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Roger de Trumpington, knight, to the nuns of St Radegund of Cambridge for his soul and the souls of his ancestors, the right of entry into 4 acres 1 rood of land lying in the fields of Trumpington, which Alice Succeling (Suklyng, 20) formerly held, which land the prioress and the convent hold by the gift and feoffment of John Godsone of Cambridge. Rent: 2 lb cumin. Relief: on every election of a prioress, 2s in commutation for services, wards, eschaets and suit of court, except for services to the king. Witnesses: Simon de Cayli of Trumpington, John Hervaud, John Martin, John de Cauz, Thomas Payn, Reginald Freman (all of Trumpington), et multis aliis.

Richard Gulafre, heir to Oldeburga, to Henry le Berton, land which he holds of Odelburga Gulafre on the lane leading to Hinton, between Richard's land and the land of Absalon, son of Segar. Rent: 8d. Gersuma: 3s from Henry and 2s from Oldeburga. Witnesses: Hervey Grim, William, his brother, Robert Smith (faber), Jordan, son of Selid, Geoffrey Potekin, John Crocheman, Walter, son of Selid, Henry, son of Elias, William Dor, Absolon, son of Segar, Alan, his brother, Hugh Mercator (Mercer), Roger Mod, Alan Carpenter, Geoffrey W___, Hervey Gulfre, Cyprian, son of Arnold, Arnald Ratun, Edward, son of Edward, William, his son, William, son of Robert de Ely et multis aliis.

Roger de Brigham, Prior, and the convent of Ely confirm the institution of the nuns of Greneceroft in the Church of All Saints by Geoffrey (Rodel), late Bishop of Ely. Witnesses: Thomas de Heyden, Vincent, Official of the Archdeacon of Ely, Bartholomew, Dean, Walter Corde, Maurice Ruf (sic), Geoffrey Potek[in?], John, son Reginald, William de Porta Et m[u]ltis aliis.

Robert Rikespaud confirms that he has bequeathed to the nuns of St Mary and St Radegund of Cambridge his body to be buried, and for the salvation of his soul and of souls of his ancestors and descendants, one acre of land in the village of Wratting, lying between the land of Hugh Clerk and the acre which the church already holds by gift of John Siventon of Robert's fee, to be held by them in free alms. Witnesses: Sir (Dominus) Richard and Sir Gilbert, chaplains of Wratting, Richard de Svavet' (Swavesey?), clerk, Richard, son of Sewal' de Wikham, Hervey le Massager, Peter le Boef, Elias, servant (or sergeant) et multis aliis.

Absolon, son of Roger, to John, son of Azo. He confirms the grant made to the latter by Walter Cros of a messuage in Milne Street (vicus molendinorum), lying between the land of Peter, son of Yvo, and the land of the said Apsolon. Rent: 4s. And the services owed to Walter Cros, viz. a pair of gloves worth 1/2d. Witnesses: Robert Seman, Thomas Mercer (Mercator), Hervey, son of Martin, Michael, John, his sons, Ralph, son fo Henry, Richard, son of Yvo, Thomas, son of Joachim, Robert de St Edmunds, Bartholomew le Noble, Richard de Nouham (Newnham?), John, son of Yvo, William Pilat et multis aliis.

Aspelon, son of Roger, to the nuns a rent of 4s per annum out of land in the tenure of John, son of Azo (Acius), lying between the land given by the said Aspelon to his daughter, Margaret, and the land of Yvo, son of Matilda, which rent his (Aspelon's) deceased son Reginald gave to the nuns for one lamp in their church. Witnesses: Hervery, son of Eustace, Robert Saman, Geoffrey, son fo Ralph, John and Laurence, his sons, Hervey, son of Martin, Michael and John, his sons, Ralph, son of Henry, Thomas le Mercer, Bartholomew le Noble, Walter Corde, William Pilate et multis aliis.

Nigel confirms Countess Constance's grant to the nuns of exemption from hagable and langable etc.; refers to King Stephen's charter Gray 3b.

King Stephen confirms the grant by his daughter-in-law the Countess Constance to the nuns of exemption from hagable and langable and of the entire fishery and waters belonging to the borough. Grant witnessed at Cambridge by Fulcus de Oilli, Robertus filius Unfris (Robert, son of Humfrey), Ricardus de Bada (Richard of Bath), Henricus de Novo Mercato (Henry of Newmarket).

