[The king has granted to Simon of] Norwich the vacant abbey of Colchester to keep for as long as it pleases the king. ¹ Witness the king at [Tri…]

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[No date]. [… Maurice], son of Roger Ridel , for five acres of land which Roger held of the king in chief in St. Osyth by the service of a knight’s fee. Order to [the sheriff of Essex that, having accepted security] from him for his relief of five knight’s fees, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid five acres. ¹

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[No date]. [Order to Jeremy] of Caxton, keeper of the bishopric of Norwich , to cause the corn in the bishopric in his custody to be sold, so that, in […] vills where the aforesaid corn will be sold […] law-worthy men by whose view and testimony the aforesaid sales [will be made], and who will have […] containing the issues of all corn in the barns and the sum arising therefrom. ¹

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[No date]. […] […ehal’] gives half a mark for having a writ of warranty of charter before the justices of the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take security etc. ¹

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[No date]. [The king has granted to] Peter de Maulay and Christiana, his wife , that, of the 50 m. which are exacted from them by summons of the Exchequer of the £100 by which Henry de Balliol and Lora, his wife, [David Comyn] and Isabella, his wife, and the same Peter and Christiana [made fine] with the king for their relief of the manors of Benington, Hertingfordbury, Sheering, Higham and Fakenham Magna [of the honour of] Valognes , and of the 33 m. 5s. which are exacted from Peter and Christiana of a promise of 100 m. that Henry and his parceners made with the king […], and of the [46] m. 6s. 10d. which are exacted from Peter and Christiana for the third part pertaining to them of £287 6¾d. that Henry […] and his parceners made with the king for having the corn and stock of the manor of Fakenham Magna , they may render a moiety at Michaelmas in the twenty-second year and the other moiety at Easter in the twenty-third year. ¹

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[No date]. […], son and heir of Herbert de Lucy, has made fine with the king by £25 for his relief and for having seisin , even though he is not yet of full age, of all lands formerly of [his father], both of those which he held from the earl of Gloucester and those which he held of Robert fitz Walter, whose heirs are in the king’s custody. Order to the keeper of the honour of Gloucester to take security for rendering those £25 to the king. ¹

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[No date]. [Suffolk]. Ralph of Burgh gives 2 m. for having a writ before the justices of the Bench. Order to the sheriff of [Suffolk] to take security for this.

[Somerset]. Order to the sheriff of [Somerset] to inquire what the lands and chattels John Everard, Phillip de Gran , and Walter de Gran, who were hanged in his bailiwick, had in their hands are worth, to take them into the king’s hand, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

Order to Robert of Crepping to deliver the manor of Penrith with appurtenances to Robert de Ros to hold as the manors of Castle Sowerby, Carlatton and Upperby are held, saving to the king the corn in the barns there and the stock.

18 March. Sandleford. The king has granted to J. queen of Scots while she lives that if she happens to die, her executors may hold in their hands the manors of Driffield and Fenstanton for two years from Michaelmas in the twenty-second year, in order to make execution of [the testament] of the aforesaid queen as would seem best for the king, so that they would hold those manors in their hand, as has been agreed between the king and the aforesaid executors, by a certain price. Order to Robert of Crepping to take the manor of Driffield into the king’s hand and keep it safely until the king orders otherwise, saving to the aforesaid executors the corn in the land, rent of assise and all stock found in the same manor up to Michaelmas in the twenty-second year.

[No date]. For William of Hartshill . in the Roll. William of Hartshill, son and heir of Robert of Hartshill, has made fine by 10 m. for having the custody of the lands ² formerly of Richard of Hartshill, his uncle, both those which Richard held from Robert, father of the same William, and those Richard held from the fee of Hugh d’Aubigny, which he took into the king’s hand, because he believed those lands to have been held of the king. Order to Roger of Essex to cause him to have seisin of the custody of the aforesaid lands and to take security for rendering those 10 m. to the king. Because the king has taken William’s homage for the lands which his aforesaid father held of the king in chief, order to Roger to cause him to have seisin of those lands his father held from the king in chief.

