28 Oct. Westminster. Nottinghamshire. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take into the king’s hand all the lands of A. countess of Eu and Henry de Stuteville in his bailiwick, and to deliver them to W. earl Warenne to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers at the Exchequer or anywhere else which the king will wish and order. ¹ Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

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The relationship of C 60/22 to its duplicate (C 60/23) is fully discussed in CFR 1216–1224, pp. xix–xxi. The differences between the marginalia in the two rolls are not noted in what follows, but other significant discrepancies are mentioned.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Sussex, Kent and Yorkshire, concerning the lands of the said countess.

29 Oct. Westminster. Berkshire. To the sheriff of Berkshire. Order to take into the king’s hand without delay all lands of Robert de Dreux in his bailiwick, with all rents, stock, corn and chattels found therein, by the view and testimony of trustworthy and law-worthy men from each of the manors, and he is to deliver them to Ralph Hareng to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers to the king at the Exchequer or wherever else the king will order. The sheriff, with those four trustworthy and law-worthy men, is to have one roll and the same Ralph is to have the other concerning all rents, stock, corn and chattels found in the same lands. ¹ The roll having been drawn up, he is to place the same Ralph in such seisin of all of the aforesaid rents, stock, corn and chattels aforesaid without delay.

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Witness clause entered here. What follows is clearly a later insertion, being squeezed in before the following entry. C 60/23, m. 7 carries this addition neatly after the witness clause.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Hampshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire and Middlesex.

31 Oct. Westminster. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex and Hertfordshire, concerning the lands, stock, corn, rents and chattels of the count of Brittany to be delivered to Thomas of Moulton, so that he answers therefor etc.

Oxfordshire. Petronilla, who was the wife of Geoffrey Fletcher , has made fine with the king by 10 m. for having seisin of a mill called ‘Kingesmulne’ ¹ during her life, which she had by bail of King R., in order to sustain her during her life, and which she sold afterwards to William de Bréauté. She is to render 2½ m. of which 10 m. to the king at Easter in the ninth year, 2½ m. at Michaelmas in the same year, 2½ m. at Easter in the tenth year, and 2½ m. at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take security etc.

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Corrected from ‘in Oxford’.

Yorkshire. The king has committed the manor of Harewood with appurtenances to W. archbishop of York with all stock, corn and chattels formerly of Falkes de Bréauté found in the same manor, to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to cause him to have full seisin.

4 Nov. Westminster. Concerning the manor of Washingborough. Order to Thomas of Moulton to permit Martin of Pattishall to hold the manor of Washingborough by the same farm that he used to render to the count of Brittany, so that he answers for it at the Exchequer by his hand.

Somerset. William de Cantilupe has made fine with the king by £10 for having seisin of the land that William Crassus, who was captured acting against the king in Bedford castle, held of his fee in Norton. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take security etc.

8 Nov. Westminster. Bedfordshire. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire ¹ to take into the king’s hand the land formerly of Peter de Surive in Wymington, to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise, and to cause the king to know how much that land is worth. ² Before the justiciar.

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Corrected from ‘Northamptonshire’.

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‘Coram justic’’ omitted in C 60/23, m. 7.

8 Nov. Westminster. Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire that, by the view and testimony of trustworthy and law-worthy men, he is to make the king’s advantage from all corn formerly of Falkes de Bréauté in his bailiwick and of other enemies of the king who were against him in Bedford castle. Order to the same sheriff to cause those bacons which were found in the stores of the same castle and were deposited at Newnham by the order of the king, and are rotten or old, to be given in alms to lepers and paupers where it will seem to him to be most useful. He is to reserve safely those which are good to the use of the king until the king orders otherwise.

Wiltshire. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to distrain the men of Winterslow to render to Thomas of Cirencester, without delay, all aids and arrears that they owe to the king from the time that the vill of Winterslow was in the king’s hand.

Fine of the abbot of Merevale. To Robert of Lexington. The abbot of Merevale has made fine with the king by 25 m. for having his pasture in Mainstone, and for having his wainages there by the same metes by which they had them at the time that the king received custody of the High Peak from W. earl of Ferrers, so that the abbot is to render to the king those aforesaid 25 m. within the five years next following from Martinmas in the ninth year, namely 5 m. each year at two terms, namely 2½ m. at the Exchequer of Easter and 2½ m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas. Order that, having taken security for rendering the aforesaid 25 m. to the king at the aforesaid terms, he is to permit the abbot to have the aforesaid pasture and wainage, as aforesaid.

Oxfordshire. Matthew of Aston has made fine with the king by £10 for having his seisin of two carucates of land, £4 11s. 2d. of rent and one mill with appurtenances in Steeple Aston, of which Falkes de Bréauté forcibly purchased (vi emit) three virgates of land from him and took the rest from him at farm for 15 years, ¹ as is clear to the king by an inquisition taken by his order, so that Matthew is to render 50s. to the king of the aforesaid £10 at Easter in the ninth year, 50s. at Michaelmas in the same year, 50s. at Easter next following and 50s. at Michaelmas next following. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take security and cause him to have the same full seisin.

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Corrected from ‘of which Falkes de Bréauté took from him at farm at a term of 15 years and of three virgates of land that the same Falkes purchased by force from the same Matthew …’

Derbyshire. Walter Malet gives the king 3 m. for having justices to take an assize of mort d’ancestor against Gilbert de Castello and others, as is more fully contained on the dorse of the Patent Roll, concerning land in Horsley. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire ¹ to take etc. ²

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Corrected from ‘Berkshire’.

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PR 1216–25, pp. 558–9.

[No date]. The king has committed to Robert de Flur land with appurtenances in W[…] ¹

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Entry cancelled and omitted on C 60/23, m. 7.

15 Nov. Westminster. Huntingdonshire. To the sheriff of Huntingdonshire. Order to take the manor of Godmanchester into the king’s hand and keep it safely until the king orders otherwise, which manor the king has committed to the Master of the Knights of the Temple in England for 300 m. that he lent to the king and which the king restored to him, so that the Master will answer the king for the issues of the same manor from the time when that manor was in his hand by order of the king. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

The honour of Wallingford. The king has granted to Hugh Despenser a moiety of the manor of Chalgrove with the capital messuage, and to Hugh de Plessetis, Drogo de Barentin and Nicholas de Boleville the other moiety with appurtenances formerly of Peter de Maulnay, in order to sustain them in the king’s service for as long as it pleases the king. Order to the keeper of the honour of Wallingford that, by the view and testimony of trustworthy and law-worthy men of his bailiwick, he is to cause Hugh Despenser to have full seisin of a moiety of the same manor with the aforesaid capital messuage, and the abovesaid Hugh, Drogo and Nicholas to have full seisin of the other moiety of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances, saving to Alexander of Dorset the corn that he bought from Peter’s bailiffs from the land that Peter had in Chalgrove, and saving to the king the rest of the same corn with the rest of the stock and chattels found in the same manor.

The honour of Wallingford. Order to the same keeper to cause the corn formerly of the same Peter in Chalgrove to be valued, and if that corn ought to remain to the king, then he is to deliver it to the aforesaid Hugh Despenser, Hugh de Plessetis, Drogo de Barentin and Nicholas de Boleville so that they answer the king at the Exchequer for its value, and if it ought to remain to the said Peter, then it is to remain to him, saving to Alexander of Dorset the corn that he bought from the bailiffs of the same Peter in Chalgrove.

18 Nov. Westminster. Norfolk. The king has granted to Adam son of Hervey and Juliana, his wife, daughter and heiress of John son of Hugh, the manor of Ormesby with appurtenances that John son of Hugh held at fee farm by bail of King John for rendering £16 per annum, to be held by rendering the same farm of £16 per annum. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to cause them to have full seisin without delay. ¹ Witness E. bishop of London. Before the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

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C 60/23, m. 7 erroneously dates this entry to 28 November.

22 Nov. Westminster. Sussex. James de Were gives half a mark for having a pone against Simon of Lidiam and Beatrice, his wife, concerning a virgate of land in Guestling. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take etc. Witness E. bishop of London.

Kent. Order to the sheriff of Kent to distrain all those who hold of the king in chief in his bailiwick by knight service to render their scutage to the king, namely 2 m. per shield for the army of Montgomery and 2 m. for the army of Bedford, so that, as he loves himself and his own, he is to have that scutage at the Exchequer in the octaves of Hilary in the ninth year, excepting those who have quittance by the king’s letters, and those for whom he rendered account at the aforesaid Exchequer. Witness as above.

It is written in the same manner to all the sheriffs of England.

Concerning making distraint for the scutage of Bedford. Order to Waleran Teutonicus to distrain all those in his bailiwick who hold in chief of the earl of Devon ¹ by knight service to render their scutage to the king, namely 2 m. per shield for the army of Bedford, so that he is to have that scutage at the Exchequer at Hilary in three weeks in the ninth year, excepting those etc. Witness as above.

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Corrected from ‘who hold of the lands formerly of …’

3 Dec. Westminster. Concerning the corn of Winterslow. Order to Thomas of Cirencester to cause the king’s corn of Winterslow to be valued and to be delivered to the earl of Essex by the same value, for which the same will answer the king, and he is to cause the king to know that value. ¹ Witness the king.

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Henceforth, all writs are witnessed again by the king unless otherwise stated.

Concerning the rent of wines of Exeter. Order to the trustworthy men of Exeter to render to Thomas of Cirencester, without delay, the rent of wines that they still ought to render of the eighth year.

6 Dec. Westminster. Oxfordshire. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take into the king’s hand the vill of Newnham that Gundrea de Warenne held in dower, which is an inheritance partible between Joan, wife of Hugh de Neville, and Margaret, wife of Falkes de Bréauté, and he is to keep it safely until it will have been shared between them by order of the king, saving to the executors of the testament of the same Gundrea the chattels that she had there in order to execute her reasonable testament. Witness R. bishop of Salisbury.

