committitur,  plus  exigetur  ab  eo.'    Iam  uero  quia  multa  ex  hiis  que 

30  in  locis  tormentorum  comperimus,  ut  potuimus  fideli  pocius  quam 
falerato  sermone  digessimus,  hie  de  penis,  uel  in  eis  positis  animabus 
narracionem  interim  tenninamus.  Post  hec  de  gaudio  &  exultadone 
bonorum  in  sede  amena  &  iocunda  feliciter  quiescendum  aliqua  que 
uidimus  exprimere  prout  dominus  dederit,  temptabimus. 

[XLIX*   Deparadiso&liominummultitudineqtiaminoiiachus 

in  Ulo  uidit] 

Nunc  de  soladis  quiescendum  &  eterna  gloria  bonorum  aliqua 
utcunque  dicamus.  Nam  sufficienter  nemo  posset.  Ait  itaque  frater 
predictus: — Postquam  diucius  per  diuersorum  supplidorum  genera 
incedentes,  per  tria  ut  iam  supra  memorauimus  loca  uarios  miserorum 

5  labores  inspeximus  &  dolores,  ad  ulteriora  tendentibus  lumen  nobis 
gratissimum  paulatim  cepit  apparere.  Hinc  odoris  fragrancia  suauis- 
simi,  &  non  multo  post  campi  multimoda  florum  iocunditate  uemantis 
amenitas  incredibilem  nobis  prestitit  uoluptatem.  Hoc  in  campo 
hominum  seu  pocius  animarum  milia  infinita  reppen'mus,  felici  quiete 

10  post  excursa  supplicia  iocundancium.  Quos  autem  in  prima  ilHus 
campi  margine  inuenimus  albis  quidem  sed  non  satis  nitentibus 
utebantur  uestibus:  nigredinis  uero  aut  cuiuslibet  macule  nichil  eis 
uidebatur  inesse,  minori  tamen  grada  candoris  pollebant.  Inter  quos 
plerosque  dudum  bene  michi  cognitos  recognoui ;  ex  quibus  multorum 

15  interim  suppressa  mendone,  de  paucis  aliquid  nobis  breuiter  referam. 

34.  B  reads  ipsi  dtuitUs  inclitus  for  said  in  the  final  words  of  chap.  xlviiL 

diuis.  In  the  B  text  ten  lines  intervene. 

36.  €x  guoprtterea^  B,  for  unde.  Chapter  XLIX.    Of  those  on  the 

37.  eorundem  exigiuur,  B,  for  exi'  outskirts  of  paradise. 

getur.  From  this  point  B  and  C  are  nearly 

38.  su$y  om.  B.  identical,  though  the  order  of  the  words 

39.  exintur,  B,  for  $xigetHr.  is  not  always  the  same. 

For  the  reading  of  B  in  this  passage  i.  beatonim^  B,  for  bonorum.    It  also 

see  above,  p.  381.     There  can  be  no  adds  que  dicere  promtsimus,  showing 

donbt  that  C  text  is  subsequent  to  B,  that  at  one  time  there  was  a  break 

not  vice  versa.    As  the  wording  stands  here, 

in  the  C  text,  the  author  at  the  beginning  7.  nee,  B,  for  ei  non. 
of  chap,  xlix  merely  repeats  what  he  has 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  361 

[L.    De  quadam  abbatissa.] 

Quedam  uite  admodum  uenerabilis  abbatissa,  quam  adhuc  puer 
noueram,  ante  hos  quatuordecim  annos  migrauit  ad  dominum. 
Fuit  autem  tarn  pudicicie,  quam  tocius  honestatis  zelo  feniida,  miseri- 
cordie  uisceribus  afiSuentissima,  in  custodia  gregis  sibi  commissi  solers 
&  deuota.  Hanc  inter  eos  quos  exteriores  iamdicte  amenitatis  oras  5 
habitare  uidi,  primam  recognoui.  Nuper  uero  de  locis  tormentorum 
euaserat,  &  uestibus  immaculatis,  parum  tamen  candentibus,  indueba- 
tur.  Marcida  specie  &  tali  habitudine  uidebatur,  quasi  longa  egritudine 
confecta  &  ex  balneis  nuper  fuisset  egressa.  Transeo  cetera  leuiora 
propter  que  meruerat  penas,  iras  eciam  iusto  acerbiores,  inanis  glorie  ^<^ 
motum  inter  uirtutum  merita  &  laudancium  blandimenta  non  plene 
edomitum,  &  alia  pretereo  innumera,  in  quibus  eciam  bonorum 
ignorancia  sepe  delinquit  infirmitas.  Hoc  sibi  precipue  penas  dicebat 
peperisse,  quod  camales  propinquos  camali  teneritudine  dilexerat  & 
eis  de  bonis  monasterii  quod  regebat  multa  contulerat,  plerisque  15 
ancillis  Christi,  quarum  mater  spirituals  fuerat,  tarn  uictus  quam 
uestitus  inedia  laborantibus.  Stupebam  ad  ista  uehementer  quippe  qui 
certissime  noueram  uix  quempiam  hodie  prelaium  inueniri,  qui  in 
tantis  diuiciis  tanta  circa  propinquos  parcitate  utatur,  quanta  utebatur 
ilia.  Uix  enim  necessaria,  ut  de  superfluis  taceam,  alicui  suorum  ao 
unquam  impenderat.  Nepotes  &  neptes  seu  alias  cognatas  sibi  per- 
sonas  non  matrimonio  iungebat  camali,  sed  monasteriis  Christo 
famulaturas  tradebat.  Tanta  quoque  vultus  &  uerborum  austeritate 
uigebat  in  consanguineos,  ut  cum  extraneis  omnibus  amicabilis  esset  & 
cum  multa  benignitate  affabilis,  suis  tantum  affinibus  terribilis  uideretur.  35 
Erratus  suorum  &  solertissime  inquirere  solebat  &,  quando  fortuitu 
deprehendere  potuisset,  seuerissime  puniebat.  Honestatem  morum 
exigebat  &  castitatis  decorem  ab  omnibus  quos  in  monasterii  tocius 

Chapter  L.    Of  an  abbess  who  had  ooe  years, 
been  dead  fourteen  years.  5.  oras ;    there   most   have  been   a 

There  was  no  abbess  near  Eynsham  primitive  blunder  here.    MSS.  i}  4,  6, 

except  the  abbess  of  Godstow.    If  the  and  11  omit  the  word ;  MSS.  9,  10,  la 

ztBXitmen\.o(^<^GodstowC€trtularymKj  read  chcras\  MS.  3,  horas  {'moras); 

be  trusted  that  Edith,  the  foundress  of  MS.  5,  oras, 

Godstow,  was  abbess  for  fifty-one  years  6.  primam  omitted  by  MS.  4,  but 

(vol.  i,  p.  a;,  E.  E.  T.  S.)  she  must  be  found  in  MSS.  5  and  11. 
Uie  venerable  abbess  here  mentioned,  la.  Huber  reads  preterea\   but  all 

for   the   foundation   of  Godstow  was  English  MSS.  read  preterto, 
about  the  year  11 30.     But  the  Latin  2^, /amuJd/uros^  h. 

Cartulary  mentions   an  abbess   called  34.  amuabilis   tt  ualdc   esset  cum 

'  E.  secunda ',  and  it  is  probable  that  hemgnitate  affabilis,  B. 
the  first  two  abbesses  were  each  named  35.  et  inmitis  B  adds  after  uideretur* 

Edith,  and  between  them  covered  fifty- 


362  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

officiis  seruientes  habebat,  sed  maxime  ab  hiis  qui  aliquo  affinitatis 

30  titulo  seipsam  condngebant  Non  denique  frater,  non  soror  ea  penes 
illam  confidencia  utebatur,  qua  ceteri  a  sua  parentela  remod.  Ista 
retenens  &  eciam  quod  bonam  educacionem  in  multis  fecisset,  quos 
religionis  propositum  cum  habitu  laudabiliter  suscepto  seniare  deuote 
noueram,  hec  ab  eadem  audio!  abbatissa :  *  Vera  quidem/  ait,  '  sunt 

35  que  commemoras,  sed  tamen  pro  camali  affectu  quo  medullitus  non 
canii,  cum  essem  spiritualis  propositi  debito  tam  professionis  quam 
regiminis  radone  obnoxia,  apud  districtum  iudicem  per  rigorem, 
superfidetenus  exhibitum,  excusacionis  locum  minime  inueni;  ea 
quam  maxima  ex  causa,  quod  murmuracionis  causa  et  exemplum 

40  soUidtudinis  superfine  ancillis  Christi  pro  cura  suorum  ex  meo  facto 
nascebatur.  Oportuerat  enim  me  lesionem  podus  michi  commis- 
sarum  precauere  animarum,  quam  parentum,  quos  semel  cum  seculo 
pro  Christo  reliqueram,  temporales  utilitates  procurare.'  Hiis  &  aliis 
multis  que  breuitatis  causa  non  exprimo  a  predicta  uenerabili  femina 

45  auditis,  ad  interiora  illius  campi  properauimus. 


[LI.    De  quodam  priore  qualiter  sancte  obierat] 

Hie  quendam  pie  recordacionis  uirum,  qui  prioratus  officio  in 
quodam  monasterio  functus  ante  hoc  triennium  sarcinam  camis 
exuit,  uidi  &  agnoui.  Uidebam  eum  beata  cum  spiritibus  iustorum 
quiete  felicem,  penis  omnibus  exemptum,  iocunditate   qua  donatus 

5  fuerat  hilarem,  certa  expectacione  uisionis  diuine,  qua  erat  munerandus, 
incomparabiliter  ledorem.  Monachicum  ab  infancia  usque  ad  senec- 
tutem  &  habitum  gesserat  &  animiun.  Uirginitatem  mentis  &  corporis 
humilitatis  sinu  tutauerat.  Humilitati  padenciam  indissolubili  federe 
copulauerat.    Abstinendam  rigidiorem  uigiliarum  prolixitate  reddebat, 

lodeuodone  utrasque  superare  nitebatur.  Psalmodie  &  laudis  diuine 
officia  tunc  solum  non  mutus  omiserat,  cum  magis  pro  tempore 

33.  bonam  admodum^  B,  for  bonam,  2,  corporu  molis^  B,  for  camis. 

39.  Nearly  all  MSS.,  certainly  MSS.  3,  7.  Hnber  reads  from  MSS.  9,  10,  la 

4, 5,  haye  the  blunder  of  reading  causas  UtrginitaH  et  mentis  et  corporis  humiU" 

here  for  ccmsa  after  murmuracionis,  totem  sociauerai. 

Chapter  LI.    Of  a  prior  who  had  11.  MSS.  3, 6, 9, 10, 12,  all  of  text  B, 

died  three  years  before.  read  non  inuitus,  MS.  i  (also  of  text  B) 

The  language  of  the  writer  suggests  and  MSS.  4  and  5  read  non  mutus, 

that  Eynsham  Is  the  monastery  referred  MS.  11  reads  inuitus^  omitting  fton„ 

to  in  this  and  the  next  chapter ;  if  so,  This  seems  to  be  the  best  sense.    Non 

the   holy    prior   wonld    probably    be  mutus  can  be  taken  to  mean  that  he 

Bartholomew,  who  held  that  pc«t  in  said  his  offices  while  doing  other  work, 

1189,  whereas   in   11 96  Thomas  was  'he  was  not  mute  and  did  not  omit 

prior :  see  vol.  i,  p.  xv.  them/  but  tunc  solum  would  then  have 

I.  Mox  uero,  B,  for  I/ic,  no  point 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  363 

necessaria  caritatis  obsequia  compulissent.  Nemo  temptatis  miseri- 
cordius  illo  compaciebatur :  egrotantibus  nuUus  eo  deuocius  uel 
sollicicius  obsequebatur.  Ita  se  iuxta  apostolum  omnibus  omnia 
exhibuerat^  ut  cum  suus  in  necessariis  raro,  in  refrigeriis  rarissime,  15 
in  uoluptuosis  nunquam  esse  crederetur,  in  utilibus  semper  pro  posse 
aliorum  erat  Nunquam  peticionibus  afflictorum  solatium  quod  adhi- 
bere  posset  denegauiu  Sola  penes  eum  insinuadone,  ut  merentibus 
subueniret,  opus  fuit  Indigencium  enim  non  dico  preces,  sed  uota 
quoque  anticipare  satagebat  remediorum  impensis.  Cum  talibus  uite  30 
sanctissime  studiis  corporis  eciam  multiplid  ualitudine  multis  ante 
obitum  suiun  annis  continue  laborauerat,  adeo  ut  vi  langoris  unius 
oculi  biennio  ante  mortem  funditus  priuaretur  aspectu,  cum  reliqua 
corporis  membra  clade  pene  deficerent.  Uerum,  ut  ait  Salomon, 
spiritus  hominis  sustentat  imbecillitatem  eius ;  nunquam  propter  hec  25 
a  conuentu,  nunquam  a  choro  potuit  auelli:  communem  refectorii 
mensam  cum  fratribus  adiens,  fratrum  pocius  quam  sua  saginabatur 
refecdone.  A  carnibus  post  adolescencie  annos  funditus  abstinuerat ; 
fratribus  tamen,  debilitate  aut  morbo  confectis,  eas  sedula  deuocione 
pro  eorum  reparacione  uolebat  offerri.  Tandem  dissenteriam  incur-  30 
renSy  cum  ad  uite  iam  extrema  perductus  fuisset,  dominid  corporis 
uiatico  premunitus,  sacrique  olei  delibutus  unccione,  decem  ferme 
diebus  absque  dbo  permansit^  diuinis  tantum  beneficiis  &  fratrum 
exhortationi  intentus.  Nocte  uero,  que  transitus  sui  precessit  diem, 
instante  iam  noctumalis  officii  bora,  uidit  Dominum  nostnmi  Ihesum  3^ 
Christiun  cum  matre  sua  uirgine  illibata  comitatum  ad  se  accedere 
&  nutu  benignissimo  ad  se  sequendum  inuitare.  Statimque  acci^is  ad 
se  fratribus  uisionem  exposuit  &  se  in  crastino  migraturum  a  seculo 
corde  letissimo  predixit  Quod  &  factum  est.  Longum  foret  si 
uniuersa  percurrerem  que  ante  exitum  suum  dixit,  cmn  omnia  uerba  40 
eius  &  oradones,  quibus  &  se  &  filios  suos  domino  commendabat  &  ad 
perseueranciam  boni  operis  informabat,  non  tam  uerba  fuerunt  hominis 
quam  spiritus  sancti  qui  loquebatur  in  eo.  Circa  terciam  itaque  diei 
sequ^ntis  horam  in  cinere  &  cilicio  recubans,  horis  diumis,  horis  eciam 
de  sancta  Trinitate  &  de  beata  dei  genitrice,  quas  ab  infancia  deuoie  ^^ 
frequentauerat,  cum  fratribus  percantatis,  passione  quoque  dominica 
secundum  quatuor  euangelistas  cum  psalmis  c^  primo  et  cf^  secundo 
&  co  terdo  ante  eum  redtatis  &  ab  eo  intentissime  cum  gemitu  & 
spiritus  contridone  perauditis,  inter  cruds  dominice  oscula,  inter 

13.  quibusque,'Btht{oTtegroi(miibus, 
ai.  toiiusy  h^  before  corporis^ 
34.  varia^  B,  before  ciatU, 

StUomon :  Prov.  xviii.  14. 
a8.  A  carnibus :  MS.  3  ends  here. 


364  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

50  salutaciones  beate  uirgiais,  fratribus  benedicens,  diem  clausit  extremum. 
Hunc  igitur  tantum  &  talem  uirum,  michique  a  primeua  etate  amicis- 
simum  deuote  mox  uisum  salutaui  &  multa  ab  eo  benignissime  resalu- 
tatus  audiuL 


[LII.    De  quodam  sancto  adolescente  monacho.] 

Ostendit  autem  michi  adolescentulum  quendam  monachum,  qui 
sacre  religionis  habitum  adhuc  puer  ardentissima  deuocione  quesi'ium 
&  puro  ac  mundo  corde  &  corpore  in  monasterio  predicti  prioris 
aliquaxndiu  gestatum,  morte  preuentus  immatura,  stola  immortalitatis 
5  feliciter  commutauerat.  Non  quidem  eum  in  corpore  positum  uideram, 
sed  de  innocencie  &  deuocionis  iUius  puritate  &  sancto  eius  transitu 
multa  crebro  a  fratribus  eiusdem  loci  referri  audieram.  Dixit  itaque 
michi  senior  prefatus :  '  Hie/  ait  ille, '  mens  est  filius  de  quo  frequenter 
audisti.     Hie  mens  fuit  in  deuocione  &  spiritual!  proposito  socius,  hie 

10  comes  est  michi  tendenti  ad  celum.  Hie  in  beatitudine  etema  coheres 
michi  futurus  est  sempitemus/  Idem  uero  adolescens  horam  transitus 
sui  fratribus  euidenter  predixerat.  In  eius  quoque  decessu  audita 
celestis  cantilena  fuit,  ut  multi  perhibent,  qui  in  monasterio  eodem 
consistunt.    Prior  quoque  pro  uariis  negligenciis  suis  &  suorum,  quos 

15  regebaty  diuersis  erratibus  aliquantas  pertulerat  penas.  Nunc  uero 
predicto  adolescenti,  qui  sicut  in  minutis  deliquerat  ita  in  minimis 
senserat  penas,  in  candore  &  gaudio  equalis  fiiit.  Eminencioris  uero 
glorie  fiduciam  pro  maioribus  uirtutum  mentis  prior  habere  uidebatur. 


[LIU.    De  quodam  venerabilis  vite  sacerdote.] 

Uidi  quoque  in  eisdem  locis  uenerabilem  quendam  sacerdotem, 
quem  predicacionis  uerbo  &  animarum  saluti  precipuam  suis  temporibus 
uidimus  exhibuisse  diligenciam.  Zelo  siquidem  rectitudinis  cum  uite 
exemplis  ita  predicacionis  graciam  habebat  coniunctam,  ut  non  mode 
5  in  parochiis  quas  regebat,  sed  per  diuersarum  longe  lateque  ecclesiarum 
populos  innumeras  multitudines  nunc  a  mortifeiis  criminibus  reuocaret, 
nunc  in  uirtutum  mentis  feliciter  proficientes  &  usque  ad  finem  debite 
consummacionis  in  iusticia  &  sanctiiate  perseuerantes  exhibereU  Quos- 

Ch AFTER  LIL    Evidently  a  monk  iS. /mr  is  foimdonlyinMSS.4  and 

of  Eynsham.  11 :  all  others  omit  the  word. 

6.  sacrOf  B,  for  sancto.  Chapter  LIIL     Of  a  holy  parish 

16.  in  minimis^  B,  for  in  minutis,  priest,  and  of  his  preaching. 
minimas,  B,  for  in  minimis. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  365 

dam  ita  diabolicis  laqueis  irretitos,  ut  diabolo,  quod  dictu  quoque  nefas 
est,  seniitute  premissa  uisibiliter  eius  se  dominio  mancipassent,  orando  10 
&  pmdicando  ex  baratro  perdicionis  reuocauit,  et  per  confessionis  & 
penitencie  satisfaccionem  multos,  qui  nunquam  in  grauioribus  delique- 
rant,  reddidit  miserante  deo  in  fide  &  bonis  operibus  perfecciores. 
Quibus  tamen  ex  causis  modico  tempore  uarias  pertulerit  penas,  quia 
iam  multa  de  similibus  dixi,  interim  sileo.  Hoc  uero  silendum  non  15 
est,  quod  sibi  &  per  eum  cooperante  deo  innumeris  aliis  gloria  restabat 
inenarrabilis. 

Hinc  ad  interiora  predicte  amenitatis  accedentibus  nobis  maior 
semper  &  lucis  claritas  et  odoris  suauitas  &  ibidem  degencium  candor 
et  iocunditas  arridebat.  Cur  autem  diucius  immorer  personas  eorum  ao 
&  merita  recensendo,  quos  ibi  uel  ignotos  prius  in  seculo  uel  notos 
uidi  ?  Omnes  enim,  quos  locus  iste  tenet,  supeme  Jerusalem  ciues 
sunt  ascripti;  omnes  de  seculi  istius  certamine  demonum  triumpha- 
tores  migrauerunt ;  penas  omnes  tarn  facile  transienmt^  quam  uiciis 
mundanis  minus  fuerunt  irretiti.  ^5 

[LIV.    De  representacione  dominice  passlonis  inter  agmina 
bonorum  facta.] 

Iam  uero,  que  ad  interiora  progressi  uidimus,  nee  lingua  retexere 
nee  mens  humana  digne  ualet  perpendere.  Quis  enim  digne  uerbis 
exponat,  qualiter  in  medio  beatorum  spirituum,  quorum  infinita  milia 
ibi  circumstabant,  crucis  Christi  misterium  adorabatur,  uelut  presencia- 
liter  in  carne  dominica  passio  celebraretur  ?  Uidebatur  pius  generis  5 
humani  redemptor  tanquam  in  crucis  stipite  appensus,  flagellis  toto 
corpore  cruentus  &  liuidus,  sputis  dehonestatus,  coronatus  spinis,  con- 
fossus  clauis  &  lancea  perforatus ;  per  manus  &  pedes  riuos  perfiuere 
purpurii  cruoris:  ex  sacro  autem  latere  sanguis  largiter  stillabat  & 
aqua.  Hinc  mater  non  iam  lugubris  &  anxia  sed  gaudens  &  hilaris  10 
uultu  serenissimo  tanto  tamque  inenarrabili  astabat  spectaculo.  Inde 
discipulus  ille,  quem  diligebat  lesus,  inter  quosdam  alios  visus  est 
astitisse.  Iam  uero  quis  unquam  uel  tacita  mente  coniciat,  quanta 
cum  alacritate  ad  hoc  tam  uitale  spectaculum  vndique  concurrebatur, 
que  intuencium  erat  deuocio,  quis  adorancium  concursus,  quante  pro  15 
tantis  beneficiis  gracianim  acciones  &,  Christo  gloriam  concinendum 
quam  mira  fuit  exultacio  ?  Hec  michi  alcius  recolenti  dolor  nescio  an 
deuocio,  compassio  an  congratulacio  animum  distrahunt  infelicem; 

I  a.  Hiiber*s  three  MSS.  read  notp-      read  nunquam. 
nunquam ;  but  this  b  an  instance  where  Chapter  LIV.    How  the  crucifixion 

they  all  agree  in  error :  MSS.  i,  4,  5, 1 1      was  reproduced  in  figure. 


366  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

fauces  &  lumina  singultus  &  lacrime  indesinenter  fadgant.    Stupor 

30  uero  et  admiracio  meipsum  fiinditus  alienum  &  quodammodo  michimet 
absentem  reddunt.  Quis  enim  non  inmanissime  doleat  tarn  uenusti 
decoris  pulchritudinem  tarn  fedis  subactam  fuisse  iniuriis  &  penis? 
Quis  non  compaciatur  nimio  affectu  tante  pietati  tarn  impiis  exagitate 
suppliciis  &  obprobriis?    Quid  uero  deuodonis  quantumque  congratu- 

35  ladonis  habet  quod  hiis  suppliciis  &  contumeliis  diabolus  uincitor, 
tartarus  debellatur,  alligatur  fortis,  arma  eius  diripiuntur  &  spolia, 
perditus  homo  reparatur,  &  preda  demonum,  a  penali  erepta  ergastulo 
infemi,  choris  inseritur  angelorum?  Quis  uero  non  admiretur  et 
stupeat  tantam  in  saluatore  nostro  demenciam,  tanteque  uiscera 

3opietatis,  ut,  quod  semel  in  came  passibili  sustinuit  pro  nobis  in 
mundOy  hoc  immortalitatis  iam  gloria  uestitus  ob  nimium  humanarum 
animarum  amorem  ad  earum  gaudium  et  deuocionem  ampliandam 
ymaginaliter  representare  dignetur  in  paradiso?  Multa  que  hie  uidi 
&,  audiui  interim  pocius  silencio  quam  stilo  credenda  existimo.    Hoc 

35  ipsum  autem,  quod  iam  uictus  deuocione  uestra  retuli,  tam  inuitus 
profero,  quam  insolitum  &  pene  illis  incredibile  sdo,  qui  presenda 
tantum  &  ea  humana  dumtazat  racione  estimare  didicerunt  Uobis 
tamen,  quos  scio  illius  participes  esse  spiritus,  qui  omnia  scrutatur, 
etiam  profunda  dei,  ex  omnibus  que  passim  uidi  aliqua  uel  summatim 

40  ideo  fidentur  insinuo,  quia  quam  tutis  auribus  quam  deuotis  mentibus 
loquor,  non  ignoro.  Denique  post  moram  non  modicam  in  tam  beata 
uisone  expletam,  uisio  ipsa  repente  disparuit  Frequencia  autem 
eorum  qui  conuenerant,  adorato  loco  ubi  steterat  gloria  tanti  sacra- 
mend,  sensim  cepit  rarescere^  &  singuli  ad  proprias  sedes  cum  gaudio 

45  &  ledcia  rediere.  Ego  precedentem  ducem  nostrum  inter  mansiones 
lucidissimas  gaudio  &  admiracione  plenus  ad  ulteriora  subsequebar. 
Hie  iam  consistencium  candor,  hie  odoris  fragrancia,  hie  armonia 
deo  laudes  canencium  inestimabilis,  &  omnia  sensibus  uix  credenda 
mortalium. 

[LV«    De  ingressu  porta  paradisi  &  de  gloria  domini  que 
intro  apparuit.] 

Multo  inter  hec  iam  emenso  uie  spado,  &  crescente  semper  ante 
nos  locorum  iocunditate,  uidi  eminus  quasi  murum  cristallinum,  cuius 
aldtudo  peruideri  non  potuit,  longitudinis  quoque  metam  nequiui 

35.  &•  contumelitSy  MSS.  5  and  11,  mtracione,  bat  not  MSS.  5  or  11. 

but  not  MS.  4.  Chapi'er  LV.    Of  the  gate  of  para- 

a8.  in  ccio,  B,  after  ckcris,  dise  and  the  difficulty  of  entering,  and 

B  omits  ifUerim,  how  Edmund  entered  by  faith. 


^. 


MS.  4  reads  exuitaciotu  for  ad- 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  367 

comprehendere.    Quo  iam    appropinquantibus    nobis,  portam  uidi 
lucidissima  introrsus   claritate   micantem,  apertamque   eius  aditutn,  5 
sed  cnids  tantum  vnius  obice  signatum.    Accedebat  illuc  cateruadm 
multitudo  eormn,  qui  uiciniores  erant,  ingredi  exoptans.    Crux  uero 
in  medio  porte  sita,  mirabile  dictu,  nunc  se  attollens  ad  superiora, 
latum  aduentantibus  pandebat  ingressum,  nimc  ima  petens  intrare 
cupientibus    aditum    negabat      Quam    uero    gaudenter    introibant  10 
admissi^  quam  reuerenter  subsistebant  exclusi  iterum  crucis  eleua- 
cionem  prestolantes,  exprimere  non  sufficio.    Subsdtit  hie  mecum  dux 
mens  aliquamdiu  &  has  uicissim  crucis  eleuadones  &  demissiones, 
accedencium  nunc    introitum    nunc    exdusionem,  diudus    stupens 
intuebar.     Demum    accessimus    &  nos.     Incedebamus    autem^  ut  15 
predixi,  manibus  inuicem  conserds.    Igitur  accedendbus  nobis  crux 
erigitur,  iter  patet  ingressuris.    Socius  mens  libere  ingreditur,  sequebar 
et  ego;  uerum  crux  ex  improuiso  super  manus  nostras  descendit, 
meque  a  duds  mei  consectatu  arcebat.    Quod  senciens  ego,  nimiumque 
perdmescens,    ista    piissimi   comitis  monita  audiui : — *  Ne  paueas '  20 
inquit   'fidem   tantum    certissimam    habeto   in  Dominum    Ihesum 
Christum  &  securus  ingredere.'     Post  hec   redeunte  fiducia  crux 
cessit  &  intrauL    Quantus  uero  inestimabilis  fulgor  claritads,  quanta 
luminis  gracia  interius  uniuersa  possederit,  a  me  nemo  requirat.    Hoc 
enim  non  uerbis  promere,  sed  nee  mente  sufficio  recordari.     Splendor  as 
ille  choruscus  &  blandus,  serenus  &  lenis,  sic  intuentem  rapiebat  in  se, 
sic  nitoris  immensitate  ferebat  super  se,  ut  nichil  in  eius  comparadone 
crederem  esse,  quicquid  eatenus  me  condgit  uidisse.    Splendor  iste 
quamlibet  inefifabilis,  quamlibet  inestimabilis,  tamen  non  reuerberabat 
sed  podus  acuebat  intuentis  obtutum.     Micabat  quidem  inefiabiliter  30 
sed  multo  inestimabilius  inspicientem  demulcens,  uisioni  sue  mirabiliter 
coaptabat.    Inferius  nichil  aliud  occurrebat  intuend  nisi  lux  &  murus 
candore  perspicuus,  per  quem  ingressi  sumus.    Erant  quoque  ab  imo 
usque  ad  summitatem  eius  gradus  mira  pulcritudine  disposid,  per 
quos  ascendebant  agmina  letandum,  mox  ut  fuissent  per  ianuam  55 
introgressi.    Nullus  fuit  ascendencium  labor,  difficultas  nulla,  non 
quelibet  in  ascendendo  mora ;  superior  semper  alacrius  quam  inferior 
scandebatur  gradus.    In  piano  itaque  deorsum  consistens,  deducebam 
longo  oculorum  intuitu  per  hos  gradus  ascendentes  in  sublime,  quos 
modo  per  ianuam  uideram  intrantes.    Ad  alciora  uero  oculos  defigens  40 
conspexi  in  trono  glorie  residentem  Dominum  &  Saluatorem  nostrum 
in  specie  humana,  &  in  drcuitu  accedentes  et  cum  graciarum  acdone 
adorantes  eum,  ut  michi  uidebatur,  quingentorum  uel  septingentorum 
spiritusbonorum,qui  nuperitinere  predicto  ad  locum  troniconscenderant.  . 
44.  itinere  quod  predictum  ist,  B,  for  iHmrt  predicio. 


368  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

45  Plerique  etiam  remocius  per  summos  muri  sepedicti  fines  hoc  illacqae 
uelut  spaciando  deambulare  uidebantur.  Michi  autem  cerdssime  constat 
quod  celum  celonim  utn  exultant  iosti  in  conspecta  Dei  uidentes  eum 
in  maiestate  sua,  sicuti  est,  ubi  eciam  milia  milium  ministrant  ei  ft 
decies  milia  centena  milia  assistunt  ei,  non  erat  locus  ille  sedentis  in 

50  trono,  quem  ego  uidebam :  sed  inde  iam  remota  difficultate  &  omni 
dilacione,  ascenditur  ad  celum  illud,  eteme  deitatis  uisione  beatum^ 
soils  angelis  &  iustorum  spiritibus  angelica  iam  perfeccione  consum- 
matis  peruium,  ubi  facie  ad  fadem  uidebitur  immortalis  et  inuisibilis  rex 
seculorum,  qui  solus  habet  immortalitatem  &  iucem  habitat  inaccessi- 

55  bilem,  quem  nuUus  mortalium  uidit,  sed  nee  uidere  potest.  Uidetur 
autem  a  mundis  corde,  quos  nee  cordis  nee  corporis  corrupdo 
deprimens  grauat.  In  hac  tamen  uisione  tantum  letide  &  gaudii, 
tantum  iocunditatis  &  exultadonis  concepi  animo,  ut,  quicquid 
humanis  did  potest  uerbis,  minus  sit  ad  exprimendum  cordis  mei 

6ogaudium  quo  ibi  fructus  sum. 


[LVL    Qualiter  monachus  egressus  est  ianuam  paradisi.] 

Hiis  igitur  et  aliis  innumeris  uisis  &  auditis  sanctus  dei  Nicholaus 
hec  michi  breuiter  est  locutus — '  En '  inquit  *  uel  ex  parte  iam,  fili,  ut 
petisti  &  nimio  desiderio  concupisti,  seculi  fiituri  statum,  pericula 
errancium,  supplicia  peccatorum,  purgatorum  quietem,  tendencium 

5  desideria,  gaudia  eorum  qui  iam  ad  celi  curiam  perueniunt,  passionis 
dominice  misteria,  &  Christi  iam  regnantis  gloriam,  ut  tibi  possibile 
fuit,  conspexisli.  Iam  tibi  ad  tuos  &  ad  seculi  pugnas  est  redeundum. 
Percipies  autem  si  perseueraueris  in  timore  domini  bona  que  ocolis 
conspexisti  &  multo  hiis  maiora,  que  solus  uidere  merebitur,  qui  sine 

10  fine  ilia  possidere  dignus  erit.'  Hec  dicens  satis  mestum  &  supra 
quam  did  potest  merentem,  quia  de  tanta  beatitudine  ad  mundi 
erumpnas  me  redire  debere  cognoui,  per  ianuam  qua  ingressi  sumus 
eduxit  me,  multum  instruens  &  exhortans  quatinus  immaculato  corpore 
et  innocenti  corde  cum  pie  religionis  studio  diem  uocacionis  mee 

15  prestolari  satagerem  :  '  diligenter '  inquiens  '  mandata  dei  obserua 
&  uitam  tuam  ad  exempla  iustorum  institue.  Sic  enim  fiet  ut  in 
eorum  coUegio  post  exactum  uite  mortalis  terminum  perpetuo  beatus 
merearis  admitti/ 

Chapter  LVI.  How  the  monk  went  13.  MSS.  4  and  11  omit  nu;  MS.  5 

forth  from  paradise.  and  B  text  retain  it. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM  369 

[LVII.    De  classico  quod  monachus  audiuit  &  qualiter  ad 
se  reuersus  fuerit] 

Dum  adhuc  mecum  talia  loqueretur  subito  classicum  mire  suauitatis 
cepit  audiriy  quasi  tocius  mundi  campane  uel  quicquid  sonorum  est 
nna  simul  pulsacione  concuteretur.  In  hoc  classico  mirabilis  suauitas 
&  uaria  melodie  permixtio  magnitudine  nescio  an  dulcedine  soni  plus 
stupenda  fuit.  Ad  tarn  insolitum  auditum  sollicite  attentus  &  nimium  5 
animo  suspensus,  mox  ut  sonitus  ille  desiit  audiri,  a  ducis  mei  dulcis 
comitatu  me  ex  insperato  destitutum  uidi.  Ad  meipsum  uero  reuersus, 
uoces  mox  audiui  fratrum  nostrorum  qui  lectulo  nostro  astabant; 
uiribus  eciam  corporis  paulatim  redeuntibus,  oculis  quoque  in  usum 
uidendi  sensim  patefactis,  sicut  ipsi  uidistis,  pristine  egritudinis  10 
molestia  funditus  deleta,  non  modo  incolumis,  uerum  debilitate  qua 
diu  fueram  oppressus  exdusa,  tarn  ualidus  &  fortis  quam  mestus  et 
lugubris  coram  uobis  resedi.  Putabam  autem  me  in  ecclesia  coram 
altari  esse,  ubi  crucem  dominicam  primitus  adoraueram.  Eorum 
nempe  memoria  que  ibi  corporaliter  egeram  et  perspexeram  multo  '5 
magis  herebat  animo  meo  quam  eormn  que  in  capitulo,  licet  ea 
posterius  perpessus  fueram*  Eorum  uero  que  circa  me  corporaliter 
acciderunt  postquam  in  capitulo  prostratus  fui,  nichil  omnino  sensi 
aut  sciui.  Moram  quoque  in  uisione  ilia,  que  michi  ostensa  est,  me 
aliquam  fecisse  non  credidi,  sed  tantummodo  sexte  ferie  matutinas  20 
tunc  primum  percantatas  fuisse  estimabam. 

Hec  ego  uobis,  que  michi  in  corpore  uel  in  spiritu  reuelata  sunt, 
caritate  illectus  &  coactus  uestre  sanctitatis  imperio,  quam  potui 
compendiose  narraui.  Vos  autem  queso  et  cum  immenso  lacrimarum 
fonte  supplex  postulo,  quatinus  pro  me  infelice  &  misero  instancius  ^5 
apud  Dominum  intercedere  dignemini,  ut  supplicia,  que  uidi,  reorum 
euadere  &  gaudia  que  agnoui  iustorum  innocenter  &  pie  uiuendo, 
soluto  mortis  debito,  merear  introire,  dulcemque  dei  &  Domini  mei 
Ihesu  Christi  faciem,  dominam  quoque  meam  sanctam  Mariam  in 
etemum  merear  intueri.  3© 


Chaptrr  LVII.    Of  the  bell  heard  dressing  his    snpenor,  no  doubt   the 

by  Edmond.  prior.    Thurston  thinks  that  Edmund 

I.  classicum,  bell,  not  bugle.  is  referring  to  his  bishop. 

6.  dulcissimus,  B,  after  i/le.  35.  posiulo  &*  exoro,  B,  for  supplex 

16.  ea,  om.  B.  postulo, 

29,  From  this  point  to  the  end  there  27.  sine  diloHone  added  in  B  after 

is  once  more  a  diyergence  between  texts  uiuendo, 

B  and  C.  30   aevum,  B,  for  etemum. 

23.  uestre  sanctitatis,  evidently  ad- 

n  Bb 


370  VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 

[LVni.    Argumentum  ad  visionem  monachi  confirmandum.] 

Quibusdam  igitur  turn  breuitatis  studio  turn  aliis  certis  de  causis 
pretermissis,  ego  qui  hec  utcunque  magnorum  uironim  compulsus 
imperio  Uteris  tradidi,  omnia  hec,  ipso  qui  hec  uidit  referente,  didici, 
&  quam  [>otui  studiose  narracionis  eius  nunc  sensum  nunc  eciam 

5  uerba  express!.  Ceterum  michi  sicut  &  plerisque  aliis,  qui  ilium 
familiarius  nouerunt,  satis  persuasum  est  ex  multis  rebus  fidem 
indubitalam  uerbis  illius  haberi  debere.  Ut  enim  secreciora  preteream, 
multa  sunt  documenta  manifesta,  ex  quibus  circa  principium  huius 
narracionis  nonnuUa  memoraui,  que  euidenter  probare  uidentur  non 

lo  humano  commento  sed  nutu  diuino  hec  innotuisse  fidelibus.  Uenun 
sit  tanta  infidelitas,  uel,  ut  temperancius  loquar,  sit  infirmitas  ista 
quorundam,  ut  premissis  non  credant,  licet  talem  ac  tantam  tamque 
inauditam  hominis  infirmitatem  tarn  cito,  tarn  insperato  in  testimonium 
ostense  uisionis  uiderint  curatam  :  dicant,  si  uelint,  fictam  egritudinem 

15  cuius  racionem  nullus  medicorum  sciuit:  mentiantur  tantam  hominis 
fuisse  peruicaciam  ut  simulata  eius  dormicio,  qui  iugi  prius  insompnie- 
tate  per  longum  tempus  laborauerat,  non  uocibus  repentinis  dangen- 
cium,  non  punccionlbus  adhibitis  stimulorum  aliquatinus  exagitari 
potuerit:  fuerit  tanta  uersute  simulacionis  fraudulencia,  ut,  oculis  in 

ao  ima  demersis,  eflfossa  uisus  sit  habere  lumina,  omnimodis  spirare 
biduo  non  sit  uisus,  arteriarum  motum  post  longissima  horarum  spacia 
uix  tandem  ad  modum  tenuissimi  fili  permiserit  sentiri:  lacrimas 
etiam  postmodum  per  multos  dies  fere  indesinentes  irrideant: 
uidimus  in  eo  preter  hec  omnia  quiddam  satis  pulcrum  nee  minus 

35  certum  supeme  curacionis  indicium.  Habebat  enim  toto  fere  unius 
anni  spacio  in  sinistra  tibia  ulceris  genus  acerbissimum,  et  non  modice 
latum,  quo  intollerabiliter  cruciabatur.  Dicere  solebat  talem  sibi  ex 
hoc  adesse  dolorem  quasi  ferri  candentis  laminam  tibie  iugiter  alliga- 

Chapter   LVIII.     Proofs   of  the  allowed  himself  liberty, 

truth  of  the  vision.  7.  MSS.  4. 1 1, 1 2  read  habere,  MSS.  6, 

I.  For  quibusdam  .  .  .  </iV/fh',,  the  ^yioxnsctl  in  ha£ parte  zJHtrfidemyVind 

reading  in  6  text  is  ffec  et  alia  multa  read  habere  for  haberi  debere.    B  adds 

que  turn  breuitatis  studio ,  ne  pareret  intacta  before  preteream, 

prolixitas  imntoderata  fastidium^  turn  8.  que  manifestius  imuttuerunt,  B, 

et  aliis  eciam  de  causis  scribere  non  iot  manifesta. 

fuit  consilii  ad  tempusy  ego  ipse  qui  hec  14.  B  adds  &*  oculis  suis  after  uisionis, 

utcumque,  magnorum    uirorum    com-  15.  omnis  medicorum  disciplina  ne^ 

pulsus    imperio^  litteris   tradidi^   ipso  sciuit^  B,  for  nullus  .  . .  sciuit. 

referente  <Sr»  que  scripseram  approbante^  B  adds  si  impudentiores  sunt  after 

qui  ista  omnia  uidit  6^  co^nouit^  didici,  mentiantur,       * 

but  MS.  I  reads  ad  concilii  tempus.    No  16.  Huber  inserts  sit  after  dormitia^ 

doubt  the  magni  uiri  are  Bishop  Hugh  but  it  is  not  found  apparently  in  English 

and  Thomas  the  prior  of  Eynsham.  MSS.,  and  it  spoils  the  grammar. 

4.  sensum ;   this  shows  that  Adam  19.  uersute ^  om.  B. 


VISION  OF  THE  MONK  OF  EYNSHAM 


371 


tarn  gestaret  Nullum  emplastram,  non  aliquod  unguentum  uel 
medicina  alia,  quamuis  plurima  adhiberentur  a  medicis,  uel  cniciatum  30 
eius  lenire  uel  locum  vulneris  coartare  ualebat.  Sub  ilia  uero  dormi- 
cione  ita  plenissime  sanatus  apparuit,  ut  ipse  quoque  nobiscum 
stupens  miraretur  dolorem  cum  vulnere  ita  deletum,  ut  nee  cicatricis 
uestigium  nee  ruboris  aut  alboris  indicium  diuine  superfuerit  medicine. 
Hoc  autem  solo  a  reliqua  tibia  locus  distabat  sanati  doloris,  quod  pilis  35 
omniiio  nudus  fuit. 

Delectabile  sibi  admodum  perhibet  esse  quociens  pulsari  classicum 
uel  sonare  aliquod  signum  audierit,  quia  ex  hoc  sibi  ad  mentem  redit 
classicum  illud  suauissimum,  quod  in  regione  beatorum  audiuit.  Sibi 
uero  post  excessum  redditus,  cum  ei  diceretur  a  fratribus  iam  Paschalem  40 
adesse  festiuitatem,  tunc  primum  asserentibus  credidit,  cum  signum 
completorii  pulsari  audiuit.  lamque  certus  animaduertit  classicum 
illud  hoc  innuisse  quod  apud  celi  ciues  non  sine  ineffabili  iocunditate 
exultacionisy  nee  absque  festiua  celebritate  recolitur  humane  salutis 
effectus,  quam  in  sollemnitate  Paschali  operatus  est  in  medio  terre,  45 
qui  uno  eodemque  momento  olim  creauit  ex  nichilo  celum  &  terram 
Ihesus  Christus  Dominus  noster,  cui  est  cum  Patre  &  Spiritu  sancto 
honor  &  gloria  in  secula  seculorum.  Amen.  Explicit  uisio  monachide 
Egnesham* 


.   31.  mittgare,  B,  for  Unire. 

3a.  B  adds  qui  hoc  vidimus  alter 
fu^cum, 

43.  certius,  MS.  5. 

44.  B  adds  et  gaudii  after  exuUa* 
cionis, 

48.  B  reads  honor^  potestas,  uirtus 
A*  magnificencia^  regnumque  ^  im- 
ptrium  for  honor  (^  gloria^ 

*  A  haod  of  the  first  half  of  the 
seventeenth  century  adds  in  MS.  4 : '  Hie 
videre  licet,  (jnarn  libenter  passi  sont 
maiores  nostn  illudi  yanis  hoinsmodi 
visionibos,  qaibus  fere  predicatores  nsi 
stmt  in  coixiprobationem  reram  & 
articniorum  fidei,  qnas  tractabant^ 
preterita  nt  plnriroam  anthoritate 
socrflrnm  scriptnramm. 