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Corrected from ‘for having the lands …’

[No date]. For William of Hartshill . in the Roll. Later, an inquisition was taken [to ascertain] whether he held of the king in chief, and the inquisition said that he held the vill of Clayworth from the king in chief except for six bovates of land by the service of […] ²

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[No date]. Essex. S’, in the Roll. Ralph ³ Chamberlain has made fine by 100s. for his relief of the lands formerly of Roger Chamberlain, his father. Order to William son of Richard, keeper of the honour of Rayleigh , to take security for the aforesaid 100s.

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Corrected from ‘Robert’.

[No date]. Concerning rendering a palfrey. Somerset. in the Roll. Robert de la Lynd’ and William de Boneville have made fine by one palfrey for having seisin of the lands formerly of Simon de Dynynton’ , father of Avice, Robert’s wife, and of Joan, William’s wife, whose heirs they are. Order to Richard de la Lade to take security for that palfrey.

[No date]. in the Roll. William of Englefield gives half a mark for having a record before the justices of the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take etc.

[No date]. For John de Plessetis. The king has given respite to John de Plessetis, until Michaelmas in the twenty-second year, from the 20 m. by which he made fine for having the custody of the land and heiress of William Avenel .

[No date]. Concerning the corn formerly of Robert fitz Walter. Order to William son of Richard, keeper of the lands formerly of Robert fitz Walter, to cause all corn that is in his custody in the aforesaid lands to be sold by the view and testimony of law-worthy men in each manor, as he will best be able to sell.

[No date]. in the Roll. The king has taken the homage of Thomas, son of John of Windsor , for the lands that John held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take security for 20 m. for his relief.

5 May. Windsor. Cumberland. Concerning the manor of Penrith. in the Roll. The king has granted the manor of Penrith to Robert de Ros in recompense for the manors of Castle Sowerby, Upperby and Carlatton , which manors Robert held by the king’s grant and which the king ordered [to be given] to the King of Scots as a share of the 200 librates of land which ought to be assigned to him in the counties of Northumberland and Cumberland , to be received to Robert’s use from the issues of the same manor up to the value of the aforesaid three manors according the extent to be made by which those manors will be delivered to the aforesaid king, and so that answer is made at the Exchequer for all of the remaining issues of the aforesaid manor by Robert’s hand.

[No date]. in the Roll. The king has taken the homage of Roger of Huntingfield and William of Pitchford , who have two of the daughters and heiresses of William of Howbridge to wife, for the lands which the aforesaid William held of the king in chief and which fall to the aforesaid wives by inheritance, on condition that if Hilary, William’s third daughter, who is reputed to be at Campsey Ash in the religious habit, will come [to claim] her share of the aforesaid lands, Roger and William will render her rightful share to her without contention. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take security from them for 50s. and [two] palfreys for this promise.

[No date]. [Staffordshire]. Ralph Basset gives the king 2 m. for having four justices to take the assize that he has arraigned against Rose de Verdun . Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire to take security.

[No date]. [Norfolk]. in the Roll. Phillip le Haut gives one mark for having a pone at Westminster . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security etc.

[No date]. in the Roll. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to explain to the prior of Lewes that he is to sell, if he will wish, the corn of the church of Eastbourne , which is the church of Ranulf le Breton, for 180 m., for the debt that he owes the king, so that if the prior will wish to take that corn to the aforesaid bargain, he is to render a moiety of those monies to the king at the Exchequer before St. Peter in Chains in the twenty-second year and the other moiety at Michaelmas in 15 days. If, however, the prior does not wish to take that corn at the aforesaid bargain, then he is to cause it to be sold by the view of trustworthy and law-worthy men as best it can be sold to the king’s advantage, and he is to cause the king to have monies he shall take at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the same year.

[No date]. [Norfolk]. in the Roll. Stephen of Reedham gives half a mark for having a writ to attaint twelve jurors before the itinerant justices . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

[No date]. The bishopric of Durham . in the Roll. Robert fitz Maldred gives 3 m. for having four justices ² to take an assize of novel disseisin. Order to the keeper of the bishopric of Durham to take security etc.