Archbishop Thomas Becket confirms the grant by King Malcolm IV of 10 acres of land at Grenecroft to the nuns, along with general confirmation of their lands. Witnesses: Robertus Archidiaconus Oxineford' (Robert, the Archdeacon of Oxford), Magister Philippus de Caun' (Master Philip de Calne?), Magister Herbertus de Boseham (Master Herbert de Boseham), Rob(ertus) capell(anus) et Williamus capell(anus) (Robert the chaplain and William the chaplain), Williamus de Leigrecest'

Stephen Langton confirms the previous charters of Theobald and Thomas Becket, Archbishops of Canterbury, and of Nigel, Bishop of Ely.

Hugh Bishop Ely confirms the grant made by Eustace, Bishop of Ely (1198-1220) to the nuns of St Mary and St Radegund of all his land between the nunnery and Grenecroft, as confirmed [in charter Gray 7a] by his predecessor John de Fontibus, Bishop of Ely (1220-1225). Witnesses: Magister Nicholas Archdeacon of Ely, Magister John de Luttrewath official, Magister Adam Linton, Dn. (Sir) William de Wedling[ham], Dn. Robert de Hecham (Haugham, Lincs.; Heacham; Heigham (Norf.) ?), Dn. Henry de Noewyc (Norwich) et multis aliis

Walter, son of William and Alice de St Edmunds, confirms the exchange (169b-c) of a messuage for 1 acre in the fields, lying between the land of Master John Grim and that of Hugh, son of Absalon. Witnesses: Hervey, son of Eustace, Robert Saman, Adam, son of Eustace, Walter Corde, Hervey, son of Martin, Michael and John, his sons, Geoffrey, son of Ralph, Ralph, son of Henry, Thomas, son of Joachim, Richard, son of Yvo et multis aliis.

Confirmation of 48; the text, the scribe and the witnesses are identical to the above.

Laurence, Prior, and the convent church of St Giles of Barnwell, to Symon, son of Henry, of Cambridge, a certain messuage in Cambridge that Geoffrey, son of Orgar held of them, lying between the land which Robert Seman holds of the convent of Chikesand and the land of Thomas of Taxted. Rent: 2s 6d; homage and services. Witnesses: Hervey, son of Eustace, Adam, his brother, Robert Seman, Robert, his son, Hervey Clerk, Michael, his son, Geoffrey Potekin, John, his son, John Alard, Walter Corde, William Pilate et aliis.

Fulk Crocheman confirms the gift made with his sister Sybil of lands formerly held of him by Brito the Jew, dimentions 47 ft wide on the street front, and in the middle 39 ft, length 204 ft from the street to the end of his. Witnesses: Baldwin Blang[ernon?], Bernard Grim, Albric Ruffus (Russ?), Absalon, son of William, Walter, his brother, Robert Seman, Hervey Grim, William, his brother, Michael, son of Ordgar, Adam Weriail, Stephan, son of Selid, Roger Parleben, Andrew Caret[er], Richard Grisillung, Reginald, son of Osbert, Robert Walter, Richard, son of Nicholas, Richard de Malket; et multis aliis.

Martin Chamberlain (Camararius) to the nuns a messuage in Stevinton, called Hokerhellescroft, which they have by gift of Beatrix, his mother, and 9 acres of the open fields of Stevinton, which Matilda (Maud) Chamberlain had from the said Beatrix and gave to the nuns, in free alms, for the salvation of his soul and those of his ancestors and descendants. Witnesses: Walter, parson of Wilburham, Henry Chaplain of Beatrix Chamberlain, Martin's mother, Robert, chaplain of Wibisse (Wimbish), Adam de Stokes, Robert, chaplain of Berkelau, Sir (Dominus) William de Knapwell, Sir Walter de Capellis, Sir William Russel, Sir Henry de Capellis, Sir William Burre et multis aliis.

Walter Cock, for the souls of himself and his wife, Agnes, confirms the grant of a rent of 2s out of land in Bridge Street, made by Adam Wyriel to the nuns. Witnesses: Hervey, son of Eustace, Robert Seman, Geoffrey Potekin, Adam, son of Eustace, Walter Corde, Henry Alegod, Childeman, Apsolon, son of Roger, John Bernard, John Smith (Faber) et multis aliis.

Eustace Oldcorn to Prioress Custantia (Constance) and the nuns a grant by Oldeburga of an annual rent of 6d out of a tenement she holds next the land of Richard Bulling. Witnesses: Richard, son of Laurence, Robert, son of Anger le Rus, Robert Hubert, Symon Baker (Pistor), Peter Ragat, John Porthors, Stephen Langstaf et aliis.

