| Description | From: William Potager', MA, priest of Winchester diocese
The prior and convent of St Frideswide's Priory, Oxford, and the abbot and convent of Abingdon Abbey [Berkshire] presented William to the church of St Aldate's, Oxford, but John Buckingham, bishop of Lincoln, refused to institute him as rector at the instance of 'Dominus' John Metford, chaplain, of Salisbury diocese, who claimed to have been presented to the church. William appeals to Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury.
Given at 'Caryhyshyn' inn ('hospicium'), Oxford [Oxfordshire].
Notarial sign and attestation of Robert Raulyn, clerk, notary public, of Oxford diocese, who wrote the document.
Witnesses: 'Dominus' John Brydbrok', of London diocese, chaplain; 'Dominus' John lane, of Winchester diocese, chaplain; 'Dominus' William Stacy, clerk, of Salisbury diocese |