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[No date]. Kent. S’, in the Roll. Adam de la Dene , John, his brother, and Hervey of Hoo give half a mark for having a pone . Order to the sheriff of Kent to take security.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. S’, in the Roll. Ralph Sanzaveir gives half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take etc.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. S’, in the Roll. John of Walpole gives 1 m. for having, before the king at Cambridge on Friday next after the octaves of Trinity, the assize that he arraigned against the abbot of Wardon . Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take etc.

[No date]. Norfolk. S’, in the Roll. Gilbert of Fransham gives half a mark for having a writ to attaint twelve jurors. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

[No date]. Norfolk. S’, in the Roll. Roger King and Emma, his wife, give half a mark for having a writ to attaint twelve jurors. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security.

[No date]. Suffolk. S’, in the Roll. Richard of Dalham gives half a mark for having a precipe before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take etc.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. S’, in the Roll. Thomas de Hamsted’ gives 1 m. for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin . Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take etc.

12 June. Fen Ditton. The bishopric of Winchester . in the Roll. The king has committed the bishopric of Winchester to Paulinus Peyvre and Thomas of Newark to keep for as long as it pleases him.

12 June. Fen Ditton. The bishopric of Winchester . in the Roll. The king has committed the honour of Taunton with the castle and its other appurtenances to Peter of Wakering to keep for as long as it pleases the king.

[No date]. Lancaster. S’, in the Roll. Adam son of John gives 100s. for having a writ to attaint twelve jurors. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to take etc.

[No date]. Concerning the corn of P., formerly bishop of Winchester. The executors of the testament of P., formerly bishop of Winchester , have free administration of all corn formerly of the same bishop that is in his granges and, similarly, of all chattels [and debts] which can be exacted from the period in office of the same bishop up to the day of his death, excepting the stock which he bequeathed to the bishopric of Winchester in his testament, so that the aforesaid executors are to answer for the debts to the king, if any are owing from the bishop.

[No date]. Concerning assessing aid. Order to Paulinus Peyvre and Thomas of Newark, keepers of the bishopric of Winchester, to assess moderate aid upon the lands of the bishopric of Winchester, which is vacant and in the king’s hand, on condition that the men of the bishopric do not feel themselves to be aggrieved thereby and so that one moiety thereof shall be rendered at Michaelmas in the twenty-second year and the other moiety at Easter next following.

[No date]. Concerning assessing aid. It is written in the same manner to Peter of Wakering, keeper of the manor of Taunton pertaining to the said bishopric , concerning assessing aid in the manor of [Taunton] and in other lands pertaining to this manor.

[No date]. Somerset. S’, in the Roll. Isabella, daughter of John de Cynnoc , gives half a mark for having an assize of novel disseisin before William of York in Somerset. ³

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At the very foot of this membrane, just above the stitching, is written in a larger hand ‘They are henceforward not to be summoned … (Inposterum non summonit’ …’).

[No date]. The bishopric of Winchester . Order to Paulinus Peyvre and Thomas of Newark, keepers of the bishopric of Winchester, to cause the executors of the testament of P., formerly bishop of Winchester , to have all goods and moveables formerly of the same bishop, both the corn in granges and other goods, excepting corn still in the fields for which the executors are to give the king surety before Brother Geoffrey, and they are to satisfy the king for debts, if he owed anything by summons of the Exchequer, except for the stock which the bishop bequeathed to the church of Winchester.

[No date]. The bishopric of Winchester . It is written in the same manner to Peter of Wakering , concerning the goods of the same bishop in his bailiwick .

[No date]. Warwickshire. S’, in the Roll. Robert , son and heir of Hamo of Broom, owes 10s. for his relief of seven virgates of land in King’s Broom. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take security.

