ˌɔn twˈɛnti ˈeɪt ˈeɪpɹəl wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi wˈʌn, lˈeɪdi kɹɪstˈiːnə pˈeɪdi, ðə dˈɔːɾɚɹ ʌv ɹˈælf pˈeɪdi, ɐ bˈɜːɡɚ ɪmpˈoːɹtənt sˈɪɾɪzən ænd ˈɑːksfɚd mˈɪl ˈoʊnɚ, ænd ðə wˈɪdoʊ ʌv bˈoʊθ lˈɔːɹəns kˈɛpɪhˌɑːɹm dˈaɪd sˈiː.wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪt, ðə fˈɜːst mˈeɪɚɹ ʌv ˈɑːksfɚd, ænd dʒˈoːɹdən ɹˈuːfəs dˈaɪd sˈiː. wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi wˈʌn fˈɪfti, bᵻkwˈiːðd tə sənt fɹˈaɪdswaɪdz pɹˈaɪɚɹi ðə lˈænd ænd pɹˈɑːpɚɾi ɔnðə hˈaɪ stɹˈiːt ðæt wˈʊd, baɪ wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd fˈoːɹhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi tˈuː, biː ɐn ˈɪn lə tˈæbɑːɹd.
On 28 April 1241, Lady Christina Pady, the daughter of Ralph Pady, a burgher (important citizen) and Oxford mill owner, and the widow of both Laurence Kepeharme (died c.1208), the first Mayor of Oxford, and Jordan Rufus (died c. 1241–50), bequeathed to St Frideswide's Priory the land and property on the High Street that would, by 1432, be an inn (Le Tabard).