Roger d'Ivri held Wolvercote in 1086, and Godfrey held of him. There is no further record of the under-tenancy, and the manor descended with the rest of Roger d'Ivri's lands in the county, and in the early C12th was held by Reynold of St Valery and John of St John. About 1180 Roger's son, Bernard of St Valery, granted Wolvercote to Henry II who gave it to Godstow Abbey, and the latter held the manor until the Dissolution (VCH).
A chapel of ease at Wolvercote was subject to the church of St Peter-in-the-East, Oxford. Although it was first recorded in 1236, architectural evidence indicates it existed by the late C12th. Its dependent status was confirmed in 1294. The existence of the C12th font implies that the chapel acquired early baptismal rights, but it had no burial rights until 1414.