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VOL. LXIV
OXFORD BALLIOL DEEDS

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Map of Mediaval Oxford
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THE TENEMENTS OF BALLIOL IN THE TOWN OF OXFORD
THE OXFORD DEEDS
OF
BALLIOL COLLEGE
EDITED BY THE
REV. H. E. SALTER, M.A.
NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD
OXFORD
PRINTED FOR THE OXFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1913
OXFORD: HORACE HART, M.A.
PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY
PREFACE
As Balliol, unlike the other ancient Colleges, has no rentals,
no College accounts and no registers before 1540, the early
history of the College must be compiled for the most part from
the charters in the Muniment Chest. In this volume those
deeds are printed which have most interest for residents in
Oxford and for members of the University; all the documents
which describe the acquisition of the site of the College and of
properties in Oxford are given, and everything in the way of
College Statutes before the statutes of Bishop Foxe. The
documents which are not printed describe the acquisition of
property in Northumberland, London, and elsewhere; and
though they have some bearing on the early history of the
College, their main interest is for local history.
The College deeds were arranged and numbered by the late
Mr. George Parker some thirty years ago with considerable
skill, but it has been necessary to depart from his arrangement.
A table will be found at the end of the volume to connect the
numbering adopted in this volume with the numbering adopted
by Mr. Parker.
For the sake of those who are not familiar with mediaeval
charters a few words may be said to explain the abbreviations
used and the manner of printing. In transcribing the deeds
the rules have been followed for the most part which are laid
down in the preface to the Cartulary of St. Frideswide's, issued
by the Oxford Historical Society. In the margin is printed
the number which the deed bears in Mr. Parker's catalogue
and also its date; where the date runs from Michaelmas to
Michaelmas, as on pages 142 and 143, it is deduced from the
names of the mayor and reeves or bailiffs. A mediaeval grant
258593
vi
PREFACE
opens with a clause such as 'Noverint universi hoc scriptum
visuri vel audituri', as on page 168, or 'Omnibus Cristi fideli-
bus ad quos presentes littere pervenerint'; in some cases, as
on page 188, this has been abbreviated to 'Omnibus [&c.]' or
'Noverint [&c.]'. Then after the names of the grantor and
recipient and the description of the property, there comes, in
all grants after the end of the thirteenth century, the phrase
'habendum & tenendum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per
servicia inde debita et de iure consueta'; in some cases, as on
pages 214 and 215, this clause has been shortened. If the
deed is a grant, there follows a clause of warranty, of which
the full wording may be seen on pages 64 and 143; this clause
contains no information and is abbreviated to 'Et ego [&c.
warranty]'. If the deed is a quitclaim, not a grant, it generally
ends with a long clause beginning 'ita quod nec ego', of which
examples are printed in full on pages 144 and 169; in most
cases this has been reduced to 'ita quod [&c.]', as on page 185.
Occasionally there follows a sentence which mentions the price
paid for the grant, beginning 'Pro hac autem donatione', as
may be seen on page 7; where this sentence merely reproduces
the string of four, five, or six words which has already occurred
to describe the nature of the transaction, and adds no new
information, the words are abbreviated, as on pages 2 and 3.
Then follows the clause of sealing, sometimes beginning 'Et
ut hec donacio robur perpetue firmitatis obtineat, hanc cartam
sigillo meo munivi', or 'In cuius rei testimonium huic presenti
carte sigillum meum apposui'; these forms are shortened to
'Et ut [&c. sealing]' or 'In cuius [&c. sealing]'. There are
those who would have all documents transcribed in full, but
the cost of printing has to be considered, and though there is
risk in curtailing a deed of the first half of the thirteenth
century, when we reach the latter half of the fourteenth century
the legal terms are so fixed that abbreviation may be used
with little danger.
It is not likely that much of importance will hereafter be
PREFACE
vii
1
discovered to illustrate the early history of Balliol, but even
while this volume was being prepared some unimportant facts
have come to light. In the Coroners' rolls we have the story
of a clerk who fell down stairs at Old Balliol Hall in December,
1300, and of a townsman who in May, 1382, climbed into an
elm-tree within the close of Balliol Hall to disturb a nest of
'pies', and slipping was injured so that he died. Also in the
Sede Vacante Register 2 of Worcester we find a deed of
June 13, 1402, which was executed at Oxford, in the house of
Robert Stratford, between the 'Kateryne Whele' and North
Gate, which proves the existence of that inn at a much earlier
date than had been imagined. With regard to R. de Clothale,
who is mentioned on page 336, note 3, it appears that he was
of Oxford and a man of ability; for in the library at Erfurt
the manuscript numbered F. 348 contains the 'questiones'
given by Simon de Faversham at Oxford, reported by Robert
de Clothale. And, lastly, it appears from the Chancellor's
register in the University Archives that although Balliol
obtained possession of Sparrow Hall in 1427, it was still used
as an Academic Hall as late as 1467.
The muniments of Balliol were inspected by Anthony Wood
about the years 1665 and 1666, and in Wood MS. D. 2 there
is a record of what he saw. It is satisfactory to find that all
the deeds of which he makes mention are in existence now.
When this book was nearly complete, but before the Index
was in print, a volume was discovered at Balliol which gives
some notes about the houses which belonged to the College,
made by various bursars from 1660 to after 1800. Some
extracts from this volume are given in an Appendix.
A debt of thanks is due to those who have contributed
towards the illustrations, to the Provost of Oriel who allowed
¹ Probably jackdaws; Records of Mediaeval Oxford, pp. 9 and 43.
2 p. 386, published by the Worcester Record Society.
3 Verzeichniss der Amplonianischen Handschriften zu Erfurt, by Dr. Wilhelm
Schum, Berlin, 1887. This reference is due to Mr. A. G. Little.
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the interesting map of 1814 to be reproduced, to Mr. Minn for
a photograph of the High Street before 1872, to Mrs. Chaundy
of Broad Street for the loan of a print of Balliol in 1752, and
to Mrs. Morrell and the Editorial Committee of the Millenary
Exhibition for permission to use one of their blocks; also to
Mr. Strickland Gibson for photographs from which deeds
607-9 have been transcribed; and in particular to the Controller
of the Press for his advice and help.
H. E. SALTER.
DRY SANDFORD,
ABINGDON.
June 28, 1913.
CONTENTS
1. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE; NOS. 1-177
PAGE
I
II. BURNEL'S INN AND THE SYNAGOGUE; NOS. 178-215 91
III. THE SITE OF THE DIVINITY SCHOOL; NOS. 216-39.
137
IV.
CHIMERE HALL; NOS. 240-7
157
V. HERT HALL; NOS. 248-60
166
VI. A HOUSE IN GREAT BAILEY, NO. 33-5 QUEEN
STREET; NOS. 261-83
174
VII. A HOUSE IN LITTLE BAILEY, NO. II ST. EBBE'S
STREET; NOS. 284-303
184
VIII. Two HOUSES IN ST. MICHAEL'S SOUTH; NOS. 304-54
IX. A SHOP IN ST. MARY'S IN HIGH STREET; NOS.
355-82
188
204
X. TENEMENTS IN THE PARISH OF ST. MARY MAGDALEN ;
NOS. 383-432
211
XI. TENEMENTS IN THE PARISH OF ST. GILES; NOS.
433-535
230
XII. MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS ABOUT PROPERTY IN OXFORD;
NOS. 536-63
260
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.; NOS. 564-91.
277
XIV. DEEDS ABOUT THE DEBTS OF JOHN DE BALLIOL;
NOS. 592-605
324
APPENDIX I. Nos. 606-9
335
APPENDIX II.
EXTRACTS FROM THE FINE Book
BOOK
339
NOTE I. ON THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
II. ON THE SEALS OF THE COLLEGE
III. ON THE SEALS OF THE CHANCELLOR
360
•
363
364
INDEX
•
367
I.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PLAN OF OXFORD SHOWING THE TENements of BALLIOL
2.
SITE OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
to face Title
· facing p. I
5.
♡ ÷ is öŃ
3. BALLIOL IN 1675 FROM LOggan
4. BALLIOL IN 1752
CAESAR'S LODGING ABOUT 1820 .
6. THE KATHERINE WHEEL BEFORE 1828
7. SUGGESTED PLAN OF BURNEL'S INN
8. SEAL OF QUEEN MARGARET
9. SITE OF THE DIVINITY SCHOOL.
26
>>
28
80
ور
86
""
100
*
116
315
""
138
IO.
SEAL OF CANTERBURY COllege .
161
>>
II.
12.
THE BALLIOL HOUSES IN QUEEN STREET IN 1887
MAP OF 1814 SHOWING THE BALLIOL SHOP
180
208
"1
1
210
18.
19.
13. HIGH STREET BEFORE 1872
14.
15.
THE SITE OF THE ASHMOLEAN
TENEMENTS OF BALLIOL IN NORTHGATE HUNDRED
16. HOUSES ON THE SITE OF THE ASHMOLEAN 1830-40
DERVORGUILLA'S STATUTES .
17.
BALLIOL IN 1750 FROM ISAAC TAYLOR'S Map
THE COLLEGE SEALS, &C.
•
33
212
219
228
>>
277
""
362
363
20.
SEALS OF THE UNIVERSITY AND CHANCELLOR
364
21.
SEAL OF THE CHANCELLOR .
""
365

bought Trinity
Cottage
Church
40₤ft
138 ft.
bought 1972
1906
snce of Lincoln Coll:
Hall
The
Cardinal's
Hat.
once of Oseney.
ronted 1610; bought 1773
Magdalen land.
rented 1473, bought
1774
Bale horn's
bought 1373
Thorald's
bought 1422
Overhee's
bought 1373
Gamage Hall
bought 1373
Toncment of S. Frid.
acquired 1STI
96 H:
Sparrow Hall
acquired 1427
St. Margaret Hall
acquired 1342
Chiselhampton's
acquired c. 1420
bought
1486
SITE OF
BALLIOL COLLEGE.
Three tenements
Garden
acquired 1292
Dervorgilla
Aug; 1284
bought by
47 ft.
Fore count
surrendered 1772
Scale of Feet
50
100
Broad St
*12 ft.
Four plots
acquired c. 1310
200
300
[Face page
Trinity College
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL
COLLEGE
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE.
THE site of the College has been slowly acquired during more than
six centuries, but with Trinity College on the east and St. John's on
the north there is now no room for further expansion. The deeds
have been arranged in the following order; first those which concern
the earliest site of the College, where now is the front quadrangle; we
then work westwards to the corner, and afterwards northwards, taking
the tenements in their geographical order, not in the order in which
they were obtained.
It will be noticed that many of the tenements were not acquired in
the first instance for the purpose of enlarging the College, but were
purchased as an investment and as a source of income; but before the
end of the eighteenth century it had been found necessary to use for
College purposes all the property which the College owned between
Trinity College and St. John's.
1. THE TENEMENTS GIVEN BY DERVORGUILLA. I-14.
On Aug. 1, 1284, Dervorguilla for the sum of 80 marks purchased from
Thomas de Ew and John de Ew his father three tenements or sites in
Horsemonger Street; they were bounded by Walter Feteplace on the
east and Geoffrey le Sauser on the west. The easternmost of the three
had belonged to Philip son of William de Ew, but had been sold by him
to John de Ew for 10 marks; John le Espicer surrendered to him the
next tenement for a rent of 9s., from which we may estimate that the
property was worth nine marks; the last of the three, called Mareys Hall,
belonged to John de Ew by his marriage with Joan daughter of Nicholas
de Kingestone (see no. 13). On Jan. 7, 1285, a jury of Oxford gave the
verdict that it would not be to the king's damage if Dervorguilla granted
this property to the scholars of Balliol, but the licence of the king was
only obtained ten months later. We cannot tell the dimensions of this
property, but as most of the neighbouring tenements seem to have been
30 feet wide or more, we may estimate that it was about 90 feet wide, and
B
2
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
D. 5. 4
Mich.
1283-
Mich.
1284
D. 5.5
Mich.
1282-
Mich.
1283
as it ran back to tenement no. 3 it must have been 190 feet from north to
south. It must have covered what is now the western half of the front
quadrangle.
I.
[Philip son of William de Ew grants to John de Ew an area
in Horsemonger Street.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Philippus filius Willelmi de Ew
burgensis Oxonie dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui
Iohanni de Ew fratri meo totam illam aream cum omnibus suis perti-
nenciis que iacet inter terram que fuit Iohannis le Especer ex una
parte & terram Walteri Feteplace ex altera in Horsmongerestrete in
parochia beate Marie Magdalene in suburbio Oxonie; habendam &
tenendam totam dictam aream cum omnibus suis pertinenciis predicto
Iohanni heredibus & assignatis suis quibuscumque de me & heredibus
meis uel meis assignatis cuicumque, quandocumque & qualitercumque
uoluerit dare, uendere, legare uel assignare in puram & perpetuam
elemosinam uel aliter prout sibi, heredibus, uel assignatis suis melius
placuerit tam in egritudine quam in sanitate libere, quiete, pacifice,
integre & bene inperpetuum tanquam ius suum hereditarium, reddendo
inde annuatim michi & heredibus meis uel meis assignatis unum clauum
gariophili ad Pascha, et capitalibus dominis feodi quatuor denarios ad
terminos consuetos pro omni seruicio, sectis curie, exaccione seculari
& demanda. Et ego [&c. warranty]. Pro hac autem donacione [&c.]
dedit michi predictus Iohannes decem marcas sterlingorum pre mani-
bus. Ut igitur [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Willelmo le Espicer tunc
maiore Oxonie, Elya le Quilter tunc balliuo eiusdem, Nicholao de
Kyngestone, Henrico Oweyn, Thoma de Sowy, Radulfo le Plomer,
Waltero Bost, Henrico filio Milonis & aliis.¹
2.
[John le Especer grants to John de Ew a messuage in
Horsemonger Street.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes le Especer burgensis
Oxonie dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Iohanni de
Eu burgensi eiusdem unum mesuagium cum pertinenciis quod situm
est inter terram Philippi de Eu ex una parte & terram predicti Iohannis
de Eu ex altera in parochia sancte Marie Magdalene in suburbio
¹ Seal, pointed oval, a star and crescent, S' PHILIPIS (sic) DE HO.
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
3
Oxonie; habendum & tenendum predictum mesuagium cum perti-
nenciis predicto Iohanni de Eu & heredibus suis uel suis assignatis, de
me & heredibus meis uel meis assignatis cuicumque uoluerit dare,
uendere, legare uel assignare tam in egritudine quam in sanitate
libere, quiete, pacifice & integre inperpetuum; reddendo inde annuatim
michi & heredibus meis uel meis assignatis unum clauum gariophili ad
Pascha, et capitalibus dominis feodi seruicium debitum & consuetum
pro omni seruicio, exaccione & demanda. Et ego [&c. warranty].
Pro hac autem donacione [&c.] dedit michi predictus Iohannes de Eu
nouem solidos annui redditus de tenementis subscriptis, uidelicet de
illa shoppa¹ cum pertinenciis que sita est inter terram Thome de
Grantpunt ex una parte & terram que fuit Galfridi le Mercer ex altera
in parochia sancti Michaelis borealis Oxonie uiginti & octo denarios ad
duos anni terminos uidelicet ad festum sancti Michaelis quatuordecim
denarios et ad Pascha quatuordecim denarios, et de predicta (sic) shoppa
proxima iuxta shoppam Nicholai de Gersingdone in eadem parochia
triginta & duos denarios ad eosdem terminos, et de duabus shoppis
cum pertinenciis que site sunt inter terram Willelmi de Eu ex una
parte & terram que fuit Olyueri le Seinter 2 ex altera in parochia
Omnium Sanctorum Oxonie quatuor solidos ad eosdem terminos in
excambium. Ut igitur [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Nicholas de
Kyngestone tunc maiore Oxonie, Thoma de Sowy, Radulfo le Plomer
tunc balliuis eiusdem, Henrico Oweyn, Philippo de Eu, Willelmo le
Especer, Nicholas de Coleshulle, Iohanne Culuert, Iohanne Sewy,
Waltero Bost, Galfrido le Sauser & aliis.
3
[The Prior of St. Frideswide's quitclaims to John de Ew
a rent on Mareys Hall.]
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus presens scriptum uisuris uel audituris frater D. 5. 6.
Robertus del Ewelme, prior ecclesie sancte Frideswide Oxonie Feb.-
3
1 We learn from rentals of Oseney
that there were eleven shops in Corn-
market in front of the Roebuck, of
which seven were in the parish of
St. Michael, and four in St. Martin's.
About 1280 the fourth shop was held
by William le Wild, the fifth by
Geoffrey le Mercer, the sixth by
Nicholas de Gersingdone. John de Eu
grants quitrents on the shops of William
le Wild and Geoffrey le Mercer.
According to the Hundred Rolls
Sept.
(ii. 797) John de Eu in 1279 owned 1284
quitrents of 25. 4d. and 25. Sd. from
shops in the parish of St. Michael North.
2 It appears from charters at Lincoln
College that Oliver le Seinter owned a
tenement opposite the east end of All
Saints' Church, possibly at the corner of
High Street. The Hundred Rolls are
defective for the north-east ward of
Oxford.
3 He was not elected prior until Feb.
1284.
B 2
4
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
D. 5. 7
Mich.
1283-
Mich.
1284
Pro
& eiusdem loci conuentus salutem in domino sempiternam. Nouerit
uniuersitas nos unanimi consensu ac bona uoluntate nostra dimisisse,
concessisse & omnino quietum clamasse pro nobis & successoribus
nostris Iohanni de Eu filio Willelmi de Eu burgensi Oxonie totum ius
et clamium quod habuimus uel aliquo modo habere potuimus in sex
solidatis annui redditus quos annuatim percipere consueuimus per
manus eiusdem Iohannis de illo mesuagio cum omnibus pertinenciis
suis quod uocabatur Mareyshalle, quod situm est inter terram que fuit
Philippi de Eu¹ a parte orientali & terram Galfridi le Sauser a parte
occidentali in Horsmongarestrete in parochia beate Marie Magdalene in
suburbio Oxonie; habendos & tenendos predicto Iohanni et heredibus
suis uel suis assignatis libere, quiete, pacifice et integre absque omni
reclamatione nostrum et successorum nostrorum inperpetuum.
hac autem dimissione, concessione & quieta clamacione quietum
clamauit nobis predictus Willelmus quatuor solidos annui redditus
quos annuatim de nobis recipere consueuit de terra que fuit Ranulphi
capellani que iacet inter terram que fuit Thome Curteys ex una parte
& terram quondam Nicholai But ex altera in parochia sancte Frides-
wide Oxonie, & dictus Iohannes dedit nobis duos solidos annui redditus
annuatim percipiendos de illo mesuagio cum pertinenciis suis quod
fuit Walteri de la Pilere super magnum pontem, ut in carta feofamenti ·
inde nobis facta plenius continetur. In cuius rei testimonium pre-
senti scripto sigillum nostrum una cum sigillo dicti Willelmi de Eu est
appensum; hiis testibus, Willelmo le Specer tunc maiore Oxonie,
Philippo de Eu, Elya le Culter tunc balliuis eiusdem, Nicholao de
Kinggestone, Henrico Oweyn, Galfrido le Sauser, Waltero Bost,
Henrico filio Milonis & multis aliis.³
4.
2
[John de Ew grants to Thomas de Ew his son three areas
in Horsemonger Street.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes de Ew burgensis Oxonie
dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Thome de Ew filio
meo & heredi totas illas tres areas cum edificiis & omnibus suis perti-
1 Mareys Hall seems to have been
bounded on the east by the tenement of
John le Espicer, not of Philip de Ew;
but as John de Ew had already acquired
the former tenement and added it to his
own property of Mareys Hall, the
neighbour on the east would be Philip
de Ew.
L
2 See Cart. S. Frid. i. 125 and 186.
3 With two seals, a fragment of the
seal of the convent, and a small seal
representing a kneeling figure; illegible;
evidently the private seal of the prior.
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
5
nenciis que simul iacent inter terram quondam Galfridi le Sauser ex
parte una & terram Walteri Fete place ex parte altera in Hors-
mongerestrete in parochia beate Marie Magdalene in suburbio Oxonie,
habendas & tenendas totas dictas tres areas cum edificiis & omnibus
suis pertinenciis predicto Thome de Ew filio meo & heredi, heredibus
& assignatis suis quibuscumque de me & heredibus meis uel meis
assignatis cuicumque, quandocumque & qualitercumque dare, legare,
uendere uel assignare uoluerit, tam in egritudine quam in sanitate, in
puram & perpetuam elemosinam uel aliter prout sibi heredibus uel
assignatis suis melius placuerit libere, quiete, integre, bene & in pace in
perpetuum, tanquam ius suum hereditarium, reddendo inde annuatim
michi & heredibus meis unum denarium ad Pascha & domino feodi
quatuor denarios ad festum sancti Martini & lumini ecclesie beate
Marie Magdalene duos denarios ad Pascha pro omni seruicio, exaccione
seculari, sectis curie, consuetudine & demanda. Et ego [&c. warranty].
Et ut [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Willelmo le Especer tunc maiore
Oxonie, Elya le Quilter tunc balliuo eiusdem, Nicholao de Kyngestone,
Henrico Oweyn, Thoma de Sowy, Radulfo le Plomer, Waltero Bost,
Henrico filio Milonis & multis aliis.¹
5.
[Thomas de Ew appoints an attorney to receive seisin from
his father of a plot of ground in Horsemonger Street.]
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus presentes litteras uisuris uel audituris D. 5.8
Thomas de Ew filius & heres Iohannis de Ew burgensis Oxonie May 19,
1284
salutem in domino. Noueritis me ordinasse, fecisse & constituisse
dilectum michi in domino Thomam filium Radulphi atornatum meum
eo quod personaliter interesse non potero ad recipiendum seysinam de
tota placea terre que iacet inter terram quondam Galfridi le Sauser ex
parte una in Horsmongerestrete & terram Walteri Feteplace ex altera,
quam placeam cum edificiis & omnibus suis pertinenciis dedit michi
Iohannes de Ew pater meus prout continetur in quadam carta inde
confecta. Ordinaui etiam feci & constitui eumdem Thomam atorna-
tum meum ad donandum seysinam eiusdem placee cum edificiis &
omnibus suis pertinenciis predictis, si me abesse contigerit, cuicumque
seu quibuscumque, quandocumque & qualitercumque me contigerit
dictam placeam dare, legare, uendere uel assignare, ratum habiturus
¹ Seal, circular, 1 in., a bird, S' IOHANNIS DE EW.
6 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
D. 5.9
& gratum quicquid dictus atornatus meus nomine meo fecerit in pre-
missis. In cuius [&c. sealing]; dat' Oxonie in crastino Ascensionis
domini anno regni regis Edwardi duodecimo.
6.
[An acknowledgement of John de Ew of certain conditions
which he is bound to observe towards Dervorguilla.]
Memorandum quod Iohannes de Ew tenetur prouidere domine de
Balliolo in sex denaratis annui redditus in loco competenti. Item
quod Iohannes tenetur facere dicte domine securitatem de tribus areis
in Horsmongerestrete Oxonie, secundum quod prouidetur in quadam
cedula inde confecta & domino Cancellario tradita. Item idem
Iohannes tenetur procurare in curia domini regis quod filius suus
Thomas qui est heres suus leuet finem de dictis tribus areis inter ipsum
& dictam dominam ubi & quando per breue domini regis ipsos
citari contigerit, ita tamen quod tantum uiginti solidos pro laboribus
recipiet & expensis & dicta domina residuum sumptibus suis pro-
curabit.¹ Item idem Iohannes tenetur procurare pro se & filio suo
omnem securitatem quam dicta domina cum consilio suo sciuerit
ordinare secundum leges & consuetudines regni Anglie, si tamen ipsi
domine uideatur quod securitas in dicta cedula contenta minus sibi
uel heredibus & assignatis suis suffecerit. Item dictus Iohannes fatetur
se recepisse decem marcas pro parte solucionis octoginta marcarum
quas debet recipere de domina supradicta pro uendicione trium arearum
predictarum, quas quidem decem marcas tenetur attornato ipsius
domine totaliter restituere una cum grauaminibus, dampnis & expensis
que taxabuntur per simplex uerbum ipsius attornati, si in predictis uel
aliquo predictorum defecerit, ex quo racionabiliter fuerit premunitus.
Item idem Iohannes tenetur reddere predicto attornato omnes cartas &
munimenta que quoquomodo tangunt tres areas in predicta cedula
contentas. Et ut omnia & singula prescripta firmiter obseruentur dicti
Iohannes & Thomas filius suus & heres subiciunt se iurisdiccioni
magistri R. cancellarii Uniuersitatis Oxonie uel eius successoris com-
pellendi si in eis remaneat quominus omnia & singula predicta con-
summentur in forma prenotata. In cuius rei testimonium Iohannes
& Thomas filius suus & heres predicti omnia & singula predicta se
1 i. e. she would pay the legal charges; the twenty shillings were to cover the
personal expenses of Thomas de Ew.
1. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
7
adimplere fideliter promiserunt in presencia & in hospicio domini
Cancellarii supradicti.'
7.
[Thomas de Ew grants to Dervorguilla his plot of land in
Horsemonger Street.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Thomas de Ew filius & heres D. 5. 10
May-
Iohannis de Ew burgensis Oxonie dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta
July,
mea confirmaui nobili mulieri domine Deruorgwylle de Galewythia 1284
domine de Balliolo totam illam placeam cum edificiis & omnibus suis
pertinenciis que iacet inter terram quondam Galfridi le Sauser ex parte
una & terram Walteri Feteplace ex parte altera in Horsmongerestrete
in parochia beate Marie Magdalene in suburbio Oxonie, habendam &
tenendam totam dictam placeam cum edificiis & omnibus suis perti-
nenciis predictis predicte nobili mulieri domine Deruorgwylle de Gale-
wythia domine de Balliolo, heredibus & assignatis suis quibuscumque,
quandocumque & qualitercumque dare, legare, vendere, uel assignare
uoluerit in puram & perpetuam elemosinam uel aliter prout sibi,
heredibus uel assignatis suis melius placuerit, libere, quiete, integre,
bene & in pace inperpetuum, tanquam ius suum hereditarium;
reddendo inde annuatim michi & heredibus meis unum denarium
ad Pascha & domino feodi quatuor denarios ad festum sancți
Martini & lumini ecclesie beate Marie Magdalene duos denarios ad
Pascha pro omni seruicio, exaccione seculari, sectis curiarum, consue-
tudine & demanda. Et ego [&c. warranty]. Pro hac autem donacione,
concessione & presentis carte mee confirmacione, warantizacione,
acquietacione & defensione dedit domina Deruorgwylla de Galewytha
domina de Balliolo supradicta michi Thome de Ew antedicto octoginta
marcas sterlingorum pre manibus. Et ut [&c. sealing], hiis testibus,
Willelmo le Espicer tunc maiore Oxonie, Philippo de Ew, Elya le
Quilter tunc balliuis eiusdem, Nicholao de Kingestune, Henrico Oweyn,
Iohanne Kiluerd, Iohanne Sewi, Thoma de Sowi, Radulfo le Plomer,
Waltero Bost, Henrico filio Milonis, Willelmo de Wodestone & aliis.²
[A duplicate of D. 5. 10, with the same seal.]
1 With the seal of the Chancellor,
SIGILL' CANC... ARII OXONIE.
A man preaching, above him a star and
a hand.
2 Seal, pointed oval, white, 14 in. x
in., two birds on each side of a fleur
de lys, S' THOME DE EW FL'I
IOH'IS D' EW. Endorsed Feoffa-
mentum Thome de Ewe de aula nostra
in qua manemus'. The last six words.
are in other ink, but in an early hand
(1300-20).
D. 5. II
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D. 5. 12
Aug. I,
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D. 5. 13
Mich.
1285-
Mich.
1286
8.
[Dervorguilla appoints two scholars at Oxford to be her
attorneys to receive seisin of three areas in Horse.
monger Street.]
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus presens scriptum uisuris uel audituris
Deruorguilla de Galewythia domina de Balliolo salutem in domino.
sempiternam. Ad uniuersitatis uestre noticiam uolumus peruenire quod
nos ordinauimus, fecimus & constituimus dilectos nobis in Cristo
magistrum Willelmum de Menyl & dominum Iohannem de Castre
Bernard' scolares Oxonie uel eorum alterum si ambo presentes esse
non poterunt attornatos nostros uel atornatum nostrum ad petendum,
recipiendum & retinendum seysinam de tribus areis simul iacentibus
in Horsmongerestrete in parochia beate Marie Magdalene in suburbio
Oxonie inter terram quondam Galfridi le Sauser ex parte una &
Walteri Feteplace ex altera; quas quidem areas de Iohanne de Ew
burgensi Oxonie emimus & ab eodem Iohanne uel a Thoma filio suo
& herede uel ab utroque secundum quod atornati nostri predicti melius
ad opus nostrum uiderint expedire nos & heredes nostri & nostri
assignati infeodari debemus cum edificiis & omnibus suis pertinenciis
secundum quod in quadam carta inde confecta plenius continetur.
Ordinauimus eciam, fecimus & constituimus dictos magistrum W. &
dominum I. atornatos nostros coniunctim & diuisim ad donandum
seysinam earundem arearum cum dictis edificiis & omnibus suis
pertinenciis cuicumque seu quibuscumque & quandocumque ipsas nos
dare, legare, uendere uel assignare contigerit, ratum habentes &
gratum quicquid duo atornati predicti uel eorum alter circa dictarum
arearum seysinam petendam, capiendam, retinendam, seu conferen-
dam nomine nostro duxerint uel duxerit faciendum. In cuius rei
testimonium has litteras nostras sigillo nostro signatas dictis nostris
atornatis transmisimus patentes. Dat' apud Castrum nostrum de
Fodringeye in festo sancti Iohannis ante portam Latinam. Anno
domini MCC octogesimo quarto.¹
9.
[John de Ew confirms the grant of Thomas his son.]
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus presentem cartam uisuris uel audituris
Iohannes de Ew burgensis Oxonie salutem in domino. Noueritis me
1 The seal, now lacking, was on a strip, and the deed was fastened with another
strip.
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9
ļ
pro me & heredibus meis concessisse & hac presenti carta mea confir-
masse nobili mulieri domine Deuorguille de Galewythia domine de
Balliolo totam illam placeam terre cum mesuagiis, edificiis & omnibus
suis pertinenciis in Horsmongerestrete in parochia beate Marie
Magdalene in suburbio Oxonie, que quidem placea iacet inter terram
quondam Galfridi le Sauser ex parte una & terram Walteri Feteplace
ex altera, habendam & tenendam de me & heredibus meis predicte
domine Deuorguille & heredibus ac assignatis suis quibuscumque
libere, quiete, integre, bene & in pace hereditarie imperpetuum,
reddendo inde annuatim michi & heredibus meis unum clauum
gariophili ad Natale domini & domino feodi quatuor denarios ad
festum sancti Martini et lumini ecclesie beate Marie Magdalene
Oxonie duos denarios ad Pascha et Thome de Ew filio meo &
heredibus suis unum denarium ad eundem terminum pro omnibus
seruiciis, consuetudinibus, sectis curiarum, secularibus exaccionibus &
demandis. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus,
Iohanne Culuert tunc maiore Oxonie, Nicholao Aurifabro, Thoma de
Sowy tunc balliuis eiusdem uille, Elya le Quilter, Nicholao de Kynge-
stone, Henrico Oweyn, Radulfo le Plomer, Waltero Bost, Henrico
filio Milonis & aliis.
Endorsed. Ista confirmatio est inrotulata ad Bancum Regis ad
instanciam Iohannis de Ew.
IO.
[Dervorguilla grants her plot of ground in Horsemonger
Street to the Principal and Scholars of Balliol.]
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus presentem cartam uisuris uel audituris D. 5. 15
Deruorguilla de Galewithia domina de Balliolo salutem in domino [c. 1285]
sempiternam. Noueritis me dedisse, concessisse & hac presenti carta
mea confirmasse magistro Waltero de Fodringeye principali & scolari-
bus dictis de Balliolo Oxonie totam placeam meam cum omnibus
edificiis & pertinenciis suis iacentem inter terram quondam Galfridi
le Sauser ex parte una & terram Walteri Feteplace ex altera in
Horsmongeristrete in suburbio Oxonie, habendam & tenendam totam
dictam placeam cum omnibus edificiis & pertinenciis suis dictis princi-
pali & scolaribus & eorum successoribus ibidem intrantibus & commo-
rantibus, secundum statuta ad hoc specialiter ordinata & meo sigillo
consignata, de me & heredibus meis in liberam, puram & perpetuam
elemosinam adeo libere, quiete, honorifice, bene & in pace sicut aliqua
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
D. 5. 16
[1285]
elemosina in regno Anglie cuicumque uel quibuscumque & sub qua-
cumque forma uerborum concedi poterit aut donari. Et ego &
heredes mei dictis principali & scolaribus & eorum successoribus
ibidem intrantibus & commorantibus in forma predicta totam dictam
placeam cum edificiis & omnibus suis pertinenciis contra omnes gentes
warantizabimus, acquietabimus & defendemus in perpetuum. Et ut
hec mea donacio, concessio, confirmacio, warentizacio, acquietacio &
defensio robur perpetue firmitatis optineat, hanc cartam dictis princi-
pali & scolaribus tradidi meo sigillo signatam. Hiis testibus, domino
Oliuero dei gracia tunc episcopo Lincolniensi, magistro Rogero de
Rodewelle tunc Cancellario Uniuersitatis Oxonie, fratre Roberto de
Ewelme tunc priore sancte Frediswide, Willelmo le Espicer, Nicholao
de Kingestone, Philippo de Ew, Iohanne fratre eius & aliis.¹
II.
[An inspeximus of a charter of Dervorguilla by John de
Balliol her son.]
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus presens scriptum uisuris uel audituris
Iohannes de Balliolo salutem in domino sempiternam. Noueritis me
uidisse & inspecsisse scriptum karissime domine matris mee domine
Deruorguille de Galewythya, domine de Balliolo, de feofacione &
perpetuacione domus scolarium de Balliolo Oxonie suo sigillo signa-
tum in hec uerba :-In nomine sancte Trinitatis & indiuidue Unitatis
patris & filii & spiritus sancti, Amen, gloriosissime uirginis Marie,
uirginis ac martiris Katerine beatissime, totiusque curie celestis &
ecclesie militantis. Ego Deruorguilla de Galwythia domina de Balliolo
in mea propria uiduitate & legia potestate constituta, cupiens & uolens
quamdam elemosinam Oxonie perpetuare ubi uiget studium generale,
quam bone memorie dominus Iohannes de Balliolo sponsus meus
karissimus cuius anime propicietur Altissimus pietatis intuitu quondam
suscitauit ibidem, pro anima uidelicet dicti sponsi mei predilecti & pro
animabus patris mei, matris mee, & omnium predecessorum meorum,
set et pro salute propria, prolis mee, & omnium successorum
meorum do, concedo & inperpetuum pro me & heredibus meis con-
firmo magistro Waltero de Fodringeye principali & sociis suis scolari-
bus dictis de Balliolo in Uniuersitate Oxonie studentibus & eorum
successoribus per legitimam eleccionem societatem illam intrantibus &
in ea commorantibus, secundum quedam statuta ad hoc specialiter
¹ With the seal of Dervorgilla, filia Alani, &c.; see no. 564.
1. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
II
ordinata & meo sigillo roborata, totam placeam cum edificiis &
omnibus suis pertinenciis quam emi de Thoma de Ew filio & herede
Iohannis de Ew burgensis Oxonie in Horsmongerestrete in parochia
beate Marie Magdalene in suburbio Oxonie, quam quidem placeam
cum edificiis predictis principali & scolaribus & eorum successoribus
pro loco habitacionis inperpetuum concedo & assigno; quem etiam
locum domum scolarium de Balliolo scenseo nuncupari; in qua
dictos principalem & scolares & eorum successores in forma predicta
ad dictam societatem electos perpetuo moraturos esse descerno. Cui
siquidem domui & scolaribus in eadem, concedente domino, in perpe-
tuum moraturis totam terram de Stanwortham & de la Howh' in
comitatu Norhumbr' cum omnibus suis pertinenciis concessi, assignaui
& in subsidium perpetue sustentacionis predictorum principalis &
scolarium & eorum successorum pro me & heredibus meis confirmaui.
Quam quidem terram executores testamenti domini Iohannis de
Balliolo dilecti sponsi mei supradicti emerunt dudum de domino
Roberto Walrauen pro quadam summa pecunie in dicto testamento
ad hoc specialiter ordinata. Omnia uero supradicta dictis principali
& scolaribus & eorum successoribus dedi, concessi & assignaui &
libera uoluntate mea pro me & heredibus meis confirmaui in liberam,
puram & perpetuam elemosinam. Et ego & heredes mei omnia
predicta dictis principali & scolaribus & eorum successoribus contra
omnes mortales warantizabimus, acquietabimus & futuris tem-
poribus defendemus in omnibus & per omnia secundum tenorem
cartarum quas eis inde confeci meo sigillo roboratarum. Et ut
hec mea donacio, assignacio, confirmacio, warantia, acquietacio &
defensio pro me & heredibus meis dictis principali & scolaribus &
eorum successoribus robur perpetue firmitatis & stabilitatis optineant,
presenti scripto sigillum meum est appensum. Hiis testibus, dominis
Antonio dei gracia episcopo Donelmensi & Oliuero eadem gracia
episcopo Lyncolniensi, dominis Hugone de Euer, Iohanne de
Swyneburne, Roberto de Meneuile, Waltero de Camhowe militibus,
magistro Rogero de Rowelle tunc Cancellario Uniuersitatis Oxonie,
magistro Symone de Gandauuo tunc eiusdem uille archidiacono,
domino Roberto Auenel tunc rectore ecclesie de Stanwortham, Iohanne
de Erintona, Ricardo Beneyth, Willelmo de Daltona & aliis. Ego
uero Iohannes de Balliolo filius & heres domini Iohannis de Balliolo,
omnibus predictis inspectis & bene & distincte intellectis, ipsa omnia
& singula prescripta in omnibus & per omnia secundum quod liberius,
quietius uel melius predictum est pro me & heredibus meis concedo,
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Inq. ad
q. d.
File 9
no. 22
(Record
Office)
Dec. 29,
1284
ratifico & inperpetuum confirmo. Et ut hec mea concessio, ratificacio
& confirmacio pro me & heredibus meis in omnibus & singulis pre-
scriptis perpetuum robur firmitatis optineant, hoc scriptum sigillo
meo roboratum predictis scolaribus fieri feci, hiis testibus, dominis
Gilberto de Unfrauile comite de Anegus, Roberto filio Rogeri,
Rogero de Lonecastre, Hugone de Euer', Roberto de Insula, Waltero
de Camhowe, Iohanne de Swyneburne, Hugone Gubyun, Roberto
Bertram de Bothale, Rogero Maudut, Radulfo de Essingdene militibus
& aliis.¹
12.
[A duplicate of no. II in everything except that it is issued by
John son of John de Balliol; seal lacking.]
13.
[An inquisition Ad Quod Dampnum about the grant of
Dervorguilla to the Scholars of Balliol.]
Edwardus [&c.] uicecomiti Oxon salutem. Precipimus tibi quod
per sacramentum proborum & legalium hominum de comitatu tuo, per
quod rei ueritas melius sciri poterit, diligenter inquiras utrum esset ad
dampnum nostrum vel alicuius alterius, si concederemus quod dilecta
nobis in Christo Deruergulla que fuit uxor Iohannis de Balliolo feoffare
posset magistrum Walterum de Fodringeye & socios suos scolares
domus de Balliolo Oxon' studentes de uno mesuagio cum pertinenciis
in suburbio Oxonie, habendo & tenendo sibi & successoribus suis,
scolaribus eiusdem loci, in liberam & puram elemosinam imperpetuum.
Et si hoc esset ad dampnum nostrum aut alicuius alterius, ad quod
dampnum & cuius alterius, et qualiter et quomodo, & quantum messua-
gium illud ualeat per annum in omnibus exitibus et de quo teneatur
et per quod seruicium. Et inquisitionem illam inde distincte & aperte
factam nobis sub sigillo tuo & sigillis eorum per quos facta fuerit sine
dilatione mittas & hoc breue. Teste me ipso apud Bristoll xxix die
Decembris anno regni nostri XIII.
Inquisicio facta per sacramentum xır iuratorum de Hundredo extra
portam borialem Oxon per preceptum domini regis scilicet Roberti
de Heyfford, Willelmi de Brempton, Hugonis le Mersse, Rogeri de
Caldecote, Athelardi le Mercer, Walteri Bost, Willelmi Bost, Roberti
iSeal circular, 1 in., a shield, with the arms of Balliol (see no. 564), S' IEHAN
DE BAILLOVELL.
1. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE ·
13
de Brackele, Iohannis le Sclatter, Rogeri de Wigornia, Ade le Wilde
& Iohannis de Dodefford, qui dicunt per sacramentum suum quod
domina Deruergulla que fuit uxor Iohannis de Baliolo bene potest
feoffare magistrum Walterum de Foderingeye & socios suos scolares
domus de Baliolo Oxonie studentes de uno messuagio cum pertinenciis
suis in suburbio Oxonie. Dicunt etiam quod illud tenementum est de
tribus feodis que apropriantur in unum per empcionem Iohannis de
.O., de quibus unum feodum fuit Willelmi Burgeis¹ et debet unum
denarium annui redditus ad festum sancti Martini et unum denarium
de hidagio ad Hockedai & seruicium unius diei in Augusto ad meten-
dum apud Hedindon & ualet seruicium unum denarium; et aliud
feodum fuit Iohannis le Wepere et debet ш denarios annui redditus
ad festum sancti Martini et duos denarios de hidagio ad Hockedai et
debet sectam Hundredi de tribus septimanis in tres septimanas, et
potest secta illa redimi per annum per x11 denarios, item debet serui-
cium unius diei ad fenum leuandum in Norham & ualet seruicium
unum denarium, et seruicium unius diei per unum hominem ad
metendum in Augusto apud Hedindon et ualet seruicium unum
denarium; item debet quatuor denarios summo altari in ecclesia beate
Marie Magdalene. Et tercium feodum fuit Nicholai de Kingestone,
de quo feoffavit Iohannem de Ow cum Iohanna filia sua in liberum
maritagium & nullum debet seruicium. Et totum tenementum
tenetur in capite de domino rege. Et sciendum est quod secta
Hundredi predicta debetur ad tria tantum, uidelicet quando breue
domini regis uenit placitari in Hundredo, et quando latro debet
iudiciari in Hundredo, et quando summoniti sunt ad forciamentum
curie de iudicio. In hiis tribus modis debent sectam tantum; et si nec
uenerint nec essoniati fuerint, non debent propter hoc grauiter amerciari.
Et in omnium predictorum testimonium predicti iurati huic scripto
sigilla sua opposuerunt. Dat' apud Oxoniam in crastino Epiphanie,
anno regni regis E. terciodecimo.
14.
[Licence in mortmain by Edward I.]
1285
Edwardus dei gracia rex Anglie, dominus Hibernie & dux Aqui- B. 1. 102
Oct. 12,
tannie, omnibus balliuis & fidelibus suis ad quos presentes littere per-
uenerint salutem. Licet de communi consilio regni nostri prouiderimus
quod non licet uiris religiosis seu aliis ingredi feodum alicuius ita quod
ad mortuam manum deueniat sine licencia nostra & capitalis domini
1 Identical with William de Eu.
•
14
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D. 5. I
Apr. 14,
1303
de quo res illa tenetur immediate; uolentes tamen dilecte nobis
Deruergulle que fuit uxor Iohannis de Balliolo graciam facere specialem
dedimus ei licenciam quantum in nobis est quod unum mesuagium
cum pertinenciis in suburbio Oxonie dare possit & assignare dilectis
nobis magistro¹ & scolaribus domus de Balliolo Oxonie studentibus,
habendum & tenendum sibi & successoribus suis in perpetuum; et
eisdem magistro & scolaribus quod predictum mesuagium a prefata.
Deruergulla recipere possint similiter licentiam concedimus specialem,
nolentes quod predicta Deruergulla uel heredes sui seu prefati magistri
& scolares aut successores sui per nos uel heredes nostros occasione
statuti predicti inde occasionentur in aliquo seu grauentur, saluis
tamen capitalibus dominis feodi illius seruiciis inde debitis & consuetis.
In cuius rei testimonium has litteras nostras fieri fecimus patentes.
Teste me ipso apud Wintoniam duodecimo die Octobris, anno regni
nostri terciodecimo.2 Irestede.
2. FOUR TENEMENTS TO THE EAST OF DERVORGUILLA'S
GIFT. 15-17.
On the east of the original site of Balliol there were four tenements,
covering the ground as far as Durham College, now Trinity College, two
of John de Eynsham lying between two of John Feteplace. The two
latter were conveyed to Balliol in 1310; how and when the two former
passed into the possession of the College is unknown.
15.
[John Feteplace grants two plots of ground in Horsemonger
Street to Thomas de Heworthe and Thomas de Pontefract.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes filius & heres
Walteri Feteplace de Oxonia dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea
confirmaui magistris Thome de Heworthe & Thome de Pontefracto
clericis duas placeas terre cum omnibus suis pertinenciis in Horsmon-
gerestrete in parochia beate Marie Magdalene in suburbio extra
portam borealem Oxonie quarum una placea iacet inter terram
scolarium domus de Balliolo in suburbio Oxonie ex parte una & terram
quondam Iohannis le Sclatter de Eynesham ex parte altera, alia uero
placea iacet inter terram quondam dicti Iohannis le Sclatter de Eyne-
sham ex parte una & terram quondam Iohannis Sewy ex parte altera;
1 In other charters (e. g. no. 10) he
is styled principalis.
2 With the great seal attached by silk
threads of green and pink: D. 5. 14 is
a duplicate of this charter.
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
15
tenendas & habendas de capitalibus dominis feodi predictas duas
placeas terre cum omnibus suis pertinentiis predictis magistris Thome
de Heworthe & Thome de Pontefracto & heredibus & assignatis suis
quibuscumque libere, quiete, integre, bene & in pace, iure hereditario
in perpetuum, reddendo inde annuatim capitalibus dominis feodi illius
seruicia debita & consueta. Et ego predictus Iohannes & heredes mei
predictas duas placeas terre cum omnibus suis pertinenciis predictis
magistris Thome de Heworthe & Thome de Pontefracto & heredibus
& assignatis suis quibuscumque contra omnes gentes warantizabimus
& defendemus in perpetuum. Pro hac autem donacione, concessione
ac presentis carte confirmacione dederunt michi predicti magistri
Thomas de Heworthe & Thomas de Pontefracto pre manibus decem
marcas sterlingorum; et ut [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Thoma de Sowy
tunc maiore Oxonie, Iohanne de Dokelingtone & Iohanne de Beuerle
tunc balliuis uille eiusdem, Iohanne de Ew, Philippo de Ew, Iohanne
de Coleshulle, Iohanne de Dodeforde, Petro de Haneberge, Roberto
de Welles, Thoma Bost, Ricardo Ouerhe & aliis. Dať' Oxonie die
sanctorum Tiburtii & Valeriani anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis
Henrici tricesimo primo.
Endorsed. Feofamentum Iohannis Fedeplace de duabus placeis
iuxta portam nostram (in a hand c. 1320).
16.
[Gilbert de Pontefract and Thomas de Humbletone grant the
two plots to Balliol.]
July 8,
1310
Sciant presentes & futuri quos nos Gilbertus de Pontefracto et D. 5. 2
Thomas de Humbletone dedimus et concessimus et hac presenti carta
nostra confirmauimus magistro domus scolarium de Balliolo et
scolaribus eiusdem duas placeas terre quas habuimus ex concessione,
donacione, tradicione Iohannis le Feteplace burgensis Oxonie pro
quadam summa pecunie sibi soluta pre manibus, que quidem placee
iacent in suburbio Oxonie in uico qui uocatur Horsmongerstrete
inter terram Iohannis le Sclatter ex parte occidentali & terram mona-
chorum Dunelm' ex parte orientali et continent in se centum & quater
uiginti pedes in longitudine & quinquaginta pedes in latitudine,¹
ad elargacionem mansi predictorum magistri & scolarium iuxta
Inq. ad quod damnum (no. 77. 22
Record Office), says that the pieces of
land were 30 feet and 20 feet wide
respectively, and 180 feet long; while
no. 15 shows that they were not
adjacent pieces, as this deed would
imply.
16 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
formam, uim & effectum carte domini regis nobis et eis in hac
parte licenciam specialem tribuentis, statuto de terris et tenementis ad
manum mortuam non ponendis edito non obstante; habendas &
tenendas dictas placeas terre cum pertinenciis predictis magistro &
scolaribus et eorum successoribus magistro et scolaribus eiusdem domus
de nobis & heredibus nostris in perpetuum, reddendo inde annuatim
capitalibus dominis feodi illius seruicia inde debita & consueta. Et
nos Gilbertus & Thomas predictas placeas cum pertinenciis prefatis
magistro et scolaribus & eorum successoribus magistro & scolaribus
eiusdem domus quietum clamauimus in perpetuum. In cuius [&c.
sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne de Duklyntone tunc maiore Oxonie,
Ricardo de Berkele et Willelmo le Catour tunc balliuis eiusdem,
Andrea de Pirye, Ricardo le Spicer, Thoma de Sowy, Henrico de
Lenne, Ricardo de Waledene, Thoma de Pirye tunc clerico uille et
multis aliis. Scriptum & consignatum Oxonie sexto Idus Iulii anno
regni regis Edwardi filii regis Edwardi quarto.
Endorsed. Carta de duabus placeis extra portam nostram (hand
C. 1320).
D. 5. 3
Dec. 2,
1289
17.
[John de Eynesham grants to Henry de Berewyke a rent of
two shillings on houses in Horsemonger Street.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes de Eynesham dedi,
concessi & hoc presenti carta mea confirmaui magistro Henrico de
Berewyke duos solidos annui & quieti redditus percipiendos de domibus
nostris in Horsmongerestrete in parochia beate Marie Magdalene in
suburbio Oxonie, que etiam domus site sunt inter tenementa que
quondam fuerunt Walteri Feteplace ex utraque parte; habendos
tenendos & percipiendos de predictis domibus prenominato magistro
Henrico & heredibus suis uel suis assignatis ad duos anni terminos
uidelicet ad festum Omnium Sanctorum duodecim denarios & ad festum
Purificacionis beate Marie uirginis duodecim denarios libere, quiete,
bene, in pace & iure hereditario inperpetuum. Et ego prenominatus
Iohannes [&c. warranty]. Pro hac autem donacione [&c.] dedit
michi predictus magister Henricus sexdecim solidos sterlingorum pre
manibus in gersummam. In cuius [&c. sealing]. Dat' Oxonie die
Ueneris proxima post festum beati Andree apostoli anno regni regis
Edwardi octauodecimo. Hiis testibus, Nicholao Aurifabro tunc maiore
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
17
Oxonie, Thoma de Sowy & Ricardo le Spicer tunc balliuis eiusdem
uille, Henrico Ewayn, Iohanne Culuert, Philippo de Ew, Iohanne de
Ew, Waltero Bost, Roberto de Brackele, Iohanne de Radford & aliis.¹
3. LAND LYING TO THE NORTH OF THE EARLIEST
TENEMENTS OF THE COLLEGE. 18, 19.
The land acquired from John le Sauser in 1291 was the eastern portion
of a tenement which stretched from St. Giles's Street to Durham College.
There can be little doubt that it may be identified with the land which
before the Hundred Rolls of 1279 was held by Henry le Sauser, paying
a quitrent to Oseney. From Oseney deeds we know that in 1291 the
tenement of Oseney was bounded on its north side by a holding of
Walter Bost, which is also the case in deed no. 18. The western half
of the tenement of John le Sauser was acquired by Balliol in 1373;
see tenement no. 13 below.
18.
[John le Sauser grants to Walter de Foderingeye a part of
his land.]
1291-
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes le Sawser, filius & D. 5.
heres Galfridi le Sawser burgensis Oxonie, dedi, concessi et hac Mich.
presenti carta mea confirmaui magistris Waltero de Foderingeye et Mich.
Willelmo de Bonkis clericis quandam partem aree mee quam habui in 1292
parochia beate Marie Magdalene in suburbio Oxonie ex parte orientali
dicte ecclesie, iacentem inter terram scolarium de Balliolo ex parte
una et terram Walteri Bost ex altera; et extendit se dicta pars aree
in longitudine usque terram monachorum Dunelm' versus orientem
secundum latitudinem terre scolarium de Balliolo predictorum ; tenen-
dam & habendam dictam partem aree cum omnibus suis pertinenciis
de me & heredibus meis & assignatis predictis magistris Waltero de
Foderingeye et Willelmo de Bonkes vel eorum alteri qui diucius
vixerit et eorum heredibus vel assignatis quibuscumque uel cuicumque,
quandocumque & qualitercumque dicti magistri Walterus et Willelmus
uel eorum alter voluerint uel voluerit dare, uendere, legare vel assig-
nare in puram et perpetuam elemosinam uel aliter prout eis vel eorum
alteri melius placuerit, tam in egritudine quam in sanitate libere,
1 Seal, pointed oval, 7 in. x ½ in., a
bird, S' IOH'IS DE EYNESHA'. It
is curious that there is no deed by which
C
these houses or even this rent were
granted to Balliol, nor any licence for
their acquisition.
18
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OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF
B. i. 91
quiete, integre, bene & in pace hereditarie in perpetuum; reddendo.
inde annuatim michi et heredibus meis vel assignatis unum clauum
gariophili ad Natale domini et domino feodi unnam (sic) radicem
zinziberi ad festum antedictum pro omnibus seruiciis, consuetudini-
bus, sectis curiarum, secularibus exaccionibus et demandis. Et ego
[&c. warranty]. Pro hac autem donacione [&c.] dederunt michi dicti
magistri Walterus & Willelmus octo marcas sterlingorum pre manibus.
In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Henrico Oweyn tunc maiore
Oxonie, Willelmo de Wodestone, Andrea Kiluert tunc balliuo dicte
uille, Philippo de Ew, Iohanne de Ew, Thoma de Sowy, Radulfo le
Plummer, Iohanne de Coleshille, Waltero Bost, Roberto de Welles,
Roberto de Brakele, Henrico filio Milonis et aliis.¹
19.
[Walter Bost grants to Walter de Foderingeye and William
Bonkes a strip of land to the north of the holding
acquired from John le Sauser.]
Pateat uniuersis per presentes quod ego Walterus dictus Bost²
[c. 1300] Oxonie pro me & heredibus meis dedi, concessi & hac presenti
carta mea confirmaui magistris Waltero de Foderingeye & Willelmo
Bonkes uel eorum alteri qui diucius uixerit & eorum heredibus &
assignatis quibuscumque terram in qua murus erigitur, latitudinem
eiusdem muri continentem, iacentem ex parte boriali illius aree quam
dicti magistri W. & W. habent de dono Iohannis le Sauser secundum
longitudinem illius aree extendentem usque tenementum monachorum
Dunulm' [sic]; tenendam & habendam dictam terram de me &
heredibus meis uel assignatis libere, quiete, in feodo & hereditate bene
& in pace, quibuscumque dare, uendere, legare, uel quolibet modo
uoluerit assignare in perpetuum, reddendo inde annuatim scolaribus de
Balliolo unum clauum gariophili ad Natale domini pro omni seculari
seruicio, consuetudine, sectis curie, exaccione & demanda. Pro hac
autem donacione & presentis carte confirmacione dederunt michi dicti
1 On Feb. 6, 1310 (Inq. ad quod
dam., File 77, no. 22), the king sent
a writ to his eschaetor to hold at Oxford
an inquisition whether a plot of land
measuring 100 feet by So might be
given to the house of Balliol without
damage to the king. The jury on
Feb. 25 gave an affirmative verdict, and
said that the plot was held of John
le Sauser and measured 100 feet by 70.
2 Compare no. 18, which shows that
Walter Bost was to the north of the
original site of Balliol.
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
19
Et
magistri W. & W. dimidiam marcam sterlingorum pre manibus.
ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne de
Ew, Iohanne Kiluert, Roberto de Brakele, Roberto de Wellis, Thoma
Bost & multis aliis.
4. ST. MARGARET HALL. 20-31.
This tenement, situated between the tenements of Dervorguilla on the
east and the property of the University called Old Balliol Hall on the
west, was given to the College in 1342; for some reason which is not
apparent the gift was made again in 1344. It has sometimes been
thought that the original chapel of the College, which was built about
1328 (see no. 581), was on the site of the Master's dining room; but this
can hardly be the case, as St. Margaret Hall, which occupied most of
this site, was not acquired until 1342.
20.
[Geoffrey le Sauser grants a messuage to Marioria his
daughter.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Galfridus le Sauser dedi & B. 1. 1
Prob.
concessi & hac presenti carta mea cirograffata confirmaui Mariorie Mich.
filie mee totum illud mesuagium cum omnibus pertinenciis suis quod 1278-
situm est inter terram Iohannis de .O. ex una parte & terram Uni- Mich.
uersitatis Oxonie ex altera parte in parochia beate Marie Magdalene 1279
in suburbio Oxonie; habendum & tenendum de me & heredibus meis
uel meis assignatis dicte Mariorie & heredibus suis uel suis assignatis
libere & quiete, integre, bene & in pace, reddendo inde annuatim
michi & heredibus meis uel meis assignatis unum denarium ad Natale
Domini pro omni seruicio, consuetudine & demanda, saluo redditu
dominis capitalibus debito & consueto. Ego uero dictus Galfridus &
heredes mei uel mei assignati dictum mesuagium cum omnibus perti-
nenciis suis dicte Mariorie & heredibus suis uel suis assignatis contra
omnes homines mares & feminas warantizabimus & defendemus in
perpetuum, saluo tamen quod ego dicta Marioria uolo & concedo quod
dictus Galfridus pater meus habeat dictum mesuagium cum pertinenciis
suis in custodiam suam quamdiu uixerit, ita scilicet quod post deces-
sum suum dictum mesuagium cum pertinenciis suis michi uel heredibus
meis sine aliqua contradictione uel impedimento alicui [sic] reuertetur.
In cuius [&c. alternate sealing], hiis testibus, Nicholao de Kyngestone
tunc maiore Oxonie, Andrea de Durham, Philippo de .O. tunc balliuis,
C 2
20 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 1. 2
B. I. 3
C. 1279
B. I. 5
Jan. 4,
1329
Galfrido Aurifabro, Galfrido de Hencsee, Roberto de Heyford, Willelmo
Marescall, Ricardo le Quilter, Iohanne de Eynesham sclatur, Henrico
filio Milonis & multis aliis.
[The other half of B. 1. 1.]
21.
[Geoffrey son of Geoffrey le Sauser quitclaims the same
messuage to his sister.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Galfridus filius Galfridi le Sauser
dimisi, concessi & omnino quietum clamaui pro me & heredibus meis
uel meis assignatis Mariorie sorori mee totum ius & clamium quod
habui uel habere potui in illo mesuagio cum omnibus pertinenciis suis
quod situm est inter terram Uniuersitatis ex una parte & terram
Iohannis de Eu ex altera in parochia beate Marie Magdalene in
suburbio Oxonie, ita quod ego dictus Galfridus nec aliquis heredum
meorum nec aliquis per me uel pro me in dicto mesuagio cum perti-
nenciis suis aliquid iuris uel clamii de cetero exigere poterimus. In
cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Henrico filio Milonis tunc balliuo
hundredi extra portam borialem Oxonie, Waltero Bost, Roberto de
Heyford, Willelmo de Kersingtone, Iohanne de Bramtone, Willelmo
de Bramptone, Paulino de Criditone & aliis.
22.
[The sons of Geoffrey Fykays quitclaim the same messuage,
now known as St. Margaret Hall, to William de Knares-
borough and Agnes his wife.]
Pateat uniuersis hoc scriptum uisuris vel audituris quod nos Ricardus,
Iohannes & Thomas dicti Fykays filii quondam Galfridi Fykays con-
cessimus, remisimus, relaxauimus & pro nobis & heredibus nostris
imperpetuum quietum clamauimus Willelmo de Knarisborw & Agneti
uxori eius, heredibus suis ac suis assignatis, totum ius & clamium quod
habuimus, habemus seu in futurum aliquo iure nostro habere poterimus
in quodam mesuagio cum curtilagio & suis pertinenciis situato in
suburbio Oxonie in parochia sancte Marie Magdalene eiusdem inter
tenementum quod uocatur Nouum Bailolfhalle ex parte una & tene-
mentum quod uocatur uetus Bailolfhalle ex parte altera, quod quidem
mesuagium uulgariter uocatur Seinte Mergretehalle; ita uidelicet quod
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
21
nec nos [&c.]; hiis testibus, Ricardo Cary tunc maiore Oxonie, Iohanne
de Falleye & Waltero de Faryndone tunc balliuis eiusdem uille, Thoma
de Saunford tunc balliuo illius hundredi, Henrico de Bramptone,
Nicholao de Haylesdone, Iohanne le Sauser, Roberto Ouerhee, Thoma
de Pokelyntone & aliis. Dat' Oxonie, die Mercurii proxima post.
festum Circumcisionis domini, anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post
conquestum secundo.
23.
[Margery, widow of Geoffrey Fykays, grants the messuage
to the same William and Agnes.]
1329
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Margeria uxor quondam B. 1. 4
Galfridi dicti Fykays in pura uiduitate mea & legia potestate dedi, Jan. 10,
concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Willelmo de Cnaresborw
& Agneti uxori sue quoddam mesuagium quod uocatur Seinte
Mergretehalle cum curtilagio & suis pertinenciis, quod quidem
mesuagium situatum est in suburbio Oxonie in parochia sancte Marie
Magdalene eiusdem inter tenementum quod uocatur Baylolhalle
nouum ex parte una & tenementum quod uocatur uetus Baylolhalle ex
parte altera; habendum [&c.] predictis W. & A., heredibus suis ac
suis assignatis libere, integre, bene & in pace in perpetuum de capitali-
bus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta.
Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Ricardo
Cary tunc maiore Oxonie, Iohanne de Falleye, Waltero de Faryndone
tunc balliuis eiusdem uille, Thoma de Saumford tunc balliuo illius
hundredi, Henrico de Bramptone, Nicholao de Haylesdone, Iohanne
le Sauser, Roberto Ouerhee, Adam Iarum & aliis. Dat' Oxonie
decima die Ianuarii anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum
secundo.
24.
[William and Agnes grant the messuage to four clerks.]
1337
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Willelmus de Cnaresburg de B. 1. 6
Oxonia & Agnes uxor mea dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti May 20,
carta nostra confirmauimus Willelmo Kyrueshale, Iohanni de Notyng-
ham, Iohanni de Suttone & Iohanni de Crauncewyk clericis quoddam
mesuagium cum pertinenciis in suburbio & hundredo extra portam
borealem Oxonie in parochia beate Marie Magdalene situatum inter
22
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 1. 92
tenementum Uniuersitatis Oxonie quod uocatur uetus Balliolfhalle ex
parte occidentali & tenementum magistri & scolarium aule de Balliolo
quod uocatur Nouum Balliolfhalle ex parte orientali; habendum &
tenendum dictis W., I., I., & I., heredibus ac assignatis suis de capi-
talibus dominis feodi illius in perpetuum per seruicia inde debita & de
iure consueta. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis
testibus, Ricardo de Iarpunuille, Iohanne le Saucer, Roberto de
Ouerhee, Willelmo de Bramptone, Stephano de Merytone, Iohanne de
Sutertone, Andrea de Haylesdone, Iohanne de Londone clerico & aliis.
Dať in suburbio & hundredo predictis uicesimo die Mensis Maii anno
regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum undecimo.
25.
[Agreement between the four clerks and William and
Agnes.]
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus hoc presens scriptum indentatum uisuris
June 22, uel audituris Willelmus de Kyruesale, Iohannes de Notyngham,
1337
Iohannes de Suttone, & Iohannes de Crauncewyt' clerici salutem in
domino. Cum Willelmus de Knaresburghe senior nobis teneatur &
obligetur sextodecimo die Iunii anno regni regis nunc undecimo in
uiginti libris sterlingorum per quoddam scriptum suum obligatorium
& recognicionem iuxta formam statuti mercator' coram Simone de
Gloucestre maiore Oxonie & Roberto de Grauelee clerico domini
regis ad recogniciones debitorum iuxta formam statuti predicti acci-
piendas per ipsum dominum regem deputato, soluendis ad festum
Omnium Sanctorum proximo nunc futurum prout in eodem scripto &
recognicione plenius continetur; noueritis quod nos W., I., I., & I.
clerici predicti concedimus pro nobis & unusquisque nostrum pro se,
heredibus ac executoribus suis concedit quod si contingat predictum
Willelmum de Knaresburghe & Agnetam uxorem eius rite & legitime
sumptibus nostris leuare unum finem de uno mesuagio cum pert.
vocato la Margarete Halle in suburbio Oxonie extra portam borialem,
habend' & tenend' nobis & heredibus unius nostrum quem nos tres,
duo vel unus nostrum elegerit, citra festum Omnium Sanctorum
proximo futurum post datam confeccionis presencium; ac eciam si
contingat nos aut aliquem nostrum heredes aut assignatos nostros de
predicto mesuagio cum pert. impediri aut implacitari, ita uero quod
predictus Willelmus de Knaresburghe aut heredes sui postquam de
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
23
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impedimento illo aut placito rite & legitime per nos aut aliquem
nostrum, heredum, aut assignatorum nostrorum fuerint premuniti, &
nos & quemlibet nostrum, heredes & assignatos nostros de prefato
mesuagio cum pertinenciis de impedimento illo aut placito ac eciam de
quibusdam debitis contra quoscumque creditores & potentes dictum
mesuagium aut dictum Willelmum concernentibus de temporibus
elapsis, ac eciam de quibusdam arreragiis conseruauerit, conseruauerint,
saluauerit & saluauerint futuris temporibus, preterquam contra capi-
tales dominos de redditu futuro ipsos de dicto mesuagio concernente,
defenderit vel defenderint & inmunes & indempnes ac inmunem &
indempnem ¹ [sic], quod interim de predicte pecunie solucione super-
sedeatur & dicti obligatorii nulla fiat executio, et si premissa omnia &
singula per ipsos fideliter obseruentur quod extunc statim dictum
scriptum obligatorium & recognicio iuxta formam statuti mercator' de
predictis viginti libris sterlingorum per eundem Willelmum de Knares-
burghe nobis facte omni suo robore careant & vigore & penitus pro
nullis habeantur [&c.; if the terms are not observed, it is to remain in
force: sealing] hiis testibus, Simone de Gloucestre tunc ´maiore
Oxonie, Iohanno de Nortone & Ada de Tershawe tunc balliuis
eiusdem ville, Iohanne filio Willelmi Bost, Ricardo de Iarpunville,
Iohanne de Sutertone, Stephano de Meritone, Roberto Oueree,
Willelmo de Bramptone, Waltero Bost & aliis. Dat' apud suburbium
Oxonie in hundredo extra portam borialem die dominica proxima
post festum de Corpore Cristi anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post
conquestum undecimo.
26.
[A final concord in the Hustengs Court confirming the
previous grant.]
Mar. 23,
1338
Hec est finalis concordia 2 facta in hustengo Oxonie die Lune B. 1. 7
proxima ante festum Annunciacionis beate Marie virginis anno regni
regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum duodecimo coram Henrico de
Stodeleghe tunc maiore Oxonie, Ricardo de Selewode & Iohanne
Peggy tunc balliuis, Willelmo de Burcestre, Ricardo Cary, Andrea de
Wormenhale & Stephano de Adyntone tunc aldermannis eiusdem
uille & aliis domini regis fidelibus tunc ibidem presentibus inter
Willelmum de Kyrueshale, Iohannem de Notyngham, Iohannem de
1 The sentence would be less awkward
ifdefenderit vel defenderint' followed
'indempnem'.
2 This is the right-hand portion of
the head of the fine.
24 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 1. 8
July 3,
1338
Suttone & Iohannem de Crauntewyk querentes, & Willelmum de
Knaresburghe & Agnetem uxorem eius deforciantes de uno mesuagio
cum pertinenciis in suburbio Oxonie uocato la Margaretehalle, et
situatur in parochia beate Marie Magdalene inter tenementum uocatum
la Neuebaillolhalle ex parte una & tenementum uocatum la Elde-
baillolhalle ex parte altera; unde placitum terre summonitum fuit inter
eos per breue domini regis de recto patens in eodem hustengo, scilicet
quod predicti Willelmus de Knaresburghe & Agnes recognouerunt
predictum mesuagium cum pertinenciis esse ius ipsius Willelmi de
Kyrueshale, et illud reddiderunt in eodem hustengo; habendum &
tenendum eisdem Willelmo de Kyrueshale, Iohanni de Notyngham,
Iohanni de Suttone, & Iohanni de Crancewyk' & heredibus ipsius
Willelmi de Kyrueshale de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia
que ad predictum mesuagium pertinent imperpetuum. Preterea iidem
Willelmus de Knaresburghe & Agnes uxor eius concesserunt pro se
& heredibus ipsius Agnetis quod ipsi warantizabunt prefatis Willelmo
de Kyrueshale, Iohanni de Notyngham, Iohanni de Suttone & Iohanni
de Crancewyke & heredibus ipsius Willelmi de Kyrueshale predictum
mesuagium cum pertinenciis contra omnes homines imperpetuum.
27.
[The four clerks grant the messuage to Brokelesby and
Cave.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Willelmus de Kyrueshale,
Iohannes de Notygham, Iohannes de Suttone & Iohannes de Craunce-
wyke clerici dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti carta nostra con-
firmauimus Willelmo de Brokelesby & Thome de Caue clericis quoddam
mesuagium & ortum ei adiacentem cum suis pertinenciis in suburbio
& hondredo [sic] extra portam borialem Oxonie in parochia beate
Marie Magdalene quod uocatur la Margaretehalle situatum inter tene-
mentum Uniuersitatis Oxon' quod uocatur uetus Balliolfhalle ex parte
occidentali & tenementum magistri & scolarium aule de Balliolo quod
uocatur nouum Balliolfhalle ex parte orientali; habendum [&c.] pre-
fatis W. & T., heredibus & assignatis suis de capitalibus dominis [&c.].
Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Ricardo
de Iarpunuille, Iohanne le Saucer, Willelmo de Bramptone, Iohanne de
Sutertone, Andrea de Haylesdone, Thoma de Pokelyngtone, Roberto
Brus & aliis. Dať' in suburbio & hondredo predictis tercio die mensis
Iulii anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum duodecimo.
1. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
25
28.
[Brokelesby and Cave grant it to Balliol.]
Omnibus hanc cartam uisuris uel audituris Willelmus de Brokelesby B. 1. 9
& Thomas de Caue clerici salutem in domino. Nouerit uniuersitas Sept. 29,
1342
uestra nos dedisse, concessisse & hac presenti carta nostra confir-
masse dilectis nobis in Cristo magistro & scolaribus aule de Balliolo in
Oxonia quoddam mesuagium uocatum la Margaretehalle et ortum
eidem mesuagio adiacentem cum pertinenciis in suburbio & hundredo
extra portam borealem Oxonie situatum inter [&c. as in no. 26];
habendum [&c.] eisdem magistro & scolaribus & eorum successoribus
in perpetuum de capitalibus dominis [&c.]. Et nos [&c. warranty].
In cuius [&c. sealing]; hiis testibus, dominis Roberto Parnynk' tunc
Cancellario Anglie, Willelmo de Schareshulle, Willelmo de Feltone
militibus, Iohanne de Thoresby, Thoma de Cotyngham, Iohanne de
Wodehouse clericis et aliis. Dat' Londoniis die sancti Michaelis arch-
angeli anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum sextodecimo.
29.
[Broclesby and Cave appoint attorneys to give seisin.]
1342
Pateat uniuersis per presentes quod nos Willelmus de Broclesby & B. 1. 10
Thomas de Caue clerici ordinauimus & loco nostro constituimus Nov. 30,
dilectos nobis in Cristo Galfridum de Leycestria & Willelmum de
Moyles clericos sub alternacione ad dandum magistro & scolaribus
domus de Balliolo Oxonie nomine nostro plenam seisinam & corpora-
lem possessionem de uno mesuagio uocato la Margaretehalle & uno
horto eidem mesuagio adiacente cum suis pertinenciis in parochia
sancte Marie Magdalene in Oxonia [&c.]. Dat' Londoniis die sancti
Andree apostoli anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum sexti
decimo.
30.
[Broclesby grants the messuage to four masters.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Willelmus de Broclesby clericus B. 1. 11
concessi, dedi, & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui magistris Roberto June 7,
de Partyngtone, Willelmo de Haukesworthe, Willelmo de Meelys &
Thome de Farnelawe unum mesuagium in suburbio Oxonie quod
1344
26 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 1. 12
June 9,
1344
+
uocatur la Margerethalle cum omnibus pert. suis; habendum & tenen-
dum eisdem magistris R., W., W., & T. & eorum heredibus ac assig-
natis suis de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita
&\\consueta imperpetuum. In cuius [&c. sealing]. Dat' apud
Oxoniam septimo die Iunii anno domini Mccc quadragesimo quarto
et regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum decimo octauo.
31.
[The four masters grant it to ten clerks.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Robertus de Patringtone,
Willelmus de Haukesworthe, Willelmus Meeles & Thomas de
Farnylawe clerici concessimus, dedimus & hac presenti carta nostra
confirmauimus Roberto de Caute, Ricardo de Swynesheued, Willelmo
de Kettylby, Iohanni Fabian, Iohanni Barangarun, Rogero de Balder-
stone, Iohanni de Sixidale, Roberto de Whaltone, Willelmo de Pegges-
worthe & Galfrido de Leycestria clericis unum mesuagium in suburbio
Oxonie quod uocatur la Margaretehalle cum omnibus pert. suis; haben-
dum & tenendum eisdem clericis R., R., W., I., I., R., I., R., W. & G.
& eorum heredibus ac assignatis suis de capitalibus dominis feodi illius
per seruicia inde debita & consueta in perpetuum. In cuius rei [&c.
sealing] hiis testibus, Iohanne de Falley, Iohanne de Nortone, Waltero
le Dyer, Ricardo Iarpunville, Willelmo de Bramptone & Roberto
Brus. Dat' apud Oxoniam nono die Iunii anno domini мccc quadra-
gesimo quarto & regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum decimo
octauo.
5. THE FORECOURT OF THE COLLEGE. 32, 33.
In the map of Agas and in the picture of Balliol by Loggan we see
that in front of the College there was a forecourt, and according to
Isaac Williams's map of Oxford in 1750 it extended 40 feet and included
half the width of Broad Street. It is not likely that this land, and the
similar gardens which once existed in front of all the houses in St. Giles's
Street, were the private property of those who enclosed them; for in that
case the town would not have been able to resume the land, as was done
in St. Giles's in the reign of James II and at Balliol in 1772. The most

