ECR 48 001
Reference code
ECR 48 001
Title
Mapledurham, Oxfordshire: Notarial instrument
Level
Item
Date
14 November 1480
Content description
Notarial instrument, certified by Peter Barate, priest of the diocese of Bayeux, notary public, consisting of copies of the following:
(1) Agreement between the prioress and nuns of Clarus Rivus, rectors of the chuch of Mapeldureham and Geoffrey de Chauseya, Knight, concerning a third part of the tythes of his demesne in Mapeldureham, and all the tythe of all his assarts and of hay, and the lessor tythes, and a third part of the tythes of the land of Robert Frankeleien, to wit all those tythes which mother church ought to receive, those which the chapel has been accustomed to receive and all others according to the form of their right of presentation (edicionis). Geoffrey further has granted to god and the mother church of Mapeldureham a virgate of land with a messuage in frankalmoign, to wit that which Geoffrey de Chelebi and Osbert the Clerk held, and a croft lying between the land of Richard Cripsi and the land of John Nobilis next the King's way and two aces towards the long hedge of which the heads abut on the road that leads to Wichuthe. The nuns have renounced all the rights they had in two acres which the church of Mapeldureham used to receive from the demesne of Geoffrey before this agreement. The nuns must serve the said chapel of Geoffrey all the days of the year by a suitable chaplain to be found by them and subject to rejection by the said Knight and his successors, not without just cause or without the approval of the archdeacon. And they are to find a suitable clerk to minister to the chaplain in the church and to provide the necessary vestments, books and lights. The ornaments of the chapel to be found by Geoffrey. The knight and his successors and their family, domestic and free, and their guests, shall receive all spiritualities there and be admitted to confession and communion. The females of their house shall be married there and after childbirth purified and their children baptised. They shall have free burial whenever they wish, provided the chaplains and others ministering in the said chapel receive their legacies and oblations if perchance a mass is celebrated in the chapel for the deceased.
Dated 1225.
Witnesses: Simon, dean of Siplate, Osbert, rector of Stokez, Silvester, vicar of the church of Wicchuche, John, Vicar of Garingez, Thomas Hustarl, John de Scepion (?), Alan de Englefeld, William Basset, William de Hunterscumbe, Robert de Malpeldureham, clerk, Ralph de Heldeine (?), Richard de Agon', Siward son of William.
(2) Grant by Hugh de Gornaco (VI) to God and the Blessed Mary and the nuns of Clarus Rivulus in perpetual quitclaim of those tythes of his demesne in Malpeldurehma, of two acres in the fields there in frankalmoign, to wit those which lie between the land of Richard de Aketune and that of the said nuns.
Witnesses: Ralph son of the dean, Richard son of Aketune, Robert the clerk son of the Reeve (prepositi), Siwald son of William, Simon de Buisson.
(3) Grant by Hugh de Gorn (IV) and Milesindis, his wife, with the consent of their sons Gerald and Hugh, to God and the Blessed Mary and the nuns of Clarus Rivulus by Galistontein of the church of Reneborlai (rectius Keneborlai), to hold in perpetuity after the death of William Predur, priest of the said church at the time of the said donation. After his death, the nuns are to hold the church, saving the right of the bishop of Norwich.
Witnesses: John de Hodenc, Ralph de Agya, Oliver his brother, Godfrey the clerk.
(4) Grant by Hugh de Gori (VI) to the nuns of Clarus Rivus in frankalmoign of all the lands and tenements which they held of his father in the manor of Malpeldureham, together with pasture for 8 oxen with his oxen whenever they shall pasture, with free ingress and egress and commons in the pastures of all other his men. Recognition that the nuns have the right to present on his behalf (pro me) to the vicarage of the church of Malpeldureham.
Witnesses: Sir Robert de Say, Sir William Dage, Robert de Say, junior, Robert de Malpeldureham, clerk.
(5) Confirmation de Chauseya, son and heir of Geoffrey de Chauseya, to the nuns of Clarus Rivus, rectors of the church of Malpeldureham, of all his father's gifts to them, in frankalmoign.
6 July 1238.
Witnesses: Simon, dean of Silplake, Walter Reeve of the church of Stokes, G de Rosa, rector of the church of Wicheharche, Hugh the Chaplain of Garinges, William de Hunterescumbe.