Reginald, son of Hugh Clencwaret(on) to the nuns an annual rent of 3 combes of salt (12 bushels) due on St Margaret's day, out of a salt works at Linn, called Heveckescote, which rent was granted by his father Hugh to the nuns in free alms for his soul and the souls of all his ancestors. Witnesses: Geoffrey, priest of North Lynn (Nordlinn), Ernest, priest of Lynn, John, son of Alan de Ingaldestorp, Peter, son of Ralph de Alen, William, his brother, Godfrid de Grimeston, Simon and Bartholomew, his sons, Richard (?)Cecurteis, Gilbert, his brother, Geoffrey _odo, Richard Wulfard, Geoffrey, his brother, William de Wigenhale, Adam Huriel et pluribus aliis.

John, son of Bartholomew, confirms the grant by Adam Wyriel to the nuns of a rent of 2s out of land in Bridge Street. Witnesses: Hervey, son of Eustace, Robert Seman, Geoffrey Potekin, Adam, son of Eustace, Walter Corde, Henry Alegod, Childman, Apsolon, son of Roger, John Bernard, John Smith (Faber) et multis aliis.

John confirms the grant of his predecessor Eustace, Bishop of Ely (1198-1220) to the nuns of St Mary and St Radegund all of his land between the nunnery and 'Grenecroft'. The benefactor had seen the original charter of Eustace in the nuns' possession. Witnesses: Thomas de Heyden: (Heydon?), Magister Robert de Iwareby (Ewerby), Magister G. Grim (?), Simon de Insul[a] (of the Isle [of Ely]), Warin de Saham (Soham?), Richard de Chewelle (knight, tenant at Hatfield, Herts. - Miller, p. 194), Mattheus [Cristien] Senesc[hal] Elien[sis] (Matthew Christien, John de Fountains' steward), Henry Dunning[ton?] (Donnington) Et Multis Aliis

Roger (de Brigham), Prior, and the convent of Ely confirms the grant by John (de Fontibus), 239c. Witnesses: Laurence (de Stanesfield), Prior of Barnwell (1213-51), Master (Magister) Thomas de Watchel(ay), Bartholomew, Dean , Henry, parson of Hinton, Richard, parson of Suafham (Swaffam), John, parson of Fulbourn, et aliis,

Geoffrey (de Burgh), Bishop of Ely, confirms the impropriation 239c. Witnesses: Master (Magister) William de Bisinges, Master William de Argentis, Master William de Bankes, Master Adam de Horning(sey), Master Edmund de Massingham, William de Burbridge, clerk, et aliis.

Walter, son of Walter de Scalariis (de Scaler, or Scales) confirms his father's grant of 20s per annum for the maintenance of three lamps in the church of St Radegund. Witnessed by William de Abingdon, miles (knight).

Prioress Constance (Custancia) and the nuns confirm to Elyas Hoppecrane the land in which he has been enfeoffed by Reginald Harecok, which the said Reginald held of the nuns between the land of Hervey, son of Eustace and the Castle ditch, for a rent of 2s 6d. Dimensions: 25 ft wide. Rent: 6d. Witnesses: John Aldred, Roger Warin, Walter Blancgernon, Thomas Dunning, Robert Dunning, Henry Atcastle (ad castellum), Robert Wymund, clerk, et aliis.

John de Goiz to Adam de Litlington, chaplain, confirms the gift of 14 acres in the fields of Bassingburn, made to the said Adam by Mary de Bassingburn, widow, to be held of the said John de Goiz and his heirs. Rent: 4d saving services to the king; consideration: 1/2 mark. Witnesses: Sir (Dominus) Ralph, son of Fulk, Sir Hugh Grandin, Henry de Colne, sheriff of Cambridge, William Russ (Ruffus) de Clopton, William de Comberton, William clerk, Geoffrey, son of Baldrich, Walter, son of Jacob, William Wulvrich, Thomas clerk, William Wardeben et aliis.

John le Moyne, son of Nicholas le Moyne to the nuns of St Mary and St Radegund of Cambridge, 50 acres of land in Shelford touching which a plea was brought by the King's writ before the itinerant Justices at Cambridge 1246-47. Witnesses: Sir (Dominus) Adam de Walland, the King's Justice at that time at Cambridge; Sir Everard de Trumpington, knight (miles), Alan de Bassingburn, knight, John, son of Reginald, knight, John le Moyne, knight, Henry de Colevile, knight, Hugh de Brai, knight, Peter de Bramford, Robert de Boilund, Herbert de Havekston, Henry, son of Asteline of Trumpington, Walter, son of William de St Edmund's, John de Ry, chaplain, Robert de St Edmund's clerk, et multis aliis.