[No date]. The fine of Bartholomew Peche. Gloucestershire. in the Roll. Bartholomew Peche gives 60 m. for having the custody of the lands formerly of Walter de Muscegros , which descend by inheritance to Walter son of Milo, nephew of the same Walter, who is underage and in Bartholomew’s custody by the gift of the earl of Hereford, on condition that if Ralph de Tany will recover the custody of the manors of Monnington on Wye and Winforton , which are of his fee and outside the county, as is said, the aforesaid fine will decline according to the value of the said manors and the extent of the residual lands that shall remain in Bartholomew’s aforesaid custody, and if the abovesaid Walter happens to die, the king has granted to Bartholomew the custody and marriage of William, his brother , in as much as pertains to the king.

[No date]. Devon. S’, in the Roll. Herbert de Pinu gives the king 10 m. and one mewed hawk so that the king will pardon to Simon, his son, that which pertains to him for the death of Thomas, the groom of John Brewer , who he killed by misfortune and not out of malice aforethought.

[No date]. Gloucestershire. S’, in the Roll. Henry Butler, Matilda, his wife, and Martin of Takeley and Mabel, his wife, give 1 m. for having a pone . Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take etc.

[No date]. Oxfordshire. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take security from the executors of the testament of Hugh de Gournay for 10 m. that he owed the king.

10 July. Reading. Cumberland. The sheriff took nothing. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of Odard of Wigton, who held of the king in his bailiwick, and to keep them safely.

[No date]. Wiltshire. in the Roll. William of Kemsing owes half a mark for disseisin ; Master Robert of Lavington 40s. for the same ; Eva de la Mare half a mark for a false plea ; Milo de Merleya, for himself and his pledges, because he withdrew himself, 20s. ; Adam Serjeant for disseisin half a mark ; Godfrey Woodward, Walter Blund and Robert Quareme for disseisin 1 m. ; Gilbert le [Bat…] for disseisin 1 m. ; Thomas Serjeant for the same half a mark ; Maurice of Rodenhurst for a false plea, 1 m.

[No date]. Somerset. S’, in the Roll. William Branche owes 50s. for his relief of half a knight’s fee which Eleanor, who was the wife of Ralph son of Bernard , mother of Joan, William’s wife, whose heir she is, held of the king in chief in Frome . Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take security etc.

[No date]. Surrey. in the Roll. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to take security from him for 12s. 6d. for his relief of the lands which fall to the same William in his bailiwick.

[No date]. Surrey. The men of Kingston are to answer. in the Roll. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to retain to the king’s use two thirds of the corn and chattels formerly of Henry son of Nicholas in the manor of West Sheen for the debts which Henry owed the king. ²

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A schedule containing details of some sales of Henry’s chattels can be found at no. 69 below.

[No date]. Dorset. in the Roll. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Dorset, concerning two thirds of the corn and chattels formerly of the same Henry in the manor of Blandford, together with the corn and chattels which were his in the manor of Fordington, which he is to take into the king’s hand with the same manor.

[No date]. Walter de Burgh ought to answer for the corn of the manor of Fordington . He will answer in his account for the chattels of the same manor. ¹

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This entry is written in a much larger hand and in a darker ink than the previous entry, to which it is obviously linked, although they are distinguished by a paragraph mark. It is a hand very similar to that entering the marginal notes about enrolment in the Pipe Roll.

15 June [sic]. Windsor. Concerning the abbey of Thorney. in the Roll. The king has committed the vacant abbey of Thorney to Jeremy of Caxton to keep for as long as it pleases the king. ²

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The date of this entry appears to be one month out because Richard of Stamford, the late abbot, apparently died on 13 July and licence was granted to elect four days later: Heads of Religious Houses, 1216–1377, p. 75.

[No date]. Nottinghamshire. S’, in the Roll. Hugh son of Ralph owes 65 m. for dead wood and windfallen wood, which the king granted to him in Willey and which the men of those parts had previously purchased.

[No date]. Cumberland. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland to retain the corn sown in the manor of Penrith to the king’s use. ¹

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For a schedule detailing the value of Ralph’s chattels in Buckinghamshire, see no. 70 below.