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I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
27
probable suggestion is that when it was decided to pave, or as we should
say to metal, Broad Street and St. Giles's, those who had a frontage on these
streets were allowed to push their boundaries forward so that the road
might be narrowed and the expense of paving reduced. Loggan shows
that in his time the forecourt of Balliol was like that which remains in
front of St. John's, the footway passing through it and close to the
College; but in 1683 the College obtained permission to close this
footway, and pictures of Balliol between 1683 and 1772, e. g. a view of ·
Balliol by John Tinney published in 1755, show that the forecourt had
become a garden planted with elms, having two entrances on the south,
while its walls joined the walls of the College.
By the Mileways Act of 1771 it was ordered that for the widening of
Broad Street the wall on the south side of Balliol College should be
taken down, and such part of the 'garden' (i. e. forecourt) as shall be
necessary taken in. An article by Mr. F. P. Morrell in the parish
magazine of St. Mary Magdalen for May, 1872, gives the following
extracts from the proceedings of the Commissioners who were appointed
under the Mileways Act:-' Jan. 17, 1772. Notice was given to Balliol
College that all the walls and trees on the south side of the College should
be taken down and removed.' 'Feb. 14, 1772. Whereas the Master and
Scholars of Balliol College did in the reign of Charles II obtain a writ
“ad quod damnum" whereby they were empowered to enclose a piece of
ground on the south side of the College, on condition that they set out
a new footway without the said Inclosure, and also maintain and repair
the ancient King's Highway as far as the Kennel or Gutter, which
condition Balliol College have hitherto complied with; but, whereas
the said Inclosure is by the present Act directed to be laid open and the
said ground added to the street, the College do, in obedience to the said
Act, freely give up and relinquish the said enclosed ground, but at the
same time express their expectation of being for ever freed from the
incumbrance which they took upon themselves by the above and on
account of the said Inclosure; it appears to the Commissioners that
on the expiration of the present Act the expense of maintaining and
repairing the road and piece of ground shall revert and be upon the
parish and such persons as did maintain and repair the road and
ground before the writ "ad quod damnum" was obtained. And it is
ordered that in case the Society of Balliol shall rebuild the front of the
said College, the Commissioners do allow that the Society be permitted
to carry on the front in a straight line and that such line be marked out
and ascertained by a chain and stone when the street is paved.' We
may conclude from the last sentence that the south-east corner of the
old buildings did not reach quite so far towards the south as the present
buildings.
28
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
32.
B. 8. 16
Apr. 23,
1683
B. 8. 17
May 5,
1683
[Writ of Charles II to hold an inquisition whether Balliol
may enclose a footway between Trinity College and
Hamond's Lodgings.]
1
Carolus secundus dei gracia [&c.] vicecomiti Oxonie, salutem.
Precipimus tibi quod per sacramentum proborum & legalium homi-
num de comitatu tuo per quos rei veritas melius sciri poterit diligenter
inquiras, si sit ad damnum vel prejudicium nostrum vel aliorum si con-
cedamus magistro & scholaribus collegii de Baliolo in Universitate
Oxon, quod ipsi quandam viam pedestrem ante collegium predictum
ducentem a magna janua de collegio sancte & individue Trinitatis in
Univ. predicta usque ad certum hospicium, parcell' possessionum
eiusdem collegii de Baliolo, vocatum Hamonds Lodgings in parochia
sancte Marie Magdalene Oxon includere & eam sic inclusam tenere
possint sibi & successoribus suis ad elargacionem collegii sui predicti
imperpetuum; ita quod loco ipsius vie quandam aliam viam eiusdem
longitudinis & latitudinis in solo ipsius collegii ibidem adeo compétentem
transeuntibus per eandem viam faciant ac tam eandem viam sic extra-
positam quam antiquam regiam viam usque ad canalem ibidem de
tempore in tempus sempiternum reparare faciant; necne; et si sit ad
dampnum [&c.]; teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium XXIII die
Aprilis anno regni nostri tricesimo quinto.
33.
[Verdict of the Jury, that it will not be to the damage
•
of any.]
Inquisicio capta apud Oxon quinto die Maii anno regni domini
nostri Caroli secundi regis Anglie &c. tricesimo quinto coram me
Iohanne Wickham armigero, vicecomite Oxon, virtute brevis dicti
domini regis michi directi & huic inquisicioni annexi per sacramen-
tum Willelmi Blagroue generosi, Iohannis Wilcox, Mathei Arnold
[&c.
] qui dicunt super sacramentum suum quod non erit ad
dampnum [&c. as in no. 32 ]reparare faciant. Et jurati pre-
dicti ulterius dicunt super sacramentum suum quod dicta via sic inclusa
tenenda continet in longitudine ducentos quadraginta & septem pedes
et in latitudine quinque pedes et dimidium. Et ulterius dicunt quod
via illa per predictum collegium in solo suo proprio loco ipsius vie per 2
1 See nos. 125-8.
•
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BALLIOL IN 1752
Showing the forecourt as it was from 1683 to 1772
1. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
29
predictum collegium sic inclusa facta est adeo competens transeuntibus
& continet in se plus in longitudine & latitudine quam dicta via sic
inclusa in se continet. In cuius [&c. sealing].
6. OLD BALLIOL HALL. 34, 35.
Next to St. Margaret Hall was a tenement of the University called
Old Balliol Hall, measuring 96 feet from north to south, 41 feet at the
north end, 47 feet at the south end (see no. 234). It is presumed that
it was called Old Balliol Hall because it was rented by the scholars of
John de Balliol until New Balliol Hall was acquired by Dervorguilla.
In a Coroner's Inquest of December 1300 it is called Old 'Baylolhall',
at which time it was occupied by scholars¹; and if in 1379 it was leased
to Balliol, it is possible that the scholars who lived there in 1300 were
some of the College. It was acquired by the College in 1427 (see no.
234) in exchange for the site of the Divinity School. In the accounts
of the Proctors of the University, the earliest of which are of the year
1464, it is called Sparrow Hall; the origin of this name is unknown.
34.
[The University grants to Balliol a lease of Old Balliol Hall
for fifty years.]
Hec indentura facta inter magistrum Robertum Aylesham, Cancella- A. 7. 12
rium Uniuersitatis Oxonie, ac magistros Iohannem de Burutone &
July 7,
1379
Ricardum Pester, procuratores Uniuersitatis eiusdem ex parte una &
magistrum Thomam Tyrwhiť' magistrum collegii de Balliolo & eiusdem
collegii scolares ex altera testatur quod predicti Cancellarius & procura-
tores ex unanimi consensu & assensu omnium magistrorum regencium
Uniuersitatis predicte concesserunt & ad firmam tradiderunt prefatis
magistro & scolaribus collegii de Balliolo quoddam messuagium
vocatum Oldbayliolhalle cum suo gardino & pertinenciis situatum inter
tenementum Prioris sancte Frideswide ex parte occidentali & quendam
gardinum dictorum magistri & scolarium ex parte orientali & extendit
se in longitudine a regia strata de Candych ex parte australi usque
ad gardinum predicti magistri Thome Tyrwhit' ex parte boriali;
habendum & tenendum predictum messuagium cum suis pert. dictis
magistro & scolaribus & eorum successoribus usque ad terminum
quinquaginta annorum, reddendo inde annuatim Universitati vel suo
certo attornato in hac parte duos solidos in festo Annunciacionis beate
1 Coroners' Inquests, p. 9, printed by the Oxford Chronicle Co.
f
30
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 7. 13
July 6,
1427
A. 7. 14
Marie Virginis, durantibus terminis supradictis.
Concedunt etiam
predicti magister & scolares quod bene & competenter reparabunt
predictum mesuagium citra festum Pentecost' anno domini MCCC
octogesimo & ipsum sic reparatum sustentabunt & in fine terminorum
suorum in adeo bono statu vel meliori dimittent. [The owners may
distrain for the rent; they will warrant.] Et predicti [&c. alternate
sealing]. Dat' Oxonie in festo Translacionis sancti Thome martiris
anno domini MCCCLXX nono & anno regni regis Ricardi secundi
post conquestum Anglie tercio.¹
35.
[The University grants to Balliol a lease of the same
tenement for ninety-nine years.]
Hec indentura facta apud Oxoniam in uigilia Translacionis sancti
Thome martiris anno domini MCCCCXX septimo & anno regni regis
Henrici sexti post conquestum Anglie quinto inter magistrum Thomam
Chace sacre pagine professorem Uniuersitatis Oxonie Cancellarium ac
magistros Henricum Seuer & Ricardum Babthorpe procuratores
ceterosque magistros Uniuersitatis predicte ex parte una & magistrum
Robertum Burley magistrum siue custodem collegii uulgariter nuncu-
pati Bylyolhalle in suburbio ville Oxonie & eiusdem loci socios siue
scolares ex parte altera testatur quod dicti Cancellarius [&c.] tradi-
derunt, & ad firmam dimiserunt prefatis magistro [&c.] unum tenemen-
tum cum pert. eidem collegio contiguum quod quidem tenementum
situatur in suburbio uille Oxonie inter collegium seu aulam Balliol ex
parte orientali & tenementum prioris & conuentus sancte Frideswyde
ex parte occidentali [&c. as in no. 234 .] unum pedem; habendum
[&c.] usque ad finem termini nonaginta & nouem annorum proximo
sequencium & plenarie complendorum de capitalibus dominis feodi
illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta, reddendo inde
annuatim durante termino predicto predictis Cancellario [&c.] duos
solidos legalis monete Anglicane ad festa sancti Michaelis archangeli &
Annunciacionis beate Marie uirginis equis porcionibus. [The owners
may distrain for the rent; they will warrant.] In cuius [&c. sealing].
[A modern transcript of A. 7. 13.]
¹ Seal pointed oval, about 3 in. x 24in.,
the Chancellor seated, two clerks seated
on either side, beneath his feet six clerks
seated, two at the bottom, and two on
• • •
either side somewhat higher. Endorsed
'Vetus Aula Ballioli, now the cole
howse. 1569'. There is the same seal
on A. 7. 13 and A. 7. 15.
1. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
31
7. A TENEMENT ONCE OF ST. FRIDESWIDE'S.
A tenement of St. Frideswide's called the tenement of Alan le Rush-
monger was situated between Old Balliol Hall on the east and the
corner tenement on the west. In 1571 Balliol obtained it from Exeter
College by an exchange (see no. 239). By deeds 125-8 we ascertain
that in 1574 the College granted the tenement on a lease for forty years
but acquired the residue of the lease in 1593, and there can be little
doubt that the building called Hammond's Lodgings was erected on
this site with the money which Hammond bequeathed to Balliol in 1593.
It is true that Anthony Wood¹ asserts that Hammond's Lodgings were
built on the site of Sparrow Hall, but he adduces no proof. When we
find that the leases of the tenement which belonged to St. Frideswide's
cease with the year 1593, which was just the time when Hammond's
Lodgings were begun, it is natural to assume that Wood's assertion is
wrong. Also deed no. 129 shows that a tenement which lay apparently
to the west of the tenement of St. Frideswide was in the year 1600
bounded on the east by the 'New Lodgings'.
8. THE CORNER TENEMENT. 36-52.
To the west of the St. Frideswide tenement there was a tenement
which was given in 1245 to Simon son of Benedict, consisting of a shop
at the corner and a messuage on the east side of it.2 In 1279 it was
held by Leticia, the widow of Simon, and in 1291 by Christopher his
son. In 1345 it was a messuage and two shops which Nicholas de
Pubbesbury had acquired from Christopher Beneyt (= Benedict *). Our
deeds trace its descent from 1364 to 1403, when it belonged to Robert
de Chiselhampton, who separated the shop at the corner and attached
it to the first tenement in St. Giles's Street which also belonged to him.
The messuage in Broad Street passed through various hands (nos. 45-52)
and was acquired by Balliol in 1486.
36.
[Richard Dammary dimises his right in the corner tene-
ment to Adam de Chyselhampton.]
Notum sit omnibus quod ego Ricardus Dammary miles concessi, B. 1. 29
dimisi & tradidi Ade de Chyselhamptone carnifici totum ius & clameum Mar. 21,
1364
meum quod habeo, habui seu quouismodo habere potero in toto tene-
1 Wood's City of Oxford, i. 372
(O. H.S.).
2 Greyfriars in Oxford, by A. G.
Little, p. 298 (O. H. S.).
8 Hundred Rolls, ii. 808.
4 Liber Albus, will no. 62: see
below, deed no. 44.
32 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 1. 25
1372
mento angulari situato extra portam borialem Oxonie quod quondam
fuit Iohannis de Gascoyne; habendum & tenendum totum predictum
tenementum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita
& de iure consueta. In cuius [&c. sealing]. Dat' apud le Newein
extra portam borialem Oxonie, uicesimo primo die mensis Marcii
anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum tricesimo octauo.
37.
[A grant of the same tenement by Robert Gascoyne to
Isabella Chisilhampton.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Robertus Gascoyne filius & heres
Apr. 14, Iohannis Gascoyne de Heygham de comitatu Som' dedi, concessi &
hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Isabelle que fuit uxor Ade de
Chisilhamptone de Oxonia & Willelmo filio eorundem unum mesuagium
cum shopis & suis pertinenciis situatum in hundredo extra portam
borialem Oxonie in parochia beate Marie Magdalene inter mesuagium
Prioris & conuentus sancte Frideswyde Oxonie ex parte orientali &
mesuagium Ade Chisilhampton ex parte oxidentali¹; habendum [&c.]
predictis I. & W. ac heredibus & assignatis ipsius Willelmi de capitali-
bus dominis fecdi illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta in
perpetuum. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus,
Thome Wormenhale, Ricardo de Adyntone, Roberto Deye, Willelmo
Crassale, Ricardo Burghe, Iohanne Noble, Iohanne Grettone & aliis.
Dať' in hundredo predicto quarto decimo die Aprilis anno regni regis
Edwardi tercii post conquestum quadragesimo sexto.²
B. I. 26
1372
38.
[A quitclaim of the same.]
Nouerint uniuersi me Robertum filium & heredem Iohannis Gascoyne
Apr. 15, de Heyham de comitatu Som' remisisse, relaxasse & omnino pro me &
heredibus meis imperpetuum quietumclamasse Isabelle que fuit uxor
Ade de Chiselhamptone de Oxonia & Willelmo filio eorundem totum ius
meum & clamium quod habui, habeo [sic] in toto illo mesuagio cum
cotagiis & suis pertinenciis situato in hundredo extra portam borialem
Oxonie in parochia beate Marie Magdalene Oxonie inter mesuagium
1 Evidently 'boriali', as in no. 38, is the right word.
2 Seal, circular, 2 in., a quatrefoil.
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
33
Prioris & conuentus sancte Frideswyde Oxonie ex parte orientali &
mesuagium predicti Ade de Chisilhampton ex parte boriali & quod
iidem I. & W. habent ex dono & feoffamento meo; ita uidelicet [&c.].
In cuius [&c. sealing]; hiis testibus, Thoma Wormenhale, Ricardo de
Oxonia, Roberto Dey, Iohanne Noble, Ricardo Burghe, Iohanne de
Grettone & aliis. Dat' in hundredo predicto quintodecimo die Aprilis
anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum quadragesimo
sexto.¹
39.
[William de Chiselhamptone grants the corner tenement
to John Grom & John Noble.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Willelmus de Chiselhamptone B. 1. 27
filius & heres Ade de Chiselhamptone de Oxonia dedi, concessi & hac Feb. 3,
1378
presenti carta mea confirmaui Iohanni Grom de Oxonia & Iohanni
Noble de eadem totum tenementum meum angulare situatum ex
opposito Candich in parochia sancte Marie Magdalene in suburbio
& hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie inter tenementum meum
quod iam inhabito ex parte boriali & tenementum Prioris & conuentus
sancte Frideswide ex parte orientali; habendum [&c.] prefatis I. & I.
& eorum heredibus ac eorum assignatis imperpetuum de capitalibus
dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta. Et
ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing]; hiis testibus, Ricardo
de Adyntone, Thoma Howkyn, Roberto Deye, Iohanne Grettone,
Reginaldo Westouere, Willelmo Cressale, Ricardo Borghe & aliis.
Dat' in suburbio & hundredo predicto tercio die Februarii, anno regni
regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum Anglie primo.2
A duplicate of B. 1. 27 but in another hand and with a different B. 1. 28
seal, viz. oval, a mermaid.
40.
[John Grom and John Noble grant it back to William
Chiselhamptone and his wife.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Iohannes Grom de Oxonia B. 1. 29
& Iohannes Noble de eadem dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti
1 Endorsed, 'Relaxacio tenementi in
quo Henricus manet.' This Henricus
might be Henry Capelane (see no. 46).
2 Endorsed in a late hand 'Symon
Paynter' (see no. 125). Seal circular, a
crab.
Feb. 12,
1378
D
34
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL CÒLLEGE
B. I. 30
& 31
carta nostra confirmauimus Willelmo Cheselhamptone de Oxonia
& Margarete uxori sue totum illud tenementum angulare cum suis
pertinenciis situatum ex opposito Chandiche in parochia sancte Marie
Magdalene in suburbio & hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie
inter tenementum quondam Ade de Cheselhamptone patris predicti
Willelmi ex parte boriali & tenementum Prioris & conuentus sancte
Frideswide ex parte orientali & quod quidem tenementum cum suis
pert. nuper habuimus ex dono & feoffamento predicti Willelmi
Cheselhamptone; habendum [&c.] predictis W. & M. & heredibus
ac eorum assignatis de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia
inde debita & de iure consueta in perpetuum. In cuius [&c. sealing];
hiis testibus, Ricardo de Adyngtone, Thoma Houkyn, Iohanne
Grettone, Reginaldo Westouere, Roberto Deye, Willelmo Cressale,
Ricardo Bourghe, Michaele Smyth & aliis. Dat' in suburbio &
hundredo predictis duodecimo die Februarii anno regni regis Ricardi
secundi post conquestum Anglie primo.¹
Duplicates of B. 1. 29, but each with the two seals of John Grom
and John Noble.
A. 3. 10
Aug. 25,
1398
41.
[The will of William Chyslamtone.]
In dei nomine Amen. Vicesimo quinto die mensis Augusti, anno
domini millesimo ccc nonogesimo octauo, ego Willelmus Chyslamtone
compos mentis, eger tamen corpore, condo testamentum meum in
hunc modum. In primis lego animam meam deo, beate Marie &
omnibus sanctis, corpusque meum ad sepeliendum in ecclesia beate
Marie Magdalene coram altari Iacobi apostoli. Item lego ecclesie
antedicte ad fenestram faciendam vi marcas. Item abbati de Loco
Regali xx s. Item domino Thome Wytteneye monacho vis. viii d.
Item domino Stephano Lylywythe monacho iii s. iiii d. Item aliis
quinque monachis iunioribus ibidem commorantibus viii s. iiii d. Item
vicario ecclesie predicte vi s. viii d. Item magistro Thome Cansey in
eadem ecclesia seruienti vi s. viii d. Item Iohanni clerico servienti in
eadem ecclesia vi s. viii d. Item cuilibet ordini fratrum i trentale. Item
lego Roberto filio meo equum meum cum cella 2 & freno & gladium cum
1 With a small seal, circular inch
'C'. From deeds 39 and 40 we gather
that William de Chiselhampton was
married between Feb. 3 and 12; in that
year Ash Wednesday was March 3.
2
sella.
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
35
2
pesta¹ ac eciam pelvim cum lavacro pendenti & omnia vasa plumbia
mobilia & immobilia cum uno querne & ii vanis ² & ii cistis. Residuum
vero bonorum meorum superius non legatorum lego Margarete uxori
mee & eandem Margaretam cum magistro Iohanne gardiano de
Wanboure fratre meo meos facio executores, ordino & constituo per
presentes, ut ipsi presens testamentum & ultimam voluntatem meam
fideliter exequantur & compleant cum effectu. In cuius rei testimo-
nium huic testamento sigillum meum apposui. Scriptum & datum
Oxonie die & anno domini supradictis. Item lego magistro Iohanni
gardiano de Wanboure fratri meo xx s.; item domino Iohanni cognato
eiusdem vi s. viii d.
42.
[William Chyselhamptone grants to Robert his son all his
lands in Northgate Hundred.]
8
1400
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Willelmus Chyselhamptone A. 3. 12
de Oxonia burgensis & carnifex & Margareta uxor mea dedimus,
Sept. 29,
concessimus & hac presenti carta nostra confirmauimus Roberto
Chyselhampton filio mei dicti Willelmi de Oxonia carnifici omnia
terras & tenementa nostra, redditus & seruicia que habemus in
suburbio sive hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie cum pratis,
pascuis & pasturis & omnibus aliis pertinenciis suis; dedimus eciam
eidem Roberto unum mesuagium situatum in Cleyore cum sexdecim
acris terre & prati iacentibus in campis de Cleyore; habenda &
tenenda prefato R. & heredibus suis ac suis assignatis libere, integre
& in pace, de capitalibus dominis feodorum illorum per servicia inde
debita & de jure consueta imperpetuum; reddendo inde nobis W. & M.
ad terminum vite nostre & nostrum alterius diucius viventis, duas
marcas argenti annui redditus equis porcionibus ad festa videlicet
[Dec. 21, Mar. 25, June 24, & Sept. 29]. [If the rent is withheld they
may distrain for it]. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing],
hiis testibus, Ricardo de Garstone maiore ville Oxonie, Willelmo
Ryvelle & Iohanne Burtone, Thoma Howkvn, Willelmo Cook & aliis.
Dat' in hundredo predicto die Mercurii in die sancti Michaelis arch-
angeli anno regni regis Henrici quarti post conquestum Anglie
primo.
This is the counterpart of A. 3. 12.
1 Not in Ducange.
2 Blankets.
3 The hamlet of Clare in the parish
of Pyrton, Oxfordshire.
A. 3. 13
D 2
36 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 3. 14
A. 3. 15
This is the same as A. 3. 12, but the gift is to Robert Chislamptone
& Juliana his wife; same date; 'hiis testibus, Ricardo de Garstone
maiore ville Oxonie, Willelmo Ryvelle et Iohanne Banbury ballivis
eiusdem ville, Waltero Bowne, Iohanne Shawe, Iohanne Merstone,
Edmundo de Kenyan aldermannis, Thoma Howekyn, Willelmo Cook
et aliis.'
This is the counterpart of A. 3. 14.
A. 3. 16
Sept. 29,
1400
A. 3. 17
43.
[Robert Chyselhamptone dimises to William & Margaret
his parents, for their lives, all that he had received
from them, excepting five shops and a cellar.]
Hec indentura facta inter Robertum Chyselhampton de Oxonia
carnificem ex una parte & Willelmum Chyselhamptone de Oxonia
burgensem & carnificem & Margaretam uxorem eius ex altera parte
testatur quod predictus Robertus concessit, tradidit & ad firmam
dimisit prefato Willelmo et Margarete uxori eius omnia illa terras et
tenementa, redditus & servicia cum omnibus pertinenciis suis que
ipsemet Robertus nuper habuit ex dono & feoffamento ipsorum
Willelmi & Margarete in suburbio sive in hundredo extra portam
borialem Oxonie & in villa & campis de Cleyore, exceptis quinque
shopis de novo edificatis cum celario subtus facto situatis in hundredo
predicto in parochia sancte Marie Magdalene; quod quidem celarium
continet in longitudine & latitudine totum spacium dictarum shoparum;
habenda & tenenda prefato W. & M. uxori eius ad totam vitam suam
& eorum alterius diucius viventis, reddendo inde dicto Roberto et
heredibus suis ac suis assignatis unam rosam rubeam in festo Nativi-
tatis sancti Iohannis Baptiste de anno in annum durante termino
predicto, si petatur. Et prefatus Robertus [&c. warranty]. In cuius
[&c. sealing], hiis testibus Gilberto Burton, Willelmo Ryvelle, Willelmo
Douk', Thoma Howkyn, Iohanne Hunche & aliis. Dat' in hundredo
predicto die Mercurii in die sancti Michaelis archangeli anno regni
regis Henrici quarti post conquestum Anglie primo.
Endorsed. 'Paroch' sancte Marie Mag.'
This is the counterpart of A. 3. 16.
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
37
44.
[Robert Gascoyn grandson of Nicholas Pubbesbury quit
claims to Robert Chyselhamptone.]
Nouerint uniuersi per presentes me Robertum Gascoyn filium & B. 1. 32
May 2,
heredem Agnetis sororis & heredis Nicholai Pubbesbury quondam 1403
burgensis Oxonie remisisse & relaxasse ac omnino pro me & heredibus
meis imperpetuum quietum clamasse Roberto Chyselhamptone filio
Willelmi Chyselhamptone & heredibus suis ac suis assignatis totum ius
meum & clameum que habeo, habui seu quovismodo habere potero in
futurum in toto illo mesuagio & shopis situatis in parochia beate
Marie Magdalene extra portam borialem Oxonie inter tenementum
Prioris & conuentus monasterii sancte Fredeswyde Oxonie ex una
parte & tenementum quondam Iohannis persone ecclesie de Myxbury
ex altera parte; ita quod [&c.]. Preterea ego [&c. warranty]. In
cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne Sprunt maiore uille Oxonie,
Waltero Daundeseye & Thoma Couentre balliuis eiusdem, Ricardo de
Garstone, Iohanne Shawe, Edmundo de Kenyan & Iohanne Merstone
aldermannis, Gilberto Burtone, Willelmo Ryuel, Willelmo Cook,
Nicholao Nortone clerico & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam secundo die
Maii anno regni regis Henrici quarti post conquestum Anglie quarto.
45.
[Henry Capelayn & Joan his wife receive the messuage by
the will of Robert Chislamtone.]
1416
Cum Robertus Chislamtone nuper burgensis uille Oxonie in testa- B. 1. 13
mento suo¹ legasset Henrico Capelayn & Iohanne uxori sue unum
num Sept. 20.
tenementum cum pertinenciis suis situatum in hundredo extra portam
borialem uille Oxonie in parochia sancte Marie Magdalene inter
tenementum Prioris sancte Frides wide Oxonie ex parte orientali &
quamdam shopam ipsius Roberti ex parte occidentali; habendum
& tencndum predictis H. & I. & heredibus de corporibus eorum
legitime procreatis imperpetuum, tenendum de capitalibus dominis
feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta; et ad exequen-
dum testamentum predictum ordinauit & constituit Iulianam uxorem
suam & Gilbertum Burtone suos executores, prout plenius patet in
testamento suo predicto, uirtute cuius testamenti ego Gilbertus Burtone
1 See no. 63 for his will.
38 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
unus executorum testamenti predicti Roberti deliberaui plenam seisi-
nam tenementi predicti cum pertinenciis predictis H. & I., secundum
vim, formam & effectum testamenti predicti iuxta potestatem michi per
predictum Robertum traditam & commissam in testamento suo pre-
dicto. In cuius rei testimonium ego Gilbertus antedictus huic presenti
scripto sigillum meum apposui, hiis testibus, domino Iohanne Feltone,
uicario ecclesie beate Marie Magdalene, Iohanne Teyntone, Willelmo
Herberfeld, Willelmo Barbour, Ricardo Taillour & aliis. Dať' in
hundredo predicto uicesimo die mensis Septembris anno regni regis
Henrici quinti quarto.
B. 1. 14
June 20,
1446
46.
[Henry Capelane grants it to Stephen Braywell.]
Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego Henricus Capelane Oxonie dedi,
concessi, et in [sic] hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Stephano
Braywelle notario publico Oxonie totum illud tenementum cum suis
pertinenciis situatum ex opposito Candiche in parochia sancte Marie
Magdalene in suburbio et hundredo extra portam borialem uille Oxonie
inter tenementum Prioris et conuentus sancte Frideswide ex parte
orientali et tenementum quondam Roberti Chyselhampton et Iuliane
uxoris sue ex parte occidentali; quod quidem tenementum cum suis
pert. nuper habui ex dono & feoffamento predictorum R. & I.;
habendum [&c.] prefato Stephano, heredibus & assignatis suis de
capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure
consueta in perpetuum.¹ In cuius [&c. sealing]; hiis testibus, Roberto
Walford maiore uille Oxonie, Henrico Philype & Iohanne Clerke
balliuis dicte uille, Iohanne Blakethorne, Thoma Elkyns mason,
Henrico Barwyk, Willelmo Tayntone, Thoma Perkyns bowcher,
Iohanne Pache, Thoma Hawfeld, Thoma Harburfeld, Roberto Geffray
et Rogero Bayle alias Carpenter et aliis. Data Oxonie in suburbio et
hundredo predictis uicesimo die mensis Iunii anno regni regis Henrici
sexti post conquestum Anglie uicesimo quarto.
1 It is curious that there is no clause
of warranty. When a trustee returns
property which he had held temporarily,
he gives no warranty, for the warranty
would only be against the man who is
becoming the owner again. But in the
present case Henry Capelaue was owner,
not trustee.
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
39
47.
[Stephen Braywell grants it to Robert Holt.]
1452
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Stephanus Braywell de Oxonia B. 1. 15
dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Roberto Holt de June 27,
Oxonia totum illud tenementum meum cum suis pertinenciis situatum
ex opposito Candyche in parochia sancte Marie Magdalene in suburbio
et hundredo extra portam borialem uille Oxonie inter tenementum
Prioris et conuentus sancte Frideswyde Oxonie ex parte orientali &
tenementum quondam Roberti Chyselhampton et Iuliane uxoris sue ex
parte occidentali; quod quidem tenementum cum suis pert. nuper
habui ex dono & feoffamento Henrici Capelan; habendum & tenendum
prefato R., heredibus & assignatis suis de capitalibus dominis [&c.].
Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne
Asshebery balliuo eiusdem hundredi, Willelmo Tayntone, Thoma
Hauelle, Iohanne Baly mason, Matheo Coke & multis aliis. Dat'
uicesimo septimo die Iunii anno regni regis Henrici sexti post con-
questum tricesimo, apud hundredum predictum.
A duplicate of B. 1. 15, inserting 'cum fonte' after 'tenementum B. 1. 16
meum'. Endorsed 'Presens carta fuit recognita coram Ricardo
Spraget maiore uille Oxonie die Ueneris proxima post festum Trans-
lacionis sancti Thome martiris anno infrascripto & sic irrotulatur in
rotulo dicte curie de tempore dicti maioris &c.' It was never sealed.
A duplicate of B. 1. 16, but sealed.
A duplicate of B. 1. 16, unsealed.
48.
[An agreement between Robert Holt and Stephen
Braywell.]
B. I. 17
B. 1. 18
1452
Hec indentura testatur quod licet Robertus Holt de Oxonia hous- B. 1. 19
bondman alias Botellemaker teneatur Stephano Braywelle de Oxonia June 28,
in uiginti libris sterlingorum soluendis eidem Stephano prout in
quadam obligacione inde confecta plenius continetur; tamen predictus
Stephanus uult et concedit quod si prefatus Robertus soluat aut
solui faciat, heredes uel executores sui soluant aut solui faciant prefato
Stephano aut suo certo attornato annuatim sex solidos & octo denarios
40 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 1. 20
June 20,
1462
B. 1. 22
June 1,
1486
ad quatuor anni terminos usuales per equales porciones ad terminum
uite predicti Stephani, primo termino solucionis incipiente ad festum
Natalis Domini proximo futurum post datam presencium, extunc pre-
dicta obligacio sit nulla; sin autem, stet in suo robore & uirtute. In
cuius rei testimonium [&c. alternate sealing]. Dať uicesimo octauo
die Iunii anno regni regis Henrici sexti post conquestum tricesimo.
49.
[Robert Holt grants the tenement to Stephen Havelle.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Robertus Holt de Oxonia
dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Stephano
Hauelle de Oxonia totum tenementum meum cum fonte & suis perti-
nenciis situatum ex opposito Candyche in parochia sancte Marie
Magdalene in suburbio & hundredo extra portam borialem uille
Oxonie inter tenementum Prioris & conuentus sancte Frideswyde
Oxonie ex parte orientali & tenementum quondam Roberti Chysel-
hamptone & Iuliane uxoris sue ex parte occidentali, quod quidem
tenementum cum fonte & suis pert. super habui ex dono & feofa-
mento Stephani Brawelle; habendum [&c.] prefato S., heredibus &
assignatis suis imperpetuum de capitalibus [&c.]. Et ego [&c.
warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing]. Dat' apud hundredum predictum
uicesimo die mensis Iunii anno regni regis Edwardi quarti post con-
questum secundo.
50.
[Joan Hawthorne quitclaims the tenement to three clerks.]
Omnibus [&c.] Iohanna Hawthorne nuper uxor Iohannis Haw-
thorne latami¹ de Oxonia salutem in domino sempiternam. Noueritis
me remisisse, relaxasse & omnino pro me & heredibus meis quietum
clamasse Willelmo Lambtone, Ricardo Barnyngham & Roberto Layke
clericis totum ius meum & clameum quod unquam habui, habeo seu
in futuro habere potero de & in uno tenemento cum fonte & suis pert.
in parochia sancte Marie Magdalene ex opposito Candyche [&c. as in
no. 49 . . .] occidentali; habendum [&c. as in no. 51]. Et ego [&c.
warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing]. Dat' in predicto hundredo primo
die mensis Iunii anno regni regis Henrici septimi post conquestum
primo.
1 Mason.
1. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
41
51.
[Stephen Havelle grants it to three clerks.]
1486
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Stephanus Hauelle de Oxonia B. 1. 21
dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Willelmo Lamb- June 28,
tone, Ricardo Barnyngham, & Roberto Layke clericis totum tene-
mentum meum cum fonte [&c. as in B. 1. 20. . . ] occidentali, quod
quidem tenementum cum fonte & suis pert. nuper habui ex dono &
feofamento Roberti Holt: habendum [&c.] prefatis W., R., & R.,
heredibus & assignatis suis de capitalibus [&c.]. Et ego [&c.
warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing]. Dat' apud hundredum predictum
uicesimo octauo die mensis Iunii, anno regni regis Henrici septimi post.
conquestum primo.
52.
[A quitclaim by John Colyns.]
Omnibus [&c.] Iohannes Colyns de Oxonia salutem. Noueritis me B. 1. 23
remisisse, relaxasse [&c. as in no. 50]. Dať' in predicto hundredo July 6,
sexto die mensis Iulii anno regni regis Henrici septimi post conque-
stum primo.
1486
9. THE FIRST TENEMENT NORTH OF THE CORNER. 53-63.
The first tenement facing the church of St. Mary Magdalene is traced
in the following deeds from 1317 to 1415, by which time it consisted
of a tenement with five shops. In that year Robert Chiselhampton gave
instructions in his will that if the king's licence could be obtained a
perpetual chantry should be founded in the chapel of St. Mary in the
church of St. Mary Magdalen and maintained by the issues of this
tenement. We are utterly ignorant of what followed.
The property
certainly was not among the possessions of St. Mary's chapel in 1452,
in which year a rental was drawn up of the tenements belonging to the
chapel¹; on the other hand there is no evidence when it passed into
the hands of Balliol; but it is possible that the vicar of the parish, who
was appointed by the testator to be the supervisor of this legacy, decided
that the intentions of the will would be best satisfied by giving the
property to Balliol.
1 Preserved at New College; it has not been printed.
42 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. I. 34
Mar. 5,
1317
53.
[Walter Bost quitclaims a tenement to John de Barton,
parson of Mixbury.]
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus hoc presens scriptum uisuris uel audituris
Walterus filius & heres Walteri Bost de Oxonia salutem in domino.
Nouerit uniuersitas uestra me in plena etate ac ligea potestate mea
remisisse, relaxasse & omnino quietum clamasse Iohanni de Bartone,
persone ecclesie de Mixebury, heredibus ac assignatis suis imper-
petuum totum ius meum & clamium quod umquam habui uel aliquo
modo habere potui seu potero in futurum racione successionis here-
ditarie uel alterius cuiuscumque iuris uel tituli in toto illo tenemento
cum pertinenciis, excepta una schoppa eidem tenemento contigua &
situata exterius uersus uicum regium; quod quidem tenementum idem
Iohannes tenet ex donacione Willelmi de Bigenhulle de Oxonia &
Cristine uxoris eius matris mee & confirmacione mea sibi inde prius
factis ad terminum uite sue. Et situatur illud tenementum cum
schoppa predicta in suburbio extra portam borialem Oxonie inter
tenementum quondam Cristophori filii Simonis Beneyt ex parte
australi & tenementum quondam Henrici Gamage ex parte boriali;
habendum & tenendum totum tenementum predictum cum pertinenciis
suis excepta schoppa predicta prefato I., heredibus ac assignatis suis
libere, quiete & in pace de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia
que ad tenementum illud, excepta schoppa predicta, pertinent imper-
petuum pro omni alio seruicio, ita uidelicet quod nec ego [&c.];
preterea ego [&c. warranty]. Pro hac autem remissione, quieta
clamacione & warancia dedit michi predictus Iohannes quandam
summam pecunie pre manibus. In huius uero [&c. sealing]. Dat'
in suburbio predicto tercio Nonas Marcii anno regni regis Edwardi
filii regis Edwardi decimo; hiis testibus, Willelmo de Hakeburne tunc
tenente locum ballivi de hundredo extra portam predictam, Thoma
Bost, Henrico de Bramptone, Ricardo Oueree, Iohanne le Quilter,
Willelmo de Bigenhulle, Iohanne de Schireburne, Iohanne de Couele,
Rogero Bost, Waltero de Ernesby, Iohanne Fouk', Thoma le Hore
& aliis.
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
43
54.
[John de Barton grants a messuage and shop to John
Everard.]
Oct. 9,
1332
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes de Bertone clericus B. 1. 37
dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Iohanni Euerard
de Mixebury seruienti meo quoddam mesuagium cum una shopa &
suis pertinenciis in suburbio & hundredo extra portam borialem
Oxonie in parochia beate Marie Magdalene, quod quidem mesuagium
situatum est inter tenementum Roberti Ouerhe ex parte boreali & tene-
mentum Nicholai de Pebblisburi ex parte australi, & dicta shopa
situatur inter tenementum dicti Nicholai de Pebblesbury ex parte
australi & shopam Willelmi atte March ex parte boreali; habendum &
tenendum [&c.] prefato Iohanni Euerard, heredibus ac assignatis suis,
libere, integre, bene & in pace in perpetuum de capitalibus [&c.]; et
ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iosep de
Wodestoke tunc ballivo illius hundredi, Iohanne filio Willelmi Bost,
Henrico de Bramptone, Roberto Ouerhe, Iohanne le Sauser, Willelmo
de Cnaresburg & aliis. Dat' in suburbio predicto die Ueneris in festo
sancti Dionisii martiris anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conque-
slum sexto.
55.
[John Everard grants the messuage and shop to Alice de la
Fenne.]
1334
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes Euerard de Mixeburi B. 1. 36
dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Alicie relicte Ade Dec. 16,
de la Fenne quoddam mesuagium cum una shoppa & suis pertinenciis
in suburbio & hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie in parochia
beate Marie Magdalene, quod quidem mesuagium situatum est [&c.
as in no. 54...] boriali, que quidem mesuagium & shoppam habui
ex dono & feofamento domini Iohannis quondam rectoris ecclesie de
Mixebury; habendum [&c.] prefate Alicie, heredibus & assignatis suis
libere, integre, bene & in pace imperpetuum de capitalibus [&c.]; et
ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Willelmo de
Burcestre tunc maiore Oxonie, Willelmo Was' de Ewelme, Ricardo
Iargeuyle [sic] Oxonie, Henrico de Bremptone de eadem, Thoma
Bost de eadem et multis aliis. Dat' Oxonie die Ueneris proxima
post festum sancte Lucie Uirginis anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post
conquestum octauo.
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THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
56.
B. I. 37
Mar. 1,
1338
[Alice de la Fenne grants the same to Isabella atte Fenne,
her daughter.]
•
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Alicia que fui uxor Ade de la
Fenne in pura viduitate mea & legitima potestate mea dedi, concessi &
hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Isabelle atte Fenne filie mee quod-
dam mesuagium cum una schoppa & suis pertinenciis in suburbio &
hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie [&c. as in no. 55 ]
boriali, que quidem mesuagium & schoppam habui de dono & feoffa-
mento Iohannis Euerard de Mixebury; habendum [&c.] prefate
Isabelle & heredibus & assignatis suis libere, bene & in pace imper-
petuum de capitalibus dominis [&c.]; et ego [&c. warranty]. In
cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Henrico de Stodleye tunc maiore
Oxonie, Iohanne Peggy & Ricardo de Selewode tunc balliuis eiusdem
uille, Andrea de Bladene tunc balliuo hundredi extra portam borialem
Oxonie, Willelmo Wase de Euelme, Iohanne le Peyntour, Willelmo
de Knaresborughe, Ricardo Iarpunville, Willelmo de Bramptone,
Nicholao de Haylusdone & aliis. Data Oxonie die dominica in festo
sancti David anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum duo-
decimo.
B. 1. 38
June 20,
1351
57.
[John Mymmes and Isabella his wife grant the same to
Adam de Chiselhampton.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Iohannes Mymmes & Isabella
uxor mea dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti carta nostra confir-
mauimus Ade de Chisilhamptone & Isabelle uxori sue unum mesua-
gium cum una shopa [&c. as in no. 56 ... ] boriali, habendum [&c.]
predictis A. & I. & heredibus ac assignatis ipsius Ade de capitalibus
[&c.]; et nos [&c. warranty]; in cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus,
Iohanne de Falle, Iohanne Saucer, Iohanne filio suo, Willelmo Stur-
thop, Iohanne de Hemelseye, Iohanne de Grettone & aliis. Dat' in
suburbio predicto die Lune proxima ante festum Natalis sancti
Iohannis Baptiste, anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum
uicesimo quinto.
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
45
58.
[William Chiselhampton and Margaret his wife grant the
same to trustees.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Willelmus Chiselhamptone de B. 1. 39
Mar. 4,
Oxonia & Margareta uxor eius dedimus, concessimus et hac presenti
1378
carta nostra confirmauimus Iohanni Grom & Iohanni Noble de Oxonia
totum illud tenementum cum suis pert. situatum in suburbio & hundredo
extra portam borialem Oxonie ex opposito ecclesie sancte Marie
Magdalene inter tenementum nostrum ex parte australi & quamdam
uacuam placeam magistri & scolarium aule de Balliolo ex parte
boriali; habendum & tenendum prefatis I. & I. & eorum heredibus
ac eorum assignatis de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde
debita & de iure consueta. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c.
sealing], hiis testibus, Thoma Houkyn, Ricardo de Adyntone,
Iohanne de Grettone, Reginaldo Westouere, Roberto Deye, Willelmo
Cressale, Iohanne de Beknesfeld & aliis. Dať' in suburbio & hun-
dredo predicto quarto die Marcii anno regni regis Ricardi secundi
post conquestum Anglie primo.
59.
[The trustees return the property to William and Margaret.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Iohannes Grom & Iohannes Noble
de Oxonia dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti carta nostra con-
firmauimus Willelmo Chiselhamptone de Oxonia & Margarete uxori
sue totum illud tenementum cum suis pert. situatum in suburbio &
hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie ex opposito ecclesie sancte
Marie Magdalene inter tenementum ipsorum Willelmi & Margarete ex
parte australi & quandam uacuam placeam magistri & scolarium aule
de Balliolo ex parte boriali; quod quidem tenementum cum suis pert.
nuper habuimus ex dono & feoffamento dictorum Willelmi & Margarete;
habendum [&c.] prefatis W. & M. & heredibus ac assignatis ipsius
Willelmi imperpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia
inde debita & de iure consueta. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus,
Thoma Houkyn, Ricardo de Adyntone, Iohanne de Grettone, Regi-
naldo Westouere, Roberto Deye, Iohanne de Beknesfeld, Michaele le
Smyth & aliis. Dat' in suburbio & hundredo predictis die dominica
B. 1. 40
Dec. 18,
1379
46
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. I. 41
Ap. 15,
1391
B. I. 42
B. I. 43
Ap. 15,
1391
proxima ante festum sancti Thome apostoli, anno regni regis Ricardi
secundi post conquestum Anglie tercio.
Endorsed. Pro parvo cotagio inter tenementum Ade Chyslamtone et
vacuam placeam de Balyhale: and in a later hand The Kath' whele.
60.
[William Chiselhampton grants the messuage to Robert
his son.]
Nouerint uniuersi quod inter Willelmum Chislamptone & Margare-
tam uxorem eius ex parte una & Robertum Chislamptone filium pre-
dicti Willelmi & Iulianam uxorem eius ex parte altera conuentum est
in hunc modum scilicet quod predicti Willelmus & Margareta sub
forma & condicionibus subscriptis concesserunt, tradiderunt & dimise-
runt prefatis R. & I. eorum heredibus seu assignatis post decessum
predictorum Willelmi & Margarete unum mesuagium cum pertinenciis
suis in hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie in parochia sancte
Marie Magdalene situatum inter tenementum eiusdem Willelmi ex
parte australi & quoddam gardinum de Ballyolhalle ex parte
boriali; habendum [&c.] post decessum predictorum W. & M. pre-
fatis Roberto & Iuliane & eorum heredibus seu assignatis imper-
petuum, tenendum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde
debita & de iure consueta. Et si contingat quod predicti R. & I.
ante predictos W. & M. obierint, tunc uolunt quod predictum mesua-
gium cum pert. suis heredibus seu assignatis predicti Willelmi reuer-
tatur. Et predicti W. & M. [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing],
hiis testibus Ricardo Garstone tunc maiore uille Oxonie, Iohanne
Forster & Thoma Forsthulle tunc balliuis eiusdem uille, Willelmo
Daguille, Nicholao Spicer, Iohanne Hickes & Thoma Somerseth,
aldermannis, Willelmo Reuelle & Iohanne Turry & multis aliis. Dat'
apud Oxoniam quintodecimo die mensis Aprilis anno regni regis
Ricardi secundi post conquestum Anglie quartodecimo.
The counterpart of B. 1. 41.
61.
[Another form of the same grant.]
Nouerint [&c. as in no. 60 ... ] dimiserunt prefatis R. & I. & here-
dibus ipsius Roberti post decessum predictorum W. & M. [&c. . . . ]
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
47
prefatis Roberto & Iuliane & heredibus ipsius Roberti tenendum de
capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure con-
sueta. Et si contingat quod predictus R. ante obierit sine herede de
corpore suo procreato & predicta Iuliana superuixerit, tunc uolunt &
concedunt predicti W. & M. quod predicta I. habeat predictum mesua-
gium cum pert. ad totam vitam ipsius Iuliane & post decessum eius
predictum mesuagium cum pert. heredibus uel assignatis predicti
Willelmi reuertatur. Et predicti [&c. as in no. 60, with the same
date and witnesses].
The counterpart of B. 1. 43.
B. I. 44.
62.
[The executors of the will of Thomas Baret sell a tenement
to William Chiselhamptone.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Thomas Saunderdone clericus,
Iohannes Sprunt & Iohannes Lodelowe burgenses Oxonie executores
testamenti Thome Baret nuper burgensis Oxonie defuncti iuxta pote-
statem in dicto testamento nobis traditam & concessam concessimus,
vendidimus & liberauimus Willelmo Chiselhamptone & Margarete
uxori eius totum illud tenementum situatum in hundredo extra portam
borialem Oxonie inter tenementum eiusdem Willelmi ex parte australi
& tenementum similiter eiusdem Willelmi ex parte boriali, quod
quidem tenementum dictus Thomas nobis prefatis executoribus suis
legavit ad vendendum ut in testamento dicti Thome plene liquet;
habendum & tenendum [&c.] prefatis W. & M. & heredibus ac
assignatis ipsius Willelmi libere, integre & in pace de capitalibus
[&c.]; in cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Ricardo de Garstone
maiore ville Oxonie, Iohanne Spycer & Iohanne Burbrigge ballivis
eiusdem ville, Willelmo Daggevylle, Waltero Bowne, Iohanne Shawe,
Iohanne Hykkys aldermannis, Thoma Howkyn, Willelmo Ryvelle,
Nicholao Nortone & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam octavo die Decembris
anno regni regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum Anglie vicesimo.¹
1 An endorsement, probably in the
hand of Wood, asserts that this tene-
ment was facing the churchyard of St.
Mary Magdalen and was next to the
corner tenement. Probably it was
nothing more than a shop. In 1415
(see no. 63) Robert Chiselhampton held
a tenement and five shops; but in 1332
(no. 54) one at least of the shops was
not held with the main tenement but
had been alienated and was in the
possession of William March; probably
it passed into the hands of Thomas
Baret. By this suggestion we satisfy
the language of the charter which says
that in 1396 the tenement of Baret was
bounded on the north by the tenement
of William Chiselhampton.
B. 1. 33
Dec. 8,
1396
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THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. I. 45
May 2,
1415
63.
[The will of Robert Chislamptone.]
In dei nomine Amen. Die Iouis proxima post festum apostolorum
Philippi & Iacobi anno domini millesimo ccccxvmo anno 2.2. Henrici
quinti post conquestum ego Robertus Chislamptone burgensis de
Oxonia condo testamentum meum in hunc modum; in primis lego
animam meam Deo omnipotenti & beate Marie matri eius & omnibus
sanctis & corpus meum ad sepeliendum in ecclesia beate Marie
Magdalene. Item lego fabrice eiusdem ecclesie pro sepultura mea
vi s. viii d.; item lego vicario eiusdem ecclesie xiii s. iiii d.; item lego
clerico de eadem ecclesia iii s. iiii d.; item lego Willelmo Barbour
optimam togam meam penulatam uiridis coloris cum capicio eiusdem
secte; item lego Iohanni Chircheerd unum doupled cum capicio rubii
coloris; item lego Thome Notingham unam togam bipartitam cum rubio
& blodio; item lego Ricardo Sadeler unam tunicam duplicem de frys;
item lego Waltero Scriuener unam armilausam duplicem de ruseto;
item do & lego Henrico Capelano & Iohanne uxori sue unum tenemen-
tum situatum inter tenementum prioris sancte Frideswide in parochia
predicta ex parte orientali & tenementum meum ex parte occidentali,
habendum et tenendum predictum tenementum predictis Henrico &
Iohanne uxori sue & heredibus ipsius Iohannis imperpetuum, tenen-
dum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de
iure consueta. Item do & lego Iuliane uxori mee totum tenementum
meum situm in hundredo extra portam borialem uille Oxonie in
parochia beate Marie Magdalene, ex opposito cimiterii ecclesie beate
Marie Magdalene & quinque shopas proximo adiacentes sub uno tecto
cum selario & solariis & omnibus aliis pertinenciis suis, habendum &
tenendum predictum tenementum & shopas cum celario & solariis
cum eorum pertinenciis predicte Iuliane uxori mee ad terminum uite
sue tenendum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde
debita & de iure consueta; et post decessum predicte Iuliane do, con-
cedo & lego reuersionem tenementi predicti ac shoparum predictarum
cum selario & solariis & omnibus pertinenciis suis domino Iohanni
Feltone uicario eiusdem ecclesie, habendam & tenendam reuersionem
tenementi predicti ac shoparum predictarum cum selario & solariis &
omnibus eorum pertinenciis predictis domino Iohanni Feltone &
assignatis suis, tenendam de capitalibus feodi per seruicia inde debita
& consueta sub tali condicione quod si predictus Iohannes de Feltone
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
49
possit habere & obtinere licenciam regiam ad mortizandum, dandum
& assignandum reuersionem tenementi ac shoparum predictarum ad
sustendandum quemdam capellanum idoneum diuina calebraturum in
capella beate Marie in eadem ecclesia pro anima mea & animabus
omnium antecessorum meorum & omnium fidelium defunctorum, tunc
uolo quod predicta disposicio tenementi predicti & shoparum predicta-
rum stet & teneat imperpetuum. Et si predictus Iohannes Feltone
licenciam regiam habere non possit in forma predicta, uolo quod pre-
dicta reuersio rectis heredibus meis remaneat imperpetuum. Item do
& lego Agneti filie mee unum tenementum situm in parochia sancti
Egidii in hundredo predicto, habendum sibi & heredibus eius imper-
petuum, tenendum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia
inde debita & de iure consueta. Item lego Iuliane uxori mee totum
statum meum quem habeo in uno tenemento quod teneo de priore
sancte Frideswide in hundredo predicto. Residuum uero omnium
bonorum meorum prius non legatorum lego Iuliane uxori mee.
ad istud testamentum meum fideliter exequendum facio Iulianam
uxorem meam & Gilbertum Burtone executores meos & uicarium
ecclesie predicte superuisorem. In cuius rei testimonium huic presenti
testamento meo sigillum meum apposui, hiis testibus, uicario ecclesie
beate Marie Magdalene, Roberto Wakefeld, Iohanne Clerk &
Willelmo Barbour. Dat' in hundredo predicto die & anno supra-
dictis.
Et
Endorsed. Uicesimo quarto die mensis Maii anno domini infra-
scripto probatum fuit presens testamentum coram nobis officiali
domini archidiaconi Oxonie & pro eo per nos legitime pronunciatum,
commissaque est administracio omnium bonorum dictum testamen-
tum concernencium executoribus infrascriptis in forma iuris iuratis &
per eosdem admissa. Dať' Oxonie die, mense & anno domini supra-
dictis.¹
10. GAMAGE HALL. 64-8.
Passing north we come to Gamage Hall, which must have been
a large tenement as it was worth more than 46s. 8d. a year at the beginning
of the fourteenth century (see nos. 65 and 66). In 1326 it passed into
the hands of Robert Overee, and its subsequent history is given under
the next tenement. There was another Gamage Hall, apparently on the
west side of St. Giles's, on or near the site of the Taylorian.2
1 There is no endorsement of proof in the Mayor's Court.
2 Liber Albus, p. 15.
E
50
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
64.
B. I. 48
1303
[John de Coleshulle grants his moiety of the messuage in
fee-farm to John Covesgrave & Alice his wife.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes de Coleshulle bur-
Mar. 23, gensis Oxonie concessi, tradidi & dimisi & hoc presenti scripto in-
dentato confirmaui ad feodifirmam Iohanni de Couesgraue & Alicie
uxori sue medietatem unius mesuagii cum suis edificiis & cum omni-
bus aliis ubique pertinenciis in suburbio Oxonie extra portam borialem
eiusdem uille, quam quidem medietatem dicti mesuagii habui ex
legacione & assignacione Henrici Gamage in ultima uoluntate sua et
quam medietatem tenui cum Andrea Culwart, cui predictus Henricus
aliam medietatem legauit, tenendam nobis & heredibus nostris in per-
petuum, et pro indiuiso tenebamus, habendam & tenendam predictam
medietatem dicti mesuagii cum omnibus suis pertinenciis ut predictum
est predicto Iohanni & Alicie & heredibus predicte Alicie & assignatis
suis ad feodifirmam de me & heredibus meis & meis assignatis in per-
petuum libere, quiete, bene & in pace & integre sicut ego prius illam
tenui cum Andrea Culwart tenente aliam medietatem pro indiuiso
cum libero introitu & exitu, reddendo inde per annum michi &
heredibus meis ad feodifirmam uiginti solidos argenti ad quatuor anni
terminos, uidelicet ad festum sancti Iohannis Baptiste quinque solidos,
et ad festum sancti Michaelis archangeli quinque solidos, & ad festum
sancti Thome apostoli quinque solidos, et ad festum Annunciacionis
beate Marie uirginis in Marcio quinque solidos pro omnibus seruiciis,
exaccionibus, consuetudinibus secularibus & demandis ad me uel ad
heredes meos spectantibus, et faciendo pro me & heredibus meis
capitalibus dominis feodi illius seruicia inde debita & consueta in per-
petuum. Et ego [&c. warranty]. Pro hac autem concessione, tradi-
cione, dimissione & huius scripti confirmacione dederunt michi
predicti Iohannes de Couesgraue & Alicia uxor eius xvi libras ster-
lingorum pre manibus. In cuius rei testimonium tam ego dictus
Iohannes de Coleshulle quam predicti Iohannes de Couesgraue &
Alicia uxor eius huic presenti scripto ad modum cyrograffi confecto
sigilla nostra alternatim apposuimus, cuius una pars remanet penes
Iohannem de Coleshulle & altera penes Iohannem de Couesgraue &
Aliciam uxorem eius, hiis testibus, Thoma de Sowy tunc maiore
Oxonie, Iohanne de Doklingtone & Iohanne de Beuerle tunc balliuis
uille eiusdem, Roberto de Wormenhale, Andrea de Pyrie, Thoma de
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
51
Henxseye, Ricardo Queree, Ricardo de Dadingtone, Roberto de Welles
& aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam die Sabbati proxima ante festum Annun-
ciacionis beate Marie anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis Henrici
tricesimo primo.
65.
[Agatha Culvard grants her moiety of the messuage in
fee-farm to Alice Fouk.]
Mar. 20,
131I
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Agatha filia Andree Culuard de B. 1. 49
Oxonia in pura virginitate ac ligea potestate mea concessi, tradidi &
dimisi & hoc presenti scripto meo confirmaui ad feodifirmam Alicie
que fuit uxor Fulkonis le Leche de Oxonia medietatem unius mesuagii
cum suis edificiis & cum omnibus aliis pertinenciis suis in suburbio
Oxonie extra portam borealem eiusdem ville, quam quidem medie-
tatem dicti mesuagii habui ex dono & feoffamento predicti Andree
patris mei, cui Henricus Gamage quondam burgensis Oxonie, cuius
fuerat integre totum mesuagium predictum, eandem medietatem in
testamento suo legauit in ultima voluntate sua et aliam medietatem
eiusdem mesuagii legauit Iohanni de Coleshulle de Oxonia, qui postea
eandem medietatem suam prefate Alicie & heredibus suis ad feodi-
firmam concessit & assignauit & quam ipsa eadem Alicia & ego
insimul & pro indiuiso tenebamus; habendam & tenendam predictam
medietatem dicti mesuagii cum omnibus suis ubique pertinenciis ut
predictum est prefate Alicie & suis heredibus uel assignatis ad feodi-
firmam de me & heredibus uel assignatis meis in perpetuum libere &
in pace & integre sicut ego prius illam tenui cum eadem Alicia tenente
aliam medietatem pro indiuiso cum libero introitu & exitu, reddendo
inde annuatim michi & heredibus uel assignatis meis ad feodifirmam
uiginti & sex solidos & octo denarios argenti ad quatuor anni terminos
uidelicet [Mar. 25, Jun. 27, Sept. 29 & Dec. 21] pro omnibus
seruiciis, exactionibus, consuetudinibus secularibus & demandis ad me
uel heredes meos spectantibus, et faciendo nichilominus annuatim
pro me & heredibus meis capitalibus dominis feodi illius seruicia inde
debita & consueta in perpetuum. Et ego [&c. warranty]. Pro hac
autem concessione, tradicione, dimissione, warantia & defencione dedit
michi predicta Alicia nouem marcas sterlingorum pre manibus. In
cuius rei testimonium parti huius scripti ad modum cirographi confecti
quam liberaui prefate Alicie sigillum meum est appensum, et relique
E 2
52
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. I. 46
Oct. 30,
1314
parti eiusdem scripti quam habeo ex liberacione predicte Alicie
sigillum eiusdem Alicie est appensum; hiis testibus, Philippo de
Wormenhale tunc maiore Oxonie, Henrico de Lenne & Willelmo
de Pennarth tunc balliuis eiusdem uille, Andrea de Pyrie, Iohanne de
Coleshulle, Ricardo de Dadintone, Ricardo Oueree, Iohanne le Cuilter,
Willelmo Meke, Thoma Bost, Roberto de Well', Thoma de Pyri
& aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam die Sabbati in festo sancti Cuthberti
episcopi anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis Edwardi quarto.
66.
[William Nichol and Alice Fouk his wife agree to quitclaim
Gamage Hall to John Fouk.]
CIROGRAPH AT UM
Inter Iohannem de Coleshulle de Oxonia ex una parte & Willelmum
Nichol de Est Hanneye ex altera parte conuentum est in hunc modum
uidelicet quod cum predictus Willelmus teneatur & obligetur per
scriptum suum obligatorium prefato Iohanni in centum marcis ster-
lingorum soluendis eidem Iohanni ad festum Natiuitatis sancti
Iohannis Baptiste proximo sequent' post harum confectionem prout in
dicto scripto obligatorio eidem Iohanni inde confecto plenius conti-
netur, idem tamen Iohannes uult & per presentes concedit quod si
predictus Willelmus & Alicia Fouke uxor sua veniant ad curiam
domini regis apud Westmonasterium citra festum Pentecost' proximo
futurum post confectionem presencium & ibidem coram iusticiis
domini regis de Banco recognoscant Iohanni filio Fulconis quondam
cirurgici de Oxonia & Alicie sorori predicti Iohannis de Coleshulle
unum mesuagium cum pertinenciis situm in suburbio extra portam
borealem Oxonie in parochia sancte Marie Magdalene eiusdem
suburbii, quod quidem mesuagium uocatur Gamagehalle, esse ius
ipsorum Iohannis filii Fulconis & Alicie, habendum & tenendum
sibi & heredibus de corporibus eorundem Iohannis filii Fulconis &
Alicie legitime procreatis in perpetuum, ad tunc predictum scriptum
obligatorium centum marcarum prefato Willelmo uel suo assignato
statim liberetur & pro nullo ex tunc habeatur. Quod si predicti
Willelmus & Alicia citra terminum predictum non uenerint nec dictam
recognicionem ut premittitur faciant, tunc predictum scriptum obliga-
torium prefato Willelmo non liberetur, set remaneat pacifice prefato
Iohanni de Coleshulle ut possit per eundem (sic) scriptum debitum
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
53
suum in eodem scripto contentum erga predictum Willelmum exigere
& recuperare. Ad que premissa in omnibus fideliter facienda &
obseruanda partes predicte se & heredes ac executores suos obligant
utrobique per presens scriptum inter se indentatum, ad quod sigilla
sua alternatim apposuerunt. Dať' Oxonie die Mercurii proxima post
festum apostolorum Simonis & Iude anno regni regis Edwardi octavo,¹
hiis testibus, Thoma Bost, Petro de Hanneburghe, Willelmo de
Ernesby, Ricardo Oueree, Willelmo Mek', Henrico de Bramptone,
Iohanne de Shire burne, Iohanne de Iarme, Philippo de la Marche,
Thoma le Hore, Thoma Baret & aliis.
The counterpart of B. 1. 46. They fit together except that one B. 1. 47
deed has shrunk and is now slightly narrower than the other.
67.
[The will of John Fouk.]
July 12,
1326
In nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti Amen. Ego Iohannes B. 1. 90
Fouke senciens me uiam uniuerse carnis fore egressurum condo testa-
mentum meum in hunc modum. In primis lego animam meam deo
& corpus meum ad sepeliendum in cimiterio beate Marie Magdalene.
Item do, lego Roberto Ouerhee & Iohanne uxori sue unum mesuagium
cum pertinenciis in suburbio Oxonie situatum inter tenementum dicti
Roberti ex parte boriali & tenementum domini Iohannis rectoris
ecclesie de Mixbury ex parte australi in hundredo extra portam
borialem Oxonie, habendum & tenendum totum mesuagium predictum
cum suis pertinenciis predictis Roberto & Iohanne & heredibus de
corporibus eorum legitime procreatis de capitalibus dominis feodi
illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta in perpetuum. Si
uero contingat predictos Robertum & Iohannam sine herede de
corporibus eorum procreato decedere, quod absit, tunc mesuagium
illud cum suis pertinenciis rectis heredibus ipsius Iohanne remaneat
imperpetuum. Item lego omnia bona mea mobilia & immobilia pre-
dictis Roberto & Iohanne. Et ad hanc ultimam uoluntatem meam
fideliter exequendam hos constituo executores meos, scilicet Robertum
Ouerhee et Thomam de Pokelyngtone, Willelmum de Knaresborg.
In cuius rei testimonium presentibus sigillum meum appositum est &
appensum. Dať' in suburbio Oxonie die Sabbati proxima post festum
1 Undoubtedly Ed. II is meant. Evidently William Nicholl was the third
husband of Alice, who had previously married John de Covesgrave and Fulk
le Leech.
54 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
July 17,
1326
Aug. 1,
1326
B. 1. 52
Jan. 16,
1345
Translacionis sancti Thome Martiris anno domini MCCCXXVI, regnique
regis Edwardi filii regis E. vicesimo.
Endorsed. Sextodecimo Kalendas Augusti anno
Kalendas Augusti anno domini MCCC
vicesimo sexto in ecclesia sancti Petri in Ballio Oxonie coram nobis
decano Oxonie & domini Officialis eiusdem commissario probatum
fuit istud testamentum & administracio bonorum defuncti omnibus
executoribus in testamento nominatis in forma iuris per nos commissa.
In another hand. Probatum fuit istud testamentum die Ueneris in
festo sancti Petri ad uincula anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis
Edwardi uicesimo coram Willelmo de Burncestre maiore Oxonie &
Iohanne de Hamptone & Ricardo Kary aldremannis eiusdem uille &
aliis fidedignis tunc ibidem presentibus per testimonium & sacra-
mentum Iohannis le Gurdlere & Ade Iarme testium iuratorum &
examinatorum & in omnibus plene concordantium; propter quod
pronunciatum est pro isto testamento tanquam legitime probato, et
adiudicata est legatariis in isto testamento nominatis seisina de tene-
mentis in isto testamento legatis; in cuius rei testimonium sigillum
maioratus Oxonie est appensum.¹
68.
[Four persons surrender to Robert Overee all their right in
the tenement which had been dimised to Emma de
Shilleye by Robert Overee.]
Nouerint uniuersi nos Emma [sic] de Shilleye, Iohannes de Shilleye,
Andreas de Ayllesdone & Emma uxor eius concessisse, dimisisse,
tradidisse & sursum reddidimus [sic] Roberto de Oueree totum ius &
clamium quod habuimus, habemus seu quouismodo habere poterimus
in futurum in quodam tenemento & celarario [sic] eidem tenemento
annexo & suis pertinenciis in suburbio extra portam borialem Oxonie,
quod quidem tenementum cum celario situatur inter tenementum
Rogeri de Walcote ² ex parte una & tenementum Iohannis Mymmes ³
ex parte altera, & quod quidem celarium nos predicti Emma, Iohannes,
et Emma uxor predicti Andree habuimus ex concessione & dimissione
predicti Roberti ad terminum uite ipsius Roberti, & quod quidem
tenementum ego predicta Emma de Shilleye mater predictorum
Iohannis & Emme habui ad terminum uite mee ex traditione &
2
1 With seals of the rural deanery
and the mayoralty.
2 See no. 71; apparently he was the
3
tenant of the northern half of Gamage
Hall.
3 See no. 57.
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55
dimissione predicti Roberti; habendum & tenendum totum statum
nostrum predicto Roberto Overee, heredibus ac assignatis suis quod
[sic] habuimus ex dimissione ipsius Roberti de capitalibus dominis
feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & consueta. In cuius [&c. sealing],
hiis testibus, Ricardo de Iargeuille, Iohanne Saucer, Stephano de
Meritone, Willelmo de Bramptone, Adam de Chisilhamptone, Rogero
de Walcote & aliis. Dat' in suburbio extra portam borealem Oxonie
die dominica proxima post festum sancti Hillarii anno regni regis
Edwardi tercii post conquestum decimo octauo.
11. OVERHEE'S TENEMENT. 69-71.
North of Gamage Hall was a tenement which was held in 1279 by
John de Esseborn,¹ and in 1291 by Richard Overhee; deed no. 69 says
that it had belonged to Richard de Blockele. Between 1368 and
1373 it seems to have been occupied but not owned by the family of
Chiselhampton. In 1373 it returned into the hands of John le Dyer and
Emma his wife, who was heiress of Robert Overee (see no. 83). In the
same year they gave to Balliol a curtilage and three tofts adjacent to one
another, the tofts being this tenement and the two moieties of Gamage
Hall.
69.
[The will of Isolda Overhee.]
In dei nomine Amen. Die Iouis proxima post festum Omnium
Sanctorum anno domini MCCc septimo ego Isolda uxor Ricardi
Ouerhee condo testamentum meum in hunc modum; in primis
[lego]² animam meam deo, beate Marie & omnibus sanctis & corpus
meum ad sepeliendum in cimiterio ecclesie sancte Marie Magdalene
Oxonie. Item lego summo altari eiusdem ecclesie II solidos; item
capellano beate Virginis eiusdem ecclesie xii d.; item Rogero clerico
eiusdem ecclesie vid.; item lego in cera & cilicio die sepulture
mee xx s., ita quod cera precii dimidie marce remaneat in ecclesia
sancte Marie Magdalene predicte & residuum dispositioni executorum
meorum sine aliqua contradictione seu calumpnia; item lego eodem
die in pane pauperibus erogandos xx s.; item in expensis amicorum
meorum & executorum & aliorum eodem die 1 marcam; item lego
cuidam capellano celebranti missam pro anima mea in ecclesia pre-
dicta per unum annum integrum post decessum meum LII solidos
3 cilico, MS.
Hundred Rolls, ii. 808.
2 Omitted in MS.
B. I. 51
Nov. 6,
1307
56 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
eleccioni executorum meorum; item lego Ricardo filio Ricardi mariti
mei x s.; item lego Roberto fratri suo xs.: item lego Cristine filie
predicti Ricardi mariti mei mantellum meum de uiridi meliorem, unam
tunicam de uiridi cum uno capucio de uiridi cum furrura; item
lego Elene nepte mee mantellum meum de murrey cum furrura, unam
robam de pounas'; item do & lego Roberto filio Ricardi Ouerhe
& Elene filie Iohannis de Blockele nepte mee totum illud tenementum
cum omnibus suis pertinenciis quod habui ex dono Ricardi de Blockele
quondam fratris mei quod situm est in suburbio Oxonie in parochia
predicta inter tenementum Ricardi de Dadingtone ex parte boreali &
tenementum Andrei [sic] Culuerd & Alicie Foukes ex parte australi;
habendum & tenendum predictum tenementum cum omnibus perti-
nenciis predictis Roberto & Elene aut eorum uni diucius uiuenti, sibi,
heredibus suis & assignatis de capitalibus dominis feodi per seruicia
inde debita & consueta imperpetuum. Item lego Ade le Parmenter
seruienti meo II solidos. Item lego Roberto filio Walteri Bost 1
coclear [sic] argenteum. Item Thome filio Roberti de Brackele 1
coclear argenteum. Item lego Isolde filie Thome Bost unum anulum
aureum. Item Sarre filie Iohannis de Sancto Egidio vi denarios.
Item lego Agneti uxori Roberti de Brackele 1 firmaculum aureum
paruum. Item cuilibet filiolis meis & filiabus in testamento prius
nominatis III denarios. Item lego totum residuum omnium bonorum
meorum tam mobilium quam immobilium parti mee contingentium ut
in catallis Ricardo marito meo ut ipse inueniat Elene nepte mee
predicte sustentacionem in uictu & uestitu ad terminum uite sue pro
labore suo. Huius igitur testamenti complendi ordino, facio &
constituo executores meos Ricardum maritum meum & Iohannem
le Lumener ut ipsi ordinent & disponant in forma predicta prout
anime mee melius uiderint expedire. Iterum [sic] lego Elene nepte
mee ir tapetas cum II lintheaminibus. Item Cristine filie mariti mei
unum lectum honestum. Item Iohanni filio Iohannis de Farendon I
firmaculum aureum. In cuius rei testimonium huic testamento meo
sigillum meum patent' & claus' est appensum. Et actum fuit istud
testamentum die Iouis predicto anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis
Edwardi primo. Hiis testibus, Iohanne de Waltham, Henrico de
Beumond, Roberto le Barbor, Waltero Golde, Philippo de Mixebury
& aliis.
Endorsed. Hoc testamentum probatum fuit coram nobis officiali
Oxonie apud Oxoniam die Sabbati proxima post festum sancti Thome
apostoli anno domini MCCC septimo; et commissa administracio
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
57
bonorum defuncte executoribus in testamento nominatis in forma
consueta.
Another endorsement. Die Iouis proxima post festum Omnium.
Sanctorum presentibus Roberto perpetuo uicario, Iohanne de Waltham,
Philippo le Welere, Rogero de Stoke, Philippo de Mixebury.¹
70.
[Richard de Dammory dimises a vacant plot to Adam de
Chisilhampton.]
May 24,
1368.
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Ricardus de Dammory de B. 1. 53
Hedyndone concessi, dimisi & tradidi Ade de Chisilhamptone &
Isabelle uxori sue totam illam vacuam placeam iacentem in hundredo
extra portam borealem Oxonie in parochia beate Marie Magdalene
inter tenementum predicti Ade ex parte australi & tenementum quod
fuit Iohannis le Saucer ex parte boreali; habendam [&c.] predictis A.
& I. & heredibus ac assignatis suis in perpetuum reddendo inde
annuatim capitali domino feodi illius seruicia inde debita & consueta.
Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne
Plomer, Reginaldo Westouere, Iohanne Grettone & aliis. Dat' in
predicto hundredo die Mercurii proxima ante festum Pentecost', anno
regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum quadragesimo secundo.2
71.
[Isabella de Chisilhampton surrenders to John le Dyer all
her right.]
3
4
Nouerint uniuersi me Isabellam que fui uxor Ade de Chisilhamptone,
quod (sic) cum nuper nos predicti A. & I. tenuerimus unum mesua-
gium cum pert. in hundredo & suburbio extra portam borealem
Oxonie in parochia beate Marie Magdalene situatum inter tenemen-
tum quod fuit Galfridi le Saucer ex parte [boreali] & tenementum
quod tenet Rogerus de Walcote ex parte australi, ac eciam unam
placeam cum curtilagio & pertinenciis in suburbio & hundredo in
parochia predicta infra inclusum porte situate inter tenementum
magistri & fratrum hospitalis sancti Iohannis extra portam orientalem
1 Originally with two seals, of which
one remains.
2 A. 2. 46 contains an early transcript
of this charter. Richard de Dammory
was not owner of this plot, but lord of
the manor in which it was situated.
3 In the previous deed it is styled
5
6
placea, and in no. 83 it is a toft. Pro-
bably the word mesuagium was copied.
from an earlier charter.
Not in MS.
5 See no. 68.
• Paroste, MS.; no. 83 reads porte;
the meaning is somewhat obscure.
B. 1. 54
July 17,
1373
58 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. I. 55
May 7,
1339
Oxonie ex parte boreali & tenementum Galfridi le Saucer ex parte
australi, sursum reddidisse totum ius meum in predicto mesuagio ac
etiam in predicta alia placea cum omnibus suis pert., prout habuimus
& tenuerimus (sic) ex concessione & tradidicione (sic) Roberti Ouerhe
de Oxonia ad terminum vite mee & predicti Ade, Iohanni le Dieghere
de Sloutre heredibus ac assignatis suis & Emme uxori sue & heredibus
ac assignatis suis imperpetuum; ita quod nec ego [&c.]; in cuius [&c.
sealing], hiis testibus Ricardo de Adyntone, Iohanne de Grettone,
Thoma de Wormenhale, Willelmo Chisilhamptone & aliis. Dat' in
hundredo predicto die dominica proxima ante festum beate Marie
Magdalene, anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum quadra-
gesimo septimo.
12. THORALD'S TENEMENT. 72-8.
Next to the north was a tenement which was once held by Henry
Gamel (see no. 89) and in 1291 was in the hands of Richard de Dadington.
In 1339 it is found in the hands of John Torald or Thorald. It was
acquired by the Master of Balliol in 1422 and possibly did not become
the property of the College until 1436.
72.
[John Thorald grants his tenement to John le Saucer.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Iohannes Torald de Oxonia
& Agnes uxor mea dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti carta nostra
confirmauimus Iohanni le Saucer de Oxonia unum mesuagium cum
pertinenciis in suburbio & hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie
situatum in parochia beate Marie Magdalene inter tenementa Roberti
Ouerhee ex utraque parte, in escambium pro quodam mesuagio in
Oxonia quod uocatur la Saucerhalle in parochia sancte Mildrede inter
tenementum prioris & conuentus sancte Frideswyde ex parte una &
tenementum Margarete la Peyntour ex parte altera; habendum [&c.]
prefato Iohanni le Saucer & heredibus ac assignatis suis in escambium
ut predictum est libere, bene & in pace de capitalibus dominis feodi
illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta imperpetuum. Et
nos [&c. warranty]. Pro hac autem donacione, concessione &
presentis carte confirmacione & warancia dedit nobis predictus Iohannes
le Saucer predictum mesuagium cum suis pertinenciis situatum in
parochia sancte Mildrede predicte in escambium ut premittitur. In
cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Ricardo de larpunuille, Willelmo de
Knaresburghe seniore, Willelmo de Welles, Iohanne de Sotertone,
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
59
Iohanne Baret, Iohanne de Sistone & aliis.
Dať' in suburbio &
hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie die Veneris in crastino
Ascencionis domini anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum
terciodecimo.
73.
[The will of John le Sauser.]
In dei nomine Amen. Die Mercurii proxima post festum Ascen-
cionis domini anno domini millesimo trecentisimo tricesimo nono, ego
Iohannes le Saucer burgensis Oxonie condo testamentum meum in hunc
modum. In primis lego animam meam deo & corpus meum ad sepelien-
dum in ecclesia sancte Marie Magdalene in suburbio Oxonie. Item lego
domino Roberto uicario ecclesie predicte tres solidos; item Willelmo
clerico eiusdem ecclesie sex denarios; item operi ecclesie duodecim
denarios; item lego Agneti de Aynho duos solidos & unam robam de
blueto. Item do & lego Iohanne uxori mee totum tenementum meum
in suburbio Oxonie quod nunc inhabito cum shopis & aliis pertinenciis
suis, quod quidem mesuagium cum shopis situatur inter tenementum
abbatis & conuentus de Oseneye ex una parte & tenementum Iohannis
le Peyntour ex altera parte; habendum & tenendum eidem Iohanne ad
totam uitam suam, et post decessum ipsius Iohanne dictum tenemen-
tum cum shopis & aliis pertinenciis rectis heredibus reuertatur seu
remaneat imperpetuum. Item do & lego Galfrido le Saucer filio meo
unum mesuagium cum pertinenciis in dicto suburbio situatum inter
tenementa Roberti Ouerhe ex utraque parte, habendum & tenendum
eidem Galfrido ad totam uitam suam reddendo inde annuatim Iohanne
uxori mee decem solidos ad festa Annunciacionis beate Marie & sancti
Michaelis per equales porciones ad totam uitam ipsius Iohanne; et post
decessum predicti Galfridi predictum mesuagium cum pertinenciis
Iohanni & Stephano filiis ipsius Galfridi remaneat, habendum &
tenendum eisdem Iohanni & Stephano & heredibus de corporibus
eorum legitime procreatis imperpetuum. Et si predicti Iohannes &
Stephanus sine heredibus de corporibus eorum legitime procreatis
decedant, tunc dictum mesuagium cum pertinenciis ad heredes meos
reuertatur. Residuum uero omnium bonorum meorum non legatorum
deductis expensis meis funerariis & debitis lego prefate Iohanne uxori
mee. Ad istud igitur testamentum meum fideliter exequendum pre-
fatam Iohannam uxorem meam & Iohannem filium meum ordino,
facio & constituo executores meos.
B. 1. 56
May 12,
1339
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B. 1. 57
Endorsed. Tercio Nonas Octobris anno domini millesimo ccc
tricesimo nono apud Oxoniam coram nobis domini archidiaconi Oxonie
officiali probatum fuit istud testamentum et administracio omnium
bonorum defuncti omnibus executoribus in eo nominatis in forma iuris
per nos commissa.
In another hand. Memorandum quod die Veneris proxima post
festum sancti Hillarii anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum
terciodecimo probatum fuit istud testamentum coram Willelmo de
Burcestre tunc maiore uille Oxonie, Ricardo Cary, Stephano de
Adyntone, Andrea de Wormenhale & aliis fidedignis tunc ibidem
presentibus per sacramentum & testimonium Iohannis de Langrysshe
& Stephani de Bramptone testium super isto testamento iuratorum &
examinatorum, qui in omnibus & singulis articulis probacionem
eiusdem testamenti contingentibus concordarunt; propter quod pronun-
ciatum est pro isto testamento tanquam legitime probato & seisina
tenementorum in isto testamento contentorum legatariis in isto testa-
mento nominatis iuxta formam iuris & secundum consuetudinem dicte
uille Oxonie adiudicata fuit & concessa. In cuius rei testimonium
sigillum maioratus Oxonie presenti testamento est appensum.
1
In another hand. Memorandum quod die Martis proxima ante
festum Annunciacionis beate Marie anno regni regis Edwardi tercii
post conquestum terciodecimo ¹ in hundredo extra portam borialem
Oxonie probatum fuit istud testamentum coram Thoma de Wodeford
seneschallo & sectatoribus hundredi per sacramentum & testimonium
Stephani de Brumptone & Thome Childe super isto testamento
iuratorum & examinatorum, qui in omnibus & singulis articulis
probacionem eiusdem testamenti contingentibus concordarunt. Propter
quod pronunciatum est pro isto testamento tanquam legitime probato
& seisina tenementorum in isto testamento contentorum legatariis in
isto testamento nominatis iuxta formam iuris & secundum consuetu-
dinem dicti hundredi adiudicata fuit & concessa.
74.
[John le Sauser jun. leases the tenement to William
Blythebury.]
Hec indentura testatur quod Iohannes Sauser de Oxonia sadeler
Aug. 24, tradidit & ad firmam dimisit Willelmo Blythebury de eadem villa unum
1394
This is a slip of the scribe for quartodecimo. The date would then be
Mar. 21, 1340.
1. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
6r
mesuagium cum pertinenciis situatum in hundredo extra portam
borialem Oxonie inter unum gardinum magistri & scolarium de le
Baliolhalle ex parte australi & unum introitum eorundem magistri &
scolarium ex parte boriali, habendum & tenendum predictum
mesuagium cum pertinenciis prefato Willelmo a festo sancti Michaelis
proximo futuro post datam presencium usque ad finem septem
annorum proximo sequencium plenarie completorum, reddendo inde
annuatim prefato Iohanni Sauser, heredibus uel assignatis suis tres-
decim solidos & quatuor denarios in festis sancti Michaelis, Natalis
Domini, Annunciacionis beate Marie Virginis & Natiuitatis sancti
Iohannis Baptiste per equales porciones, ita uidelicet quod si predicta
annua firma ad aliquem terminum quo solui debeat aretro fuerit
in parte uel in toto per quindenam quod extunc bene liceat
predicto Iohanni Sauser, heredibus vel assignatis suis in predicto
mesuagio cum pertinenciis distringere & districciones sic captas
abducere, asportare & penes se retinere quousque de predicta annua
firma simul cum arreragiis si que fuerint eisdem plenarie fuerit satis-
factum. Et si sufficiens districcio in predicto mesuagio cum perti-
nenciis inueniri non poterit, extunc bene liceat prefato Iohanni Sauser
heredibus uel assignatis suis in predicto mesuagio cum pertinenciis
intrare & rehabere, conuencione inde facta non obstante.
predictus Willelmus omnes domos & parietes & eciam omnia
necessaria predicto mesuagio durante termino predicto emendabit,
reparabit & sustentabit sumptibus suis propriis & expensis. Et in fine
illius termini illud mesuagium cum pertinenciis in adeo bono statu seu
meliori quo illud recepit dimittet. Et predictus Iohannes & heredes
sui predictum mesuagium cum pertinenciis prefato Willelmo in forma
predicta durante termino predicto contra omnes gentes warantizabunt
& defendent. In cuius rei testimonium sigilla parcium predictarum
partibus huius indenture alternatim sunt appensa, hiis testibus, Thoma
Houkyn, Willelmo Duc, & Willelmo Reuel & aliis. Dat' in hundredo
predicto in festo sancti Bartholomei apostoli anno regni regis Ricardi
secundi post conquestum Anglie decimo octauo.
75.
[John le Sauser grants it to William Blythebury.]
Et
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes Sauser filius & heres B. 1. 58
Alicie Sauser dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui June 15,
Willelmo Blythebury de Oxonia unum mesuagium cum pertinenciis
1396
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B. I. 59
May 4,
1422
B. I. 60
May 7,
1422
in suburbio & hundredo extra portam borialem ville Oxonie in parochia
beate Marie Magdalene, quod quidem mesuagium situatum est inter
unum gardinum magistri & scolarium de le Balyolhall ex parte
australi & unum introitum eorundem magistri & scolarium ex parte
boriali; habendum [&c.] prefato Willelmo, heredibus ac assignatis
suis imperpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde
debita & de iure consueta. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c.
sealing], hiis testibus, Gilberto Burtone tunc seneschallo de hundredo
predicto, Thoma Houkyn, Ricardo atte Celer, Willelmo Reuelle,
Willelmo Doke alias Cooke & aliis. Dat' infra hundredum predictum
die Martis proxima post festum sancti Barnabe apostoli anno regni
regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum Anglie decimo nono.
76.
William Blythebury grants it to Thomas and John Chace.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Willelmus Blythebury de Oxonia
dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Thome Chace
& Iohanni Chace clericis unum mesuagium cum pertinenciis situatum
in hundredo siue suburbio extra portam borialem Oxonie in parochia
sancte Marie Magdalene inter gardinum magistri de Bayliolhalle ex
parte australi & quendam introitum eorundem magistri & scolarium
ex parte boriali, quod quidem mesuagium cum pert. nuper habui ex
dono & feoffamento Iohannis Saucer filii & heredis Alicie Saucer;
habendum [&c.] prefatis T. & I., heredibus & assignatis suis imper-
petuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de
iure consueta. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis
testibus, Waltero Snappe senescallo hundredi predicti, Roberto
Stratteford, Iohanne Whatele, Ricardo Warrewyke, Michaele Nortone
& aliis. Dat' in hundredo predicto quarto die Maii anno regni regis
Henrici quinti post conquestum decimo.
77.
[Thomas and John Chace dimise a portion of it to William
Blythebury and his wife.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Thomas Chace & Iohannes
Chace clerici concessimus, dimisimus & hoc presenti nostro indentato
[sic] confirmauimus Willelmo Blythebury de Oxonia & Agneti uxori
eius illud mesuagium [&c. as in B. 1. 59. . . ] boriali, quod quidem
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
63
mesuagium nuper habuimus ex dono & feoffamento predicti Willelmi,
excepto & reseruato nobis heredibus & assignatis nostris toto illo
spacio terre existente infra mesuagium predictum inter aulam & gardi-
num super quod nuper erat quadam [sic] camera edificata, quod
quidem spacium terre continet in longitudine quadraginta quatuor
pedes cum liberis ingressu & egressu nobis & nostris cum equis, feno
& omnibus aliis necessariis nostris tam de die quam de nocte quociens
nobis oportunum fuerit; habendum [&c.] prefatis W. & A. ad totum
terminum vite eorundem Willelmi & Agnetis & eorum alterius diucius
uiuentis, reddendo inde annuatim durante termino predicto nobis &
heredibus nostris unam rosam rubeam in festo Natiuitatis sancti
Iohannis Baptiste si petatur. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius
[&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Waltero Snappe senescallo hundredi pre-
dicti, Roberto Stratteford, Iohanne Whatele, Ricardo Warrewyke,
Michaele Nortone & aliis. Dat' in hundredo predicto septimo die
Maii anno regni regis Henrici quinti post conquestum decimo.
78.
[Thomas and John Chace grant it to William Brandone.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Thomas Chace & Iohannes B. 1. 61
Chace clerici dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti carta confirmauimus Dec. 24,
1436
Willelmo Brandone clerico unum mesuagium cum pertinenciis
situatum in hundredo siue suburbio extra portam borialem Oxonie in
parochia sancte Marie Magdalene inter gardinum [&c. as in no. 76
.] boriali, quod quidem mesuagium cum pertinenciis nuper habui-
mus ex dono & feoffamento Willelmi Blythebury de Oxonia; haben-
dum [&c.] prefato Willelmo Brandone, heredibus & assignatis suis
imperpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde
debita & de iure consueta. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c.
sealing], hiis testibus, Willelmo Mermyon senescallo hundredi predicti,
Iohanne Hauyle, Stephano Braywelle, Henrico Berwyke, Matheo
Glouere & aliis. Dat' in hundredo predicto in uigilia Natalis Domini
anno regni regis Henrici sexti post conquestum quintodecimo.¹
1 Seal, red, circular, 13 in., a chevron
between three lions' heads SIGILLV
MAGISTRI THOME CHACE.
Thomas Chace was Master 1411-27;
William Brandon 1429-50.
64 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. I. 87
C. 1280
13. BALEHORNE'S.
79-89.
The next tenement is known in Oseney Rentals by the name of
Balehorne's, because a man of that name gave to the abbey a quitrent
here. From the same rentals we learn that it was owned by Henry
le Sauser about the years 1255 to 1375. It seems that the eastern part
of this tenement was given to Balliol in 1291 (see tenement no. 3) by
John le Sauser of whom there is mention in deed no. So. According to
Oseney Rentals the rent of seven shillings was paid in 1317 by Robert Overee
and in 1324 by Cristiana Overee; deed no. 80 suggests that the former was
only the tenant, but that the latter was owner. From the family of
Overee it descended to the wife of John le Dyer, who sold it to Balliol
in 1373, by the name of a curtilage, together with tenements 10 and II.
Although the king's licence to hold these lands was not obtained until
1386, they are described as the property of the College in deed no. 58,
which is of the year 1378.
79.
[Adam Loudin and Juliana his wife grant a messuage
to Richard de Dadington and Matilda his wife.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Adam Loudin [sic] & Iuliana¹ uxor
mea unanimi consensu ac bona uoluntate nostra dedimus, concessimus
et hac presenti carta nostra confirmauimus Ricardo de Dadingtone
& Matilde uxori sue totum illud mesuagium cum omnibus pertinenciis
suis quod situm est inter mesuagium dictorum Ricardi & Matilde ex
una parte & mesuagium quod quondam fuit Iohannis de Asseburne
ex altera in parochia beate Marie Magdalene in suburbio Oxonie ;
habendum & tenendum dictum mesuagium cum omnibus pertinenciis
suis predictis Ricardo & Matilde & heredibus suis uel suis assignatis
libere, quiete, bene & in pace hereditarie in perpetuum; reddendo
inde annuatim dicti R. et M. & heredes sui uel sui assignati abbati
Oseneye & suis successoribus septem solidos ad terminos statutos,
nobis uero & heredibus nostris uel nostris assignatis unum clauum
gariophili ad Pascha pro omni seruicio seculari & demanda. Nos
uero predicti A. & I. & heredes nostri uel nostri assignati dictum
mesuagium cum omnibus pertinenciis suis predictis R. & M. &
heredibus suis uel suis assignatis contra omnes mortales tam Cristianos
1 Possibly Juliana Budde, who held
it in 1279 according to the Hundred
Rolls. The mention of the rent of seven
shillings to Oseney proves that this deed
must refer to the tenement next to
Gamel's on the north site.
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65
quam Iudeos warentizabimus, atquietabimus & defendemus per pre-
dictum redditum in perpetuum. Pro hac autem donacione, conces-
sione & presentis carte confirmacione, warentizacione, acquietacione
& defensione dederunt nobis predicti R. & M. decem marcas
sterlingorum pre manibus in gersummam. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis
testibus, Roberto de Welles tunc balliuo hundredi extra portam
borealem Oxonie, Waltero Bost, Henrico filio Milonis, Nicholao de
Gersingdone, Willelmo de Bramptone, Iohanne de Dodeford, Nicholao
le Chapeler, Hugone de Merse, Paulino de Criditone & aliis.
80.
[Henry de Lynne grants to Cristina Overhee a plot
which John le Sauser had assigned to him.]
Nov. 15,
1320
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Henricus de Lynne burgensis B. 1. 62
Oxonie dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta confirmaui Cristine Ouerhee
totam placeam meam cum suis pertinenciis in escambium quam habui ex
concessione & assingnacione Iohannis le Sauser de Oxonia cum omnibus
edificiis in predicta placea appositis, et quam quidem placeam eadem
Cristina tenuit de me ad terminum uite cuiusdam Ricardi de Dadyngtone,
et est sita in suburbio Oxonie in parochia beate Marie Magdalene
inter tenementum Thome de Bolehurste uersus uiam regiam ex parte
una & tenementum magistri hospitalis sancti Iohannis Oxonie ex parte
altera, habendam & tenendam predictam placeam cum omnibus ubique
suis pertinenciis predicte Cristine, heredibus & assignatis suis imperpe-
tuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita
& de iure consueta. Et ego predictus Henricus & heredes mei pre-
dictam placeam cum omnibus pertinenciis suis supradictis [&c.
warranty]. Pro hac autem donacione, concessione & presentis carte
mee confirmacione, warantia & defensione dedit michi predicta Cristina
in escambium quandam seldam in Oxonia situatam in parochia sancti
Michaelis ad portam borialem inter tenementum quondam Emme
Sewy ex parte boriali & tenementum abbatis & conuentus de Oseneye
ex parte australi & uiginti solidos sterlingorum pre manibus. Et ut
[&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne de Hamptone tunc maiore Oxonie,
Rogero Mymycan & Henrico de Edrope tunc balliuis eiusdem ville,
Willelmo de Burcestre, Ricardo Cari, Iohanne Culuerd, Andrea de Wor-
menhale, Iohanne filio Willelmi Bost, Thoma de Saunforde tunc balliuo
hundredi extra portam borialem Oxonie, Iohanne le Sauser, Thoma Bost,
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66 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 1. 63
Sep. 30,
1339
B. I. 64
Feb. 16,
1340
Henrico de Bramptone, Roberto de Pirie, Waltero de Erneby, Roberto
Overhee & aliis. Dat' in hundredo supradicto die Sabbati proxima
post festum sancti Martini anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis Edwardi
terciodecimo.
81.
[Robert de Overhee grants a lease of it to Adam de
Chiselhampton.]
Pateat uniuersis quod ego Robertus de Overhee de Oxonia concessi,
dimisi & tradidi Ade de Chiselhamptone bucher de Oxonia totam
placeam meam cum supraedificiis & pertinenciis in suburbio & hundredo
extra portam borealem Oxonie in parochia beate Marie Magdalene
sicut certis bundis & metis limitatur; que quidem placea iacet inter
tenementum magistri & fratrum hospitalis sancti Iohannis extra portam
orientalem Oxonie ex parte una & tenementum Galfridi le Saucer ex
parte altera; habendam & tenendam dictam placeam cum superedificiis
& pertinenciis prefato Ade ad terminum uite sue de me prefato Roberto
heredibus ac assignatis meis, reddendo inde annuatim michi, heredibus
ac assignatis meis quinque solidos sterlingorum ad quatuor anni
terminos principales & usuales in Oxonia per equales porciones. Et
dictus Adam dictam placeam cum superedificiis & suis pertinenciis
durante uita sua suis sumptibus propriis competenter sustentabit et
defectus in eisdem cum necesse fuerit reficiet & emendabit. Et ego
[&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Ricardo de Iar-
punuille, Iohanne de Sutertone, Willelmo de Well', Galfrido le Saucer,
Waltero le Coupere, Thoma de Pokelyntone, Iohanne de Londone
clerico & aliis. Dat' in suburbio & hundredo predicto die Iouis proxima
post festum sancti Michaelis archangeli anno regni regis Edwardi
tercii post conquestum tercio decimo.
82.
[Joan le Sauser quitclaims her right in it to Adam de
Chiselhamton.]
Pateat uniuersis per presentes quod ego Iohanna que fui uxor
Iohannis le Sauser de Oxonia remisi, relaxaui & imperpetuum
quietum clamaui Ade de Chiselhamtone bocher de Oxonia, heredibus
ac assignatis suis totum ius & clamium quod habui, habeo seu quouis
iure habere potero racione dotis per decessum dicti Iohannis quondam
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEG
67
COLLEGE
uiri mei uel alterius iuris cuiuscumque in quadam placea cum perti-
nenciis in suburbio & hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie in
parochia beate Marie Magdalen iacente inter tenementum magistri
& fratrum hospitalis sancti Iohannis extra portam orientalem Oxonie
ex parte una & tenementum Galfridi le Sauser ex parte altera; ita uero
quod nec ego [&c.]; in cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Ricardo de
Iarpunuille, Willelmo de Well', Iohanne de Sutertone, Willelmo de
Cnaresburghe, Willelmo de Bramptone, Stephano de Meritone,
Roberto le Brus, Thoma de Pokelyngtone & aliis. Dat' in suburbio
& hundredo predictis sextodecimo die mensis Februarii anno regni
regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum quartodecimo.¹
83.
[John le Dyer grants three tofts and a curtilage to certain
trustees of the College.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Iohannes le Deighere² de
Sloghtre Inferiori & Emma uxor eius, heres Roberti de Ouerhee de
Oxonia dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti carta nostra confirmaui-
mus Thome Tyrwyt, Roberto Underhulle, Hamundo Hascham, &
Thome Lynlowe clericis tria tofta cum uno curtilagio cum eorum
pertinenciis in suburbio & hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie in
parochia sancte Marie Magdalene, que tria tofta coniunctim iacent
inter tenementum quondam Ade de Chiselhampton ex parte australi
& tenementum quondam Galfridi le Sauser ex parte boriali; dictum
uero curtilagium iacet in eadem parochia infra inclusum porte situate
(sic) inter tenementum magistri & fratrum hospitalis sancti Iohannis
extra portam orientalem Oxonie ex parte boriali & tenementum
Galfridi le Sauser ex parte australi, que tofta & curtilagium quondam
fuerunt predicti Roberti Ouerhee: habenda [&c.] prefatis T., R., H.,
& T. & heredibus eorum ac eorum assignatis de capitalibus dominis
feodorum illorum per seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta imper-
petuum. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testi-
bus, Iohanne Hertwell tunc maiore ville Oxonie, Ricardo de Salesbury
& Waltero Torre tunc balliuis eiusdem uille, Willelmo le Northerne,
Willelmo de Codeshale, Iohanne Gibbes, Iohanne de Wyndesore,
Iohanne Grettone, Reginaldo Westouere, Ricardo de Adyntone,
Willelmo de Chiselhamptone, Iohanne de Norhamptone clerico &
1 This deed need not imply that Adam de Chiselhamton became the owner of
this property.
2 See no. 71.
B. 1. 65
July 27,
1373
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68 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 1. 66
July 28,
1373
aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam vicesimo septimo die Iulii anno regni regis
Edwardi tercii post conquestum Anglie quadragesimo septimo.
Endorsed. Ista carta recognita fuit in hustengo Oxonie tento
ibidem coram maiore & balliuis eiusdem ville die Lune proxima post
festum sancti Andree apostoli anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post
conquestum xlviii; et super hoc Emma uxor Iohannis le Deighere de
Sloghtre Inferiori infra nominata examinata fuit & confessa & dona-
cioni, concessioni & confirmacioni infra scriptis omnino consenciit
(sic) & foris affidavit. Et sic irrotulatur in eodem hustengo.
84.
[An agreement between John le Dyer and the trustees,
mentioning that the price of the properties was £10.]
Hec indentura facta inter Iohannem le Deighere de Sloghtre ex
parte una & Thomam Tyrwyt, Robertum Underhulle, Hamundum
Hascham & Thomam Lynlowe clericos ex parte altera testatur quod
cum predictus Iohannes teneatur & obligetur prefatis T., R., H., & T.
in uiginti libris argenti per quoddam scriptum obligatorium apud
Oxoniam inde confectum, soluendis ibidem in festo sancti Andree
apostoli proximo futuro post datam confeccionis presencium: necnon
cum predicti T., R., H., & T. teneantur & obligentur prefato Iohanni
le Deighere in uiginti libris argenti per quoddam suum scriptum
obligatorium apud Oxoniam inde confectum, soluendis loco & festo
predictis prout in eisdem scriptis plenius continetur; tandem ita
conuentum est inter partes predictas, uidelicet quod si predictus
Iohannes le Deighere venire faciat Emmam uxorem eius apud
Oxoniam coram maiore & balliuis eiusdem ville citra dictum festum
sancti Andree apostoli proximo futurum post datam confeccionis pre-
sencium vel in eodem festo ad ultimum & quandam cartam feoffa-
menti simplicis per eosdem I. & E. de tribus toftis & uno curtilagio in
suburbio & hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie iacentibus pre-
fatis T., R., H., & T. nuper factam in iudicio recognouerit esse factum
& uoluntatem ipsius Emme & hoc recordari pecierit recipiendo tunc
ab eisdem T., R., H., & T. decem libras argenti pro vendicione tene-
mentorum predictorum, si tunc prefatis T., R., H., & T. dicta tene-
menta possidere placuerit; et si non placuerit eis dicta tenementa
ulterius tunc possidere, dictique T., R., H. & T. de eisdem tene-
mentis prefatos I. & E. refeoffauerint recipiendo de eisdem I. & E.
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
69
quadraginta solidos argenti quos idem Iohannes ab eis per prius cepit,
extunc dicta uero duo scripta obligatoria omni suo careant vigore &
pro nullis penitus habeantur. Siqui vero parcium predictarum in
aliquo eorum conuencionum predictarum defecerint, stet suum
scriptum obligatorium in suo robore & effectu. In cuius rei testi-
monium partes predicte huic indenture sigilla sua alternatim appo-
suerunt. Dat' apud Oxoniam vicesimo octavo die Iulii anno regni
regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum Anglie quadragesimo septimo.
The counterpart of B. 1. 66.
85.
[Elizabeth Dammarie quitclaims her rights in the curtilage
and tofts to the trustees.]
B. 1. 67
Mar. 29,
1375
Pateat universis per presentes me Elizabetham filiam Iohannis B. 1. 68
Damarie de Sloughtre Inferiori remisisse, relaxasse & omnino pro me
& heredibus meis quietum clamasse imperpetuum Thome Tiriwhit
clerico, Roberto Undurhul, Haumond' Asham, & Thome Lynlowe
clericis, heredibus eorum seu assignatis totum ius meum & clameurn
quod habui, habeo seu quouismodo habere potero in futurum in
tribus toftis & uno curtilagio cum omnibus suis pertinenciis in suburbio
& hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie que quondam fuerunt
Iohannis Damarye patris mei; ita quod nec ego [&c.]; et ego [&c.
warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Thoma de Brade-
welle, Iohanne de Sloughtre, Willelmo de Nethurcote, Waltero
Clement de Iccombe, Martino de Borouhtone & multis aliis. Dat'
apud Stowe sancti Edwardi die Iouis proxima post festum Annuncia-
cionis beate Marie Virginis anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post con-
questum quadragesimo nono.
86.
[Two of the trustees surrender their right in the same.]
1375
Pateat universis per presentes quod nos Thomas Tyrwyt & B. 1. 69
Robertus Underhulle dedimus, concessimus, resignauimus ac relax- July 10,
auimus totum ius quod habuimus seu aliquo modo habere poterimus
in tribus toftis et uno curtilagio seu eorum pertinenciis annexis
mansioni magistri & scolarium aule de Balliolo in suburbio & hun-
dredo extra portam borialem Oxonie in parochia sancte Marie
Magdalene Hamundo Hascham & Thome Lynlowe clericis ; ita quod
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B. 1. 70
Aug. 11,
1386
nec nos [&c.]; in cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, magistris Iohanne
Brouptone, Iohanne Korkby, Iohanne Barbour & multis aliis. Dat'
Oxonie decimo die Iulii anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conque-
stum Anglie quadragesimo nono.
87.
[An inquisition Ad Quod Dampnum about the curtilage and
tofts.]
Inquisicio capta in parochia sancte Marie Magdalene in hundredo
extra portam borialem Oxonie die Sabbati in crastino sancti Laurencii
martiris anno regni regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum decimo
coram Willelmo Bruyly escaetore domini regis in comitatu Oxonie uir-
tute cuiusdam breuis domini regis eidem escaetori directi & huic
inquisicioni consuti per sacramentum Willelmi Ryuell', Thome
Houkyn, Iohannis Hunche, Nicholai Nortone, Ricardi Nortone,
Simonis Cooke, Ricardi Parchemyner, Walteri Harpour, Clementis
Barbour, Iohannis Spencer, Roberti Watlyngtone & Willelmi Cooke,
qui dicunt super sacramentum suum quod non est ad dampnum nec
preiudicium domini regis nec aliorum licet dominus noster rex con-
cedat Hamoni Haskham & Thome Lynlowe quod ipsi tria tofta &
unum gardinum cum pertinenciis in parochia sancte Marie Magdalene
extra portam borialem Oxonie manso magistri & scolarium aule
Balioli extra eandem portam contigua dare possint & assignare dictis
magistro & scolaribus; habenda & tenenda sibi & successoribus suis
in elargacionem mansi sui predicti imperpetuum. Et dicunt quod
dicta tofta & gardinum cum pertinenciis tenentur de Iohanne Annes-
leye chivaler & Isabella uxore eius & Rogero Colynge & Alianora
uxore eius ut de iure & hereditate dictarum Isabelle & Alianore uxorum
suarum per seruicium reddendum inde annuatim dictis Iohanni
Annesley & Isabelle uxori eius & Rogero Colynge & Alianore uxori
eius & heredibus dictarum Isabelle & Alianore in communi unum
denarium & unum obolum ad festum sancti Martini & faciendo annua-
tim sectam ad duos visus franciplegii dictorum Iohannis Annesleye &
Isabelle uxoris eius & Rogeri Colynge & Alianore uxoris eius &
heredum dictarum Isabelle & Alianore in hundredo predicto pro
omnibus seruiciis. Et dicunt quod dicta tofta & gardinum cum per-
tinenciis ualent per annum in omnibus exitibus ultra reprisas iiii solidos.
Et dicunt quod non sunt plures medii inter dominum regem & dictos
Hamonem & Thomam Lynlowe de toftis & gardino predictis. Et
dicunt quod dicti Hamo & Thomas Lynlowe non habent aliqua alia
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
71
terras nec tenementa sibi remanencia in comitatu Oxonie ultra dictas
donacionem & assignacionem de toftis & gardino predictis. Et
dicunt quod predicti Hamo & Thomas Lynlowe in assisis, iuratis &
aliis recognicionibus quibuscumque poni non possunt, eo quod clerici
sunt & beneficiati in episcopatu Lincolniensi. In cuius rei testimonium
huic inquisicioni iuratores predicti sigilla sua apposuerunt.¹
88.
[The licence in mortmain of Richard II.]
Ricardus dei gracia rex Anglie & Francie & dominus Hibernie B. 1. 71
omnibus ad quos presentes littere peruenerint salutem. Licet de Aug. 12,
1386
communi consilio regni nostri Anglie statutum sit quod non liceat
uiris religiosis seu aliis ingredi feodum alicuius ita quod ad manum
mortuam deueniat sine licencia nostra & capitalis domini de quo res
illa immediate tenetur, de gracia tamen nostra speciali & pro una
marca quam dilecti nobis in Cristo magister & scolares aule Ballioli
extra portam borialem Oxonie nobis soluerunt concessimus & licenciam
dedimus pro nobis & heredibus nostris quantum in nobis est Hamoni
Haskham & Thome Linlowe quod ipsi tria tofta & unum gardinum
cum pertinenciis in parochia sancte Marie Magdalene extra eandem
portam manso predictorum magistri & scolarium contigua, que de
nobis non tenentur, dare possint & assignare eisdem magistro &
scolaribus, habenda & tenenda sibi & successoribus suis in elarga-
cionem mansi sui predicti imperpetuum; et eisdem magistro &
scolaribus quod ipsi tria tofta & gardinum predicta a prefatis Hamone
& Thoma recipere possint & tenere sibi & successoribus suis predictis
in elongacionem mansi sui predicti sicut predictum est imperpetuum
tenore presencium similiter licenciam dedimus specialem, statuto pre-
dicto non obstante; nolentes quod iidem Hamo & Thomas uel heredes
sui aut prefati magister & scolares seu successores sui racione statuti
predicti per nos uel heredes nostros, iusticiarios, escaetores, uicecomites
aut alios balliuos seu ministros nostros quoscumque inde occasionentur,
molestentur in aliquo seu grauentur, saluis tamen capitalibus dominis
feodi illius seruiciis inde debitis & consuetis. In cuius rei testimonium
has litteras nostras fieri fecimus patentes; teste me ipso apud West-
monasterium terciodecimo die Augusto anno regni nostri decimo.²
Burtone.
1 This has no seals, nor was ever
sealed. It is a contemporary copy of the
inquisition. The record does not men-
tion that there was a quitrent to Oseney
on the garden. The original is at the
Record Office, Inquisitions ad quod
damnum 405. 27.
2 With the royal seal.
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89.
:
B. 1. 72
Aug. 12,
1412
[The convent of Oseney agrees that the quitrent due from
this tenement is not 7s., but 3s. 6d.]
Omnibus [&c.] nos abbas & conuentus de Oseneye salutem in
omnium saluatore. Cum nos nuper petierimus & clamauerimus
quendam annualem redditum septem solidorum annuatim percipien-
dum de quadam placea siue tenemento magistri & scolarium collegii
de Balliolo in Oxonia situat' extra portam borialem uille Oxonie ex
parte orientali ecclesie Marie Magdalene ex opposito, quondam inter
tenementa Thome Gamell & Nicholai Balehorne & nunc inter tene-
menta Sancti Iohannis extra portam orientalem uille Oxonie ex parte
boriali & tenementum Roberti Chyslantone ex parte australi, credentes
& intelligentes dictum redditum septem solidorum ad nos et prede-
cessores nostros ut de iure ecclesie siue domus nostre de Oseneya pre-
dicte pertinuisse et pertinere debere; ubi tres tantummodo solidi et sex
denarii exeuntes de placea siue tenemento predictis ad nos et prede-
cessores nostros pertinuerunt et adhuc pertinent prout ex informatione
dictorum magistri & scolarium siue sociorum necnon per inspectionem
diuersorum euidenciarum & munimentorum eorundem magistri &
scolarium siue sociorum nobis ostensorum manifeste accepimus¹
noueritis nos premissa euidencias et munimenta in omnibus con-
siderantes, a nostris peticione & clamacione trium solidorum et sex
denariorum de predictis septem solidis in omnibus cessasse. [In re-
turn the Master and Scholars or Fellows agree that Oseney may
distrain for the rent of 35. 6d., if it is unpaid, on all properties of the
College], hiis testibus, Iohanne Merstone, maiore uille Oxonie,
Iohanne Gybbys & Willelmo Goodman, balliuis eiusdem uille,
Edmundo Kenyan, Iohanne Sprunt, Waltero Daunseye aldermannis,
Nicholao Norton clerico & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam duodecimo die
mensis Augusti anno regni regis Henrici quarti post conquestum
Anglie tercio decimo.²
1 There are no deeds at Balliol which
show that the quitrent of 7s. had been
reduced to 3s. 6d. The Oseney rentals
show that in 1324 and earlier the
amount was 75., in 1453 and later
3s. 6d.
2 With seal, a fair impression,
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
73
14. THE MAGDALEN TENEMENT. 90-4.
This tenement was granted to St. John's Hospital about 1250, and
thence passed to Magdalen College. In 1473 it was leased to Balliol by
Magdalen at a rent of 4s., being bounded by Balliol on the east and south,
and by the Cardinal's Hat on the north; the lease was renewed from
time to time until 1774. We gather from the rentals of St. John's
Hospital that it was held by the family of Sauser about 1280-90, and it
is likely that tenement no. 3, which was given to Balliol by John le Sauser,
was behind this tenement as well as behind tenement no. 13.
90.
Dec. 6, 1711; a lease by Magdalen to Balliol of a piece of ground B. 3. 32
measuring 96 ft. by 21 ft., bounded S. by the Katharine Wheel and
garden of Balliol, E. garden of Balliol, N. the Storehouse; for 40
years; rent 4s.
91.
Dec. 6, 1739; Magdalen having renewed the lease to Balliol also B. 3. 33
gives licence to alienate.
92.
Dec. 6, 1753; Magdalen renews the lease.
93.
Dec. 6, 1767; Magdalen renews the lease.
94.
B. 3. 34
B. 3. 35
April 14, 1774; after reciting a lease of Dec. 6, 1767, whereby B. 4. 2
Magdalen demised to Balliol a piece of land measuring 96 ft. E. to
W. and 21 ft. N. to S., bounded by the Katharine Wheel and Balliol
Garden S., Balliol Garden E., and Balliol Storehouse N., for 40 years,
rent 4s.; now under the Oxford Mileways Act Magdalen sells the
fee simple for £15.
15. THE CARDINAL'S HAT. 95-122.
This tenement passed from Oseney Abbey into the possession of Christ
Church, and was acquired by Balliol only in 1773, although it had been
leased by the College since 1610. About the years 1400-1540 it was an
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important inn, but subsequently it was 'let in diverse parcels to poor
people', as a record states at Christ Church, and during the seventeenth
century its place as an inn was taken by the Katharine Wheel, which was
near the corner. It is recorded in histories of the College that a private
house belonging to Sir Julius Caesar existed here in 1623 and was acquired
by the College for £300, but from the deeds that are here printed it will
be seen that there could have been no private house at this spot.
According to a book in the possession of the Dean of Christ Church, the
Cardinal's Hat was leased to Elizabeth Alwin for 40 years in 1609, and
the lease was renewed to Balliol in 1630, 1655, and 1669. The account in
Wood is that Caesar's Lodgings took its name not from Sir Julius Caesar
but from Henry Caesar his brother, and that it was not his private
property but the house in which he lodged while he was residing in
Oxford to take his D.D. degree; and no doubt the £300 was expended
in buying from Elizabeth Alwin the residue of her lease. Wood says
that Caesar's Lodgings were acquired with £300 which was given to the
College from the estate of Thomas Tesdale, who died June 13, 1610.
The greater part of the site of the Cardinal's Hat was not required by
the College, but was leased to various tenants. Deeds 95-8 deal with the
acquisition of the property; 99, 100 are leases of a tenement at its north-
west corner, while 101-3 are leases of land lying to the east of this
tenement; 104-11 are of land lying to the south of the first tenement;
nos. 112-19 are about the next tenement on the south, while 120-2 are
about land towards the north-east corner of the site.
B. 3. 36
B. 3. 38
95.
24 Oct., 9 Jac. I [1610]; Elizabeth Allwyn widow, late wife of
Thomas Allwyn of the University of Oxford gent., having obtained
Dec. 12, 8 Jac. I, a lease from Ch: Ch: of three tenements and the
gardens belonging, (of which the first once called the Cardinal's Hatte
is in the tenure of Elizabeth Allwyn, and the other two are on the
north side of it,) between a tenement now or late of Augustine Prickett
N. and Balliol College stables S., abutting on Trinity College E. and
the highway W., for 40 years, rent 20s., now sells the residue of her
lease to Balliol.
96.
Nov. 12, 1762; Ch: Ch: renews the lease to Balliol; the three
tenements are between George Phipps Esq. N., and Balliol College
stables S., and were late in the tenure of William Phipps malster
deceased, Hugh Ellis gentleman deceased and Jane Cave widow,
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measuring on the N. side 254 ft., S. 273 ft.,¹ E. 133 ft., W. 138 ft.;
'except one little piece of ground at the east end containing 106 ft.
N. to S., II ft. E. to W., upon the south end of which the Trinity
College kitchen is erected, viz. in length 34 ft. and in breadth 11 ft.,
and the other part of the excepted premises ranges even on the east
side with the aforesaid part of the kitchen to the corner of the wall of
a garden late in the possession of George Phipps belonging to Lincoln
College, and is separated from the other part demised by a wall;
which part excepted is reserved to the Dean and Chapter of Ch: Ch:;"
40 years; rent 20s.
97.
Nov. 12, 3 Geo. III, 1762; a licence from Ch: Ch: to Balliol to B.3.37
alienate the lease they have just renewed.
98.
June 16, 13 Geo. III, 1773; after reciting the lease of 1762 Ch: B. 4. 1
Ch: agrees to sell the fee simple to Balliol College for the sum of £120
under the provision of the Oxford Mileways Act of 1771; the rent of
£1 and one fat capon or 2s. 6d. is reserved.
99, 100. LEASES OF A TENEMENT AT THE NORTH-WEST
CORNER.
99.
Oct. 12, 1655; Balliol grants a lease to Walter Cave beerbrewer of B. 3. 63
a messuage measuring 22 ft. on the W. side, and 37 ft. on the E.
side, abutting on widow Perfect, being on the south, and Edmund
Gayton N.; for 15 years; rent £4 and two capons.
The counterpart of B. 3. 63. It is endorsed 'Cave's lease of Wians B. 3. 64
house for 15 years for so long as a certain lease from Ch: Ch: to
Balliol College for Cesar's Lodging be unexpired'.
I00.
June 24, 1658; the lease is renewed to Walter Cave, Martin Hirst B. 3.65
gent. is N.; for 35 years; the same rent.
The counterpart of B. 3. 65.
1 The north and south measurements
of this site are about 15 feet too much,
according to the Ordnance Survey and
according to deed 124. It is suggested
that the measurements were taken as far
as the wooden rails on the west side,
which, according to old pictures, marked
off the footway from the road.
B. 3. 66
76 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 3. 57
B. 3. 58
B. 3. 59
B. 3. 60
101-3. LEASES OF A PIECE OF GROUND ON THE EAST
SIDE OF THE LAST TENEMENT.
IOI.
Oct. 18, 10 Car. I, 1634; a lease to John Bell one of the esquire
beadles of the University of a parcel of void ground measuring from
E. to W. 56 feet, and N. to S. 36 feet, on part whereof a straw house
is to be built; it adjoins the backside of the said John Bell; 21 years;
rent 10s. and two fat capons.
The counterpart of B. 3. 57.
I02.
Sept. 1, 1656; a lease to Martin Hirst of the Univ. of Oxford gent.;
a piece of ground measuring 56 x 36 ft. with a fuel house thereon,
adjoining the backside of Martin Hirst; 21 years; rent as before.
The counterpart of B. 3. 59.
103.
B. 3. 61
B. 3. 30
B. 2.33
Jan. 22, 19 Car. II, 1667; a lease to Martin Hirst of the city of
Canterbury gent.; the piece of ground adjoins the garden of the
College; 21 years; rent as before.
104-II. LEASES OF A PART OF THE CARDINAL'S HAT
LYING TO THE SOUTH OF THE FIRST TENEMENT.
104.
Oct. 21, 10 Car. I, 1634; a lease to Richard Raye yeoman of a
messuage and yard in the parish of St. Mary Magdalen measuring on
the W. side from N. to S. 29 feet, on E. abutting on a tenement of
John Wood, measuring from E. to W. 28 ft. and abutting N. on
a tenement of Richard Owens; for 21 years; rent £4 and two capons
or 45.; Raye agrees to spend £30 on the buildings.
105.
June 24, 1658; a lease by the College to William Hancks, mason,
of two tenements in St. Mary Mag. parish measuring 30 feet E. to
W. and N. to S. towards the street 29 ft. between a tenement in the
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occupation of Walter Cave gent. N. and a tenement now in the occupa-
tion of Richard Priest S.; which premises were late in the occupation
of Richard Wraye; with the use of the well and house of office in the
tenement of Richard Priest; 30 years; rent for the first 27 years £3,
then £4; also two fat capons or 4s.; he is to pull down the messuages
and build two substantial dwelling houses.
106.
Mar. 20, 1658; the College gives licence to Hanks to assign his B. 2. 34
lease to others.
107.
Jan. 24, 22 Car. II, 1679; a lease to Nicholas Vilett of the B. 2.35
University of Oxford gent. to the use of Thomas Manners son of the
late William Manners, victualler, of the parish of St. Mary Magdalen;
it is now described as a tenement late two messuages, late Walter
Cave N., Hugh Ellis S.; for 30 years; rent £3 for the first 15 years,
then £4; also two capons or 4s.
108.
Oct. 20, 1699; articles of agreement between Balliol College on B. 2. 36
the one hand and Edward Benford jun. cordwainer and John Benford
jun. cordwainer; by which Balliol for a payment of £40 agrees that
when the lease granted to Vilett expires, the Benfords shall have a
lease for 23 years from Jan. 1, 1700, and after Balliol shall have
renewed the lease of the premises from the Dean and Chapter of
Ch: Ch:, Balliol will grant them another lease to make the term forty
years in all from Jan. 1, 1700; rent £4 and two capons or 4s.
109.
May 1, 1703; a lease to the Benfords; late Walter Cave N., late B. 2.37
William Neeve, now the College, S.; for 38 years from Mar. 25 last;
rent as before.
The counterpart of B. 2. 37.
IIO.
B. 2. 38
May 1, 1707; a lease to Edward Benford cordwainer; for 34 years B. 2.39
from Mar. 25 last; rent as before.
The counterpart of B. 2. 39.
B. 2.40
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B. 2.4I
III.
Sept. 1, 1720; a lease to Mary Cantwell widow; for 21 years;
rent as before.
B. 2. 42
The counterpart of B. 2. 41.
B. 3. 62
B. 2. 24
B. 2.25
112-19. LEASES OF A PORTION OF THE CARDINAL'S HAT
LYING TO THE SOUTH.
II2.
Oct. 17, 10 Car. I, 1634; a lease to John Woods yeoman of a
messuage measuring on the E. side 60 ft. and on the W. side 34 ft.;
having Cesar's Lodgings S. and tenements of Richard Ray and
Richard Owens N.; for 21 years; rent £4; Woods will expend £40
on new buildings.
113.
Mar. 19, 1651; a lease by the College to Richard Preist yeoman
of a messuage with yard measuring 60 ft. on the east side from N. to
S., and 34 ft. on the west side from N. to S. 'abutting on the south
side uppon certain lodgings belonging to the said College commonly
called Cesar's lodgings', and on the N. side upon a tenement of
William Feild and widow Perfect; for 19 years; rent £4 and two fat
capons; Roger Rayer another of the tenants of the College is to be
allowed the use of the well in Preist's yard.
The counterpart of B. 2. 24.
B. 2. 26
B. 2. 27
114.
Oct. 20, 20 Car. II, 1668; a lease to Hugh Ellis of the Univ. of
Oxford gent.; for 25 years; rent £4 and two fat capons or 4s.; no
covenant about the well.
115.
Jan. 24, 22 Car. II, 1679; a lease to Hugh Ellis; for 30 years;
rent as before.
B. 2. 28
The counterpart of B. 2. 27.
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116.
Feb. 1, 27 Car. II, 1674; a lease by the College to Hugh Ellis B. 2.29
of the same messuage and of those new buildings now erected or to be
erected by the said Hugh Ellis upon the ground whereon a stable and
old buildings lately stood belonging to the said messuage and also a
piece of ground late part of their garden ground lying behind the said
new buildings and part of a building belonging to Cesar's lodgings,
containing in length N. to S. 93 ft. and E. to W. 55 ft., with free
passage through the College to said new buildings; 34 years; rent
£4 4s.; when the College is minded to take a new lease of the said
premises (among other things) from the Dean and Chapter of Ch: Ch:,
from whom they are held, this lease shall be surrendered the College,
assurance being first given that the lease surrendered shall be renewed
for another 34 years.
Mem. that Hugh Ellis agrees to pay ios. a year for the piece of
garden ground above-mentioned.
I17.
Oct. 11, 2 Jac. II, 1686; a lease to Hugh Ellis in the terms of B. 2.30
no. 115, not no. 116; 23 years; rent £4 4s.
118.
Sept. 16, 13 Will. III, 1701; a lease to William New of the B. 2. 31
University of Oxford gent. of a tenement called the Black Nag, being
60 ft. on the E. side and 34 ft. on the W., between Cesar's lodgings S.
and a tenement once in the tenure of William Feild and widow Perfect,
now of John Benford and Edward Benford N.; for 20 years: rent £4
and two capons or 4s.; if the College wishes to take a new lease from
the Dean and Chapter of Ch: Ch: this lease shall be surrendered.
119.
Mar. 1, 1 Anne, 1701; the College for the sum of £150 buys from B. 2. 32
William New the surrender of the lease no. 118.
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B. 3. 68
120-2. LEASES OF THE NORTH-EAST PORTION OF THE
CARDINAL'S HAT.
120.
Oct. 21, 5 Anne, 1706; a lease to George Phipps of the City of
Oxford gent. of a parcell of ground¹ containing in the clere on the
south side from E. to W. from the inside of the walls at each end
121 ft. 8 in.', the same on the N., 33 ft. 6 in. E., 37 ft. 6 in. W., being
on the W. between the house of Phipps and College buildings called
Ellis his lodging, and also a kitchen, stable and other buildings thereon ;
being bounded by the house of Phipps N. and buildings and garden of
the College S., E., and W.; for 30 years; rent 40s.; if the College is
minded to renew the lease of this land from the Dean and Chapter of
Ch: Ch:, Phipps will surrender this lease and receive another for the
residue of the term.
121.
B. 3. 69
Oct. 25, 1737; a lease to Thomas Hughes of Trin. Coll. Oxford,
doctor of physick, of the same piece of ground and another smaller
piece adjoining; for 25 years; rent £3; Thomas Hughes is now on
the N.
I22.
B. 3. 70
B. 2.25
Oct. 21, 1754; a lease to Isaac Hughes of Bansted, Surrey; for 30
years; rent £3.
16. PART OF THE SITE OF THE HALL. 123, 124.
North of the Cardinal's Hat was a tenement which for four centuries
belonged to Lincoln College; from 1852 to 1872 it was in private hands ;
in 1872 Balliol bought it. It was of the same depth as the Cardinal's
Hat, reaching on the east to Trinity College.
123.
A letter of Mr. Morrell, 1872, saying that the part of his property he
proposes to sell to Balliol was sold to Mr. Morrell's father by Lin-
coln College' at the time that Balliol took to the strip of ground offices
1 In the plan of the site of Balliol in
Williams' Oxonia Depicta this portion
of the Cardinal's Hat is omitted because
it was leased to the freehold house on
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CESAR'S LODGING ABOUT 1820
From a water-colour in the house of the Master of Balliol
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
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1
which had been previously held with his house'. Mr. Morrell retains
a holding which did not belong to the tenement of Lincoln, but was
formerly the freehold of Mr. Price, at one time a Librarian at Bodley.
124.
Valuation by Field and Castle. The house is 401 ft. on W. side
and 41 ft. on E. side; mean depth 236 ft.
Purchased by Balliol in 1872 for £5,750.
LEASES GRANTED BY BALLIOL OF TENEMENTS ON THE
SITE OF THE COLLEGE.
125-8, the site of the New Lodgings, i. e. Hammond's Lodgings.
129-38, the tenement next on the west (i. e. tenement no. 8).
139-49, the corner tenement (i. e. tenement no. 9).
150-71, tenements ultimately united in the Katherine Wheel.
172-6, other leases.
177, a lease of Kettle Hall.
The plan of Balliol in Williams' Oxonia Depicta shows the tenements
to the west of the Master's garden as they were before the Fisher Buildings
were erected.
125-8. LEASES OF THE TENEMENT ONCE OF
ST. FRIDESWIDE'S.
125.
2
Aug. 20, 1574; a lease to Henry Wilkinson, joiner, of a tenement B. 3. 20
late in the tenure and possession of Exeter College, bounded by the
highway S., a tenement wherein Robert Richardson dwelleth N., Symon
Painter W., Balliol College E.; 40 years; rent 10s.
126.
Feb. 6, 20 Eliz. [1578]; John Handy of Oxford, yeoman, having B. 3. 21
obtained from Henry Wilkinson the residue of the lease now sells it to
John Wilson, M.A.
1
Among the muniments there is a
letter of Mr. Baker Morrell of the year
1852 which states that he had obtained
the reversion in fee of the premises
which he held of Lincoln College by
lease, that he had hitherto rented a piece
of ground of Balliol at £3 a year, but
that the College, which was making
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new buildings, now required the ground.
(A. 3. 46.)
2 This lease enables us to fix the site
of the St. Frideswide's tenement, which
Balliol acquired from Exeter; for it was
rebuilt as Hammond's Lodgings, which,
according to no. 33, was 247 feet from
the SE. corner of the College.
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127.
B. 3. 22
B. I. 93
Oct. 20, 27 Eliz. [1585]; John Willson, M.A., for £80 sells the residue
of the lease to 'Lord Viscount Mountigue knight of the most honour-
able order of the garter, Anthony Garnett clerk and John Browne gent.'
128.
May 25, 35 Eliz. [1593]; Anthonye Garnett of Dockenfield, Hants,
gives notice that whereas John Wylson of Wiltes by a deed of Oct. 20,
27 Eliz., did grant to the late Anthony Browne Viscount Mountague
now deceased, John Browne of Chichester now deceased, and Anthonye
Garnett all his estate and term of years in a tenement in the parish of
St. Mary Magdalene, Oxford, which he had of the demyse of the
Master and Scholars of the College of Balliol; now Anthony Garnett,
the sole survivor, grants and surrenders all his interest therein to Balliol
in performance of an order made in the court of Chancery¹ the 16th
day of this present month of May.
B. 2. 55
B. 2. 56
B. 2. 57
129-38. LEASES OF THE TENEMENT EAST OF THE
CORNER.
129.
Mar. 25, 42 Eliz. [1600]; a lease by the College to Richard Lloyd 2
of the parish of St. Mary Magdalen, innholder, of a tenement between
the Corner House W., and a building of the College called the New
Lodgings E. and a garden plott; also a house wherein William White
dwells; for 40 years; rent 20s.; Lloyd covenants to put up a new
chimney in the house where John Karseley dwells, and alter the shop
into a parlour, making towards the street a fair bay window of timber,
and setting before the same towards the street a sufficient fair pale.
The counterpart of B. 2. 55.
130.
Mar. 25, 6 Jac. I [1608]; a lease to William Langley, M.A., of the
1 This order in the court of Chancery
was apparently made in connexion with
the lawsuit between Balliol and the
executors of Lord Mountague to recover
the sum of money which had been left
to Balliol by William Hammond. In
Drawer B. 8 there are some papers
dealing with this lawsuit.
2 It is unfortunate that there is no
lease earlier than 1600, but we gather
from no. 125 that Simon Painter held
the tenement in 1574.
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tenement between the Corner House and the New Lodgings; 40 years ;
rent 13s. 4d.
The counterpart of B. 2. 57.
131.
B. 2.58
Mar. 22, 3 Car. 1 [1628]; a lease to Elizabeth Langley, widow; 40 B. 2. 59
years; rent 13s. 4d.
132.
Sept. 4, 1649; a lease to Richard Bayley, D.D., in trust for Mrs. B. 2. 60
Parsons; 40 years; rent 13s. 4d.
The counterpart of B. 2. 60.
B. 2. 61
133.
Mar. 10, 14 Car. [1662]; a lease to John Bailey, son of Richard B. 2. 62
Bailey, D.D., president of St. John's College.
The counterpart of B. 2. 62.
134.
B. 2. 63
Jan. 24, 1670; a lease to John Tayler, painter, of a tenement B. 2. 64
between the Corner House W. and 'the New Buildings' E., with a
piece of waste ground measuring 24 ft. N. to S. and 6 ft. E. to W.
between the garden of the said messuage W. and the way leading to
the New Buildings of the said master and scholars E.; 40 years;
rent 145.
The counterpart of B. 2. 64.
135.
B. 2. 65
June 24, 1686; the lease is renewed to John Tayler; 40 years; B. 2. 66
rent 145.; it is agreed that if the College be minded to build upon the
said premises or any part thereof, John Tayler will surrender the residue
of his lease receiving from the College such payment as two indifferent
persons, one chosen by each side, shall decide.
136.
May 3, 10 Will. III, 1698; the College and John Tayler agree that B. 2. 67
Sir Robert Harrison of Oxford, kt., and John Tibbetts of Oxford,
gent., shall be the two to set the value of the residue of Tayler's lease.
G 2
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137.
B. 2. 68
B. 2. 69
B. 2. 43
B. 2. 44
May 28, 1698; Sir Robert Harrison and John Tibbetts decide that
John Tayler shall surrender the lease and receive two guineas before
June 24 next and £160 on Mar. 25 next.
138.
June 7, 1698; John Tayler surrenders to the College all his right
in the premises.
139-49. LEASES OF THE CORNER HOUSE.
139.
Oct. 26, 1562; a lease by the College to Henry Wilkinson of a
tenement in the parish of St. Mary Magdalen called the corner house
and a tenement lying next to it on the north wherein mother Weaver
did late dwell; for 21 years; rent, 18s. 8d.
140.
Aug. 14, 1567; a lease to Owen Gylne and Ann his wife; 31 years;
rent 18s. 8d.
141.
B. 2. 45
B. 2. 46
B. 2. 47
B. 2. 48
B. 2. 49
B. 2. 50
Apr. 16, 1589; a lease to William Bennett; 31 years; rent 18/8.
The counterpart of B. 2. 45.
142.
June 20, 1607; a lease to William Bennett; 40 years; rent 18/8.
The counterpart of B. 2. 47.
143.
Mar. 22, 1627; a lease to Thomas Richardson, joiner, of the parish
of St. Michael; 40 years; rent 18s. 8d.
144.
Sept. 4, 1649; a lease to Anne Richardson and Merriall Richardson,
spinsters, daughters of late Thomas Richardson, of the corner tenement
and the tenement next to the north, once in the tenure of William
Bennett, late of Thomas Richardson; 40 years; rent 18s. 8d.
145.
B. 2. 51
Sept. 4, 1649; bond of William Richardson for his sisters.
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146.
Mar. 14, 18 Car. II, 166; a lease to Francis Wildgoose, tailor; B. 2. 52
40 years; rent 18s. 8d.
147.
Aug. 8, 1678; a lease to John West, Esq., of Hampton Poyle; B. 2. 53
40 years; rent 18s. 8d.
148.
July 4, 1681; Richard Plott, sen., paying to John West, Esq., the B. 2. 54
sum of £102 16s. 6d., and to Francis Wildgoose £29 16s., acquires the
residue of the lease granted in 1678 and all the fittings of the premises.
149.
April 6, 1699; for the sum of £60 Richard Stevens of Oxford, A. 3. 31
butcher, resigns to Balliol College all his right in a messuage which he
holds of the College commonly called the corner house, situate between
the Catherine Wheel and Balliol College.
150. LEASE OF A TENEMENT TO THE NORTH OF THE
CORNER.
150.
Mar. 25, 6 Jac.I [1608]; the College grants to William Langley, M. A., B. 3. 28
a lease of a tenement sometime in the occupation of William White,
between the corner house S. now in the tenure of William Bennett, and a
house in the tenure of John Ladyman, N.; for 40 years; rent 6s. 8d.¹
The counterpart of B. 3. 28. It is endorsed 'Lease of the new B. 3. 29
Law Lodgings'.
151, 152. LEASES OF A TENEMENT TO THE SOUTH OF
THE KATHERINE WHEEL.
151.
Mar. 25, 31 Eliz. [1589]; the College grants to John Lademan, car- B. 3. 24
penter to the College, a lease of a tenement bounded by the Catherine
1 In 1631 this tenement and the next
were united with the Katherine Wheel,
see no. 157. In 1600 this tenement was
leased to Richard Lloyd together with
the house east of the corner, see no. 129.
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THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 3. 25
Wheel N., Richard Floyd, tailor, S., the road W., the College E., now
in the occupation of Thomas Sage; for 31 years; rent 6s. 8d.; Sage is
to be allowed to hold the tenement for his life, paying to Balliol 6s. 8d.
a year.
The counterpart of B. 3. 24.
152.
B. 3. 26
B. 3. 27
Mar. 25, 42 Eliz. [1600]; the College renews the lease to John Lade-
man; the tenement is now occupied by Richard Lloyd; William White
is S.; 40 years; rent 6s. 8d.¹
The counterpart of B. 3. 26.
B. 2. I
B. 2. 2
B. 2. 3
153-69. LEASES OF THE KATHERINE WHEEL.
153.
Oct. 26, 4 Eliz., 1562; a lease by Antony Garnet, master of Balliol,
and the fellows to Robart Rychardson of the parish of St. Mary
Magdalen joyner' of a tenement called the 'Catherin wheell' with the
garden there, and one other tenement next adjoining on the south side
wherein one Harrison did late dwell, with the garden there; for 21
years; rent 28s.
The counterpart of B. 2. 1.
154.
Aug. 25, 15 Eliz. [1573]; the College for the sum of £10 renews
to Robert Rychardson the lease; 40 years; rent 28s.
155.
B. 2. 6
B. 2. 7
Dec. 8, 33 Eliz. [1590]; a lease to Francis Richardson of Oxford
yeoman of the two tenements as in B. 2. 1, together with gardens,
orchards, stables, &c., now in the occupation of Alice Boyden;
40 years; rent 28s. 10d.²
The counterpart of B. 2. 6.
1 In 1631 this tenement was united with the Katherine Wheel; see no. 157.
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From a drawing in the house of the Master of Balliol
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156.
Ap. 25, 5 Car. I, 1629; notice that by the will of the late Francis B. 2. 8
Richardson, his lease of the Katherine Wheel passed to Nicholas
Taylor and Elizabeth his wife, who by deed of Sept. 10, 2 Car. I, sold
their right to John Lee, 'citizen & marchant taylor of London'; now
John Lee sells it to Elizabeth Langley of Oxford, widow.
157.
July 2, 7 Car. I [1631], a lease by the College to Elizabeth Langley B. 2.9
of two tenements called the Katherine Wheel, a third tenement
sometime in the tenure of William White, and a fourth tenement
sometime in the tenure of John Ladyman, which four tenements are
bounded by the College N. and E., the high way W., and a corner
tenement of Thomas Richardson, joiner, on the S.; 40 years;
rent 42s. 2d.
158.
Sept. 3, 1649; a lease to Simon Coates, innholder, of the same B. 2. 10
four tenements together with an adjoining piece of ground being
25 ft. E. to W. and 23 ft. N. to S., bounded by the said messuage
N. and W., and by the College E. and S.; 40 years; rent 50s.
159.
Dec. 18, 15 Car. II, 1663; a lease to Simon Coates, innholder, of the B. 2. 11
same four tenements and a piece of ground now used as a backside
to the inn measuring 90 ft. E. to W. and 24 ft. N. to S., abutting on
the backside or grove belonging to the College N. and E., the Katherine
Wheel S., and the high way W.; 40 years; rent 55s.
The counterpart of B. 2. 11.
B. 2. 12
160.
Mar. 3, 28 Car. II, 167; the lease is renewed to Simon Coates; B. 2. 13
40 years; rent 55s.
The counterpart of B. 2. 13.
161.
B. 2. 14
Aug. 7, 2 Jac. II, 1686; a lease to Edmund Bradford of the Univ. B. 2. 15
of Oxford, gent., and Dorothy his wife; 40 years; rent 55s.
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A. 3. 31.
B. 2. 16
and 17
B. 2. 19
B. 2. 20
162.
June 25, 1694; John Weene of Oxford, innholder, resigns all his
right in the Katherine Wheel to John Coates of Northampton, gent.
163.
June 26, 6 Will. & Mary, 1694; notice that John Coates of
Northampton, grandson and executor of the will of Dorothy Bradford,
who was the wife once of Simon Coates and afterwards of Edmund
Bradford, deceased, has for the sum of £240 mortgaged to Henry
Levett of Exeter College, B.A., all his right in an inn called the
Katherine Wheel, part being in the tenure of John Weene, innholder,
and part of Benjamin Cooper of Oxford, gent., which he imploys in
keeping the Register's office for the Bishop and official of Oxon.
164.
Oct. 24, 1698; John Weene, innholder, having paid £240 to Henry
Levett, buys from John Coates and Robert Saunders for the sum of
£171 the residue of the lease as in no. 161.
165.
Nov. 25, 1698; the College grants a lease to John Weene, innholder;
40 years; rent 55s.
B. 2. 18
B. 2. 21
B. 2. 22
B. 8. 19
166.
Dec. 22, 1698; John Weene mortgages it to Roger Almont, B.D.,
for £350.
167.
March 6, 171, 9 Ann; James Almont, executor of Roger Almont,
transfers to James Hall of Oxford, gent., a mortgage of £200 on the
Katherine Wheel, £150 having been paid off.
June 10, 1714; Mr. Francis
received £78 from Balliol for
168.
Heywood acknowledges that he has
the purchase of 25 years or there-
abouts in the Catarine Wheele siezed into the Queen's hands by the
sheriff of Oxford'.
I. THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
89
169.
July 12, 13 Anne, 1714; a deed declaring that John Weene had B. 2. 23
failed to pay the interest due to James Hall; in consequence the
Crown issued a writ 'Extendi facias' and the sheriff was commanded
to sell the residue of the term granted to John Weene in 1698;
whereupon Balliol purchased the lease, paying £216 to James Hall
and £78 to John Weene's creditors.
170, 171. LEASES OF A TENEMENT TO THE NORTH OF
THE KATHERINE WHEEL.
170.
Aug. 25, 15 Eliz. [1573]; the College grants to Robert Richardson, B. 2. 4
joiner, 'for the great costs and charges that the said Robert shall be
at in building the tenemente called the Katherine wheele wherein he
now dwelleth,' a lease of a plot of ground on the north side of the
Katherine Wheel, adjoining to the stable of that tenement, being
36 ft. E. to W., 14 ft. N. to S., now in the occupation of Balliol
College; for 20 years; rent 6d.; Richardson covenants to 'mound it
with a stone wall'.
171.
Aug. 20, 24 Eliz. [1582]; a lease to Alice Boyden, widow, of a plot B. 2. 5
of ground on the north side of the Katherine Wheel, wherein the said
Alice now dwells, adjoining the stable of the said tenement, measuring
34 ft. E. to W. and 14 ft. N. to S., now in her occupation; also of
a piece of ground measuring 44 ft. N. to S. and 8 ft. E. to W.,
whereupon the said Alice has lately new built a stable, adjoining to the
Katherine Wheel on the west, and the stables of the College N. and E.,
and a tenement ‘now latelie builded by one Henrie Wilkinson deceased',
now in the occupation of Mr. Wilson or his assignes, S.; for 21 years;
rent rod.¹
172-7. VARIOUS LEASES.
172.
Jan. 16, 4 Jac. I [1607]; a lease by the 'Master of Belyall College' B. 2. 70
and the fellows to Gregorie Wilcocks, second cook of the College, with-
out fine, in consideration that he has been at some charges of building,
¹ It seems that in 1590 this tenement was united to the Katherine Wheel;
see no. 155.
90
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 2. 71
B. 2. 72
of a tenement in the backside of the College standing over against the
churchyard of St. Mary Magdalen, being part of the storehouse of the
College; 40 years; rent is.
The counterpart of B. 2. 70.
173.
Mar. 22, 3 Car. I [1628]; a lease to Anne Wilcocks, alias Mayer,
widow; 40 years; rent 1s.
174.
B. 2. 73
B. 2. 74
B. 2. 75
B. 3. 31
B. 3. 23
Sept. 12, 1649; a lease to Anne Wilcocks, alias Mayer, widow;
40 years; rent Is.
The counterpart of B. 2. 73.
175.
Oct. 9, 1671; a lease to John Lawrence, labourer; 40 years;
rent IS.
Endorsed in a later hand. Lease by the Ball Court.
176.
Aug. 7, 1657; a lease by the College to Symon Coates, innholder,
of a piece of waste ground part of the backside or grove of the
College, containing 90 ft. E. to W. and 24 ft. N. to S., bounded by the
College Grove N. and E., an inn of the College in the tenure of the said
Symon, S., and the street W., as it is now measured out; for 33 years;
rent 5s.; Symon will build at his own charges, within one year erect
a stone wall between the premises and the Grove, and make a gate
arched over with freestone such that a cart loaded with hay can pass
through from the street into the Grove.¹
A LEASE OF KETTLE HALL.
177.
Mar. 7, 5 Eliz.; an indenture by which Balliol, having obtained
from Oriel College on Feb. 27, 7 Ed. VI, a lease of a close of pasture
in the parish of St. Mary Magdalen, between the ground of the
President and scholers of Magdalen College' E. and the ground
1 In 1663 this was united with the Katherine Wheel: see no. 159.
I. THE SİTE OF THE COLLEGE
91
belonging to Trinity Coll. W., the high street S., Trinity Coll. grove
N., for 21 years, rent 6s. 8d., now grants the residue of the term to
Robert Richardson, joiner; he is to have 'lopp and shred of trees
towards the reparation of the said pasture'.
II. BURNEL'S INN AND THE SITE OF THE
SYNAGOGUE. 178-215.
ONE of the most valuable possessions of Balliol in Oxford consisted
of a hall called Burnel's Inn, in the parishes of St. Edward and
St. Frideswide, together with some houses on the west side of it, in
St. Aldate's parish, which were formed into an inn called The Pike,
subsequently The Dolphin.
2
William Burnel, who died shortly before Nov. 6, 1304,¹ left to
Balliol all the houses that he had acquired in Oxford, if the licence of
the king could be obtained; if not, they were to be sold and the
money given to Balliol. The executors applied to the king for the
royal licence, and on December 3 an inquisition was held at Oxford
'whether it would be to the king's damage if the executors of William
Burnel should give to the Master of the house of the scholars of
Balliol one messuage and nine shops,' which had been left to them by
Burnel's will. The jury returned a verdict that it would not be to the
damage of the king or of others; that the messuage was held of the
Hospital of St. John at a rent of 6d. a year and was worth 6 marks a
year; that there was also a plot of ground and a cottage acquired by
Burnel from Robert de Driffeld, held from the same hospital at a rent
of 12d.; and that the nine shops were worth four marks a year.
The return is endorsed 'Fiat per finem dimidie marce '.* On
Jan. 16, 1305, the king issued his letters patent giving the necessary
permission; but when Parliament met on Feb. 28 a petition was
presented by the executors of William Burnel, saying that Hugh le
Despenser had ejected them by violence from the houses which
William Burnel had left to Balliol, and hindered the fulfilment of the
legacy. It appears that the petition was not settled immediately, for
the first reply is 'vocetur Hugo le Despenser'; the next reply
probably represents the result of his examination; it says that if those
1 Le Neve, Fasti Ecc. Angl. iii. 168.
2 Mem. de Parliamento, p. 161 (Rolls
Series).
૩
9 Inquisitions ad quod damnum, port-
folio 53, no. 21 (Record Office).
92 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
tenements in that town may be left by will and the testator could
devise them according to the custom of the town, let a writ be obtained
from the Chancery to the mayor and bailiffs in the form that is usual
with legacies of this kind'.¹ On Nov. 10, 1305, the king issued such
a writ to the mayor and bailiffs, saying that he has given licence to
the Master and scholars of Balliol to receive a messuage and nine
shops left to them by William Burnel, and if the will has been proved
before them in due order they are to deliver the messuage and shops
according to the custom of the town. We do not know what was the
position of Hugo le Despenser; he may have had the wardship of the
heir of William Burnel. But the difficulties of the executors were not
finished. The profits of the town of Oxford had been granted to
Queen Margaret; and her bailiffs claimed to hold the tenements 'in
the name of wardenship by reason of the death of William Burnel'
but on Feb. 1, 1306, the king issued an order to his eschaetor to
disregard the claim of the Queen's bailiffs and to deliver the messuage
and shops to the scholars of Balliol, inasmuch as the tenements could
3
be devised by will like other tenements in the town.
On April 24,
1306, an inquisition was held by the eschaetor concerning the tene-
ments of William Burnel in Oxford (no. 188); the return is more full
than the previous inquisition of Dec. 3, 1304, but it covers the same
ground; the heir was declared to be of full age according to the
custom of the town of Oxford', the custom of the town being that a
person, male or female, was of age when fifteen years old.ª On
February 2, 1307, we find that Balliol was in possession of the
Synagogue (no. 202) a part of Burnel's property, but it seems that
there was still some difficulty; for we have a series of deeds between
November 26, 1313, and May 14, 1314, by which the heir of William
Burnel and the executors release the lands and tenements to Balliol;
finally, Queen Margaret, now Queen Dowager, on August 27, 1314,
confirmed the gift.
The exact size and shape of Burnel's Inn and the Dolphin will
never be known, but by means of the Balliol deeds, supplemented by
the Cartulary of St. Frideswide and the muniments of Magdalen, we
are able to reconstruct the arrangement of the tenements with a
considerable degree of certainty. The Inquisition held in 1306
Mem. de Parliamento, p. 161 (Rolls
Series).
2 Calendar of Close Rolls (1302–7),
P. 304.
3 Ibid., p. 365.
4 Oxford City Documents, pp. 225,
230 (O. H. S.).
II. BURNEL'S INN
93
(no. 188) informs us that William Burnel held four tenements in
Fish Street in the parish of St. Aldate. The northernmost had
belonged to Argalicia, a Jewess, and was bounded by a tenement of
Nicholas de Coleshulle on the north, and a tenement once of Richard
de Morton on the south; next came a tenement of Richard de
Morton; next was the 'scola Judeorum' which is elsewhere called the
Synagogue; and lastly a tenement which had once belonged to
Mildegod, a Jew, and had been acquired by Burnel from the Hospital of
St. John (see no. 179), bounded on the south by a tenement of the
priory of St. Frideswide. The tenement of Nicholas de Coleshull,
held in 1342 by Joseph de Wodestock (no. 215), is known to have
been the corner tenement, bounded by Civil School Street on the north.¹
On the south of the four tenements of Burnel, there were tenements of
St. Frideswide extending to the corner of St. Fridewide's Lane; we
know something about them from the Cartulary of St. Frideswide, but
whether they were three or four in number is uncertain.
The next step is to discover what was the position of Civil School
Street and St. Frideswide's Lane. The latter is known to have been the
northern boundary of St. Frideswide's cemetery and to have started
from Beke's Inn, which is now represented by the house of the
President of Corpus. It would therefore have run between the gardens
of the Dean of Christ Church and the Professor of Pastoral Theology.
We have assumed that it was continued westward in much the same
line, but it is not unlikely that it diverged more towards the south than
is shown in the map; for at present we only know of five tenements
between St. Fridewide's Lane and the South Gate, and there is no
reason to believe that any of them were of unusually large size. The
situation of Civil School Street is also a little uncertain. As George
Hall is known to have been opposite Vine Hall, and the position of
Vine Hall can be fixed with some accuracy, the eastern end of the
street is certain, but the western end is uncertain. We have assumed
that two parallel walls in the gardens of the Canons on the north side
of the Quadrangle, shown in all maps from the time of Agas, are relics
of the street which seems to have been closed about 1550, and we
have drawn the street accordingly. A third road, following the line of
Blue Boar Lane, is shown in Mr. Hurst's map in Wood's 'City of
Oxford', vol. i; but no evidence has been found that such a road existed
in mediaeval times, and Blue Boar Lane was certainly made in 1553
1 See a quotation given by Wood, City of Oxford, i. 160.
94
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
by, the Dean and Canons of Christ Church.¹ We may assume that
they were allowed to close Civil School Street on condition that they
made another road.
We are enabled to ascertain the depth of Burnel's tenements in
Fish Street by deed no. 206, which states that the wall between the
tenement of Edmund de Ludlow on the north, and the tenement of
Balliol called 'Bredeshot,' formerly the Synagogue, on the south, was
791 feet long. It states that the wall stretched from Burnel's Inn in
the parish of St. Edward on the east to the 'gable of the upper shop'
of the synagogue. If we assume that the shops facing Fish Street were
20 to 25 feet in depth, which is about the usual depth for a mediaeval
shop, we are brought to the conclusion that the eastern boundary
of Burnel's tenement was about a hundred feet from the street, and this
conclusion is confirmed by the fact that it makes the boundary between
the parishes of St. Aldate and St. Edward very much in a line with the
boundary further to the north on the west side of Edward Hall.
The Inquisition of 1306 (no. 188) informs us that William Burnel
rebuilt the tenements and made them into nine shops; but the Balliol
deeds suggest that it would be more accurate to say that he made them
into eight shops in front and an inn behind. It was an age when
many were erecting inns, and in every case the same method was
followed; some adjacent houses were acquired, the frontage was
turned into shops and the gardens behind supplied the site for the inn
and courtyard. About 1300 John de Dokelington followed this plan
when he built Dokelington's Inn, now the site of the Post Office; and
the same was the process about 1330, when one of the name of
Marshall made the inn now called the Clarendon. In all cases the
courtyard was reached through an archway such as may be still seen
at the Golden Cross Inn. It is true that Wood assumes 2 that Burnel
turned the synagogue 'into a hall for students'; but when we find by
deed no. 202 that as early as 1307 the synagogue, bounded by
Burnel's Inn on the east, and certain shops on the west, was leased to
John de Aylesbury, described as a taverner, it is a natural assumption
that already it was an inn, as it certainly was in the next century.
The language of no. 202 implies that the synagogue was larger
than the other three tenements and possibly ran behind them, while
no. 206 suggests that the inn was at first called Brodyates.
1 Twyne, xxii. 345, quoted by Wood,
City of Oxford, i. 156; but Wood
amplifies the record in Twyne, saying
that the new lane led to the west part
of Peckwater's Inne'. These words are
not in the original and are incorrect.
2 City of Oxford, i. 157.
II. BURNEL'S INN
95
East of the Synagogue we must place the tenement of Robert de
Driffield, which once belonged to the Black Friars, of which the history
is given us by deeds 180-4. The last of these deeds says that in 1299
it was bounded by John de Coleshille on the west, and we know that
John de Coleshille owned the corner tenement on the south side of
Civil School Street. On its east side we may locate the plot which
Burnel acquired from Richard de Morton. The Inquisition of 1306
says that this plot measured a hundred feet by eighty, and was next to
the tenement which Burnel acquired from Robert de Driffield. Towards
the south-east, and within what was originally the parish of St. Frides-
wide, Burnel acquired from the Hospital of St. John a large messuage
bounded by John the Tailor on the east and by holdings of St. Frides-
wide and of Juliana Gamage on the west (see no. 179). On the west
side of this tenement Burnel acquired the messuages once of William
Saunzdelay and of Dionisia Burwold (no. 188), of which we have
mention in Cart. St. Frid. i. pp. 106 and 125. They were on the east side
of Greek Hall, and had originally extended northward to the boundary
of the parish, but Dionisia Burwold had granted to St. Frideswide's the
'caput' of her garden,¹ and this formed the plot of ground measuring
fifty feet by sixty which Burnel acquired (no. 188). We do not know
from whom he bought it; and though it is stated that he acquired the
messuages once of Saunzdelay and Burwold from the Hospital of
St. John, the statement may be doubted (see note to no. 188).
Our deeds do not furnish much information about the history of
Burnel's Inn beyond the fact that in 1416 Richard Clifford rented it
from Balliol, and contemplated the purchase of it (see no. 209). What
happened after his death we do not know, but it was held by Benedic-
tine monks as late as 1450;² after which time it seems to have reverted
to the position of an ordinary academic hall.³
When Wolsey made a plan to build a College to the west of
St. Frideswide's church, it was necessary that he should acquire the
Dolphin Inn and London College. It will be seen from the map that
the northern half of his quadrangle was occupied by a block of build-
ings bounded on the east by St. Edward's Lane, on the north by Jewry
Lane or Civil School Street, on the west by Fish Street, and on the
south by St. Frideswide's Lane. Of these buildings one half belonged
to the Priory of St. Frideswide's, one or two were in private hands,
and the rest belonged to Balliol. The deed is still preserved at
1 Cart. St. Frid. i. 103 (Oxf. Hist.
Soc.).
2 Munim. Acad. ii. 627.
3 Ibid. ii. 691.
96 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
Christ Church by which 'William White, master of Balliol College,
for a certain sum of money paid beforehand' grants to John Hygden,
Dean of Cardinal College, eight tofts and curtilages in Fish Street,
whereon formerly stood seven cottages and the Dolphin Inn, bounded
on the north and south by land of the Cardinal's College; he also
grants another toft and curtilage once called London College, bounded
on the north by Civil School Lane, on the south by 'Frideswythe's '
Lane, and on the east and west by lands of Cardinal College; and
George Reve and Roger Bradley are appointed to give seisin. The
deed is dated April 18, 1526; but as the building of the College was
begun on July 15, 1525, we might think that the date should be
April 18, 1525. It is evident, however, that there were two stages in
the building of Cardinal College, that though the College was founded
in 1525 it was then housed in the buildings of the Priory and perhaps
in Peckwater's Inn, and that no building was done outside the boun-
daries of St. Frideswide's. In the next year a larger scheme was
begun, and the site of the Quadrangle was acquired. The proof of
this is supplied by a manuscript book¹ which was drawn up by the
Cardinal giving directions to his agents at Oxford for the manner
in which the site of the Quadrangle was to be acquired. Though it is
undated, it must be of about December, 1525. The College was
already in existence, for the agents are instructed to consult the Dean
on certain matters, and in one place the Cardinal' marvels much ' that
without consulting him the Dean had allowed some of the College to
withdraw to Poghley because of the plague; but the front Quadrangle
was not begun nor the site acquired, and instructions are given for the
suppression and demolition of the church of St. Michael at Southgate.
In this record there are words which throw light on some of the
Balliol deeds about Burnel's Inn. On folio 50 the author gives his
scheme for the acquisition of tenements belonging to Balliol College
and the monasteries of Studley and Godstow :
'Secondly inasmuch as, ensuyng such divise of buylding and lodging as
the said most reverend fader hath appointed to be in the precincte of his
said Colleage and after the proportion of a plat drawen upon the same,
not oonly certain housen belonging to the late monastery of Sainct
Frediswide but also other apperteyning to Bayly Colleage, Godstow
monastery & other persons for enlarging of the grounde must necessaryly
be pulled down & taken in, his pleasour is that his said chapelens and
counsailours, according to such commission as they have delyvered unto
1 Record Office: Exchequer, Treasury of Receipt, Misc. Book, no. 102.
II. BURNEL'S INN
97
them for that purpose, doo treate, commen, conclude and agree with the
owners of the said howses, as to ther discretions shall be thought con-
venient, using nevertheless therein such dexterite & policie as first they
may by good handling of the Master and company of Baly Colleage and
also the prioresses of Godstow and Studley¹ monasteries induce them, by
good words and promyses with hope that the said most reverende fader
shal by impropriation of benefices unto them or such other wais recom-
pense the same, to be content to demaunde noo other recompense for ther
howses, being nowe of soo lytel proufyt and advauntage unto them; and
if that waye wisely attempted and handled take no good effect, they shal
thenne goo abowte to agre and compounde as well with the Master of
Bayly Colleage as all other owners of such howses as must necessaryly be
pulled down for reasonable summes of money, ... consideration & respect
to be had of the little profit... now arising and cumming to the owners
and what lesse proufyt shuld arrise of them in longer continuance,
if they shul stond styl; and by such allegations tending to the same
effect, to bring the price to as lowe a summe as may be to the most
advauntage of his Grace.'
It appears from subsequent deeds that this scheme for the 'good
handling' of Balliol was successful, and that the Cardinal, in spite of
the language of the deed already quoted, did not actually give money
to the College, but only promised to give lands or benefices. Three
years later Balliol became anxious that the promise should be fulfilled,
On Sept. 29, 1529, a deed was drawn up (no. 212) in the house
of William Freur or Freer, a leading citizen of Oxford, at one time
collector of rents of the lands of St. Frideswide's and Cardinal
College,2 in which Robert Carter who had been the Cardinal's agent
in acquiring the land of Balliol asserted that he had paid nothing for it.
Although Wolsey had not actually been dismissed from the King's
service, his fall was imminent, and his creditors were naturally
nervous. Within a month he fell; his property passed to the King,
but not his debts; and on Oct. 5, 1530, the debt was still unpaid
and Balliol proposed to recover its property and occupy the build-
ing 'lately erected' upon it. The subsequent history is uncertain.
Studley was a priory but Godstow
was an abbey. The property of Studley
was apparently in St. Aldate's parish on
the east side of Fish Street not far from
South Gate; see Book of Wills, p. 32;
Hundred Rolls, ii. So1; Eynsham Cart.
i. 301. The property of Godstow may
have been Ship Hall, immediately south
of Vine Hall and adjacent to Peckwater
Inn. It is probable that it was rented
H
by the principal of Peckwater's Inn:
This would be required for the north-
east corner of the Cardinal's site.
2 Wood, City of Oxford, vol. iii,
p. 29.
Every one was beginning to shun
the falling minister,' J. S. Brewer in
The Reign of Hen. VIII, vol. ii, p. 370;
Brewer quotes letters of July 30 and
Aug. 31, 1529, to illustrate this.
98
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
In 1535 the College complained that it had lost £10 7s. 6d. yearly
by 'the takynge in of London College with the Dolphon Ynne
and dyverse other tenements unto the buyldinge off Frediswydes
College; by the reason wheroff we be constraynyde to dymynyshe
the nowmber of owr Felowes that we be bownde to have', and
having with longe suyte to owr gret costys and charge' recovered
nothing, prayed the King for recompense. According to a petition
addressed to Chancery by Balliol in 1557, the debt was on one
occasion acknowledged by Henry VIII, and he issued a command
that it should be paid, but this was not done. It is true that state-
ments found in these petitions to Chancery must be discounted very
liberally, and we may disbelieve the statement that the College had
never consented to part with the land, and that the College seal had
been stolen by the senior fellow at a time of plague, when the other
members of the College were absent; but we may believe the state-
ment that Henry VIII did not fulfil his promise, partly because it is
probable in itself, and partly because the members of Christ Church
admitted it. Their reply seems to have been that it was not reason-
able that Christ Church should pay the King's debt, merely because it
was difficult to recover it for the King. The fact is that Balliol was
the victim of the Cardinal's astuteness. It is possible, though by no
means certain, that if the Cardinal had retained the King's favour, the
College might have received some recompense; unfortunately he fell
and the College received nothing.
It may comfort Balliol to know that they were not the only sufferers
at the hands of the Cardinal. At an inquisition held Oct. 20, 1530,
the jury returned a verdict that on Feb. 3, 1526, the Cardinal disseised
the Mayor and Burgesses of Oxford of a tenement called Shelvyngstole
with a garden and four cottages, of a rent of 135. 4d. from 'Jure Schole'
and of 25. from a tenement on the south side of East Gate; and on
the same day another verdict declared that the Cardinal had disseised
Lincoln College of a tenement worth 13s. 4d. yearly, which was bounded
by the high way on the north, and by St. Michael's Church on the
south, and had taken the building material, worth £30. But these
cases were not so hard as that of Balliol, which at one stroke lost an
eighth of its income.
The deeds are arranged in the following order :-
178-85. The acquisition of the site by Burnel.
1 Valor Ecclesiasticus, vol. ii, p. 270.
2 Cardinal's Bundles, now Inq. post
2
mortem, series ii, vols. 76 and 77, nos.
7 and 11 (Record Office).
II. BURNEL'S INN
99
186-201. The conveyance of Burnel's property to Balliol
College.
202-II. Leases.
212-14. Dealings with Wolsey and Christ Church.
215. A list of the tenements in Oxford which belonged to the
College in 1342.
178.
[Edward I grants to William Burnel the School of the Jews
and tenements of Jews who had been exiled.]
Edwardus dei gracia rex Anglie, dominus Hibernie & dux Aquitan-
nie omnibus ad quos presentes littere peruenerint salutem. Sciatis quod
dedimus & concessimus pro nobis & heredibus nostris dilecto nobis
Willelmo Burnell preposito Wellensi domos illas cum pertinenciis in
Oxonia que fuerunt Mossei filii Iacobi de Londonia Iudei in parochia
sancti Aldati, et domum illam cum pertinenciis que fuit scola Iudeorum
in eadem uilla et domos illas & tenementa cum pertinenciis que fuerunt
Margalicie que fuit uxor Uives de Gloucestria Iudee in eadem uilla, et
domos illas cum pertinenciis que fuerunt Bonefeii filii Lumbardi de
Crickelade Iudei in parochia sancti Martini in eadem uilla, et domos
illas & tenementa cum pertinenciis que fuerunt Sarre que fuit uxor
Benedicti le Eueske Iudee in parochia sancti Aldati in eadem uilla ;
et domos illas cum pertinenciis que fuerunt Florie la Vedue Iudee in
eadem parochia in uilla predicta; et domos illas & tenementa cum
pertinenciis que fuerunt Benedicti de la Cornere Iudei in eadem parochia
in uilla predicta; et domos illas & tenementa cum pertinenciis que
fuerunt Pye que fuit uxor Benedicti Caus Iudee in eadem parochia
in uilla predicta; et domos illas cum pertinenciis que fuerunt Auegaye
filie Benedicti de Wintonia Iudee in eadem parochia in uilla predicta;
et eciam domos illas cum pertinenciis que fuerunt Samuelis de Berk-
hampsted Iudei in eadem parochia in uilla predicta per exilium
eorundem Iudeorum & Iudearum a regno nostro tanquam escaeta
nostra in manu nostra existencia & que ad decem libras octo solidos
& septem denarios extenduntur habenda & tenenda eidem
Willelmo & heredibus suis vel cuicumque illa secundum consuetudi-
nem ville predicte dare vel assignare voluerit de nobis & heredibus
nostris imperpetuum, reddendo inde nobis & heredibus nostris sex
denarios per manus balliuorum nostrorum eiusdem uille singulis annis
ad Scaccarium nostrum sancti Michaelis, et faciendo aliis dominis feodi
B. II. 12
May 24,
1291
H 2
IOO
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 9. 5b.
Mich.
1291-
Mich.
1292
illius seruicia inde debita & consueta. In cuius rei testimonium has
litteras nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste me ipso apud Norham
uicesimo quarto die Maii anno regni nostri decimo nono.¹
179.
[The Hospital of St. John grants to William Burnel a mes-
suage in Fish street and another near the cemetery of
St. Frideswide.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos frater Nicholaus custos &
magister hospitalis sancti Iohannis extra portam orientalem Oxonie,
confratres & infirmi loci predicti dedimus, concessimus & hac
presenti carta nostra confirmauimus pro nobis & successoribus nostris
magistro Willelmo Burnel, Wellensi preposito & heredibus suis ac
assignatis quibuscumque in perpetuum aulam nostram angularem² atque
domos & tenementa cum suis pertinenciis prope cimiterium sancte
Frideswide in villa Oxonie memorate, que aula & domus site sunt inter
terram & tenementa quondam Iuliane Gamage atque terram & tenementa
prioris sancte Frideswide ex parte una & tenementa quondam Iohannis
Cissoris ex parte altera in parochia sancte Frideswide. Dedimus eciam,
concessimus & hac presenti carta nostra confirmauimus prefato magistro
Willelmo Burnel & heredibus suis uel suis assignatis domum, terram
& tenementa cum pertinenciis que Iacobus dictus Mildegod quondam
Iudeus tenuit de nobis, que domus sita est inter tenementa prioris sancte
Frideswide ex parte una & tenementa que quondam fuerunt Iudeorum
Oxonie ex parte altera in parochia sancti Aldati; habenda & tenenda
omnes terras, domos & omnia tenementa predicta cum suis pertinenciis
dictis magistro Willelmo & heredibus suis ac suis assignatis de
capitalibus dominis terrarum & tenementorum huiusmodi bene &
in bona pace libere, integre & quiete in perpetuum; reddendo inde
annuatim sepedictus magister Willelmus & sui heredes aut assignati
capitali domino feodorum illorum & aliis seruicia inde debita &
consueta secundum quantitatem que pertinet ad tantum tenementum in
villa Oxonie memorata. Pro hac autem donatione, concessione &
presentis carte nostre confirmacione dedit prefatus magister Willelmus
1 With the royal seal; B. 9. 5 is an
early copy of this deed.
2 The word angularis is here used
vaguely, meaning 'at the corner'.
Burnel's Inn was not actually the corner
tenement, as it was bounded on the east
by the tenement of John the Tailor (see
no. 215); similarly the tenement of
John the Tailor is described as bounded
by the road on the east and Barnel's Inn
on the west. The words angularis or
ad angulum are occasionally used in this
inaccurate way. In no. 215 Burnel's
Inn is described as 'in quodam angulo'.
PLAN OF
the Western part of
CHRIST CHURCH.
boundary of St. Edward's parish
Canon
School
St. Edward's Hall
Church of
St. Edward
Now Bear Lane
Area Predicatorum 44 yds. x77 yds
Hyren Hall
Juris Civilis
Magna Scola
Civil
School St.
or
66 ft.
60 ft.
White Hall
Ape Hall
Jury
Lane
George Hall
73 ft. 6 in.
32 ft. 6 in
Vine Hall
boundary. of Ft. Edund's and st. Fridestorila's prenishes
Ship Hall
Canterbury
Pennyfarthing St
..Town Wall
Brewer's St
tenements of
St. Foridenvide's
Fish St.
now
Parish of St. Aldate
St. Aldate's
St. Michael
Parish of
South
Gate
Stodley
ten?
Greek
Hall
Leberd Hall
Lincoln Coll: tenement
Probable site of St.
chael's Church
Cemetery. of
John
le Tailor
Pekwater
Inn
College
St. Forideswide's Lane
Cemetery of St. Ferideswide
St. Frideswide
? Town Wall before 1120.
Town Wall after
destroyed
by
Wolsey
destroyed by Wolsey
CATHEDRAL
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Scale of Feet
200
Kitchen
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II. BURNEL'S INN
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nobis & successoribus nostris in excambium domum illam cum perti-
nenciis que fuit Sarre quondam uxoris Benedicti le Eueske & terram
illam & tenementa cum pertinenciis que fuerunt Samuelis de Berk-
hamstede & terram illam & tenementa cum pert. que fuerunt Pye
quondam uxoris Benedicti de Kauz & terram illam & tenementa
cum pert. que fuerunt Auegaye filie Benedicti de Wynton & terram
illam & tenementa cum pert. que fuerunt Benedicti de la Cornere
quondam Iudeorum & Iudearum Oxonie,¹ reddendo inde annuatim
nos & successores nostri predicti capitalibus dominis feodorum predic-
torum seruicia debita & consueta. Et nos. dicti custos & magister
hospitalis predicti, confratres & infirmi loci predicti. omnes domos &
terras & omnia tenementa predicta cum omnibus & singulis pertinenciis
suis sepedicto magistro Willelmo & heredibus ac assignatis suis contra
omnes homines & feminas per seruicia predicta acquietabimus & in
perpetuum defendemus ac warantizabimus per excambium supradictum.
Et ut [&c. alternate sealing], hiis testibus, Henrico Oweyn tunc maiore
Oxonie, Willelmo de Wodestone & Andrea Culvert tunc balliuis eiusdem
ville, Philippo de Ow, Iohanne Culvert, Ricardo de la Garderobe,
Iohanne de Ow, Nicholao Aurifabro, Henrico de Gamage, Ricardo le
Espicer, Thoma Lysewys & multis aliis.
180.
[Thomas son of Edwin sells land to the Black Friars.]
2
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Thomas filius Thome filii Edwini A. 13. 1
de Oxonia concessi, dimisi & liberaui & hac presenti carta mea con-
c. 1233
firmaui fratribus Predicatoribus de Oxonia totam terram meam cum
omnibus pertinenciis suis que est in parochia beatî Eadwardi in Oxonia,
illam uidelicet que iacet inter terram que est Roberti With & terram
que fuit Iohannis de Nauare, habendam & tenendam de me & here-
dibus meis sibi & suis assignatis in perpetuum libere & quiete & integre,
reddendo inde annuatim domui hospitalis de sancto Iohanne extra
portam orientalem de Oxonia tresdecim denarios ad duos anni terminos
1 These houses extended from Penny-
farthing Street towards Carfax; for the
most part they still belong to Mag-
dalen.
2 Although the house of the Domini-
cans was on the north side of Jury lane,
there can be no doubt that this tene-
ment was on the south side. In one of
the rentals of St. John's Hospital it is
described as 'opposite the school of
Civil Law', i. e. on the south side; and
as we know that William Burnel left to
Balliol all his tenements in Oxford, and
that Balliol had nothing on the north
side of the lane, we are forced to the
conclusion that this land did not adjoin
the main holding of the Dominicans,
but was opposite to it...
102 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 13. 2
C. 1236
pro omni seruicio & exaccione & demanda, videlicet ad festum sancti
Michaelis vi denarios & obolum et in Annunciacione sancte Marie
VI denarios & obolum. Et ego predictus Thomas filius Thome &
heredes mei warantizabimus predictis fratribus Predicatoribus & suis
assignatis totam predictam terram cum omnibus pertinenciis suis contra
omnes homines mares & feminas. Pro hac autem concessione,
dimissione, liberacione, confirmacione, warantizacione predicti fratres
Predicatores dederunt michi centum solidos argenti in garsuma. Ut
igitur [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Petro filio Toroldi tunc maiore Oxonie,
Roberto filio Oweni, Philippo Molendinario, Waltero Aurifabro,
Laurencio With, Henrico Inge, Alewico, Iohanne Pille, Ricardo
Molendinario, Roberto Minnoth & aliis.
181.
[The Friars sell it to Randulf de Chilton.
Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego frater Willelmus de Tyford &
conuentus fratrum Predicatorum Oxonie dedimus & concessimus,
dimisimus & liberauimus & hac presenti carta nostra confirmauimus
Randulfo de Chiltune capellano totam terram nostram cum omnibus
pertinenciis suis que iacet inter terram que est Roberti Wyth et terram
que fuit Iohannis de Nauare in parochia sancti Edwardi Oxonie, illam
uidelicet terram quam emimus a Thoma filio Thome filii Edwyni de
Oxonia; habendam & tenendam sibi et heredibus uel assignatis suis in
perpetuum libere et quiete, integre et pacifice, reddendo inde annuatim
domui hospitalis sancti Iohannis extra portam orientalem Oxonie
tresdecim denarios ad duos anni terminos, uidelicet ad festum sancti
Michaelis sex denarios et obolum & ad Annunciacionem beate Marie
sex denarios et obolum pro omni seruitio et exaccione & demanda. Et
nos pro nobis & successoribus nostris dicto R. et heredibus suis uel
assignatis tanquam ueris assignatis nostris cessimus & concessimus.
totum ius nostrum quod habuimus uel habere potuimus in predicta
terra cum omnibus pertinenciis suis, ita quidem quod dictus Thomas.
filius Thome filii Edwyni & heredes sui omni eodem modo teneantur
dicto R. & heredibus suis uel assignatis warantizare predictam terram
cum omnibus suis pertinenciis contra omnes homines & feminas sicut
nobis tenebantur warantizare prout in carta dicti Thome quam predicto
R. concessimus continetur. Pro hac autem donatione [&c.] dedit
nobis predictus R. septem marcas argenti. Et ut [&c. sealing], hiis
II. BURNEL'S INN
103
testibus, Petro filio Thoraldi tunc temporis maiore Oxonie, Philippo
Molendinario, Henrico filio Symonis, Galfrido de Stokwelle, Adam
Feteplace, Waltero Aurifabro, Henrico Ynge, Iohanne Costard,
Willelmo filio Alani et aliis.¹
1
182.
[Randulf de Chilton sells it to Alicia Haket.]
1247-
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Randulfus de Chiltune capellanus A. 13. 3
dedi & concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Alicie Haket de Mich.
Lamburne totam terram meam cum omnibus pertinenciis suis que Mich.
iacet inter terram que est Roberti Wyth et terram que fuit Iohannis 1248
de Nauare in parochia sancti Edwardi Oxonie, illam uidelicet terram
quam emi a fratribus Predicatoribus Oxonie, quam dicti Predicatores
emerunt a Thoma filio Thome filii Edwyni de Oxonia, habendam &
tenendam sibi & heredibus suis uel assignatis suis in perpetuum libere
& quiete, integre & pacifice, reddendo inde annuatim domui hospitalis
sancti Iohannis extra portam orientalem Oxonie tresdecim denarios ad
duos anni terminos scilicet [64d. Sept. 29, & 63d. March 25] pro omni
seruicio & exactione & demanda. Ego uero [&c. warranty]. Pro hac
autem concessione & donatione [&c.] dedit michi predicta Alicia
quindecim marcas argenti in gersumiam. Ut hec igitur [&c. sealing],
hiis testibus, domino Willelmo Haket milite, Laurencio Wyth tunc
maiore Oxonie, Willelmo le Seinter & Galfrido Aurifabro tunc balliuis
Oxonie, Reginaldo Gamage, Nicolao Cisore, Willelmo filio Alani,
Iohanne Costard & aliis.
183.
[Alicia de Lamburne sells a messuage to Robert de Gretton.]
2
Mich.
1252-
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Alicia de Lamburne dedi & con- A. 13. 4
cessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Roberto de Grettone unum
mesuagium cum omnibus suis pertinenciis quod est inter terram que Mich.
fuit Thome filii Edwini ex una parte & terram Aaron Canis Iudei ex 1253
altera in parochia sancti Edwardi Oxonie, habendum & tenendum pre-
dicto Roberto & heredibus suis & suis assignatis libere, quiete, integre
1 Peter son of Torald was mayor
from Michaelmas 1231 to Michaelmas
1237, and again Michaelmas 1240 to
Michaelmas 1244.
2 Alicia de Lamborne and Alicia
Haket are identical; see the seal of
no. 184.
104 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 13.5
Dec. 31,
1299
B. g. 6
Feb. 10,
1300
& pacifice in perpetuum, reddendo inde annuatim hospitali sancti
Iohannis Oxonie tresdecim denarios terminis debitis pro omni seruicio
& exaccione & demanda. Et ego [&c. warranty]. Pro hac autem
donatione [&c.] dedit michi pre manibus predictus Robertus centum
solidos sterlingorum in gersumam & unam robam de Burneto. Ut
igitur [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, domino Nicholao de Hanrethe tunc
uicecomite Oxonie, Iohanne de Coleshulle & Galfrido de Hengesheye
tunc prepositis Oxonie, Laurancio (sic) With, Adam Feteplace, Waltero
Aurifabro, Galfrido Aurifabro, Waltero de Oseneya, Ricardo de
Suttone, Rogero de Driffeld, Alano Tannario, Ricardo filio Nicholai,
Andrea de Derham, Willelmo Pille, Galfrido Clerico & aliis.¹
184.
[Robert de Gretton grants it to William Burnel.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Robertus de Grettone dedi
magistro Willelmo Burnel unum mesuagium meum in parochia sancti
Edwardi Oxonie quod est inter terram que fuit Iohannis de Coleshulle
ex parte occidentali & terram eiusdem Willelmi ex parte orientali;
tenendum & habendum predictum mesuagium predicto magistro
Willelmo & heredibus suis & assignatis imperpetuum, faciendo inde
annuatim magistro & fratribus hospitalis sancti Iohannis Oxonie
seruicia inde debita & consueta. Et ego [&c. warranty]. Et ut [&c.
sealing], hiis testibus, dominis Philippo de Ho tunc maiore Oxonie,
Iohanne fratre suo, Thoma Sowy, Andrea de Pirye, Andrea Kiluert,
Iohanne Aurifabro, Thoma de Orlyens & aliis. Dat' Oxonie in vigilia
Circumcisionis domini, anno gracie ducentesimo nonogesimo nono.2
185.
[John le Bowyer grants a solar to William Burnel.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes filius Ricardi le
Bowyere de Oxonia dedi magistro Willelmo Burnel pro triginta
I
1 Seal circular, 1 in., a quatrefoil
S' ALICIE D' LAMBORNE.
* Seal, green, pointed oval, a fleur-
de-lis, 1 in. by 1 in., S' ALIC' HAKET
D' LAB' NE. This use of another
person's seal is curious. Probably
Robert de Grettone is the same as
Robert de Driffield. In the rental of
St. John's Hospital for 1293, the rent
13d. is paid by Robert de Driffield, and
the Inquisition Post Mortem for William
Burnel (no. 188) says that he bought
a tenement from Robert de Driffield,
and does not mention Robert de Gret-
tone. Garton in Yorkshire is about two
miles from Driffield. We know that
John de Coleshulle held the corner tene-
ment at the junction of Jury Lane and
Fish Street; see no. 188.
II. BURNEL'S INN
105
solidis sterlingorum quos michi dedit pre manibus unum solarium
meum quod habui in villa Oxonie, illud videlicet quod est situm in
cornera iuxta portam eiusdem magistri Willelmi cum omnibus perti-
nenciis & iuribus que habui in eodem; tenendum & habendum predictó
magistro Willelmo & heredibus suis vel assignatis seu legatariis imper-
petuum; reddendo inde annuatim rectori ecclesie sancti Michaelis ad
portam borealem septem denarios ad Pascha & ad festum sancti Michaelis
in equalibus porcionibus pro omnibus secularibus seruiciis, consuetudini-
bus & demandis. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis
testibus, dominis Philippo de Ho tunc maiore Oxonie, Iohanne fratre
suo, Andrea Culuert, Iohanne Aurifabro, Philippo de Wrmenhale,
Radulfo de Cockeswelle, Willelmo le Lung & aliis. Dat' Oxonie die
sancte Scolastice uirginis anno regni regis Edwardi vicesimo octauo.¹
186.
[Licence in mortmain by Edward I to the executors of
William Burnel.]
2
1305
Edwardus dei gracia rex Anglie, dominus Hibernie & dux Aqui- B. 9.8
tannie omnibus ad quos presentes littere peruenerint salutem. Quia Jan. 16,
accepimus per inquisicionem quam per uicecomitem nostrum Oxonie
fieri fecimus quod non est ad dampnum uel preiudicium nostrum aut
aliorum si concedamus Hugoni de Scales, Galfrido de Heghham &
Iohanni de Borham executoribus testamenti magistri Willelmi Burnel
quondam prepositi Wellensis quod ipsi nouem shopas cum pertinenciis
in Oxonia que de nobis tenentur & unum mesuagium cum pertinenciis
in eadem villa, que idem Willelmus in testamento suo eisdem execu-
toribus legauit ad executionem testamenti sui faciendam dare possint
& assignare dilectis nobis in Cristo magistro domus scolarium de
Balliolo Oxonie & scolaribus eiusdem domus; habenda & tenenda
eisdem magistro & scolaribus & successoribus suis magistris &
scolaribus eiusdem domus de nobis & heredibus nostris & aliis
capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & consueta
imperpetuum; nos per finem quem predictus magister fecit nobiscum
in Cancellaria nostra concessimus & licenciam dedimus pro nobis
& heredibus nostris quantum in nobis est prefatis executoribus quod
1 Seal, green, circular, 1 in., a fleur-
de-lis, S' IOHIS FIL' RIC' ARCH'.
This solar had belonged to John the
tailor, see Cart. St. Frid. I. 127. No
doubt it was situated at the south-east
corner of Burnel's Inn, in St. Frides-
wide's lane opposite the wall of St.
Frideswide's cemetery.
2 The inquisition quoted above, see
p. 91.
106 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 13. 9
Mich.
1304-
Mich.
1305
ipsi shopas & mesuagium predicta cum pertinenciis dare possint &
assignare predictis magistro & scolaribus, habenda & tenenda sibi
& successoribus suis magistris & scolaribus eiusdem domus de nobis
& heredibus nostris & aliis capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia
inde debita & consueta imperpetuum, et eisdem magistro & scolaribus
quod ipsi shopas & mesuagium predicta cum pertinenciis a prefatis
executoribus recipere possint; habenda & tenenda sibi & successoribus
suis predictis sicut predictum est tenore presencium similiter licenciam
dedimus specialem, statuto nostro de terris & tenementis ad manum
mortuam non ponendis edito non obstante; nolentes quod iidem
executores aut predicti magister & scolares seu successores sui racione
premissorum per nos uel heredes nostros iusticiarios, escaetores, uice-
comites, balliuos, aut alios ministros nostros quoscumque occasionentur,
molestentur in aliquo seu grauentur. In cuius rei testimonium has
litteras nostras fieri fecimus patentes.
Teste me ipse apud Swatone,
sextodecimo die Ianuarii anno regni nostri tricesimo tercio.¹
187.
[The executors of William Burnel convey his rents and
tenements in Oxford to Balliol Hall.]
Nouerint uniuersi presens scriptum uisuri uel audituri quod nos
Hugo de Scales & Galfridus de Heyham executores testamenti
uenerabilis uiri magistri Willelmi Burnel quondam Wellensis pre-
positi secundum voluntatem ultimam & iniunccionem nobis a dicto
testatore in periculo animarum nostrarum factam in testamento
predicto concessimus & quantum in nobis est tradidimus & dimisimus
magistro & scolaribus aule de Balliolo in Oxonia & eorum succes-
soribus pro anima domini Roberti Burnel quondam Batoniensis &
Wellensis episcopi, patrui dicti testatoris, & pro anima dicti testatoris
omnia tenementa & omnes domos & redditus que fuerunt ipsius
magistri Willelmi in Oxonia, de quibus seysina & possessio nobis.
liberata fuit per maiorem & balliuos Oxonie uirtute dicti testamenti
coram eis in plena curia exibiti & probati, habenda & tenenda de
capitalibus dominis feodi predictis magistro & scolaribus aule supra-
dicte & eorum successoribus cum omnibus pertinenciis libere, pacifice,
integre, in pace in perpetuum, faciendo inde annuatim predictis
capitalibus dominis seruicia debita & redditus consuetos et reddendo
1 B. 9. 9 is a duplicate of this, but signed Burtone. Both have the great seal.
II. BURNEL'S INN
107
insuper Roberto de Hastang nepoti dicti testatoris annuatim a tempore
quo predicta tenementa pacifice possideant usque ad terminum decem
annorum proximo sequencium quadraginta solidos secundum formam
in dicto testamento expresse contentam. Et ut hec nostra concessio,
tradicio & dimissio quantum ad nos attinet dictis magistro & scolari-
bus valida sit & robur firmitatis optineat in perpetuum huic presenti
scripto sigilla nostra sunt appensa. Hiis testibus, Iohanne de Ew
tunc maiore Oxonie, Philippo de Ew, Thoma Sowi, Andrea Pyrie,
Roberto de Wormenhale, Philippo de Wormenhale, Henrico de Linne,
Ricardo de Re (sic), Iohanne de Beuerle & aliis.¹
188.
[An inquisition Post Mortem about the property of
William Burnel in Oxford.]
Inquisicio facta apud Oxoniam xx die Aprilis anno regni regis
Edwardi filii regis Henrici xxx coram escaetore domini regis iuxta
tenorem breuis eiusdem domini regis de terris & tenementis que
fuerunt magistri Willelmi Burnel, uidelicet quantum terre idem
magister Willelmus tenuit de domino rege in capite die quo obiit
& quantum de aliis & per quod seruicium & quantum terre ille valeant
per annum in omnibus exitibus & quis propinquior heres eius sit
& cuius etatis per sacramentum Thome de Henxeye, Radulfi de
Stoke, Iohannis de Westone, Iohannis de Arderne, Willelmi de Coles-
bourne, Rogeri Mimekan, Ricardi de Mortone, Roberti de Watlingtone,
Radulfi de Hamptone, Iohannis Fraunceys, Ade de Spaldyng &
Iohannis de Hakebourne. Qui dicunt quod idem magister Willelmus
tenuit die quo obiit in dominico suo ut de feodo tenementa subscripta
in Oxonia de diuersis dominis & per diuersa seruicia ut patet inferius,
uidelicet unum mesuagium cum pertinentiis in quo ipse manebat dum
vixit & fuit capitale eius mesuagium in Oxonia & tenetur in capite
de magistro & fratribus hospitalis sancti Iohannis extra portam orien-
talem Oxonie per seruicium sex denariorum per annum & valet per
annum in omnibus exitibus sex marcas; & unam placiam terre
latitudinis quinquaginta pedum & longitudinis sexaginta pedum que
quidem placia iacet inter le Grekhalle & predictum mesuagium &
tenetur in capite de priore & conuentu sancte Frideswyde Oxonie per
seruicium xi denariorum per annum & valet per annum in omnibus
1 With two small seals, different from
those on no. 192; that on the left is
oval, not pointed, 1 in. x 1 in., an Indian
elephant, S' HVGONIS DE SCALA.
B. 9. 7
April 24,
1306
108 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
per
exitibus duos solidos; & duo mesuagia, unum uidelicet quod fuit
Willelmi Saunzdelay & aliud quod fuit Dionisie Borewald, que quidem
mesuagia¹ idem Willelmus habuit ex dono magistri & fratrum hospitalis
predicti & tenentur in capite de priore & conuentu sancte Frideswyde
seruicium triginta & duorum denariorum per annum & ualent per
annum in omnibus exitibus tres solidos. Item dicunt quod predictus
magister Willelmus obiit seysitus de quatuor mesuagiis cum perti-
nenciis in parochia sancti Aldati Oxonie in alto vico, uidelicet de uno
mesuagio quod idem magister Willelmus habuit de dono magistri
& fratrum hospitalis predicti & est situm inter tenementum prioris
& conuentus sancte Frideswide & scolam que fuit Iudeorum & tenetur
in capite de Iohanne filio Walteri le Orfeuere de Oxonia per seruicium
xv denariorum per annum, & de uno mesuagio cum pertinenciis quod
fuit scola Iudeorum & post exilium Iudeorum idem magister Willelmus
habuit ex dono domini regis quod quidem mesuagium Iudei tenebant
în capite de predicto Iohanne filio Walteri per seruicium xv denario-
rum per annum & de priore & conuentu sancte Frideswyde per
seruicium quatuor denariorum per annum, & de uno mesuagio cum
pertinenciis quod idem magister Willelmus habuit de dono Ricardi de
Mortone & situatur inter predictam scolam Iudeorum & tenementum
quod fuit Argalicie que fuit uxor Uiues de Gloucestria Iudei quod
quidem mesuagium ipsa [sic] tenuit in capite de predicto Iohanne filio
Walteri per seruicium xv denariorum per annum, & de uno mesuagio
cum pertinenciis quod fuit predicte Argalicie Iudee & quod idem
magister Willelmus habuit de dono domini regis post exilium Iudeo-
rum & iacet predictum mesuagium inter tenementum quod fuit
Ricardi de Mortone & tenementum quod fuit Nicholai de Coleshulle
& quod eadem Argalicia tenuit in capite de predicto Iohanne filio
Walteri per seruicium xv denariorum per annum, & super predicta quatuor
mesuagia edificata sunt nouem schope & quatuor celaria & ualent per
annum in omnibus exitibus sex marcas. Dicunt eciam quod idem
magister Willelmus obiit seysitus de uno mesuagio cum pertinenciis.
quod habuit de dono Roberti de Driffeld in parochia sancti Edwardi
Oxonie & quod tenuit in capite de magistro & fratribus hospitalis
sancti Iohannis predicti per seruicium x11 denariorum 2 per annum &
1 The statement that William Burnel
obtained these two messuages from the
Hospital of St. John may be doubted.
In 1291 (see no. 179) it is implied that
they did not belong to the Hospital,
and if the Hospital acquired them after
that date we should find an inquisition
ad quod damnum about them. In any
case they were not important messuages,
being valued at 5s. 8d. per annum.
2 This inquisition and the earlier
inquisition quoted on page 91 say
xiid.
whereas it should be xiiid. (see p. 103).
II. BURNEL'S INN
109
ualet in omnibus exitibus quatuor solidos; & de una placia terre
latitudinis quater uiginti pedum & longitudinis quinquies uiginti pedum
quam¹ idem magister Willelmus habuit de dono Ricardi de Mortone
& iacet inter tenementum predicti Roberti de Driffeld & tenementum
Hugonis Cary & tenetur in capite de Willelmo Aurifabro per serui-
cium septem solidorum & sex denariorum per annum & ualet per
annum in omnibus exitibus unam marcam. Dicunt eciam predicti
iurati quod Edwardus Burnel filius domini Philippi Burnel est propin-
quior heres predicti Willelmi Burnel & est plene etatis secundum
consuetudinem uille Oxonie. In cuius rei, &c.²
189.
2
[Edward Burnel surrenders all the tenements of William
Burnel in Oxford to his executors.]
Nov. 26
1313
Uniuersis sancte matris ecclesie filiis ad quos presentes littere B. 11. 16
peruenerint Edwardus Burnel miles salutem in domino sempiternam.
Nouerit uniuersitas uestra quod cum magister Willelmus Burnel omnes
terras & tenementa sua infra uillam Oxonie in testamento suo in
ultima uoluntate sua iuxta consuetudinem uille supradicte magistro
& scolaribus domus de Balliolo Oxonie legasset, eisdem magistro &
scolaribus & eorum successoribus scolaribus ibidem in perpetuum
possidenda, egoque predictus Edwardus licet possessionem seu seisi-
nam terrarum & tenementorum predictorum tanquam propinquior
heres predicti magistri Willelmi nactus fui & adeptus, aduertens tamen
non solum anime fore periculosum uerum etiam dampnosum tene-
menta taliter legata contra uoluntatem testatoris occupare seu etiam
detinere, omnes terras & tenementa predicta cum pertinenciis suis
dominis Hugoni de Scales militi & Iohanni de Borham clerico executori-
bus testamenti predicti magistri Willelmi resignaui, tradidi, & totaliter
restitui ad executionem testamenti illius iuxta uoluntatem testatoris
predicti inde perficiendam, cuicumque iuri seu accioni que michi seu
heredibus meis aut alicui alteri nomine nostro ad terras seu tenementa
predicta aut aliquam partem eorumdem calumpniandas seu petendas
futuris temporibus quoquomodo competere poterunt renuntians per
presentes. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum meum presentibus
apposui; hiis testibus, dominis Rogero de Mortuo Mari de Wygemor,
1
que, MS.
2 A contemporary transcript, not the original return, having no seals.
110 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. II. 17
Theobaldo de Uerdone, Galfrido de Welleforde, Rogero de Suttone,
& Adam de Brom clericis de Cancellaria domini regis & aliis multis.
Dat' apud Westmonasterium die Lune in crastino sancte Katerine
uirginis & martiris, anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis Edwardi
septimo.
A duplicate of B. 11. 16.
190.
A. 13. 7
Nov. 26,
1313
B. II. 15
[Edward Burnel appoints attorneys to give seisin to the
executors.]
Vniuersis Cristi fidelibus ad quos presentes littere peruenerint
Edwardus Burnel miles salutem in domino sempiternam. Nouerit
uniuersitas uestra me attornasse & loco meo posuisse reuerendum
uirum magistrum Henricum de Harkla sacre pagine professorem
Cancellarium Uniuersitatis Oxonie ac Willelmum Pennard burgensem
eiusdem ville diuisim & coniunctim ad liberandum nomine meo seisinam
omnium terrarum & tenementorum cum pertinenciis suis que magister
Willelmus Burnel infra villam Oxonie quondam tenuit in manu mea
existencium dominis Hugoni de Scales militi & Iohanni de Borham
clerico executoribus testamenti predicti magistri Willelmi uel eorum
attornato eorum nomine, habendum [sic] iuxta tenorem carte mee eis
inde confecte, ratum habens & gratum quicquid dicti attornati mei uel
eorum alter nomine meo fecerint uel fecerit in premissis. In cuius rei
testimonium sigillum meum presentibus est appensum.
Dat' apud
Westmonasterium die Lune in crastino sancte Katerine anno regni
regis Edwardi filii regis Edwardi septimo.¹
191.
[Two of the executors appoint an attorney to receive
seisin.]
Uniuersis Cristi fidelibus ad quos presentes littere peruenerint Hugo
Nov. 26, de Scales miles & Iohannes de Borham clericus executores testamenti
1313
recolende memorie magistri Willelmi Burnel salutem in domino
sempiternam. Nouerit uniuersitas uestra nos attornasse & loco nostro
1 Seal, green, circular, 1 in., a lion rampant on a shield, SIGILLVM
EDWARDI BVRNEL.
II. BURNEL'S INN
111
posuisse magistrum Willelmum de Gotham ad recipiendum nomine
nostro de nobili uiro domino Edwardo Burnel milite uel eius attornatis
seu attornato seisinam omnium terrarum & tenementorum cum perti-
nenciis suis que quondam fuerunt magistri Willelmi Burnel infra uillam
Oxonie iuxta tenorem carte predicti domini Edwardi nobis inde facte,
ratum habentes & gratum quicquid idem magister Willelmus attornatus
noster nomine nostro fecerit in premissis. In cuius rei testimonium
sigilla nostra presentibus apposuimus. Dat' apud Westmonasterium
in crastino sancte Katerine, anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis Edwardi
septimo.
192.
[The executors of William Burnel grant his tenements in
Oxford to the House of Balliol.]
Uniuersis sancte matris ecclesie filiis ad quos presentes littere perue-
nerint Hugo de Scales, Galfridus de Heghham, & Iohannes de Borham
executores testamenti magistri Burnel quondam prepositi Wellensis
salutem in domino sempiternam. Nouerit uniuersitas uestra nos ad
execucionem testamenti predicti magistri Willelmi faciendam dedisse,
concessisse, assignasse & hac carta nostra confirmasse magistro
domus scolarium de Balliolo Oxonie & scolaribus eiusdem domus
omnes terras & tenementa cum pertinenciis que fuerunt predicti
magistri Willelmi infra villam Oxonie; habenda & tenenda eisdem
magistro & scolaribus & successoribus suis magistris & scolaribus
eiusdem domus de domino rege & heredibus suis & aliis capi-
talibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & consueta in
liberam, puram & perpetuam elemosinam ad augmentacionem numeri
scolarium domus eiusdem & sustentacionis eorumdem imperpetuum,
reddendo inde annuatim domino regi & aliis capitalibus dominis
seruicia inde debita & consueta. In cuius rei testimonium sigilla
nostra huic scripto apposuimus. Hiis testibus, dominis Adam de
Osgodbi, Roberto de Bardelbi, Willelmo de Ayremynne, Galfrido de
Welleford, Rogero de Suttone, Adam de Brom clericis de Cancellaria
domini regis, magistro Henrico de Harcla Cancellario Uniuersitatis
Oxonie, Willelmo de Burncestre maiore ville Oxonie, Andrea de Pirye,
Iohanne de Colleshulle, Iohanne de Dokelyntone & multis aliis.¹
1 With three small seals; the centre
seal is the figure of St. Margaret, 'SCA.
MARGARETA ORA PRO ME.'
Henry de Harcla was Chancellor of
the University Dec. 11, 1312 to Sept.
1317; William de Burncestre was mayor
Michaelmas 1312 to Michaelmas 1315,
but not for the next two years.
A. 13. 8
c. Dec.
1313
II2 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. II. 22
c. Dec.
1313
193.
[A fuller form of the same grant.]
Omnibus sancte matris ecclesie filiis ad quos presentes littere
peruenerint Hugo de Scales miles & Iohannes de Borham clericus,
executores testamenti magistri Willelmi Burnel salutem in domino
sempiternam. Nouerit uniuersitas uestra nos ad executionem testa-
menti predicti magistri Willelmi iuxta ultimam ipsius uoluntatem
dedisse, concessisse, & hac carta nostra confirmasse magistro &
scolaribus domus de Balliolo Oxonie omnes terras & tenementa que
fuerunt predicti magistri Willelmi infra uillam Oxonie cum omnibus
suis pertinenciis; habenda & tenenda eisdem magistro & scolaribus &
successoribus suis in liberam, puram & perpetuam elemosinam; ita
quod iidem magister & scolares & eorum successores pro animabus
celebris memorie Roberti Burnel quondam Bathoniensis & Wellensis
episcopi, Philippi Burnel necnon & predicti magistri Willelmi, ac etiam
pro salubri statu domini Edwardi Burnel dum uiuit & etiam pro anima
sua post ipsius obitum & animabus antecessorum & successorum
suorum & omnium fidelium defunctorum exorare & deum specialiter
interpellere, ac etiam numerum scolarium iuxta quantitatem ualoris
terrarum & tenementorum predictorum augmentare & imperpetuum
sustinere teneantur; et si contingat dictos magistrum et scolares aut
eorum successores in aliquo premissorum, quod absit, deficere, tunc
predictus Edwardus & heredes sui dictos magistrum & scolares &
eorum successores in terris & tenementis predictis quousque premissa
omnia & singula plenarie perfecerint distringendi & compellendi
plenariam habeant potestatem. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c.
sealing, hiis testibus, dominis Rogero de Mortuo Mari de Wygemor,
Theobaldo de Uerdone, Ricardo de Harle militibus, Adam de Osgodby,
Roberto de Bardelby, Willelmo de Ayrimynne, Adam de Brom
clericis de Cancellaria domini regis, magistro Henrico de Harcla
Cancellario Uniuersitatis Oxonie, Willelmo de Burnecestria maiore
uille Oxonie, Andrea de Pirye, Iohanne de Colleshulle, Iohanne de
Dukelyntone, Ricardo Oueree, Willelmo Pennard burgensibus uille
Oxonie & multis aliis.
II. BURNEL'S INN
113
194.
[Two of the executors appoint an attorney to give
seisin to Balliol.]
Dec. 7,
1313
Universis [&c.] Hugo de Scales miles & Iohannes de Borham B. 11. 24
clericus executores [&c. as in no. 195 mutatis mutandis]. Dať' apud
Westmonasterium die Ueneris in crastino sancti Nicholai anno regni
domini Edwardi filii regis Edwardi septimo.
195.
[The third executor appoints the same attorney.]
Universis [&c.] Galfridus de Heghham unus executorum testamenti
magistri Willelmi Burnel quondam prepositi Wellensis salutem in
domino sempiternam. Nouerit uniuersitas vestra me attornasse & loco
meo posuisse magistrum Willelmum de Gotham ad liberandum seisi-
nam omnium terrarum & tenementorum que quondam fuerunt
predicti magistri Willelmi infra villam Oxonie magistro & scolaribus
domus de Balliolo Oxonie; habenda & tenenda eisdem magistro &
scolaribus & successoribus suis imperpetuum iuxta tenorem carte per
me & coexecutores meos testamenti predicti eis inde facte, ratum
habiturus & gratum quicquid dictus magister W. faciendum duxerit
in premissis. In cuius [&c. sealing]. Dat' Londonie die dominica
in festo Epiphanie domini anno regni domini Edwardi filii regis
Edwardi septimo.
196.
[Edward Burnel acknowledges the receipt of £70 from
Adam de Brome and others.]
A touz ceux qe ceste lettre verrunt ou orrunt Edward Burnel
chiualer salutz en dieu. Sachez nous auer receu de sire Hughe de
Escales chiualer, de sire Iohan de Borham persone del eglise de
Leeghe, de mestre Willeme de Gotham persone del eglise de Hethere,
e de sire Adam de Brome persone del eglise de Handesworthe, seis-
saunte e diz liures, des queux il nous unt fet reconissaunce en la court
nostre seignour le Rey a payer les trente e cynk' liures a la feste de la
Natiuite nostre seignour lan du regne le Rey Edward filz le Rey
I
B. II. 23
Jan. 6,
1314
B. 11. 13
and 14
Feb. 6.
1314
114
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
Edward septisme e a la feste de la Purificacion nostre dame prochein
suaunt trente e cynk' liures, des queux sessaunte e diz liures nous
nous tenoms pleynement estre paye e les auauntditz, sire Hughe, sire
Iohan, mestre Willeme & sire Adam estre quites. En temoignaunce
de queu chose a ceste lettre patente auom mis nostre seal. Done
a Thirninge en le conte de Norfok' le Meskredi prochein apres la dite
feste de la Purificacioun notre dame lan auant dit.¹
B. II. 18
[April 28,
1314]
197.
[Edward Burnel quitclaims the tenements to Balliol.]
Omnibus hoc scriptum uisuris uel audituris Edwardus Burnell miles
salutem in domino sempiternam. Noueritis me concessisse, remisisse,
relaxasse & omnino de me & heredibus meis imperpetuum quietum
clamasse magistro & scolaribus domus de Balliolo Oxonie & eorum
successoribus magistris & scolaribus domus predicte totum ius &
clamium que unquam habui aut aliquo modo habere potui seu potero
in omnibus illis terris & tenementis, que quondam fuerunt magistri
Willelmi Burnell prepositi Wellensis, cum omnibus suis pertinenciis
infra uillam Oxonie; ita quod nec ego nec aliquis heredum meorum
nec aliquis nomine nostro ius vel clamium in predictis terris & tene-
mentis seu aliqua parte eorundem decetero exigere poterimus quoquo-
modo seu uendicare. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, dominis
Adam de Osgoteby, Roberto de Bardelby, Willelmo de Ayremynne,
Roberto de Askeby, Galfrido de Welleforde, Rogero de Suttone &
Iohanne de Borham clericis de Cancellaria domini Regis, Willelmo de
Herle & Iohanne de Bromfeld & aliis.
B. II. 19
Ap. 28,
1314
B. II. 20
198.
[Another form of the quitclaim.]
A duplicate of B. 11. 18, but contains also a clause of warranty and
the date 'Londonie; die dominica proxima post festum sancti Marci
Ewangeliste anno regni domini Edwardi filii regis Edwardi septimo.'
A duplicate of no. 198, without date, but with the witnesses of
no. 189 which is of Nov. 26, 1313.
1 With the seal of Edward Burnel.
II. BURNEL'S INN
115
199.
[The executors of William Burnel quitclaim the tenements
to Balliol.]
1314
Omnibus [&c.], Hugo de Scales miles, Galfridus de Hegham & B. II.
May
Iohannes de Borham clericus executores testamenti magistri Willelmi
Burnel quondam prepositi Wellensis salutem in domino sempiternam.
Noueritis nos concessisse, relaxasse, & omnino de nobis & heredibus
nostris ac executoribus nostris imperpetuum quietum clamasse magistro
& scolaribus domus de Balliolo Oxonie & eorum successoribus magi-
stris & scolaribus domus predicte totum ius & clamium que unquam
habuimus seu aliquo modo habere poterimus in omnibus illis terris &
tenementis que quondam fuerunt predicti magistri Willelmi infra uillam
Oxonie cum omnibus suis pertinenciis; ita quod nec nos [&c]. In
cuius [&c. sealing]; hiis testibus, dominis Adam de Osgotby, Roberto
de Bardelby, Willelmo de Ayremynne, Roberto de Askeby, Galfrido de
Welleford & Rogero de Sutton clericis de Cancellaria domini Regis,
Thoma Peuerel, Henrico de Hexstone & Philippo de la Le & aliis.
Dat' Londonie die Martis proxima ante festum Ascencionis domini
anno regni domini Edwardi filii regis Edwardi septimo.
200.
[An inspeximus by Edward II of various charters.]
1314
Edwardus dei gracia rex Anglie, dominus Hibernie & dux Aquitannie B. 9.
omnibus ad quos presentes littere peruenerint, salutem. Inspeximus June
litteras patentes quas dominus E. quondam rex Anglie pater noster
fecit Hugoni de Scales, Galfrido de Heghham & Iohanni de Borham
executoribus testamenti magistri Willelmi Burnel quondam prepositi
Wellensis de quibusdam tenementis in Oxonia magistro domus scola-
rium de Balliolo Oxonie & eisdem scolaribus dandis & assignandis in
hec uerba Edwardus [&c. no. 186...] tricesimo tercio.' Inspexi-
mus eciam cartam quam iidem executores fecerunt eisdem magistro &
scolaribus in hec verba:-'Uniuersis [&c. no. 192 ...] Iohanne de
Dukelintone & multis aliis.' Inspeximus eciam scriptum quiete cla-
mancie quod iidem executores fecerunt eisdem magistro & scolaribus in
hec uerba :-'Omnibus [&c. no. 199. . . ] septimo.' Inspeximus eciam
scriptum quiete clamancie quod Edwardus Burnel miles fecit eisdem
:
I 2
116 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
magistro & scolaribus in hec verba:-'Omnibus [&c. No. 198...]
septimo.' Nos autem licenciam, donacionem, assignationes, conces-
siones, confirmacionem, relaxaciones & quietas clamancias predictas
ratas habentes & gratas eas pro nobis & heredibus nostris quantum in
nobis est prefatis magistro & scolaribus & eorum successoribus imper-
petuum concedimus & confirmamus prout littere, carta & scripta pre-
dicta rationabiliter testantur. In cuius rei testimonium has litteras
nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste me ipso apud Berewycum super
Twedam quartodecimo die Iunii anno regni nostri septimo.¹
Per archiepiscopum & consilium.
Exam' per Adam de Brom.
B. 9. 13
1314
201.
[Queen Margaret confirms the grant of the executors.]
Uniuersis sancte matris ecclesie filiis ad quos presentes littere
Aug. 27, peruenerint Margareta dei gracia regina Anglie salutem in domino
sempiternam. Nouerit uniuersitas uestra quod nos habentes respectum
ad profectum & commodum que ex studio scolarium aule de Balliolo
in Oxonia hactenus prouenerint & auxiliante deo in posterum sunt
uberius prouentura pro salute anime illustrissimi domini nostri domini
regis Edwardi dudum consortis nostri & pro salute nostra, inspectis
cartis appropriacionis & confirmacionis regis predicti ac illustris domini
& filii nostri regis Edwardi filii regis predicti super tenementis omnibus
que quondam fuerunt magistri Willelmi Burnel in Oxonia magistro &
scolaribus predicte aule concessis & appropriatis, eisdem cartis &
appropriacioni 2 quantum in nobis est nostrum consensum adhibuimus,
& quicquid iuris in dictis tenementis habuimus seu habere poterimus,
saluo nobis redditu consueto & antiquo de tenementis eisdem, dictis
magistro & scolaribus concessimus per presentes. In cuius rei testi-
monium has litteras nostras patentes sibi fieri fecimus sigillo nostro
signatas. Dat' apud Feckenham vicesimo septimo die Augusti anno
regni domini & filii nostri karissimi domini regis Edwardi filii regis
Edwardi octauo.s
1 With the great seal; a good speci-
men.
2 Appropriacione, MS.
$ With seal see Plate.
On the re-
verse MARGARETA DEI GRA DNA
HIBERNIE DVCISSA AQVITAN-
NIE. On the obverse MARGARETA
DEI GRATIA REGINA ANGLIE.