Suffolk. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Suffolk, concerning the vill of Fageham which she held in maritagium, and which is an inheritance partible between the aforesaid.

Middlesex. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Middlesex, concerning the land which she had in Halliwick, which is an inheritance partible between the aforesaid.

20 Dec. Geddington. Northamptonshire. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take into the king’s hand the land that Peter Picot held in chief of the king in his bailiwick, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise. ¹ Witness the king.

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Henceforth, all writs are witnessed by the king unless otherwise stated.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Nottinghamshire, Essex, Kent, Northamptonshire and Sussex.

23 Dec. Brackley. Yorkshire. Lincolnshire. Nottinghamshire. Warwickshire. Leicestershire. Northamptonshire. Cambridgeshire. The king has granted to Nigel de Mowbray that he may collect his scutage for the army of Montgomery, namely 2 m. per shield, by his hand in the counties of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire, so that he answers at the Exchequer.

24 Dec. Brackley. Buckinghamshire. Beatrice, who was the wife of Ranulf de Carun , has made fine with the king by 80 m. ¹ for having custody of the land and heir of the same Ranulf, with the marriage of the same heir, to be rendered at two terms per annum, namely £10 at the Exchequer of Hilary, £10 at the Exchequer of Easter, and thus from year to year until the aforesaid 80 m. are rendered to the king. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take security from her for rendering that fine thus. Before the justiciar.

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Corrected from ‘of the fine of 80 m. that she made with the king …’ Not corrected in C 60/23, m. 7.

28 Dec. Wallingford. Suffolk. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to place in respite the demand that he makes from Hamo Peche by summons of the Exchequer of one sore goshawk for pledging William of Felsham, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Easter in the ninth year.

Fine of the abbot of Bordesley. To Hugh de Neville . The abbot of Bordesley has made fine with the king by £100 for holding in peace that assart that he made in the king’s forest of Feckenham in the time that John Marshal was justice of the king’s forest in England, and for 40 ¹ acres still to be assarted in the same forest. Of which £100 the abbot rendered 15 m. to the king in the Wardrobe at the New Temple in London on Saturday in the feast of St. Peter in Cathedra in the ninth year, and is to render 35 m. at the Close of Easter the same year, 50 m. at Michaelmas the same year and 50 m. at Easter in the tenth year. ² Order that, having accepted security from the aforesaid abbot for rendering 35 m. to the king at the aforesaid terms, ³ he is to permit him to hold the aforesaid assart in peace and to cause the same 40 acres ⁴ to be assarted anew to be measured at the king’s perch.

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Corrected from ‘20’, but not so in C 60/23, m. 7.

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Corrected from ‘Of which £100 the same abbot is to render 50 m. at the Exchequer of Hilary in the ninth year, 50 m. at the Exchequer of Easter next following, and 50 m. at the Exchequer of St. John the Baptist next following.’ Again, the correction has not been made in C 60/23, m. 7.

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Corrected from ‘£100’.

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Corrected from ‘20 acres’.

Concerning respite. Order to Waleran Teutonicus to place in respite the demand that he makes from the knights of the Isle [of Wight] for the army of Bedford, until 15 days from Hilary in the ninth year, so that the king might inquire in the meantime whether they owe that aid or not.

Concerning the manor of Hatfield. Essex. Order to the trustworthy men of Hatfield that, immediately after having viewed these letters, they are to take into the king’s hand the king’s manor of Hatfield, which Guy de la Poscener’ held, with all stock, chattels and corn found therein, ¹ and keep it safely so that the bailiff of the same Guy sells nothing or removes anything therefrom, and they are to signify to the king without delay by their letters what stock, chattels and corn they will find in that manor. If the bailiff of the aforesaid Guy has received the farm of the aforesaid manor from Christmas term last past, they are to arrest the body of the same bailiff until he has restored that farm to the king.

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Corrected from ‘with all appurtenances’.

Staffordshire and Shropshire. The king has taken the homage of William Pantulf for land formerly of Hugh Pantulf, his father, which he held of the king in chief and which falls to him by inheritance. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire and Shropshire that, having accepted relief from William by rendering £100 to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all land in his bailiwick of which Hugh was seised on the day he died and which falls to him by inheritance, and when he has taken that security, he is to signify this to the sheriffs of Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

29 Dec. Reading. Wiltshire. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite the demand he makes from G. of Crowcombe by summons of the Exchequer for the scutage of Bedford, until the Close of Easter in the ninth year.

Oxfordshire. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to cause Waleran Teutonicus, keeper of the honour of Christchurch , to have the scutage that Henry Foliot holds in chief of the same honour in his bailiwick, namely 2 m. per shield for the army of Bedford, so that he answers therefor at the Exchequer.

Oxfordshire. It is written to the same sheriff in the same manner, concerning the knights’ fees that Eva de Gray holds in chief of the same honour. ¹

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‘Eva de Gray’ omitted from C 60/23, m. 7.

It is written to the sheriffs of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire in the same manner.

30 Dec. Windsor. The fine of William del Estre. To the constable of Berkhamsted . The king has taken the homage of William del Estre for the lands formerly of Richard del Estre, his father, which the same W. ought to hold of the king in chief. Order that, having accepted security from him for rendering to the king the 24 m. 5s. by which he made fine with him for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of Richard, his father, of which he was seised on the day he died and which fall to William by inheritance. Once he has taken security from William for rendering that fine to the king, he is to cause the sheriff of Dorset and Somerset to know by his letters, whom the king has commanded that, then, they are to cause William to have seisin of all lands formerly of Richard which fall to William by inheritance in their bailiwicks.

31 Dec. Westminster. Norfolk. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to place in respite the demand that he makes from Robert of Tattershall by summons of the Exchequer for the scutage of Montgomery, until one month from Hilary in the ninth year. ¹ Before the justiciar.

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‘Coram justic’’ omitted in C 60/23, m. 6.

2 Jan. Westminster. Concerning valuing the corn formerly of Falkes de Bréauté in Whitchurch, Wear and Lamerton. Order to Thomas of Cirencester, constable of Berkhamsted , that, by the view of trustworthy and law-worthy men, he is to cause the corn formerly of Falkes de Bréauté in the land that he had in Whitchurch, Wear and Lamerton to be valued, which land the king rendered to William Bozun by a fine of £20 that he made with the king, and he is to cause that corn to be delivered to William by the same value, having accepted security from him that he will answer for that value at the Exchequer.

1 Jan. Westminster. Buckinghamshire. Walter of Abergavenny gives the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors by 24 against Richard Alpite, concerning a tenement in Edlesborough. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take etc.

4 Jan. Westminster. Northamptonshire. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. Thomas of Heydon has made fine with the king by 50 m. for having custody of the land and heirs of Peter Picot who held of the king in chief, with the marriage of the same heirs, of which 50 m. he is to pay a moiety to the king at the Exchequer of Easter in the ninth year and the other moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas the same year, and he has given surety to the king by Thomas of Moulton, who is his pledge for 30 m., by John de Boville, who is his pledge for 10 m., and by Richard de Argentan, who is his pledge for 10 m. Order to cause the same Thomas to have full seisin without delay of all land with appurtenances formerly of the aforesaid Peter in his bailiwick, and of the aforesaid heirs.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire and Essex.

Concerning respite. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make from Robert of Tattershall for the scutage of Montgomery, until one month from Hilary in the ninth year. ¹

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Entry omitted in C 60/23, m. 6.

Concerning terms given. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that since the king has given the below-written terms to Alexander of Bassingbourn for the £30 he owes him for the custody of the manor of Costessy, namely that Alexander is to render 100s. to the king at the Exchequer of Easter in the ninth year, 100s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and £10 thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid £30 are paid in full, they are to cause him to have those terms.

Order to the official of Norwich not to put his hand upon the lands and possessions of the same Alexander by reason of this debt.

Wiltshire. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire ¹ to cause William Brewer to be quit of the scutage exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the knights’ fees that he holds of the king in chief in Wiltshire for the army of Bedford, in which he was with the king by his order. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite the demand for 28 m. that is made from the same William in the county of Hampshire by the same summons of the Exchequer until the Close of Easter in the ninth year. ²

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Corrected from the ‘barons of the Exchequer’.

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An initial cross of cancellation has seemingly been erased, this entry appearing unexpunged in C 60/23, m. 6.

Rutland. Order to the sheriff of Rutland to place in respite the demand of 15 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Peter fitz Herbert for the debt of Henry de Ferrers, until upon his next account at the Exchequer.

6 Jan. Westminster. Surrey. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to take into the king’s hand without delay all lands that Odo de Dammartin sold in his bailiwick after the king’s prohibition to him that he should not sell his lands, and to keep them safely with all chattels found therein until the king orders otherwise.

Norfolk. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to place in respite the demand that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Robert of Soham until upon his next account at the Exchequer.

8 Jan. Westminster. Dorset. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take into the king’s hand and keep safely the land that Olive de Tilly held in Blandford until the king orders otherwise.

Westminster. For Richard son of Hugh. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Richard son of Hugh that, of the 20 m. that is exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for pledging Bertram d’Aubigny, he is to render 1 m. to the king each year until he has paid the aforesaid 20 m. in full. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury .

For Phillip d’Aubigny. It is written in the same manner to the same for Phillip d’Aubigny, concerning the pledge of 100 m. for the same Bertram, by rendering 5 m. per annum until he has paid those 100 m. in full. Before the same.