Alexander le Muine (Moyne), son of Peter le Muine, to Adam de Litlington, chaplain, for his homage and service, all the land which the said Adam bought of William, son of Augustine, in Litlington. Consideration: 20s; rent: 12d. Witnesses: Sir (Dominus) Henry le Eveske, Sir Adam de Bassingburn, Henry de Coln', sheriff of Cambridge, Robert de St Edmind's, Peter de Ashwell, Reginald le Muine, John, son of Simon, William, his brother et aliis.

Prioress Elizabeth and the nuns to John Wyghton and Agnes, his wife, a vacant site in Nuns' Croft, opposite the garden of the said John abutting on the King's Ditch, 80ft. to 40ft. Term: their joint lives in survivorship; rent: 6s.

Prioress Joan Fulbourn and the nuns to John Marchall and Laurence Elverede a garden and a dove house in St Radegund parish, lying between the house of the Friars Minor to the west and a tenement of the nuns to the east, abutting on the highway to the north and to the south partly on a stone wall of the Friars Minor, 21 1/2 yards long, and partly on the Nuns' close in the tenure of William Pechard. Term: 30 years. Rent: 10s. Witnesses: John Hesewell, Mayor of Cambridge, John Smyth, Thomas Pomell, John Manfeld and John Rays, bailiffs, et multis aliis.

Matilda (Maud) Pinnig(er) (or Pinning?) acknowledges receipt from the nuns of a shop in the Meat Market, given to them by Richard Atgate (ad portam), which was formerly held of the nuns be Eustace Selede at 7s 8d per annum. Rent: 7s. Witnesses: Sir (Dominus) Walter de Havekestone, chaplain, Sir John, chaplain, Nicholas ultra forum (beyond the market), Michael Bernard, Alberic Butcher (carnifex), Roger de Wilburham, Elbor (Elvr'?) Scriptor (Scribe) et aliis.

Prioress Letitia and the nuns give to William Athelard a messuage with buildings lying between the land of the Hospital of St John and the land of William Pie. William Athelard has sworn fealty to them. Rent: 4s 6d. Witnesses: Adam son of Eustace, Robert Saman, Thomas son of Joachim (25), Ralph son of Henry, Michael Malherbe, Robert de St Edmund's, Reginald de Fordham, William Pilate, Walter Crocheman, John Athelard, William Pye, William Godsho et aliis.

William Pilate has received from Prioress Letitia and the nuns lands lying next to land of Ailitha, widow, formerly held of them by Matilda de Cimiterio (Maud of Cemetry); length 40 ft, breadth 34 ft. Rent: 8d and 2 capons. Witnesses: Hervey son of Eustace, Adam, his brother, Robert Saman, Hervey son of Martin, Michael and John, his sons, Thomas son of Joachim, Ralph son of Henry, Reginald de Fordham, Reginald, his son, Robert de St Edmunds, William de Hibernia (of Ireland) et aliis.

Richard de Histon, chaplain, receives of Prioress Letitia of the Nunnery of St Radegund a portion of their land in Tornechroft next that of Roger Carter. Rent: 2s and 2 capons. Witnesses: Hervey son of Eustace, Robert Seman, Adam son of Eustace, Walter Corde, Geoffrey son of Ralph, Ralph son of Hervey, Thomas son of Joachim, Nicholas Sarant, Walter de Lindsey, Geoffrey Cook, Roger Careter et multis aliis.

Bartholomew le Noble thas received from Prioress Letitia and the nuns the messuage which was of Symon le Blund, between the land of said Bartholomew and the land of Andrew de Winepol, extending from the highway to the land of Bernard Grim and Richard Bullokesprest. Rent: 2s; gersuma 5 1/2 marks. Witnesses: Hervey son of Eustace, Robert Saman, Adam son of Eustace, Geoffrey son of Ralph, John and Lawrence, his sons, Ralph son of Henry, Hervey son of Martin, Michael and John, his sons, Reginald de Fordham, William Pilate et multis aliis.

Prioress Eva Wasteneys and the nuns to Thomas de Revede, Serjeant-at-arms, Alice, his wife, and John, William and George, their sons, and Isabel and Margaret, their daughters, a tenement in Radegund's Lane, lying between a tenement of the nuns on the east and another tenement of the nuns and the garden of the Friars Minor on the west, abutting on the Friars' garden and a messuage of the nuns on the south, and on the lane to the north. Term: their joint lives in survivorship and one year and one day after the death of the survivor of them. Rent: 6s. 8d., to be paid in two equal parts on the Easter day and on St Michael's day. Covenants: Lessees to build, repair etc. Witnesses: Stephen, son of Bartholomew Moriz, Mayor of Cambridge, Roger de Harleston, William de Horwode, John de Caldecote, Roger le Chaundeler et aliis.