WorM
Face page 116]
PRIC
SEAL OF QUEEN MARGARET
II. BURNEL'S INN
117
202.
Balliol grants to John de Aylesbury a lease of a
messuage where once was the Synagogue.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Stephanus de Cornubia magister B. 9. 3
domus scolarium de Balliolo Oxonie & scolares eiusdem domus un-
Feb. 2
1307
animi assensu & consensu nostro concessimus & hoc presenti scripto
indentato pro nobis & successoribus nostris ad firmam dimisimus
Iohanni de Aylesbury dicto le Tauerner de Oxonia & Agneti vxori
eius quamdiu vixerint vel alteri eorum diucius viuenti totum illud
mesuagium nostrum ubi quondam erat synagoga Iudeorum in parochia
sancti Aldati Oxonie; quod quidem mesuagium situatur inter princi-
pale mesuagium nostrum ubi quondam morabatur magister Willelmus
Burnel ex parte orientali & alia tenementa nostra versus viam regiam
ex parte occidentali una cum libero introitu & exitu ad predictum
mesuagium per medium magne porte que sita est inter tenementa pre-
dicta, cum solario supra eandem portam; et sciendum est quod in
dicto mesuagio situantur tot domus, videlicet una aula cum celario &
solario eiusdem longitudinis ex parte australi cum uno solario & celario
ex parte boriali & una pistrina; habendum & tenendum totum pre-
dictum mesuagium cum dicto introitu & omnibus aliis domibus pre-
dictis in dicto mesuagio sitis prefatis Iohanni & Agneti ad totam vitam
utriusque eorum de nobis & successoribus nostris libere, bene & in
pace, reddendo inde annuatim nobis & successoribus nostris quadra-
ginta sex solidos & octo denarios sterlingorum bone & legalis monete
in tota vita dictorum Iohannis & Agnetis & eorum alterius diucius
viuentis ad quatuor anni terminos, videlicet ad festum sancti Thome
apostoli undecim solidos & octo denarios [& Mar. 25, June 24 &
Sept. 29] pro omni seruicio seculari & demanda. Et predicti Iohannes
& Agnes & eorum alter diucius viuens totum predictum mesuagium
una cum dicto introitu & omnibus aliis domibus prenominatis in dicto
mesuagio sitis in adeo bono statu vel meliori reparabunt, sustentabunt,
& in omnibus emendabunt sicut fuerunt die conuencionis inite. Et si
contingat predictos Iohannem & Agnetem vel eorum alterum dictas
domos vel aliquam illarum non reparare, sustentare nec sufficienter ut
predictum est emendare & hoc per visum & testimonium bonorum &
fidedignorum ex utraque parte ad hoc electorum verificari poterit, tunc
bene liceat dictum magistrum & scolares predictum mesuagium intrare
& de illo in omnibus ordinare prout melius viderint expedire, ita quod
118 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 9. I
1307
nec predicti Iohannes & Agnes nec eorum alter dictos magistrum
& scolares quoquo modo impediant vel in aliquo eis contradicant nec
extunc racione istius conuentionis aut dimissionis in dicto mesuagio
aliquid vendicabunt. Et nos predicti magister & scolares totum pre-
dictum mesuagium cum suis pertinentiis prenominatis prefatis Iohanni
& Agneti ad totam vitam utriusque eorum contra omnes mortales
warantizabimus & acquietabimus pro redditu supradicto, si non con-
tingat nos infra predictum terminum eorum iure, potestate, seu quoquo
alio modo mesuagium illud perdere. Quod si contingat, quod absit,
dicti Iohannes & Agnes nec aliquis nomine eorum occasione predicte
dimissionis vel warantie predictos magistrum & scolares nec eorum
successores in nullo grauabunt seu quoquomodo occasionabuntur. Et
ad istam conuentionem fideliter in omnibus obseruandam nos predicti
Iohannes & Agnes fideiussores inuenimus videlicet Petrum filium
Iohannis de Oxonia & Iohannem Feteplace de eadem, qui sigilla sua
una cum sigillis nostris parti huius scripti indentati penes magistrum &
scolares residenti apposuerunt, et relique parti eiusdem scripti penes
dictos Iohannem & Agnetem residenti sigillum commune predictorum
magistri & scolarium domus predicte est appensum. Hiis testibus,
Iohanne de Dokelintone tunc maiore Oxonie, Waltero de Wycumbe
& Willelmo de Pennarthe tunc balliuis eiusdem ville, Thoma de
Henxeye, Andrea de Pyrie, Iohanne de Coleshulle, Philippo de
Wormenhale, Radulfo de Stoke, Andrea Culuerd, Iohanne le Orfeuere,
Ricardo de Mortone, Thoma de Mortone, Thoma Clerico & multis
aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam in festo Purificationis beate Marie virginis
anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis Henrici xxxvto̟¸¹
203.
[John de Aylesbury and his wife return the messuage to
Balliol for seven months.]
Pateat universis per presentes quod ego Iohannes de Aylesburi
Feb. 5, & Agnes uxor mea dimisimus & uterque nostrum dimisit magistro
Stephano de Cornubia magistro domus de Balliolo & scolaribus
eiusdem domus unum mesuagium in Oxonia quod dicitur synagoga
in parochia sancti Aldati cum introitu apud magnam portam & solario
supra dictam portam inter noua tenementa que quondam erant
magistri Willelmi Burnel; tenendum & habendum dictum mesuagium
1 With the same four seals as on no. 204.
II. BURNEL'S INN ..
119
cum omnibus prenominatis pertinenciis dicto magistro & scolaribus
& eorum successoribus a die Purificacionis beate Marie uirginis anno
regni regis Edwardi filii regis Henrici xxxvti usque ad festum sancti
Michaelis proximo sequens libere & in pace; ita quod nec ego dictus
Iohannes de Aylesburi nec Agnes uxor mea a die supradicto usque in
festum prenominatum in dicto mesuagio seu in aliquo dicto mesuagio
pertinenti aliquid iuris vendicabimus nec aliquis nomine nostro vendica-
bit. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne de Dokelintone tunc.
maiore Oxonie, Waltero de Wycumbe & Willelmo de Pennarth tunc
balliuis eiusdem ville, Iohanne de Coleshulle, Philippo de Wormenhale,
Ricardo de Mortone, Thoma de Mortone et multis aliis. Dat' Oxonie
die dominico post festum Purificationis beate Marie anno supra-
dicto.¹
1
204.
[An agreement between Balliol and John de Aylesbury.]
Pateat uniuersis per presentes litteras indentatas quod ego Iohannes
de Aylesbury dictus le Tauerner & Agnes uxor mea obligamus nos
coniunctim & diuisim & utrumque nostrum in solidum magistro &
scolaribus domus de Balliolo in Oxonia in quadraginta solidis sterlin-
gorum bone & legalis monete soluendis eisdem magistro & scolaribus
vel alicui nomine ipsorum has litteras deferenti quandocumque dicti
magister & scolares fieri facient quandam cameram ex competenti
meremio bonam & honestam cum solario & celario infra terminum
nostrum in quodam mesuagio quod dicitur synagoga quod ab eisdem
magistro & scolaribus ad terminum vite nostre accepimus, reddendo
inde annuatim quoddam certum prout in quodam scripto inter nos
confecto plenius continetur. Item volumus & concedimus pro nobis
& utroque nostrum quod si dicti magister & scolares novam cameram
infra terminum nostrum faciant, libere habeant sine contradictione quo-
rumcumque seu cuiuscumque meremium, lapides & omnia pertinencia
cuiusdam camere antique in medio dicti mesuagii situate in subsidium
dicte noue camere faciende. Et quia per principale scriptum inter
nos confectum obligamur predictam cameram in medio mesuagii
sitam in toto termino nostro sustentare, promittunt fideliter dicti.
magistri & scolares & per presentes se obligant quod si nouam
cameram faciant & ad illius constructionem predictam antiquam
1 Two seals on one tag; circular a
quatrefoil S' IOH' D'.... ..; pointed
oval, a fleur de lis S' AGNET'.. OR"
.I. TAB' (? VXOR' I. TAB').
B. 9. 2
Feb. 5,
1307
120 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
cameram capiant, occasione dicte antique camere non sustentate in
nullo nos nec alterum nostrum grauabunt seu quouismodo extunc
occasionabuntur. Et sciendum quod nos dicti Iohannes & Agnes
in toto termino nostro nouam cameram si quam dicti magister &
scolares in dicto mesuagio fieri faciant reparabimus & in omnibus
sustentabimus & uterque nostrum in toto termino suo sustentabit.
Quod si non fecerimus, liceat magistrum & scolares totum predictum
mesuagium ad manus suas capere & inde ordinare prout in principali
scripto plenius inseritur. Ut hec autem conuentio firma sit & stabilis
in forma predicta dictis magistro & scolaribus tales fideiussores
inuenimus Petrum filium Iohannis de Oxonia & Iohannem Feteplace
quorum uterque pro nobis & utroque nostrum principalem debitorem
totalis dicte pecunie se constituit & per presentes in solidum obligat.
In huius rei testimonium sigillum commune dictorum magistri `&
scolarium parti huius obligationis penes dictos Iohannem & Agnetem
residenti est appensum & alteri parti penes magistrum & scolares
residenti sigillum dictorum Iohannis & Agnetis una cum sigillis dicto-
rum fideiussorum sunt appensa. Scriptum Oxonie die dominico
prox. post Purificationem beate Marie anno regni regis Edwardi filii
regis Henrici xxxyto.¹
B. 9. 14
June 21,
1333
205.
[Balliol grants a lease of the same messuage to
Thomas de Bedeford.]
Hec indentura testatur quod nos magister & scolares aule de
Baliolo unanimi consensu et assensu concessimus et ad firmam tradi-
dimus Thome de Bedeford le Uaterman & Agneti uxori sue & alteri
eorum diucius uiuenti unum mesuagium situatum in parochia sancti
Aldati in Oxonia; quod quidem mesuagium Iohannes de Norhamtone
de nobis tenere consueuit; habendum & tenendum dictum mesua-
gium dictis Thome & Agneti & alteri eorum diucius uiuenti de nobis
& successoribus nostris usque ad terminum uite sue libere, quiete,
bene & in pace, reddendo inde annuatim nobis et successoribus nostris
triginta septem solidos & sex denarios ad quatuor anni terminos pro
omnimodis seruiciis & demandis viz. [10/- Dec. 21, Mar. 25, June 24,
1 With four seals; the first, circular,
a quatrefoil, S' IOH' D' AYL' BVR'
TAB' N'.; the seal of Agnes as on
no. 203, and two small illegible seals,
one of them being lozenge shape, the
other shaped like a shield; no doubt
the seals of John Feteplace and Peter
son of John.
´`II. BURNEL'S İNN
121
·
4
7/6 Sept. 29]. Et nos [&c. warranty. The tenants will keep the
messuage in repair]. Ad istud pactum fideliter obseruandum hos
inueni fideiussores, scilicet Ricardum de Sotton et Thomam de
Pokelyngton. Et quocienscumque dictus redditus annualis ad aliquem
terminum statutum aretro fuerit non solutus, quod absit, concedimus
nos duos solidos fabrice ecclesie beate Marie Magdalene absque omni
excepcione nomine pene soluere indilate & pro maiori securitate
habenda promittimus nos & alter nostrum singulis annis ante festum
Natiuitatis sancti Iohannis Baptiste nouos fideiussores inuenire uel
istos iterum renouare sub pena iuris nostri amissionis & tocius domus
euacuacionis. In cuius rei testimonium hiis litteris indentatis sigilla
nostra alternatim apposuimus, & quia sigillum dicti Thome pluribus
est incognitum, sigillum decanatus Oxonie apponi procurauimus.
Dať Oxonie die Lune proxima ante festum Natiuitatis sancti Iohannis
Baptiste anno regni regis Edwardi tercii a conquestu septimo.
206.
[Record of a verdict of the surveyors of nuisances
about the same messuage.]
Curia Iohannis de Hartwelle maioris ville Oxonie tenta apud
Oxoniam die Veneris proxima post festum sancti Andree apostoli
anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum xlio.
Ad hanc curiam superuisores nocumentorum presentant quod
quidam murus lapideus qui situatur inter tenementum magistri &
sociorum aule de Balliolo, quod tenementum situatur in parochia
sancti Aldati & uocatur le Bredeshať' & quondam vocabatur synagoga
Iudeorum, ex parte australi & tenementum Edmundi de Lodelau in
eadem parochia ex parte boriali & extendit se in longitudine a
tenemento predictorum magistri & sociorum quod vocatur Burnelshin
in parochia sancti Edwardi usque ad gabulam superioris shope pre-
dicte synagoge, qui quidem murus continet in longitudine lxxix pedes.
& dimidium & in latitudine 1 pedem & dimidium est murus integer
predictorum magistri & sociorum suorum.
Copia istius scripti manet in rotulo primo eiusdem anni extra in
dorso sub titulo curie tente die Veneris proxima post festum sancte
Katerine virginis anno supradicto, & remanet rotulus in Gilda aula.
Endorsed. Littera testificans quod murus situatus inter Brochať'
B. 9. 4
Dec. 3,
1367-
122
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
quod quondam vocabatur synagoga Iudeorum & tenementum Edmundi
Lodelau quod tenetur de abbate de Hosne¹ est integer magistri &
sociorum aule de Balliolo.
A. 13. 10
Mar. 2,
1376
207.
[Balliol grants to Henry de Witteney a lease of a tenement
and a toft, adjoining Burnel's Inn.]
Nouerint uniuersi quod inter magistrum & scolares aule de Balliolo
extra portam borialem Oxonie ex parte una & Henricum de Witteneye
sclattere de Oxonia ex parte altera conuentum est in hunc modum,
uidelicet quod predicti magister & scolares sub forma & condicionibus
subscriptis concesserunt, tradiderunt & dimiserunt prefato Henrico
unum toftum & unum celarium cum solario supraedificato & suis
pertinenciis situata in parochia sancti Edwardi Oxonie in quodam vico
vocato le Iueryelane, unde predictum toftum situatur inter placeam
Nicholai le Spicer ex parte orientali & placeam dicti magistri &
scolarium coadiacentem gardino de Burnels In ex parte occidentali;
predictum vero celarium cum solario situantur [sic] inter dictam
placeam magistri & scolarium ex parte orientali & tenementum
quondam Edmundi de Ludelowe ex parte occidentali; habendum
& tenendum predictum toftum cum celario & solario supraedificato
& suis pertinenciis prefato Henrico & heredibus suis ac suis assignatis
a festo sancti Thome apostoli proximo futuro post datam confeccionis
presencium usque ad finem termini tresdecim annorum tunc proximo
sequencium & plenarie completorum de predictis magistro & scolaribus
& eorum successoribus, reddendo inde annuatim eisdem magistro &
scolaribus aut eorum successoribus pro tofto predicto unam rosam
ad festum Natiuitatis sancti Iohannis Baptiste & pro selario & solario
predictis tres solidos sterlingorum ad quatuor anni terminos princi-
pales & usuales in Oxonia equis porcionibus pro omnibus seruiciis
& demandis. Et predictus Henricus, heredes uel assignati sui supra
toftum predictum unam nouam domum competentem cum tegulis
coopertam sumptibus suis propriis de nouo infra terminum predictum
facient & edificabunt, ac illam domum sic edificatam necnon celarium
cum solario supradict' durante toto termino supradicto competenter
1 This is an error. Edmund Lodelow held under the prior of St. Frideswide,
not the Abbot of Oseney.
II. BURNEL'S INN
123
sustentabunt, reparabunt & emendabunt. Et predicti magister [&c.
warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing]. Dat' Oxonie secundo die Marcii,
anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum Anglie quinqua-
gesimo.
208.
[Balliol grants to Robert Gardener a lease of seven shops
in Fish Street.]
1377
Nouerint uniuersi quod inter magistrum & scolares aule de Balliolo B. 9. 15
extra portam borealem Oxonie ex parte una & Robertum Gardener Sept. 29,
de Oxonia & Emmam uxorem eius ex parte altera conuentum est in
hunc modum, uidelicet quod predicti magister & scolares sub forma
& condicionibus subscriptis concesserunt, tradiderunt & dimiserunt
predictis Roberto & Emme septem shopas coniunctim situatas cum
celariis & solariis dictis shopis adiacentibus in parochia sancti Aldati
Oxonie uersus altum vicum inter tenementum quod fuit Edmundi
Ludelowe ex parte boreali & tenementum quod iam inhabitat Henricus
le Smyth ex parte australi; habendas & tenendas prefatis R. et E. a die
date confeccionis presencium usque ad finem termini viginti quatuor
annorum; reddendo inde annuatim predictis magistro & scolaribus
& eorum successoribus quadraginta & nouem solidos ad quatuor anni
terminos. Et predicti R. et E. infra primum annum dictorum viginti
quatuor annorum omnia solaria predictarum shoparum competenter
facient cooperiri et emendari expensis eorum propriis. [The tenants
will keep the buildings in repair. If they both die within the term of
twenty-four years, or if the rent is unpaid, the tenements are to revert
to the Master and scholars.] In cuius [&c. alternate sealing]. Dat'
apud Oxon', die Martis in festo sancti Michaelis Archangeli, anno
regni regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum Anglie primo.¹
209.
1
[An agreement between Balliol and Richard Clifford bishop
of London.]
Hec indentura facta inter uenerabilem in Cristo patrem & dominum,
dominum Ricardum Clifford dei gracia episcopum Londoniensem ex
parte una & magistrum Thomam Chace, magistrum collegii de Ballio
1 An early endorsement 'Pro quinque shopis in parochia sancti Aldati’.
B. 11. 25
Jan. 31,
1416
124 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
in Uniuersitate Oxonie & socios eiusdem collegii ex altera parte testa-
tur quod predicti magister & socii ex eorum communi consensu
concesserunt & ad firmam dimiserunt predicto domino episcopo quod-
dam tenementum in uilla Oxonie uulgariter nuncupatum Burnelinne
cum pertinenciis excepto uno tenemento cum octo shopis adiacentibus
& suis pertinenciis in quo Iohannes Shawe modo inhabitat & duobus
paruis meşuagiis situatis in Iurelane uille predicte, quod quidem tene-
mentum situatur iuxta aulam uocatam Grekhalle ex parte occidentali
prope cimiterium ecclesie sancte Frideswide Oxonie; habendum &
tenendum prefato domino episcopo & assignatis suis a festo sancti
Michaelis proximo futuro post datam presencium usque ad terminum
decem annorum ex tunc proximo sequencium pro centum & quinque
marcis predictis magistro & sociis per predictum dominum episcopum
pre manibus solutis, que quidem summa pecunie se extendit ad
plenariam & integram summam moderne firme tenementi predicti pro
tempore dictorum decem annorum; quam quidem summam centum
& quinque marcarum predicti magister & socii a dicto domino episcopo
in plenam solucionem firme predicte pro dictis decem annis ad dicti
collegii indigenciam releuandam attenta euidente utilitate dicti collegii
ac urgente necessitate pre manibus receperunt. Uolunt insuper &
concedunt dicti magister & socii pro se & successoribus suis quod
quandocumque infra dictum terminum decem annorum dictus dominus
episcopus dederit, concesserit & appropriari fecerit seu alie persone
per ipsum nominande dederint,concesserint & appropriari fecerint in per-
petuum magistro & sociis predictis & eorum successoribus ac collegio
predicto aliquas terras seu tenementa ualoris decem librorum per
annum ultra omnia onera & reprisas & sufficientem & securum statum
in lege eis inde fecerit, ac dicti magister & socii pacificam possessionem
aut seisinam inde assecuti fuerint, prefati magister & socii infra mensem
extunc sequentem feoffabunt dictum dominum episcopum suas alias
personas ad suam denominacionem in predicto tenemento vocato
Burnelinne, habendum idem tenementum predicto domino episcopo aut
personis predictis, heredibus & assignatis suis in perpetuum; prouiso
quod tam licencia regia in hac parte habenda quam eciam omnia
alia appropriacionem seu donacionem predictam concernencia impetra-
buntur & fient custagiis & expensis dicti domini episcopi uel assigna-
torum suorum. Quod si contigerit in futurum predictum tenementum
cum pert. recuperari uersus predictum dominum episcopum, heredes
aut assignatos suos aut uersus predictas personas per ipsum in forma
predicta nominandas, heredes aut assignatos suos, aut extra eorum
11. BURNEL'S INN
125
possessionem euinci, extunc bene licebit domino episcopo [&c. to take
back the lands he had given to Balliol in exchange for Burnel Inn, &
vice versa]. Et si predictus dominus episcopus dederit & appropriari
fecerit sumptibus & custagiis suis propriis in forma predicta dictiş
magistro & sociis ac successoribus suis terras & tenementa annui ualoris
predicti citra finem dictorum decem annorum, quod extunc dicti
magister & socii & successores sui teneantur per presentes restituere &
resoluere predicto domino episcopo aut executoribus suis ratam
porcionem dictarum centum & quinque marcarum predicte annue firme
dictis magistro & sociis pre manibus solute, computandam inde a primo
die quo ipsi magister & socii adepti fuerint pacificam possessionem
huiusmodi terrarum & tenementorum. Et si contingat dictam appro-
priacionem in forma predicta non fieri citra finem dictorum decem.
annorum, uolunt tamen & concedunt predicti magister [&c.] quod
dictus dominus episcopus & assignati sui teneant dictum tenementum
uocatum Burnel Ine ultra finem dictorum decem annorum usque ad
terminum vite dicti domini episcopi, ac quod principalitas eiusdem
tenementi cum pertinenciis pro eodem tempore remaneat dicto domino
episcopo & assignatis suis, reddendo inde annuatim ad terminos Pasche
& sancti Michaelis predictis magistro & sociis & successoribus suis
decem marcas, sex solidos & octo denarios; ita tamen quod principali-
tas dictis tenementi post obitum dicti domini episcopi & terminum
predictorum decem annorum remaneat in libera disposicione predic-
torum magistri & sociorum suorum, nisi in uita dicti domini episcopi
uel infra terminum predictorum decem annorum predicti magister &
socii pacificam possessionem tenementorum & terrarum in forma pre-
dicta fuerint assecuti. [The College will perform the necessary
repairs, and will warrant]. In cuius [&c. sealing]; dať' ultimo die
mensis Ianuarii anno regni regis Henrici quinti post conquestum
Anglie tercio.
210.
[Oseney Abbey leases to Balliol College a small piece of
land in Jury Lane.]
Mar, 12,
1443
Hec indentura facta inter religiosos viros abbatem & conuentum A. 14. 3
monasterii beate Marie de Oseneye iuxta Oxoniam ex parte una &
magistrum & scolares siue socios collegii de Balliolo Oxonie ex altera
testatur quod predicti abbas & conuentus concesserunt, tradiderunt &
ad firmam dimiserunt prefatis magistro & sociis unam aream siue
126 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
fundum situatum in le Iury lane Oxonie fere exoposito scole iuris.
ciuilis continentem in latitudine iuxta viam septem pedes de assisa &
in profunditate siue longitudine uersus quoddam tenementum eorundem
magistri & sociorum vocatum Burnelshyn quindecim pedes, et abuttat
secundum latitudinem ex parte occidentali ad tenementum Iohannis
Harmwell gentylman in cornerio quod extunc tenuit Willelmus Smyth ;
habendam & tenendam predictam aream siue fundum prefatis magistro
& sociis & eorum successoribus usque ad terminum nonaginta nouem
annorum proximo sequencium & plenarie complendorum pro tribus
solidis & quatuor denariis quos pre manibus soluerunt. Et predicti
magister & socii facient in latitudine iuxta viam ut supra unum murum
lapideum & reparabunt & emendabunt eundem murum quociens necesse
fuerit sumptibus suis propriis & expensis durante termino supradicto &
in fine termini predicti bene reparatum dimittent. In cuius [&c. seal-
ing]. Dat' in festo sancti Gregorii pape anno domini Mcccc quadra-
gesimo tercio et anno regni regis Henrici sexti post conquestum Anglie
vicesimo secundo.
B. 11. 26
Oct. 10,
1472
211.
[Balliol grants to William Orchard a lease of the Pike Inn.]
Hec indentura facta inter magistrum Iohannem Segden', magistrum
collegii siue aule Ballioli & eiusdem loci consocios ex parte una &
Willelmum Orchard¹ aliter Mason de Oxonia, Agnetem uxorem eius
& Iohannem filium eorundem ex parte altera testatur quod predicti
magister & consocii tradiderunt, concesserunt & ad firmam dimiserunt
prefatis W., A., & I. quoddam tenementum siue hospicium suum de le
Pyke cum duobus solariis ac una shopa ac suis pertinenciis infra
parochiam sancti Aldati; habendum & tenendum prefatis W., A., & I.
ac eorum diutius uiuenti a festo sancti Michaelis ultimo preterito usque
ad finem viginti unius annorum; reddendo inde annuatim quatuor
marcas ad quatuor anni terminos [Dec. 25, Mar. 25, June 24 & Sep. 29].
[The owners may distrain for the rent, and will keep the buildings in
repair]. Et ulterius conventum est inter partes quod si contingat
dictos W. & A. a predicta villa Oxonie absentari propter aliquod
arduum negotium expediendum, quod tunc liceat eis dictum tenemen-
tum per alium seu alios occupare consensu & assensu prefatorum
magistri & sociorum collegii requisitis & obtentis. In cuius [&c. seal-
1 William Orchard was the leading
mason and builder at Magdalen at this
time; see History of Magdalen by
H. A. Wilson, pp. 22–6.
II. BURNEL'S INN
127
ing]; hiis testibus, magistris Willelmo Silkes rectore ecclesie sancti
Aldati Oxon', Iohanne Fitz-Roberts clerico notario publico, Ricardo
Todkill & Ricardo Neuport literatis de Oxonia & aliis. Dat' apud
Oxoniam decimo die mensis Octobris anno regni regis Edwardi IV
duodecimo.
212.
[A statement by Robert Carter, Wolsey's agent.]
In dei nomine, Amen. Per presens publicum instrumentum cunctis
appareat euidenter et sit notum quod anno domini millesimo quingen-
tesimo vicesimo nono indiccione secunda, pontificatus sanctissimi
in Christo patris et domini nostri domini Clementis diuina pro-
videntia eius nominis pape septimi anno sexto mensis vero Septem-
bris die antepenultimo, in quadam alta camera domus siue habitacionis
prouidi viri Willelmi Freer infra parochiam Omnium Sanctorum in
Oxonia Lincolniensis diocesis situate, in meique notarii publici ac
testium inferius nominatorum presentia personaliter constitutus
venerabilis vir magister Robertus Carter clericus non vi, metu, dolo,
fraude, seu aliqua alia sinistra machinatione coactus, ut asseruit, seu
circumventus, sed ex eius vera, certa, propria et mera scientia ac libera
et spontanea voluntate ad perpetuam rei memoriam, ne fides vera
pereat, ac ad omnem iuris effectum qui exinde sequi poterit, tactis per
eundem manu sua dextera sacrosanctis dei euangeliis ad ea iurauit et
in veri iuramenti sui huiusmodi veritatem ut asseruit testificando tunc
ibidem publice dixit et recitauit hec verba in Anglicis subsequentia
seu eis in effectu consimilia:-'Whereas it is so that the Maister &
Fellowys of Bayly College in Oxford of late had certayn bylded howsys
& lond nowe beyng taken yn to the Cardinall college in Oxford afore-
said and have made wryting under their commyn seale of the sale of
the said londs for money, as is pretended by their said wryting, that
they had beforehand receyved; and whereas the said wryting so sealed
was delyvered unto me by the hands of Maister John Brodley, Fellowe
of the said Bayly College under certayn conditions, that is to saye that
the said Bayly College shuld have for their said londs so taken yn as
good & sufficient londs ageyn or as much money as their sayd londs
were worthe or a benefice sufficient impropred to the said Bayly
College for recompense for their saide londs, because that hereafter it
shall not be alleged that the said Maister & Fellowis have receyved any
summe or parcell by me yn the name of my lorde Cardinall or his
forsaid College for the forsaid londs and so for default of the trewth
B. 9. 17
Sept. 29,
1529
128
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. g. 18
Oct. 5,
1530
they to have great losse & dammage yn that case, I here before you all
testifie that on my very faithe and trewthe I never payd any money or
made any other convention for the satisfaction of the said lond with
the said Maister & Fellowys or any of theym or receyved any money
of any man under the name or pretense to make to theym any suych
satisfaction, nother receyved of the said Mr. John Brodley the said
wryting so sealyd, or deliuered it to Mr. Tonoys or to any other man,
under any other manner or pretense than under the name of the said
Mr. & Fellowys & under the conditions aboverehersyd.' Super quibus
omnibus & singulis dictus venerabilis vir magister Robertus Carter
[iuratus]¹ in presencia subscriptorum sibi unum vel plura publicum seu
publica instrumentum seu instrumenta conficere requisivit. Acta sunt
hec omnia et singula premissa sub anno domini, indiccione, pontificatu,
mense, die et loco predictis, presentibus tunc & ibidem magistris
Johanne Wadam, Iohanne Hale clericis, Willelmo Frere, Iohanne
Best et Thoma Warmyngtone literatis, Exoniensis, Wigorniensis, Lin-
colniensis, Eboracensis & Londoniensis diocesum, testibus ad premissa
vocatis atque rogatis.
With the certificate of Robert Warmyngton public notary, some-
what obliterated.
213.
[A notice by Balliol College that it intends to resume its
property now within Cardinal College.]
Uniuersis Cristi fidelibus [&c.] Willelmus White sacre theologie
bacularius magister collegii de Balliolo in Uniuersitate Oxonie et
scolares eiusdem collegii salutem. Cum nuper per quamdam cartam
cuius dat' est apud Oxoniam decimo octauo die Aprilis anno regni
regis Henrici octavi post conquestum decimo septimo ut asseritur,
dederimus, concesserimus ac per cartam illam confirmauerimus
venerabili viro magistro Iohanni Highdone decano collegii Thome
Wolsy cardinalis Eboracensis vulgo appellati Cardynall's College in
alma achademia Oxonie situati et eiusdem collegii canonicis octo
tofta, octo curtilagia et septem cotagia iacentia in villa Oxonie, ac
eciam unum aliud toftum et curtilagium super que quidem aliud
toftum et curtilagium olim edificatum fuit quoddam hospitium
studii iuris ciuilis vocatum London college, ac insuper per eandem
cartam nostram ut asseritur attornauerimus, constituerimus et in
loco nostro posuerimus dilectum nobis in Christo Georgium Reve
1 Illegible.
II. BURNEL'S INN
129
et Rogerum Bradley defunct' nostros veros et legitimos attornatos
coniunctim et diuisim ad intrandum vice et nomine nostro in predicta
tofta et curtilagia cum pertinenciis ac plenam et pacificam seisinam et
possessionem inde capiendum, et post huiusmodi possessionem et
seisinam sic inde captas et habitas ad deliberandum vice et nomine
nostro prefatis decano et canonicis seu eorum in hac parte sufficienter
attornatis pacificam possessionem et seisinam de & in predictis toftis
et curtilagiis, secundum vim et formam et effectum carte predicte prout
in eadem carta plenius continetur, que quidem carta in omnibus suis
viribus et effectibus quoad possessionem et seisinam capiendas &
liberandas die confectionis presencium restat minime executa et infecta
per prefatos attornatos nostros, uel eorum alterum; Quare ob diuersas
condiciones super liberacione carte predicte prefatis decano et canonicis
ex parte dictorum decani et canonicorum perimplendas et per eosdem
non observatas, sciatis nos prefatos magistrum et scolares predictos
attornatos nostros et eorum alterum ac potestatem illam eisdem virtute
carte predicte si que fuerit commissam omnino, totaliter et perpetuis
temporibus revocasse, euacuasse ac pro nichilo habuisse ac si cassata
fuerat carta illa, inhibentes autem prefatum Georgium ne ad execu-
cionem alicuius status virtute carte illius in aliquo procedere presumat ;
ac insuper iam pateat universis per presentem cartam nostram nos
prefatum magistrum et scolares unanimi concensu et assensu nostro
attornasse et plenam potestatem nostram concessisse et commisisse
magistro Willelmo Wryght et magistro Iohanni Kytson in artibus
magistris coniunctim et diuisim ad intrandum vice et nomine nostro in
omnibus predictis toftis et curtilagiis et in eorundem fundis ac eciam
in quibuscumque edificiis et aliis super eadem de novo ceptis, erectis,
siue constructis siue iacentibus vel contentis, et quascumque alias
personas si que fuerint a possessione eorundem amovere et totaliter
expellere dictosque Willelmum Wryght et Iohannem Kytson attornatos
nostros seu eorum alterum omnia predicta tofta et curtilagia ac cetera
premissa ad usum et opus nostrum predictorum magistri et scolarium
et successorum nostrorum retinendum et possidendum, ratum et
gratum habituri totum et quicquid dicti attornati nostri seu eorum alter
in premissis fecerint vel fecerit in aliquo premissorum. Dat' apud
Oxoniam quinto die Octobris anno regni regis Henrici octaui fidei
defensoris et domini Hibernie vicessimo secundo. In cuius [&c.
sealing].¹
1
1 With a portion of the College seal.
K
130
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
214.
Nov.
1556-
Dec.
1557
[A petition to Chancery with interrogatories and
1
depositions.]'
In moste humble wise complayning shewith unto your grace your
daily oratours and bedemen William Wright, clarke, maister of Baille
Colledge in Oxforde and the fellowes of the same, That whear they
the said Mr and fellowes were seasid in there demeane as of fee as in
the right of there said Colledge of and in eighte tofts and eight curti-
lages whereof one was callid the Dolphins Ine lying and being in
Oxforde aforesaide in a streate there callid Fishe Streate which said
tofts were sumtyme builded and also of and in one other toft and
curtilage there lately callid London Colledge of the clere yerely value
in the hole of x lib. viii s ., and so being of the premysses seasid upon
consideracions and promys made by one Roberte Carter, clerke, to one
John Bradeley senior fellowe, being lefte in the said Colledge in the
tyme of sicknes, the maister and other of the Colledge being then in
the cuntrey, on the behalf of Thomas Woolcey, sumtyme Archebusshop
and Cardinall of Yorke, that large and ample recompence thereof
should be to hym and to the said Colledge made as welle for the lands
and tenements as for all the timber, iron, leade, stone, slatt, whiche then
at the firste sight was praisid and estemyd better then a thousand marks,
the said John Bradley by secret meanys unwares unto the maister and
the Company did get out there commen seale and therby did geve and
graunte and by that dede under there commen seale of the said
Colledge bering date at Oxforde the xviiith daie of Aprill in the xviith yere
of the reigne of the late king of famous memorie king Henry theight
did confirme all the said tofts and curtilages with thappurtynaunces
unto one John Higdon doctor in Divinitie, then Deane of the Colledge
of the said Thomas Woolsey, commonly callid Cardinall Colledge in
the Universitie of Oxford and the Cannons of the same Colledge, to
have and to holde all and singular the said tofts and curtilages with
thappurtynaunces unto the said Deane and Cannons and to there
successours to the use of them the said Deane and Cannons and of
there successours for ever, as by the same dede more plainly maie
appear; By reason whereof the said Deane and Cannons of the said
Colledge then callid the Cardinall Colledge were of the premysses
seasid in there demeane as of fee as in the right of there said Colledge,
¹ This document is not at Balliol but at Christ Church, drawer 183.
II. BURNEL'S INN
131
the same tofts and curtilages then being included within the precincte
of the scite of the said late Colledge commonly callid the Cardinall
Colledge; So it is and it like your good grace that afterwards the same
Colledge was dissolvid and the same Colledge with the said scite and
other the lands of the same Colledge came to the hands and possession
of the said late king Henry the VIIIth; By reason whereof the said
late king was seasid in his demeane as of fee of and in the premysses
and hee being thereof so seasid gave the premysses emong others unto
the Deane and Chapiter of the Cathedrall Churche of Christe in
Oxforde of the said late king's foundacion and to there success ours for
ever; By force whereof the same Deane and Chapiter have enterid
into the said premyses with thappurtynaunces and the same dothe
wrongfully witholde from your said oratours without making any
recompence for the same; And albeit that your said oratours have
divers and sundry tymes requierid of them thereof recompence to be
made unto the same your said oratours, yet that to do they have
utterly refusid and yet do contrary to all right, equitie and good con-
science, notwithstandinge that at suche tyme as the said late king
Henry theight, being personally in the Universitie of Oxford and then
standing upon the grounde of Bailye Colledge aforesaid, as it was then
enformyd hym at the humble suite and requeste of the maister and
fellowes then beinge of the same Colledge moste graciously tendering
and considering there juste suite and povertie of the said Colledge and
also the greate injurie and wronge done to them in that behalfe com-
maunded unto Thomas Crumwell late lorde Crumwell then there
beinge present that he on the behalf of the said late kinge should cause
due recompence to the said Colledge thereof to be made without delaie,
which hetherto is not done; And forasmoche as the said dede of gifte
of the said premysses under the commen seale of Baille Colledge afore-
said ys commen to the hands and possession of the said Deane and
Chapiter, as is beforesaid, notwithstanding the same dede at the firste
was delivered by the said Brodley unto the said Roberte Carter upon
condicion of recompence to be made as both the said Roberte Carter
and also the foresaid John Brodeley divers tymes since hathe testified,
your said oratours ar without remedy by thorder of the commen lawes
of this realme and without all other helpe and remedy unles your good
and gracious favour be to them shewid in this behalf. Yt maie therfore
please your good grace, the premysses tenderly considerid and that
your grace maie therby be certified of the hole truthe of the premisses
to graunte the King and Quenes most gracious writ of commyssion to
K 2
132
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
be directid unto Thomas Reynolds,¹ doctor in divinitie and vicechaun-
cellour of the Universitie of Oxforde, Robert Morrent clerk, president
of Corpus Christi Colledge in Oxforde, William Tresham doctor in
divinitie and Walter Wright doctor of lawe and archedeacon of Oxforde
geving them auctoritie by the same commyssion to examyne and trie
the truthe of the said matter and thereof to make unto your grace
certificat into the Kinge and Quenes moste honerable courte of Chaun-
cery at a certen daie by your grace therein to be lymytted and
appointed and also commaunding the said Deane and Chapiter then
and there personally to appeare and to stande to and abide such order
as your grace shall then take therin accordinge to right, equitie and
good conscience, and your said oratours shall daily praie to Almightie
God for the preservacioun of your grace in moche prosperitie and
honour longe to contynue.
The deposicions of certen witnesses receavid, sworne and examined
by us Robert Morrent, president of Corpus Christi College in Oxford,
William Tresham, doctor of divinitie & Walter Wright doctor of lawe
and archedeacon of Oxon, in Corpus Christi Colledge in the Univer-
sitie of Oxford by vertue of the King and Quenes highnes Com-
myssion to us directed upon certen articles on the behalf of the
maister and fellowes of Ballioll Colledge in the foresaid Universitie
of Oxford, which we certifie into the highe courte of Chauncery as
hereafter followith.
The articles
First whether you have knowen that the maister and fellowes of
Bailye Colledge in Oxford have byn seasid in tymes paste in the right.
of there howse of any lands and tenements as tofts and curtilages
lying in or upon a streate of the Towne of Oxforde callid Fisshestrete
within the parish of Saincte Towles there.
Item, if the said maister and fellowes had any such tenements,
tofts or curtilages, what was the number of them and whether the
Dolphin and a certen place callid London Colledge was any of the
said tenements or tofts.
Item, whether the said tenements or tofts were builded or no; and
what the stuffe was worthe before they were taken downe.
Item, what was the yerely value and rent of all the said tofts and
curtilages above the necessarie yerely charges for and going out of the
same countinge one yere withe another.
¹ Reynolds was commissary from Nov. 10, 1556-Dec. 16, 1557.
II. BURNEL'S INN
133
Item, whether that you have knowen that a dede of gifte under the
commen seale of Bailye Colledge was made and graunted to the lorde
Cardinall Woolsey of all the said tenements, tofts and curtilages,
wherby he myght geve and dispose them at his owne will and
pleasure and he therupon included them within the scite of the
Colledge then callid Cardinall Colledge and nowe Christe Churche.
Item, whether at any tyme heretofore any recompence hathe byn
made to the said Mr. and fellowes of Bailye Colledge for the said
tenements, tofts and curtilages in money or otherwise.
Item, whether king Henry the VIIIth did commaunde maister
Crumwell, late lorde Crumwell, for xvi or xvii yeres paste that the
said Mr. and fellowes of Bailye Colledge should be justlye recompensid
for suche grounde of theires as was conteynid within the site of his
Colledge then callid kinge Henry the eights Colledge and now callid
Christe Churche.
Thomas Lambe of the parishe of Saincte Towles, where he hathe
dwellid xliiii yeres or thereabought, lxxvi yeres of age, deposithe as
followithe.
To the firste he deposithe and saithe that he knewe that the Maister
and Fellowes of Ballioll Colledge in Oxforde had lands and tenements,
curtilages and tofts within the paroche of Saincte Towles lying in the
Fisshe Streete on the easte side of the same streete.
To the seconde he deposithe and saithe that the said maister and
Fellowes had seven meases or tofts whereof the Dolphin Ine was one
and London Colledge one other.
To the therde he saithe that he knewe that the said tofts were
builded but what the stuffe of those buildings were worthe before they
were taken downe he cannot depose.
To the iiiith he saithe he cannot depose certenly but saithe that the
yerely rent of Dolphin Ine was fower marks. For the reste he knoweth
not what rent they were of.
To the vth he saithe that all the said tofts and tenements and
London Colledge were taken in by the lorde Cardinall Woolsey and
be nowe included within the scite of Christ Churche.
To the sixte he knoweth of no recompense that was made to the
maister and fellowes of Balliol Colledge, as he saithe.
To the viith he cannot depose anye thing as he saithe, but that he
hathe harde worshipfull men saie that kinge Henry the VIIIth com-
maunded then Mr Crumwell late lorde Crumwell to make recompence
134
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
for the said tofts to the maister and fellowes of Ballioll Colledge for
that tyme beinge and otherwise he cannot depose.
William Mundie citizen of Oxforde of the parishe of Saincte Towles,
where he hathe dwellid these liiii yeres, lxvi yeres of age or there-
aboughte, deposithe as followith.
To the first he deposithe and saithe that the maister and fellowes
of Baily Colledge in Oxforde had certen lands, tofts, curtilages and
tenements lying within the parishe of Saincte Aldates in a streete
callid Fishe Streate there of his certen knowledge.
To the seconde he saithe that the said maister and fellowes had
nyne tenements or curtilages within the said parishe whereof one was
London Colledge, another was the Dolphin, the therde laie on the
south side of the Dolphin and thother sixe laie towards Carfaxe not
having any backesides or garden grownds except onlie London Col-
ledge and the Dolphin Ine.
To the therde he saithe that the tofts were olde buildings and
hansome howses of his certen knowledge but what the stuff of them
was worthe he cannot tell as he saithe.
To the iiiith he cannot any thinge depose as he saithe.
To the vth he saithe he cannot tell whether any gifte of the said
tofts and curtilages was made by the maister and fellowes of Ballioll
Colledge to the lorde Cardinall Wolsey, but saithe that the foresaid
tofts be included within the site of Christe Churche of his certen
knowledge.
To the vith he saithe he knoweth of no recompense made.
To the viith he aunswerithe and saith that he cannot depose.
Peter Rolve of the parishe of Saincte Aldates where he hathe
dwellid these lii yeres contynually together, of lxix yeres of age or
theraboughts, deposithe as followith.
To the firste he saithe he knoweth that the maister and fellowes of
Bailye Colledge in Oxforde in the right of there howse had sixe smale
tenements, tofts or curtilages and a shopp, the Ine callid the Dolphin
and London Colledge in the parish of Saincte Towles.
To the second he hathe aunswerid in the firste.
To the therde he saithe that all the said tofts and curtilages were
builded and every of the smale tofts had a shopp.
To the iiiith he cannot depose as he saithe.
To the vth he cannot depose of any dede of gifte made but saithe.
11. BURNEL'S INN
135
the lorde Cardinall Woolsey causid them to be taken in to Friswis,
then callid Cardinall Colledge, nowe callid Christ Churche and be
nowe within the circuite of the same.
To the vith and viith he cannot depose as he saithe.
Master Doctor Marshall, Deane of Christ Church in Oxford, Master
Alexander Belsire and maister Henry Sidall, cannons there being
examined whether recompense hathe byn made to the maister and
fellowes of Ballioll Colledge for the tofts and curtilages which they
demaunde aunswer and saie that, notwithstanding they knowe not the
contrary but that they ar recompensid, for that they have there owne
evidence againste them, yet that they thinke upon heresaie they ar not
recompensid; and agayne, if they be not recompensid that the said
Deane and Chapiter ought nether in lawe nether in conscience to make
recompense; not in lawe, for that they have a dede of gifte from
Bailye Colledge under there commen seale againste them; nether in
conscience, partly bicause the founder of Christe Churche gave to
Christe Churche the said lands with warrantize and clause of discharge
of them for ever, partely bicause the said Bailye Colledge myght have
had recompense at kinge Henry theight his hands, other els by king
Edwarde the VIte yf they had declarid there lacke and followid there
suite ernestlye as others did, who have had recompence in like case.
215.
[Balliol grants to John de Somervylle an annuity secured
upon the tenements of the College in Oxford.]
Omnibus hanc cartam indentatam visuris vel audituris Hugo de
Corbrigge magister domus de Balliolo Oxonie & scolares eiusdem
domus salutem in domino sempiternam. Noueritis nos dedisse &
presenti carta nostra indentata confirmasse magistro Iohanni de
Someruylle de Bourtoneanneys in comitatu Ebor' quemdam annuum
redditum viginti trium librarum, sex solidorum & octo denariorum
exeuncium & proueniencium de omnibus & singulis terris & tene-
mentis nostris in villa Oxonie & suburbiis eiusdem ville, videlicet sex
libras argenti de una aula cum pertinenciis in Oxonia vocata Burnelesyn,
situata in parochia sancti Edwardi in quodam angulo ex opposito
cimiterii ecclesie sancte Frideswyde Oxonie inter tenementum
prioris & conuentus sancte Frideswyde Oxonie ex parte orientali &
B. 9. 20
May 5,
1342
136 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
quandam placeam terre nuper vocatam Cokewoldeshall ex parte occi-
dentali¹; et septem libras argenti de uno mesuagio nuper vocato sina-
goga Iudeorum cum octo shopis, octo celariis & octo solariis cum suis
pertinenciis in Oxonia situato coniunctim in parochia sancti Aldati
inter tenementum Ioseph de Wodestoke & Alicie uxoris eius ex parte
boreali & tenementum dictorum prioris & conuentus sancte Frideswyde
ex parte australi; et decem et septem solidos argenti de tribus shopis
cum pertinenciis in Oxonia, situatis coniunctim in dicta parochia
sancti Edwardi inter tenementum Ricardi Cary ex parte una et terram
nostram ex parte altera; et tresdecim solidos & octo denarios de
mesuagio nostro capitali cum pertinenciis in suburbio predicto vocato
Baillolehalle situato extra portam borialem Oxonie in parochia sancte
Marie Magdalene iuxta mansum monachorum de Durham; et triginta
& duos solidos argenti de una aula cum pertinenciis in Oxonia vocata
Chymerhalle situata in parochia sancti Edwardi inter tenementum
abbatis & conuentus de Abyndon ex parte boriali et tenementum
dictorum prioris & conuentus sancte Frideswyde ex parte australi; et
viginti solidos argenti de una aula cum pertinenciis in Oxonia vocata
Herthalle situata in parochia sancti Iohannis de Mertone inter tene-
mentum aule de Mertone ex parte orientali & tenementum priorisse &
conuentus de Lutlemor ex parte occidentali; et viginti & octo solidos
argenti de una aula cum pertinenciis in Oxonia vocata aula sancti
Hugonis situata in parochia sancte Mildrede virginis inter terram aule
Exonie ex parte occidentali & terram nostram ex parte orientali; et
sexaginta solidos argenti de sex scolis cum pertinenciis in Oxonia,
videlicet de tribus celariis & tribus solariis, que dicuntur Beaufrount,
situatis coniunctim in dicta parochia sancte Mildrede in vico scolarum
inter tenementum aule Exonie ex parte una & altam viam ex parte
altera; et triginta & sex solidos argenti de quatuor scolis cum perti-
nenciis in Oxonia, videlicet de duobus celariis & duobus solariis
situatis coniunctim in dicta parochia sancte Mildrede inter tenementum
priorisse & conuentus de Stodleghe ex parte una & altam viam ex
parte altera; soluendos annuatim prefato magistro Iohanni ad duos anni
terminos videlicet ad festa Pentecost' et sancti Martini in yeme per
equales porciones; habendum & tenendum totum predictum annuum
redditum viginti trium librarum, sex solidorum & octo denariorum
prefato magistro Iohanni ad totam vitam suam ad terminos predictos.
1 Probably east and west should here
be transposed: Greekhall belonging to
St. Frideswide's was on the west of
Burnel's Inn, Cokewoldes apparently on
the east. It is a common error.
11. BURNEL'S INN
137
Et si predictus annuus redditus ad aliquem terminum aretro fuerit in
parte vel in toto durante vita ipsius magistri Iohannis, concedimus.
pro nobis & successoribus nostris quod bene liceat predicto magistro
Iohanni & suo certo attornato durante vita ipsius magistri Iohannis in
omnibus & singulis terris & tenementis nostris tam in capitali mesuagio
nostro predicto cum pertinenciis vocato le Baillolehalle quam in
omnibus & singulis aliis terris & tenementis nostris predictis distringere
& districciones retinere donec satisfactum fuerit eidem magistro Iohanni
de toto predicto annuo redditu viginti trium librarum, sex solidorum &
octo denariorum simul cum arreragiis eiusdem. Et nos predicti Hugo
& scolares dicte domus de Balliolo & successores nostri totum pre-
dictum annuum redditum viginti trium librarum, sex solidorum & octo
denariorum predicto magistro Iohanni ad totam vitam suam contra
omnes homines warantizabimus, acquietabimus & defendemus. In
cuius rei testimonium sigillum nostrum commune huic carte nostre
indentate apposuimus, et quia predictum sigillum nostrum pluribus est
incognitum sigillum maioris Oxonie hiis apponi procurauimus. Hiis
testibus Ricardo Cary tunc maiore ville Oxonie, Iohanne de Nortone
& Iohanne Peggy tunc balliuis eiusdem ville, Simone de Gloucestre,
Ricardo de Selewode, Iohanne de Alestone, Alano de Hetone, Radulfo
de Sutertone, Thoma de Leghe clerico & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam
die dominica proxima ante festum Ascensionis domini anno domini
millesimo trescentesimo quadragesimo secundo, et anno regni Anglie
regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum sextodecimo, regni vero sui
Francie tercio.¹
III. THE SITE OF THE DIVINITY SCHOOL.
216-39.
In 1295 Thomas de Sowy gave to Hugh de Warkenethby and others
four schools with an area behind bounded by Brasenose Lane (called
Mildred Lane) on the south, School Street on the east, a tenement once
of Laurence Kepeharm, subsequently schools of Exeter College on the
north, and a tenement of St. Frideswide's called Patrick Hall on the west.
He also gave at the same time three messuages with an area bounded by
School Street on the east, the road under the walls on the north, Roger
de Sanford on the west and the schools of Studley Priory on the south.
1 With a small seal, evidently of John de Somervylle.
138 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
It seems that the two formed one holding which ran behind the schools of
Stodley and Exeter and enclosed them. On February 27, 1309, when an
Inquisition ad quod damnum was held about these tenements under the
name of 'four messuages', the verdict was returned that they were held
of the Prior of Bicester at a rent of 7s. a year and were worth 30s. a year
more. The return¹ is endorsed 'Fiat de gracia domini regis sine fine'.
In 1342 they had become ten schools, of which four were at the north end
of School Street, and six between Exeter Schools and St. Mildred's Lane;
the former were worth 36s., the latter 60s. a year (see no. 215). In 1317
the College received a tenement which faced the walls, known as St.
Hugh's Hall, bounded on the east by the Balliol Schools and on the west
by a tenement which in a short time was part of Exeter College. In the
Inquisition² ad quod damnum it was stated to be worth 6s. 8d. a year,
but in 1342 the rent was 28s. (see no. 215). By 1370 this hall and the
schools adjoining had ceased to exist, and the site was let as a garden
(no. 231). In 1427 it was granted to the University together with the
court which lay at the back of the six remaining schools (no. 234); but
this latter portion must have been returned to Balliol as we have bases of
it in 1541 and 1566 (nos. 235, 237). In 1550 the schools were only three
in number (no. 236); they were still standing in 1566 (no. 237); but in
1570 they had perished as well as the adjoining schools of Exeter
(no. 238); in 1572 Balliol disposed of all that remained to it by an
exchange with Exeter College (no. 239).
By the means of deed no. 234 we are able to reconstruct with some
certainty the dimensions of the holding of Balliol; and if we remember
that School Street ran to the east of Bodley's Proscholium, and that the
north end of the Proscholium marks the south side of Exeter Lane, we
can plot out on the Ordnance Survey the site that was acquired by the
University in 1427. When this method is followed it will be found that
the Divinity School stands just within this site, and does not encroach on
the holding of Studley Priory. We do not know why the University did
not acquire the land of Studley as well. There is evidence that the
schools on that site did not exist in 1427, and that the ground was
vacant; but probably for artistic purposes the architect placed his build-
ing as far as possible from School Street and Exeter Lane, so that it
was found unnecessary to acquire the property of Studley. In Bere-
block's picture of the Divinity School we see that there were two towers
at the west end, no doubt containing staircases, and probably the main
door was at the west end.
¹ Record Office, Ing. ad q. d. 74. 16.
2 ditto 116. 6.
Face page 138]
91.9
t
Exeter Lane
130.1