'Hec  Tisio  tanti  habebatar  apnd 
maiores  nostros,  ut  earn  in  mnltis  libris 
scriptam  propagari  fecerint.  Non  in- 
con£rue  asscribitur  hec  fabnla  revela- 
cionis  monacho  de  Eovesham,  nam 
edificatio  ipsios  cenobii  initinm  habuit 
a  visione  ostensa  Egiwino  Wiciorum 
episcopOi  primo  fimdatore  {sic)^  qai  in 
cnorta    sua    (anno    714)    protestatur 


sanctam  virginem  Mariam  primum 
cuidam  pastori  gregum  Eoves  nuncu- 
pato  et  postea  sibi  cum  duabus  virgi> 
nibus  librum  in  manibus  tenentem 
apparuisse  8c  locum  pro  edificando 
monasterio  ostendisse :  unde  illi  no- 
men  Eovesham  dedit,  ut  Kenredus  rex 
Merciorum  &  Offa  rex  orientalium 
Anglorum  testantnr  in  charta  sua,  anno 
domini  700.'  | 

[In  another  hand.]  '  Consimilis  fabula 
narratur  et  asseveratur  per  fratrem 
Philippum  de  Clara  Valla  de  quadam 
puella,  nomine  Elizabeth,  in  monasterio 
vocato  Erkenrode  in  territorioLeodicensi, 
quod  monasterium  erat  virginum  Beati 
Bamardi :  idde  in  Alexandro  Essebiensi, 
pagina  185. 

<  Item  tale  mirabile  miraculum  de- 
scribitur  ab  i^thelredo  Abbate  Rievall* 
de  quadam  sanctimoniali  femina  de 
Walton  et  de  incestu  eius :  vide  Symion 
Dunelmens'  in  fine  libri.' 

The  former  note:  *Hic  videre  .  .  . 

I  *  is  printed  in  the  catalogue  of  the 

■~.  of  C.C.C.  Cambridge,  where  it  is 
said  to  be  by  Archbishop  Parkcn 


B  b  3 


INDEX 


Aaron,  Robertas,  I.  ia8. 
Abbate^  lohannes,  I.  39. 
Abberbnry,  see  Adderbory. 
Abberd,  Tbomat,  II.  177. 
Abbesdesberi,  abbot  of,  Rogenis,  I.  99. 
Abbnrbary,  Ricaxdus,  II.  146. 
Abel,  lohaimes,  I.  361,  363,  II.  213. 
Abendone,  lobannes,  L  45a. 
Abendone,  Ranulfus  Sewi  de,  I.  355. 
Aberham,  Thomas  le  Tailloor  de,  I. 

Abery,  lohazines,  11.  308. 
Abetot,  Walteros  de,  I.  84. 
Abingdon,  II.  187,  188. 
Abingdon  Abbey,  II.  buz,  351. 
Abingdon,  abbot  of,  I.  310,  343. 
Abingdon,  abbot  of,  R^  II.  174. 
Abingdon,  abbot  of,  Roger,  II.  351. 
Abingdon,  St.  Edmimd  of,  II.  360-3, 

see  £dmnnd  le  Rich. 
Abovetone,  Godefridns,  II.  63. 
Abraham,  lohannes,  II.  145,  146. 
Abraham  of  Beichamstede,  I.  303. 
Abraham,  son  of  Abraham,  I.  303. 
Abraham,  Thomas,  L  363. 
Abrincis,  Tnrgis  de,  I.  51. 
Aca,  presbiter  of,  Willelmtis,  I.  93. 
Aca,  Willelmns  de,  I.  94. 
Aciesputte,  Ricardus  de,  I.  315. 
Acsur,  II.  103. 
Acnl*,  Godefridns,  I.  83. 
Acnl*,  Ricardus,  I.  83. 
Adam,  filins  lohannis,  1. 153. 
Adam,  filins  Radnlfi.  I.  70. 
Adam,  pincema,  I.  08,  108. 
Adam,  presbiter,  1. 1 10. 
Adam,  son  of  Willelmns,  I.  334. 
Adamsse,  Walter,  II.  139. 
Adderbory,  L  5,  14,  376,  II.  xxii,  xxiii, 

93  If.,  340. 
Adderbury,  rector  of,  IT.  xxii. 
Adderbury,  Georgios,  L  433,  435,  II. 

343,  343. 
A^delicia],  Queen,  II.  173. 
Axtwardns,  magister,  I.  136. 
i^nfric,  abbot,  I.  vil 
i^Imams,  Earl  of  Cornwall,  11.  43. 
iElrici,  Thomas  filins,  1. 139. 
iEidintone,  see  Yamton. 
iCthelmar,  Ealderman,  I.  yii,  viii,  30, 

31,  33.   Su  AUnams. 


JEthelred,  charter  of,  1. 19. 
iEthelric,  bishop  of  Dorchester,  I.  x. 
iEthelweard,  I.  30,  33. 
A^etis,  Willelmns  filins,  I.  177,  178. 
Ailesberia  rAylesbnry),  I.  333,  334. 
Ailesberia,  Kicardns  de,  I.  71,  73. 
Ailesberia,  Robertns  de  (error  for  Ri- 
cardus), 1. 73. 
Ailmari,  Willelmns  filins,  I.  70. 
Ailmems,  Grossus,  II.  68. 
Akard,  Thomas,  II.  133. 
Ake,  see  Noke. 
Akemanstrete,  II.  94. 
Alani,  Ricardus  filins,  I.  85,  86,  191, 


11.  ^,  238. 
He 


[enricus,  his  son,  I.  86. 
Alani,  Rogems  6Has  (of  London),  I. 

113,11.47. 
Alani,  Thomas  filins,  I.  307. 
Alani,  Waltems  filins,  1. 133. 
Alanns,  II.  xcvii. 
Alanns,  sacerdos,  L  98. 
Alardus,  IL  46. 

Alardns  de  Sancta  Mildrida,  L  40. 
Alawy,  Ricardus,  I.  404. 
Alayn,  Ricardus,  I.  340. 
Alberd,  Thomas,  I.  329. 
Albericus,  Papal  legate,  I.  66. 
Albray,  Willelmns,  11.  133. 
Aldebiuy,  William  de,  II.  103. 
Aldefeld  in  Dncklington,  I.  160. 
Aldewyne,  Waltems,  I.  375. 
Aleanor,  wife  of  Henry  H,  I.  70,  loi. 
Alewy,  R..  L  385. 

Alexander,  bishop  of  Lincoln,  II.  xxi. 
Alexander  of  Barton,  I.  45,  67,  100, 

113. 
Alexander,  presbiter,  I.  94. 
Alexandri,  Kobertus  filins,  I.  300. 
Aleyn,  Robertns,  II.  13, 14. 
Aleyn,  Thomas,  II.  xii. 
Aleyns,  Robert,  II.  xii. 
Alfred,  Waltems,  IL  04. 
Alfredi,  Alexander  films,  1. 48,  146. 
Alkerton,  Robertns,  IL  xxxviL 
Almari  {see  Amari),  I.  113. 
Almariy  Gilbertus  de,  L  394. 
Almaricus,  Dispensator,  I.  80,  81. 
Almarius,  founder  of  Eynsham,  II.  57^ 
Almams,  Earl  of  Cornwall,  II.  37* 
Almayn,  Rogems,  L  375. 


374 


INDEX 


Almereio.  Gislebertni  de,  11.  158. 
Alnett,  Stevyne,  II.  140. 
Alnewick,  bishop  of  Liiicoln,  I.  431. 
Alnod,  Ricardat  de,  I.  73. 
Alvescot,  II.  Ixvi. 

Alaetone,  lohannei  de,  II.  64,  65,  138. 
Alnric,  I.  xxxYi,  IL  xxv  {bis)^  lUL 
AluyoD,  lohannes,  U.  la,  14. 
Alwin*  Not,  I.  74. 

Anudrici.  Radalfos  filias  (1188),  I.  7a. 
Amari,  Gilbertus  de,  I.  37,  394. 
Amari  {see  Almari),  Robertus  d€,  L  83, 

96,  lao. 
Amarico,  Radalfos  de,  L  158. 
Amauri,  Robertas  filius,  I.  143,  144. 
Ambresdone,  Willelmos,  I.  43a. 
Amfridas,  fil.  Ricardi,  L  lap. 
Amiani,  Adam  filins,  I.  3. 
Arnicas  clericos,  I.  58. 
Arnicas  de  Parco,  I.  86,  95. 
Arnicas  de  Woodstock,  I.  77,  80,  99. 
Amiot,  L  94. 
Amisias  de  Wodestoke,  I.  85,  no,  148. 

Sibilla,  his  wife,  I.  no. 

Anchorites,  11.  ap,  334. 
Andrew,  John,  II.  a43,  343. 
Andrewes,  Richard,  H.  Ixxiv,  351. 
Aneta,  I.  de,  I.  16. 
Anfridi,  Thomas  filias,  II.  aa8. 
Anfridi,  WiUelmas  filias,  II.  aa8. 
Angalo,  Hago  de,  1. 183. 
Anketilli,  WiUelmas  frater,  II.  335. 
Anaers,  Ricardas  de,  I.  405. 
Apestede,  tenementam,  II.  34. 
Appelhanger,  in  Goring,  1. 107, 1 1 1,  IL 

"5,  127- 
Appleton,  Berks.,  I.  377,  11.  vii,  xx, 

xxi,  Ixxvii,  15a. 
Aqaa,  lohannes  de,  I.  331. 
Anldas,  of  Oxford,  L  74. 
Arches,  Robertas  de,  I.  391. 
Archi(Uaconas,  Walteras,  II.  47. 
Archabas,  St.  Maiv  de,  I.  a94. 
Ardeme,  Egidias  ae,  II.  10 1. 
Ardeme,  Lucia  de,  I.  350,  351,  II.  168. 
Ardeme,  Simon  de,  L  176. 
Ardeme,  Walkelinos  de,  I.  313. 
Arenee,  see  Hareng. 
Arisr,  magister,  I.  60. 
Arkel,  lohannes,  IL  8a. 
Arsic,  Albericas,  I.  88. 
Arsic,  Alexander,  son  of  Manasser,  I. 

109. 
Arsic,  lohannes,  11.  45,  46. 
Arsic,  Manasser,  II.  xxxviiL 
Arsic,  Manasses,  I.  88. 
Arsic,  Margaret,  wife  of  Manasser,  L 

109. 
Arsic,  Robertas,  L  108,  146. 
—  —  Manasser,  son  of,  I.  108  {pis), 
Arsic  manor,  IL  xxiv  (fits). 


Artnri,  WiUelmas  fiUos,  L  403. 
Anmdel,  Earl  of,  II.  Ixxxiii. 
Amndel,  Earl  of,  WUliam,  L  8a. 
Amndel,  Rogems  de,  I.  104. 
Ascelina  of  Oxford,  1. 11  a. 
Ascot,  L  77,  174,  175,  318. 
Ascot,  Robertas  de,  I.  349,  IL  178. 
Aselford,  Thomas,  IL  81. 
Ashley,  Northants,  I.  37  m. 
Assenden,  lacobas,  I.  435. 
Assepntte,  lohannes  de,  1.  398. 
Assewy,  lohannes,  I.  395. 
Asshe,  Richard,  II.  ix. 
Asshenden,  lacobus,  L  433. 
Asthrope,  Thomas  Bernard  de,  II.  141. 
Astmer,  Thomas  de,  IL  136. 
Aston,  see  Steeple  Aston  and  Bampton 

Aston. 
Aston,  homage  of,  II.  xix. 
Aston  le  Ryche,  II.  147. 
Aston,  Hago  de,  I.  304. 
Aston,  Riairdas  de,  U.  48.  ^ 

Aston,  Robertas  de,  I.  355,  357. 
Astrop,  II.  140,  141.  147. 
Astrope,  lohannes,  L  435. 
Astropp,  John,  U.  343. 
Astyl,  WUlelmas,U.  ai6. 
Atedene,  WiUelmas,  II.  a  14. 
Atewelle,  lohannes,  IL  314. 
Atfaras,  sheriff,  L  104  n, 
Athelain,  WUlelmas,  IL  314. 
Attebmgge,  Thomas,  II.  6^ 
Attebmgge,  Waltems,  II.  03. 
Attehal!^  Walteras,  II.  65. 
Attepoande,  Nicholaas,  I.  375. 
Attetoaneshende,  Edmandos,  L  375. 
Attetoaneshende,  Ricardas,  I.  375. 
Attewater,  Walter,  IL  xii. 
Avalone,  WiUelmas  de,  IL  164. 
Aabry,  Robertas,  I.  399. 
Aaco,  Rogems  de,  I.  53. 
Aadoeno,  see  Sancto  Aadoena 
Aaekeslinge,  I.  153. 
Aaend,  Adam,  L  179,  338,  354,  355, 

404- 
Aaend,  Elias,  L  179. 
Aaenel,  lohannes,  I.  179,  316. 
Aaenel,  Michael,  I.  114. 
Aaenel,  Robertas,  L  178,  385. 

Isabel,  his  wife,  L  178. 

:  Margaret,  his  daughter,  I.  285. 

Avenel,  Robertas,  IL  45. 

Avenel,  Thomas,  L  179. 

Aaenel,  Walteras,  L  199,   345,   385, 

404. 
Auenel,  WUlelmus,  L  79, 1 1 1, 1 1  a,  1 1 4, 

145- 
—  —  Hdewisa,  his  wife,  I.  in,  112, 

"4»  145. 
Auenel,  WUliam,  L  413. 
AueneUus,L  95,105, 114,141,14a,  147, 


INDEX 


375 


160,  163,  165,  166,  167,  179,  284, 

2851  407*  n.  xcvii. 
Ayenellns,  dispensator,  I.  141,  145. 
Anfar,  Ricardns  de,  I.  41. 
Augnstinns,  vicarins  [de  Eynsham],  I. 

336. 
Aiiicie,  Helyas  filins,  I.  115. 
Auicic,  Walterns  filins,  I.  115. 
Aula  {see  Dunhalle),  Adam  de,  I.  303. 
Aamari,  Galfridus  de,  I.  138. 
Aamari,  Robertas  de  (1188),  I.  73. 
Aurifaber,  Galfridus,  1.  247,  II.  176. 
Aurifaber,  Nicholans,  I.  349,  II.  xlix, 

239. 
Austyn,  Thomas,  II.  T40,  T43, 143, 148. 

Margaret,  his  wife,  II.  148. 

Auuers,  Kob.  de,  I.  48,  141, 143,  143, 

144»  145- 

Galiridns,  son  of,  I.  143,  144. 

Nicholaus,  son  of,  I.  141,  143. 

Radnlfns,  son  of,  I.  141,  142. 

—  -^  Willelnjus,  son  of,  I.  141,  142, 

143.  144. 
Auuers,  Sara,  wife  of  Galfridus  de,  L 

I43»  144- 
Awdlett  lohannes,  II.  139. 
Aylesbury,  see  Ailesberia,  Eylisburie. 
Aylewyn,  William,  II.  xvi. 
Aylward,  Walterus,  I.  275. 
Aynho,  see  £yno,  I.  362. 
Azor,  sheriff  of  Oxford,  1. 104,  414,  II. 

44,  44  ».,  103. 

—  Hadewisa,  daughter  of,  II.  44. 
Axorii,  Reginaldus  Alius,  I.  96,  IL  44. 
Azorii,  Rogerus  filius,  I.  95,  II.  44. 

Bachingeden,  Ricardns  de,  L  191. 
Bacon  (Bacun,  Bakon,  Bacoun),  heirs 

of,  IL  34. 
Bacon,  Hugo,  I.  278,  284,  287. 

Agnes,  his  wife,  L  278,  287. 

Bacon,  lohannes  (  «  lohannes  le  Noble), 

I.  228. 
Bacon,  lohannes,  I.  252,  278, '281, 404, 

407. 
Bacon,  Ricardns,  L  311,  312,  325,  329 

{bis),  370,  404,  407,  II.  177. 
Bacon,  Waltcrus,  I.  253,  279,  302, 311, 

404- 
Bacon,  Willelmus,  I.  406. 

Hugh,  his  son,  I.  406. 

Badinton*,  Robertus  de,  I.  149. 
Baggingedene,  I.  220. 
Baillol,  loscelinus  de,  II.  158. 
Baiocensis,  Henricus,  I.  58. 
Baiuel,  Willelmus,  L  78. 
Bakepuz,  Radulfusde,  L  213. 
Baker,  Adam,  II.  141,  142. 
Baker,  lohannes  le,  II.  132,  133. 
Baker,  Willelmus  le,  IL  55. 
Bakon,  see  Bacon. 


Baldewini,  Robertus  filius,  I.  402. 
Baldewini,  Willelmus  filius,  I.  48,  95, 

no,  141,  142,  145,  146. 
Baldewinus,  archbishop  of  Canterbury, 

I-59- 
Baldewinus  of  Oxford,  I.  105. 
Baldewinus  portarius,  I.  72,  1 14. 
Baldewynus,  Canutus,  I.  283. 
Baldiue,  lohannes,  I.  1 53. 
Baldoc,  Ricardns,  I.  199,  272. 
Baldok,  John,  II.  ix. 
Baldon,  I.  2, 10, 158, 159,  306,  376,  II. 
•     xvii,  llv,  Ixxvi,  49,  251. 
Baldon,  Marsh,  U.  xxi. 
Balere,  Walterns,  L  251. 
Balif,  Willelmus  le,  II.  134. 
Balle,  Thomas,  IL  lix. 
Ballio,  Nicholaus  de,  I.  128  {bis), 
Bamburghe,  lohannes,  L  432. 
Bampton  (Bamton),  L  203,  206,  367, 

376,  IL  92.  187. 
Bampton,  the  hundred  of,  I.  368,  381, 

IL7. 
Bampton,  Adam  de,  I.  324. 
Bampton,  lohannes,  II.  52,  ^6. 
Bampton,  lohannes  Walker  de,  IL  141. 
Bampton,  Monekyn  de,  I.  324. 
Bampton,  Robertus  de,  IL  108. 
Bampton,  Syward  of,  I.  257  if. 
Bampton,  Sywardus  de,  II.  225. 
Bampton  Aston,  I.  11,  73,  75-7,  83, 

85,  88,129,130,177,  196,  203,  206, 

402,  IL  Ixv,  2,6,  II. 
Banastre,  Adelardus,  sheriff,  I.  95. 
Banastre,  Henricus,  I.  68  {ter),  72,  76, 

83,  89,  91,  105.  114,  121,  132,  133, 

161,  IL  xcvii,  238. 
Banastre,  Ricardus,  I.  64. 
Banbury,  L  4,  5,  36,  39-41,  167,  225, 

n^y  305-7»  335-7i  37^,  IL  xxi,  xxii, 

xxiii.  Ixxvi,  49,  92,  240,  253. 

—  castle  ward  at,  IL  31. 

—  constable  of,  IL  28. 

—  demesne  of  the  bishop  in,  II.  xxii. 

—  hundred  of,  IL  Ixxviii,  30. 

—  the  rector  of,  I.  225. 

—  vicar  of,  lohannes,  II.  49. 
Banbury,  William  of,  I.  xxxv. 
Bannebury,  lohannes  de  Noitone  de, 

IL  81. 
Bantebir,  Thomas  de,  I.  401. 
Baratour,  Matildis  le,  II.  135. 
Baratt,  Hawys,  I.  183. 
Baratt,  lobanna,  L  183. 
Baratt,  W^alterus,  I.  183. 
Barbitonsor,  Ricardns,  II.  230,  237. 
Barbour,  Paulinus  le,  I.  352. 
Barbour,  Willelmus  le,  I.  352. 
Barbour,  William,  IL  xii,  251. 
Barden,  lohannes  de,  I.  162. 
Bardolf,  Hugo,  I.  96,  403. 


37^ 


INDEX 


Bardulfus,  I.  75. 

Bardulios  filiui  Rogeri,  I.  74. 

Barefot,  Fromendus,  II.  aa8. 

Baret,  Walter,  I.  141. 

Barford,  I.  136,  413. 

Barnstaple,  archdaicon  of,  Thomas,  I. 

81. 
Bamwell   (Bcrnewelle),  I.    236,    239, 

361. 
Barr*,  Bartholomeos  ate,  II.  138. 
liarre,  la,  I.  164. 
Barre,  Hamfridos  de  la,  I.  191. 
Barre,  Willelmtis  de  la,  I.  33a,  398. 
Barret,  Ricardus,  I.  39. 
Barry,  John,  II.  xviii. 
Barthelot,  Robertas,  I.  380. 
]{artholomei,  Waltems  fillos,  IL  170. 
Bartholomeos,  I.  1x8. 
Bartholomeus,  dericas,  I.  it 3. 
Bartholomeas,  magister,  I.  68. 
Bartholomeos,  <  nepos '  of  abbot  G.,  L 

64,  104,  105,  120,  II.  338. 
Bartholomeos  of  Eynsham,  1. 138  if* 
Barton  {^or  Bertoo),  Alexander  de,  L 

45,67,100,  113. 

—  Willelmus  de,  son  of  Alex.,  I.  96, 
100,  113. 

Barton.  Eudo  de,  I.  no. 

Helyas,  his  son,  I.  1 10. 

Barton,  Henricns  de  la,  I.  338. 
Barton,  Homfridus  de,  I.  loi. 
Barton,  I.  de.  I.  387. 
Barton,  lohannes  de  la,  I.  339. 

Henricns,  his  son,  I.  339. 

Barton,  John,  II.  xxviii. 

Barton,  CMo  de,  I.  96. 

Barton,  Thomas  de,  I.  141,  143,  145, 

160. 
Barton,  Thomas  persona  de,  I.  158. 
Barton,  Willelmns  de,  L  154, 155. 
Barton  (Bertone),  the  rural  dean  of,  L 

305- 
Barton  Hartshome,  Bucks.,  I.  no,  II. 

xxii,  xxiv. 
Barton  Wcstcot  {or  Parva),  I.  i,  13, 

45»  46.  67>  60,  67,  100,  113,  307, 

376,  II.  xxii,  Ixxvi,  01. 
church  of  St.  Edmund,  I.  113. 

—  —  Martinus,  presbitcr  of,  I.  100. 

the  rector  of,  II.  48. 

liartour,  Radulfus  le,  II.  136. 
Baru[n],  Robertus,  I.  113. 
Basbgham,  Rogetus  de,  II.  47. 
Basse,  Agnes,  II.  3i,  33. 

Basset,  Fulco,  I.  73. 

Basset,  Gillebertus,  I.  36,  71,  73,  II. 

li,  Ixix,  158. 
Basset,  Radulfus,  I.  40,  70,  II.  xxxr, 

158. 
Basset,  Radulfus  (jun.),  I.  69,  70,  71. 
Adeliza,  his  wife,  I.  69. 


Basset,  Radulfus  (iiao),  I.  37,  91. 

A.,  his  wife,  I.  91. 

Basset,  Ricaidus,  I.  69,  91. 

Basset,  Robertus,  I.  io6. 

Basset,  Simon,  I.  413. 

Basset,  Thonus,  I.  73,  106,  IL  47. 

Basset,  Willelmus  (iiao),  I.  91,  126, 

137. 
Bassingbr*,  Warinus  de,  I.  115. 
Bassingbum,  John  de,  L  431. 
BasUrd,  Willelmus,  I.  309. 
Bastone,  Henricns,  II.  13,  I4. 
Bataile,  Robertus,  L  43,  76. 
Batesford,  I.  de,  L  346,  348,  353. 
Bath,  archdeacon  of,  Petrus  BlesensiSy 

I-59- 
Bath,  bishop  of,  R.,  I.  65,  330. 
Bath  and  Wells,  bishop  of,  Reginald, 

IL  350. 
Bathonia,  Petrus  de,  U.  164. 
Batyn,  Thomas,  II.  143,  145,  146. 
Baugh,  William,  II.  ix,  x. 
Baunk,  lohannes  le,  IL  33a 
Bayeux,  archdeacon  o(  Waleranns,  L  58. 
Bayeux,  bishop  of,  II.  xxy. 

Philippus,  n.  158. 

Bealmund,  Ricaidus  de,  1. 113. 
Beamton,  Willelmus  de,  II.  47. 
Beauer,  Simon,  L  39a 

Willelma,  his  wife,  I.  39a 

Beccheie,  lohannes  atte,  II.  313. 
Beccheie,  Thomas  de  la,  II.  313. 
Beccke,  Willelmus,  I.  7. 
Becha,  Euerardus  de  (1171),  L  115. 
Becheheye,  Thomas  de  la,  II.  209. 
Beckley,  the  parson  of,  II.  96. 
Bedeford,  lohannes  de,  II.  339,  337, 

238,  339- 
Bedeford,  mag.  A.  de,  1. 47. 
Bedel,  lohannes  le,  L  374. 

Robertus,  his  son,  I.  374. 

lohannes,  his  grandson,  L  374. 

Willelmus,  his  grandson,  1.  374. 

Maigeria,  his  daughter-in-law,  I. 

374* 
Bedel,  Willelmus  le,  I.  339,  IL  177. 
Bedellus,  Adam,  I.  353,  311. 
Bedellus,  Gerardus,  U.  44. 
Bedwyns,  in  Cassington,  II.  353. 
Bedvll,  Galfndus,  II.  185. 
Beek,  John,  II.  xiii. 
Beel,  Ysabella  de,  IL  138. 
Beiemere,  Walterus,  L  J  73. 
Bekyngham,  Thomas,  IL  149. 
Bekyngham,  mag.  Thomas,  II.  IxxxiL 
Bekyngham,  William,  IL  x,  xxxii« 
Bel,  Robertus,  L  138,  146. 
Bel,  Robertus  le,  1.  150. 
Belcampo,  Stephanus  de,  II.  158. 
Belebouche,  Willelmus,  L  347. 
Belegraue,  heirs  of,  II.  34. 


INDEX 


377 


Belegrane,  Ricardos,  11.  55,  56. 
Belegrane,  Robertas,  I,  352,  277. 
Belegraue,  Robertus,  son  of  Walter,  I. 

314- 
Bel^;raae,  Robertas,  L  314,  515,  316 

{bts\  369. 

lohanna,  his  ¥rife,  L  314. 

Belegraae,  Willelmus,  I.  358,  361,  369, 

380,  IL  aai. 
Belenfaant,  Robertas,  I.  347. 
Beler,  Hamo,  II.  117. 
Beleya,  —  de,  L  la. 
Bella  aqua,  Gaofridas  de,  I.  73. 
Bella  aqaa,  Ricardos  de,  I.  86  {bis),  87. 
Bella  aqua,  Walteros  de,  I.  87. 
Bello  Campo,  Andreas  de,  1. 90  n,^  161, 

430. 
Bello  Campo^  Goido  de,  I.  349,  IL 

177,  178. 
Belloc[ampo],  Pearellus  de,  IL  173. 
Bells  not  rung  daring  Lent,  IL  389. 
Belot,  Galfridas,  I.  363. 
Bemond,  Thomas,  II.  xxxii. 
Bemton,  Nicholaas  de,  I.  93. 
Bendenges,  Willelmas  de,  I.  139,40a. 
Bene,  la,  a  manorial  task,  II.  139. 
Benefeeld,  Robertas  de,  IL  338. 
Benefelde,  Godefridas  de,  L  83,  1 30. 
Benefelde,  Willelmas  de,  I.  70. 
Benesyndone  Mere,  II.  135. 
Bengeworthe,  lohannes,  I.  431,  43a. 
Bengeys,  lohannes,  IL  136. 
Benhitone,  Willelmas  de,  I.  405. 
Bensentane  (Bensinton),  L  403. 
Bensington,  Oxon^  II.  Izv. 
Bensinton,  1. 130. 
Beoytt,  Robert,  IL  140. 
Berchamstede,  Abraham,  Jew  of,  L  3oa. 
Bere,  Ricardas,  I.  183. 
Bereford,  see  Barford. 
Bereford,  Dionysia  de,  I.  413. 
Bereford,  Hago  de,  I.  144. 
Bereforde,  Robertas  de,  L  383-5. 
Bereforde,  R<^eras  de,  L  76  {bis),  I44, 

167- 
Bereford,  Simon  de,  II.  330. 
Berencestria,  see  Bicester,  Bemeoestria. 
Bergeaeny,  laliana  de,  II.  336. 
Bergeaeny,  Willelmas  de,  II.  336. 
Berkele,  Ricardas  de,  I.  353. 
Berks.,  archdeacon  of,  see  Brudeport, 

Egidias  de. 
Bermodos,  I.  7. 
Bernard,  lohannes,  II.  65. 
Bernard,   Thomas,  IL  141,  143,  145, 

147. 
Bernard,  Willelmas*  II.  3 11. 
Bernard,  William,  IL  zxxiy. 

William,  son  of,  II.  zxxiz. 

Bemardi,W^illelmas  filios,  1. 37,  II.  158. 
Bemardas,  IL  17  a. 


Bemecestria,   mag.  Gillebertns  de,  L 

131. 

Bemecestria,  Walteras  de,  I.  I3i. 
Beroewelle,  lohannes  de,  L  350,  380, 

II.  331. 

Berthe,  Ricardas  de,  L  367. 
Bertone,  see  Barton. 
Bertram,  Robertas,  I.  113. 
Bertrandas,  cardinal,  I.  386. 
Besilles,  Mathias  de,  I.  338. 
Beterhale  in  Eynsham,  L  407. 
Bicester,  I.  14,  376 ;  U.  91. 
Bicester,  the  prior  of,  L  3,  II.  xxxviii, 

Ixxri,  Ixxxix,  4^. 
Bicester,  priory  of;  I.  71,  73,  II.  351, 
Biefehaalf,  see  Oxford,  Beef  Hall. 
Bigge,  Alanas,  I.  307. 
Bigge,  Alicia,  I.  311. 
Bigge,  Bemaidas,  I.  333,  336. 
Willelmas,  son  of,  L  307,  331, 

336. 
SigE^y  Margareta,  I.  3 1 1. 
Bighe,  Hailbert,  L  115. 
Bighe,  Nicholaas,  L  115. 
Bighe,  Willelmas,  L  115. 
Biham,  Andreas  de^'J.  370. 
Biham,  lohannes  de',  I.  176. 
Biham,  mag.  Gilbertas  de,  1. 176. 
Bingham,  Ricardas,  IL  43. 
Binham,  prior  of,   Thomas,  IL   358^ 

Birmingham,  William,  IL  IvL 
Bisantias,  Robertas,  1. 1 13. 
Biset,  lohannes,  1. 190. 

Margeria,  daughter  of,  I.  190. 

Biset,  Manasserns,  L  54  {bis),  55  {bis), 

103,190,318,  IL  156,158. 
—  —  Willelmas,  his  brother,  I.  103. 

Henricas,  his  nephew,  I.  103. 

Bishop,  Nicholas,  I.   viii,  357  n.,  IL 

333-39;   collectanea    of,  L    xxxiii, 

37311. ;  his  inaccuracy,  II.  335. 
Bishopestoke,  see  South  Stoke. 
Bishopestoke  (Bissopestoke),  Thomas 

Frankelanas  de,  L  153, 154,  155. 
Bislesthorpe,    Willelmus,     see    Byls- 

thorpe. 
Bitlesden,  Ricardas,  abbot  of,  L  99. 
Bitterhale,  L  178. 
Bixest,  Hugo  de,  II.  138. 
Bixtrop,  Matheus  de,  IL  173. 
Bixtrop,  Walteros  de,  IL  173, 
Blackbourton,  I.  84. 
Black  Death,  the,  IL  19. 
Bladen   (Bladenha)    (» Evenlode),  L 

161,  3i9»  333. 
Bladen,  Hugo  de,  L  153. 
Bladen,  Martinas  de,  IL  105. 
Bladen-bridge  in  Hanboroogh,  II.  9a. 
Bladyntone,  Michael  de,  IL  319. 
Blake,  Adam,  IL  107. 


378 


INDEX 


BUke,  lohannes,  11.  55, 56. 
BUkeman,  John,  11.  xiii  {bis). 
BlakemaD,  Richuxl,  IL  xiii. 
BUkeman,  Robert,  IL  xiv. 
Blakeman,  William,  II.  xir. 
Blancpain,  Willelmiit,  II.  339. 
Blancpayn,  Dionysia,  II.  335. 
Blaiicpa3rn,  Simon,  I.  197,  35711.,  ^^* 

aa5»  »34.  »35- 

Dionysia,  his  daa|;hter,  L  357  it. 

Blechesdone,  Walterus,  I.  433. 
Blesensis,  mag.  Petnis,  I.  58,  59. 
Blewbery,  John,  II.  148. 
Blia,  Walterus  de,  I.  70,  131. 
Blobre,  Roger,  I.  377  ». 
Blockesham,  Hcnricns  filios  Edwini  de, 

I.  313. 

Bloet,  Robertas,   bishop  of  Lincoln, 

I.  43,  IL  xxi. 
Bloet,  Willelmos,  L  83. 
Blokdey,  the  rector  of,  L  394. 
Blount  (Blunt,  Blund),  Bertrandns  le,  L 

334- 
Blount,  lacobus  le,  II.  331. 
Blount,  lohannes  le,  I.  300,  396,  397, 

338. 
Blount,  Ricardus  le,  I.  396,  397,  300. 
—  —  Dionisia,  his  wife,  I.  397. 

lohannes,  his  son,  L  30a 

Blount,  Robertus  le,  L  379. 

Willelmas,  hk  son,  I.  379. 

Blount,  Willelmus  le,  II.  31,  178. 
Blowynd,  IL  43, 93. 
Blowynd,  Robertus,  II.  105. 
Bloxham,  I.  xir,  5a,  364,  365. 
Bloxham,  bailiff  of  the  hundred  of,  IL 

liii. 
Bloxham  wood,  II.  168. 
«—  —  monastic  house  in,  II.  xxiL 
Bloxham,  Adam  de,  IL  31. 
Bloxham,  Agnes  de,  IL  03. 
Bloxham,  le  Erleswode  oe,  II.  93. 
Blund,  see  Blount 
Blundus,  Henricus,  L  367. 
Blundus,  Rogerus  (of  London),  L  x  1 3. 

lohannes,  his  son,  I.  ii3  {bis), 

Laurentius,  his  son,  I.  11 3. 

Robertus,  his  son,  a  monk,  L 

113,  113. 
Blundus,  Stephanus,  I.  3. 
Blundus,  W.,  I.  407. 
Blundus,  Willelmus,  L  68,  83,  91,  10^ 

(^f>),  114,  138,  143,  143,  147,  156, 

163,  331. 

Bodanda,  Gaufridus  de,  II.  335. 
Boclanda,  Willelmus  de,  IL  335. 
Boclande,  Galfridus  de,  I.  60. 
Bodde,  Willelmus,  II.  108. 
Bodenden,  Robertus  de,  I.  144. 
Bodicote,  1. 4, 5,  II.  xxii,  xxiii,  49, 9311., 
a40,  253. 


Bodin,  Robertus,  L  395. 
Bodp,  Stephanus,  U.  169. 
Bofl^lde,  Henricus,  IL  150. 
Bohicius  the  Carthusian,  II.  360. 
Bohun  (Buhun,  Buun),  A.  de,  II.  155. 
Bohun,  Humfridus  de,  I.  75. 
Bohun,  Robertus,  I.  407. 
Boiieio,  Willelmus  de,  L  41. 
Bokeler,  William,  IL  x^ri. 
Bokepot,  Robertus,  L  373,  386. 

Isabella,  his  wife,  I.  373,  386. 

Agnes,  his  daughter,  L  386. 

Bolde,  le,  IL  Ixxiy. 

Bolle  (alias  DoUe),  Walterus,  IL  ai, 

33. 
BoUig,  I.  163. 
Boiling,  Isabella,  IL  54,  56. 
Boiling,  Robertus,  L  33i,  353. 
Bollocherde,  Ricardus  le,  I.  373. 
Bollour,  lohannes,  II.  64. 
Bolwere  in  Eynsham,  L  369. 
Bompas,  Willelmus,  L  3a6,  339. 
Bonebroc,  Hugo,  L  353. 
Boneuile,  I.  153. 
Boniface  IX,  pope,  IL  x8i« 
Boovalet,  Ricardus,  L  311,  403. 

Lucia,  his  wife,  I.  403. 

Bonvalet,  Thomas,  I.  358,  361. 
Bordeley,  Willelmus  de,  I.  343. 
Boreforde,  Thomas  le  Corbet  de,  1. 378. 
Bortone,  Galfridus  de,  L  368. 
Bortone,  Robertus  de,  L  368. 
Bortone,  R<^erus  de,  I.  137. 
Boryanes,  Petrus  de,  IL  3I3. 
Bosco,  Henricus  de,  I.  373. 

lohannes,  his  son,  L  37a. 

Bosco,  I.  de,  I.  337,  339. 

Bosco,  lohannes  de,  II.  339. 

Bost,  Thomas,  L  367. 

Bostone,  lohannes,  I.  434, 435. 

Boteinleyn,  Thomas,  iL  83. 

Boteler,  see  Botiller. 

Boterel,  WiUeknus,  L  106. 

Botiller  (Boteler),  Robertus  le,  L  358, 

3591365.370;  IL  313,313. 
Botiller,  Thomas,  I.  xxiy,  379. 
Botley,  Oxfoid,  II.  307. 
Botte,  lohannes,  II.  30,  33. 
Botte,  Robertus,  L  189. 
Bouebroke,  Adam,  II.  xlv. 
Boneles,  Henricus  de,  I.  336. 
Boueneye,  Matilda  de,  I.  374. 
Boueton,  Ricardus,  I.  340. 
Bonilla,  lohannes  de,L  115. 
Emma,  his  wife,  L  1 15. 

—  —  Hugo,  his  son,  I.  115. 
Bourmain,  Ricardus,  I.  388. 
Rosa,  his  wife,  I.  388. 

—  —  lohannes,  his  son,  I.  388, 

Thomas,  his  son,  I.  388. 

Willelmus,  his  son,  I.  388. 


INDEX 


379 


Boyd,  Richard,  IT.  xvii. 

Braci,W.  de,  1.48. 

Brad,  Willelmus  de,  1. 145  (^),  154, 

Brackley  (Brackele),  I.  175,  361. 

Brackley,  prior  of,  A.,  I.  173,  399. 

Brackley,  Ricardns,  II.  333. 

Brackley,  Ricardns  Mace  de,  1. 175. 

Brackley,  Simon  de,  IL  338,  339. 

Bradeley,  prior  of,  I.  103. 

Bradeston  (Bradeneston),  Robertvs  de, 

I.  153,  300. 

Bradestud,  magister  P.  de,  I.  154. 
Bradewas,  lohannes  de,  I.  387. 
Bradewelle,  Philipput,  IL  83. 
Bradcwelle,  Walterug  de,  I.  356,  357. 
BradiDgstock,  Thomas,  I.  zxviii,  II.  y. 
BramptoQ,  Lines.,  I.  31,  33,  5a 
Bramptone,  Thomas  de,  I.  351,  353. 
Brasct,  WUlelmnsde,  IL  338. 
Bratmdestone,  Thomas,  U.  143,  144. 
Bray,  John,  IL  xviii. 
Bray  (Brai),  Ricardns  de,  I.  73. 
Bray,  Ricardns,  I.  434-7. 
Bray,  Richard,  IL  xvii. 
Bray,  Rogems  de,  I.  379,  380,  II.  xlix. 

Isabella,  his  wife,  I.  379,  380. 

Braylles,  Robertns,  IL  78. 
Bray  well,  Stephanns,  IL  196. 
Bredecote,  Nicholans  de,  IL  109. 
Bredon,  Walter  de,  L  xxiv,  xxvL 
Brehnlle,  Rannlfhs  de,  I.  373. 
BrehuUe,  Ricardns  de,  IL  108. 
Breilles,  Gilebertns  de,  I.  157. 
Bremesfeldf    lohannes   Giffiard   de,  I, 

330. 
Brendebroke,  Robertns,  I.  334. 
Bret,  lohannes  le,  I.  331. 
Bretfortone,  Waltems,   II.   199,  300- 

304. 
Bretteforde,  Willelmns,  11.  loi. 
Brewester,  Willelmns  le,  IL  35. 
Brian,  Geoffrey,  IL  xvii. 
Briche,  lohannes  de  la,  IL  no. 
Brians  de  Histon*,  L  1 1 3. 
Briendns,  Wiganns  nephew  of,  I.  43, 

—  —  —  Edida,  his  wife,  L  loi. 
Brighthampton  (Brythamptone),  L  380, 

Brihtnoth,  I.  30 m.,  si. 

Brionn*,  Waltems,  L  75. 

Bristol,  IL  XX,  Ixxxvii. 

Bristol!,  Rogems  de,  II.  164. 

Bristoll,  Waltems  de,  I.  158. 

Brito,  Haimo,  I.  98. 

Brito,  Rainaldns,  I.  ill. 

Brito,  Rodolius,  I.  74. 

Brize-norton,  I.  I,  11,  14,  40,  ^5,  46, 
57.  60  67,  93,  94,  345,  346,  351, 
376,  376,  II.  xxiii,  lix,  Ixxvi,  IxxyH, 
170,353. 


Brize-norton,  chnrch  at,  11.  xxiil. 

—  chnrch  of  St.  Peter,  I.  377. 

—  rector  of,  Petms,  I.  376,  377. 

—  rectory  of,  II.  xvii. 

Broc,  Enstechins  de  la,  L  79,  80. 
Eva,  his  daughter  (see  Chesney), 

I.  79,  80. 
Broc,  Waltems  de  la,  I.  5. 
BrodegdWeie,  I.  153. 
Brodeker,  Rogems,  II.  338. 
Broghtone,  lohannes,  11.  56. 
Broka  (grass  at  the  ends  of  an  arable 

strip),  L  375. 
Broke,  Willelmns  de,  II.  104. 
Brokepeny,  lohannes,  I.  347. 
Brome,  Willelmns,  de,  II.  33 1. 
Bromhale,  John,  II.  xiii 
Bromhale,  William,  U.  xii  {bis),  xiu, 

XX. 

Broncostin,  Henricns,  I.  163. 
Brond,  Robertns,  I.  316. 
Brondleygate  in  Woodcot,  IL  136. 
Brookend,  II.  vii,  viii,  xxv,  xxvi,  xxvii, 
xxviii,  xxix,  Iv,  Ixxv,  Ixxvi. 

—  chapel-honse  at,  II.  xxix. 

—  Courts  of,  IL  xix. 

—  extent  of,  II.  63. 

—  homage  of,  II.  xxvii,  xxviii. 
Bronghton  Poggs,  I.  84,  85,  89,  306, 

IL  xxiii,  li,  Ixxvi,  64,  65. 

mill  at,  IL  xxiii. 

Bronghton,  Heniy  de,  11.  xi. 
Bronn,  Nicholans,  II.  138,  3  li. 
Bronns,  magister  Thomas,  L  xxviii,  II. 

186. 
Bronton,  Willelmns  de,  I.  305. 
Browne,  Hngo.  I.  338. 
Browne,  Matildis,  II.  30,  33. 
Browne,  Rogems,  11.  108. 
Bradeport,  Egidins  de,  II.  176. 
Bn^er,  Willelmns,  L  403. 

Radnlfhs,  his  son,  I.  403. 

Bmerc[ort],  Ganfridns  de,  I.  56. 
Bmerae  Abbey,  IL  xxxix,  xlviii,  Iv, 

Ixviii,  351. 
Bmerae,  abbot  of,  I.  48,  II.  Ixxvi. 
Bmn,  lohannes  le,  I.  334,  IL  169. 
Bmn,  Lanrendns  le,  L  190. 
Bmn,  Willelmns  le,  L  356,  IL  163. 
Bmn,  Ysabella  le,  II.  163. 
Bms,  Robertns  de,  II.  Ixxi 
Bmsshe,  Waltems,  II.  43. 
Bmyli,  Henricns  de,  L  338. 
Bryan,  Geoffrey,  II.  xv. 
Bryan,  WiUiam,  II.  xvL 
Bryd,  John,  U.  xiii. 
Brynne,  Thomas,  II.  x,  xxxii. 
Brysle,  Simon  de,  IL  117. 
Brythamptone,  see  Brightbamptoo. 
Brywes,  Robertns  de,  1.  331. 
Bndcden,  Hunts.,  IL  359,  373. 


38o 


INDEX 


Buckingbam  (BnkyDgham),  ardideacoQ 
of,  Davidy  L  42,  58,  99,  110. 

Baddngham,  archdeacon  of,  W.,  L 
17a. 

BncHngham,  Geraidns  de,  11.  47. 

Backs.,  county,  IL  zxir. 

Bocointe,  lohannet,  L  113. 

Budd,  William,  IL  xi  {Hs), 

BoeltoD,  Hngh,  IL  zW,  xTii,  xvilL 

Boggedene,  Amaaricas  de,  IL  164. 

Bnggendooe,  Willelmns  de,  L  39. 

Bnketoft,  Philippns  de,  L  391. 

BnkjDgham,  see  Backingham. 

Balestake  Mead,  near  Oxford,  1. 134-7* 

Bontyng,  Willelmos,  IL  145. 

Bare,  Petrns  de  la,  I.  353. 

BurdSeud,  lohannes  de,  L  343. 

Boreforde,  Hogo  de,  II.  176. 

Bareforde,  mag.  Hago,  L  195. 

Borencestria,  see  Bicester. 

Borford,  IL  IxzxTiL 

Barford,  Hugo  de,  IL  IL 

Bargage  tenare,  II.  xlL 

Bargends,  Philippos,  II.  337. 

Bargo,  Benedictos  de,  I.  176. 

Bargo,  Habertas  de,  I.  139,  14a 

Bargo,  Ricardns  de,  L  363. 

Barleyfelde,  IL  351. 

Bamebam,  mag.  Robertas  de,  I.  100. 

Bartona,  Gilbortus  fUios  clerid  de,  II. 

Bartona,  Robertas  de,  I.  166,  403. 

Bartone,  su  Blackboarton. 

Bary,  lohannes,  I.  433. 

Bary,  lohannes  atte,  IL  I3,  14. 