[No date]. Concerning the chattels of Ralph son of Bernard. Order to the sheriffs of Buckinghamshire and Kent , and William son of Richard, keeper of [the honour of] Rayleigh , to cause the king’s advantage to be made from a third part of the corn and chattels formerly of Ralph son of Bernard by the view and testimony of law-worthy men , so that they answer for them at the Exchequer.

[No date]. The fine of William de Cantilupe. Somerset. S’, in the Roll. William de Cantilupe junior has made fine with the king by 500 m. for having to himself and his heirs or assigns the custody of the lands and of Juliana, daughter and heiress of Hugh de Gournay . He is to render 60 m. of that fine per annum at the Exchequer, namely 30 m. at Easter and 30 m. at Michaelmas until it is paid.

[No date]. Hampshire. S’, in the Roll. Geoffrey de Lisle gives 300 m. so that the king will remit his anger and indignation that he has towards him, as is more fully contained in letters directed to the barons of the Exchequer. He is to render 25 m. at Michaelmas in the twenty-second year and 25 m. at Easter in the twenty-third year, and 50 m. thus each year at the same terms.

[No date]. Kent. in the Roll. Aaron , Josceus , Isaac and Mosse , sons of Sampson of Canterbury, have made fine by £100 for having the lands, rents and chattels formerly of Sampson , their father , and so that the king shall hold to the fine of £300 which Samson owed to him. The king has given £50 of these £100 to Robert of Canterbury, and they are to render the remaining £50 to the king at Easter in the twenty-third year.

[No date]. The fine of the Jews of England. London. in the Roll. The Jews of England give the king £100 so that the Jewish coin-clippers, thieves and their receivers, who have been convicted of the aforesaid malices by any inquisition taken by the oath of law-worthy Christians and Jews, or in another manner, should be ejected from the kingdom irrevocably and that their houses, lands, rents and chattels should remain quit to the king.

[No date]. Norfolk. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the twenty-second year, the demand for 25 m. of the 50 m. by which Reginald of Burgh made fine with the king so that he would be handed over on bail , which 25 m. Reginald delivered to Thomas of Ingoldisthorpe by the hand of William of Hackford, his clerk , and Adam Bataille, his chamberlain, while Thomas was sheriff of those parts, and for which Thomas has not yet acquitted him.

[No date]. The fine of the bishop of Carlisle. Cumberland. S’, in the Roll. W. bishop of Carlisle has made fine with the king by 200 m. for having the custody of the lands formerly of Odard of Wigton, who held of the king in chief, and for having the custody and marriage of Odard’s heir , ³ with the marriage of Christiana, who was Odard’s wife , and he is to render 20 m. per annum of the aforesaid 200 m., namely a moiety at Easter and the other moiety at Michaelmas until another endowment, however it is held, will come into the bishop’s hand from the aforesaid lands. Once anything from the aforesaid endowments has come into the bishop’s hand from the aforesaid lands, he is to render £20 per annum at the same terms per annum until the aforesaid 200 m. will have been paid to the king.

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‘Order to the sheriff of Cumberland to take …’ crossed through here.

[No date]. Essex. in the Roll. William of Newland owes £10 for his relief of three carucates of land in Newland . Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security etc.

[No date]. Nottinghamshire. in the Roll. Odo of Richmond owes 20s. for an amercement because he withdrew himself in an assize of novel disseisin . The pledges are Robert son of Adam and William, his brother .

[No date]. Thorney abbey. Cambridgeshire. The king has granted to the prior and convent of Thorney abbey that they may have custody of their abbey for as long as it will be vacant on this occasion , on condition that, each week for as long as it will be vacant, the prior and convent shall answer the king for one mark. In aid of paying that mark, the king has granted them the tallage which he caused to be assessed upon their men, saving to the king collations of churches, and saving to the king wardships, marriages and escheats pertaining to the abbey for as long as it will be vacant.

[No date]. The fine of Master Simon the Norman. Buckinghamshire. in the Roll. Master Simon de Steyland has made fine with the king by 800 m. for having the custody of the lands and heirs of Ralph son of Bernard, with the marriage of the same heirs.