The school of
theology, after
Bereblocke
20.31
54.0
SITE OF THE
39.0
16.5
49.1
Exeter
43.1
Exeter
10.3
St. Frideswide's
Patrick Hall
Dorchester
DIVINITY SCHOOL.
Mildred Lane
Miol
School Street
30.9
stodley
32.4
1409
35-8
III. THE SITE OF THE DIVINITY SCHOOL
139
216-21. THE ACQUISITION OF THE SCHOOLS.
216.
[Thomas de Sowy grants four schools, three messuages,
and two sites to three clerks.]
1295
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Thomas de Sowy burgensis A. 7. 1
Oxonie dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui magistris July 27,
Hugoni de Warkenethby & Iohanni de sancto Germano & Thome de
Heyworthe clerico & scolari quatuor scolas cum una area adiacente
que uocantur Beufrount¹ & que site sunt inter terram & tenementum
Prioris sancte Frideswide Oxonie & tenementum quod fuit Laurencii
Kepherm in parochia beate Marie Oxonie, & tria messuagia angularia
contra muros uille cum una area proxima que messuagia & area sita
sunt inter terram Priorisse de Stodley ex una parte & terram que fuit
Rogeri de Sanford in parochia supradicta; habenda & tenenda omnia
predicta tenementa cum omnibus pertinenciis suis predictis Hugoni,
Iohanni & Thome & heredibus suis seu assignatis quibuscumque &
quandocumque dare uoluerint, uendere uel assignare tam in egritudine
quam in sanitate libere, quiete, pacifice & integre in perpetuum,
reddendo inde annuatim michi & heredibus meis seu assignatis unum
clauum gariofili ad Pascha & Priori & conuentui Bernicestrie tanquam
capitalibus dominis quatuor scolarum que dicuntur Beufrount & aree
adiacentis septem solidos ad duos anni terminos, uidelicet ad festum
sancti Michaelis tres solidos & sex denarios & ad Pascha tres solidos
& sex denarios pro omni seruicio, sectis curie, consuetudine, exaccione
& demanda. Et ego [&c. warranty]. Pro hac autem donacione, con-
cessione, warantizacione & presentis carte mee confirmacione dederunt
michi predicti H., I., and T. sexaginta decem marcas sterlingorum pre
manibus. Ut igitur omnia predicta firma & stabilia sine dolo in per-
petuum permaneant, presentem cartam sigilli mei inpressione roboraui
die Ueneris proxima ante gulam Augusti, anno domini мcc nono-
gesimo quinto, hiis testibus, Henrico Oweyn, Iohanne de Ow, Philippo
fratre suo, Iohanne Kiluert, Andrea filio eiusdem, Willelmo de
Wodeston, Waltero Bost, Roberto de Wellis, Roberto de Brakeley &
multis aliis.
A duplicate of no. 216.
1 The schools on the west side of School Street north of Brasenose lane were
called Beufrount.
A. 7. 2
140
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 7. 3
A. 7. 4
Mich.
1307-
Mich.
1308
A. 7. 5
June 21,
1310
217.
[Thomas de Sowy grants the same to two clerks.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod [&c. as in no. 216...] confirmaui
magistris Hugoni de Warkenethby & Willelmo de Gotham clericis &
scolaribus uel eorum qui diucius uixerit quatuor scolas [&c. as in
no. 216].
218.
[Margery le Cuulter quitclaims her rights in part of the
land late of Thomas de Sowy.]
Notum sit omnibus quod ego Margeria que fuit (sic) uxor Elye le
Cuulter in ligia uiduitate mea concessi, dimisi, & presenti scripto
quietum clamaui magistro Hugoni de Werkebi totum ius & clamium
quod habui uel habere potui nomine dotis in omnibus tenementis cum
pertinenciis in Oxonia que fuerunt predicti Elye & que tenementa
predictus Hugo habuit de dono & feofamento Thome de Sowy;
habendum & tenendum predicto Hugoni & heredibus suis uel suis
assignatis in perpetuum; ita quod nec ego [&c.]; in cuius [&c.
sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne de Dokelingtone tunc maiore Oxonie,
Willelmo de Burencestria & Iohanne de Hamptone tunc balliuis
eiusdem, Ricardo le Espicer, Andrea de Pirie, Philippo de Wormen-
hale, Radulfo le Mercer & aliis.
219.
[Alice de Stokwell quitclaims her rights in the four
schools of Beufrount.]
Notum sit omnibus & singulis quibus noticia presencium peruenerit
quod ego Alicia que fui uxor Egidii de Stokwelle in pura uiduitate ac
legia potestate mea remisi & omnino quietum clamaui magistris
Hugoni de Warkneby, Willelmo de Gotham & heredibus ac assignatis
suis in perpetuum totum ius meum & clamium quod habui uel aliquo
modo habere potui nomine dotis uel alterius cuiuscumque iuris in
quatuor scolis Bellefrontis cum pert. suis que fuerunt quondam pre-
dicti Egidii uiri mei & que predicti H. & W. modo tenent in Oxonia
¹ We learn from Cart. St. Frid. i. 448 that Elyas le Quilter held land on the
east side of Patrick Hall.
III. THE SITE OF THE DIVINITY SCHOOL
141
in parochia beate Marie uirginis eiusdem uille; ita uidelicet quod nec
ego [&c.]: in cuius [&c. sealing]; dat' Oxonie die dominica proxima.
ante festum Natiuitatis sancti Iohannis Baptiste, anno regni regis
Edwardi filii regis Edwardi tercio.
220.
[Peter de Bradele grants his rights to William de Gotham.]
1310
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Petrus de Bradele scolaris A. 7. 6
domus dicte de Balliolo in Oxonia dedi concessi & hac presenti carta 1295-
mea confirmaui magistro Willelmo de Gotham dicte domus consocio
porcionem meam totam, ius totum & clamium celarii parue Belle-
frontis, que uel quod in ea habui uel habere potui, quam quidem
porcionem, ius & clamium una cum porcione quadam, iure & clamio
in septem aliis¹ ex eadem parte uici scolarum, uidelicet in tribus scolis
Bellefrontis & in solario & celario angularibus contra muros uille &
solario & celario eisdem uicinis ex parte australi una cum gardino
eisdem pertinente & adiacente ex parte occidentali, concessam quiete
clamatam habui a magistro Iohanne de sancto Germano²; tenendam
& habendam dictam porcionem celarii antedicto magistro Willelmo &
heredibus suis uel suis assignatis & quibuscunque dare, uendere, uel
legare uoluerit de me & heredibus meis uel meis assignatis bene,
quiete, pacifice in perpetuum, reddendo inde annuatim unam rosam in
festo Natiuitatis sancti Iohannis Baptiste michi & heredibus meis uel
meis assignatis pro omni seruicio seculari, exaccione & demanda, saluo
forinseco seruicio domini regis. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius
[&c. sealing], hiis testibus, magistro Thoma de Pontefracto, magistro
Adam de Kurle, domino Stephano de Cornubia, domino Ricardo de
Camesale, domino Galfrido de Tendrynge & aliis.
221.
[The tenements are granted to Balliol.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Hugo de Werkeneby & A.7.7
Willelmus de Gotham clerici dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti July 12,
1 No word is omitted here; we should
expect scolis or edificiis.
2 In 1342 Balliol had six schools called
Beaufront, three of them on the ground
floor and three on the first floor at the
corner of School Street and Brasenose
Lane, and four schools at the northern
corner, two of them solars and two
cellars (see no. 215). It seems from
this deed that they had already been
rebuilt in this way.
1310
142
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 9. I
Mich.
1228-
Mich.
1229
carta nostra confirmauimus magistro domus Scolarium de Balliolo
Oxonie & scolaribus eiusdem domus quatuor¹ mesuagia cum area
adiacente & aliis pertinenciis in parochia sancte Marie uirginis2 in
uico scolarum artistarum ad inueniendum quendam capellanum in
capella sancte Katerine eiusdem domus singulis diebus diuina celebra-
turum iuxta formam, uim & effectum carte domini regis [licenciam]³
nobis & eis specialem in hac parte tribuentis, statuto de terris &
tenementis ad manum mortuam non ponendis edito non obstante ;
que quidem mesuagia cum area adiacente & aliis pertinenciis habuimus
ex donacione, concessione, tradicione Thome de Sowy burgensis
Oxonie pro quadam summa pecunie sibi soluta pre manibus; habenda
& tenenda predicta mesuagia cum area adiacente & aliis pert. prefato
magistro & scolaribus & eorum successoribus quiete, libere, integre,
bene & in pace in perpetuum; reddendo inde annuatim capitalibus
dominis feodi illius seruicia inde debita & consueta. Et nos predicti
H. & W. & heredes nostri & assignati predicta mesuagia [&c.] prefato
magistro & scolaribus quieta clamauimus in perpetuum. In cuius
[&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne de Dokelingtone tunc maiore,
Ricardo de Berkele, Willelmo le Catur tunc balliuis Oxonie, Andrea
de Pyry, Thoma de Pyry, Ricardo Owre, Henrico de Lynne & multis
aliis. Dať' Oxonie die dominica proxima post festum Translacionis
sancti Thome martiris anno domini мccc decimo.
222-30. THE ACQUISITION OF ST. HUGH'S HALL.
222.
[Richard Sebriht quitclaims land to Henry Unwais, who
sells it to Nicholas Hwistle.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Henricus Unwais concessi,
dimisi & liberaui Nicholao Hwistle illam terram cum pertinenciis
que iacet inter terram que fuit Aluredi Luth & terram Walteri Longi
1 It is difficult to see how they could
be reckoned as four messuages. Deed
no. 220 seems to imply that at the NE.
corner there were by this time only two
messuages; the six schools at the SE.
corner might be reckoned as one mes-
suage or three.
2 In nos. 216 and 219, as here, it is
stated that these schools were in the
parish of St. Mary, not St. Mildred; in
no. 215 they are all reckoned to be in
St. Mildred's.
3 Not in MS. For the king's licence
see no. 242.
4 It seems that this was the legal
phrase for a sale at this time; in no. 180,
which is of about the same date, we
have the same form 'concessi, dimisi &
liberaui'. In later time 'dedi' would
have been used in addition, and perhaps
' vendidi' as well.
:
143
III. THE SITE OF THE DIVINITY SCHOOL
in parrochia sancte Mildrede in Oxonia, illi & heredibus suis, habendam
& tenendam de me & heredibus meis in feodo & hereditate libere,
quiete & integre, reddendo inde annuatim uiginti denarios, unde
reddet annuatim pro me & heredibus meis capitali domino sexdecim
denarios, scilicet die Ascensionis domini octo denarios & die Anima-
rum octo denarios, et luminari ecclesie sancte Mildrede duos denarios.
ad Pascha, et Iohanni de Garsindone & heredibus eius unum denarium
ad Pascha, et michi & heredibus meis annuatim unum denarium ad
Pascha pro omni seruitio. Et sciendum est quod ego Ricardus
Sebrith relaxaui & quietum clamaui pro me & heredibus meis Henrico
Unwais & heredibus eius & Nicholao Wistle & heredibus eius totum
predictum tenementum cum omnibus pertinenciis. Pro quo tene-
mento pepigi quondam Henrico Unwais ministrare ei necessaria in
uictu & uestitu, quod urgente necessitate mea eidem Henrico perficere
non potui. Et ego Henricus Unwais & heredes mei et ego Ricardus
Sebrith & heredes mei warantizabimus predictum tenementum cum
pertinenciis predicto Nicholao & heredibus eius contra omnes homines
& feminas. Pro hac autem concessione, dimissione, liberatione &
warantizatione predictus Nicholaus dedit nobis decem marcas sterlin-
gorum in gersuma. Et ut hec predicta rata permaneant hoc scriptum
sigillis nostris confirmauimus. Hiis testibus, Iohanne Pady tunc
maiore, Philippo Molendinario, Roberto Oein, Hugone Faluo & Toma
le Granger tunc prepositis, Toma filio Widonis, Ricardo Cordewanario,
Willelmo Crompe, Pentecoste.¹
223.
[William Pille grants a messuage to Roger de Sanford.]
Mich.
1268-
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Willelmus Pille & Cristina uxor A. 9. 2
mea dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti carta nostra confirmauimus
Rogero de Sanford in liberum maritagium cum Margareta filia Willelmi Mich.
de Farendone unum mesuagium cum pertinenciis, quod iacet inter 1269
terram que aliquando fuit Thome Uileyn & terram meam Willelmi
Pille in parochia sancte Mildrede Oxonie; habendum & tenendum
predictis Rogero & Margerie & heredibus suis de predicta Margeria
¹ With two green seals, each a fleur-
de-lis, but of different forms, about 1 in.
in diameter; on the right S' RICARDI
SEBRIHT, on the left S' HENRICI
VNWASSE. There can be no doubt
that this refers to the same property as
no. 223; for there is a charter at Mag-
dalen stating that William Pille obtained
the land of Alured Luth.
144 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 9. 3
Mich.
1283-
Mich.
1284
A. 9. 4
July 5,
1310
procreatis de nobis & heredibus nostris uel nostris assignatis libere,
quiete, pacifice & integre, reddendo inde annuatim nobis & heredibus.
nostris unum denarium ad Pascha & capitalibus dominis illius feodi
seruicium debitum & consuetum pro omni seruicio, exaccione &
demanda. Et nos [&c. warranty]. Ut igitur [&c. sealing], hiis testibus,
Nicholao de Kyngestone tunc maiore Oxonie, Henrico Oweyn,
Iohanne de Eu tunc ballivis, Iohanne de Collesulle, Galfrido de
Hegseye, Galfrido Aurifabro, Galfrido le Mercer, Willelmo Kepeherm,
Thoma Clerico & aliis.¹
224.
[Cristina Pille quitclaims to Marioria, widow of Roger de
Sanford, all right in the property.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Cristina Pille relicta Willelmi
Pille in mea viduitate ac ligia potestate mea dimisi, concessi &
omnino quietum clamaui pro me & heredibus meis Mariorie relicte
Rogeri de Sandford filie mee pro seruicio suo totum ius & clamium
quod habui uel aliquo modo habere potui in illo mesuagio cum
omnibus pertinenciis suis quod situm est inter terram que quondam
fuit dicti Willelmi Pille ex una parte & terram Henrici Owayn ex
altera in parochia sancte Mildride uirginis in Oxonia; habendum &
tenendum dicte Mariorie pro seruicio suo & heredibus suis uel suis
assignatis libere, quiete, bene & in pace hereditarie in perpetuum; ita
quod nec ego dicta Cristina nec aliquis heredum meorum nec aliquis
per me uel pro me in dicto mesuagio cum omnibus pertinenciis suis
aliquid iuris uel clamii de cetero exigere poterimus. In cuius [&c.
sealing], hiis testibus, Willelmo le Especer tunc maiore Oxonie,
Philippo de Eu, Helya le Quilter tunc balliuis eiusdem, Nicholao de
Kyngestone, Henrico Owayn, Iohanne de Eu, Iohanne Culuerd,
Roberto de Brackele, Paulino de Criditone & aliis.2
225.
[Walter de Sanford sells to Geoffrey de Horkestow and
Richard de Staynton.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Walterus de Sanford burgensis
Oxonie dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui magistris
1 With two green seals, pointed oval;
on the right, 1 in. x 2 in., a crescent and
star, S' CRISTIHNE PILLE; on the
left, I in. x 3 in., a fleur-de-lis, S'WILL'I
PILLE.
2 Seal as on no. 223.
III. THE SITE OF THE DIVINITY SCHOOL
145
Galfrido de Horkestow & Ricardo de Stayntoune clericis uel eorum
alteri qui diucius uixerit unum mesuagium cum omnibus pertinenciis
suis contra muros ville in parochia sancte Mildrede, quod iacet inter
tenementum magistrorum Hugonis de Warkinby et Willelmi de
Gotham ex parte orientali et tenementum Thome de Henkessay ex
parte occidentali; habendum & tenendum cum omnibus pertinenciis
suis predictis Galfrido et Ricardo vel eorum alteri qui diucius uixerit
et heredibus suis seu assignatis quibuscumque et quandocumque dare
uoluerint, legare, uendere vel assignare tam in egritudine quam in
sanitate libere, quiete, pacifice & integre in perpetuum; reddendo
inde annuatim capitalibus dominis feodi sexdecim denarios ad festum
sancti Michaelis et luminari ecclesie sancte Mildrede duos denarios ad
Pasca pro omni seruicio, sectis curie, consuetudine, exactione et
demanda. Et ego [&c. warranty]. Pro hac autem donatione [&c.]
dederunt michi predicti Galfridus & Ricardus viginti marcas sterlingo-
rum pre manibus. Ut ergo [&c. sealing], die dominica proxima ante
festum Translacionis sancti Thome martiris anno domini MCCC decimo,
hiis testibus, Iohanne de Dokelyntone tunc maiore Oxonie et Ricardo
de Berkele et Willelmo le Katour tunc balliuis, Andrea de Piry,
Thoma de Sowy, Petro de Haniburg', Roberto de Wellys, Ricardo
Owre et multis aliis.¹
Endorsed. Feofamentum Walteri de Saunford pro aula sancti
Hugonis.
226.
[A receipt for four marks paid to the widow of Walter
de Saunford.]
Universis ad quos presentes littere peruenerint Emma Sewy vidua
salutem in domino sempiternam. Noueritis quod ego Emma recepi
quatuor marcas sterlingorum de magistris Galfrido de Horkestowe &
Ricardo de Steyntone ad usum Iuliane uidue filie mee relicte Walteri de
Saunforde pro quieta clamacione dotis sue de aula sancti Hugonis
eisdem magistris Galfrido & Ricardo predictis facta, obligans me &
omnia bona mea ad solucionem seu retradicionem quatuor marcarum
prefatis magistris G. & R. sine aliqua contradiccione faciendam si
contingat, quod absit, dictos magistros G. &. R. a dicta Iuliana seu
aliquo alio eius nomine pretextu exaccionis dotis predicte seu aliquarum
arreragiarum aut qualiumcumque peticionum dotis predicte in aliquo.
1 Seal circular, 3 in., a shield quartered; there are crosses in the two bottom
quarters and a star in one of the top quarters: S' W. DE S.
L
A. 9.5
Ap. 29,
1314
146
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. g. 6
Mich.
1313-
Mich.
1314
A. 9. 7
de cetero inquietari. Ad que omnia firmius obseruanda Iohannem de
la More fideiussorem inueni, qui se in solidum constituit debitorem
principalem. Et ad hec omnia obseruanda tam ego quam predictus
Iohannes fideiussor meus reuerendi uiri domini Cancellarii Uniuersi-
tatis Oxonie gratis subiuimus condempnacionem. In cuius rei testi-
monium sigilla nostra una cum sigillo domini Cancellarii Uniuersitatis
Oxonie presentibus sunt appensa. Dať' Oxonie tercio Kalendas Maii,
anno domini millesimo tricentesimo quartodecimo.¹
227.
[Juliana, widow of Walter de Saunford, quitclaims the
property.]
Uniuersis ad quos presentes littere peruenerint Iuliana de Saunforde
salutem in domino sempiternam. Noueritis me Iulianam de Saunforde
viduam relictam Walteri de Saunford concessisse, dimisisse et omnino
quietum clamasse magistris Galfrido de Horkestow & Ricardo de
Stayntona totum ius quod habui vel habere potui nomine dotis in aula
que vocatur Aula sancti Hugonis iuxta vicum scolarum ex parte occi-
dentali et contra muros ville: ita quod nec ego nec aliquis nomine
meo in redditu vel iure aule predicte quouismodo vel de aliquibus
arreragiis nomine dicte dotis de cetero vendicare potero vel poterit in
perpetuum. Pro hac autem concessione, dimissione et quieta clama-
tione dotis mee in aula predicta dederunt michi predicti magistri
Galfridus & Ricardus quatuor marcas sterlingorum pre manibus. Et
ut hec mea concessio, dimissio & quieta clamacio firma et stabilis in
perpetuum perseueret has litteras concessionis, dimissionis & quiete
clamationis mee predictis magistris Galfrido & Ricardo feci patentes
sigillo meo consignatas. Hiis testibus, Willelmo de Birincestre tunc
maiore Oxonie, Rogero Mimecan, Ricardo Cary tunc balliuis Oxonie,
Andrea de Pyrye, Willelmo Pennaid, Ricardo de Cosingtone, Ricardo
de Stauntona, Ricardo de Berkele, Thoma de Pyrie clerico et aliis
multis.
228.
[Geoffrey de Horkestow and Richard de Stayntone grant
it to Balliol.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Galfridus de Horkestow &
Nov. 27, Ricardus de Stayntoune clerici dedimus concessimus & hac presenti
1317
¹ Seals lost.
III. THE SITE OF THE DIVINITY SCHOOL 147
carta nostra confirmauimus magistro & scolaribus domus de Balliolo
Oxonie & eorum successoribus in eadem domo in perpetuum totum
illud tenementum cum domibus & omnibus aliis pertinenciis in Oxonia
quod fuit quondam Walteri de Sanford contra muros eiusdem uille in
parochia sancte Mildrede situatum inter tenementum eorundem
magistri & scolarium ex parte orientali & tenementum quondam
Thome de Hengseye ex parte occidentali in subuencionem sustenta-
cionis predictorum magistri & scolarium; tenendum & habendum
predictum tenementum integre cum domibus, curtilagio & omnibus
aliis pertinenciis prefatis magistro & scolaribus predicte domus &
eorum successoribus in eadem domo libere, iure, integre in perpetuum
iuxta formam, uim & effectum carte domini regis nobis & eis in hac
parte licenciam specialem tribuentis,¹ statuto de terris & tenementis ad
manum mortuam non ponendis edito non obstante, faciendo inde
capitalibus dominis feodi illius seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta.
In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, magistro Iohanne Luterel tunc
Cancellario Oxonie, Willelmo de Birincestre tunc maiore eiusdem,
Ricardo Cari, Gilberto de Grimstede tunc balliuis, Iohanne de Doke-
lyntone, Andrea de Pyri, Ricardo le Spicer, Iohanne de Bischoptone,
Thoma de Pyri tunc clerico eiusdem uille & multis aliis. Scriptum &
consignatum quinto Kal. Decembris, anno regni regis Edwardi filii
regis Edwardi undecimo.
Endorsed. Carta de aula sancti Hugonis.
229.
[William de Shareshull renders and quitclaims St. Hugh's
Hall to the College,]
1329
Pateat uniuersis per presentes quod ego Willelmus de Shareshulle A. 9.8
salutem in domino [sic]. Noueritis me tradidisse, concessisse & reddi- Mar. 1,
disse & pro me & heredibus meis imperpetuum quietum clamasse
magistro domus scolarium de Baliolo Oxonie illud tenementum quod
habui prius ad terminum vite mee ex concessione & dimissione pre-
'dicti magistri in villa Oxonie; habendum & tenendum predictum
tenementum cum omnibus suis pertinenciis predicto magistro & eius
successoribus & scolaribus eiusdem domus imperpetuum; ita quod
ego predictus Willelmus, heredes mei & assignati nichil iuris seu liberi
1 See no. 252 for the King's licence.
The Inquisition ad quod damnum (portf.
116, no. 6) dated Oct. 14, 1315, stated
that this tenement paid 16d. yearly to
Thomas de Sowy and was worth 6s. 8d.
a year more.
L 2
148 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 9.9
May 10,
1332
tenementi (sic) in prenominato tenemento de cetero exigere poterimus
vel clamare, set ab omni iure & accione simus inde exclusi imperpetuum.
In cuius [&c. sealing]. Dat' apud Oxoniam primo die Marcii anno
regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum tercio.¹
Endorsed. Feofamentum factum domui per Willelmum de Sares-
hulle de aula sancti Hugonis.
230.
[Thomas Uppetheware and his wife quitclaim the property
to Balliol.]
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit,
Thomas Uppetheware de Erdyngtone & Iohanna uxor eius & Margeria
filia eiusdem Iohanne salutem in domino sempiternam. Noueritis nos
remisisse & omnino pro nobis & heredibus nostris quietum clamasse
Iohanni de Pokelyntone custodi domus scolarium de Baliolo Oxonie
& scolaribus eiusdem domus & successoribus suis imperpetuum totum
ius & clameum quod habemus vel habuimus seu quouismodo habere
poterimus in futurum in uno mesuagio cum pertinenciis in Oxonia in
parochia sancte Mildride quod vocatur Seynt Huwushalle, & situatur
inter tenementum rectoris domus scolarium de Excetrehalle² ex parte
occidentali & tenementum quondam Thome Vileyn³ ex parte orientali,
occasione successionis hereditarie seu cuiuscumque alterius tituli nobis
aut alicui nostrum qualitercumque competenti; ita uero quod nec nos
predicti Thomas & Iohanna & Margeria aut aliquis nostrum aliquit
iuris seu clamii in predicto mesuagio cum pertinenciis exigere vel
vendicare poterimus seu poterit in futurum set ab omni accione iuris
& clamio predicti mesuagii cum pertinenciis per presentes simus
exclusi. Preterea [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus,
Willelmo de Burcestre tunc maiore Oxonie, Stephano de Adyngtone
1 Seal circular, in., a lozenge
SIGILL' WILLELMI LE SARES-
HVLLE.
2 In Registrum Collegii Exoniensis,
p. iii (O. H.S.), the author can give no
instance of the name Exeter Hall earlier
than 1368. This is thirty-six years
earlier.
3 This seems to be an error; a com-
parison of no. 223 and no. 224 will show
that the tenement of Thomas Vileyn had
become the tenement of Henry Owayn
in 1283; but it is known that the tene-
ment on the west of St. Hugh's Hall
descended from Henry Owayn to his
daughter Agatha, and so to Exeter
College (Boase, Hist. of Exeter Coll.,
p. 293). Thomas Vileyn is perhaps to
be identified with Thomas de Godestowe
(Magd. Deeds, All Saints 48), who was
to the west of the tenement of Hwistle
about 1240. Probably the description
of the tenement was taken from no. 223,
and Thomas Vileyn was written instead
of William Pille by mistake.
III. THE SITE OF THE DIVINITY SCHOOL
149
& Simone de Gloucestre tunc balliuis eiusdem ville, Andrea de Wor-
menhale, Iohanne Culuard, Iohanne Mymekan, Iohanne filio Willelmi
Bost & multis aliis. Dat' Oxonie decimo die Maii anno regni regis
Edwardi tercii post conquestum sexto.
231-9. LEASES, ETC.
231.
[Balliol grants a lease of the site to John Holewey.]
1370
Nouerint uniuersi quod nos magister & scolares aule de Balliolo de A. 9. 10
Oxonia sub forma & condicionibus subscriptis concessimus, dimisimus Dec. 6,
& tradidimus Iohanni Holewey sclattere de Oxonia totum gardinum
nostrum cum curtilagio & suis pertinenciis iacens ex opposito murz
ville Oxonie inter mansum rectoris & scolarium aule de Exon ex parte
occidentali & vicum vocatum Scolestrete ex parte orientali; habendum
& tenendum predictum gardinum cum curtilagio & suis pertinenciis
prefato Iohanni Holewey ad totum terminum vite sue & heredibus &
assignatis suis per viginti annos proximo post ipsius Iohannis deces-
sum sequentes & plenarie completos de nobis & successoribus nostris,
reddendo inde annuatim nobis & successoribus nostris sex solidos
& octo denarios bone & usualis monete ad duos anni terminos
[viz. Mar. 25 & Sep. 29]. Et predictus I., heredes & assignati sui
durante toto termino predicto omnes muros circa dictum gardinum
cum suis pertinenciis existentes sumptibus suis propriis competenter
sustentabunt & quando necesse fuerit emendabunt & in adeo bono
statu quo illa iamdictus Iohannes recepit seu meliori in fine termini
predicti dimittet seu dimittent, ita quod non liceat dicto Iohanni
nec heredibus vel assignatis suis aliquas arbores in dicto gardino
crescentes scindere aut euellere nisi ex speciali licencia predicti
magistri & scolarium. Concessi eciam ego prefatus Iohannes Holewey
pro me, heredibus & assignatis meis quod si contingat nos in solucione
dicti redditus post aliquem terminum predictum per medietatem unius
anni aretro existere aut vastum de predictis arboribus ut premittitur
facere, extunc bene liceat prefatis magistro & scolaribus & eorum
successoribus predictum gardinum cum suis pertinenciis ingredi & in
manibus suis reseisire, nosque abinde penitus eicere & expellere
nullo remedio iuris racione ingressus eieccionis & expulsionis illius
nobis quouismodo competente. Et nos predicti magister [&c.
150 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 9. II
Feb. 15,
1411
A. 7. 15
July 6,
1427
warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing]; dať' apud Oxoniam die Veneris
in festo sancti Nicholai episcopi, anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post
conquestum quadragesimo quarto.
232.
[Balliol grants a lease of the site to John Weston.]
Hec indentura facta inter magistrum Thomam Chace clericum
magistrum collegii vulgariter nuncupati le Bayllyolhalle in suburbio
extra portam borialem Oxonie & eiusdem collegii socios ex una parte
& Iohannem Weston de Oxonia ex altera parte testatur quod dicti
magister & socii concesserunt & dimiserunt prefato Iohanni unum
gardinum iacens in parochia sancte Mildrede virginis Oxonie inter
collegium vocatum Excestrehalle in Oxonia ex parte occidentali &
vicum scolarum ex parte orientali; habendum & tenendum dictum
gardinum cum pertinenciis prefatis Iohanni & assignatis suis a festo
Annunciacionis beate Marie virginis proximo futuro usque ad finem
termini decem annorum tunc proximo sequencium & plenarie
completorum; reddendo inde annuatim durante termino predicto
prefatis magistro & sociis & successoribus suis septem solidos argenti
usualis monete equis porcionibus ad festa sancti Michaelis archangeli
& Annunciacionis beate Marie virginis. Et prefatus I. & assignati sui
muros dicti gardini custagiis suis propriis sustentabunt & reparabunt
per totum terminum predictum. Et si [&c. if the rent is unpaid, the
College may distrain. The College will warrant]; hiis testibus,
Waltero Daundeseye maiore ville Oxonie, Willelmo Offord & Thoma
Gibby's balliuis eiusdem ville, Ricardo Garstone, Iohanne Merstone,
Edmundo Kenyan, Iohanne Sprunt aldremannis, Nicholao Nortone
clerico & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam quintodecimo die Februarii anno
regni regis Henrici quarti post conquestum duodecimo.
233.
[Balliol grants a lease for 99 years to the University.]
Hec indentura facta apud Oxoniam in uigilia Translationis sancti
Thome martiris anno domini MCCCCXXVII & anno regni regis Henrici
sexti post conquestum Anglie quinto inter magistrum Robertum Burley
magistrum siue custodem collegii vulgariter nuncupati Baylyolhalle in
suburbio ville Oxonie & eiusdem loci socios siue scolares ex una parte
III. THE SITE OF THE DIVINITY SCHOOL
151
& magistrum Thomam Chace sacre pagine professorem [&c. as in
no. 35] ex altera parte testatur quod dicti Magister Robertus Burley
[&c.] tradiderunt & ad firmam dimiserunt prefatis Thome Chace [&c.]
unam vacuam placeam terre infra menia ville Oxonie situatam inter
collegium Exonie ex parte occidentali & vicum scolarum ex parte
orientali unde unum caput abuttat super Exedre Lan iuxta predicta
menia [&c. as in no. 234......] triginta & sex pedes & septem
pollices; habendam [&c.] prefatis Cancellario [&c.] usque ad finem
termini nonaginta & nouem annorum proximo sequencium & plenarie
complendorum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde
debita & de iure consueta, reddendo inde annuatim durante termino
predicto magistro siue custodi collegii predicti & eiusdem loci sociis
siue scolaribus ac suis successoribus septem solidos bone & legalis
monete Anglicane ad festa sancti Michaelis archangeli & Annuncia-
cionis beate Marie Virginis equis porcionibus. [The owners may
distrain for the rent]. Et predicti Cancellarius [&c.] infra terminum
predictum sicut et pro perpetuo si contingat ipsos predictam uacuam
placeam terre in feodum perpetuum obtinere nullum edificium siue
nocumentum super dictam vacuam placeam terre facient seu fieri
permittent ex opposito scolarum collegii sepedicti ad obturandum
siue impediendum lumen alicuius fenestrarum dictarum scolarum,
sed uolunt & concedunt dicti Cancellarius, procuratores & magistri
pro se & successoribus suis quod dicte fenestre erunt aperte modo quo
nunc sunt aliqua consuetudine Uniuersitatis seu ville Oxonie non
obstante, habita tum sufficienti reparacione earundem fenestrarum
quoad ferramenta uel consimilia sumptibus collegii antedicti. Insuper
bene licebit prefatis magistro siue custodi [&c.] quocies necesse fuerit
durante termino predicto sicut & imperpetuum si contingat dictos
Cancellarium [&c.] prefatam vacuam placeam terre in feodum perpe-
tuum obtinere cum seruientibus & operariis suis liberum ingressum
habere per¹ dictam vacuam placeam terre aut aliunde prouidebit dicta
Uniuersitas congrue pro eodem ad reparandum, emendandum siue
edificandum scolas predictas & pro tempore huius reparacionis, emen-
dacionis siue edificacionis asiamentum cum propriis scalis & aliis
necessariis super dictam vacuam placeam terre sine contradictione &
impedimento ut moris est habere & obtinere. Et predicti magister
[&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. alternate sealing].
1
A modern transcript of no. 233.
pro,
MS.
• With the seal of the Chancellor ;
the Chancellor seated between the two
proctors; beneath them six figures.
A. 7. 16
152
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
234.
A. 7. 17
July 6,
1427
[An agreement between Balliol and the University.]
Hec indentura facta apud Oxoniam in uigilia Translationis sancti
Thome martyris anno domini millesimo ccccxxvir et anno regni regis
Henrici sexti post conquestum Anglie quinto inter magistrum Thomam
Chace, sacre pagine professorem, Uniuersitatis Oxon' Cancellarium
ac magistros Henricum Seuer & Ricardum Babthorpe procuratores
ceterosque magistros Uniuersitatis predicte ex parte una, et magistrum
Robertum Burley, magistrum siue custodem collegii uulgariter nuncu-
pati Baylyolhall in suburbio ville Oxon' et eiusdem loci socios siue
scolares ex altera parte, testatur quod si predicti Cancellarius, procura-
tores et magistri Uniuersitatis predicte aut eorum successores unanimes
assensu & consensu suis infra sexaginta annos a die confectionis
presentium dederint, concesserint, et carta sua communi sigillo
Uniuersitatis predicte sigillata confirmauerint eidem magistro Roberto,
magistro siue custodi predicti collegii et eiusdem loci sociis siue
scolaribus aut successoribus suis unum tenementum cum pertinenciis
eidem collegio contiguum, quod quidem tenementum iidem magister
siue custos, socii siue scolares collegii predicti de predictis Cancellario,
procuratoribus et magistris Uniuersitatis predicte iam tenent, quod
quidem tenementum situatur in suburbio ville Oxon' inter collegium
siue aulam Balliol' ex parte orientali et tenementum prioris et con-
uentus sancte Frideswide ex parte occidentali, unde unum caput
abuttat super stratam regiam uersus austrum et alterum caput abuttat
super gardinum collegii seu aule Balliol' predicte et continet in
longitudine nonaginta sex pedes et in latitudine in fine australi
quadraginta et septem pedes et in fine boreali quadraginta & unum
pedem, habendum & tenendum predictum tenementum cum perti-
nenciis eisdem magistro siue custodi et sociis siue scolaribus collegii
predicti et eorum successoribus de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per
seruicia inde debita et de iure consueta, obligando eosdem Cancella-
rium, procuratores et magistros Uniuersitatis predicte et eorum
successores per eandem cartam ad warantizandum predictum tene-
mentum cum pertinenciis predictis magistro siue custodi et sociis
siue scolaribus collegii predicti et eorum successoribus in perpetuum,
ac etiam ad acquietandum eosdem de omni onere uel redditu erga
quoscumque, licencia domini regis nunc, heredum uel successorum
suorum regum Anglie, per eosdem Cancellarium, procuratores et
magistros Uniuersitatis predicte aut eorum successores inde primitus
III. THE SITE OF THE DIVINITY SCHOOL 153
sufficienter in lege obtentis; post quod quidem feoffamentum tenementi
predicti cum pertinenciis in forma predicta factum predicti Cancellarius,
procuratores et magistri Uniuersitatis predicte pro se & successoribus
suis uolunt et concedunt per presentes, quod si predicti magister siue
custos et socii siue scolares collegii predicti aut eorum successores
unanimes assensu et consensu suis, quandocumque per eosdem
Cancellarium, procuratores et magistros Uniuersitatis predicte requisiti
fuerint, dederint, concesserint & carta sua indentata communi sigillo
collegii predicti sigillata confirmauerint eisdem Cancellario, procura-
toribus et magistris Uniuersitatis predicte aut eorum successoribus
unam vacuam placeam terre infra menia ville Oxon' situatam inter
collegium Exonie ex parte occidentali et vicum scolarum ex parte orien-
tali, unde unum capud abuttat super Exedre Lan iuxta predicta menia
uersus boream et alterum caput abuttat super fundos seu tenementa
abbatis et conuentus Dorcestrie et aule Balliol iuxta Mildrede Lane
uersus austrum, et continet in longitudine a fine boreali dicte placee
usque ad finem australem eiusdem centum, sexaginta & undecim pedes
ac quinque pollices et a primo pede inclusiue a fine boreali dicte
longitudinis usque ad quinquagesimum quartum pedem inclusiue
eiusdem uersus austrum continet in latitudine a vico scolarum usque
ad collegium Exon' predictum centum & triginta pedes et unum
pollicem; et a dicta prima mensura exclusiue dicte longitudinis ad
octogesimum sextum pedem et quartum pollicem inclusiue totius
eiusdem a fine boreali continet in latitudine a fundo priorisse et
conventus de Stodeley iuxta vicum scolarum usque ad dictum colle-
gium centum et nouem pedes et decem pollices, et ab illa secunda
mensura exclusive dicte longitudinis ad octogesimum undecimum
pedem et nonum pollicem totius eiusdem a dicto fine continet in latitu-
dine a fundo scolarum collegii Exon iuxta dictum vicum usque ad
dictum collegium octoginta & unum pedem; et ab illa tercia mensura
exclusive dicte longitudinis ad centesimum quartum pedem et sextum
pollicem totius eiusdem a dicto fine continet in latitudine a fundo
scolarum dicti collegii Exon iuxta dictum uicum usque ad fundum
prioris et conuentus sancte Frideswide uersus occidentem quadraginta
& duos pedes et ab illa quarta mensura exclusiue dicte longitudinis ad
centesimum decimum septimum pedem et unum pollicem totius
eiusdem a dicto fine continet in latitudine a predicto fundo scolarum
dicti collegii Exon iuxta dictum uicum usque ad predictum fundum
predicti prioris et conventus uiginti & quinque pedes et septem
pollices; et ab illa quinta mensura exclusive dicte longitudinis ad
154
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
centesimum tricesimum quintum pedem et nonum pollicem totius
eiusdem a predicto fine continet in latitudine a fundo scolarum dicti
collegii Exon contiguo fundo scolarum predictarum usque ad predictum
fundum predicti prioris et conuentus triginta et unum pedem et
septem pollices; et ab illa sexta mensura exclusive dicte longitudinis ad
centesimum sexagesimum quartum pedem et quintum pollicem totius
eiusdem a predicto fine continet in latitudine a fundo scolarum aule
Balliol iuxta predictum uicum usque ad predictum fundum predicti
prioris et conuentus quadraginta & sex pedes & quatuor pollices; et
ab illa septima mensura exclusive dicte longitudinis ad finem australem
totius longitudinis continet in latitudine a predicto fundo scolarum
aule Balliol usque ad quoddam botras seu quendam angulum predicti
fundi predicti prioris et conuentus triginta et sex pedes & septem
pollices; habendam & tenendam predictam vacuam placeam terre
prefato Cancellario, procuratoribus et magistris Uniuersitatis predicte
et eorum successoribus de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruitia
inde debita et de iure consueta, et etiam reddendo annuatim eisdem
magistro siue custodi et sociis siue scolaribus collegii predicti et
successoribus suis quinque solidos legalis monete ad festa sancti
Michaelis archangeli et Annunciacionis beate Marie virginis equis
porcionibus; [for which rent the College may distrain]; obligando
eosdem magistrum siue custodem et socios siue scolares collegii
predicti et eorum successores per eandem cartam ad warrantizandum
predictam uacuam placeam terre predictis Cancellario, procuratoribus
et magistris Uniuersitatis predicte et successoribus suis forma et
declarationibus predictis in perpetuum; ac eciam ad acquietandum
eosdem de omni onere & redditu eidem vacue placee terre pertinenti
erga quoscumque alios pro redditu predicto, licentia domini regis nunc,
heredum vel successorum suorum regum Anglie per eosdem Cancel-
larium, procuratores et magistros Uniuersitatis predicte aut eorum
successores inde primitus in lege sufficienter obtentis; quod tunc
quedam obligatio per quam iidem magister siue custos et socii siue
scolares collegii predicti et successores sui tenentur et obligantur
predictis Cancellario, procuratoribus et magistris Uniuersitatis predicte
et eorum successoribus in mille marcis pro nullo habeatur; sin autem,
in suo robore permaneat et effectu. Et predicti magister siue custos
& socii siue scolares collegii antedicti uolunt & concedunt pro se
& successoribus suis quod si prefati Cancellarius, procuratores &
magistri Uniuersitatis predicte aut eorum successores teneant &
perimpleant omnes & singulas conuenciones amortizacionem predicti
III. THE SITE OF THE DIVINITY SCHOOL
155
tenementi & dicte vacue placee terre concernentes ex parte sua, quod
extunc obligacio mille marcarum per quam dicti Cancellarius, pro-
curatores & magistri & eorum successores tenentur & obligantur
prefatis magistro sive custodi & sociis siue scolaribus collegii antedicti
& eorum successoribus pro nullo habeatur; sin autem, in suo robore
permaneat & effectu. In cuius [&c. alternate sealing].
235.
Mar. 1, 32 Hen. VIII [1541]; a lease to John Hore glover A. 9. 13
& Agnes his wife of a garden ground bounded by the Divinity
School N., Exeter College W., the street by Brasenose & Lincoln
College S., certain schools pertaining to Balliol and Exeter E.,
together with the west end of a school abutting on the said garden
ground and lying next to the street on the south; for 20 years;
rent 6s. 8d.; John, Agnes or their assigns 'shall not make nor suffre
to be made any bowling alley, butts, tenes cowrte, or any other
manner of pastyme shall suffre their to be used which shall or may
be at any time lett, hinderaunce or noysome to estudients', nor
'suffer any hoggstye to be made or any dungehill or any other
fyllthie savors whiche may be noysome and infectuose to them that
shall resort to the scholis or any other places theirabowt, and if it
chance that any hepe of dunge be cast into the street out of the
said garden or the said part of the schole that it shalbe caried away
assone as it amowntith to the quantitie of a loade, nother it shalbe
lefull to the said John [&c.] to buyld or set any tre or trees whiche
may let or stoppe the light of the scholis, and if any harme be done
to the scholis by breaking of windowes or otherwise through default.
or necgligence of them or any of theirs, that then such harme done
shalbe redressed at their costs; and if by any casualtie thorow
their necgligence the end of the said schole or any other thing were
to take harm, that then the said John, his wife or their assigns shall
redresse all such hurt and damage at their proper costs'; 'and if
chaunce shalbe the Universyte or any other be disposed to buyld on
the said ground for the behove of the said College that then the said
John, his wyfe & assigns shall yield and give up to the said master
& fellows their tytle, hold and interest frely renowncing the same,
this indenture notwithstanding.'
156
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 9. 14
A. 9.15
236.
Sept. 1, 4 Ed. VI [1550]; a lease by James Broke, 'master of
Balliol Colledge otherwise callyd Baylye Colledge' and the fellows to
John Spenser of Oxford 'howsyer', of three schools in School Street
in St. Mary's parish to make a garden; the south end of the first
school butts upon the way towards Brasenose, the second lies next
to it on the north, the third joins to Exeter College school now
in the tenure of William Marbecke; for 21 years; rent 2s. 6d.;
'Allso the said John couenauntyth & grauntyth by theis presents that
yf the head of the Uniuersite or ony other shall at ony tyme here-
after buyld or erect newe scholes in the saide strete comenly callyd
the schole strete duryng his lease of xxi yeres that then the saide
John & his assigneis to delyver & surrender or cause to be
delyuerydd or surrendred the saide indenture or lease of the saide
iii scholes or garden grounde into the hands of the saide master
& felowes or their successors'; 'further the master & felowes
couenaunte & graunte by theis presents that yf yt shall fortune no
new scholes there to be buyldyd duryng the saide terme of xxi
yeres that then the saide John Spenser, his heyres, executors, or
assigneis to inyoye & to have the preferment of the saide garden.
grounde of the three scholes aforesaide before ony other person or
persons doyng as a nother man wylle next & immediatly after the
full yeres expired and endyd of this present lease & dimission
unto the end & terme of other xxi yeres.'
237.
Mar. 19, 8 Eliz. [1566]; a lease by Robert Hoper, master of
Balliol, & the fellows to John Neale rector of Exeter & the fellows
of a garden ground and stable in St. Mary's parish bounded by the
Divinity School N., Exeter College W., schools of Balliol and Exeter
E., the road S.; for 41 years; rent 20s.; the tenants will not suffer
a bowling alley or tennis court to be set up there, nor make hogsties
or dunghills: 'provyded allwaies that yf it fortune the Universitie do
builde any schole or scholes in or uppon the said garden ground with
other the premisses within the terme of the years of this lease by vertue
or force of any comission or any other lyke commaundement gyven
owte by the Queen's highenes or any of her successors that then it
shalbe lawful for the said Rector & fellowes of Exeter College or their
III. THE SITE OF THE DIVINITY SCHOOL 157
successors yf any grounde within the said garden and other the
premisses be vaccante & not builded uppon to have & possess the
same for an indifferent rente paying during the term of the afore-
said yeres to the said Master & fellows, which to be rated and set
according to the arbitrement of fowre honest men,' two chosen by
either side.
238.
(
Aug. 18, 12 Eliz. [1570]; a lease by John Pers' D.D. master of A. 9. 16
Balliol & the fellows to Rycharde Hanson of Oxford 'merser' of a
garden ground containing 'in length lxiii foote or thereaboute & in
breadth xxi foote or thereaboute' in School St. in St. Maris parish',
late in the tenure of John Spenser, bounded by the way towards
Brasenose S., a garden ground of Exeter College¹ now in the tenure
of Doctor Baylye N., a garden of Balliol College in the tenure of John
Lews, baker W., and a lane or way lying by the Scholes E.; for 21
years; rent 2s. 6d.; without the additional covenants of no. 236.
239.
An indenture of Oct. 6, 14 Eliz. [1572] by which Balliol College A.9.12
grants to Exeter College three gardens in the occupations of Walter
Baylie doctor of Phisicke, Garbrand Harkes & Richard Hanson
severally, lying on the east part of Exeter College, W. of School St.,
S. of the Divinitie school, N. of Mildred Lane, in exchange for a
messuage and a garden adjoining late in the tenure of John Kenals
doctor of law lying N. of the road leading from Balliol to Magda-
lene church, W. of the wall of Balliol, E. of certain tenements which
belong to Balliol; together with an annuity or yearly rent of xiis. vid.
from a house of Exeter College situate in the parish of St. Mary
Magdalen now in the tenure of John Sommersby; Balliol may dis-
train on this house, if the annuity is not paid.
IV. CHIMERE HALL. 240-7.
Chimere Hall in Schidyerd Street was given to Balliol in 1310 by
Hugh of St. Ives and Geoffrey of Horkestow. It was on the west side of
the street not far from the cemetery of St. Frideswide; it would now be
between Canterbury Gate and the house of the President of Corpus.
Previously schools of Exeter.
158 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 13. II
Aug. 30,
1304
A. 13. 12
Mich.
1306-
Mich.
1307
2
An Inquisition' held Feb. 27, 1309, returned the verdict that it was
held of the Abbot of Abingdon at a rent of 4s. and was worth 16s. more;
in 1342 it was reckoned to be worth 32s. a year or more (see no. 215);
but in 1363 when another Inquisition was held, on the proposal of the
Archbishop to found Canterbury College, it was declared to be worth only
9s. a year. It was granted to Canterbury College in 1394 for a perpetual
rent of 26s. 8d.
240.
[Ralf le Wal sells a messuage in St. Edward's parish to
Richard Overhe.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Radulfus le Wal piscator dedi,
concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Ricardo Overhe
pellipario Oxonie pro quadam summa pecunie quam michi dedit pre
manibus totum illud mesuagium cum omnibus suis pertinenciis quod
situm est in parochia sancti Edwardi regis in Oxonia in uico qui
uocatur Sydyerd inter tenementum abbatis de Abyndone ex parte una
& tenementum prioris sancte Frideswide ex altera; habendum &
tenendum totum predictum mesuagium cum pertinenciis prefato
Ricardo & heredibus suis uel suis assignatis de capitali domino illius
feodi per seruicium inde debitum & consuetum libere, quiete, bene
& in pace in perpetuum. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c.
sealing] hiis testibus, Roberto de Wormenhale tunc maiore Oxonie,
Hugone Cari & Willelmo de Burncestre tunc balliuis eiusdem uille,
Philippo de Eu, Iohanne de Eu, Thoma de Souwy, Andrea
Culuerd, Thoma de Hengseye, Iohanne With & aliis. Dat' apud
Oxoniam in crastino decollationis sancti Iohannis Baptiste anno
regni regis Edwardi filii regis Henrici tricesimo secundo.³
241.
[Richard Overhe sells it to Hugh de St. Ives and Geoffrey
de Horkestowe.]
Sciant presentes a futuri quod ego Ricardus Ouerhe pelliparius
Oxonie dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui magistris
Hugoni de sancto Iuone, Galfrido de Horkestowe, pro quadam
summa pecunie quam michi dederunt pre manibus, totum illud
¹ Inquisitio ad quod damnum, portf.
74. no. 16 (Record Office).
2 Ibid., portf. 348, no. 16.
8 Seal, pointed oval, 1 in. by 1 in.,
a fleur de lis; S' RADVL[FI FIL']
ROB'TI VAL.
IV. CHIMERE HALL
159
mesuagium cum omnibus suis pertinenciis quod vocatur Chimere
Halle, quod situm est in parochia sancti Edwardi regis in Oxonia
in vico quod vocatur Schydyerd inter tenementum abbatis de Abyn-
done ex parte una & tenementum prioris sancte Frideswide ex
altera; habendum & tenendum totum predictum mesuagium cum
pertinenciis prefatis magistris Hugoni, Galfrido & heredibus suis uel
assignatis de capitali domino illius feodi per seruicium inde debitum
& consuetum libere & quiete, bene & in pace in perpetuum. Et ego
[&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne de
Dukelyntone tunc maiore Oxonie, Waltero de Wycumbe & Willelmo
Penard tunc balliuis eiusdem ville, Philippo de Ew, Iohanne de Ew,
Thoma de Sowy, Andrea de Pyrie, Andrea Culuerd, Iohanne de
Colishulle & aliis.
242.
[Licence in mortmain of Edward II.
1310
Edwardus dei gracia, rex Anglie, dominus Hibernie & dux Aqui- A. 13. 21
tannie omnibus ad quos presentes littere peruenerint salutem. Licet July 4,
de communi consilio regni nostri statutum sit quod non liceat uiris
religiosis seu aliis ingredi feodum alicuius ita quod ad manum mor-
tuam deueniat sine licencia nostra & capitalis domini de quo res illa
inmediate tenetur; uolentes tamen dilectis nobis in Cristo magistro
domus scolarium de Balliolo Oxonie & scolaribus eiusdem domus
graciam facere specialem concessimus & licenciam dedimus pro nobis
& heredibus nostris quantum in nobis est magistro Hugoni de sancto
Iuone & magistro Galfrido de Horkestowe quod ipsi unum mesuagium
cum pertinenciis in Oxonia in subuencionem sustentacionis eorundem
magistri & scolarium, et magistro Hugoni de Warkenby & magistro
Willelmo de Gotham quod ipsi quatuor mesuagia cum pertinenciis in
eadem uilla ad inueniendum quendam capellanum diuina in capella
sancte Katerine eiusdem domus singulis diebus celebraturum, et
magistro Waltero de Foderinggeye quod ipse quandam placeam terre
cum pertinenciis in suburbio Oxonie continentem in se sexaginta &
decem pedes terre in longitudine & centum pedes terre in latitudine,
et Gilberto de Pontefracto & Thome de Humbletone quod ipsi duas
placcas terre vacuas cum pertinenciis in suburbio predicto que de
nobis tenentur in capite & quarum una continet in se centum & quater
uiginti pedes terre in longitudine & triginta pedes in latitudine, & alia
placea continet in se centum & quater uiginti pedes terre in longi-
160 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 13. 13
July 10,
1310
tudine & uiginti pedes terre in latitudine, manso dictorum magistri
& scolarium ibidem continguas ad elargacionem eiusdem mansi dare
possint & assignare eisdem magistro & scolaribus; habenda & tenenda
sibi & successoribus suis, magistro & scolaribus eiusdem domus im-
perpetuum; et eisdem magistro & scolaribus quod ipsi predicta me-
suagia & placeas cum pertinenciis a prefatis H., G., H., W., W., G.
& T. recipere possint & tenere sibi & successoribus suis predictis im-
perpetuum sicut predictum est tenore presencium similiter licenciam
dedimus specialem, nolentes quod predicti H., G., H., W., W., G. &
T. vel heredes sui aut prefati magister & scolares uel successores
sui racione premissorum per nos uel heredes nostros, iusticiarios,
escaetores, uicecomites aut alios balliuos seu ministros nostros quos-
cumque occasionentur, molestentur in aliquo seu grauentur, saluis
tamen nobis & aliis capitalibus dominis feodorum illorum seruiciis
inde debitis & consuetis. In cuius rei testimonium has litteras nostras
fieri fecimus patentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium quarto
die Iulii anno regni nostri tercio.
Endorsed in a contemporary hand. Carta regis de Aula Chimere
& de scolis & de una placea in orto nostro & de duabus placeis
extra portam nostram. Nona.¹
243.
[Hugh de St. Ives and Geoffrey de Horkestow give
Chimere Hall to Balliol.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Hugo de sancto Yuone &
Galfridus de Horkestow clerici dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti
carta nostra confirmauimus magistro domus scolarium de Balliolo in
Oxonia & scolaribus eiusdem domus totum illud mesuagium cum
omnibus suis pertinenciis quod vocatur Chimere halle, quod situm est
in parochia sancti Edwardi regis in Oxonia in uico qui uocatur Schyd-
yerd inter tenementum abbatis de Abbyngtone ex parte una &
tenementum prioris sancte Fredeswyde ex altera in subuencionem
sustentacionis predictorum magistri & scolarium, quod quidem tene-
1 Two Inquisitions were held on
Feb. 27, 1309, and Feb. 6, 1310, respec-
tively, to know the value of the tene-
ments, and whether it would be to the
King's damage if they were given to
Balliol. The four messuages were de-
clared to be worth 30s. beyond a rent of
7s. to Bicester Priory, Chimere Hall to
be worth 16s. beyond a rent of 45. to
Abingdon, and the pieces of land to be
worth 6d. The former inquisition is
endorsed Fiat de gracia domini regis
sine fine'. (Inq. ad q. d. 74. 16 and
77. 22; Record Office.)

DorM
[Face page 161
THE SEAL OF CANTERBURY COLLEGE; THE MURDER OF ST. THOMAS
SIGILLUM COLLEGII AULE CANTUARIE IN OXONIA
IV. CHIMERE HALL
161
Et
mentum habuimus ex concessione, donacione, tradicione Ricardi
Owre pelliparii pro quadam summa pecunie sibi pre manibus tra-
dita; tenendum & habendum totum predictum mesuagium cum perti-
nenciis suis de nobis & heredibus nostris prefatis magistro &
scolaribus & eorum successoribus eiusdem domus iuxta formam, uim
& effectum carte domini regis nobis & eis licenciam in hac parte
specialem tribuentis, statuto de terris & tenementis ad manum mor-
tuam non ponendis edito non obstante, reddendo inde annuatim
capitali domino feodi illius seruicium inde debitum & consuetum.
nos predicti Hugo & Galfridus & heredes nostri totum predictum
messuagium cum omnibus suis pertinenciis prefatis magistro & sco-
laribus & eorum successoribus quietum clamauimus in perpetuum.
In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne de Dukelingtone tunc
maiore Oxonie, Ricardo de Berkley & Willelmo le Chatur' tunc balliuis,
Andrea de Pyry, Ricardo le Spicer, Thoma de Sowy, Henrico de
Lynne, Roberto de Welles, Ricardo de Owre, Thoma de Pyry tunc
clerico ville & multis aliis. Scriptum & consignatum Oxonie vi Idus
Iulii anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis Edwardi quarto.
244.
[Balliol grants Chimer Hall to Canterbury College.]
Sept. 4,
1380
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos magister & scolares de Bailol- A. 13. 14
halle in Oxonia unanimi assensu & voluntate nostris dedimus &
concessimus & hac presenti carta nostra indentata pro nobis & suc-
cessoribus nostris in perpetuum confirmauimus custodi & scolaribus
collegii Cantuarie in Oxonia unum mesuagium cum pertinenciis in
Oxonia, alias nuncupatum Chymerhalle, iacens capitando versus
regiam stratam Est & gardinum dicti collegii Cantuarie West, North
& South; habendum & tenendum predictum mesuagium cum per-
tinenciis prefatis custodi & scolaribus collegii predicti & successoribus
suis custodibus & scolaribus collegii illius in puram & perpetuam
elemosinam imperpetuum, prout in litteris patentibus domini regis.
nunc de licencia sua speciali ad taliter faciendum & recipiendum
plenius continetur. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing].
Dať' apud Oxoniam quarto die Septembris anno regni regis Ricardi
secundi quarto.¹
¹ Seal of Canterbury College; see Plate.
M
162 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 13. 22
Nov. 18,
1393
245.
[Licence of Richard II that the Prior of Christ Church,
Canterbury, may grant to Balliol a perpetual rent of two
marks from the manor of Newington.]
Ricardus dei gracia rex Anglie & Francie & dominus Hibernie
omnibus ad quos presentes littere peruenerint salutem. Sciatis quod
cum dilecti nobis magister & scolares de Baylolhalle in Oxonia nuper
de licencia nostra concesserint custodi & scolaribus collegii Cantuar'
in Oxonia unum mesuagium cum pertinenciis in Oxonia ad intencionem
uidelice habendi duas marcas annui redditus ex concessione dilecto-
rum nobis in Cristo Prioris & Conuentus ecclesie Cristi Cantuar',
percipiendas de quodam manerio predictorum Prioris & Conuentus
in comitatu Oxonie, nos de gracia nostra speciali & pro uiginti
solidis quos idem Prior nobis soluit in hanaperio nostro, concessimus
& licenciam dedimus pro nobis & heredibus nostris quantum in nobis
est eisdem Priori & conuentui quod ipsi quendam annuum redditum
duarum marcarum percipiendum ad festa Pasche & sancti Michaelis
per equales porciones de manerio suo de Newyntone in comitatu
predicto, quod quidem manerium de nobis tenetur in liberam ele-
mosinam, ut dicitur, dare possint & concedere eisdem magistro &
scolaribus, habendum & percipiendum sibi & successoribus suis im-
perpetuum; ita quod si dictus redditus aretro fuerit post aliquem
terminorum predictorum, tunc bene liceat prefatis magistro & sco-
laribus & successoribus suis in dicto manerio pro arreragiis huiusmodi
distringere & districciones ea occasione captas penes se retinere
quousque eis inde fuerit satisfactum ; et eisdem magistro & scolaribus
quod ipsi dictum annuum redditum duarum marcarum a prefatis
Priore & conuentu in forma predicta recipere possint & tenere sibi
& successoribus suis predictis imperpetuum sicut predictum est tenore
presencium similiter licenciam dedimus specialem, statuto de terris
& tenementis ad manum mortuam non ponendis edito, aut eo quod
dictum manerium de nobis tenetur in liberam elemosinam ut pre-
mittitur non obstantibus, nolentes quod predicti Prior & conuentus
uel successores sui aut prefati magister & scolares seu successores sui
racione statuti predicti uel alicuius premissorum per nos uel heredes
nostros, iusticiarios, escaetores, uicecomites aut alios balliuos vel
ministros nostros uel heredum nostrorum quoscumque inde occa-
sionentur, molestentur in aliquo seu grauentur. In cuius rei testi-
IV. CHIMERE HALL
163
monium has litteras nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste me ipso
apud Westmonasterium decimo octauo die Nouembris anno regni
nostri decimo septimo. Per breue de priuato sigillo. Scarle.
246.
[An obligation by Canterbury College to pay two marks
a year to Balliol.]
Hec indentura tripartita facta inter Thomam priorem ecclesie
Cristi Cantuarie & eiusdem loci conuentum ex parte una & magi-
strum Thomam Tyrwhit magistrum & scolares aule de Baliolo in
Oxonia ex parte altera & dompnum Willelmum Chert custodem
& scolares aule Cantuarie in Oxonia ex parte tercia testatur quod
cum predicti Willelmus Chert & scolares predicte aule Cantuarie &
successores sui obligentur & per quoddam scriptum suum obliga-
torium teneantur prefatis magistro Thome Tyrwhit magistro & sco-
laribus prefate aule de Baliolo in Oxonia & successoribus suis in
centum marcis sterlingorum bone & legalis monete, soluendis in festo
Pasche proximo futuro post datam presencium; et cum dicti prior
& conuentus iuxta licenciam regiam nuper concesserint pro se &
successoribus suis prefatis magistro Thome Tyrwhit magistro, sco-
laribus & successoribus suis magistris & scolaribus predicte aule de
Baliolo quemdam annualem redditum uiginti & sex solidorum & octo
denariorum percipiendum annuatim de manerio predicti prioris &
conuentus de Newyntone cum pertinenciis in comitatu Oxonie ad
festum Pasche & Michaelis equis porcionibus pro perpetuo soluen-
dum; tamen predicti magister & scolares prefate aule de Baliolo
uolunt & concedunt pro se & successoribus suis magistris & scolaribus
ibidem quod quamdiu dictus custos aule Cantuarie aut successores
sui uel aliquis nomine suo infra quadraginta dies aliquorum ter-
minorum predictorum immediate sequencium aliquo anno arreragia
dicti annui redditus viginti & sex solidorum & octo denariorum
superius de dicto manerio de Newyntone ut predicitur percipiendi
persoluerit seu persoluerint in dicta aula de Balliolo quod tamdiu
prosecucio & accio super dicta obligacione habenda seu manutenenda
ponatur in suspensum; et si dictus custos aule Cantuarie aut suc-
cessores sui defecerit uel defecerint in solucione annui redditus pre-
dicti ad aliquem terminum predictorum terminorum in parte vel in
toto prout supradictum est, et dictus custos aut successores sui per
1 With the great seal. Endorsed. Pro pencione aule Chemere.
A. 13. 23
Jan. 12,
139
M 2
164 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 13. 24
Nov. 20,
1542
predictum magistrum Thomam Tyrwhit aut per successores suos
premunitus seu premuniti fuerit seu fuerint in aula sua in Oxonia
& infra quadraginta dies post premunicionem predictam non soluerit
arreragia redditus predicti sic aretro existencia in predictà aula de
Baliolo, quod extunc dicta obligacio stet in suo robore exequenda.
In cuius rei testimonium partibus huius indenture tripartite sigilla
communia parcium predictarum alternatim sunt appensa. Dat' duo-
decimo die Ianuarii anno domini MCCC nonagesimo tercio et regni
regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum Anglie decimo septimo.¹
247.
[Henry VIII confirms the grant of the Prior of Christ
Church and orders that Balliol shall receive two marks
a year from the Augmentation Office.]
Henricus octauus dei gracia Anglie, Francie & Hibernie rex, fidei
defensor & in terra ecclesie Anglicane & Hibernice supremum caput
omnibus ad quos presentes littere peruenerint salutem. Inspeximus
inter recorda & irrotulamenta curie augmentacionum reuencionum
corone nostre quoddam decretum per Cancellarium & consilium
eiusdem curie factum in hec uerba; memorandum quod termino
sancte Trinitatis uidelicet uicesimo septimo die Iunii anno regni
domini regis nunc Henrici octaui tricesimo quarto Georgius Cotes
magister de Baylolhall in Oxonia uenit in curia dicti domini regis
augmentacionum revencionum corone sue et protulit ibidem quoddam
scriptum indentatum sub sigillo communi nuper prioratus ecclesie
Cristi Cantuar' modo dissoluti factum & sigillatum, et petit illud
allocari, cuius quidem scripti tenor sequitur in hec uerba; Omnibus
Cristi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum indentatum peruenerit Prior
ecclesie Cristi Cantuar' & eiusdem loci conuentus salutem in domino
sempiternam. Cum dominus rex de gracia sua speciali per litteras
suas patentes nobis licenciam dederit & concesserit quod concedere
possimus magistro & scolaribus de Baylolhalle in Oxonia & succes-
soribus suis magistris & scolaribus de Baylolhalle unum annualem
redditum viginti sex solidorum & octo denariorum percipiendum de ma-
nerio nostro de Newyntone in comitatu Oxonie imperpetuum, noueritis
nos dictos Priorem & conuentum pro nobis & successoribus nostris
imperpetuum unanimi concensu & uoluntate nostris iuxta licenciam
dictarum litterarum domini regis patencium per presentes concessisse
1 With the seal of Canterbury College.
IV. CHIMERE HALL
165
prefato magistro & scolaribus de Baylolhalle unum annualem redditum
XXVI solidorum & octo denariorum ad festa Pasche & sancti Michaelis
equis porcionibus percipiendum de manerio nostro de Newyntone in
comitatu Oxonie, habendum, tenendum & percipiendum dictis magistro
& scolaribus & successoribus suis magistris & scolaribus de Baylolhalle
predicta imperpetuum. [They may distrain for this rent.] In cuius
[&c. sealing], dat' in domo nostra capitulari vicesimo quinto die
Nouembris anno regni regis Ricardi secundi decimo septimo. Et
quia per debitam examinationem in hac parte factam & habitam
uidetur curie predicte scriptum predictum factum & sigillatum fuisse
bona fide & absque covina, fraude seu dolo, ideo scriptum illud per
Cancellarium & consilium curie predicte allocatur; et ordinatum &
decretum est per eosdem Cancellarium & consilium quod predictus
Georgius Cotes modo magister & scolares de Baylolhalle predicta
habebunt & gaudebunt imperpetuum eis & successoribus suis magistro
& scolaribus de Baylolhalle predicta pro tempore existentibus dictum
annualem redditum xxvI solidorum & octo denariorum sterlingorum
per annum per manus receptoris particularium curie augmentacionum
revencionum corone domini regis in dicto comitatu Oxonie pro
tempore existentis de eisdem revencionibus ad festa in scripto predicto
limitata per equales porciones solvendum; quodque dictus Georgius
modo magister & scolares de Baylolhalle predicta habebunt omnia
arreragia dictorum xxvi solidorum & octo denariorum per annum
a tempore dissolucionis dicti nuper prioratus hucusque eis debita,
solvenda etiam per manus receptoris predicti; proviso semper quod
si imposterum debito modo probatum fuerit coram Cancellario
& consilio curie predicte pro tempore existentibus quod predictus
Georgius Cotes modo magister & scolares de Baylolhalle predicta
& successores sui dictum annualem redditum xxvi solidorum & octo
denariorum sterlingorum imperpetuum racione & pretextu scripti
predicti in forma predicta habere & gaudere non debeant quod tunc
& deinceps hoc presens decretum vacuum sit ac nullius vigoris in lege,
aliquo clauso siue articulo in presenti decreto contentis in contra-
rium inde non obstantibus. Nos autem tenorem decreti predicti
duximus exemplificandum per presentes. In cuius rei testimonium has
litteras nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste Ricardo Ryche milite apud
Westmonasterium vicesimo die Novembris anno regni nostri tricesimo
quarto. Duke.
Irrotulatur coram me Willelmo Cavendyss' auditore domini regis
ibidem.
166
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 7. I
Dec. 3,
1303
1
V. HERT HALL. 248-60.
In the parish of St. John a tenement was owned by Balliol on the
south side of Merton Street between Alban Hall on the west and Lomb
Hall on the east; it was called Hert Hall or Hertheved Hall and bore
this name as early as 1270, when a quit-rent of 4s. was acquired here by
the Hospital of St. John. In the Hundred Rolls of 1279 it is stated to
be worth 135. 4d. a year beyond the outgoings; but in 1315, when an
inquisition ¹ was held to ascertain its value, it was declared to be worth
only 10s.; in 1342 its value was 20s. (see no. 215). From 1497 it was
leased to Merton as a garden, and was sold to Merton in 1804. It was
204 ft. from north to south (see no. 260) and did not reach as far as the
Town Wall; in Loggan's Map of Oxford it can be recognized, and more
clearly in the ground plan of St. Alban's Hall in Williams' Oxonia
Depicta.
248.
[The will of John Binne.]
In nomine Patris & Filii & Spiritus Sancti, Amen. Ego Iohannes
Binne de Oxonia condo testamentum meum in hunc modum die
Martis proxima post festum sancti Andree apostoli anno domini
MCCC tercio. In primis lego animam meam deo & beate Marie
uirgini & omnibus sanctis dei & corpus meum ad sepeliendum in
cimiterio beati Iohannis de Mertone in Oxonia. Item lego summo
altari eiusdem loci ii s.; item duobus capellanis eiusdem loci xii d. pro
equali porcione; item clerico eiusdem loci iiii d.; item lego in subsi-
dium terre sancte v s.; item pro uno tricenali celebrando die sepulture
mee ii s. vid.; item cere & cilicio iiii s. vi d.; item pauperibus in pane
die sepulture mee iiiis.; item in exspensis circa corpus meum v s.;
item fratribus sancti Augustini v s.; item domine Emme Bodin
monache xii d.; item Willelmo de Lambourne clerico vid.; item lego
Matildi uxori mee quicquid residuum fuerit de bonis meis parti mee
contingentibus prius in testamento meo non legatis; ita quod debita
mea agnoscat & persoluat. Preterea lego eidem Matildi uxori mee
quamdiu uixerit totum tenementum meum cum pertinenciis quod
situm est in parochia sancti Iohannis de Mertone, ita quod post
desessum (sic) predicte Matildis do, lego ad uendendum & distribuen-
dum pro anima mea & pro anima predicte Matildis & pro animabus
patris mei & matris mee & pro animabus puerorum meorum & pro
¹ Inq. ad quod damnum, Portfolio 116, no. 6.
V. +
167
HERT HALL
animabus omnium fidelium defunctorum secundum ordinacionem
executorum meorum, videlicet ut in missis & in pannis ad opus pau-
perum & sotularibus ut melius uiderint anime nostre expedire. Huius
testamenti mei executores facio, ordino & constituo dilectos michi in
Cristo Gilbertum de Grimstede, Robertum de Drihulle & Matildem
uxorem meam exsecutricem principalem. In cuius rei testimonium
huic testamento sigillum meum apposui. Dať Oxonie die & anno
supradictis.
Probatum fuit istud testamentum coram Decano Oxonie x Kal.
Iunii anno domini mccc quarto, et concessa fuit administracio bonorum
defuncti executoribus in testamento nominatis, recepto prius ab eisdem
sacramento de fideli administracione facienda, inuentario conficiendo
& raciociniis reddendis cum super hoc fuerint requisiti.
Istud testamentum probatum fuit die Ueneris in crastino sancti
Barnabe apostoli anno regni regis E. XXXII
anno regni regis E. XXXII coram Roberto de
Wormenhale tunc maiore Oxonie in plena curia Oxonie per testi-
monium Henrici le Taillour & Radulfi le Pestour testium ad hoc
iuratorum & examinatorum; qui in omnibus articulis quesitis bene
concordant; propter quod maior pronunciauit pro testamento isto
bene & legitime probato. Et concessa est & adiudicata seisina de
tenemento infranominato in forma infrascripta. In cuius probacionis.
testimonium predictus maior sigillum officii sui huic testamento
apposuit.
(
At the foot Henr' le Taylour, Rad' le baker, Nicholaus? Orrecere,
Ioh' of Leck', Ric' of Grenstede; Ric' de Burnham scripsit ista
nomina '. 1
249.
[The tenement of John de Binne is sold to Walter
de Fodringeye for 30 marks.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Matildis dicta de Binne Oxonie B. 7. 2
& Gilbertus de Grenestede & Robertus de Drihille executores testamenti Aug. 25
1310
dicti Iohannis de Binne pro nobis & heredibus ac assignatis nostris
dedimus, concessimus et hac presenti carta nostra confirmauimus
magistro Waltero de Fodringeye canonico Lincolniensi et heredibus
suis ac assignatis quibuscumque totum illud tenementum cum domibus
& omnibus aliis pertinenciis quod fuit dicti Iohannis de Binne in
¹ With three green seals; on the right
circular,ox facing the right, SIGVLLVM
MAIORATVS OXON; in the middle
the seal of the deanery, broken; on the
left circular, in., a pelican in piety,
S' IOHANNIS BINNE.
168 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 7. 3
Aug. 27,
1310
parochia sancti Iohannis de Mertone iacens inter aulam que dicitur
sancti Albani ex parte una & aulam que dicitur le Lombhalle ex parte
altera; habendum & tenendum dictum tenementum integre cum
domibus, curtilagio et omnibus aliis pertinenciis dicto magistro Waltero
et heredibus suis ac assignatis quibuscumque de capitalibus dominis
feodi illius in perpetuum, faciendo eis inde seruicia debita et consueta;
ita quod nec ego dicta Matildis racione alicuius iuris uel possessionis
michi nomine meo in dicto tenemento ex testamento vel dono quo-
cumque eiusdem Iohannis competentis, nec nos eadem Matildis et
Gilbertus ac Robertus executores prenominati nomine executorio
aliquid iuris, possessionis vel clamei cuiuscumque exnunc in dicto
tenemento in perpetuum uendicare possimus. Et ego prefata Matildis
tam nomine meo proprio quam ego ipsa et dicti Gilbertus et Robertus
executores predicti nomine executorio quantum ad nos pertinet dictum
tenementum cum omnibus suis pertinenciis prelibatis prefato magistro
Waltero et heredibus suis ac assignatis quibuscumque warantizabimus,
acquietabimus, et defendemus in perpetuum. Pro hac autem donacione,
concessione et presentis carte nostre confirmatione ac warantizatione
dedit nobis prefatus magister Walterus triginta marcas sterlingorum
pre manibus. Ut ergo omnia predicta firma et stabilia sine dolo
permaneant inperpetuum presentem cartam sigillorum nostrorum
impressione roborauimus die Martis proxima post festum sancti
Bartholomei apostoli anno domini мccc decimo; et ad maiorem huius
rei securitatem sigillum decani Oxonie procurauimus presenti carte
apponi. In cuius eciam presencia ego prefata Matildis corporale
prestiti sacramentum quod nunquam in dicto tenemento aliquid iuris
vel possessionis per me petam vel nomine meo quacumque racione
vel occasione per alium peti permittam. Hiis testibus, Iohanne de
Dokelintone tunc maiore Oxonie et Ricardo de Berkele et Willelmo le
Katour tunc balliuis eiusdem, Ricardo le Spicer, Roberto de Wrmen-
hale, Iohanne de Colsilhille, Thoma le Mareschall, Henrico de Lenne,
Willelmo de Burcestre, Willelmo Pennard & multis aliis.¹
250.
[Matilda de Binne quitclaims the tenement.]
Nouerint universi hoc scriptum visuri uel audituri quod ego Matildis
dicta de Binne relicta quondam Iohannis de Binne Oxonie pro me
1 Once with four seals; there remains
on the left a white seal pointed oval,
1½ in. by I in., a fleur-de-lis, S' MATIL-
DIS DE BINNE.
V. HERT HALL
169
& heredibus meis ac assignatis quibuscumque dedi, concessi et omnino
quietum clamaui in perpetuum magistro Waltero de Fodringeye,
canonico Lincolniensi et heredibus suis ac assignatis quibuscumque
totum ius et clameum quod habui uel habere potui usque ad
terminum vite mee in toto illo tenemento cum omnibus suis pertinenciis
quod habui ex dono uel testamento dicti Iohannis; quod quidem
tenementum iacet in parochia sancti Iohannis de Mertone Oxonie
inter tenementum quod uocatur le Lombhalle ex parte una et tenemen-
tum quod uocatur sancti Albani ex parte altera; ita quod nec ego per
me nec alius quicumque nomine meo possim nec possit in prefato
tenemento cum suis pertinenciis quacumque racione vel occasione
aliquid iuris vel possessionis seu clamei cuiuscumque ex nunc in per-
petuum vendicare. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum meum presenti
scripto apposui die Iouis proxima post festum sancti Bartholomei
apostoli, anno domini millesimo trecentesimo decimo, et ad maiorem
huius rei securitatem sigillum decani Oxonie presenti scripto procuravi
apponi. In cuius quidem decani presencia ad omnia premissa fideliter
obseruanda tactis sacrosanctis ewangeliis corporale prestiti iuramen-
tum. Et ego Robertus de Blebyry¹ tunc decanus Oxonie presenti scripto
sigillum decanatus apposui in testimonium premissorum. Dat' & act'
Oxonie die et anno supradictis."
251.
[Robert de Ford quitclaims.]
1314
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Robertus de Forde concessi, B. 7. 4
relaxaui, & quietum clamaui litterarum presencium per tenorem discreto Aug. 12,
uiro magistro Waltero de Fodryngeye clerico & suis heredibus necnon
& assignatis quibuscumque totum ius & clamium ac exaccionem qualem-
cumque quod uel quam habui uel habeo seu habere potero racione &
occasione Matildis dicte Bynne in Oxonia cui aliquando extiti matri-
monialiter copulatus in tenemento cum omnibus suis pertinenciis quod
idem magister Walterus habet in uico sancti Iohannis de Mertone in
Oxonia ex vendicione dicte Matildis pro se, racione iuris quod eadem
Matildis habuit in eodem tenemento ad terminum uite sue, et ex ven-
dicione eiusdem Matildis & Gilberti de Grenstede ac Roberti de Dryhulle
executorum testamenti quondam Iohannis Bynne prioris mariti eiusdem
Matildis, ita uidelicet quod nec ego nomine meo nec nomine Matildis
1 Rector of St. Edward's Church,1308-
17 (Wood, City of Oxford, iii. 84).
2 Endorsed 'Quieta clamancia de
Herthalle'. Both seals are wanting.
170 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 7. 6
Dec. 28,
1315
predicte, nec aliquis alius nomine meo aliquid iuris uel facti in pre-
dicto tenemento unquam de cetero petere, clamare uel exigere possim
uel possit qualitercumque imperpetuum. In cuius rei testimonium
sigillum meum presentibus apposui. Dat' apud Fretewelle xII die
mensis Augusti anno domini millesimo ccc quartodecimo.¹ ·
252.
[Licence in mortmain by Edward II.]
f
Edwardus dei gracia rex Anglie, dominus Hibernie & dux Aqui-
tannie omnibus ad quos presentes littere peruenerint salutem. Licet
de communi consilio regni nostri statutum sit quod non liceat viris
religiosis seu aliis ingredi feodum alicuius ita quod ad manum mor-
tuam deveniat sine licencia nostra & capitalis domini de quo res illa
immediate tenetur ; volentes tamen dilectis nobis magistro & scolaribus
domus de Balliolo Oxonie graciam facere specialem concessimus &
licenciam dedimus pro nobis & heredibus nostris quantum in nobis
est magistro Ricardo de Hunsyngoure quod ipse unum mesuagium
cum pertinenciis in Oxonia et magistro Galfrido de Horkestowe et
magistro Ricardo de Stayntone quod ipsi unum mesuagium cum per-
tinenciis in eadem villa dare possint & concedere prefatis magistro
& scolaribus habenda & tenenda sibi & successoribus suis magistris
& scolaribus domus predicte imperpetuum et eisdem magistro & scolari-
bus quod ipsi mesuagia predicta cum pertinenciis a prefatis Ricardo,
Galfrido & Ricardo recipere possint & tenere sibi & successoribus suis
predictis sicut predictum est tenore presencium similiter licenciam dedi-
mus specialem; nolentes quod predicti Ricardus, Galfridus & Ricardus.
seu heredes sui aut predicti magister & scolares vel successores sui
predicti racione statuti predicti per nos uel heredes nostros inde
occasionentur, molestentur in aliquo seu grauentur, saluis tamen capi-
talibus dominis feodi illius seruiciis inde debitis & consuetis. In cuius
rei testimonium has litteras nostras fieri fecimus patentes.
Teste me
ipso apud Clipstone Regis vicesimo octauo die Decembris anno regni
nostri nono.2
¹ Green seal, circular, in., SIG'
ROBERTI DE FORDE? CROSBVL-
CECARII.
2 With the royal seal. Endorsed 'Carta
de aula santi Hugonis & de aula que
uocatur Herthalle. Decima'.
V. HERT HALL
171
253.
[Richard de Hunsingore gives the messuage to Balliol.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Ricardus de Hunsingore dedi, B. 7. 5
concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui magistro & scolaribus Apr. 8,
domus de Balliolo in Oxonia & eorum successoribus in eadem domo
in perpetuum totum illud tenementum cum domibus & omnibus
aliis pertinenciis quod fuit quondam Iohannis de Binne in parochia
sancti Iohannis de Mertone iacens inter aulam que dicitur sancti
Albani ex parte una & aulam que dicitur le Lombhalle ex parte altera
in subvencionem sustentacionis predictorum magistri & scolarium,
quod quidem tenementum habui ex legato magistri Walteri de
Fodringhay quondam canonici Lincolniensis; tenendum & habendum
integre cum domibus, curtilagio & omnibus aliis pertinenciis prefatis
magistro & scolaribus predicte domus & eorum successoribus in
eadem domo in perpetuum, iuxta formam, vim & effectum carte
domini regis michi & eis licenciam in hac parte specialem tribuentis,
statuto de terris & tenementis ad manum mortuam non ponendis edito
non obstante, reddendo inde annuatim capitalibus dominis feodi illius
seruicia inde debita & consueta. Et ego predictus Ricardus & heredes
mei predictum tenementum cum omnibus suis pertinenciis prefatis
magistro & scolaribus & eorum successoribus quietum clamauimus
in perpetuum. In cuius rei testimonium presenti carte sigillum meum
est appositum; hiis testibus, magistro Henrico de Harcla tunc Cancel-
lario Oxonie, Iohanne de Duclingtone tunc maiore eiusdem, Roberto
de Watlington et Iohanne Kilward tunc balliuis in eadem, Andrea de
Pyry, Ricardo le Spicer, Ricardo Kary, Iohanne de Bischoptone,
Thoma de Pyry tunc clerico eiusdem uille & multis aliis. Scriptum
& consignatum vi Idus Aprilis anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis
Edwardi nono.
254.
[Balliol grants a lease to Merton.]
1316
1497
Hec indentura facta primo die Octobris anno regni regis Henrici B. 7. 7
septimi tercio decimo inter nos Ricardum Barnyngham, magistrum Oct. 1,
collegii Ballioli in Oxonia & eiusdem collegii socios ex una parte et
Ricardum Roffensem episcopum custodem domus scolarium de
Mertone in eadem Oxonia et eiusdem domus socios ex altera parte
testatur quod predictus magister Ricardus Barnyngham et socii
172 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 7. 8
unanimi consensu et assensu pro se & successoribus suis conces-
serunt, tradiderunt et ad firmam dimiserunt dictis custodi & sociis,
successoribus seu assignatis suis unum gardinum situatum inter
aulam Albanam et pomerium dicte domus scolarium de Mertone,
cuius pars australis prominet ad murum dicte domus scolarium et
pars borialis usque ad uiam regiam iuxta aulam Albanam, continentem
in longitudine ducentos et sex pedes et dimidium et in latitudine
triginta octo pedes & dimidium, habendum & tenendum dictis custodi
et sociis successoribus seu assignatis suis usque ad finem nonaginta
& nouem annorum extunc proximo sequencium et plenarie complen-
dorum, reddendo inde annuatim durante termino predicto dictis
magistro et sociis & successoribus seu eorum certo attornato ad
festum sancti Michaelis iis. bone et legalis monete Anglia. [The
owners may distrain for the rent.] Et prefati custos & socii seu
successores sui duos muros dicti gardini, uidelicet unum ex parte
boriali et alium ex parte orientali eiusdem gardini, quorum reparatio
prius pertinebat ad magistrum & socios collegii Ballioli durante
termino predicto sumptibus suis propriis sufficienter reparabunt ac
in fine dicti termini sufficienter reparatos dimittent. Licebitque dictis
custodi et sociis seu assignatis suis durante termino predicto in dicto
gardino fodere, plantare arbores & herbas, cloacam illic situare ac
ibidem ad eius mundacionem puteum fodere ac omnia alia scolaribus
necessaria ibidem facere prout hactenus consuetum est. In cuius rei
testimonium partes predicte sua sigilla his indenturis alternatim
apposuerunt. Dať' Oxonie in domo nostra capitulari die & anno
supradictis.
Endorsed. Memorandum quod quia tempore dimissionis huius orti
eius muri erant in duobus locis diruti, inter partes predictas conuentum
est quod dicti custos & socii sumptibus suis propriis reparabunt
muros dicti orti durante termino predicto secundum quod eis melius
uidebitur ad eorum securitatem & utilitatem; et sic illa clausula posita in
indentura, scilicet quod dicti custos & socii muros dicti orti sufficienter
reparatos in fine termini sui dimittent sola vigore carebit & omnia
alia in suo robore permaneant.
255.
Aug. 4, 8 Jac. I; Robert Abbott, master, and the scholars of Balliol
lease to Sir Henry Saville, warden, and the scholars of Merton
a garden between Alban Hall and the orchard of Merton, butting on
V. HERT HALL
173
the south on the wall of Merton, and on the high way on the north,
measuring 206 feet by 38; for 40 years; rent 2s.; and moreover
it is agreed that it shall be lawful for the said warden and schollers in
the same garden grounde to digg & to plant trees & hearbes, there to
place an howse of office, draught or easement and there withall to the
cleansinge therof to digg & make a pitt or vaut . . . as hitherto hath
been accustomed.'
The counterpart of no. 255.
B. 7.9
256.
Oct. 21, 1652; a lease for 40 years; the same rent.
The counterpart of B. 7. 10.
B. 7. 10
B. 7. II
257.
July 31, 1684; a lease for 40 years; the same rent.
B. 7. 12
258.
Oct. 18, 1698; a lease for 40 years; the same rent.
B. 7. 13
259.
Nov. 28, 1729; a lease for 40 years; the same rent.
B. 7. 14
260.
April 5, 32 Geo. III, 1792; a lease for 40 years with a plan of the B. 7. 15
holding; it measured 204 feet north to south, 32 feet 2 inches at the
north end, and 46 feet 4 inches at the south end; as before, the tenant
is to keep the north and east walls in repair; rent 2s.
Endorsed. This property was sold to Merton College for the
Redemption of Land Tax, Nov. 16, 1804.
174
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
VI. ST. PETER LE BAILEY. 261-83.
In the parish of St. Peter le Bailey the College owns 33-35 Queen
Street. On the ground of deed no. 264 it has been asserted that Balliol
obtained the tenement by the gift of John de Burton; but it will be
noticed that by that deed he only alienated it for a few days, and that
it was given back to himself and his wife immediately. There can be no
doubt that Balliol received it nearly a century later. In 1459 Richard
Osborne granted to George Neville, Bishop of Exeter, a tenement in the
parish of St. Peter le Bailey, bounded on the west by a tenement of
Andrew Wemme and on the east by a tenement of Philip Gartone
(no. 533). As the family of Wemme held no. 32 Queen Street, we may
assume that the Balliol property in this parish was obtained from George
Neville. The property is large, and in 1279 at the time of the Hundred
Rolls consisted of two holdings; on the east was a cellar and solar of
John Culverd which paid quitrents of 8s., 25., and Is. 4d. to the parish
church, the University, and St. Frideswide's respectively; on the west
was a double tenement held by Symon Halegod and John Culverd, which
paid quitrents of 25. 4d. and 2s. to St. Frideswide's and the Templars.
The deeds which follow indicate that John de Loughborough, alias
le Northern, acquired these tenements, the one in 1350, the other
between 1361 and 1363. The quitrent to the University was paid as late
as 1361,¹ but had disappeared before 1464 when the Proctors' accounts
begin. According to the Hundred Rolls the tenements paid quitrents to
St. Frideswide's, amounting to 3s. 8d.; but a study of the Cartulary of the
Priory suggests that the figure 2s. 4d. in the Hundred Rolls is an error
for 25., so that the total should be 3s. 4d.; and we find that in 1539 and
1547 Balliol owed, but did not pay, a quitrent of 3s. 4d. to Christ Church,
then known as the King's College, for land in the parish of St. Peter le
Bailey.2 Doubtless the College retained the rent until recompense was
given for Burnel's Inn, which had been taken away.
It will be noticed that from 1550 (if not earlier) to 1657 the tenement
was merely a garden; in 1657 it was six messuages; in 1676 it was
eight; in 1816 it was fourteen messuages, edifices, slaughterhouses'.
A plan which has been preserved shows how this was possible. Two of
the tenements were on the street, the rest were in the yard behind, being
cottages apparently of two rooms apiece. The fact that the premises.
were 153 feet long in 1676 and only 147 feet in 1816 suggests that the
houses were rebuilt and the road widened after the Act passed in 1771
for improving the streets of Oxford.
1 Liber Albus or Book of Wills,
P. 59.
Misc. Books 164, fol. 15, and
Ministers' Accounts, 38 Hen. VIII,
roll 54, memb. 10, both at the Record
Office.
VI. ST. PETER LE BAILEY
175
261.
[Dionisia Culverd grants a messuage to John de
Loughborough.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Dionisia uxor quondam A. 10. 6
Iohannis Culuerd de Oxonia dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta
Sept. 18,
1350
mea confirmaui Iohanni de Lughteburghe de Oxonia unum mesuagium
cum pert. in Oxonia in parochia sancti Petri in Ballio quod quondam
fuit predicti Iohannis Culuerd quondam uiri mei, exceptis quibusdam
edificiis¹ & quadam placea adiacente, quorum edificiorum hostia
aperiuntur uersus uenellam, que iam inhabito; habendum & tenendum
[&c.] predicto I. de L. & heredibus suis ac assignatis suis de capitalibus
dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta im-
perpetuum. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus,
Iohanne de Bereforde tunc maiore uille Oxonie, Iohanne de Stodle
& Nicholao Gerlaund tunc balliuis eiusdem uille, Iohanne de Falle,
Iohanne de Bedeforde, Iohanne de Hertwelle, Iohanne de Wyndesore,
Petro le Panyter, Iohanne de Langrisshe clerico & aliis. Dat' apud
Oxoniam decimo octauo die Septembris anno regni regis Edwardi tercii
post conquestum Anglie uicesimo quarto, regni uero sui Francie
undecimo.2
262.
[Alice, widow of John de Loughborough, directs that
8
Nov. 19,
1363
a tenement of her husband should be sold.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Alicia que fui uxor quondam A. 10. 7
Iohannis Lugthtoborughe (sic) alias dicti le Northerne de Oxonia
executrix dicti Iohannis dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea
confirmaui magistris Henrico Hoptone & Henrico Pyel unum mesua-
gium cum pert. quod mesuagium habui ex dono dicti Iohannis.
Lugthtoborughe quondam mariti mei, ad uendendum prout in testa-
mento prefati Iohannis plenius continetur, et quod mesuagium
3 His will, which was proved May 12,
1363, is summarized in Liber Albus,
p. 60. This deed concerns the whole
tenement 33, 34, 35 Queen Street; for
John de Windsor is no doubt the suc-
cessor of Richard de Windsor (Cart.
St. Frid. i. 280), who held a tenement
called Elmley, which from an unprinted
rental of St. Frideswide's we can identify
with no. 32 Queen Street; there is some
reason for holding that Joseph de
Woodstock occupied No. 36 Queen
Street.
1 These edifices, opening on a lane,
which we may identify with the lane
mentioned in no. 264, seem to be the
tenement which in1361 Dionysia Culvert
granted to the parish of St. Peter-le-
Bailey by will (Liber Albus, will no.
166). The deed which follows suggests
that between 1361 and 1363 John de
Loughborough acquired the tenement
from the parish.
2 Seal, pointed oval, 1 in x 1 in., a
cross made of four ears of corn S' IOH'IS
KVLVERD.
176 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 10. 8
Apr. 8,
1367
A. 10. 9
July 15,
1375
situatum est in parochia sancti Petri in Ballio Oxonie, uidelicet inter
tenementum Iohannis de Wyndesore ex parte occidentali & tenementum
quondam Ioseph de Wodestoke ex parte orientali; habendum [&c.]
predictis magistris H. & H., heredibus & assignatis eorum imperpetuum,
reddendo inde capitalibus dominis [&c.]; et ego [&c. warranty]. In
cuius [&c. sealing]; hiis testibus, Ricardo de Wodehay tunc maiore
uille Oxonie, Iohanne de Couyntre & Ricardo de Salesbury tunc
balliuis eiusdem, Iohanne de Stodle, Iohanne de Bedeforde, Iohanne
de Hertwelle, Willelmo Lugthtoborughe, Iohanne de Wyndesore &
aliis. Dat' Oxonie decimo nono die mensis Nouembris anno regni
regis Anglie Edwardi tercii post conquestum tricesimo septimo.
263.
[The tenement is sold to John de Burton.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Henricus Hoptone & Henricns
Pyel de Oxonia clerici dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti carta
nostra confirmauimus Iohanni de Burtone bedello Uniuersitatis Oxonie
& Alicie uxori sue unum mesuagium cum suis pert. situatum in parochia
sancti Petri in Ballio Oxonie inter tenementum quod fuit Iohannis de
Wyndesore ex parte occidentali & tenementum quondam Ioseph de
Wodestoke ex parte orientali, et quod quidem mesuagium cum suis
pert. nuper habuimus ex uendicione & liberacione predicte Alicie ;
habendum [&c.] prefato I. de B. & Alicie uxori sue & eorum heredibus
ac eorum assignatis imperpetuum de capitalibus [&c.]; et nos [&c.
warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing]; hiis testibus, Ricardo Wodehay
tunc maiore uille Oxonie, Iohanne de Dadyntone & Galfrido de
Brehulle tunc balliuis eiusdem uille, Iohanne de Stodle, Iohanne de
Hertewelle, Iohanne Benham, Willelmo Northerne, Willelmo Codeshale,
Iohanne Brut et aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam die Iouis proxima
post festum sancti Ambrosii anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post
conquestum quadragesimo primo.
264.
[John Burton grants it to trustees.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes Burtone bedellus
Uniuersitatis Oxonie dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea con-
firmaui domino Hugoni Saundresdone persone ecclesie sancti Petri in
VI. ST. PETER LE BAILEY
177
Ballio & Willelmo Bloxham persone ecclesie sancti Martini eiusdem
uille unum mesuagium cum pert. in uilla & parochia predictis, quod
quidem fuit Dionisie Culuerd, situatum inter quandam uenellam que
ducit ad pistrinam Iohannis de Wyndeshore ex parte occidentali &
tenementum quod quondam fuit Ioseph de Wodestoke ex parte
orientali; habendum [&c.] predictis H. & W., heredibus & assignatis
suis imperpetuum, tenendum de capitalibus [&c.]; et ego [&c.
warranty]; in cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Willelmo de Godes-
hale tunc maiore uille Oxonie, Galfrido Brehulle & Ricardo Garstone
tunc balliuis eiusdem uille, Willelmo le Northerne, Iohanne de Hert-
welle, Iohanne Gybbes, Iohanne de Wyndeshore, Iohanne le Leper,
Iohanne de Northamptone clerico & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam
quintodecimo die Iulii anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum
Anglie XLIX.
265.
[William Bloxham grants it to John Burton and his wife.]
1375
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego dominus Willelmus Bloxham, A. 10. 11
persona ecclesie sancti Martini Oxonie, dedi, concessi & hac presenti July 18,
carta mea confirmaui Iohanni Burtone, bedello Universitatis Oxonie et
Alicie uxori eius, heredibus eorum ac eorum assignatis imperpetuum
unum mesuagium cum pert. in Oxonia in parochia sancti Petri in Ballio
quod dominus Hugo de Saundresdone & ego nuper habuimus ex dono
& feoffamento predicti I. situatum inter venellam [&c. as in no. 264].
Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Willelmo
de Godeshale tunc maiore ville Oxonie, Galfrido Brehulle & Ricardo
Garstone tunc balliuis eiusdem ville, Willelmo le Northerne, Iohanne
de Hertwelle, Iohanne Gibbes, Iohanne Wyndesore, Iohanne Leper,
Iohanne Northamptone clerico et aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam decimo
octavo die Iulii anno regni regis E. tercii post conquestum Anglie
quadragesimo nono.
266.
[Hugh de Saundresdone quitclaims it.]
Omnibus [&c.] Hugo de Saundresdone persona ecclesie sancti Petri A. 10. 10
in Ballio Oxonie salutem in domino. Noueritis me remisisse, July 22,
relaxasse & omnino pro me & heredibus meis quietum clamasse
It is unusual to have a clause of
warranty when a trustee, as in this deed,
returns a tenement to the man who had
entrusted it to him. Perhaps the clause
is due to the inattention of the clerk who
wrote the deed.
1375
N
178 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 12. I
A. 12. 2
A. 12. 3
Iohanni de Burtone bedello Uniuersitatis Oxonie & Alicie uxori eius
& eorum heredibus ac assignatis imperpetuum totum ius meum &
clameum que habeo seu quouismodo habere potero in uno mesuagio
cum pert. in Oxonia in parochia sancti Petri in Ballio quod quondam
fuit Dionisie Culuerd situatum inter quandam uenellam [&c. as in
no. 264]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Willelmo de Codeshale
tunc maiore uille Oxonie, Galfrido de Brehulle & Ricardo de Garstone
tunc balliuis eiusdem uille, Willelmo le Northernn (sic), Iohanne de
Hertwelle, Iohanne Gybbes, Iohanne de Wyndesoure, Iohanne le
Lepere, Iohanne de Northamptone clerico & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam
uicesimo secundo die Iulii anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post con-
questum Anglie quadragesimo nono.
267.
Jan. 10, 3 Ed. VI [1550]; a lease to Richard Yvery of the city
of Oxford, tallowchandler and fishmonger, and Alis his wife, of two
gardens in the parish of St. Peter le B. 'over against the tenement and
brewhouse of Mr. Alderman Py, which gardens were late held the one
by Edward Glynton, the other by Nicholas Chapman'; for 42 years ;
rent 13s. 4d.
268.
June 28, 31 Eliz. [1589]; a lease to William Noble, 'vintener,'
of two gardens over and against the Butcherow, late in the tenure of
William Noble; for 40 years; rent 13s. 4d.
The counterpart of 268.
269.
A. 12. 4
.
June 3, 1657; a lease to John Slatter, goldsmith, of 6 messuages or
tenements newly erected and not yet finished, between an inne in the
occupation of Richard Berryman E. and a piece of ground in the
occupation of Thomas Bowell or Martha his wife W., abutting N.
upon a garden late in the occupation of the late George Banger, gent.,
& S. upon the street called the Old Butcherewe, 145 ft. N. to S., in
breadth E. to W. next the street 53 feet, at the other end 48 ft.; 40
years; rent 13s. 4d.
VI. ST. PETER LE BAILEY
179
270.
April 27, 1676; a lease to Thomas Baker of Oxford, gent., of eight A. 12.5;
messuages lately erected and built; on E. an inn called the Cross Keys
in the occupation of Edmond Brookes, on W. a tenement in the occupa-
tion of Ralph Astyn gardener, N. a garden in the occupation of Cicely
Banger, widow; N. to S. 153 ft., 53 ft. 2 in. next the street, 58 ft. at N.
end; together with a plot of ground adjoining at the N.E. end of the
premises, 34 ft. N. to S., 22 ft. 9 in. E. to W.; which tenements are
in the occupation of Thomas Tesdale, mercer, Edmond Brooks, inn-
holder, Robert Gardiner, victular, Michael Parker, cooper, John Yvery,
cordwainer, William Harris, buttonmaker, John Penn, cordwainer,
Thomas Mason, glover, & William Hanckes, mason; 40 years; rent
13s. 4d. and two capons.
271.
Nov. 28, 1691; a lease to Robert Mayott of Abington', Esq. & A. 12. 6
William Wright of the Inner Temple, Esq., executors of the will of the
late Jane Finmore of Abington; 40 years; same rent; same neigh-
bours.
The counterpart of 271.
272.
A. 12. 7
Mar. 10, 1706; a lease to Richard Finmore of Hampton Gay; A. 12. 8
Daniel Faulkner holds the Cross Keys, John Greenway gent. W., Mary
Gilbert widow N.; the tenements are in the occupation of widow
Ward, Jonathan Colton, Robert Irish, Augustin Geereing, widow
Greenwood, widow Durling, Richard Hanson, William Weston, and
late John Smith, cordwainer, now void; 40 years; rent 13s. 4d. and
2 capons.
The counterpart of 272.
A. 12. 9
273.
June 19, 1734; a lease to John Holman of the Univ. of Oxford, A. 12. 10
barber; Richard Dean E., John Greenway W., Sebastian Smith Esq.
N.; 40 years; same rent.
The counterpart of 273.
A. 12. II
N 2
180 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 12. 12
A. 12. 13
A. 12. 14
A. 12. 15
274.
Mar. 25, 21 Geo. II, 1748; the lease of John Holman is renewed;
eight messuages, buildings, slaughterhouses, &c.; same neighbours;
40 years; same rent.
275.
June 2, 1789; a lease to Thomas Eaton, grocer; John Best E.,
Oliver Parsons W., Sir Richard Tawney, Kt. N.; the occupants are
Joseph Falkner, Edward Briscoe, Elizabeth Green, Richard Collier,
Henry Grainger, William Pharaoh, John Midwinter, Charles Snow;
40 years; same rent.
The counterpart of 275.
276.
June 17, 1803; the lease to Thomas Eaton, grocer, is renewed;
same neighbours and occupants; measurements as in 1676; 40 years;
rent 13s. 4d. and two capons.
A. 12. 16
The counterpart of 276.
A. 12. 17
A. 12. 18
A. 12. 20
277.
Nov. 26, 1816; a lease to Elizabeth Eaton, widow, and Thomas
Eaton and Richard Hayes Eaton, grocers, for a fine of £150, of
fourteen messuages, edifices, slaughterhouses, &c.; Thomas Sawyer
holds the Cross Keys E., Charles Foster W., James Browning N.;
according to the plan on the lease the tenement is now 147 ft. N.
to S.; occupants are Elizabeth Eaton and her sons, Marriott Holt,
John Crozier, Mary Ann Curtis, John Cale, William Johnson, widow
Allen, James Kent, Thomas Brown, Thomas Harris, Mrs. Deroussier,
widow, William Hall, Thomas Bentley, Thomas Prickett, and Peter
Burton; 40 years; rent 13s. 4d. and two capons; with a plan.
The counterpart of 277.
278.
Nov. 25, 1830; a lease to Elizabeth Eaton, widow, for a fine of
£253 16s., between Thomas Rawbone E., Richard Spiers W.,
Jonathan Browning N.; the occupants are William Eaton, William

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Nos. 33-35 QUEEN STREET IN 1887
VI. ST. PETER LE BAILEY
181
Gibbons, Maria Crozier, John Barnes, John Roberson, widow John-
son, George Castle, James Kent, Edward Cutliffe, Thomas Harris,
Jonas Hawks, Thomas Hanks, Mary Bentley, widow, Elizabeth
Prickett, widow, and Robert Rowe; 40 years; same rent.
279.
June 17, 1847; a lease to Frederick Thomas Wintle of Headington, A. 12. 21
apothecary (who held the residue of the lease of the late Elizabeth
Eaton); fine £243 5s.; same neighbours and occupations; the lease
is for 40 years from Oct. 10, 1844; rent as before.
ABOUT A TENEMENT LYING TO THE WEST OF THE
CHURCH. 280, 281.
It seems probable that the two next deeds do not refer to 33-35
Queen St., but to a tenement lying between the Castle and the church
of St. Peter, which never belonged to Balliol. Twyne (vol. 23, p. 577)
quotes a deed of 1294, now lost, which mentioned Andrew de Pirie and
William de Thenford as neighbours somewhat to the west of the church.
280.
[John de Croxford quitclaims to John de Oseney the
moiety of a bakehouse.]
1321
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit Iohannes A. 10. 3
de Croxford senior salutem in domino. Noueritis me remisisse, Mar. 4,
relaxasse & omnino quietum clamasse Iohanni de Oseneye de Oxonia
& suis heredibus ac assignatis imperpetuum totum ius & clamium
quod habui uel aliquo modo habere potui in medietate unius pistrini
situati in parochia sancti Petri in Ballio inter tenementum Iohannis
de Lughteburghe ex parte una & tenementum quondam Thome
de Pirie ex parte altera, quam quidem medietatem dicti pistrini
habeo ex dono & feoffamento Ricardi le Hoppere & Isolde uxoris
eius, & quam medietatem iidem Ricardus & Isolda habuerunt ex
legacione Willelmi de Theneford patris predicte Isolde, et de qua
medietate predicta ego predictus Iohannes seisinam plenariam optinui
& continuaui; ita quod nec ego predictus Iohannes nec heredes mei
nec aliquis nomine nostro in predicta medietate dicti pistrini uel aliqua
parte eiusdem aliquid iuris uel clamii dominii, redditus uel seruicii
exigere uel uendicare poterimus de cetero quoquomodo, set ab omni-
182 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 10. 4
Mar. 16,
1321
modis exaccionibus & demandis & quibuscumque iuribus dictam
medietatem dicti pistrini qualitercumque tangentibus exclusi simus per
presentes imperpetuum. Pro hac autem remissione & quieta clama-
tione dedit michi predictus Iohannes de Oseney quandam summam
pecunie pre manibus. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne
de Hamptone tunc maiore Oxonie, Roberto de la Bache & Thoma de
Alestone tunc balliuis Oxonie, Stephano de Adyntone, Willelmo
de la More, Ricardo de Stauntone, & aliis. Dat' Oxonie quarto die
Marcii anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis Edwardi quartodecimo.
:
: 281.
[John de Oseney quitclaims a messuage to John de
Loughborough.]
Uniuersis Cristi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit
Iohannes filius & heres Iohannis de Oseneya dudum burgensis Oxonie
salutem in domino. Noueritis me remisisse, relaxasse & omnino pro
me & heredibus meis quietum clamasse Iohanni de Lusteburg' scissori
de Oxonia & heredibus suis totum ius meum quod habeo¹ in uno
mesuagio cum suis pert. in parochia sancti Petri in Ballio Oxonie situato
inter tenementa Thome de Pyrie & eiusdem Iohannis de Lusteburge
sicut mete & bunde plenius proportant; habendum & tenendum
predictum mesuagium cum suis pertinenciis ubique predicto Iohanni
de Lusteburge & heredibus suis ac suis assignatis libere & quiete, iure
hereditario, de capitalibus dominis feodi per seruicia inde debita & de
iure consueta sine aliquo retinemento mei uel heredum meorum. Et
ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne de
Hamptone tunc maiore Oxonie, Thoma de Alstone & Roberto Bache
tunc balliuis eiusdem uille, Iohanne de Colsulle, Iohanne de Falle,
Gilberto Wynchecumbe, Thoma Somer, Roberto Grindere, Iohanne
de Leye & multis aliis. Dat' Oxonie die Lune proxima post festum
sancti Gregorii pape anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis Edwardi
quartodecimo.
A TENEMENT ON THE WEST SIDE OF NEW INN HALL
STREET. 282, 283.
The following two deeds concern a tenement which did not pass into
the possession of Balliol. By the names of the neighbours on the north
and south we are able to locate it; for Isolda de Weston held among
¹ habeo habui, MS.
VI. ST. PETER LE BAILEY
183
other tenements a toft on the north side of New Inn Hall, and Oseney had
some cottages further to the north.
282.
[John Capel grants a tenement to John de Loughborough.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes dictus Capel filius
Alani le Barbur de Oxonia dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea
confirmaui Iohanni de Loughteburghe de Oxonia pro quadam summa
pecunie quam michi dedit pre manibus totum illud tenementum meum
cum pertinenciis quod habui ex dono & concessione Roberti filii
Thome Billing de Oxonia quod quidem tenementum situm est in parochia
sancti Petri occidentalis Oxonie inter terram abbatis de Oseneya ex
parte boreali & terram Isolde que fuit uxor Iohannis de Westone ex
parte australi; habendum & tenendum totum predictum tenementum
cum suis pertinenciis prefato Iohanni de Loughteburgh & suis heredibus
uel assignatis libere, quiete, bene & in pace in perpetuum de capitali-
bus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & consueta pro omni
seruicio, seculari exaccione & demanda. Et ego predictus Iohannes
dictus Capel & heredes mei [&c. warranty]. Et ut [&c. sealing]. Dat'
apud Oxoniam die Martis in crastino sancte Agathe uirginis anno regni
regis Edwardi filii regis Edwardi primo. Hiis testibus, Iohanne de
Dokelintone tunc maiore Oxonie, Willelmo de Burcestria & Iohanne
de Hamptone tunc balliuis eiusdem uille, Andrea de Pyrie, Roberto
de Wormenhale, Iohanne de Coleshulle, Henrico de Lenne, Thoma
clerico & aliis.
283.
[Dionisia Billing quitclaims it to John de Loughborough.]
A. 10. 2
Feb. 6,
1308
1341
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit Dionisia A. 10. 5
que fuit uxor Roberti Billyng de Oxonia salutem in domino. Noueritis Feb. 4,
me remisisse & relaxasse totum ius & clamium Matilde que fuit uxor
Iohannis de Lugheteburghe quod habeo in tercia parte unius mesuagii
cum pert. in Oxonia in parochia sancti Petri in Ballio situati inter
tenementum abbatis de Osneye & tenementum Ricardi Taillour, quod¹
quondam fuit predicti Roberti Billyng; ita tamen quod nec ego [&c.].
In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne Peggy, Iohanne de Bede-
1 quod refers to mesuagii not tenementum.
184 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 8. 3
ford, Nicholao de Pepblesbury, Roberto de Claneuelde, Thoma de (sic)
Northerne & aliis. Dať' Oxonie quarto die Februarii anno regni regis
Edwardi tercii a conquestu quintodecimo.
VII. ST. EBBE'S PARISH. 284-303.
In St. Ebbe's parish Balliol owns no. II in St. Ebbe's Street, or, as it
was formerly called, Little Bailey. The following deeds, 284–7, may be
assumed to refer to it. In 1459 Richard Osburne gave to the Bishop of
Exeter a tenement in Little Bailey between Thomas Barton on the north
and a tenement of St. Frideswide's on the south (no. 533), and the Bishop
must have given it to Balliol. We learn from a document at Magdalen
that St. Frideswide's had a small tenement on the south side of no. II
St. Ebbe's Street.
284.
[Martin Cole and Agnes his wife grant a shop to
Thomas atte Broke and Alice his wife.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Martinus Cole de Oxonia &
Mar. 22, Agnes uxor mea dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti carta nostra
1392
A. 8. 4
Oct. 16,
1393
confirmauimus Thome atte Broke de Langefordemulle in parochia de
Commenore & Alicie uxori eius unam shopam in Oxonia situatam
in parochia sancte Ebbe in Parvo Ballio inter shopam Prioris et
Conuentus sancte Frideswide Oxonie ex parte australi & shopam
predictorum Martini & Agnetis ex parte boriali; habendam & tenendam
prefatis T. & A. & eorum heredibus & assignatis imperpetuum de
capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia que ad dictam shopam perti-
nent. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Ricardo
Garston tunc maiore Oxonie, Iohanne Merstone & Ricardo Dyar tunc
ballivis eiusdem, Willelmo Daggevyle, Nicholao Spicer, Iohanne Hyckes,
& Thoma Somersete aldermannis, Iohanne Page, Adam Sclatter & aliis.
Dat' apud Oxoniam die Veneris proxima ante festum Annunciacionis
beate Marie Virginis anno regni regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum
quintodecimo.
285.
[Thomas atte Broke grants it to Alan Lekenesfeld.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Thomas atte Broke de Lange-
fordmulle de parochia de Comnore dedi, concessi & hac presenti
carta mea confirmaui Alano Lekenesfeld de Oxonia mercer & Kate-
VII. ST. EBBE'S PARISH
185
rine uxori eius unam shopam in Oxonia situatam in parochia sancte
Ebbe in Parvo Ballio inter schopam prioris & conuentus sancte Frides-
wide Oxonie ex parte australi & schopam Martini Cole & Agnetis
uxoris eius ex parte boriali, quam quidem schopam nuper habui ex
dono & feoffamento dictorum M. & A.; habendam [&c. as in no. 284],
hiis testibus, Ricardo Garstone tunc maiore ville Oxonie, Waltero
Benham & Iohanne Lodelow balliuis eiusdem, Willelmo Daggeuylle,
Thoma Somersete, Waltero Bowne, Iohanne Schawe aldermannis,
Waltero Dauntesey, Thoma Padebury, Roberto Wyghtham, Iohanne
Leper, Reginaldo Tanner & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam die Iouis
proximo ante festum sancte Frideswyde uirginis, anno regni regis
Ricardi secundi post conquestum Anglie decimo septimo.
286.
1393
[Thomas atte Broke appoints an attorney to give seisin.]
Noverint uniuersi per presentes Thomam atte Broke de Langeforde- A. 8. 5
Oct. 17,
mulle in parochia de Comenore attornasse & in loco meo posuisse
dilectum michi in Cristo Willelmum Prentys attornatum meum ad
deliberandam plenam & pacificam seisinam nomine meo Alano
Lekenesfeld & Katerine uxori eius & heredibus & assignatis suis in
una shopa situata in parochia sancte Ebbe, ratum & gratum [&c.].
Dať' apud Comnore die Veneris proximo ante festum sancte Frides-
wide [&c. as in no. 285].
287.
[William Southam quitclaims it to Alan Lekenesfeld.]
Nouerint uniuersi per presentes me Willelmum Southam de Oxonia
remisisse, relaxasse & omnino pro me, heredibus & executoribus meis
imperpetuum quietum clamasse Alano Lekenesfeld de eadem & Alicie
uxori sue totum ius meum & clameum quod habeo, habui, seu quouis-
modo in futurum habere potero in una schopa cum pertinenciis in
Oxonia que quidem shopa situatur in eadem villa¹ inter tenementum
eiusdem Willelmi ex parte boriali & tenementum Prioris sancte Frides-
wide ex parte australi; ita quod [&c.]; dat' apud Oxoniam die Mercurii
proxima post festum Translacionis sancti Thome martiris anno regni
regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum Anglie decimo nono.
1
No parish is mentioned, but it is reasonable to infer that it concerns the
tenement in St. Ebbe's.
A. 14. 4
July 14,
1395
186 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 8.7
A. 8. 8
288.
Oct. 21, 19 Eliz. [1577]; a lease to John Haule of a house and
garden in St. Ebbe's; for 40 years; rent 8s.; the term to begin on
the expiration of a lease made May 4, 7 Eliz. to Will. Hollo[way],
weaver.
289.
Oct. 26, 33 Eliz. [1591]; a lease to Richard Hopkins, brewer, of
a house and garden in St. Ebbe's nigh to the corner'; 40 years;
rent 8s.
290.
Nov. 8, 20 Jac. I [1622]; a lease to Richard Coyte, carrier; rest
as before.
291.
A. 8. 9
A. 8. 10
Sept. 24, 1650; a lease to the 'feoffees in trust to the use of the
poor of the parish of St. Ebbe's'; all the rest as before.
Counterpart of 291.
A. 8. II
A. 8. 12
292.
Aug. 27, 20 Car. II [1668]; the lease is renewed; terms as before.
293.
Mar. 25, 1686; the lease is renewed; terms as before.
294.
A. 8. 13
Aug. 13, 1701; the lease is renewed; terms as before.
295.
A. 8. 14
A. 8. 15
Jan. 28, 1733; the lease is renewed; terms as before.
296.
Oct. 13, 1747; the lease is renewed; terms as before.
297.
A. 8. 16
Oct. 13, 1761; the lease is renewed; terms as before.
VII. ST. EBBE'S PARISH
187
298.
Mar. 25, 1802; the lease is renewed; terms as before.
Counterpart of 298.
299.
A. 8. 17
A. 8. 18
June 10, 1816; lease to Thomas Cox, shopkeeper; 40 years; A. 8. 19
rent 8s.; fine £26. 8s.
300.
Sept. 29, 1855; let to William Higgins at £23 a year.
A. 8. 20
301.
Nov. 26, 1883; let to Frank Godfrey at £40 a year.
A. 8. 21
TWO DEEDS ABOUT A TENEMENT OR TENEMENTS WHICH
DID NOT PASS INTO THE POSSESSION OF BALLIOL.
302, 303.
302.
[Matilda la Grasier gives a tenement to Richard
de Rogate.]
1330
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Matildis la Grasiere¹ uxor quon- A. 8. 1
dam Ricardi le Grasiere de Oxonia in pura uiduitate & ligia potestate July 22,
mea dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Ricardo de
Rogate totum tenementum meum situatum in parochia sancte Ebbe
Oxonie inter tenementum Ricardi le Spicer ex parte orientali & tene-
mentum Thome le Marshal ex parte occidentali; habendum & tenen-
dum prefato R., heredibus & assignatis suis libere, quiete, bene & in
pace in perpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia
inde debita & de iure consueta. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius
[&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Willelmo de Burnecestre tunc maiore
Oxonie, Henrico de Stodle & Petro de Ew tunc balliuis, Stephano
de Abyndone, Radulfo le Grasiere, Ricardo de Eynesham, Willelmo
On June 30, 1330, Malina, widow
of Richard le Grasiere, made a will
leaving to Richard de Rogate her kins-
man the tenement as described above;
the will was proved on Sept. 7, 1330
(Liber Albus, p. 10).
188 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 8. 2
July 1,
1344
de Rollyndrith mercer, Thoma de Gynindale, Iohanne de Aucland
& multis aliis. Dat' Oxonie die dominica in festo beate Marie
Magdalene anno regni regis Edwardi III post conquestum quarto.
303.
[Alan de Kenelyngworth grants permission to Matilda
de Loughborough to build close to his shed.]
Omnibus [&c.] Alanus de Kenelyngworth de Oxonia salutem in
domino. Nouerit uniuersitas uestra me concessisse pro me & heredi-
bus meis confirmasse Matildi que fuit uxor Iohannis de Lughteburughe,
heredibus & assignatis suis, quod licite posset edificare domum &
ponere maeremium suum in murum suum qui est contiguus domui
mee vocať' skelynge in parochia sancte Ebbe Oxonie inter tene-
mentum Iohannis de Allestone ex parte occidentali & tenementum
Matilde que fuit uxor Ricardi de Kyrketone ex parte orientali; ita
quod eadem Matildis uel heredes sui aut assignati per me uel heredes
meos uel assignatos meos in aliquo [minime]¹ perturbetur uel pertur-
bentur quin libere & pro voluntate sua, quandocumque voluerit, levare
[possit]¹ domum vel domos non obstante edificacione vocata skelynge
posita in parte mea. In cuius [&c. sealing]; hiis testibus, Ricardo Cary
tunc maiore Oxonie, Iohanne de Brehull & Iohanne de Bedeforde tunc
balliuis, Iohanne de Nortone, Iohanne de Allestone, Waltero le Deghere,
Iohanne de Falle tunc superuisoribus eiusdem uille & aliis. Dať' Oxonie
die Iouis proxima post festum sanctorum apostolorum Petri & Pauli
anno regni Anglie regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum decimo octauo,
regni uero Francie quinto.2
VIII. ST. MICHAEL'S SOUTH
Balliol had, and has, two tenements in the parish of St. Michael's
South. The first was called Rack Hall, now 14 St. Aldate's, running
eastward to the brook. It derived its name from a footpath, racca,
1 Not in MS.
2 The house of Alan of Kenelyng-
worth was 20, or 20 and 21, Pembroke
Street; see Liber Albus, p. 47, which
shows that it was left to the chantry of
St. Thomas in St. Mary's Church, and
we know that this chantry owned 20, or
20 and 21, Pembroke Street. The
house of Matilda of Loughborough was
on the north side of Beef Hall Lane;
see Liber Albus, p. 43. It is probable
that no. 302 is about the house of
Matilda of Loughborough, and that
nos. 302 and 303, as well as 280-3,
accidentally came into the possession
of Balliol because of deed no. 262.
VIII. ST. MICHAEL'S SOUTH
189
between nos. 14 and 15. In an early rental of the Hospital of St. John,
the tenant of no. 15 St. Aldate's pays a rent of Is. pro racca beside what
he paid for his house. The other tenement was in Sleying Lane, now
Brewers Street; it was 217 feet long and 14 feet wide and reached
Trill Mill Stream on the south; it is now part of a garden, being held
with the adjoining land. Both of these tenements were given to George,
Bishop of Exeter, in 1459, and seem to have been given by him to
Balliol in 1473; see no. 313.
RACK HALL. 304-34.
304.
[Margery de Whitele grants to Robert de Sprydlyntone
a plot of ground in Grantpont.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Margeria de Whitele dedi, con-
cessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmavi domino Roberto de Spryd-
lyntone persone ecclesie sancti Michaelis ad portam australem Oxonie
unam placeam terre cum suis pertinenciis in suburbio Oxonie iacentem
super magnum pontem inter tenementum magistri & fratrum hospitalis
sancti Iohannis extra portam orientalem ex parte australi & tene-
mentum prioris & conventus sancte Frideswide ex parte boriali;
habendam & tenendam predicto domino R. & heredibus suis ac assig-
natis suis de capitali domino feodi illius per servicia inde debita &
de iure consueta in perpetuum. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius
[&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Ricardo Cary maiore Oxonie, Iohanne de
Falele & Waltero de Farendone ballivis eiusdem ville, Ricardo le Spicer,
Roberto de Stoke, Iohanne de Islep, Petro de Ew, Galfrido de Warm-
welle, Iohanne de Langrisshe clerico & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam die
Iovis proxima post festum sancti Petri quod dicitur Ad Vincula anno
regni regis Edwardi tercii a conquestu tercio.
B. II. I
Aug. 3,
1329
305:
[Robert de Spridlyngtone grants the same plot to
Henry Stanford.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Robertus de Spridlyngtone rector
ecclesie sancti Michaelis ad portam australem Oxonie dedi, concessi
& hac presenti carta mea confirmavi Henrico Stanford de Estrop
iuxta Heyworthe' unam placeam terre [&c. as in no. 304] boriali, et
1 Eastrop near Highworth, Wilts.
B. 11. 2
Dec. II,
1331
190 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. II. 3
1332
extendit se a regali strata usque ad aquam Tamisie; habendam [&c. as
in no. 304]; hiis testibus, Willelmo de Burcestria maiore Oxonie,
Symone de Gloucestria & Stephano de Adyntone ballivis eiusdem,
Petro de Ew, Iohanne de Langrisshe clerico, Roberto de Stoke,
Galfrido de Warmwelle, Iohanne de Yslep, Iohanne le Deyer & aliis.
Dat' apud Oxoniam die Mercurii proxima post festum Concepcionis
beate Marie virginis, anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum
quinto.
Endorsed Carta de Rekhalle.
306.
[Henry de Stanford grants a messuage to Alan de Hetone.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Henricus de Stanuorde de
Sept. 8, Estrope dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Alano
de Hetone & Isabelle uxori eius & Agneti filie eorundem unum
mesuagium cum suis pert. in suburbio Oxonie situatum [&c. as in
no. 304]: habendum & tenendum predictis A., I., & A., & heredibus
ipsius Agnetis de corpore suo legitime exeuntibus de capitali domino
feodi illius per servicia inde debita & de iure consueta in perpetuum.
Et si predicta Agnes absque herede de corpore suo legitime procreato
decedat, quod absit, tunc volo quod predictum mesuagium cum suis
pertinenciis rectis heredibus predicti Alani integre remaneat imper-
petuum. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus,
Willelmo de Burcestria tunc maiore Oxonie, Stephano de Adyntone
& Simone de Gloucestre tunc ballivis eiusdem, Ricardo Cary, Petro
de Ew, Roberto de Stoke, Galfrido de Warmwelle, Iohanne de Lang-
risshe & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam die Martis in festo Nativitatis
beate Marie virginis anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum
B. II. 4
Aug. 2,
£409
sexto.
307,
[John Spycer grants a lease of Rack Hall to Thomas
Merton.]
Hec indentura facta inter Iohannem Spycer de Oxonia burgensem
ex una parte & Thomam Mertone de Oxonia carnificem & Mar-
garetam uxorem eius ex altera parte testatur quod dictus Iohannes
pro quadam summa pecunie sibi pre manibus soluta concessi &
dimisit prefatis T. & M. uxori eius totum illud tenementum suum
VIII, ST. MICHAEL'S SOUTH
191
situatum in suburbio extra portam australem Oxonie vocatum ab
antiquo Rackehalle, in quo dicti T. & M. iam inhabitant: habendum
& tenendum prefatis T. & M. & assignatis suis a festo sancti Michaelis
archangeli proximo futuro usque ad finem termini septem annorum.
[The owner will do the necessary repairs, but the tenant will emend
any damage that he causes.] Et prefatus I. [&c. warranty] In cuius
&c. [sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne Sprunt maiore ville Oxonie,
Iohanne Shawe & Ricardo Moldeworth ballivis eiusdem, Ricardo
Garstone, Iohanne Merstone, Edmundo Kynyan, Waltero Daundes-
eye aldremannis, Nicholao Nortone clerico & aliis.
Dat' apud
Oxoniam secundo die Augusti anno regni regis Henrici quarti post
conquestum Anglie decimo.
308.
[John Spycer grants another lease of Rack Hall.]
B. II. 5
1419
Hec indentura [&c. verbatim as in no. 307] pro quadam summa
pecunie viz. centum solidis [&c. as in no. 307]; hiis testibus, Waltero Ap. 15,
Daundeseye maiore ville Oxonie, Willelmo Herberfeld & Iohanne
alte Wode ballivis eiusdem, Iohanne Sprunt, Thoma Gibbys, Willel-
mo Bromptone, & Thoma Couentre aldremannis, Michaele Nortone
clerico & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam quintodecimo die Aprilis anno
regni regis Henrici quinti post conquestum septimo.
309.
[Thomas Coventre, who had been enfeoffed by John Spicer,
confirms Rack Hall to Thomas Merton.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Thomas Couentre burgensis
& aldremannus ville Oxonie concessi, liberavi & hac presenti carta
mea confirmavi Thome Mertone de Oxonia & Margarete uxori eius
unum mesuagium situatum in parochia sancti Michaelis inter [&c. as
in no. 304], quod quidem mesuagium una cum aliis terris & tene-
mentis in villa Oxonie & suburbiis eiusdam tam in comitatu Berk'
quam Oxon', ac in villa & campis de Hedyndone nuper habui ex
dono & feoffamento Iohannis Spicer filii Iohannis Spicer coniunctim
cum Iohanne Spicer patre eiusdem Iohannis Spicer filii ac quibusdam
magistris Edmundo Warhame & Thoma Plymeswode clericis, Iohanne
More, Nicholao Swyfte, Edwardo Sharpe, Andrea Blunt, Stephano
B. 11. 6
Sept. I,
1429
192 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL' COLLEGE
B. II. 7
1429
Hacsofte, & Guidone Spicer clericis, Ricardo Bradewelle & Gilberto
Burtone iam defunctis; habendum & tenendum prefato T. & M.,
heredibus & assignatis ipsius Thome imperpetuum de capitalibus
dominis feodi illius per servicia inde debita & de iure consueta. In
cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne Walker & Willelmo Frank-
leyn ballivis ville Oxon, Willelmo Bramptone, Willelmo Offorde,
Willelmo Herberfeld, Iohanne Shawe aldremannis, Iohanne North,
Hugone Benet, Michaele Nortone clerico & aliis. Dať' apud Oxoniam
primo die Septembris anno regni regis Henrici sexti post conquestum
octavo.
310.
[John Spicer quitclaims Rack Hall to Thomas Merton.]
Noverint universi per presentes quod nos Iohannem Spicer filium
Sept. 21, Iohannis Spicer & Iohannam uxorem meam remisisse & relaxasse
& omnino pro nobis, heredibus & assignatis nostris in perpetuum
quietum clamasse Thome Mertone de Oxonia & Margarete uxori
eius, heredibus & assignatis ipsius Thome imperpetuum totum ius
nostrum & clamium que habemus vel habere poterimus seu alter
nostrum habet vel habere poterit in futurum in uno mesuagio cum pert.
situato in parochia sancti Michaelis inter [&c. as in no. 304], quod
quidem mesuagium predicti T. & M. nuper habuerunt ex dono &
feoffamento Thome Couentre burgensis & aldremanni ville Oxonie;
ita quod nec nos [&c.]. Et nos vero [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c.
sealing], hiis testibus, Thoma Couentre maiore ville Oxonie, Iohanne
Walker & Willelmo Frankleyn balliuis eiusdem, Willelmo Brampton,
Willelmo Offorde, Iohanne Shawe, Willelmo Herberfeld, Iohanne
North, Michaele Norton clerico & aliis. Dať' apud Oxoniam vice-
simo die Septembris anno regni regis Henrici sexti post conquestum
B. II. 8 a
B. II. 8 b
octauo.
A duplicate of 310.
311.
[Thomas Andrew quitclaims to Thomas Herberfield &
Margaret his wife all the lands which they had lately
granted him.]
Omnibus [&c.], Thomas Andrewe de Mertone salutem in domino.
July 20, Noveritis me remisisse, relaxasse & omnino pro me & heredibus meis
1437
VIII. ST, MICHAEL'S SOUTH
193
1
in perpetuum quietum clamasse Thome Herberfeld de Oxonia & Mar-
garete uxori eius totum ius meum, titulum & clameum, que habui,
habeo, seu habere potero in omnibus illis terris & tenementis que
nuper habui ex dono & feoffamento & legacione testamenti predic-
torum Thome Herberfeld & Margarete in uilla Oxonie; ita quod
[&c.]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Willelmo Herberfeld
aldermanno Oxonie, Iohanne Aberger', Hugone Benet, Iohanne
Bristowe, Thoma Perkyn, & multis aliis. Data apud Oxoniam vice-
simo die Iulii anno regni regis Henrici sexti post conquestum quinto-
decimo.
312.
[Thomas Herberfield grants to George Neville and others
a shop in St. Mary's, a tenement in Brewers Street,
and Rack Hall.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Thomas Herberfeld de Oxonia
& Margareta uxor mea dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti carta
nostra confirmavimus Georgio Neuille Exon' episcopo, Willelmo
Lambtone, Roberto Abdy clerico, Willelmo Kylbek armigero &
Iohanni Page de Oxonia totum illud mesuagium nostrum situatum in
"
ochia sancti Michaelis ad portam australem Oxonie inter tene-
mentum prioris & conuentus sancte Frideswide ex parte boriali et tene-
mentum magistri & fratrum hospitalis sancti Iohannis Baptiste extra
portam orientalem ex parte australi. Dedimus eciam & concessimus
eisdem G., W., R., W., & I. totum illud mesuagium nostrum situatum
in dicto suburbio subtus murum ville inter tenementum Willelmi
Swanborne ex parte orientali & tenementum Iohannis Moretone ex
parte occidentali. Necnon unam shopam situatam in parochia beate
Marie virginis inter tenementa collegii Regalis ex utraque parte;
habenda & tenenda prefatis G., W., R., W., and I., heredibus & assig-
natis in perpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia
inde debita & de jure consueta. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius
[&c. sealing]; hiis testibus, Thoma Bartone, Iohanne Lowe, Oliuero
Urre, Nicholao Croke, Andrea Wemme de Oxonia burgensibus &
aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam penultimo die Februarii anno regni regis
Henrici sexti post conquestum Anglie tricesimo septimo.
¹ Probably this means 'by the grant
and feoffment of Thomas and Margaret
and by the legacy of a will'. Thomas
Merton by his will, dated December
1432, left Rack Hall to his wife: she,
O
while still a widow, granted it to
Thomas Andrew on July 7, 1433 (City
Records D. 2. 57). It seems that Thomas
Herberfield married the widow of
Thomas Merton.
B. II. 9
Feb. 27,
1459
194
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
313.
B. II. IO
May 7,
1473
B. II. II
July 5,
1495
B. 13. I
[George Neville grants the three tenements to Richard
Brygham.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Georgius Neuille Exon' epi-
scopus,' Willelmus Lamtone, Robertus Abdy clericus, Willelmus Kyl-
beke armiger & Iohannes Page de Oxonia dedimus, concessimus et
hac presenti carta nostra confirmavimus Ricardo Brygham clerico
totum illud mesuagium nostrum situntum in parochia sancti Michaelis
ad portam australem Oxonie [&c. as in 312] collegii Regalis ex
utraque parte; habenda & tenenda prefato R., heredibus & assignatis
suis imperpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per servicia inde
debita & de jure consueta. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c.
sealing]; hiis testibus, Stephano Hauelle, Iohanne Reyd, Iohanne
Robyns cum multis aliis. Data Oxonie septimo die Maii anno regni
regis Eduardi quarti post conquestum Anglie tercio decimo.
314.
[Richard Brygam grants the three tenements to two
clerks.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Ricardus Brygam clericus dedi,
concessi, & hac presenti carta mea confirmavi Iohanni Sowthwod
& Roberto Lake clericis totum illud mesuagium [&c. as in 312]
collegii Regalis ex utraque parte; habenda & tenenda prefatis I. & R.,
heredibus & assignatis suis [&c. as before]: hiis testibus, Thoma
Clarkeson, Wyllelmo Alan, & Thoma Buttyll' cum diversis aliis.
Dať' Oxonie quinto die Iulii anno regni regis Henrici septimi post
conquestum Anglie decimo.
315.
Aug. 15, 15 Eliz. [1573]; a lease to William Barton, brewer, of a
tenement in Grampound; for 40 years; rent 16s.
316.
B. 13. 2
B. 13. 3
Mar. 8, 31 Eliz. [1589]; a lease to John Daniell, carpenter;
40 years; rent 16s.
The counterpart of 316.
¹ He had become Archbishop of York in 1465.
VIII. ST. MICHAEL'S. SOUTH
195
317.
Oct. 1, 41 Eliz. [1599]; a lease to John Wilmot, whitebaker, and B. 13. 4
Elizabeth his wife; 40 years; rent 16s.
B. 13. 5
The counterpart of 317.
318.
Nov. 21, 9 Jac. I [1611]; the lease is renewed on the same terms. B. 13. 6
The counterpart of 318.
B. 13. 7
319.
Mar. 22, 3 Car. I [1628]; the lease is renewed on the same terms. B. 13. 8
320.
Sept. 8, 1649; a lease to Oliver Smyth the younger, gent., of the B. 13. 9
same premises now in the tenure of Margaret Smyth; 40 years;
rent 16s.
The counterpart of 320.
321.
B. 13. 10
Dec. 1, 1656; a lease to Edward Crafford, whitebaker, and Mary B. 13. 11
his wife; 40 years; rent 16s. and a couple of capons.
Counterpart of 321.
Bond of Crafford.
322.
323.
B. 13. 13
B. 13, 12
Dec. 30, 1668; a lease to George Walker, malster; for 40 years; B. 13. 14
the same rent; the freehold of Edward Crawford is N., Mr. Ric.
Miller is S., the tenement is 224 ft. E. to W.
Counterpart of 323.
324:
B. 13. 15
Aug. 3, 1686; his lease is renewed; 40 years; same bounds and B. 13. 16
rent.
0 2
196 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL 'COLLEGE
B. 13. 17
B. 13. 18
B. 13. 19
325,
Sept. 3, 1700; his lease is renewed; 40 years; same bounds and
rent.
The counterpart of 325.
326.
July 28, 1715; a lease to Mary Walker, widow of George Walker;
on the south is land of one Townsend, mason; the premises¹ are
turned to and made an Inn called the Wheatsheaf and Anchor, being
in the tenure of John Davis, victualer; 40 years; same rent.
B. 13. 21
The counterpart of 19.
327.
B. 13. 20
Licence to alienate the lease.
328.
B. 13. 22
July 10, 1741; a lease to Francis Pink, cooper; on N. is the
freehold of Anne Paynton of Banbury, spinster, on S. a tenement
late of William Townshend, mason, which is now turned into an
Inn called the Wheatsheaf and Anchor, and is in the tenure of Charles
Rushton, innholder; 40 years; same rent.
B. 15. 15
329.
Nov. 10, 1773; a lease to Thomas Willsdon, 'hardware and toy-
man,' of a tenement in St. Aldate's; David Holder N., the Wheatsheaf
Inn in the tenure of Stockford S.; 40 years; rent 16s. and two
capons.
B. 15. 16
The counterpart.
330.
B. 15. 17 June 15, 1795; a lease to Susanna Hardaway and Elizabeth
Hardaway, spinsters; widow Lee is S.; 40 years; the same rent
together with 2s. for acquittances.
B. 15. 18
The counterpart.
1 This must mean 'the premises of Townsend', i. e. 15 St. Aldate's.
:
197
VIII. ST: MICHAEL'S SOUTH
331.
Feb. 6, 1809; a lease to Elizabeth Hardaway; Joseph Hyde S.; B. 15. 19
same term and rent.
The counterpart.
332.
B. 15. 20
May 16, 1823; a lease to John Whessell, artist; fine £28 10s. 6d.; B. 15. 21
William Holland S.; the rest as before.
The counterpart.
333.
B. 15. 22
May 2, 1837; his lease is renewed; fine £50 18s. 6d.; rest as B. 15. 23
before.
The counterpart.
B. 15. 24
334.
July 9, 1851; a lease to Joseph Ham, printer; fine £50 9s. 9d.
B. 15. 25
A TENEMENT IN BREWERS STREET. 335-53.
335.
[Nicholas Trewelove grants a messuage to Richard
de Brampton.]
Mar. 25,
1358
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Nicholaus Trewelove de Oxonia B. 17. 1
& Editha uxor eius dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti carta nostra
confirmauimus Ricardo de Bramptone de Oxonia bocher unum me-
suagium cum suis pertinenciis in suburbio Oxonie in parochia sancti
Michaelis ad portam australem situatum subtus murum ville predicte
inter tenementum Iohannis de Langrisshe & Sarre uxoris eius ex parte
orientali & tenementum Willelmi Bukyngham ? trompour ex parte occi-
dentali; habendum & tenendum predicto R. & heredibus suis ac suis
assignatis de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per servicia inde debita
& de iure consueta in perpetuum. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius
[&c. sealing]; hiis testibus, Iohanne de Stodle tunc maiore ville Oxonie,
Roberto Croidone & Gilberto Attewode tunc ballivis eiusdem ville,
Iohanne de sancta Frideswida, Roberto Mauncel, Henrico de Malmes-
198 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 17. 2
Jan. 3,
1362
bury, Iohanne de Olneye, Iohanne de Langrisshe, Nicholao de Forst-
hulle, Hugone de Yeftele, Iohanne de Blaxhale, Iohanne de Norhamptone
clerico & aliis. Dať' apud Oxoniam die dominica in festo Annuncia-
cionis beate Marie Virginis anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post con-
questum Anglie tricesimo secundo & Francie decimo nono,
336.
[The will of Richard Brampton.]
In dei nomine Amen. Die lune proxima post festum sancti
Iohannis apostoli & evangeliste anno domini MCCc sexagesimo secundo
ego Ricardus Bramptone carnifex de Oxonia compos mentis & bone
memorie condo testamentum in hunc modum. In primis lego deo
animam meam & corpus meum ad sepeliendum in portica ecclesie
Omnium Sanctorum; item lego ad sustentacionem & reparacionem
eiusdem portice ii s. pro sepultura habenda; item lego summo altari
eiusdem ecclesie pro decimis & oblacionibus dimissis & oblitis
vi s. viii d.; item capellano parochiali xii d.; item clerico parochiali
vi d.; item lego Agneti matri mee unam marcam; item lego Iohanni
Aukelande dimidiam marcam, unam tunicam brevem & unam tunicam
viridis coloris cum capucio eiusdem coloris, unam togam duplicem
meliorem & unam tunicam cum capucio eiusdem coloris; item lego
ad distribuendum pauperibus in die sepulture mee x s.; item lego
quatuor ordinibus fratrum mendicancium in villa Oxonie per equales
porciones x s.; item lego & do Amisie uxori mee omnia tenementa
mea in parochia sancti Michaelis ad portam australem Oxonie situata
infra portam & extra, habenda & tenenda dicta tenementa cùm
pertinenciis prefate Amisie ad terminum vite ipsius Amisie de capi-
talibus dominis feodi illius per servicia inde debita & de iure consueta,
et post decessum dicte Amisie uxoris mee & liberorum meorum
predicta tenementa remaneant monasterio Osneye, habenda & tenenda
dicta tenementa cum pertinenciis prefato monasterio de capitalibus
dominis per servicia inde debita & de iure consueta in perpetuum ad
celebranda diuina pro anima mea & anima uxoris mee in perpetuum ;
item lego uni capellano celebraturo pro anima mea per annum
quinque marcas; item lego domino Willelmo rectori ecclesie sancti
Martini ii s.; residuum vero bonorum meorum non legatorum,
deductis expensis funeralibus & debitis solutis, lego & do Amisie uxori
mee. Ad hoc testamentum fideliter exequendum executores meos
VIII. ST. MICHAEL'S SOUTH
199
ordino & constituo Amisiam uxorem meam & Iohannem Aukeland.
In testimonium omnium premissorum huic testamento sigillum meum
apposui. Dat' Oxonie die & anno domini supradictis.
Endorsed. Probatum fuit presens testamentum in ecclesia Omnium
Sanctorum coram nobis Iohanne de Stanesby, rectore ecclesie de
Potenham, sequestratore venerabilis viri domini Antonii de Goldes-
borghe, precentoris ecclesie Lincolniensis & officialis eiusdem, sede
Lincolniensi vacante, in hac parte legitime deputato, tercio die mensis
Octobris anno domini MCCCLXII, ac pronunciatum legitime pro eodem,
commissaque est administracio omnium bonorum defuncti infra-
scripti infra iurisdiccionem nostram existencium Amisie uxori
eiusdem defuncti & Iohanni Aukeland tunc coram nobis presentibus &
legitime iuratis in forma iuris, presentibus magistris Iohanne Treworgy,
Iohanne Hymberford, Waltero Seriaunt & Iohanne Purye & aliis:
་
Die Veneris in festo apostolorum Symonis & Jude anno regni regis
Edwardi tercii post conquestum tricesimo sexto probatum fuit istud
testamentum coram Ricardo de Wodehay maiore ville Oxonie & aliis
fidedignis tunc ibidem presentibus per sacramentum & testimonium
Iohannis de Mustertone & Rogeri de Bolton testium super isto testa-
mento examinatorum & in omnibus concordancium, propter quod
pronunciatum est pro eodem testamento tanquam legitime probato
& seisinam tenementorum in eo legatorum legatariis infranominatis
adiudicata est & concessa. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum officii
maioratus Oxonie presentibus est appensum. Dat' apud Oxoniam
die & anno supradictis.¹
337.
[Robert Whittele and Amicia his wife grant a messuage
to John de Musterton.]
2
Mar. 7,
1374
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Robertus Whittele de Oxonia B. 17. 3
& Amicia uxor eius dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti carta nostra
confirmavimus Iohanni de Mustertone bocher de Oxonia unum mesua-
gium cum suis pert. in suburbio Oxonie in parochia sancti Michaelis
ad portam australem, situatum subtus murum ville predicte inter
tenementum quod tenuit Iohannes Langrisshe ex parte orientali &
¹ The only seal attached to the deed
is the seal of the mayor, the ox facing
to the right; but the seal of John de
Stanesby was evidently at one time
stamped on the back of the deed.
2 Probably the widow of Richard
Brampton.
200 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 17. 4
Apr. 2,
1381
B. 17. 5
Aug. 8,
1383
tenementum Thome Baret ex parte occidentali; habendum & tenen-
dum prefato I. & heredibus suis ac suis assignatis de capitalibus
dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta
imperpetuum. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis
testibus, Willelmo Codeshale tunc maiore ville Oxonie, Willelmo
Bergeueny, & Ricardo Mercer tunc ballivis eiusdem, Iohanne de
Hertwelle, Willelmo Northerne, Iohanne Gibbes, Iohanne de Wynde-
sore, Hugone de Yiftele, Iohanne Groue & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam
septimo die Marcii anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum
Anglie quadragesimo octavo.
338.
[John Ledekyn grants the messuage to John Beaule.]
}
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes Ledekyn bocher de
Oxonia dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmavi Iohanni
Beaule taillour de Oxonia unum mesuagium cum suis pert. situatum
in suburbio Oxonie in parochia sancti Michaelis ad portam australem
subtus murum ville predicte inter tenementum Willelmi Codeshale
quod fuit Iohannis Langrisshe ex parte orientali & tenementum
Thome Baret spicer ex parte occidentali, quod quidem mesuagium
cum pert. suis nuper habui ex dono & feoffamento Iohannis de
Mustertone bocher de Oxonia; habendum & tenendum prefato I.
Beaule & heredibus suis ac suis assignatis de capitalibus dominis
feodi illius per servicia inde debita & de iure consueta in perpetuum.
Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Willelmo
Dagville tunc maiore ville Oxonie, Ada de la Ryvere & Waltero
Wycombe tunc ballivis eiusdem, Iohanne Gibbes, Willelmo Codeshale,
Willelmo Northerne, Ricardo Garstone aldermannis, Iohanne Pirye,
Edmundo Kenyan, Waltero Benham, Reginaldo le Tanner, Iohanne
Grom bocher & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam secundo die Aprilis anno
regni regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum Anglie quarto.
339.
[Alan Lekenesfeld quitclaims to John Beaule.]
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit
Alanus Lekenesfeld mercer de Oxonia & Katerina uxor eius salutem
in domino. Noveritis nos remisisse, relaxasse & omnino pro nobis
VIII. ST. MICHAEL'S SOUTH
201
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& heredibus nostris imperpetuum quietum clamasse Iohanni Beaule
cissori de Oxonia & heredibus suis totum ius nostrum & clameum
que habuimus, habemus seu quovismodo in futurum habere poterimus
in quodam mesuagio cum suis pert. situato in parochia sancti Michaelis
ad portam australem subtus murum ville predicte inter tenementum
quondam Willelmi Codeshale ex parte orientali & tenementum Thome
Baret ex parte occidentali, quod quidem mesuagium habuimus ex
feoffamento predicti Iohannis, prout in carta sua nobis inde confecta
plenius continetur; ita quod nec nos [&c.]. In cuius [&c. sealing],
hiis testibus, Ricardo Garstone tunc maiore ville Oxonie, Iohanne
Ocle, & Henrico Tewe tunc ballivis eiusdem ville, Willelmo Codeshale,
Iohanne Gybbes, Willelmo Dagville & Iohanne Hyckes tunc alderman-
nis & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam vicesimo octavo die mensis Augusti
anno regni regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum Anglie quinto.¹
340.
[John Clyfford grants the messuage to Thomas Merton.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Iohannes Clyfford de Oxonia B. 17. 6
tayllour & Alicia uxor mea dedimus, concessimus & hac
2
pre-
senti carta nostra confirmavimus Thome Merton alias dicto Thome
Palmere de Oxonia carnifici & Margarete uxori eius totum illud
mesuagium nostrum cum pertinenciis situatum in suburbio extra
portam australem Oxonie in parochia sancti Michaelis ad portam
australem subtus murum ville inter tenementum Willelmi Swan-
bourne quod quondam erat Willelmi Codeshale ex parte orientali
& tenementum Iohannis Moretone quod quondam erat Thome Barete
ex parte occidentali; habendum & tenendum dictum mesuagium cum
curtilagio adiacente & omnibus aliis pert. prefatis Thome & Margarete
& heredibus ac assignatis ipsius Thome de capitalibus dominis feodi.
illius per servicia inde debita & de iure consueta imperpetuum. Et nos
[&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne Sprunt
maiore ville Oxonie, Iohanne Shawe & Ricardo Moldeworth ballivis
eiusdem ville, Ricardo de Garstone, Iohanne Merstone, Edmundo de
Kynyan, Waltero Daundeseye aldremannis, Iohanne Spycer, Waltero
Benham, Thoma Chauntre, Willelmo Somersete, Nicholao Norton
clerico & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam octavo die Marcii anno regni regis
Henrici quarti post conquestum Anglie decimo.2
1 The names of the mayor and bailiffs
prove that 'septimo ' is meant and that
the date is 1383 not 1381.
2 For the subsequent history of this
tenement until it became the property
of Balliol see 312-14.
Mar. 8,
1409
202 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 15. I
B. 15. 2
B. 15. 3
B. 15. 4
B. 15. 5.
341.
<
June 28, 1553; a lease by the College to Richard Wryght, brewer,
of a tenement in the parish of St. Aldys', abutting upon a tene-
ment of the parishioners of 'St. Aldy's' on the east now in the tenure
of Nicholas Paget, and on a tenement of 'Maister Hethe' on the
west now in the tenure of John Cumber, upon the 'open street'
on the north, and 'on the south syde towards the water and ryver of
Temmes' with the yard belonging to the same; for 21 years; rent 9s.;
the College to supply such tymber, slatte, borde, lathe and naylle as
shall be necessary for repairs. Contemporary endorsement Land in (?)
Boteler lane (?)'.
Nov. 5, 16 Eliz. [1574]; a
Balliol, Mr. Smith being E.,
342.
lease to John Wilson, M.A., fellow of
Nooke W.; 40 years; rent 9s.
343.
June 18, 31 Eliz. [1589]; a lease to Thomas Smith, gent., said
Thomas Smith E., widow Tomson now John Wydon laborer W.; 40
years, rent 9s.
344.
Sept. 29, 12 Jac. I [1614]; a lease to Oliver Smith, gent., said
Oliver Smyth E., Mr. William Dewey W., now in the occupation of
Thomas Wygon, labourer; the College tenement is in the occupation
of Thomas Brooks; 40 years; rent 9s.
345.
Sept. 8, 1649; a lease to Oliver Smith and Anne his wife; on E.
a tenement of the parish of St. Aldate in the tenure of Oliver Smith,
W. is Edward Carpenter Esq.; 40 years; rent 9s.
B. 15. 6
The counterpart.
B. 15. 7
B. 15. 8
346.
Nov. 20, 13 Car. II [1661]; a lease to Thomas Tipping & Francis
Heywood, beerbrewers, of a tenement bounded N. by a 'lane commonly
called Steyne (sic) Lane', E. a tenement of St. Aldate's parish in the
tenure of Tipping and Heywood, W. John White, gent.; 40 years;
rent 9s.
The counterpart.
VIII. ST. MICHAEL'S SOUTH
203
347.
Jan. 25, 27 Car. II, 167; lease renewed; bounds and rent as B. 15. 9
before.
348.
Mar. 20, 3 Will. & Mary, 1699; a lease to William Tipping, beer B. 15. 10
brewer; William Tipping holding of the parish of St. Aldate E.,
C
Richard Carter, brewer W., Sleyne Lane' N.; 40 years; rent 9s.
The counterpart.
349.
B. 15. II
Sept. 30, 1714; a lease to Catherine Tipping & Elizabeth Tipping, B. 15. 12
daughters and 'executrixes' of William Tipping, of a messuage and
strip of ground and a stable thereupon lately built; bounds and rent
as before.
350.
Mar. 26, 31 Geo. II, 1758; a lease to John Smith, mercer, and B. 15. 13
Mary his wife, executrix and formerly wife of Francis Whitney, malster ;
a house occupied by Charles Moore brewer, late Francis Whitney E.,
late George Smith gent., now Henry Drought brewer W., Sleyne Lane
N.; 40 years; rent 9s.
35I.
July 1, 1789; a lease to Mary Drought, spinster; said Mary Drought B. 15. 14
being E. & W.; 217 ft. long, 14 ft. wide; 40 years; rent 9s.
352.
March, 1829. It is part of a malthouse and part of a brewhouse. B. 11. 27
It is in the occupation of Mr. Micklem and is worth £18 a year.
353.
Oct., 1864. Property of the College in Brewers Street in the occupa- B. II. 27
tion of Messrs. Hall and Taylor, formerly a malthouse, malt shed,
brewhouse and storehouse, but the malthouse is now a carpenter's shed,
and the brewhouse and storehouse have long been removed. The
buildings are of brick and stone. It contains 10 perches. It is
204 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 17. 7
1238
estimated to be worth £24 a year. Freehold property of Mr. [blank]
adjoins it on both sides.¹
354.
[Henry III confirms some purchases of Isabella de Bolebec.]
Henricus dei gracia rex Anglie, dominus Hibernie, dux Normannie,
Nov. 19 Aquitannie & comes Andegavie archiepiscopis, episcopis, abbatibus,
prioribus, comitibus, baronibus, iusticiariis, vicecomitibus, prepositis,
ministris & omnibus ballivis & fidelibus suis salutem. Sciatis quod
concessimus & hac carta nostra confirmavimus pro nobis & heredibus
nostris Isabelle de Bolebec comitisse Oxonie has uenditiones sub-
scriptas, uidelicet uenditionem quam Stephanus filius Henrici filii
Simeonis de Oxonia ei fecit de toto mesuagio suo cum omnibus perti-
nenciis & de toto prato suo cum omnibus pertinenciis quod iacet iuxta
predictum mesuagium in parochia sancti Michaelis Oxonie versus
partem australem; et uenditionem quam Nicholaus filius Iohannis
Rictwise, Laurentius Wunder & Alicia uxor eius ei fecerunt de toto
prato suo cum omnibus pertinènciis suis quod iacet in parochia pre-
dicta versus austrum. Quare volumus & firmiter precipimus pro nobis
& heredibus nostris quod predicta comitissa & assignati sui in per-
petuum habeant & teneant predictum mesuagium & predicta prata cum
omnibus pertinenciis suis bene & in pace, libere, quiete & honorifice
cum omnibus libertatibus & liberis consuetudinibus ad ea pertinentibus
sicut carte predictorum uenditorum quas ipsa comitissa inde habet
rationabiliter testantur; hiis testibus, W. de Raleghe thesaurario Exon',
Willelmo de Cantilupo, Galfrido Dispensario, fratre Galfrido elemosi-
nario nostro, Paulino Peyure, Galfrido de Langeleghe, Thoma de
Blancmuster & aliis. Dat' per manum nostram apud Wudestoke
decimo nono die Novembris anno regni nostri xx111.²
2
IX. A TENEMENT IN ST. MARY'S PARISH.
355-82.
In St. Mary's parish Balliol owned a shop and cellar on the south side
of High Street. It was Number 109 High Street and was sold to Oriel for
£600 in 1872, when King Edward Street was made. In 1361 John de
1 This is an error. The property
adjoining on the east side still belongs to
St. Aldate's parish.
2 With the royal seal. This con-
firmation is also found on the Charter
Rolls; see Cal. of Charter Rolls, vol. i,
P. 237. The properties were given by
the Countess of Oxford to the Black
Friars. It is not known how this deed
found its way to Balliol..
IX. A TÈNEMENT IN ST. MARY'S PARISH
205
1
Bereford gave it to the chantry of St. Mary in the church of All Saints ¹;
we learn from deed no. 356 that about 1392 it was alienated from the
chantry to Walter Bowne; in 1459 Thomas Herberfeld granted it to
George, Bishop of Exeter, together with Rack Hall, and probably it was
given by him to Balliol, although it was in the hands of feoffees until
1495 (see nos. 312-14). It measured 9 feet by 16, and consisted only of
the ground floor and cellar.
355,
[The proctors of the chantry of St. Mary in the church of
All Saints lease a shop in St. Mary's parish to John
Hakeburne,]
Nouerint uniuersi quod inter Iohannem de Hertwelle & Iohannem A. 7. 8
Pirye procuratores cantarie beate Marie in ecclesia Omnium Sanctorum May 10,
1365
Oxonie ex parte una & Iohannem Hakeburne brasiere & Iohannam
uxorem eius ex altera conuentum est in hunc modum scilicet quod
predicti procuratores ex assensu & concensu omnium fratrum cantarie
predicte concesserunt, tradiderunt & dimiserunt predictis I. & I. sub
forma & condicionibus subscriptis unam shopam cum suis pert. in
Oxonia in parochia beate Marie uirginis situatam inter tenementum
Alicie que fuit uxor Stephani de Bautre bedelli ex parte orientali &
tenementum prepositi & scolarium del Oriole ex parte occidentali;
habendam & tenendam predictam shopam cum pert. prefatis I. & I.
ad totam uitam eorundem Iohannis & Iohanne de procuratoribus &
fratribus predictis, reddendo inde annuatim eisdem procuratoribus
& fratribus & eorum successoribus durantibus quadraginta annis con-
tinue sequentibus post datam confeccionis presencium octo solidos
argenti ad quatuor anni terminos, uidelicet [Dec. 21, Mar. 25, June 24
& Sep. 29], et post eosdem quadraginta annos annuatim uiginti
solidos ad eosdem terminos si predicti I. & I. ultra dictos quadraginta
annos uixerint seu alter eorum uixerit & dictam shopam tenuere uolu-
erint uel uoluerit, pro omni seruicio ulteriori & demanda. [The tenants
will keep it in repair. The owners may distrain for the rent]. In
cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Ricardo de Wodehay tunc maiore
uille Oxonie, Willelmo de Codeshale & Galfrido de Lodewelle tunc
balliuis eiusdem uille, Iohanne de Stodle, Iohanne Bedeford, Iohanne
de Dadyntone, Iohanne de Norhamptone clerico & aliis. Dat' apud
Oxoniam decimo die Maii anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post
conquestum tricesimo nono.
¹ Liber Albus, Will no. 161.
206 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 7.9
Oct. 13,
1392
A. 7. 10
Jan. 7,
1407
356.
[Walter Bowne grants a lease of the same shop to
John Hakeburne.]
Nouerint uniuersi quod inter Walterum Bowne de Oxonia drapere
ex parte una & Iohannem Hakebourne brasiere ex parte altera con-
uentum est in hunc modum scilicet quod predictus Walterus concessit,
tradidit & dimisit predicto Iohanni sub forma & condicionibus sub-
scriptis unam shopam cum suis pert. in Oxonia in parochia beate
Marie uirginis situatam inter tenementa prepositi & scolarium del
Oriole ex utraque parte, habendam & tenendam predicto I. ad totam
uitam suam de predicto Waltero & heredibus suis, reddendo inde
annuatim predicto W., heredibus uel assignatis suis, durantibus duo-
decim annis & dimidio continue sequentibus post datam confeccionis
presencium octo solidos argenti ad quatuor anni terminos uidelicet
[Dec. 21, Mar. 25, June 24, Sep. 29] et post eosdem duodecim annos
& dimidium uiginti solidos ad eosdem terminos si predictus Iohannes
Brasiere dictos duodecim annos & dimidium superuixerit & dictam
shopam tenere voluerit pro omni seruicio ulteriori & demanda. [The
tenant will keep it in repair; the owner may distrain for the rent].
In cuius &c. sealing], hiis testibus, Thoma Somersete tunc maiore uille
Oxonie, Willelmo Palmere & Iohanne Northwode balliuis, Willelmo
Daguyle, Ricardo de Garstone aldermannis, Willelmo Gerueys clerico
& aliis. Dat' Oxonie terciodecimo die Octobris anno regni regis
Ricardi secundi post conquestum sextodecimo.
357.
[John Greene confirms the shop to John Bereford.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes Greene de Abyndone
mercator concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Iohanni Bere-
forde de Oxonia iuniori totam illam shopam meam cum celario subtus
eandem shopam que quidem shopa & celarium situantur in parochia
sancte Marie uirginis Oxonie subtus quoddam solarium tenementi
prepositi & scolarium cuiusdam collegii vocati vulgariter le Oryelle
& inter tenementa eorundem prepositi & scolarium situata in parochia
predicta ex utraque parte; habendam & tenendam predictam shopam
& celarium cum omnibus pert. suis prefato I. Bereford & heredibus
suis ac assignatis suis integre, libere, & in pace de capitalibus dominis
IX. A TENEMENT IN ST. MARY'S PARISH 207
feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta imperpetuum.
In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne Sprunt maiore ville Oxonie,
Iohanne Spycere & Iohanne Lodelowe balliuis, Ricardo de Garstone,
Iohanne Merstone, Edmundo de Kenyan, Waltero Daundeseye alder-
mannis, Iohanne Bereforde seniore, Waltero Colete, Iohanne Haseleye,
Nicholao Nortone clerico & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam septimo die
Ianuarii anno regni regis Henrici quarti post conquestum Anglie octauo.
358.
[John Horne, vicar of St. Mary's, quitclaims the shop to
John Bereford.]
Nouerint uniuersi per presentes me Iohannem Horne¹ cleri-
cum uicarium ecclesie sancte Marie uirginis Oxonie remisisse &
relaxasse ac omnino pro me, heredibus & assignatis meis imper-
petuum quietum clamasse Iohanni Bereforde de Oxonia carnifici,
heredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum totum ius meum &
clamium que habeo, habui seu quouismodo in futurum habere potero
in una shopa cum celario subtus eandem shopam edificato situata in
parochia sancte Marie uirginis Oxonie inter tenementa prepositi &
scolarium collegii beate Marie vulgariter nuncupati le Oryelle in
Oxonia ex utraque parte; ita quod nec ego [&c.]; in cuius [&c.
sealing], hiis testibus, Waltero Daundesey maiore ville Oxonie, Willelmo
Huchons & Iohanne North balliuis eiusdem, Iohanne Sprunt, Thoma
Gibbys & Willelmo Bromptone aldermannis, Michaele Nortone clerico
& aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam tercio die Aprilis anno regni regis
Henrici quinti post conquestum Anglie quinto.
359.
A. 7. 11
April 3,
1417
June 28, 31 Eliz. [1589]; a lease of Edmund Lyllye, D.D., master of A. 9. 17
Balliol and the fellows to Thomas Gryme one of the 'yeomen bedelles
of the University' of a seller with shop over the same in St. Mary's
parish between a tenement of Oriel late in the tenure of Alderman
Todde deceased, now of the said Thomas Gryme on the west, and a
tenement of Oriel in the tenure of Garbrand Harkes on the east; for
40 years; rent 8s.
360.
Dec. 31, 16 Jac. I, 1618; a lease to William Gough, tailor, of a A. 9. 18
'seller' with a shop over the same in the parish of St. Mary between
1 This vicar is not given in Wood's City of Oxford, iii. 90.`
208 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
a tenement of Oriel now or late in the tenure of Mrs. Crosseley,
widow W., and a tenement of Oriel now or late in the tenure of
Mrs. Garbrand, widow E.; for 40 years; rent 8s,
A. 9. 19
The counterpart.
A. 9. 20
361,
Dec. 31, 18 Car. I [1642]; a lease to Henry Cripps, stationer; the
said Henry is W. and Toby Garbrand E.; the 'seller' measures 16 ft.
N. to S., and 8 ft. E. to W., the shop 16 ft. N. to S., and 9 ft. E. to
W.; for 21 years; rent 8s...
:
362,
June 12, 1657; a lease to Henry Cripps, stationer; same bounds
and neighbours; 21 years; 8s.
A. 9. 21
A. 9. 22
The counterpart.
363.
A. 9. 23
Jan. 18, 19 Car. II, 1667; a lease to Robert Cripps, rector of the
parish of Cuxham; late Henry Cripps W., now or late Toby Garbrand
alias Harkes E.; 21 years; rent 8s.
A. II. I
The counterpart.
A. II. 2
364.
Jan. 18, 1667; licence to Cripps to assign his lease to another.
365.
A. II. 3
Jan. 29, 34 Car. II, 1683; a lease to William Taylor, apothecary;
bounded as before; 21 years; rent 8s.
A. II. 4
366,
Nov. 19, 4 Will. & Mary, 1692; his lease is renewed; bounds as
before; 21 years; rent 8s.
367.
A. II. 5
Oct. 14, 1 Anne, 1702; a lease to Elizabeth Taylor, widow, execu-
trix of the will of William Taylor; the shop is in the occupation of