15 Jan. Dover. The fine of Boneme Mutun, Jew . Order to Martin of Pattishall to receive Boneme Mutun, Jew , from the constable of the Tower of London and deliver him to the Jews of London to keep, having accepted security from them that they will have him at the king’s command whenever the king will wish and for rendering 100 m. to the king, by which they made fine with him for having the same in custody.

Order to the constable to deliver the same to the same Martin.

11 Jan. Canterbury. Kent. Hamo le Wandeis and Joan, his wife, give the king half a mark for having a precipe ¹ before the justices of the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take etc.

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Corrected from ‘writ of entry’.

19 Jan. Winchelsea. Concerning the fine of William de St. John. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that since, of the fine of 60 m. which William de St. John made with the king for the debts that he ought to have rendered at Michaelmas in the eighth year, ¹ the king has granted that he is to render a moiety at Ash Wednesday ² in the ninth year and the other moiety at the Close of Easter in the same year, they are to permit this fine to be enrolled and done thus.

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Corrected from ‘for the debts that he owes him, he gave him such respite …’

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Corrected from ‘Mid-Lent’.

21 Jan. Rye. Shropshire. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to take into the king’s hand all land formerly of Baldwin of Hodnet with all his chattels in his bailiwick, and to deliver it with the same chattels to Godescallus de Maghelvis to keep for as long as it pleases the king, to whom the king has committed it by reason of the honour of Montgomery being in his hand, and which land is of the same honour.

Somerset. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in respite, until one month from Easter in the ninth year, the demand he makes from William Marsh by summons of the Exchequer for the £11 4s. that are exacted from him of a fine of 300 m. that William made with King John, father of the king, for his island [of Lundy], and the demand for 8 m. that he makes from the same William by the same summons for pledging.

26 Jan. Sutton. Bedfordshire. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to place in respite, until the king orders otherwise, the demand he makes from Ralph Tyrel by summons of the Exchequer for the scutage of Bedford from the land that he has by bail of the king in Wilden. ¹

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C 60/23, m. 6 bears an addition not recorded in the original roll. It reads: ‘Order again to the same sheriff under the same form and it is to be applied as the king has ordered others. Windsor, 3 April.

29 Jan. Westminster. Lincolnshire. Walter of Holland gives half a mark for summoning William son of Ernisius before the justices of the Bench to render to him 1½ bovates of land and a messuage with appurtenances in Ewerby. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc.

Gloucestershire. William Juvenal gives the king 20s. for having a precipe against Roger son of Nicholas. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire etc. ¹

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Entry omitted in C 60/23, m. 6.

30 Jan. Westminster. Concerning the vill of Bristol. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has committed the vill of Bristol with its appurtenances to the burgesses of Bristol for one year from from St. Gregory in the ninth year for a farm of £245, for two parts of which farm they will answer the king by their hand at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year and for the rest at the Exchequer of Hilary in the tenth year. Order to receive the aforesaid farm from them thus. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury .

Bedfordshire. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to place in respite the demand he makes from William of Staines for the debt of 50s. that he owes the king, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Easter in the ninth year. By the justiciar.

1 Feb. Westminster. Because he had it without the half-mark. The abbot of Bruern gives half a mark for having a pone against Walter of Hunscote, concerning the customs and services that the same abbot exacts from him. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take etc. ¹

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Entry cancelled here because he had it without the half-mark, and so omitted in C 60/23, m. 6.

3 Feb. Westminster. Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire to cause Ralph Hareng to have the services that he took from the knights’ fees that are held of Count Robert de Dreux in his bailiwick without delay, to whom the king has committed all lands and fees of the same count to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for them at the Exchequer.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Norfolk, Suffolk, Huntingdonshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.

8 Feb. Westminster. Norfolk. Geoffrey le Bret gives the king half a mark for having a pone against Ralph son of Stephen. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

Because in the Close Roll. To the keeper of the honour of Wallingford . Robert de Valognes had his service with the king in his army of Montgomery by his order. Order to cause him to have peace from the scutage that he exacts from him for one knight’s fee that he holds of the king of the honour of Wallingford. ¹

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Entry cancelled because in the Close Roll, and omitted in C 60/23, m. 6.

Buckinghamshire. To the sheriff of Buckinghamshire. The king has given Andrew de Chanceaux respite from the 100s. that he owes him for the first scutage assessed in his reign after his first coronation, so that he is to render 50s. at Easter forthcoming in the ninth year and 50s. at Michaelmas next following. Order to permit this to be done thus and to cause his livestock taken by reason of the same debt to be delivered without delay.

Concerning respite. Order to Waleran Teutonicus to place in respite the aid that he exacts from the knights and free tenants of the Isle [of Wight] by reason of the scutage of the king’s army of Bedford, until the king will have inquired whether they owe the said aid or not.

Oxfordshire. To the sheriff of Oxfordshire. The king has given H. earl of Warwick respite from the 50 m. that he owes him for the relief of the lands formerly of Thomas Basset in Headington, and for 5 m. 13½d. that he owes of a debt that the same Thomas owed to the king, until Easter in the tenth year, so that he is to render £12 4s. 10d. at Easter forthcoming in the ninth year, £12 4s. 10d. at Michaelmas next following in the same year, and £12 4s. 10d. at Easter in the tenth year. Order that, having accepted security from him for rendering the aforesaid 50 m. to the king for relief and 5 m. 13½d. of the aforesaid debt at the aforesaid terms, he is to permit him to have peace and to cause his livestock taken by reason of the aforesaid debt to be delivered without delay.

Devon. The king has granted to the abbot of Tavistock a moiety of his scutage from the knights’ fees that he holds of the king in chief in the county of Devon, namely 2 m. per shield for the army of Bedford, from the time he had his knights and serjeants at the castle of Plympton with the bishop of Exeter. Order to the sheriff of Devon to collect the other moiety so that he answers for it at the Exchequer.

Concerning respite. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from Peter de Maulay for 7000 m. and the farm of Kettleburgh, until one month after Easter in the ninth year.

13 Feb. Westminster. Concerning the county of Cornwall, committed to Richard, brother of the king, and the stannaries of Cornwall. The king has committed the county of Cornwall to Richard, his brother, with all things that pertain to the king in the same county, in order to sustain him in the king’s service for as long as it pleases the king, saving to the king his homages and the debts that are owed to him in the same county and the farms of the king in the same county, until the Thursday next after Ash Wednesday in the ninth year. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to cause him to have full seisin, as aforesaid.

Concerning the county of Cornwall, committed to Richard, brother of the king, and the stannaries of Cornwall. It is written in the same manner to John son of Richard and Stephen de Croy up to the clause ‘and order etc.’ Order, then, to be intendant and respondent to the same Richard for the stannaries of Cornwall, as aforesaid, saving to the king his debts and farms that they owe him, up to the aforesaid Thursday etc.

Dorset. The bishop of Winchester has made fine with the king by two destriers for having the custody of the service of one knight’s fee that Roger son of Henry held of the king in Lulworth. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to cause the same bishop to have custody of the aforesaid service without delay.

Concerning felling and selling the wood of Berkhamsted. Order to Thomas of Cirencester that, by the view and testimony of trustworthy and law-worthy men of the neighbourhood of Berkhamsted, he is to cause the beech trees of the wood of Berkhamsted which no longer bear leaves to be felled and sold, and to cause the money thus arising to be reserved safe to the king’s use until he has command otherwise.

[No date]. Herefordshire. The abbot and monks of Dore have made fine with the king by 700 m. for having that part of the forest of Trivel by the same terms and metes that King John took away from them, by the perambulation that Hugh de Neville made by order of King John, from that part which Thomas de Samford ¹ and his associates, previously sent by the same king, delivered to them by the perambulation that they made by the order of the same king, to be rendered to the king at the below-written terms, namely £100 at Easter in the ninth year, £100 at St. John the Baptist the same year, £100 at Michaelmas the same year, £100 at Hilary in the tenth year and 100 m. at Easter in the same year. The king has agreed with them that when he has reached full age, he will draw up his charter concerning the aforesaid part to be held by the same liberties by which they hold the remaining part of the same forest. Order to H. de Neville to cause them to have full seisin, as aforesaid. ²

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C 60/23, m. 6 ‘Thomas de Staff’.

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Final order omitted in C 60/23, m. 6.

The fine of the abbot of Biddlesden. The abbot of Biddlesden has made fine with the king by 10 m. ¹ for having licence to assart and cultivate 8½ acres in his wood of Bichenho. Order to H. de Neville to permit that land to be assarted and cultivated.

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Sum of the fine omitted in C 60/23, m. 6.

Oxfordshire. Rose of Cockfield has made fine with the king by 100s. on behalf of Henry, son of Henry de la Wade, for having seisin of the land formerly of Henry de la Wade, his father, whose heir he is, which falls to him by hereditary right , as is fully clear to the king by the inquisition taken by his order. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire that, having accepted security for rendering the aforesaid 100s. to the king, he is to cause Henry, who is of full age, as is said, to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with appurtenances in his bailiwick without delay.

16 Feb. Westminster. Concerning acquittance. Memorandum. The king has pardoned W. earl Marshal the 25 m. that are exacted from him upon the Exchequer for the scutage of Bedford from the lands that the earl holds of the fee of the earl of Devon and which Michael de Columbariis holds of him. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit of the aforesaid 25 m. By the bishop of Bath.

Concerning the farm of Chesterfield. To William Brewer junior. It is clear to the king by the charters of King John, which he has inspected, that he made for the keeper and lepers of St. Leonard of Chesterfield while he was count of Mortain, and which he later corroborated and confirmed, that the said keeper and lepers were accustomed to have £6 a year from the farm of Chesterfield in pure and perpetual alms of the gift of the same King John etc., although William Brewer, his father, withheld the aforesaid £6 from them for a certain amount of time. Order to cause the aforesaid keeper and lepers to have the aforesaid £6 a year henceforth from the aforesaid farm because the king does not wish, nor by right is able to tolerate, that his alms are lost in such a way. By the justiciar.