Basseby,  Alexander,  L  314,  IL  liii. 

Boaseby,  John,  IL  xii 

Basseby,  Nicholaos,  II.  xxviL 

Basseby,  Thomas,  IL  Uy. 

Bossh*,  lohannes,  IL  143. 

Basshe,  John,  IL  148. 

Bnssa*,  Robertas,  L  114. 

Batte  (Bat),  lohannes.  L  155. 

Batte,  lohannes  le,  I.  365. 

Batte,  Robertas,  I.  363,  368. 

Baan,  see  Bohon. 

Byane,  John,  IL  139. 

Bybary,  lohannes,  L  389. 

Byham,  Andreas  de,  £.314. 

Byllyng,  Mr.,  IL  140,  351. 

Byllyng,  William,  IL  353, 

Bylsthorpe,  Willelmns,  IL  181. 

Byrthtelm,  bishop,  I.  33. 

Byseht,  see  Biset. 

Bysshop,  Nicholaas,  IL  339. 

Bysshoppe,  Alida,  IL  333. 

Bysshoppe,  Bartholomeus,  II.  333.  See 

Tavemer. 
Bysshoppe,  lohanna,  IL  333. 
Bysshoppe,  Isabella,  IL  333,  333. 
Bysshoppe,  Nicholaos,  IL  334. 


Cabot,  Ganfridos,  I.  74. 
Cahainnes,  Hago  de,  L  77. 
Cahainnes,  Rioirdas  de,  L  77. 
Caisneto,  W.  de,  IL  156. 
CaldecoC  in  Heyford,  1. 136. 
Caldecote,  Philippas,  II.  317,  319. 
Calna,  Walterns  de,  L  105  m. 
Calthorp,  IL  xxiL 
Calx,  Robertas  de,  su  Caaz. 
Cambridge,  I.  361. 

—  the  bndge  of,  I.  xzx,  IL  153. 
Cambridge  and  Stoarbridge,  Fair,  IT. 

XV. 

Cambridgeshire,  coanty  eoart  of,  L  1 1 5. 

—  manors  in,  which  paid  pontage,  II. 

153- 
Cambridgeshire,  sheriff  oi^  II.  350. 
Coleaille,  Heniicas  de,  L  195, 

306. 
Walterns  Alias  Hagonis,  I.  116. 

—  —  Warinns  de  Bassingbr*,  L  115. 
Camera,  Galfridas  de,  IL  3ii. 
Camera,  Simon  de,  L  60. 
Camerarins,  Galfridas,  IL  xcviL 
Camerarias,  lohaimes,  L  159. 
Camerarias,  Warinns  fits  GetoXd^  L  56. 
Camesano,  lohaimes  de,  L  366. 
Camped',  Robertas  de,  I.  65. 
Campedene,  mag.  Rogerns  de,  I.  176. 
Campedene,  Widterns  de,  L  395. 
Campton,  Beds.,  L  413,  433. 
Camailla,  Ricaidas  de,  I.  398. 

MUisent,  his  wife,  I.  399. 

Camoille,  Ricardas  de,  I.  xxxr,  5a,  89. 

Camaille,  Richard  de,  I.  416. 

Cane,  Lefwinns,  I.  73. 

Cancellarios  regis,  see  Chancellor. 

Candener*,  I.  136. 

Candyce,  lohannes,  II,  43. 

Canet,  lohannes,  I.  157. 

Canigge,  Willelmns  de,  L  374. 

Cantellns,  I.  353. 

Cantelu,  Willelmas  de,  I.  75. 

Cantelowe,  W.  de.  I.  376. 

Canter,  Walterns  le,  II.  104. 

Canterbary,  archbishops  of : 

iElfric,  I.  37. 

Aldred  [su],  L  31. 

Baldwinns,  L  59,  IL  343. 

H-»  I-  403»  n.  45. 

lohaimes,  IL  3oa 

Ricardas,  I.  58. 

Stephanas,  L  3,  II.  164. 

Stigand,  I.  3a 

Walterns,  L  376. 

See  also  Baldwin,  Hubert,  Lanfraiic» 
Richard,  Theobald. 
Canterbury,  archdeacon  of,  Gaofridiia. 

IL  156.  ^ 

Canterbary,  pilgrimage  to,  II.  xdi-xciT. 
Cantia,  Willelmas  de,  IL  164. 


INDEX 


381 


Cantnaria,  Ricardns  de,  IT.  236. 

Canatus,  Baldewynos,  I.  383. 

Canynge,  Nicholans  de,  I.  352,  359. 

CanyDgesham  (Kingham),  II.  68. 

Capernm,  Willelmns,  I.  217,  218. 

Caperun,  Thomas,  I.  140, 141, 150,  II. 
XXXV,  31. 

Cappewelle,  Willelmns  de,  I.  275. 

Cardinal  of  St.  Adrian's,  I.  249. 

Carleton,  lohannes  de,  II.  iijr. 

Carlisle,  bishop  of,  W.,  II.  108. 

Carpentarins,  Waltenis,  II.  130. 

Carpenter,  John,  n.  viii  {bis\  xiii,  xiv. 

Carswell  in  Brizenorton,  II.  IxxyL 

Carswelle  in  Witney,  I.  152,  390,  II. 
xxiT,  Ixxv,  T40-49. 

Carswelle,  lohannes,  I.  406. 

Carswelle,  lohannes  de,  IL  141,  142, 
146. 

Carter,  Ricardns  le,  II.  62. 

Caruer,  Waltenis  le,  I.  338. 

Cassen,  Hugo,  II.  62. 

Cassington  (Kersyngtone,  Bcc,\  1. 2, 43, 
44,  47,  .*i7,  9a,  "o,  2^7»  288, 295-7, 
300,  338,  339,  37^,  399,  403.  ^L  xi, 
xii,  xiv,  XV  (3i>),  xvi,  xx,  xxiv,  xxv, 
xxxix,  Ixii,  Ixxiv,  Izxvi,  Ixxviii,  38, 
39,  91,  loi,  252. 

—  bridge,  I.  60. 

—  church  at,  IL  xxiv. 

—  church  of  St  Peter,  L  43,  92 

—  lord  of,  II.  102. 

—  mills  of,  II.  35,  98. 

—  parson  of,  Nicholaus  of  Lewknor,  I. 

44,  47,  ^3- 

—  ]Murson  of,  Rogems,  I.  92  (bts), 

—  vicar  of,  II.  xxiv. 

R.  de  Toresmere,  L  288. 

—  —  Ricardns,  I.  338. 
Cassington,  Amisins  de,  I.  407. 
Cassington,  Petms  de,  I.  407,  II.  104. 
Cassington,  Reginaldus  de,  1. 166. 
Castell,  Rychard,  II.  149. 

Castell,  Walterus,  II.  204. 
Castell,  Wyllyam,  II.  149. 
Castello,  Stephanus  de,  I.  176. 
Castle  fee,  II.  149. 
Catchpole  of  Newland,  the,  II.  xlil. 
Catesbrayn  in  Sonth  Stoke,  II.  121. 
Cateshambridge,  11.  4p-3. 
Catesham  mill  (in  Tackley),  I.  180, 

383,  384,  II-  !«•  1^°^,  220>  251, 

252. 
Catokesham,  II.  6,  351,  352. 
Catroke,  Stephanus,  I.  280. 
Cattesbrain  in  Eynsham,  II.  102. 
Cattesham,  see  Catesham. 
Cane,  Thomas  de,  I.  362,  IL  105. 
Canersham,  I.  346,  IL  Ixxvi,  241. 

—  canonid  de,  IL  127. 
-—  manor  of,  U.  xxv. 


Canershnlle  mead,  II.  93. 
Canerswell  Brook,  II.  93. 
Cans,  see  Cauz. 
Canz  (Chauz,  Cans,  Calz),  II.  6. 

—  curia  de,  IL  15. 

—  dominus  de,  II.  6.     ^ 

Cauz,  Robertus  de,  I.  Ssfi.^?,  158, 161. 
Canz,  Walterus  de,  I.  83,  88, 129, 402, 

II.  Ixv. 
Caxtone,  Robertus,  IL  305. 
Caym,  lohannes,  I.  188. 
Cecilie,  Robertus  filius  Rogeri  filii,  I. 

329. 
Cecilie,  Willelmns  filius,  I.  8c 
Cementarius,  Bartholomeus,  I.  379. 
Cementarius,  Thomas,  II.  238,  239. 
Cercedene  (»  Sarsden),  lohannes  de, 

L  365. 
Cercedene  ( «  Sarsden),  the  rector  of, 

I.  371. 
Cercedene,  Robertus  de,  L  200. 
Cercedene,  Rogetus  Gulafre  de,  I.  200. 
Cercedene,  W.  de,  I.  283. 
Cercedene,  Walterus  de,  1. 156,  IL  209* 
Cercendene,  see  Cercedene,  Sarsden. 
Cemay,  Ricardns  de,  I.  140. 
Cestretone  {see  Chastleton),  IL  xxv,  67, 

317. 
Cestretone,  Bardulfus  de,  1. 303,  II.  169. 
Chaaing",  Guido  de,  I.  41. 
Chacombe,  prior  of,  II.  Ixxvi,  48. 
Chacombe  priory,  II.  xl,  351. 
Chadelwelle,  WiUelmus,  L  356. 
Chadelyntone,  su  Chadlington. 
Chadestone,  lohannes,  I.  433. 
Chadlington,  L  i,  57,  107,  109,  314, 

^47,  3^7,  33^,  340,  34a,  344,  345, 
376,  404,  II.  viii  {bis),  ix  {ter%  x, 
xxix  et  se<f.,  xxxi,  xxxii,  xxxiii-xxxvii, 
Ixxv,  Ixxvi,  179,  180. 

—  the  chapel  of,  I.  57. 
Chadlington,  lohannes  de,  1. 133,  II.  45. 
Chadlington,  lohannes  filius  Willelmi 

de,  1.  314. 
Chadlington,  Rogerua  dericus  de,  L 1 33. 
Chadlington,  Walter  of,  IL  Ixiii. 
Chadlii^on,  Walterus  de,  1. 105,  133, 

IL  67. 
Chainai,  Chaisnei,  see  Chesney. 
Chaisneto,  Lucia  de,  1. 157,  158. 
Chakedene  (Checkenden),  1. 193. 
Chakyndene  (jsee  Checkenden),  IL  13S. 
Chaldewelle  in  Eynsham,  I.  311. 
ChaleUnthone,  Hugo  de,  L  247. 

Sibilla,  his  wife,  I.  247. 

Chamberleyn,  W.  le,  I.  383. 
Champeneye,  Thomas,  II.  65. 
Chancellor  of  Henry  II,  Thomas,  1. 56, 

158. 
Chancellor  of  William  U,  W.,  1.  35. 

—  —  Willelmns,  I.  51. 


382 


INDEX 


Charelbury,  Edmnndos,  1. 454. 

Charlbury,  I.  1-3,  8,  9,  14,  36,  45-7, 
57,  60,  67,  108,  ai3,  351,  271,  374-6, 
3o6»  307*  335-7»  340,  344»  345>  349> 
364.  365.  376,  381,  38a,  385*  394, 
II.  viii,  ix,  X,  xi,  xrii,  xxix  et  set]., 
xxxiii-xxxvii,  Ixii,  Ixxv,  Ixxvi,  Ixxvii, 
35-8.  30,03,  177, 178,  I79i  180. 

—  beadle  of;  II.  via. 

—  bridge  at,  II.  ix. 

—  church  of,  II.  xxix,  xxx,  xxi. 

—  pleyyng  place  in,  II.  ix. 

—  the  rector  of,  IL  xxx  iHs)y  xxxL 

—  vicar  of,  Thomas,  II.  179. 

—  vicar  of,  II.  351. 

—  Wood,  I.  333,  II.  311. 
Charlbury,  Gilbertos  de,  I.  358,  380. 
Chastilone,  Radnlfiu,  I.  365. 
Chastleton  {see  Cestretooe),  I.  15,  74, 

78,  174,  306,  II.  XXV,  xxvi,  xxix,  217, 

3X8. 

Chastleton  Bardulf,  II.  xxv,  331. 

Chastyllon,  Radnlfus,  IL  313. 

Chattesham  mill,  I.  184. 

Chancer,  Thomas,  II.  190. 

Chaacnmbe,  canons  of,  1. 130. 

Chaucumbe,  Hugo  de,  1. 120. 

Godefridns  de,  his  grandfiither, 

1. 1 30. 

Chaveringwrthe,  H.  de  I.  336. 

^Chaumberleyne,  Willelmus,  II.  30. 

Channdeler,  Thomas,  IL  xii. 

Channdler,  Thomas,  I.  xxxi. 

Chausey  (  -^  Cholsey,  Berics.).  1. 331. 

Chansey,  Galfridus  de,  L  303. 

Chanz,  see  Canz. 

Checkenden,  I.  103,  II.  138,  341. 

Cheddewithe,  Radnlfns  de,  I.  365. 

Cheindut,  Willelmns,  I.  135  (Jer),  136, 
137. 

Helewisa,wifeof,1. 135,136, 137. 

Cheinei,  Radnl^  de,  I.  403. 

Cheisnei,  Cheisnet,  see  Chesney. 

Chelrey,  rector  of,  IL  141,  142,  143. 

Chenicota,  Rogems  de,  I.  77. 

Chenne,  Robertus,  I.  139. 

Cherchesdene,  see  Sarsden. 

Cherebrngge  in  Eynsham,  I.  353. 

Cherleburi,  see  Charlbury. 

Chern',  Ricardus  de,  1. 158. 

Chersintone,  see  Cassbgton. 

Cherubim,  Gillebertns,  1. 94. 

Cheseysey,  Robertus  de,  IL  135. 

Chesney  (x^^  Chaisneto,  Cheinei),  Alex- 
ander de,  L  4a,  84,  417. 

Chesney,  Alice  de,  I.  430. 

Chesney,  Beatrida  de,  1. 104, 41 1-33. 

Chesney,  Haewisa  de,  I.  104,  411-33. 

Chesney,  Hugo  de,  L  43, 45, 51,  81  {bis), 
88,90,104,134,411-33. 

Dionisia,  his  wife,L43, 81  (^tr),9a 


Chesney,  Isabela  de,  1. 104,  411-33. 
Chesney,  Luda  de,  I.  431,  II.  1. 
Chesney,  Mathildis  de,  L  86  {bis),  90, 

109. 
Chesney,  Matilda  de,  I.  433,  423,  IL 

xxxviii. 
Chesney,  Petrus  de,  I.  86. 

Hamelinus,  his  son,  L  86. 

Chesney,  RaduUus  de,  sen.,  I.  104,  134, 

4"-a3. 
Chesney,  Radulfos  de,  jnn.,  I.  43,  76, 

77,  81,  83,  83  {bis),  84,  85,  87,  88, 

91,  94, 108,  133,  135,  137,  138,  130, 

411-33,  IL  Ixv. 
Chesney,  Robertus  de,  L  411-23. 
Chesney,  Robertus  de,  bp.  of  Lincoln, 

I.  38,39,4a»43»58.8i. 

archdeacon  of  Leicester,  I.  1 24. 

Magister  Robertus,  I.  79,  89, 104. 

Chesney,  Rogems  de,  sen.,  L  34,  104, 

411-23. 
Chesney,  Rc^rus  de,  jun.,  I.  79  {bis), 

89,104,163,411-23. 
Chesney,  Walteros  de,  I.  78,  79  {ier), 

80,81,  119,430,  II.  103. 
Eva,  his  wife,  L  78,  79  {ier),  80, 

81,  119. 

Amabilis,  his  daughter.  L  80. 

Chesney,  Willelmus  de,  1. 78, 79, 81,  84, 

89, 104, 134,411-33,  n,  xl,  103. 
Chesney,  Willelmus  de,  jun.,  L  43,  81, 

83, 87, 133,  421,  4"- 

Agnes,  his  daughter,  L  431. 

Hugh,  his  son,  L  433. 

Chesney,  William  de,  I.  xxxv. 
Chesney,  William  de,  of  Norfolk,  1. 415. 
Chercheheye,  Henricus  ate^  L  348. 
Chester,  bishop  of,  H.,  L  330. 

Rogerus,  IL  173. 

Chesterton  (Chastleton),  IL  331. 
Chetel,  magister,  I.  130. 
Chetel,  sculptor,  I.  133. 
Chettuchesham  (iA  Stanlake),  L  89, 90. 
Cheualchesul,  Robertus,  I.  I3i. 
CheualchesuL  Robertus  le,  I.  141,  142, 

143,  145,  IL  xxxv. 
Chenremunt,  Petrus  de,  IL  164. 
Chichely,  IL  23. 

Chichester,  bishop  of,  Hilarius,  IL  158. 
Chichester,  dean  of,  I.,  I.  63. 
Childerire],  Reginaldus  de,  I.  116. 
Childerl[eJ,  Thomas  de,  L  116  {bis). 

Henricus,  his  son,  I.  116. 

Childeslonde  in  Goring,  II.  xlix,  125, 

127. 
Childeston,  see  Chilson. 
Chilesey,  Nicholas  de,  I.  xxv. 
Chilson,  II.  ix,  x  {bis),  IL  xxxi  {ier), 

xxxii  {ter),  xxxi,  Ixxvi. 
Chiltenham,  lohannes  de,  IL  132. 
Chinalton^in  Coleston),  I.  91. 


INDEX 


383 


ChinnoT,  Robert  de,  I.  xxvi. 
Chipping  Norton,  II.  Ixxx. 
Cbirebantone,  NichoUas  de,  I.  393. 
Chirintone,  Willelmns  de,  I.  294. 
Chishalle  in  South  Stoke,  II.  119. 
Chivaginm,  II.  zxvii. 
Cbobeam,  lohannes  de,  1. 185. 
Chokes  (ju  Coggs),  II.  46. 
Chopperacre,  II.  33, 34. 
Christescherche,  lohannes  de,  I.  339. 
Christianns  de  Walingforde,  1. 109. 
Chyltenham,  lohan  de,  II.  loa. 
Chymneye,  I.  25,  II.  6. 
Chymoaeye,  Robert  de,  I.  xxy. 
Chyrche,  lohannes,  II.  140. 
ChyrchehyUe,  Willelmns,  II.  xci. 
Chysdeslond  (see  Childeslonde),  I.  a  16. 
Cicestria,  Stephanus  de,  II.  164. 
Ciniiterio,  Henricns  de,  I.  351. 
Cirencester,  I.  58,  II.  xxxviii. 

—  abbey  of,  IL  351. 

—  abbot  of,  1. 103,  IL  Ixxvi,  49, 66. 
Cirencester,  R.  de,  L  la. 
Cirencester,  William  de,  L  xzv. 
Cithera,  Adam,  II,  138. 
Claindona,  II.  158. 

Clare,  Rogenis,  earl  of,  I.  107. 

Matildis  de,  his  wife,  I.  107. 

Clare,  Willehnus  de,  I.  313. 
darken  Mills,  II.  351. 
Claromonte,  Bemardns  de,  1. 53. 
Clattercot,  I.  5,  II.  49. 
Claxhurste,  II.  5. 
Claybroke,  Thomas,  IL  205. 
Claydon,  I.  5,  37,  II.  xxiv,  xL 
Claydon,  Bndcs.,  1. 74. 
Clay-Welde,  homage  of,  IL  xix. 
Claywell,  II.  Ixvi. 

Cleford,  Robertus  le  forester  de.  I.  380. 
Cleihute,  1. 164. 
Cleindone,  see  Claydon. 
Cleindone,  Auschetil  de,  I.  74. 
Clemens,  prior  of  Oseney,  I.  40. 
Clement,  Reginaldos,  1. 168, 189,  IL  45, 

169. 
Clement,  Robertas,  IL  9,  13. 
Clement,  Willelmns,  L  5,  81,  loi. 
Clement,  William,  II.  xxii. 
Cler*,  Nicholaus  de,  I.  140. 
Clerc,  Adam  le,  1. 339. 
Clerc,  lohannes  le,  IL  1 30,  130,  131. 
Clerc,  Sjnnon  le,  I.  338. 

Johanna,  his  wife,  1. 338. 

Clerc,  Willelmns  le,  I.  384. 

Matilda,  his  wife,  I.  384. 

Clere,  Philippus  de,  1. 183. 
Clere,  WiUehna»de,  L  388. 

Margareta,  his  wife,  I.  388. 

Clerici,  Gilbertns  filing,  II.  31. 
Clerici,  Radulfos  filius,  L  284,  312,  407, 

n.45- 


Clerici,  Lada,  his  widow,  I.  312. 
Clericus,  Galfridos.  II.  336. 
Clericus,  Hamo,  II.  338. 
Clericus,  Hugo,  I.  358. 
Clericus,  Osbertus,  II.  239. 
Clericus,  Robertus.  II.  335. 
Clericus,  Walterus,  IL  39. 
Clericus,  Willelmns,  I.  311,  313,  315, 

Clericus,  Willelmns  de  Lambome,  IL 

230. 
Clerk,  Willelmus  le,  IL  220. 
Clerk's  robe  worn  by  a  mason,  I.  33a. 
Clerkyn  mill,  IL  Ixxvi,  49. 
Clerkyn  mills,  Cirencester,  II.  xxxviii. 
Clevdone,  Willelmus  de,  I.  383. 
Clifton  mill,  II.  1,  Ixxvi,  49. 
Clifton  mills,  II.  251. 
Clifton  in  Deddington,  I.  14,  84,  86, 

89,  II.  xxxviii. 
Clinton,  Gaufridus  de,  I.  43,  44. 
Clinton,  Gaufridus de,jun.,  I.  91,  93. 

Agnes,  his  wife,  I.  93. 

Clinton,  lordanus  de,  L  81,  113. 

Clinton,  Isabella  de,  1. 399, 403. 

Clinton,  Osbertus  de,  I.  93. 

Clinton,  Willelmns  de,  I.  93,  399. 

Clive  Prioris,  I.  371. 

Cloptone,  Ricardus  de,  I.  393. 

Clyrford,  lohannes,  II.  43. 

Clyffbrd,  Rogerus  de,  II.  309. 

Clyftonc,  IL  316. 

Clypston,  Robertus  de,  II.  46. 

Coby,  Henricns,  IL  10,  13. 

Coch',  Henricns,  I.  237. 

Cocham,  Willelmus  de,  I.  83. 

Cock,  Henricns,  1. 154, 155. 

Cocns,  Edwardus,  I.  106. 

Cocus,  Hugo,  I.  106. 

Cocus,  Robertus,  L  98,  345,  394,  II. 

159- 
Cogges  (Coges,  Coggs),  L  4,  13,  109, 
306,  376,  II.  xxxviii,  Ixxvii,  46,  94. 

—  prior  of,  IL  IxxviiL 

—  prior  of,  Samson,  I.  108. 

—  priory  of,  IL  xxiv  {bis), 
Cogges,  Thomas,  IL  145. 
Coggeshall,  Ralph  of,  II.  358,  361. 
Coggeswode,  IL  43. 

Coke,  Andreas,  IL  43. 
Cokerel,  Hartholemeus,  I.  300. 
Cokeswelle,  Walterus,  II.  10 1. 
Cokthrop,  II.  Ixxxiv. 
Col . . .,  Robertus  filius,  I.  114. 
Colchester,  archdeacon  of,  I.  167. 

Radulfus,  I.  64,  103. 

Coldin,  Walterus,  1. 105. 
Coldnorton  (see  Norton),  I.  334* 
Coldnorton,  the  canons  of,  I.  6. 

—  prior  of,  L  173. 

John  (1334)1  !•  "riv. 


384 


INDEX 


Cole,  John,  II.  xiiL 

Colesbourae,   L    37»  377»  II*  «xix, 

Ixzvi,  336. 
Coletboorne  bradna,  II.  333. 
Colesbomne,  Pa^anns,  II.  339. 
Coleflbonroe,  Sibilla  de,  II.  33a 
Colesbourne,  Thomas  de,  I.  318. 
Coletboorne,  WiUelmns  de,  I.  353,  IL 

a30»a3i,  237. 
Colesbonme,  William  de,  L  373  if. 
Coleshull,  lohannes  de,  I.  188,  II.  330, 

337. 
Colenille,  Henricnt  de,1. 195,  306. 
Coleoille,  Philippas  de,  I.  337,  399. 
Coleworthe,  Roberta  de,  I.  363. 
CoUeia,  lordantu  de,  L  70,  76,  133, 

Colla,  Alicia,  II.  35. 
Collestriginm  at  Oxford,  II.  339. 
Collintone,  Adam  de,  L  191. 
Collintone,  Willelmns  de,  I.  191. 
CoUys,  lohannes,  II.  43. 
Colna,  Waltems  de,  I.  105. 
Colston  Basset  (Colestona),!.  69,  70, 91. 
Colombanos,  abbot,  I.  Tiii-xiii. 
Colnmbanus,  I.  33,  33,  34,  35,  48. 
Colonce,  lohannes  de,  IL  3i3. 
Colnnces,  lohannes  de,  IL  178. 
Colvns,  lohannes,  II.  xxvii,  63,  65. 

—  Alida,  his  widow,  II.  zxvii. 
Colyns,  Nicholans,  II.  33,  53. 
Combe  {see  Cambe),  L  i ,  1 3, 1 7, 46,  51 , 

57.  i39»  37^1  "•  l^trvi,  91,  180-3, 

198-308. 
Combe,  near  Chilworth,  I.  8. 
Combe,  parson  of,  Paganos,  L  139. 
Combe,  Ticar  of  {see  Bretfortone),  II. 

Combe,  Ricardus,  IL  199. 
Combrogge,  Willelmns  de,  L  389. 
CommunuQs,  ?  fellow  workman,  IL  40. 
Comptone,  Willelmns  de,  IL  71,  81. 
Constabularius  Regis,  Henricns  de  Oili, 

I-  74, 75.  77- 

Henricus  de  Oili  jnn.,  1.  78. 

Constabularius,  Ricardus  de  Humez,  I. 

5^- 
Constantiis,  lohannes  de,  I.  67,  68. 
Constantinos,  magister,  I.  9. 
Cooke,  Serlo,IL  336. 
Coper,  Rogerus,  I.  5. 
Coper,  Willelmns  le,  L  387. 
Coqoina,  Symon  de,  L  381. 

Amida,  his  wife,  I.  381. 

Corbet,  Thomas,  L  357,  358,  IL  66. 
Corbet,  Thomas  le,  I.  378. 

—  —  Simoo,  his  son,  I.  378. 

—  —  Petrus,  his  son,  1.  338,  379. 
Corbmgge,  lohannes,  II.  97. 105. 
Cordewanarius,  Hogo,  U.  335. 
Cordewanarius,  Lambertus,  II.  338. 


Cordewanariits,  Ricardus,  IL  337. 
Cordewanarius,  Turoldus»  IL  338. 
Cordin,  R.,  L  353. 
Combote,  II.  7. 

Combnry,  L  383,  393,  IL  TTxiii,  96. 
Comeie,  Thomas,  U.  65. 
Comubiensis,  Thomas,  1.  303. 
Corawaleys,  Robertus,  I.  363. 
Cornwall,  earl  of,  Edmundus,  L  308. 

Reginaldus,  1.  55,  75. 

Ricardus,  I.  63,  308. 

Comwelle,  Oxon.,  I,  3,  36,  45,  46,  57, 
58,  67,  100,  IL  xxxix. 

—  rector  of,  Walterus,  L  67. 
Comwelle,  Rogerus  de,  1.  03. 
Comwelle,  Widtems  de,  I.  100. 
Corawelle,  Ricardus  de,  IL  331  • 
Comys,  Ricardus,  IL  9,  13. 
Corays,  Robertus,  II.  8, 10,  13,  13. 
Comysshe,  William,  IL  xiy. 
Corrodies  granted  by  the  patron  of  a 

monastery,  1.  377. 
Cosmorre  (?  Cottismore),  lohannes,  II. 

14a 
Costard,  Thomas,  II.  14T. 
Cote  (or  Cotes)  in  Charlbury,  L  275, 

IL  viii,  ix,  x,  xxx-xxxii,  xxxiii,  xxxiv, 

30,  69-83,  IxxY,  Ixxvi. 
Cote  nearBflimpton,  IL  xvili,  Ixr,  Ixvii, 

3,6,13. 

Cotes,  W.de,L  385. 
Cotes,  Walterus  de,  I.  363,  397. 
Cotesford,  Robertus,  11.  339. 
Cottysford,  lohannes,  II.  308. 
Couentre,  Ricardus  de,  I.  157. 
County  Court  of  Cambridgeshire,   I. 

178. 
Couper,  lohannes  le»  IL  133. 
Couper,  Radulfus  le,  II.  131. 
Couper,  Willelmns  le,  I.  379. 

—  —  Luda,  his  wife,  I.  379. 
Conr,  Willelmns,  1.  3x5. 
Courtey,  Robertus  le,  II.  314. 
Courts  of  the  abbey  of  Eynshan^  II. 

xxvi  et  seq. 
Coventre,  bishop  of,  H.,  L  06. 
Cowbram,  Richerus,  II.  108. 
Cowley,  IL  314,  316. 
Cracker,  lohannes  de,  I.  176. 
Cradel,  Willdmus,  L  157, 158. 
Cranale,  Philippus  de,  I.  107. 
Cras,  Petrus  le,  L  363. 
Craucombe,  Gedefndus  de,  I.  334. 
Craule,  IL  147. 
Craule,  Alanus  de,  I.  309,  338. 
Craule,  lohannes  de,  I.  390,  II.  64, 65. 
Craunforde,  Ricardus,  XL  loi. 
Craunforde,  Robertus  de^  I.  391. 
Crest,  Robertus  de,  L  85^ 
Cricchelada,  Waleranmus   de,  L  136 

{bis),  137. 


INDEX 


385 


Crihgselle^  Harry,  II.  140. 

Crips,  Gilbertas,  IL  aai. 

Crocheman,  Ricardns,  I.  a6o,  a6i. 

Crofty  Agnes,  II.  IxxsriL 

Crokesforde,  Johannes  de,  II.  213. 

Crokstone,  see  Croxton. 

Crollebacun,  Adam,  I.  255. 

CroUebacnn,  Hn^,  I.  63. 

Croperia,  GauMdusde,  II.  158. 

Cropredy  (Cropped,  Croppercy),  I.  4, 
3S,  37»  225,  351,  376,  n.  xxi  {bis\ 
xxii  (/*r),  xl,  Ixxvi,  49,  253. 

—  the  rector  of,  I.  225. 

—  the  yicar  of,  I.  225. 
Cropredy,  Gosfridus  de,  I.  37,  II.  xl. 
Cropredy,  Ricardus  de  Kam  de,  I.  305. 
Cropredy,  Simon  de,  L  118. 
Cropredy,  Symon  de,  II.  31. 
Crosseteste,  Robertas,  I.  3. 
Crossom,  lohannes,  II.  219. 
Crotebm^e  {sec  Cnrbridge),  II.  141. 
Crotebmgge,  Stephanos  de,  I.  390. 

Thomas,  his  son,  I.  390. 

Crowmarsh,  L  364. 

Croxford,  lohannes,  11.  81,  102,  220. 
Croxton,  I.  2,  120,  307,  376,  II.  xl, 

Croxtone,  Thomas,  IL  41. 
Croyser,  Willelmus  le,  L  208. 
Cmcesignatas,  I.  236. 
Crandale,  Nidiolaus,  IL  145. 
Cnbbd,  W.,L4ci. 
Cnbbul,  John,  II.  yiii. 
Cubbyll,  John,  II.  viii. 
Cublhigton,  Backs.,   I.  119,  420,  II. 

xxiv. 
Cnblington,  Willelmns  clericus  de,  I. 

79,80. 
Cnblington,  Willelmns,  parson  of,  I. 

119. 
Cudyngtone  (Kiddington),  wood  of,  II. 

93. 
Cudyngtone,  lohannes  de,  1, 396,  II.  88. 
Cad]rngtone,  Reginaldus  de,  I.  63. 
Cndyntone,  Adam  de,  II.  212. 
Cnillardenille,  Hngo  de,  I.  186. 

—  Isabel,  his  dangnter,  I.  186. 
Culbayn,  Henricns,  II.  9,  13. 
Cnlter,  Elyas  le,  I.  290. 
Cnlnerd,  Andreas,  II.  230. 
Culnerd,  lohannes,  II.  229. 
Cnlnert,  lohannes,  I.  367. 
Cnmba,  see  Combe. 
Cumbe,  Ricardus  de,  L  326. 
Cnmberwelle,  Philippns  de,  I.  207. 

Cecilia,  his  dai^hter,  I.  207, 208. 

Cnmbes,  Alexander  de,  IL  174. 
Cnmdi,  Rogems  de,  1. 1 1 3.    See  Cnndi. 
Cnmin,  lohannes,  I.  129,  402. 
Cnndi,  Rogems  de,  II.  liy.   See  Cnmdi. 
Cnnemed,  I.  284. 


Constable,  Willelmns,  II.  204. 
Cnrbridge,  IL  141,  142,  143. 
Cnrci,  Ricardus  de,  L  32. 
Curl*,  Robertus  de,  I.  92. 
Curr,WiUelmnsde,  L92. 
Cnrrour,  lohannes,  I.  397,  398. 
Cnrteir,  Galfridus  le,  L  156. 
Curter,  Robertas  le,  IL  216. 
Cnyllardeuille,  Agnes  de,  I.  191. 
—  —  Willelmns,  ner  son,  I.  191. 
Cnyllardeuille,  Hugo  de,  I.  182. 
Cnyllardeuille,  Isabel  de,  L  191. 
Cyrictiwa,  I.  ix. 

Daldene,  Waltems  de,  L  348. 
Dalderby,  lohannes,  IL  89. 
Dallington   (Dailinton),   Northants,  L 

57>  58,  ^,  79»  8o»  89- 
Dalton,  Adam,  IL  185. 
Damaiy,  Rogems,  I.  357-60. 
Dame  £leyne,  Ricardus,  U.  54. 
Dame  Marie,  see  Damary. 
Damesabine,  Ricardus,  L  329. 

lohannes,  his  son,  I.  329. 

Damosel,  lohannes,  II.  131. 
Danegeld,  IL  xxvi. 
Danfront,  deed  dated  at,  I.  55. 
Daniel,  Walter,  II.  xxi. 
Dante,  II.  27^,  275. 
Danners,  see  Anuers. 
Danuers,  lohannes,  II.  49. 

lohanna,  his  ¥rife,  II.  49. 

Danuers,  Robertus,  IL  xxxv,  31. 

Danuers,  Simon,  II.  31. 

Danuers,  Willelmus,  I.  305,  H.  31. 

dapifer,  Leonardus,  see  Witefeld,  I.  74. 

dapifer,  Manasserus  Bisset,  I.  55. 

dapifer,  Robertus,  I.  87. 

Darcy,  George,  II.  x. 

Darcy,  Sir  Geoige,  IL  252. 

Damefford,  see  Doroford. 

Daubi,  Hnmfridus  de,  I.  86,  87. 

Daners,  Willelmus,  II.  Izxxvi. 

Dauid,  Jew  of  Lincoln,  I.  235. 

Dauid,  king  of  Scotland,  I.  45. 

Dannsell,  lohannes,  II.  131. 

Dauy,  Willelmus,  IL  42. 

Dawby,  Allys,  H.  149. 

Dawers,  see  Danuers. 

Dawers,  Thomas,  IL  xvL 

Dawtie,  Zacharias,  IL  150. 

Decani,  Thomas  filius,  I.  258. 

Dedington,  see  Deddington. 

Deddington,   I,  82,  84,  89,  IL   xxii, 

xxxviii,  xl,  92. 
Deddington  Castle,  I.  416. 
Deddington,    chaplain    of,    Reinerius, 

L84. 
Deddington,  Radulfus,  L  xxx,  IL  xd,  191 . 
Deddington,  Ricardus  de,  IL  237,  238, 

339- 


C  C 


336 


INDEX 


Deer,  Willelmiis  le,  II.  214,  316. 
De  lisle,  Henricus,  L  133. 
De  lisle,  Otael,  I.  135. 

Otuel.  his  son,  L  133. 

Del  Ylle,  Rogems,  II.  91. 

Deme,  Willelmns,  I.  afe. 

Denbj,  lohannes,  II.  141,  if  a,  143. 

Denl^,  mag.  lohannes,  II.  li. 

Dene,  Edmundus  de,  I.  349,  355,  358, 

359»  i^h  n.  178. 

Dene,  lohannes  de  la,  I.  346,  347. 
Dene,  lohannes  in  le,  II.  81. 
Dene,  Willelmns  atte,  II.  136,  138. 
Dene,  Willelmns  de  la,  L  398,  IL  1 10. 
Denley,  lohannes,  II.  43. 
Denton,  lohannes  de,  IL  118. 
Dentomi,  Clemens,  II.  203. 
Deping,  Galfridns  de,  1. 44,  47. 
Derby,  I,  319- 
Derby,  lohannes,  II.  13,  14. 
Derby,  Robertas  de,  1. 184. 

Henricns,  his  son,  L  184. 

Derham,  mag.  Petms  de,  I.  149. 
Derhorst,  prior  of,  I.  3. 
Derl3mgtone,  lohannes  de,  I.  la. 
Dernford  {see  Domford),  IL  xvi. 
Desiles,  see  De  Lisle. 
Despenser,  Hogo  le,  I.  333. 
Despenser   {see    Spencer),    Hugo    le, 

I.  356,  383»  n.  "o. 
Despenser,  Willelmns  le,  L  395. 
Detemannos,  presbiter,  I.  98. 
Deueneys  (Deneneis),  Ricardus  le,  I. 

148. 
Deneneys,  Robertas  le,  I.  338. 
Deueneys,  Willelmns  le,  I.  389. 
Denone,  Stephanos,  L  331. 

^cia,  his  wife,  I.  331. 

Dewi,  Robertas,  1. 163. 

Dewly,  Thomas,  I.  433. 

Dewy,  Nicholans,  II.  3a6,  335. 

Dewy,  Robertas,  II.  338. 

Deyare,  lohannes  le,  II.  314. 

Deye^  William,  II.  xviii,  Ixxi. 

Deyesone,  Henricns,  II.  53, 56. 

deywyna,  IL  19. 

Doar*,  lohannes  le,  II.  138. 

Dichley,  H.  de,  I.  383. 

Dichley,  Henricns  de,  I.  309,  IL  93, 

Dichley,  Radnlfos  de,  I.  aoo. 

Dichleye   (Dichele,  Dychele,  Dichlee, 

Digeneswella,  Radnlfos  dericns  de,  I. 

109. 
Diglesdane,  Ricardas  de,  L  138. 
Diglesdone,  Willelmos  de,  L  138. 
Dillowe,  Stephanas,  II.  19a 
Dionysias  the  Carthasian,  EL  360,  306. 
Dispensator,  Almaricns,  I.  80,  81,  430. 
—  —  Amabilis,  his  wife,  L  80. 
Dispensator,  Aaenellns,  1, 141, 143, 145. 


Dispensator,  Hugo,  L  149. 

Thomas,  Ms  son,  I.  149. 

Ditton,  Surrey,  I.  a  a,  a6. 

Dioa,  terra,  in  Claydon,  I.  5. 

Dioa,  Henry  de,  I.  418,  431. 

Diaa,  John  de,  I.  431,  433. 

Dioa,  Radnlfos  de,  prior  of  the  Hospi- 
tallers, I.  I03,  350. 

Dioa,  Widode,  L85,  89,  157, 158,  159* 
i^,  193,421. 

Lucia,  his  wii5e,  I.  157,  158,  159, 

160,  193. 

Dioa,  Willelmos  de,  I.  184,  185,  193, 
194,  431. 

Dioe,  see  Dioa. 

Doddele,  Rogerus  de,  L  305. 

DodersmiU.  see  Dotard's  MilL 

Dogelinthone,  see  Docklington. 

Dogenon,  Emoldos,  IL  309. 

Doget,  Henry,  IL  xvii,  IzviiL 

Dogett,  John,  II.  xii. 

Dogette,  Ricardos,  II,  43. 

DoUi,  Rogems  (of  Bampton),  I.  334. 

Doilly,  see  Oili,  Oleo,  Oyli. 

d'Oilly,  II.  XXV. 

d'Oilly,  Henry,  11.  xxv. 

d'Oilly,  Nigellos,  L  411,  II.  liii. 

d'Oilly,  Rogems,  l  430. 

Dokelingtone,  see  Docklinston. 

Dolecester,  lohannes  de,  if.  46. 

Dolle,  Waltems,  IL  19,  33. 

Donne,  Willelmos  de,  IL  117. 

Donnestywe,  Thomas  de,  I.  353. 

Donstanoilla,  Robertos  de,  U.  158. 

Dont,  lohannes,  II.  133. 

Dorchester,  Abbey,  IL  xxi,  Ixxvi,  351. 

Dorchester,  the  abbot  of,  I.  a,  IL  49. 

A.,L69. 

Eostachius,  I.  57. 

Dorchester,  bishop  of,  i£thelric,  I.  x,  30. 

—  —  Eadnoth,  I.  x.  30. 

Wlfwin,  I.  109. 

Wolfwig,  I.  39,  31. 

Dorchester,  the  hondred  of,  IL  109, 
118. 

Dorchester,  mag.  Galfridos  de,  I.  159. 

Dorchester,  prior  of,  Robertas,  I.  loi. 

Dorkecestna,  see  Dorchester. 

Dome,  Henricns  de,  L  384,  331. 

Mazgeria,  his  wife,  I.  384,  331. 

Agnes,  his  daogfater,  I.  331. 

Dome,  Robert,  IL  xviii,  Ixxi. 

Dome,  Thomas,  IL  bud. 

Dome,  Willelmos  de,  L  356,  357,  358. 

Domford,  I.  a,  36,  376,  EL  xl,  Ixxvo, 
Ixxxvii.    See  Wootton. 

Dotard's  Mill,  I.  14,  IL  1,  Izxvi,  49, 

I49t  a5i»  H^' 
Dover,  castle  ward  at,  I.  300,  II.  zxiv 

{bis). 
Dover,  Robert,  prior  of,  I.  xviL 


INDEX 


387 


Donnyle,  Ricardns,  I.  327. 

Matilda,  his  wife,  I.  327. 

Doauyle,  StephanuSi  IL  aao. 

Doanyle,  WalteniSi  I.  309,  IL  aao. 

Downesly,  II.  ix. 

Dowy,  Nicholans,  I.  257. 

Doyli,  lohaones,  L  201. 

Doziar,  Hawisia,  II.  21,  23. 

Draiton,  Rogerus  filins  Willelmi  de,  I. 

116. 
Draycote,  Willelmos  de,  I.  347. 
Drerng,  lohannes,  I.  157. 
Drenx,  count  of,  see  Dnis. 
Drinkwater,  William,  II.  z. 
Drogheda,  Willelmus  de,  II.  174-6. 
Drokda,  see  Drogheda. 
Droaere,  Stephanus,  II.  145. 
Drowda  Hall,  II.  li. 
Draeualle,  see  Druual. 
Drus  (Drcux,  Drywes),  count  of,  L  62, 

308. 
Drnaal,  Hogo,  I.  243. 
Drnual  (Drunalle,  Dranallis),  Willel- 
mus de,  L  106,  III,  135,  IL  xlix. 

Hugo,  his  son,  I.  106. 

Radalfus,  his  son,  I.  106. 

Ricardus,  his  son,  I.  106. 

Robertus,  his  son,  1. 106. 

Thomas,  his  nephew,  L  106,  107, 

III,  168. 

Hugo,  his  GTandion,  L  168. 

Hugo,  his  ne^iew,  I.  72,  iii. 

Drywes,  see  Drus. 

Duchelindon,  dean  of,  Nigellus,  I.  104. 

Ducklington    (Duglintona,    Dokeling- 

ton),  L  13,  i57»  i59f  160,  185,  193, 

412,  413,  IL  Ixvi. 
Ducklington,  lohannes,  L  353,  II.  148. 
Ducklington,  persona  de,  H.,  I.  157. 
Duglintona,  see  Ducklington. 
Duket,  HunMdus,  I.  143. 
Dumbdtune,  rural-dean  of,  Ricardus, 

L  138. 
Dunhalle  (Downhalle,  &c.)i'Adam  de,  I. 

279>  a98»  3",  3151  3i7»  3^6,  329. 

IL  177. 
Dunhalle,  lohannes  de,  L  279. 
Dunning,  Adam,  L  229. 
Dunstable,  prior  of,  Hubert,  II.  157. 
Dunstaple,  prior  of,  L  64,  121. 
Dunston,  Anthonius,  II.  208. 
Dunstoo,  Anthony,  I.  zzzi,  II.  251. 
Dunt,  lohaxmes,  11.  130. 
Duntsboume,  Gloucestershire,    I.    37, 

377,  II.  xxxiz,  Izxvi. 
Durandi,  Gaufiidus  filius,  L  105,  II. 

239. 

Matildis,  his  wife,  I.  105. 