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IX. A TENEMENT IN ST. MARY'S MARY'
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PARISH
Gilbert Chandler, late Henry Cripps, between a dwelling house of
Edward Bedford, plummer W. and a tenement in the occupation of
William Pufford, coffeeman E.; 21 years; rent 8s.
The counterpart.
368.
A. 11. 6
Oct. 14, 11 Anne, 1712; a lease to James Almont, gent. and A. 11. 7
Elizabeth Whateley, widow, executors of the will of Elizabeth Taylor;
the shop is now in the occupation of Joseph Frogley, joiner, between
the same neighbours; 21 years; rent 8s.
The counterpart.
369.
Oct. 14, 1712; licence to them to alienate their lease.
370.
A. II. 8
A. II. 9
Nov. 12, 1722; the College renews their lease; it is now in the A. II. IO
tenure of Richard Widdrington, painter, between a house now or
late of John Maulden milliner W. and a tenement now or late in the
occupation of widow Pufford E.; 21 years; rent 8s.
39
371.
Feb. 14, 13 Geo. II, 1788; a lease to Charles May, chandler, and A. II. II
William Cully, brewer, in trust for Elizabeth, Catherine, Sarah,
Thomas, and Constance children of Thomas Whately late of the city
of Oxford, milliner, and Catherine his wife, both deceased; the shop
is now in the tenure of Benjamin Terrill, cook; neighbours as before;
21 years; rent 8s.
372.
Oct. 13, 1747; a lease to Charles May, chandler, and William A. 11. 12
Cully, brewer; in trust for Elizabeth, Catherine, Sarah (now the wife
of Charles Deverill), Thomas, and Constance Whately; rest as
before; 21 years; rent 8s.
373.
Dec. 17, 1754; a lease to Elizabeth Whately, Sarah Whately, and A. 11. 13
Constance Whately (spinsters); rest as before; 21 years; rent 8s.
The counterpart.
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A. II. 15
A. II. 16
374.
Oct. 18, 1769; a lease to John Wyatt, carpenter; rest as before ;
21 years; rent 8s.
The counterpart.
A. II. 17
375.
July 18, 1783; a lease to Thomas Pasco, druggist; it is in the
occupation of the said Thomas; 21 years; rent £1 48.
A. II. 18
The counterpart.
A. II. 19
376.
Dec. 10, 31 Geo. III, 1790; his lease is renewed; James Costan
grocer is W., William Jones, silversmith, is E.; 21 years; rent £1 45.
377.
A. II. 20
Jan. 11, 37 Geo. III, 1797; his lease is renewed; Blunt, breeches-
maker, is E.; 21 years; rent £1 45.
A. II. 21
The counterpart.
A. 11. 22
378.
July 21, 1804; his lease is renewed; widow Jones is E.; 40 years;
rent £1 4s.
A. II. 23
The counterpart.
A. II. 24
A II. 25
A. II. 26
379.
Jan. 27, 60 Geo. III, 1820; a lease to James Hunt, druggist;
Thomas Slatter, tailor, is E.; for 40 years from Oct. 10, 1817; rent
£1 45.; and also Is. yearly for the two receipts or acquittances.
The counterpart.
380.
Jan. 31, 1832; a lease to Robert Sherwood Hartin, linendraper,
late of Oxford, now of Worcester; the shop is now in the tenure of
John Edwards; neighbours as before; 40 years from Oct. 10, 1831;
rent £1 4s. and 1s.

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Showing the shop which belonged to Balliol
IX. A TENEMENT IN ST. MARY'S PARISH 21I
381.
[A valuation of the property, probably in 1846, with
a view to a fine.]
An estate belonging to Balliol Coll. being part of a
shop and cellar [parish not mentioned] valued at
Reserved rent and acquittance
Clear value
Three quarters of ditto.
Amount of fine
£
S.
d.
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382.
C. Neate of Oriel College writes, Dec. 4, 1846, that 'on the
question of renewing the lease of the property which Oriel holds
under Balliol' the College wished to know whether Balliol was
inclined to sell the freehold; this Balliol may do under an Act for the
improvement of the roads, of which Act Neate sends a copy.
R. Jenkyns writes from Balliol to the Bursar of Oriel on Dec. ´8,
that at a College meeting it was decided not to sell the freehold;
though they were fully aware that they had the power of sale under
that Act.
X. TENEMENTS IN THE PARISH OF ST. MARY
MAGDALEN.
383-432.
In the parish of St. Mary Magdalen Balliol owned two properties on
the west side of St. Giles's Street, which were sold to Worcester College in
1804 for the sum of £380; one of them is now no. 65 St. Giles's, the
other was on the site of the Taylorian. The former seems to have been
given to Balliol by Abdy and Rede in 1454, although the College was not
enfeoffed until 1456 (see nos. 389 and 391); the latter can be traced to
the year 1459 when it passed into the hands of George Neville, bishop of
Exeter, a well-known benefactor of the College.
Worcester College, when it purchased these properties from Balliol, had
also to buy the residue of the leases from the tenants, so that £380 does
not represent the whole cost of them. In 1838 it sold to the University
for £4550 a site for the Taylorian of which more than a third was repre-
sented by one of the two tenements that had been acquired from Balliol.
In the deed of sale it is described as two messuages facing the street and
three cottages in the yard behind.
P 2
212
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 1. 73
1405
The accompanying plan is made partly from the Ordnance Survey and
partly from a plan of the site which was issued in 1839 to the Architects
who supplied designs for the Taylorian Buildings.
1. No. 65 ST. GILES'S. 383-405.
383.
[Gilbert Burton grants to John Bushe a lease of a toft
for a hundred years.]
Hec indentura facta inter Gilbertum Burtone ex parte una &
Feb. 24, Iohannem Busshe ex parte altera testatur quod predictus Gilbertus
concessit & ad firmam dimisit prefato Iohanni Busshe unum toftum
situatum in parochia beate Marie Magdalene extra portam borialem
ville Oxonie inter vacuam placeam ecclesie predicte ex parte australi
et shopam ac vacuam paruam parcellam terre predicti Gilberti ex parte
boriali, que quidem toftum & gardinum se extendunt a via regia ex parte
orientali usque ad murum fratrum Carmelitarum ex parte occidentali ;
habendum & tenendum predictum toftum & gardinum cum clausuris &
pertinenciis suis prefato Iohanni Busshe et assignatis suis a die dat'
presencium usque ad finem termini centum annorum proximiorum
sequencium & plenarie completorum post datam presencium pro decem
marcis pre manibus solutis, ac eciam reddendo inde annuatim pre-
dicto Gilberto, heredibus seu assignatis suis unam rosam rubiam ad
festum Natiuitatis sancti Iohannis Baptiste. Et predictus Gilbertus
[&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Edmundo Kenyan
tunc maiore ville Oxonie, Willelmo Bromptone & Willelmo Offord
tunc balliuis eiusdem ville, Ricardo Garstone, Iohanne Shawe seniore,
Iohanne Merstone et Iohanne Spront tunc aldermannis, Iohanne
Berforde bocher, Iohanne Lodlowe, Waltero Benham, Willelmo Ir-.
monger, Ricardo Dyer, Willelmo Duke, Willelmo Reuelle, Thoma
Hokyn, Ricardo atte Seler, Iohanne Hunche, Willelmo Baker, Iohanne
Teyntone, Ricardo Howdene & multis aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam
die & festo sancti Mathie apostoli anno regni regis Henrici quarti post
conquestum Anglie sexto.¹
1 With the seal of the mayor; an ox
facing to the right. Endorsed Pro
tenemento ex opposito alborum mona-
chorum collegii.' In Wood's hand
'Ball's house'; but Wood was mis-
taken; Ball's house was not this tene-
ment, but on the site of the Taylorian:
see no. 417. It is obvious that deeds
383-93 are all about one tenement, and
we know that they must refer to the
more northern of the two Balliol tene-
ments, because we learn from the rolls
of Oseney abbey that Gilbert Burton,
subsequently Balliol College, paid to
Oseney a quitrent for a house which we
are told by Oseney records was to the
north of no. 70 St. Giles's Street.

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THE SITE OF THE ASHMOLEAN
X. TENEMENTS IN ST. MARY MAGDALEN
213
384.
[Gilbert Burton quitclaims the property to John Bushe.]
1405
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit Gil- B. 1. 74
bertus Burtone salutem in domino sempiternam. Nouerit uniuersitas Sept. 25,
uestra me remisisse, relaxasse & omnino pro me, heredibus et executori-
bus meis quietum clamasse Iohanni Busshe totum ius & clameum que
habeo, habui vel aliquo modo in futurum habere potero in quodam
tenemento in parochia beate Marie Magdalene situato inter vacuam
placeam ecclesie predicte ex parte australi ex una parte et shopam ac
vacuam paruam parcellam terre predicti Gilberti ex parte boriali ex
altera parte, quod quidem tenementum cum gardino se extendunt a
via regia ex parte orientali usque ad murum fratrum Carmelitarum ex
parte occidentali; ita uero [&c.]: et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius
[&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Willelmo Reuelle, Thoma Hokyn, Iohanne
Hunche, Willelmo Cooke, Ricardo Howdene et multis aliis. Dat'
in hundredo extra portam borialem ville Oxonie die Veneris proxima
ante festum sancti Michaelis archangeli anno regni regis Henrici
quarti post conquestum Anglie sexto."
385.
[Ralf Bushe grants the tenement to John Felton.]
1433
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Radulphus Busshe filius Iohannis B. 1. 75
Busshe dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui domino June 5,
Iohanni Feltone vicario ecclesie sancte Marie Magdalene in hundredo
siue suburbio extra portam borialem Oxonie unum tenementum cum
gardino adiacente in hundredo predicto in parochia sancte Marie Mag-
dalene situatum inter tenementum Thome Suareston quondam Gilberti
Burtone ex parte boriali & tenementum capelle beate Marie Virginis
in ecclesia sancte Marie Magdalene predicte ex parte australi; haben-
dum [&c.] prefato domino I., heredibus & assignatis suis in perpetuum
de capitalibus dominis [&c.]. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c.
sealing], hiis testibus, Willelmo Herberfeld maiore ville Oxonie,
Iohanne Estbur' & Iohanne Michelle balliuis eiusdem ville, Willelmo
Bramptone, Thoma Couentre, Thoma Daggevyle, Iohanne North
1 Endorsed in Wood's hand 'the
house where William Ball, yeoman
bedle, liveth': but see the previous
note.
214 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 1. 76
Jan. 14,
1434
B. I. 77
aldremannis, Iohanne Bailly balliuo hundredi predicti, Michaele Nortone
clerico & aliis. Dat' in eodem hundredo quinto die Iunii anno regni
regis Henrici sexti post conquestum undecimo.¹
386.
[John Felton grants the tenement to William Havilde
and Joan his wife.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes Feltone vicarius ecclesie
parochialis sancte Marie Magdalene Oxonie in hundredo siue suburbio
extra portam borialem dedi, concessi et hac presenti carta mea confir-
maui Willelmo Havilde alias Whatley et Iohanne uxori dicti Willelmi
unum tenementum cum gardino adiacente in hundredo predicto in
parochia sancte Marie Magdalene [&c. as in no. 385] australi;
habendum [&c.] prefatis W. & I., heredibus & eorum assignatis imper-
petuum de capitalibus dominis [&c.]; et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius
[&c. sealing], hiis testibus, magistro Nicholao Antewicelle utriusque
iuris bacallario, Iohanne Qwarham, Stephano Braywelle, Iohanne
Havilde alias Whatley, Iohanne Blakethorne, Thoma Adee, Ricardo
Hauvelle (? Haubelle), Willelmo Kingeslay, Henrico Barwyke, Thoma
Ward et Ricardo Attebelle et aliis. Dat' in eodem hundredo decimo
quarto die mensis Ianuarii anno regni regis Henrici sexti post con-
questum duodecimo.
387.
[William Havilde and his wife grant the tenement to
Stephen Braywell.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Willelmus Hawfeld, alias dictus
Sept. 29, Whatley de Oxonia, & Iohanna uxor mea dedimus, concessimus & hac
1448
presenti carta nostra confirmauimus Stephano Braywelle de Oxonia
unum tenementum cum gardino adiacente [&c. as in no. 385] australi;
habendum [&c.] prefato S., heredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum
de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure con-
sueta. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus,
Iohanne Blakethorne, Henrico Berwyke, Willelmo Teyntone, Thoma
1 With the mayor's seal, the ox facing
the left. Endorsed. Ista carta recognita
fuit coram maiore & balliuis infrascriptis,
et sic irrotulatur in curia domini regis
Oxonie tenta ibidem die Veneris proxima
post festum sancti Kalixti martiris anno
xiimo regis infrascripti, uidelicet in rotulo
dicti anni xiimi. In a late hand 'Days
house'; see 397-9.
X. TENEMENTS IN ST. MARY MAGDALEN
215
Perkyns & Iohanne Aylewin balliuo ibidem & multis aliis. Dat' apud
hundredum predictum penultimo die Septembris anno regni regis
Henrici sexti post conquestum Anglie uicesimo septimo.
388.
[Release & quitclaim of the same tenement by the same parties to B. 1. 78
Stephen Braywell; same witnesses]; dať' apud hundredum predictum Oct. 8,
octauo die Octobris anno regni regis Henrici sexti post conquestum
Anglie uicesimo septimo.
389.
William Prede and Robert Abdy enfeoff certain trustees.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Willelmus Prede & Robertus
Abdye de Oxonia clerici dimisimus, feoffauimus & hac presenti carta
nostra confirmauimus Roberto Thwatys, Thome Worthington, Roberto
Norman, Iohanni Free, Ricardo Redman de Oxonia clericis unum
tenementum cum gardino [&c. as in no. 385] australi; quod quidem
tenementum nuper habuimus ex dono & feoffamento Stephani Bray-
welle; habendum [&c.] prefatis R., T., R., I., et R., heredibus &
assignatis suis imperpetuum de capitalibus dominis [&c.]; in cuius [&c.
sealing], hiis testibus, [as in no. 390]; dať' apud hundredum predictum
decimo die Octobris anno regni regis Henrici sexti post conquestum
tricesimo tercio.
390.
[Stephen Braywell quitclaims to the same trustees.]
1448
B. 1. 80
Oct. 10,
1454
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit B. 1. 79
Stephanus Braywelle de Oxonia salutem in domino. Noueritis me Oct. 18,
predictum Stephanum remisisse, relaxasse & omnino pro me & here- 1454
dibus meis imperpetuum quietum clamasse Roberto Thwatys, Thome
Worthyngtone, Roberto Norman, Iohanni Fre, Ricardo Redman clericis
totum ius, clameum & titulum meum quod umquam habui, habeo seu
in futurum habere potero de et in uno tenemento cum gardino adiacente
[&c. as in no. 385] australi; ita quod nec ego [&c.]; et ego
[&c. warranty]; in cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne Balymason,
Iohanne Paage, Willelmo Tayntone, Iohanne Hunche, Roberto Pal-
merre et multis aliis. Dat' apud hundredum predictum decimo octauo
die Octobris anno regni regis Henrici sexti post conquestum tricesimo
tercio.
216
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 1. 82
Sept. 7,
1456
B. 1. 81
Oct. 10,
1456
B. 1. 85
391.
[The trustees enfeoff the master and scholars of Balliol.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Robertus Thwaytes, Thomas
Worthyngton, Robertus Norman, Iohannes Free & Ricardus Redman
de Oxonia clerici dimisimus, feoffauimus & hac presenti carta nostra
confirmauimus magistro & scolaribus domus aule siue collegii de
Balliolo in suburbio extra portam borialem Oxonie & successoribus
suis unum tenementum cum gardino [&c. as in no. 385] australi;
quod quidem tenementum nuper habuimus ex dono et feoffamento
Willelmi Rede & Roberti Abdy clericorum; habendum [&c.] prefatis
magistro & scolaribus et successoribus suis imperpetuum de capitalibus
dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta. In
cuius [&c. sealing]; hiis testibus, Ricardo Spragot, Roberto Atwode,
Benedicto Stokys & Willelmo Kylbeke bedellis de Oxonia, et aliis.
Dat' septimo die Septembris anno regni regis Henrici sexti post
conquestum Anglie tricesimo quinto.
392.
[Release & quitclaim of the same tenement by the same parties];
hiis testibus, Ricardo Spragot, Roberto Atwode, Iohanne Clerke,
Willelmo Kylbeke & Willelmo Man' bedelli's de Oxonia & aliis.
Dat' decimo die Octobris anno regni regis Henrici sexti post con-
questum Anglie tricesimo quinto.
393.
[Randulf Derluff grants the tenement to two clerks.]
Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego Randulphus Derluff clericus
Mar. 20, dedi, consessi et hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Richardo [sic] Ber-
1502
nyngham et Roberto Lake clericis totum illud tenementum cum
gardino situatum in suburbio siue hundredo extra portam borialem
inter tenementum Thome Swarestone et quondam Gilberti Burtone
ex parte boriali & tenementum capelle beate Marie virginis in ecclesia
beate Marie Magdalene ex parte australi, quod quidem tenementum
nuper habui ex dono & feoffamento Roberti Abdy nuper magistri
collegii de Balliolo; habendum [&c.] prefatis R. & R. et assignatis
suis imperpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde
debita & de iure consueta. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c.
X. TENEMENTS IN ST. MARY MAGDALEN
217
sealing], dat' apud hundredum predictum uicesimo die mensis Marcii
anno regni regis Henrici septimi post conquestum Anglie decimo
septimo.
394.
June 13, 10 Eliz. [1568]; a lease to Richard Whytt, now cooke of B. 3. 39
the College, and Elizabeth his wife of a tenement and garden in the parish
of St. Mary Magdalen between a tenement of Roger Huett S. and
a tenement in the tenure of John C...
mason N., street E., ground
of St. John's College W.; for 40 years; rent 13s. 4d.
395.
Apr. 18, 43 Eliz. [1601]; a lease to Leonard Maior, musitian, and B. 3. 40
Elizabeth his wife of the city of Oxford'; on the S. a tenement of
William Prickett and a garden of William Mundey, a tenement in the
tenure of Richard Needle N., ground of St. John's Coll. W., the
road E.; for 40 years; rent 13s. 4d.
396.
Nov. 6, 20 Jac. I [1622]; a lease to Thomas Wyands, cordwainer; B. 3. 41
a tenement of Robert Butler and a garden of William Munday S.,
Richard Needle N.; 40 years; rent 13s. 4d.
The counterpart.
397.
B. 3. 42
Mar. 22, 1627; a lease to Nicholas Day, whitebaker, neighbours B. 3. 43
as before; 40 years; rent 13s. 4d.
398.
Sept. 12, 1649; his lease is renewed; neighbours as before; B. 3. 44
40 years; 13s. 4d.
399.
Dec. 18, 1663; a lease to Richard Day, whitebaker; neighbours B. 3. 45
as before; 40 years; 13s. 4d.
The counterpart.
B. 3. 46
218 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL'.COLLEGE
B. 3. 47
B. 3. 48
400.
Mar. 3, 169; a lease to William Ford of Newcastle-under-Lyme,
clerk; a tenement now or late in the tenure of William Wildgoose S.
and a garden now or late in the tenure of Thomas Annison, cooke,
on N. a tenement now or late in the tenure of Edward Spencer and
the Quakers; 40 years; rent 13s. 4d.
401.
Oct. 9, 1708; a lease to Jeremiah Franklin, carpenter, of a tene-
ment late held by Richard Ford, clerk; Mary Fletcher is N.; 40
years; rent 13s. 4d.
B. 3. 49
The counterpart.
B. 3. 50
402.
Mar. 1, 1737, 11 Geo. II; a lease to Jeremiah Franklin; on the
S. is the tenement now or late in the tenure of John Wright Esq.,
and a garden late in the tenure of widow Annison, on N. a tenement
late in the tenure of Mary Fletcher and the Quakers' meeting house;
40 years; rent 13s. 4d.
B. 3. 51
The counterpart.
403.
Jan. 6, 25 Geo. II, 175; a lease to Catharine Franklin, widow;
neighbours as before; 40 years; 13s. 4d.
B. 3. 52
B. 3. 53
The counterpart.
B. 3. 54
404.
June 2, 1769; a lease to Henry Keene Esq., of Ealing, Middlesex ;
S. is a tenement and garden in the tenure of Thomas Lucas, N. the
Quakers' meeting house and a tenement and garden in the tenure of
Major Hargreave; 40 years; 13s. 4d.
B. 3. 55
405.
July 24, 1777; a lease to Elizabeth Bentham, widow; neighbours
as before; 40 years; 13s. 4d.
B. 3. 56
The counterpart.

LITTLE CLARENDON ST.
BEAUMONT.
Tenements of
Balliol in
Northgate Hundred
ST. GILES
BALLIOL
as in 1913
FRIARS ENTRY
BOCARDO
CANDICH
X. TENEMENTS IN ST. MARY MAGDALEN 219
2. ON THE SITE OF THE TAYLORIAN. 406-29.
406.
[An agreement about houses in the parishes of St. Martin,
St. Peter le Bailey, and St. Mary Magdalen.]
1
1270
Hec est conuentio facta inter Henricum de Gamage & Agatham A. 10. I
uxorem suam ex una parte, et inter Robertum de Gamage & Aliciam Jan. 13,
filiam predicte Agathe in festo sancti Hylarii anno regni regis
[Henrici] filii regis Iohannis LIIIIo uidelicet quod predictus Henricus
& predicta Agatha ex eorum consensu tradiderunt & dimiserunt totas
terras et redditus quas habuit predicta Agatha de dono Nicholai
Scissoris patris sui in uilla Oxonie & in suburbio predicto Roberto
& predicte Alicie, scilicet domum in Sewenestuchene in parochia
sancti Petri de Ballio et duos solarios in parochia sancti Martini unum
ex parte orientali & aliwn [sic] ex parte occidentali in magno uico
Oxonie, et totum ius de selda in coruasia quam Petrus Godale
quondam tenuit a predicto Nicholao Scissore patre predicte Agathe;
et domum ex opposito aule domini regis in parochia beate Marie
Magdalene; et duos solidos et duos denarios de domo Randulfi
Pageman in parochia sancti Egidii; ita uidelicet quod predictus.
Robertus & predicta Alicia & eorum heredes uel eorum assignati
predicto Henrico & predicte Agathe uel eorum assignatis, quamdiu
uixerint, reddent annuatim LX solidos sterlingorum ad quatuor anni
terminos, scilicet ad Pascha xv solidos et ad Natiuitatem sancti Iohannis
Baptiste xv solidos et ad festum sancti Michaelis xv solidos et ad
Natale Domini xv solidos. Et si contingat quod predictus redditus
ad predictos terminos non fuerit solutus, licebit predicto Henrico.
& predicte Agathe uel eorum assignatis, quamdiu uixerint, in omnibus
predictis tenementis habere liberum introitum & exitum sine omni
impedimento & contradiccione ad distringendum & namiandum de
die in diem quousque plenarie satisfactum sit. Et si contingat quod
predictus Henricus & predicta Agatha domum in Sewenestuchene
uelint inhabitare, licebit eis sine aliqua contradictione, quamdiu
uixerint, ibidem manere pro duabus marcis quolibet anno, ita uidelicet
quod ille due marce computentur et locentur infra predictos LX solidos.
Et ut hec conuencio rata sit & stabilis predicte partes alternatim in
modum cyrographi sigilla sua apposuerunt, hiis testibus, Iohanne de
1 Not in MS.
220 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 1. 86
Mich.
1290-
Mich.
1291
Coleshulle tunc maiore Oxonie & Galfrido Aurifabro & Philippo de
Ew tunc balliuis, Nicholao de Kyngestune, Galfrido de Hengesheye,
Adam filio Walteri, Andrea de Durham, Iohanne Culuerd, Ricardo
de Cantuaria, Helya le Quilter, Henrico filio Milonis, Iohanne Filekyng
et multis aliis.¹
407.
[Richard Overhe grants a tenement to John de
Wynchindone.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Ricardus Ouerhe dedi, concessi
& hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Iohanni de Wynchindone &
Ysabelle uxori sue totum illud mesuagium cum omnibus suis perti-
nenciis quod situm est in parochia beate Marie Magdalene in suburbio
Oxonie inter terram Henrici Huwain ex parte una & terram quondam
Iohannis le Forbur ex altera sub feodo preceptoris de Couele;
habendum & tenendum de me & heredibus meis uel meis assignatis
sibi & eorum heredibus uel eorundem assignatis libere, quiete, integre,
bene & in pace in perpetuum, reddendo inde annuatim michi &
heredibus meis uel meis assignatis quatuor solidos argenti ad quatuor
terminos anni, uidelicet ad festum beati Iohannis Baptiste duodecim
denarios & ad festum sancti Michaelis duodecim denarios & ad festum
Natalis Domini duodecim denarios & ad festum beate Marie in Marcio
duodecim denarios pro omni seruicio seculari, exaccione & demanda,
saluo redditu dominis capitalibus feodi debito & consueto. Et ego
[&c. warranty]. Et predicti uero Iohannes & Ysabella uxor eius
& eorum heredes uel eorundem assignati predictum mesuagium cum
omnibus suis edificiis sustentabunt, emendabunt & reedificabunt, ita
quod nec predicti Iohannes & Ysabella nec eorum heredes nec
assignati nullum uastum neque strepementum in totum predictum
tenementum neque in arboribus crescentibus de cetero facere possint.
Pro hac autem donacione [&c.] dederunt michi predicti Iohannes
& Ysabella uiginti solidos sterlingorum pre manibus. Et ut [&c.
1 It is uncertain whether this charter
refers to any of the tenements which
passed into the hands of Balliol; but
the Hundred Rolls mention a house on
the west side of St. Giles's Street, near
or on the site of the Taylorian, which
had been sold by Henry Gamage, before
1279. The king's hall' was what
afterwards became the house of the
Carmelites. A tenement on the west
side of St. Giles's might be described as
'over against the king's hall'. The
Gamages also had a tenement on the
other side of the road near the S.W.
corner of Balliol, but this would be
over against the church', not the king's
palace.
X. TENEMENTS IN ST MARY MAGDALEN
221
}
alternate sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne de Eu tunc maiore Oxonie,
Willelmo de Wodesdone & Roberto de Wormenhale tunc balliuis
eiusdem, Henrico Ouwein, Philippo de Eu, Iohanne Culuerd,
Willelmo de Lamburne clerico & aliis.¹
1
408.
[John son of Robert the tailor grants a messuage to
John de Suttertone.]
2
1332
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes filius Roberti Scissoris B. 1. 88
dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Iohanni de Dec. 29,
Suttertone de Oxonia & Dyonisie uxori sue quoddam mesuagium ²
cum pertinenciis in suburbio & hundredo extra portam borealem
Oxonie in parochia beate Marie Magdalene situatum inter tenementum
Ricardi de Iarpunville ex parte boreali & tenementum Thome Bost
ex parte australi; habendum [&c.] prefatis I. & D. & heredibus ac
assignatis ipsius I. libere, integre, bene & in pace in perpetuum de
capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure
consueta. Et ego [&c. warranty]. Pro hac autem donacione [&c.]
dederunt michi predicti I. & D. quandam summam pecunie pre
manibus. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne de Wode-
stoke tunc balliuo illius hundredi, Iohanne filio Willelmi Bost, Henrico
de Bramptone, Thoma de Saunford, Thoma Bost, Ricardo de Iar-
punuille, Adam Iarum, Roberto Ouerhe, Willelmo de Cnaresburg
& aliis. Dat' in suburbio predicto die Martis in festo sancti Thome
archiepiscopi anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum
sexto.
409.
[John Carlil grants a lease to Isabella le Gurdler.]
Inter nos Iohannem Carlil surgyon de London' & Iohannam uxorem
meam ex parte una & Isabellam le Gurdlere de Oxonia ex parte altera
conuentum est in hunc modum uidelicet quod nos predicti Iohannes &
1 With the seal of John de Winche-
done, a quatrefoil. The Templars of
Cowley had but one property in this
parish, it was 74 St. Giles's, now the site
of the new buildings of the Ashmolean.
We are therefore forced to the con-
clusion that this charter is about the
Balliol tenement, which lay next to
no. 74 on the south; but it must be
confessed that none of our other records,
describing the northgate hundred in
1379 and 1291, mention John the
Furbur, or Richard Overhee, or Henry
Owain as owning or holding tenements
at this spot.
2 Probably only the southern half of
the Balliol tenement.
B. 1. 88 b
Apr. 6,
1349
222 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
Iohanna concessimus & tradidimus eidem Isabelle unum mesuagium
cum pert. in suburbio extra portam borialem Oxonie situatum in
parochia beate Marie Magdalene Oxonie inter tenementum abbatis &
conuentus de Oseneya ex parte una ¹ & tenementum quod fuit
Iohannis de Suttertone 2 ex parte altera; habendum [&c.] predicte I.
ad totum terminum uite sue de nobis & heredibus nostris, reddendo
inde & faciendo annuatim capitalibus dominis feodi illius seruicia inde
debita & consueta & nobis & heredibus nostris annuatim ad festum.
Natiuitatis sancti Iohannis Baptiste unam rosam. Et nos [&c.
warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne Saucer,
Stephano de Meritone, Willelmo Sturthup, Adam de Chisilhamptone,
Galfrido Burghe & aliis. Dat' in suburbio predicto die Lune proxima
ante festum Pasche anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum
vicesimo tercio.
410.
B. 1. 89
1373
[Joan widow of William Salf grants a lease to Richard
Bourghe.]
Nouerint uniuersi quod inter Iohannam que quondam fuit uxor
Sept. 16, Willelmi Salfe de Oxonia bocher ex parte una & Ricardum Bourghe &
Iohannam uxorem eius ex parte altera conuentum est in hunc modum
uidelicet quod predicta Iohanna Salf uxor predicti Willelmi Salf' sub
forma & condicionibus subscriptis concessit, tradidit & dimisit predictis
Ricardo & Iohanne unum mesuagium cum pert. in suburbio Oxonie
extra portam borialem situatum in parochia sancte Marie Magdalene
inter tenementum Ricardi Iarme ex parte australi & tenementum
Ricardi Iarpunville ex parte boriali; habendum [&c.] predictis R. & I.
& heredibus eorum ac eorum assignatis ad totam uitam ipsius Iohanne
que fuit uxor predicti Willelmi, reddendo & faciendo pro predicta
Iohanna que fuit uxor predicti Willelmi capitalibus dominis feodi illius
& aliis seruicia & redditus inde debita & consueta, reddendo eciam
eidem Iohanne ad totam uitam suam sex solidos & quatuor denarios
ad quatuor anni terminos Oxonie usuales equis porcionibus & unam
tunicam cum capicio precii quatuor solidorum ad festum Natiuitatis
[sic] domini ac eciam esculenta & poculenta cum indiguerit. [The
tenants will do the repairs. Joan will warrant ad totam vitam suam '].
1 No. 73 St. Giles's. The Balliol
tenement might be described as bounded
either by no. 74 or by no. 73 St. Giles's;
for the former was the boundary to the
west, the latter to the east.
2 Sutterton held the southern part of
the Balliol tenement; see no. 408.
X. TENEMENTS IN ST. MARY MAGDALEN
223
In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne Hertewelle tunc maiore
ville Oxonie, Ricardo Salesbury & Waltero Torre tunc balliuis eiusdem
ville, Ricardo Adyngtone, Iohanne Grittone, Thoma Wormenhale,
Roberto Deye, Reginaldo Westouere clerico & aliis. Dat' apud subur-
bium predictum die Ueneris proxima post festum Exaltacionis sancte
Crucis anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum quadragesimo
septimo.
4II.
[Thomas Herberfeld grants a messuage to George Neville
and others.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Thomas Herberfelde de Oxonia
& Margareta uxor mea dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti carta
nostra confirmauimus Georgio Neuille Exoniensi episcopo, Willelmo
Lambtone, Roberto Abdy clericis, Willelmo Kylbeke armigero &
Iohanni Page de Oxonia totum illud mesuagium nostrum situatum in
suburbio extra portam borialem Oxonie in parochia sancte Marie
Magdalene inter tenementum cantarie beate Marie uirginis eiusdem
ecclesie & quondam Iohannis Gloucestre ex parte australi & gardinum
Petri Marmyone gentilman & quondam Edmundi Forster ex parte
boriali; habendum [&c.] prefatis G., W., R., W., & I., heredibus &
assignatis suis imperpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per
seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In
cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Thoma Havylle, Willelmo Raa,
Willelmo Taynton, Iohanne Hunche, Iohanne Ady de eadem parochia
& aliis. Dat' apud Oxon' penultimo die Februarii anno regni regis
Henrici sexti post conquestum Anglie tricesimo septimo.
Endorsed. Newelle. Pro domo Kylbek.
412.
[Thomas Cysson quitclaims to Thomas Peyrson and
John Robinson.]
B. 1. 83
Feb. 27,
1459
May 4,
1500
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit Thomas B. 1. 84
Cysson salutem. Noueritis me predictum Thomam remisisse, relaxasse
& pro me & heredibus meis quietum clamasse Thome Peyrson et
Iohanni Robynson totum ius meum & clameum quod unquam habui,
habeo, seu in futurum habere potero de & in uno tenemento cum
gardino & pertinenciis situato in suburbio extra portam borialem Oxonie
224
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 3. 19
B. 3. I
B. 3. 2
B. 3. 3
in parochia sancte Marie [sic] Oxonie inter tenementum cantarie beate
Marie uirginis eiusdem ecclesie et quondam Iohannis Gloucestrie ex
parte australi et gardinum Petri Marmion gentilman¹ et quondam
Edmundi Fostar ex parte boriali; habendum & tenendum [&c.] pre-
fatis T. & I. imperpetuum, ita quod [&c.]; in cuius [&c. sealing], hiis
testibus, Henrico Talliour, Thoma Smythe, Roberto Iakson et multis
aliis. Dat' apud hundredum predictum in predicto suburbio anno regni
regis Henrici septimi post conquestum Anglie quintodecimo mensis
Maii quarto.
Endorsed. Pro domo buttans erga Carmelitanos occidental, ubi
mansit uxor Kylbek.'
413.
Dec. 14, 1536; a lease by Balliol to Laurence Atkynson of a tene-
ment in the parish of St. Mary Magdalen between a tenement 'per-
taining to Mary Mawdelyne Chapell, in the which John Stagpole
holdeth' S., and a tenement of the monastery of Osney in which
Mistres Thickett doth inhabit N., the highway E. and the White Friars
W.; for 21 years; rent 16s.²
414.
Sept. 20, 4 & 5 Phil. & Mary [1557]; the College grants a lease to
Edward Brooke alias Lytle, brewer, and Margerie his wife, of a tene-
ment with garden in the parish of St. Mary Magdalen between Roger
? Thikett N. and Richard Edwards S. and the road E.; for 41 years;
rent 205.
415.
Ap. 18, 43 Eliz. [1601]; a lease to John Head, husbandman, of
a tenement and garden between a tenement in the occupation of
William Simons N. and a tenement in the occupation of John Barnes S.;
40 years; rent 20s.
The counterpart.
1 Probably Marmion held no. 74,
Wyatt's yard.
2 It is probable that this lease refers
to the tenement on the site of the
Taylorian and not to no. 65 St. Giles's.
Both these tenements had properties of
the church of St. Mary Magdalen on
the south; also they both had pro-
perties of Oseney on the north; for 64
St. Giles's paid a quit rent to Oseney and
73 St. Giles's was held by Oseney in
demesne; but although it was common
in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
to describe as the property of Oseney
any tenement which paid a feudal rent
to the abbey, it was not usual in the
fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
X, TENEMENTS IN ST. MARY MAGDALEN 225
416.
Oct. 20, 11 Jac. I [1613]; a lease to Joane Herd, widow; Lucas B. 3. 4
Eaton is S.; 40 years; rent 205.
The counterpart.
417.
B. 3. 5
Nov. 7, 13 Car. II [1661]; a lease to William Ball of the Univer- B, 3. 6
sity of Oxford, yeoman, of a tenement, between a tenement in the
occupation of Thomas Wicks gent. N., widow Robinson S., 4.0
years; rent 20s,
The counterpart.
418.
A licence to Ball to alienate his lease; same date.
419.
B. 3.7
B. 3. 8
Oct. 20, 27 Car. II [1675]; his lease is renewed; late Thomas B. 3. 9
Wicks N., Antony Kersley S.; 40 years; rent 20s.
420.
May 10, 1690; a lease to Martha Ball, widow; same neighbours; B. 3. 10
40 years; rent 20s.
:
421.
Sept. 1, 1705; a lease to Richard Hedges, tailor; same neighbours; B. 3. 11
40 years; rent 20s.
The counterpart.
422.
B. 3. 12
Ap. 10, 1719; a lease to Walter Payne, mealman; widow Thomp- B. 3. 13
son N., Richard Broadwater S.; late in the tenure of Richard Hedges;
40 years; rent 20s.
423.
Oct. 20, 7 Geo. II [1733]; a lease to Mary Payne, widow; Dorothy B. 3. 14
Thompson, widow, N., Charles May, grocer, S.; Mary Payne and
Tobias Bennett her undertenant occupy it; 40 years; rent 205.
Q
226 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
B. 3. 15
B. 3. 16
424.
Oct. 13, 21 Geo. II [1747]; a lease to William Cully, brewer; same
neighbours; it is now occupied by James Croney or Elizabeth his
wife; 40 years; rent 20s. ; in trust for Elizabeth, wife of James Croney,
by virtue of the will of Mary Payne.
The counterpart.
425.
B. 3. 17
B. 3. 18
B. 4. 3
B. 4. 3
B. 4. 3
Oct. 14, 15 Geo. III [1775]; a lease to Thomas Chandless, currier ;
Alexander Thompson bookbinder is N., Richard Ward yeoman S.;
it is occupied by Richard Dewe; it was once demised to William
Cully; 40 years; rent 20s.
The counterpart.
426.
A letter from the Provost of Worcester College to the Master of
Balliol, dated Mar. 23, 1803, saying that Worcester College would be
glad to purchase any holding of Balliol between St. Giles's St. and 'the
Beaumonts, lying between Mrs. Tomkys's house N. and Friar's
Entry S., with a view to the improvement which Worcester contem-
plates.
427.
Feb. 12, 1804, Balliol answers in reply to the letter of the Provost
of Worcester asking to be allowed to purchase any property between
Friar's Entry S. and the passage to the Quakers' meeting house N.,
that the only property Balliol possesses here is (a) a house and premises
leased to late Rev. Mr. Bentham from Mich. 1790 for 40 years, at a
reserved rent of 13s. 4d.; (b) a dwelling-house, shop, offices and large
garden in the occupation of Mr. Dew, and a dwelling-house and stables
in the occupation of Mr. Cooper, the whole let to Mr. Dew from
Michaelmas 1789 for 40 years at a reserved rent of £1; Balliol will
sell for £380, and would like to have an answer at once, as the
College is making arrangements respecting a purchase.
428.
Mar. 9; Balliol writes to the Visitor of the College for permission to
sell these houses to Worcester College. 'It is their wish to open a
wide and handsome avenue from the front of the College to St. Giles
X. TENEMENTS IN ST. MARY MAGDALEN 227.
St., and they are desirous also of obtaining such a quantity of ground
in the immediate neighbourhood on both sides of this avenue as may
be sufficient for the erection of some respectable houses on each side
of this avenue.' The fines on the houses are equal to £80 every 14
years. The College proposes to keep £80, which represents the fines
now due, and to 'vest' the rest, £130 in the redemption of Land
tax and £170 in the purchase of a small estate which Balliol holds by
lease from Magdalen College. The transaction may be done either
under the Paving Act or under an Act obtained by Worcester College
many years since for this purpose.
429.
A valuation of the premises by John Hudson, Dec. 30, 1803.
Dwelling-house, offices and gardens late in the occupa-
tion of Rev. Mr. Bentham
Dwelling-house with shop, occupied by Mrs. Dewe, £9
Dwelling-house with a washhouse, in the occupation of
Mr. Cooper, £11.
Two stables in the occupation of Mr. Cooper, £4
A large garden near of an acre, £4
Calculation of the value of the fee simple:
Bentham's house, clear annual value
Deduct reserved rent
At 20 years' purchase.
•
•
B. 4. 3
30 guineas.
£28
31 13 4
13 4
31 0 0
20
620 O. O
Add the reserved rent 13s. 4d. at 30 years' purchase
20
оо
Deduct Bentham's interest, viz. the present value of an
annuity of £31 for the next 27 years; according
to the tables
640 0 0
453 18 o
186 2 0
Q 2
228 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
Dewe's house, clear annual value
Deduct reserved rent
•
At 20 years' purchase.
£
28
s. d.
0
I O O
27 0 0
540
20
Reserved rent of £1 at 30 years' purchase
Deduct Dewe's interest, viz. the present value of an
annuity of £27 for the next 26 years at 5 per
cent.; according to the tables
30 00
O
570
388 2 0
181 18 0
£ s. d.
186 2 O
:}
every 14 years.
181 18 0
368 o o say £380.
Mode of applying this sum :-
Bentham's fine at 1½ years
•
Dewe's
ور
Annual average amount
Add reserved rents
43
£
s. d.
46 10
40 IO
87 0 0
6 4 3/
I 13 4
7 17 7/
£ ș. d.
40 10 O
£
S. d.
81 16 8
368 о O
Fines now due to College: Dewe's
Bentham's (13 years only elapsed) 41 6 8
81 16 8
286 3 4 to be
applied to the per-
manent advantage
of the Society.