Concerning respite. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the account of Brian de Lisle until one month from Easter in the ninth year.

Leicestershire. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to place in respite the demand for £12 that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Walter de St. Ouen for his land in Ilston, until one month from Easter in the ninth year. By the justiciar.

18 Feb. Westminster. Norfolk. Suffolk. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk that, immediately after having viewed the king’s letters, he is to take into the king’s hand all lands and tenements in his bailiwick formerly of H. Bigod, earl of Norfolk, who is dead, and to cause the chattels of the same earl found in the aforesaid lands and tenements to be attached and recorded by the view of trustworthy and law-worthy men up to the value of 1000 m. and £286 5s. 4d., which are exacted from him at the Exchequer for the debt that he owed the king. He is to commit those lands and tenements and the aforesaid chattels to Thomas de Blundeville, to whom the king has committed them to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Taking with him trustworthy and discreet men, he is to cause Matilda, who was the wife of the same earl , to have and be assigned her reasonable dower that falls to her from the lands and tenements formerly of the same earl according to the law and custom of the kingdom of England.

Essex. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Essex.

19 Feb. New Temple, London. Cornwall. Richard of Week gives the king 100s. for having a fair at his manor of Week each year in the eve and feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary and for three days following, unless it is etc. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall that the aforesaid fair etc. and to take security etc.

Concerning a whale found and making the king’s advantage. Order to Richard of Week to cause the king’s advantage to be made from the whale which was found in the island of Scilly, as he is best able and will seem to him most expeditious.

Concerning respite. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for 40s. they make from Robert de Dean by summons of the Exchequer, until 15 days after Easter in the ninth year.

19 Feb. New Temple, London. Oxfordshire. To the sheriff of Oxfordshire. Margaret, wife of Falkes de Bréauté, has made fine with the king for the debts that Falkes owed to the king, so that she renders 300 m. each year, of which she is to render 100 m. at the Exchequer at Easter forthcoming in the ninth year, 100 m. at St. John the Baptist in the same year, and 100 m. at Michaelmas next following in the same year, for which 300 m. she has found pledges for the king. The same Margaret is to render £100 to the king at Easter in the tenth year, £100 at Michaelmas next following that same year, and thus £200 each year from year to year until the whole debt that Falkes owed to the king is paid in full, wherefore Margaret has mainperned that she will give security to the king within the feast of St. John the Baptist in the ninth year. ¹ Order to cause her to have full seisin without delay of all lands and tenements falling to her by hereditary right in his bailiwick and of her reasonable dower, with which Baldwin, son of W. earl of Devon, formerly her husband, dowered her at the door of the church at the will of his father, saving to the king the stock and chattels found in the same lands. ² By the justiciar. Before the king’s council.

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Corrected from ‘Order that, having accepted security from the aforesaid Margaret for rendering the aforesaid 300 m. to the king per annum beyond those 300 m. for which she has found pledges, as aforesaid …’ Correction not made in C 60/23, m. 6.

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The following order is crossed through hereafter and, again, is not in C 60/23, m. 6: ‘He is to cause the sheriffs of Devon, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Somerset to know by his letters when he has received security from her, to whom the king has commanded that once he will have certified them, they are to cause her to have full seisin of all of her lands and tenements aforesaid in their bailiwicks’.

Devon. Order to the sheriff of Devon to cause her to have full seisin, without delay, of all lands and tenements falling to her by hereditary right, and of all other lands and tenements of which the aforesaid Baldwin etc., saving etc., as is contained above. ¹

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Corrected from ‘Order to the sheriff of Devon that when the sheriff of Oxfordshire will have sent to him by his letters that he has received security from the aforesaid Margaret for rendering the aforesaid debts to the king, as aforesaid, then he is to … the same Margaret etc.’ Likewise, not corrected in C 60/23, m. 6.

It is written in the same manner for the same to the sheriffs of Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Staffordshire, Northamptonshire, Somerset, Suffolk, Middlesex and Hertfordshire, save for that clause ‘and of all other things, lands and tenements with which the aforesaid Baldwin etc.’

It is written in the same manner to the archbishop of York concerning the manor of Harewood, which falls to the same by hereditary right, saving to him his chattels and stock found in the same manor.

19 Feb. New Temple, London. Concerning respite. To the sheriff of Northumberland. Order to place in respite, until the king orders otherwise, the demand for 4 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Roger of Hodsock, the king’s sergeant of Bamburgh , for which 4 m. Alan of Newham made fine with Roger, the king’s sergeant, for beating the king’s men of Sunderland, and which 4 m. Thomas of Tedburn, then sheriff of Northumberland , received, as he says.

Essex. Hertfordshire. Order to the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire that, having accepted security from Robert fitz Walter for satisfying the king for the scutage of Poitou at the Exchequer of Easter in the ninth year, which he exacts of him by summons of the Exchequer, he is to permit him to have peace in the meantime . He is also to permit him to have peace from the scutage of Montgomery that he similarly exacts from him by the same summons, because he was with the king in the army of Montgomery by his order. By the justiciar.

Staffordshire. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire to cause Thomas Corbet to have full seisin without delay of the manor of King’s Bromley with appurtenances, which Cecilia of Hadley, whose heir is the same Thomas, held of the king in chief by £4, as the king has learned by the inquisition that the sheriff took by his order, having accepted security from him for rendering £4 to the king for his relief. Before the justiciar and the bishop of Bath.

Essex. The king has committed the manor of Hatfield to the prior of Hatfield with its appurtenances, as Guy de la Poscener’ held it, by rendering £100 per annum to the king in this manner, namely that he is to render £25 to the king at Easter in the ninth year, £25 at St. John the Baptist the same year, £25 at Michaelmas the same year and £25 at Hilary, ¹ and £50 at the Exchequer of Easter and £50 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in each year following. ² Order to the sheriff of Essex ³ to cause the prior to have full seisin, without delay, of the aforesaid manor with its appurtenances, as aforesaid, having taken security that he will render the aforesaid fine to the king thus. ⁴ Before the justiciar and the bishop of Bath.

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‘Hilary term’ crossed through in C 60/23, m. 6.

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Terms interlined.

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Corrected from ‘Hertfordshire’.

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C 60/23, m. 6 adds ‘And for having that manor at farm, as aforesaid, he gives the king 100 m.’

Essex. Order to the sheriff of Essex that, the king’s oxen and [cattle] of the manor of Hatfield having been valued in his presence by trustworthy and law-worthy men, and similarly the corn that was found in the barn, he is to cause the prior of Hatfield to have the aforesaid oxen and cattle with the aforesaid corn without delay, having taken security from him that he will answer the king for the value of all of the aforesaid in three years from Easter in the ninth year, if the king will wish. He is to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know that value at his next account under the testimony of the trustworthy and law-worthy men who were present with him at that valuation. Before the same.

Concerning having carucage. Order to the bishop of Winchester to have all the carucage of his bishopric at Winchester in Mid-Lent in the ninth year, so that he has it there then in full, putting aside all excuse and delay.

Concerning having carucage. Order to the bishop of Exeter to send the carucage of his bishopric to Winchester, so that the king has it in full.

Concerning having carucage. Order to the bishop of Coventry to send all the carucage of his bishopric to the king around the parts of Winchester, so that the king has it in full on Palm Sunday.

Sussex. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take into the king’s hand the land of William Maufe, of which Waleran Maufe, his son, disseised the same William by his own authority, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

Worcestershire. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to take into the king’s hand all chattels formerly of Thomas Clerk in Worcestershire and to cause them to be recorded, valued and delivered to four law-worthy men who are to answer for them ¹ at the Exchequer upon the next account of the sheriff of Worcestershire.

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‘by their hand’ has been crossed through here.

25 Feb. New Temple, London. Sussex. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the abbot of Robertsbridge for the scutage of Bedford until upon his next account at the Exchequer, because the abbot has mainperned that he will satisfy the king then. The king has granted him that, of the demand for 5 m. that he makes from him by the same summons, he may render 50s. at the Exchequer of Easter in the ninth year and the rest at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to permit him to have those terms. ¹

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Entry preceded by ‘The king has pardoned …’, which has been cancelled.

2 March. New Temple, London. Norfolk. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to place in respite the demand he makes from W. earl Warenne by summons of the Exchequer for the carucage last assessed until one month from Easter in the ninth year.

Because otherwise in the nearest entry above. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to place in respite the demand he makes from W. earl Warenne by summons of the Exchequer for carucage last assessed ... ¹

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Entry unfinished and cancelled because otherwise in the nearest entry above. Not recorded in C 60/23, m. 5.

4 March. Westminster. Concerning having terms. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews that since the king has granted to Roger Bacon that, of the 17½ m. which he owes him and which is exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer of the Jews, he may render 3½ m. to the king each year until he will have rendered those 17½m., namely 20s. 40d. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 20s. 40d. at the Exchequer of Easter, and thus from year to year until the debt has been rendered to the king, they are to cause him to have those terms. ¹

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Continuation of these terms to full payment is not recorded in C 60/23, m. 5.

6 March. Kingston. Bedfordshire. To the sheriff of Bedfordshire. Order that, in the faith in which he is bound to the king and as the king trusts his loyalty, he is to go in person to Luton and there cause to be elected two law-worthy and discreet men, knights or free tenants of the neighbourhood of Luton, of whose loyalty he is sure day and night, as of himself, who might know better and will wish to make the king’s advantage from selling the wood of Luton, and he is to assign those to make that sale with a certain clerk that Master J., archdeacon of Bedford, will employ for this. Having assigned one of them in whose loyalty he fully trusts, he is to cause that sale to be made by their view and testimony, and the monies thus arising are to be received by tallies made between them and are to be safely kept until the king orders otherwise.