Durant,  Petrus  filius  GalMdi  filii,  IL 

238. 
Durant,  Ricardus  filius,  IL  228. 


Durant,  Thomas,  II,  Ixxiv. 
Dureham,  Andreas  de,  IL  229. 
Durham,  bishop  of,  Hugh,  IL  341. 
Durham,  Willelmus,  1. 434-7. 
Duriuaus,  Hugo,  I.  216. 
Dunrual,  Hugo,  I.  346,  347. 
Dusing,  Willelmus,  I.  237. 
Dustefyng,  Thomas,  11.  xiv,  xv  {ter)^  xvi, 

xvii. 
Duuyle,  Ricardus  de,  I.  340, 11.  178. 
Duzedeners,  Willelmus,  I.  116. 
Dychele,  see  Dichley. 
Dyer,  Ricaidus,  IL  145. 
Dyttone,  L  366. 
Dyne,  lohannes,  I.  349,  H.  178. 

E.  sheriff,  I.  32. 

Eadburbiry,  see  Adderbury. 

Eadgar,  king,  L  21. 

Eadnoth,  bishop  of  Dorchester,  I.  x,  4. 

Eamwi,  sheriff  of  Nottingham,  I.  48. 

Eberton,  Thomas,  IL  liv. 

Eboraco,  mag.  Robertus  de,  I.  72. 

Ecdesia,  I.  de,  I.  379. 

Ecclesia,  Isabella  de,  I.  272. 

Ecclesia,  Ricardus  de,  I.  264. 

Mamria,  his  daughter,  I.  264. 

Ecclesia,  ^cardus  de,  IL  47. 

Ecdesia,  Robertus  de,  II.  47. 

Ecclesia,  Thonus  de,  I.  264,  281. 

Amicia,  his  wife,  L  281. 

Margeria,  his  sister,  I.  264. 

Ecclesiam,  Radulfus  ad,  I.  311. 

Edburburia,  Thomas  de,  I.  156,  157. 

Edid,  wife  of  Robertus  de  Oili,  L  73 
(ter), 

Edida,  wife  of  Wigan,  I.  loi. 

Edkyne,  Wyllyam,  II.  140. 

Edmonds,  John,  II.  xxxiy. 

Edmund  le  Rich,  archbishop  of  Canter- 
bury, IL  260-3,  269-71. 

Edmund,  monk  of  Eynsham,  I.  xy,  IL 

257-371- 
Edmund,  Willelmus,  L  157. 
Edmundus,  I.  299. 
Edmundus  medicus,  II.  262,  272. 
Edrich,  Nicholaus,  II.  226. 
Edrygge,  Walter,  II.  140. 
Edward,  the  Confessor,  I.  30,  31. 
Edward  I,  kmg,  I.  330,  II.  210,  213. 
Edward  III,  kmg,  IL  231. 
Edward  IV,  king,  II.  xvi. 
Edward,  lohannes,  IL  53,  56. 
Edwini,  Ilenricns  filius,  L  212. 
Eest,  see  Est. 

Eethone,  Robertus  de,  I.  326. 
Egbaldiche,  I.  153. 
Evesham,  see  Eynsham. 
£gslade,IL  121,  127. 
Egslade  wood,  IL  128. 
Eiforde  (-Heiforde),  L  60. 


c  c  a 


388 


INDEX 


Eilrid,  Thomas  filins,  II.  228,  23^. 
Eir,  ste  Eyr. 

EUston,  Willelmat  de,  I.  si. 
Eleford,  Robertas  de,  L  xoi,  203,  II.  6, 

Elesfeod,  see  Elsefeud. 

Elfeiscote,  Galfridus  dc,  I.  177. 

Elfwinos,  I.  394. 

Eliaid,  I.  92. 

Elizabeth,  queen,  II.  xzii,  xxiii. 

Elkstone,  I.  37, 11.  xxxix. 

Ellesfeld,  see  Elsfield. 

EUesham,  prior  of,  Willelmos,  I.  69. 

Elmel,  Willdmns  de,  I.  152. 

WiUelmns,  his  son,  I.  152. 

Elmel,  William  de,  II.  xxiv,  147  #f. 
Elmeley,  Walter  de,  L  xxiv. 
Elmyiulone,  Robertas  de,  I.  389. 
Elnestowe,  mag.  Alexander  de,  1. 44. 
Elsefead,  lohannes  de,  I.  328. 
Elsfield   (Ellesfeld,   Elsefield),  charch 

of,  I.  xxiv. 
Elsfield,  lohannes,  dominas  de,  I.  149. 
Elsfield,  lohannes  de,  II.  96. 
Ebfield,  Stephanas  de,  1. 150. 
Elaell,  William  de,  II.  147. 
EI7,  bishop  ofy  Galfridos,  I.  126,  127. 
H.,  1.236,  237,  239,  258,  259, 

260,  361,  290,  291. 

Hugh,  I.  230,  231. 

Nigellus,  I.  55. 

Wiilelmus,  I.  230,  231. 

Ely,  the  official  of  the  archdeacon  of,  I. 

2601  261. 
Ely,  prior  of,  R.,  I.  230,  259. 
Elyant,  T.,  L  295. 
Elye,  Willelmas  filius,  II.  174. 
Elyott,  Sir  Thomas,  II.  251. 
Emand,  Thomas,  II.  140. 
Emlyn,  lohannes,  II.  204. 
Empinton,  Hugo,  I.  194. 
Empress  Matilda,  IL  155. 
Endellelle  (I  Englefield),  Sir  Thomas, 

n.  139. 

Enefead,  Henricus  de,  I.  337,  349. 
England,  queen  of,  Margaret,  I.  364. 
Ensbam,  see  Eynsham. 
Enstan,  the  vicar  of,  II.  xxviL 
Enstan,  the  wood  of,  II.  93. 
Eppelhanfer,  see  Appelhanger. 
Eppwell,  I.  140,  141. 
Erdinthone,  see  Yamton. 
Erdinthone,  Gilbertiis  de,  I.  284. 
Erdvl,  lohanna,  II.  no. 
EreLun,  Radulfiis  de,  II.  117. 
Erlput,  lohannes,  II.  no. 
Emaldos,  11.67. 
Emaldus  presbiter,  I.  72. 
Escote  (Ascot  Doilly),  terra  de,  I.  74, 


^her, 


Esher,  Surrey,  I,  22,  26. 


Espicer,  Thoma  le,  II.  235. 
Essex,  Henricus  de,  L  55,  56. 
Est  (Eest)i  lohannes,  II.  6,  9,  13. 
Estcote,  Salomon  de,  I.  117  {bis^^ 

Roger,  his  son,  I.  117  {bisy 

Estelai,  L  37. 

Esterley  in  Kiddington,  L  157. 

Esthalle,  Otewi  de,  I.  156. 

Esthalle,  Otwel  de,  11.  104. 

Esthalle,  Robertas  de,  I.  203. 

Estle,  Wiilelmus  persona  de,  I.  157. 

Estmer,  Gilebertus,  I.  154. 

Estmer,  Wiilelmus,  I.  153,  154. 

Estoke,  Thomas  de,  II.  200. 

Eston,  a  chapelry  in  Mokeltone,  I.  137. 

Eston,  Robert  de,  I.  420. 

Estona,  Alanusde,  I.  113. 

—  —  Gilbertus,  his  brother,  L  113. 
Estona,  Gaufridos  de,  L  68,  119. 

—  —  Alanus,  his  son,  I.  68,  1 19. 

Henricus,  his  son,  I,  120. 

Estona,  Glouc,  1. 137. 

Estone,  su    Bampton  Aston,   Steeple 

Aston. 
Estone,  Robertus  le  Paumer  de,  I.  276^ 
Estone,  rector  of,  W.,  I.  400. 
Estrop,  Robertus  de,  I.  40,  161. 
Eton  College,  H.  Iv. 
Etona,  su  Woodeaton. 
Etone  (Ethone,  Etun),  Edmundus,   I. 

435,  IL  242,  243,  247. 
Etone,  lohannes,  I.  252,  253,  255,  263,- 

279. 

Cecilia,  his  wife,  I.  253. 

Eua  lotrix,  I.  331. 

Euenlode  (Bladena),  I.  16,  25,  54,  319^ 

333- 
Evesham,  abbey  of,  II.  v  {bis), 

pentecostals  to,  I.  425. 

Evesham,  the  abbot  of,  I.  147. 

—  the  prior  of,  I.  147. 
Euore,  Ricardus  de,  II.  217. 
Evreux,  bishop  of,  Rotr*,  II.  158. 
Eustace,  lohannes,  II.  216. 
Eustachius.  abbot  of  Dorchester,  I.  57^. 
Euulfi,  Wiilelmus,  son  of,  I.  117. 

—  Ricardus,  grandson  of,  I.  2,  117. 

—  Wiilelmus,  great  grandson  of,  I.  117; 
Ew,  lohannes  de,  H.  230. 

Ew,  Philippus  de,  IL  230. 

Ew,  Wiilelmus  de,IL  226. 

Ewer,  Henricus  le,  I.  182. 

Exchequer  at  Westminster,  I.  126,  127. 

justices  at,  I.  126,  127. 

ExempUrius,  Martinus,  I.  353  if. 
Exeter,  bishop  of,  Bartholomeus,  I.  63,. 
IL342, 

—  dean  and  canons  of,  L  206  if. 
Exslade  {see  Egslade),  II.  xvit 

—  chapel  of,  IL  box,  Ixxxiii. 
Extraneus,  Rogerus,  I.  319,  333. 


INDEX 


389 


Eylesberi,    Waltenis   clericns  de,  II. 

E^bnrie,  I.  333,  334. 
Eyngles,  Benedictus  de,  II.  138. 
Eyno,  prior  o^  I.  400. 
—  rector  of,  T.,  I.  399. 
Eynsham,  IL  xii,  xiv,  zv,  xvi,  xvii,  xviii, 
XX,  33-40. 
Abbey,  II.  xv.  xvi,  xxi. 

—  buildings  of,  II.  xlviii. 

—  St.  Andrew's  light,  1.  319. 

—  dedicated  to   St.  Mary  and  All 
Saints,  I.  37. 

—  seal  of,  II.  xcviL 

altar  of  St.  Andrew,  I.  334. 
altarofSt.  Mary,  1. 15. 
the  boundaries  of,  I.  33,  35. 
bridge   and   cansey   to    Cassington, 

11.08. 
chapel  of  St  Leonard,  I,  334,  363, 

264,  374- 
chnrch  at,  II.  xxiv. 
fair  at,  II.  156. 
fishery  of  the  Abbey  of,  II.  xiv  {bis\ 

xvi. 
five  bells  at,  L  341. 
Hampstall  in,  II.  xlvii. 
homage  of,  II.  xv. 
la  Hnrste,  I.  364. 
le  Frith,  I.  379. 
manor  of,  II.  xii,  xiv,  xv,  xvi,  xvii 

(4).dv. 

—  court  of,  II.  xi  (Jfis), 
market  at,  II.  156. 
mayor  of,  II.  xlui. 
mill,  II.  93. 

Mosele  wood.  I.  379. 

Mnlmorein,  I.  311. 

New  Borough,  II.  xli-xliii. 

the  *  new  burgage ',  I.  36^. 

the  new  chajMl,  II.  Ixxviii. 

Nova  Strata,  I.  136. 

Nova  Terra,  rental  of,  n.  50. 

Novus  Burgus,  I.  166,  II.  177. 

Old  Borough,  II.  xliii. 

Portmote,  II.  xliii-xliv. 

Kefham,  I.  363. 

rental  of,  II.  xi. 

rents  of,  II.  xi. 

Scorthemne,  I.  363. 

«eal  of,  I.  XXV,  xx,  and  frontispiece. 

streets  in:  Acre  End,  Eynsham  Street, 

Mill   Street,  Thames  Street,    II. 

xviiL 
three  mills  of,  I.  13. 
three  mills  on  the  Bladen,  11. 38. 
Tilgarsley  in,  II.  xlvi,  xlvii. 
town  of,  bailiff  of  the,  IL  xii  {Jns\  xiii. 
view  of  frank  pledge  at,  I.  336,  II. 

xi  (Jni\^  xii(/^r),  xvi,  xiv,  97-101. 
Vision  of  the  Monk  of,  II.  vi. 


Eynsham,  a  water-mill,  L  316. 
wood  of  (within  Wychwood  forest),  I. 

333. 
wood,  IL  311. 
woods,  pannage  in,  IL  xlvi. 
Eynsham,  abbots  of,  II.  v,  xxi,  xxvi, 
xxvii,  xxviii,  xxx,  65. 
Adam,  I.  xviii-xxi,  xxxiii,  60,  61, 
136,  138,  144,  146  (^w),  148,  1^9, 
15I1  153,  I55»  161,  163, 163,  165, 
171*  I79i  337-40,  305,  333,  35a- 
71,  IL  V,  xU,  147,  163,  164,  166, 
167,  171,  173,374. 

—  William  his  brother  {see  Oxonia, 
Willelmus  de;  and  Willelmus, 
brother  of  abbot  Adam),  I.  143, 
161,  166,  167,  305. 

Adam  de  Lamboume,  I.  xxiii,  II.  3. 
Alexander,  I.  333-49, 366,  303. 
Alexander  of  Brackley,  I.  xxii. 
Anthonius,  II.  308,  340,  341,  343, 

343,  351. 
Anthony  Dunstone,  I.  xxxi,  II.  v, 

343,  346. 
Columbanus,  I.  33,  33,  34, 48. 
G.,  II.  88. 
Galfridus,  II.  33,  35,  50,  391-8,  IL 

a,  3J3,  336. 
Galfiridus  de  Lambonm,  I.  xxvi,  II. 

118. 
Gilbert,  IL  371. 
Gilbert  of  Gloucester,  I.  xxi. 
Gilbertus,L  173-333,  338,  350,  II. 

169,  170,  175,  335. 
Godefridus,  L  38,  39, 63,  66,  70,  71, 

78,  80,  83,  86,  94,  95,  96,  99,  105, 

113, 116,  133,  137,  138,  139,  131, 

»33,  394.  n.  43,  105,  138,  156-9, 

334. 

—  his  nephew,  see  Bartholomeus  and 
Radnlfus. 

Godfrey,  L  xv,  xvi,  II.  330. 

Henry  Reding,  L  xxxi,  435,  n.  345. 

Jacobus,  II.  47, 187. 

Tames  of  Kamsden,  I.  xxviiL 

lohannes,  L  173,  349-303,  330,  335. 

lohannes  (an  imaginary),  L  309. 

John,  II.  V,  xi «. 

JohndeB.,  II.  xii». 

John  de  Broughton,  I.  xxiv. 

John  de  Chyltenham,    I.  xxlii,  II. 

103. 

}ohn  de  Douor*,  L  xxi. 
ohn  of  Oxford,  L  xxii. 
John  Quenington,  I.  xxx. 
lohannes  Quenington,  I.  431,  II.  49, 

154,  i?9- 
Miles,  ILv. 
Miles  Salley,  L  xxx. 
Milo,  II.  153. 
Nicholas  (1338),  I.  xxiv-xxvii. 


390 


INDEX 


fiyntham,  Nicholaos,  L  xxi,  i68,  336- 
40,  303,  350.  351,  386-91,  407. 
Nicholaos  de  Uptone,  II.  a,  35,  82, 

167,  168,  169,  33a. 
Robert,  II.  xcvii. 
Robert  Farindon,  I.  xxx,  II.  Ixxxri, 

xc 
Robertas,  I.  45, 46.6a,  108, 134  {Ins)^ 
I35>  173,  383,  401,  II.  161,  163, 
334,  338. 
Thomas,  1. 303-53,  367, 369,11. 176, 

177,178,198,339. 
Thomas  Bradingstock,  L  xxviii. 
Thomas  Bradyngstoke^  II.  178. 
Thomas  Chandler,  I.  xxxi. 
Thomas  Oxinford,  I.  xxviii. 
Thomas  Oxonford,  II.  196. 
Thomas  of  Welles,  I.  xxiL 
Walter  I  and  II,  I.  xiii. 
Waltems,  I.  139,  396. 
Waltems  II,  II.  103. 
William,  L  xiv,  II.  103,  304-7. 
W^illiam  de  Stamford,  I.  xxiv. 
William  Walwayn,  I.  xxx. 
Eynsham,  Almoner  of,  II.  xiv,  xv,  xvi 
{bis\  xxii  {bis), 
—  WiUelmos  de  Swafham,  I.  aoo. 
bailiff  of  the  home  farm  of,  II.  xii, 
xiii,  xiv,  XV  (^w),  xvi. 
Henry  Scrippe,  II.  xi. 
Nicholas,  tl.  xi. 
cellarer  of,  II.  xxvi. 
Nicholas  de  Uptone,  II.  103. 
Thomas  Dorant,  II.  Ixxiv. 
chaplain  of: 
Radnlfhs,  I.  155. 
Walter,  I.  143. 
coqninarins: 
lohannes  London,  II.  Ixxix. 
Willelmns  Whitchurch,  II.  Ixxx. 
elemosinarins    o^  L    364,  II.   118, 

mai^al  of,    Robertus    {see  Mares- 

callns),  I.  163. 
its  members,  Tilgarsle  and  Hamstall, 

I.  339. 
monks  of,  IL  xvi,  xxix. 

Henricus  Dyngele,  II.  Ixxxii,  xciii. 

Hemeins,  I.  97. 

Hngo  de  Dmual,  I.  106. 

lohannes  Bartone,  II.  xcv. 

lohannes  Cirencestrie,  II.  xciv. 

lohannes  London,  II.  xciii. 

lohannes  de  Oxon,  II.  108. 

lohannes  Oxinford,  II.  xcvi. 

lohannes  Radele,  II.  xcvi. 

lohannes  de  Huntingdon,  II.  109. 

Petrus  Erdynton  (Erdyngtone),  II. 
Ixxx,  xciv. 

Radulfus  Dadyngton,  II.  xcvi. 

Ricardus  Oxinforde,  II.  xcv. 


Eynsham,  monies  of : 

Ricardus  Wytteneye,  H.  xdv. 

Robertus  de  Bampton,  II.  109. 

Rogems  Clere,  II.  ixxx,  xciii. 

Rogerus  Lee,  U,  Ixxx. 

Rogerus  Ate  Lee,  II.  xciv. 

Thomas  Canyng  (Kanyng),  Il.lxxxi, 
xcv. 

Thomas  Meritone,  II.  xdii. 

Thomas  Oxinford,  U.  xcv. 

Vivianus,  L  394. 

WiUelmus  Chyrchehylle,  II.  xcvL 

Willelmus  Coggs,  II.  xciii. 

WiUelmus  Henreth,  II.  xcii. 

Willehnus  Henrythe,  II.  Ixxx. 

Willelmus  de  Mora,  I.  133. 

Willelmus  de  Persheor,  II.  109. 

Willelmus  AMutcherche,  II.  xciv, 

Willelmus  Yslepe,  II.  xcv. 

William  Stauntone,  II.  Ixxviit 
porters  of : 

lohannes,  I.  354-6. 

lohannes,  jun.,  I.  363. 

lohannes  de  lueten,  I.  301. 
precentor  of,  I.  345. 
presbiter  de,  Nigellus,  I.  98. 
prior  of,  II.  338. 

Adam,  U.  385. 

Bartholomew,  I.  xv,  U.  301,  36  a. 

Edmund  Etun,  II.  34a,  343. 

G.,  I.  XV,  113. 

Godfrey,  I.  xv. 

John  Oxonford,  I.  433. 

N.,  I.  xix,  xxi. 


Nicholas  (1330),  I.  xxiv, 
Nicholas   of   Klnj ' 
xxviii. 


igham   (1388),    L 


Ricardus,  I.  198. 

!  Thomas,  I.  xv. 

Thomas,  I.  xxix,  II.  193,  358,  387, 
388. 

Thomas  Eynsham,  I.  xxix. 

Walter,  I.  xxiL 

Waltems,  I.  360. 

William  Norton,  n.  Ixxxvii. 
sacrist  of,  II.  339. 

Vincent,  1. 113. 
seneschal  of,  Waltems  de  Cotes,  L 

3^7. 
squire  of  the  abbot  of,  I.  406. 
steward  of,  John  de  Trillow,  II.  103. 
subpriors  of: 

Adam,  II.  358,  a88,  393,  301. 

George  Adderbury,  IL  343. 

Helias(i3i9),  I.  137. 

Richard,  I.  xxi. 
vicars  of: 

Augustinus,  I.  336. 

Henricus  Norwich,  II.  197. 

R.,  I.  385. 

Symon,  IT.  176. 


INDEX 


391 


Eynsham,  Edmund  o^  IL  287. 

Eynsham,  lohannes,  I.  434,  435. 

Eynsham,  Thomas,  I.  433,  II.  193. 

Eynaham,  Willelmns,  II.  152. 

Eyr,  see  Heyr. 

Eyr,  Kobertns  le,  L  254-6,  263,  277, 

279*302,  31a,  n.  93,  219. 
Eyton,  William,  II.  xvii. 

Faber,  Alanns,  I.  207. 
Faber,  Henricus,  I.  215. 
^  Faber,  lobannes,  1. 162,  215. 

Bartbolomens,  his  son,  I.  162. 

Faber,  loliana,  L  215. 

Faber,  'Nicholans,  L  310,  311,  329,  II. 

177. 
Faber,  Reginaldns,  IL  226. 
Falcasins  de  Breaute,  I.  147. 
Falcon*,  lohannes,  I.  331. 
Farleye,  lohannes  de,  L  232. 
Famellii,  Galfridus  de,  I.  115. 
Faznebonrgh',  Thomas  de,  II.  81. 
Far3mdone,  Robertns,  I.  xxx,  432,  II.  xv. 
Fauconer,  Willelmos,  II.  63. 
Fanelore,  Ricardus  molendinarins  de, 

1.306. 
Fanflor,  lohannes  le  Blont  de,  I.  200. 
Faukener,  John,  IL  xviii. 
Faokener,  Richard,  II.  xxix  {bis), 
Fankener,  Willelmos,  IL  42. 
Fankenor,  John,  II.  bdv. 
Fawlcr,  I.  48,  140-5,  161,  199,  217, 

218,  275,  306,  405,  406,  II.  viii,  ix, 

X,  xvii,  XXX,  xxxi,  xxxii,  xxxiii,  xxxv, 

Ixxv,  Ixxvi,  28,  29,  31,  69-82. 
Fawler  Bridge,  II.  95. 
Faxtone,  Ricardus  de,  I.  398. 
Fayrefoide,  lohannes  de,  I.  338. 
Fayreforde,  Robertns,  IL  187. 
Fecamp,  the  abbey  of,  L  269. 
Feld,  see  Leafield. 
Felde,  1. 156. 
Fdelda,  I.  52,  53. 
Felleseye,  lohannes  de,  II.  118. 
Fellow,  John,  II.  xvii,  Ixviii. 
Fenoote,  Synion  de,  I.  352. 
Fendraiton,  I.  238. 
Fenne,  Adam  de  la,  I.  364. 
Fente,  Willelmns  de  la,  II.  211. 
Ferendel  (farthingdole)  («  a  rood),  I. 

247. 
Ferer',  Agnes,  IL  109, 
Fermonr,  John,  IL  Ixxii. 
Femhnlle,  lohannes,  IL  65. 
Ferry  at  Shifford,  L  11,  II.  10, 
Fertwelle,  see  Fritwell,  FretwelL 
Fescampo,  abbas  de,  I.  359. 
Feteplace,  Adam,  L  182, 188,  247,  289, 

IL  176. 
Fifhide,  L  de,  I.  283. 
Fifhide,  lohannes  de,  II.  209. 


Filchbg,  see  Filkins. 

Filkhig,  IL  Ixxvi. 

Filkini  I.  11,  14,  87,  89,  IL  xlviii. 

Finstock,  I.  40,  70, 108, 134,  139,  146, 
161,  189,  235.  253,  275,  283,306,  II. 
viii,  ix,  X,  xvii,  xxx,  xxxi,  xxxii, 
xxxiii,  xxxv,  xxxvi,  Ixxvi,  Ixxviii,  30, 

95. 
—  wood  of,  IL  29,  212. 
Finstock,  Gilbertus  de,  II.  30. 
Fippis,  Thomas,  II.  204. 
Fishery  in  the  Thames,  I.  369. 

and  Evenlode,  II.  38. 

Fittoxhamer,  I.  200. 

Fitz-Gendd,  Henricns,  I.  55,  107, 109, 

422. 

Henry,  son  of,  I.  423. 

Fitz-Gerald,  Ricardus,  I.  107,  109. 
Fltz>Gerald,  Warinus,  I.  55,  56,  422. 
Flamenc,  Henricns  le,  I.  198. 
Flcdborough,  Lines.,  I.  31,  32,  34,  50. 
Flekeman,  Rogerus,  I.  362. 
Florie,  lacobus  filius,  I.  202. 
Foliot,  Gilbertus,  bishop  of  Hereford  and 

London,  L  62,  64,  103. 
Foliot,  Gilbert,  I.  412,  416,  417. 
Foliot,  Ricardus,  I.  146. 
Foliot,  Robert,  see  Oxford,  archdeacon 

of,  and  Hereford,  bishop  of. 
Foliot,  Robertus,  bishop  of  Hereford, 

L87. 
Foliot,  Walterius,  I.  106. 
Foliot,  Willelmus,  I.  99,  II.  47. 
Folkes,  John,  H.  xix. 
Fonte,  lohannes  de,  I.  340. 
Fontem,  lohannes  ad,  IL  211. 
Fonthill  (Bishop's),  Wilts.,  I.  97,  402, 

403. 
Fontisebrald,  IL  164. 
Forester,  Robertus  le,  L  280. 
Foresthill,  I.  136,  II.  96,  173. 
Forsakenho,  La  (Forsakenhoke),  I.  364, 

IL  93,  94. 
Forsthulle,  see  Foresthill. 
Forthwere,  I.  369. 
Foul,  Willelmus  le,  I.  320,  252. 
Fourbonr,  Thomas  le,  II.  235. 
Fowler,  Richard,  IL  xxviiL 
Fox,  Richard,  H.  xiii,  Ivi. 
Foxle,  I.  de,  L  352,  374. 
Foxle,  lohannes  de,  I.  364,  365,  366. 
France,  ecclesiastical  cases  in  England 

not  to  be  tried  in,  I.  241. 
Franceis,  Willelmus,  IL  159. 
Franke,  Edward,  IL  149. 
Franke,  Robert,  II.  149. 
Frankelanus,  Hemaldus,  I.   147,  x6o, 

321. 

Frankelanus,  Robertus,  I.  254,  255. 

Robertus,  his  son,  I.  254,  255. 

Frankelanus,  Thomas,  I.  152,  156. 


39^ 


INDEX 


Frankelanus,  Waltenis,  I.  187. 
Frannoeysy  Adam  le,  L  ai8,  253. 
Frannceys,  lohannes  le,  I.  197,  II.  225, 

237. 
—  —  Simon,  son  of,  I.  197. 
Freimoeys,  John  le,  I.  357  n. 
Fraonoeys,  Simon  le,  I.  256. 

Mtiriel,  his  wife,  I.  256. 

Fraunoejrs,  Thomas  le,  I.  356. 
Fratmcevs,  Willelmns,  L  394. 
Framikdayn,  Hnro  le,  II.  3<m. 
Fraonkelayn,  Nicholans,  II.  82. 
Fraunkelayn,  Ricaidns,  II.  83. 
Frannkelayn,  Thomas  le,  I.  374,  II.  50, 

56,  314,  316. 
Fnumkdayn,  Waltenis  le,  I.  181. 
Framikelayn,  Willelmns  le,  I.  380. 
Frazino,  Baitholomens  de,  I.  305. 
Frein,  Thomas,  L  377. 
Fieines,  Willelmas  ae,  L  334. 
Freman,  see  Page. 
Freman,  lohannes,  11.  7,  65,  T05. 
Freman,  Ricardns  le^  I.  369,  381. 

Willelmns,  his  son,  I.  369,  381. 

Freman,  Robertus  le,  I.  369,  II.  317, 

319. 
Freman,  Thomas  le,  I.  399. 
Freman,  Willelmns  le,  I.  368. 
Fremon  (*  Frankelayn),  Willelmns,  I. 

a8o. 
Freie,  Radulfns  le,  II.  163. 
Fretewelle,  Milo  de,  I.  133, 137, 184. 
»  »  Milisent,  his  wife,  I.  133,  137. 

lohannes,  his  son,  I.  184. 

Fietewelle,  Radulfhs,  II.  65. 
Fretewelle,  Rogems  de,  L  176. 
Fretewelle,  Sana  de,  II.  167. 
Fretewelle,  Stephanns  de,  I.  136,  137, 

151,  324,  399»  n.  167. 

Sarah,  wife  of,  L  136,  137. 

Fretewelle,  Thomas,  I.  406,  II.  142, 

145,  146. 
Freynosa,  Willelmns  de,  1. 140. 
Frith,  II.  103. 
Frith,  Liger  de,  I.  311. 
Frith,  Willelmns  del,  II.  xcvii. 
Frith  wood  in  Eynsham,  IL  38. 
Fritwell,  I.  39, 136, 400. 
Fritwell  chnrch,  dependent  on  Sonldem, 

L  133. 
Fromundi,  Hngo  filins,  I.  1 35. 
Fryd»,  WiUelmns  de,  II.  67. 
Frydai,  Willelmns,  I.  370. 
Frytewell,  Thomas,  11.  aodii. 
Fiythe,  le,  II.  93. 
Fulbrook, Backs.,  I.  7, 55,  loi,  103, 133, 

300-3,  350,  351,  313.  380,  390,  II. 

xviii,  xxiv,  xlviii,  Ixxv. 
Fulco  canonicus,  I.  39. 
Fnlco  magister,  I.  148. 
Fnlco  pincema,  1.  39. 


Fulconis,  Radnlfiis  fiUus,  II.  47. 

Fnloonis,  Willelmns  filins,  II.  164. 

Fnlebroc,  Ha£o  de,  I.  7. 

Fnlebroc,  WiUelmus  de,  I.  7. 

Fulewelle,  Alanns  de,  I.  144. 

Fuller,  lohannes  le,  II.  130,  131. 

Fnllerre,  Nicolas,  IL  140. 

Fnllo,  Wannns,  I.  305. 

Fnntel,  see  Fonthill. 

Fumellis,  Alanns  de,  L  105, 139,  403. 

Fylkyng,  II.  64,  65. 

Fyscampo,  abbas  de,  I.  379. 

Fyssher,  Willeknns  le,  II.  9, 10,  13. 

Fysshesylvcr,  II.  9. 

Fyveoke  in  Wichwood,  II.  43. 

G.  chaplain  of  the  king,  I.  39. 

Gaherst,  Hugo  de,  I.  139. 

Gaherst,  Hngo  de,  L  403. 

Galard,  Hugh,  IL  147. 

Galard,  WiUiam,  II.  147. 

Galfndi,  Petrus  Alius,  IL  335, 338.    Su 

also  Durant. 
Galfridi,  Radnlfiis  fil.,  L  131,  I4I»  159, 

1 6a    See  also  Norton. 
Galiridus  sellarius,  II.  338. 
Garden  of  the  convent,  1. 316,  317. 
Gardino,  Adam  de,  I.  155. 
Gardino,  Galfridus  filius  Nigelli  de,  IL 

333,  334. 
Gardino,  lohannes  de,  I.  aoo,  IL  3ii. 
Gardino,  N.  de,  I.  376. 
Gardino,  Nicholaus  de,  I.  340. 
Gardino,  Nigellus  de,  IL  339. 
Gardino,  Ricardns  de,  I.  164. 
Gardino,  Robertus  de,  I.  140,  156,  163. 
Gardino,  Robertas  filius  Nigelli  de,  II. 

334. 
Gardino,  Thomas  de,  I.  190,  377,  IL 

xxxix. 
Gardino,  WiUelmui  fiUusNigeUi  de,  II. 

333. 
Garinges,  see  Goring. 
Garinges,  I.  316. 
Garsington,  see  Gersendone. 
Garstone,  lohannes  ate,  IL  138. 
Gaufridi,  Alanns  filius,  I.  119. 
Gaufridi,  GiUebertus  filius,  I.  99,  lao. 
Gaufridi,  Henricus  filius,  I.  120. 
Gaufridi,  Radulfns  filius,  I.  95, 96, 136, 

141. 

Mathildis,  his  wife,  I.  95,  96. 

Gaufridus,  bishop  elect  of  IJnooln,  I. 

69. 
Gaufridus  capellanus,  I.  78,  105. 
Gaufridus  presbiter,  I.  68. 
Gay,  Adam  le,  L  180. 
Gay,  Thomas  le,  L  383. 
Gaylone,  Walterus,  I.  306. 
Gayton,  Robertus  de,  L  191. 
Gaytone,  Philippus  de,  L  349,  IL  178. 


INDEX 


393 


Ceoffirey  the  Chamberlain,  II.  xxiv. 

Gerard,  Hugo,  1. 157. 

Gerard,  Robertas,  I.  200. 

Gerardi,  Elena  filia  {see  Elena  de  Grant- 

pont),  L  197. 
Gerardi,  Matildis  filia  {see  Matilda  de 

Grantpont),  I.  197. 
Gerardi,  WiUelmns  filius,  I.  97. 

Ida,  his  daughter,  1. 97. 

Gerardus,  magister,  L  58. 
Germano,  see  Sancto  Germana 
Germeyn,  Radnlfns,  L  362. 
Gemerswood,  II.  93. 
Gemnn,  Ricaxdus,  II.  174. 
Gemnn,  Rogems,  L  7,  8. 
Gemnn,  Wiilelmns,  I.  213. 
Geroldi,  Henricus  filins,  1. 55,  107,  109. 
Geroldi,  Ricardns  filins,  I.  107,  109. 
Geroldi,  Warinns  filins,  I.  55,  56. 
Gersendona,  parson  of,  lohannes,  II. 

174. 
Gersendona,  Ricardns  de,  I.  125. 
Gersindnne,  Hngo  de,  II.  xcvii. 
Gemasins  de  Hobnrg,  L  60. 
Gemasins,  son  of  Ricardns,  I.  70. 
Getey,  Waltems,  II.  21,  23. 
Gibbewin,  Galfridns,  I.  J  01. 
Gibbinn,  Radnlfus  (1188),  L  72. 
Giffard,  Edmnndos,  II.  144,  145, 146. 
GifTard,  lohannes,  I.  330,  IL  101. 
Gifiard,  Rednaldus,  I.  116. 
Giffardns,  Waltems,  II.  172. 
Gifford,  George,  IL  Ivi. 
Gigonr,  Waltems  le,  IL  220. 
Gilberd,  mag.  I.,  n.  92. 
Gilberd,  Robertus,  I.  305. 
Gilberti,  Wiilelmns  filins,  I.  284. 
Gilbertns  capellanns,  L  65. 
Gilbertns  (Foliot),  bishop  of  Hereford, 

I.  62. 
Gilbertns,  bishop  of  London,  L  64,  103. 
Gilbertns    de     Bemecestria,    magister 

(1188),  1. 121. 
Gilbertns  pincema  (1135-50),  L  139. 
Gilebert,  Wiilelmns,  IL  212. 
Giraldns  Cambrensis,  1. 423. 
Girisshe,  Wiilelmns,  IL  105. 
Gislebertns  pincema,  L  118. 
Gi2ons,  Adam  de,  L  153, 155. 
Glameford,  see  Glemesfordia. 
Glanuilla  (Glanvile),  Rannlftis  de,  I. 

129,402. 
Glemesfordia  (Glameford),  Helyas  do, 

L  39, i^i. 
Gllmton  (see  Clinton),  Ganfridns  de,  I. 

43,44* 
Glintone,  Wiilelmns,  L  399. 

Isabella,  widow  o^  L  399. 

Glorie,  lohannes  le,  I.  7. 

Gloucester,  L  204,  229,  II.  xlix,  Ixxv, 

Ixxviii,  251. 


Gloucester,  archdeacon  of,  M.,  I.  237. 

—  archdeacon  of,  Mathens,  L  65. 

—  ardideacon  of,  Wiilelmns,  L  59. 

—  the  church  of  St.  Nicholas,  I.  229. 

—  deed  dated  at,  I.  56. 

—  Ebraggestret  in,  I.  204* 

—  SmithStreet  in,  I.  204* 

—  St.  Peter's,  II.  bcxx. 

Gloucester  College,  Oxford,  L  330,  331. 
Gloucester,  Earl  of,  Robertus,  I.   51, 

75- 
Gloucester,  Galfridns  de,  I.  390. 
Gloucester,  Waltems  de,  I.  310,  372. 
Glouer,  William,  II.  xvii. 
Glonemia,  Simon  de,  II.  45,  46. 
Glyme,  river,  IL  94. 
Gocelin,  Hugh  son  of,  I.  42a 
Godefiney,  lohannes,  II.  63,  132. 
Godefridus  presbiter,  I.  xoo. 
Godgifn,  wife  of  Leofiic,  L  29. 
Godina,  wife  of  LeoMc,  L  x,  31, 32,  33, 

50- 
Godman,  Symon,  L  194. 
Godric  of  Feleleia,  L  53* 
Godstow,  IL  254. 

—  the  abbess  of,  I.  214,  277,  289,  338, 
n.  102, 233,  234,  239. 

—  abbess  oU  Agnes,  II.  3^. 

—  abbess  o^  Edith,  11.  361. 

—  Abbey,  II.  bd,  296. 

—  a  nun  of,  I.  431. 
Godstow,  Thomas  de,  I.  298. 
Godwin,  I.  21. 

Godwin,  John,  II.  xvilL 

Godve,  Richard,  XL  xviii. 

Goillin,  Galfridns,  I.  157. 

Golafre,  su  Gulafre. 

Golafre,  lohannes,  I.  309,  IL  154,  190, 

209. 
Golafre,  Thomas,  I.  358,  365,  II.  95, 

96,  212,  213. 
Golde,  lohannes,  IL  12,  14. 
Goldde,  Segrim  filins,  I.  74. 
Goldesbuxghe,  Antonins  de,  11.  117. 
Goodyer,  Wiilelmns,  n.  204. 
Gooze,  II.  172. 
Gorges,  Radnlfus  de,  L  331* 
Goring  (Goryng,  Garynges),  1. 106,  107, 

"I,  I35»  168,  2i6,  346-8,  II.  xlix, 

125,  127,  131,  241. 

—  chaplain  of,  lohannes,  1. 154. 

—  priest  of,  Radnlfus,  I.  86.  87. 

—  prioress  of,  I.  346,  347,  II.  109. 
Goringe,  Wiilelmns,  I.  275. 
Goseford  in  Eynsham,  II.  55,  56. 
GrafiEam,  Sussex,  I.  82,  423,  II,  xlix. 
Grai  (Gray,  Grey),  Alicia  de  {see  Pun- 
sold),  L  67, 100,  II.  xxxix. 

Grai,  AjischetU  de,  I.  73,  87,  90. 

Wiilelmns  de,  his  brother,  I.  73, 

2'3- 


394 


INDEX 


Gni,  Eva  de,  wife  of  Rad  Murdmc,  I. 

3,84,420. 
Grai,  John  de,  son  of  Anschetil,  I.  88 


(^),90,  ai3,  4JI9, 
"^  ■  T.36. 


213,  IL  zxxiz. 


Grai,  Ricardns  de, 

—  Thomas  de,  L  100^ 

Graio,  Ricardns  de,  II.  158. 

Gramatica,  Willelmos,  I.  xxxv. 

Grampoole,  see  Grandpont 

Grand,  Ricardns,  I.  137, 128,  129. 

£luina,his  wife,  I.  137,  138. 

Grand,  Radolins,  son  of  Ricardns,  1. 1 37, 
ia8,  139L 

Dionisia,  his  wife,  L  137, 128,129. 

Grandpont,  IL  246,  349,  353. 

Grandns,  Gillebertus,  L  68  (/^),  80, 94, 
100. 

Granger,  Philip  le,  II.  Iviii. 

Grant,  see  Grandns,  Graunt,  and  Mag- 
nus. 

Grant,  Ganfridus  le,  I.  7. 

Grant,  Gilebertns  le,  I.  164. 

Grant,  Robertns,  I.  161. 

Grant,  Robertns  le,  1, 146, 188, 308,  II. 
xxxv. 

Willclmus,  his  son,  I.  i88. 

Grantesfeld  in  Finstock,  I.  375,  II.  29. 

Giantpont,  Elena  de,  I.  197. 

Grantpont,  Matilda  de,  I.  197. 

Graseherthe,  II.  7. 

Grannt,  Gilbertns,  II.  238. 

Granslo,  I.  153. 

Gray,  see  Grai. 

Gr^orii,  Willelmns  Blins,  L  133. 

Gregory,  official  of  archdeacon  of  North- 
ampton, I.  69. 

Gr^^ory,  pope,  I.  339,  241. 

Gregory  the  Great,  IL  351. 

Greiton,  lohannes  de,  L  180. 

Gren,  Thomas,  II.  139. 

Grendone,  Walter  de,  I.  289  n, 

Grene,  Thomas  de  la,  I.  371. 

Willelmns,  his  son,  I.  371. 

Grenestede,  Gilbertns  de,  I.  367. 

GrennUle,  Willelmns  de,  I.  159. 

Greswold,  Thomas,  II.  41. 

Greteworthe,  Thomas  de,  I.  362. 

Gretthone,  I.  242. 

Gretthone,  Robertns  Aubry  de,  I.  299. 

Gretthone,  Willelmns  Payn  de,  I.  242. 

Grey,  see  Grai. 

Grey,  John,  II.  ix. 

Greynnile,  Willelmns  de,  I.  326, 

Gric,  Alfricns,  1. 115. 

Grim,  lohannes,  II.  45,  46^ 

Grim,  mag.  Ricardns  (see  Oxford,  vice- 
archdeacon),  I.  44. 

Grove,  lohannes  atte,  II.  89. 

Gmtteworthe,  Thomas  de,  I.  36a. 

Grymesdiche,  II.  93. 

Grymeshened  Mere,  II.  94. 


Gnell^napentac,  see  Wellewwentake.. 

GnUd  Merchant,  aldennan  ol^  L  415. 

Gniun,  Edwardns,  I.  no. 

Gnlafire,  see  Golafre. 

Gulafre,  Hngo,  I.  122, 123,  124. 

Sibilia,  his  wife,  L  123. 

Rogems,  his  son,  I.  123, 134. 

Thomas,  his  son,  I.  123. 

Gnlafre,  Rogerns,  L  156,  200. 
Gunter,  Richard,  II.  vi,  246,  254. 
Gutinges  (Temple  Gyting),  1. 22a. 
Gyffa^  George,  II.  241. 
(^ard,  Osbertns,  L  400. 
Gyfforth,  George,  II.  252. 
Gylbert,  Laurensse,  II.  139. 

Hacche,  John,  II.  xxiv. 
Hache,  Johannes  atte,  II.  10, 12, 13, 14* 
Hache  (Hacche),  Ricardns  atte  II.  105.. 
Hacherand,  lohannes  sen.,  IL  130. 
Hacherand,  lohannes  jnn.,  IL  130. 
Hacherand,  lohannes,  IL  131. 
Hacherand,  Willelmns,  II.  150,  133. 
Haddam,  L  230. 
Haddone,  Hugo  de,  I.  324. 
Haddone,  Willelmus  de,  II.  141. 
Hai,  Robertns,  L  118,  131. 
Haimo,L  118. 
Haimo  Brito^  I.  98. 
Haitone,  su  Hempton. 
Haiwode,  Petms  de,  L  152. 
Halcheyn,  Ricardns,  IL  31. 
Halegod,Radnlins,  1. 163, 165, 166, 284. 
Halewy,  heirs  o^  IL  34. 
Halewy,  Hcnricns,  II.  50,  56. 
Halewy,  Ricardns,   L   215,  228,  272,. 
277,  279,  a8i,  296,  302,  311,  31a, 

315*  317.  358, 3^*. 
Halewy,  Waltems,  I.  272. 
Haliwelle  (!  Holwell),  IL  66. 
Haliwelle,  lohannes  de^  II.  227. 
Halkwere,  I.  369. 
Hall,  Nicholas,  II.  246,  353. 
Halle,  lohannes,  IL  43. 
Halle,  lohannes  atte,  II.  36,  51,  56. 
Halle,  Richard,  IL  149. 
Halle,  Willelmns,  II.  43. 
Halowe,  John,  IL  xxxviiL 
Halthein,  Robertns,  1. 156. 
Haitone,  Ricardns,  L  3. 
Halywell,  lohannes,  II.  42. 
Hambiry,  Ricardns  de,  I.  289. 
Hambnry,  Thomas  Walter  de,  IL  141. 
Hamegraue,  Hamo  de,  L  295. 
Hamegraue,  Willehnus  de,  L  a  00. 
Hamelyn,  lohannes,  I.  349,  IL  178. 
Hamme,  John  de,  IL  xi. 
Hammingus,  see  Hemming. 
Hamo,  I.  304. 
Hamonis,   Willelmns  filius,  I.  170,  II. 

158. 


INDEX 


395 


Hamond,  John,  II.  xvii,  xviii  (^w),  Ixiv. 
Hamound,  Isabella,  I.  356. 
Hamound,  Willelmns,  I.  360,  II.  217. 
Hampton,  Hugo  de,  I.  405. 
Hampton,  Radulius  de,  I.  353. 
Hampton  soper  Cherwell,  I.  395. 
Hamstalle,  I.  aa8,  287,  311,  U.  xi,  xii 

\Jns)f  xiv,  XV  (Jns\  xvi,  xx,  xlvii. 
Hamftalle,  la,  I.  329. 
Hamstalle,le,  I.  279. 
Hamstalle,  Hugo  le  Noble  de,  I.  228, 

263. 
Hanistalle,  Willelmus  de,  I.  163. 
Hamttalle,  Willelmos  le  Conpere  de,  I. 

228,  279. 
Hamstede  (Hammestede),  I.  130,  402. 
Hamstede,  Berks.,  IL  Ixv. 
Hamton,  Philippos  de,  L  95. 
lacobns,  his  son,  I.  95. 