[No date]. The fine of Ranulf le Breton. The king has granted to Ranulf le Breton that, of the debt which he owes him, he may render £122 per annum at the Exchequer, namely £61 at Easter in the twenty-third year and £61 at Michaelmas in the same year, and £122 thus each year at the same terms until the aforesaid debt is paid to the king . Ranulf is also to find safe pledges at Michaelmas in the twenty-second year for keeping the aforesaid terms and for rendering those monies at the same terms.

The church of Eastbourne in the bishopric of Chichester in Sussex is worth 80 m. The church of Chalk in the bishopric of Rochester in Kent is worth 35 m. The church of Cawston in the bishopric of Norwich is worth 64 m. The church of Ruscombe, a prebend of Salisbury , is worth 10 m. The church of Leckhampstead in Buckinghamshire is worth 35 m. In the bishopric of Lincoln. The church of Deddington in Oxfordshire is worth 57 m. It is in the bishopric of Lincoln. The prebend of Caddington in Bedfordshire is worth 22 m. It is in the bishopric of Lincoln. The church of Debden in Essex in the bishopric of London is worth 56 m. The deanery of Wimborne in Dorset is worth 20 m. ¹

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On the dorse of this membrane is a contemporary note which reads ‘H. of Pattishall, treasurer, received this roll under the seal of Silvester of Everdon in the feast of St. Edmund, 23 Henry III [20 Nov. 1238], by the hand of Henry of Belgrave’.

[No date]. in the Roll.

From the sale of 68 hogs from the chattels of Henry son of Nicholas , 56s. 8d.; From the sale of five oxen and one horse from the chattels of the same, 40s. ²

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For details of the writ concerning this, see no. 51 above.

[No date]. The value of the third part of the corn and chattels of Ralph son of Bernard in Ilmer and Aston Mullins in Buckinghamshire is £22 18s. These corn and chattels have been delivered to Master Simon de Steyland by the king’s writ . These are the pledges for the aforesaid monies, namely William, son of the reeve of Ilmer , Robert son of Osbert, Peter Sperewe, Peter, son of Henry of Ilmer , William, son of Alan of the same , William Attecastele, William, son of Richard Young of the same , William, son of Robert of the same , Walter Everard, John Pikot of Aston, Alan Young of the same, Richard Gerard of the same, William de Lucy of the same, Walter, son of Alfwyn of the same , Roger de Wimberville , Gilbert Wace, Peter of Ilmer, Simon de Cotes and Peter de Molendinis of Buckingham. ¹

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For the accompanying writ see no. 57 above.

[No date]. Concerning the animals of Ralph son of Bernard. Order to the sheriffs of Essex and Hertfordshire , Kent and Buckinghamshire ¹ to cause all animals and cattle formerly of Ralph son of Bernard in the manors of Thundersley and la Burn’ to be valued by trustworthy and law-worthy men and to cause them to be retained and delivered to Richard de Spyneville to the king’s use.

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‘Kent and Buckinghamshire’ interlined.

[No date]. Concerning the animals of Ralph son of Bernard to William son of Richard. Order to the sheriffs of Kent , Essex , Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire , and the keeper of the honour of Rayleigh , to deliver a third part of the chattels and corn formerly of Ralph son of Bernard, once it has been valued, to Master Simon de Steyland to the king’s use , having first accepted security from him for rendering the aforesaid value to the king at the Exchequer in part payment of the debts which Ralph owed to the king, and they are to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know that value at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-second year. ¹

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A schedule detailing the value of some of Ralph’s chattels can be found at no. 101 below.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. S’, in the Roll. The king has taken the homage of Sibyl, daughter and heiress of John of Bratoft , wife of Roger de Cressy, for the lands which John held of the king in chief in Surfleet in Lincolnshire. Order to Roger of Essex, escheator , to take security for 40s. to the king’s use for her relief.

[No date]. Shropshire. S’, in the Roll. The men of Alrewas give 20 m. for having a certain writ against Roger de Somery, their lord.