[No date]. Because he did not have it. Order to Hugh de Neville to inquire diligently by trustworthy and law-worthy men whether Ralph de Parco had custody of the park of Guildford as of fee in the time of King John, the king’s father, and if he can establish by the inquisition that … ¹

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Entry unfinished and cancelled because he did not have it. Omitted in C 60/23, m. 5.

8 March. Farnham. Memorandum. Because in the Close Roll. Order to John of Monmouth to cause the abbot of Beaulieu to have brushwood in a suitable place doing least harm to the New Forest in order to make six beacons (rogos), and to cause the same abbot to have brushwood to enclose his marsh. ¹ Before the justiciar.

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Despite the marginal note this entry is not struck through.

11 March. Winchester. Dorset. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Ralph Gernon of 110s. 6½d. for the farm of the county of Dorset for a fourth part of the eighth year, and the demand of 60s. for the farm of Bere for a fourth part of the same year, until upon his view at the Exchequer.

11 March. Winchester. Concerning an inquisition taken that W. earl of Devon assigned manors to Margaret, who was the wife of Falkes de Bréauté , in dower. Order to Thomas of Cirencester to take with him trustworthy and law-worthy men of the neighbourhoods of Buckland, Bickleigh, Walkhampton and Colyton, which manors W. earl of Devon assigned in dower to Margaret de Redvers when Baldwin, his son, married her, and to cause all corn that was in the lands of the same manors, to be valued by the view and testimony of the same, ¹ and if Margaret will wish to receive it for the same value, so that she answers to the king at the term that he will give to her, then he is to demise the aforesaid corn to her, having first accepted security from her that she will answer fully to the king at the terms given to her. If, however, Margaret will not wish to retain the corn at the value at which it was valued to her use, then, having retained the aforesaid corn in the king’s hand to his use, he is to cause her to have seisin of the aforesaid manors, having first accepted security from her that she will cause the said corn to be safely kept to the king’s use. ²

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Corrected from ‘... formerly of Baldwin, son of the earl of Devon, formerly her husband, wherefore he is to cause all corn in the lands of the same manors to be valued.’

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Dating clause omitted in C 60/23, m. 5.

11 March. Winchester. For the bishop of Bath. Order to the keepers of the king’s wine at Bristol to cause the venerable father J. bishop of Bath to have two tuns of the new wine that have been taken to the king’s use, having accepted security from the same bishop for rendering their value to the king, at which they have been valued to the king’s use. ¹

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Dating clause omitted in C 60/23, m. 5.

11 March. Winchester. Because next below. The king has granted to Hugh of Kinnersley 72 acres of land in the land which has not yet yielded profit in Wellington, namely around Drehull’ nearest the church of Wellington, to be held of the king by the service of rendering 3d. to him each year from each acre, as other lands are held in the same vill. Order to Roger of Clifford that, having accepted security from him for rendering 15 m. to him for the aforesaid reason, he is to cause 72 acres of land in the aforesaid place to be measured and to cause Hugh to have them, as aforesaid. ¹

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Entry cancelled because next below. Omitted in C 60/23, m. 5.

The fine of Hugh of Kinnersley. Hugh of Kinnersley has made fine with the king by 15 m. for having licence to cultivate 72 acres of land in the land that has not yet been cultivated in Wellington, namely around Drehull’, nearest to the church of Wellington, rendering 3d. to the king per annum for each acre, as are rendered to the king from each acre that others hold in the same vill. Order to Roger of Clifford that, having accepted security from him for rendering those 15 m. to the king, he is to permit Hugh to cultivate the aforesaid 72 acres of land in the aforesaid place, as aforesaid.

13 March. Winchester. Norfolk. Suffolk. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk to place in respite, until the king orders otherwise, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men of the fee of the bishop of Norwich for amercements made in the eyre of the justices in his bailiwick.

Norfolk. Suffolk. It is written to the barons of the Exchequer in the same manner, concerning the same.

Quit by the king. The king has pardoned Milo de Frankesney ¹ the half a mark in which he was amerced before the justices of the forest when they were last in Wiltshire. Order to the same sheriff to cause him to be quit.

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C 60/23, m. 5 ‘Franchedun’.

Berkshire. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to permit Margaret, wife of Falkes de Bréauté , to have peace from the demand for scutage that he makes from her for the army of Montgomery , in which Falkes was by order of the king, and from the demand for scutage that he makes from the same Margaret for the army of Bedford at the time when the lands of the same Falkes were in the king’s hand. Before the justiciar and the bishop of Salisbury.

Bedfordshire. To the sheriff of Bedfordshire. It is clear to the king by an inquisition that he ordered to be taken that Fulk of Hyde held three virgates and 50 acres of land, two messuages, and a moiety of one mill with appurtenances of the king in Luton by the service of 37s. 1½d. per annum, and that John, his son, is his nearest heir. Order that, having accepted security from John for paying 37s. 1½d. to the king for his relief, and having taken fealty from him to the king’s use, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land.

Hampshire. It is clear to the king by an inquisition that he ordered to be taken that Agnes of Popham held of the king in chief three hides, half a virgate and a fourth part of one virgate of land and a mill in Binsted, and one-and-a-half hides and half a virgate of land and a mill with appurtenances in Alton, by the service of 110s. per annum, and that Gilbert, her son, is her nearest heir, whose homage the king has taken. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, having taken security from him for rendering 110s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land.

Dorset. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to place in respite, until upon his next account at the Exchequer, the demand he makes from the men of G. earl of Gloucester of Wareham for a default of the eyre of the justices of the king’s forest.

Shropshire. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to place in respite the demand he makes from John Lestrange for the farm of Wrockwardine, until the king orders otherwise.

Suffolk. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from W. earl of Salisbury for Lothingland, until upon his next account at the Exchequer.

Oxfordshire. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men of Broadwell of Henry fitz Count, for the scutages of Scotland, Poitou, Ireland and Bytham, until upon his account at Michaelmas in three weeks in the ninth year, having first taken security from Gerard le Boef of Broadwell that he and his associates will answer for those scutages at the aforesaid term upon the Exchequer.

Dorset. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to place in respite, until upon his next account at the Exchequer, the demand he makes from William Brewer by summons of the Exchequer for 20s. of an amercement made in the eyre of the justices of the forest.

[No date]. Nottinghamshire. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to place in respite the demand he makes from Laurence de St. Michael by summons of the Exchequer until upon his view of Easter term at the Exchequer in the ninth year.

25 March. Winchester. By writ of the justiciar. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in respite the demand for 40s. that he makes from Hugh Sanzaveir for an amercement of the eyre of Brian de Lisle and his associates, justices of the pleas of the forest itinerating in those parts, until upon his first account at the Exchequer, so it may be known then whether he owes the aforesaid 40s. or not.

28 March. Reading. Alexander of Horsye and Alice, his wife, give the king half a mark for having a pone against Richard de la Gare and Hawise, his wife, concerning land in Clapham, Bramling and Jevington. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take etc. ¹

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There are no further marginalia on this membrane.

Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite the demand for 5 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Jordan le Warre from the eyre of the justices of the forest, until upon the next view of his account ¹ at the Exchequer of Easter term in the ninth year, having accepted security from him that he will satisfy the king then.

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‘view of his account’ corrected from ‘his account’.

Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to place in respite the demand for the farm of Brigstock that he makes from Henry de Hauville, until upon the next view of his account at the Exchequer of Easter term in the ninth year.

31 March. Reading. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place in respite, until upon the next view of his account at the Exchequer of Easter term in the ninth year, the demand for 40s. that he makes from William of East Shefford by summons of the Exchequer for a default that he made before the justices of the forest, before whom he could not be because at that time he was before the barons of the Exchequer to render his account for the works at Dover castle.

Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to place in respite the demand he makes from Phillip Marc for the king’s farms and other monies that he received at the time he was sheriff of Nottinghamshire, for which he has a day before the barons of the Exchequer three weeks after Easter, until the same day.

To the barons of the Exchequer. Because Ralph Musard attends to the king’s business in assessing and collecting the fifteenth in Bristol and elsewhere, and in making a perambulation of the forest and other business that the king has enjoined upon him, for which reason he cannot appear before them on the morrow of the Close of Easter to render his account, order to place his account in respite up to the aforesaid day [Easter] in one month.

Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to place in respite, until upon his next view at the Exchequer, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Hugh of Bath, who is in the king’s service assessing and collecting the fifteenth in the counties of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire to the use of the king.

1 April. Windsor. Maurice Malemains gives the king half a mark for having a pone against Ralph de Broc’, concerning a moiety of one carucate of land in Albourne and a moiety of one carucate of land in Eartham. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take security etc.

Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to place in respite, until upon his next account at Michaelmas in the ninth year, the demand for £14 that he makes from Richard de Gray by summons of the Exchequer for the debt of John de Humet, father of Lucy, wife of the same Richard, whose heir she is.

4 April. Windsor. Due to the king’s business to which he attends, Richard Duket cannot be before the barons of the Exchequer on the morrow of the Close of Easter forthcoming to answer for the carucage that the barons exact from him. Order to the same barons to fix another day for him, namely in three weeks from that day. ¹

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On the duplicate roll (C 60/23, m. 5) entries 144 and 145 are marked ‘B’ and entries 146 and 147 are marked ‘A’, their order being reversed on that roll. Those marked ‘A’ are then repeated and sandwich those marked ‘B’ without being cancelled.