—  —  Stephanos,  his  son,  I.  95. 
Hanborongh,  I.  242,  270,  298,  398,  II. 

xi  {bis),  xii,  xiv,  xv  (his),  xx,  xxiii, 
xlvii,  xlix,  02,  104-8,  155. 

—  homage  o^  II.  xv. 

—  parson  of,  rural  dean  H.,  I.  17. 

—  rector  of  {see  Combe,  Ricardns),  II. 
199. 

Hanburgh,  Willelmos,  I.  432. 
Hancok,  Tohn,  II.  xx>^. 
Hancok,  William,  II.  xxvii. 
Haneb[iir£h],  lohannes,  I.  226. 
Haneberg%  Robertas  de,  I.  253. 
Haneberge,  lohannes  de  la  Dunhalle  de, 

I.  279. 
Haneberwe,  Ricardns  de,  II.  212. 
Hanethone,  W.  de,  I.  246. 
Hanket,  John,  II.  xxvii. 

Margaret,  his  daoghter,  IL  xxviL 

Hankyn,  'Hiomas,  II.  22,  24. 
Hanleye,  Ricardus  de,  1. 152. 
Hanleye,  Willelmus  de,  II.  78. 
Hanneberge,  Adam  de  Doonhalle  de, 

I.  298. 
Hanstey,  Wyllyam,  II.  140. 
Hanwell,  L  39. 
Harald,£arl,I.  31. 
Harang  (Hareng),  Humfridus,  I.  94. 
Harang,  Matilda,  I.  276,  277. 
Harang,   Radulfus,  I.  40,  42,  70,  94, 

114,  172. 
Harang,  Reginaldus,  1. 76,  125. 
Harang,  Ricardus,  I.  42. 
Harang,  Rogerus,  1. 191,  251,  280. 
Harang,  Walkeline,  II.  xxiii. 
Harang,  Walkelinus,  I.  40, 67,  93  {ter)y 

94,  95*  9^1  97,  M9,  40«»  H.  17. 

Yda,  his  wife,  L  94,  97, 402. 

Harberd,  Walterus,  I.  ^33,  434. 
Hardepirer*,  Walterus  ae,  L  03. 
Hardewyke,  lohannes,  H.  109,  231. 
Harding,  Hugo,  H.  227. 


Hardingus  de  Oxeneford,  I.  37. 
Hardlac,  lohannes,  H.  161. 
Hardwick,  near  Banbury,  I.  4,  5,  167, 

II.  xxi,  xxii,  49,  240, 253. 
Hardwick,  near  Ducklington,  I.  279, 

280,  409,  II.  6. 
Hardy,  lohannes,  IL  78,  81,  loi. 
Harecurt,  Henricus  de,  I.  226. 
Harecurt,  lohannes,  II.  Ixxxvi. 
Harecurt,  Ricardus,  IL  Ixxxvii. 
Harecurt,  Thomas,  II.  142,  146. 
Harecurt,  Willelmus  de,  L  161,  226, 

354,  255- 
Harehul,  Stephanus  de,  1. 191. 
Harepyn,  Ricardus,  II.  22,  24. 
Haroldi,  Thomas  fil.,  I.  78. 
Harpour,  Elena  wife  of  Ric.  le,  IL  177. 
Harpour,  Ricardus  le,  H.  1 77. 
Harpour,  Willelmus,  II.  239. 
Harpur,  lohannes,  IL  loi. 
Harpur,  Thomas  le,  I.  329. 
HaiToc,  Rogerus  de,  I.  157. 
Harryes,  Thomas,  H.  xxiiL 
Harwedone,  Robertus,  IL  211. 
Harwedone,  Robertus  de,  IL  212. 
Hasseleye  mede,  IL  29. 
Hastrope  {see   Astrope),   lohannes,   L 

434* 
Hastyng,  Bartholomeus,  H.  142, 146. 
Hastynges,  Milo  de,  I.  161,  328. 
Hastyngs,  Willelmus  de,  I.  191. 
Hatfeld,  IL  201. 
Hauberi*,  fee  of,  IL  x  10. 
Hauerhull,  Willelmus  de,  I.  139. 
Haunle,  Philippusde,  II.  137. 
Haunle^  Willelmus  de,  L  331. 
Hawell  of  Moulsford,  II.  140. 
Hawise,  Robertus,  L  338. 
Hay,  Humfridus,  H.  42. 
Ha3rford  ad  Pontem,  the  rector  of,  IL 

141,  142. 
Hayles,  Radulfus  de,  I.  352. 
Haymonis,  Robertus  fil.,  I.  48. 
Haytone,  see  Hempton. 
Hayward,  Rogerus,  II.  133. 
Haywode,  Petrus  de,  I.  143,  166. 
Headington,  H.  96. 

Hedenebroke  in  Shotover  Forest,  II.  96. 
Hegham,  Rogerus  de,  II.  92. 
Heiford,  see  Heyford. 

—  chaplain  of,  Thomas,  I.  86,  87. 

—  presbiter  of,  Robertus,  1. 109. 
Heiford,  Hugo  de,  IL  227. 

Heir  {see  Eyr),  Robertus  le,  L  287. 
Heiae,  Hugo  de  la,  L  78. 
Helmele,  Auredus  de,  IL  223. 
Helye,  Adam  filius,  I.  212. 
Hemming,  Rogerus  fil.,  I.  74,  131. 
Hempton  in  Deddington,  L  14, 1 57, 158, 

306,  IL  xvii,  xxii,  I,  liv,  Ixxvi,  149. 
Hengham,  Radulfus  de,  I.  269,  349. 


396 


INDEX 


Henley,  IL  128. 

Hcnrid,  Thomms  filins,  L  295,  ac 

—  —  Lada,  his  wife,  L  395,  39C 
Henrid,  WiUelnras  fiUns,  L  aai. 
Henricns  Baiocensis,  L  58. 
Henricns  de  NorfaamtoD,  I.  59, 64,  103. 
Hemiciu  de  Ozenefordia,  I.  131. 
Henricns  magister,  L  39. 

Henry  I,  king,  IL  1551  17a. 

—  charters  of,  L  36, 54. 
Henry  II,  king,  IL  156. 

—  his  character,  IL  347. 

—  charters  of;  L  40,  53,  54,  55. 
Henry  lU,  king,  168,  309. 

—  mandate  of^  I.  334. 
Henry  IV,  kiiig,  I.  313. 

—  marriage  ofhis  daughter,  U.  IxxxL 
Henry  VI,  king,  IL  vS. 

Hemr  VIII,  \ang,  IL  vL 
Henthone,  su  Hempton. 
Henxeie,  Thomas  oe,  II.  337. 
Henztesey,  Galfridns  de,  IL  175. 
Hercaid,  Willelmns  atte,  U.  136. 
Herdewyke  in  Ducklingtoo  (Herdnike, 

&c),  IL  6. 
Herdewyke,  lohannes,  I.  343  n. 
Herdewyke,  lohannes  de,  I.  391,  395, 

n,  aa,  a4, 8a,  83,  86. 
Herdewyke,  Lanrendns  de,  I.  305,  H.  3 1 . 
Hardewyke,  Robert  le  Blnnd  de,  I.  379. 
Herdewyke,  W.  de,  I.  331. 
Herdinton,  see  Yamton. 
Herdwich,  see  Hardwick. 
Herebert,  Waltems,  L  247. 
Hereford,  bishop  of  (see  Mascall),  IL 

aaa. 

Gilbertns,  L  6a. 

Robert,  IL  34a. 

Robertas,  1. 64,  87,  103. 

Hereford,  Earl  of,  Rogems,  I.  75, 1 19. 
Heremita,  Hugo,  L  a  a  i . 
Heren,  Edwardns,  IL  349. 
Herforde,  lohannes  de,  IL  ai,  33. 
Hermannns  capellanas,  U.  17a. 
Hemaldns  Frankelanns,  1.  147,  166. 
Hemeii,  Galfridns  filins,  1. 104. 
Hemeii,  Osbertns  filins,  1.  90. 
Hemdos,  Emma,  his  mother,  L  189. 
Henmg  silver,  IL  138,  139,  131,  133. 
Hetherand,  lohannes,  II.  1 19. 
Hetheringtone,  Ricaidus  de,  1. 363. 
Hetthe,  Gilbertns  de  la,  I.  3. 
HewYs,  Robert,  H.  xxviL 
Heydok,  Thomas,  II.  139. 
Heyewode,  U.  107. 
Heyford,  see  Hayford,  Heiford. 
Hcyford,  Lower  or  Ad  Pontem,  1.  i,  14, 

45,  46.  57,  58f  60,67,  109,  136,  307, 

376,  n.l,  Ixxvi,  91,  351. 
Heyford,  Warin  (-Upper),  I,  14,  86, 

306,41a,  ILl,  Ixxvi,  35^. 


Heynoo,  lohannes,  L  314  ».,  347,  IL 
zzxrii. 

Heyr,  lofainnes  le,  IL  an. 

Heyr,  Robertni  le,  L  399,  315,  317. 

Heywode,  Petnis  de,  L  156. 

Heywode  in  Eynsham,  IL  38,  105. 

Hicteslape,  see  Islip. 

Hida,  Gilbertns  de,  L  95,  96. 

Hida,  Rogems  de,  L  aoo. 

Hideaker,L  1^3. 

Hidecote,  XL  liii,  IxxviL 

Hinge,  Walteras,  IL  175. 

Histon,Cambs.,L6, 13, 15, 17,3^,  "5, 
116, 177, 178,180^  194,195.  ao7,  an, 
333,  336,  330,  336-43,  344, 358-61, 
390,  391,  390,  353,  383,  394,  H. 
xviii,  1,  IxxT,  Ixxrii,  66,  156,  359. 

—  chnrch  of  St  Etheldreda,  L  194, 
344,358,390,391. 

—  manor  of,  II,  xviii. 

—  rector  of  {see  Boreford,  Hogo  de),  L 

195. 

—  rector  of,  R.,  L  244. 

—  vicar  of,  see  Snafliam. 

—  vicar  cf,  Petnis  de  Histona,  L  390, 
391. 

Histon',  Alexander  de,  1. 113. 

Petms,  his  *  nepoft*,L  ii3. 

Histon',  Bridns  de,  1.  11 3. 

Simon,  his  brother,  1.  1 1 3. 

Histon,  lacobns  de,  1.  399. 

Histon,  Petnis  de,  L  390. 

Histon,  Thomas  filins  Alani  de,  I.  307. 

Hiwode  in  Eynsham,  IL  4^. 

Hobmg,  Gernasins  de,  L  60. 

Hockele,  Ricardns  de,  L  310,  311. 

Nicholans,  his  son,  L  310,  311. 

Hocsen,  Robertns,  1.  5. 

Hode,  the  fee  o^  in  Sonth  Stoke,  II.  130. 

Hogges,  Henricns,  IL  63. 

Hogges,  lohannes,  IL  43. 

Hogges,  John,  U.  xxxiL 

Ho^es,  Willelmns,  IL  63. 

H<^tone,  Adam  de,  II.  138. 

Hogshaw,  Bucks.,  U.  xlix. 

Hc^ihawe,  AUda,  IL  xlvi. 

Hole,  lohannes  atte,  H.  331. 

Holeford,  Simon  de,  1. 305. 

Holewelle  in  Eynsham,  1.  157. 

Holm,  Galfridns  atte,  IL  133. 

Holway,  Richard,  IL  xvii,  xviii 

Home,  Waltems,  1.  363. 

Hongrynge  Aston,  IL  xxviL 

Honyntone,  lohannes  de,  H.  ais. 

Horcleye,  L  161. 

Hore,  Hugo  the,  1. 6. 

Hore,  Thomas  le,  L  353. 

Horloke,  Simon  filins  Hugonii,  L  335. 

Horn,  Agnes,  L  375. 

Horn,  Alexander,  I.  398. 

Horn,  Willelmns,  1. 153. 


INDEX 


397 


Homcastelle,  Willelmus,  II.  43. 
Hoincastre,  Alanosde,  I.  371. 
Horold,  Rogerns,  I.  237. 
Horspathe,  Tl.  97. 
Horspathe,  WiUelmns  de,  I.  352. 
Hospitallers,  the,  L  64,  ao2. 

—  land  in  Oxford  of  the,  II,  338,  339. 
— prior  of  the,  Radolfhsde  Diva,  1. 103. 

—  prior  of  the,  William  de  Hannle,  I. 

331. 
Hostiler,  Willelmus,  1. 93,  94* 
Honkyn,  Thomas,  II.  199. 
Hrammesleah,  see  Ramesleye. 
Hubert,  archbp.  of  Canterbury,  I.  59. 
Hncchend*,  Petms  de,  I.  107. 
Hudicote  (Hndikote),  Glonc,  I.  137. 
Hndicote,  Willelmus  de,  I.  357. 
Hudicote,  Willelmus  Bompasde,  I.  336, 

339. 
Hugh,  Thomas,  son  of,  I.  149. 
Hugo,  capellanus,  I.  89. 
Hugo,  clericus,  L  63,  H.  174. 
Hugo,  dominus,  I.  4,  5. 
Hugo  filius  Ricardi,  I.  106. 
Hugo  filius  Rich',  I.  107. 
Hugo  filius  Willelmi,  L  74. 
Hugo  of  Feleleia,  I.  53, 
Hugo  of  Wigewald,  I.  55. 
Hugo  presbiter  (i  i88),  I.  73. 
Hulc,  Willelmus,  I.  343. 
Hulle,  Henricus  de  la,  L  338, 354,  385, 

404. 
Hulle,  lohanna  atte,  II.  51,  56. 
Hulle,  lohannet  de  la,  II.  63. 
Hulle,  Ricardus  atte,  11.  331. 
Hulle,  Willelmus  atte,  II.  33, 34, 35, 36. 
Hullebrech,  I.  384. 
Humedeu  le  Taillour,  II.  3a8. 
Humez,  Ricardus  de,  I.  56,  II.  158. 
Humez,  Willelmus  de,  I.  41. 
Humfridi,  Willelmus  filius,  I.  153. 
Humfridus,  capellanus,  1. 131. 
Humfridus,  clericus,  I.  79. 
Hunderlithe,  Walterus  de,  I.  191. 
hundredar,  IL  Ixvi 
Hunfridi,  Gilbertus  filius,  I.  48,  146. 
Hungeria,  Petrus  de,  II.  164. 
Hunte,  lohannes  le,II.  313. 
Hunte,  Thomas  le,  I.  247. 
Huntercombe,  Nidiolaus  de,  II.  138. 
Huntingdon,  archdeacon  o^  Nicholaus, 

1.39- 

—  archdeacon  of,  Robertns,  II.  164. 
Huntingdon,  lohannes  de,  I.  395,  II. 

109,  118. 
Huntingdon,  John  de,  I.  xxv. 
Hume,  Willelmus  in  le,  II.  ai,  33. 
Hus,  Simon,  II.  337. 
Huscarle,  Rogems,  1. 173. 
Hussebume,  mag.  Thomas  de,  I.  96. 
Huthende  in  Eynsham,  I.  31S. 


Huthende,  I.  333. 
Huthewlf,  Humfridus,  I.  355. 
Huythecroft  in  Eynsham,  1. 178,  II.  103. 
Hyde,  lohannes  de  la,  I.  340. 
Hyde,  Isabella  de  la,  II.  133,  136. 
Hyde,  Ricardus  de  la,  IL  no, 
Hyde,  Thomas,  II,  43. 
Hyllary,  Rogems  de,  I.  394. 
Hynde,  Ralph,  U.  149. 
Hyne,  WUlelmus  le,  L  7. 
Hynebest,  John,  IL  xiii. 
Hynge,  Henricus,  II.  176. 

L  archdeacon  of  Oxford,  L  44. 

Iacob,Willelmus,  IL  133. 

lacobus  clericus,  II.  234. 

lacobus  clerk,  II.  xcvii. 

lacobus  filius  Florie,  a  Jew,  I* 203. 

lakkes,  lohannes,  II.  8,  13. 

lakkes,  Walterus,  IL  63. 

lakkes,  Willehnus,  IL  54. 

lames,  Ricardus,  II.  ao,  33. 

lames,  Willelmus,  IL  83. 

lanes,  Stephanus,  IL  63. 

laneuyle,  Isabella  de,  II.  317. 

lanitor,  see  Portar  and  Portarius. 

lanitor,  Baldewinus,  1.  73, 114. 

lanitor,  I.,  1.  407. 

lanitor,  lohannes,  1.  48,  i±i,  143,  145, 

»47>  I59»  160,  161,  166,  167,  189, 

384,  iL  xcvii,  67. 


—  lohannes,  his  son,  I.  189. 
ttitor,  Rogems,  I 
lanitor,  Stephanus, 


lanitor,  Rogems,  I.  93,  98. 
lanitor,  Stephanus,  L  190, 199. 
lanitor,  Stephanus  (1341),  IL  45. 


190,  199. 
,    141),  If.  45. 
Iccombe,  Bartholomeus  Cokerel  de,  I. 

aoo. 
Iccombe,  Thomas  de,  I.  356,  357. 
Ida,  Gilbertus  de  (see  Hida),  1.  96. 
Mebury,  Henry  de,  1.  xxv. 
levanne,  John,  IL  304. 
Ikeneldesway  in  South  Stoke,  IL  I3i, 

133,  I3a,  135. 
Impitune  (Impytone),  Willelmus  Bygge 

de,  I.  333. 
Impitune,  Willelmus  Bygge  de,  I.  336. 
Inclosure  of  Tilgarsley,  II.  xlvii. 
Ingelrannus  presbiter,  I.  no. 
Innocent,  pope,  1.  18,  310. 
Insula,  Philippusde,  I.  337. 
loban,  lohannes,  IL  119. 
lohannes,  I.  399. 

lohannes  janitor,  1. 141, 143, 145. 
lohannes  medicus,  1.  81,  83,  105. 
loie,  lohannes,  I.  389,  390. 
lordan,  Robertus,  II.  39. 
lordanus,  L  89. 
lordanus,  magister,  L  86,  87. 
Ippewelle,  Ricardus  de  Anuers  de,  I. 

405- 
Ipra,  Willelmus  de,  L  52. 


398 


INDEX 


Irish  scholars  at  Oxford  and  Cambridge, 

1.408. 
Irland,  lohannes,  II.  130. 
Irland,  Willelmns,  IL  119,  131. 
Irlonde,  Dionisia,  II.  53,  56. 
Irmooeer,  Rofi;enisle,  I.  303, 
Islip,  I.  392,  II.  an. 

—  rural-dean  of,  Gilbertns,  I.  149,  150, 
15a,  173. 

—  the  wood  of^  IL  16. 
Isvrard,  Willelmns  iilius,  I.  73. 
lueten,  lohannes  de,  I.  301. 
Inkel(Iuchel),1. 113. 

Inkel  filins  Danid,  I.  ill. 
Inkel,  Simon  filins,  L  102. 
Inkelns,  II.  xcvii. 
Ivri,  Roger  de,  I.  ix,  xviii. 
Instice,  lohannes  (le),  I.  333. 
Instice,  lohannes  le,  I.  343. 
luzta  mumm,  Thomas,  II.  337. 

Jacks,  Walter,  II.  xxvii. 
tames,  Agnes,  IL  xxviii  (4). 
Jamesy  Thomas,  IL  xxix. 
Jaye,  Thomas,  II.  xvi  {bis), 
Jerusalem,  death  of  Harding  at,  I.  37. 

—  retnm  of  King  Richard  from,  I.  90. 
Jew,  Dauid  of  Lincoln,  I.  335.     See 

Abraham  of  Berchamstede. 
John,  king,  I.  63,  IL  163. 
Joye,  William,  IL  xi. 

Kaden*,  mag.  Robertns  de,  I.  176. 
Kairwent,  Gregorius  de,  I.  388. 
Kam,  Ricardns  de,  I.  305. 
Karsewelle  stream,  I.  178. 
Karsintone,  see  Casslngton. 
KarsiDtone,  Henricas  ae,  I.  395,  396. 
Kayrwent,  Gregorius  de,  I.  394. 
Kene,  John,  II.  xiv. 
Kene,  Ricaidus,  I.  7. 
Keneiar,  Willelmns  de,  I.  148. 
KeneswTthe,  Henricus  de,  1. 144. 

Sarah,  wife  of,  1. 144. 

Kenilworth,  prior  of,  Robertas,  I.  63. 
Kent,  Bartholomeus  de^  II.  3ii. 
Kent,  lohannes  de,  IL  47. 
Kent,  Mr.,  IL  246,  353. 
Kent,  Rannnlfus  de,  1. 131. 
Kent,  Robertns,  IL  303. 
Kent,  Thomas  de,  I.  395. 
Kepdiarm,  Benedictns,  IL  338. 
Kepeharm,  lohannes,  I.  135,  IL  323, 


Kei 


aas,  337.  338 
tpeharm, 

338. 


Laurendns,  IL  333,  335, 


Kerlinton,  Willelmns  de,  I.  149. 

lohannes,  his  son,  I.  149. 

Kersinthona  {see  Casnngton),  L  367. 
Kerswelle,  see  Carswell. 
Kerswelle,  Radulfus  de,  L  153. 


Kersyngton,  see  Cassington. 
Kesneto,  Rogems  de,  u.  158. 
Kesneto,  WiUelmus  de,  II.  158. 
Ketel,  L  73. 
Ketellus,  I.  384. 
Ketilbem,  Petrus,  L  194. 
Keyrewent,  Gregorius  de,  I.  330. 
Kiddington,  see  Cudyngtone. 
Kiftesgate,  the  bailiff  of,  I.  385. 
Kilby,  Simon  de,  L  397. 
Kitterichehurst,  I.  179. 
Kimbell,  Little,  L  373. 
Kingestone  (Kyngestone),  N.  de,  I.  389, 

395- 
Kingestone,  Nicholaus  de,  L  390,  II. 

336,  339. 
Kingestone,  Rogems  de,  1. 160. 
Kingham,  Nicholas  of,  I.  xxviii. 
Kirtlington,  L  413. 
Kitchen,  Anthony,  I.  xxxi. 
Kiwel  (Kiul),  Alicia,  L  164. 
Kiwel,  Robotus,  I.  163,  164,  165,  384. 
Knight,  see  Knyght. 
Knit,  Willelmns,  II.  335. 
Knollis  (Knollys),  Thomas,  1. 434,  435. 
Koolls,  Thomas,  IL  343,  343. 
Knyght,  lohannes  le,  L  363,  IL  63,  64. 
Knyght,  Wyllyam,  IL  139. 
Kulle,  lohannes,  IL  83. 
Kun,  lohannes,  IL  319. 
Kyftesgate,  the  hundred  of,  L  318,  II. 

83-7. 
Kylby,  Simon  de^  IL  9^. 
Kylingworthe,  Alanns  de,  I.  390. 
Kyme,  Walterus,  II.  309. 
Kymer,  Richard,  II.  xvii. 
Kyng*,  lohannes  de,  IL  337. 
Kyngestone,  see  Kingestone. 

Lachesforde,  Alexander  de,  I.  347. 

Ladwode,  lohannes,  II.  loi. 

La  Hae,  Robertns  de,  I.  324. 

Lakyntone,  lohannes  de,  I.  390. 

Lallmg,  IL  xcviii. 

La  mara,  see  Mara. 

Lambard,  Henry,  H.  148. 

Lambecuppe,  I.  153. 

Lambertns,  capellanus,  1. 107. 

Lambeth,  n.  301. 

Lamboume,  Galfridus  de,  IL  11 8. 

Lamboume,  Geoffrey  de,  I.  xxv. 

Lamboume,  lohannes  de,  L  361,  380. 

Lamboume,  Willelmns  de,  II.  330,  357. 

Lainpeacres  in  South  Stoke,  IL  184. 

Lancaster,  duke  of,  U.  Ixxxi. 

Landa,  see  Lannd. 

Landa,  Hugh,  canon  of,  I.  70. 

landeable,  I.  339. 

Landmedein  £ynsham,U.  loi,  103. 

L[anfranc],  archbishop,  L  33. 

Langedale  in  Eynsham,  I.  311. 


INDEX 


399 


Langef[ord],  Rogerns  de,  rnrml-dean,  I. 

67. 
Langehfirstin  Stanlake,  I.  88,  90. 
Langelev  (Langelc,  Langeleya),  I.  3, 15, 

376,  II.  li,  Ixxvii,  47,  aia. 
Langeley,  lohannes  de,  L  364,  IL  a  13. 
Langeley,  John,  II.  lii. 
Langeley,  Nicholans  de,  I.  283, 11.  30. 
Langeley,  T.  de,  L  283. 
Langeley,  Thomas  de,  L  3,  156,  164, 

234>  381,  385,  n.  U,  76,  103,  107, 

a  10. 
Langeley,  Willelmns  de,  I.  164,  383, 

IL  loa. 
Langenhnrst,  IL  4. 
Langeport,  lohannes  de,  I.  331. 
Langetot,  Aliz  de,  I.  79,  104,  411. 
Langetot,  Enuna  de,  I.  420. 
Langetot,  Milo  de,  I.  43,  81,  417. 
Langetot,  Radalfns  de,  L  413,  II.  45. 
Lardario,  Radalfns  de,  I.  351. 
Laidario,  Thomas  de,  I.  331,  373,  386. 

Axnida,  wife  of,  I.  331. 

Lasseberewe,  Willelmns  de,  I.  191. 

La  Ston,  see  Stow. 

Latoner,  Agnes,  II.  339. 

Lanmton,  mag.  Robertas  de,  I.  159. 

Lannd,  prior  of,  I.  16. 

Lannd  priory,  I.  16,  71,  306,  II.  Ixxvi. 

Lanrencii,  Radulfns  filins,  11.  338. 

Lanrencins,  RnfTns,  II.  335. 

Lanrentins,  L  39. 

Lanyntone,  Anida,  11.  53,  56. 

Lawe,  Thomas  Costard  de,  II.  141. 

Lawline,  Essex,  I.  30. 

Leafield,  II.  95. 

Leafield,  see  Feld. 

Lechton,  Henricns  de,  I.  143. 

Ledcombe  Basset,  Berks.,  I.  383,  377, 

n.  li,  Ixzvii,  Ixxxv,  351. 
Ledcombe  Basset,  rector  of,  Stephanas, 

L  383. 
Ledhale,  lohannes  de,  11.  3 11. 
Lee,  see  Leghe,  Lega,  Leigh,  Leye. 
Lee,  Ricardos  de  la,  IL  33. 
Lee,  Rogeros  atte,  II.  339. 
Lee,  WiUelmas  de  la,  I.  365,  IL  31. 
Lefoy,  lohannes,  IL  83. 
Le  Frith,  L  398. 
Lefei,  I.  73. 
Lefwinns  Cane,  I.  73. 
Lega,  see  Lee. 

Lega,  charter  dated  at,  I.  5 1. 
L^,  Godefridns  de  la,  I.  160. 
L^a,  lohannes  de,  I.  379. 
L^a,  Petros  de,  I.  303. 
L^es,  see  Northleigh. 
Leges,  Galfridos  de,  1. 161. 
L^er,  lohannes,  IL  43. 
L^e,  j^Lee. 
L^he,  Willelmns  de,  XI.  178. 


Leghe,  William  de,  IL  io3. 
Legton,  Henricus  de,  I.  166. 
Leha,  Willelmns  de  la,  L  153. 
Lehwes,  Henricns  de,  I.  334. 
Leicester,  abbot  of,  Ricaxdns,  I.  70. 

—  archdeacons  of  : 

Remandns,  I.  47. 
Robertas,  I.  134,  414,  418. 419. 
Rogeras,  L  44. 
Walteras,  I.  418. 
WiUelmas  de  Donne,  II.  117. 
Leies,  Nicholans  filias  Sewold  de,  II. 

103. 
Leigh,  see  Lee. 

Leieh,  WiUelmas  de,  L  383-5. 
Leihe,  lohannes  de,  IL  313. 
Lelung,  WiUelmas,  L  343. 
I^emeri,  WiUelmas  fil.,  I.  104. 
LemhoUe  (LemhUl,  Lemill),  L  84,  85, 

89,  II.  xxiii,  11,  Ixxvi. 
Lent  at  Eynsham,  observances  of,  II.  389, 

390. 
Leofric,  carl,  I.  x,  39,  31,  33,  33. 
Leoftaet,  L  3i. 
Leofwin,  L  3i. 
Leonardas  dapifer,  I.  74.      See  Wite- 

feld. 
Leoaen,  Henricns,  II.  33. 
Leprons  nans,  II.  355. 
Lespicer,  Alnredas,  II.  335.    See  Spicer. 
Lesseberg  (Lessebarga),  Henricns  de,  I. 

190,  199. 
Letare  lerosalem,  I.  345. 
Letley,  see  Netley. 
Lenen,  Henricns,  II.  108. 
Leneret,  lohannes,  II.  30,  33. 
Lenertone,  WiUelmas  de,  L  390. 
Leai,  Thomas,  I.  157. 
Leakenore  (Lenechenore,  Lewknor,  &c) , 

Galfridns  de,  I.  347. 
Leakenore,  lohannes  de,  I.  381. 
Leakenore,  mag.  Nicholans  de,  L  64, 

113,  I30,  134,  138. 
Leakenore,  mag.  Nicholaus  de,  rector 

of  Cassington,  L  44,  47,  63. 

—  see  Nicholans,  magister. 
Leakenore,  Rogerns  de,  L  76, 104. 
Lenkenore,  Thomas  de,   1.  349,  350, 

351. 

Lnda,  his  wife,  I.  349,  350,  351. 

Leakenore,  WiUelmns  de,  I.  150,  II. 

174. 
Lenns,  lohannes  de,  I.  163. 
Lenon,  Henricns,  II.  35. 
Lewes,  Agnes,  IL  56. 
Lewknor,  see  Leakenore. 
Leya,  ses  Lee. 

L^,  lohannes  de,  I.  311,  31a. 
Leye  (  -  Sonth  Leigh),  I.  333. 
Leye,  R.  de  la,  L  278. 
Leyham  Brook,  U.  93. 


400 


INDEX 


Lerinnan,  Goido  de,  L  213. 

Liber  Feodonim  of  the  Exchequer,  II. 

67. 
Lidinthon',  I.  271. 
Liford,  Ricardns  de,  I.  3. 
Lile,  Egidins  de^  I.  328. 
Lile,  Rogems  de,  I,  328. 
Lilie,  Robertas,  II.  120,  132. 
Lincoki,  bishop  of,  L  52,  II.  vii,  viii,  xv, 
xzix,  xxxL 

a  visitation,  11.  Ixxxy. 

Alexander,  L  37,  38,  41,  53,  66,  II. 

«59- 
H..I.  211. 

Henricns,  L  224,  II.  180,  181. 
Hugh,  I.  1-3, 43,  44,  45, 46,  r6,  135, 

»39»  39^#  399»  II«  ««»  ^^^>  163, 

164. 
St.  Hugh,  II.  258, 259, 266,  273,  287, 

356,  370- 
L,L372. 
lohannes,  I.  391. 
John  Longland,  II.  242,  243. 
Longland,  II.  1 72. 
Oliuerus,  I.  303,  309,  335,  340,  344, 

272. 
Philippus,  II.  186. 
R.,  L  245,  246,  271. 
Remigius,  I.  ix-xi. 
Ricardus,  I.  273,  274,  II.  170. 
Ricardus  de  Grauesende,  L  350. 
Robertus,  1. 168. 
Robertas  Bloet,  I.  xi,  xii,  41,  42,  43, 

35,  36  (^),  225,  IL  155. 
Robertus  de  Chesney,  I.  2, 38, 39, 42, 

43,  58,  81, 131,  n.  157,  159. 
Robertus  Crosseteste,  I.  3, 176. 
Willehnus,   I.   i,   2,    56,   62,   396, 

II.  160, 180, 191,  192. 
Willehnus  Alnewyk,  I.  431. 
Willelmns  Attwater,  I.  432. 
bishop-elect  of,  Gaufridus,  I.  69. 

—  canons  of : 
Fulco,  1. 39. 
Henricus,  I.  39. 
Malgerius,  I.  39. 
Serlo,  L  167. 
Thomas,  I.  39. 
5««Biham,Campeden,CrackeI*|  Hane- 

Uione,  Kaden ,  Maidestan. 

—  Cathedral,  II.  254. 

—  chancellors  of: 
Ricardus,  U.  164. 
Stephanus,  I.  45. 

—  deans  of : 

Adelelmus,  I.  38,  39,  II.  159. 

Hamo,  I.  45. 

Philipous,  I.  336. 

R.  de  Marisco,  I.  223,  224. 

Ricardus,  I.  225. 

Rogerus,  1. 172. 


Lincoln,  deans  of : 

Simon  de  Brysl^  IL  117. 
Willehnus,  L  273,  274. 

—  *  J«w  of  Lincoln,  Dauid,  1.  235. 

—  official  of  the  archdeacon,  WiUdmns, 
IL  118. 

—  precentors  of: 

Antonius  de  Goldesburgh,  II.  117. 
Geoffrey,  IL  164. 

—  subdeans  of: 
Hamo  Beler,  IL  117. 
lohannes,  II.  164. 
Ricardus,  L  47,  57. 

—  treasurer  of,Martinus,  I.  39,  42,  81, 
419. 

Lincoln  Collie,  rectors  of^  su  Cottys- 
ford,  Strangwayse,  Tristhorp. 

Lincolnia,  presbiter  de,  R^erus,  L  81. 

Lincolnia,  Willelmus  de,  IL  175. 

Lincolnshire,sheriff  of,Turoid,I.48  (Jns), 

Lhidwode,  Ricardus  de,  IL  164. 

Linota,  I.  247. 

Lintone,  I.  179. 

Lintone  meadow,  I.  248. 

Lisieux,  bishop  of,  Amulfus,  IL  158. 

Lisuic,  Henricus  de,  U.  228. 

Litetona,  Henricus  de,  IL  238. 

Lithehulle,  I.  153. 

littlemore,  the  nuns  of ,  IL  17, 18. 

Llandaff,  bishop  of,  Milo,  I.  xxxi. 

Loaves  called  Piidcet-loaves  and  Ser- 
jeant-loaves, I.  386. 

Lodelauhe.  Willelmus  de,  II.  176. 

Lodemer«,  L  179. 

Loder,  Ricardus  de,  IL  xlv. 

Lodewelle,  lohannes  de,  IL  213. 

Lodewycus,  king  of  France,  I.  62. 

Lodpeny,  a  payment,  IL  128. 

London,  1. 112. 

—  bishop  of,  Gilbertos,  1. 64,  103. 

—  mayor  of,  Henricus,  1. 113. 

—  official  of  the  archdeacon  of,  II.  203. 

—  St.  Paul's  withhi,  L  29. 

London,  lohannes  de,  I.  358,  IL  178, 

2T2,  221. 
London,  Ricardus  de,  IL  25. 

lohanna,  his  wife,  IL  25. 

Long,  Hugo  le,  L  7. 

Loufe  lohannes  le,L  355.  356, 357,  359, 

300,  361. 
Long,  John,  II.  xiv. 
Long,  Robertus  le,  1. 355,  356, 357,  359, 

300,  3^1- 
Lcmgchamp,  Henricus  de,  1.  230. 
Longoombe,  II.  199. 
Longe,  lohannes,  I.  208. 
Longespeye,  Matilda,  I.  330. 
Longland,  bishop,  II.  xx. 
Longlond,  lohannes,  II.  242,  243. 
Longtone,  Nicholaus,  II,  204. 
Longus  I.,  L  295. 


INDEX 


401 


LoDgus,  lohannesy  I.  aoo. 
LongQS,  Ricaidus,  II.  43. 
LoDgaa,  WalteruB,  I.  388. 
Loneworth,  Berks.,  II.  i87« 
Lord,  lohannet  le,  II.  aai. 
Lord,  NichoUns,  IL  10, 13, 
Lorimarins,  NichoUns,  IL  239* 
Lork,  Ricmrdns,  I.  385. 
LonnarinSy  Sywardns,  I.  257. 
Lormeritis,  Nicholans,  IL  239. 
Lormerios,  Simon,  IL  227. 
Lotrix,  Eua,  L  331. 
Louches,  Geoigins  de,  II.  316. 
Loaches,  Robins  de,  IL  2 1 1. 
Loaches,  Willelinas,  L  391. 
Loaell,  Galfridas,  II.  103. 
Loaell,  lobannes,  II.  13, 14,  142,  146. 
LoueU,  Thomas,  I.  -J33,  434,  435. 
Loymer,  Nicholaas  le,  I.  197. 
Loches,  Rogeras  de,  I.  106. 
Laci  (Lacy^,  Gerardos  de,  I.  96. 

Mamdis,  his  daughter,  L  95,  96. 

Laci,  Margareta  de,  L  417. 

Laci,R.  de,  IL  156. 

Lud,  Ricardos  de,  L  51,  126,  127, 

Laci,  T.  de,  L  295. 

Lad,  Willclmasde,L200, 365»357»  358. 

Lademere  (in  Eynsham),  1. 132,  253. 

Lademere,  Alaredas  de,  1. 213. 

Ladowvais,  see  Lodewycus. 

Loffield,  Backs.,  I.  170-3. 

—  prior  of,  Rogeras,  I.  170,  I7r, 

—  prior  of,  Willelmas,  L  99,  loo, 
Lallebroch,  Robertas  de,  L  S3. 
Lang,  Agxies  le,  L  356. 

Lang,  Beatrix  le,  I.  356. 
Long,  Cristina  le,  I.  356. 
Longespcye,  Ela  de,  L  338. 
Lasches,  Robertas  de,  I.  347. 
Lasoi',  Wameras  de,  I.  51. 
Lostesfdde,  Nicholaas  de,  I.  162. 
Lattershalle,  1. 178, 179, 
Latteswelle  in  E3rnsham,  I.  228. 
Laad  of  Aston,  L  83,  85. 
Land,  Gaafridas,  I.  51,  118,  131. 
Laad,  Ricardos,  I.  65. 
Laod,  Willdmas,  L  118,  131. 
Loxou[iensis],  Radulfus,  1, 105. 
Lye,  lacobas  de,  I.  331. 
Lymberg,  Adam  de,  U.  117. 
Lynby,  John,  IL  xiy. 
Lynde,  Ricardas,  II.  51,  56. 
Lynham,  Reginaldas  de,  I.  340,  349, 

358,  3^5»  ft  178,  212,  213. 
Lynhsmo,  Rogeras  de,II.  2i2« 
Lynne,  Henricas  de,  L  367. 

Maccon  (Maceon),  Henricas  le,  I.  383, 

384. 
Maccon,  Robertas  le,  I.  365. 
Mace,  Ricardas,  L  175. 

n  D 


Mace,  Ricardas,  son  of,  I.  155. 
Macemill,  Cirencester,  II.  xnviii,  Izzfi 
Magno  Ponte,  Matilda  de,  11.  230^  a34> 

239. 
Magnas,  Robertas,  L  139. 

Willdmas,  son  of,  L  139. 

Mahn,  lobannes,  IL  212. 
Maideston,  I.  de,  I.  246. 
Maidwell,  Simon  de,  I.  421. 
Mainfeninns,  brother  of  Wiganoa  de 

Walingford,  L  102. 
Makerell,  WiUiam,  II.  xii. 
Malemains  (Malemeins,  Malesmains), 

mag.  Petrns,  1. 155,  156. 
Malemains,  Rogeras,  I.  294^ 
Malet,  Waltenis,  I.  93. 
Malet,  Willdmas,  L  100. 
Malgeras,  magister,  I.  39. 
Malmesbary,  lobannes,  1  432. 
Malmsbaiy,  Thomas,  I.  434-7. 
Malsbere,  Thoinas,  II.  242,  243. 
Malvem,  the  prior  of  Little,  R.,  L  205. 
Malwey,  lohiumes,  II.  139, 
Manggen,  Matildis,  IL  30,  23. 
Manneyill^  Godefridas  de,  IL  68. 
Mantd,  Robertas,  1. 126,  127, 
Mapddarham,  lobannes  de  la  Dene  de, 

I.  347. 
Mapham,  R.  de,  I.  345,  246. 
Maranacliff,  1. 21,  26. 
Marche,  Editha,  IL  52,  56. 
Marche,  Robert,  11.  253. 
Mare,  see  More. 
Mare,  Gonnora  de  la,  1. 177. 
Mare,  Henricas  de  la,  1. 135 
Mare,  Hago  de  la,  I.  109. 
Mare,  Petnis  de  la,  1. 3,  67,  72, 159,  IL 

xzi. 
Mare,  Ricardas  de  la,  I.  77,  97,  109, 

125,128,  159,160,  193, 
Mare,  Robertas  de  la,  I.  72,  88,  158, 

159, IL  xxL 
Mare,  Stephanas  de  la,  L  154. 
Mare,  Wuldmas  de  la,  L  72. 
Marescalle,  Nicholaas  le,  1  179. 
Marescallas,  Gillebertas,  L  70. 
Marescallos,  lordanas,  L  156. 
Marescallas,  Robertas,  L  136, 147,  155, 

162,  163,  164,  165,  166,  167,  179, 

I90>  351.  270,284,407. 

Eaa,  his  widow,  I.  270. 

Marescallas,  Simon,  II.  zcvii,  238, 
Marescallas,  Thomas,  IL  237. 
Marescallas,  Walteras,  I.  251,253,  38i« 
—  ^  Amicia,  his  wife,  I.  353, 
Marescallas,  Willdmas,  L  96. 
Mareschall,  Hago  le,  I.  346,  347. 
Mareschall,  Martinas  le,  L  347. 
Mareschall,  Ricardas  le,  IL  319. 
Mareschallas,  Thomas,  IL  33a 
Mareys  (Mailsco,  Merdxe),  L  de,  L  395* 


402 


INDEX 


Mareyt,  lohannes,  L  7,  ia,IL  141, 14a, 

143. 
Mareys,  lohannet  de,  1. 183,  aoa 
Mareysy  Robeitos,  II.  217. 
Marcyi,  Waltcnii  dc,  I.  355,  356,  357, 

3^»  361. 
Mar^erie,  Willelmus  filios,  I.  353. 
Mansco,  Maristco,  see  Mareyt. 
Marisscaly  see  Marescallns. 
Market,  tenants  of  the,  II.  39. 
MarlboroQgh,  L  375. 
Marmion  ^armyon),  GaUridns,  I.  156. 
Marmion,  lohannef,  VL  138. 
Marmion,  Robeitns,  L  398. 

Milisent,  his  wife^  L  399. 

Marmion,  ThomaSj  II.  138. 
Marsh  Baldon,  IL  ixxii,  314. 
Marston  St.    Lawrence,  Northants,  I. 

Marston,  Bucks.,  I.  43,  55,  57,  58,  60, 

64,  loi,  102,  II.  157. 
Martei,  Willelmos,  L  53. 
Martianns  de  Wilton,  mag.,  IL  xcvii. 
Martini,  Ricardns  filios,  I.  323,  337. 
Martini,  Robertos  filios,  IL  173. 
Martinns,  presbiter,  I.  ids  (Jer), 
Marten,  Uncs.,  L  31. 
Martyn,  John,  IL  x. 
Mascall,  Robert,  II.  333. 
Mason,  Edward,  IL  xii 
Mason,  lohannet  le,  IL  33,  34! 
Matooe,  Alicia  le,  IL  31,  34. 
Matheos,  clericos,  I.  73. 
Mathildis,  r^[ina,  I.  33. 
Matilda  imperatrix,  L  51,  II.  155. 
Matrace,  I.  3oo, 

Maodut,  lohannes,  L  368,  IL  64. 
Maodot,  Robertos,  I.  354,  355, 309. 
Maodoyt,  lohannes,  I.  309. 
Maordin,  Ricardos,  I.  356. 
Maynard,  lohannes,  IL  33,  34. 
Maynard,  John,  IL  x. 
Maynorre,  Thomas,  11.  139. 
Maysmor,  Ricardos  de,  I.  356. 
Mazalin,  lohannes,  11.  337. 
Maze,  Ricardos,  I.  334. 
Mebome,  Stephanos  de,  IL  89. 
Medecrofte,  Willelmos  de,  I.  356,  359, 

36a 
Mederep,  a  manorial  woric,  IL  139. 
Medicos,  mag.  lohannes,  I.    81,    83, 

105. 
Medicosy  mag.  RadoUos,  I.  39. 
Medicos,  Milo,  L  79. 
Megre,  Willelmos  le,  1. 356,  363. 
Meufiminos,  brother  of  Wigan,  I.  133. 
Mek,  Willelmos,  L  367. 
Meleden,  Michael  de,  L  338. 
Meleden,  William  de,  IL  xo3. 
Mellent,  G.,  Coont  of,  L  53,  53. 
Mellers,  Sossex,  I.  83,  433. 


Melton,  mag.  Galfridos,  II.  IxxzIt, 
IxxxTi. 

Menigweye  in  Finstoke,  I.  353. 

Mersetone^  see  Marston. 

Mershe,  su  Mareys. 

Merrtona,  Hogo  de,  L  103. 