[No date]. Shropshire. S’, in the Roll. The king has taken the homage of Adam le Bessyn for the lands which Adam le Bessyn, his father, held of the king in Wrickton and Walkerslow.

[No date]. Shropshire. S’, in the Roll. John Lestrange has mainperned before the king that he will satisfy the king for his relief according to the consideration of his court.

[No date]. Shropshire. in the Roll. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to cause the king’s wines which remain at Shrewsbury and Much Wenlock to be sold, and to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know their value.

[No date]. Shropshire. S’, in the Roll. Thomas of Easthope gives the king 5 m. for having four justices [to take] an assize of novel disseisin. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to take etc.

[No date]. Worcestershire. S’, in the Roll. The prior of Little Malvern gives 2 m. for having a writ of warranty of charter before the justices of the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to take etc.

[No date]. Worcestershire. S’, in the Roll. Henry Grindel, Reginald Weaver, Hugh le Colyer and Simon le Colyer, taken and detained in the king’s prison for the redisseisin that they made, give the king 20s. so that they are delivered from prison. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to take etc.

[No date]. Dorset. S’, in the Roll. Walter Lutescaze and John, his son, taken and detained in prison for redisseisin, give 1 m. to be delivered from prison. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take etc.

[No date]. Fine. Warwickshire. S’, in the Roll. The abbot of Bordesley gives £20 for having the king’s charter that they might have and hold all of the closes that they have within the forest of Feckenham .

[No date]. Hampshire. S’, in the Roll. Thomas de Gimeges gives 2 m. for disseisin taken before four knights. ³ Thomas’s pledges are William de Sifrewast for 1 m., Richard de Cardeville for half a mark, and Herbert of Calne for half a mark.

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Corrected from ‘… for having four justices. Order to the sheriff …’

[No date]. Oxfordshire. S’, in the Roll. The men of Oxford give £20 for replevying their vill to them, which was taken into the king’s hand for a trespass in selling bread, wine and ale . Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take etc.

[No date]. Gloucestershire. S’, in the Roll. Thomas de Littleton gives 2 m. for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take etc.

16 Oct. Westminster. Herefordshire. The sheriff has taken nothing. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to take into the king’s hand the lands formerly of William fitz Warin , and keep them safely with corn, chattels and stock, for the debts that he owed the king .

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire .

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. S’, in the Roll. Stephen of Hawkedon gives 1 m. for having a precipe . Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take etc.

[No date]. Essex. S’, in the Roll. Edmund, son and heir of Henry of Kemsing , has made fine by £50 for having seisin of the lands formerly of Henry, and he is to render £25 of that fine at Michaelmas in the twenty-third year and £25 at Easter following. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security.

[No date]. The honour of Rayleigh. Essex. To William son of Richard. S’, in the Roll. The king has taken the homage of Adam of Tryndehayes, son and heir of Robert of Tryndehayes , for one knight’s fee that Robert held of the king in chief. Order to the keeper of the honour of Rayleigh to take security for 100s. for his relief. ³ Adam’s pledges for the said 100s: Richard Castellan; Simon Partridge; John Gelden’; Thomas Pointel; John son of Nicholas .

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Another hand enters the following pledges.

[No date]. Somerset. S’, in the Roll. Walter de Reingny gives half a mark for having a pone . Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take etc.

[No date]. Norwich. in the Roll. Samuel, son of Isaac of Norwich and Abraham, Isaac and Jurnet , sons and heirs of Mosse, first-born son of the aforesaid Isaac , have made fine by 200 m. for having the lands and chattels formerly of the same Isaac that were ² then in the king’s hand, so that if in the process of time it happens that several of his chattels are found, they will remain to the king, and so that they might render 60 m. per annum at the Exchequer in payment of the debts that the abovesaid Isaac owed the king, as he was accustomed to render them during his lifetime. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to take security from the aforesaid heirs for rendering the aforesaid 200 m. to the king, namely a third part at Easter in the twenty-third year, a third part at Michaelmas in the same year, and a third part at Easter in the twenty-fourth year, and, similarly, for rendering the aforesaid 60 m. annually.