5 April. Westminster. Henry de St. Valery gives the king half a mark for having a pone against William de Braose, Simon of Pende, Thomas Scot and Cecilia his wife, and Agnes of Old Shoreham, concerning tenements in Hook, Middelcot’, Humpol’, Buddington, Pende, Dishenhurst, Apsley and Old Shoreham. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take security etc.

6 April. Westminster. William of Worcester gives the king half a mark for having a writ before the justices at Westminster against Walter son of Gilbert, concerning a tenement in Oxborough. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Robert de Meysey for ward of Richmond castle, until upon his next view at the Exchequer of Easter term in the ninth year, so that it may then be inquired whether he ought to be quit of the aforesaid ward, as he says, or not.

The king knows from memory that long ago now he had granted to John son of Richard and Stephen de Croy the die of his stannaries in Cornwall, to have to them at a certain term which is contained in letters patent of the king that he caused to be drawn up for them, by rendering to the king 1000 m. annually, wherefore, because it is not proper for the king, nor ought he by right to have infringed upon the agreement made with them by his letters patent concerning the die of the aforesaid stannaries, although he committed the county of Cornwall with all things pertaining to it to his dear brother, order to Simon of Brackley to permit John and Stephen to have free administration of the aforesaid die of the stannaries until Michaelmas forthcoming in the ninth year, because then the term of the aforesaid agreement will elapse, so that they answer the king for those stannaries until the day on which the king committed the county of Cornwall to the lord of the same Simon, for the part of the 1000 m. that pertains to the king from such term, and for the remaining part of those 1000 m. for the remaining term they are to answer to his lord for the same stannaries. The king, however, firmly believes that his lord will have better advantage in this innovation, if John and Stephen have the stannaries aforesaid until the aforesaid term than if they were to remain in the hand of his lord, and the said J. and Stephen are to be kept indemnified.

8 April. Westminster. The king has granted to Walter of Preston that he may have respite, until St. John the Baptist in the ninth year, from the 100s. that he ought to have rendered to him at this Exchequer of Easter in the ninth year of the fine he made with him to render £10 per annum to him until he will have paid his debt in full. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

Warin Outlaw gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench against Thomas of Hereford and Isabella, his mother, concerning 30 acres of land with appurtenances in Swanton and in Hoe. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

10 April. Westminster. For Thomas de Blundeville. The king has granted respite to John Arsic, until St. John the Baptist in the ninth year, from the 2½ m. that he ought to have rendered to him at the Exchequer of Easter in the ninth year of the 5 m. that he owes him. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

12 April. Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to distrain the knights and free tenants of the prior of Coventry in his bailiwick to render to the same prior their scutage due to him for the army of Montgomery, for which the prior will answer the king by his hand.

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

Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for 15 m. that they make from Peter fitz Herbert and Isabella, his wife, for the debt of Henry de Ferrers, brother of the same Isabella, until the octaves of Trinity in the ninth year.

Order to the keeper of the honour of Wallingford that since the king has taken the homage of William Pippard for six knights’ fees in his bailiwick that Roger Pippard, his father, holds in chief of the king of the honour of Wallingford and that fall to William by inheritance, and, having accepted security from him for £30 to the king’s use for his relief, namely 100s. for each fee, he is to cause him to have full seisin.

Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until Michaelmas in the ninth year, the demand they make from Robert de Dean of 40s. for a false claim.

[No date]. Order to the sheriff of Somerset that … ¹

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Entry cancelled and unfinished. Omitted in C 60/23, m. 5.

14 April. Westminster. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that since the king has granted to the abbot of Peterborough that, of the debts which he owes him, of which he was accustomed to render £50 each year at the Exchequer, by a fine that he made with the king, he is to render 50 m. each year, they are to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

19 April. Westminster. Lancaster. It is clear to the king by an inquisition that he ordered to be taken that Roger of Skerton held half a carucate of land of the king with appurtenances in Skerton, which is worth half a mark per annum, and that Robert of Skerton, his son, is his nearest heir. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster that, having accepted security from Robert for rendering half a mark to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land. ¹

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This entry does not appear on the original roll, only on the copy, C 60/23, m. 5.

The king, by an inspection of the rolls of the Exchequer, has learnt that Hugh Russell made fine with the king’s father for having the hundred of Fawsley at farm by rendering 100s. annually, for which he has begun to make payment to the king of the arrears of the farm of the same hundred. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause Hugh to have full seisin of that hundred. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

Because below. Roger de Calceto has made fine with the king by 50 m. for having licence to make concord with Walter, marshal of R., the king’s brother, for an appeal he made against him concerning breach of the king’s peace and the beating Walter meted out at Winchester on the journey of the same Richard towards Portsmouth when the king sent him into Gascony. ¹

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This entry does not appear on the original roll, only on the copy, C 60/23, m. 5, where it has been cancelled because below. See 187 below.

Master Robert Basset has made fine with the king by 20 m. for having custody of the land and heir of William of Afton that pertains to the king by reason of the land formerly of the earl of Devon being in his hand, which land is of the fee of the aforesaid earl. Master Robert is to render the aforesaid 20 m. at these below-written terms, namely 5 m. at St. John the Baptist in the ninth year, 5 m. at Michaelmas the same year, 5 m. at Christmas in the tenth year, and 5 m. at Easter next following, the which 20 m. the king has granted to Guibert de Ruwe to sustain him etc., to be received from Master Robert at the aforesaid terms, and for rendering those monies to the aforesaid Guy (sic.) at the aforesaid terms, P. bishop of Winchester and R. bishop of Chichester have mainperned for the aforesaid Master Robert. Order to Waleran Teutonicus to cause Master Robert to have full seisin of all land formerly of William of Afton in Afton, with its appurtenances. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in respite the demand he makes from Hugh de Vivonne for £37 10s. of the farm of Bath, for £20 that he received from the bishop of Bath, and for £11 14s. 8d. of the scutage of Bytham, until the king orders otherwise.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Suffolk for the same, concerning 60s. that he exacts from him.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Surrey for the same, concerning 30 m. which he exacts from him.

Robert of Leicester, burgess of Northampton, owes the king £34 for the corn of Brixworth formerly of Falkes de Bréauté, which was sold to him by order of the justiciar by the value determined by the oath of trustworthy and law-worthy men of those parts. ¹

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This entry comes after 168 below in C 60/23, m. 4, but in a slightly variant form: ‘To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. The king has granted the corn of Brixworth formerly of Falkes de Bréauté to Robert of Leicester for £34 according to an inquisition that the king ordered to be taken and that the sheriff sent to him, and by the value determined by the oath of trustworthy and law-worthy men of that neighbourhood, which £34 the same Robert rendered at the Exchequer. Order to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid corn. Witness the king at Westminster on 19 April. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury’.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer and before it had been sent by the hand of the bishop of Chichester. ¹

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Omitted in C 60/23, m. 4.

19 April. Westminster. Rutland. Nicholas of Haversham and Michael, his brother, give half a mark ¹ for having a pone concerning land in Barrowden. Order to the sheriff of Rutland to take etc.

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C 60/23, m. 4 adds ‘against Hascoil of Allexton ...’

19 April. Westminster. Because in the Close Roll. The dean and chapter of Waterford, by Walter Chaplain of Waterford, have licence to elect a bishop, and the king has granted them that if they will elect an Englishman as bishop, the justiciar of Ireland will give assent and favour to his election for their poverty. ¹

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This entry appears solely on C 60/23, m. 4, where it is cancelled because it is in the Close Roll.

Because in the Close Roll. Order to the justiciar of Ireland to do this thus. ¹

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This entry appears solely on C 60/23, m. 4, where it is cancelled because it is in the Close Roll.

21 April. Westminster. Because in the Close Roll. Ireland. William of Worcester has made fine with the king for having four cantreds in Munster, saving the right to each of those five cantreds formerly of Phillip of Worcester, his uncle, namely the cantred of Slievardagh, the cantred of Comsey, the cantred of Offa, and the cantred of Muscry, by rendering 300 m. to the king within three years from Michaelmas in the ninth year, namely 100 m. each year until that fine is paid. Order to Earl W. Marshal, justiciar of Ireland, that, having accepted security from William for rendering the aforesaid 300 m. to the king within three years, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid four cantreds with the castle of Knockgraffon, saving to Richard de Burgh the fifth cantred, namely the cantred of Eoghanacht Cashel, which Walter de Lacy gave to him in marriage with Egidia, his daughter, and saving to the king the homage of the aforesaid Richard for the tenement that he holds of the king within the aforesaid cantreds. ¹

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This entry appears solely on C 60/23, m. 4, where it is cancelled because it is in the Close Roll. See RLC, II, p. 39b.

22 April. Westminster. Bedfordshire. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to cause Earl W. Marshal to have the arrears that are owed to the king from the farm of the manor of Luton, which the king has given to him. He is also to permit that part of the wood of Luton still standing, which the king has ordered to be sold, to remain and to cause the earl to have it. If he has received money from the other part of that wood that is standing, he is to cause it to be restored to those purchasing that wood, to cause those buying the wood that has been felled to have that felled wood in order to make their advantage as they will wish, and to cause the earl to have the monies that are in arrears from that felled wood, which the king owes him, saving to the king the monies both of that felled wood and of the farm of that manor.

Kent. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Kent, concerning the farms of the manors of Sutton, Kemsing, and of Brabourne, and the woods pertaining to the same manors.

22 April. Westminster. Because in the Close Roll. Ireland. Michael Grossus has made fine with the king by £100 for having grace and for having seisin of his lands that were taken into the king’s hand because he was against the king in Ireland with Hugh de Lacy. He is to render a moiety at Michaelmas in the ninth year and the other moiety at Easter in the tenth year. Order to Earl W. Marshal, justiciar of Ireland, that, having accepted security from Michael for rendering the aforesaid fine of £100 to the king at the aforesaid terms, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all his lands without delay. ¹ Before the justiciar and the bishop of Salisbury.