Merstooe,  mag.  lohamiesy  IL  Ixxz. 

Merton,Oxon.,I.  i,  14,41,45,56-8,60, 
133,  307,  376,  391,  n.  lii,  IxxTi, 
Ixxvii,  xdi-xcri,  91,  173,  354. 

—  Chorch,  appropriation  of,  IL  114-18. 

—  prior  of,  IL  67. 

—  priory,  IL  370. 

—  rector  oi^  lohannes  de  Wanre,  II. 
116. 

Meiton,  Willelmos  de,  I.  377. 

Merton,  William  de,  IL  xxi. 

Mery,  John,  II.  xviL 

Meschm,  Willelmos,  1.  3. 

Messager,  Willelmos,  II.  83. 

Messer,  Thomas  le,  1.  337,  338. 

Messer,  Walteros  le,L  347. 

Messer,  Willelmos  le,  1.  375. 

Mey,  Rogeros  le,  L  ao3. 

Mickleton,  Gloocestershire,  I.  ix,  xix, 

9»  «'»  n»  34i  3^1  53»  »37f  190*  ^51, 
385,  391-4,317,  377,  387,  395,  n.  xi, 
xxbc,  xxxii,  lii,  liii,  Ixxv,  Ixxni,  83-7, 

I57»  I59»  n^t  331. 

—  chorch,  apmropriation  of,  IL  1 10-14. 

—  costos  of,  Robertos,  1. 190. 

—  Cumers  of,  II.  fit 

—  parson  of,  Bartholemeos,  I.  137. 

—  rector  of,  Nicholaos,  L  391,  393. 

—  vicar  of,  Ricardos,  I.  137. 
Middelthone,  Ricardos  de,  I.  373 
Middeltone,  John,  II.  xiv. 
Middeltone,  Robertos  de,  L  164. 
Middeltone,  Rogeros  de,  L  387. 
Middeney  (« Medley),  L  414. 
Middleton,  see  Milton. 

Midelton  (Middletone),  Alanos  de,  1. 

Middton,  lohannes  de  Gardino  de,  1. 

3oa 
Midelton,  Robcitos  de,  1. 16. 
Mikeltone,  lohannes  de,  L  385. 
Milcombe,  L  14,  36,  78, 173,  aia,  214, 

306,  II.  xvii,  xviii,  1,  lii,  Ixzv,  67, 

149»  353. 

—  coorts  at,  II,  xviii. 
Mildecombe,  Adam  filios  Helye  de,  I. 

313. 

Mildecombe,  Alexander  de,  1. 157. 
Mildecombe,   Alexander   fiossel^    de, 

1.  314. 
Mildecombe,  Race  filios  Alexandri  de, 

L  313. 

Mildecombe,  Willelmos  de,  L  18a. 
Mildecombe,  Willelmos  Pdl^Moins  de, 
I.  ai3. 


INDEX 


403 


Mile,  Willelmiis,  II.  30,  a  2. 

Milida  (of  Histon),  I.  116. 

MiU*,  Hamfridas  de,  L  82. 

Miir,  Rogeros  de,  L  82. 

Milleaien,  Humfiiidiis  de,  L  82  m. 

Milo  medicos,  I.  79. 

Milsbiry»  sei  Malsbere. 

Milton,  Rogerns,  IL  42. 

Milton  near  Thame,  I.  4,  36, 113,  223- 

5,  307,  IL  xvii,  liv,  Ixxii,  Ixxvi. 
filt<  -     — 


Milton-nnder-Wvchwood,  I.  2,  15, 117, 

307»  37^»  II-  liv,  48,  251. 
Milward,  lobannes,  iL  105. 
Milwaid    (or   Mylner),   William,    IL 

zxyiii. 
Mimekan,  Philippns,  IL  21Z. 
Minor  {see  Myne^,  laoobos,  L  435. 
Minster  Louell,  t  2,  14,  36,  307,  376, 

IL  Iv,  Izxvii. 
^  —  prior  of,  L  172. 

priory,  IL  xttit. 

Mire,  lohannes  le,  L  181,  187. 
Mobray,  Waltems,  L  289,  294. 
Mody,  Willelmos,  I.  219,  281. 
—  ^  lohannes,  his  son,  I.  281. 
Molden,  Alida,  II.  132. 
Moleford,  see  Mot^lsford. 
Molendinarius,  Henricos,  IL  227,  228, 

338. 
Molendinarius,  Nicholans,  L  273,  II. 

33a 
Molendinarius,  Nicholaos,  son  of  Rober- 

tns,  n.  229. 
Molendinarius,  Philippns,  I.   187,  II. 

226,  227,  228. 
Molendinarins,  Ricardns,  L  199. 

Cecilia,  his  wife,  L  199. 

Emma,  his  wife,  L  200. 

Molendinarius,  Robertus,  IL  226,  229, 

a34>  235. 
Molendinarius,  Willelmus,  I.  197. 
Molendinarius,  Willelmus  (of  Banbuiy), 

L305. 
Moleyns,  dominus  de,  IL  Izxxi,  IxxziL 
Mollyngtone,  Philippus  dc,  I.  348. 
MonacM,  Ricardus  Alius,  I.  105. 
Monasteries,  dissolution  ol^  II.  xx. 
Moncke,  Willelmus  le,  IL  ai6. 
Monemue,  I.  de,  L  234. 
Mongewell,  I.  417. 
Monte,  Gilbeitus  de,  L  xvi. 
Monte,  Gillebertus  de,  I.  68,  loi,  118, 

130. 
Philip,  his  brother,  L  101,  118, 

130. 
Moatern]nia,  Willelmus  de,  L  91. 
Montibus,  Gilbertus  de,  L  362. 
Montibus,  Petrus  de,  I.  320. 
Mora,  Laurentius  de,  L  85. 
Mora,  Stephanus  de,  IL  105. 
Mora,  Warinus  de,  L  161. 


Mora,  Willelmus  de,  L  3. 

Mora,  Willelmus  de,  monk,  L  133, 144, 

148, 151. 
Morce,  Waltems,  IL  108. 
More,  see  Mare,  Nozthmoor. 
More,  Abel,  IL  205. 
More,  Matheus  de  la,  I.  160. 
More,  Galfridus  de,  I.  149. 
More,  Laurendus  de,  I.  324. 

Stephanus,  his  son,  I.  324. 

More,  St«>hanus  de  la,  I.  160. 

More,  Willelmuf  de  li^  H.  162. 

Mord,  Augnstinus,  L  380. 

Mord,  Henricos,  L  267. 

Mord,  lohannes,  I.  253,  254,  263^  267, 

277,  279,  281,  296,  329  (^),  338, 

370,  II.  177. 
Morel,  Osbertus,  L  48. 
Moreton  in  Nortiimoor,  I.  3. 
Moreton4n-the-Marsh,  IL  xxviii. 
Morice,  Waltems,  II.  34. 
Morioen,  Waltems,  IL  35,  36. 
Morini,  Ricardus  fil.  (11 88),  L  72. 
Mortein,  Ricardus  de,  I.  82. 
Mortele,  Alicia  Suyen  de,  II.  136. 
Mortele,  Sweyne  de,  II.  215. 
Morton  Henmersh,  see  Moretoa-in-the 

Marsh. 
Mortone,  Willdmus  de,  IL  31. 
Morton,  see  Moreton. 
Moryn,  John,  II.  148. 
Moubmi,  Paganus  de,  L  77. 
Moulsford  (Moleford,  Muldbrd),  L  72, 

75»  78.  331,  291,  IL  Iv,  Ixivi,  66, 

137,  140,  241. 
—  the  chapel  o^  1. 155. 
Mountague,  Elizabet  de,  IL  102. 
Mouade  wood,  IL  93. 
Moyngne,  lohannes  le^  IL  2ii« 
Moyses,  magister,  I.  65. 
Mucheltone,  Rob.  de,  I.  7a 
Muckdtene,  see  Mickleton. 
Mudintona,  see  Mickleton. 
Mudintona,  Philippus  de,  L  138. 
Mudelint*,  Robertas,  priest  o^  1. 114. 
Muleford,  see  Moulsford. 
Mulle,  lohannes  atte,  L  358. 
Mullecroftes  in  Eynsham,  IL  loi,  102. 
Mullesford,  see  Moulsford. 
Mulmore  in  Eynsham,  IL  97. 
Mulnemores  in  Eynsham,  U.  loi,  102. 
Mundy,  lohannes,  II.  81. 
Mundy,  Thomas,  II.  102. 
Murdac,  Radulfus,  1. 77, 80, 82, 84  {bis\ 

87,  90,  420,  U.  U,  65. 
Mardac,  Ralf,  II.  xziii,   zzzviii,  xl, 

xlviii. 
Murdac,  Shnoo,  I.  85. 
Murdakeshyde,  I.  2. 
Murid,  Thomas,  I.  257  n. 
Muro,  Willdmus  de,  1. 133. 

da 


4«* 


INDEX 


Mnrye,  lohannes  le,  11.  213. 
Myner,  lacobns,  I.  434-5. 
Myre,  lohaimes  le,  I.  318. 
Myrye,  lohannes  le,  I.  365. 

Naper,  Nicfaolans  le,  II.  214,  316. 
NatiTi,  II.  xxxvi-vii,  Ixiv,  Izxii,  IxxiiL 

—  at  Eynsham,  II.  xIt. 

—  their  property  belongs  to  their  lord, 
II.  35. 

Navigator,  Robertns,  I.  320. 
Nannton,  Gloucestershire,  L  63,  75,  76, 

304,  305,  II.  Iv,  Ixxi,  Ixxvi. 
Neely  Robertns,  I.  347,  II.  3ii. 
Ndcetone,  Will.  dej.  60. 
Neofoilla  {su  Nonilla),  Robertns  de,  I. 

98. 

Matildis,  his  wife,  L  98. 

Netele,  Abbas  de,  sei  Netl^. 
Nethercote  (Nethercot,  Netherecot),  I. 

Nethercote,  lohannes  de,  1. 356,11.  317. 
Nethercote,  Robertas  de,  L  3oq,  355, 
^  356,  357»  360,  IL  317. 
Netherorton,  I.  3 13,  II.  zrii 
NetheroTtona,  Henricns  de,  I.  313. 
Nether  Worton,  II.  liv,  Iv,  340. 
Netley  (Netele),  Abbas  de,  II.  315. 
Netley  Abbey,  II.  43,  43. 
Nettelcombe,  lohannes,  II.  145. 
Neabold,  Thomas  Sanndres  de,  U.  85. 
Neabolt,  set  Newbottle. 
Neiiman,  Henricns  le,  I.  337. 
Newaric,  I.  31,  33,  34,  36,  ko^  H.  157. 
Newark,  Ricardos  de,  U.  xU 
Newars,  Edmund,  II.  253. 
Newbottle,  Northants,  !•  114,  IL  43, 

44. 
Newbuigb,  John,  prior  of,  I.  213. 
Newby,  Robertas,  IL  181. 
Neweman,  Willelmns,  1. 153. 
Newemant,  Henricns,  IL  83. 
Newentone,  sei  Nannton,  Newington. 
Newentone  (Naunton),  rector  of,  Alanns, 

1.63. 
Newentone,  Bartholomeos  de,  I.  199, 

Newentone,  H.  de,  1. 394. 

Newerce,  Ricardos  de,  II.  158. 

Newercha,  Ric  de,  L  37. 

Newers,  Mr.,  II.  351. 

Newington,  South  (or  lewell),  L  i,  14, 

4a.  45»  4^»  57>  58,  60,  81,  90,  133, 

136,  307»  376,  4i3»  n.  Ivi,  bcxvi. 
Newington  lewell  (or  luell),  II.  180, 

181, 185, 186. 
Newland  (Nova  Terra),  IL  x,  xi,  xii, 

xiii,  xiv,  XV,  xvi,  xvii,  xriii,  xli-xliii. 

—  courts  of,  II.  xii,  xiii,  xiv,  xv,  xvi, 
xvtt. 

Newland,  Robert,  IL  343,  343. 


Newman,  Robertns,  IL  131. 
Nichol,  Waltems,  IL  31,  33. 
Nicholaus,  I.  130. 
Nicholaus,  capelUnus,  L  75. 
Nicholaus  de  Ballio,  L  138  {bis). 
Nicholaus,  magister,  1. 93, 94. 
Nicholls,  Johannes,  IL  349. 
Nigelli,  lohannes  fUius,  I.  368, 11.  95. 
Nigelli,  Ric  fil.,  L  07,  98,  II.  44. 

Luce,  his  wife,  L  97. 

1—  —  Rob.  fiL,  his  brother,  L  98. 

Will.,  fil.,  his  brother,  L  98. 

NigelU,  Will,  filius,  L  37. 

Nigellus,  aurifaber,  L  113. 

Nigellus,  dericus,  1. 157. 

Nigellus,  decanus  (of  Ducklington),  L 

104,88. 
Nigellus,  decanus  (of  Oxford),  L  71, 

131, 138,  139  {bis), 
N^llus,  piesbiter,  L  75, 89, 100,  iio^ 

U.  103. 
Nigellus,  presbiter  de  Eynesham,  L  98, 
Niger,  Rogerus,  L  II3, 
Niger,  WiUelmus,  L  85,  213, 
Niuhold,  mag.  Alexander  de,  IL  47. 
Niwebold  in  Colston,  L  69,  70. 
Niwerbiria,  deed  dated  at,  I.  63. 
Niwland,  Ricardns,  IL  138. 
Noble,  Hugo  le,  L  263,  363. 
lohannes,  his  son  (sIohaime9 

Bacun),  I.  338,  363,  363. 
Noble,  lohannes  le,  L  388. 
Noburc,  Rodbertus  de,  II.  173, 
Noch',  Waltems,  L  68. 
Nodaiiis,  Rogerus  de,  1.  383-5. 
Noers,  Rogerus  de,  L  309. 
Nogeiiis,  Reymundns  de,  L  I3« 
Noion,  prior  of,  IL  67. 
Noke,  su  Aca. 
Noke  (la  Oke),  L  150,  243. 
Nony,  John  de,  L  xxv. 
Norfoc  (Norfolc),  Robertas  de^  L  i8o» 

336,  237,  3381 339. 
Agnes,  his  wife,  L  180,  237,  238, 

339- 

lohannes,  his  son,  236,  337,  259. 

Ricardns,  his  son,  336,  337,  239. 

WiUelmus,  his  son,  180,  336, 237, 

Nor^*,  WiUelmus  de,  L  58. 
Normannesgrove  in  Charlbnry,  L  349, 

IL  177. 
Normannns,  lohannes  («Iohamies    le 

Franceys),  L  197. 
Normanuilla,  Geroldusde,  L  79,  104. 
Northampton,  archdeacon  of,  R.,  L 172. 

Savaricus,  1.  68. 

—  archdeacon's  official,  Gregorios^  1. 69, 
^-  church  of  St  Sepulchre,  L  69. 
Northampton,  eari  of,  Simon,  I.  78, 

«9. 


INDEX 


405 


Northampton  (Norhamtone),  Hellas  de, 

L81. 
NorthamptoD,  Henricns  de,  I.  59,  64, 

103. 
Northampton,  the  sheriff  of,  1. 199. 
Northbrook  Mill,  I.  13,  U.  Ixx. 
Northfolg,  lohanneSy  II.  133. 
Northleach,  IL  xv. 
Northleye  (Northleigb,  Northlye^North- 

l^he),  L  57,  58,  60,  130,  131,  II. 

Ml,  43,94,  177,209. 
Northleye,  lohannes  de,  I.  339. 
Northleye,  lohannes  de  la  &de  de,  I. 

339.  370- 
Northleye,  parson  of,  Adam,  I.  130. 
Northleye,  Willelmus  de,  L  336. 
Northmoor,  L  3,  13,  307. 
—  rector  of,  II,  xvii,  xviii  n, 
Northone  Bran,  see  Brizenorton. 
Northone  (Brizenorton),  L  181, 187. 
Norton  (Coldnorton),  1. 173. 
Norton,  Chipping,  1.  39,  II.  Ixxx. 
Norton,  the  prior  of,  1. 334. 
Norton,  Fnlco  de,  1. 149, 159. 
Norton,  lohannes  de,  IL  81. 
Norton,  Nicholans,  IL  239. 
Norton,  Rad.de,  I.  40,  149. 
Norton  Broyne,  see  Brizenorton. 
Norton  le  Brayn,  II.  147. 
Nortone,  Galfridns  de,  I.  t6i. 

Ralf,  hisson,  I.  161. 

Nortwde,  Thomas  de,  I.  146. 
Norwicensis,  Rogerns,  I.  58. 
Norwich,  bishop  of,  1. 105. 

Johannes,  1. 136, 137. 

Norwich,  Henry,  L  zxix. 
Norwych,  Henricns,  11. 197. 
Not,  Alwin,  I.  74. 
Notley,  abbot  of,  IL  140. 
Notley  Abbey,  IL  137  if. 

canons  o^  II.  xxv. 

Nona  Foresta,  Rogerns  de,  I.  40,  383. 
Nonilla  {see  Neofuilla),  Rob.  de,  L  77. 
Nono  burgo,  Henricns  de,  I,  53. 
Noweres,  lohannes,  IL  146. 

O.,  see  Ow. 

Ode,  Henricns,  I.  301. 

Maria,  his  wife,  I.  301. 

Offintone^  Petrns  de,  I.  140. 

O^eri,  Petras  filius,  IL  169. 

Oien,  lohannes,  IL  339. 

Oien,  Robertns,  IL  337. 

Oili,  see  Doilly,  Olea 

Oil!,  Edid,  wife  of  Robertas  de,  L  73 

iter),  74. 
Oili,  Fnlco,  son  of  I^cellns  de,  I.  73. 
Oili,   Hawis,  wife  of  Rogeras  de,  L 

134. 
Oili,  Helewisa,  daughter  of  Rogerns  de, 

I.  134. 


Oili,  Henricns  de,  I.  54,  73,  74  (^),  75 

(3w),  77,  78,  I03,  3JJ. 
Oili,  Hugo  de,  L  75,  76. 
OiU,  NigeUus  de,  L  viii,  36,  73,  75,  78, 

IL158. 
Oili,  Robertns  de,  I.  33,  51  {bis),  73,  73 

iter),  78. 
Oili,  Rogerns  de,  L  43,  63,  73,  74,  75, 

7^(^),  77»"4-7,  174. 
Oili,  Wido  de,  I.  75  {bis),  78. 
Oili,  Willelmus,  son  of  Rogerns  de,  L 

134. 
Oke,la(-Noke),L343. 
Oleo,  Fnlco  de,  II.  173. 
Oleo,  Rodbertns  de,  II.  173. 
Oliuer,  Petrns,  L  347. 
OnderUthe,  Walterus  de,  I.  300. 
Oo,  lohannes  de,  IL  339. 
Ordwyeswode  in  Finstodc,  I.  375. 
Orfeure,  lohannes  le,  I.  367. 
Orliens,  Thomas  de,  I.  388. 
Orton^  Willelmns  de,  L  381,  385. 
OsariA,  Willehnus,  U.  333. 
Osbaldestone,  George,  IL  351. 
Osbaston,  Tohn,  U.  xxxviiL 
Osbaston,  Mr.,  IL  149. 
Osberti,  Hugo  filius,  I.  107. 
Osberti,  Rob.  filius,  I.  73. 
Osebera,  lohannes,  II.  64,  65. 
Oseney  Abbey,  n.  xxiii(5),  xxiv(^M), 

li,  Ixi,  354,  326. 
—  abbots  of,  I.  3IO,  373,  377,  IL  xlix, 

'fij  93,  a33>  234,  339»  no,  233, 

33^,  339. 
H.,  I.  230. 


Hugo,  1. 105. 
R.,  n.  17 


74. 
Ricardus,  I.  147,  148. 
Thomas,  I.  xxv. 
Wigod,  I.  414. 
fee  of  the,  L  257. 
lane  of  the,  1. 197. 

—  the  canons  of,  U.  173. 

—  college  of,  IL  253. 

—  coquinarius,  su  Wycombe,  Thomas, 
and  Rodeby,  II.  223. 

—  prior  of,  Clemens,  I.  40. 
Osoiey,  Rogeras  de,  I.  302. 
Osmundns,  I.  68. 
Osmundns,  IL  103. 

—  Walterus,  his  son,  IL  103. 
Osmundns  sartor,  I.  139. 
Osney  wode  (in  Coges),  IL  43. 
Ospitali,  Hugo  de,  I.  258. 
Osseneye,  see  Oseney. 
Ossessput,  lohannes,  II.  no. 
Ostia,  bishop  of,  I.  386. 

Ostia,  bishop  of,  Albericus,  L  66. 
Osward,  IL  172. 

Osyat,  lohannes,  II.  31,  23,  33,  34. 
Ottery,  Devonshire,  L  20. 


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INDEX 


Oa,  charter  dated  at,  I.  35. 

On,  se€  Ow. 

Oaere,  Petros,  II.  sii. 

Oaere,  Ricardus,  I.  367. 

Ouertcmey  Ricardos,  L  406,  II.  141, 142, 

Oanue  (su  Douuyle),  I.  337. 

Chiyle,  Ricardut  de,  IL  213. 

Ow  (O,  On),  lohannet  de,  L  289,  295. 

Owy  Philippai  de,  L  247,  289,  290,  295. 

Ow,  W.  de,  I.  247,  290. 

Owain,  Ricardot  filins,  IL  223. 

Oweyn,  Henricus,  I.  289,  295,  IL  229. 

Owejn,  Robertns  filins,  II.  228. 

Ozeneford,  Hardinc  de,  L  37,  II.  158. 

Ozenefordia,  Robertns  de,  I.  68. 

Oxford,  L  72-4,94, 102,  105,  III,  112, 
125-9,   181,   182,   184,  187,  188, 
i97»  H7.  356,  257,  273,  277,  288- 
90.  394,  301,  307,  352,  353,  366, 
367,  389,  II.  yi,  vii,  zxvii,  Ixxri, 
169. 
Beantront,  IL  lix. 
Bnrgatet,  IL  246,  248,  253. 
castle  of,  L  235,  401. 
Cat  Street,  I.  184,  389,  IL  166,  246, 

ass- 
chapel  of  St  George,  II.  264-8. 

chapel  of  St.  Nicholas,  II.  264-8, 
,  ^73,  3^3,  326. 

chapel  of  St.  Thomas,  II.  264-8. 

city,  priTlleges  of,  II.  xli. 

ColesDonmes  lane,  I.  273^. 

AU  Sonls  College,  IL  204. 

College  of  B.  V.  M.  (i.  e.  New  Col- 
lege), n.  251. 

Exeter  College,  IL  vi. 

Gloucester  Collie,  1.  330,  331. 

Lincoln  College,  II.  v,  vi,  vii,  xiii, 
Ixxxix,  204-^. 

New  College,  IL  vi,  xxiii,  245,  246, 

349»  253- 
Qneen*s  College,  II.  vi,  243. 
Gnild  of  Tailors,  II.  246,  249,  253. 
Beef  Hall,  IL  Iviii,  246,  249,  253. 
Broadgates  Hall,  II.  Ix. 
Drowda  Hall,  IL  174. 
Pery  Hall,  IL  Iviii. 
Plummer's  Hall,  IL  Ixi. 
Sampson  Hall,  IL  Iviii. 
Silver  Hall,  IL  Iviii,  248,  240,  254. 
Stapell  Hall,  II.  lix,  Ixxxiv,  Ixxxvi. 
Trill  Mill  Hall,  IL  Ix. 
Vine  Hall,  U.  245,  247,  253. 
'  King*s  Head*,  IL  Iviii,  246,  253. 
the  little  bridge  at,  IL  97. 
Little  Gate,  IL  Iviii. 
the  lormery,  I.  257  «.,  273,  II.  225. 

a34»  a35- 
Lnttelgate,  L  181. 
Maultmans,  II.  254. 


Oxford: 
Mnlewardeslane,  I.  27311.,  II.  330. 
Peckwater's  Inn,  II.  245,  246,  253. 
Penny£tfthing  St.,  IL  Iviii. 
the  pillory,  I.  197,  IL  229. 
St.  Aldate's,  U.  lix. 
St  Aldate*s  parish,  IL  Ivii. 
All  Saints  parish,  IL  Ivii 
St  Budoc's,  IL  273. 
St  Ebbe*s,  L  i,  34,  36,  45>  ffi»  57t 

60, 181,  II.  Ixxvi,  273. 
St  Ebbe's  church,  U.  40, 157,  247. 
St  Ebbe's  parish,  IL  Iviii 
St.  Edward's  parish,  IL  Iviii. 
St  Frideswide*s,  I.  249. 
St.  Martin's,  L  247. 
St  Martin's  parish,  IL  Iviii. 
St  Mary's,  IL  lix. 

St  Maiy  Magdalen's  church,  L  148. 
St  Michael's  North.  H.  Ix. 
St  Michael's  South,  IL  Ix. 
St  Michael's  church,  I.  152. 

Silvester,  parson  of,  I.  152. 

St.  Madrid's,  IL  Ixi. 

St  Madrid's  parish,  1.  289. 

St.  Peter's  in  the  East,  L  353,  IL  IxL 

St  Peter  le  Bailey,  ILlxii. 

rector  of,  IL  196. 

Sewy*s  lane,  II.  Iviii,  lix. 
Stockwell  St,  IL  254. 
University,  IL  263. 

—  chancellor  of,  1.  270,  IL  IxxxiiL 
See  Uncolnia,  Willelmus  de;  Lode- 
lauhe,  Willelmus  de. 

—  monk  of,  IL  Ixxx,  xd. 

—  proctois  of,  II.  246,  249,  253. 
the  Wheatsheaf,  IL  249. 

Oxford,  alderman  of  (c.  1200),  II.  228. 
archdeacons  of,  1.  399,  II.  xxxi,  204. 
See  Wideuile. 
Adam,  I.  174,  306,  318. 
L,  L  17. 

irohannes),  I.  44.    See  Constantiis, 
lohannes  de. 
lohannes,  I.  176. 
lohannes  de  Constantiis,  1.  67,  68. 
R.  de  Mapham,  L  245. 
Robertua,  I.  42,  58,  63,  66,  67, 100^ 

131- 

S.,  L  344. 

Walterus,  I.  xv,  41,  91. 

Walterus  de  Constandis,  II.  47. 

Walterus  Mapes,  1.  91  if.,  403. 

offidal  of,  L  318,  II.  181. 
Itinerant  justices  at,  in  11 78,  L  126. 

ii79,Li29. 

xna,yox  of,  see  Torald. 

Henricus  Oweyn,  1.  289. 
a  monk  of  £3msham  stud3ringat,L436. 
rural-dean  of,  see  Nigellus  decanas. 

Nigellus,  II.  237. 


INDEX 


407 


Oxford: 
schoUus  of,  killed,  L  xziiL 
sherifis  of,  II.  IxxriiL 
AdeUid  Btnastre,  I.  95. 
Azor,  1. 104. 

Fiiniellis,  Alaniis  de,  I.  105. 
Robeitns  de  Witefeld,  L  laS. 
Vinianns  fiUut  Radnlfi,  I.  146. 
W..  II.  155. 
vice-archdeacon,  Ricardot  (Grim),  I. 
6^  68. 
Oxfordahire,  II.  xxv,  xxvi  {bis). 
Oxherde,  lohaimes,  II.  45. 
Oxhnlle,  Philippus  de,  I.  285. 
Oxinford,  lohannes,  II.  xcL 
Oxinford,  Thomas,  I.  xxviii,  II.  v(3u), 

xd. 
Oxon,  lohannes  de,  II.  108. 
Oxonford,  lohannes,  prior  of  Eynsham, 

I-  433- 
Oxonia,  Henricos  de,  I.  294  m.,  414,  IL 

lix,  238,  239. 
Oxonia,  lohamies  de,  L  294  m. 
Oxonia,  John  de  (1345).  I*  ^^- 
Oxonia,  Willelmns  de,  1. 159,  160, 162, 

i79>  H5»  305. 

Adam,  his  son,  I.  245. 

Oxonia,  WiUehnns  de,  II.  271,  272. 
Oxonia,  Willelmns  Person  de,  L  385. 
Oyen,  Robertus,  II.  227. 
Oyli,  Sit  Oili. 

Pachmi,  Galfridns,  II.  212. 

Pacy,  Willelmns,  II.  145. 

Padeborv,  Galfridns  de,  I.  366. 

Padenhale,  Thomas  de,  I.  298. 

Padi,  Edmnndns,  I.  296. 

Padi,  Galfridus,  1. 129. 

Pady,  lohannes,  L  188,281,  II.  226, 227, 

229. 
Pady,  Inliana,  I.  182. 
Pady,  Philippns,  1. 188. 
Pagani,  Rob.  fiL  (1188),  I.  72,  IL  47. 
Pagani,  Robertns  filins,  I.  331. 
Paganns,  parson  of  Combe,  f.  139. 
Page,  Adam,  I.  395. 
Page,  Robertus,  I.  355,  358,  359. 
Page,  Robertns,  II.  217. 
Page    {alias    Freman),    Robertns,   I. 

381. 
Page,  WUliam,  H.  xiv  {bis). 
Paiable,  Nicholaus,  II.  135,  137. 
Palmarins,  Reynerius,  L  229. 
Palmer,  lohannes,  II.  11, 14. 
Palmer,  Ricardns,  II.  226. 
Palmer,  Richard,  II.  xxriiL 
Palmer,  Richard,  archbishop,  IL  336. 
Palmer,  Rogerus  le,  I.  177. 
Palmer,  Silvester  le,  L  285. 
Panoef ,  Reginaldns,  I.  77. 
Panelarins,  Hugo,  IL  227,  229. 


Panelaritts,  Leda,  wife  of  Hugo,  IL 

227,  229. 
Paneller*,  Simon,  IL  227. 
Panetrie,  Petrus  de  la,  L  395. 
Panter,  lohannes,  II.  36. 
Parco,  Amisins  de,  I.  86,  95. 
Parco,  Robertus  de,  11.  220. 
Paris,  Matthew,  IL  257. 
Paris,  Rogerus,  I.  204. 
^  —  Phmppus,  his  son,  L  204. 

Rogerus,  his  son,  L  204. 

Park^uyner,  lohannes,  II.  204. 
Parker,  archbishop,  IL  v  {bis). 
Parker,  cotaginm,  U.  21,  2$. 
Parlarius,  I.  2^3. 
Paries,  Baldwm  de,  L  xxxv,  105. 
Paries,  Payn  de,  I.  xxxv. 
Paries,  Walterus  de^  L  105. 
Parmencarius,  Hu^o,  1. 289. 
Parson,  Edmund,  II.  xix,lvi. 
Partrygge,  Thomas,  IL  149. 
Paschasius  the  deacon,  II.  351. 
Paslow,  Willehnns,  II.  138. 
Passele,  lohannes  de,  II.  131. 
Passele,  Nicholaus,  II.  132. 
Passdewe,  Willelmns,  L  232. 
Passeliue,  Willelmns,  II.xcvii. 
Passlowe,  Wyllyam,  II.  139. 
Passour,  lohumes,  IL  10, 13. 
Passonr,  Thomas  le,  IL  214. 
Pateshulle,  dom.  lohannes,  II.  56. 
Pateshulle,Martinusde,  I.  172. 
Pateshulle,  Simon  de,1. 172. 
Pauley,  Thomas,  IL  x,  xviii 
Paulions,  1. 160. 
Paumer,  Robertus  le,  I.  276. 
Paumer,  Walterus  le,  I.  253,  254. 
Paumer,  Willelmns  le,  1. 252. 
Pauper,  ste  Pouere,  Poure. 
Pauper,  Genteschiu,  I.  149, 15a 
Pauper,  Willelmns,  L  98. 
Pawley,  Thomas,  II.  xxxii  (bis), 
Payn,  Richard,  II.  xiv  {ter)^  xv. 
Payn,  Willelmns,  I.  242. 
Payne,  Ricardns,  II.  82. 
Paynd,  Thomas,  II.  Ixxxii,  Ixxiv. 
Pec,  Ricardns  del,  I.  96. 
Peccat[um],  Haimo  (1171),  1. 115. 
Pecche,  Rad.,  1. 107. 

lanmes,  his  son,  L  io7. 

Peckham,  archbishop,  L  xxiii. 
Pelliparius,  Willelmns,  I.  212. 
pdvatis,  a  peck,  II.  24. 
Pembroke,  Countess  of,  L  53. 
Pembroke,  dominus  de,  L  367. 
Penbroke,  Willelmusde,  1. 148, 
Penne,  Robertus  atte,  II.  216. 
Penros,  Alanus  de,  I.  102. 
Pentecostals,   L   38-41,  66,  IL    Ixii, 

Ixxvii,  159, 160. 
Peres,  Adam,  L  31 1. 


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INDEX 


Peiiiy  Robertus,  I.  253. 
Peikyns,  Thomas,  IL  308. 
Perle,  Henricus,  IL  175. 
Pen,  Mr.,  IL  346,  3^,  353. 
Penhore,  the  abbot  of,  1. 137. 
Penhoie  (Pcrshcor),  Willelmiis  de,  IL 

109. 
PeiBon,  Ricardns,  II.  65. 
PenoQ,  Willelmtis,  IL  143,  145,  144, 

^  i45»  146.  M7- 

Pemm,  Willelmns,  I.  385. 

Elena,  his  wife,  L  385. 

Peseia,  Henricns  de,  1. 303. 
Peseye,  Henricus,  II.  15. 
Pesi,  Hen.  de,  I.  97. 

—  —  Hen.,  his  son,  L  97. 

Peter's  Pence,  1. 47, 67,  435,  II.  xii  {bis\ 
xvi,  zrii  (bis)^  liii,  bdi,  Ixvii,  Ixzvii, 
139. 135. 

—  —  by  whom  paid,  IL  1 34. 

^-  —  to  be  paid  by  one  who  has  an  ox, 

IL40. 
Peterborongh,  WilL,  abbot  oi,  I.  39, 
Petri,  Alan,  fil,  L  113. 
Petri,  Ganfridns  filios,  I.  96,  IL  335. 
Petri,  Hernens  filios,  1. 1^,  166. 
Petri,  Robertns  Alios,  I.  73, 11.  47. 
Petri,  Thnrstanns  filios  lohannis  filii,  L 

333,  337. 
Petri,  Willelmos  filios  lohannis  filii,  L 

337. 
Petros  Blesensis,  I.  58,  59. 
Petros  dericos  {see  Staninges),  I.  147. 
Peoseye,  Henricos,  IL  6. 
Pheleleie,  I.  zir,  II.  xxxy* 
Philip,  lohannes,  I.  363. 
Philipp,  Thomas,  U.  343,  343. 
Philippos  dericos,  I.  74. 
Philippos  molendinarios,  I.  148. 
Phyllypp,  see  Philipp. 
Pictor,  Leda,  daoghter  of  Symon,  IL 

337. 
Pictor,  Reginaldos,  I.  164. 
Pictor,  Ricardos,  IL  337. 
Pictor,  Symon,  L  197,  II.  337. 
Pike,  Ricardos,  I.  346,  348. 
Pikerel,  Willelmos,  I.  393. 
Pilesedichs,  RadoUos  de,  I.  347. 
Pincema,  Adam,  I.  68,  108. 
Pincema,  Folco,  I.  39. 
Pincerna,  Gilbertos,  1. 118^  139,  H.  103. 
Pincema,  Ricardos,  IL  168. 
Pino,  WiU.  de,  L  53. 
Pipard,  Gilbertos,  I.  83,  109. 
Pipaid,  Ricardos,  1. 140, 150,  i6a 
Piriforlange,  L  153. 
Pins,  Hoeo  de,  I.  56. 
Piritone,  fee  of,  IL  333. 
Piron,  Walteros,  IL  103. 
Piscator,  Galfridos,  I.  305. 
Piscator,  Henricos,  I.  330. 


Piscator,  Nicholans,  IL  104. 
Piscator,  Waltems,  L  380. 
—  —  Symon,  his  son,  1. 380. 
Piscator,  Waltems  {su  Bdegrane),  I. 

3»4- 
Pischecote,  Willelmos  de,  II.  338. 
Pisele,  Robertos  de,  I.  144. 
Pistor,  Gilbertos,  L  180. 
Pistor,  lohannes,  I.  398. 
Pistor,  RadoUbs,  L  363. 
Pitem*,  Willelmos,  I.  113. 
Pittance  of  Adam,  the  archdeacon,  I. 

319- 
Plaix,  Warioos  de,  I.  430. 
Plan',  WilL  de,L  93. 
Planoz  in  Sooth  Stoke,  IL  139. 
Plecy,  Hogo  de,  II.  xxvi,  318. 
Plesetis,  Hogo  de,  IL  317. 
Plesseiz,  Gaof.  de,  L  79. 
Pleycy  {see  Plecy),  Hogo  de,  II.  sar, 

333. 

Plogendo,  Hogo  de,  1. 135,  165. 

Alanos,  his  son,  1. 135. 

Pltmuner's  hall,  Oxford,  IL  305. 

Plomstoke,  Ricardos  de,  L  330. 

Pod,  Henricos,  IL  309. 

Poddioote,  su  Poddicote. 

Voem^  Robert,  H.  Izri. 

Pokelinton,  Ricardos  de,  1. 176. 

Polhamtone,  Ricardos  de,  L  373. 

Pomeray,  Hogh,  H.  147. 

Pomeray,  Joan,  IL  147. 

Pomeray,  William,  H.  ix  {ter),  x  [Ur), 

Ponchard,  Simon,  L  396. 

Pons  Hogonis  in  Eymuiam,  I.  384. 

Ponte,  Waltems  de,  U.  338. 

Ponte  Aodomar*,  Henricos  de^  1. 173. 

Pope  Alexander  UI,  L  133. 

Pope  Innocent  IV,  L  310. 

Pope,  Victor,  I.  31. 

Porcdle,  Henricos,  I.  148. 

Porrectanos,  Rogeros,  IL  46. 

Porta,  lohannes  de,  II.  334. 

Portar,  Portarios,  see  lanitor. 

Portar,  Stephanos,  IL  45. 

Portarios,  lohannes,  I.  159,  160,  363, 
364,  365, 373,  377,  379. 

Portarios,  lohann^  jon.,  son  of  John, 
L  363,  364. 

Matilda,  wife  of,  I.  363. 

Porter,  Baldewinos  le,  I.  7a,  114. 

Porter,  lohannes  le,  L  303,  335. 

Marilda,  his  wife,  L  33c. 

Porter,  Peter  le,  brother  of  John,  L 
364,311. 

Porter,  Peter  le,  I.  335. 

Porter,  Ricardos  le,  II.  35. 

Porter,  Ricardos  le  Taylor,  appoint- 
ment of,  L  348. 

portetoriom,  II.  175. 


INDEX 


409 


PoTtewey  in  South  Stoke  {su  Smale- 

portwde),  IL  las,  184. 
Portmote,  II.  zii,  ziii,  xiv,  xv,  xvi,  zvii, 

xviu. 

—  at  Charlbnry,  IL  a8. 

—  at  Eynsham,  II.  59. 
Potema,  lacobns  de,  L  158,  172. 
Potsmowtb,  Wyllam,  11.  139. 
Ponere,  see  Pauper,  Pome. 
Ponere,  Hugo  le,  L  14a,  145. 
Pound,  lohannes  ate,  IL  130. 
Pouze,  see  Pauper,  Ponere. 
Ponre,  Nicholans,  IL  69. 
Ponre,  Thomas,  IL  143,  146. 
Ponre,  Waltenis  Ic,  I.  75,  365. 
Powell,  Edmund,  II.  252. 
Power,  Walterus,  IL  118. 
Powkebridge,  Court  of,  IL  xii,  xiii, 

xvi,  xvii,  idvL 
prteria,  L  264. 
PraeuB,  lohannes  de,  I.  309. 
Praeus,  Symon  de,  I.  309. 
Prat,  lohannes,  II.  211. 
•  Pratellis,  Radulfns  de,  I.  383-5. 
Prepodtus,  Hugo,  I.  253. 
Prepositus,  Ricardus,  I.  253,  254. 

Willelmus,  his  son,  L  253. 

presentum,  I.  283. 

Prestesgrone,  IL  95. 

Prestone,  Gilbertusde,  I.  185,  206. 

Prestone,  Henricus  de,  IL  212. 

Prestone,  Rob.  de,  I.  no. 

Preus,  lohannes  de,  I.  328,  IL  92. 

Preus,  Symon  de,  I.  326. 

Priour,  Willelmus,  IL  142,  144. 

Probyn,  Thomas,  IL  xvi. 

Prothasius,  I.  68,  76,  93,  113, 116, 133. 

Prudom,  Ricardus,  1. 182. 

Prudy,  John,  IL  xxxii. 

Pryuyte^  tenementum,  IL  55,  56. 

Pudelicote  (Podelicote,  Pudlicot),  I.  2, 

"3,  a75>  307>37^  H.  x,  Ixii,  IxxTii, 

93. 

—  a  meadow  in,  IL  67. 
Pudelicote,  Henricus  de,  I.  247. 
Pudelicote,  Iliilippus  de,  I.  2. 
Pudelicote,  Phillippus  de  (i379)»  ^^*  3'* 
Pudsey,  Hugh,  II.  341. 

Pugeys,  Imbert  le,  IL  Ixvi. 

Pi^eys,  Inbertus  le,  L  196. 

Pugeys,  Robertus,  1. 368. 

Pugeys,  curia  de,  IL  15. 

Puk^  Rogerus,  I.  407. 

Pull*,  Ricardus,  I.  142,  145. 

Pullan,  Ricardus,  I.  158. 

Pulle,L399. 

Pumoe,  Rc^erus,  IL  238. 

Puncnard,  lohannes,  II.  212. 

Punsold,  Stephanus  de,  I.  45,  67,  100, 

116. 
Alicia,  his  wife,  I.  45,  67,  100. 


Puntle,  Willelmus  de,  I.  369. 
PuroeU  Rad.,  L  133. 
Purcell,  Ricardus,  IL  42  m. 
Pnrchas,  Rogerus,  I.  407. 
Purye,  Andreas  de,II.  230,  237. 
Purye,  Robertus  Neel  de,  L  347. 
Putz,  Matildis  de,  I.  98. 
Pyne,  Alexander  de,  IL  209. 
Pynnoke,  Robertus,  IL  221. 
Pyrye,  Andreas  de,  I.  367. 

Quarcel,  Willelmus,  I.  113. 
QueningtoD,  John,  L  xxix,  xxx,  IL  v. 
Quenyngtone,  lohannes^  II.  199. 
Querceto,  Querceio,  see  Chesney. 
Quiltere,  lohannes  le,  L  367. 
Quinton,  I.  138,  226,  229,  265,  377,  IL 

Ui,  bdii. 
Quynytone,  II.  193. 

Radulfi,  Adam  fUius,  L  70. 
Radulfi,  Fulco  filius,  L  149. 
Radulfi,  lohannes  filius,  II.  238. 
Radulfi,  Nigellus  fiUns,  1. 133. 
Radulfi,  Rob.  filius,  I.  72,  83. 
Radulfi,  Willelmus  filius,  II.  223. 
Radulfns  filius  clerid,  L  164,  167,  190, 

199.  See  also  Walteri,  Rad.  fil. 
Ratiulfus  filius  Gaufiridi,  I.  95,  96, 136, 

141. 

Matildis,  his  wife,  I.  95,  96. 

Radulfns,  magister,  I.  42. 
Radulfns  medicus,  ma^ster,  L  39. 
Radulfus  nepoft  abbatis  {see  Godefridi 

nepotes),  I.  83,  86,  87,  93,  120,  IL 

238. 
Radulfns  pistor,  L  68. 
Radulfns,  presbiter,  I.  72,  IL  103. 
Radulfus,  rector  of  Sonldem,  I.  66. 
Rageman,  L  318. 
Ragenilda,  of  Oxford,  I.  112. 
Ramaldus  Brito,  I.  in. 
Raleg',  W.  de,  L  237. 
Ramesdem,  lohannes  Hogges  de,  IL 

43- 
Rameseye  in  Northmoor,  I.  3. 
Ramesl^,  L  22,  26,  IL  xcvii. 
Ramesleye,  L  22,  26,  IL  xcviii. 
Rameslie,  Sussex,  II.  xcviii. 
Rampen,  Will,  de,  I.  92. 
Ramsbiri,  lohannes  de,  II.  46. 
Ramsden,  James  of,  L  xxviii. 
Ramysden,  lacobus,  IL  47. 
Randolf,  L,  I.  348. 
Randulfi,  Robertus  filius,  I.  7. 
Rannulfi,  Henricus  filius,  I.  loi. 
Rannulfns,  I.  73,  92. 
Rannlfus,  brother  of  Richard,  IL  103. 
Raues,  Hugo,  II.  loi. 
Ranlyn,  Willelmus,  I.  326. 
Reading,  II.  167,  172. 


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INDEX 


Reading  Abbey,  H.  270. 

Reading,  abbot  of,  I.  231. 

Red,  Oimnndiis,  L  iia. 

Red,  Willelmns,  L  aia. 

Red,  Willelmns  Capenrn  de,  L  ai  7,  si8. 

Red  Book  of  knight's  fees,  IL  66. 

Redoariis,  Maigeria  de,  L  190. 

Redyng,  Henricns,  IL  245. 

'Bjcd-mg,  William,  IL  34a,  243. 

Reede,  Lady,  IL  140. 