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G LE
HOUSES ON THE SITE OF THE ASHMOLEAN
X. TENEMENTS IN ST. MARY MAGDALEN 229
3. SMALL SHOPS AT THE SW. CORNER OF THE COLLEGE,
BOUGHT FROM THE TOWN.
430.
Jan. 11, 18 Car. II, 1669; a lease by the City to Francis Wild- B. 3. 72
goose, tailor, 'of three little narrow shopps, containing in breadth
<
5 ft. 8 in.' lying W. of a tenement of Balliol 'being the corner tene-
ment adjoininge to the Katharine Wheele' and another piece of
ground which is paled in and layd to the S. part of the said tene-
ment of Balliol College' being 4 ft. 8 in. broad and extending east-
ward from the corner of the said tenement 24 ft. 4 in. 'the said shop
and piece of ground being heretofore inclosed out of the waste ground
of the said Mayor, Bailiffs and Comminalty', now in the tenure of
Francis Wildgoose; for 40 years; rent is., payable to the Chamber-
lains; Wildgoose will pitch and pave the road opposite the demised
premises, when necessary, as far as the 'cheynell'.
Endorsement. July 4, 1681, Francis Wildgoose assigns the residue
of the lease to Richard Plott the elder.
431.
May 25, 1699; Sarah Platt, spinster, executrix of the late Ann B. 3. 71
Platt of the City of Oxford, who was widow of the late Richard Platt,
sells the residue of the lease to Balliol College.
432.
Sept. 25, 1705; the City grants to Balliol for £10 a lease of a B. 3. 67
piece of ground whereon three little shops were formerly erected,
containing 5 ft. 8 in. in breadth, on the W. side of the New Buildings¹
of the said College and adjoining to the Catherine Wheel, and a piece.
of ground on the S. part of the tenement of Balliol which is lately
demolished, and whereon the said New Buildings are erected,' measur-
ing, 4 ft. 8 in. in breadth and 24 ft. 4 in. in length; which premises
are taken in and built upon by the said Master and Scholars of Balliol;
for 1000 years; rent a peppercorn.
1 The Bristol Buildings erected 1700-1704.
230
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 2. 44
Mich.
1289-
Mich.
1290
XI. TENEMENTS IN THE PARISH OF ST. GILES.
433-535.
1. Nos. 13 AND 14 ST. GILES'S STREET. 433-76.
In the parish of St. Giles the College holds two houses on the east side
of the street on the north side of the Lamb and Flag, numbered 13 and
14. The College has no deeds to show how or when they were obtained.
It seems that nos. 433, 434 refer to no. 14 St. Giles's, and 435-41 to
no. 13, which lies next to it on the south. We are justified in referring
433 and 434 to one tenement, for if we compare 435 and 437 we learn
that Thomas de Bowys held the house which once belonged to Peter de
Milton (= Middelton). It will be observed that no. 13 St. Giles's passed
into the hands of Isabella Chisilhampton in 1371, so that it may be the
tenement in the parish of St. Giles mentioned by Robert Chisilhampton
in his will (see no. 63). Possibly these two houses were acquired by
Balliol when the tenement at the south-west corner of the College was
obtained (see nos. 53-63).
433.
[Peter de Middeltone grants a lease to Henry de Berwyke.]
Hec est conuencio facta inter Petrum de Middeltone ex una parte
& magistrum Henricum de Berwyke ex altera uidelicet quod dictus
Petrus tradidit, concessit & ad firmam dimisit predicto magistro
Henrico unum mesuagium cum omnibus suis pertinenciis a festo beati
Michaelis anno regni regis Edwardi septimodecimo usque ad finem
decem annorum proximo sequencium & plenarie completorum; quod
autem mesuagium situm est inter mesuagium Rogeri Hering a parte
boriali & mesuagium quod quondam fuit Iohannis de Cumtone a parte
australi in parochia sancti Egidii in suburbio Oxonie; habendum &
tenendum dictum mesuagium cum omnibus suis pertinenciis predicto
magistro Henrico uel suis assignatis & cuicumque uel quibuscumque
illud assignare uoluerit usque ad terminum decem annorum pre-
nominatorum, & contra omnes warantizabunt, acquietabunt & secure
defendent & suis propriis sumptibus & expensis sufficienter susten-
tabunt, & sicut decet emendabunt. Pro hac autem traditione, con-
cessione, & dimissione predictus magister Henricus dedit predicto
Petro quamdam summam pecunie bone & legalis monete. De qua
pecunie summa dictus Petrus seipsum vocat pacatum totaliter &
expresse pro toto tempore decem annorum predictorum. Si autem
dictus Petrus & heredes sui uel sui assignati in reparacione dicti
XI. TENEMENTS IN THE PARISH OF ST. GILES 231
mesuagii uel aliqua eius parte sive in constructione necessaria de nouo
facienda quod absint [sic] defecerint uel eorum aliquis defecerit, cuius
occasione dictus magister Henricus aliquod dampnum incurrerit uel
sumptus & expensas fecerit, quod dictus magister Henricus ultra dictum
terminum decem annorum predictorum dictum mesuagium retineat
quousque tam de dampnis suis quam expensis sibi uel suis assignatis
in omnibus hiis satisfiat ad plenum. In cuius rei testimonium partes
predicte presenti scripto ad modum cyrographi confecto alternatim
sigilla sua apposuerunt; hiis testibus, Nicholao Aurifabro tunc maiore
Oxonie, Thoma de Sowy & Ricardo le Spicer tunc ballivis eiusdem
ville, Henrico Ewyn, Iohanne Culuert, Philippo de Ew, Iohanne de
Ew, Waltero Bost, Roberto de Brackele, Iohanne de Eynesham,
Iohanne de Radford, Ricardo de Westmonasterio & aliis.
434.
[Peter de Herdwyke grants a messuage to Thomas
de Bowys.]
1338
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Petrus de Herdwyke de Oxonia A. 2.4
clericus dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Thome July 8,
de Bowys clerico quoddam messuagium cum curtilagio & pertinenciis
in suburbio & hundredo extra portam borealem Oxonie in parochia
sancti Egidii situatum inter tenementum quondam Thome Bost ex
parte una & tenementum Thome de Becheye & Rosie uxoris sue ex
parte altera & quod habui ex dono & concessione Margarete le
Monke de Adyngtone; habendum & tenendum dictum mesuagium
cum curtilagio & pertinenciis prefato Thome de Bowys heredibus ac
assignatis in perpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per ser-
uicia inde debita & de iure consueta. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In
cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne le Peyntour, Ricardo de
Iarpunville, Willelmo de Cnaresburg', Iohanne de Sutertone, Ricardo
de Adyngtona, Ricardo de Bladene, Waltero le Mareschal & aliis.
Dat' in hundredo predicto octauo die mensis Iulii anno regni regis
Edwardi tercii post conquestum duodecimo.
435.
[Thomas Bost grants a messuage to Isolda his daughter.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Thomas Bost dedi, concessi,
& hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Isolde filee mee quoddam mesua-
gium cum crofto adiacente & suis pertinenciis in suburbio Oxonie in
A. 2.5
Aug. 26,
1332
232
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 2. 6
1332
parochia sancti Egidii, situatum inter tenementum quod fuit Petri
de Miltone ex parte una & tenementum Henrici le Sclattere ex
parte altera; dedi eciam eidem Isolde tres rodas terre arabilis in
Ehyteacre simul iacentes inter terram Iohannis de Abyndone ex
parte una & terram Iohannis Cuddyng ex parte altera; dedi eciam
eidem Isolde unam rodam terre arabilis in Etoneweye inter ter-
ram Iohannis Cuddyng ex parte una & terram que quondam fuit
Iohannis de Hamptone ex parte altera; habendum & tenendum pre-
dictum mesuagium cum crofto, terris & suis pertinenciis prefate
Isolde, heredibus & assignatis suis libere, integre, bene & in pace in
perpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodorum illorum per seruicia
inde debita & de iure consueta. Et ego vero predictus Thomas Bost
& heredes mei [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus,
Iosep de Wodestoke tunc balliuo illius hundredi, Willelmo de Bure-
cestria, Andrea de Wormenhale, Henrico de Bramptone, Nicholao de
Haylesdone, Iohanne filio Willelmi Bost, Ricardo de Adyngtone,
Iohanne Cuddyng & aliis. Dat' in suburbio predicto die Mercurii
proxima post festum sancti Bartholomei apostoli anno regni regis
Edwardi tercii post conquestum sexto.
436.
[Isolda Bost confirms a rent to her father from the same
messuage.]
Notum sit uniuersis quod ego Isolda filia Thome Bost in ligea
Aug. 27, potestate mea concessi & hoc presenti scripto confirmaui eidem Thome
Bost patri meo ad totum terminum vite sue tres solidatas & quatuor
denaratas annui redditus exeuntes de quodam mesuagio & crofto &
suis pertinenciis in suburbio Oxonie in parochia sancti Egidii & quatuor
rodis terre arabilis in parochia sancti Egidii predicti, que habui ex dono
& concessione eiusdem Thome Bost patris mei; habendas & tenendas
dictas tres solidatas & quatuor denaratas annui redditus de dicto
mesuagio, crofto, terris & suis pertinenciis exeuntes prefato Thome
Bost ad totum terminum vite sue ad quatuor anni terminos principales
& usuales in suburbio predicto per equales porciones. Volo eciam &
concedo [that he may distrain, if the sum is not paid]. Et ego [&c.
warranty], & ex omni accione & seruicio seculari aquietabimus &
defendemus. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iosep de Wode-
stoke tunc balliuo illius hundredi, Willelmo de Burecestria, Andrea
de Wormenhale, Henrico de Bramptone, Nicholao de Haylesdone,
XI. TENEMENTS IN THE PARISH OF ST. GILES 233
Iohanne filio Willelmi Bost, Iohanne Cuddyng, Ricardo de Adyngtone
& aliis. Dat' in suburbio predicto die Iouis proxima post festum
sancti Bartholomei apostoli anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post con-
questum sexto.
437.
[Isolda Bost grants a messuage to Martin de Salford.]
1338
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Isolda filia Thome Bost de A. 2.7
Oxonia in pura virginitate mea & ligea potestate dedi, concessi & hac Oct. II,
presenti carta mea confirmaui domino Martino de Salford capellano
quoddam mesuagium cum crofto adiacente & pertinenciis in suburbio
& hundredo extra portam borealem Oxonie in parochia sancti Egidii,
situatum inter tenementum Henrici le Sclattere ex parte una & tene-
mentum magistri Thome de Bowis ex parte altera. Dedi eciam eidem
Martino tres rodas terre arabilis in suburbio, hundredo & parochia
sancti Egidii predicti in Eighteacre, simul iacentes inter terram Willelmi
de Burecestria ex parte una & terram Iohannis de Abyndone ex parte
altera. Dedi eciam eidem Martino unam rodam terre arabilis in dictis
suburbio, hundredo & parochia, iacentem in Etonweye inter terram
Willelmi de Burcestria ex parte una & terram quondam Iohannis de
Hampton ex parte altera; habendum & tenendum dictum mesuagium,
croftum, & terras cum pertinenciis prefato Martino, heredibus ac
assignatis suis libere, integre, bene & in pace imperpetuum de capitali-
bus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta.
Et ego [&c. warranty]; hiis testibus, Iohanne le Peyntour, Nicholao
de Haylesdone, Willelmo de Bramptone, Stephano de Merytone,
Ricardo de Adyngtone, Ricardo de Bladene, Roberto de Buneseye,
Rogero Beneyt, Waltero le Mareschal et aliis. Dat' in suburbio &
hundredo predictis undecimo die mensis Octobris anno regni regis
Edwardi tercii post conquestum duodecimo.
438.
[Joan Bost quitclaims the same messuage to Martin de
Salford.]
Pateat uniuersis quod ego Iohanna qui fui uxor Walteri Bost de
Oxonia in pura uiduitate mea & ligea potestate mea remisi & imper-
petuum quietum clamaui domino Martino de Salford capellano, heredi-
bus ac assignatis suis totum ius & clamium quod habui, habeo seu
A. 2.8
Feb. 15,
1339
234 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 2. 9
Jan. 3,
1343
A. 2. 10
Aug. 9,
1346
quouis iure, racione dotis, per decessum dicti Walteri quondam uiri
mei habere potero in quodam mesuagio cum crofto [&c. as in no. 437]
& tribus rodis terre arabilis [as in no 437] & in una roda terre arabilis
[as in no. 437]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, magistro
Willelmo de Abyndone clerico, Ricardo de Selewode, Iohanne de
Wytteneye, Iohanne Kepharm, Roberto de Lokynge & aliis. Dat'
Oxonie quintodecimo die mensis Februarii anno regni regis Edwardi
tercii post conquestum terciodecimo.
439.
[John Bost quitclaims to Martin de Salford.]
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit
Iohannes filius & heres Walteri Bost de Oxonia salutem in domino.
Noueritis me remisisse & pro me & heredibus meis imperpetuum
quietum clamasse domino Martino de Saltford capellano heredibus ac
assignatis suis totum ius [&c. as in no. 438]; hiis testibus, Ricardo de
Adyngtone, Waltero le Mareschal, Iohanne de Harastone, magistro
Thoma de Bowes, Willelmo de Craumford & aliis; dať' Oxonie tercio
die Ianuarii anno regni Anglie regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum
sextodecimo, regni vero sui Francie tercio.
440.
[Martin de Salford grants a messuage to John Clement.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Martinus de Saltford presbiter
dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui domino Iohanni
Clement & Iuliane sorori sue unum mesuagium cum crofto adiacente
& pertinenciis in suburbio extra portam borialem Oxonie in parochia
sancti Egidii scituatum inter tenementum quondam Henrici le Sclattere
ex parte una & tenementum magistri Thome Bowes ex parte altera.
Dedi eciam & concessi eisdem Iohanni & Iuliane tres rodas terre
arabilis in campo qui vocatur Eighteacre simul iacentes inter terram
quondam Willelmi de Burcestria ex parte una & terram quondam
Iohannis de Abindone ex parte altera. Dedi eciam & concessi eisdem
Iohanni & Iuliane unam rodam terre arabilis in campo nominato
Etoneweye inter terram Willelmi de Burcestre & terram quondam
Iohannis de Hamptone iacentem; habenda & tenenda prefatis I. & I.,
heredibus & assignatis eorum in perpetuum de capitalibus dominis
XI: TENEMENTS IN THE PARISH OF ST. GILES 235
feodi illius per servicia inde debita & de iure consueta. Et ego [&c.
warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne le Peyntour,
Nicholao de Haylisdone, Willelmo de Bramptone, Iohanne de Sotur-
tone, Stephano de Meritone, Willelmo de Welles, Iohanne Harastone
& aliis. Dat' in suburbio Oxonie nono die mensis Augusti anno regni
regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum vicesimo.
44I.
[Richard Horle grants the same messuage to Isabella
Chisilhamptone.]
1371
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Ricardus Horle de Grymmes- A. 2. 11
bury, consanguineus & heres domini Iohannis Clement capellani dedi, Apr. 8,
concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Isabelle que fuit uxor
Ade de Chisilhamptone de Oxonia & Willelmo filio dicti Ade & Isabelle
unum mesuagium cum crofto adiacente & suis pertinenciis in hundredo
extra portam borialem Oxonie in parochia sancti Egidii situatum inter
tenementum quondam Henrici le Sclattere ex parte australi & tene-
mentum quondam magistri Thome Bowes ex parte boriali. Dedi
eciam & concessi eisdem I. & W. quatuor rodas terre arabilis quarum
tres rode simul iacent in campo vocato Eyghteacre inter terram abbatis
& conuentus de Regali Loco ex parte boriali & terram quondam
Iohannis de Abyndone ex parte australi, et alia roda iacet in campo
vocato Etonewey inter terram predicti abbatis & conuentus de Regali
Loco ex parte boriali & terram quondam Iohannis de Hamptone ex
parte australi; habenda & tenenda prefatis I. & W. & heredibus ac
assignatis ipsius W. de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde
debita & de iure consueta. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c.
sealing], hiis testibus, Ricardo de Adyntone, Iohanne Grettone, Iohanne
Noble, Iohanne Bukke, Iohanne Bekenesfelde, Ricardo Oxenforde,
Willelmo Whitewelle & aliis. Dat' in hundredo predicto octauo die
Aprilis, anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum quadragesimo
quinto.
LEASES OF 14 ST. GILES'S. 442-58.
442.
April 18, 7 Ed. VI [1553]; a lease by Balliol to Wyllyam Hardinge, A. 1. 1
slatter, of a tenement in St. Giles's, bounded by a tenement of Balliol
in the tenure of Thomas Golde S., a tenement of 'Mayster Snow' N.,
236 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 1. 2
A. 1. 3
A. 1. 4
A. 1. 5
A. 1. 6
the open field E., highway W., with half the draw-well between the
two tenements of Balliol; for 21 years, to begin from the departing
thence of Alice Courtyer 'otherwise called Alice Tacley, now tenant
thereof, whether it be by death, wyll, mariage, intrete or otherwyse';
rent IOS.
443.
Aug. 16, 9 Eliz. [1567]; a lease to Richard Golde, brewer; same
bounds; 21 years from Michaelmas next; rent 10s.
444.
Aug. 24, 24 Eliz. [1582]; a lease to Alice Gould, widow, and James
Tackley her son; Nicholas Savage N., a tenement of Balliol lately
demised to Edmund Rainolds M.A., student in Gloucester Hall, S.;
21 years; rent 10s.
445.
June 28, 31 Eliz. [1589]; a lease to James Tackley, citizen of
London, cutler; same neighbours; 40 years; rent 10s.
446.
Jan. 9, 41 Eliz. [1599]; a lease to Richard Griffin of Oxford, smith;
same neighbours; 40 years; rent 10s.
The counterpart.
447.
A. 1. 7
A. 1. 8
Oct. 21, 12 Car. I[1636]; a lease to Elizabeth Frith, widow; a tene-
ment in the occupation of William Wayne is N., rest as before; 21 years;
rent IOS.
The counterpart.
A. 1. 9
448.
Sep. 12, 1649; a lease to Richard Smith of the University of Oxford,
cook; neighbours as before; 40 years; rent 10s.
A. I. 10
The counterpart.
XI. TENEMENTS IN .
THE PARISH OF ST. GILES 237
449.
June 28, 1654; a lease to Cristopher London of Oxford, carpenter; A. 1. II
late Thomas Lane N.; other bounds as before; 40 years; rent ros.
The counterpart.
450.
A. 1. 12
July 29, 1669; a lease renewed to Cristopher London; bounds as A. 1. 13
before; 40 years; rent ros.
The counterpart.
451.
A. I. 14
Aug. 2, 1686; a lease renewed to Cristopher London; bounds as A. 1. 15
before; 40 years; rent ros.
452.
Aug. 2, 1686; bond of Cristopher London to perform covenants,
453.
A. 1. 16
Mar. 25, 1738; a lease to Thomas Rowney of Oxford Esq.; S. a A. 1. 26
tenement of Balliol known by the name of the Hampshire Hog',
N. a tenement once in the occupation of Thomas Lane, now of Walter
Powell, gent.; 40 years; rent 20s.
The counterpart.
454.
A. I. 27
Mar. 25, 1752; the lease of Thomas Rowney is renewed; widow A. 1. 28
Powell is N.; 40 years; rent 20s.
The counterpart.
455.
A. 1. 29
Mar. 25, 1766; a lease to Robert Whalley of Oxford, doctor of A. 1. 30
physic; S. a tenement of Balliol heretofore the Hampshire Hog, now
called the Hit and Miss; Mrs. Eaton, widow, N.; 40 years; rent 20s.
The counterpart.
456.
A. I. 31
July 24, 1777; a lease to John Whalley of Oxford esquire; neigh- A. 1. 32
bours as before; 40 years; rent 20s.
238
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. I. 33
and 34
A. 1. 35
and 36
457.
1793, a lease to the Duke of Marlborough (missing).
458.
1805, a lease to the Duke of Marlborough, probably of both 13
and 14 St. Giles's (missing).
A. 1. 17
A. 1. 18
A. 1. 19
LEASES OF 13 ST. GILES'S. 459-72.
459.
Mar. 18, 6 Ed. VI [1552]; a lease to Thomas Gold, yeoman, of
a tenement in St. Giles's; N. a tenement of Balliol occupied by Alice
Courtyer, widow; S. a tenement of Dr. Owen now in the tenure of
Thomas Tewsley; to hold for 21 years after Elizabeth Nut, widow,
now tenant, vacates it; rent 5s.
·
460.
Oct. 24, 10 Eliz. [1568]; a lease to Thomas Rawlyns of St. Peter
in the East, yeoman; Thomas Teysley, tenant of Dr. Owen, is S.;
Richard Golde, tenant of Balliol, N.; 21 years; rent 5s.
461.
Dec. 28, 24 Eliz. [1581]; a lease to Edmond Rainolds M.A., student
of Gloucester Hall; same neighbours; 40 years; rent 5s.
462.
A. 1. 20
A. 1. 21
April 20, 33 Eliz. [1591]; his lease is renewed; same neighbours;
40 years; rent 5s.
The counterpart.
A. 1. 22
463.
June 13, 9 Jac. I [1611]; a lease to George Chambers of Oxford,
bookbinder; a tenement of Mr. Owen occupied by Edward Tesley S.;
Richard Griffin, tenant of the College, N.; 40 years; rent 5s.
XI. TEÑÈMENTS IN THE PARISH OF ST. GILES 239
464.
Sept. 12, 1649; a lease to Thomas Perry, cordwainer; neighbours A. 1. 23
as before; 40 years; rent 5s.
465.
Dec. 12, 1666; a lease to Richard Prickett, cordwainer; neighbours A. 1. 24
as before; the garden measures 57 ft. 9 in. E. to W., and 17 ft. 8 in.
at the upper end N. to S. and 18 ft. 4 in. at the lower end N. to S.;
40 years; rent 5s.
466.
Oct. 16, 1703; a lease to William Hughes of Hurst, Berkshire, A. 1. 25
clerk; it is in the tenure of Richard Buckingham; S. and E. the Lamb
Inn, N. a tenement of the College in the tenure of Leonard Reeves;
40 years; rent 5s.
467.
Dec. 20, 1731; a lease to Alice Buckingham, widow, of a tenement A. 1. 42
formerly held by the late Richard Buckingham; N. a tenement of the
College heretofore in the tenure of Leonard Reeves, now of John
Dawson; the Lamb Inn E. and S.; 40 years; rent 5s.
468.
Mar. 21. 1763; a lease to Robert Whalley, doctor of physic; it A. 1. 43
was late in the possession of John Hanwell deceased; S. and E. the
Lamb, N. the executor of Thomas Rowney Esq.; 40 years; rent 5s.
The counterpart.
469.
A. I. 44
July 24, 1777; a lease to John Whalley of Oxford, Esq.; bounds as A. 1. 45
before; 40 years; rent 5s.
470.
April 5, 1793; a lease to the Duke of Marlborough; neighbours as A. 1. 46
before; the tenement 84 ft. 8 in. long, 11 ft. 3 in. N. to S. at W.,
5 ft. N. to S. at the E., with a plan; 40 years; rent 5s.
The counterpart.
A. I. 47
240
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
471.
A. 1. 48
A. I. 49
A. I. 50
A. 3. 47
A. 3. 48
May 3, 1833; a lease to James Paxton, surgeon; it was late in the
occupation of Thomas Betts, now of Letitia Betts; Lydia Sirman,
widow, tenant of the College, N.; the Lamb S. and E.; 40 years;
rent 5s. and 1s. for two acquittances; the tenement is now 85 ft. long;
the lease has a good plan.
The counterpart.
472.
June 17, 1847; a lease to James Paxton M.D., formerly of Oxford
now of Rugby, for a fine of £51 19s. 6d.; bounds as before;
40 years; rent as before,
DEEDS ABOUT BOTH TENEMENTS.
473.
473-6.
Oct. 22, 1813; the Duke of Marlborough assigns to Sir Edward
Hitchings, alderman, the residue of his lease granted to him by Balliol
in 1805, of two tenements, the one formerly in the occupation of John
Whalley, bounded N. by a freehold tenement of the Duke, the other
adjoining on the S., being bounded by the Lamb and Flag on the S.
474.
Jan. 27, 60 Geo. III, 1820; a lease by Balliol to Sir Edward
Hitchings for a payment of £145 2s. 6d., of a tenement late in the
occupation of John Whalley, measuring 191 ft. E. to W., 30 ft. broad
at E. end, 22 feet broad at the W., 35 in the middle, abutting on a
tenement of the College S., and N. on a freehold messuage of
Sir Edward Hitchings, now in the occupation of Rev. Bulkeley Bandi-
nell, lately erected on a piece of ground whereupon heretofore stood
a messuage in the occupation of Walter Powell, gent., afterwards
Mrs. Eaton, widow, which tenement is bounded on the E. side by the
open field; also of the tenement next on the S., measuring 84 ft. 8 in.
in length, 11 ft. 3 in. at W. end, 5 ft. at E. end, once in the possession
of Thomas Perry, since of Ric. Buckingham and Alice Buckingham,
widow, late in the possession of John Hanwell, bounded by the afore-
said tenement N., and the Lamb Inn S.; 40 years; rent 20s. for
former, 55. for latter.
A. 1. 62 is the counterpart.
XI. TENEMENTS IN THE PARISH OF ST. GILES 24!
475.
1833, a lease to Lydia Sirman, probably only 14 St. Giles's; and in A. 1. 37–
1849, a lease to Spiers (both missing).
39
476.
May 23, 1833; a lease to Rev. James Hitchings of Wargrave, A.1.62
George Hitchings of Oxford, surgeon, Thomas Hitchings of Bayswater,
gent., and Thomas Benwell of Oxford, gent., for £3 10s., of a piece of
land measuring 12 ft. N. to S. and 12 ft. 6 in. E. to W.; bounded N.,
E., W. by the freehold tenement late of Sir Edward Hitchings, and
S. by a tenement demised to Lydia Sirman, formerly to Sir Edward
Hitchings, of which tenement this piece of land was part; 40 years;
rent 25. (with a plan of the land).
2. Nos. 33 AND 33 ST. GILES'S. 477-520.
This tenement was given to Balliol in 1456 (no. 487). It was held with
1 acres of arable land in the open field less than 100 yards to the north;
but in 1794 the two holdings were separated. The second had messuages
built upon it in 1805. (see no. 512); it was called the Rope Walk, and
extended from Woodstock Road on the east to Walton Road on the west,
It is now numbers 11 and 13 Woodstock Road and 120 and 121 Walton
Street; the intervening land has been sold.
477.
[Robert de Milton grants a shop and house to Robert
le Marschal.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Robertus de Miltone de Oxonia
dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Roberto filio
Gilberti le Marschal de Oxonia & Alicie filie mee uxori sue &
heredibus de corporibus eorum legitime procreatis unam schoppam
meam cum solario supra illam edificato & unam domum iuxta
dictam schoppam situatam ex parte occidentali cum curtilagio adia-
cente, que sita sunt in suburbio Oxonie extra portam borialem eius-
dem uille in parochia sancti Egidii inter tenementum meum ex parte
boriali & tenementum Radulfi de Stoke ex parte australi; habendam
R
A. 2. 12
Feb. 27,
1317
242 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 2. 13
Oct. 2,
1357
& tenendam dictam schoppam & solarium cum domo & curtilagio cum
suis pertinenciis dicto Roberto & Alicie uxori sue filie mee & heredibus
de corporibus eorum legitime procreatis de capitali domino feodi illius.
libere, quiete, bene & in pace in perpetuum pro seruiciis inde debitis
& consuetis, reddendo inde annuatim michi ad totam uitam meam
decem solidos argenti ad quatuor terminos anni principales & usuales
per equales porciones. Et si dicta Alicia sine herede de corpore suo
legitime procreato obierit, quod absit, tunc post decessum dictorum
R. & A. dicta schoppa cum solario & domus cum curtilagio cum suis
pertinenciis michi & meis heredibus & assignatis libere & integre reuer-
tantur. Et liceat michi [&c. to distrain if the rent is not paid]. Et
ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. alternate sealing], hiis testibus,
Henrico de Bramptone, Nicholao de Haylesdone, Thoma Bost, Roberto
de Pyrie, Willelmo de Bladene, Rogero de Gersindone, Iohanne le
Waterman, Iohanne de Astone clerico & aliis. Dat' Oxonie die
dominica proxima post festum sancti Hillarii pape anno regni regis
Edwardi filii regis Edwardi decimo.¹
478.
[Agnes Milton grants two messuages to John le Northerne.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Agnes Miltone de Oxonia dedi,
concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Iohanni le Northerne
de Oxonia & Alicie uxori eius duo mesuagia cum pertinenciis in
suburbio Oxonie in parochia sancti Egidii situata, quorum unum situa-
tum est inter placeam Iohannis de Gunwarby ex parte australi &
placeam Iohannis de Watlyntone ex parte boriali, et aliud situatum
est inter tenementum abbatisse & conuentus de Godestowe ex parte
boriali & tenementum Iohannis de Burcetre ex parte australi; habenda
& tenenda prefatis I. & A., heredibus & assignatis eorum imperpetuum,
reddendo inde annuatim capitalibus dominis feodi illius seruicia debita
& de iure consueta. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing],
hiis testibus, Iohanne de sancta Frideswyda tunc maiore ville Oxonie,
Willelmo de Lughteburghe & Nicholao de Foresthulle tunc balliuis
eiusdem ville, Henrico de Malmusbury, Iohanne de Gruttone, Iohanne
de Helmesey, Ricardo de Adyntone & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam
secundo die Octobris anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum
Anglie tricesimo primo & sui Francie decimo octauo.
:
1 It is not certain that this refers to the same property as nos. 478-87.
XI. TENEMENTS IN THE PARISH OF ST. GILES
243
1
479.
[Agnes Milton quitclaims to John le Northerne.]
Nouerint uniuersi me Agnetem Miltone de Oxonia remisisse, re- A. 2. 14
laxasse & pro me & heredibus meis quietum clamasse Iohanni le June 2,
Northerne de Oxonia & Alicie uxori sue [&c. as in no. 478]. Dať
apud Oxoniam secundo die mensis Iunii anno regni regis Edwardi
tercii post conquestum Anglie tricesimo secundo & sui Francie decimo
nono.
480.
[Nicholas de Hythtelbury and Alice his wife grant a
messuage to Adam de Chisilhamton.]
1358
June 23,
1365
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Nicholaus de Hythtelbury de A. 2. 15
Oxonia & Alicia uxor mea dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti carta
nostra confirmauimus Ade de Chiselhamptone de Oxonia & Isabelle
uxori sue unum mesuagium cum uno gardino eidem mesuagio annexo
situatum in hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie in parochia
sancti Egidii inter tenementum abbatisse & conuentus de Godestowe
ex parte boriali & tenementum Agnetis de Burcestre ex parte australi ;
habendum & tenendum predictum mesuagium & gardinum cum suis.
pertinenciis predictis A. & I. & heredibus ac assignatis ipsius Ade de
capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure
consueta imperpetuum. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. seal-
ing]; hiis testibus, Thoma de Wormenhale, Iohanne Plomer, Regi-
naldo Westouere, Iohanne Saucer, Iohanne de Grettone, Ricardo de
Adyngtone, Iohanne Buck' & aliis. Dat' in hundredo predicto die
Lune in vigilia Natiuitatis sancti Iohannis Baptiste anno regni regis
Edwardi tercii post conquestum tricesimo nono.
481.
[Nicholas and Alice grant two shops to Adam de Chisil-
hamton.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Nicholaus de Hythelbury de
Oxonia & Alicia uxor mea dedimus, concessimus, & hac presenti carta
nostra confirmauimus Ade de Chisilhamptone de Oxonia & Isabelle
uxori sue duas shopas cum curtilagiis eisdem shopis annexis situatas
A. 2. 16
June 23,
1365
R 2
244
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 2. 17
Mar. 5,
1366
A. 2. 18
Apr. 14,
1391
in hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie in parochia sancti Egidii
inter tenementum abbatisse & conuentus de Godestowe ex parte
boriali & tenementum Agnetis de Burcestre ex parte australi; ha-
bendas & tenendas predictas duas shopas cum curtilagiis cum omnibus
suis pertinenciis predictis A. & I. & heredibus ac assignatis ipsius Ade
de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure
consueta in perpetuum. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. seal-
ing], hiis testibus, Thoma Wormenhale, Iohanne Plomer, Reginaldo
Westouere, Iohanne Saucer, Iohanne de Grettone, Ricardo de Adyng-
tone, Iohanne Buck' & aliis. Dat' in hundredo predicto die Lune in
vigilia Natiuitatis sancti Iohannis Baptiste anno regni regis Edwardi
tercii post conquestum tricesimo nono.
·
482.
[Adam de Chisilhamton grants the two shops to his
grandsons.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Adam de Chisilhamptone &
Isabella uxor mea dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti carta nostra
confirmauimus Iohanni & Roberto filiis Willelmi filii nostri duas
shopas cum curtilagiis eisdem shopis annexis situatas in hundredo extra
portam borialem Oxonie in parochia sancti Egidii inter tenementum
abbatisse de Godestowe ex parte boriali & tenementum quod fuit
Agnetis de Burcestre ex parte australi; habendas & tenendas predictas
duas shopas cum curtilagiis & suis pertinenciis predictis Iohanni &
Roberto coniunctim & diuisim & heredibus de corporibus eorundem
legittime procreatis de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde
debita & de iure consueta in perpetuum. Et si predicti I. & R. sine
heredibus de corporibus eorundem legitime procreatis obierint, dicte
due shope cum suis pertinenciis michi dicto Ade & rectis heredibus
meis revertantur. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis
testibus, Thoma Wormenhale, Iohanne Plomer, Iohanne Saucer,
Reginaldo Westouere, Iohanne Grettone, Ricardo Adyntone & aliis.
Dať' in hundredo predicto die Iouis proxima ante festum sancti Gregorii
pape anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum quadragesimo.
483.
[William Chisilhamton grants a messuage to Robert
his son.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Willelmus Chyslamptone de
Oxonia carnifex dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui
XI. TENEMENTS IN THE PARISH OF ST. GILES 245
Roberto Chyslamptone filio meo & Iuliane uxori sue totum illud
mesuagium meum cum edificiis & pertinenciis suis, quod situatum est
in hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie in parochia sancti Egidii
abbatis inter tenementum abbatisse de Godestowe ex parte boriali &
tenementum Ricardi Fulk' ex parte australi; habendum & tenendum
prefatis R. & I., heredibus & assignatis suis, libere, quiete, bene & in
pace de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita &
de iure consueta imperpetuum. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius
[&c. sealing]; hiis testibus, Ricardo Garstone tunc maiore ville Oxonie,
Iohanne Forster & Thoma Forsthulle tunc balliuis ville eiusdem,
Willelmo Dagville, Nicholao Spicer, Iohanne Hickes & Thoma
Somerseth tunc aldermannis eiusdem ville, Thoma Hokyn, Iohanne
Turry, Ricardo atte Seler, Gilberto Bourton & aliis.
Dat' apud
Oxoniam quarto decimo die mensis Aprilis anno regni regis Ricardi
secundi a conquestu Anglie quarto decimo,
484.
[Stephen de Braywell grants a messuage to Thomas
Scharpe.]
:
"
Nov. 20,
1455
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Stephanus de Braywell de Oxonia A. 2. 19
dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Thome Scharpe
unum mesuagium cum gardino situatum in parochia sancti Egidii in
hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie inter tenementum Thome
Hawylle ex parte australi & tenementum abbatisse & conuentus de
Godstow ex parte boriali, unam dimidiam acram terre arabilis inter
terram collegii sancte Marie Wynton' Oxonie ex parte australi & ter-
ram capelle beate Marie uirginis in ecclesia sancti Egidii predicti ex
parte boriali, tres rodas iacentes iuxta altam uiam ultra Bemonde inter
terram Nicholai Smythfeld ex parte australi & terram Willelmi Dag-
vylle ex parte, boriali, aliam rodam inter terram Iohanne Essebery
uidue ex parte australi & terram dicti Willelmi ex parte boriali & exten-
dunt se a dicta via regia ab occidente versus Merstone ex parte orientali
& unam dimidiam acram prati in Bysshopeseyte per sortem; habenda
& tenenda prefato Thome, heredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum de
capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure con-
sueta. Et ego [&c. sealing]; hiis testibus, Iohanne Baylimason,
ballivo dicti hundredi, Willelmo Dagville, Willelmo Person, Thoma
Hawylle, Iohanne Iune, Matheo Coke, Roberto Holte & multis aliis.
Dat' Oxonie vicesimo die Novembris anno regni regis Henrici sexti
post conquestum tricesimo quarto.
246 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 2. 22
May 21,
1456
A. 2. 21
Dec. 10,
1456
A. 2. 20
Apr. 8,
1456
485.
[Thomas Scharpe grants a messuage to trustees.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Thomas Scharpe dedi, concessi
& hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Roberto Thwates, Ricardo Luke,
Thome Wythyngtone, Iohanni Barkar, & Roberto Abdy clericis unum
mesuagium [&c. as in no. 484]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus;
Iohanne Baylimasone, balliuo dicti hundredi, Willelmo Dagvylle,
Willelmo Person, Thoma Hawylle, Iohanne Ionne & multis aliis. Dat'
in predicto hundredo vicesimo primo die Maii anno regni regis Hen-
rici sexti post conquestum tricesimo quarto.
486.
[The trustees grant the messuage to John Warkeworth.]
#1
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Robertus Thwates, Ricardus
Luke, Thomas Worthyngtone, Iohannes Barker & Robertus Abdy de
Oxonia dimisimus, feoffauimus et hac presenti carta nostra confirmaui-
mus Iohanni Warkeworth de Oxonia unum mesuagium cum gardino
situatum in parochia sancti Egidii [&c. as in no. 484]. In cuius [&c.
sealing], hiis testibus, Ricardo Wythyke de Oxonia, Ricardo Spragote,
Ricardo Swetloue, Willelmo Largg bedello, Willelmo Gentylman &
aliis. Dat' decimo die Decembris anno regni regis Henrici sexti post
conquestum Anglie tricesimo quinto.
487.
[John Warkeworth grants the messuage to Balliol.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes Warkeworthe de Oxonia
dimisi, feoffaui et hac presenti carta mea confirmaui magistro &
scolaribus domus aule siue collegii de Balliolo in suburbiis (sic) extra
portam borialem Oxonie, et successoribus suis unum mesuagium cum
gardino [&c. as in no. 484]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus,
Ricardo Spragot de Oxonia, Willelmo Dagvylle, Benedicto Stokys,
Willelmo Gryffyth & Iohanne Pagge et aliis. Dat' octauo die Aprilis
anno regni regis Henrici sexti post conquestum Anglie tricesimo
[quinto].¹
1 The MS. has 'quarto'; but the sequence of the charters demands ‘quinto '.
XI. TENEMENTS IN THE PARISH OF ST. GILES 247
488.
I
and 21
Oct. 31, 37 Eliz. [1595]; a lease to Ann Floyd, widow, of a house A. 3. 20
in St. Giles's parish, a tenement in the tenure of John Teaswell being N.,
a tenement in the possession of Richard Moxly S., with 1 acres of
arable land in St. Giles's field and acre of meadow in Burgess mead;
40 years; rent 5s. 4d., being two-thirds of the old rent of 8s., &
3 bushels of malt, 1 bushel of wheat.
489.
Mar. 22, 1627, 3 Car. I; a lease to Jane Hare, widow; Francis A. 3. 22
and 23
Munday is tenant on the N., Jane Hare 'possessor' on the S.; 40
years; same rent.
490.
July 22, 1650; a lease to Elizabeth Blake, daughter of William A. 3. 24
Blake, husbandman; Lawrence Williar tenant on N., one Ridley and 25
possessor on the S.; the half acre of meadow is 'commonly known to
be in the first lott of the Katherine Wheeles marke there'; 40 years;
same rent.
491.
July 22, 1650; bond of William Blake that his daughter will observe A. 3. 26
the terms of the lease.
492.
Mar. 18, 26 Car. II, 1672; a lease to John Paine, boatmaker; A. 3. 27
and 28
bounds as in 1650; 21 years; same rent.
493.
July 7, 33 Car. I, 1681; a lease to Jane Taylor, widow; bounds as A. 3. 29
in 1650; 21 years; same rent.
494.
Mar. 23, 4 Will. & Mary, 1691; a lease to John Mathews, wheel- A. 3. 30
wright; Samuel Williar tenant on N., John Wellar' possessor' on S.;
21 years; same rent.
248 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 3. 32
and 33
495.
Nov. 27, 11 Will. & Mary, 1699; his lease is renewed; same
bounds; 21 years; same rent.
496.
A. 3. 34
and 35
A. 3. 36.
and 37
A. 1. 51
and 52
A. 1. 53
Ap. 28, 6 Ann, 1707; his lease is renewed; same bounds; 21 years;
same rent.
497.
Mar. 25, 6 Geo. I, 1720; a lease to Richard Mathews; the house
is now converted into two tenements; late Samuel Williar tenant on
N., late John Bolt, printer, possessor on S.; 21 years; same rent.
498.
I
Mar. 25, 1729; a lease to Richard Mathews of a tenement in
St. Giles's now converted into two tenements; late Samuel Williar
N., John Bolt, printer, S., with 1 acres of arable land and acre
meadow in Burgess Mead 'commonly known to be in the first mark
of the Catharine Wheel's mark there'; for 21 years; rent 5s. 4d. and
3 bushels of malt and 1 bushel of wheat.
499.
Mar. 25, 1740; a lease to Thomas Rowney Esq.; the same bounds;
21 years; same rent.
A. I. 54
500.
Mar. 25, 1747; his lease is renewed; 21 years; same rent.
501.
A. 1. 55
June 18, 1754; a lease to Richard Chillingworth, yeoman; bounds
and 56 as before; 21 years; same rent.
502.
Aug. 8, 1761; a lease to Mary Chillingworth, widow; 21 years;
A. 1. 57
and 58
same rent.
XI. TENEMENTS IN THE PARISH OF ST. GILES 249
503.
June 23, 1769; her lease is renewed; 21 years; same rent.
504.
A. I. 59
July 18, 1783; her lease is renewed; same neighbours; 21 years; -A. 1. 6ọ
same rent.
505.
Feb. 18, 1794; a lease to Richard Chillingworth of Marston, yeoman, A. 1. 61
of a house, now two tenements, measuring 82 ft. 7 in. E. and W., 41 ft. 6 in.
at W. end, 34 ft. E. end, bounded as before, with 2 acres as before;
21 years; rent as before.
506.
Feb. 28, 1795; a lease to John Ward, yeoman, of a house, now two A. 1. 73
tenements, described as in no. 505 but without the two acres; 40 years;
rent 20s. and 2s. for acquittances.
The counterpart of no. 506 (with a plan).
A. I. 74
507.
and 76
Feb. 6, 1809; a lease to Richard Hopkins of Marcham, gent.; A. 1. 75
bounded as before; 40 years; same rent.
508.
July 16, 1823; John Allam surrenders his lease for the benefit of A. 1. 77
Sarah Parsons.
509.
Oct. 31, 1823; a lease to Sarah Parsons, widow, for a fine of £69;
it is two tenements in front occupied by Thomas Giles and Henry
Hillier, and six newly erected tenements behind, between William Eaton
Burrows N. and Thomas Austin S.; 40 years; same rent.
A. 1. 78
and 79
510.
May 2, 1837; a lease to William Bridgewater, broker, for a fine of A. 1. 80
£97 16s.; Daniel Evans is S.; 40 years; same rent.
and 81
250 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. I. 82
5II.
June 25, 1851; his lease is renewed; fine £144; it is now one
tenement and shop in front and three tenements behind, but the
measurements are the same; Mr. Johnson is N. and Mr. Lynn S.
512.
A. 1. 63
A. I. 64
and 65
A. 1. 66
and 67
(Missing) A lease of the Rope Walk by itself to Richard
Chillingworth, 1794.
513.
June 7, 1805; a lease to Richard Chillingworth of St. Giles's, yeoman,
of parcels of land in the common fields with houses built thereon, viz. one
land in Little Field nearly opposite to the tower of St. Giles's church,
and two tenements lately built on the E. end thereof, in the occupations
of John Cleaver and Brown, a tenement of John Polley N., S. another
tenement in the occupation of Gilbert Godfrey, being 40 ft. 6 in. broad
at E. end and measures 652 ft. 8 in. E. to W., and also two messuages
lately erected at the W. end of the land, in the occupation of Robert
Farmer and Edmund Braithwaite, being 22 ft. 3 in. N. to S., having
John Polley N. and Thomas Goddard S.; also a yard of arable land
in the middle of Great Field next but one to the Baulk or old Gravel
Pit on the south side of it, having Mrs. Trollope's land N. and the
Duke of Marlborough's land S., and three yards of arable lying in one
ridge in the southern part of Great Field, having land of the Duke of
Marlborough N. and land of Mrs. Trollope S., and one land in Burgess
Mead in the first lot of the Catherine Wheel's mark; to hold from
Oct. 10, 1801, for 21 years; rent 20s., and also 2s. for every receipt.
514.
Mar. 23, 1809; his lease is renewed; same bounds; 40 years from
Oct. 10, 1808; rent £2, and 1s. at each half year's receipt.
A. 1 68
and 69
515.
May 16, 1823; his lease is renewed; same bounds; 40 years from
Oct. 10, 1822; same rent.
XI, TENEMENTS IN THE PARISH OF ST. GILES 251
516.
May 2, 1837; a lease to Richard Chillingworth Godfrey, mealman, A. 1. 70
of Oxford, executor of the will of the late Richard Chillingworth, for and 71
£183 3s. 3d., for 40 years from Michaelmas 1836; the two eastern
tenements are occupied by the said Godfrey and Thomas Dyer grocer,
bounded N. by Mrs. Hanwell, S. by James Paxton the elder; the tene-
ments at the W. end are occupied by Messrs. Pettifer and Lambden,
bounded N. by Hannah Pharaoh, S. by Thomas Goddard; but without
the land in the open fields; rent as before.
517.
June 14, 1851; his lease is renewed for a payment of £197 11s. 6d.; A. 1. 72.
the eastern tenements are occupied by himself and Mr. Warland grocer,
bounded by land of Univ. Coll. N. and S.; at west end the occupants
are Messrs. Bryant and Wilson, bounded N. and S. by premises of Univ.
Coll.; 40 years from Oct. 10, 1850; rent as before.
518.
Mar. 25, 1861; Balliol leases to John Marsh 32 yards, Thomas
Bowell 30 yards, William Cooke 59 yards of garden ground on the
S. side of a pathway leading from Clarendon St. to Cocks Row.
519.
1861; The College leases to Messrs. Bowell and Wilson nos. 114
and 115 Clarendon St., Jericho.
520.
A valuation by Mr. Hudson, Oct. 21, 1836.
St. Giles's. Lessee Mr. Bridgewater: two front and three back tene- A. 3. 43
ments now laid into one, containing front shop and 12 rooms, small
yard and back workshop, and three small tenements in the yard.
Valued at £57.
Mr. Godfrey; two front houses, one containing front shop,
2 sitting rooms, 4 bedrooms, underground kitchen, small garden.
Valued at £35.
These premises have been lately rebuilt.
252
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
One front house adjoining the above containing front shop,
2 sitting rooms, 3 bedrooms, small yard, warehouse. Valued at £30.
A portion of the above held by Mr. Chillingworth, lying at the
back and adjoining, consisting of two tenements facing Clarendon St.,
each containing 6 rooms, with a garden. Valued at £40.
These two tenements have been lately rebuilt.
A. 2. I
1304
3. A TENEMENT ON THE EAST SIDE OF ST. GILES'S,
WHICH DID NOT COME TO BALLIOL. 521–35.
These charters deal with a tenement on the east side of St. Giles's
Street towards the north end of the parish. It was on the north side of a
tenement called Margaret Hall, as we learn by the help of the Godstow
Cartulary, the rentals of St. John's Hospital, and the Hundred Rolls. In
1459 it was given to George Neville with two other tenements, which
passed into the possession of Balliol, but there is no evidence that the
College ever owned this tenement.
521.
[John de Weston grants a messuage to William de
Barton.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes de Westone capellanus
Apr. 29, dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Willelmo filio
Roberti de Bartone Oxonie & Alicie de Seynebir' uxori sue totum
illud mesuagium cum omnibus domibus superedificatis quod situm
est in parochia sancti Egidii extra portam borialem Oxonie inter
tenementum quod quondam fuit Willelmi Motte ex parte boriali &
tenementum quondam Iohannis de Curtelingtone ex parte australi
una cum dimidia acra terre arabilis adiacente retro curtilagium illius
mesuagii & una acra & dimidia acra & una roda prati iacentibus per
sortem in Byscopeseyte; habendum & tenendum dictum mesuagium
cum predictis dimidia acra terre arabilis & una acra & dimidia acra
& una roda prati cum omnibus suis pertinenciis predictis Willelmo
& Alicie & heredibus suis uel suis assignatis de capitalibus dominis
illius feodi per seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta in perpetuum.
Et ego [&c. warranty]. Et ut [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Willelmo
de Erneby, Henrico le Peyntur, Nicholao Rodeplante, Willelmo de
Bladone, Gilberto le Marchal, Roberto de Miltone, Iohanne le Water-
XI. TENEMENTS IN THE PARISH OF ST. GILES 253
man & multis aliis. Dať' Oxonie die Mercurii proxima post festum
sancti Marci ewangeliste, anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis Henrici
tricesimo secundo.¹
522.
[William de Barton grants a messuage to Richard de
Merchstone.]
Nov. 30,
1314
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Willelmus de Bartone dedi, A. 2. 2
concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Ricardo de Merchstone
coco Oseneye totum tenementum meum cum omnibus suis perti-
nenciis quod situm est in hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie
in parochia sancti Egidii inter tenementum Iohannis de Croxford
ex parte boriali & tenementum quod fuit aliquando Walteri Bost ex
parte australi; tenendum & habendum totum predictum tenementum
cum omnibus suis ubique pertinenciis predicto Ricardo & suis here-
dibus & assignatis de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde
debita & consueta, libere, quiete, bene, integre & in pace in perpetuum.
Et ego [&c. warranty]. Pro hac autem donacione [&c.] dedit michi
dictus Ricardus quamdam summam pecunie pre manibus. Ut igitur
[&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Willelmo de Burncestre tunc maiore
Oxonie, Ricardo Cary & Iohanne de Byshopstone tunc balliuis
eiusdem uille, Iohanne de Colushulle, Henrico de Lenne, Iohanne
Stene, Iohanne de Croxford tunc balliuo hundredi extra portam
borialem Oxonie, Henrico de Bramptone, Willelmo Meke, Ricardo
Ouere, Willelmo de Bygenhulle, Iohanne le Quylter, Iohanne de
Aston clerico & aliis. Dať' Oxonie die Sabbati in festo sancti Andree
apostoli anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis Edwardi octauo.2
523.
[Alice de Seynbury grants the messuage to Richard de
Merchstone.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Alicia de Seynbury que fui
uxor Willelmi de Bartone de Oxonia in mea viduitate & in ligia
potestate mea dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui
Ricardo de Merschtone coco Oseneye totum illud tenementum meum
1 Seal, pointed oval, brown, 13 in. × 3,
the Virgin and Child with a figure below
in adoration. This deed shows that in
Bishopseyt there were some strips of a
quarter of an acre.
2 Endorsed: Carta Willelmi de
Bartone de Aula.
A. 2. 3
May 1,
1315
254
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 2. 23
Oct. 26,
1351
A. 2. 24
cum suis pertinenciis [&c. as in no. 521]. Et ego [&c. warranty].
Pro hac [&c. as in no. 521]. Ut igitur [&c. sealing]; hiis testibus,
Iohanne de Dokelingtone tunc maiore Oxonie, Iohanne de Pershore,
Andrea de Wormenhale tunc ballivis eiusdem uille, Willelmo de
Hakeburne tunc balliuo in hundredo predicto, Henrico de Bramptone,
Nicholao de Haylesdone, Thoma Bost, Roberto de Pyrie, Willelmo
de Bladen, Iohanne le Waterman & aliis. Dat' Oxonie die Iouis
in festo Ascensionis domini anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis
Edwardi decimo.¹
524.
[William de Hellesfeld grants a tenement to John de
Helmeseye.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Willelmus de Hellesfeld dedi,
concessi, & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Iohanni de Helmeseye
& Isabelle uxori eius unum tenementum cum uno curtilagio cum
omnibus suis pertinenciis quod situm est in hundredo extra portam
borialem Oxonie in parochia sancti Egidii inter tenementum quondam
Nicholai de Croxford ex parte boriali & tenementum abbatisse de
Goddestowe ex parte australi²; habendum & tenendum predicto
I. & I. uxori eius, heredibus & assignatis ipsius Iohannis de capitalibus
dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta libere,
quiete, bene & in pace in perpetuum. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In
cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne Saucer seniore, Iohanne
de Grettone, Willelmo de Addyngtone, Roberto Stampe, Ricardo
Folke, & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam die Mercurii proxima ante
festum Symonis & Iude, anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post con-
questum vicesimo quinto.
525.
[John de Langrish grants the tenement to Richard
de Oxenford.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Iohannes de Langrysshe &
Mar. 20, Isabella uxor mea dedimus, concessimus, & hac presenti carta nostra
1370
I
1 Seal pointed oval, 14 in. x 3, a cross
formed of four ears of corn S' ALICIE
DE BARTONE. Endorsed • Vacat
quia carta & non quietaclamatio, &
alibi est bona quietaclamatio nomine
predicte Alicie.' The quitclaim that
is here mentioned does not exist now.
2 In 1322 William of Burcester gave
to Godstow a tenement next to the
holding of Richard, the cook of Oseney
(Godst. Cart. pp. 452 and 467; E.E.T.
Soc.); but this Richard held the tene-
ment mentioned in this charter; see
no. 522.
XI. TENEMENTS IN THE PARISH OF ST. GILES 255
}
confirmauimus Ricardo Doxenford & Sibille uxori sue unum me-
suagium cum una shopa eidem mesuagio annexa & cum uno curtilagio
adiacente situatum in hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie in
parochia sancti Egidii inter tenementum abbatisse & conuentus de
Godestowe ex parte australi & tenementum nostrum ex parte boriali ;
habendum & tenendum predictis R. & S. & heredibus ac assignatis
suis de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de
iure consueta imperpetuum. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c.
sealing], hiis testibus, Thoma Wormenhale, Iohanne Plomer, Willelmo
de Whytewelle, Iohanne de Grettone, Ricardo de Adyntone & aliis.
Dat' in hundredo predicto die Mercurii proxima post festum Annun-
ciacionis beate Marie Virginis anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post
conquestum quadragessimo quarto.
526.
[John de Langrish quitclaims to Richard de Oxenford.]
Nouerint uniuersi nos Iohannem Langrische & Isabellam uxorem
meam remisisse, relaxasse & omnino pro nobis & heredibus nostris
quietum clamasse Ricardo Doxenford & Sibille uxori sue totum ius
& clamium nostrum quod habemus seu quouismodo habere poterimus
in uno mesuagio cum una shopa eidem mesuagio annexa & cum
curtilagio adiacente situato in hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie
in parochia sancti Egidii inter tenementum abbatisse & conuentus
de Godestowe ex parte australi & tenementum Iohannis Facherel ex
parte boriali; ita quod [&c.]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus,
Ricardo de Adyngtone, Ricardo Fulke, Ricardo Bourghe, Willelmo
Cheselhamtone, Roberto Deye, Reginaldo Westouere, Iohanne
Grittone & aliis. Dat' in hundredo predicto die Veneris proxima
post festum Annunciacionis beate Marie Virginis, anno regni regis
Edwardi tercii post conquestum quadragesimo nono.
527.
[Richard de Oxenford grants the tenement to John Buk.]
A. 2. 25
Mar. 30,
1375
1375
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Ricardus Doxenford & Sibilla A. 2. 26
uxor eius dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti carta nostra confir- Apr. 1,
mauimus Iohanni Buk' & Iuliane uxori eius unum mesuagium cum
shopa eidem mesuagio annexa & cum curtilagio adiacente situatum in
suburbio extra portam borialem Oxonie in parochia sancti Egidii inter
256 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 2. 27
Feb. 18,
1380
A. 2. 28
Feb. 18,
1380
tenementum abbatisse & conuentus de Godestowe ex parte australi &
tenementum quod quondam fuit Iohannis de Helmeseye ex parte
boriali; habendum & tenendum predictis I. & I. & heredibus ac assig-
natis suis de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita &
de iure consueta. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis
testibus, Ricardo de Adyngtone, Ricardo Fulke, Iohanne Facherel,
Ricardo Bourghe, Reginaldo Westouere, Iohanne Grittone & aliis.
Dat' in suburbio predicto die dominica proxima post festum Annun-
ciacionis beate Marie virginis anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post
conquestum quadragesimo nono.
528.
[Agnes le Peyntour quitclaims to John Buk.]
Nouerint uniuersi me Agnetem filiam Iohannis le Peyntour de
Oxonia ac relictam Iohannis de Bereford burgensis Oxonie in pura
uiduitate mea & ligea potestate remisisse, relaxasse & omnino pro me
& heredibus meis imperpetuum quietum clamasse Iohanni Buk' de
Oxonia & Iuliane uxori sue & eorum heredibus ac eorum assignatis
imperpetuum totum ius & clamium que habui, habeo, seu quouismodo
habere potero in quodam mesuagio cum shopa eidem annexa & cum
curtilagio adiacente & suis pertinenciis, situato in suburbio extra portam
borialem Oxonie in parochia sancti Egidii inter tenementum abbatisse
& conuentus de Godestowe ex parte australi & tenementum Iohannis
Facherel quod quondam fuit Iohannis de Helmeseye ex parte boriali;
ita uero quod [&c.]. In cuius [&c. sealing]. Et quia sigillum meum
pluribus est incognitum, sigillum officii maioratus Oxonie hiis apponi
procuraui; hiis testibus, Willelmo Codeshale tunc maiore uille Oxonie,
Thoma Baret & Thoma Lardener tunc balliuis eiusdem ville, Iohanne
Gibbes, Willelmo Northerne, Ricardo de Adyntone, Ricardo Fulke,
Iohanne Facherel, Willelmo Cressale, Roberto Deye, Reginaldo
Westouere & aliis. Dat' in suburbio predicto decimo octauo die
Februarii, anno regni regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum Anglie
tercio.
529.
[Isabella le Peyntour quitclaims to John Buk.]
Nouerint uniuersi me Isabellam filiam Iohannis le Peyntour de
Oxonia ac relictam Iohannis Langrisshe de eadem in pura viduitate
mea & ligea potestate remisisse, relaxasse [&c. as in no. 528].
XI. TENEMENTS IN THE PARISH OF ST. GILES 257
530.
[The will of John Bocke.]
xs.
Oct. 6,
1382
In dei nomine Amen. Die Lune scilicet in festo sancte Fidis virginis A. 2. 29
anno domini millesimo cccmo octogesimo secundo ego Iohannes Bocke
condo testamentum meum in hunc modum; in primis lego animam
meam deo & beate Marie & omnibus sanctis eius, corpusque meum
ad sepeliendum in cimiterio sancte Marie Magdalene; item lego
Iohanni Lokeer' de Stokewellestrete unum linthiamen & unam iupam;
item lego Laurencio Brygurdelmaker unum tabardum cum capicio
eiusdem secte; item lego Thome Daton' unam iupam rubeam; item
lego Waltero Faulere unam iupam cum capicio de secta burgencium
anno elapso; item lego pauperibus scolaribus pro psalteriis dicendis
pro salute anime mee x solidos; item lego vicario sancte Marie
Magdalene iiis. iiii d.; item lego distribuendos pauperibus in die
sepulture mee in pane & potu x s.; item lego pro missis celebrandis
pro salute anime mee xs.; item lego fabrice ecclesie beate Marie
Magdalene iii s.; item lego Alicie filie mee unum couerleť' cum duobus
linthiaminibus; item lego dicte Alicie I pelvim cum lauac' & unam
ollam eneam; item lego Egidio de Coueley iii s. iiii d.; item uolo quod
Iuliana uxor mea habeat unam domum cum duobus schopis situatam
inter tenementum Iohannis Rye (? Bye) ex parte australi & Iohannem
Facherel ex parte boriali in parochia sancti Egidii in suburbiis Oxonie
ad terminum vite sue libere & quod post mortem ipsius Iuliane domus
huiusmodi cum suis pertinenciis vendatur & pecunia inde recepta in
pios usus pro salute animarum nostrarum fideliter disponetur; item
residuum omnium bonorum meorum lego Iuliane uxori mee ad facien-
dum & disponendum pro anima mea prout ei melius videbitur expedire.
Et ad istud testamentum bene & fideliter exequendum ordino & con-
stituo meos esse executores Iulianam uxorem meam & Willelmum
Harper. In cuius rei testimonium, huic testamento sigillum meum
apposui; hiis testibus, Willelmo Wakeffeld, Iohanne Bekenesfeld,
Willelmo Somnour, Ricardo Burure & aliis.
Endorsed. xxix die mensis Octobris anno domini infrascripto coram Oct. 29
nobis officiali domini archidiaconi Oxonie probatum est presens testa-
mentum ac pro eodem per nos legittime executoribus infrascriptis in
forma iuris iuratis commissa est per nos administracio bonorum in
bonis dicti defuncti. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum officii nostri
presentibus apposuimus. Dat' ut supra.
S
258 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 2. 30
May 25,
1389
A. 2. 31
May 30,
1389
531.
[Thomas Iffley and his wife grant a messuage to Alan
Lekenesfeld.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Thomas Ziftele whyttawyer de
Stockewelstrete & Iuliana uxor mea dedimus, concessimus, & hac pre-
senti carta nostra confirmauimus Alano Lekenesfeld burgensi de
Oxonia & Katerine uxori eius unum mesuagium cum duabus shopis
eidem mesuagio annexis & cum curtilagio adiacente situatum in subur-
bio extra portam borialem Oxonie in parochia sancti Egidii inter
tenementum abbatisse & conuentus de Godestowe ex parte australi
& tenementum quod quondam fuit Iohannis de Helmesey ex parte
boriali; habendum & tenendum predictis A. & K., heredibus & assig-
natis suis, de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita
& de iure consueta imperpetuum. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius
[&c. sealing]; hiis testibus, Ricardo Garstone tunc maiore ville Oxonie,
Iohanne Forster & Bartholomeo Bysshope tunc balliuis eiusdem ville,
Edmundo Kenyan, Petro de Welyngtone, Willelmo Ryuell', Ricardo
alte celer', Ricardo Burghe, Iohanne Torry, Ricardo Fulke, Willelmo
Hamptone & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam die Martis proxima ante
festum Ascencionis domini anno regni regis Ricardi secundi post
conquestum Anglie duodecimo.
Endorsed. Pro domo in parochia sancti Egidii ex parte occidentali
ecclesie.¹
532.
[Isabella Croxford quitclaims to Alan Lekenesfeld.]
Nouerint uniuersi me Isabellam nuper relictam Nicholai Croxforde
de Cudlyngton in pura viduitate mea & ligea potestate & Ricardum
filium & heredem dicti Nicholai unanimi concensu & assensu remisisse,
relaxasse & omnino pro nobis, heredibus & executoribus nostris quietum
clamasse Alano Lekenesfeld burgensi de Oxonia & Katerine uxori sue
& eorum heredibus ac eorum assignatis imperpetuum totum ius &
clamium que habuimus, habemus seu quovismodo habere poterimus
in quodam mesuagio [&c. as in no. 531 reading 'tenementum Iohannis
Facherell quod quondam fuit Iohannis de Helmeseye ex parte boriali '].
Hiis testibus, Ricardo Garstone tunc maiore Oxonie, Iohanne Forster
1 If this endorsement is correct the
house was not on the east side of the
street, as we have suggested; but it is
possible that 'orientali' was meant.
The confusion of the two words is
frequent.
XI. TENEMENTS IN THE PARISH OF ST. GILES 259
& Bartholomeo Bysshope tunc ballivis eiusdem ville, Willelmo Dagvylle,
Edmundo Kenyan, Petro de Welyngtone, Thoma Houkyn, Willelmo
Ryuelle, Iohanne Torry, Ricardo Fulke, Willelmo Wheler, Iohanne
Roper, Willelmo Hamptone & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam die dominica
proxima post festum Ascencionis domini anno regni regis Ricardi
secundi post conquestum Anglie duodecimo.
533.
[Richard Osberne grants to George Neville three tenements
in Oxford.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Ricardus Osbern' de Hoo in
comitatu Bedford' armiger dedi, concessi, & hac presenti carta mea
confirmavi Georgio Neville episcopo Exon' tria tenementa mea in
Oxonia cum suis pertinenciis unde unum tenementum situatur in
parochia sancti Petri in Ballio Oxonie inter tenementum Andree
Wemme ex parte occidentali & fundum Philippi Gurtone ex parte
orientali; aliud tenementum de predictis tribus tenementis situatur in
parochia sancte Ebbe in parvo Ballio inter tenementum prioris et con-
ventus sancte Frideswyde ex parte australi & tenementum Thome
Bartone ex parte boriali; & tercium tenementum de predictis tene-
mentis situatum est in parochia sancti Egidii extra portam borialem
Oxonie inter tenementum Mathei Cooke ex parte boriali & tenementum
abbatisse et conventus de Godstowe ex parte australi¹; habenda &
tenenda cum omnibus eorum pertinenciis prefato Georgio, heredibus
& assignatis suis imperpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per
servicia inde debita et de iure consueta. Et ego [&c. warranty]. In
cuius [&c. sealing]; hiis testibus, Roberto Attewode maiore ville
Oxonie, Ricardo Spragot, Iohanne Clerk, Iohanne Suetlove, Henrico
Philippes aldremannis, Thoma Havylle, Iohanne Smythe ballivis
eiusdem ville, & aliis. Dat' Oxonie ultimo die Ianuarii anno regni regis
Henrici sexti post conquestum Anglie tricesimo septimo.
534.
[George Neville appoints attorneys to receive seisin of
the three tenements.]
A. 2. 45
Jan. 31,
1459
Nouerint uniuersi me Georgium Neville episcopum Exon' attornasse A. 3. 19
& loco meo constituisse dilectos michi Robertum Abdy clericum &
1 It may safely be assumed that this
is the tenement described in the previous
chaiter, because we learn from deed
no. 287 that Richard Osberne was the
successor of Alan Lekenesfield in Little
Bailey.
Jan. 31,
1459
S 2
260 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 3. 18
Feb. 2,
1459
Willelmum Kylbek armigerum ad capiendum vice & nomine meo de
Ricardo Osberne armigero plenam possessionem & seisinam de & in
tribus tenementis cum omnibus eorum ubique in Oxonia pertinenciis
& in suburbiis eiusdem secundum vim, formam, tenorem & effectum
carte eiusdem Ricardi Osberne michi inde confecte. In cuius [&c.
sealing]. Dat' ultimo die Ianuarii anno regni regis Henrici sexti post
conquestum Anglie tricesimo septimo.
535.
[William Ketyll and Roger Grandorge quitclaim to George
Neville the lands which Richard Osberne had lately
granted them.]
Omnibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit Willelmus Ketyll
clericus & Rogerus Grandorge gentilman salutem in domino. Noveritis
nos remisisse, relaxasse & omnino pro nobis & heredibus nostris im-
perpetuum quietum clamasse Georgio Neville episcopo Exon' super
sua pacifica possessione totum ius nostrum, titulum & clameum ac
demandam que unquam habuimus, habemus seu quovismodo infuturum
habere poterimus de & in omnibus terris & tenementis que nuper con-
iunctim habuimus ex dono & feoffamento Ricardi Osberne armigeri in
Oxonia & in suburbiis eiusdem; ita quod nec nos [&c.]. In cuius
[&c. sealing]. Dat' Oxonie secundo die Februarii anno regni regis
Henrici sexti post conquestum Anglie tricesimo septimo.
A. 3. I
XII. MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS. 536-63.
1. MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS WHICH BELONGED TO THE
FAMILY OF CHISELHAMPTON AND PASSED INTO THE
POSSESSION OF THE COLLEGE WITH OTHER DEEDS OF
THAT FAMILY.
536-45.
536.
[John de Oxford gives to Adam de Chisilhamptone a
messuage in the parish of St. Thomas.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes de Oxonia ac civis &
Sept. 21, pelliparius London' dedi, concessi, & hac presenti carta mea confirmavi
Ade de Chisilhamptone de Oxonia unum mesuagium cum pertinenciis
1349
XII. MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS
261
situatum in suburbio & hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie in
parochia sancti Thome inter tenementum quod dudum fuit Willelmi
de Cnaresburghe iunioris ex parte orientali & tenementum quod fuit
Iohannis de Peseye ex parte occidentali; habendum & tenendum pre-
dicto A., heredibus ac assignatis suis de capitalibus dominis feodi
illius per servicia inde debita & de iure consueta in perpetuum. Et
ego [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne
Saucer, Willelmo Sturthup, Reginaldo de Westouere, Iohanne de
Ayeho, Iohanne de Hemelsey, Iohanne de Gretton & aliis. Dať in
suburbio predicto die Lune in festo sancti Mathei apostoli anno regni
regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum vicesimo tercio.
537.
[John le Waterman grants to Richard Geffrays half an acre
in Bishopseyt Mead and half an acre in Walton field.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes le Waterman capel- A. 3. 2
lanus dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmavi Ricardo [c. 1300]
Geffrays caretario & Iohanne uxori sue in libero maritagio unam
dimidiam acram prati iacentem per sortem in Bissopeseyt, et unam
dimidiam acram terre arabilis iacentem in campo de Waltone versus
viginti acras¹ inter terram Philippi de Oe ex parte australi & terram
quam Robertus de Buckenhulle quondam tenuit ex parte boriali;
habendas & tenendas prefatis R. & I. & heredibus inter eosdem
legitime procreatis de capitalibus dominis feodi per servicia inde debita
& consueta libere, quiete, bene & in pace in perpetuum. Et ego [&c.
warranty]. Et si contingat quod predicta I. decedat vivente Ricardo,
volo quod predictus Ricardus dictum pratum cum terra arabili &
omnibus suis pertinenciis usque ad finem vite sue possideat. Item si
contingat quod predicti R. & I. uxor sua sine herede legitimo pro-
creato moriantur, volo quod predictum pratum cum terra arabili &
omnibus suis pertinenciis ad heredes propinquiores de sanguine eiusdem
Iohanne libere remaneant in perpetuum. Et ut [&c. sealing], hiis
testibus, Thoma Bost, Iohanne de Walton, Iohanne le Waterman,
Roberto de Beneseye, Roberto Marchal, Ricardo de Adyntone & aliis.
1 ( Twenty Acres' was the name of a holding in, or near, Walton which belonged
to Oseney.
262 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 3. 3
1357
3.3
A. 3. 5
Jan. 26,
1358
538.
[The proctors of the chantry of St. Mary in the church of
St. Mary Magdalen lease to Adam de Chisilhamptone a
strip of land in Walton field.]
Hec indentura testatur quod nos Iohannes Saucer & Willelmus
Tayllour procuratores cantarie misse beate Marie in ecclesia beate
Marie Magdalene Oxonie, unanimi assensu & consensu vicarii &
omnium parochianorum, concessimus, dimisimus & tradidimus Ade
de Chisilhamptone & Isabelle uxori sue & Willelmo filio eorundem
unam foreram terre arabilis iacentem in campo de Waltone & ex-
tendit in longitudine iuxta Wodestoke Wey ex parte orientali & terram
abbatis de Oseneye ex parte occidentali; habendam & tenendam pre-
dictis A., I., & W. ad terminum vite eorundem, reddendo inde annua-
tim nobis & successoribus nostris duodecim denarios annui redditus
ad festum sancti Michaelis archangeli; [if the rent is unpaid, the land
may be taken back]. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius rei testi-
monium hiis scriptis indentatis tam sigillum commune cantarie pre-
dicte quam sigilla ipsorum A., I. & W. hiis scriptis indentatis alterna-
tim sunt appensa; hiis testibus, Henrico de Malmesbury, Reginaldo
Westouere, Iohanne de Grettone, Iohanne de Hemelseye, & aliis.
Dat' in hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie anno regni regis
Edwardi tercii post conquestum tricesimo primo.¹
539.
[Richard vicar of the church of St. Mary Magdalen grants
to Adam de Chiselhampton all that had been granted
to him by the said Adam.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Ricardus vicarius ecclesie beate
Marie Magdalene extra portam borialem Oxonie dedi, concessi & hac
presenti carta mea confirmavi Ade de Chiselhamptone & Isabelle
uxori eius omnia terras & tenementa que habui ex dono & feoffa-
mento predicti Ade in comitatu Oxonie viz. in suburbio Oxonie,
Wodestoke & Clayore 2; habenda & tenenda predictis A. & I. ad
totam vitam eorundem & utriusque eorum diucius viventis libere,
1 With the seal of the parishioners
as reproduced in Collectanea, vol. iii,
plate I (Oxf. Hist. Soc.).
2 Now Clare, a hamlet in the parish
of Pyrton, Oxfordshire.
XII. MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS
263
quiete, bene & in pace imperpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi
illius per servicia inde debita & de iure consueta. Et ego [&c.
warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Henrico de Malmes-
bury, Thoma de Buggeworthe, Iohanne ye Noble, Iohanne Plomer,
Iohanne Sauser, & multis aliis. Dat' Oxonie die Veneris proxima
ante festum Purificacionis anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post con-
questum tricesimo secundo.
540.
[Robert Chopper and Juliana his wife grant to Adam de
Chisilhampton and Isabella his wife half an acre of
arable land in Twenty Acre and half an acre of meadow
in Bishopseyt.]
1358
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Robertus Choppere & Iuliana A. 3. 4
uxor mea dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti carta nostra confir- April 2,
mavimus Ade de Chisilhamptone & Isabelle uxori sue unam dimidiam
acram terre arabilis iacentem in Twentiacre inter terram que fuit
Willelmi Brunfeld ex parte boriali & terram que fuit Iohannis Gold-
smyth ex parte australi & unam dimidiam acram prati iacentem in
Bysshoppeseythe cum per sortem acciderit; habendas & tenendas
predictis A. & I. & heredibus ac assignatis ipsius Ade de capitalibus
dominis feodi illius per servicia inde debita & de iure consueta.
nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne
de Grettone, Iohanne Saucer, Reginaldo Westouere, Iohanne de
Hemelseye, Iohanne Plomer, Waltero Faulore et aliis. Dat' in hun-
dredo extra portam borialem Oxonie die Lune proxima post festum
Passche anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum tricesimo
secundo.
541.
Et
[Richard Dammori leases to William Chisilhampton arable
land in Northam field.]
1371
Noverint universi me Ricardum Dammori militem sub forma & A. 3. 6
condicione subscriptis concessisse, dimisisse & tradidisse Willelmo Sept. 8,
Chisilhamptone carnifici de Oxonia totam terram meam arabilem cum
suis pertinenciis iacentem in hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie
in campo vocato Northham; habendam & tenendam prefato W. &
heredibus suis ac suis assignatis a festo sancti Michaelis proximo
264 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 3. 8
Jan. 10,
1378
A. 3.7
Jan. 28,
1378
futuro usque ad finem termini decem annorum, reddendo inde annua-
tim michi, heredibus aut assignatis meis quadraginta solidos bone &
legalis monete ad duos anni terminos videlicet [Mar. 25, Sept. 29].
[If the rent is unpaid, the owner may take the land]. Et ego [&c.
warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing]; dať' apud Hedyndone octavo die
Septembris anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum quadra-
gesimo quinto.
542.
[Isabella de Chisilhampton grants to William her son all her
goods and chattels.]
Noverint universi me Isabellam relictam Ade de Chiselhampton de
Oxonia dedisse & concessisse Willelmo de Chiselhamptone filio meo
omnia bona & catalla mea mobilia & immobilia ubicumque fuerint in-
venta; ita quod nec ego nec aliquis nomine meo aliquid de bonis seu
catallis predictis exigere vel vendicare poterimus in futurum. In
cuius [&c. sealing]; hiis testibus, Ricardo de Adyntone, Thoma
Houkyn, Iohanne Grettone, Reginaldo Westouere, Roberto Deye,
Iohanne Grom, Iohanne Noble, Michaele Smyth & aliis. Dat' in
suburbio extra portam borialem Oxonie decimo die Ianuarii anno
regni regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum Anglie primo.
543.
[Isabella de Chisilhampton quitclaims to William her son
all her lands in Northgate Hundred.]
Noverint universi me Isabellam relictam Ade de Chiselhamptone de
Oxonia in pura viduitate mea & ligea potestate remisisse, relaxasse
& omnino pro me & heredibus meis imperpetuum quietum clamasse
Willelmo de Chiselhamptone filio meo & heredibus ac assignatis suis
imperpetuum totum ius & clamium que habui, habeo seu quovismodo
habere potero in. omnibus illis terris, tenementis, redditibus, pratis,
pascuis, pasturis, serviciis & omnibus aliis pertinenciis in hundredo
extra portam borialem Oxonie ac in villis de Wodestoke & Cleyore,
que quondam fuerunt predicti Ade mariti mei; ita quod nec ego
[&c.]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Ricardo de Adyntone,
Thoma Houkyn, Iohanne Grettone, Reginaldo Westovere, Roberto
Deye, Iohanne Grom, Iohanne Noble, Michaele Smyth & aliis.
Dať' in suburbio predicto, vicesimo octavo die Ianuarii anno regni
regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum Anglie primo.
XII. MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS
265
544.
[John Dieghere quitclaims all demands against the
executors of Adam de Chisilhampton.]
Noverint universi nos Iohannem Dieghere de Sloutere & Emmam A. 3. 9
uxorem meam remisisse, relaxasse & omnino pro nobis & heredibus c. 1378
nostris imperpetuum quietum clamasse Isabelle que fuit uxor Ade
de Cheselhamptone & Willelmo filio predictorum Ade & Isabelle
executorum testamenti predicti Ade omnimodas acciones reales
personales querelas & demandas quascumque habuimus seu habere
poterimus erga eosdem occasione alicuius convencionis, transgressionis
aut debiti a principio mundi usque ad diem confeccionis presencium
quovismodo inter nos perpetratorum seu initorum. In cuius [&c.
sealing]; hiis testibus, Iohanne Grittone, Ricardo Adyngtone,
Roberto Deye & Reginaldo Westovere & aliis. Dat' [sic].
545.
[John Chisilhampton grants all his goods and chattels to
Robert Chisilhampton.]
Mar. 15,
1404
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes Chisilhamtone¹ custos A. 3. II
domus & capelle beate Katerine de Wamberghe Saresbiriensis
diocesis dedi, concessi & confirmavi per presentes Roberto Chisel-
hamtone cognato meo & domino Ricardo Cole capellano omnia
bona & catalla mea ubicumque existencia; habenda & tenenda eis
& eorum utrique & eorum assignatis, & ad ordinandum & disponen-
dum de dictis bonis & catallis plene & libere, quiete & in pace,
sicut eis placuerit vel visum fuerit eisdem expedire sine reclamatione
mea vel alicuius alterius persone in perpetuum. In cuius rei testi-
monium sigillum meum presentibus apposui. Datum apud Wam-
berghe die Sabbati proxima post festum sancti Gregorii pape anno
domini MCCCC tercio, et regni regis Henrici quarti post conquestum
anno quinto.2
For this John Chisilhamtone see
no. 41.
2 An endorsement of Wood states
that this concerned the Katharine
Wheel, but it is not so.
266 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
2. MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS ABOUT LANDS IN NORTHGATE
HUNDRED WHICH BELONGED TO STEPHEN BRAY-
WELL. 546-55.
A. 2. 32
June 22,
1417
A. 2. 33
546.
[Stephen Braywell grants to trustees all his property in
Northgate Hundred.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Stephanus Braywell & Iuliana
uxor mea dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti carta nostra confir-
mauimus magistris Thome Benyngworth, Ricardo Cordon archidiacono
Roffensi, Willelmo Hamortone, Willelmo Rasshe, Willelmo Bourde
et magistro Willelmo Kelemarsshe totum statum nostrum quem
habemus in omnibus terris, tenementis, redditibus et seruiciis cum per-
tinenciis suis que habemus in hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie;
habendum & tenendum prefatis T., R., W., W., W., et W., heredibus
et assignatis suis in perpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per
seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In
cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Waltero Daundeseye maiore ville
Oxonie, Willelmo Huchons, et Iohanne North ballivis eiusdem ville,
Gilberto Burtone senescallo hundredi predicti, Iohanne Whatteley,
Iohanne Hunche, Iohanne Stayntone, Iohanne Skennesbye, Roberto
Sprunt, Iohanne Lillistone, Michaele Norton clerico et aliis. Dat' in
hundredo siue suburbio predicto die Martis proxima ante festum
Nativitatis sancti Iohannis Baptiste anno regni regis Henrici quinti
post conquestum Anglie quinto.
547.
Stephen Braywell grants the same property to other
trustees.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Stephanus Braywell & Iuliana
June 22, uxor mea dedimus, concessimus & hac presenti carta nostra confir-
1417
mauimus Michaeli Iamays clerico, domino Roberto Louersalle capel-
lano, Willelmo Offord, Ricardo Rocke & Waltero Asshebury omnia
terras & tenementa nostra redditus & seruicia que habemus in suburbio
siue in hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie cum pratis, pascuis,
pasturis & omnibus aliis pertinenciis suis; habenda & tenenda prefatis
M., R., W., R., & W., heredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum
XII. MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS
267
libere, integre & in pace de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia
inde debita & de iure consueta. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius
[&c. sealing; witnesses and date as in no. 546].
A duplicate of no. 547. It is endorsed 'Parochia Mag.'
548.
[The trustees enfeoff Stephen Braywell in the property
they had received from him.]
A. 2. 34
1419
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Michael Iamays clericus, A. 2.35
dominus Robertus Louersalle capellanus, Willelmus Offord, Ricardus Nov. 4,
Rocke & Walterus Asshebury dimisimus, feoffauimus & hac presenti
carta nostra confirmauimus Stephano Braywelle & Iuliane uxori sue
totum illum statum nostrum quem habemus in omnibus terris &
tenementis, redditibus & seruiciis cum pertinenciis suis que habemus
in hundredo siue suburbio extra portam borialem ville Oxonie, et
quem statum nuper habuimus ex dono & feoffamento predicti Stephani
& Iuliane; habendum & tenendum prefatis S. & I., heredibus et
assignatis suis imperpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per
seruicia inde debita & de iure consueta. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis
testibus, Thoma Couentre maiore ville Oxonie, Iohanne Brademere
& Iohanne Quaram ballivis dicte ville, Gilberto Burton, Iohanne
Whateley, Iohanne Teyntone, Iohanne Skennesby, Iohanne Hunche,
Michaele Norton clerico & aliis. Dat' in hundredo predicto quarto
die Novembris anno regni regis Henrici quinti post conquestum
septimo.
A duplicate of no. 548.
549.
[Stephen Braywell grants to Hammertone and Loversalle
all his property in Northgate Hundred.]
A. 2. 36
1424
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Stephanus Braywell & Iuliana A. 2. 37
uxor mea dedimus, concessimus, & hac presenti carta nostra confir- Oct. 12,
mauimus Willelmo Hammertone & Roberto Louersalle clericis omnia
illa terras & tenementa nostra, redditus & seruicia que habemus in
hundredo extra portam borialem Oxonie, cum pratis, pascuis &
pasturis & cum omnibus aliis pertinenciis; habenda & tenenda pre-
fatis W. & R., heredibus & assignatis suis libere, integre & in pace in
268 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 2. 38
Oct. 8,
1450
A. 2. 39
Feb. 26,
1455
perpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita
& de iure consueta. Et nos [&c. warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing],
hiis testibus, Willelmo Offord maiore ville Oxonie, Waltero Daundesey,
Thoma Gibbes, Willelmo Bramptone, Thoma Couentre aldremannis,
Willelmo Astone, Willelmo Somerset ballivis dicte ville, Iohanne
Hawylle, Iohanne Teyntone & aliis multis. Dať' in hundredo predicto
duodecimo die Octobris anno regni regis Henrici sexti post conquestum
Anglie tercio.
550.
[Hammertone and Loversalle grant the same property to
Nevelle, Thwates, Rede and Abdy.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Willelmus Hammertone &
Robertus Louersalle clerici dimisimus & hac presenti carta nostra con-
firmauimus Georgio Nevelle, Roberto Thwates, Willelmo Rede
clericis & Roberto Abdy omnia terras & tenementa in suburbio extra
portam borialem Oxonie cum pratis, pascuis, pasturis & omnibus suis
pertinenciis que nuper habuimus ex dono & feoffamento Stephani
Braywell & Iuliane uxoris sue; habenda & tenenda prefatis G., R.,
W., & R., heredibus & assignatis suis libere, integre, & in pace in per-
petuum de capitalibus domini feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de
iure consueta. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Iohanne Fitz
Aleyn maiore Oxon', Roberto Walford, Thoma Withyg, Ricardo
Spragot, Roberto Attewode aldremannis, Iohanne Asshebury & Iohanne
Cleve ballivis dicte ville, Thoma Hawille, Iohanne Blakthorne &
multis aliis. Dať' in suburbio predicto octavo die Octobris anno
regni regis Henrici sexti post conquestum vicesimo nono.
551.
[Stephen Braywell quitclaims his property to the same
four.]
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit,
Stephanus Braywell salutem in domino. Noueritis me predictum
Stephanum remisisse, relaxasse, & omnino pro me, heredibus & execu-
toribus meis imperpetuum quietum clamasse Georgio Neville, Roberto
Thwates, Willelmo Rede & Roberto Abdy clericis in plena possessione
existentibus totum ius meum, titulum & clameum que unquam habui,
habeo, seu quouismodo habere potero de & in omnibus illis terris &
XII. MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS
269
tenementis in suburbio extra portam borialem Oxonie cum pratis,
pascuis & pasturis & omnibus suis pertinenciis que nuper habuerunt
ex dono & feoffamento Willelmi Hammertone & Roberti Louersalle
clerici iam defuncti feoffatorum mei predicti Stephani, prout in quadam
carta feoffamenti prefatis G., R., W., & R. inde confecta plenius con-
tinetur; ita quod nec ego [&c.]. Et ego vero [&c. warranty]. In
cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Roberto Attewode maiore Oxonie,
Thoma Withyg, Ricardo Spragot, Iohanne Clerk, Iohanne Swetlove
aldremannis, Iohanne Dobbys, Georgio Skydmore ballivis eiusdem.
ville & Thoma Tanfelde clerico dicte ville cum multis aliis. Dať'
Oxonie vicesimo sexto die Februarii anno regni regis Henrici sexti
post conquestum Anglie tricesimo tercio.
552.
[Neville, Thwates, Rede and Abdy grant the property to
Braywell for the term of his life.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Georgius Neville, Robertus
Thwates, Willelmus Rede clerici & Robertus Abdy dedimus, con-
cessimus & hac presenti carta nostra indentata confirmavimus
Stephano Braywelle omnia illa terras & tenementa in suburbio extra
portam borialem Oxonie cum prato, pascuis & pasturis ac omnibus
suis pertinenciis que nuper habuimus ex dono & feoffamento Willelmi
Hammertone & Roberti Louersalle clerici iam defuncti prout in
quadam carta inde nobis confecta plenius continetur; habenda &
tenenda prefato S. ad terminum vite sue de capitalibus dominis feodi
illius per servicia inde debita & de iure consueta; et post decessum
predicti Stephani tunc nobis prefatis G., R., W., & R., heredibus &
assignatis nostris in perpetuum integre revertantur. Et nos [&c.
warranty]. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Roberto Attewode
maiore ville Oxon', Thoma Withyg, Ricardo Spragot, Iohanne
Clerke & Iohanne Swetlove aldremannis, Iohanne Dobbys & Georgio
Skydmore ballivis dicte ville, & multis aliis. Dat' Oxonie vicesimo
septimo die Februarii anno regni regis Henrici sexti post conquestum
Anglie tricesimo tercio.
553.
[The same four enfeoff John Warkeworth in the property.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Georgius Nevelle, Robertus
Thwates, Willelmus Rede & Robertus Abdy de Oxonia dimisimus,
A. 2. 40
Feb. 27,
1455
A. 2. 41
Apr. 2,
1456
270 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 2. 42
Apr. 10,
1456
A. 2. 43
Dec. 20,
1456
feoffavimus & hac presenti carta nostra confirmavimus Iohanni
Warkeworth de Oxonia omnia illa terras & tenementa in suburbio
extra portam borialem Oxonie cum prato, pascuis, pasturis & omnibus
suis pertinenciis que nuper habuimus ex dono & feoffamento Willelmi
Hammerton & Roberto Louersalle; habenda & tenenda prefato I.,
heredibus et assignatis suis libere & in pace de capitalibus dominis
feodi illius per servicia inde debita & de iure consueta. In cuius [&c.
sealing], hiis testibus, Roberto Atwode, Iohanne Clerke, Iohanne
Harreys bedello, Roberto Jeffray, Iohanne Pagg' de Oxon' et aliis.
Dat' secundo die Aprilis anno regni regis Henrici sexti post conque-
stum Anglie tricesimo quarto.
Endorsed. 'Paroch' Magd' Oxon.'
554.
[The same four quitclaim the property to Balliol.]
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit
Georgius Nevelle, Robertus Thwates, Willelmus Rede & Robertus
Abdy de Oxonia salutem. Noveritis nos predictos G., R., W., & R.
remisisse, relaxasse et omnino pro nobis et heredibus nostris et execu-
toribus nostris quietum clamasse magistro et scolaribus domus aule
sive collegii de Balliolo in suburbiis extra portam borialem Oxonie
totum ius, clameum et titulum nostrum que umquam habuimus,
habemus seu in futurum habere poterimus de et in omnibus illis terris
et tenementis cum pertinenciis in suburbio extra portam borealem
Oxonie, cum pratis, pascuis, pasturis & omnibus aliis pertinenciis suis
que nuper habuerunt ex dono et feoffamento Iohannis Warkeworth de
Oxonia; ita quod nec nos [&c.]; et nos [&c. warranty]; in cuius
[&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Ricardo Spragote, Roberto Atwoode,
Benedicto Stookys bidello, Willelmo Kyllebeke bidello & Roberto
Jeffray, Thoma Havelle de Oxonia et aliis. Dať' decimo die Aprilis
anno regni regis Henrici sexti post conquestum tricesimo quarto.
555.
[John Warkeworth enfeoffs Balliol in the same property.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes Warkeworthe de
Oxonia dimisi, feoffavi et hac presenti carta mea confirmavi magistro
et scolaribus domus aule sive collegii de Balliolo et successoribus suis
XII. MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS
271
in suburbiis extra portam borialem Oxonie omnia illa terras et tene-
menta in suburbio predicto cum pratis, pascuis, pasturis, & omnibus
aliis pertinenciis suis, que nuper habui ex dono et feoffamento Georgii
Nevelle, Roberti Thwates, Willelmi Rede et Roberti Abdy de Oxonia;
habenda et tenenda prefato magistro et scolaribus et successoribus
suis imperpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius per servicia inde
debita et de iure consueta. In cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus,
Ricardo Swetlove de Oxonia, Ricardo Wythike, Ricardo Spragot,
Willelmo Largg' bedello et Willelmo Gentylman et aliis de Oxonia.
Dať' vicesimo die Decembris anno regni regis Henrici sexti post con-
questum Anglie tricesimo quinto.
3. OTHER MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS. 556-63.
556.
[John Berford grants to John Horn and others lands &c.
once of John Berford sen.]
1407
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Iohannes Berforde bocher de A. 13. 15
Oxonia dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Iohanni Apr. 10,
Horn capellano, Iohanni Wyttone capellano & Thome Euerdone
capellano omnia terras & tenementa, redditus, reuersiones & seruicia
quas & que habeo in villa, suburbiis & campis Oxonie, tam illa vel
illas quas habeo vel habui ex dono & feoffamento Iohannis Berforde
patris mei quam ex optentu & perquisicione seu empcione mea pro-
pria in villa de Oxenforde ac eciam in suburbio & campis eiusdem;
habenda & tenenda predictis I., I., & T., sibi, heredibus & eorundem
assignatis in perpetuum de capitalibus dominis feodi [&c.]; et ego
[&c. warranty]. In cuius &c. sealing], hiis testibus, Thoma
Bokbynder, Rogero Grasier, Rogero Latener, Rogero Lymener,
Ricardo Parchener' (sic) de Oxonia & aliis. Dať' Oxonie decimo die
Aprilis anno regni regis Henrici quarti post conquestum octauo.
557.
[An agreement with John Horn and others.]
Hec indentura testatur quod licet Iohannes Berforde bocher de
Oxonia per quamdam cartam suam feoffamenti dederit & concesserit
Iohanni Horne capellano, Iohanni Wyttone capellano & Thome
A. 13. 16
Sept. 5,
1403
272 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 13. 17
May 17,
1410
A. 13. 18
Jan. 10,
1411
Euerdone capellano omnia terras & tenementa, redditus, reuersiones
& seruicia que habuit in villa, suburbiis & campis Oxonie, prout in
eadem carta plenius continetur; volunt tamen & concedunt prefati
I., I., & T. pro se, heredibus ac assignatis suis per presentes quod si
dictus Iohannes Berforde vel aliquis alius nomine suo de omnibus
bonis & catallis, receptis de dicto Iohanne Horne & Simone Horne
fratre eius & recipiendis usque festum Natalis domini proximo futurum
post datam presencium ad idem festum computauerit, et super eodem
compoto cum eisdem vel eorum altero, heredibus vel executoribus
suis vel eorum alterius, iustum & racionabilem finem fecerit, quod
extunc dicta carta feoffamenti & seisina inde secuta pro nullo habean-
tur; alioquin omnia predicta terre & tenementa [&c.] prefato domino
Iohanni Horne, heredibus & assignatis suis remaneant imperpetuum.
In cuius [&c. sealing]. Dat' quinto die Septembris anno regni regis
Henrici quarti post conquestum nono.
558.
[John Wytton and Thomas Everdone quitclaim to John
Horn lands of John Berford.]
Nouerint uniuersi presentes nos Iohannem Wyttone & Thomam
Euerdone capellanos remisisse, relaxasse & pro nobis & heredibus
nostris imperpetuum quietos clamasse Iohanni Horn capellano here-
dibus & assignatis suis totum ius nostrum & clameum quod habemus,
habuimus vel aliquo modo habere poterimus seu aliquis nostrum
habere poterit in omnibus illis terris & tenementis, redditibus, reuer-
sionibus & seruiciis que vel quas habuimus ex dono & feoffamento
Iohannis Berford iunioris filii Iohannis Berford de Oxonia, que situ-
antur in villa, suburbiis & campis Oxonie, prout in carta inde con-
fecta plenius continetur; ita quod nec nos [&c.]. In cuius [&c. seal-
ing]. Dat' Oxonie decimo septimo die mensis Maii anno regni regis
Henrici quarti post conquestum vndecimo.
559.
[John Berford quitclaims to John Horn lands once of John
Boset.]
Nouerint uniuersi per presentes me Iohannem Berforde iuniorem
de Oxonia remisisse, relaxasse et omnino pro me & heredibus meis
imperpetuum quietum clamasse Iohanni Horn capellano, heredibus &
XII. MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS
273
assignatis suis totum ius meum & clameum quod habeo, habui vel
habere potero in omnibus illis terris, tenementis, redditibus, reuer-
sionibus & seruiciis, que & quas habui ex dono & feoffamento Iohannis
Berforde patris mei, que quondam fuerunt Iohannis Boset de Oxonia,
ac eciam que & quas habeo seu habui ex empcione seu perquisicione
mea propria siue alicuius alterius donacione seu concessione in villa,
campis & suburbiis Oxonie ubicumque situata; ita quod [&c.]; in
cuius [&c. sealing]. Dat' Oxonie decimo die mensis Ianuarii anno
regni regis Henrici quarti post conquestum duodecimo.
560.
[John Berford grants to John Harding and others
a tenement in Cat Street.]
Jan. 15,
1420
Sciant presentes & futuri quod nos Iohannes Berforde senior de A. 13. 19
Oxonia bocher & Iohanna uxor eius dedimus, concessimus & hac
presenti carta nostra confirmauimus Iohanni Hardyng & Willelmo
Kyngesmylle & Thome Mertone totum illud tenementum nostrum
cum shopis, solariis, domibus, gardinis & omnibus suis pertinenciis,
que habemus in vico de Catstrete in villa Oxonie inter tenementum
abbatis & conuentus Oseneye ex parte australi & tenementum prioris
& conuentus sancte Frideswyde ex parte boriali & gardinum collegii
beate Marie de Wyntone versus orientem & abuttat super vicum
regium de Catstrete versus occidentem¹; habendum & tenendum pre-
fatis I., W., & T., heredibus & eorum assignatis in perpetuum de
capitalibus dominis feodi illius per seruicia inde debita & de iure con-
sueta. Et nos [&c. warranty]; in cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus,
Thoma Coventre maiore ville Oxonie, Iohanne Bradmere & Iohanne
Quarram balliuis eiusdem ville, Thoma Gybbes, Waltero Daundesey,
Iohanne Piece, Thoma Dene & aliis. Dat' apud Oxoniam die Lune
proxima post festum sancti Hillarii anno regni regis Henrici quinti
post conquestum septimo.
561.
[John Berford grants to John Harding all his goods and
chattels.]
Omnibus ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit Iohannes Berford A. 13. 20
senior de Oxonia bocher salutem in domino. Noueritis me predictum Jan. 16,
1 This tenement was on the east side
Souls chapel. It never was the property
1420
of Cat Street a little to the north of All
of Balliol.
સ
T
274 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 14. I
Apr. 15,
1312
Iohannem dedisse, concessisse & hoc presenti scripto meo confirmasse
Iohanni Hardyng, Willelmo Kyngesmylle & Thome Mertone omnia
bona & catalla mea mobilia & immobilia, viva & mortua, cuiuscumque
generis fuerint seu speciei, in quorumcumque manibus aut in quibus-
cumque rebus vel locis existencia; habenda & tenenda prefatis I.,
W., & T., executoribus & eorum assignatis imperpetuum; ita uidelicet
quod nec ego [&c.]; in cuius [&c. sealing], hiis testibus, Thoma
Coventre maiore Oxonie, Iohanne Bradmere & Iohanne Quarram
balliuis eiusdem ville, Iohanne Piece, Thoma Dene, Thoma Thorn-
burghe & aliis. Dat' Oxonie die Martis proxima post festum sancti
Hillarii anno regni regis Henrici quinti post conquestum septimo.
562.
[Lucia de Kingeston grants Mauger Hall to William
Douvylle.]
Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Lucia de Kingestone de Oxonia
dedi, concessi & hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Willelmo Douuylle
& Elizabeth filie mee unam aulam in villa Oxonie que vocatur
Maugerhalle¹ cum omnibus schoppis & solariis & cameris eidem adia-
centibus; habendam & tenendam predictam aulam cum schoppis,
solariis & cameris adiacentibus prefatis Willelmo & Elizabeth & here-
dibus de corpore ipsius Elizabeth legitime procreatis, reddendo inde
annuatim michi ad totam vitam meam quadraginta libras sterlingorum
ad duos anni terminos, videlicet ad festum sancti Michaelis viginti
libras et ad festum Pasche viginti libras, et faciendo annuatim pro me
& heredibus meis capitalibus dominis feodi seruicia inde debita & con-
sueta. Et ego predicta Lucia & heredes mei [&c. warranty]. Et si
contingat quod predicti Willelmus & Elizabeth sine herede de corpore
ipsius Elizabeth legitime procreato decedant, tunc predicta aula cum
schoppis & aliis pertinenciis suis michi & heredibus meis integre &
sine contradiccione aliqua reuertatur. In huius rei robur & testi-
monium parti huius carte mee ad modum cirographi confecte quam
prefatis Willelmo & Elizabeth liberaui sigillum meum est appensum, et
relique parti eiusdem carte quam habeo penes me ex liberacione pre-
dictorum Willelmi & Elizabeth sigilla eorundem Willelmi & Elizabeth
sunt appensa. Dať' apud Oxoniam die Sabbati proxima post festum
sancti Leonis pape anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis Edwardi
1 Now the Golden Cross on the east side of Cornmarket.
XII. MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS
275
quinto. Hiis testibus, Willelmo de Burnecestre tunc maiore Oxonie,
Iohanne de Hamptone & Ricardo de Berkele tunc balliuis eiusdem
ville, Roberto de Wormenhale, Iohanne de Dokelintone, Andrea de
Pyrie, Ricardo le Spicer, Philippo de Wormenhale, Iohanne de
Coleshulle, Iohanne le Orfeuere, Willelmo de Pennarth, Thoma clerico
& aliis.
563.
[The Town agrees that Balliol shall be exempt from the
payment of tenths, which the King may levy on the
Town.]
Hec indentura facta inter discretos uiros magistrum & scolares
domus scolarium de Balliolo in Oxonia ex una parte & maiorem,
balliuos, & communitatem uille Oxonie ex altera parte testatur quod
cum graues discordiarum materie inter partes predictas nuper mote
extiterint & exorte, occasione cuiusdam clausule in quibusdam litteris
domini regis patentibus contente collectoribus decime in villa predicta
& eius suburbiis domino regi in Parliamento suo tam apud Nouam
Sar' quam in aliis parliamentis precedentibus concesse directis ad
leuandum, colligendum & recipiendum decimas de singulis dominis.
secularibus gentibus laicis bona & possessiones habentibus, et aliis
tam maioribus quam minoribus, qui dominia in villa & suburbiis pre-
dictis habent, necnon de viris ecclesiasticis de bonis prouenientibus
de terris & tenementis suis post annum vicesimum domini Edwardi
filii regis Henrici nuper regis Anglie, progenitoris domini regis nunc,
in predicta villa & suburbiis adquisitis; dictique viri collegiati huius-
modi decimas soluere recusantes eo quod ante hec tempora huius-
modi decimas soluere non solebant ut asserunt, affirmantes ex munifi-
centia regali per progenitores domini regis nunc eis esse concessum,
quam eciam per ipsum dominum regem confirmatum, quod clerici &
eorum familia & quicumque de iurisdiccione Cancellarii Uniuersitatis
Oxonie existunt non sunt talliabiles, nisi de mercandisis se intromit-
tant, set semper fuerant ab huiusmodi quote solucione exonerati anti-
quitus & quieti ; unde post varios & amicabiles tractatus inter partes
predictas hinc inde habitos tandem per assiduam & circumspectam
mediacionem discreti viri magistri Roberti Rigge, sacre pagine pro-
fessoris ac Cancellarii Uniuersitatis Oxonie predicte, discordia inter
partes predictas in hunc modum laudabiliter conquieuit, uidelicet quod
predicti magister & scolares domus predicte & eorum successores im-
D. 7. 6
Dec. 16,
1384
T 2
276 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
perpetuum pro bona pace & perpetua tranquillitate habenda tam
causa predictorum priuilegiorum & aliorum predictis Uniuersitati &
scolaribus eiusdem per nobiles progenitores domini regis nunc quam
eciam per ipsum regem concessorum, quam eciam propter multipli-
cata beneficia maiori & communitati per reuerendum virum magistrum
Robertum Rigge cancellarium predictum facta & collata, sint quieti &
exonerati de omnimodis decimis domino regi in villa predicta & sub-
urbiis eiusdem concessis vel in posterum concedendis de dominis
secularibus & gentibus laicis de terris, tenementis & redditibus ac
prouenientibus eorundem ante diem date presencium adquisitis; pro-
uiso semper quod prefati maior, balliui & communitas, heredes &
successores sui causa alicuius decime spiritualis per clerum regni
Anglie¹ umquam ante hec tempora concesse vel in posterum conce-
dende racione istius compositionis non onerentur, molestentur in aliquo
seu grauentur, set inde sint exonerati & quieti imperpetuum. Et
quoad solucionem alicuius decime de dominis secularibus & gentibus
laicis concesse vel in posterum concedende de terris, tenementis &
redditibus ac prouenientibus eorundem ante dictum diem date presen-
cium adquisitis prefati maior, balliui & communitas onerant se, heredes
& successores suos imperpetuum cum condicionibus in ista composi-
cione expressatis, ita quod predicti magister & scolares per collectores
seu per maiorem & balliuos dicte communitatis vel eorum successores
seu quouis alio modo quoad solucionem huiusmodi decime non occa-
sionentur, molestentur in aliquo seu grauentur in futurum; et quoad
solucionem decime de terris, tenementis & redditibus sibi adquirendis
post datam presencium volunt predicti maior, balliui & communitas
pro se, heredibus & successoribus suis quod predicti magister &
scolares dicte domus gaudeant eisdem libertate, defensione, consuetu-
dine & usu quibus ante litem & dissensiones nunc motas inter partes
predictas gaudere consueuerant, non obstante ista composicione
inter partes predictas indentata, saluo tamen quod tenentes dictorum
magistri & scolarium in predictis terris & tenementis pro tempore ex-
istentes de bonis suis mobilibus secundum priuilegia Uniuersitatis pre-
dicte taxabilibus cum predicta communitate sint talliabiles ad solu-
cionem dicte decime imperpetuum prout est moris, uidelicet illi qui
sunt de iurisdiccione Uniuersitatis predicte taxentur & assideantur per
Cancellarium eiusdem Uniuersitatis qui pro tempore fuerit secundum
priuilegia dicte Uniuersitatis per prius [sic] usitata; ac eciam illi qui
non sunt de iurisdiccione dicte Uniuersitatis per maiorem & communi-
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DERVORGUILLA'S STATUTES
D.4.
1.
[Face page 277
XII. MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS
277
tatem eiusdem ville taxentur & assideantur prout ante hec tempora
taxari & assideri solebant & de iure consueuerunt. Ad hec omnia &
singula premissa ex parte dicte communitatis obseruanda predicti
maior, balliui & communitas obligant se, heredes & successores suos.
In cuius rei testimonium predicte partes hiis indenturis sigilla sua
communia alternatim apposuerunt. Dat' apud Oxoniam sextodecimo
die mensis Decembris anno domini millesimo ccc octogesimo quarto
& regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum octauo.¹
2
XIII. STATUTES, ETC. 564-91.
564.
[The Statutes of Dervorgulla.]
1282
Deruorgulla de Galwedia, domina de Balliolo, dilectis in Cristo D. 4. I
fratri Hugoni de Hertilpoll' & magistro Willelmo de Menyl salutem Aug. 22,
in domino sempiternam. Utilitati filiorum & scolarium nostrorum
Oxonie commorancium affectu materno prouidere cupientes, omnia
inferius annotata uolumus, mandamus & precipimus ab eis inuiolabiliter.
obseruari. Ad honorem igitur domini nostri Ihesu Cristi & gloriose
matris sue Marie necnon et sanctorum omnium, in primis uolumus
& ordinamus quod scolares nostri omnes & singuli teneantur diebus
dominicis & festis principalioribus diuino interesse offitio, necnon
& sermonibus seu predicationibus in eisdem festis & diebus, nisi
contingat aliquem ex eis impediri propter urgentem necessitatem
uel euidentem utilitatem; ceteris uero diebus diligenter scolas excer-
ceant & studio intendant secundum statuta Uniuersitatis Oxonie
& secundum formam inferius annotatam. Ordinamus eciam quod
scolares nostri teneantur nostris procuratoribus obedire in omnibus
que ex
nostra ordinacione, concessione, commissione ad eorum
regimen & utilitatem pertinere noscuntur. Item uolumus quod
scolares nostri ex semetipsis eligant unum principalem cui ceteri
omnes humiliter obediant in hiis que officium principalis contingunt
secundum statuta & consuetudines inter ipsos usitatas & approbatas.
Predictus autem principalis postquam legitime fuerit electus nostris
procuratoribus presentetur, nec aliquid de suo officio excerceat ante-
1 With the Town Seal, but not a
good specimen, SIGILL' COMMVNE
OMNIVM CIVI[ .....]. A similar
grant was made to Merton on the same
day (Merton deeds no. 2704) and no
doubt to all Colleges that existed at
that time.
2 contigat, MS.
278 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
quam ab eis auctoritate nostra in prefato officio fuerit institutus.
Ceterum statuimus quod scolares nostri procurent tres missas celebrari
singulis annis sollempniter pro anima dilecti mariti nostri domini I. de
Balliolo & pro animabus predecessorum nostrorum omniumque fide-
lium defunctorum, necnon & pro nostra salute & incolumitate, ita
quod prima missa celebretur in prima epdomada aduentus domini
& secunda in epdomada septuagesime & tercia in prima epdomada
post octauas Pasche & fiant predicte misse de sancto spiritu uel de
beata uirgine uel pro defunctis secundum disposicionem procuratorum.
Singulis eciam diebus tam in prandio quam in cena dicant benediccio-
nem antequam commedant & post refeccionem gracias agant, & orent
specialiter pro anima dilecti mariti nostri superius nominati & pro
animabus omnium predecessorum nostrorum, necnon & liberorum
defunctorum, pro incolumitate etiam nostra & liberorum ceterorum-
que amicorum nostrorum uiuorum, necnon & pro nostris procuratoribus
secundum formam antiquitus usitatam. Et ut melius prouideatur
sustentacioni pauperum ad quorum utilitatem intendimus laborare,
uolumus quod diciores in societate scolarium nostrorum ita temperate
studeant uiuere ut pauperiores nullo modo grauentur propter expensas
onerosas. Et si contingat totam communitatem scolarium nostrorum
in expensis communibus aliqua septimana excedere porcionem a nobis
eis impensam, uolumus & precipimus districte quod ad solucionem
illarum expensarum excedentium nichil omnino recipiatur ultra unum
denarium in una septimana ab eis qui secundum discrecionem &
arbitrium procuratorum nostrorum iudicantur impotentes uel insuffi-
cientes ad totalem illarum expensarum solucionem faciendam, si equalis
porcio deberet ab omnibus sociis exhiberi. Predicta tamen nolumus
extendi ad magnam uacacionem que durat a translatione beati Thome
martiris usque ad festum beati Luce, nec eciam ad septimanas illas in
quibus occurrunt festa Natiuitatis dominice, Circumcisionis, Epiphanie,
Pasche & Pentecostes, nec in aliis casibus in quibus procuratores nostri
iudicauerint illud omittendum. Uolumus eciam procuratores nostros
diligentem habere examinacionem super prefata scolarium nostrorum
impotencia & quod scolares ipsi ad procuratores nostros accedant cum
omni confidencia pro ipsorum necessitate intimanda. Et si contingat
aliquem uel aliquos de scolaribus nostris contra ordinacionem istam
murmurare aut occasione istius ordinacionis pauperiores uerbo uel
signo aliquo prouocare, uolumus quod scolares nostri teneantur sub
iuramento nobis prestito nomina taliter murmurantium aut prouocan-
tium nostris procuratoribus reuelare; qui quidem procuratores habita
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
279
super hoc sufficienti probacione, auctoritate presencium sine spe
redeundi ipsum uel ipsos eiciant indilate. Statuimus etiam quod
scolares nostri communiter loquantur Latinum, & qui passim contra-
fecerit a principali corripiatur & si bis uel ter correptus se non
emendauerit a communione mense separetur, per se commedens,
& ultimo omnium seruiatur. Et si incorrigibilis manserit per epdoma-
dam a procuratoribus nostris eiciatur. Uolumus eciam quod qualibet
altera epdomada inter scolares nostros in eorum domo disputetur
unum sophisma & determinetur, & hoc fiat circulariter ita ut sophiste
opponant & respondeant, & qui in scolis determinauerint determinent.
Si uero aliquis sophista ita prouectus fuerit quod merito possit in
breui in scolis determinare, tunc ei dicatur a principali quod prius
determinet domi inter socios suos. In fine eciam cuiuslibet disputa-
cionis prefigat principalis diem disputacionis sequentis & disputacionem
regat & garrulos cohibeat & assignet sophisma proximo disputandum,
opponentem, respondentem, & determinatorem, ut sibi melius ualeant
prouidere. Consimili modo fiat qualibet altera epdomada de questione.
Precipimus eciam scolaribus nostris firmiter iniungentes ut portito-
rium' quod eis pro anima dilecti mariti nostri concessimus diligenter
custodiant, nec aliquo modo permittant illud impignorari uel quo-
cumque titulo alienari. Habeant etiam scolares nostri unum pauperem
scolarem per procuratores nostros assignatum, cui singulis diebus
reliquias mense sue teneantur erogare nisi procuratores nostri illud
decreuerint omittendum. Ut autem omnia & singula predicta a
nostris scolaribus tempore procuratorum quorumcumque inuiolabiliter
obseruentur, presens scriptum sigilli nostri munimine roborauimus.
Dat' apud Botel in octauis Assumpcionis gloriose uirginis Marie anno
gracie мcc octogesimo secundo."
565.
[Dervorgulla beseeches brother R. de Slikeburne to be her
agent in establishing the College of Balliol.]
Uenerande religionis uiro ac patri suo karissimo fratri R. de
Slikeburne de ordine fratrum minorum D. de Galwithia domina de
1 This unknown word occurs in a
charter printed in the Eynsham Cartu-
lary, ii. 175, where it seems to mean a
missal of some kind.
2 Seal pointed oval; see plate. On
the obverse:-S' DERVORGILLE DE
BALLICOLO] FIL' ALANI DE
GALEWAD'. Her own shield in her
right hand; the Balliol shield in her
left hand. On the reverse :-S' DER-
VORGILLE DE GALEWAD' DNE·
DE BALLIOLO.
D. 4. 2
Apr. 16,
1284
280 THE OXFORD DEÈDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
D. 4. 3
1284
Balliolo salutem & deuocionis augmentum in spiritu sancto. Quoniam
elemosinam pauperum scolarium domus nostre de Balliolo Oxonie
studencium per deuocionem bone memorie domini Iohannis de
Balliolo quondam sponsi nostri dudum inchoatam, ac per nos post
eius decessum actenus continuatam, ad diuine laudis honorem &
tocius ecclesie militantis utilitatem non modicam testatur proficere
uirorum illustrium assercio fidedigna; hinc est quod ad tantorum tam
religiosorum quam secularium instanciam omni fauore dignissimam
elemosine predicte perpetuacionem, spiritu sancto suggerente, affectare
quamplurimum excitamur. Quapropter de uestra descrecione deuo-
cioneque plenam gerentes fiduciam, a uenerabili patre ministro uestro
perpetuacionis eiusdem execucionem uobis committi procurauimus
finali effectui mancipandam, uobis prece qua possumus attente suppli-
cantes quatinus assistente uobis consolacione diuina dictam perpetua-
cionem satagatis adimplere, prout melius noueritis diuine consonum
uoluntati, sancte matris ecclesie utilitati & dictorum scolarium com-
moditati aptum & proficuum. Et nos quantum in nobis est in omnibus
& per omnia ratum & gratum habere promittimus quicquid uos circa
negocia scolarium predictorum ordinare, facere, mutare seu procurare
decreueritis, et quociens attornatis indigemus ad quascumque saysinas
capiendas seu donandas ad opus scolarium predictorum siue de domibus,
siue de terris, siue de aliis quibuscumque emptis, emendis uel commu-
tandis ipsos exnunc ordinamus, facimus & constituimus nostros attor-
natos & procuratores quos uos nomine nostro nominandos duxeritis.
seu assignandos. Et omnia & singula predicta uniuersis sancte matris
ecclesie filiis tenore presencium significamus. In cuius rei testimo-
nium has litteras nostras patentes uobis transmisimus nostro sigillo
consignatas. Datas apud Fodringeye in octauis Pasche anno domini
MCC octogesimo quarto.
566.
[The Bishop of Lincoln gives his approval of the
foundation of Dervorgulla.]
Uniuersis sancte matris ecclesie filiis ad quos presentes littere
June 13, peruenerint Oliuerus permissione diuina Lincolniensis episcopus salutem
in domino. Cum nobilis mulier deoque deuota domina Doruerguilla
de Galewythia domina de Balliolo ad honorem & laudem summe &
indiuidue Trinitatis, gloriosissime virginis Marie, genetricis unici filii
Dei, beate uirginis & martiris Katerine ac tocius curie celestis & ad
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
281
utilitatem tocius ecclesie militantis & stabilimentum Uniuersitatis
Oxonie, pro anima nobilis uiri pie recordacionis domini Iohannis
de Balliolo quondam sponsi sui & pro animabus omnium predecesso-
rum suorum ac pro salute propria omniumque successorum suorum,
locum quemdam cum edificiis & omnibus pertinenciis quem domum
scolarium de Balliolo censuit nuncupandum, in nostra diocese apud
Oxoniam, ubi viget studium generale, de nouo ordinauerit & in
subsidium perpetue sustentacionis magistri dicte domus de Balliolo
& scolarium eiusdem assignauerit, eosque philosophiam audire decre-
uerit & quousque in artibus cessauerint inibi commorari, ex quibus
multi moribus & sciencia prediti exeuntes in religionem & alibi
magnum fructus cumulum produxerint, & adhuc maiorem domino
concedente producent, locumque predictum seu domum terris, posses-
sionibus ac uariis prouentibus in tantum pia deuocione dotauerit
atque ditauerit quod studentes inibi in perpetuum congrue poterunt
sustentari, sitque nostri debitum officii caritatis & pietatis opera
comprobare, precipue que diuine laudis ampliacionem, curie celestis
ueneracionem, tocius ecclesie militantis exaltacionem, ac Uniuersitatis
predicte fulcimentum respiciunt & honorem, nos dicte nobilis domine
deuocionem in domino commendantes, status dictorum magistri & sco-
larium locique predicti seu domus perpetuacionem cum terris & posses-
sionibus & rebus aliis eidem domui appropriatis seu appropriandis in
posterum ratam habentes et gratam ipsam approbamus & tenore
presencium confirmamus, eidemque stabilitatis & firmitatis perpetue
quantum ad nos pertinet robur plenissimum inpartimur, saluis
episcopali auctoritate & Lincolniensis ecclesie dignitate. In cuius rei
testimonium sigillum nostrum presentibus est appensum. Dat' apud
Lidingtone Id. Iunii anno domini MCC octogesimo quarto.
A duplicate of no. 566. Both are sealed, this on a tag, but no. 566 D. 4. 4
on a strip. The seals are broken.
567.
[Grant to Balliol College of moneys owed to the late
John de Balliol.]
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus presentes litteras uisuris uel audituris D. 4. 5
Deruorgulla de Galewithia domina de Balliolo ceterique executores June 20,
testamenti domini Iohannis de Balliolo salutem in domino. Piam
considerantes affectionem quam dilectus quondam dominus noster
1287
282 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
dominus I. supradictus habuit ad scolares domus de Balliolo quam
Oxonie diuini spiritus instinctu feliciter inchoauit & de perpetua
sustentacione decreuerat prouidere, si mortis Auctor & uite sibi
concessisset suum adimplere propositum, ipsam eius affectionem ad
effectum optatum deducere cupimus ut tenemur. Hinc est quod ex
mera & pura omnium nostrum uoluntate pro anima karissimi domini
nostri supradicti presencium tenore damus, concedimus & in per-
petuum assignamus magistro Waltero de Fodringeye principali
scolarium predictorum & eisdem scolaribus domus supradicte, ad sue
domus perpetuacionem & sue perpetue sustentacionis prouisionem,
omnia debita & quecumque bona alia quocumque titulo ad dictum
defunctum seu defuncti testamentum spectancia ad quascumque manus
religiosas uel alias per mutuum uel aliter quocumque modo fuerint
deuoluta, constituentes dictum magistrum W. principalem scolarium
predictorum seu quemcumque alium eius successorem uel quem ipse
uel eius successor duxerit substituendum procuratorem seu attorna-
tum in re sua ad petendum seu exigendum ad opus suum sociorum-
que suorum omnia debita & quecumque bona alia ubicumque inuenta
& quomodocumque detenta & ad conueniendum quoscumque debitores,
detentores, seu occupatores bonorum predictorum in quocumque
foro melius sibi uiderit expedire. Damus eciam dicto principali seu
eius sic substituto plenarie totam nostram potestatem debita & alia
bona supradicta recipiendi & recepta in usus sue perpetuacionis ac
perpetue sustentacionis necessarios omnino conuertendi, quietum-
clamandi & quietas clamaciones quibuscumque debitoribus soluentibus
faciendi, ac omnia & singula circa premissa faciendi & persequendi
quibuscumque diebus & locis & coram quibuscumque iudicibus
ecclesiasticis seu secularibus, que nos facere possemus uel deberemus,
si nostram corporalem exhiberemus presenciam, in omnibus & per
omnia ratificantes & confirmantes quicquid dictus principalis seu eius
substitutus faciendum duxerit in premissis. Et ut omnia & singula
supradicta firmum & solidum capiant effectum in hiis scriptis totum
ius quod habemus uel de cetero habere poterimus in premissis &
singulis premissorum omnino cedimus principali & scolaribus supra-
dictis, omni actioni imperpetuum renunciantes que nobis uel alicui
nostrum competit seu aliqualiter competere poterit in futurum, & totam
administracionis curam que nobis coniunctim uel diuisim incubuit in
eosdem principalem & scolares in solidum transferentes cum omni
onere dictam curam temporaliter seu spiritualiter contingente, saluis
tamen semper nobis dicte Deruorgulle duabus partibus omnium
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
283
debitorum & aliorum bonorum supradictorum [in uiduitate]¹ li[bera]¹
nos contingentibus que in ista dacione, concessione & assignacione
dictis scolaribus facta minime continentur. Et qu[ia nos executores
supradicti]¹ bona predicta sustentacioni dictorum scolarium per dictam
Deruorgullam perpetuande assignauimus, uolumus [quod quociens
principalis]¹ uel quilibet alius dictorum scolarium procurator seu
atornatus aliqua de dictis bonis receperit, dicte D. uel cuicumque quem
[ad hoc] specialiter assignauerit racionem reddat de receptis. In
cuius rei testimonium sigilla nostra presentibus sunt appensa.
apud Lang[..]tune die Ueneris proxima ante Natiuitatem sancti
Iohannis Baptiste anno domini м ducentesimo octogesimo septimo.
568.
[A similar and earlier grant.]
Dať❜
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus presentes litteras uisuris uel audituris Hugo D. 4. 6
de Eure & Stephanus frater eius executoresque ceteri testamenti domini June 5,
1287
Iohannis de Balliolo salutem in domino. Piam considerantes affectio-
nem quam dilectus dominus noster I. supradictus [&c. as in no. 567]
ut tenemur. Hinc est quod ex mera & pura omnium uoluntate nostrum
executorum cum consensu & assensu nobilis mulieris domine Deruor-
gulle de Galewithia domine de Balliolo pro anima karissimi domini
nostri supradicti presencium tenore damus, concedimus & in perpetuum
assignamus scolaribus domus predicte, ad sue domus perpetuacionem
[&c. as in 567] constituentes magistrum Walterum de Fodringeye
dictorum scolarium principalem seu quemcumque alium [&c. as in
567] expedire. Damus eciam dicto principali seu eius sic substituto
totam nostram potestatem secundum condiciones inferius annotatas
debita & bona alia supradicta recipiendi [&c. as in 567 reading
'creditoribus' for 'debitoribus'] spiritualiter contingente. Uolumus tamen
& unanimiter ordinamus supradictam donacionem sic accipi quod nichil
premissorum attemptetur nisi per consilium fratris Ricardi de Sclike-
burne uel rectorum domus predicte, si ipsum superesse non contigerit,
et quod contra fuerit attemptatum irritum decernimus & inane.
Debitum eciam domini Roberti filii Roggeri (sic) in quo dicto tenetur
testamento una cum quibusdam debitis & bonis aliis per discrecionem
dicti fratris R. nostre disposicioni uolumus reseruari, si quid forsitan
per racionabilem declarationem poterit inueniri quod solui debeat uel
restitui. In cuius rei testimonium sigilla nostra presentibus sunt
1 The words in brackets are conjectural.
284 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
D. 4.7
Dec. II,
1287
appensa. Dať' apud Creclawe in comitatu Norhumbr' die Iouis
proxima post festum sancte Trinitatis anno domini мcc octogesimo
septimo.
569.
[A modification of the previous grant.]
Pateat uniuersis presentes inspecturis quod cum contineatur in qua-
dam littera patente sub sigillo domini Hugonis de Euer & magistri
Stephani fratris sui executorum testamenti domini Iohannis de Balliolo,
cuius anime propicietur Altissimus, & aliorum executorum eiusdem
testamenti, si qua sint ibi alia sigilla apposita eorundem, quod
omnia bona residua dicti testamenti tam debita quam alia ad pro-
mocionem domus scolarium de Balliolo Oxonie per dictos executores
pro anima dicti nobilis uiri mere & sponte & pure sunt assignata,
concessa & collata, & dicti scolares ad eadem petenda, recipienda
& in usus suos conuertenda prout melius uiderint expedire communi
utilitati procuratores tanquam in re propria sunt specialiter ad hoc
constituti per eosdem, hoc tantum excepto quod aliqua porcio de
dictis bonis & debitis per discrecionem fratris R. de Sclykeburne
reseruetur illis restituenda seu soluenda quibus iuste competit actio,
si quid circa dictum testamentum minus fuerit completum uel
necligenter omissum, in qua littera si non ¹ contineantur eadem uerba
continetur tamen eadem sentencia: hinc est quod ego frater R. supra-
dictus uidens in huius rei dilacione magnum animabus quamplurimis
iminere dispendium, dictam discrecionem modo subscripto duxi
declarandam, quod uidelicet dicti scolares seu eorum attornatus &
procurator dicta omnia tam bona quam debita residua quocumque
titulo ad dictum testamentum spectancia & in quacumque manu
inuenta petendi, recipiendi & in usus proprios conuertendi liberam
exnunc habeant facultatem, prohibicione seu contradiccione cuiuscum-
que dictorum executorum non obstante, centum libris in quibus domi-
nus Robertus filius Rogeri per suum scriptum obligatorium dicto tenetur
testamento & pecunia quam soluerant monachi de Rieualle dictis exe-
cutoribus de debito, in quo eidem testamento tenebantur, ante festum
beatorum apostolorum Petri & Pauli proximo transactum tantum
reseruatis, quousque per meum consilium de ipsa pecunia reseruanda
quid faciendum sit plenius fuerit ordinatum. Quod si dicti monachi
de suo debito predicto cuiquam alii quam dictis scolaribus post
1 These two words are indistinct.
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
285
festum supradictum aliquid soluerint uel soluant in futurum, contra
tam soluentes quam recipientes ipsi scolares sicud de re spoliata
liberam que competit habeant accionem. Dicte vero centum libre
exigantur, recipiantur & conseruentur seu custodiantur in loco saluo
& securo per dominum H. de Euer & magistros Stephanum fratrem
eius & W. de Foddringeye donec in speciali super illis & in scriptis
duxero discernendum. In cuius rei testimonium huic littere sigillum
meum est patenter appensum; dať' apud Couentre die Iouis proxima
post festum sancti Nicholai episcopi anno domini MCCLXXX septimo.
570.
[The two external masters of the College decide that by the
statutes of the College the students must attend the
schools of Arts and no other schools.]
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Tenore presencium pateat uniuersis quod anno domini millesimo D. 4. 8
trecentesimo vicesimo quinto in festo sancte Margarete virginis July 25,
dubitacione suborta & questione mota inter scolares domus de Balliolo
in Oxonia an liceret sociis ibidem commorantibus aliam scientiam
audire quam artes liberales prout artes intelliguntur, que in scolis
arcistarum ab arcistis legi possunt, auditis & pensatis motiuis hinc
inde ac sufficienti deliberacione prehabita demum declaratum extitit &
diffinitum huiusmodi audicionem nullo modo licere, prout apparuit
secundum intentionem fundantis domum predictam, immo totaliter
fore contra mentem eiusdem necnon & contra consuetudines lauda-
biles per socios domus eiusdem hactenus approbatas & diucius usitatas.
Et ideo inhibitum fuit & interdictum per magistros Robertum de Ley-
cestria de ordine fratrum minorum sacre pagine professorem &
Nicholaum de Tyngewicke doctorem in medicina & bacularium sacre
theologie tunc magistros extrincecos domus antedicte, ne aliquis socius
domus eiusdem magister uel scolaris aliquam facultatem audiat seu
eidem intendat in pleno termino seu vacacione preter artes liberales
que ab arcistis in scolis arcium de iure legi possunt, prout superius
est expressum.
Acta sunt ista in aula de Balliolo coram tota com-
munitate, ipsa non reclamante, die sancte Margarete virginis anno
supradicto, presentibus magistris sacre theologie doctoribus magistro
Ricardo de Camsale & magistro Waltero de Horkestaw una cum
magistris Ricardo filio Radulphi & Ricardo de Retford, qui omnes
quondam dicte domus socii extiterunt quibus omnibus & singulis
286 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
D. 7.5
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dieta diffinicio & inhibicio iusta simpliciter videbatur. Et si aliquis
contra istam inhibicionem aut iniunccionem venerit ac legitime monitus
per principalem dicte domus desistere noluerit, tanquam rebellis statutis
& consuetudinibus domus predicte arbitrio magistrorum qui pro tempore
fuerint merito punietur. Et ne istud factum postea in dubium reuocetur
sigilla predictorum magistrorum Roberti & Nicholai una cum sigillis
domini Cancellarii Uniuersitatis Oxonie & decani eiusdem ville sunt
apposita. Et nos Cancellarius Uniuersitatis Oxonie & decanus eiusdem
ville sigilla nostra ad rogatum dictorum magistrorum apposuimus in
perpetuam memoriam premissorum. Script' Oxonie in festo sancti
Iacobi apostoli anno superius predicto.¹
Endorsed. Littera testificans nullum socium aule de Balliolo in
pleno termino siue vacacione alicui sciencie preter philosophie intendere
ullo modo (contemp. hand).
571.
[The statutes of Philip de Somervile.]
Edwardus 2 dei gracia rex Scotorum, ex primeua fundacione magistri
& scolarium aule siue domus de Balliolo in Oxonia fundator, uniuersis
& singulis ad quos presentes peruenerint salutem in amplexibus salua-
toris. Cartam domini Philippi de Somervyle domini de Wychenore
militis & statuta in eadem carta contenta magistrum & scolares aule
siue domus de Balliolo in Oxonia concernencia, sigillis bone memorie
domini Ricardi dudum Dunelmensis episcopi ac venerabilium virorum
religiosorum dominorum prioris & capituli Dunelm', reuerendi viri &
discreti domini Cancellarii Uniuersitatis Oxonie ac magistri & sco-
larium aule siue domus de Balliolo in Oxonia una cum sigillo dicti
domini Philippi de Somervyle consignatam, inspeximus & in nostra
presencia perlegi fecimus in forma que sequitur verborum:- In
nomine sanctissime & indiuidue Trinitatis, patris & filii & spiritus
sancti & gloriose virginis Marie & beate Katerine virginis & martiris
omniumque sanctorum, ego Philippus de Somervyle, de summi rerum
1 The four seals are broken, but
enough remains to show that on the
extreme left was the seal of Rob. de
Leycestre then Nicholas of Tingewick,
apparently a circular seal; then the
Chancellor, a man with two proctors on
each side and an ox below; on the right
the seal of the Deanery.
2 This deed is printed in Balliofergus,
but with remarkable inaccuracy. There
is a translation of it in Balliol College,
by F. de Paravicini, pp. 184-209, which
misses the meaning in a few passages,
which are indicated in the following
notes.
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
287
& bonorum Opificis bonitate confisus, eiusdem gracia qui uota homi-
num pro sua voluntate ad bonum disponit & dirigit fidenter innisus,
animique reuolucione sepe sollicitus si quid sui nominis honori retri-
buam pro hiis que michi in hac vita tribuit habundanter, aduocacionem
ecclesie de Mikelbenton comitatu Norehumbree & in diocese Dunel-
mensi cum duabus carucatis terre arabilis & viginti acris prati in
campis eiusdem ville magistro & scolaribus domus de Balliolo in
Oxonia, ac eorum successoribus in augmentacionem numeri scolarium
& ad sustentacionem eorundem imperpetuum pro salute anime mee
& dilecte sponse mee Margarete & ad honorem & gloriam domini
nostri Ihesu Cristi & sancte Katerine virginis ac martiris contuli cari-
tatiue, quam quidem collacionem spontanea & libera voluntate ac
deliberato consilio approbo, ratifico & confirmo & apud eosdem
magistrum & scolares manere imperpetuum dispono sub forma & con-
dicionibus infrascriptis tam quoad personas quam ad regulas eorun-
dem, annuente domino, sine contradiccione iugiter obseruandis.
Hanc igitur formam quoad omnia infrascripta de communi con-
sensu magistri & scolarium predictorum statuendo dispono quod ultra
numerum sexdecim sociorum secundum antiquas obseruancias a
sociis dicte domus usitatas secundum facultatum sufficienciam dicte
domui pertinencium sex scolares facultati arcium intendentes per
socios dicte domus de nouo sint electi, in quorum eleccione necnon
in sustentacionis graciam admissione illi qui de locis propinquioribus
illi loco ubi beneficia antedicta dicte domui per me collata situantur
oriundi fuerint, dum tamen in eis vel eorum aliquo tres condiciones in
antiquis ordinacionibus nominate uidelicet magis pauperes, magis pro-
ficientes & magis morigerati, precipui sint & primi. Sit autem in dicta.
domo superior perpetuus in eadem domo commorans qui magistri
nomine perpetuo nuncupetur, vir in spiritualibus & temporalibus cir-
cumspectus, qui scolaribus in ipsa domo commorantibus ac ministris
altaris aliisque omnibus officiariis seu famulis quocumque nomine
censeantur qui ad exteriorum seu interiorum administracionem seu
regimen fuerint deputati preeminiat¹ & presit, omnesque ei tam
scolares quam altaris ministri officiarii & quicumque alii famuli tan-
quam suo superiori in hiis que officium suum contingunt pareant &
intendant. De condicionibus vero eiusdem quoad eius institucionem,
eleccionem seu destitucionem & alia ipsum tangentia ea firmiter obser-
uentur que super hoc inferius sunt annotata.
Uolo eciam & ordino quod de numero scolarium domus supradicte
1 sic.
288 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
eligantur sub formam subscriptam sex socii dummodo in facultate
arcium fuerint regentes, qui sacre theologie facultatem audiant, quibus
eciam in vacacionibus aliis facultatibus liceat intendere, decreta &
decretales per biennium dumtaxat audire.
1
Dispono eciam quod eleccio magistri perpetui secundum formam
inferius annotatam celebretur. Conuocatis omnibus sociis presentibus
& absentibus iusta causa & necessaria, dummodo sine notabili diffi-
cultate venire poterint, iniungat principalis vel locum eius tenens
omnibus & singulis in fide prestita domui quod fideliter duos eligant
arcistas qui cum principali domus predicte seu cum eius locum tenente
in scrutinio sedebunt, qui per communitatem electi coram seniore
secundum eius statum in domo iuramentum prestent corporale & idem
iuramentum in propria persona coram eodem seniore prestet princi-
palis quod nec per se, alium, vel alios aliquem vel aliquos ad
dicendum ¹ pro aliquo in magistrum eligendo induxerint vel inducent
quovismodo contra voluntatem propriam & spontaneam, & ad idem
iuramentum obseruandum quilibet socius domus supradicte virtute sui
iuramenti per eundem seniorem firmiter astringatur. Iurent eciam
omnes & singuli tactis sacrosanctis in presencia omnium sociorum
quod fideliter & absque personali acceptacione & spe remuneracionis
facte vel in futurum faciende pro tali dicant quem melius scientem,
magis potentem & maiorem zelum habentem sciuerint ad domus
negocia expedienda. Quo facto principalis & alii duo per communi-
tatem electi vota singulorum fideliter sedendo audiant in secretis &
scribant & ipsum electum in magistrum fideliter denuncient in quem
maior pars communitatis consenserit. Et si contingat aliquos vocum
paritatem optinere per saniorem partem communitatis nominatus
in magistrum sit electus. Saniorem vero partem ex prerogatiuis in
scientia & prioritate domus aliisque consimilibus, ex quibus unus alio
uel una pars altera in collegiis sanior solet numerari, vocari decerno.
Eleccione quidem magistri celebrata, faciat eum principalis vel senior
secundum statum suum in domo coram communitate iurare quod
statuta & ordinaciones per me editas fideliter obseruabit. Item volo
& dispono quod magister sub forma predicta electus cum littera comi-
tatus ³ ad manerium meum de Wychenore ante officii sui executionem
mittatur & domino eiusdem manerii qui pro tempore fuerit se offerat,
si quis fuerit de sanguine meo dominus dicti manerii pro tempore illo,
& causam sui aduentus exponat; qui sine excepcione contra formam
eleccionis seu contra personam electam & absque omni contradiccione
1 Means to vote for'.
2
2 Not senior' but 'saner'.
9 sic.
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
289
1
per predictum dominum illius manerii in magistrum dicte domus sit
receptus. Si autem dominus ad dictum manerium presens non ex-
titerit, sufficiat si custodi dicti manerii se presentet & causam sui
aduentus exponat. Si autem contingat hereditatem meam inter sorores
esse diuisam seniori sorori vel eius heredibus, dum de sanguine
meo fuerint, ad dictum manerium de Wychenore dicti magistri sub
forma subscripta fiat presentacio. Dictus vero magister, cum de
manerio predicto Oxoniam redierit, Cancellario vel eius commissario
Uniuersitatis qui pro tunc fuerit, priori seu custodi monachorum
Dunelm' Oxonie studencium ibidem pro voluntate domini prioris
Dunelm' deputato & duobus magistris extrinsecis assedentibus per
principalem & unum de senioribus vel per duos seniores presentetur,
a quibus sine contradiccione omnimoda confirmetur; coram quibus
prestet iuramentum corporale ordinaciones & constitutiones per dictum
dominum Philippum de consensu predictorum scolarium editas fideliter
obseruare; & idem iuramentum prestet ad manerium de Whichenore
coram domino predicti manerii, si tempore sue presentationis dictus
dominus presens extiterit. Cancellario vero vel eius commissario, priore
seu custode monachorum predicto aut dictis duobus magistris extrin-
secis in hac parte necligentibus vel alias qualitercumque predictam
confirmacionem expedire nolentibus, hoc ipso quod eisdem ut pre-
dicitur sic electus presentatus fuerit pro confirmato habeatur. Et
consimilis forma quoad admissionem cuiuslibet dicte domus electi ad
intendendum sacre theologie & quoad eius recepcionem coram
memorato Cancellario vel eius commissario & priore seu custode pre-
dicto & dictis duobus magistris extrinsecis penitus obseruetur.
Hoc eciam in eadem domo specialiter obseruatur (sic) ut circa eos
cui ad theologiam fuerint eligendi diligenti sollicitudine caueatur
ne qui vel quis preter honestum vel honestos, castos, pacificos, &
humiles, ad studium habiles ac proficere volentes, admittantur; quos
per communitatem de sociis dicte domus, dum tamen in artibus
rexerint, eligendos esse dispono sub hac forma. Conuocet magister
domus supradicte communitatem, omnibus & singulis in sacramento
domini prestito 2 firmiter iniungendo quod fideliter & sine personarum
acceptacione, fauore omnimodo & affeccione quacumque postpositis,
talem vel tales ad facultatem predictam eligant quos verisimiliter per
experientiam probabilem ad proficiendum in facultate predicta magis
¹ Not my sisters', but sisters'.
Whenever sisters inherited an estate, it
was by law equally divided between
them.
2 Not after administering to them
the Sacrament of the Lord', but 'in
virtue of their oath'.
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THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
habiles & morigeratos sciuerint; et ille vel illi in quem vel in quos
pars maior communitatis consenserit ad theologie audicionem sint electi.
Si autem contingat aliquos de eligendis paritatem vocum optinere,
senior secundum eius statum in domo preferatur. Electus vero vel
electi ad intendendum sacre theologie in sexto anno sue audicionis
theologie opponat, & per unum annum vel duos si videtur communitati
expedire opponat, & in nono vel decimo anno librum sententiarum
legat, & in duodecimo vel terciodecimo anno in eadem facultate
incipere teneatur, nisi ex causa legitima vel honesta impediatur.
Audiat eciam magister dicte domus quamcumque facultatem voluerit.
1
Sit eciam numerus scolarium pro redditibus meis dicte domui
eligendorum ut predicitur, quorum quilibet undecim denarios per
manus sui magistri vel eorum qui ad proventus dicte domus recipien-
dum vel reseruandum fuerint deputati percipiat; ita tamen quod
singulorum sociorum commune in dicta domo ex aliis redditibus veni-
encium ¹ ad undecim denarios per redditus meos predictos augeantur.
Si autem victualium caristiam accidere contingat, singulorum sociorum
dicte domus commune secundum arbitrium magistri & communitatis
ad quindecim denarios inclusiue septimanatim accrescant. Volo
eciam quod quilibet dictorum scolarium quatuor denarios percipiat
pro septimanis maxime festiuis, sicut in septimana Natalis domini
& Pasche & aliis consimilibus, ultra id quod solebat per septimanam
predictam percipere; magister siquidem cameram sibi soli deputatam
& garcionem sibi ministrantem, qui secundum ordinacionem dicte
communitatis suam sustentacionem percipiat de communi. Quia vero
extraneos ad dictam domum pro negociis eiusdem accedentes sepius
a magistro recipi oportebit, dispono quod si propter sic accedentes
& communitatis honestatem pro se & suis commensalibus si sibi
videbitur expediens in camera propria prout aliis sociis ministratur
[sic], mensam minime excessiuam habeat de communi & eo tempore,³
nisi egritudinis vel alterius cause racionabilis necessitas eum urgeat
& compellat. Dictus eciam magister quadraginta solidos pro suis.
necessariis annuatim de communi percipiat cum facultates reddituum
meorum ad hoc sufficerint [sic] quousque per me vel per alios seu per
communitatem pro eo comodius fuerit ordinatum. Dispono eciam
quod idem magister iuramentum prestet corporale ut de sua administra-
cione & de omnibus bonis dicte domui spectantibus coram communi-
¹ Probably 'venientes' was intended.
2 Probably some word or words are
lost: perhaps ministrandum foret'
lost after the word 'propria '.
2
9 Apparently means only on such
an occasion'.
XIII. STATUTES ETC.
291
tate vel aliquibus ad sua raciocinia audienda per communitatem
deputatis annis singulis die sancte Margarete seu tempore aliquo
per communitatem assignando fidelem reddat racionem; qui suo
similiter ministerio interius & exterius prout rei qualitas & temporis
seu locorum necessitas aut utilitas poposcerit sollicite intendat; qui
eciam annis singulis omnia bona ad dictam domum spectancia per
se uel per alium de sociis discretum ad hoc per communitatem electum,
si communitati expediens visum fuerit, visitet diligenter, necnon &
quantitatem bonorum in locis singulis estimet & taxet, ipsamque
estimacionem & taxacionem fideliter in scriptis redigat & redacta in
scriptis scolaribus dicte domus deferat & assignet, ut deinde cum sua
ratiocinia fuerint audienda, fidelitas ipsorum ratiociniorum ex collec-
cione ipsius scripture cercius valeat apparere, & compoto dicti magistri
plenarie soluto si quid de bonis dicte domus ultra expensas per
communitatem allocatas residuum fuerit, infra mensem a die solucionis
sui compoti thesaurariorum custodie reddere seu caucionem realem
exponere aut alio modo communitati satisfacere teneatur. Quorum
si qua fuerit [sic] residua, partem in usum sociorum & partem pro
oneribus domus supportandis, prout magister & communitas decre-
uerint, dispono conuerti.
Si autem contingat dictum magistrum breui egritudine infirmari
plena sibi porcio sua pro rata porcione temporis vel alia sustentacio
competens & minime excessiua ministretur de communi. Aliis vero
scolaribus predictis in predicta domo infirmantibus [vel]¹ extra,
dummodo pro necessitate vel utilitate domus fuerint destinati,² exhibicio
consimilis fiat de communi. Si autem dicti magistri incurabilis fuerit
egritudo nec de eius conualescencia spes extiterit, racione cuius ipsum
magistrum circa domus negocia laborare non posse nec ut deceret
magistratus officium exercere communitas decreuerit, eo ipso officio
suo cedere teneatur & secundum formam eleccionis magistri pre-
scriptam loco eius alius eligatur & sustentacionem secundum arbitrium
communitatis competentem pro suo perpetuo habeat de communi.
Si autem alicuius predictorum scolarium incurabilis fuerit egritudo
propter quod ad victum suum alias consequendum aptus non fuerit,
nouem denarios extra domum septimanatim pro suo perpetuo de
communi, si quicquam uberius alibi non optinuerit, racione reddituum
dicte domus per me collatorum percipiat caritatiue, dum tamen ad
1 Not in MS.
2 Notif they be deemed of service
to the house', but if they have been
dispatched for the needs or advantage of
the house'.
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292 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
·
hoc domus sufficiant facultates. Item ordino & dispono quod quilibet
socius in sua admissione prestet iuramentum corporale quod non
procurabit per se nec per alios nec scienter faciet quominus ad colle-
gium aliud uberioris exhibicionis in dicta Uniuersitate eligatur; quod
si ipsum ad collegium aliud huiusmodi eligi contigerit eo ipso in eius
persona cesset domus exhibicio supradicte. Magister tamen dicte
domus ad huiusmodi articuli obseruanciam se noscat non astringi.
Iuret eciam quilibet socius in sua ad dictam domum admissione, quod
iura & possessiones dicte domus ubique terrarum pro suis viribus
defendet & conseruabit & ad eorum melioracionem fideliter laborabit,
& cum ad uberiorem fortunam deo dante peruenerit, in licitis &
honestis promouebit, & maxime in consiliis & auxiliis pro defensione
& conseruacione iurium dicte domus & eorum melioracione semper
adhibendis, & quociens opus fuerit fidele consilium dicte domui si ab
eo requiratur constanter adhibebit. Si autem dictus magister de
patrimonio aut spiritualitate seu quouis alio modo de certo ad valorem
quadraginta librarum promotus fuerit, sui officii regimine extunc non
utatur & a beneficio dicte domus penitus excludatur. Eandem eciam
formam de quolibet alio socio si quouis modo predicto ad valorem
centum solidorum promotus fuerit, ordino obseruari. Item cum dicti
magistri industria, honestas & diligencia pre ceteris necessaria sit
& oportuna ne per eius necligenciam, quod absit, vel insolenciam dicte
domui eueniant dispendia aut pericula grauiora, premissis adicio &
dispono, ut cum magister dicte domus qui pro tempore fuerit per
dilapidacionem bonorum domus predicte inutilis aut sui officii necligens
executor seu luxuriosus vel notabiliter viciosus, ut inferius de sociis
notatur, repertus fuerit, trina monicione per principalem de consensu
communitatis legitime moneatur ut ab huiusmodi insolenciis & necli-
genciis se omnino compescat. Qui si post trinam monicionem
incorrigibilis apparuerit, aut si a predictis se abstinere neglexerit, de
eo Cancellario vel eius commissario & priori seu custodi ac magistris
extrinsecis supradictis fiat denunciacio, qui de eius excessibus &
processibus contra eum factis summarie informati ipsum sine dilacione
qualibet ab officio magistratus ammoueant; qui si ad predicta facienda
venire recusauerint vel quorum si quis venire noluerit infra triduum
post legitimam denunciacionem eis factam, principali & dicte domus.
communitati liceat magistrum huiusmodi ab officio magistratus.
deponere & ipso deposito alium loco illius forma ut predicitur in
magistrum eligere. Si autem aliquis sociorum predictorum homicidium
aut adulterium, furtum, rapinam, periurium, sacrilegium, vel symoniam
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
293
vel aliquod graue delictum committat, seu grauem lapsum carnis vel
notam turpitudinis aliquam incurrat, quod absit, per que graue scan-
dalum in dicta domo poterit suscitari, aut quisquam eorum rixosus seu
iurgiorum inter socios suscitator creber extiterit vel eorundem sociorum
atrox percussor aut, quod plus est, magistro vel principali seu aliis
intollerabilis in societate predicta, cum de aliquo premissorum per
facti notorietatem seu alias legitime fuerit conuictus, transgressor
huiusmodi a domo & exhibicione eiusdem penitus excludatur. Insuper
magister dicte domus associatis sibi duobus de antiquioribus &
discrecioribus scolaribus dicte societatis omnes discordias inter eosdem
scolares exortas & omnia iurgia siue delicta leuia inter eosdem
existencia absque strepitu vel dilacione infra domum propriam eorun-
dem, prout magistro & illis antiquioribus videbitur, audiant, pacificent
& decidant. Si quis eciam disputacionibus sue facultatis siue scolis
diebus legibilibus vel officiis diuinis debito modo non intendat vel si in
villa vel extra villam in tempore non debito fuerit vacabundus vel si
modo minus honesto in disputacionibus, mensa vel aliis actibus contra
magistrum vel socium se habeat, racione cuius scandalum vel incomo-
dum domui predicte vel sociis notabiliter eueniat, uolo quod magister
predictus cum illis duobus sibi associatis quemcumque in aliquo
premissorum delinquentem inuenerit, puniat, corrigat & remedium
imponat, prout qualitas delicti secundum eorum estimacionem
racionabiliter id exposcet. Et si quis eorum ordinacioni parere
noluerit, per subtraccionem commune sue per quindenam puniatur.
Si quis autem huiusmodi transgressor pro suis forsan demeritis per
magistrum & sibi assedentes trina vice legitime correctus & per
suarum communarum subtraccionem tociens punitus se ab huiusmodi
maleficiis refrenare noluerit, tanquam incorrigibilis & rebellis a dicta
societate finaliter expellatur. Eiectis autem a domo prefata omne
beneficium dicte domus & participatio bonorum ipsius penitus dene-
getur, nec eis occasione amocionis seu eieccionis huiusmodi contra
magistrum dicte domus aut scolares seu quoscumque alios de dicta
domo aliqua actio competat vel regressus, siue agendo siue appellando
siue querimoniam deponendo siue in integrum restitucionem petendo,
siue cuiuscumque curie secularis vel ecclesiastice litteras optinendo,
seu litteris a quibuscumque vel per quoscumque optentis utendo
contra suam amocionem memoratam, quantumcumque sibi alias probi-
tatis & vite merita suffragentur, ne bona dicte domus in litibus
inaniter expendantur. Item in ammocione dicti magistri, cum ex
causis superius annotatis fuerit ammotus, censeo obseruandum, &
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THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
istud in admissione sua a quolibet sit iuratum. Ne autem ob
crimina leuiora ut superius expressum est vel offensas leues eiectis
aut studium deserentibus omnis denegetur humanitas, si dignos
penitencie fructus egerint & magistrum seu scolares domus supradicte
agendo vel appellando aut per modos alios superius nominatos
occasione sue eiectionis 2 nequaquam procurauerint molestari, seque
ad loca & beneficia ipsius domus humiliter pecierint de nouo admitti,
ea ex speciali gracia premissis non obstantibus sibi poterunt concedi,
si hoc magistro & scolaribus videatur expediens. Volo³ eciam quod
per preces vel litteras alicuius domini nullus in socium predicte domus
admittatur nec pensio alicui per preces vel litteras alicuius magnať
racione reddituum meorum penitus conferatur.
4
Capellanum siquidem in domo supradicta esse decerno & censeo
tempore perpetuo moraturum qui per me & heredes meos dicte
domui presentetur & a magistro & sociis absque contradiccione aliqua
admittatur, dum tamen idoneus fuerit & honestus, pro me & sponsa
mea, pro anima domini Rogeri de Somervyle, pro venerabili patre
domino Ricardo Dunelmensi episcopo, heredibus meis & parentibus,
necnon & dicte domus benefactoribus imperpetuum celebraturus; qui
si inter scolares dicte domus tolerabiliter, honeste & modeste se
gesserit ac diuino ministerio diligenter vacauerit, in dicta domo pro
suo perpetuo si uoluerit conuersetur, omnem domus exhibicionem
quoad victum & cameram quam aliquis de scolaribus predictis ut
superius decretum est perceperit pro tempore more sue in dicta domo
integraliter percepturus. Quem si publica turpitudinis nota innotuerit,
prout de aliquo sociorum quoad eius correpcionem & correctionem &
a dicta domo finalem expulsionem nec occasione sue ammocionis
accionem, statuta de socio vel sociis eiciendo vel eiciendis prescripta
sine contradiccione mei, heredum meorum, seu cuiuscumque alterius
titulo vel nomine strictius obseruentur. Quo eiecto vel decedente si
nec per me nec per heredes meos alius dicte domui loco illius infra
mensem postquam nobis de eius recessu constiterit presentetur, ad
predictos magistrum & scolares dicte domus capellani eleccionem
quocienscumque sic contingentem solummodo spectare dispono; qui
electus sic ut predicitur celebrabit; & si quem capellanum per me
presentatum vel per me & heredes meos presentandum seu per pre-
dictos magistrum & scolares eligendum ad seruicia diuina ei incum-
bencia adimplenda ex causa quacumque aptus non fuerit, a dicta
1 Not 'desire to study' but 'desert
the University'.
2 obieccionis, MS.
9 Quo, MS.
4
que, MS.
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
295
domo & exhibicione eiusdem ammoueri dispono, & alium loco eius
forma ut predicitur subrogari. Capellanus vero pro me & sponsa
mea quamdiu vixerimus in omni die trium leccionum preterquam a
Pascha usque ad festum sancte Trinitatis, utendo illo officio 'Salus
populi' cum propria collecta, secreto & postcommunione eidem
officio pertinentibus celebret. In aliis vero festis nouem leccionum &
duplicibus, necnon in festis prius exceptis, de aliis sanctis prout sibi
videbitur oportunum eidem liceat celebrare. In quibus nisi magis.
duplex festum fuerit post primam collectam specialem dicat & in suo
Memento pro nobis specialiter
nobis specialiter & deuote exoret.
deuote exoret. Si autem me viam
universe carnis ingredi contingat, sponsa mea viuente, missam de
Requiem cum propriis collectis & Placebo & Dirige cum commendacione
omni die trium leccionum pro salute anime mee, forma ut predicitur,
& omnium fidelium defunctorum celebret deuote, aliquam collectam
pro salute sponse mee quamdiu ipsa uixerit iugiter dicendo. Utroque
autem nostrum viam uniuerse carnis ingresso, missa de Requiem pro
nobis & personis predictis ac pro omnibus benefactoribus domus supra-
dicte, forma ut predicitur, per predictum capellanum deuocius cele-
bretur. Insuper singulis annis die anniuersarii obitus mei missa de
Requiem cum nota & Placebo & Dirige precedentibus pro salute
anime mee & omnium fidelium defunctorum celebretur. Cui
misse & exequiis singuli socii qui pro tempore fuerint teneantur
personaliter interesse. Consimilis autem forma quoad anniuer-
sarium sponse mee dilecte Margarete penitus obseruetur. Ad hec
siquidem omnia & singula prescripta fideliter observanda quilibet
capellanus per me & heredes meos dicte domui presentatus vel pre-
sentandus seu per communitatem electus vel eligendus divina officia,
forma ut predicitur, celebraturus, tactis sacrosanctis corporale prestet
iuramentum. Iuret eciam capellanus in sua ad domum admissione
secreta domus clam vel palam nemini revelare, unde dampnum vel
scandalum dicte domui, socio, vel sociis, poterit euenire. Qui eciam
in sua ad domum admissione renunciet per verba expressa omni
future accioni, iuris remedio cuiuscumque tam canonici quam consue-
tudinarii & ciuilis, si forsan ob sua demerita a dicta domo ipsum eici
contingat in futurum. Iuret eciam omnes ordinaciones per me pro
profectu dicte domus & honestate ordinatas & quecumque alia priui-
legia dicte domus quantum in eo fuerit obseruare. Item habeant dicti
scolares qualibet die Sabbati missam cum nota de beata virgine,
quando aliam missam cum nota celebrare, seu in ecclesia parochiali
vel alibi in missis Uniuersitatis interesse non teneantur. Cui misse in
296 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
honore Virginis gloriose celebrate omnes capellani intrinseci, nisi ex
causa legitima fuerint impediti, ceterique socii dicte domus, quos
propter actus scolasticos seu propter aliam causam legitimam coram
magistro vel locum eius tenente approbatam minime impediri con-
tigerit, interesse teneantur. Quam quidem missam capellanus cele-
brans & quilibet alius capellanus domus predicte in capella eorum
celebraturus pro me & sponsa mea teneatur specialiter exorare.
Ceterum omni die Veneris quando illam antiphonam Benedicta in
dicta capella cantari contigerit & in graciis in mensa dicendis, nomen
meum & sponse mee per capellanum seu aliquem socium dicte domus
inter nomina benefactorum precipuorum recitentur, pro nobis speci-
aliter exorando.
Illud insuper est attendendum quod si locus habitacionis seu sco-
larium predictorum studio vacancium congregacio causis aliquibus
emergentibus que facile numerari non poterunt ad locum alium trans-
feratur, nichil eis commodi, iuris vel possessionis depereat in predictis
redditibus vel rebus aliis sibi assignatis vel deinceps ex pia largicione
fidelium assignandis; sed omnia eis nichilominus integra remaneant ;
durentque ordinaciones hee & alie in posterum promulgande atque
priuilegia ipsi domui concessa & futuris temporibus concedenda, dum
tamen hanc ordinacionem tam re quam nomine teneant & obseruent,
sic tamen quod nomen fundacionis antiquum collegium non amittat¹
sed sicut prius domus de Balliolo nominetur. Nec est intencionis mee
eorum fundacionem antiquam aut regulas vel statuta tollere sed ea
pocius presentibus confirmare. Et si quid contrarium legibus dictorum
scolarium, statutis vel consuetudinibus antiquis, ad quas vel que dicti
scolares fuerint iurati, in hac ordinacione mea compertum fuerit, nolo
dictos scolares ad illud obseruandum aliquatenus obligari, sed antiqua
eo non obstante firmiter obseruentur. Licet autem in premissis sex
socios eligi racione reddituum per me dicte domui collatorum ordi-
nauerim & quemlibet socium predictum & capellanum undecim
denarios septimanatim & magistrum quadraginta solidos ultra com-
munas suas pro suis necessariis de bonis dicte domus racione reddi-
tuum predictorum una cum augmento communarum, forma ut pre-
dicitur, percipere ordinauerim, volo tamen & ordino quod omnia &
singula in premissis ordinata obseruentur si & quatenus ad hoc domus
supradicte per me caritatiue collate sufficeant facultates. Premissis
eciam adiciendo decerno quod si redditus in presente dicte domui
assignati aut in posterum ex pia largicione fidelium assignandi ex-
¹ admittat, MS.
XIII.
297
STATUTES, ETC.
creuerint, numerus scolarium in dicta domo studio theologie vacancium
quatenus augeri poterit augeatur, nisi de conferendis in futurum
per donatores ipsos aliter contigerit ordinari.
Et ne aliqui de scolaribus predictis ignoranciam horum futuris
temporibus possint quouis modo pretendere, statuo quod singulis
annis in festo sancte Margarete presens scriptum coram omnibus
publice recitetur. Item statuo, ordino & ad premissa adicio quod prior
seu custos monachorum Dunelm' Oxonie studencium per priorem
Dunelm' prefectus, collega sit in omnibus Cancellario predicto vel
eius commissario tam in admissione quam confirmacione electi in
magistrum dicte domus de Balliolo & prestacione iuramenti ac
ammocione eiusdem magistri in casu quo fuerit ammouendus, de quibus
supra fit mencio, necnon & illorum quos continget eligi ad insis-
tendum theologie facultati. Ipseque prior seu custos cum dicto Can-
cellario vel eius commissario exerceat omnia que circa dictos electos
fuerint excercenda. Sit¹ autem idem prior seu custos unus cum
magistris intrinsecis, quibus dicti sex scolares vel plures si bona
excreuerint presentari debent cum eligantur, plenamque potestatem cum
aliis magistris habeat ad eosdem scolares examinandum, admittendum,
vel eciam repellendum, & ad omnia alia exercenda circa eosdem que
circa alios scolares in eadem aula existentes per dictos magistros
extrinsecos exerceri consueverunt tempore retroacto. Volo insuper,
statuo & dispono quod episcopi Dunelmenses qui pro tempore fuerint
prefatos magistrum & scolares ad denunciacionem dicti prioris seu cus-
todis monachorum Dunelm' ad obseruanciam premissorum quoad
eleccionem sex scolarium & capellani racione reddituum per me
collatorum ad presens, necnon ad numerum studencium in casu
excrescencie reddituum eorundem cum acciderit ut premittitur amplian-
dum ac quoad omnia alia & singula superius expressata possint com-
pellere viis et modis canonice prout sibi magis videbitur expedire.
In quorum omnium testimonium & perpetuam firmitatem tria
instrumenta tenoris consimilis sunt confecta, quorum cuilibet sigilla
reuerendi patris domini Ricardi dei gracia Dunelmensis episcopi, reli-
giosorum virorum dominorum prioris & capituli Dunelm', venerabilis
viri domini Cancellarii Vniuersitatis Oxonie, ac magistri & scolarium
aule de Balliolo predictorum una cum sigillo meo appendi procuraui.
Quorum eciam instrumentorum unum penes dictos priorem & con-
uentum, aliud penes prefatos magistrum & scolares, tercium penes
me, heredes & assignatos meos volo, ordino & dispono perpetuo
1 ¹ Si, MS.
298 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
remanere. Et nos Ricardus permissione diuina Dunelmensis epi-
scopus ad rogatum domini Philippi ac magistri & scolarium predictorum
ad corroboracionem statutorum seu ordinacionum predictorum quatenus
rite & canonice sunt edita quantum ad nos pertinet sigillum nostrum
XVIII die mensis Octobris anno domini millesimo ccc quadragesimo
in manerio nostro de Aukeland presentibus duximus apponendum,
iure, consuetudine & dignitate nostris & ecclesie nostre Dunelmensis.
in omnibus semper salvis. Et nos prior ecclesie Dunelmensis &
eiusdem loci conuentus omnia & singula supradicta racionabiliter
statuta, ordinata & decreta per dominum Philippum memoratum ac
auctoritate pontificali dicti reuerendi patris ut premittitur roborata
ad instanciam dicti domini Philippi [et]¹ magistri & scolarium pre-
dictorum, quantum in nobis est, de nostro consensu unanimi &
apposicione sigilli nostri communis capituli Dunelmensis approbamus,
ratificamus & eciam confirmamus. Dat' in domo nostra capitulari
Dunelm' vicesimo quarto die mensis Octobris anno domini supradicto.
Et nos Cancellarius Uniuersitatis antedicte ad rogatum dictorum
domini Philippi [et]¹ magistri & scolarium domus supradicte in
testimonium premissorum, quatenus rite & legitime sunt ordinata
in crastino Purificationis beate Marie anno supradicto sigillum officii
nostri presentibus apposuimus. Et nos magister & scolares domus
supradicte submittentes nos & domum nostram de Balliolo predictam
ex certa sciencia, pure, sponte iurisdiccioni & cohercioni venerabilis
in Cristo patris domini dei gracia Dunelmensis episcopi qui pro
tempore fuerit quoad ecclesiam de Mikelbentone & quoad omnia
alia & singula supradicta nos & dictam ecclesiam contingencia,
iurisdiccionem predicti venerabilis patris scienter prorogando in
corroboracionem, confirmacionem & perpetuam 2 rei firmitatem omnium
& singulorum superius expressatorum sigillum nostrum commune
presentibus duximus apponendum. Dat' Oxonie in aula de Balliolo in
crastino Purificacionis beate Marie anno domini supradicto.'
Nos igitur Edwardus rex Scotorum antedictus ac magistri &
scolarium aule siue domus de Balliolo in Oxonia ab antiquo fundator,
dictam cartam atque statuta in eadem contenta omnia & singula tan-
quam iuri congrua & racioni consona approbamus, ratificamus & quan-
tum in nobis est pro nobis & successoribus nostris confirmamus, non
obstantibus quibuscumque statutis contrariis, priuilegiis seu consuetu-
dinibus ab antecessoribus nostris ante hec tempora editis, concessis,
1 Om. MS.
2
perpetue, MS.
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
299
approbatis seu confirmatis. In quorum omnium testimonium sigillum
nostrum presentibus fecimus appendi; datum¹ [sic].
572.
[Clement VI permits the College to appropriate the
church of Abbotsley.]
Clemens episcopus [&c.] Exhibita siquidem nobis dilectorum filiorum Apr. 28,
uniuersorum clericorum et scholarium domus siue aule Ballioli vulgariter 1343
nuncupate de Oxonia Lincolniensis diocesis, ubi viget studium generale,
petitio continebat quod in dicta aula, pia largitione et eleemosina
fundatoris ipsius, quamplures studentes clerici, singuli videlicet eorun-
dem octo denarios sterlingorum tantum singulis septimanis ab antiquo
perciperent et percipere dinoscuntur, et cum magistri in artibus facti
fuerint extunc ab aula expelluntur eadem, ita quod in aliis scientiis libe-
ralibus propter ipsorum paupertatem proficere nequeunt, sed interdum
studium dimittentes victum mechanice querere compelluntur; quibus
dilectis filiis nobilis vir Willelmus de Felton miles dicte diocesis com-
patiens numerum dictorum scholarium affectet in aula huiusmodi
augmentare ac ordinare quod scholares ipsi libros diuersarum faculta-
tum habeant in communi et quod singuli eorum vestes sufficientes et
duodecim denarios monete predicte percipiant singulis septimanis et
quod possint in dicta aula libere remanere et predicta integre percipere
ad quemcumque statum magistratus seu doctoratus deveniant donec
fuerint competens beneficium ecclesiasticum assecuti, et extunc aulam
ipsam dimittere tenebuntur, quibus alii ydonei debeant surrogari; et
quod idem miles ius patronatus ecclesie parochialis de Abbottisley dicte
diocesis eleemosinarie dicte aule ac clericis et scholaribus eiusdem
procurauit et etiam acquisivit [&c. The Pope allows the church to be
appropriated to the College]. Dat' apud Pontem Sorgie Auinion'
diocesis Kal. Maii pontificatus nostri anno primo.3
573.
[Urban V commissions the Bishop of London to revise
the statutes of the College.]
Urbanus episcopus servus servorum dei venerabili fratri episcopo Feb. 11,
Londoniensi salutem & apostolicam benedictionem. Exhibita nobis 1363}
1 Seal circular, 2 in., a shield, ? three
eagles, S' PH'I S[OMERVIL]LE DE
WYCH'NOVER DNI.
2 The original is not preserved; a
copy is found in the earliest register, fol.
29.
300 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
pro parte dilectorum filiorum magistri et scholarium ac collegii aule
seu domus Ballioli Oxoniensis Lincolniensis diocesis petitio continebat
quod quondam Derwelgulla de Balliolo dictum collegium pro anime
sue remedio ordinavit, ac de bonis suis dotavit, et quedam statuta
edidit in eodem, ac voluit quod magister et singuli scholares eiusdem
collegii tempore sue receptionis in ipso de dictis statutis seruandis
prestarent corporaliter iuramentum. Continebat eciam dicta peticio
quod in eisdem statutis inter alia continetur quod in dicto collegio
nulli manerent nisi artiste, et quod nullus post acceptum statum magi-
stralem in artibus seu ipsarum artium aliqua facultate nisi per triennium
dumtaxat in dicto collegio moraretur, sed extunc de ipso recedere foret
astrictus, et quod postmodum post longi temporis cursum quondam
Philippus de Somerwelle miles, dominus de Wichnor, pia intentione
considerans quod persone seu socii dicte domus post magistralem
statum huiusmodi exinde compellebantur recedere, quamuis aliunde
victum eis necessarium non haberent, eidem collegio ecclesiam de
Magna Bentona Dunelmensis diocesis de suo patronatu existentem
auctoritate ordinaria uniri procuravit et fecit, de cuius ecclesie proventi-
bus voluit & ordinavit in dicta domo seu dicto collegio certum theo-
logorum numerum perpetuis temporibus sustentari, et edidit quedam
statuta ad que servanda omnes eosdem scholares et personas astringi
voluit proprio iuramento; que licet sint racionabilia et collegio supra-
dicto utilia et pia intentione, ut creditur, condita tamen sunt prioribus
statutis multum contraria; et quod huiusmodi contrarietas consciencias
scholarium seu personarum dicti collegii multipliciter turbat et etiam
inquietat, et dissentiones ac litium fomitem administrat.
Quare pro
parte dictorum magistri et scholarium fuit nobis humiliter supplicatum
ut eis providere in hac parte de oportuno remedio dignaremur. Nos
igitur huiusmodi supplicationibus inclinati, fraternitati tue de cuius
circumspectione in hiis & aliis gerimus in domino fiduciam pleniorem,
faciendi tibi exhiberi tam prima quam secunda statuta huiusmodi, illaque
interpretandi, declarandi, concordandi, moderandi, corrigendi et
mutandi ac eis addendi et ex ipsis detrahendi, aliaque de novo
edendi, prout secundum deum & equitatem utilitati et quieti dicti
collegii videris expedire; ac magistrum et scholares seu personas.
dicti collegii ab obseruatione statutorum huiusmodi que duxeris
moderanda, corrigenda, detrahenda seu mutanda auctoritate nostra
absoluendi ac contradictores et rebelles per censuram ecclesiasticam
appellatione postposita compescendi plenam concedimus tenore pre-
sencium facultatem, non obstantibus quibuscumque per dictos magi-
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
301
strum, scholares et personas prestitis iuramentis, seu si aliquibus
communiter uel diuisim a sede apostolica sit indultum quod inter-
dici, suspendi uel excommunicari non possint per litteras apostolicas
non facientes plenam & expressam ac de verbo ad verbum de
indulto huiusmodi mentionem. Dat' Avinion' III Id. Februarii ponti-
ficatus nostri anno secundo.¹
574.
[The Bishop of London, commissioned by the Pope, sends
for a copy of the two sets of statutes that had been
given to Balliol.]
Simon permissione diuina Londoniensis episcopus, commissarius D. 4. 9
ad infrascripta a sede apostolica specialiter deputatus, venerande dis- Feb. 5,
136//
crecionis uiris magistris Iohanni de Hechyngham Cancellario Uniuer-
sitatis Oxonie ac Henrico de Whitfeld preposito aule Regine Oxonie,
sacre theologie professoribus, et magistro Radulfo Ergum, inceptori
iuris ciuilis, salutem & nostris ymmo verius apostolicis firmiter obedire
mandatis. Noueritis nos quasdam litteras apostolicas per partem
scolarium aule Ballioli Oxonie Lincolniensis diocesis nobis exhibitas &
ostensas cum ea qua decuit reuerencia recepisse, quas vobis eciam una
cum presentibus transmittimus inspiciendas ac earum copia penes vost
retenta nobis illico remittendas. Mandamus auctoritate apostolica
supradicta qua fungimur in hac parte quatinus, cum nos simus variis
negociis aliis iugiter occupati quominus huiusmodi negocio ad presens
personaliter intendere non valemus, litteris apostolicis huiusmodi
diligenter attentis, statuta tam prima quam secunda dicti collegii, aule
seu domus Ballioli Oxonie, de quibus in dictis litteris apostolicis
plenius est expressum, coram vobis actualiter exhiberi et fidele tran-
sumptum statutorum huiusmodi cum deliberacione prouida fieri faciatis,
cum per partem scolarium predictorum super hoc fueritis congrue
requisiti, nobisque transumptum huiusmodi sub manu publica siue
autentico sub sigillo confectum fideliter transmittatis & clare pro loco
& tempore oportunis, ut nos ex transumpto predicto prouide informari
commissaque nobis in litteris apostolicis supradictis cum delibera-
cione matura ulterius exequi & facere valeamus, prout secundum deum
& equitatem utilitati & quieti dicti collegii viderimus expedire. In-
super si qua pro informacione nostra in dicto negocio pleniori vobis.
¹ The original is not preserved; a copy is found in the earliest register, fol. 25.
302
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
D. 4. 10
Apr. 19,
1433
occurrant nobis ea fideliter intimare sub sigillo vestro velitis presen-
cium cum tenore. Dat' London' nonis Februarii anno domini mille-
simo ccc sexagesimo quarto, et nostre consecrationis tercio.¹
575.
[The external masters, or rectors, of the College inform the
Bishop of London that they have declared one of the
statutes of the College to be harmful.]
Reuerendo in Cristo patri et domino, domino Roberto dei gracia
episcopo Londoniensi, Ricardus Roderham sacre theologie professor et
Iohannes Frekyngtone ordinis minorum in Oxonia, rectores collegii
siue aule de Balliolo in eadem Oxonia Lincolniensis diocesis, reueren-
tiam tanto patri debitam cum honore. Cum nos nuper iuxta exigen-
ciam officii quo fungimur super regimine dicti collegii et obseruacione
statutorum eiusdem inquisicionem cum ea qua conuenit diligencia
faceremus ex parte inibi collegiatorum, nobis extitit supplici insinua-
cione conquestum quod idem collegium pretextu cuiusdam statuti
quod sic incipit 'In primis statutum est quod in domo de Balliolo
semper sint tot scolares quot &c.', ad cuius obseruacionem sunt
astricti, passum est retro temporibus & patietur verisimiliter in futurum,
nisi maturius occurratur, graue preiudicium & iacturam, pro eo vide-
licet maxime quod ex eiusdem obseruacione continget illud viris in-
dustr' expertis & perplurimum necessariis prepropere nimium destitui,
sicut pluries actinus contingebat, dum eiusdem statuti rigore propter
beneficium tam exile artantur infra tempus angustum nimis finaliter a
collegio recedere memorato. Unde cum nos predicta tam ex eorum
& aliorum relacione fidedigna quam ex multis rerum argumentis esse
vera comperimus, dictum statutum iuxta quod eorum peticio contine-
bat de communicato consensu maioris & sanioris partis communitatis
dicte domus, quatenus possumus & ad nos pertinet, rigorosum
nimis & felici eiusdem aule vel domus regimini noxium, preiudiciale,
dampnosumque sentiuimus, declarauimus, decreuimus & laudauimus
sicut in presenti sentimus, declaramus, decernimus & laudamus; que
omnia & singula paternitati vestre significare & nota facere dignum
duximus per presentes. In cuius rei testimonium atque fidem quia
sigilla nostra perpaucis innotescunt, sigillo officii Cancellariatus Uniuer-
1 With a fragment of the bishop's
seal. For the alterations which the
Bishop seems to have made at this
time see the History of Balliol by
H. W. C. Davis, p. 33.
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
303
sitatis Oxonie presentes procurauimus consignari. Dať Oxonie in
collegio Mertonis XIX die mensis Aprilis anno domini millesimo cccc
tricesimo tercio.¹
576.
[The Bishop of London alters one of the statutes of the
College.]
per-
Uniuersis sancte matris ecclesie filiis ad quos presentes littere
uenerint Robertus permissione diuina Londoniensis episcopus salutem,
graciam & benedictionem. Cum inter statuta collegii aule siue domus
Ballioli Oxonie Lincolniensis diocesis inter cetera reperiatur quod-
dam statutum in quo sic cauetur, quod si contingat quod aliquod
statutum premissum videatur sociis nimis graue vel nimis remissum
secundum iudicium rectorum, magistri ac maioris partis comitiue,
habeat tunc episcopus Londoniensis potestatem dictum statutum
corrigendi, mitigandi, diminuendi, addendi, mutandi necnon aliud
statutum faciendi secundum quod sibi ad honorem dei & utilitatem
dicti collegii videbitur expedire : ac insuper cum inter statuta reperiatur
quoddam aliud statutum sub hac forma uerborum 'In primis statutum
est quod in domo de Balliolo semper sint tot scolares quot comode ex
fructibus, redditibus & prouentibus eiusdem domus secundum limita-
cionem expensarum infra in statutis annotatam poterint sustentari;
qui de se ipsis habeant unum magistrum cuius officium duret quamdiu
se bene gesserit in officio, propter tamen defectum notabilem
ammoueatur sub forma inferius annotanda, vel si beneficiatus fuerit
ad verum valorem decem librarum annuatim uel qualitercumque sibi
fuerit prouisum perpetuo aliunde ad tantam summam; quo casu post
tres menses a tempore pacifice possessionis adepte dictarum decem.
librarum ipso facto nouerit se ammotum'; quod quidem statutum
prout sufficienter informamur videtur rectoribus, magistro, ac maiori
parti comitive dicti collegii fuisse et esse nimis graue atque damp-
nosum propter nonnulla pericula & incomoda que occasione eiusdem
statuti prefato collegio sepius euenerunt & verisimiliter amplius
euenient in futurum, nisi celerius de oportuno remedio sit prouisum;
Nos igitur volentes huiusmodi periculis & incomodis obuiare ac
1 With the seal of the Chancellor ;
he is sitting in a niche, in his hands
a book fastened with a thong, a gown
with full sleeves fastened across the
chest, on his head a hat like a cardinal's;
above him the open book with three
crowns and apparently seven clasps ;
on each side of him proctors, in M.A.
gowns, the sleeves to the elbows with
capes over all; above them beedles with
staves, also with capes.
]
OFFICII CANCELLARIATVS.
D. 6. II
Aug. 8,
1433
304
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
D. 6. 13
vtilitati & quieti dicti collegii, magistri, sociorum & scolarium eiusdem
cum fauore prospicere, ad instanciam, rogatum & supplicacionem pre-
fatorum rectorum, magistri, sociorum & scolarium predictum statutum
sub forma subscripta duximus corrigendum, mutandum & emendan-
dum & sub forma subscripta corrigimus, mutamus & emendamus & in
loco illius statuti inseri volumus subscriptum statutum, viz. Inprimis
statutum est quod in domo de Balliolo semper sint tot scolares quot
comode ex fructibus, redditibus & prouentibus eiusdem domus secun-
dum limitacionem expensarum infra in statutis annotatam poterunt
sustentari. Qui de se ipsis habeant unum magistrum, cuius officium
duret quamdiu se bene gesserit in officio, licet ad quamcumque sum-
mam promotus fuerit aut aliunde sibi perpetuo ad summam huius-
modi sit prouisum, propter tamen defectum notabilem ammoueatur
sub forma inferius annotanda. Et quandocumque vacante officio
magister ibidem fuerit eligendus, liceat sociis siue scolaribus ipsius
domus de aliis quam de se ipsis, si hoc eis videatur expediens, bene-
ficiatum vel non beneficiatum, eligere in magistrum, dum tamen idem.
sic electus socius iuratus eiusdem domus prius extiterit, cuius officium
duret sicut prius quamdiu bene se gesserit in officio, licet ad quam-
cumque summam promotus fuerit, uel aliunde perpetuo ad summam
huiusmodi prouisio sibi fiat, propter tamen defectum notabilem
ammoueatur sub forma in statutis plenius annotata'. Quod quidem
statutum nostrum huiusmodi sic denuo factum in loco prioris statuti
de cetero precipimus & mandamus firmiter obseruari, iuramentis pre-
dictorum magistri & sociorum siue scolarium prius prestitis, & aliis
si que visa fuerint huic statuto contraria in aliquo non obstantibus qui-
buscumque. Que omnia & singula uniuersitati vestre innotescere
volumus per presentes. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum nostrum
fecimus hiis apponi. Dať' in manerio nostro de Stebbenhithe octauo
die Augusti anno domini millesimo ccccxxxIII, et nostre consecracionis
anno secundo.
D. 6. 12 is a duplicate of this deed.
577.
[The Bishop of London alters two of the statutes.]
Uniuersis sancte matris ecclesie [filiis]¹ ad quos presentes littere per-
Aug. 27, uenerint Thomas permissione diuina Londoniensis episcopus salutem,
graciam & benediccionem. Cum inter statuta collegii aule siue domus
1470
1 Not in MS.
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
305
Ballioli Oxonie Lincolniensis diocesis inter cetera reperiatur quoddam
statutum in quo cauetur, quod si aliquod statutum premissum videatur
sociis nimis graue vel nimis remissum secundum iudicium rectorum,
magistri ac maioris partis comitiue, habeat tunc episcopus Londoniensis
potestatem dictum statutum corrigendi, mitigandi, diminuendi, addendi,
mutandi necnon aliud statutum faciendi quod sibi ad honorem dei et
utilitatem dicti collegii videbitur expedire; ac insuper cum inter
statuta reperiantur duo alia statuta sub hac forma verborum :—‘In
primis statutum est quod in domo de Balliolo semper sint tot scolares
quot commode ex fructibus, redditibus & prouentibus eiusdem domus
secundum limitacionem expensarum infra in statutis annotatam
poterunt sustentari; qui de se ipsis habeant unum magistrum, cuius
officium duret quamdiu se bene gesserit in officio, licet ad quamcumque
summam promotus fuerit aut aliunde sibi perpetuo ad summam
huiusmodi sit prouisum, propter tamen defectum notabilem ammouea-
tur sub forma inferius annotanda; et quandocumque vacante officio
magister ibidem fuerit eligendus, liceat sociis siue scolaribus ipsius
domus de aliis quam de se ipsis, si hoc videatur eis expediens, bene-
ficiatum vel non beneficiatum eligere in magistrum, dum tamen idem
sic electus socius iuratus eiusdem domus prius extiterit, cuius officium
duret sicut prius quamdiu bene se gesserit in officio, licet ad quam-
cumque summam promotus fuerit vel aliunde perpetuo ad summam
huiusmodi prouisio sibi fiat; propter tamen defectum notabilem
ammoueatur, sub forma in statutis plenius annotata.' 'Item statutum
est quod pro disputacionibus in domo faciendis quod omnibus diebus
Mercurii et Sabbati in pleno termino preterquam in Quadragesima, in
qua solum in diebus Sabbati disputetur, fiat disputacio inter socios,
una de problemate et alia de questione, incipiendo quolibet termino
primo die Mercurii vel Sabbati post resumptionem magistrorum, con-
tinuando usque ad diem cessationis illius termini exclusive, et in magna
vacacione disputent semel in septimana videlicet in die Sabbati usque
ad festum Natiuitatis beate Marie; in istis autem disputacionibus in-
cipiet primo magister domus, si non sit bachillarius vel magister in
theologia, in principio anni bis in quindena diebus Sabbati disputare,
ita quod primo die Sabbati disputet problema et secundo die Sabbati
questionem de philosophia, et postea in secunda quindena disputet
senior in domo post magistrum modo predicto & sic disputent ceteri
socii qui non sunt bachillarii [vel]¹ magistri in theologia, determina-
tores vel sophiste, secundum eorum ordinem in domo. In qua dis-
1 Not in MS.
X
306 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
putacione respondeant bachillarii incipiendo a iuniore & sic respon-
deant secundum eorum ordinem in domo ascendendo; ad quam dis-
putacionem teneantur omnes simul conuenire nisi ex causa legitima et
a magistro approbata fuerint excusati & tunc licencia ab eodem petita
pariter & obtenta. Si vero contingat quod magister domus sit magister
in theologia vel bachillarius in eadem, tunc senior qui non est magister
vel bachillarius in theologia incipiat disputare modo predicto. In dis-
putacionibus faciendis diebus Mercurii senior bachillarius secundum
statum eius in domo in principio anni primo die Mercurii post resump-
cionem magistrorum disputet problema vel sophisma, et in secunda
septimana disputet senior post illum gradatim secundum eorum
ordinem in domo: in qua disputacione responsalis assignetur per
magistrum vel locum eius tenentem, si aliquis eorum sit presens, et in
absencia eorum assignetur per seniorem in disputacione presentem.
Si vero non sint bachillarii in domo, disputent magistri qui non sunt
bachillarii vel magistri in theologia semel in septimana in diebus
Sabbati, incipiendo a magistro vel a seniore qui non est bachillarius
vel magister in theologia, descendendo, & responsio ascendat incipiendo
a iuniore magistro modo predicto. Si vero fuerit in domo determinator
unus vel plures, disputent de sophismatibus quolibet anno a tempore
resumpcionis magistrorum in yeme usque ad proximum diem Iouis
ante Quadragesimam bis in septimana, videlicet die Martis & die Iouis,
et in fine cuiuslibet sue disputacionis dicta opponentis & respondentis,
ad modum quo faciunt determinatores in scolis, recitare tenentur, et
postea secundum opinionem propriam veritatem dicere & determinare,
in qua disputacione tenetur sophista si fuerit respondere. Si autem
non fuerit sophista in domo, respondeant bachillarii secundum eorum
ordinem in domo, incipiendo a seniore; et ad quamlibet huiusmodi
disputacionem tenentur omnes bachillarii & sophiste interesse nisi ex
causa legitima & a magistro approbata fuerint excusati, & tunc licencia
ab eo petita pariter & obtenta. Quam quidem disputacionem senior
bachillarius, si magister non fuerit presens, tenetur regulare, cui omnes
alii tenentur obedire. Omnes vero disputaciones tam philosophicas
quam logicas regat magister vel eius locum tenens, et in eorum
absencia senior domus presens, qui tamen non est arguens vel respon-
dens.' Que quidem statuta prout sufficienter informamur videntur
rectoribus, magistro ac maiori parti commitive dicti collegii fuisse &
esse nimis gravia atque dampnosa propter nonnulla pericula & in-
commoda que occasione eorundem statutorum prefato collegio sepius
euenerunt & verisimiliter amplius euenient in futurum, nisi celerius de
3
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
307
oportuno remedio sit prouisum. Nos igitur volentes huiusmodi peri-
culis et incommodis obuiare ac utilitati et quieti dicti collegii, magistri,
sociorum & scolarium eiusdem cum fauore prospicere, ad instanciam,
rogatum & supplicacionem predictorum rectorum, magistri, sociorum
et scolarium predicta statuta sub forma subscripta corrigimus,
mutamus et emendamus et in locis illorum statutorum inseri volumus
subscripta statuta videlicet :-' In primis statutum est quod in domo de
Balliolo semper sint tot scolares quot commode ex fructibus, redditibus,
& prouentibus eiusdem domus secundum limitacionem expensarum
infra in statutis annotatam poterunt sustentari, qui de se ipsis habeant
unum magistrum cuius officium duret quamdiu bene se gesserit in
officio, licet ad quamcumque summam promotus fuerit aut aliunde
sibi perpetuo ad summam huiusmodi sit provisum; propter tamen
defectum notabilem ammoveatur sub forma inferius annotanda. Et
quandocumque vacante officio magister ibidem fuerit eligendus, liceat
sociis siue scolaribus ipsius domus de aliis quam de se ipsis, si hoc
videatur eis expediens, beneficiatum vel non beneficiatum eligere in
magistrum; dum tamen idem sic electus socius iuratus eiusdem
domus prius exteterat [sic] vel aliquis olim capellanus eiusdem
domus qui in dicta domo continue steterat per annum & amplius, et
postea beneficiatus fuerit competenter ; cuius officium duret sicut prius
quamdiu bene se gesserit in officio, licet ad quamcumque summam pro-
motus fuerit vel aliunde perpetuo ad summam huiusmodi prouisio fiat,
si fiat; propter defectum tamen notabilem ammoueatur sub forma in
statutis plenius annotata.' 'Item statutum est pro disputacionibus in
domo faciendis quod omnibus diebus Mercurii et Sabbati in pleno
termino preterquam in Quadragesima, in qua solum in diebus Sabbati
disputetur, fiat disputacio inter socios, una de problemate et alia de
questione, incipiendo quolibet termino primo die Mercurii vel Sabbati
post resumpcionem magistrorum continuando usque ad diem cessa-
cionis illius termini exclusiue, et in magna vacacione disputent semel
in septimana videlicet in die Sabbati usque ad festum Nativitatis beate
Marie. In istis autem disputacionibus incipiet primo senior in domo
qui non est magister domus nec bachillarius vel magister in sacra
theologia in principio anni bis in quindena diebus Sabbati disputare,
ita quod primo die Sabbati disputet problema, et secundo die Sabbati
questionem de philosophia, et postea in secunda quindena disputet
secundus socius post ipsum modo predicto et sic disputent ceteri socii
qui non sunt bachillarii vel magistri in sacra theologia nec determina-
tores vel sophiste secundum eorum ordinem in domo; in qua disputa-
X 2
308 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
cione respondeant bachillarii incipiendo a iuniore & sic respondeant
secundum eorum ordinem in domo ascendendo; ad quam disputa-
cionem teneantur omnes simul preter magistrum domus conuenire,
nisi ex causa legitima et a magistro approbata fuerint excusati et tunc
licencia ab eodem petita pariter & obtenta. In disputacionibus
faciendis diebus Mercurii senior bachillarius secundum statum eius in
domo in principio anni primo die Mercurii post resumpcionem magi-
strorum disputet problema uel sophisma, et in secunda septimana dis-
putet senior post illum gradatim secundum eorum ordinem in domo.
In qua disputacione responsalis assignetur per magistrum vel locum
eius tenentem, si aliquis illorum sit presens, et in absencia eorum
assignetur per seniorem in disputacione presentem. Si vero non sint
bachillarii arcium in domo, disputent tunc magistri qui non sunt
bachillarii vel magistri in theologia semel in septimana, excepto
magistro domus, incipiendo in diebus Sabbati a seniore socio post
magistrum descendendo, et responsio ascendat incipiendo a iuniore
magistro, secluso magistro domus ut prius. Si uero fuerit in domo
determinator unus vel plures, disputent de sophismatibus quolibet
anno a tempore resumpcionis magistrorum in yeme usque ad proximum
diem Iouis ante Quadragesimam bis in septimana uidelicet die Martis
et die Iouis, et in fine cuiuslibet sue disputacionis dicta opponentis et
respondentis, ad modum quo faciunt determinatores in scolis, recitare
tenentur, et postea secundum opinionem propriam veritatem dicere et
determinare, in qua disputacione tenetur sophista, si fuerit, respondere.
Si autem non fuerit sophista in domo, respondeant bachillarii secun-
dum eorum ordinem in domo, incipiendo a seniore, et ad quamlibet
huiusmodi disputacionem tenentur omnes bachillarii et sophiste inter-
esse, nisi ex causa legittima & a magistro approbata fuerint excusati,
et tunc licencia ab eo petita pariter & obtenta; quam quidem disputa-
cionem senior bachillarius, si magister non fuerit presens, tenetur
regulare, cui omnes alii tenentur obedire, prouiso semper quod si
placuerit dicto magistro domus disputare, respondere, replicare, inter-
esse aut regulare predictas disputaciones tam logicas quam philo-
sophicas quam eciam theologicas, quod hec poterit exequi ad eius
libertatem, et in magistri absencia regat vicem gerens¹, et in eorum.
absencia senior socius presens qui non est arguens vel respondens.'
Que quidem statuta nostra huiusmodi sic denuo facta in locis priorum
statutorum de cetero precipimus et mandamus firmiter obseruari,
iuramentis predictorum magistri et sociorum siue scolarium prius.
1 gerus, MS.
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
309
prestitis et aliis si qua visa fuerint hiis statutis contraria in aliquo non
obstantibus quibuscumque; que omnia & singula uniuersitati vestre
innotescere volumus per presentes. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum
nostrum apposuimus. Dat' in nostro manerio de la Wykham anno
domini millesimo quadringentesimo septuagesimo vicesimo septimo.
die mensis Augusti et nostre consecrationis vicesimo octauo.
578.
[A commission by Pope Alexander to examine and emend
the statutes of the College.]
Alexander episcopus seruus seruorum dei venerabilibus fratribus filiis D. 6. 14
nostris dominis Wintoniensi & Noruicensi episcopis salutem & apo- 1492-
1503
stolicam benedictionem. Exhibita nobis pro parte dilectorum filiorum
magistri & scolarium aule collegii siue domus Ballioli Oxonie Lin-
colniensis diocesis peticio continebat quod bone memorie Simon
quondam Londoniensis episcopus habens, virtute litterarum apostoli-
carum sibi directarum, statuta in dicta domo, prout equitas suaderet
ac sibi melius expedire videretur, edendi facultatem, inter alia statuit
quod statim electo in dicta domo magistro iniungat idem magister
omnibus sociis quod fideliter eligant duos rectores viz. unum fratrem
Minorem & alium magistrum de Uniuersitate Oxonie qui de sociis
suis non fuerit, qui quidem rectores sic electi auctoritatem plenam
habeant scolaribus dicte domus superuidendi, scolares in eorum
societatem admittendi qui per eleccionem sociorum sibi fuerint pre-
sentati, ordinarie semel in anno ad minus visitandi domum & scolares
predictos tempore congruo uel pluries, si necessitas uel communis
utilitas hoc requirit, delinquentes contra formam statutorum puniendi
tam pro leuibus quam pro grauibus delictis, si magister in leuiora
corrigendo necligens inuentus fuerit seu remissus, & totaliter expel-
lendi eos quos per accusacionem sociorum notorie viciosos inuenerint ;
quod quidem statutum licet pia intentione ut creditur conditum fuerat,
dicti tamen rectores per illud electi quoniam ad eos de dicta domo
siue collegio non pertinent¹ sed ab eo penitus existunt alieni, graues
sepe scolaribus eiusdem collegii siue domus inferunt iniurias, eosdem
molestant & inquietant, & ad obseruanciam quorundam antiquorum
statutorum que a tempore iam immemorato in desuetudinem abierunt
1 In Balliol College, by F. de Paravi-
cini, where there is a translation of this
deed the words are rendered 'having no
care for the said house', instead of 'not
being among those who are of the said
house'.
310
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
Aug. 13,
1504
ac aliorum que novis penitus sunt contraria compellere nituntur; et
quia dicta pretensa statuta desuetudine penitus ut prefertur sublata ac
alia novis contraria antea¹ non obseruauerint, a dicto collegio non-
nullos scolares de facto & iniuste expulerunt, sicque studium quod in
philosophia & sacra theologia dicti scolares impendere de salubri
fundatorum ordinatione tenentur perturbant & inquietant, discensio-
numque & litium fomitem administrant in dicte domus siue collegii
dampnum; quare pro parte dictorum magistri & sociorum fuit nobis
humiliter supplicatum ut eis prouideri in hac parte de remedio opor-
tuno dignaremur. Nos igitur huiusmodi supplicationibus inclinati, ne
id quod prouisum erat ad remedium tendat ad noxam, vobis coniun-
ctim & utrique vestrum per se diuisim de quorum circumspeccione in
hiis & aliis gerimus in domino fiduciam pleniorem, prefatum collegium
de novo stabiliendi, faciendique vobis aut alteri vestrum exhiberi
omnia & singula statuta dicte domus, illa quoque interpretandi,
declarandi, concordandi, moderandi, corrigendi & mutandi ac eis
addendi & ex ipsis detrahendi aliaque de novo faciendi prout secundum
deum & equitatem utilitati & quieti dicti collegii videritis aut alter
vestrum viderit expedire; ac magistrum & scolares seu personas dicti
collegii ab observatione statutorum huiusmodi que duxeritis seu
duxerit alter vestrum moderanda, corrigenda, declaranda, seu mutanda
auctoritate nostra absoluendi, ac contradictores & rebelles per sensuram
ecclesiasticam appellacione postposita compescendi plenam in domino
concedimus auctoritate presencium facultatem ; non obstantibus
quibuscumque per dictum magistrum & scolares prestitis iuramentis
seu si aliquibus communiter uel diuisim a sede apostolica sit indultum
quod interdici, suspendi uel excommunicari non possunt per litteras
apostolicas non facientes plenam & expressam ac de verbo ad verba
de indulto huiusmodi mencionem. Dat' Rome.2
579.
[Julius II appoints the Bishops of Winchester and Carlisle
to revise the College statutes.].
Iulius episcopus servus servorum dei venerabilibus fratribus
Wintoniensi & Carleolensi episcopis salutem & apostolicam benedi-
ctionem. Suscepti cura pastoralis officii nobis desuper, licet in-
1 This word is doubtful.
2 A copy on paper in a hand of c.1520.
The watermark of the paper is a hand
with a star at the end of the middle
finger.
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
311
sufficientibus meritis, commissi nos inducit ut votis illis per que per-
sonarum quarumlibet indempnitatibus et commoditatibus consuli
possit libenter annuamus, ac ea prout expedire conspicimus favoribus
prosequamur oportunis. Exhibita siquidem nobis pro parte filiorum
dilectorum magistri & scholarium collegii aule siue domus Ballioli
Uniuersitatis Oxoniensis Lincolniensis diocesis peticio continebat
quod alias bone memorie Simon episcopus Londoniensis vigore qua-
rumdam litterarum apostolicarum sibi desuper ut asserebatur con-
cessarum inter alia statuit & ordinavit ut electus pro tempore in magi-
strum scholarium dicti collegii statim facta eius electione iniungeret
omnibus eiusdem collegii scholaribus siue sociis quod duos rectores.
[eligerent]¹ videlicet unum ordinis Fratrum Minorum et alium magi-
strum secularem de dicta Uniuersitate et qui de dicto collegio non foret,
et quod ipsi rectores sic electi plenariam auctoritatem haberent super
intrudendis scholaribus dicte domus seu collegii, et scholares in eorum
societatem admittendi qui per electionem sociorum siue scholarium
predictorum eis presentati forent, ac semel ad minus quolibet anno
visitandi domum siue collegium et scholares predictos tempore com-
petenti uel pluries, si necessitas uel communis utilitas id exigeret, ac
delinquentes contra formam statutorum puniendi tam pro levibus
quam grauibus delictis, et quod magister predictus negligens uel
remissus foret corrigere delicta dictorum scholarium et totaliter
expellere eos quos per accusationem sociorum notabiliter vitiosos in-
veniret, prout in eisdem statutis plenius contineri; et licet huiusmodi
statutum & ordinatio pia ut creditur intentione factum & editum fuerit,
tamen dicti rectores sic electi in pluribus que ad eos non pertinent se
intromittunt et sepius graves iniurias scholaribus collegii huiusmodi
inferunt eosque molestant & inquietant ac etiam ad obseruationem
quorumdam antiquorum, que a tanto tempore citra cuius initii homi-
num memoria non existit in dissuetudinem abierunt, & aliorum que
novis statutis dicti collegii penitus contraria sunt compellere nituntur,
ac nonnullos scholarium ex dicto collegio de facto & iniuste propterea
expulerunt, sic quod ipsi scholares cum dicto collegio recepti &
admissi fuerunt ut philosophie et theologie studio incumberent ab eorum
studio retrahantur, et propter huiusmodi statutorum tam per dictum
Simonem episcopum quam forsan antea seu etiam post editorum
contrarietatem et dissuetudinem seu non obseruantiam oportet
pro quieté et tranquilitate scholarium predictorum singula statuta
1 Not in MS.
2
2 Read 'si' for 'et quod'; see no. 578.
312 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
D. 6. 15
July 16,
1507
predicta revideri, reformari, corrigi et emendari: Quare pro parte
moderni magistri & scholarium predictorum nobis fuit humiliter sup-
plicatum ut statuta predicta tam antiqua quam nova inspici & exami-
nari ac moderari, corrigi & emendari mandare, aliasque in premissis
oportune providere de benignitate apostolica dignaremur; Nos igitur
qui singulorum qualitatibus diligenter consideratis cupimus ex com-
misso nobis pastorali officio singulis iuxta eorum humerorum¹ vires
onera imponi, ne ulterius quam conveniat graventur, ac a singulis
cupientibus scientia proficere impedimenta votum prohibentia re-
moveri, huiusmodi supplicationibus inclinati, fraternitati vestre com-
mittimus et mandamus, quatenus coniunctim per vos ipsos omnia et
singula tam antiqua quam nova statuta et ordinationes dicti collegii
tam per prefatum Simonem episcopum quam alios quoscumque edita
& facta, etiam apostolica auctoritate confirmata, auctoritate vestra
diligenter examinetis et discutiatis, illaque interpretemini, declaretis,
concordetis, reformetis, corrigatis et moderemini et mutetis ac eis
addatis et detrahatis seu si opus fuerit in totum cassetis et annulletis
ac alia de novo faciatis, prout quieti & tranquillitati magistri & schola-
rium predictorum nunc & pro tempore existentium ac stabilitati dicti
collegii cognoveritis expedire, faciatisque statuta huiusmodi sic per vos
reformata, correcta, uel mutata seu interpretata & declarata, ac alia de
novo edenda postquam edita fuerint per magistrum et scholares pre-
fatos obseruari, contradictores quoslibet per censuram ecclesiasticam
et alia iuris remedia appellatione postposita compescendo, super
quibus vobis et utrique vestrum coniunctim et divisim licentiam et
facultatem concedimus per presentes; Non obstantibus [&c.]. Datum
Rome apud sanctum Petrum anno Incarnationis dominice MCCCCC
quarto, Id. Augusti, pontificatus nostri anno primo.³
580.
[The Bishop of Winchester, having made new statutes for the
College, writes to John Claymond to receive the oath to
observe them from the members of the College.]
Ricardus permissione diuina Wintoniensis episcopus a sanctissimo
in Cristo patre & domino nostro domino Iulio diuina prouidencia
eo nomine papa secundo de & super reformatione, correctione, inter-
pretacione, declaratione, moderatione & mutatione omnium & singu-
¹ humerum, MS.
2 From the College Register, fol. 31; the original is not preserved.
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
313
lorum statutorum collegii aule siue domus de Balliolo Uniuersitatis
Oxonie Lincolniensis diocesis tam per Symonem olim episcopum
Londoniensem vigore ut asseritur quarumdam litterarum apostolicarum
quam alios quoscumque editorum, &
quoscumque editorum, & si opus fuerit in totum cassatione
& annullatione eorundem & aliorum de nouo editione, una cum
reverendo in Cristo patre domino Carleolensi episcopo cum illa
clausula 'super quibus vobis & utrique vestrum coniunctim & divisim
&c.' iudex delegatus sufficienter & legittime deputatus dilecto nobis
in Cristo magistro Iohanni Claymond artium magistro collegii nostri
sancte Marie Magdalene Oxonie presidenti salutem in omnium
Saluatore cum benediccione. Cum nos in huiusmodi negocio legitime
procedentes statuta quedam de quibus in nostris litteris testimonialibus
siue instrumento publico desuper inde confectis siue confecto plenius
liquet & apparet prout secundum deum & quieti ac tranquillitati
collegii antedicti ac magistri & scholarium siue sociorum eiusdem nobis
videtur expediens, auctoritate nobis in hac parte commissa, ediderimus,
pronunciauerimus & promulgauerimus; quia uariis & arduis negociis
dominum nostrum regem & regni Anglie rempublicam concernentibus
prepediti sumus & de verisimili erimus quominus dictorum magistri &
scolarium siue sociorum ad huiusmodi statutorum obseruacionem iura-
menti prestacioni & receptioni interesse valeamus, prout deberemus &
vellemus, si talia non obstarent; ad iurari igitur faciendum magistrum
& scolares siue socios collegii antedicti de fideliter & inuiolabiliter
observando omnia & singula statuta per nos in hac parte edita, pro-
nunciata & promulgata cum cuiuslibet cohercionis canonice potestate,
tibi de cuius fidelitate & circumspectionis industria in hac parte plurimum
confidimus vices nostras tenore presencium committimus, teque com-
missarium nostrum ad premissa ordinamus, constituimus & deputamus,
per presentes sigillo nostro sigillatas. Dat' in hospicio nostro apud
Grenewiche xvimo die mensis Iunii anno domini м quingentesimo sep-
timo et nostre translationis anno sexto.
581.
[The Bishop of Winchester writes to the members of the Col-
lege, bidding them take an oath in the presence of John
Claymond to observe the new statutes.]
Ricardus [&c. as in no. 580] deputatus dilectis nobis in Cristo D. 6. 16
magistro & scholaribus siue sociis collegii antedicti salutem [&c. July 16,
as in no. 580] tranquillitati collegii antedicti nobis videtur [&c.
1507
314
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
D. 6. 17
July 13,
1293
as in no. 580] promulgauerimus, necnon dilecto nobis in Cristo
magistro Iohanni Claymond artium magistro collegii nostri sancte Marie
Magdalene presidenti ad recipiendum iuramenta uestra & cuiuslibet
vestrum & iurari faciendum vos & quemlibet vestrum de fideliter &
inviolabiliter obseruando omnia & singula statuta per nos ut pre-
mittitur edita, pronunciata & promulgata vices nostras commiserimus,
vos & vestrum quemlibet tenore presencium & auctoritate qua fungimur
in hac parte peremptorie monemus quatinus compareatis & quilibet
vestrum compareat coram eodem magistro Iohanne Claymond diebus
per ipsum limitandis in collegio vestro predicto iuramentum huiusmodi
prestituri, facturique ulterius & recepturi quod iustum fuerit in hac
parte. Dať' in hospicio nostro [&c. as in no. 580].
582.
[The College is allowed by the Bishop of Lincoln to
have an oratory.]
Oliuerus permissione diuina Lincolniensis episcopus dilectis in
Cristo filiis magistro & scolaribus domus de Balliolo in Oxonia salu-
tem, graciam & benediccionem. Considerantes fructus multiplices qui
ex uestro laudabili studio hactenus prouenerunt & in futurum sperantur
deo auspice prouenturi, quietem quam possumus uobis cupimus
prouidere. Cum igitur leccionum & disputacionum occupationibus
inpediti parochialem ecclesiam infra cuius parochiam domus uestra
predicta consistit pro diuinis audiendis adire ut pretenditis sepius
nequeatis, nos uestris supplicationibus favorabiliter inclinati, ut in
oratorio uestro infra domum uestram prefatam constructo, dum tamen
decens fuerit & honestum, diuina uobis & familie uestre per sacer-
dotem sumptibus uestris propriis exhibendum faciatis licite celebrari
licenciam uobis concedimus per presentes; ita tamen quod nullimoda
sacramenta ecclesiastica in dicto oratorio ministrentur, & quoad
oblaciones in eo faciendas, obuenciones, ac alia iura consimilia nullum
matrici ecclesie predicte preiudicium generetur, quodque ut honor
debitus eidem ecclesie seruetur ipsam in maioribus anni solempnita-
tibus uisitetis prout alii scolares suas ecclesias parochiales uisitare
tenentur, & quilibet capellanus in dicto oratorio uobis ministraturus
de indempnitate eiusdem ecclesie in presencia abbatis & conuentus
Oseneye, ipsam in usus proprios possidencium, seu ipsius ecclesie
uicarii prestet ad sancta dei ewangelia iuramentum. Que omnia & sin-
gula sub pena reuocacionis huiusmodi gracie nostre a uobis uolumus
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
315
obseruari. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum nostrum presentibus
Dat' apud Eynesham III Idus Iulii anno domini
est appensum.
MCC nonagesimo tercio.¹
A duplicate of no. 582. Both are sealed on strips.
583.
[Bishop John Dalderby confirms the grant of his
predecessor.]
Nouerint uniuersi quod nos Iohannes permissione diuina Lincol-
niensis episcopus litteras bone memorie domini Oliueri proximi pre-
decessoris nostri non cancellatas, non abolitas, nec in aliqua parte
corruptas inspeximus, formam que sequitur continentes :-'Oliuerus
[&c. as in no. 582] nonagesimo tercio.' Nos vero factum pre-
decessoris nostri laudabile reputantes, illud quantum ad nos pertinet
approbamus. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum nostrum presentibus
est appensum. Dat' apud Godestowe I Non' Augusti anno domini
MO tricentesimo.2
584.
[Gifts by the abbot of Reading towards the building of
the chapel of St. Katherine.]
Nouerint uniuersi per presentes quod dominus Nicholaus de
Quappelade dei gracia abbas Radyng' liberauit scolaribus domus de
Balliolo in Oxonia viginti libras sterlingorum pro anima Ade le Poleter
burgensis Radyng' ad fabricam capelle sancte Katerine eiusdem
domus. Item dedit predictus abbas prefatis scolaribus decem marcas
argenti ad fabricam capelle predicte quas ab eodem abbate per duo
scripta obligatoria prius ex mutuo receperunt. Dedit eciam predictus
abbas prefatis scolaribus unam fenestram vitream precii decem librarum
& amplius pro capella supradicta. Summa tocius xxxvi libras xiii s.
iiii d. Item dedit eis meremium, lathes, & alia minuta cum cariageo
eorundem, que hic in specie non numerantur. In cuius rei testi-
monium tam predictus abbas quam predicti scolares presenti indenture
alternatim sigilla sua apposuerunt. Hiis testibus, magistro Thoma
Othom tunc Cancellario Uniuersitatis Oxonie, magistro Nicholao
1 With a small private seal, 1 in. ×
14 in., the Virgin and Child; illegible.
2 Sealed with the same seal as no.
582. Endorsed in the original hand
'Concessio cantarie in domo scolarium
de Balliolo facta a domino I. Lincolniensi
episcopo'.
D. 6. 18
D. 6. 19
Aug. 4,
1300
D. 6. 21
Jan. 1,
132
316 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
D. 6. 22
134
de Luceby tunc custode predicte domus, magistro Nicholao de
Tyngewyke, & custode sigilli communis predictorum scolarium &
multis aliis. Et remanebit una pars huius indenture penes predictos
scolares & alia pars penes custodem altaris capelle beate Marie virginis
infra abbathiam Radyng'. Dať' apud Radyng' die Veneris in festo
Circumcisionis domini anno domini millesimo tricentesimo' vicesimo
septimo.¹
585.
[Bishop Thomas Beke confirms the grant of his
predecessors.]
Nouerint uniuersi nos Thomam permissione diuina Lincolniensem
Jan. 29, episcopum litteras pie memorie domini Henrici nuper Lincolniensis
episcopi proximi predecessoris nostri sigillo suo consignatas recepisse
& diligenter inspexisse sub continencia infrascripta. Nouerint uniuersi
quod nos Henricus permissione diuina Lincolniensis episcopus
litteras bone memorie domini Iohannis proximi predecessoris nostri
non cancellatas, non abolitas, nec in aliqua sui parte corruptas
inspeximus, formam que sequitur continentes: Nouerint [&c. as in
no. 583] tricentesimo." Unde nos factum predecessorum nostrorum
in hac parte habitum approbantes ac eciam acceptantes in huiusmodi
approbacionis & acceptacionis testimonium nostrum sigillum presenti-
bus fecimus hiis apponi. Dat' apud Bannebur' x Kal' Decembris
anno domini millesimo tricentesimo vicesimo. Nos autem factum
predecessorum nostrorum habitum in hac parte acceptantes ac eciam
approbantes, in premissorum testimonium sigillum nostrum fecimus
hiis apponi. Dat' apud Parcum Stowe i Kal. Februarii anno domini
millesimo tricentesimo quadragesimo secundo et consecrationis nostre
primo.
D. 6. 23
Oct. 29,
1346
586.
[The Bishop of Lincoln grants permission to the College
to have a chapel.]
Thomas permissione diuina Lincolniensis episcopus dilectis filiis
magistro & scolaribus aule de Balliolo Oxonie nostre diocesis salutem,
graciam & benedictionem. Deuotionem vestram qua diuinis cupitis
I
1 With a red seal, 2 in. x 12 in.,
apparently a bishop in a mitre and
chasuble with a book and pastoral
staff, S' NICHI' DEI GRA. . . [EPI-
SCOPI]. . . ILCE. SIS. Was he a
suffragan bishop?
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
317
officiis interesse in domino commendantes, vobis ut in capella vestra
infra mansum vestrum in parochia ecclesie sancte Marie Magdalene
Oxonie predicte constructa, dummodo decens fuerit & honesta, ac
eorum quorum interest consensus accedat, diuina vobis & libere
familie vestre celebrari facere valeatis & vos, si qui vestrum fueritis
constituti in sacerdotio, celebrare licenciam quantum in nobis est tenore
presencium concedimus specialem; ita tamen quod nullimoda sacra-
menta ecclesiastica inibi ministrentur, nec oblaciones inibi facte, si
que sint imposterum, a matrice ecclesia predicta aliqualiter subtra-
hantur, set ipsius ecclesie rectori seu eius locum tenenti absque
diminucione reddantur, nec eidem ecclesie seu ipsius rectori fiat per
huiusmodi licenciam nostram preiudicium aliquale, alioquin huiusmodi
licencia nullius penitus sit momenti. Dat' apud Parcum Stowe ш Kal.
Novembris anno domini MCCC quadragesimo sexto et consecrationis
nostre quinto.
587.
[Pope Urbanus V grants permission to the College
to use a chapel.]
Urbanus episcopus seruus seruorum dei dilectis filiis magistro &
scolaribus collegii clericorum domus de Balliolo de Oxonia Lin-
colniensis diocesis salutem & apostolicam benediccionem. Pia deuo-
torum deo & ecclesie desideria que diuini cultus augmentum ac
ipsorum quietis comodum respicere dinoscuntur apostolico fauore
prosequimur, eisque benignum impertimur assensum. Exhibita si-
quidem nobis pro parte vestra [peticio]¹ continebat quod vos in
quadam capella sita infra septa domus vestre de Balliolo de Oxonia
Lincolniensis diocesis iuxta statuta dicte domus per nos iuramento
vallata singulis diebus per proprios sacerdotes diuina officia facere
celebrari ac certis diebus eisdem misse & horis canonicis personaliter
interesse tenemini. Nos vestris in hac parte supplicacionibus inclinati
ut in capella predicta singuli vestrum qui fuerint in presbiteratus
ordine constituti & alii presbiteri dicte domus missam & alia diuina
officia, eciam in festis maioribus submissa & alta uoce, iure parochialis
ecclesie & cuiuslibet alterius in omnibus semper saluo, celebrare
valeatis, quibuscumque constitucionibus apostolicis contrariis nequa-
quam obstantibus, deuocioni uestre auctoritate apostolica tenore
presencium indulgemus. Nulli ergo omnino hominum liceat hand
1 Not in MS.
D. 6. 20
April 17,
1364
318
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
D. 6. 24
May 14,
1368
Oct. 21,
1538
paginam nostre concessionis infringere vel ei ausu temerario contraire.
Si quis autem hoc attemptare presumpserit indignationem omni-
potentis dei & beatorum Petri & Pauli apostolorum eius se nouerit
incursurum. Dať' Auinion' xvi Kal. Maii pontificatus nostri anno
secundo.¹
588.
[John de Buckingham, Bishop of Lincoln, grants permis-
sion to the College to have a chapel.]
Iohannes permissione divina Lincolniensis episcopus dilectis filiis
magistro & scolaribus aule de Balliolo in Uniuersitate Oxonie nostre
diocesis constructe salutem, graciam et benediccionem. Ut in capella
sancte Katerine infra mansum vestrum in dicta Uniuersitate constructa,
dum tamen decens fuerit et honesta et eorum quorum interest ad
id consensus accedat, possitis officia celebrare & per alios capellanos
idoneos celebrari facere, ita tamen quod nulla sacramenta ecclesiastica
inibi ministrentur nec oblaciones si que fient a parochiali ecclesia,
in cuius parochia dicta capella est situata, aliqualiter subtrahantur,
nec rectori seu vicario ipsius ecclesie per hoc fiat preiudicium aliquale,
licenciam vobis tenore presencium concedimus specialem, quamdiu
nobis placuerit duraturam. Dat' apud Vetus Templum Londonie
XIIII die Maii anno domini MCCC sexagesimo octauo et nostre
consecrationis quinto.
589.
[Ordinances made by the College.]
Decreta magistri et sociorum collegii de Balliolo Uniuersitatis
Oxonie anno salutis nostre MDXXXVIII, die mensis Octobris vicesimo
primo feliciter incipiunt.
In primis ordinatum est et omnium suffragiis sancitum quod
designabitur singulis annis unus sociorum predictorum qui erit dictis
magistro et sociis a literis pro anno futuro in omnibus negociis
statum collegii uel eiusdem decreta concernentibus, et quod ille eo
functurus munere nominabitur singulis annis (quisquis fuerit) infra
triduum post festum sancti Luce eo modo sicut ceteri officiarii,
recepturus pro salario eo anno quo tali fungitur officio vi s. viii d.
1 Not an original, but a contemporary copy.
XIII. STATUTES, ETC
319
Item ordinatum est et decretum uniuersorum consensu quod magister
Cosinnus fungeretur prelibato officio pro anno proxime futuro post
datum presencium.
Item eisdem anno et die nominabantur Mr. Thomas Parke & Mr.
Iohannes Smythe decani, Mr. Cristoferus Worseley et Mr. Robertus
Cosyn thesaurarii dicti collegii.
Item eodem tempore unanimi consensu et assensu sub sigillo
nostro communi concessum est venerabili vidue domine Anne Danvers
quod singulis annis celebrabuntur exequie prout liquet in composi-
tione ipsam concernente statutorum libro inscripta pro anima eiusdem
et benefactorum suorum, propterea quod elargita est predictis magistro
et sociis xxx libras ad reparandum edificia ac tenementa per Robertum
Beamond nobis concessa, tum temporis infelici omine ignis iniuria
prope exhausta, in parochia sancte Margarete Patens Londonie
situata.
Item concessum est ut si viginti libre possint erogari a predicta
domina Anna Danvers preter summam prefatam per magistrum
Iohannem Foster eius capellanum ac nuper nobis consocium quod
tunc magister in illius exequiis recipiet xii d. & quilibet socius viii d. ;
& quilibet scholasticus ii d.; nempe ea adiecta summa facile creditur
edificia ita posse ornari ac polite construi ut redditus annuales ac
profectus excrescant et excedant pristinam dictarum domorum
summam annuatim viginti plus minus solidis.
Item eodem die licentia impetrata erat, causa legitima coram
magistro tribusque senioribus probata, pro magistro Gulielmo Wright
quatenus illi abesse liceat per totum anni curriculum, ministraturo
episcopo Lincolniensi eodem anno."
590.
[Ordinances made by the College.]
Decreta magistri et sociorum ac dispensaciones et alia concessa in Oct. 17-
capella collegii de Balliolo anno domini MCCCCCXLII.
Dec. 10,
In primis decimo septimo Octobris interrogabat magister socios 1542
virtute iuramenti, presentibus tunc omnibus sociis, an illorum aliquis
affirmaret eundem magistrum laborasse privatim aut publice pro
electione socii comitatus Eboracensis a tempore ultime electionis ante
datam presencium; et unusquisque respondebat quod non.
Et eodem die magister Ioannes Smyth socius legit in praesentia
1 From the College Register, fol. 44.
320 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
Oct. 31,
1542
magistri et sociorum quandam submissionem sue obedientie erga
eundem magistrum sibi iniunctam ab episcopo Lincoln'.
Item decimo nono die eiusdem mensis eliguntur decani Mr.
Thomson et dominus Stop', et bursarii Mr. Browne & dominus
Broelde.
Item vicesimo die eiusdem mensis concessa est licentia magistro
Cosin quatenus liceat abesse ad placitum per integrum annum.
Item eodem die concessa est licentia domino Frauncis quatenus
abesse liceat ad placitum per integrum annum.
Item vicesimo primo die advocatio ecclesie parochialis de Fillingham
data est magistro Georgio Coot' sacre theologie doctori atque tum
temporis magistro collegii de Balliolo ex consensu magistri et maioris
partis sociorum.
Item vicesimo primo die magister loci in sacello coram sociis
dedit bursariis collegii prout ei ab episcopo Lincolniensi imperatum
erat pro communiis unius mensis v s. iiii d.
Item vicesimo secundo die Novembris concordatum est inter
magistrum et omnes socios electionem socii iam tum vacantis
differendam in annum sequentem.
Item eodem die concordatum est inter magistrum et tres seniores
socios viz. magistros Smythe, Cosyn et Thomson oportunum esse
quibusdam de causis electionem socii vacantis differendam per
annum.
Item decimo die Decembris magister in presentia sociorum in
capella mandatum exhibuit magistro Nowell uti obedienter et pacifice
se gereret erga illum et socios iuxta tenorem statuti.¹
591.
[Injunctions by John Longland, Bishop of Lincoln.]
2
Illustrissimi in Christo principis et domini nostri, domini Henrici
octavi dei gracia Anglie, Francie et Hibernie regis, fidei defensoris
et in terra ecclesie Anglicane et Hibernice supremi capitis ad exer-
cendum iurisdictionem ecclesiasticam infra diocesim nostram Lin-
colniensem et alia loca ei subiecta, Johannes permissione divina
Lincolniensis episcopus visitator collegii Ballioli infra Universitatem
Oxonie etiam auctoritate regia limitatus et deputatus, dilectis nobis
1 From the College Register, fol. 52.
2 From the register of Bp. Longland, preserved at Lincoln, fol. 225.
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
321
in Christo magistro et sociis collegii antedicti salutem in Domino.
Cum nos nuperrime collegium vestrum huiusmodi per commissarium
nostrum in ea parte specialiter deputatum actualiter visitantes nonnulla
in eodem reformacione digna comperimus & invenimus prout in
compertis, detectis, et delatis in eadem visitacione nostra satis liquet;
vobis igitur & cuilibet vestrum has iniuncciones nostras subsequentes
transmittimus, quas a vobis et quolibet vestrum inviolabiliter observari
volumus, quatenus vos et quemlibet vestrum respective concernunt,
sub penis in eisdem iniunccionibus nostris inferius descriptis et
limitatis, et quod huiusmodi iniuncciones nostre semel in quolibet
anni quarterio publice legantur in presencia omnium sociorum infra
collegium predictum.
Inprimis iniungimus tam magistro et sociis quam scolaribus dicti
collegii ut amodo sint presentes, diligentes et devoti in divinis officiis
legendis et cantandis in choro infra capellam collegii predicti diebus
dominicis et festivis ac aliis temporibus per statuta limitatis iuxta
formam et tenorem illius statuti de Cultura dei, sub pena in eodem
statuto limitata, quam penam volumus quod magister dicti collegii
et in eius absentia senior socius imponant cuilibet delinquenti prius
vocato et convicto sub eadem pena, ab eisdem et eorum utroque
incurrenda.
Item volumus & iniungimus quod capitulum de electi et probati
admissione inter statuta dicti collegii contentum et insertum inviola-
biliter & inconcusse amodo observetur sub pena in eodem statuto
limitata. Et quod decetero neque magister dicti collegii neque aliqui
socii eiusdem eligant novos socios respectu alicuius patrie, sed in
sociis eligendis solum considerent virtutem et aptitudinem discipline
ac bonorum morum et non patriam aut consanguinitatem sub pena
violacionis iuramenti sui in prima admissione ad dictum collegium
prestiti, ac quod deinceps non eligantur socii in idem collegium
de aliquo uno comitatu infra regnum Anglie ultra numerum quatuor
sub pena predicta.
Item iniungimus magistro & seniori socio dicti collegii qui nunc
sunt et suis successoribus quibuscumque futuris quod eorum nullus
scolarem aliquem in dictum collegium admittat nisi prius ab eodem
scolari, datis fideiussoribus vel pignore, caucionem ydoneam recipiat
pro batellis et communiis suis collegio quolibet termino persolvendis;
ac casu quo magister qui pro tempore erit et in eius absencia senior
socius in hac parte negligentes et remissi fuerint, volumus quod idem
magister vel senior socius qui aliquem scolasticum contra formam et
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tenorem huius iniunccionis nostre in collegium prelibatum recepit
aut admisit, pro batellis et communiis eiusdem scolaris vel eorundem
scolarium collegio huiusmodi ex eorum propriis sumptibus satisfacient
et persolvent.
Item iniungimus et mandamus magistro et sociis necnon aliis
studentibus in eodem collegio quod veram et continuam charitatem,
unitatem, concordiam et pacem adinvicem ante omnia studeant ob-
servare. Et quod nullam decetero eorum aliquis alteri dabit occa-
sionem discordie sub pena contravenienti huic nostre iniunccioni
imponenda pro prima vice subtractionis communiarum suarum per
quindenam, pro secunda vice per mensem, ac pro tercia sub pena
expulsionis a collegio prelibato. Volumus insuper quod si de cetero
aliqua discordia seu litis materia inter aliquos huius collegii socios,
scolares, studentes aut perhendinantes, viz. sogeners, oriri contigerit,
quod statim magister eiusdem collegii si presens fuerit et in eius
absentia senior socius convocet coram eo et sociis partes sic iurgantes
et litigantes, ac bono modo per eorum aut eorum alterius dis-
crecciones ad unitatem et concordiam persuadeantur et inducantur
si fieri possit. Et si adeo aliquis eorum protervus, inobediens aut
contumax in hac parte fuerit, quod magistri dicti collegii vel senioris
socii et maioris partis sociorum presentium, seu saltem duorum
seniorum cum illis, consilio, decreto, ordinacioni et determinacioni
obedire recusaverit aut parere noluerit, extunc totaliter recusans aut
recusantes donec ordinacioni et decreto huiusmodi parere voluerit aut
voluerint ipso facto perdet seu perdent communias suas infra collegium
predictum donec obedientes fuerint in hac parte. Et si infra quin-
fol. 226 a denam noluerint persuaderi in hac parte extunc volumus ipsum
delinquentem seu delinquentes ipso facto pro non socio reputandum
aut reputandos fore.
Firmiter etiam iniungimus, volumus et mandamus quod unusquisque
socius et scolaris collegii antedicti sit obediens magistro eiusdem iuxta
formam et tenorem statutorum collegii predicti sub pena in eisdem
contenta et limitata et per visitatorem absque aliqua remissione in-
ferenda. Ac quod sub eadem pena honeste, modeste, pure et caste
vivant, et quod nullus eorum decetero accedat ad tabernas vinarias et
domos cervisianas seu ad alias domos infra precinctum Universitatis
Oxonie, in quibus vinum aut cervisia passim et communiter venun-
dantur, sub pena in statutis dicti collegii limitata. Acetiam quod
non accedant aut eorum aliquis scienter accedat ad aliquas domos
suspectas infra precinctum Universitatis seu extra neque ad aliquam
XIII. STATUTES, ETC.
323
personam suspectam aut personas suspectas sub pena expulsionis a
collegio.
Insuper iniungimus quod nullus sociorum collegii predicti recedat
ab eodem collegio extra precinctum Universitatis Oxonie, seu alias
quomodo libet infra precinctum eiusdem pernoctet, nisi ex causa
racionabili primo admissa et approbata per magistrum aut in eius
absentia seniorem socium tunc presentem sub pena expulsionis a
collegio predicto.
Item iniungimus & mandamus tam magistro et sociis quam scolaribus.
collegii prenarrati quod decetero nullam mulierem in cubiculum seu
cameram suam eorum aliquis recipiat seu inducat sub pena expulsionis
a collegio, nisi ex casu aliqua mulier nobilis vel mater alicuius socii vel
scolaris dicti collegii ad ipsum collegium venerit; tunc licebit magistro
collegii in presentia duorum sociorum ad minus predictas mulieres
modo predicto venientes in suum cubiculum ad prandium aut cenam
sumptibus suis propriis recipere.
Iniungimus etiam et mandamus magistro et sociis ac scolaribus
collegii sepefati quod lotrices venientes ad dictum collegium pro linthia-
minibus lavandis, recipiendis, aut deliberandis stent infra turrim sive
porticum ianue et non interius ingrediantur; ibique eadem linthiamina
recipient et sic tradantur eisdem lotricibus. Quod si magister, senior
socius, thesaurarii et decani in hac parte negligentes fuerint permittendo
aliquam lotricem ad hostium cubiculorum suorum aut alicuius socii vel
scolaris aut studentis accedere vel intrare, eorum quilibet perdat com-
munias suas per septimanam qualibet vice quo [sic] in observacione
huius iniunccionis nostre negligens repertus fuerit.
Item iniungimus et mandamus quod lecture, disputaciones, et replica-
ciones tam in logica et philosophia quam in theologia diligentissime
observentur iuxta vim, formam, et effectum statuti dicti collegii de
disceptacionibus et exercitamentis scolasticorum ac alterius statuti de
disceptatione in theologia, sub pena in eisdem statutis limitata.
Insuper iniungimus et mandamus quod thesaurarii et bursarii collegii
antedicti qui nunc sunt et pro tempore fuerint deinceps non custodiant
seu eorum aliquis custodiat in manu aut camera suis pecuniam aut alia
bona eiusdem collegii preter illam pecuniam que ob necessitatem dicti
collegii infra unum mensem ad summum est exponenda et refundenda.
Sed iuxta statutum ipsius collegii pecuniam eiusdem infra cistam trium
clavium fideliter recludant. Et quod tres socii in custodes clavium
dicte ciste iam electi et imposterum eligendi seu eorum deputati sive
deputandi semper sint presentes quum aliqua pecunia in cistam ante-
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324 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
D. 6. 25
C. 1251
dictam imponetur aut extrahetur tantum in usum collegii antedicti.
Volumus insuper singulis annis imposterum unam indenturam fieri
inter magistrum collegii predicti et custodes clavium ciste antedicte ex
una parte ac thesaurarios domus predicte ex altera. In cuius indenture
tenore volumus in una parte inscribi omnes summas pecuniarum ad
usum collegii eo anno receptarum et in eisdem notari quo die, a quo
et quantum fuerit receptum; ex altera parte illius indenture volumus
quod notentur omnes summe pecuniarum per thesaurarios ad usum
collegii receptarum; et semper volumus in eisdem notis contineri non
solum summam pecunie recepte verum etiam diem et mensem quibus
dicta pecunia recipitur, ac quod in apertura ciste antedicte omnino sint
presentes tres custodes clavium ciste. predicte aut eorum deputati, sub
pena thesaurariis et bursariis hanc iniunccionem nostram violantibus
et infringentibus infligenda et imponenda, subtraccionis communiarum
suarum pro qualibet vice per mensem. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum
nostrum presentibus est appensum. Dat' in manerio nostro de Wooburne
ultimo die mensis Octobris anno domini MDXLII et nostre consecra-
tionis XXII.
XIV. MISCELLANEOUS EARLY DEEDS ABOUT
THE DEBTS OF JOHN DE BALLIOL. 592-605.
592.
[Maurice Akarsan owes 180 marks to John de Balliol.]
Omnibus has litteras uisuris uel audituris Mauricius Akarsan salutem.
Nouerit uniuersitas uestra me obligatum esse pro me & heredibus meis
uel assignatis meis nobili uiro domino Iohanni de Balliolo domino
meo & heredibus suis uel assignatis suis in solucione nonies uiginti
marcarum persoluendarum, termino solucionis uiginti marcarum in-
cipiente ad Assumcionem beate Marie anno domini Mcc quinqua-
gesimo secundo, & uiginti marcarum ad Assumcionem beate Marie
anno domini MCC quinquagesimo tercio, et sic singulis annis uiginti
marcas ad Assumcionem beate Marie donec dicte nonies uiginti marce
dicto domino Iohanni uel heredibus uel assignatis suis plenarie fuerint
persolute. Ego uero Mauricius Akarsan obligo me & heredes meos
& assignatos meos per omnia bona nostra mobilia & immobilia, habita
& habenda, ubicumque inuenta fuerint distringendos & dicta bona non
replegienda, donec de predictis nonies uiginti marcis dicto domino
XIV. MISCELLANEOUS EARLY DEEDS
325
Iohanni & heredibus suis uel assignatis suis plenarie fuerit satisfactum
ad terminos prescriptos. Et in huius predicte obligacionis testimonium
huic scripto sigillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus, domino Roberto
de Hamtona, domino Henrico de Mundeuille, domino Alano de Stubhil,
domino Ada capellano de Botel, Ada de Twynam, Andrea de Kirconeuel,.
Gilespoc filio Gilbothyn & multis aliis.
593.
Feb. 13,
[Goceline de Westwic owes John de Balliol 747 marks.]
Omnibus [&c.] Gocelinus de Westwic salutem. Nouerit uniuersitas D. 6. 26
uestra me obligasse & abandonasse domino Iohanni de Balliolo domino
1253
meo omnia bona mea mobilia & immobilia, presencia & futura ubi-
cumque fuerint inuenta, terras omnes & tenementa omnia que presen-
tialiter uel in futuro habere potero quoquomodo; ita quod nec ego nec
aliquis pro me nec per me aliquid de predictis bonis meis mobilibus
uel immobilibus, terris uel tenementis dare, uendere uel aliquo modo alio
a predicto domino Iohanne elongare poterimus, donec predicto domino
Iohanni uel suo certo attornato qui hoc scriptum penes se habuerit de
septies centum & quadraginta septem marcis in quibus ei racionabiliter
teneor plenarie satisfecero. Pro quibus omnibus & singulis firmiter
obseruandis & inuiolabiliter adimplendis renunciaui pro me & heredibus
meis ac testamenti mei executoribus, me, quod absit, ante plenam satis-
faccionem omnium uel alicuius premissorum in fata decedente, omni
iuris auxilio canonici uel ciuilis & omni iuris remedio quod michi uel
heredibus meis uel testamenti mei executoribus aliquo tempore uel
aliquo modo competere uel prodesse poterit in posterum. Et ad
maiorem omnium premissorum securitatem, huic scripto sigillum meum
apposui. Hiis testibus, domino Nicholao de Franckeuile, domino
Odinello filio Radulfi, domino Adam de Pinconio capellano, Iohanne
de Croft & aliis. Actum apud Castrum Bern' die Mercurii proxima
post festum sancte Scolastice uirginis anno gracie Mcc quinquagesimo
septimo.
594.
[Thomas de Musgrave, among other debts, owes John de
Balliol 100 shillings or two tuns of wine.]
31
Del an del Incarnaciun de nostre sengyur mil e deus cent saysaunt D. 6.
Aug. 15,
e cinc', a la sumptiun de nostre Dame, a Burg', isi est conuenu entre
1265
sire Iohan de Balyolf de une part e sire Thom' de Musgraue de autre
326
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
part des contekes muz parentre eus, Ceoestasauer del enprisunement
mestre Willm' de Genellestone e de la Dame de Stirkelaund sa sore;
ke le uaunt dist Thom' ad iure e leument graunte ke il eststerra al
serment leuauntdist mestre Willm' cumben il paya en deners par
achesun del enprisunement a Appelby e il ly restorra. E en drayt de
la dame de Stirkelaund est il isi couenu ke elle iurra say autre¹ de dame
u de prode feme ke quaunt ke elle ad perdu en deners u en derres ke
mayme cely Thom' restorra. E en drayt de le despit ke fut fet a sire
Iohan de Balyolf maymes celly Thom' ly durra deus toneus de uin
u cent souz a sa renable sumuns. A tutes cestes choses leument tenir
e garder maymes le Thom' ad troue ces pleges, ceoestasauer sire Iohan
de Moreuille, sire Thom' de Helbec', sire Henr' de Stanelay, e sire
Thom' de Hastinges, e suuerayns pleges e maynpernurs sire Peres
de Brus e sire Rog' de Loncastre, e a grenyur surete a cest escrit unt
mis lur seus.
595.
[Thomas de Musgrave owes John de Balliol 123 marks.]
D. 6. 28 Omnibus [&c.] Thomas de Musgaue [sic] salutem in domino.
Aug. 25, Nouerit uniuersitas uestra me teneri domino Iohanni de Balliolo in
1265
sexcies uiginti & tribus marcis bonorum & legalium sterlingorum eidem
domino Iohanni soluendis apud Castrum Bernardi uel suo assignato
ad tres terminos subscriptos, uidelicet quadraginta marcas ad festum
sancti Michaelis anno gracie MCCLX quinto & quadraginta marcas ad
Purificacionem beate Marie sequente [sic] anno eodem & quadraginta
& tres marcas ad festum Pentecosten anno gracie MCCLX sexto.
Et ad hanc pecuniam ad tres dictos terminos fideliter sine fraude
persoluendam tactis sacrosanctis sacramentum prestiti corporale. Et
ad maiorem huius rei securitatem dicto domino Iohanni de Balliolo
omnia bona mea mobilia ubicumque in rengno Anglie fuerint inuenta
obligo, ita quod si de solucione dicte pecunie ad aliquem terminorum
prescriptorum, quod absit, defficero [sic], dictus dominus I. sine
contradiccione mei uel alicuius meorum dicta bona mea possit retinere
& assingnare & de eis uendere ad quantitatem principalis debiti non
soluti ac omnium iacturarum & dampnorum que racionabiliter poterit
monstrare occasione pacacionis ad aliquem dictorum terminorum non.
facte se incurrisse. In cuius rei testimonium huic scripto sigillum.
meum apposui. Dat' apud Kirkeswald in crastino sancti Bartholomei
anno gracie MCCLX quinto.
¹ Say autre herself being the second', i. e. herself and another.
XIV. MISCELLANEOUS EARLY DEEDS
327
596.
[Hugo de Euere owns that a debt to William de Valence of
£108 is due from him, not from John de Balliol.]
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus presens scriptum uisuris uel audituris Hugo D. 6. 27
de Euere salutem in domino. Sciatis me teneri domino Iohanni de June 4,
1267
Balliolo ad aquietandum ipsum uersus dominum Willelmum de Ualenciis
de centum & octo libris sterlingorum in quibus ipse dominus Iohannes
dicto domino Willelmo tenetur pro me, soluendis dicto domino Willelmo
uel eius attornato litteras suas de aquietancia defferenti ad duos terminos
subscriptos, uidelicet ad festum Natiuitatis beati Iohannis Baptiste anno
gracie мCCLX septimo apud Eboracum quinquaginta & quatuor libras
& ad festum sancti Martini in hyeme proximo sequens anno eodem
apud Werkeworth quinquaginta & quatuor libras, omni occasione &
ulteriori dilacione postposita; ad quam adquietacionem fideliter & bene
dictis terminis faciendam obligo me & heredes meos & omnia bona
nostra mobilia & immobilia ubicumque fuerint inuenta cohercioni &
districcioni baronum de Scaccario domini regis qui pro tempore fuerint,
ut possint me & heredes meos per predicta bona nostra distringere pro
predicta pecunia una cum dampnis & expensis sibi si que occasione
tardate solucionis facta fuerint refundendis, quemadmodum pro debitis
domini regis distringere consueuerunt. In cuius rei testimonium has
litteras meas eidem domino Iohanni fieri feci patentes. Dat' apud
Stratford die Sabbati in uigilia Pentecosten anno regni regis Henrici
filii regis Iohannis quinquagesimo primo.
597.
[Baldwin Wake owes 100 marks and more to John de Balliol.]
Omnibus [&c.] Baldewinus Wake salutem in domino. Cum per D. 6. 29
me & homines meos ablata fuissent de bonis domini Iohannis de [c. 1266]
Balliolo centum marce bonorum & legalium sterlingorum, quatuor
lorice, tria paria coopertoriorum ferri, unum pallium, unum par
caligarum ferri, una targia, unum uestimentum, unum quirre, unum
wambeson, unum coopertorium panni de serico et sexdecim iumenta
cum nouem pullanis de parco suo de Fodringeye effugatis, dicto
domino I. aud [sic] heredibus suis uel assignatis teneor & hoc presenti
scripto obligor quod quam cito michi suppetant facultates unde sibi
de predictis dampnis satisfacere poterim centum marcas bonorum
328 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
D. 6. 30
1269
sterlingorum soluam, una cum precio aliarum rerum prenominatarum
secundum quod estimari poterint per racionabilem & legitimam exten-
sionem. Et quia de omnibus dampnis dicto domino I. per me et meos
illatis non recolo, obligacione predicta astrictus teneor quod omnia
dampna quotquot predictus dominus I. per sacramentum legalium
hominum suorum inquirere poterit, quod eidem in castro suo de
Fodringeie & extra per me uel meos illata fuerint, plenarie restaurabo
sine diminucione. Et ad plenam restauracionem premissorum faciendam
& eorum que inquiri poterint ut predictum est, subicio omnes terras &
tenementa mea habita & habenda, omnia bona mea mobilia & immo-
bilia ubicumque in quocumque comitatu rengni Anglie fuerint inuenta
districcioni uicecomitum comitatuum eorundem, qui eo tempore fuerint,
quo michi suppeterint facultates, qui me ad premissorum solucionem
& eorum que inquiri poterint ut predictum est de die in diem com-
pellant; renunciando omni impetracioni que ad dictum negocium
impediendum a curia Cristianitatis seu regali possit impetrari, cauil-
lacioni, dilacioni, omnique cessante apellacione. Et ad istam con-
uentionem de dampnis dicti domini I. ut predictum est restaurandis
fideiussores inueni, scilicet dominum Robertum de Neuile, dominum
Ricardum Foliot, dominum A. filium Comitis, et dominum Robertum
de Stoteuille, quorum quilibet principalem debitorem tam restauracionis
predictorum quam expensarum & dampnorum si que dictus dominus I.
fecerit uel habuerit pretextu dicte restauracionis non facte se constituit.
Qui ad omnium premissorum maiorem firmitatem faciendam sigilla sua
una cum sigillo meo huic scripto apposuerunt.'
598.
[A debt of Hugh de Balliol to his father's executors.]
Omnibus [&c.] Hugo de Balliolo filius & heres quondam domini
Iohannis de Balliolo salutem in domino. Noueritis nos teneri exequ-
toribus [sic] testamenti quondam predicti domini Iohannis patris mei
in decem marcis bonorum & legalium sterlingorum pro duobus equis.
ad opus nostrum ab eisdem emptis, soluendis apud Foderinghey eisdem
uel eorum alteri infra Pentecosten proximo juenturum anno 'gracie
millesimo ducentesimo sexagesimo nono sine ulteriori dilacione; ad
quam quidem solucionem fideliter ad terminum predictum obseruandam
obligamus nos ecclesiastice districcioni, ut ad predictam solucionem
1 Of the five seals only that of Baldwin Wake remains.
XIV. MISCELLANEOUS EARLY DEEDS
329
modo predicto obseruandam per censuram ecclesiasticam distringamur.
Et si contingat predictos exequtores dampnum, molestiam, custus aut
grauamen incurrere, tam [de] huiusmodi expensis quam principali
debito uolumus predictis exequtoribus obligari & plenarie suis simplicis
[sic] dictis sine ulteriori probacione satisfacere. In cuius [&c. sealing].¹
599.
[Alan Fitz-Count owes £100 to the executors of
John de Balliol.]
Uniuersis presens scriptum uisuris uel audituris Alanus filius Comitis D. 6. 32
miles salutem in domino. Noueritis me teneri & hoc scripto esse
[c. 1282]
obligatum dominis Hugoni de Eure, Henrico Spring', magistro Stephano
de Balliolo & aliis executoribus testamenti domini Iohannis de Balliolo
in centum libris bonorum sterlingorum soluendis eisdem uel alicui
eorum hoc scriptum penes se habenti ad domum fratrum Predicatorum
de Iarum ad terminos subscriptos uidelicet xxvi li. xiiis. iiiid. ad
Pentecosten anno domini мcc octogesimo tercio, et xxli. ad festum
sancti Martini in hyeme proximo sequens, et xx li. ad Pentecosten
anno domini мcc octogesimo quarto [£20 on St. Martin's day, and
£13 6s. 8d. at Pentecost 1285. The sheriff of Yorkshire may distrain
on his goods, if the terms are not kept]. Nos autem Willelmus de
Percy de Kildale, Iohannes Haunsard, Iohannes de Eggesclif milites,
Henricus de Meynil clericus, Stephanus Guer de Ingelby, & Adam de
Kyrkeby huiusmodi solucionis plegii necnon & principales debitores &
quemlibet nostrum in solidum constituentes obligamus nos omnibus
& singulis modis quibus predictus dominus Alanus se obligauit ad
predicte pecunie solucionem una cum dampnis & expensis ut predictum
est, si contingat ipsum deficere, quod absit, & sigilla nostra una cum
sigillo predicti domini Alani presenti scripto apposuimus in huius rei
testimonium.'
600.
[Stephen de Balliol admits that he owes £49 to the Principal
and Scholars of the House of Balliol.]
Uniuersis sancte matris ecclesie filiis ad quos presens scriptum D. 6. 36
Oct. 8,
peruenerit Stephanus de Balliolo rector ecclesie de Mitford salutem
1284
HVGONIS DE S' ALANI FILII CONITIS [sic]
1 SIGILLVM
BAILLOL.
2 Seal, circular, 14 in., a lion passant
THOME.
330
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
in domino. Noueritis me teneri & firmiter obligari magistro Waltero
de Foddringhey principali & sociis suis scolaribus domus dicte de
Balliolo Oxonie in quadraginta nouem libris bonorum & legalium
sterlingorum soluendis eisdem Oxonie uel suo certo attornato has
litteras deferenti ad terminos subscriptos, uidelicet ad festum sancti
Martini in hyeme anno domini MCCLXXX quarto decem libras, & ad
mediam Quadragesimam proximam sequentem nouemdecim libras &
decem solidos & ad festum Pentecosten proximo sequens nouemdecim
libras & decem solidos sine aliqua contradiccione uel cauellacione
seu ulteriori dilacione; ad quam solucionem dicte pecunie plenarie
faciendam loco & terminis supradictis obligo me & omnia bona mea
mobilia & immobilia ubicumque fuerint inuenta cohercioni cuiuscumque
iudicis ecclesiastici, et precipue domini R. Cancellarii Uniuersitatis
Oxonie & successoris eius, qui pro tempore fuerit, dominorum epis-
coporum Dunelmensis & Lincolniensis & eorum officialium, quem
horum maluerint eligere scolares predicti, qui licite sine cause cogni-
cione possint me compellere non solum per sequestracionem bonorum
meorum uerum eciam per sentenciam excommunicacionis quam sine
strepitu iudicii uolo in me fulminari de die in diem per eosdem uel
eorum quemcumque si contingat me, quod absit, in solucione dicte
pecunie loco & terminis predictis in toto uel in parte deficere. Obligo
eciam me in forma qua prius ad satisfaciendum dictis scolaribus tam
de dampnis quam expensis, si que uel quas contigerit eos incurrere,
pro defectu solucionis pecunie predicte, modo predicto plenarie non
facte. Et ad maiorem huius rei securitatem dominum Hugonem de
Euyr germanum meum fideiussorem inueni, qui presentis scripti tenore
non solum se fatetur fideiussorem uerum eciam se constituit principalem
debitorem, qui se obligat per omnia bona sua cohercioni & districcioni
cuiuscumque iudicis ecclesiastici uel secularis prout melius poterit
scolaribus predictis prodesse & sibi magis obesse tam ad restitutionem
dampnorum & expensarum quam principalis debiti, si contingat me in
aliquo predictorum deficere; nichilominus ad omnia supradicta fideliter
obseruanda corporale prestiti sacramentum. In cuius [&c. sealing].
Dat' apud Donelmum [sic] die dominica proxima ante festum sancti
Dionisii anno domini supradicto.
XIV. MISCELLANEOUS EARLY DEEDS
331
601.
[About the recovery of a debt from the executors of
Alan Fitz-Count.]
Memorandum quod die Sabbati proxima post festum sancti Marci D. 6. 34
Ap. 28,
Ewangeliste apud Wygestone anno domini MCC octogesimo quinto 1285
ordinatum est in presencia domini H. dei gracia Candide Case episcopi,
dominorum abbatum de Dundreynan et de Tungland, domini Doue-
naldi filii Cane, domini Martini clerici, Thome Maculauth, Roulandi
& aliorum fidedignorum quod Thomas Maculauth deliberaret sexcies
uiginti uaccas in manu Roulandi Ascolok de testamento domini Alani
filii Comitis custodiendas usque ad festum Assumpcionis proximo
sequens ad complendum residuum si quod fuerit centum librarum
sterlingorum quas frater Ricardus de Slikeburne ibidem peciit ex
parte exsequtorum domini Iohannis de Balliolo, ita quod de dictis
uaccis soluetur residuum dicte pecunie si sufficiant Iohanni de Tese-
dale; si non sufficiant de testamento addetur complementum ; & sic
soluto residuo dicte pecunie si quod fuerit omnes uacce predicte
exsequtoribus testamenti prefati domini Alani sine contradiccione
cuiuscumque persone restituantur, qui sub tali forma eas recepit ex
ordinacione prescriptorum & balliui domine de Balliolo. In cuius
ordinacionis testimonium prenominati abbates & ceteri nominati sigilla
sua una cum sigillo domini episcopi supradicti apposuerunt presentibus.
Dat' dictis anno, die, & loco; omnes prenominati sigilla sua apposuerunt
tanquam testes.¹
602.
[About the same matter.]
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus presentes litteras uisuris uel audituris Hugo D. 6. 33
de Euer, Stephanus de eadem rector ecclesie de Midforde & Henricus July 17,
1285
Spring exequitores testamenti domini I. de Balliolo salutem in domino.
Cum ex consensu nobilis mulieris domine Deruorgulle de Galwath'
domine de Balliolo coexequitoris nostri concessimus & assingnauimus
in subsidium perpetue sustentacionis scolarium de Balliolo Oxonie
centum libras sterlingorum, in quibus dominus Alanus filius Comitis
nobis per litteram suam obligatoriam tenebatur, & sexaginta septem
libras quatuor solidos & duos denarios recepimus de eisdem, de triginta
¹ Originally with nine seals; most of them have now perished.
332 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
duabus libris, quindecim solidis & decem denariis residuis, uolumus,
ordinamus & concedimus dictis scolaribus per consilium fratris R. de
Slekeburne plenarie satisfieri; propter quod tenore presencium execu-
tores predicti domini Alani de dictis xxxii libris xv solidis x denariis
totaliter quietos clamamus, nobis satisfactum facientes, dum tamen
dictus frater R. per litteram suam patentem testimonium peribeat
dictis scolaribus de tanta pecunia fore satisfactum. In cuius rei
[&c. sealing]. Dat' apud Nouum Castrum die Martis proxima ante
festum sancte Margarete uirginis & martiris anno gracie MCCLXXX
quinto.
D. 6. 37
Nov. II,
1286
603.
[Adam de Lindesey owes £45 18 s. 8d. to the House
of Balliol.]
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus presens scriptum uisuris uel audituris
Adam de Lyndeshey salutem in domino. Noueritis me teneri magistro
Waltero de Fodringeye & scolaribus domus de Balliolo Oxonie in xlv
libris xviii solidis & octo denariis quas de pecunia eisdem debita recepi
ex mutuo apud Kirkoswald, soluendis eisdem uel suo certo attornato
qui litteras quiete clamacionis michi facere poterit de pecunia quam
eorum nomine recipiet ad terminos subscriptos videlicet ad festum
Pentecosten proximo sequens x libras & ad festum sancti Martini
immediate sequens x libras & sic de termino ad terminum & de anno
in annum consequenter & immediate continuando per x libras quousque
dicta pecunia plenarie persoluatur eisdem, ita quod quatuor libre xviii
solidi viii d. ad ultimum terminum reddantur; & ad istam solutionem
in forma predicta fideliter ad locum & terminos predictos faciendam
obligo me & omnia bona mea cohercioni & districcioni cuiuscumque
iudicis ecclesiastici uel balliui secularis qui me per dicta bona mea
licite ualeant compellere tam ad solucionem dampnorum & expensa-
rum quam debiti principalis, si quod absit in aliquo deficero [sic]
premissorum. Uolo & concedo nichilominus quod si contingat me ab
hac uita migrare antequam dicta pecunia persoluatur quod exsecutores
mei residuum dicti debiti reddant eisdem prenotatis antequam aliquid.
de dictis bonis meis alibi administrent. Et in huius rei testimonium
huic scripto sigillum meum est appensum. Dat' apud Belsow in festo
sancti Martini in hyeme anno domini MCCLXXX sexto.
XIV. MISCELLANEOUS EARLY DEEDS
333
604.
[Hugo de Euer owes £22 10s. 10d. to the House
of Balliol.]
:
:
!
Omnibus Cristi fidelibus presens scriptum uisuris uel audituris Hugo D. 6. 35
Feb. 20,
de Euer miles salutem in domino, Noueritis me teneri magistro
1284
Waltero de Fodringeye principali & sociis suis scolaribus domus dicte
de Balliolo Oxonie in uiginti duabus libris, decem solidis & decem
denariis quas recepi de centum libris quondam testamento domini
Iohannis de Balliolo debitis per dominum Alanum filium Comitis & in
subsidium perpetuacionis domus predicte per me & coexcutores [sic]
dicti testamenti assignatis, dictis scolaribus uel eorum certo attornato
soluendis loco & terminis per eosdem cum consilio fratris Ricardi de
Sclykeburne michi prefigendis sine ulteriori dilacione. Quod si non
fecero uolo teneri ad dampna si que incurrerint & ad expensas si quas
fecerint pro defectu pecunie modo predicto non solute secundum taxa-
cionem simplicis uerbi sui attornati, sicud ad solucionem principalis
debiti supradicti; & ad omnia & singula supradicta fideliter modo
supradicto obseruanda obligo me & heredes meos & omnia bona
nostra mobilia & immobilia distringenda per quemcumque iudicem
uel balliuum secundum quod dictis scolaribus plus poterit prodesse
& nobis magis obesse, quousque in omnibus & singulis supradictis
sibi fuerit modo predicto plenarie satisfactum; & in huius rei testi-
monium presenti scripto sigillum meum apposui. Dat' apud Engleby
die Iouis proxima post festum sancti Ualentini martiris anno domini
MCC octogesimo sexto.
605.
[John de Clavering owes 25 marks to Balliol Hall.]
1329
Iohan de Claueryngge a ses chers & foialx monsire George de Thorp D. 6. 38
et frere Willem de Kyngeshaghe, ses gardiens & ses receuours en les May 1,
parties de suthe, salutz. Por ceo qe nous sumes tenuz au mestre et
a les escolers de la sale de Balliole Doxeneford en uynt et cynke marz
desterlings en partie et en parpaie de cent liures, en les queux mon
seignur mon piere, qi dieux assoil, lour feust tenuz par une recog-
nissance faite a les auantditz mestre & escolers en la Chancelerie notre
seignur le Roy Edward filtz le Roy Henri le disrein,' par raison del
1 A form of desrain = derrain, last.
334
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
deuys du testament dame Deruorrgoile de Balliole, vous mandoms qe
as ditz mestre & a les escolers, portantz acquitance enseale du commun
seal de forme solonc cest' notre garrant', leur facez paier les auantditz
vynt et cynk' marz a la quinzeine de la seint Michiel prochein auenir,
et cestes lettres ouertes enseales de notre seal vous serront garraunt'.
Donez a notre manoir de Aynhoo en le countee de Norhampton le
primer iour de May, lan du regne le Roy Edward le tierte apres le
conqueste tierte.
APPENDIX I
606.
[The last testament of William Bell, Master of Balliol.]
In¹ dei nomine Amen. Quarto die mensis Maii anno domini MCCCC May 4,
nonagesimo quinto ego magister Willelmus Belle, magister principalis 1495
aule siue collegii de Balliolo Oxonie, compos mentis & sane memorie
condo testamentum meum in hunc modum. In primis do & lego animam
meam deo omnipotenti, beateque Marie matri eius & omnibus sanctis,
corpusque meum sepeliendum in ecclesia parochiali sancte Marie
Magdalene extra portam borialem Oxonie. Item lego fratri meo
Iohanni Belle decem marcas seu ad valorem decem marcarum,
si petat; sin autem, volo quod disponantur circa edificacionem noue
capelle. Item do & lego cuilibet socio predicti collegii de Balliolo
in die sepulture mee vis. viiid.; item cuilibet capellano iiis. iiiid.;
item Alano meo seruo unam curtam togam sine penula; item Iohanni
coco lectum in quo iacuit cum curta toga penulata. Item do & lego
pendilia lecti & camere cum portiforio meo ei qui successurus est michi
in magistrum. Residuum vero bonorum meorum do & lego magistro
Iohanni Burton in sacra theologia doctori, Ricardo Bernyngham,
Iohanni Southwode, in artibus magistris, quos ordino & constituo meos
fideles executores, ut ipsi inde disponant prout eis melius videbitur
expedire, deo placere & anime mee proficere, sic quod post meam
sepulturam residua est [sic] quantum possunt circa nouam capellam
disponant; hiis testibus Ricardo Norton doctore & Iohanne Dawton
in theologia baccalario.
607.
[The University asks the Bishop of Worcester to give
advice about some business of Balliol College, which
by his help had been prosperously started.]
Sancto 2 patri in Cristo & domino reuerendo domino Waltero dei [Oct.
gracia Wygorniensi episcopo, Thesaurario domini nostri regis, sui 1390-
1 Prerogative Court of Canterbury,
Home 1, at Somerset House.
2 Walter Reynolds was consecrated
bishop of Worcester Oct. 13, 1309; he
ceased to be Treasurer when he was
July,
made Chancellor in July, 1310. This 1310]
and the following two deeds are from
the Liber Ricardi de Bury in the
possession of Lord Harlech (Hist.
MSS. Comm. IV. 394).
336 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
[c. 1309]
deuotissimi Cancellarius Uniuersitatis Oxonie & doctorum eiusdem
cetus unanimis salutifere reuerencie debitum & ad uota vestris
beneplacitis se paratum. Preces humiles sepe facilius exaudiri
uidentur quas informat caritas & norma non deserit honestatis.
Placuit autem vestre alias sanctitati quedam negocia¹ dilectorum
sociorum nostrorum scolarium de Baliolo Oxonie, que nostra merito
reputamus, feliciter inchoare, quorum effectum finalem prosperum
exoptantes, rogatus prioribus nostris rogatibus cumulantes, adhuc
deuote rogamus ut in predictis negociis per... exhibitorem pre-
sencium uiue uocis officio cum placuerit exponendis tale consilium
vestra paternitas, de qua plene confidimus, dignetur apponere, ut
amplius si poterimus simus vestri, licet non in quantum volumus
& debemus, sed saltem in quantum permittitur & valemus. Valeat
paternitas vestra in animi sospitatis quiete felici. Dať' &c.
2
608.
[Balliol College asks the help of the Chancellor of St. Paul's
to secure from the executor of H. de Vyenna the second
moiety of a legacy of 50 marks towards the cost of the
chapel which was being built.]
Probate discrecionis viro, nostro amico precipuo, magistro R. de O.,³
cancellario ecclesie sancti Pauli Londoniensis, cetus communis scolarium
aule de Balliolo Oxonie cum dierum longitudine se deuotos ad vota.
Iuxta ordinacionem bone memorie domini H. de Vyenna defuncti infra
cepta nostre curie unam capellam suis sumptibus fecimus inchoari,
quam lapidea fore decreuit in sui memoriam perpetuam, plumbo
cooperiendam finaliter; ad cuius fabricam non recepimus unum
1 This 'business' was doubtless the
building of the chapel; the words seem
to imply that the Bishop had himself
contributed to the cost.
2 scimus, MS.
3 As far as is known no chancellor
of St. Paul's had these initials. Possibly
the initials are imaginary, as in the
letter which in the MS. is next before;
in it John bishop of Chichester (between
1305 and 1310) is addressed by A. de B.,
chancellor of the University, whereas
no chancellor of that time had these
initials. But the more probable explana-
tion is that R. de O. is an error of
the scribe for R. de C.; the letter in the
MS. which follows is addressed by
H. de M. chancellor of the University,
to R. de O. chancellor of St. Paul's.
H. de M. is Henry de Mansfield, chan-
cellor from Oct. 1309 to Dec. 1312;
R. de Clothale was chancellor of St.
Paul's as early as July, 1309 (Hist.
MSS. Comm. IX. 26), and held office
until 1319 or later. A capital C. and
a capital O. are almost indistinguish-
able in some of the hands of the reigns
of Edward I and Edward II.
APPENDIX I
337
1
denarium parte sua. Iccirco ex deuocione qua possimus ampliori
rogamus quatenus erga dominum I. de B. clericum, executorem
testamenti predicti domini Hugonis, cuius bona pro magna parte
penes ipsum dominum I. remanere dicuntur ultra omnia debita
& legata, dei intuitu & nostre indigencie racione velitis instare
cum tali & tanta efficacia ut ad construccionem dicte capelle, cui
sumptus proprii non sufficiunt, aliquod subsidium competens senciamus,
et quod bono modo nobis satisfacere studeat tempestiue de illis viginti
quinque marcis sterlingorum que nobis predictus testator in suo
testamento reliquit in parte solucionis quinquaginta marcarum, de
quibus una medietas est nobis soluta alia medietate adhuc suspensa,
in periculum anime decedentis & in nostrum dampnum non modicum
ut apparet. Et petimus humiliter quod nulla offensa precibus nostris.
istis vestram benivolenciam comprehendat. Altissimus vos conseruet
per tempora valde longa. Dat' &c.
609.
[The University asks the help of the Archbishop of Canter-
bury to secure from the executor of H. de Vyenna the
second moiety of a legacy of 100 marks.]
Sancto patri & domino reuerendo domino R. diuina prouidencia [Before
Cantuariensi archiepiscopo tocius Anglie primati vestre proteccionis May,
deuotissimi filii Cancellarius Uniuersitatis Oxonie cetusque doctorum
1313]
eiusdem unanimis cum salutis commodo sempiterne felicitatis aug-
mentum & deuocionis cuiuslibet reuerenciam subiectiuam. Dudum
in testamento bone memorie domini Hugonis de Vyenna clerici
beneficiati in vestra Cantuariensi prouincia locis diuersis defuncti
centum marcis 2 sterlingorum usibus nostris relictis, quinquaginta
marcas recepimus, eisdem aliis residuis quinquaginta nondum solutis.
Pro quibus adquirendis ciuiliter sine lite nunc sicut alias vestre
transfretacionis ad sedem apostolicam tempore preces precibus
iteramus, humiliter supplicando quatinus domino I. de B. clerico
executori testamenti predicti ad cuius manus bona varia testatoris
adhuc eciam ultra soluta & relicta publice remanere dicuntur, dignetur
1 This must mean 'from him in per-
son'; from what follows we learn that
Balliol had received 25 marks from his
executor. Probably the words are in-
serted lest the executor should assert
that H. de Vyenna before his death
Z
had given to Balliol a portion of the
50 marks. In 1294 Balliol acquired
property in London from Hugh de
Vyenna, but by purchase not by gift.
2 marcas, MS.
338
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
paternitas vestra rogando litteratorie nunciare, ut in subsidium anime.
resoluti¹ de ipsis quinquaginta marcis suo & coexecutorum nomine
satisfaciat ut tenetur; quarum satisfactione fraudari verisimiliter
dubitatur nisi vestri favoris iusticiam graciosam cicius senciamus.
In omni sensu & motu sanctissime Trinitatis vestri patroni presidium
vestrum statum conseruet diu salubrem. Dať' &c.2
1 i. e. the deceased.
2 This deed has no reference to
Balliol but refers to a legacy of 100
marks with which the University founded
the Vienna chest. It is printed to
illustrate the delay in the payment of
the legacies of Hugh de Vienna.
APPENDIX II
[THE following notes are taken from a volume, the existence of which
was unknown until this work was almost complete. It is the College Fine
Book; and not only does it give the fines on the renewal of the leases,
but in some cases it mentions leases of which we have no record else-
where and gives details about the condition of the tenements at various
periods. To judge from the handwriting it was begun about 1670, no
doubt by the College Bursar; the first hand ends with 1686; the later
entries are, it will be noticed, less valuable.
The system of all Colleges, at the time this book was made, was to let
their tenements in Oxford for long leases of sometimes twenty-one, gener-
ally forty years. About 1580 the custom arose of surrendering the lease
when a portion of it had expired, on condition that a new lease was given
at the same rent and for the full number of years; for this advantage a
payment was made called a fine. The amount of the fine depended upon
the value of the tenement and on the number of years of the lease that
were expired. At the beginning of the seventeenth century the rule with
College Bursars was that if fourteen years out of forty had expired, the
fine should be one year's rack rent of the tenement, minus the actual rent
paid to the College. By the end of that century tenants were expected to
pay 1 year's rent when fourteen years had elapsed; by 1800 it had been
raised to 1 year's rent (e. g. p. 228), and before long to 13 years.
The Fine Book is of value, because the fine enables us to form some
idea of the value of the tenement and to trace the fluctuation of prices.
It appears from Balliol records, as with other Colleges, that the great in-
crease in the value of Oxford house property took place between 1790 and
1830, and that in those forty years its value increased more than fourfold.
Thus the fine of the Balliol house in St. Peter le Bailey was £80 in 1803,
but £253 in 1830, while the shop and cellar in St. Mary's parish increased
in value sixfold between 1797 and 1832.
It must be understood that with these long leases the man who took the
lease from the College was not always the occupant; frequently he was a
gentleman who lived in some distant part of England, and sublet his house
to another who had not capital enough to buy up the lease. The lease was
taken as a way of investing money, and not with a view to residence, and
sometimes the lease was reckoned to be worth much more than the free-
hold; an example will be found on page 227. A result of this was that
the holder of the long lease often spoke of the house as if it was his own,
Z 2
340
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
and when he sold the residue of the lease was said in the language of the
time to sell his house.
The system was popular because it was convenient; the College was
not troubled about repairs, for the lessee undertook this, and it was to his
interest to keep up the value of the tenement that he might recover
what he had paid. There were also no bad debts; the fine was paid in
cash and the 'reserved rent' was practically a first charge, and no lessee
would leave it unpaid lest the lease should be forfeited and he should lose
his investment. But it was a dishonest and also a wasteful system; the
future generation was robbed of the rent it should receive and the lessee
was allowed to pay only an eighth or a tenth of the true value, on condi-
tion that he paid thirty or forty years before the money was due. It was
cupidity and indifference to the claims of posterity that made the system
last so long; there was no law or unalterable custom that bound Colleges
to renew their leases, and as soon as conscience outweighed cupidity the
system ceased. At Balliol, as we learn from an entry given below, the
balance turned before 1858, some twenty years earlier than in most
Colleges.]
THE HOUSE ADJOINING TO HAMMONDS LODGINGS.¹
1649. It was sett to Dr. Rich. Bayley D.D. late (and afterward)
President of St. Jo. Bapt. Coll., then sequestred, for 40 years, for
a fine of £12, notwithstanding there were 22 years expired.
1662. Renewed to Mr. John Bayley, son to Dr. Bayley aforesaid,
for 40 years, for £5, being but 12 years expired.
1671. It was let to Mr. John Taylor, painter, for 40 years for
a fine of £8, being but 9 years expired; a little corner of waste
ground was then added to the backside of this tenement.
1686. Renewed again to the said John Tayler for a fine only of
£15.
THE CORNER HOUSE.2
1649. The lease of the Corner House and the tenement next to it
was renewed to Ann Richardson for a fine of £18, after 22 years
expired.
1665. The two houses were let to Francis Wildgoose, after
16 years expired, for which he paid but £5. This fine was not above
half a year's rent of the whole two tenements; for he did then (and
many years before) let one of the tenements for £5 a year to the
widow Wrigglesworth, reserving the corner house (which seems to be
the better part) to himself.
1 See p. 83.
2 See p. 84.
APPENDIX II
341
THE CATHERINE WHEELE.¹
The Katherine Wheel, as it is now let to Simon Coates, has
received an addition of two² tenements to it on the south side of it;
for that which is now called the new and old parlours with the rooms
over them was a distinct tenement and heretofore leased over to one
Harrison and that which is now Mr. Horseman's office with the room
over it was let as another tenement to one William White.
3
1649. The lease was renewed to Simon Coats for a fine of £35,
about 24 years being expired.
1657, March 25. A part of the College backside containing
90 feet in length by 24 in breadth was added to the Catherine Wheel,
for a fine of £10, and the annual rent was raised to £2 15s.
1663. The whole was let to Simon Coats the father for 40 years,
for a fine only of £25.
1676. The same was renewed to Simon Coats jun. after the
expiration of 12 years, 5 months and 2 weeks for the same fine of
£25 only.
1686. Renewed to Edmund Bradford and Dorothy his wife for
a fine of £20.
1698. Renewed to John Ween for a fine of only £21, and a clause
was inserted in the lease whereby the College had power to take the
tenement into their own hands, whenever they should have occasion,
upon such terms as the parties should agree upon, or to stand to the
arbitration of the Vicechancellor.
THE HOUSE NEXT TO THE BALL COURT. 4
1671. It was let to John Lawrence 22 years being expired for
a fine of £5.
Mem. John Lawrence values this tenement of his at £3 10s. per
annum; for he now lets the lower room of it to Ferdinando Smith for
£1 125. per annum, reserving the upper room and a garret over it,
which he values at 40s. a year, for himself.
Had this house been worth but 40s., then a fine of £5 had been
pretty equal; that is for the first 14 years one year's purchase or £2,
and for the other 8 years after the 14 years £3. But since it appears
that the tenement is worth £3 10s. a year, he ought to have paid
somewhat above £9.
1 See pp. 85-9.
2 In reality it received four additions,
Harrison's, White's, Lademan's, and
Boyden's holdings.
3 Probably an error for 'Lademan'.
+ See p. 89.
342
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
SEVERAL TENEMENTS ADJOINING TO CAESAR'S LODGINGS.¹
1668. Richard Preist being dead and his widow not able to renew,
the tenements were let to Mr. Hugh Ellis, the college atturney, for
25 years, for a fine of £40 only.
'This was looked upon as an easy fine to Mr. Ellis, in regard it was
credibly reported that Mr. Ellis might have had £80 for his bargain,
that is £40 more than he paid for his lease. And it is certain that it
was very well worth £80, for considering that Mr. Ellis made at that
time x or XII pounds more than his rent,' there is no man but would
willingly give him 8 years' purchase. But Mr. Ellis knew it was worth
more, and therefore he refused to sell his lease although he might
have doubled his money. For if a College lease be thought to be
worth 8 or 10 years by him that is the immediate taker from the
College, it is looked upon to be worth xII or XIII years' purchase from
a private person.'
1671. The same was renewed to the said Hugh Ellis for 30 years
without a fine.
1675. Renewed again to the same Hugh Ellis for 34 years without
a fine, at which time there was an addition to his lease of a piece of
ground taken out of the Master's garden and laid to Mr. Ellis his new
buildings.
1686. Renewed to Hugh Ellis jun.; no fine.
1688, Mar. 25; the Black Nag only was renewed to William
New for 34 years, about 14 years and 2 months being expired, for
a fine of £11.
1701. The Black Nag was renewed to William New for a fine of
£10.
THE SECOND HOUSE FROM CAESAR'S LODGINGS.³
1658. This house being out of repair and ready to drop downe, it
was leased to William Hanks for 30 years upon condition that the
said Hanks should rebuild it, which he did, paying but three pounds
per annum for it, for the first 27 years, and four pounds a year for the
three last years; and for the rebuilding of this house the College did
not only abate 20s. of the annual rent for the term of 27 years but
also gave £10 in ready money to the said William Hancks towards
the charge of rebuilding.
1671. The lease was renewed to Mr. Nicholas Vilett in trust for
one Thomas Manners, a minor, for 30 years; fine £6. This fine
1 See p. 78.
2 The rent was £4 4s.
³
See p. 76.
APPENDIX II
343
was thought to be one year's value of the house above the College
rent, the whole tenement being now let to one Thomas Hore for £9
per annum, the said Hore paying all taxes. But £6 was too little,
12 years being elapsed out of 30 years, since 10 years out of 30 years
or one third of the time elapsed is always reputed to be worth one full
year's rent of the thing taken.
1699. The fine of Edward and John Benford was but £40,
because the houses were ready to fall down.
1707 and 1720. No fines were taken as these leases were the
completion of the term granted in 1699. Mary Cantwell was widow
of Edward Benford before her marriage with Cantwell.
THE THIRD HOUSE FROM CAESAR'S LODGINGS.¹
Before the warre this tenement was let to Richard Owen for the
same rent which Mrs. Cave now pays.
1655. Mr. Walter Cave paid no fine.
1658. The lease was renewed for the term of 35 years without
paying any fine, in hopes that Mr. Cave would have rebuilt the said
tenement, as he promised to do and perhaps would have done, if he
had lived; which is now very much out of repaire.
1675, July 20. The same was let to Trinity College together with
the barne and piece of garden ground which Mr. Martyn Hirst held
and a great part of Caesar's garden for 30 years paying the aforesaid
rent of £4 and a fine of £7 only after 17 years expired. Mrs. Cave
had sold the remaining part of this lease (viz. 18 years) to one
Mr. Deane of Watlington for £55, that is for 11 years' purchase or
thereabouts, the whole being let by Mrs. Cave to her undertenants for
about £5 per annum above the College rent.
This house is now rated at £8 a year.
(In a later hand.) Mem. that after the expiration of Trinity
College lease this house was taken into the College and turned into
lodgings which go under the name of Quakers Hall.
2
A PIECE OF GROUND WITH A BARN OR STRAWHOUSE UPON IT TAKEN
OUT OF THE GARDEN BELONGING TO CAESAR'S LODGINGS.
This was let to Mr. John Bell in 1634, who built the barn upon it.
1656. No fine expressed.
1667. The fine was but £3, although more than half the term of
the lease was expired. If this barn and ground be worth but £1 105.
2 See p. 76.
1 See p. 75.
344
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
above rent per annum, then Mr. Hirst gave something near the value
of the usual rate of College fines, that is supposing 7 years elapsed to
be worth but one year's purchase; for at the same rate 11 years
expired are worth 2 years and 4 months' purchase, which comes but
to £3 10s., supposing the rent to be at thirty shillings a year.¹
1675, July 29. Renewed again to Trinity College for 30 years, in
one lease with the tenement last mentioned.
2
1706. After the expiration of Trinity College lease the premises
were demised to Mr. George Phips for 30 years and the rent was
raised to 40s., a little more ground being granted than was in the
former leases. The fine was £10.. The Master and Fellows granted
Mr. Phips leave to pluck down the barnes, stables, strawhouses,
woodhouses, lofts &c. to lay out the ground for his own conveniency
and he had the materials, but he is obliged by his lease to make them
all good again at the expiration thereof.
Memorandum that Mr. George Phips gave the College but a £50
bond to oblige him to the performance of covenants, which will not be
sufficient to engage him to make good the last clause.
1737. A lease was granted to Dr. Hughes and some additional
ground for a coachway was granted.
THE CARDINAL'S HAT.
July 19, 1706. This lease was renewed again under the same rents
and covenants as before for the space of 40 years; but though the
rents and covenants remain the same, yet we lost part of our ground;
for the Dean and Canons of Ch. Ch. were pleased to take advantage
of a mistake in our last renewing and insist upon a forfeiture; so we
were obliged to submit to the terms and part with as much ground as
amounts to 106 feet in length and 11 feet in breadth which is demised
by the Dean and Canons to the President and Fellows of Trinity
College.³
AN HOUSE AND LARGE BACKSIDE OR GARDEN GROUND IN ST. MARY
MAGDALEN PARISH, COMMONLY CALLED BALL'S HOUSE.
1592. This house &c. was let to Mr. John Pollard of Baulden in
Oxfordshire for 40 years at a rent of £1 per annum.
1631. Mr. William Ball was one of the yeoman beadles of the
University.
1 He means 'thirty shillings above
the rent of 10s. to the College'.
2 See p. So.
8 See p. 75.
4 See p. 224.
APPENDIX II.
345
C
1661. After 30 years expired Mr. Ball paid a fine of only £26.
Thirty years elapsed are as well worth 5 years' purchase (or very
near) as 14 years are worth one year's purchase; and therefore
supposing Mr. Ball's house to be worth but little more than £5 per
annum above the College rent, then this fine of £26 had been very
near the usual rate which tenants pay to corporations. But if this
house be really worth £10 or £12 per annum, as it was formerly
valued, or £16 per annum, as it is now improved to, then it is evident
Mr. Ball did not pay above one third part of the worth of his lease.
For if the addition of 30 years (to a lease of 40 years) after 10 years
to come be very well worth 5 years' purchase (allowing the lessee at the
rate of £8 per cent. for the laying out of his money) then accounting
Ball's house with its appurtinencies to be worth but £15 per annum
(which is an easy rent) Mr. Ball ought to have paid at the least £75
for his fine in the year 1661. But the Master and Fellows were
willing to favour Mr. Ball in regard of his sufferings for the King &c.
as having been sequestred from his beadles place from the year 1647
until the year 1660, during which time Mr. Ball was not able to
renew. And when Mr. Ball was restored to his place again, the
Master and Fellows were willing to accept of such a fine as Mr. Ball
was able (or rather, willing) to give.'
1675. Mr. Ball paid but half fine, viz. £8, because Mr. Ball had
then lately been very servicable to the College in looking over all the
College writings in the Treasury and digesting them (which before.
were very much confused and out of order) into their several places or
boxes, to which they did properly belong. So that what was done for
Mr. Ball must be no precedent for the future, seeing Mr. Ball's house
and its appurtenancies are very well worth £16 per annum, being so
let to Mr. Dalgarnoe at this present, 1686.
1690.
Fine £15.
1705. Fine £15. Richard Hedges paid no more, although 15
years were expired, because he had laid out a great deal of money in
reparation, since he bought the house."
1
1733. Fine £20.
1747. Fine £20.
1
1790, July 8. A lease to John Dew for 40 years; fine £31 10s.
1799. The land tax of this house is £2 165.
bought the lease.
A note in the College Lease Book,
P. 401, says that the tenement was
about 270 feet from E. to W., about
62 feet from N. to S. on the west side,
and about 33 feet from N. to S. on the
east side towards the street.
346 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
[It appears that the 'small estate held by lease from Magdalen
College' (p. 227) was a house and close in Woodstock, which Balliol
bought for £163 6s. 10d.]
A TENEMENT OVER AGAINST ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE IN LENGTH
E. TO W. 267 FEET.¹
1568. Leased to Richard White.
1
1588. Leased to John Wyans, for 31 years.
1663. The fine was £10.
1679, March 3. The lease was renewed to Richard Day for
40 years; the fine was £10, twelve and a half years being expired.
1697. The fine was £40, twenty two years being expired.
1708, Oct. 9. Renewed to Jeremiah Franklin, 11 years and 7
months being expired. 'Mr. Charles Harris steward of the College who
sold this tenement to Franklin, purchased it just before the date of this
lease from the trustees of the children of William Ford for the sum of
£80. At that time it was much out of repair; notwithstanding which
£20 more was offered by another bidder, but Mr. Harris insisting
upon a contract and the deed being already executed on the part of
the trustees, he could not be heard.'
1722, Nov. 18. Renewed to Jeremiah Franklin, 14 years being
expired, for a fine of £14.
1737. The fine was £15, fifteen years being expired.
1753. The fine was £14, fourteen years being expired.
1769. The fine was £25, seventeen years being expired.
1777. The fine was £13 6s. 6d. This fine is at the rate of a year
and a half's purchase for 14 years.
1793, April 5.
Michaelmas 1790.
Renewed to Rev. Thos. Bentham for 40 years from
The fine at a year and half's value was £40.
The land tax in 1799 was £3 10s.
A TENEMENT IN ST. GILES'S PARISH NEXT ADJOINING TO THE
HOLY LAMBE.2
1649. The fine was £4.
1666. The fine was £5 only, although 17 years were expired.
1686, Mar. 25. The lease was renewed to Richard Pricket after
19½ years expired:
the fine was £6.
1703. After 17
expired the fine was £5.
1717, Nov. 4.
The lease was renewed to Richard Buckingham.
1 See p. 217.
2 See p. 238.
APPENDIX II
347
1748, July 9. The lease was renewed to Mr. Hanwell for a fine of
£8, seventeen years being expired.
1763. Sixteen years being expired, the fine was £7.
1777.
The fine was £7 10s. This fine is equal to a year and
a half's value, 14 years of the last lease having expired.
1833. The fine was £51 19s. 6d.; the same in 1847.
SEVERAL TENEMENTS IN ST. GILES ADJOINING TO THE
LAST TENEMENT.¹
Although this be let by the name of one tenement, it is now made
and built into six tenements, and the present tenants are:-Mr.
Williams, M.A., the widow Low, Richard Jones, Abraham Allen,
Ellin Seal, widow, one dwelling void.
1669. 'The fine was but £12, although 15 years expired, which
was not one year's purchase as the tenements were then improved; for
if 14 years expired be better worth than a year's purchase by the same
rule 15 years and upwards must yield a year and a quarter's purchase.
But the reason why these tenements were let so cheap was because the
said Christopher London had lately built them and augmented the
annual rent to more than treble to what the rent was before the time
that he became tenant. Upon which consideration, it being not usual
to raise the fine upon the first renewal and but little upon the second,
his fine was mitigated from 15 months' value to less than one year's
value.'
1686. Seventeen years elapsed, the fine was £17.
1700, Mar. 25. Renewed to Christopher London, 14 years being
expired, for a fine of £11. He paid no greater fine because he helped
the College to sett the house adjoining to Mr. News at a tolerable
fine, though it was much out of order.
1738. Fine £5. The same in 1752.
1766. Fine £30.
1777. Fine £30: this is after the rate of 1 years' purchase for
14 years.
1793. Renewed from Michaelmas 1793, with the adjoining house,
to the Duke of Marlborough for a fine of £63 being a year and
a half's value, fourteen years being elapsed.
1805. Fine £63, for both houses.
1833. The fine of Lydia Sirman for the one house was £155 13s.
1849. The fine of R. J. Spiers was £155 13s.
1 See p. 236.
348 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
Two SMALL TENEMENTS UNDER ONE ROOF IN ST. GILES'S PARISH
LYING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET OVER AGAINST
ST. GILES'S CHURCHYARD WITH TWO ACRES IN ST. GILES'S FIELDS.¹
1650. The fine was only £10 though there were above 23 years
of the lease then expired. By which it seems that the then Master
and Fellows did not think this estate to be worth full 4 pounds per
annum; but it appears the last purchaser, Mr. John Taylor, thought it
worth more when he gave for it to the widow Pain about Christmas
1680, when there was almost seven years of the lease expired, the sum
of £85; and thought it a good pennyworth too, notwithstanding one
of the tenements was to be rebuilt. And the reason why the widow
Pain sold this lease so cheap was a necessity of raising present money
to pay off her creditors; otherwise she might have had more money
for it, as I was told by her own son, Moses Baker, gardiner, Monday,
April 25, 1681.'
1674. As the lease was for 21 years only, Payne paid but an easy
fine of £2.
1681. 'Renewed for a fine of £5 in regard that John Taylor had
then renewed the hithermost tenement which Payn had left unbuilt.'
1692. Fine £14; ten years being elapsed.
1699. Fine £9; seven years and seven months being expired.
1707. Fine £8.
1729. Fine £9.
1740. Fine £16; eleven years being elapsed.
1747. Fine £8; seven years being elapsed. The same fine in
1754.
1761. Fine £10, being at the rate of one year and a quarter's
value.
1769. Fine £12; eight years being expired.
1795. The lease being extended to 40 years John Ward paid
a fine of £31 1os., the tenements (which were now separated from the
land) being valued at £10 yearly.
1799. The Land Tax was £1.
1807. The lease was offered for Auction. The holding was now
eight messuages or tenements of the yearly value of £50, of which
a great part was erected about 1796.
1809. The fine was only £31 1os. in consideration of the addition
made to the buildings.
1 See p. 247.
APPENDIX II
349
1794 and 1805. For the lease of the land and the four little houses
·
Chillingworth paid no fine.
1809. This was a lease of the houses only; fine £56.
The land
in the fields was at the same time let to Chillingworth from year to
year at a rent of £2 25.
1823. Fine £78.
SHOP AND CELLAR IN ST. MARY'S PARISH.
1657. Fine £5; fourteen and a quarter years being expired.
1668. Lease to Mr. Robert Cripps late fellow of Merton College;
fine £5.
'The two fines are very disproportionate to themselves and both of
them to the real worth of the purchase; for 14 years are as well worth
3 years' purchase, as 10 years are worth 1; and therefore the fine
paid by the father ought to have been double to what the son paid in
1668; and both the fines ought to have been greater if the premises
are worth £5 a year as they are said to be.'
1683. Fine £16; fifteen years being expired.
1692. Fine £10; ten years being expired.
1712. The fine was £9; ten years were expired.
1722. Fine £8; ten years being expired.
1729, Nov. 29. The lease was renewed to Mr. Wheatley for £5,
seven years being expired.
1740. Fine £8; ten years being expired.
1747. Fine £5; eight years being expired.
1754. Fine £5; seven years being expired.
The same in 1797.
1769. Fine £21 5s.; fifteen years being elapsed.
1790. Fine £5; seven years being lapsed.
1804. The lease was increased to 40 years; for this Pasco paid
£30.
1820. Fourteen years being lapsed, the fine at 1 years' purchase
was £37 4s.
1832. The fine was in this case at 12 years' rent for 14 years
elapsed,¹£57 6s.
In 1836 the lease was bought by Oriel.
In 1819 John Hudson valued the shop and cellar at £26 per
annum.
1 See p. 211.
not 1846.
It is therefore evident that the valuation printed there is of 1832,
350 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
SEVERAL TENEMENTS OVER AGAINST THE OLD BUTCHER-Row.¹
1611, June 13. The two garden grounds were let to Hugh Jones
for 40 years; rent 13s. 4d.
1626, April 24. At this time there were two houses built upon the
said ground by one Ellinor Fletcher, widow, relict of John Fletcher
gent.; and now the premises were demised to one Dorothy Fletcher,
sister to John Fletcher aforesaid, by the name of two messuages with
a stable, backside, and garden-grounds.
1644, Oct. 6. These two tenements and whatsoever else was built
upon the said ground by Dorothy Fletcher, who was about to build
more tenements upon the garden-ground when she became tenant in
1626, were burnt down to the ground so that the College received
neither fine nor rent until in
1654, Feb. 1, Robert Bowell a chandeller took the lease upon
condition to build a good handsome and convenient messuage within
10 years' time; 40 years; rent 13s. 4d.; fine £5.
1657. Lady day. This lease was renewed to John Slatter, a gold-
smith, who built 2 all those tenements which are now standing upon the
premises, for which he had his lease filled up to 40 years without fine.
Memorandum. Shortly after John Slatter had built these tenements
he sold his lease to one Mr. William Robinson, apothecary at the
Turk's Head in Shoreditch, London, for £650, making the said
Robinson believe he might rent the tenements for £50 per annum.
And it has been confessed that Mr. Robinson at his first entering upon
the lease did make £49 or £48 rent per annum, but afterwards the
rents did decrease. And yet in 1674 (and so at the present) the
premises were let for about £44 per annum, as I received it from
the several tenants viz.
For the tenements next the street
1 & 2, Two tenements in the west part of the building towards
St. Peter's church in the possession of George Steynor, a sarjeant of
the City, the yearly rent was
£9
3. For the house adjoining to Steynors and on the left hand of the
passage leading into the backside, then in the tenure of William Durling,
boddyes-maker.
£7
4. On the right side of the passage aforesaid one Michael Parker,
a cooper, had the shop for which he paid
£3
But the rest of the tenement lying behind the said shop was in-
habited by one John Wigge, a shoemaker, for which he paid £5
¹ See p. 178.
2 i. e. had built; see p. 178.
APPENDIX II
35T
5. For the tenement adjoining to the Cross Keys, wherein Robert
Gardiner the city bell-man then dwelt and kept the sign of the Robbin
Hood
mason
For three tenements in the backside
(for there were no more then inhabited)
£7
6. The house adjoining to Steynor's woodhouse in which one John
Penne a shoemaker dwelt
£2
7. In the corner house there lived one Thomas Mason a glover £3
8. In the farthest part of the back building, William Hancks, a
£3
9. Mr. Tisdale, a mercer, rents a stable and hayhouse, the garden
with the wash house and summer house
£3 10s.
10. On the farthest part of the backside, Mr. Brooks of the Cross
Keys has the void place adjoining to the Crown backside, together
with a fuel house belonging to the premises
£1 55.
The rent of all is £43 15s.
1676. Fine £70; but 19 years elapsed should have been worth two
years' rent.
1691. Mr. Mayott and Mr. Wright, the Recorder of Oxford,
renewed the lease in trust for Mrs. Finmore's grandchild. They
acknowledged the premises were let for £49. Fine £60; fifteen years
were expired.
1706. Fine £45, fifteen years being expired. The tenements do
not now yield about £36 or £37 per annum.
1748. Fine £35.
1789. Mr. Holman's lease having expired, a lease for 40 years
was granted to Thomas Eaton. This lease was put up to public
auction by the College and sold for £257 Is.; and £80 had been
received from Holman's executrix on account of dilapidations; so
that the whole purchase money may be deemed £337 Is.
The land tax in 1799 was returned as £8 5s.
1803. Fine £80; fourteen years had elapsed.
1816. Fine £150; fourteen years had elapsed.
1830. Fine £253 16s.; fourteen years had elapsed.
1844. Fine £243 5s., being reckoned at 12 years' purchase; four-
teen years had elapsed.
1858. The College having resolved to grant no more beneficial
leases, on the time for the renewal of this arriving, the fine £243 55.
was paid to the Master and Fellows from the Domus Fund upon the
352
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
plan of redemption, that is to advance the fine each period of renewal
from Domus till the lease expires, then to give the whole Rack for
14 years to Domus.
A TENEMENT IN ST. EBBE'S PARISH.¹
1650. Fine £5.
It is very doubtful that the College has lost ground in this place ;
for whereas it is said in all our leases that we let an house and garden,
there is no room for a garden now, the backside being so little that it
is very hardly big enough for necessary uses. And whereas it is said
that the garden lies near the corner of the street, it is to be observed
that the College ground does not reach near to the corner but falls
short of it at the least 48 feet. It might therefore be enquired whether
that piece of void ground which lies between the College house and
the corner of the street did not formerly belong to Balliol College and
was the garden-ground mentioned in the leases, and for want of a
boundary to set out our ground might be alienated from the College
after the time of that great fire, Oct. 6, 1644, at which time this tene-
ment was burnt down to the ground and lay unbuilt for many years.
1668. Fine £6, although 17 years were expired.
1686. Fine £6, after 18 years expired.
1701. Fine £6; fifteen years expired.
1716. Fine £6; after 15 years.
1747.
Fine £6; fourteen years being expired.
1761. Fine £7 10s.; being 1 years' value; fourteen years had
expired.
1799. The land tax was £1 7s. 6d.
1802, Mar. 25. The lease granted to the Feoffees of St. Ebbe's
parish having expired, a lease for 40 years was granted to Thomas
Cox 2 for which he paid the sum of £100 16s., having purchased the
same at a public auction.
1816.
Fine £26 8s.
1829. The fine after 14 years would now have been £64, but
Benjamin Lee, corkcutter, the tenant, refused to renew.
A TENEMENT AND STRIP OF GROUND IN THE LANE CALLED SLEYNE
LANE OR SLAYING LANE.S
This tenement is now nothing but a part of a malt house (to speak
the best of it; for I think some of it is used as an hogstye).
1
¹ See p. 186.
This name should be inserted on p. 187.
3 See p. 202.
APPENDIX II
353
1661. Renewed to Mr. Haywood and Mr. Tipping, after 12 years
expired, for which they gave a new 'pulpit cloath' valued at £5.
1676. Renewed to Haywood and Tipping for £2.
'What should move the Master and Fellows to take so small a fine I
know not, for I was absent when this lease was let. For although the
College be much damnified by suffering this building to degenerate to
the use it is now put to, yet it lies so convenient to Mr. Haywood and
Mr. Tipping that they would not be without it for £5 a year.'
1691. Fine £5.
1729. Renewed to Francis Whitney; fine £5; fourteen years
being elapsed.
1744.
Lease renewed.
1758. Fine £5.
1789. Fine £33 15s., thirty-one years having elapsed; the annual
value was reckoned to be £5.
1804. 'The estate having been valued at £20 per annum which
appeared to the College too high a valuation, the fine was fixed at
£21 being 1 years' value, considering it as worth £14; but these
terms were rejected by the tenant, Mr. Davies, in a manner somewhat
offensive, as will appear by his letter annexed.'
I
1829. The lease expired. Since then the tenement has been let
to Messrs. Hall and Tawney at £21 a year.
1864. Mr. Micklem offered to purchase it for £375, but it was
valued by the College valuer, Mr. Field, at £700.¹
A HOUSE AND MALTHOUSE IN GRANDPONT.2
1656. Fine £7; seven years being elapsed.
1668. Fine £10; twelve years being elapsed. This fine was too
low, as the house was worth £16 a year.
1686. Fine £20 after 17 years expired.
1700. Fine £15; fourteen years were expired.
1741. Fine £35; twenty-six years were expired.
1795. Fine £26 after 21 years elapsed.
was considered to be £10.
1799. Land Tax £1 18s. 8d.
1809. Fine £21; fourteen years elapsed.
S
The clear annual value
'In 1838 Whessel sold the property to Joseph Ham, printer, for
£512.'
1 It has since then been sold for £325.
3 i. e. the lease of the property.
2 See p. 194.
A a
354
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A GARDEN BY ALBAN HALL.
1684. 'I find in a pocket book of Mr. Hughes¹ that the lease was
renewed to Merton July 31, 1684; fine £10 but no fees.'
1698. No fine was paid.
1729. Fine £8; thirty years had expired.
1761. Fine £10.
1792. Fine £31 10s., thirty years being lapsed.
1804. Sold to Merton for £72.
1 Possibly the name of the man who started this register and filled up the
entries until 1686. John Hughes, fellow of Balliol, was B.A. in 1670 and B.D. in
1684 (Wood's Athenae, vol. ii).
LIST OF THE DEEDS AS NUMBERED IN
THE MUNIMENT CHEST
A. 1.
A. 1.
A. 1.
A. 2.
123
442
39 475
77
508
29 =
530
443
40) modern
78
509
30
531
444
41 papers.
79
509
31
532
4
445
42 467
80
510
32
546
5
446
43
468
81
510
33
547
6
446
44
468
82
511
34
547
7
447
45
469
35
548
8
447
46
470
36
548
9
448
47
470
A. 2.
37
549
10
448
48
471
38
550
11
449
49
471
12
449
50
472
13
450
51
498
14
450
52
498
15
45I
53
499
16
452
54
500
17
459
55
501
1234567
=
521
39
551
522
523
434
5 435
436
437
ARAB28
40
552
553
42
554
43
555
44
433
45 533
18
460
56
501
8
438
19
461
57
502
9
439
20
462
58
502
10
440
A. 3.
21
462
59
503
11
441
22
463
60
504
12
477
23 464
61
505
13
478
24
465
25 466
63
2229
62
476
14
479
512
15
480
26
453
64
513
16
481
12345
=
10 10 20
536
537
538
540
5
539
27
453
65
513
17
482
6
541
28
454
66
514
18
483
7
543
29
454
67
514
19
484
8
542
30
455
68
515
20
487
9
544
31
455
69 515
21
486
10
4I
32
456
70
516
22
485
11
545
33
457
71
516
•
23
524
12
42
34
457
72
517
24
525
13
42
35 458
73 506
25
36
458
74 506
26
2 2
526
14
42
527
15
42
37 475
75 507
27
528
16
43
38
475
76
507
28
529
17
43
A a 2
356 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
A. 11.
A. 3.
A. 7.
A. 9.
18
535
12
34
13
235
18
=
375
19
534
13
35
14
236
19
376
20
488
14
35
15
237
20
377
21
488
15
233
16
238
21
377
22
489
16
233
17
359
22
378
23
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NOTE I
ON THE SITE OF THE COLLEGE
2
THE documents which describe the site of the College have been so
often studied that it is no wonder if, when they appear in print, they
are found to have little new information. But as regards the site of
the original chapel they seem to be at variance with the current
tradition. The facts about the chapel are as follows: It had not been
begun, but it was in contemplation, at the time of the death of Hugh
de Vienne, who expressed a wish that it might be built in memory of
him, and for that purpose left a legacy of 50 marks, stipulating that
the chapel was to be built of stone and roofed with lead.¹ Un-
fortunately the date of his death is not certain; but as he is mentioned
repeatedly year by year in the Patent Rolls and Close Rolls down to the
year 1295, and afterwards is mentioned no more, we cannot be far wrong
if we assign his death to 1296. About 1310 the chapel was being built,
but was not complete, and only half the legacy of Hugh de Vienne
had been paid. By 1328 it had been completed, and mention is made
of costly windows. Anthony Wood declines to give an opinion where
this chapel stood, but it has often been maintained that it is now
represented by the Master's dining-room, a fine room running east
and west with an oriel window at its east end. Whether this is
chronologically possible depends ultimately upon the situation which we
assign to the tenement called Sparrow Hall. Anthony Wood, without
giving any authority, asserts that it was represented by the building
which in his time was called Hammond's Lodging, on the west side
of the Master's Garden. But the deeds printed on pages 81 and
82 suggest that Hammond's Lodging was the tenement once of
St. Frideswide's, and such is the opinion of Savage in Balliofergus; in
this case Sparrow Hall would correspond to the Master's Garden as
depicted in Loggan. Consequently the greater part of the Master's
dining-room, if not the whole of it, would be on the site of St. Margaret
3 No. 584.
1 No. 608.
2 No. 608.
NOTE I
361
Hall¹; and as this tenement was not acquired 2 by the College until
after 1337, the College chapel, which was finished before 1328, could not
have stood here. There are other objections. The Master's dining-
room being an upper room with chambers beneath it would be an
oratory rather than a chapel, and the description of the chapel, as
built of stone and roofed with lead, suggests a building standing by
itself, and not an upper story above other buildings. The natural
situation to suggest for the original chapel is where the second and the
third chapels have stood, and we notice that this land was acquired by
two members of the College in 1303, which is about the time
when the chapel must have been begun. It is true that in this case
the chapel would probably have been isolated from the other buildings,
but in the earliest Colleges the buildings were not gathered into
a quadrangle, and in the case of Queen's College the chapel, built
1350-70, stood by itself quite detached.
'Hammond's Lodging' stood where now is the eastern part of
Fisher's Building; a ground plan of it is given in Williams's Oxonia
Depicta, but no picture of it is known. As early as 1686 the College
was planning to build on the west side of Hammond's Lodging, and
in 1699 obtained the surrender of the land as far as the corner. We
learn from deed no. 432 that this purpose was carried out, and that by
1705 New Buildings had been made, but whatever stood here was,
together with Hammond's Lodging, cleared away in 1769 when
Fisher's Building was erected.
5
North of the corner tenement was the Katherine Wheel. During
the seventeenth century this inn was enlarged from time to time,
especially in 1631, when it annexed two houses on its south side
towards the corner. During the siege of Oxford a proclamation of the
King was issued in Nov. 1642 that inhabitants of the county were to
bring horses and forage to the Katherine Wheel, and in the records of
the Hearth Tax of 1665 we learn that it had sixteen hearths, nearly
twice as many as any other inn outside Northgate. In 1714 the
College bought up the lease of the Inn, and apparently about that
1 See plan, page 1.
2 See p. 21.
3 See p. 14.
See no. 135.
The note on p. 229 should be cor-
rected; the New Building' of 1705
was actually at the corner, and there-
fore was not what is now called the
8
6
Bristol Buildings. A ground plan of
the building at the corner may be seen
in Williams's Oxonia Depicta.
6 Bibliotheca Lindesiana; Tudor and
Stuart Proclamations, no. 2311.
7 Oxford City Documents, p. 92.
(O. H. S.)
8 See no. 169.
362
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
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time pulled down the southern part of the premises and erected what is
now called the Bristol Buildings, known at one time as the Law
Lodgings,¹ turning the rest of the inn into College rooms. This state
of things, of which a picture is given at page 86, came to an end in
1825, when the remains of the Katherine Wheel were pulled down
and the Basevi Buildings erected. According to Ingram the Bristol
Buildings were at the same time faced with stone to harmonize with
the new work; but to judge from the old picture of the Katherine
Wheel, the Bristol Buildings were always faced with stone. Perhaps
Ingram's meaning is that the stone-facing was altered to harmonize
with Basevi's work.
4
In Loggan's view of the College we see at the north-west corner
a long low range of buildings, and from Isaac Taylor's map of 1750
and Gwynne's plan of Northgate ³ made in 1772 we learn that it must
have measured 120 feet or more in length. From the leases which
are given on pages 75-80 we learn that in the seventeenth century the
northern part of it was let in three separate tenements, with frontages
of 221 feet, 29 feet, and 34 feet; the remaining portion therefore which
was retained by the College and used as College rooms must have
measured nearly 50 feet from north to south. Sometimes the whole
building was called Caesar's Lodging, but usually the term was
confined to the portion at the southern end.5 Over against this range
of buildings, only a few yards to the east of it, stood another parallel
with it, forming no doubt originally the further side of the courtyard
of the Cardinal's Hat; it is marked in Isaac Taylor's map and in
Williams's Oxonia Depicta, and it may be seen in Loggan's view at the
top left-hand corner of the picture. This was the building which was
popularly known as 'Pompey', because it stood over against 'Caesar'.
It has often been thought that 'Pompey' was identical with the
Katherine Wheel," but Ingram's words show it was not so; he says
that the Katherine Wheel was standing until 1825, but that Pompey
was taken down about 1797. Probably at the same time the southern
part of Caesar's Lodging was pulled down; for in Hoggar's map of
1850 and in the drawing of Caesar's Lodging reproduced at page So
the building is not more than 70 feet long, and a gateway had been
made where the rest of the building had been. Finally, in 1852 the
1
¹ See no. 150. The six windows of
the Bristol Buildings are clearly marked
in Williams's Oxonia Depicta.
2 Ingram, Memorials of Oxford, vol. i.
3 See the plan in Survey of Oxford
(Oxf. Univ. Press, 1912).
4 See no. 99.
5 See no. 118.
6 City of Oxford, Wood-Clark, i. 635.