Mark of Barate, the notary, and his certificate.
Fragment of the Great Seal of the archiepiscopal court of Rouen, green wax, on doubled tag.
(1) Agreement between the prioress and nuns of Clarus Rivus, rectors of the chuch of Mapeldureham and Geoffrey de Chauseya, Knight, concerning a third part of the tythes of his demesne in Mapeldureham, and all the tythe of all his assarts and of hay, and the lessor tythes, and a third part of the tythes of the land of Robert Frankeleien, to wit all those tythes which mother church ought to receive, those which the chapel has been accustomed to receive and all others according to the form of their right of presentation (edicionis). Geoffrey further has granted to god and the mother church of Mapeldureham a virgate of land with a messuage in frankalmoign, to wit that which Geoffrey de Chelebi and Osbert the Clerk held, and a croft lying between the land of Richard Cripsi and the land of John Nobilis next the King's way and two aces towards the long hedge of which the heads abut on the road that leads to Wichuthe. The nuns have renounced all the rights they had in two acres which the church of Mapeldureham used to receive from the demesne of Geoffrey before this agreement. The nuns must serve the said chapel of Geoffrey all the days of the year by a suitable chaplain to be found by them and subject to rejection by the said Knight and his successors, not without just cause or without the approval of the archdeacon. And they are to find a suitable clerk to minister to the chaplain in the church and to provide the necessary vestments, books and lights. The ornaments of the chapel to be found by Geoffrey. The knight and his successors and their family, domestic and free, and their guests, shall receive all spiritualities there and be admitted to confession and communion. The females of their house shall be married there and after childbirth purified and their children baptised. They shall have free burial whenever they wish, provided the chaplains and others ministering in the said chapel receive their legacies and oblations if perchance a mass is celebrated in the chapel for the deceased.
Dated 1225.
Witnesses: Simon, dean of Siplate, Osbert, rector of Stokez, Silvester, vicar of the church of Wicchuche, John, Vicar of Garingez, Thomas Hustarl, John de Scepion (?), Alan de Englefeld, William Basset, William de Hunterscumbe, Robert de Malpeldureham, clerk, Ralph de Heldeine (?), Richard de Agon', Siward son of William.
(2) Grant by Hugh de Gornaco (VI) to God and the Blessed Mary and the nuns of Clarus Rivulus in perpetual quitclaim of those tythes of his demesne in Malpeldurehma, of two acres in the fields there in frankalmoign, to wit those which lie between the land of Richard de Aketune and that of the said nuns.
Witnesses: Ralph son of the dean, Richard son of Aketune, Robert the clerk son of the Reeve (prepositi), Siwald son of William, Simon de Buisson.
(3) Grant by Hugh de Gorn (IV) and Milesindis, his wife, with the consent of their sons Gerald and Hugh, to God and the Blessed Mary and the nuns of Clarus Rivulus by Galistontein of the church of Reneborlai (rectius Keneborlai), to hold in perpetuity after the death of William Predur, priest of the said church at the time of the said donation. After his death, the nuns are to hold the church, saving the right of the bishop of Norwich.
Witnesses: John de Hodenc, Ralph de Agya, Oliver his brother, Godfrey the clerk.
(4) Grant by Hugh de Gori (VI) to the nuns of Clarus Rivus in frankalmoign of all the lands and tenements which they held of his father in the manor of Malpeldureham, together with pasture for 8 oxen with his oxen whenever they shall pasture, with free ingress and egress and commons in the pastures of all other his men. Recognition that the nuns have the right to present on his behalf (pro me) to the vicarage of the church of Malpeldureham.
Witnesses: Sir Robert de Say, Sir William Dage, Robert de Say, junior, Robert de Malpeldureham, clerk.
(5) Confirmation de Chauseya, son and heir of Geoffrey de Chauseya, to the nuns of Clarus Rivus, rectors of the church of Malpeldureham, of all his father's gifts to them, in frankalmoign.
6 July 1238.
Witnesses: Simon, dean of Silplake, Walter Reeve of the church of Stokes, G de Rosa, rector of the church of Wicheharche, Hugh the Chaplain of Garinges, William de Hunterescumbe.
Mark of Barate, the notary, and his certificate.
Fragment of the Great Seal of the archiepiscopal court of Rouen, green wax, on doubled tag.
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