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Corrected from ‘are’.

[No date]. Norfolk. S’, in the Roll. Adam Smith of Shouldham gives half a mark for having a writ to attaint twelve jurors. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

[No date]. The bishopric of Durham . in the Roll of the twenty-fourth year. William of Aslackby gives half a mark for having an inquisition. Order to the keeper of the bishopric of Durham to take etc.

[No date]. The bishopric of Durham . in the Roll of the twenty-fourth year. Hugh de Capella gives 1 m. for having four justices. Order to the aforesaid keeper to take etc.

[No date]. Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Hugh of Croft and William [of] Hodnet , executors of the testament of William fitz Warin , have given the king surety by themselves and by Fulk fitz Warin and Henry of Pembridge that they will answer the king in the octaves of Hilary in the twenty-third year for debts if he owed him any.

[No date]. Yorkshire. in the Roll. The abbot of Egglestone gives 1 m. for having a pone . Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security etc.

[No date]. Bedfordshire. Buckinghamshire. John of Bassingham , son and heir of Agnes of Odell, owes £100 for his relief, and he is to render £25 thereof at Easter in the twenty-third year and £25 at Michaelmas in the same year, and £50 thus each year at the same terms until he has rendered that relief.

[No date]. Order to Walter of Tew to take security from the executors of the testament of Henry de la Mare that they will render debts to the king, if he owed any to him.

[No date]. Warwickshire. in the Roll. Geoffrey Chamberlain gives 50 m. for having the seven virgates of land that Walter de Rodes held of the ancestors of the king of England by their bail in King’s Broom , rendering one pair of scissors priced 3d., or 3d., per annum at the Exchequer at Christmas for all services.

[No date]. Essex. in the Roll. Hubert de Rumilly, steward of the earl of Oxford, gives one hawk for having markets and fairs at Sheddon .

Here ends the fine roll for the twenty-second year of the reign of King Henry.

[No date]. in the Roll. This is the third part of the corn and chattels formerly of Ralph son of Bernard in the vill of Thundersley , valued by the oath of Peter of Shoebury , Simon Hadman, Godebrich’, his brother, Alard and Ailwin, his brothers, and Hugh Canep, namely twelve quarters of wheat each valued at 3s., 36 quarters of oats each valued at 12d., and five levelled bushels of beans and peas valued at 3s. 6d. Item, from the chattels: a mare with a foal valued at 5s. 6d., a deer calf valued at 2s.; and hay valued at 5s. All of the aforesaid have been delivered to Master Simon de Steyland by order of the king. The same Master S. has found pledges for the aforesaid value: Peter of Shoebury; Simon Hadman, Godebrich’, his brother; Richard Godegrom; Thomas Clerk; Richard Spouil’; Simon of Wayletts ; Maurice Grundulf; John Clerk; and Simon Palmer . Sum total £4 8s. ²

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The associated writ can be found at no. 72 above.

26 Oct. Woodstock. H. by grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou to the sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire , greetings. Know that we have taken the homage of John of Bassingham, son and heir of Agnes of Odell , for the lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid Agnes which fall to him by inheritance. And therefore we order you that, having accepted security from the same John for rendering £100 to us for his relief, namely £25 at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-third year of our reign and £25 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and £50 thus each year from year to year until the aforesaid pounds have been paid to us, you are to cause the same John to have full seisin of all lands and tenements which the aforesaid Agnes held in fee on the day she died. And when you have taken security from him, you are to signify this to the sheriff of Yorkshire by your letters , so that, then, the command is to be executed that we will enjoin upon him by our letters.

The pledges of John of Bassingham for £100:

Hugh de Lega . Ralph de Parentin . Reginald of Hoo of Odell . Ralph Caperun of the same . Stephen de Lande . Richard Beynin . Walter de Rougemontier . Ralph son of John . Humphrey Visdelu . William with Beard . William de Karleton’ . John of Pavenham . Robert Savage.