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NOTE I
3.63
whole site was cleared, and the tower and buildings, known as Salvin's
Buildings, erected.
At the south end of Caesar's Lodging we notice both in Loggan's
view and in Isaac Taylor's map a small building, which in 1610 and
also in 1762 is stated to be the College stable. The southern end of
this stable, as we can see in Loggan, was used for bat-fives or some
such game, and must have been the site of the ball-court which is
mentioned in some of the leases.
NOTE II
THE SEALS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
1. Pointed oval, 27×115 in.; the Virgin crowned, seated on a
throne under a trefoiled arch, with church-like canopy elaborately
detailed, holding on her left knee the Child, with nimbus, in her right.
hand a ball or orb. On each side, on the shaft which supports the tre-
foiled arch, a shield of arms, on the left three garbs,2 on the right
two piles meeting towards the base. Below, two kneeling figures;
on the right John de Balliol, in armour, with a shield of arms, an orl
for Balliol; on the left Dervorguilla holding by the left hand a shield
of arms, a lion rampant for Galloway. Each of these figures is
holding up the hand, supporting a model of the Collegiate buildings
(thereby indicated to be dedicated to the Virgin) which has a bold
trefoiled arch for its base, two tiers of upright beams of timber work,
and over the roof, along the ridge, a frieze or entablature inscribed
DOM'S SCOLARIV D' BALL'O.
The letters AR in Scolarium and AL in Balliolo are respectively
conjoined. Background behind the figure of the Virgin, hatched
lozengy. In the lower half of the seal and over the canopy the back-
ground is replenished with sprigs of foliage.
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S' CE D' BALL' SCVTA NOTANT & ST PIA VGO DOMỸ † DĀTES
i. e. Sigillum commune de Balliolo.
domum tibi dantes.*
1 See nos. 95 and 96.
2 The arms of the Earl of Chester.
3 The arms of the Earl of Hunting-
don. Dervorguilla was descended from
the Earls of Chester and Huntingdon.
4 The description is taken from Birch's
Catalogue of Seals in the British
Museum, ii. 151, where, however, qui
Scuta notant qui sunt, pia Virgo,
sunt is read as stantes. The seal is
figured in Ingram's Memorials of Oxford.
The collotype (p. 363) is from a cast of
the seal in the British Museum. It ap-
pears from Lincoln Episcopal Records,
1571-1584 (Cant, and York Soc., p. 74),
that this seal was in use as late as 1572.
364 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
2. [15th century.] Pointed oval, 1x1 in.; St. Katharine
with crown, standing in a niche, with carved canopy, pinnacled and
crocketed, in her right hand a Katharine Wheel, in the left hand
a palm-branch. Tabernacle-work at sides; carved corbel; back-
ground replenished with sprigs of foliage.¹
SIGILLVM AD CAVSAS AVLE BALIOLI OXON
NOTE III
SEALS OF THE CHANCELLOR AND THE UNIVERSITY
One mediaeval seal of the University is known and four seals of
the Chancellor.
1. The seal of the University is described in Birch's Catalogue of
the Seals in the British Museum (vol. ii, p. 148) as follows: 'Pointed
oval, 3x1 in.; the Chancellor, in academical dress, seated on
a bench, with his feet on a platform, under a trefoiled arch, with
a church-like canopy of pinnacled turrets, and holding a book; on
each side three scholars in academical dress, seated on a chair-like
bench, under a pointed arch, with pinnacled canopy. In base, six
other scholars seated on similar benches, in two tiers, the two scholars
on the lower tier holding an open book between them. Background
partially hatched, beaded borders.
SIGILL' CANCELLARII ET VNIVERSITATIS OXONIENS'.'
This is the seal mentioned on p. 151 n., where it is wrongly de-
scribed as the seal of the Chancellor. It has been reproduced in
Vetusta Monumenta, vol. i, plate 64.
This seal was in use until Nov. 1902, when a new seal was made
and the old matrix, which is of gold or of some alloy which looks
like gold, was presented to the Bodleian Library; it is now in the
coin room of the Bodleian. If it is of the thirteenth century, as stated
in Birch's Catalogue, it must have been in use for more than six
hundred years. The collotype is from a cast in the British Museum.
2. The first seal of the Chancellor is a pointed oval of about
2× 1 in.; the head and shoulders of the Chancellor with a book
before him on a rest; above him a hand and a star; inscription
SIGILL' CANCELLARII OXONIE.
1 From Birch's Catalogue, ii. 151; collotype from a cast in the British
Museum.
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NOTE III
365
The collotype is from a photograph of the seal on deed no. 6,
which is of the year 1284. The same seal is on a Magdalen deed
(St. Peter in E., 8 B) which is of the year 1238, and there was a frag-
ment of the same seal seen by Twyne on a document in the Archives
of about the year 1220.¹
3. The second seal of the Chancellor is: 'Pointed oval,
2x 1 in.; the Chancellor, seated on a bench under a cinquefoiled
arch, between two scholars, each holding a book, facing to centre.
In base under the platform an ox passing a ford: SIGILLVM: OFFICII :
CANCELLARII: VNIVERSITATIS : OXONIE.'² It may be added that the back-
ground has a diagonal hatching. The reproduction is from a seal
on an Oseney deed at Christ Church.
4. The third seal is apparently from the same matrix as the second
seal but with the addition of two crosses on each side of the central
figure. It is on a New College deed dated 1407 (Adderbury, no. 2).
5. The fourth seal is: 'Pointed oval, 34 x 24 in.; the Chancellor
in academical dress, seated in a canopied niche, holding a book. In
a smaller canopied niche overhead a shield of arms, an open book
with seven clasps between three crowns, the arms of the University.
On each side in similar but smaller niches, two scholars seated in
academical dress, the one on the left with an open book on his knees;
overhead on each side, in a similar but smaller niche, a proctor or
bedell, three-quarters length, holding a wand or staff of office. In
base under a carved round-headed arch with a wall of masonry and
arcaded screen-work, on each side an ox passing a ford:
SIGILLVM: OFFICII: CANCELLARIATVS STVDII: VNIVERSITATIS: OXONIE.
This matrix still exists; it is of silver and is in the custody of the
Senior Proctor. It has on its back the date 1429, when doubtless
was made. The reproduction is from a cast from this matrix made
by permission of the University. Another reproduction may be seen
in Ingram's Memorials of Oxford, frontispiece to vol. i.
1 It should be mentioned that the collotypes of seals 2, 3, and 4 are from photo-
graphs by an amateur; it must not therefore be assumed that they are of exactly
the same size as the original seals.
2 Catalogue of the Seals in the British Museum, vol. ii, p. 148.
3 Ibid., p. 149.
Aaron Canis, Jew, 103.
Abbott, Robert, 172.
Abbottisley, the church of, 299.
INDEX
Abdy, Robertus, 193, 194, 223, 246,
259, 268-71.
Abdye, Robertus, 215, 216.
Aberger, Ioh., 193.
Abingdon, 179, 206.
Abingdon, the abbot of, 136, 158, 159,
160.
Abyndone, Ioh. de, 232, 233, 234, 235.
Abyndone, Steph. de, 187.
Abyndone, mag. Will. de, 234.
Addyngtone, Will. de, 254.
Adee, Thomas, 214.
Ady, Ioh., 223.
Adyngtone, Margareta de, 231.
Adyngtone, Stephanus de, 23, 60, 148,
182, 190.
Adyntone, Ric. de, 32, 33, 34, 45, 58,
67, 223, 231-5, 242-4, 255, 256, 261,
264, 265.
Agas, map of, 93.
Akarsan, Mauricius, 324.
Alan, Willelmus, 194.
Alani, Will. fil., 103.
Alban Hall, 166, 168–71, 354.
Alestone, Ioh. de, 137.
Alestone, Thos. de, 182.
Alewicus, 102.
Alexander VI, 309.
All Saints church, 3.
St. Mary's chantry in, 205.
All Souls College, 273 22.
Allam, John, 249.
Allen, Abraham, 347.
Allen, widow, 180.
Allestone, Ioh. de, 188.
Allwyn, Thomas, 74.
Almoner, Geoffrey, the king's, 204.
Almont, James, 88, 209.
Almont, Roger, 88.
Alwin, Elizabeth, 74.
Andrewe, Thomas, 192.
Angus, earl of, 12.
Annesleye, Ioh., 70.
Isabel his wife, 70.
Annison, Thomas, 218.
Annison, widow, 218.
Antewicelle, Nicholaus, 214.
Appelby, 326.
Arderne, Ioh. de, 107.
Argalicia, Jewess, 93, 99, 108. See
Vives.
Arnold, Matheus, 28.
Ascolok, Roulandus, 331.
Asham (? Askam), 69. See Hascham.
Askeby, Rob. de, 114, 115.
Asseburne, Ioh. de, 64.
Asshebery, Ioh., 39.
Asshebury, Ioh., 268.
Asshebury, Walterus, 266, 267.
Astone, Ioh. de, 242, 253.
Astone, Will., 268.
Astyn, Ralph, 179.
Atkynson, Laurence, 224.
Attebelle, Ric., 214.
Atte Celer, see Celer.
Attewode, Gilbertus, 197.
Attewode, Rob., 259, 268, 269, 270.
Atwode, Rob., 216, 270.
Aucland, Ioh. de, 188.
Auenel, Rob., II.
Aukelande, Ioh., 198, 199.
Aurifaber, Galfridus, 20, 103, 104, 144,
220.
Aurifaber, Ioh., 104, 105.
Aurifaber, Nicholaus, 9, 16, 101, 231.
Aurifaber, Walterus, 102-4.
Aurifaber, Will., 109.
Aurifaber, see Orfeuere.
Austin Friars at Oxford, 166.
Austin, Thomas, 249.
Axe, John, 47.
Ayeho, Ioh. de, 261.
Aylesbury, Ioh. de, 94, 117-19.
Agnes his wife, 117–19.
Aylesham, Rob., 29.
Aylewin, Ioh., 2 5.
Ayllesdone, Andreas de, 54.
Emma his wife, 54.
Aynho, 334.
Aynho, Agnes de, 59.
Ayremynne, Will. de, 111, 112, 114,
115.
Babthorpe, Ricardus, 30, 152.
Bache, Rob. de la, 182.
Bailey, John, 83.
Baille College, 130.
368
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
Baillole Hall, 136.
Bailly, Ioh., 214.
Bailolfhalle, 20.
Baker, Thomas, 179.
Baker, Will., 212.
Balderstone, Rog. de, 26.
Baldon, 344.
Balehorne, Nic., 72.
Ball Court, 90, 363.
Ball, Martha, 225.
Ball, William, 225, 344, 345.
Ballio, collegium de, 123.
Balliol, Masters of:
Walt. de Fodringeye, principalis
(1284), 9, 282.
Steph. de Cornubia (1307), 117.
Nic. de Luceby, custos (1338), 316.
Ioh. de Pokelinton, custos (1332),
148.
Hugo de Corbrigge (1342), 135.
Thomas Tyrwhit (1379, 1394), 29,
163.
Thomas Chace (1411, 1416), 150,
123.
Rob. Burley, magister sive custos
(1427), 152.
Ioh. Segden (1472), 126.
Ric. Barnyngham (1497), 171.
Will. White (1530), 128.
George Cotes (1542), 164.
James Broke (1550), 156.
William Wright (1556), 130.
Robert Hoper (1566), 156.
John Pers (1570), 157.
Edmund Lyllye (1589), 207.
Balliol College, the first chapel, 360.
( new chapel' in 1495, 335.
Balliol Hall, New, 20-4.
Old, 20-4.
Balliolo, domina de, 6-10.
Balliolo, Ioh. de, 10, 11, 12, 14, 280,
281, 324-9, 331, 333.
Hugh his son, 328.
-, John his son, 12.
Balliolo, Stephanus de, 329.
Baly College, 97.
Baly, see Balymason.
Balyhale, 46.
Balymason, Ioh., 39, 215, 245, 246.
Banbury, 316.
Banbury, Ioh. (= Burton, Ioh.), 35, 36.
Bancum regis, 9.
Bandinell, rev. Bulkeley, 240.
Barbour, Clement, 70.
Barbour, mag. Ioh., 70.
Barbour, Will., 38, 48, 49.
Bardelbi, Rob. de, III, 112.
Bardelby, Rob. de, 114, 115.
Baret, Ioh., 59.
Baret, Thomas, 47, 200, 201, 256.
Barker, Ioh., 246.
Barnes, John, 181, 224.
Barnyngham,
216, 335.
Ricardus, 40, 41, 171,
Barton, William, 194.
Bartone, Ioh. de, 42, 43.
Bartone, Rob. de, 252.
William his son, 252, 253.
Bartone, Thomas, 184, 193, 259.
Barwyk, Hen., 38, 214. See Berwyke.
Bath and Wells, bishop of, 106.
Baulden, see Baldon.
Bautre, Steph. de, 205.
Alice his wife, 205.
Bayle, Rog., 38.
Bayley, mr. John, 340.
Bayley, dr. Richard, 83, 340.
Baylimason, see Balymason.
Baylye, dr. Walter, 157.
Beamond, Rob., 319.
Beaufrount, 136, 139, 140.
Beaule, Ioh., 200, 201.
Beaumont palace, 220 n.
Beaumonts, the, 226.
Becheye, Thos. de, 231.
Rose his wife, 231.