Reg',  Adeliza  fiUa,  1. 73. 

Regali  Loco,  set  Rewley. 

R^is,  Rob.  filius,  I.  ^3,  75,  loa. 

Remfiredi,  Rogerns  filius,  I.  ia6,  127. 

Remigins,  biuop  of  Lincoln,  L  ix-xi, 

33  («y),  33-5»  61. 
Renne,  Robert,  II.  xxL 
Reppendon,  Willelmns  de,  L  184. 
Rene,  Thomas  le,  IL  21,  23. 
Rene,  Walterus  le,  IL  5,  6, 13. 
Rewley  Abbey,  IL  Ixziv. 
Rewley,  abbot  of,  L  308,  IL  118. 
Rewley,  Ricardus,  abbot  of,  I.  334. 
Ricardi,  Amfridns  filins,  I.  139. 
Ricardi,  An£ustinns  filins,  L  311. 
Ricaidi  (Rich*),  Hngo  filins,  L 106, 107. 
Ricardi,  Nicholaus  filins,  I.  310,  311. 
Ricardi,  Thomas  filins,  I.  102. 
Ricardi,  WilL  fiUus,  L  75. 
Ricardns,  I.  299, 

Ricardns,  brother  of  Ranulfus,  IL  103. 
Ricardns  capellanns,  L  78. 
Ricardns  filins  mooachi,  I.  105. 
Ricardus,  treasurer  of  the  king,  L  63. 
Richard  I,  king,  IL  282. 
Riche,  Willelmns  le,  L  362. 
Riches,  Elena,  IL  53,  54,  56. 
Ringefdd,  Michael  de,  II.  47. 
Risyndone,  Brode,  I.  360. 
Robeioye,  Robertns,  L  365. 
Roberde,  lohannes,  IL  34,  36. 
Roberti,  Nicholans  filins,  IL  236. 
Roberti,  Roeeras  filins,  IL  161. 
Roberti,  Wtdtems  filins,  IL  161. 
Roberti,  WUl.  filius,  I.  138. 
Robertns,  II.  67. 
Robertns,  bishop  of  Hereford  {su  Foliot, 

Robertns),  I.  64,  103, 121. 
Robertns,   brother   of  Ric   abbot    of 

Leicester,  L  70. 
Robertns  capellanus,  I.  47,  70,  103. 
Robertus  clericns,  I.  163. 
Robertns  cocns,  L  68,  75. 
Robertns  dapifer,  L  87. 
Robertns  diaconus,  L  1 10. 
Robertus  monachns,  I.  65. 
Robertns,  monk  of  Eynsham,  I.  235. 
Robertns  scriba,  I.  68. 
Robinson,  Andrew,  II.  246,  249,  253. 
Robyns,  lohannes,  IL  61. 
Robyns,  Thomas,  IL  xv  {bis). 


Rolmii,  Waltems,  IL  9, 13. 
Rocneforde,  Alicia  de,  IL  170. 
Rochefoide,  Radnlfus  de,  IL  170. 
Rodiele,  WilL  de  la,  L  75* 
Rodeby,  lohannes  de,  IL  223. 
Rodeneye,  Ricardus  de,  L  375,  IL  214. 
Rodeneye,  Richard  de,  IL  216. 
Rode[>lonte,  Thomas,  IL  20,  23. 
Rogeri,  Adam  filius,  I.  340. 
Rogeri,  Bardnlfus  filius,  L  74,  78. 
Rc^eri,  Hdias  filius,  I.  133. 
R<^eri,    Radnlfus    filius    (brother    of 

Bardnllns),  L  78. 
Rogerii,  Hugo  filius,  L  73. 
Rogerii,  Rad.  filins,  I.  73. 
Rogerius  capellanus,  I.  53. 
Rogerius Scnelarins  (of  Oxford),  L  73. 
Rogers,  John,  IL  xxviL 
Rogers,  Willelmus,  H.  63. 
Rogerns  capellanus,  I.  108. 
Rogerns  cocns,  L  68. 
Rogerns  elemosinarius,  I.  58. 
Roserus,  Norwicensis,  I.  58. 
RoUand,  Ricardus,  1. 103. 
Rollendrith,  Johannes  de,  1. 140. 
RoUendrith,  parson  of,  Walterus,  1. 1 52> 

Rollendrith,  presbiter  de,  Eilric,  L  105. 

Rollendrith,  raesbiter  de.  Will.,  I.  105. 

RoUendrith,  Robertus  de,  1. 162. 

Walterus,  son  of,  I.  163. 

Rollerithe,  WiUehnus,  II.  43. 

Rollright,  L  xxxv,  i,  2,  5,  15,  34,  36, 
46*  47»  67,  ^7»  74»  1%  105,  162.  181, 
i87»  a5i»  3<^»  3H,  37^,  H.  xi,  bdi, 
68,  I57»  351. 

—  court  of,  IL  XIX. 

—  extent  o^  H.  56. 
Rollright,  Great,  IL  bdii,  59,  93. 
tithes  in,  IL  63. 

Rollright,  Litde,  L  x,  bdii,  Ixiv,  Ixxv, 

Ixxvi,  67,  93. 
courts  at,  H.  xriiL 

—  —  farmer  o^  H.  vii. 

^  —  manor  of,  U.  xvii,  xviii  {bis). 

—  —  the  rector  of,  IL  49. 
Rolnes,  lohannes,  IL  9,  13. 
Roluestone,  Rogerns  de,  L  45. 
Romeny,  Robertus  de,  1.  309,  338. 
Romeny,  Robertus  (junior)  de,  1.  340. 
Romeny,  Walterus  de,  11.  313. 
Romeyn,  lohannes,  I.  347. 
Roppeley,  Thomas,  IL  187. 
Roston,  Ricardns,  I.  432. 
Rotarius,  Eadwinus,  1.  394. 
Rotherfield  Grey,  1.  84. 
Rothomago,  Robertus  de,  II.  104. 
Rotomagum,  IL  158. 

Roudenum,  Ricardus,  L  362. 

Rouland,  Ricardns,  1.  185. 

Roulech,  Ricardus  Boueton  de,  L  340, 


INDEX 


411 


Ronncyi  Rogenis,  IL  lo^. 

Rous,  lohannes  le,  L  320. 

Rons,  Ricardns  le,  L  305. 

Rowell',  mag.  G.  de,  L  47. 

Rower,  Henricus  le,  1. 388. 

Rower,  Lonekyn  le,  L  388. 

Rower,  Robertns  le,  I.  388. 

Rnaldus  dericus  (of  Oxford),  L  7a,  73, 

74.  78. 
Rnl^,  Jewess,  I.  183. 
Rnoote,  Fnloo  de,  I.  338. 
Rndderby,  Dauid  de,  II.  47. 
Ruffos,  Laurendos,  L  188,  II.  335. 
Rnfiiis,  Ricardos,  i.  399,  II.  Ixix,  xcvii. 
Rnfus,  Waltems,  I.  389. 
Rngge,  Symon  de  la,  L  398. 
Rnmeli,  Alexander  de,  L  lao,  II.  Ixiii. 

Johannes,  his  sod,  1. 130. 

—  Rand,  de,  I.  I3i. 

Rnmeli,  Will,  de,  I.  lai. 

Rnphns,  Adam,  II.  338. 

Rus,  Lanrendns  le,  I.  183. 

Rnssel,  Ricardns,  n.  33,  34. 

Rossel,  Willelmns,  I.   143,   145,  i6t, 

163,  163,  165,  166. 
Rutrefeld,  set  Rotherfidd. 
Rnycote,  Fnlco  de,  I.  356. 
Ryng,  Waltems,  II.  53,  56. 
Rysindone,  Phllippns  de,  IL  319. 

SaUna,  II.  xcviL 
Saboda  (of  Oxford),  I.  73. 
Sage,  Petms,  II.  3 11. 
Sai,  lordanus  de,  I.  45,  118. 

Rannnlfns,  his  son,  L  1 18. 

Willelmns,  his  son,  L  118. 

St.  Alban's  abbey,  Pentecostals  to,  I. 

438. 

abbot  of,  Simon,  I.  63. 

prior  of,  Waltems,  I.  xiiL 

St  Bartholomew's  day,  feast  on,  1. 196, 

303,  304,  306,  380,  409. 
St.  David's,  bishop  of,  Bernard,  IL  173. 
St.  £bbe*s  dinrdi,  Oxford,  L  viiL 
St.  Edmund  of  Abingdon,  I.  xvi,  xxi,  IL 

36^-71. 

St.  Frideswide's,  Oxford,  L  363. 

the  prior  of,  L  377. 

prior  of^  Philippus,L  71,  7a,  lai. 

sab-prior  of,  mag.  Waltems,  I. 

40. 
St.  George's  in  the  Castle,  1.  416. 
St  Ires,  I.  338. 

Su  Lawrence,  altar  o^  II,  397. 
St  Margaret,  IL  308-11. 
St  Neors,  prior  of,  Herbertns,  I.  45. 
St.  Nidiolas,  Abingdon,  parish  of,  11. 

363. 
St  Finl's,  London,  the  treasurer  o(  L 

167. 
St  Walery,  the  honour  of,  U.  145. 


St   Walery,  R^[inald   of,    IL    xxxti 

xxxyi,  ItU. 
St  Walery,  Thomas  of,  II.  Mi. 
Saisy  Thomas  de,  I.  70. 

ZZS^b! !"»«»»' I- 7«^ 

Salamonis,  Rogerus  filius,  1. 117. 
Sale,  lohannes  de  la,  I.  339,  370,  IL 

177,313. 
Sale,  Robertns  de  la,  I.  340. 
Salemannesbnry,    the  hundred   of,   L 

369. 
Salford,  11.  57,  60. 
Saliford,  Thomas  de,  1.  xxv. 
Salisbury,  bishop  of,  Josceline,  IL  341. 

—  bishop  of  [Rogerus],  I.  53. 

—  bishop  of,  Rogerus,  IL  173. 
Salisbury,  canon  of,  Robertns,  L  156. 
Salisbury,  Earl  oi,  Patridus,  I.  7<. 
Salisbury,  treasurer  of,  RarmuUus,  1. 

60.  . 
Salisbury,  lohannes  de,  1.  63. 
Salsarins,  Constantinus,  1.  331. 

Udena,  daughter  of,  I.  335. 

Salt,  lohaimes,  IL  Ixxxvii. 

Saltforde,  IL  317,318. 

Samson  dericus,  I.  65. 

Samwdl,  lacobus,  IL  43. 

Sancto  Anumdo,  Almaricns  de,  IL  93. 

Sancto  Audoeno,  Ricardns  de,  L  339, 

340. 
Sancto  Audoeno,  Willelmns  de,  1.  356, 

363,  377,  379,  a8i,  303,  313,  315, 

317* 
Sancto  Edmnndo,  lohannes  de^  IL  47. 
Sancto  Edmnndo,  W.  de,  L  306. 
Sancto  Edmnndo,  Waltems  de,  1.  338, 

404- 
Sancto  Germano,  loel  de,  I.  15a,  162. 
Sancto  Germano,  Nicholaus  de,  1.  153, 

Sancto  lohaime,  lohaimes  de,  L  45,  51, 
118,  130, 131,  133,  396,  IL  96,  173, 

'74- 
Sancto  lohanne,  Ricardns  de,  1.  loi. 
Sancto  lohanne,  Rogerus  de,  L  loi. 
Sancto  lohanne,  Thomas  de,  1.    118, 

396. 
Sancto  lohaime,  Willdmus  de,  I.  96, 

IL  156. 
Sancto  Martino,  Rad.  de,  1.  58. 
Sancta  Mildrida,  Alardus  de,  L  40. 
Sancto  Petro^  Hugo  de,  1. 138. 
Sancto  Walerico,  Keginaldus  de,  I.  40, 

66>  7?»  131  (*w}.  13a. 
Bemardus  de,  his  son,  1.  63,  70, 

93»94.i53-    , 
Thomas  de,  son  of  Bemardus, 

L  40, 63. 
Sandewyche,    Master   Walter,  11.  xiii 

{bis),  xiv. 


4ia 


INDEX 


Sanford,  Radulftis  de,  I.  iia. 
Sunford,  Rogerios  de,  1. 117. 
Stnitor,  lohannes,  IL  47. 
Sanden,  I.  2,  15,  123,  134,  307,  376, 

II.  Izii,  Ixv,  Ixxvi,  93,  351. 
—  rector  of,  II.  48. 
^-rector  of,  Rogerns   de   Bechesorai 

I.  133. 
Sanden,  Ganfridus  de,  I.  112. 
Sarterim,  Adam  de,  L  131. 
Saitor,  Osmtmdus,  I.  139. 
Saaage,  Henriciis,  I.  406. 
Sanage,  Thomas,  IL  105. 
Saacer,  see  Sanser. 
Saucer,  Elinora,  daughter  of  Galfridus 

le,  II.  336. 
Saucer,  Galfridus  le,  II.  336. 
Saucey  (Saucei),  Will  de,  L  80,  81. 
Saucey,  Radulfns  de,  L  63,  174,  175, 

181,  187,  318. 
Sauceysham  (Sauceisham)  in  Ascot,  I. 

174,175,  181,  187,318. 
Saul,  I^cholani  filini,  L  118. 
Saumplarter,  Martinus  le,  L  353. 
Saundres,  Thomas,  IL  83,  83,  85,  87. 
Saunforde,  Walterus  de,  L  353. 
Saunterus,  Willdmus,  II.  47. 
Saunton,  John  de,  I.  xxv. 
Sauser,  su  Saucer. 

Sauser  (Sausar),  Galfridus  le,  L  188  if. 
Sauser,  Willelmus  le,  L  164,  179,  188. 
Sawoldi,  Nich.  filius,  I.  73. 
Sazey,  Berks.,  II.  Izv,  Ixxvi. 
Saxon ,  RiuL  de,  see  Seisuns. 
Say,  lohannes,  II.  81,  loi. 
Say,  Petrus,  IL  30,  33. 
Scaccario,  Helyas  de,  L  137. 
Scaccario,  Johannes  de,  IL  97. 
Seal',  WiU.de,  L  115. 
Scalebroke,  Willelmus  de,  I.  338,  347. 
Scardeburg,  Gilebertus  de,  1 1.  164. 
Scddeslega,  WiU.  de,  L  63. 
Schayle,  Henricus,  II.  30,  33. 
Schenyndone,  Petrus  de,  L  349. 
Scherman,  Nicholaus,  II.  145. 
Schermon,  Thomas,  IL  53,  56. 
Schipton,  Adam   filius  Rogeri  de,   I. 

340- 
Schort,  Thomas  (le),  II.  133,  135. 
Schynner  (Shenner),  IL  21,  33. 
Scipforde,  see  Shifford. 
Sdpford,  Willelmus  de,  I.  385. 
Scissor,  Nicholaus,  I.  316,  317. 

Isabella,  his  wife,  L  217. 

Sdater,  John,  II.  viiL 
Sdatour,  Rogerus  le,  I.  358. 
Sdatter,  Willelmus,  II.  50,  52,  56. 
Sdattere,  Rogerus  le,  11. 170. 
Scorchbeof,  lohannes,  I.  383-5,  U.  213, 

330. 
Scot,  Radulfus,  I.  337  n. 


Scotland,  King  o^  David,  1. 122. 

Malcolm,  L  122. 

Scouille  (ScotuiUe),  Radulfus  de,  I.  3. 
Scounie^  Rad.  de,  I.  99  (Wr). 

Emma,  his  wife,  L  99. 

Scrag,  lohannes,  II.  130. 

Scrippe,  John,  II.  xii. 

Scriptor,  lohannes,  I.  404* 

Scrynayn^  Ricardus,  IL  07. 

Scnelarius,  Rogerius,  I.  73. 

Scyldford,  U.  zcviii. 

Sedenham  in  Charlbury,  II.  25, 

Sett,  bishop  of,  Frogerus,  IL  158. 

Sefewelle,  see  Showell. 

Seful,  R^:inaldus,  I.  194. 

Segre,  Willelmus  de,  L  191. 

Segrim,  terra,  II.  239. 

S^im  dericus  (of  Oxford),  L  94, 1 1 1, 

112. 
Segrim  dyaconus,  IL  237,  238. 
S^rim  filius  Goldeie,  I.  74. 
S^rim,  Henricus  filius,  II.  223,  225^ 

238. 
Seisuns,  Riulfus  de,  I.  102, 106. 
Seler,  Walterus  le,  L  302. 
Sdedi,  Willelmus,  L  232. 
Selwode,  lohannes,  I.  435. 
Sely,  lohannes,  IL  130. 
Scly,  Willelmus,  I.  321. 
Senis,  Alfonsus  de,  I.  249. 
Serchieden,  Sercesdene,  see  Sarsden. 
•  Sercheden,  Thomas,  II.  x,  xxdi. 
Seriant,  Walterus  le,  II.  209. 
Seneanty  of  guarding  Wodqgate,  L  308. 
Serlo,  canon  of  Lincoln,  L  167. 
Serlo,  magister,  II.  172. 
Seuecordia,  Will,  de,  I.  125. 
Seuecwrthe,  Matildis  de,  I.  208. 
Seuecwrthe,  Willelmus  de,  L  227. 
Seukeforde,  II.  95. 
Sewell,  IL  251. 
Sewell,  see  Showell. 
Sewi,  Ranulfus,  L  255. 

Wnielmus,  his  son,  I.  255. 

Sewold,  Nicholaus  filius,  IL  103. 

Scwy  lane,  L  295. 

Sewy,  Cristiana,  II.  166. 

Sewy,  lohannes,  II.  166,  229. 

Sewy,  Rogerus  filius,  IL  238. 

Sewy,  Thomas,  IL  229. 

Seyn    Oweyn   {see  Sancto    Audoeno), 

Kicardus  de,  L  329. 
Shadde,  John,  II.  zyiii,  Ivi. 
Shareshulle,  Willelmus  de,  L  383-5 , 

n.  71,  83,  85,  87,  loi,  102. 
Shelford,  II.  zcviii. 
Sheparde,  William,  IL  x. 
Shepehirde,  Ricardus  le,  IL  62. 
Shepherd,  lohannes,  IL  105. 
Shephurde,  William,  IL  xvii. 
Sherborne,  prior  of,  Michael,  II.  1 76. 


INDEX 


413 


Sherborne  Priory,  Hants,  II.  174. 

Shiffoid  (Shyfford),  I.  2,  4,  10,  14,  ai, 

34»  3^,  47,  ^7,  306,  307,  Znf  36?, 

380,  II.  V,  vm,  xviii,  zix,  zxix,  Izii, 

.Ixv-lxviii,  Ixxv,  3-15,  67,  157,  187, 

352. 

—  chapel  of,  II.  IxtU. 

—  courts  aty  II.  xix. 
^  ferry,  II.  Ixxxi. 

—  ferry-barge  at,  II.  xix. 

—  homage  of,  II.  xix. 
Shifford,  Adam  de,  I.  33 1. 

Shifford,  Willelmos  le  Frankeleyn  de, 

L38a 
Shipton  mill,  II.  Ixviii,  IxxrU 
Shipton-on-Cherwell,  L  31,  35, 156. 
Shipton-imder-Wychwood,  L  376. 
Shipton- under -Wvchwood,    canon    of, 

Robertas,  I.  150. 
Shiptone,  lohannes  de,  U.  219. 
Shiptone,  Petms  de,  IL  105. 
Shobindone,  Waltems  de,  I.  385. 
Shoort,  John,  II.  xiL 
Shorte,  Thomas,  IL  xri. 
Shorthampton,  I.  336,  344,  345,  376, 

II.  ix,  X,  xxix   et  seq,,  zxxi,  xxxii, 

Ixxvi,  93. 
Shorthampton,  Willelmus    Halle   de, 

IL43. 
Shotover  forest,  I.  333,  383,  IL  Ixxii, 

311,  313. 

perambulation  of,  IL  96. 

verderers  of,  II.  3 11. 

Showe,  lohannes,  II.  69. 

Showeil,  L  15,  77,  78,  317,  306,  IL  Iv, 

IxviU,  Ixxvi. 
Showldren,  see  Sonldem. 
Shyfford,  Shyfforth,  see  Shifford. 
Shyreboume,  lohannes  de,  I.  367. 
Sibbeford,  Thomas  de,  L  365. 
Sidelakesham,  I.  163. 
Sidem',  Robertas  de,  L  141,  143, 145, 

160. 
Sidenham  mead  in  Charlbnry,  L  375. 
Silaester,  magister,  L  59. 
Simeonis,  Henrictis  fiUns,  I.  139.,  U. 

333. 
Simon  de  Camera,  L  60. 
Simon,  Willelmns,  H.  191. 
Sipford,  see  Shifford. 
Sircampo,  Reginaldns  de,  L  70. 
Siieford  in  Finstock,  I.  376. 
Siward,  Earl,  L  31. 
Stwardi,  Rob.  filius,  1. 129. 
Siwelle,  Simon  de,  see  Suwella. 
Sleaford,  Lines.,  I.  33,  34. 
Sloutre  (Sloctres,  Slonbg^,  &c.),  I.  369. 
Slontre,  hundred  of,  I.  359,  379. 
Sloatre,  Alanns  dericns  de,  I.  03. 
Slontre,  the  bailiff  of,  L  395. 
.  Slontre^  Robertas  de,  I.  199. 


Sloatre,  Robertas  Gerard  de,  I.  30o. 

Smaleportweie  {see  Portewey),  L  154. 

SmokefiEurthings,  H.  354. 

Smyth,  Adam  le,  II.  136. 

Smyth,  Hogh  le,  H.  xi. 

Smyth,  lohannes,  IL  105,  106. 

Smyth,  Petrus  le,  IL  136. 

Smyth,  Thomas,  IL  xvi. 

Smyth,  Thomas  le,  II.  316. 

Snareston,  H.  ix. 

Sol*,  Radolfos  de,  see  Soles. 

Solers,  Robertas  de,  1. 191. 

Solers,  Thomas,  II.  89,  90. 

Somer,  lohannes,  IL  214. 

Somerford  in  Cassington,  II.  loi. 

Somerford,  Nicholaas  piscator  de,  IL 
104. 

Somoton,  1. 104,  n.  Ixyiii,  Ixxvi,  48, 49. 

Somertone,  lohannes,  IL  43. 

Somertone,  Willelmns,  H.  40. 

Somnonr,Ricardas,  1. 395,  II.  82, 83, 86. 

Sotele8cotMill,ILo6. 

Sottindon,  mag.  WiUdmas  de,  L  58. 

Sottone,  lohannes  de,  1. 304. 

Soadan,  Robertas,  I.  362. 

Soaldem,I.  i,  14,45,  57,5^,  60, (56, 118, 
I33»  13.*;,  3o7»  349-53,  376,  400,  ¥>h 
II.  Ixviii,  Ixxvi,  Ixxxv,  91,  i68,  351. 

—  clericos  de,  Willelmas,  1.  133. 

—  parson  of,  William,  II.  xcvii. 

—  rector  of,  II.  Ixxviii,  48,  142,  143, 
146. 

lohannes  Dalderby,  U.  89. 

Radalfus,  L  66. 

Thomas  Solers,  II.  89. 

W.,L39?. 

—  vicar  of,  Willelmas  de  Wares,  1. 135. 
Soandi,  lohannes,  II,  137. 
Sonthbary,  Nicholaas,  U.  66. 
Soathbary,  Nicholaas  de,  I.  391. 
Soath  Leigh  (Leye),  L  233. 

Soath  Newington,  IL  xviii,  169,  341^ 
25a. 

—  —  bridge  of,  I.  212. 

—  —  rector  o^  IL  185. 

—  —  rectory  of,  IL  xlii,  xix. 
vicar  of,  IL  185. 

Soath  Naynton,  see  Soath  Newington. 

Soath  Stoke,  1.  i,  2,  4,  8,  10,  36,  45-7, 
57,60,67,111, 153-6,  206,216,333, 
343,  351,  371,  274-^,  398,  303,  307. 
375,  37^»  II«  ^»  "^,  «xii,  Ixii, 
Ixviii,  Ixxv,  Ixxvi,  Ixxvii,  91 ».,  109, 
118-34, 137,  153,  ai4-i7»  341,  353. 

clerk  of,  Ralf,  II.  xcviL 

manor  of,  IL  xvii. 

—  —  rector  of,  II.  119, 139. 

rector  of,  Andreas  de  Biham,  I. 

370. 

—  —  wood  of,  II,  XXV. 
Soathwicke,  see  Sathwike. 


4H 


INDEX 


Spec,  ThomftSy  L  175. 

Spelesberi,  Stephanos  de,  L  lai,  394. 

.—  Walteitu  de,  his  brother,  L  394. 

—  WUlelmos  de,  his  brodier,  L  3^4. 
Spellesbary,  I.  335,  349,  II.  viii,  ix, 

IL  xxxiii,  xxxir,  Ixzy,  177. 

—  the  wood  of,  IL  93. 

Spencer,  Hugo  le,  I.  356^  360,  II.  317. 
Spenser,  William,  II.  340,  353. 
Spicer,  Aloredus  le  (see  L(»picer),  XL 

335. 
Spicer,  Heoricas,  IL  65, 66, 81,  loi. 
Spicer,  Henricos  le,  IL  330. 
Spicer,  W.  le.  L  395. 
Spicer,  Willelmos  le,  1. 389. 
Spileman,  WiUelmns,  IL  311. 
Spinel,  Willelmus,  I.  365. 
Spoford  (Spoforth),  Thomas,  L  434-7. 
stabilitas,  IL  155. 
Staci,  Robertas,  IL  309. 
Stacy,  Thomas,  IL  150. 
Standyche,  Mr.,  IL  139,  346,  348, 353. 
Standyshe,  Edward,  II.  343. 
Stanes,  Gilbertos  de,  1. 14^. 
Stanes,  Petrus  de,  L  407. 
Stanforde,  Rob.  de,  L  76, 88. 

—  AUz,  Us  sister,  I.  76. 
Stanforde,  Willelmus  de,  1. 359. 
Stanforde,  William  de,  I.  xziv. 
Stani^,  mag.  Petrus  de,  L  163, 163, 165, 

Staningesy  Petrus,  I.  146,  147. 
Stanlake  (Standlake,  Stanlache,  &c.),  I, 

84,  88,  90,  ILlzxix,4,6. 
Stanlake  in  Eynsham,  L  369. 
Stanlake,  Hugh  de,  IL  148. 

—  John  de,  11.148. 

—  Roger  de,  IL  148. 
Stanlake,  Nicholas  de,  I.  xxiv. 
Stanlake,  Willelmus  clericus  de,  1. 89. 
Stanlake,  Willelmus  le  Frankeleyn  de, 

L380. 
Stanle  (Stonele^h),  the  abbot  of,  L 158. 
Stanley,  John,  IL  xiv. 
Stanley,  Thomas,  IL  xvii,  xviii. 
Stanton,  IL  316. 
Stanton  (Staunton),  Henricus  de  la  Wade 

de,  1.303. 
Stanton,  lohannes  de,  IL  69. 
Stanton,  the  rector  of,  I.  365. 
Stanton,  Thomas  de,  L  331. 
Stanton  Harconrt,  L  189,  398,  II.  bdx, 

173. 
Stanton  Harecurt,  lohannes  dericus  de, 

L  387. 
Stanton  St  John,  L  i,  14,  45,  46,  56-8, 

60,  118,  307,  376,  396,  IL  vU,  Ixix, 

Ixzvi,  Izxxii,  91,  96, 173,  343. 

parson  of,  John,  IL  173. 

rector  of,  lohannes  deCudyngtone, 

IL  88. 


Stanton,  Willelmus  de,  II.  78. 

Stapulhall,  Oxford,  H.  305,  306. 

Stan,  Hugo  de,  1.  115. 

Stede,  Henricus  le,  1.  363. 

Stede,  Willelmus  le,  1.  368. 

Steeple  Aston,  L  68, 119. 

Steeple   Aston,    rector  o^  Henry,   I. 

1 30. 
Stepeltone,  Robeitus  de,  I.  331. 
Stephani,  lohannes  filins,  I.  163,  165, 

190,  403. 

Willelmus,  his  son,  I.  403. 

Margeria,  his  wife,  I.  404. 

Stephani,  Radulfus  filius,  L  136. 
Stephani,  Rogerus  filius,  IL  338. 
Stephani,  Wulelmus  filius,  L  136. 
Stephen,  King,  L  51,  53, 139,  IL  xxv, 

155- 
Sterkerus,  IL  xcviL 
Sterre,  Willelmus,  I.  153. 
Stevenes,  Willehnus,  IL  133. 
Stevens,  lohannes,  IL  11,  13,  14,  15, 

317. 
Sticsted,  Essex,  Thurkill  o^  IL  358. 
Stillen,  Thomas,  IL  105. 
Stiuede,  locelinus  de,  L  173. 
Stocwellestrete,  Oxford,  L  358,  331. 
Stodfold,  1.  185. 
Stofolde,  Waltems  de,  IL  311. 
Stoke,  see  South  Stoke. 
Stok'i  tenementum  (in  Woodeaton),  IL 

31,33. 
Stoke,  rector  of,  Robertus,  I.  iii. 
Stoke,  Robertus  de,  I.  347. 
Stoke,  Willelmus  de,  IL  330,  337. 
Stoke,  Willelmus  de  la  Barre  de,  1. 333. 
Stoke  Abbot,  IL  180-3,  183-4. 
Stoke  Basset,  I.  301,  IL  91. 
Stoke  Basset,  lohannes  de  Bnrefeod  de, 

L343. 
Stoke  Marmyon,   IL   109,  133,   124, 

130. 
Stoke  Parva,  IL  137. 
Stoke  Talmage  (Talmache),  1.  7,  145, 

n.  bdx,  Ixxvi,  48,  351. 
Stokeman,  John,  H.  xiy,  xy. 
Stokes,  su  South  Stoke. 
Stokes,  chaplain  of,  Lucianus,  I.  154. 

—  panon  of,  Osbertus,  I.  155,  156. 

—  parson  of,  Radulfus,  L  154. 

—  serviens  de,  Robertus,  I.  155, 156. 
Stokes,  Galfridus  de,  L  350. 
Stokes,  lukelus  de,  IL  xcvii. 
Stokes,  Willelmus  de,  L  157. 
Stokwelle,  Galfridus  de,  H.  337. 
Stokwelle,  Nicholaus,  I.  389. 
Stonesfield  (Stontesfelde,  Stundesfeld^ 

I.  xiv,  163,  334,  335,  IL  ix  {ter\ 

XXXV,  93. 
Stonesfidd,  parson  of,  Rogerus,  L  162. 
Stonle,  lohannes^  L  433. 


INDEX 


415 


Stonnesbi,  I.  de,  I.  ^46. 
StOQtesfelde,  see  Stonesfield. 
Stonywey,  II.  95* 

Stortefora,  mag.  Ric  de,  I.  64, 105. 
Storton,    Alicia  filia  Willdmi  de,  I. 

ai7. 
Storton,  Isabella  filia  WiUelmi  de,  L 

Stouford  in  Shotover,  IL  96. 
Stonford  bridge  in  Shotover,  11.  96. 
Stourbridge   Uir,    IL  Ixxxii,  Inxvii, 

IxxxTiii. 
Stont,  lohannes,  IL  63. 
Stouwe  wood  in  Shotover,  IL  96. 
Stow,  Lincobshiie,  I.  x.  39,  31-3,  35, 

36, 48, 50,  n.  157. 

—  yearly  market  at,  I.  30. 

Stow,  archdeacon  of,  Hi^h,  II.  164. 
Stow  Park,  Lines.,  L  37(£ 
Stowe,  Thomas,  IL  xix. 
Stowe,  Seynt  Edward,  II.  85. 
Stranfifwayse,  Georgins,  IL  205,  306. 
Strat&rd  (Stmtteforde),  parson  of,  Ra- 

dnlfos,  II.  44. 
Stratford,  Will,  de,  L  43,  77,  78,  81, 

114. 
Stratford,  Willelmns  de,  IL  103. 
Stratford,    WilL     fiL     Willelmi    fiL 

Willelmi  de,  n.  44. 
Stratton  Andley,  I.  3,  36,  71,  73,  I3i, 

376,  IL  Ixix,  Ixxvi,  49,  351. 
Stranke,  John.  IL  xvii 
Stretford,  Willelmns  de,  IL  43. 

—  —  Kogems,  his  son,  IL  44. 

Wi&dmns,  his  son,  IL  43. 

Strethende,  Willehnnii,  IL  65. 
Stringer,  Henry,  IL  zdii. 
Strotton,  see  Stratton. 

Stmt,  Lnda,  L  181. 

Strut,  Thomas,  L  181. 

Walterus,  his  son,  L  181  • 

Strynger,  Robertus  le,  IL  54, 56. 

Stub,  Martinns,  II.  311. 

Studley,  the  prioress  o^  L  303. 

Stunde^dd,  Stuntesfeld,  su  Stones- 
field. 

Stuntesforde,  IL  93. 

Styward,  lohannes,  L  351, 

Suafham,  see  Swafham. 

Snbmuro,  Adam  de,  I.  188. 

Submuro,  Emma,  second  wife  of 
Ricardus  de,  I.  319. 

Submuro,  Galfridus  de,  L  389. 

Submuro,  lohannes  de,  L  351. 

Submuro,  Isabella,  wife  of  Ricardus 
de,  L  318. 

Submuro,  Ricardus  de,  L  133, 146, 147, 
159,  160,  161,  16a,  163,  164,  105, 
166,  167,  179,  313,  333,  407,  IL 
xcvii. 

Submuro,  Thomas  de,  L  188. 


Submuro  {su  Muro),  Walterus  de,  I. 
105,  147,  161,  163,  164,  165,  166, 

404,  II.  XCYU. 

Submuro,  Willelmus  de,  L  330,  331, 
364. 

Submuro,  Willelmus  de,  son  of  Ri- 
cardus, I.  313.  318,  333. 

Snbmuro,  Willelmus  de,  son  of  Walter, 
L  164. 

Sobmuro,  Ysabella,  I.  380. 

Sudbury,  archdeacon  of,  I.  9. 

Sudbury,  archdeacon  of  {see  Dentonn), 
n.  303. 

Su^ar,  Hugo,  IL  300-3. 

Suhamton,  mag.  Nicholans,  L  97. 

Suires],  Rad.  de,  I.  133,  159. 

Suldume,  see  Souldem. 

Sulgrave,  Willelmus  de,  L  363. 

Radulftts,  his  son,  L  363. 

Sulthone,  L  179. 

Sulthome^  see  ^uldem. 

Snmercot,  Willelmus  de,  11.  46. 

Sumercotes,  mag.  Will,  de,  L  6a 

Sumerford,  ?in  Stanlake,  I.  89,  90. 

Somerford,  a  boundary  of  SSiifford,  I. 

as- 
Sumerford,   Henricus   piscator  de^  I. 

330. 

Sumerford,  Hugo  de,  1. 93. 
Sunundone,  Rogerus  de,  I.  7a 
Sutheme,  WiUdmus  de,  L  300. 
Suthwike  (Southwick),  L  63. 
Sutton,  L  318,  319. 
Sutton,  in  Stanton  Haroourt,  I.  333. 
Sutton,  rector  of,  lohannes  de  Carleton, 

n.  117. 
Suttone,  Radulfiis  de,  L  340. 
Suwella,  mag*  Simon  de,  L  45, 60. 
Suyen,  Alicia,  IL  136. 
Swafham  (Suafham),  Willelmus  de,  I. 

361,  390,  30T. 

Swaleclyve  (Swaleclive),  mag.  Ric  de, 

I.  44»  45-  _ 

Swaledyve,  Robertus  de,  IL  31. 
Swaleclyve,  Thomas  Wycham  de,  I. 

405- 
Swayn,  lohannes,  II.  loi. 
Swayne,  Tohn,  II.  viiL 
Swelle,  Willelmus,  I.  309. 
Swerford,  IL  351. 
Swerforde,  Radulius  de,  L  336. 
Swerstone,  Ricardus,  H.  305. 
Swein,  Ricardus  filius,  1. 161. 
Swinford  iierry,  I.  343,  II.  bdx,  98. 
Swynbroke,  Rogerus  de,  H.  313. 
Swyndone,  Ricardus  de,  I.  375. 
Swynford,  IL  351. 
Sybbeford,  Thomas,  IL  3i,  33. 
Sybford,  see  ShifTord. 
Sydem*,  see  Sldem*. 
Symeon,  Henricus,  U.  335. 


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INDEX 


Symeon,  Henricos  fil.  Henrici  fiL,  L 

188. 
Symond,  WiUelmiis,  IL  106. 
SypUnd  in  Shifford,  I.  loO. 
Sypwaidemed  in  Shifibrd,  I.  196. 
Syward,  Radnlf^,  IL  a34« 
Sywaid,  Willelmus,  IL  22^ 

T.,  archbishop  of  York,  I.  48. 
Tackley  (Takele,  Takley),  L  13,  98, 

99,  180, 184,  376,  383,  384,  II.  bdx, 

40,  91,  209,  2ao. 
Tackley,  Henricus  le  Maccon  de,  L 

Tackley,  presb.  de,  Gerardus,  L  118. 
Tackley,  presb,  de,  Ricazdns,  I.  98. 
Tackley,  Waltenis  de,  I.  326. 
Tailard  (Tayllard  &c.),  GUbertus,  L  48, 

138,   140,   14a,   145,   146,  394,  IL 

zxxiii. 
Tailard,  N.,  L  283. 
Tailard,  Nicholas,  IL  xxxiii. 
Tailard,  Nicholans,  II.  30,  3a. 
Tailard,  Philippns,  L  i6a. 
Tailard,  Radmnis,  L  394. 
Tailard,    Ricaidns,    L    47,    142,   145 

iauater),  157. 
Tailard,  willelmns,  I.  89,  394. 
Taillard,  lacobns,  IL  aia. 
Tailloar,  Hamedea  le,  IL  aa8. 
Talemasche,  see  Thalemasche. 
Talemasche,  Petms,  IL  xzxy^ 
Talkamm,  lohannes,  IL  150, 
Taney,  WiUelmus  de,  L  183. 
Tankemille,  Heniicns,  IL  8i« 
Tannarios,  Nicholans,  I.  385. 
Tanner,  Dionisia,  IL  zlvi. 
Tanner,  Robert,  IL  zii. 
Tannere,  lordanns  le,  IL  aa6. 
Tantone,  G,  de,  L  9. 
Tai>well  in  Finstock,  L  147,  307,  IL 

viii,  XKXT, 
Tapwell,  hamlet  of,  L  308. 
Tateryche,  IL  aoi, 
Tanemer,  Bartholomew,  IL  230,  231. 

See  Bysshoppe. 
Tanemer,  lohannes  le,  L  353* 
Taydene  (Teyden)^  dominus  de,  L  a  10. 
Taydene,  Henricus  de,  L  i8a,  191, 198^ 

190,  a  a  a,  395,  IL  had, 
Taydene,  PanUnns  de,  L  183, 198, 3a3, 

ILlzzi. 
Taylard,  Tayllaxd,  st4  Tailard. 
Taylardescroft  in  Finstock,  I.  375. 
Tayllor,  lohannes,  IL  139, 
Tayllor,  Thomas,  IL  140. 
Taylor,  Henricus  le,  I.  3oo« 
Taylur,  lohannes  le,  L  6. 
Taylnr,  Ricardns  le,  L  348. 
Tajrlur,  Waltems  le,  IL  31,  33. 
Teintone,  Stephanos  de,  1. 167. 


Templars,  the,  I.  7,  333. 

—  at  Merton,  Ozoo.,  L  I33. 
Tenacre,  Philippos  de,  L  355,  356, 357, 

360,  IL  317. 
Tenechebrai,  Lace  de,  L  97« 
Terraoasta,  Robertas  de  (1135-115*), 

L  III,  113, 118,  139,  IL  103. 

Robert,  his  'nepos*,  I.  118, 

Terraoasta,  Walteros  de,  I.    39,    70, 

394* 
Tesse,  Henricos,  L  343, 
Tetbory,  L  40,  57,  5^*  ^f  ^5.  7o»  ^93, 

394,  320,  IL  Ixz,  Ixxri,  boLvii,  Ixxx, 

108, 165,  353,  35A. 
Tetbory  chordbi,  IL  IxxxIy. 
Tew,  Oxfordshire,  I.  ix. 
Tewkesbury  (Teokesbory),  abbey,  I.xiv. 
Tewkesbury,  the  abbot  of,  L  53. 
Tewkesbury,  Giles  de,  L  xriv,  xxvi 
Teyden,  see  Taydene. 
Teyntone,  lohannes,  I.  406. 
Teyntor*  (Tyntor*),  lohannes,  I.  339. 
Teyntor*,  Thomas  filios   Willelmi,  I. 

338. 
Teyntor',  Walteros  le,  I.  328. 
Thalebot,  Ermentroda,  L  423. 
Thalemasche  (Talemasche,  &c.),  Hogo, 

L  131, 
Thalemasche,  Petrus,  I,  48,  134,  142, 

144,  146  (^). 
Thalemasche,  Robertas,  I«  131. 
Thame,  L  4,  36,  42,  235,  346,  307,  IL 

170. 

—  abbey,  IL  Ixix. 

—  abbot  of,  I.  7,  IL  Ixxvi,  47,  351. 
Serlo,  IL  351. 

—  prebendary  of,  R.  de  Bfapham,  L 
346. 

Thames,  the  fishery  in,  L  ^15* 

—  ford  across,  at  Eynsham,  L  317. 
Thawsteyne,  Richard,  IL  xii. 
Thecham,  Robertos  de,  I.  158. 
Thecher,  .^nesle,  H.  139. 
Thenford,  John  of,  I.  xxiv. 
Theobaldos,  archbishop  of  Canterbury, 

I.  57>  ^h  75- 
Theobaldos,  canon  of  Lincoln,  I.  44. 
Theodericos  uenator,  L  119. 
Thesaurarios   regis,  Ricardos,   L    63, 

137. 
Thistdforde  in  Deddington,  IL  xxxviii. 
Thocwyke,  Ricardos  de,  L  313, 
Tholdin,  Walteros,  11.  zcrii. 
Thomas,  capellanos,  I.  39. 
Thomas,  Hogo,  L  253. 
Thomas  (k  Becket),  cancellarios,  I.  56. 
Thomas,  son  of  Hogo,  I.  149. 
Thomel^,  Willelmos,  IL  319. 
Thomelee,  lohaqnes  de,  II.  3ir. 
Thoms  (Thonunes),  lohannes,  IL  119, 

130, 131.  i3a» 


INDEX 


417 


Thorns,  Robertus,  IL  8a. 

Thornton,  Robertas,  II.  194. 

Thorpe,  Willehnus  le  Fraonkelayn  de, 

II.  104. 
Thoui  (of  Aston),  I.  77. 
Thoni  presbiter,  L  118. 
ThrilUwe,  lohumes  de,  I.  354-61. 
Throp,  Simon  de,  I.  206. 
Thnibbel,  Willelmns,  I.  156. 

]JropP.  L  IM.  "4.  i36»  4»3. 
Thrwsteyne,  Richard,  IL  ziL 
Thnrbam,  Hugo,  IL  214,  316. 
Thmkill  of  Sttcsted,  IL  358. 
Thnme,  IL  ix,  x  {iHs\  xxxi  {quat,\ 

Ixxvi. 
Thome,  Alexander  de,  I.  156. 
Thome,  Alexander  de  la,  II.  309. 
Thorsteyn,  Thomas,  II.  311. 
Thwates,  Robertos,  II.  191. 
Ti,  mag.  Hehras  de,  I.  173. 
TUgarriey  (Tilgerdesle,  Tylgarslee),  I. 

3i?»  333,  353,  364,  329,  n.  xi,  xii, 

xiii,  xiv,  XY,  xvi,  xx,  xlvi,  Ixxxvi,  43, 

69-83,  loi,  i6i. 

—  closes  in  the  demesne  of,  II.  xv. 

—  hamlet  o^  IL  106-8. 
Tilgarsley,  le  Hethe  de,  II.  107. 
Tilgarsley,  within  Wychwood  forest,  IL 

107. 
Tilgerdesle,  see  Tilgarsley. 
Tinemoh*,  Johannes  de,  I.  73. 
Tithinfman  of  Newland,  the,  IL  xlii. 
Tioia,  Rogems  de,  I.  73. 
Tiwe,  Thomas,  IL  143,  143,  144,  145, 

146. 
Togyntwey  in  Sooth  Stoke,  II.  119, 

1 30,  Z34.    See  Toochinwey,  Toding- 

Toki,  Robertos,  I.  300. 

Toldin,  Robertos,  IL  159. 

Toraldi,  Petros  Alios,  L  188,  IL  335. 

Torel,  Anfredos,  I.  103. 

Torel,  Willelmos,  1. 103. 

Toresmere,  R.  de,  I.  388. 

Tomoor,  Alwinos  le,  IL  175. 

Toroor,  Henricos  le,  II.  331. 

Toroeston,  see  Torweston. 

Tosti,  Earl,  I.  31. 

