ECCLESIASTICAL STRUCTURES AND MONUMENTS,
ANCIENT AND MODERN DOCUMENTS,
MANORIAL RECORDS,

PARISH REGISTERS AND ACCOUNT BOOKS,
&c., &c.,

BY THE REV. JOHN JORDAN,

VICAR OF ENSTONE, OXON.

LONDON:

JOHN RUSSELL SMITH, 36, SOHO SQUARE.

OXFORD:

HENRY ALDEN, 35, CORN MARKET STREET.

1857.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

DEDICATION.

LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.

A WORD TO THE UNLEARNED READER.

INTRODUCTION.

CHAP. I. TERRITORIAL HISTORY. 1. Situation,

&c.-2. Of the Entastan or Giants' Stone.-3; Church

Enstone.-4. Neat Enstone.-5. Lidstone.-6. Broad-

stone.-7. Charlford.-8. Gagingwell.-9. Radford.

-10. Cleveley.-11. Ditchley.

CHAP. II. MEMORIALS OF THE ANCIENT AND NOBLE

FAMILIES of Lee and Dillon, now Lee-Dillon of Ditchley

CHAP. III. ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 1. Notices

of Winchcombe Abbey.-2. Of the Rectorial Barn,

House, and Glebe.-3. Of the Vicarage House and

Glebe.-4. History of the Ancient Church of St. Kenelm,

now that of St. Edward the Confessor

CHAP. IV. THE PAROCHIAL CLERGY.

CHAP. V. ANCIENT DOCUMENTS. Chronological

List of Deeds.-Deed of Manumission of a Villein.-Mar-

riage Licence of a Villein's Daughter.-Deed covenant-

ing for board, lodging, clothing, &c.-Payments in kind.

-Hearths and Chimneys.-Rere-dosse and Dogirons.-

Beds and Bedding.-Clothing.-Beer and Ale.---Hops.—

An Ancient Writ.-Measurements.-Dates and their

Styles.-Days of the Week and Month.-Dating by

Saints' days, by Kings' reigns, &c.-Seals and their

Uses.-Names of portions of Land

201-263

CHAP. VI. PAROCHIAL DOCUMENTS. Deeds of

Church Estate.-Of Suits, Services, and Courtesies.—

Banbury Decree giving uses and administration of

Church Estate.-Feoffment Deeds.—Marten's Charity,

or the Beef Estate.-Awards: viz. Radford, Neat En-

stone, and Church Enstone.-Tithe Rent Charge Ap-

portionment.-Lease of Land for National School.-

Parish Registers and Account Books

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