Bedeford, Ioh. de, 175, 176, 184, 188.
Bedeford, Ioh., 205.
Bedeford, Thos. de, 120.
-, Agnes his wife, 120.
Bedford, Edward, 209.
Beke's Inn, 93.
Bekenesfelde, Ioh., 235, 257.
Beknesfeld, Ioh. de, 45.
Bell, John, 76, 343.
Bell, Will., 335.
Belle, Iohannes, 335.
Belsire, Alexander, 135.
Belsow, 332.
Belyall College, 89.
Bemonde, 245.
Benedict, Simon son of, 31. See Beneyt.
Benedictus Caus, 99.
Benedictus de la Corner, 99.
Benedictus de Wintonia, 99.
Benedictus le Eveske, 99.
Banger, Ciceley, 179.
Banger, George, 178.
Banstead, Surrey, So.
Barangarum, Ioh. 26.
Barber, Alanus le, 183.
John his son, 183.
Barbor, Rob. le, 56.
Beneseye, Rob. de, 261.
Benet, Hugo, 192, 193.
Beneyt, Christopher, 31.
Beneyt, Rogerus, 233.
Beneyt, Simon, 42.
Beneyth, Ric., II.
Benford, Edward, 77, 79, 343.
INDEX
369
Benford, John, 77, 79, 343.
Benham, Ioh., 176.
Benham, Walterus, 185, 200, 201, 212.
Bennett, Tobias, 225.
Bennett, William, 84, 85.
Bentham, Elizabeth, 218.
Bentham, rev. Thomas, 226, 227, 346.
Bentley, Mary, 181.
Bentley, Thomas, 180.
Benwell, Thomas, 241.
Benyngworth, Thomas, 266.
Bereford, Ioh. de, 175, 205, 256.
-, Agnes his wife, 256.
Bereford, Ioh., sen., 207.
jun., 206, 207.
Berforde, Ioh., 212.
Berforde, Ioh., sen., 271, 272, 273.
,
Iohanna his wife, 273.
jun., his son, 271, 272.
Berewyke, Hen. de, 16.
Bergeuený, Will., 200.
Berkele, Ric. de, 16, 142, 145, 146, 168,
275.
Berkhampsted, Samuel de, 99, 101.
Berkley, Ric. de, 161.
Bernard, see Castre Bernard.
Bernard College (white monks), 212.
Bernicestria, see Bicester.
Bernyngham, see Barnyngham.
Berryman, Ric., 178.
Bertone, see Bartone.
Bertram, Robertus, 12.
Berwyke, Hen., 63, 214.
Berwyke, Hen. de, 230.
Berwyke, see Barwyk.
Best, Ioh., 128.
Best, John, 180.
Betts, Letitia, 240.
Betts, Thomas, 240.
Beuerle, Ioh. de, 15, 107.
Beufront, see Beaufrount.
Beumond, Hen. de, 56.
Bicester, prior of, 138, 139.
Bicester Priory, 160 n.
Bigenhulle, Will. de, 42, 253.
Cristina his wife, 42.
Billing, Thomas, 183.
>
Robert his son, 183.
Billyng, Robertus, 183.
Dionisia his wife, 183.
Matilda his wife, 166–9.
Binne, Iohannes, 166–170.
Birincestre, Will. de, 146, 147.
See
Burcestre, Burncestre.
Bischoptone, Ioh. de, 147, 171, 253.
Bishop of Oxford, Registrar of, 88.
Bishopseyt Mead, 245, 252, 261, 263.
Black Nag, the, 79, 342.
Bladen, Andreas de, 44.
Bladene, Will. de, 242, 254.
Bladone, Will. de, 252.
Blake, Elizabeth, 247.
Blake, William, 247.
Blakethorne, Ioh., 38, 214, 268.
Blancmuster, Thos. de, 204.
Blaxhale, Ioh. de, 198.
Blebyry, Rob. de, 169.
Blockele, Ioh. de, 56.
Elena his daughter, 56.
Blockele, Ric. de, 55, 56.
Bloxham, Willelmus, 177.
Blue Boar Lane, 93, 94.
Blunt, Andreas, 191.
Blunt, mr., 210.
Blythebury, Will., 60-3.
—, Agnes his wife, 62.
Bocke, Alicia, 257.
Bocke, Iohannes, 257.
Bocke, Iuliana, 257.
Bodin, Emma, 166.
Bokbynder, Thomas, 271.
Bolebec, Isabella de, 204.
Bolehurste, Thomas de, 65.
Bolt, John, 248.
Bladene, Ric. de, 231, 233.
B b
Bolton, Rog. de, 199.
Bonefey fil. Lumbardi, Jew, 99.
Bonkis (Bonkes), Will. de, 17, 18.
Borewald, Dionisia, 95, 108.
Borghe, see Burghe.
Borham, Ioh. de, rector of Leeghe, 105,
109-15.
Borouhtone, Martinus de, 69.
Boset, Ioh., 273.
Bost, Ioh. filius Willelmi, 23, 43, 65,
149, 221, 232, 233.
Bost, Rob. fil Walteri, 56.
Bost, Rog., 42.
Bost, Thomas, 15, 19, 42, 43, 56, 65,
221, 231-3, 242, 254, 261.
,
Isolda daughter of, 56, 231–3.
Bost, Walterus, 2-5, 7, 9, 12, 17, 18,
20, 23, 65, 139, 231, 233, 234, 253.
——, Joan wife of, 233.
John son of, 234.
Walter son of, 42.
Bost, Willelmus, 12, 43, 65, 149, 221,
232, 233.
Botel, 279, 325.
Boteler Lane, 202.
Bothale, 12.
Bourde, Will., 266.
Bourghe, Ric., 34, 222, 255, 256.
-, Joan his wife, 222.
Bourton, Gilbertus, 245.
Bourtone Anneys, 135.
Bowell, mr., 251.
Bowell, Robert, 350.
Bowell, Thomas, 178, 251,
Martha his wife, 178.
370
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIÓL COLLEGE
Bromptone, Will., 191, 207, 212.
Bramptone, Bremptone.
Bowes, mag. Thomas, 234, 235.
Bowis, Thos. de, 233–5.
bowling alley, 155.
Bowne, Walterus, 36, 47, 185, 206.
Bowyer, Ioh' le, 104.
Bowyer, Ric. le, 104.
Bowys, see Bowis.
Boyden, Alice, 86, 89.
Brackele, Rob. de, 13, 17-19, 56, 139,
144, 231.
Agnes wife of, 56.
Thomas son of, 56.
Bradele, Petrus de, 141.
Brademere, Ioh., 267, 273, 274.
Bradewelle, Ric., 192.
Bradewelle, Thos. de, 69.
Bradford, Edmund, 87, 88, 341.
--, Dorothy his wife, 87, 88, 341.
Bradley (or Brodley), John, 127, 128,
130, 131.
Bradley, Rog., 96, 129.
Braithwaite, Edmund, 250.
Brakeley, see Brackele.
Brampton, Ric. de, 197, 198.
Agnes his mother, 198.
- Amisia his wife, 198, 199.
Bramptone, Hen. de, 21, 42, 43, 66,
221, 232, 242, 253, 254.
Bramptone, Steph. de, 60.
Bramptone, Will. de, 20, 22, 23, 24,
26, 44, 55, 65, 67, 191, 192, 213,
233, 235, 268. See Bremptone,
Bromptone.
Bramtone, Ioh. de, 20.
Brandone, Will., 63.
Braywell, Stephanus, 38, 39, 40, 63,
214, 215, 245, 266-9.
Iuliana his wife, 266-9.
Bredeshat, 121.
Bredeshot, 94.
Brehull, Ioh. de, 188.
Brehulle, Galf., 176, 177, 178.
Brempton, Will. de, 12. See Brampton.
Bremptone, Hen. de, 43.
Brewer Street, 203.
Bridgewater, mr., 251.
Bridgewater, William, 249.
Briscoe, Edward, 180.
Bristol, 12.
Bristol Buildings, 361.
Bristowe, Ioh., 193.
Broadwater, Richard, 225.
Brochat, 121.
Brodley, Ioh., 127, 128. See Bradley.
Broelde, dom., 320.
Broke, James, 156.
Broke, Thomas atte, 184, 185.
Brokelesby, Will. de, 24, 25.
Brom, Adam de, rector of Handes-
worthe, 110-13, 116.
Bromfeld, Ioh. de, 114.
Brooke, Edward, 224.
Brooks, Edmond, 179.
Brooks, mr., 351.
Brooks, Thomas, 202.
Brouptone, mag. Ioh., 70.
Brown, mr., 250.
Brown, Thomas, 180.
Browne, John, 82.
Browne, mag., 320.
Browning, James, 180.
Browning, Jonathan, 180.
Brunfeld, Will., 263.
Brus, Petrus de, 326.
Brus, Rob., 24, 26.
Brus, Rob. le, 67.
Brut, Ioh., 176.
Bruyby, Willelmus, 70.
Bryant, mr., 251.
Brygham, Ricardus, 194.
Brygurdelmaker, Laurencius, 257.
Buck', Ioh., 243, 244.
Buckenhulle, Rob. de, 261.
Buckingham, Alice, 240.
Buckingham, Richard, 239, 240, 346.
Budde, Iuliana, 64.
Buggeworthe, Thos. de, 263.
Bukke, Ioh., 235, 255, 256.
,
Juliana his wife, 255, 256.
Bukyngham, Will., 197.
Buneseye, Rob. de, 233.
Burbrigge, Ioh., 47.
Burcestre, Agnes de, 243, 244.
See
Burcestre, Will., 23, 43, 60, 65, 148,
168, 183, 190, 254.
Burcetre, Ioh. de, 242.
Burecestria, Will. de, 232, 233.
Burencestria, Will. de, 140.
Burgeis, Will. (= Eu), 13.
Burgess Mead, 247, 248, 250.
Burghe, Galf., 222.
Burghe, Ric., 32, 33, 258.
Burley, Rob., 30, 150, 152.
Burncestre, Will. de, 54, III, 112, 158.
Burnecestre, Will. le, 187, 253, 275.
Burnel, Edwardus, 109-15.
Burnel, Philippus, 109, 112.
Burnel, Robertus, 106, 112.
Burnel, mag. Will., 91-5, 99, 100,
104-12, 117, 118.
Burnel's Inn, 91-135, 174.
burnet, 104.
Burnham, Ric. de, 167.
Burrows, William Eaton, 249.
Burton, Ioh. (= Banbury, Ioh.), 35, 36,
174, 176–8.
Alice his wife, 176.
Burton, mag. Ioh., 335.
INDEX
371
Burton, Peter, 180.
Burtone, Gilb., 36, 37, 49, 62, 192, 212,
213, 216, 266, 267.
Burure, Ric., 257.
Burutone, Ioh. de, 29.
Burwold, see Borewald.
Bury, liber Ricardi de, 335.
Busshe, Ioh., 212, 213.
Ralf his son, 213.
But, Nicholaus, 4.
Butcher Row, 350.
Butler, Robert, 217.
Buttyll, Thomas, 194.
Bygenhulle, see Bigenhull.
Bylyolhalle, 30.
Bynne, see Binne.
Byscopeseyte,
Bishopseyt.
Bysshopeseyte,
see
Byshopstone, see Bischoptone.
Bysshope, Bartholomeus, 258, 259.
Caesar, Henry, 74.
Caesar, sir Julius, 74.
Caesar's Lodgings, 74, 75, 78, 79, 342,
362.
Caldecote, Rog. de, 12.
Cale, John, 180.
Camesale, dom. Ric. de, 141, 285.
Camhowe, Walt. de, II, 12.
Candich, 29, 33, 34.
Candida Casa, H. bishop of, 331.
Cane, Douenaldus filius, 331.
Canis, Aaron, 103.
Cansey, mag. Thomas, 34.
Canterbury, 76.
Robert, archbishop of, 337.
Christ Church, prior of, 162-4.
Thomas, prior of, 163.
Canterbury College, 158, 161–3.
warden of, 163.
Canterbury Gate, 157.
Cantilupo, Will. de, 204.
Cantuaria, Ric. de, 220.
—, Alianore his wife, 70.
Cantwell, Mary, 78, 343.
Capel, Iohannes, 183.
Capelayn, Hen., 37, 38, 48.
Joan his wife, 37, 48.
Capellanus, Ranulphus, 4.
Caplane, Henry, 33.
Cardinal College, the building of, 96.
Cardinal's hat, 73-80, 344, 362.
Cari, see Cary.
Carlil, Ioh., 221.
Joan his wife, 221.
Carlisle, bp. of, 310.
Carmelite friars, 212, 220 m., 224.
Carpenter, Edward, 202.
Carter, Richard, 203.
Carter, Robert, 97, 127, 131.
Cary, Hugo, 109, 158.
Cary, Ricardus, 21, 23, 60, 65, 136,
137, 146, 147, 188-90, 253.
Cary, see Kary.
Castle, George, 181.
Castre Bernard, Ioh. de, 8.
Castrum Bernardi, 325, 326.
Catharine, the chapel of St., 142.
Catharine Wheel, the, see Katharine.
Catour, Will. le, 16, 142, 145, 161,
168.
Catstrete, 273.

Caus, Benedictus, Jew, 99, 1OI.
——, Pye, wife of, 99.
Caute, Rob. de, 26.
Cave, Jane, 74.
Cave, Thos. de, 24, 25.
Cave, Walter, 75, 77, 343.
Cavendish, Willelmus, 165.
Celer, Ric. atte, 62, 258.
Cesar's Lodging, see Caesar's.
Chace, Ioh', 62.
Chace, Thos., 30, 62, 123, 150-2.
Chambers, George, 238.
Chancellor, house of the, 7.
Chancellor of Oxford, seal of, 7, 30, 286,
303, 364.
Chandiche, see Candich.
Chandler, Gilbert, 209.
Chandless, Thomas, 226.
Chapeler, Nic. le, 65.
Chapman, Nicholas, 178.
Charles II, 28.
Chatur, see Catour.
Chauntre, Thomas, 201.
Chemere Hall, see Chimere Hall.
Chert, Willelmus, 163.
Cheselhamtone, see Chiselhamptone.
Chichester, 82.
Childe, Thomas, 60.
Chillingworth, Mary, 248.
Chillingworth, Richard, 248-50.
Chillingworth, mr., 252, 349.
Chiltune, Randulphus de, 102, 103.
Chimere Hall, 136, 157, 159, 160, 161,
163.
Chircheerd, Ioh., 48.
Chiselhampton, Adam de, 31, 32, 33,
44, 46, 55, 57, 66, 67, 222, 235, 243,
244, 260, 262-5.
Chiselhampton, Agnes, 49.
Chiselhampton,
William, 35.
John, brother of
Chiselhampton, Isabella wife of Adam,
32, 44, 57, 235, 243, 244, 262-5.
Chiselhampton, Iuliana, 49.
Chiselhampton, Rob. de, 31, 35-46,
48, 72, 245, 265.
Chiselhampton, Will. de, 33-6, 45-7,
58, 67, 244, 255, 263.
B b 2
372
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
Chiselhampton, William son of Adam
de, 32, 235, 262-5.
Chiselhamptone, John, son of William,
244.
Chiselhamptone, Margaret, wife of
William, 34-6, 45−7.
Chiselhamptone, Robert, son of Wil-
liam, 244.
Chiselhamtone, Ioh., 265.
Chiselhamtone, Iuliana, wife of Robert,
36-40, 46, 47, 245.
Choppere, Robertus, 263.
Juliana his wife, 263.
Chymer Hall, see Chimere Hall.
Chyselhampton, see Chiselhampton.
Chyslamptone, see Chiselhamptone.
Cissor, Ioh., 100.
Cissor, Nicolaus, 103.
Cissor, see Scissor.
Civil Law School, 126.
Civil School Lane, 96.
Claneuelde, Rob. de, 184.
Civil School Street, 93.
Clare, in Pyrton, Oxfordshire.
See
Clayore.
Clarkeson, Thomas, 194.
Clavering, Ioh. de, 333.
Claymond, Ioh., 313, 314.
Clayore, Oxfordshire, 35, 262.
Cleaver, John, .250.
Clement, Ioh., 234, 235.
Clement, Iuliana, 234.
Clement, Walterus, 69.
Clement VI, 299.
Clericus, Galfridus, 104.
Clericus, Thomas, 118, 144, 183, 275.
Clerk, Ioh., 38, 49, 216, 259, 269,
270.
Cleve, Ioh., 268.
Cleyore, see Clayore.
Clifford, Richard, 95, 123.
Clipstone Regis, 170.
Clothale, R. de, 336.
Clyfford, Ioh., 201.
Cnaresburg, Will. de, 21, 43, 67, 231,
261. See Knarisborow.
Coates, John, 88.
Coates, Simon, 87, SS, 90, 341.
——, Dorothy his wife, 88.
Cockeswelle, Rad. de, 105.
Cocks Row, 251.
Codeshale, Will. de, 67, 176-8, 200,
201, 205, 256.
Coke, Matheus, 39, 245.
Cokewoldes Hall, 136.
Cole, Martinus, 184, 185.
-, Agnes his wife, 184, 185.
Cole, Ric., 265.
Colesbourne, Will. de, 107.
Coleshulle, Ioh. de, 15, 18, 95, 104, III,
112, 118, 119, 144, 152, 168, 182,
183, 220, 253, 275.
Coleshulle, Nic. de, 3, 93, 108.
Colet, Walterus, 207.
Colishulle, Colleshulle, see Coleshulle.
Collier, Richard, 180.
Colsilhille, Colsulle, see Coleshulle.
Colton, Jonathan, 179.
Colushulle, see Coleshulle.
Colynge, Rog., 70.
Alianore his wife, 70.
Colyns, Ioh., 41.
Cooke, Matheus, 259.
Cooke, Simon, 70.
Cooke, Will., 35–7, 70, 213.
Cooke, alias Doke, Will., 62.
Cooke, William, 251.
Cooper, Benjamin, 88.
Cooper, mr., 226.
Coot, Georgius, 320.
Corbrigge, Hugo de, 135.
Cordewanarius, Ric., 143.
Cordon, Ricardus, 266.
Cornere, Benedictus de la, 99, 101.
Cornubia, dom. Steph. de, 117, 118,
141.
Coruasia, 219.
Cosin, mag. Rob., 319, 320.
Cosingtone, Ric. de, 146.
Costan, James, 210.
Costard, Ioh., 103.
Cotes, Georgius, 164, 165.
Cotyngham, Thos. de, 25.
Coueley, Egidius de, 257.
Couele, Ioh. de, 42.
Couele, preceptor de, 220.
Couentre, Thos., 37, 191, 192, 213, 267,
268, 273, 274.
Coupere, Walterus le, 66.
Courtyer, Alice, 236, 238.
Couyntre, Ioh. de, 176.
Cowley, Templars of, 221 n.
Cox, Thomas, 187, 352.
Coyte, Richard, 186.
Crafford, Edward, 195.
Mary his wife, 195.
Crassale, see Cressale.
Craumford, Will. de, 234.
Crauncewyck (Crauntewyk), Ioh. de,
2I-4.
Crawford, Edward, 195.
Creclawe, 284.
Cressale, Will., 32-4, 45, 256.
Crickelade, Lumbardus de, 99.
Criditone, Paulinus de, 20, 65, 144.
Cripps, Henry, 208, 209.
Cripps, Robert, 208, 349.
Croft, Ioh. de, 325.
Croidone, Rob., 197.
Croke, Nicholaus, 193.
INDEX
373
Crompe, Will., 143.`
Croney, James, 226.
Elizabeth his wife, 226.
208.
Cross Keys Inn, 179, 351.
Crosseley, mrs.,
Crown, the, 351.
Croxford, Ioh. de, 181, 253.
Croxforde, Nicholaus, 254, 258.
Isabella his wife, 258.
Richard his son, 258.
Crozier, John, 180.
Crozier, Maria, 181.
Crumwell, Thomas, lord, 131, 133.
Cuddyng, Ioh., 232, 233.
Cully, William, 209, 226.
Culter, see Quilter.
Culverd, Andreas, 56, 101, 105, 118,
158, 159.
Culverd, Ioh., 3, 9, 17, 65, 101, 144,
149, 174, 175, 220, 221, 231.
— —, Dionisia his wife, 175, 177, 178.
Culverd, see Kilvert.
Cumber, John, 202.
Cumnor, 184, 185.
Cumtone, Ioh. de, 230.
Curtelingtone, Ioh. de, 252.
Curteys, Thomas, 4.
Curtis, Mary Ann, 180.
Cutliffe, Edward, 181.
Cuulter, see Quilter.
Cuxham, rector of, 208.
Cysson, Thomas, 223.
Dadington, Ric. de, 56, 58, 64, 65.
Matilda his wife, 64.
Dadyntone, Ioh. de, 176, 205.
Daggevyle, Thos., 213.
Daggevyle (Dagville, Dagvyle), Will.,
46, 47, 184, 185, 200, 201, 206, 245,
246, 259.
Dalgarnoe, mr., 345.
Daltona, Will. de, 11.
Damarie, Ioh', 69.
—, Elizabeth, daughter of, 69.
Dammori (Dammary, Dammory), Ric.,
31, 57, 263.
Daniell, John, 194.
Danvers, Anne, 319.
Daton, Thomas, 257.
Daundesey (Dawnseye), Walterus, 37,
72, 150, 185, 191, 201, 207, 266,
268, 273.
Davies, mr., 353.
Davis, John, 196.
Dawson, John, 239.
Dawton, mag. Ioh., 335.
Day, Nicholas, 217.
Day, Richard, 217, 346.
Dean, Richard, 179.
Deane, mr., 343.
Deghere, Walterus le, 188. See Dyer.
Deighere, see Dieghere.
Dene, Thomas, 273, 274.
Derham, Andreas de, 104.
Derluff, Randulphus, 216.
Deroussier, mrs., 18o.
Dervorgulla, Dervergulla, Dervorguilla,
Derwelgulla, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 277,
281, 300, 331. See Devorguilla,
Doruerguilla.
Despenser, Hugh le, 91, 92.
Deverill, Charles, 209.
Devorguilla, 9.
Dew, John, 345.
Dewe, Richard, 226.
Dewey, William, 202.
Deye, Rob., 32-4, 45, 223, 255, 256,
264, 265.
Deyer, Ioh. le, 190.
Dieghere, Iob. le, 58, 67, 68, 265.
Emma his wife, 58, 67, 68,
265.
Dispensarius, Galfridus, 204.
Dobbys, Ioh., 269.
Dockenfield, Hants, 82.
Dodeforde, Íoh. de, 13, 15, 65.
Doke, alias Cooke, Will., 36, 61, 62,
212.
Dokelington's Inn, 94.
Dokelintone, Ioh. de, 15, 16, 94, III,
112, 118, 119, 140, 142, 145, 147,
159, 161, 168, 171, 183, 254, 275.
Dolphin, the, 91, 92, 95, 96, 130, 132,
134.
Dorchester, abbot and convent of, 153.
Doruerguilla, 280.
Douk', see Doke.
Douvylle, Will., 274.
Elizabeth his wife, 274.
Doxenford, see Oxenford.
Driffeld, Rob. de, 91, 95, 104, 108,
109.
Driffeld, Rog. de, 104.
Drihulle, Rob. de, 167.
Drought, Henry, 203.
Drought, Mary, 203.
Dryhulle, Rob. de, 169.
Duc, see Doke.
Duclingtone, see Dokelintone.
Duke, see Doke.
Dukelyntone, see Dokelintone.
Dundreynan, abbas de, 331.
Durham, Andreas de, 19, 220.
Durham, Antony, bishop of, II.
Durham, Richard, bishop of, 286, 298.
Durham College, 15, 17, 136.
——, the prior of, 289, 297.
Durling, William, 350.
Durling, widow, 179.
Dyar, Ricardus, 184.
B b 3
374 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
Dyer, Ric., 212.
Dyer, Thomas, 251.
Dyer, Walter le, 26. See Deghere.
Ealing, Middlesex, 218.
Eaton, Elizabeth, 180.
Eaton, Lucas, 225.
Eaton, mrs., 237, 240.
Eaton, Richard Hayes, 180.
Eaton, Thomas, 180, 351.
Eaton, William, 180.
Edrope, Hen. de, 65.
Edward II, 159, 170.
Edward I, 12, 13, 99, 105.
Edwards, John, 210.
Edwards, Richard, 224.
Edwini, Thos. fil. Thome fil., 101.
Edwyni, Thomas fil., 103.
Eggesclif, Ioh. de, 329.
Eightacre (Ehyteacre), 232-5.
Elde Baillol halle, 24.
Elkyns, Thomas, 38.
Ellis, Hugh, 74, 77-9, 342.
Ellis's Lodging, So.
Engleby, 333.
Erdyngtone, 148.
Erintona, Ioh' de, II.
Erneby, Walterus de, 42, 66.
Erneby, Will. de, 252.
Especer, Ioh. le, 2.
Espicer, Ric. le, 101, 140.
Espicer, Will. le, 2-5, 7, 10, 144. See
Spicer.
Essebery, Ioh., 244.
Esseborn, John de, 55.
Essingdene, Rad. de, 12.
Estbury, Ioh., 213.
Estrop (Eastrop), 189.
Etoneweye, 232-5.
Eu (Ew, Ho, Ow, Oe, O.), Ioh. de, 2-4,
6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17-20, 101, 104,
105, 107, 139, 144, 158, 159, 221, 231.
Ioh. filius Willelmi, 4
Petrus de, 187, 189, 190.
Phillipus de, 3, 4, 7, 10, 15, 17-19,
IOI, 104, 105, 107, 139, 144, 158,
159, 220, 221, 231, 261.
Phil. filius Willelmi de, 2.
Thomas de, 4–9, II.
Will. de, 2, 3.
Euer, Hugo de, 11, 12, 283-5, 327,
329, 331, 333.
Euer, Stephanus de, 283, 284, 331.
Euerard, Ioh., 43.
Euerdone, Thomas, 271, 272.
Euere, Eure, see Euer.
Evans, Daniel, 249.
Eveske, Benedictus le, Jew, 99, 101.
Sarra, wife of, 99.
Ew, see Eu.
Ewayn, see Oweyn.
Ewelme, 43, 44:
Ewelme, Rob. de, 10.
Ewelme, Rob. del, 3.
Ewyn, see Oweyn.
Exedre Lane, 151, 153.
Exeter, bishop of, 193, 194.
Neville.
the treasurer of, 204.
Exeter College, 31, 151, 153.
Schools, 153.
tenement of, 81.
Exeter Hall, 136, 148–50.
See
Eynesham, Ioh. de, 16, 20, 231. See
Sclatter, Ioh. le.
Eynesham, Ric. de, 187.
Eynsham, 315.
Fabian, Ioh., 26.
Facherel, Ioh., 256–8.
Falele, Ioh. de, 189.
Falkner, Joseph, 180.
Falle (Falley), Ioh. de, 21, 26, 44, 175,
182, 188.
Faluus, Hugo, 143.
Farendone, Walterus de, 21, 189.
Farendone, Will. de, 143.
Margaret his daughter, 143.
Farmer, Robert, 250.
Farnelawe, Thos. de, 25, 26.
Farrendone, Ioh. fil. Iohannis de, 56.
Faryndone, see Farendone.
Faulere, Walterus, 257.
Faulkner, Daniel, 179.
Faulore, Walterus, 263.
Feckenham, 116.
Feild, William, 78, 79.
Felton, Will. de, 299.
Feltone, Ioh., 38, 48, 49, 213, 214.
Fenne, Adam de la, 43, 44.
Alice his wife, 43, 44.
Isabella his daughter, 44.
Fenne, Isabella atte (= de la), 44.
Feteplace, Adam, 103, 104.
Feteplace, Ioh., 120.
Feteplace, Ioh. filius Walteri, 14, 15.
Feteplace, Walterus, 2, 5, 8, 9, 14, 16.
Filekyng, Ioh., 220.
fine in Hustengs court, 23.
fines, the system of leases with, 339.
Finmore, Jane, 179.
Finmore, mrs., 351.
Finmore, Richard, 179.
fire of 1644, the, 350, 352.
Fish Street, 93.
Fisher's Building, 361.
Fitz-Aleyn, Ioh., 268.
Fitz-Count, Alanus, 328, 339, 331, 333.
Fitz-Roberts, Ioh., 127.
Fletcher, Dorothy, 350.
INDEX
375
Fletcher, Ellinor, 350.
Fletcher, John, 350.
Fletcher, Mary, 218.
Floria, Jewess, 99.
Floyd, Ann, 247.
Floyd, Richard, 86.
Fodringeye, 8, 327, 328.
Fodringeye, Walt. de, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18,
159, 167-9, 171, 282, 283, 285, 330,
332, 333.
Foliot, Ric., 328.
Folke, see Fulke.
Forbur, Ioh. le, 220.
Ford, Richard, rev., 218.
Ford, William, rev., 218, 346.
Forde, Rob. de, 169.
Foresthulle, see Forsthulle.
Forster, Edmundus, 223.
Forster, Ioh., 46, 245, 258.
Forsthulle, Nich. de, 198, 242.
Forsthulle, Thos., 46, 245.
Fostar, Edmundus, 224.
Foster, Charles, 180.
Foster, mag. Ioh., 319.
Fouke, Ioh., 42, 53.
Foukes, Alicia, 56.
Franckeuile, Nic. de, 325.
Frankleyn, Will., 192.
Franklin, Catharine, 218.
Franklin, Jeremiah, 218, 346.
Fraunceys, Ioh., 107.
Frauncis, dom., 320.
Free, Ioh., 215, 216.
Freer (Frere), see Freur.
Frekyngtone, mag. Ioh., 302.
Fretewelle, 170.
Freur, William, 97, 127, 128.
Friars, legacy to, 34.
Friars Minors, see Frekyngtone, Ioh.;
Leycestria, Rob. de; Slikeburne, R. de.
Friars Preachers, 101, 102.
Frith, Elizabeth, 236.
Frogley, Joseph, 209.
Fulke, Ricardus, 245, 254-6, 258, 259.
Fykays, Galfridus, 20, 21.
John his son, 20.
Richard his son, 20.
Thomas his son, 20.
Fykays, Margeria, 21.
Galewythia (Galwedia, Galewad'), 8,
9, 10, 277, 279, 279 n.
Galewythia, Dervorgwylla de, 7.
Galfridus elemosinarius, 204.
Gamage, Hen. de, 42, 101, 219.
Agatha his wife, 219.
Gamage, Juliana, 95, 100.
Gamage, Reginaldus, 103.
Gamage, Rob. de, 219.
— —, Alice his wife, 219.
Gamage Hall, 49.
Gamel, Henry, 58.
Gamell, Thomas, 72.
Gandauuo, Symon de, 11.
Garbrand, mrs., 208.
Garbrand, Toby, 208.
Gardener, Robertus, 123.
Emma his wife, 123.
Garderobe, Ric. de la, 101.
Gardiner, Robert, 179, 351.
Garnett, Anthony, 82, 86.
Garsindone, Ioh. de, 143.
Garstone, Ricardus, 35-7, 46, 47, 150,
177, 178, 184, 185, 191, 200, 201,
206, 207, 212, 245, 258.
Gartone, see Gurtone.
Gascoyn, Agnes, 37.
Gascoyne, Ioh., 32.
Gascoyne, Robertus, 32, 37.
Gayton, Edmund, 75.
Geereing, Augustin, 179.
Geffray, Rob., 38.
Geffrays, Ric., 261.
Joan his wife, 261.
Genellestone, Will. de, 326.
Gentylman, Will., 246, 271.
George Hall, 93.
Gerlaund, Nicholaus, 175.
Germano, see Sancto Germano.
Gersindone, Rog. de, 242.
Gersingdone, Nic. de, 3, 65.
Gerueys, Will., 206.
Gibbes, Ioh., 67, 72, 177, 178, 200,
201, 256.
Gibbes, Thomas, 150, 191, 207, 268,
273.
Gibbons, William, 181.
Gibbys, see Gibbes.
Gilbert, Mary, 179.
Gilbothyn, Gilespoc filius, 325.
Giles, Thomas, 249.
Gloucester Hall, 236.
Gloucestre, Ioh., 223, 224.
Gloucestre, Simon de, 22, 23, 137, 149,
190.
Gloucestria, Vives de, 99, 108.
Glover, Matheus, 63.
Glynton, Edward, 178.
Godale, Petrus, 219.
Goddard, Thomas, 250, 251.
Godeshale, see Codeshale.
Godfrey, Frank, 187.
Godfrey, Gilbert, 250.
Godfrey, Ric. Chillingworth, 251.
Godstow, abbess and convent of, 242,
254-7, 258, 259.
- Abbey, 96, 97-
Golde, Richard, 236, 238.
Golde, Thomas, 235, 238.
Golde, Walterus, 56.
376 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
Golden Cross Inn, 94.
Goldesborghe, Antonius de, 199.
Goldsmyth, Ioh., 263.
Goodman, Will., 72.
Gotham, Will. de, 111, 140, 141, 145,
159.
Gotham, Will. de, rector of Hethere,
113.
Gough, William, 207.
Gould, Alice, 236.
Grainger, Henry, 180.
Grandorge, Rogerus, 260.
Granger, Thos. le, 143.
Grantpunt, Thos. de, 3.
Grasier, Rog., 271.
Grasiere, Rad. le, 187.
Grasiere, Ricardus le, 187.
— —, Matildis his wife, 187.
Grauelee, Rob. de, 22.
Greek Hall, see Grek Hall.
Green, Elizabeth, 180.
Greene, Ioh., 206.
Greenway, John, 179.
Greenwood, widow, 179.
Grek Hall, 95, 107, 124.
Grenstede, Gilb. de, 147, 167, 169.
Grenstede, Ric., 167.
Grettone, Ioh. de, 32-4, 44, 45, 57,
5S, 67, 223, 235, 242-4, 254-6,
261-5.
Grettone, Rob. de, 103, 104.
Griffin, Richard, 236, 238.
Grimstede, see Grenstede.
Grindere, Rob., 182.
Grittone, see Grettone.
Grom, Iohannes, 33, 45, 200, 264.
Groue, Ioh., 200.
Grove, Balliol College, 90.
Trinity College, 91.
Gruttone, see Grettone.
Gryffyth, Will., 246.
Gryme, Thomas, 207.
Grymmesbury, 235.
Gubyun, Hugo, 12.
Guer, Stephanus, 329.
Gunwarby, Ioh. de, 242.
Gurdlere, Ioh. le, 54.
Gurdlere, Isabella le, 221.
Gurtone, Philippus, 174, 259.
Gybbes, see Gibbes.
Gylne, Owen, S4.
Gynindale, Thos. de, 188.
Hacsofte, Stephanus, 192.
Hakebourne, Ioh. de, 107.
Hakeburne, Ioh., 205, 206.
-, Joan his wife, 205.
Hakeburne, Will. de, 42, 254.
Haket, Alicia, 103.
Haket, Willelmus, 103.
Hale, mag. Ioh., 128.
Halegod, Simon, 174.
Hall, James, 88, 89.
Hall, William, ISO.
Halls: see
Alban Hall.
Beke's Inn.
Burnel's Inn.
Chimer Hall.
Gamage Hall.
George Hall.
Gloucester Hall.
Greek Hall.
Hert Hall.
Hertheved Hall.
Lomb Hall.
Marey's Hall.
Margaret Hall.
Mauger Hall.
Patrik Hall.
Racke Hall.
St. Hugh's Hall.
St. Margaret
Hall.
Saucer Hall.
Ship Hall.
Sparrow Hall.
Ham, Joseph, 197, 353.
Hammertone, Will., 266-70.
Hammond, William, 82.
Hammond's Lodgings, 28, 31, S1, 340,
360, 361.
Hamo equals Hamundus, 71.
Hampshire Hog, the, 237.
Hampton, Ioh. de, 54, 65, 140, 182,
183, 232, 233, 275.
Hampton, Rad. de, 107.
Hamptone, Will., 258, 259.
Hampton Gay, 179.
Hampton Poyle, 85.
Hamtona, Rob. de, 325.
Hancks, William, 76, 179, 342, 351.
Handy, John, Sr.
Haneberge, Pet. de, 15, 145.
Hanks, Thomas, 181.
Hanrethe, Nic. de, 104.
Hanson, Richard (1572), 157.
—, (1706), 179.
Hanwell, John, 239, 240, 347.
Hanwell, mrs., 251.
Harastone, Ioh. de, 234, 235.
Harburfeld, see Herberfeld.
Harcla, Hen. de, 110, 111, 112, 171.
Hardaway, Elizabeth, 196.
Hardaway, Susanna, 196.
Hardinge, William, 235.
Hardyng, Ioh., 273, 274.
Hare, Jane, 247.
Hargreave, Major, 218.
Harkes, Garbrand, 157, 207.
Harkes (alias Garbrand), Toby, 208.
Harkla, see Harcla.
Harle, Ric. de, 112.
Harmwell, Ioh., 126.
Harper, Will., 257.
Harpour, Walter, 70.
Harreys, Ioh., beadle, 270.
Harris, Charles, 346.
Harris, Thomas, 180, 181.
Harris, William, 179.
Harrison, mr., 86.
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INDEX
Harrison, sir Robert, 83, 84.
Hartin, Robert Sherwood, 210.
Hartwell, Ioh. de, 121.
Hascham, Hamund, 67–71.
Haseleye, Ioh., 207.
Haskam, see Hascham.
Hastinges, Thos. de, 326.
Haubelle, Ric., 214.
Haukesworthe, Will. de, 25, 26.
Haule, John, 186.
Haunsard, Ioh., 329.
Hauvelle, Ric., 214.
Havelle (Havilde, Hawylle, Hawfeld,
Havyle), Ioh., 39, 63, 268.
-, Stephanus, 40, 41.
Thomas, 38, 223, 245, 246, 259,
268, 270.
(alias Whatley), Will., 214.
——, Joan his wife, 214.
Hawks, Jonas, 181.
Hawthorne, Iohanna, 40.
Hawylle, see Havelle.
Haylesdone, Andreas de, 22, 24.
Haylesdone, Nich. de, 21, 44, 232, 233,
235, 242, 254.
Haywood, see Heywood.
Head, John, 224.
Headington, 13, 57, 181, 264.
Hechyngham, Ioh. de, 301.
Hedges, Richard, 225, 345.
Hedyndone, see Headington.
Heghham, Galf. de, 105, III, 113, 115.
Hegseye, Galf. de, 144.
Helbec, Thomas de, 326.
Hellesfeld, Will. de, 254.
Helmeseye (Hemelseye), Ioh. de, 44,
242, 254, 256, 258, 261–3.
་་
Isabella his wife, 354.
Hencsee, Hengesheye, Henkessay, see
Henxeye.
Henry III, 204.
Henry VIII, 133, 320.
Henxeye, Galf. de, 20, 104, 220.
Henxeye, Thomas de, 107, 118, 145,
158.
Herberfeld, Thomas, 38, 193, 223.
—, Margaret his wife, 193, 223.
Herberfeld, Will., 38, 191, 192, 193, 213.
Herd, Joane, 225.
Herdwyke, Petrus de, 231.
Hering, Rog., 230.
Herle, Will. de, 114.
Hert Hall, 136, 166.
Hertheved Hall, 166.
Hertilpoll', Hugo de, 277.
Hertwelle, Ioh. de, 67, 175-8, 200, 205,
223.
Hethe, mr., 202.
Hetone, Alanus de, 137, 190.
Isabella his wife, 190.
Heworthe, Thos. de, 14, 15.
Hexstone, Hen. de, 115.
Heyford, Rob. de, 12, 20.
Heygham, 32.
Heyham, Galf. de, 106.
Heywood, mr. Francis, 88, 202, 353.
Heyworthe (Highworth), 189.
Heyworthe, Thos. de, 139.
Hickes, see Hyckes.
Higdon, John, 128, 130.
Higgins, William, 187.
Highdone, see Higdon.
Hillier, Henry, 249.
Hirst, Martin, 75, 76, 343.
Hit and Miss, the, 237.
Hitchings, sir Edward, 240, 241.
Hitchings, George, 241.
Hitchings, rev. James, 241.
Hitchings, Thomas, 241.
Ho, see Eu.
Hockedai, 13.
Hokyn, see Houkyn.
Holder, David, 196.
Holeway, Ioh., 149.
Holland, William, 197.
Holloway, Will., 186.
Holman, John, 179, 351.
Holt, Marriott, ISO.
Holt, Robertus, 39, 40, 245.
Holy Lamb, the, 346.
Hoo, Bedfordshire, 259.
Hoper, Robert, 156.
Hopkins, Richard, 186.
Hoppere, Ric. le, 181.
Isolda his wife, 181.
Hoptone, mag. Henricus, 175, 176..
Hore, John, 155.
Agnes his wife, 155.
Hore, Thomas, 343.
Hore, Thos. le, 42.
Horkestaw, Walterus de, 285.
Horkestow, Galf. de, 145, 146, 157-60,
170.
Horle, Ric., 235.
Horne, Ioh., 207, 271, 272.
Horne, Simon, 272.
Horseman, mr., 341.
Horsemongerestrete, 2, 4-6, 8, 9, 14, 15.
Hospital of St. John, Nicholas, warden
of, 100.
Houkyn (Hokyn, Howkyn), Thomas,
34-6, 45, 47, 61, 62, 70, 212, 213,
245, 259,264.
Howdene, Ric., 212, 213.
Howh', la, II.
Howkyn, see Houkyn.
Huchons, Will., 207, 266.
Hudson, John, 349.
Huett, Roger, 217.
Hughes, Isaac, So.
378
THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
Hughes, mr. John, 354.
Hughes, dr. Thomas, So, 344.
Hughes, William, 239.
Humbletone, Thos. de, 15, 159.
Hunche, Ioh., 36, 70, 212, 213, 215,
223, 266, 267.
Hunsyngoure, Ric. de, 170, 171.
Hunt, James, 210.
Hustengs court, 23.
See Oweyn.
Huwain, Hen., 220.
Hwistle, Nicholaus, 142, 143.
Hyckes, Ioh., 46, 47, 184, 201, 245.
Hyde, Joseph, 197.
Hykkys, see Hyckes.
Hymberford, Ioh., 199.
Hythtelbury, Nich. de, 243.
Alice his wife, 243.
Iccombe, 69.
Inge, Henricus, 102.
Inns and Taverns, see Black Nag; Car-
dinal's Hat; Cross Keys; Dolphin;
Golden Cross; Hampshire Hog; Hit
and Miss; Katharine Wheel; Lamb
or Holy Lamb; Pike; Robin Hood.
Insula, Rob. de, 12.
Irish, Robert, 179.
Irmonger, Will., 212.
Islep, Ioh. de, 189, 190.
Iakson, Robertus, 224.
Iamays, Michael, 266, 267.
Iargevyle, see Iarpunville.
Iarme, Adam, 21, 54, 221.
Iarme, Ric., 222.
Iarpunville, Ric., 22-4, 26, 43, 55, 58,
66, 67, 221, 222, 231.
Iarum, see Iarme.
Jeffray, Rob., 270.
Jenkyns, R., 211.
Jews, see Aaron Canis; Argalicia;
Berkhampstead, Samuel de; Bone-
fey; Caus, Benedictus; Corner,
Benedictus de la; Eveske, Benedic-
tus le; Floria; London, Jac. de;
Mildegod, Jac.; Pye; Synagogue;
Vives; Winton, Benedictus de.
Jews, the school of, 108.
Iohannis, Petrus fil., 120.
Johnson, mr., 250.
Johnson, William, 180.
Johnson, widow, 181.
Jones, Hugh, 350.
Jones, Richard, 347.
Jones, William, 210.
Ionne, see Iune.
Julius II, 310.
Iune, Ioh., 245, 246.
Jure (Jure, Juerye) Lane, 122, 124, 126.
Jure School, 98.
Karseley, John, 82.
Kary, Ric., 54, 171.
Kary, see Cary.
Katharine Wheel, 46, 85-9, 229, 341,
361, 362, and Preface.
Katour, see Catour.
Kauz, see Caus.
Keene, Henry, 218.
Kelemarsshe, Will., 266.
Kenals, John, 157.
Kenelyngworth, Alanus de, 188.
Kent, James, 180, 181.
Kenyan, Edmundus de, 36, 37, 72, 150,
191, 200, 201, 207, 212, 258, 259.
Kepeharm, Laurencius, 137, 139.
Kepeherm, Will., 144.
Kepharm, Ioh., 234.
Kersingtone, Will. de, 20.
Kersley, Antony, 225.
Kettle Hall, 90.
Kettylby, Will. de, 26.
Ketyll, Will., 260.
Kilvert. (Kilward), Andreas, 18, 104,

139.
Ioh., 7, 139, 171. See Culuerd.
King's hall, the, 220 12.
Kingeslay, Will., 214.
Kingestone, see Kyngestone.
Kirconeuel, Andreas de, 325.
Kirkoswald, 326, 332.
Knaresburghe, Will. de, sen., 58.
Knarisborow, Will. de, 20, 44, 53.
——, Agnes his wife, 20.
Knarisborow, see Cnaresburg.
Korkby, mag. Ioh., 70.
Kurle, mag. Adam de, 141.
Kylbek, Will., 193, 194, 216, 223, 260.
Kylbek, beadle, 270.
Kyngeshaghe, Will. de, 333.
Kyngesmylle, Will., 273, 274.
Kyngestone, Lucia de, 274.
-, Elizabeth her daughter, 274.
Kyngestone, Nic. de, 2-5, 7, 9, 10, 13,
19, 144, 220.
-, Joan his daughter, 13.
Kynyan, see Kenyan.
Kyrkeby, Adam de, 329.
Kyrketone, Ric. de, 188.
- —, Matilda his wife, 188.
Kyrneshale, Will., 21-3.
Kytson, mag. Ioh., 129.

Ladyman, John, 85-7.
Lake, Rob., 194, 216.
Lamb Inn, the, 239.
Lambden, mr., 251.
Lambe, Thomas, 133.
Lambourne, 103.
INDEX
379
Lambourne, see Lamburne.
Lambtone, Will., 40, 41, 193, 194, 223.
Lamburne, Alicia de, 103.
Lamburne, Will. de, 166, 221.
Lancastre, Rog. de, 326.)
Lane, Thomas, 237.
Langeford Mill, 184, 185.
Langeleghe, Galf. de, 204.
Langley, Elizabeth, 83, 87.
Langley, William, 82, 85.
Langrysshe, Ioh. de, 60, 175, 189, 190,
197-200, 254-6.
Sarah his first wife, 197.
Isabella his second wife, 254-6.
Lardener, Thomas, 256.
Largg, Will., 246.
Largg', Will., beadle, 271.
Latener, Rog., 271.
Law Lodgings, 85, 229 n., 362.
Lawrence, John, 90, 341.
Layke, Rob., 40, 41.
Le, Philippus de la, 115.
Leck', Ioh. de, 167.
Ledekyn, Ioh., 200.
Lee, John, 87.
Lee, mrs., 196.
Legacy to monks, 34.
Leghe, Thos. de, 137.
Lekenesfeld, Alanus, 184, 185, 200, 258.
Katerina his wife, 184, 200, 258.
Alice his wife, 185.
Lenne, Hen. de, 16, 65, 107, 142, 161,
168, 183, 253.
Leper, Ioh. le, 177, 178, 185.
Levett, Henry, SS.
Lews, John, 157.
Leycestria, Galf. de, 25, 26.
Leycestria, mag. Rob. de, 285.
Leye, Ioh. de, 182.
Lillistone, Ioh., 266.
Lincoln, bishops of:
Oliver Sutton, 10, 11, 280, 314, 315.
John Dalderby, 315, 316.
Henry Burwash, 316.
Thomas Beke, 316.
John de Buckingham, 318.
John Longland, 320.
—, canon of, Fodringeye, Walt. de, 167.
—, precentor of, 199.
Lincoln College, 98.
tenement, So.
Linne, see Lenne.
Littlemore, prioress and convent of,
136.
Lloyd, Richard, 82, 85, 86.
Lodelau, Lodelowe, see Ludelowe.
Lodewelle, Galf. de, 205.
Lodgings, see Cesar's Lodging; Ellis's
Lodging; Hammond's Lodgings ;
Law Lodgings; New Lodgings.
Lodlowe, see Ludelowe.
Lokeer, Ioh., 257.
Lokynge, Rob. de, 234.
Lomb Hall, 168, 169, 171.
London, 113.
London, bishops of:
Simon, 301, 309, 311, 313.
Richard, 123.
Robert, 302, 303.
Thomas, 304.
London College, 95, 96, 130, 132, 133.
London, Cristopher, 237, 347-
London, Ioh. de, 22, 66.
Londonia, Iacobus de, 99.
Moses son of, 99.
Lonecastre, Rog. de, 12.
Longus, Walterus, 142.
Loudin, Adam, 64.
-, Juliana his wife, 64.
Louersalle, Rob., 266–70.
Loughteburghe, Ioh. de, 183. See
Lughteburghe.
Low, widow, 347.
Lowe, Ioh., 193.
Lucas, Thomas, 318.
Luceby, mag. Nic. de, 316.
Ludelowe, Edmundus de, 94, 121-3.
Ludelowe, Ioh., 47, 185, 207, 212.
Lughteburge, Will. de, 176, 242.
Lughteburghe, Ioh. de, 175, 181–3, 188.
Matilda his wife, 183, 188.
Alice his second wife, 175.
Lughteburghe, see Northerne, 175.
Luke, Ricardus, 246.
""
Lumbardus de Crickelade, Jew, 99.
Lumener, Ioh. le, 56.
Lung, Will. le, 105.
Lusteburg', see Lughteburghe.
Luterel, Iohannes, 147.
Luth, Aluredus, 142.
Lyllye, Edmund, 207.
Lylywythe, Stephen, 34.
Lymener, Rog., 271.
Lyndeshey, Adamı de, 332.
Lynlowe, Thos., 67–71.
Lynn, mr., 250.
Lynne, see Lenne.
Lysewys, Thomas, 101.
Lytle, Edward, 224.
Macumath, Thomas, 331.
Magdalen College, president of, 313,
314.
tenement of, 73.
Maior, Leonard, 217.
- Elizabeth his wife, 217.
Malmesbury, Hen. de, 197, 242, 362,
263.
Manners, William, 77.
Thos. son of, 77.
380 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
Man', Will., 216.
Marbecke, William, 156.
Micklem, mr., 203, 353.
Middeltone, see Miltone.
March, William, 47.
Marchal, Gilb. le, 252.
Marchal, Rob., 261.
Marcham, 249.
Marche, Will. atte, 43.
Marescall, Will., 20.
Mareschal, Walterus le, 233, 234.
Mareschall, Thos. le, 168.
Mareys Hall, 4.
Margalicia, see Argalicia.
Margaret Hall, 252.
Margaret, Queen, 92, 116.
Marioria Margeria, 20, 21.
Marioria Margareta, 143, 144.
=
Marlborough, Duke of, 238, 239, 347.
Marmyon, Pet., 223, 224.
Marschal, Gilbertus le, 241.
Robert his son, 241.
Marsh, John, 251.
Marshal, Thos. le, 187.
Marshall, dr., 135.
Marshall's Inn, 94.
Mason, Thomas, 179, 351.
Mathews, John, 247.
Mathews, Ric., 248.
Maudut, Rog., 12.
Mauger Hall, 274.
Maulden, John, 209.
Mauncel, Robertus, 197.
May, Charles, 209, 225.
Mayer, Anne, 90.
Mayott, Robert, 179.
Meeles, Will. de, 25, 26.
Meke, Will., 253.
Meneuile, Rob. de, 11.
Menyl, Will. de, 8, 277.
Mercer, Athelardus le, 12.
Mercer, Galf. le, 3, 144.
Mercer, Rad. le, 140.
Mercer, Ricardus, 200.
Meritone, Steph. de, 22, 23, 55, 67, 222,
233, 235.
Mermyon, Will., 63.
Merschtone, Ric. de, 253.
Merse, Hugo de, 65.
Mersse, Hugo le, 12.
Merstone, Ioh., 36, 37, 72, 150, 184,
191, 201, 207, 212.
Merstone (Marston), 245.
Merton, Oxfordshire, 192.
Merton College, 303, 354.
the orchard of, 172.
Merton, St. John de, parish of, 136, 166.
Merton, Thomas, 190-2, 201, 273, 274.
Margaret his wife, 190-2, 201.
Merytone, see Meritone.
Meynil, Hen. de, 329.
Michelle, Ioh., 213.
Midwinter, John, 180.
Mikelbenton, the church of, 287.
Mildegod, Iacobus, 100.
Mildegod, Jew, 93.
Mildrede Lane, 153.
Mileways Act, 27.
Miller, Richard, 195.
Milonis, Henricus filius, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 18,
20, 65, 220.
Miltone, Agnes, 242, 243.
Miltone, Petrus de, 230, 232.
Miltone, Rob. de, 241, 252.
-, Alice his daughter, 241.
Mimekan, see Mymekan.
Minnoth, Robertus, 102.
Mitford, 329.
Mixbury, 43.
Mixbury, John parson of, 37, 42, 53.
Mixebury, Phil. de, 56, 57.
Moldeworth, Ric., 191, 201.
Molendinarius, Philippus, 102, 103,
143.
Molendinarius, Ricardus, 102.
Monke, Margareta le, 231.
Moore, Charles, 203.
More, Ioh., 191.
More, Ioh. de la, 146.
More, Will. de la, 182.
Moreton, Ioh., 193.
Moreuile, Ioh. de, 326.
Morrell, mr. Baker, 81.
Morrell, mr., So.
Morrent, Rob., 132.
Mortone, Ric. de, 93, 107-9, 118, 119.
Mortone, Thos. de, 118, 119.
Mortuo Mari, Rogerus de, 109, 112.
Motte, Willelmus, 252.
Mountague, Viscount, 82.
Moxly, Richard, 247.
Moyles, see Meeles.
Munday, Francis, 247.
Mundeuille, Hen. de, 325.
Mundey, Will., 217.
Mundie, William, 134.
Musgrave, Thomas de, 325, 326.
Mustertone, Ioh. de, 199, 200.
Mymekan, Ioh., 149.
Mymekan, Rogerus, 65, 107, 146.
Mymmes, Ioh., 44, 54.
-, Isabella his wife, 44.
Mymycan, see Mymekan.
Myxbury, see Mixbury.
Nauare, Ioh. de, 101-3.
Neale, John, 156.
Neate, C., 211.
Needle, Richard, 217.
Neeve, William, 77.
INDEX
381
Nethurcote, Will. de, 69.
Neuile, Rob. de, 328.
Neuport, Ric., 127.
Neville, Georgius, 174, 193, 194, 223,
259, 260, 268-71.
New Buildings, the, 229.
New College, 245, 273.
New Inn, le, 32.
New Inn Hall, 183.
New Lodgings, 82, 83.
New, William, 79, 342.
Newcastle, 332.
Newcastle-under-Lyme, 218.
Newington, Oxfordshire, 162–5.
News, mr., 347.
Nicholai, Ric. fil., 104.
Noble, Iohannes, 32, 33, 45, 235, 263,
264.
Noble, William, 178.
Nooke, mr., 202.
Norham, see Northam.
Norhamptone, see Northamptone.
Norman, Rob., 215, 216.
North, Ioh., 192, 207, 213, 266.
Northam, 13.
Northamptone, Ioh. de, 67, 120, 177,
178, 198, 205.
Northerne, Ioh. le, 175, 242, 243.
Alice his wife, 242, 243.
Northerne, Thos. le, 184.
Northerne, Willelmus le, 67, 176-8,
200, 256.
Northerne, see Lughteburghe.
Northgate Hundred, 12, 13.
Northgate Hundred, stewards of, see
Gilbert Burtone; Mermyon; Hen.
filius Milonis; Thos. de Samforde;
Snappe; Rob. de Welles.
Northwode, Ioh., 206.
Norton, mag. Ric., 335.
Nortone, Ioh. de, 23, 26, 137, 188.
Nortone, Michael, 62, 63, 191, 192,
207, 214, 266, 267.
Nortone, Nic., 37, 47, 70, 72, 150, 191,
201, 207.
Nortone, Ric., 70.
Notingham, Thos., 48.
Notyngham, Ioh. de, 21-3.
Nouell, mag., 320.
Nut, Elizabeth, 238.
O, see Eu.
Ocle, Ioh., 201.
Oe, see Eu.
Oein, Rob., 143.
Offorde, Will., 150, 192, 212, 266-8.
Olneye, Ioh. de, 198.
Orchard, Will., 126.
Agnes his wife, 126.
John his son, 126.
Orchard, Ioh. (son of William),
126.
Orfeuere, Ioh. le, 108, 118, 275.
Orfeuere, Walt. le, 108.
Orfeuere, see Aurifaber.
Oriel College, 193, 194, 349.
—, provost of, 205–9.
Orlyens, Thos. de, 104.
Orrecere, Nich., 167.
Osborne, Ric., 174, 184, 259, 260.
Oseney Abbey, 212, 357.
Monastery, 198.
abbot of, 64, 65, 72, 122, 125, 183,
222, 224, 273.
cook of, 253.
Oseneya, Ric. de, 253.
Oseneya, Walterus de, 104.
Oseneye, Ioh. de, 181, 182.
-, John son of, 182.
Osgodbi, Adam de, 111, 112.
Osgoteby, Adam de, 114, 115.
Othom, Thomas, 315.
Ouerhee, Cristina, 64, 65.
Overhee, Ric., 15, 42, 55, 112, 142,
145, 158, 161, 220, 253.
Isolda his wife, 55, 56.
Cristina his daughter, 56.
Richard his son, 56.
Robert his son, 56.
Ouerhee, Rob., 21-3, 43, 49, 53-5, 58,
59, 64, 66, 67, 221.
——, Joan his wife, 53.
Ouwein, see Oweyn.
Ow, see Eu.
Owayn, see Oweyn.
Owen, dr., 238.
Owen, Richard, 343.
Oweni, Rob. fil., 102.
Owens, Richard, 76, 78.
Oweyn, Henricus, 2-5, 7, 9, 17, 18,
101, 139, 144, 148 n., 221, 231.
Oweyn, see Ewayn, Huwain, Oein.
Owre, see Overhee.
Oxenford, Ric. de, 235, 255.
Sibilla his wife, 255.
Oxford, archdeacon of, 11, 132.
the countess of, 204.
the mayor and comminalty, 275.
registrar of the bishop of, 88.
rural dean of, 54. See Blebyry,
Rob. de.
Oxford Univ., beadles :-
Steph. de Bautre (c. 1360), 205.
Ioh. de Burton (1367), 176.
Will. Kylbecke (1456), 216.
Will. Largg (1456), 246.
Ioh. Harreys (1456), 270.
Will. Man (1456), 216.
Benedict Stokys (1456), 216.
Thomas Gryme (1589), 207.
382 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
Oxford Univ., chancellors of:
Rog. de Rodewelle (c. 1285), 10.
Hen. de Harcla (1313), 110.
John Luterel (1317), 147.
Thomas Othom (1328), 315.
John de Hechingham (1365), 301.
Robert Aylesham (1379), 29.
Thomas Chace (1416 and 1427), 133,
151.
--, proctors of, 29, 30.
Oxonia, Ioh. de, 260.
Oxonia, Ric. de, 33.
Paage, see Page.
Pache, Ioh., 38.
Padebury, Thomas, 185.
Pady, Ioh., 143.
Page, Ioh., 184, 193, 194, 215, 223,
246, 270.
Pageman, Randulfus, 219.
Paget, Nicholas, 202.
Pagg', see Page.
Pain, widow, 348.
Paine, John, 247.
Painter, Simon, 33, S1, 82.
Palmer, Rob., 215.
Palmer, Thomas (see Merton, Thos.),
201.
Palmer, Will., 206.
Panyter, Petrus le, 175.
Parchemyner, Ric., 70.
Parchener, Ric., 271.
Parke, mag. Thomas, 319.
Parker, Michael, 179, 350.
Parmenter, Adam le, 56.
Parnynk, Rob., 25.
Parsons, Oliver, 18o.
Parsons, Sarah, 249.
Parsons, mrs., 83.
Partyngtone, Rob., 25, 26.
Pasco, Thomas, 210.
Patrik Hall, 137.
Patringtone, see Partyngtone.
Paving Act, the, 227.
Paxton, James, 240, 251.
Payne, Walter, 225.
—, Mary, 225.
Paynter, see Painter.
Paynton, Anne, 196.
Pebblesbury, Pebblisburi, see Pubbes-
bury.
Peckwater Inn, 94, 96, 97.
Peggesworthe, Will. de, 26.
Peintour, see Peyntour.
Peggy, Ioh., 23, 44, 137, 183.
Pekwater's Inn, 97.
Penn, John, 179.
Pennard (Pennarth), Will., 110, 112,
118, 119, 146, 159, 168, 275.
Penne, John, 351.
Pentecoste, 143.
Peplesbury, see Pubbesbury.
Percy, Will. de, 329.
Perfect, widow, 75, 78, 79.
Perkyns, Thos., 38, 193, 215.
Perry, Thomas, 239, 240.
Pers, John, 157.
Pershore, Ioh. de, 254.
Person, Will., 245, 246.
Peseye, Ioh. de, 261.
Pester, Ric., 29.
Pestour, Rad. le, 167.
Pestour
=
baker, 167.
Pettifer, mr., 251.
Peverel, Thomas, 115.
Peyntour, Ioh. le, 44, 59, 231, 233, 235,
256.
2
Agnes his daughter, 256.
Isabella his daughter, 256.
Peyntour, Margareta la, 58.
Peyntur, Hen. le, 252.
Peyrson, Thomas, 223.
Peyure, Paulinus, 204.
Pharaoh, Hannah, 251.
Pharaoh, William, 180.
Philype (Philippes), Hen., 38, 259.
Phipps, George, 74, 75, 80, 344.
Phipps, William, 74.
Piece, Ioh., 273, 274.
Pike Inn, the, 91, 126.
Pilere, Walt. de la, 4.
Pille, Ioh., 102.
Pille, Willelmus, 104, 143, 144.
Cristina his wife, 143, 144.
Pinconio, Adam de, 325.
Pink, Francis, 196.
Pirie, see Pirye.
Pirton, Oxfordshire, 262.
Pirye, Andreas de, 16, 104, 107, III,
112, 118, 140, 142, 145-7, 159, 161,
171, 181, 183, 275.
Pirye, Ioh., 199, 200, 205.
Pirye, Rob. de, 66, 242, 254.
Pirye, Thos. de, 16, 142, 146, 147, 161,
171, 181, 182.
plague in 1525, 96.
Platt, see Plott.
Plomer, Ioh., 57, 243, 244, 255, 263.
Plomer, Rad. le, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 18.
Plott, Richard, 85, 229.
—, Sarah, 229.
Plummer, see Plomer.
Plymeswode, mag. Thomas, 191.
Poghley, 96.
Pokelyntone, Ioh. de, 148.
Pokelyntone, Thos. de, 21, 24, 53, 66,
67, 121.
Poleter, Adam le, 315.
Pollard, mr. John, 344.
Polley, John, 250.
INDEX
383
'Pompey,' 362.
Pontefracto, Gilbertus de, 15, 159.
Pontefracto, mag. Thos. de, 14, 15, 141.
portitorium, 279 n.
Potenham, 199.
Powell, Walter, 237, 240.
Preaching Friars, prior of, 102.
Prede, Willelmus, 215.
Preist, see Priest.
Prentys, Willelmus, 185.
Prickett, Augustine, 74.
Prickett, Elizabeth, 181.
Prickett, Richard, 239, 346.
Prickett, Thomas, 180.
Prickett, Will., 217.
Priest, Richard, 77, 78.
Pubbesbury, Nic. de, 31, 37, 43, 184.
-, Agnes his daughter, 37.
Pufford, William, 209.
Purye, see Pirye.
Py, mr. alderman, 178.
Pye, Jewess, 99.
Pyel, mag. Henricus, 175, 176.
Pyke, see Pike.
Pyry, see Piry.
Quakers Hall, 343.
Quakers, the meeting house of the, 218,
226.
Quappelade, Nic. de, 315.
Quaram, Ioh., 214, 267, 273, 274.
Queen's College, provost of, 301.
Quilter, Elyas le, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 140,
144, 220.
Margery his wife, 140.
Quilter, Ioh. le, 42, 253.
Quilter, Ric. le, 20.
Quylter, see Quilter.
Raa, Willelmus, 223.
Racke Hall, 188, 190, 191.
Radford, Ioh. de, 17, 231.
Radulfi, Odinellus filius, 325.
Radulfi, mag. Ric. fil., 285.
Radulphi, Thos. fil., 5, 21.
Rainolds, Edmund, 236, 238.
Raleghe, W. de, 204.
Rasshe, Will., 266.
Rawbone, Thomas, 180.
Rawlyns, Thomas, 238.
Ray, Richard, 76-8.
Rayer, Roger, 78.
Re, Ric. de, 107.
Reading, Nicholas, abbot of, 315.
Reading Abbey, St. Mary's chapel in,
316.
Rede, Will., 216, 268–71.
Redman, Ric., 215, 216.
Reeves, Leonard, 239.
Regale collegium (see Oriel College),
193.
Regalis Locus, 235. See Rewley.
Rek Hall, see Racke Hall.
Retford, mag. Ric. de, 285.
Reuelle, see Ryvelle.
Reve, George, 96, 128.
Rewley, abbot of, 34.
Reynolds, Thos., 132.
Richard II, 71, 162.
Richardson, Anne, 84, 340.
Richardson, Francis, 86, 87.
Richardson, Merriall, 84.
Richardson, Robert, 81, 86, 89, 91.
Richardson, William, 84.
Rictwise, Iohannes, 204.
Nicholas his son, 204.
Ridley, mr., 247.
Rievalle, monachi de, 284.
Rigge, Rob., 275, 276.
Roberson, John, 181.
Robin Hood, the, 351.
Robinson, widow, 225.
Robinson, William, 350.
Robynson, Ioh., 223.
Rochester, the archdeacon of, 266.
Rocke, Ric., 266, 267.
Rodeplante, Nicholaus, 252.
Roderham, mag. Ric., 302.
Rodewelle, Rog. de, 10, 11,
Rogate, Ric. de, 187.
Rogeri, Rob. filius, 12, 283, 284.
Rollyndrith, Will. de, 188.
Rolve, Peter, 134.
Rope Walk, the, 241.
Roper, Ioh., 259.
Rowe, Robert, 181.
Rowelle, see Rodewelle.
Rowney, Thomas, 237, 239, 248.
Rushmonger, Alan le, 31.
Rushton, Charles, 196.
Ryche, Ricardus, 165.
Rye, Ioh., 257.
Ryvelle, Will., 35-7, 46, 47, 62, 70,
212, 213, 258, 259.
Ryvere, Adam de la, 200.
Sadeler, Ric., 48.
Sage, Thomas, 86.
St. Alban Hall, 166, 168-71. See
Alban Hall.
St. Aldate's, rector of, 127.
St. Ebbe's, feoffees of, 352.
St. Frideswide, the cemetery of, 100,
124, 135.
St. Frideswide's Lane, 93.
St. Frideswide, prior of, 10, 29-34, 37-
40, 49, 58, 107, 122, 139, 158-60,
184, 185.
384 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
St. Frideswide, the prior and convent
of, 135, 136, 152, 153, 189, 259,
273.
St. Frideswide's, tenement of, Sr.
St. Giles, chapel of St. Mary in, 245.
St. Hugh's Hall, 136, 138, 148, 170.
St. John at E. Gate, Hospital of, 65–7,
91, 93, 95, 189.
St. Katherine, the chapel of, 142, 159,
315, 318.
St. Margaret Hall, 20-2, 24-6, 36г.
St. Margaret Patens, London, 319.
St. Martin's, William, rector of, 198.
St. Mary's, John Horne, vicar of, 207.
St. Mary Magdalen church:
altar of St. James in, 34.
chantry of St. Mary in, 223, 262.
chapel of St. Mary in, 213.
chaplain of St. Mary in, 55,
clerk of, 34, 48.
Roger, clerk of, 55.
William, clerk of, 59.
a window in, 34.
St. Mary Magdalen:
vicar of, 34.
Ioh. Felton, vicar of, 38, 213.
Richard, vicar of, 262.
Robert, vicar of, 57, 59.
St. Mary Wynton, college of, 245.
St. Michael N., a tenement in, 65.
St. Michael at South Gate:
church of, 96.
rector of, see Sprydlyntone, Rob. de.
St. Paul's, London, chancellor of, 336.
St. Peter le Bailey, church of, 54.
Salesbury, Ric. de, 67, 176, 223.
Salfe, Will., 222.
Joan his wife, 222.
Salford, Martinus de, 233, 234.
Sancta Frideswida, Ioh. de, 197, 242.
Sancto Egidio, Ioh. de, 56.
Sarra his daughter, 56.
Sancto Germano, Ioh. de, 139, 141.
Sancto Ivone, Hugo de, 157, 158, 159,
1бо.
Sanford, Rog. de, 137, 139, 143, 144.
Margaret his wife, 143, 144.
Sanford, Walterus de, 144-7.
"
Iuliana his wife, 145, 146.
Sarra, Jewess, 99.
Saucer Hall, 58.
Saucer, see Sauser.
Saunders, Robert, 88.
Saundresdone, Hugo, 176, 177.
Saunforde, Thos. de, 21, 65, 221.
See
Sanford.
Saunzdelay, Will., 95, 108.
Sauser, Alicia, 61.
Sauser, Galf. le, 3-5, 8, 9, 17, 19, 20,
57, 58, 66, 67.
Sauser, Galf. le, Marioria, daughter of
19, 20.
Galfridus, son of, 20.
Sauser, Henry le, 17, 64.
Sauser, Ioh., sen., 44, 59, 66, 254.
Joan his wife, 59, 66.
Geoffrey his son, 59.
John his son, 44, 59.
Stephen his son, 66.
Sauser, Ioh. le, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 43, 55,
57-61, 64, 65, 222, 243, 244, 261-3.
Savage, Nicholas, 236.
Sawyer, Thomas, 180.
Scales, Hugo de, 105, 106, 109-113, 115.
Schareshulle, see Shareshulle.
Scharpe, Thomas, 245, 246.
Schawe, see Shawe.
Schidyerd Street, 157. See Sydyerd.
Schireburne, Ioh. de, 42.
School of the Jews, 108.
Scissor, Nicholaus, 219.
-, Agatha his daughter, 219.
Scissor, Robertus, 221.
-, John his son, 221.
Scissor, see Cissor.
Sclatter, Adam, 184.
Sclatter, Ioh. le, 13-15. See Eynsham,
Ioh. de.
Sclattere, Henricus le, 232-5.
Sclikeburne, see Slikeburne.
Scola Judeorum, 93.
Scole strete, 149.
Scotland, Edward, king of, 286.
Scrivener, Walt., 48.
Seal, Ellen, 347.
Sebrith, Ric., 143.
Segden, Ioh., 126.
Seinter, Olyverus le, 3.
Seinter, Will. le, 103.
Seler, Ric. atte, 212, 245.
Selewode, Ric. de, 23, 44, 137, 234.
Seriaunt, Walterus, 199.
Seuer, Henricus, 30, 152.
Sewenestuchene, see Sewy's Lane.
Sewy (Sewi), Emma, 65, 145.
Sewy, Ioh., 3, 7, 14.
Sewy's Lane, 219.
Seynbury, Alicia de, 252, 253.
Seynt Huwus Halle, 148.

Hugh's Hall.
Shareshulle, Will. de, 25, 147.
Sharpe, Edwardus, 191.
See St.
Shawe, Ioh., 36, 37, 47, 124, 1S5, 191,
192, 201.
Shawe, Ioh., sen., 212.
Shelvyngstole, 98.
Shilleye, Emma de, 54.
Shilleye, Ioh. de, 54.
Ship Hall, 97.
Sidall, Henry, 135-
INDEX
385
Silkes, Will., 127.
Simeonis, Hen. fil, 204.
Stephen
his
Symonis.
son, 204.
See
Simonis, Cristophorus filius, 42.
Simons, William, 224.
Sirman, Lydia, 240, 241, 347.
Sistone, Ioh. de, 59.
Sixidale, Ioh. de, 26.
Skennesbye, Ioh., 266, 267.
Skydmore, Georgius, 269.
Slatter, John, 178, 350.
Slatter, Thomas, 210.
Slaughter, Lower, 58, 67, 68, 265.
Sleyne Lane, 203.
Slikeburne, Ric. de, 279, 283, 284,
331-3.
Sloughtre, Ioh. de, 69.
Sloutre, see Slaughter.
Smith, Ferdinando, 341.
Smith, George, 203.
Smith, Henricus le, 123.
Smith, John, 179, 203.
Smith, Mary, wife of John, 203.
Smith, Oliver, 202.
——, Anne his wife, 202.
Smith, Richard, 236.
Smith, Sebastian, 179.
Smith, Thomas, 202.
Smith, mr., 202.
Smyth, Margaret, 195.
Smyth, Michael le, 34, 45, 264.
Smyth, Oliver, 195.
Smyth, Will., 126.
Smythe, Ioh., 259.
Smythe, mag. Ioh., 319, 320.
Smythe, Thos., 224.
Smythfeld, Nich., 245.
Snappe, Walterus, 62, 63.
Snow, Charles, 180.
Snow, mr., 235.
Somer, Thomas, 182.
Somerset, Thos., 46, 184, 185, 206, 245.
Somersete, Will., 301, 268.
Somervyle, Philip de, 286.
Somervylle, Ioh. de, 135.
Sommersby, John, 157.
Somnour, Will., 257.
Sotton, see Suttone.
Soturtone, see Sutertone.
Southam, Willelmus, 185.
Southwode, mag. Ioh., 194, 335.
Sowy, Thos. de, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15-18,
104, 107, 137, 139, 140, 142, 145,
158, 159, 161, 231.
Spaldyng, Adam de, 107.
Sparrow Hall, 29, 31, 360.
Specer, see Especer.
Spencer, Edward, 218.
Spencer, Iohannes, 70.
Spenser, John, 156, 157.
Spicer, Guido, 193.
Spicer, Ioh., 47, 190-2, 201, 207.
John, son of, 191, 192.
>
, Joan his wife, 192.
Spicer, Nic., 46, 122, 184, 245.
Spicer, Ric. le, 16, 17, 147, 161, 168,
171, 187, 189, 231, 275.
Spicer, see Espicer.
Spiers, Richard, 180, 347.
Spragot, Ric., 39, 216, 246, 259, 268–71.
Spring, Henricus, 329, 331.
Sprunt, Ioh., 37, 47, 72, 150, 191, 201,
207, 212.
Sprunt, Rob., 266.
Sprydlyntone, Rob. de, 189.
Spycer, see Spicer.
Stagpole, John, 224.
Stampe, Robertus, 254.
Stanelay, Hen. de, 326.
Stanesby, Ioh. de, 199.
Stanford, Henricus, 189.
Stanvorde, Hen. de, 190.
Stanwortham, II.
-, rector of, II.
Statute of merchants, clerk of, 23.
*
Stauntone, Ric. de, 146, 182.
Stayntone, Ioh., 266.
Stayntone, Ric. de, 145, 146, 170.
Stene, Ioh., 253.
Stevens, Richard, 85.
Steynor, George, 350.
Stirkelaund, domina de, 326.
Stockford, mr., 196.
Stodle, Hen. de, 23, 44, 187.
Stodle, Ioh. de, 175, 176, 197, 205.
Stodleghe, see Studley.
Stoke, Rad. de, 107, 118, 241.
Stoke, Rob. de, 189, 190.
Stoke, Rog. de, 57.
Stokwelle, Egidius de, 140.
Alice his wife, 140.
Stokwelle, Galf. de, 103.
Stokys, Benedictus, beadle, 216, 246,
270.
Stop', dom., 320.
Storehouse, the Balliol, 73, 90.
Stoteuile, Rob. de, 338.
Stowe St. Edward, 69.
Stratteford, Rob., 62, 63.
Stubhill, Alanus de, 325.
Studley, prioress and convent of, 96,
97, 136, 137, 139, 153.
Sturthup, Will., 44, 223, 261.
Suareston, see Swarestone.
Suetlove, see Swetlove.
Sutertone, Ioh. de, 22, 23, 58, 66, 67,
221, 222, 231, 235.
——, Dyonisia his wife, 221.
Suterton, Rad. de, 137.
386 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
Suttone, Ioh. de, 21-4.
Suttone, Ric. de, 104, 121.
Suttone, Rog. de, 110, 111, 114, 115.
Swanborne, Will., 193, 201.
Swarestone, Thomas, 213, 216.
Swatone, 106.
Swetlove, Ioh., 259, 269.
Swetlove, Ricardus, 246, 271.
Swyfte, Nicholaus, 191.
Swyneburne, Ioh. de, 11, 12.
Swynesheued, Ric. de, 26.
Sydyerd Street, 158, 159, 160. See
Schidyerd.
Symonis, Hen. fil., 103. See Simeonis.
Synagogue, 92-4, 117–19, 136.
Tackley, James, 236.
Tacley, Alice, 236.
Talliour, Hen., 224.
Taillour, Hen. le, 167.
Taillour, Ric., 38, 183.
Tailor, Joh. le, 95, 100.
Tannarius, Alanus, 104.
Tanner, Reginaldus, 185, 200.
Tawney, Sir Richard, 180.
Tayler, John, 83, 84.
Tayllour, Will., 262.
Taylor, Jane, 247.
Taylor, mr. John, 340, 348.
Taylor, Nicholas, 87.
—, Elizabeth his wife, 87.
Taylor, William, 208.
Elizabeth his wife, 208.
Taylorian Buildings, 212.
Tayntone, see Teyntone.
Teaswell, John, 247.
Templars of Cowley, 221 22.
Tendrynge, dom. Galf. de, 141.
tennis court, 155.
Terrill, Benjamin, 209.
Tershawe, Adam de, 23.
Tesdale, Thomas, 74, 179.
Tesley, Edward, 238.
Tewe, Henricus, 201.
Tewsley, Thomas, 238.
Teyntone, Ioh, 38, 212, 267, 268.
Teyntone, Will., 38, 39, 214, 215, 223.
Teysley, Thomas, 238.
Thames, 190.
Theneford, Isolda de, 181.
Theneford, Will. de, 181.
Thickett, mrs., 224.
Thikett, Roger, 224.
Thirning, Norfolk, 114.
Thome, Thomas fil., 101, 103.
Thompson, Alexander, 226.
Thompson, Dorothy, 225.
Thomson, mag., 320.
Thoraldi, see Toroldi.
Thoresby, Ioh. de, 25.
Thornburghe, Thomas, 274.
Thorp, Georgius de, 333.
Thwates, Rob., 215, 216, 246, 268–71
Tibbets, John, 83, 84.
Tipping, Catherine, 203.
Tipping, Elizabeth, 203.
Tipping, Thomas, 202.
Tipping, William, 203.
Tiriwhit, see Tyrwyt.
Tisdale, mr., 351.
Todde, aldermán, 207.
Todkill, Ric., 127.
Tomson, widow, 202.
Tonoys, mr., 128.
Torald, Ioh., 58.
Agnes his wife, 58.
Toroldi, Petrus fil., 102, 103.
Torre, Walterus, 67, 223.
Torry, Ioh., 46, 245, 258, 259.
Town clerk, 16.
Townsend, William, 196.
Tresham, William, 132.
Trewelove, Nicholaus, 197.
-, Edith his wife, 197.
Treworgy, Ioh., 199.
Trinity College, 343, 344.
--, kitchen, 75.
Trollope, mrs., 250.
Tungland, abbas de, 331.
Turry, see Torry.
Twentiacre, 261, 263.
Twynam, Adam de, 325.
Tyford, Will. de, 102.
Tyngewicke, mag. Nic. de, 285.
Tyrwhit, Thomas, 29, 67-9, 163.
Valenciis, Will. de, 327.
Vedue, Floria la, 99.
Verdone, Theobaldus de, 110, 112.
Vienna, see Vyenna.
Vilett, Nicholas, 77, 342.
Vileyn, Thomas, 143, 148.
Vine Hall, 93, 97.
Vives de Gloucestria, Jew, 99, 108.
——, Argalicia, wife of, 99.
Vyenna, Hugo de, 336-8, 360.
Underhulle, Rob., 67, 68, 69.
Unfravile, Gilb. de, 12.
Unwais, Henricus, 142, 143.
Uppetheware, Thomas, 148.
Joan his wife, 148.
Margery her daughter, 148.
Urban V, 299, 317.
Urre, Oliuerus, 193.
Wadam, mag. Ioh., 128.
Wake, Baldewinus, 597.
Wakefeld, Rob., 49.
Wakeffeld, Will., 257.
INDEX
387
Wal, Rad. le, 158.
Walcote, Rog. de, 54, 55, 57.
Waledene, Ric. de, 16.
Walford, Rob., 38, 268.
Walker, George, 195, 196.
-, Mary, wife of, 196.
Walker, Ioh., 192.
Walrauen, Rob., II.
Walteri, Adam fil., 220.
Walteri, Ioh. fil., 108.
Waltham, Ioh. de, 56, 57.
Walton, Ioh. de, 261.
Wamberghe, chapel of St. Katherine in,
265.
Wanboure, warden of, 35.
Ward, John, 249, 348.
Ward, Richard, 226.
Ward, Thomas, 214.
Ward, widow, 179.
Warham, mag. Edmundus, 191.
Warkenby (Warkenethby, Warkneby),
Hugo de, 137, 139, 140, 141, 145,
159.
Warkeworth, Ioh., 246, 270.
Warkinby, Warkneby, see Warkenby.
Warland, mr., 251.
Warmwelle, Galf. de, 189, 190.
Warmyngtone, Rob., 128.
Warmyngtone, Thos., 128.
warranty, clause of, 38.
Warrewyke, Ric., 62, 63.
Wase, Willelmus, 43, 44.
Waterman, Ioh. le, 242, 252, 254, 261.
Watlington, 343.
Watlington, Rob. de, 70, 107, 171.
Watlyntone, Ioh. de, 242.
Wayne, William, 236.
Weaver, mother, 84.
Weem, John, 88, 89.
Ween, John, 341.
Welere, Phil. le, 57.
Wellar, John, 247.
Welleforde, Galf. de, 110, 111, 114,
115.
Welles, Rob. de, 15, 18, 19, 65, 139,
145, 161.
Welles, Will. de, 58, 66, 67, 235.
Welyngtone, Pet. de, 258, 259.
Wemme, Andreas, 174, 193, 259.
Wepere, Ioh. le, 13.
Werkebi, Werkeneby, see Warkenby.
West, John, 85.
Westmonasterio, Ric. de, 231.
Weston, Ioh., 150.
Weston, William, 179.
Westone, Ioh. de, 107, 183, 252.
Isolda his wife, 182, 183.
Westouere, Reginaldus, 33, 34, 45, 57,
67, 223, 243, 244, 255, 256, 261-5.
Westwic, Gocelinus de, 325.
Whalley, John, 237, 239, 240.
Whalley, Robert, 237, 239.
Whaltone, Rob. de, 26.
Whatele, Ioh., 62, 63, 214, 266, 267.
Whatele, Will., 214. See Havilde.
Whateley, Catherine, 209.
Whateley, Constance, 209.
Whateley, Elizabeth, sen., 209.
Whateley, Elizabeth, jun., 209.
Whateley, Sarah, 209.
Whateley, Thomas, sen., 209.
Whateley, Thomas, jun., 209.
Wheatley, mr., 349.
Wheatsheaf and Anchor, 196.
Wheler, Will., 259.
Whessell, John, 197, 353.
White Friars, 224.
White monks, 212.
White, John, 202.
White, Richard, 346.
White, William, Master of Balliol, 96,
128.
White, William, 85-7, 341.
Whitele, Margeria de, 189.
Whitfeld, Hen. de, 301.
Whitney, Francis, 203, 353.
Whittele, Robertus, 199.
Amicia his wife, 199.
Whytewelle, Will. de, 255.
Whytt, Ric., 217.
Wians house, 75.
Wickham, Ioh., 28.
Wicks, Thomas, 225.
Widdrington, Richard, 209.
Widonis, Thos. fil., 143.
Wigge, John, 350.
Wigornia, Rog. de, 13.
Wilcocks, Anne, 90.
Wilcocks, Gregory, 89.
Wilcox, Ioh., 28.
Wild, Will. le, 3.
Wilde, Adam le, 13.
Wildgoose, Francis, 85, 229, 340.
Wildgoose, William, 218.
Wilkinson, Henry, 81, 84, 89.
Will proved in three courts, 60.
Williams, mr., 347.
Williar, Lawrence, 247.
Williar, Samuel, 247, 248.
Wills :-
of John Binne (1303), 166.
Isolda Ouerhee (1307), 55.
John Fouk (1326), 53.
""
,, John le Sauser (1339), 59.
Richard Brampton (1362), 198.
John Bocke (1382), 257.
William Chiselhampton (1398),
34.
Robert Chiselhampton (1415), 48.
,, mag. William Bell (1495), 335.
388 THE OXFORD DEEDS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
Willsdon, Thomas, 196.
Wilmot, John, 195.
Wilson, James, 89.
Wilson, John, S1, S2, 202.
Wilson, mr., 251.
Winchester, 14.
bishop of, 310.
Richard, bp. of, 312, 313.
Windsor, John de, 175.
Windsor, Ric. de, 175. See Wyndesore.
Wintle, Fred. Thomas, 181.
Wintonia, see Wynton.
With, Ioh., 158.
With, Laurencins, 102-4.
With, Rob., 101–3.
Withyg, Ric., 246, 271.
Withyg, Thomas, 268, 269.
Witteneye, Henricus de, 122.
Wode, Ioh. atte, 191.
Wodeford, Thomas de, 60.
Wodehay, Ric. de, 176, 199, 205.
Wodehouse, Ioh. de, 25.
Wodesdone, see Wodestone.
Wodestoke, Ioh. de, 221.
Wodestoke, Ioseph de, 43, 93, 136, 176,
177, 232.
Alice his wife, 136.
Wodestoke Way, 262.
Wodestone, Will. de, 7, 18, 101, 139,
221.
Wolsey, Cardinal, 95-8, 128, 130.
Wood, John, 76.
Woods, John, 78.
Woodstock, 262, 264, 346.
Worcester, Walter, bishop of, 335.
Worcester College, 211.
the provost of, 226.
Wormenhale, Andreas de, 23, 60, 65,
149, 232, 254.
Wormenhale, Phil. de, 105, 107, 118,
119, 140, 275.
Wormenhale, Rob. de, 107, 158, 167,
168, 183, 221, 275.
Wormenhale, Thos., 32, 33, 58, 223,
255.
Worseley, mag. Cristoferus, 319.
Worthington, Thomas, 215, 216, 246.
Wraye, see Raye.
Wrigglesworth, widow, 340.
Wright, John, 218.
Wright, Walter, 132.
Wright, William (1691), 179.
Wrmenhale, see Wormenhale.
Wryght, Richard, 202.
Wryght, mag. Will., 129, 130, 319.
Wunder, Laurentius, 204.
Álice his wife, 204.
Wyands, Thomas, 217.
Wyans, John, 346.
Wyatt, John, 210.
Wychenore, the manor of, 289.
Wycumbe, Walterus de, 118, 119, 159,

200.

Wydon, John, 202.
Wygemor, 109.
Wyghtham, Rob., 185.
Wygon, Thomas, 202.
Wynchecombe, Gilbertus, 182.
Wynchindone, Ioh. de, 220.
- Isabella his wife, 220.
Wyndesore, Ioh. de, 67, 175–8, 200.
Wynton, Benedictus de, 99 IOI.
-, Auegaye, daughter of, 99, 101.
Wyntone, collegium b. Marie de, see
New College.
Wyth, see With.
Wythike, see Withyg.
Wythyngtone, see Worthington.
Wytteneye, Ioh. de, 234.
Wytteneye, Thomas, 34.
Wyttone, Ioh., 271, 272.
Yeftele, Hugo de, 198, 200.
Ynge, Henricus, 103.
York, county of, 319.
Yslep, see Islep.
Yvery, John, 179.
Yvery, Ric., 178.
Alis his wife, 178.
Ziftele, Thomas, 258.
Iuliana his wife, 258.
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