Magdelen (PRON. Maud-lin) College acquired lands in Horsington in the 1530s. At that time, the college also took possession of the deeds proving its ownership of these lands. These medieval deeds (so-called ‘muniments’) survive at Magdalen College today, in the Muniment Tower that was purpose-built in the 1480s to house the title deeds to Magdalen’s estates in some 20 English counties.
Here are just a few examples from William Dunn Macray’s 19th-century catalogue of Magdalen College’s muniments that relate to Horsington.

The Horsington History Group are grateful to the Archivists at Magdalen College for their help and guidance.

Magdalen College Medieval Deeds © Magdalen College Oxford

Magdalen College Estate Papers © Magdalen College Oxford

In the 1970s, archivist Chris Woolgar compiled a catalogue of all the estate papers of Magdalen College, including manorial court records, circuit accounts, estates correspondence, etc. Ten pages of this catalogue are devoted to describing the records of Magdalen’s estates in Horsington. These estate records cover the years 1353-1882.

Reproduced by permission of the President and Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford.

Woolgar, C. M., A Catalogue of the Estate Archives of St Mary Magdalen College, Oxford, 8 vols (1981): Volume V, pp. 1371-1380 [available as a PDF scan on application to Magdalen College Archives, Oxford: archives@magd.ox.ac.uk]