Totnes(Totton),  archdeacon  of,Thomas, 

I.  306. 
Toochinwey  in  Sooth  Stoke,  IL  184. 
Tooi,  Lambertos  Alios,  IL  338 
Tooneshend,  Thomas,  IL  119. 
Tooraoor,  Robertos  le,  IL  130. 
Tooy,  Robertos,  II.  11,  13,  13,  14,  15. 
Towe,  Henricos  Alios  Ajidree,  I.  347. 
Trad,  Henricos  de,  L  138. 
Traoers,  WilleUnos,  II.  64,  65. 
Tr^onwell,  John,  I.  xxxi. 
Tzenchenote^  Henricos,  II.  159. 
Triberg,  Ricardos  de,  11.  338. 


Trillawe,  lohannes  de,  IL  aao. 

Trillawe,  Robertos  de,  I.  375. 

Isabella,  his  wife,  I.  375. 

TrillemoUe,  Rogeros  de,  L  389. 

Trill  Mill  Hall,  IL  Ix. 

Trillowe,  lohan  de,  IL  103. 

Trillowe,  lohannes  de,  L  379, 383,  391, 
305»  n.  83,  83,  86. 

Trillowe,  Robert  de,  IL  103. 

Trillowe,  Robertos  de,  IL  314,  215, 
3 16. 

Trimenal,  Nicholaos  de,  L  363. 

Tristhorp,  lohannes,  II.  305. 

Trop,  lohannes  de,  I.  313. 

Tropa,  see  Thropp. 

Tropinel,  Willelmos,  I.  109. 

Troton,  Galfiidos,  IL  176. 

Tryllowe,  lohannes,  II.  63. 

Tryllowe,  John  de,  IL  316. 

Tryntishall,  IL  346,  349,  353. 

Todingweie,  L  153,  154.  See  Togynt- 
wey. 

Todinton,  Philip  de,  I,  138. 

Tolose,  Galfridos,  IL  337. 

Tonbrige,  Magister  WiUelmus  de,  II. 

325- 
Torkeby,  Rogeros  de,  1. 185, 199. 
Torold,  shenff  of  Lincoln^iire,  I.  48 

ibis). 
Toroldos,  IL  338. 
Torple,  Lefyrinos,  L  93. 
Torri,  Willelmos  Alios,  IL  159. 
Torribos,  Ricardos  de,  I.  7. 
Torribos,  Willelmos  de,  I.  7. 
Tors,  Henricos  de,  L  131. 
Torweston,  I.  3,  99,  376,  II.  xxiv,  Ixx, 

Ixxvi,  93. 
—  rector  of,  II.  49. 

Ric,  I.  99,  loi. 

Toscolom,  bishop  of,  Nicholaos,  IL  163. 
Towe,  heirs  of  Ricardos,  II.  56. 
Twyer,  Thomas,  I.  431. 
Twyford,  II.  305. 
Tyarde,  Nicholaos,  I.  363. 
Tyckford,  the  priory  of,  IL  153. 
Tyeys,  Henricos,  IL  96. 
Tylgarslee,  see  Tilgarsley. 
Tylkbroc,  Nigellos  de,  I.  a6i,  362. 
Tyntor',  see  Tcyntor*. 
Typtoft,  lohannes,  IL  189. 
Tyrel,  Gllbcrtos,  L  347. 
Tyrcl,  Simon,  I.  156. 
Tywe,  heredes  de,  IL  34,  36. 

Vade,  Henricos  de  la,  L  368. 

Valence,  Willelmos  de,  1. 367, 369  381 . 

Valentine,  I.  xxvi. 

Valeynes,  Thomas  de,  I.  303,  303. 

Udardos  (de  Witefeld),  I.  74. 

Ver,  Rob.  de,  I.  53. 

Verdon,  Agnes  de,  IL  169. 


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4i8 


INDEX 


Verdun,  Ricardos  de,  I.  413. 

Verdun,  Rogerns  de,  I.  423,  II.  169. 

Verdim,  Thomas  de,  IL  218. 

Vennr,  Thomas  le,  II.  309. 

Vigewana,  see  Wikwane. 

Viuun,  Robertas,  I.  106. 

Vilert,  WiUchnus  de,  I.  70. 

Vileyn,  lohannes,  II.  317. 

Vileyn,  lohannes  le,  I.  355,  356,  357. 

Vincendns,  II.  329. 

Vincentias,  sacrista  (of  Eynsham),  I. 

113. 
Vmitorins,  Bartholomens,  II.  45. 
Vilnr,  Robertas  le,  II.  309. 
Virgate  of  nine  acres,  I.  5. 
—  size  of,  II.  Ixv. 

Vivianns,  monk  of  Eynsham,  L  294. 
Vivianos,  sheriff  of  Oxford,  I.  145, 146. 
Ulger,  Willelmns,  n.  31. 
Ultra  le  Haia,  Willehnns  de,  IL  333, 

334. 
Umfrey,  lohannes,  I.  363. 
Umfridos  clericos,  L  104. 
Umpton,  Alexander,  II.  353. 
Umpton,  Mr.,  IL  351. 
Unfrey,  Willelmns,  I.  343. 

Thomas,  his  son,  I.  343. 

Vobbe,  Robertas,  IL  313. 

Up-Ottery,  II.  xcviii. 

Uppe,  Thomas,  I.  9,  13. 

Uppewell.  see  Eppwell. 

Upton,   Nicholaos   de,   see  Eynsham, 

abbots  of. 
Upton,  Nicholans  de,  I.  xxiv,  IL  19, 103, 

109,  118. 
Uptone,  Isaak  de,  IL  64,  65. 

WiUelmus,  his  son,  IL  64,  65. 

Uny,  Thomas,  IL  Ivi. 

Vycory,  lohannes,  IL  63. 

Vyncent,  lohannes,  II.  51, 56,  138, 139, 

Vyntenar,  John,  IL  xiii. 

Waard,  Helewisa,  L  413. 

Waard,  Walchelinos,  L  73,  iii,  11 3, 

413. 
Wace,  WiUelmus,  IL  169. 
Wade,  Henricos  de  la,  I.  354,  355, 377, 

386,  387,  303,  311,  315  (fiis\  317. 

lohannes  de  la,  his  son,  I.  31 1. 

Wade,  Thomas,  IL  13a 
Walchelini,  Rob.  filias,  I.  37. 
Walde,  Henricos  de  la,  1. 160. 
Walden,  WiUelmus  de,  IL  no. 
Waldri,Ricardas,L389. 
Walecote  in  Charlbury,  I.  348,  IL  ix, 

z,  xzx,  xxzi,  xxxii,  Ixxvi. 
Walecote  in  Cropredy,  L  5. 
Walecote,    Bartholomens   de,  L   348, 

IL  213,331. 

Walecote,  Sanaricos  de,  L  141,  162. 


Walecote^  Stephanas  de,  I.  348. 

Ricardus,  his  son,  I.  348. 

Walecote,  Thomas  de,  IL  71,  81. 
Walensis,  lohannes,  L  119. 

Milo,  his  brother,  1. 119. 

Walewyn,  magister,  II.  318. 
Waleys  (Walds),  lohannes,  IL  138. 
Waleys,  Rad.,  I.  107,  in. 
Waleys,  Rogenis,  L  394. 
Waleys,  WiUelmus,  IL  103. 
Waleys,  Wyllyam,  II.  139. 
Walingford    (Wallyngford,    Warengc- 

forde,  &C.),  Adam  de,  IL  47. 
Walingford,  charteis  dated  at,  I.  54,  55. 

—  prior  of,  I.  203. 
Nicholans,  1. 63. 

—  prionr  of,  I.  303. 
Walingford,  Adam  de,  IL  338. 
Walingford,  mral-dean  of,  Henricos,  L 

153- 
Walingford,  Robertus  de,  I.  394. 
Walingford,  Rodbertns  de,  I.  118. 
Walingford,  Symeon  de,  L  181,  183. 

Lucia,  his  wife,  I.  181,  182. 

Walingford,   Wiganus  de  (see  Wiga- 

nus),  I.  133,  IL  xlviii. 
Walingfordia,  Adam  de,  I.  68  (Jds), 
Walingfordia,  mag.  Christianus  de,  I. 

Walmgfordia,  Robertus  de,  L  75,  106, 

118,394. 
Walker,  lohannes,  IL  141,  143,  146. 
Walqudini,  Robertas  filius,  IL  158. 
Walter  I  and  II,  abbots  of  Eynsham,  L 

xiU. 
Waltems,  abbot  of  Egnesham,  L  41, 

52»53»^6»  "8,  139. 
Walter,  lohannes,  II.  11,  14,  15. 
Walter,  Thomas,  IL  140,  141. 
Walteri,  Radolfos  fUius,  L  165,  166, 

189. 
Walteri,  Rob.  filius,  L  103. 
Walteri,  Symon  filius,  L  380. 
Walteri,  Thomas  filius,  II.  335. 
Walterins,  clericusde  Bemeces^,  L 1 3 1 . 
Waltems  orchidiaconus,  IL  103. 
Waltems  Noch'.L  68. 
Waltems  presbiter,  I.  73, 131. 
Waltems  scriba,  or  scriptor,  I.  68,  79, 

100  (jns\  118. 
Waltham,  lohannes  de,  I.  353. 
Waltham,  Ricardus,  I.  141. 
Walton  in  Eynsham,  I.  31 1. 
Walton,  Symon  de,  L  185. 
Waltona,  L  179. 
Walwayn,  William,  Lxxx,IL  v. 
Walwen,  Ricardus,  IL  Ixxxvi,  xcu 
Wandard,  lohannes,  I.  5. 
Wandard,  Robertus,  I.  144. 
Wanetince,  Henricus  de,  L  313. 
Wappenham,  lohannes  de,  IL  330. 


INDEX 


419 


Warcwrthe,  Radnlfns  de,  I.  198. 
Warde,  lohannes  le,  L  546,  347. 
Warde,  Thomas,  11.  191. 
Ware,Wvnyam,IL  139. 
Warengetoide,  set  Wo^ingford. 
"Wares,  Willdmus  dc,  I.  135. 
Warine,  Warinus  fiUus,  1. 334. 
Warnecombe,  Thomas,  II.  43. 
Warner,  Thomas,  II.  97-101. 
Warwidc,  coantess  of,  I.  338. 
Warwick,  earl  of,  I.  54,  349,  II.  177, 

178. 
Warwyk,  WiUelmns,  II.  335. 
Warwyk,  Willclmus  de,  II.  338. 
WassiQgbnrge,  Robertns  de,  11.  164. 
Wasy,  tenementum,  II.  3 1,  33. 
Watcot,  Petms  de,  L  143. 
Watele,Wydode,  II.  174. 
Watemon,  luliana    filia  lohaDois,   I. 

317. 
Water,  Waltems  atte,  II.  135. 
Watlingtone,  Robertas  de,  I.  353. 
WatsoD,  Edwardns,  1. 438. 
Watsond,  Alaniis  de,  I.  199. 
Wattes,  Thomas,  II.  zxvii. 
Watts,  John,  presbiter,  II.  xzvii. 
Wauer,  John,  II.  zxxii. 
Wanre,  lohannes  de,  II.  116. 
Wanre,  Johan  de,  L  133. 
Wanton,  Simon  de,  I.  306. 
Wawan,  mag.  doctor,  II.  buudz. 
Wawe,  lohimnes,  IL  140, 141. 

Agnes,  his  wife,  II.  140,  141. 

Wawe,  John,  IL  147. 

John,  his  son,  IL  147. 

WayhuUe,  Simon  de,  I.  314. 

Waltems,  his  son,  I.  314. 

WayhnUe,  Waltems  de,  II.  zxzvii. 
Wdecote,  su  Wodccote. 
Wdecote.  Adam  de,  I.  107,  111. 
Webbe  {alias  Bamptone),  lohannes,  II. 

55.  6^- 
Webbe,  John,  IL  xiv. 
Webbe,  Keginaldns le,  IL  3i,  34. 
Weirs,  the  property  of  fishermen,  I. 

369. 
Welbume,  lohannes  de,  IL  117. 
Weld  in  Ducklington,  I.  4,  11,  83,  85, 

88,  139,  185, 193,  307,  376,  403,  IL 

xviii,  bcv-vii,  3, 13. 
Weld,  East,  ILlxv-lxvii. 
Weldcote,  IL  Ixvii. 
Weler,  Enstacinsle,  II.  135. 
Welle,  Ricardns  atte,  II.  317. 
Welle,  Robertas  de,  I.  367. 
Welle,  Waltems  aUe,  IL  119, 138,  131, 

133, 136. 

Isabel,  his  wife,  IL  138, 133. 

Welle,  Waltems  de  la,  I.  334. 
Welle  vrapentac,  1. 33,  34, 49. 
Weller,  William,  IL  ix. 


WeUes   (WeUys),  Nicholans,  L    433, 

Wefis!  Hugo,  II.  xxiv  ». 
Wells,  Nicholas,  IL  343. 
Welsbome,  John,  IL  353. 
Wendover,  Roger  of,  II.  357. 
Wenerych,  see  Windrash. 
Wcrelwast,  W.  de,  IL  155. 
Wene,  WiUelmns,  L  343. 
West,  Ricardus,  II.  10, 13. 
West,  William,  XL  xvi. 
West  Mill,  Deddington,  II.  xl. 
Westbnil,  Hugo  de,  L  131. 
Westcote,  lohannes  de,  I.  364, 365. 
Westcote  Barton,  IL  351. 
Westmanecot,  Waltems  de,  1. 354,  356. 
Westmanecote,  WiUelmns  de,  I.  355, 

357- 
Westminster,  abbot  and  convent  of,  I. 

341. 
—  wood  of  the  abbot  of,  IL  96. 
Westmolendinnm,  I.  1 70. 
Westmynster,  Edwardus,  I.  435. 
Weston,  lohannes,  I.  331. 

Ydonia,  his  wife,  I.  331. 

Weston,  rector  of,  Walchelinns,  1. 75. 
Weston,  Robertas  de,  I.  363. 
Westone,  Hugo,  IL  308. 
Wenelcot,  Robertus  le  BotiUer  de,  I. 

359* 

Wcylond  atte  Wyly,  IL  3,  6. 
Whdar,  Robert,  IL  139. 
Whette,  lohannes,  IL  319. 
Whitboroe,  Richard,  II.  xvi. 
White,  Wnielmus,  I.  363. 
Whitefelde,  lohannes  de,  IL  69. 
Whitfield,  Northants,  L  3,  58,  60,  68, 

69,  101,  176,  307,  330.  361-4,  374, 

376,  II.  Ixx,  btxvi,  164. 
WhygthuUe,  see  WighthuUe,  WithuUa. 
WhygthuUe,  lohannes  de,  I.  365. 
WhygthuUe   (Whyghthulle),  Waltems 

de,  L  309,  336,  328,  IL  92. 
Wiardus,  magister,  I.  68. 
Wicham,  Robertus  de,  IL  xxxv. 
Wichside,  lohannes,  IL  119. 
Wick  Dyue,  Northants,  I.  413. 
Wickham,  see  Wycham. 
Wickham,1. 4,  5,  37,  167,  IL  xxii  {bis\ 

Ixxi. 
Wick  Rissington,  Gloucs.,  I.  183,  186, 

191,  193,  198,  300,  308,  309,  333, 

351,  369,  395,  354-6i»  II-  xi,  xviii 

(Jns)t  Iv,  Ixxi,  Ixxv,  171,  317. 

farmer  of,  IL  vii. 

Wideli  {see  Woodlays),  IL  xl. 
WideuUe,  Leonardus,  IL  204. 
Widewer*,  Rogems  de,  I.  324. 
Widonis,  Rob,  fiUus,  L  73,  73. 
Wigan  of  Walingford,  L  43,  55,  101, 


I03. 


£62 


420 


INDEX 


Wigmn  of  Walingford,  £did  his  wife,  L 

lOI. 

Wigcwald  mill,  I.  55,  103,  190,  11. 
zzxriiL 

Wightham,  IL  xiv,  xv,  xvL 

Wighthill,  Mf  Withulla. 

WighthuUc,  see  WhygthaUe. 

Wighthalle,  lobannes  de,  II.  a  so. 

Wightoo,  William,  II.  xviiL 

Wigod,  Rannlphos,  I.  226. 

Cristina,  wife  of,  I.  226. 

Wigornia,  see  Wirecestria. 

Wigornia,  Henricus  de,  IL  226,  227. 

Wigornia,  Payia  de,  II.  227. 

WihgthhuUe,  see  Whygtiinlle. 

Wihnlla,  see  Withulla. 

Wike,  W.  de,  1. 191. 

Wikham,  RadoUus  de,  I.  168. 

?Wikwane  (Uigewana),  loidaniis  de, 
I.  138. 

-—  Radulfos  de,  L  138. 

Wilcot,  I.  108,  279,  359,  II.  215. 

Wilkinson,  Thomas,  II.  253. 

Wilkyn,  Robertas,  IL  105. 

Will,  land  left  by,  IL  xU,  xUL 

Willamescote  (WyUamesoote)  Henri- 
ens  de,  L  349,  II.  178. 

Willamescote,  Ricardns  de,  L  315  {bis), 
3»7»  326,  381, 383-5*  n.  102,  209. 

WUlelmi,  Adam  filios,  I.  228,  234,  404. 

Willelmi,  Bartholomens  (ilius,  I.  104. 

Willelmi,  Hngo  filins,  I.  74. 

Willelmi,  lohannes  filius,  L  149. 

Willelnu,  Nicholans  filius,  11.  238. 

Willelmi,  Petms  filius,  I.  86. 

Willebni,  Rad.  filius,  I.  no. 

Willelmi,  Ricardns  filius,  I.  2. 

Willelmi,  Thomas  filius,  I.  72,  208,  IL 

215. 
WiUelmus,  brother  of  abbot  Adam,  I. 

143,   161,   166,  305.     See  Oxonia, 

Willelmus  de. 
Willelmns,  Baldwini  filius,  I.  141,  142, 

145- 
Willelmus  capellanus,  I.  42. 
Willelmus  clericus,  I.  88,  100,  106. 
Willelmus,  filius  Humfridi,  I.  152. 
Willelmus,  gramatica  (of  Banbury),  I. 

4«- 

Willelmus  miles,  I.  107. 
Willelmus,  presbiter  (of  Oxford),  I.  74. 
Willelmus,  filius  Roberti,  1. 138. 
William  I,  king,  charter  of,  I.  32. 
William  II,  ki^,  L  3a,  33i  35»  48,  49> 

Williams,  Henricus,  II.  132. 
Wilplega,  Adam  de,  I.  403. 
Wilton,  Eustachius  de,  I.  44. 
Wilton,  mag.  Martianus  de,  IL  xcvii. 
WimbcTuile,  £lyas  de,  L  200,  201,  202, 
203. 


Wimbemile,  Eustachia  de,  L  201. 
Wimberuile,  Rogerus  de,  L  200,  aoi, 

202. 
Winchcombe,  II.  82,  112. 
^-  abbey,  IL  xxv,  liii,  Ixiii,  Ixxri. 

—  abbot  of,  L  137,  147,  229,  265,  IL 
Ixxrii,  93. 

Wincheleia,  WUL  de,  L  113. 
Winchester,  I.  65. 

—  bishop  of,  I.  403,  II.  xxiv,  Ixxv. 
Henricus,  I.  65. 

Ric,  1^7. 

Winchester,  Thomas  of,  IL  236. 

Windiesores,  Mauricius  de,  IL  17a. 

Windresores,  Raginaldus  de,  II.  172. 

Windrush,  IL  94. 

Windsor,  I.  354. 

?  Winecot,  Glouc.,  1. 137. 

Winesl*,  Bemardns  de,  L  100. 

Wingham,  Rad.  de,  I.  58. 

Winsor,  Henry,  II.  242. 

Wirecestria  (or  Wigornia),  Philippus 

de,  I.  82. 
Wirecestria,  Rad.  de,  I.  82,  84,  IL  103. 
Wirecestria,  Rogerus  de,  I.  64,  77,  82. 
Witefelde  (Wytefeld),  Henricus  de,  L 

404. 
Witefelde,  lohannes  de,  L  334  n, 
Witefelde,  Leonaidus  de,  I.  75.    See 

also  Leonardus,  dapifer. 
Witefelde,  Petrus  de,  I.  75. 
Witefelde,  Radulfus  de,  I.  405  ». 
Witefelde,  Rob.  de,  L  83,  95,  96,  in, 

135, 126,  128. 

—  uicecomes,  I.  1 28. 

Witefelde,  Wdardus  de,  I.  95.  See  alse 

Udardus. 
Witege,  lohannes,  I.  64. 
Witham,  Berks.,  I.  227,  II.  Ixxi,  Ixxvi. 
Witham,  prior  of,  I.  47,  57. 
Witham,  Rogerus  de,  L  227. 
Witham,  Vincendus  de,  I.  227. 
Witham,  Willelmus  filius  Henrid  le 

Neuman  de,  I.  227. 
Withefeld,  lohannes  capellanus  de,  I. 

163. 

Alice,  his  daughter,  I.  163. 

Withered,  Richard,  II.  148. 
Withulla,  Hugo  de,  L  in,  112. 

Nicholans,  his  son,  L  98,  in. 

Witney,  L  383,  II.  65,  142, 14a,  145. 

—  archdeacon's  chapter  at,  I.  67. 

—  forest,  perambulation  of,  IL  94,  95. 

—  lord  of  the  manor  of,  IL  xxIt. 
Witney,  Rogms  Harang  of,  L  251. 
Witney,  the  vicar  of,  II.  148. 
Witteneia,  see  WUtncy. 
Wittheneye,  Robertus  Bokepot  de,  L  2  7  a . 
Wittlcya,  su  Woodlays. 

Wittona  {see  Wootton),  Robeitns  de,'L 
105. 


INDEX 


431 


WittuD,  Ricaidvs  de,  IL  47. 
Winelicote,  Thomas  le  Boteler  de,  I. 


379. 
Wlfar" 


IfaidnSy  Radnlfus.  L  192. 
WlfiotoD,  L  8. 
Wlfrid,  Ricaidtts,  I.  333. 
Wlfrinton,  see  Woluerton. 
Wlfvrin,  bishop  of  Dorchester,  I.  X09. 
Wlgaresham  meadow,  I.  lao,  248. 
AV^aumton,  lohannes  dej,  I.  141. 
Wodde,  Thomas,  II.  Ixxxvi 
Wode,  Thomas,  IL  xvi. 
Wodecote  in  South  Stoke,  I.  36,  192, 

206, 215, 216, 275,  IL  xvii,  xcvii,  109, 

127, 128,  134-7,  »38,  i39»  140,  i84» 

215. 

—  chapel,  IL  Ixix. 

Wodecote,  mag.  Henricns  de,  II.  135. 

Wodecote,  Ri<uurdii8  de,  II.  xcrii. 

Wodecote,  Ricardos  de,  II.  138. 

(son  of  Willelmns),  I.  192. 

Wodecote,  Willehnns  de,  I.  153,  154, 
i55»  i5^»  i93»  a98>  n.  no,  137,  138. 

Thomas,  his  son,  II.  137. 

Wod^;ate,  II.  xxxr. 

Wodestokelllfrtf  Woodstock. 

Wodetone,  John  de,  L  xx. 

Wodetone,  rector  of,  II.  21,  23. 

Wodeward,  lohannes  le,  II.  220. 

Wogan,  Morys,  IL  240. 

Wolewy,  Ricardos,  IL  65. 

Wolford,  Robertns,  II.  134. 

Wolgericote  (Wolgarcote),  Thomas 
fiUos  Willehni  de,  I.  268,  313. 

Wolgericote,  Willelmns  de,  L  268. 

Wolgersham,  IL  bdit 

Wolgesham  in  Woodeaton,  IL  17. 

Wolkr,  Thomas,  IL  196. 

Woluerton,  IL  xxiv. 

Woodcot,  su  Wodecote. 

Woodde,  WilUam,  IL  xvii. 

Woodeaton  (Wodethone),  1. 10,  14,  40, 
93-6,  114,  132,  I35»  148,  I49»i5i» 
H3>  H^t  382,  IL  xxi  {bis),  Uv,lxxii, 
Ixxv,  Ixzvi,  Incviii,  15-24,  162,  211. 

—  courts  of,  II.  xix  {bis), 

—  court  of  the  abbot  at,  IL  xxi. 

—  wood  of,  I.  322,  IL96. 
Woodeaton,  John  ofi  It.  vii. 
Woodestoke,  Rioardus  de,  IL  168. 
Woodfordhurst  in  Stanlake,  I.  88,  90. 
Woodlays  in  Wootton,  I.  2,  36. 
Woodstock,  I.  40,  213,  230,  II.  156, 

209. 
Woodstock,  bailiff  of,  I.  312,  326,  IL 

xlv,  213. 

{see  Eyr),  I.  254-6. 

{see  Sancto  Audoeno),  I.  281. 

—  bailiff  of  the  manor,  IL  98. 

—  deanery  of,  I.  314,  IL  Ixii. 

—  park  of,  I.  xii. 


Woodstock,  wall  of  the  park  of,  II.  94. 
Woodstock,  Amidus  (Amicus)  de,  I. 

77>  80.  85,  90.  no,  i^,  230,  267. 
Woodstock,  Edmundus  de,  I.  329,  370. 
Woodstock,  lohannes,  II.  34. 
Woodstock,  Old,  IL  98. 
Woodstock,  Sibilla  de,  wife  of  Amisius, 

I.  no. 
Woodstock,  Wod^ate  ad,  I.  308. 
Woodward,  Mr.,  IL  246,  253. 
Wootton,  L   13,  44,  46,  376,  IL  xl, 

251. 

—  hundred  of,  I.  381,  II.  Izxvii,  40, 
97-101. 

—  hundred,  court  of,  IL  xlv,  Ixxxvi. 
Wootton,  rector  of,  Willelmns,  nural- 

dean,  1.86,  99,  no. 

Peter,  his  son,  I.  86. 

Wootton,  Deraford  in,  II.  xvL 
Wootton,  Radnlfus  de,  1. 152, 166, 407, 

IL  104. 
Wootton,  Rob.  de,  I.  85,  97,  99,  105, 

no. 
Wootton,  W.  de,  L  246. 
Wootton,  rural  deanery  of,  I.  44, 46. 

—  view  of  frank  pledge,  IL  98-100. 

—  wood  of,  IL  94. 
Worcester,  I.  63. 

Worcester,  archdeacon  of,  S.  (1181),  L 

124. 
Worcester,  bishop  of,  I.  55. 

Baldewinus  (1181),  I.  124,  137. 

Godefridus,  I.  292,  293,  320. 

lohannes,  II.  1 10-13. 

Rogerus,  I.  65. 

Simon,  IL  173. 

—  official  of  the  bishop  of,  L  293. 

—  prior  oi,  I.  291. 

lohannes,  IL  iia. 
R.  (1 181),  I.  124. 
Ricardus,  L  293. 
Worcester  Priory,  Pentecostals  to,  I. 

437. 

Worton,  see  Nether  Worton. 

Worton  in  Cassington,  I.  43,  63,  9s, 

148,  II.  xxiv,  Ixxiv,  Ixxv,  Ixxvi. 
Wottone,  see  Wootton. 
Wrench,  John,  II.  viii. 
Wrench,  William,  IL  x,  xxxii. 
Wrenne,  Hugo,  1. 158. 
Wristoll,  Robertus  de,  IL  47. 
Wroghechey,  bridge  of  (in  Eynsham), 

IL33- 
Wroutheya  in  Eynsham,  I.  407. 
Wroxton,  IL  xl,  251. 

—  prior  of,  I.  172. 
Wttona,  see  Wootton. 

Wulfyn,  Wulfwun,  Wulfwyn,  I.  22  «. 
Wundur,  Laurencius,  IL  227,  228,  229. 
Wnnewerthe  manor  in  Grafham,  L  423. 
Wycham,  see  Wickham. 


422 


INDEX 


Wycham,  Radolfos  de,  L  4. 
Wycham,  Robertas  de,  I.  140,  IL  31 

(3ix). 
Wycham,  Thomas,  L  405. 
Wychwood  Forest,  I.  319,  323,  382, 

401,  II.  xxxTii,  xlyii,  Izxii,  4a,  43, 

209-1  a. 

costos  of,  II.  212. 

perambnlatioii  of,  IL  92,  107. 

—  forester  of,  I.  364. 

—  four  verdcrers  of,  I.  365. 

—  regardatores  of,  I.  365. 
Wychwood    forest,    verderers    of,    II. 

209. 
Wycombe^  Thomas,  II.  223. 
"Wycmnbc,  Waltems  de,  I.  353. 
Wyghthnlle,  sit  WhygthuUe. 
Wyghtholle,  Idumies  de,  II.  213. 
Wygomia,  Robert .  de,   I.  xxiv.     See 

Wirecestria. 
Wyeyntone,  lohamies  de,  II.  50,  56. 
Wyk,  campus  de  (in  Shotover),  II.  96 

Wyke,  see  Wick  Rissington. 
Wyke,  lohamies  Longns  de,  L  200. 
Wyke,  lohamies  de  Marisco  de,  I.  200. 
Wyke,  Radulfns  de,  I.  356. 
Wykerisindone,  lohamies  Longns  de, 

I.  308. 
Wykes,  Thomas,  IL  xv. 
Wykham,  Robertas  de,  L  365,  406. 

Thomas,  his  son,  I.  406. 

Thomas»  his  grandson,  I.  406. 

Wykynge,  lohannes,  IL  43. 
Wylcotes,  Willelmns,  IL  Ixxxiii. 
Wyldere,  Thomas,  IL  139. 
Wylkynson,  Thomas,  IL  240. 
Wyllamescote,  see  Willamescote. 
Wylles,  Galfridus,  I.  305. 
WyUes,  Margiria,  L  305. 
Wylles,  Robertas,  II.  35. 
Wymberoile,  Elyas  de,  L  250. 


Wymond,  Robert,  IL  xxi. 
Wyncestria,  Thomas  de,  IL  226. 
Wynchecombe,  Thomas,  I.  433. 
Wyneman,  WUlelmos,  I.  394. 
Wynesh',  mag.  de.  I.  158. 
Wyneter,  WiUteros  le,  II.  93. 
Wynkeforde,  IL  251. 
Wynter,  Walteros,  II.  105. 
Wyntersell,  Richard,  IL  140. 
Wyntertone,  John,  II.  242,  243. 
Wynt[onia],  Rogerus  [de],  IL  238. 
Wyntonia,  Thomas  de,  IL  235. 
Wyntoar,  William,  IL  xiii. 
Wyrcestria,  Radulfas  de,  II.  103. 
Wyresheye  in  Eynsham,  L  407,  IL  loi, 

102. 
Wystone,  lohannes,  IL  135. 
Wytefcld,  see  Whitfield,  Witefelde. 
Wytefeld,ILxxx. 
Wyth,  Laarendos,  I.  197. 
Wythtt^eneham  in  Eynuiam,  369. 
Wyth^alle,  NichoUs  de,  IL  xL 
Wyttenam,  mag.  lohannes,  IL  Ixzx. 
Wytsyde,  lohannes,  IL  135. 
Wyttewelle,  Ricardas  de,  11.  117. 
Wyaelekote  {see  WUcote),-*  275. 

Yamton,  L  xviU,  2,  22,  34,  36,  44,  47, 
57.  ^i.  308,  334»  376,  IL  xxiv,  bdi, 
Ixxiii,  Ixxiv,  91, 118,  251. 
Yate.  Willelmns  atte,  II.  231. 
Yelford,ILlxvL 
Yeluertone,  Willelmns,  IL  43. 
York,  archbishop  of,  I.  369. 

Aldred,  I.  31. 

Cynesige,  I.  30. 

Thomas,  I.  48. 

Wul£itan,  I.  37. 
York,  dnke  of,  11.  Ixxxiii. 
Yslepe  {see  Islip),  IL  16. 

Zoom,  Willelmas  de,  L  91. 


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(Contcnte :— «.  The  Oxford  Market,  by  O.  Ogle;  b.  The  University  of  Oxfoiti 
in  the  Twelfth  Centnry,  by  T.  £.  Holland;  c.  The  Friars  Preachers  of  the 
University,  ed.  by  H.  Rashdall ;  d.  Notes  on  the  Jews  In  Oxford,  by  A« 
Nenbaner ;  e,  Linacre's  Catalogue  of  Grocvn's  Books,  followed  by  a  Memoir 
of  Grocyn,  by  the  Editor ; /.  Table-Talk  and  Papers  of  Bishop  Hongh, 
1703-174J,  ed.  by  W.  D.  Macray;  g»  Extracts  from  the  'G^aitleman's 
Magazine '  relating  to  Oxford,  1 731-1800,  by  F.  J.  Haverfidd.  Appendix : 
Corrections  and  Additions  to  CoUectanea,  VoL  I.  (Day-book  of  John 
Dome^  Bookseller  at  Oxford,  A,D.  1520,  by  F.  Madan,  indnding  a  '  Half- 
century  of  Notes '  on  Dome,  by  Henry  Bradshaw).) 

17.  Wood's  History  of  the  City  of  Oxford  [as  No.  15  above]. 

Vol.  II.  Churches  and  Religious  Houses.  With  Map  and 
Diagram,  pp.  xii-|-  550.  {20s.,  to  citizens  of  Oxford  i6x. ;  Map 
of  Oxford  in  1440,  separately,  not  folded,  91/.,  to  citizens  6d.) 


1890-91. 

18.  Oxford  City  Doonments,  financial  and  judicial,  1268-1665. 

Selected  and  edited  by  Prof.  J.  E.  Thorold  Rogers,  pp.  viii  +  440 
(+  2  loose  leaves  for  vols.  6  and  16).    (i2x.) 

1891. 

19.  The  Life  and  Times  of  Anthony  Wood,  antiquary,  of 

Oxford,  168!^1696,  described  by  Himself.  Collected  from 
his  Diaries  and  other  Papers,  by  the  Rev.  Andrew  Clark,  MA., 
Vol.  I.  1632-1663.    With  7  illustrations,  pp.  xvi  +  S^^*  (^OJ-) 

20.  The  Grey  Friars  in  Oxford.    Part  I,  A  History  of  the  Con- 

vent ;  Part  U,  Biographical  Notices  of  the  Friars,  together  with 
Appendices  of  original  documents.  ByANDRSwG.  Littlx,MA., 
pp.  xvi+372.    (i6x.) 

1892. 

21.  The  Life  and  Times  of  Anthony  Wood  [as  Na  19].   Vol.  II. 

1 664-1681.    With  10  illustrations,  pp.  xxviii+576.     (20J.) 

22.  Beminiseenoes  of  Oxford,  by  Oxford  men,  1669-1860. 

Selected  and  edited  by  Lilian  M.  Quillxr  Couch,  pp.  xvi-f-  430. 
(17X.,  to  members  of  the  University  ioj.  6d.) 


PUBLICATIONS  (continued). 


1892-98. 


88.  Index  to  WillB  proved  and  AdministrationB  granted  in 
the  Court  of  the  Archdeacon  of  Berks,  1608-1662.  Edited 
by  W.  P.  W.  Philumore,  M.A.  (Issued  in  conjunction  with 
the  British  Record  Society.)    pp.  viii+200.    (lox.) 


1898. 

84*  Three  OxfordBhire  Parishes.  A  History  of  Eidlington, 
Yamton,  and  Begbroke.  By  Mrs.  Bryan  Stapleton.  With 
a  coloured  map  and  2  sheet-pedigrees,  pp.  xx-l-400.  (ifx.,  to 
residents  in  the  three  villages  los.) 

86.  The  History  of  Corpus  Christi  College,  with  Lists  of  its 
Members.  By  Thomas  Fowler,  D.D.,  President  of  the 
College.  With  3  illustrations,  pp.  xvi-|-  482.  (20J.,  to  members 
of  Corpus  I2X.  6d,) 

1894. 

86.  The  Life  and  Times  of  Anthony  Wood  [as  No.  19].   Vol.  III. 

168^1695.     With  3  illustrations,  pp.  xxxii  +  548.    (21^.) 

87.  The  Begister  of  Bzeter  College,  Oxford,  with  a  history  of 

the  College,  and  illustrations.  By  the  Rev.  C.  W.  Boass,  M.A. 
Third  edition,  enlarged  pp.  [8]  +  clxxziv + 400.  (Presented  to 
the  Society  by  the  author:  igs.,  to  members  of  the  College  10s.) 

88.  The  Cartolary  of  the  Monastery  of  St.  Frideswide  at 

Oxford.  Edited  by  the  Rev.  S.  R.  Wigram,  M.A.  With  illus- 
trations. Vol.  I.  General  and  City  Charters,  pp.  xx  +  504  +  6 
pages  (loose)  of  corrections  to  vol  24.     (21X.) 

1896. 

89.  The  Early  Oxford  Press,  a  bibliography  of  printing  and 

publishing  at  Oxford,  *1468M640.  With  notes,  appendixes, 
and  illustrations.  By  Falconer  Madan,  M.A.,  pp.  xii+366. 
(Separate  copies  can  be  obtained  only  from  the  Clarendon  Press, 
price  i8x.    The  Society  can  only  supply  it  in  sets.) 

80.  The  Life  and  Times  of  Anthony  Wood  [as  No.  1 9].  Vol.  IV. 
Addenda.    With  illustrations,  pp.  xii  +  322.    (24X.) 


PUBLICATIONS  {continued). 

1896. 

8L  The  Oartnlary  of  the  Monastery  of  St.  Fndeswide  at 
Oxford.  Edited  by  the  Rev.  S.  R.  Wigram,  M.A.  With  illus- 
trations. VoL  II.  The  Chantry  and  Country  Parish  Charters, 
pp.  xii+488  +  8  pages  of  additions  and  corrections  (loose) 
to  vol  25.     (2 IX.) 

82.  OoUeotanea,  8rd  aeries,  edited  by  Professor  Montaou 
Burrows.    With  illustrations,  pp.  xii+4So.    (21X.) 

(Contents :— a.  Some  Durham  College  Rolls,  by  Rev.  H.  E.  P.  BUldston ; 

b.  Parliamentary  Petitions  relating  to  Oxford,  by  Miss  L.  Totdmin  Smith; 

c.  Poems  relating  to  the  riot  between  Town  and  Gown,  1355,  by  Rev.  H. 
Fumeanx ;  Try^lam  de  lande  Univ.  Ozoniae,  by  the  same ;  a.  Wykeham*8 
Books  at  New  College,  by  A.  F.  Leach ;  e.  Correspondence  of  Henry  Earl 
of  Clarendon  and  James  Earl  of  Abingdon,  1683-85,  by  C.  £.  Doble; 
/.  Dr.  Newton  and  Hertford  College,  by  S.  G.  Hamilton ;  g.  Charles  Earl 
Stanhope  and  the  Oxford  University  Press,  by  H.  Hart.) 

« 

1897. 

ZZ.  A  History  of  Pembroke  College,  anoieEitly  Broadgates 
Hall.  By  the  Rev,  Douglas  Maclkank,  M.A.  With  4  illus- 
trations, pp.  xvi4-544  +  4  pages  of  Addenda  to  vol.  32.  (aix., 
to  members  of  Pembroke  13X.) 

84.  Heame's  Collections  [as  No.  a  above].  Vol.  IV  (15  Dec.  171 2 
— 30  Nov.  17 14).  Edited  by  D.  W.  Rannie,  M.A.,  pp.  x  +  466 
+  [2],  with  a  plate.    {1898,  21s,) 

1898. 

86.  Epistolae  Aoademioae  Oxon.,  a  collection  of  letters  and 
other  docmnents  illustrative  of  Oxford  in  the  fifteenth  century. 
Edited  by  the  Rev.  H.  Anstky,  MA.  With  illustrations. 
Part  I,  pp.  Hi + 336.    (2 1^.) 

86.  Ditto.    Part  II,  pp.  vi  + 389.    {21s.) 

1899. 

87.  Wood's  History  of  the  City  of  Oxford  [as  No.  15  above]. 

VoL  III.  Addenda  and  Indexes,  with  illustration,  pp.  x  +  47^  + 
[4].    (21^.,  to  citizens  of  Oxford  i6s.) 

88.  Old  Flans  of  Oxford,  by  Agas,  Hollar,  and  Loggan.    A  port- 

folio containing  15  plates.    (21X.,  to  citizens  of  Oxford  i6x.) 


PUBLICATIONS  {cantmued). 

1900. 
89.  Oxford  Topography,  an  essay  by  Hirbkrt  Hurst,  B.A.  With 
sketch-map,  pp.  viii-i-248.    (A  companion  to  No.  38:    aix., 
to  citizens  of  Oxford  its,) 

40.  The  Life  and  Times  of  Anthony  Wood  [as  No.  19].    Vol. 

V,  completing  the  work.    Indexes,  pp.  xvi+  40a  +  [4].    (21X.) 

1901. 

41.  Stndies  in  Oxford  History,  ohiefly  in  the  Eighteenth 

Oentnry,  by  the  Rev.  J.  R«  Grexn  and  the  Rev.  Gbo.  Robersom, 
edited  by  C.  L.  Stainer,  M.A.  With  iUastrations,  pp.  xx-^- 
xxiv-l-382.    (21X.) 

42.  Heame'8  Oolleotions  [as  No.  2  above].    Vol.  V  (Dec.  i,  1714- 

Dec.  31,  1 7 16).  Edited  by  D.  W.  Rannie,  M.A.,  pp.  viii  +  402 
+  [6].     (21X.) 

1902. 

48.  Heame'8  CoUeotionB  [as  No.  2  above].  Vol.  VI  (Jan.  i,  1717- 
May  8y  ifip)*  Edited  under  the  superintendence  of  the 
Committee  of  the  O.  H.  S.  With  an  illustration,  pp.  viii  +  432  + 
[6].     (3ix.6^.) 

1908. 

44.  The  Flemings  in  Oxford.  Vol.  I.  Edited  by  the  Rev.  the 
Provost  of  Queen's  College,  pp.  xxiv+ 592  +  [8].    (31  j.  6d.) 

1908-4. 
46.  The  Anoient  Kalendar  of  the  University   of  Oxford. 
Edited  by  the  Rev.  Christopher  Wordsworth,  pp.  xxxii+294 
+  [8].    {zis.6d.) 

1904. 

46.  OaEford  Silyer  Pennies.    Edited  by  C.  L.    Stainer,  M.A., 

pp.  xlvi + 96  +  [8].    With  1 5  plates.    (2  ix.) 

1906. 

47.  Colleotanea,  4th  series,  edited  under  the  superintendence  of  the 

Committee  of  the  O.  H.  S.,  pp.  xii  +  346.     (31X.  6d.) 

(Contents: — a.  Description  of  Oxford  from  the  Hundred  Rolls,  ed.  by 
Rose  GimhAm ;  b.  Oxford  Church  Notes,  by  Richard  ^rmoods,  1643-4, 
ed.  by  Rose  Graham ;  c.  Three  Consecrations  of  CoUege  Chapels  (Lincoln, 
1 631 ;  Brasenose,  1666 ;  Queen's,  1717),  ed.  by  A.  Qaric,  F.  Madan,  and 
J.  R.  Magrath,  D.D. ;  d,  Tkos.  BaskerviUe*s  Account  of  Oxford,  c.  1670- 
1700,  ed.  by  Humph.  Baskerville ;  e.  Bill  of  Costs  of  Charles  Olis,  tgent 
in  Lcmdon  to  the  Mayor  of  Oxford  for  the  Coronation  of  George  IV,  iSai, 
ed.  by  F.  Williams:  /.  Coaching  in  and  out  of  Oxford,  1820-40  by 
WiUiam  Bayzand.) 


PUBUCATIONS    {coniinued), 

1906. 

48.  Heame'8  Oolleotions  [as  No.  2  above].    Vol.  VII  (May  9, 

1719-Sept.  22,  1722).    Edited  under  the  superintendence  of 
the  Committee  of  the  O.  H.  S.,  pp.  viii+ 41 2  +  [8].    (31^.  6d,) 

1906-7. 

49.  The  Cftrtulary  of  the  Abbey  of  Eynsham.    Vol.  I.    Edited 
by  the  Rev.  H.  E.  Salter,  pp.  xxxvi+441  +[8].    (31J.  6d) 

1907. 
60.  Heame's  Collections  [as  No.  2  above].    Vol.  VIII  (Sept.  23, 
1722-Aug.  9,  1725).    Edited  under  the  superintendence  of  the 
Committee  of  the  O.  H.  S.,  pp.  viii  +  443  +  [8].    (31J.  6d.) 

1908. 

51.  The  Cartulary  of  the  Abbey  of  Eynsham.    Vol.  II.    Edited 

by  the  Rev.  H.  E.  Salter,  pp.  xcviii  +  422  +  [8].    (311.  6d) 


WORKS    IN    ACTIVE    PREPARATION. 
Heame's  Collections.    Vol.  IX. 
The  Flemings  in  Oxford.     VoL  II. 

A  History  of  UniTersity  College.    By  the  Rev.  Dr.  Bright. 
The  Cartulary  of  Oseney  Abbey.    Edited  by  the  Rev.  H.  E. 
Salter. 

Collectanea,  6th  series. 

Enactments  in  Parliament  relating  to  the  University    of 
Oxford.    Edited  by  L.  L.  Shaowell. 


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the  Provost  of  Queen's  College  (Dr.  Magrath)  ;  the  Rer.  Dr.  Rashdall, 
New  College ;  and  the  Provost  of  Oriel  College  (Dr.  Shadwell),  Oxford. 
The  annual  subscription  is  one  goinea,  and  the  pabUshed  ▼olumet  as  a  set  can 
be  obtained  by  new  memben  at  one-fourth  the  published  prioe  (i.6. 
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