Hugh de Stamford, Commissary General of the Official of Ely, gives judgment in a suit between the prioress and convent of St Radegund and Sir Geoffrey, chaplain and perpetual vicar of St Clement's. The prioress claims arrears of her pension of 5 marks per annum due from the vicar out of the alter fees. He is ordered to pay 1 mark on St Nicholas day (6 December) and 20 shillings at Epiphany (6 January).

Margaret Mast and others: William Spencer, William Offele Golgsmyth and John Neulyn (144a), executors of William Mast, deceased, to Andrew Sharp and Margaret, his wife, the tenement in Preacher Street. Term: Joint lives in survivorship; rent: a red rose. Witnesses: John Bilney, mayor of Cambridge, Simon Randekyn, Richard Sexteyn or (seu) Thomas Sturmyn, Thomas Fuller, bailiffs, et aliis.

John Wattys, Robert Brigham and Isabel, widow of Robert Brigham, sen. (all of Cambridge), executors of the will of Robert Brigham, sen., (the will attested by John Gaynesford, mayor, Thomas Banlee, Adam Leveryngton, John Whaplode, William Histon, bailiffs, and others, 1411) to John Sexteyn and John Whapode. Butchers, 13 acres in scattered parcels in Barnwell fields, bought from several men by the late Robert Brigham. Witnesses: John Gaynesford, mayor of Cambridge, John Herrys, John Bilneye, Simon Bentibowe of Cambridge, John Bussh of Barnwell et aliis.

John de Malbyrthorp and William de Hynxton, citizens of Cambridge and executors of Adam de Clifford, to John de Tryppelowe, parson of Herdewyck, 2 selions in Barnwell fields, one next the land of the Prior of St Edmund's Chapel in Cambridge and abutting on Horspath, the other next to land of the nuns and abutting on Hynton Way. Witnesses: John Pyttok, Bartholomew Morice, Edmund de Ovyngton, John Porter, Hugh le Smyth, Thomas Joachym et aliis.

The nuns are discharged from payment of procurations to the Archdeacon. Document imperfect. Reportedly missing in 1960.

English translation (early 19 cent.) of 79 a-c and of another document concerning tithes of a watermill

Richard, son of Laurence de Litleberi to the nuns a croft built up in front towards the street in exchange for 2 1/2 acres in Cambridge fields. Witnesses: Adam son of Eustace, Robert Saman, __d son of Henry, Eustace son of Hervey, Thomas Joachim, Anger Russ, Childman, Robert de St Edmunds, Robert Hubert, Richard son of Yvo, Michael Malherbe, William Pilate et aliis.

Prioress Agnes Seintelow and the nuns exchange 1/2 acre in Barnwell fields in le Middelfeld, formerly of John Whithobbe and before that of Peter Carbonel, between land of Thomas Cotton, formerly of Philip Cayle, on the west and the Prior of Barnwell on the east, one side abutting on Hynton way by lez Cleypettis, for 1/2 acre by Hynton Cross, between land of the Prioress of St Radegund's from the east and that of the Prior of Barnwell from the west, one side abutting on Hynton way. Term: 20 years. Witnesses: John Bilney, mayor of Cambridge, Stephan Neel, John Busshe and John Litstere, bailiffs, et aliis.

Part of the site of what is now King's College for part of what is now Jesus College Close. Feoffment: The Master and Brethren of the Hospital of St John the Evangelist to King Henry VI a close lying within the ditch or meadow of the Prioress and the nuns of St Radegund, on the west side of their house, in the tenure of William Spaldyng, clerk. Witnesses: Thomas Crosse, Mayor of Cambridge, William Tame, William Roger, Thomas Fordham, John Serjant, bailiffs, et multis aliis.

Robert, son of Anger le Rus, to Prioress Custancia and the nuns a quit rent of 3s out of a messuage formerly belonging to Henry Spilmen in the Cornmarket, lying between the land of John Atgate and the land of Nicholas outside the market. Saving to the donor a rent of 4d from this messuage and the escheat if it should fall vacant. Consideration: the nuns release to John de Sausitone a rent of 3s due to them from Ralph de Banc for a virgate of land in Pampesworth. Witnesses: Richard, son of Laurence, mayor of Cambridge, Roger Warin, William Goldring, William, son of Ivo, John Martin, bailiffs, William Tuyllet, Robert Hubert, Walter Chrocheman, Enest Mercer (Mercator), William Elyot, Nicholas ultra forum (beyond the market), Robert de Maddingele et aliis.