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This entry appears solely on C 60/23, m. 4 where it is cancelled because it is in the Close Roll. See RLC, II, p. 39b.

Because in the Close Roll. Ireland. Nicholas of Slane has made fine with the king by 100 m. for having grace and seisin of his lands by the same words and at the same terms. ¹ Before the same.

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This entry appears solely on C 60/23, m. 4 where it is cancelled because it is in the Close Roll. See RLC, II, p. 39b.

Because in the Close Roll. Ireland. Richard Dullard has made fine with the king by 80 m. for having grace and seisin of his lands by the same words as above. ¹ Before the same.

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This entry appears solely on C 60/23, m. 4 where it is cancelled because it is in the Close Roll. See RLC, II, p. 39b.

Because in the Close Roll. Ireland. Thomas le Corner has made fine with the king by 40 m. for having grace and benevolence because, it was said, he had been with Hugh de Lacy against the king in war. Order to the justiciar of Ireland to cause those 40 m. to be allowed to Thomas in the prest that he made to the king with other citizens of Dublin in order to sustain the king’s war against Hugh de Lacy. If the prest that Thomas made to the king exceeds 40 m., he is to allow him 40 m. and cause the rest to be rendered to him out of the Treasury. If the prest will be less, he is to allow it to him on condition that the rest is rendered to the king by him. ¹

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This entry appears solely on C 60/23, m. 4 where it is cancelled because it is in the Close Roll. See RLC, II, p. 39b.

[23 April]. [Westminster]. Gloucestershire. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to distrain the knights and free tenants of the abbot of Westminster to render to him their scutage due to him, namely 2 m. for the army of Wales, 10s. for the army of Bytham, and 2 m. for the army of Bedford, for which the abbot will answer by his hand at the Exchequer. ¹

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Date supplied from C 60/23, m. 4.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, Essex, Buckinghamshire and Surrey.

Yorkshire. William de Lacelles gives half a mark for having a pone against the prior of Newburgh, concerning land in Sowerby and Breckenbrough. ¹ Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take etc.

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C 60/23, m. 4 ‘… concerning four carucates of land, eight messuages and the third part of a mill in Sowerby and one carucate of land and two acres of meadow in Breckenbrough’.

[1 May]. Norfolk. The king has granted to Isaac of Norwich, Jew , that, of the 200 m. he used to render each year of the fine that he made with King John, he may render £100 to the king each year for as long as it pleases the king. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ¹

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Date supplied from C 60/23, m. 4.

[2 May]. [Westminster]. It is written in the same manner to the same for Elias of Lincoln, Jew , that he may render 20 m. each year of the 30 m. that he used to render each year of the fine that he made with the king for several debts, for as long as it pleases the king. ¹

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C 60/23, m. 4 adds ‘Order to the same justices to cause this to be done and enrolled thus’. Date taken from C 60/23, m. 4.

Hampshire. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite the demand he makes from G. earl of Gloucester for the amercement made before the justices of the forest and, similarly, for an amercement for a murder-fine, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the ninth year. ¹

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C 60/23, m. 4 adds ‘And he is to cause the livestock of the same earl taken for this reason to be delivered to him in the meantime’.

28 April. Westminster. Buckinghamshire. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire ¹ to place in respite, until upon his next account, the demand he makes from the men of Chalgrove by summons of the Exchequer for the scutage of the army of Bedford.

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C 60/23, m. 4 ‘Berkshire’.

3 May. Westminster. Lincolnshire. Nottinghamshire. Yorkshire. Order to the sheriffs of Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of William de Tilly, Norman , in their bailiwicks, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

Devon. Cornwall. Order to W. bishop of Exeter that, in the octaves of Trinity in the ninth year, he is to send to the Exchequer all money that is owed to the king of the king’s carucage and of other religious men of his diocese.

8 May. Westminster. Concerning the fine of Roger de Calceto. Roger de Calceto has made fine with the king by 50 m. for having licence to make concord with Walter, marshal of Richard, the king’s brother, for an appeal he made against him concerning breach of the king’s peace and the beating Walter meted out at Winchester on the journey of the same Richard towards Portsmouth when the king sent him into Gascony. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire. ¹

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This entry does not appear on the original roll, only on the copy, C 60/23, m. 4. See also 161 above.

5 May. Westminster. Hampshire. Roger son of Adam has made fine with the king for all debts that are exacted from him at the Exchequer, by rendering 20s. to the king annually until the aforesaid debts have been paid in full. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to cause him to have full seisin of his land in Somershill, notwithstanding the fine that Hugh of Wingham made with the king by one mark for having seisin of the same land, and, moreover, for rendering half a mark to the king until the aforesaid debts were paid, so that then he is to cause Hugh to have peace from rendering the aforesaid mark and half-mark to the king annually.

6 May. Westminster. Warwickshire. The king has granted to the abbot of Merevale that he may have the king’s pasture of Fairfield by the same terms and metes by which he had it in the time of W. earl of Ferrers, while the forest of the High Peak was in the custody of the same earl, for five years from Michaelmas in the ninth year, in order to graze and sustain his sheep and animals, rendering 10 m. thereafter to the king in each of the aforesaid years at two terms, namely 5 m. at Michaelmas in the same year and 5 m. at Easter in the tenth year, and thus from year to year at the same terms until the term of those five years is complete. Order to Robert of Lexington that, having accepted security from him for rendering the aforesaid 10 m. to the king in each of the aforesaid years, as aforesaid, he is to cause the abbot to have full seisin of his aforesaid pasture and to permit him to hold his buildings and bercary that he has in the same pasture in peace until the term of those five years is complete.

8 May. Westminster. Wiltshire. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to distrain Richard Ysemberd to render to Thomas of Cirencester, keeper of the honour of Berkhamsted , the 4 m. that he Richard owes the king of his arrears, so that he might answer for them at the Exchequer.

9 May. Westminster. Gloucestershire. The king has taken the homage of Richard of Gloucester as the nearest heir of Ralph son of Stephen for the manor of Winterbourne which Matilda de Caux held in dower of the gift of the same Ralph, formerly her husband, and Richard has given the aforesaid manor with appurtenances to Richard Walensis and the king has taken his homage before his court. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to cause Richard Walensis to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor, having accepted security from the same Richard for rendering 50 m. to the king for having that seisin. Before the justiciar.

13 May. Westminster. Concerning the fine of the men of Cloughton. Yorkshire. The men of Cloughton of the soke of Scalby have made fine with the king by 10 m. for having licence to cultivate their pastures, which are called Brakintweit and Stores, outside the forest canopy for as long as it pleases the king, rendering 20s. to the king annually by their hand at the Exchequer of Michaelmas. Order to Hugh de Neville that, having accepted security from them for rendering that fine to the king, he is to permit the aforesaid men to cultivate that pasture and hold it in peace, as aforesaid. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

Concerning the fine of the men of Cloughton. Yorkshire (sic.). It is written to the same Hugh in the same manner for the men of Edwinstowe, who have made fine by 8 m. for having pasture for as long etc. in the king’s hays of Bilhaugh and Birklands, rendering half a mark each year to the king at the Exchequer of Michaelmas. Before the same.

Huntingdonshire. It is written to the same Hugh in the same manner for Walter son of Robert, who made fine with the king by 5 m. for having licence to enclose his wood of Ellington in order to make a park before a perambulation of the king’s forest was made, which wood has now been disafforested by the perambulation of the forest recently made by order of the king. Order to the same H. to take security etc. Before the same.

Yorkshire. It is written to the same H. in the same manner for the men of Scalby, who have made fine with the king by 10 m. for having pasture in the hay of Scalby for as long as it pleases the king, rendering to the king thereafter 20s. annually at Michaelmas. Order to the same H. to take security etc. Before the same.

Cumberland. The abbot of Holm Cultram has made fine with the king by 20 m. for assarting and cultivating, for as long as it pleases the king, ten acres of the edge of the king’s wood next to the land that he holds of the king next to Caldbeck, and for having and enclosing the aforesaid edge between the lawn of Warnell and the water of Caldbeck, in order to feed his chickens by these metes, namely from the summit of the fish-garth of the aforesaid abbot, which encloses his aforesaid land, to Witewra and then on to the fish-traps, and then in an easterly direction enclosing the fold of the same abbot up to the tall trees of Aikbank, and then descending to the waters of the Calder, and then ascending by the same waters and by the waters of the Caldbeck up to the buildings of the same abbot, so that, from the aforesaid lawn of Warnell towards the forest he may build a low fish-garth, whereby they might hardly be able to enter and exit and, from the other part next to the waters of the Calder and Caldbeck, they are to cause a good, high fish-garth to be built, so that they are not able to exit by that garth from the king’s forest. The abbot is also to render half a mark each year at Michaelmas to the king for assarting and cultivating the aforesaid ten acres and for having and enclosing the aforesaid edge, as aforesaid. Order to Hugh de Neville that, having accepted security from the abbot for rendering the aforesaid fine to the king and for rendering the aforesaid half-mark to the king each year at the aforesaid term, he is to permit him to assart and cultivate the aforesaid ten acres and to have and enclose the aforesaid edge, as aforesaid. Before the same.

The fine of the abbot of Flaxley. To Hugh de Neville. A long time ago the monks of Flaxley showed the king that whereas, with great expense to their house and to the detriment of the king’s forest of Dean, they used to take brushwood granted to them by King John, the king’s father, in parts remote from their house in order to make their hearth, and they prayed to the king that they might have underwood and undergrowth covered with trees and such manner of wood in a certain place in the aforesaid forest that they nominated, which was granted to them in order to take wood for their hearth, wherefore the king ordered the constable of St. Briavels to take an inquisition, who, once the inquisition and perambulation had been taken before Robert of Wakering, Hugh’s clerk , and other trustworthy men of those parts, signified that that place contained 260 acres by the short hundred by the king’s perch, which wood is covered in small oaks and underwood for the greater part. Order to cause the aforesaid monks to be assigned that place as per the perambulation which is made by the aforesaid constable and the other trustworthy men for their hearth with a low hay, so that they are able to enter and exit, for as long as it pleases the king, and so that they are to take nothing in the king’s forest for their hearth as they used to take therein. That perambulation having been taken by the metes contained in a writing sent to the king by the aforesaid monks, as the king has learnt, which writing is enclosed with these and which the king has sent to him, commanding that if the perambulation will be made by those metes by the aforesaid constable and the aforesaid trustworthy men associated with him in this, then he is to cause the aforesaid place to be assigned by the same metes, as aforesaid. ¹ Before the same.

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Neither this nor the following entry are recorded on the original roll and are supplied from C 60/23, m. 4.

The fine of the abbot of Flaxley. The form of the perambulation that the constable of St. Briavels made by order of the king in the Forest of Dean for the monks of Flaxley, namely in length climbing from the stream next to the field of the monks up to Fowliatt, and from Fowliatt to the great road that goes from Abenhall to Little Dean and in breadth from the aforesaid road to Welshbury up to the bridleway which heads towards Abenhall, and then climbing while running along the aforesaid road from the small ditch to the wood of John of Monmouth, and from the aforesaid wood along the boundary between the wood of the aforesaid wood and the king’s wood up to the stream of Hope, and from the aforesaid stream to the field of Boseley and then along the length of the aforesaid field up to the grange that is next to the abbey of Flaxley. ¹

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Entry supplied from C 60/23, m. 4.

Nottinghamshire. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to place in respite, until Trinity in three weeks in the ninth year, the demand he makes from Philip Marc by summons of the Exchequer for the debts he owes the king. By the justiciar.

Sussex. The abbot of Fécamp has made fine with the king for the debts he owes the king, so that he answers for them by his hand at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to make no distraint for them.

27 May. Westminster. Herefordshire. Walter de Baskerville gives one palfrey for having a market each week on Wednesdays at his manor of Eardisley until the king comes of age, and for having a fair each year to last for two days. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to take etc. ¹

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Corrected from ‘as is more fully contained in the Close Roll’. This has not been corrected in C 60/23, m. 4 where it is placed after entry placed after 204. See RLC, II, p. 41b.

The arrears of the abbot of Fécamp. To the barons of the Exchequer. The abbot of Fécamp has made fine with the king for the arrears of 200 m. that he owed the king, of which he has rendered 80 m., so that he is to render 20 m. at St. John the Baptist in the ninth year, 20 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, 20 m. at the Exchequer of Hilary in the tenth year, and 20 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the same year, and thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid arrears are rendered to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. Before the justiciar and the bishop of Bath.

16 May. Westminster. For William del Teyll. William del Teyll rendered 10 m. to the king in London by the hand of William de Castellis, on Friday next after Ascension in the ninth year, as he is able to establish by the tallies which he has for the fine that he made with the king for having his grace and benevolence because he was with Falkes de Bréauté. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit. ¹

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This entry appears only in C 60/23, m. 4.

20 May. Westminster. Concerning respite. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the ninth year, the demand for debts they make by summons of the Exchequer from W. archbishop of York, because the archbishop has set out for Alnwick where he is to be present to celebrate the marriage between Roger, son and heir of Earl H. Bigod, and Isabella, sister of the King of Scots. ¹

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C 60/23, m. 4 adds ‘in the octaves of Trinity’.

[24 May]. [Westminster]. Concerning respite. The king has given respite to W. earl of Ferrers from making his view ¹ at Michaelmas in 15 days. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

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‘... of the county of Kent’ crossed through. Not corrected in C 60/23, m. 4. Date supplied from C 60/23, m. 4.

[No date]. Hampshire. The king has committed to Master Stephen de Lucy the king’s land in Selborne, which is in the hand of the sheriff of Hampshire, for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for it at the Exchequer by his hand at the same farm for which the sheriff of Hampshire was accustomed to answer. Order to the sheriff to cause Master Stephen to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with appurtenances.

[No date]. Memorandum that the king received at the Exchequer of the Treasury in London, by the hand of William de Castellis, on Saturday next after Trinity in the ninth year, 300 m. of the monies of the fifteenth collected by the hands of the bailiffs of the archbishop of Canterbury, by the hand of Hugh de Sibton, clerk of the same archbishop , of which the king caused 200 m. to be delivered to Earl W. Marshal as a prest and 100 m. to W., earl of Essex, as a prest. The king also received there £69 6s. 4d. of the same fifteenth from the same archbishop, by the hand of the same Hugh on the same day, of which he caused 30 m. to be delivered to John Marshal as a prest and 50 m. to Master Stephen de Lucy and G. of Crowcombe, going to France on embassy for the king, for their expenses, and William de Castellis will answer for the rest.

[31 May]. [Westminster]. Richard of Wrotham has made fine with the king by 50 m. for having seisin of the forestership of the county of Somerset and of the custody of the park of Newton Forester, which fall to him by inheritance, for which he has given surety to the king by John Marshal and John of Earley that he will render 20 m. to the king at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the ninth year, 10 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the tenth year, 10 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year and 10 m. at Easter in the eleventh year. Order to William Brewer to cause him to have full seisin of the custody of the aforesaid park. ¹

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Date supplied from C 60/23, m. 4.

It is written in the same manner to H. de Neville , to whom it is ordered that he cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid forestership and the custody of the aforesaid park.

5 June. Westminster. Norfolk and Suffolk. Robert of Cockfield gives 1 m. for having a writ before the justices of the Bench against Simon of Cockfield, concerning land in Cockfield, Wilegeb’ and in the vill of St. Edmund, ¹ and order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk to take etc.

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C 60/23, m. 4 ‘... concerning intrusion into the land of ...’

[No date]. Richard Pirot owes 20s. … ¹

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Entry unfinished and cancelled. See 213 below. Omitted in C 60/23, m. 4.

6 June. Westminster. Northamptonshire. Hugh, son of Richard of Woodcroft, gives 1 m. for having a writ of mort d’ancestor before the justices assigned to take assizes of novel disseisin in Northamptonshire, ¹ concerning a tenement in Woodcroft. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take etc.

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C 60/23, m. 4 adds ‘against Brian de Mare’.

Bedfordshire. Richard Pirot gives 20s. for having a pone ¹ concerning land in Upper Caldecote and Lower Caldecote. ² Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take etc.

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C 60/23, m. 4 adds ‘... against Roger Burnard and others...’

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C 60/23, m. 4 further adds ‘... and in other vills’.

9 June. Westminster. Hampshire. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take into the king’s hand all land formerly of Peter de Chilteneia, which he held in chief of the king in his bailiwick, whose heir is under age as the king has heard, and he is to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise, and in the meantime he is not to permit waste or destruction to be made of the woods or other things pertaining to the same land, and he is to cause the king to know the quantity and value of the same land. ¹ Witness [R.] bishop of [Salisbury].

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From this point onwards, this membrane is quite badly damaged and stained along its edges.

11 June. Westminster. Order to the trustworthy men of Chichester to cause Simon de Senlis, bailiff of R. bishop of Chichester , to have the arrears of the tallage made in the vill of Chichester to the use of H. count de la Marche and I., his wife, at the time when the vill of Chichester was in their hand, so that he answers for them at the Exchequer. Witness R. bishop of Salisbury.

15 June. Westminster. Henry de Burun gives one mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of mort d’ancestor ¹ between the same Henry, claimant, and Walter Malet, defendant, concerning [four bovates and 60 acres and a messuage with appurtenances] in Cotgrave. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire that […] ² Witness the king.

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C 60/23, m. 3 removes ‘... assize of mort d’ancestor’ and inserts ‘..., before Robert of Lexington and his associates itinerating in Nottinghamshire, of the assize of mort d’ancestor taken before the bishop of Lincoln and his associates ...’

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Entry perhaps unfinished. Henceforth, the remaining are witnessed by the king.

[13 June]. [Westminster]. Order to the keeper of the honour of Boulogne to cause the oxen of Hugh de Cantilupe, who has been lately accused of felony, ¹ to be valued by trustworthy and law-worthy men, and to cause them to be delivered by the same value to Ralph fitz Nicholas to render them to the king. ²

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C 60/23, m. 3 adds ‘... in the king’s court’.

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Date supplied from C 60/23, m. 3.

Order to [the collectors] of the fifteenth in Berkshire to place in respite until the king orders otherwise the demand [for the fifteenth] that they make from the burgesses of Wallingford, who have sustained great damages this year by [fire].

14 June. Westminster. The king has granted to Robert of Wakering, clerk , ¹ that he may assart and cultivate 40 acres measured by the king’s perch in Greneweye outside the great canopy of the king’s forest, and hold them from the king, rendering 2d. each year at the Exchequer by his hand for each acre. Order to Roger of Clifford that, having taken with him the verderers, foresters and trustworthy men of that neighbourhood, he is to cause a place where it might be suitable and to the least harm to the forest outside the canopy to be measured to the number of 40 acres by the king’s perch and to cause him to have them by rendering the aforesaid service to the king, as aforesaid. ²

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‘... parson of the church of Wellington’ – C 60/23, m. 3.

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C 60/23, m. 3 dates this entry to 16 June and adds an authorization by the justiciar. For the remaining entries in the ninth regnal year see roll 23.