28 Oct. Portsmouth. For Nicholas de Neville. By the fine of £20 that Nicholas de Neville made with the king, for which he has given the king surety by Henry of Audley, Hugh Despenser, Godfrey of Crowcombe and Thomas of Hengrave, the king has granted him the custody of the land with appurtenances formerly of John of Meppershall, with the custody and marriage of the John’s heirs. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to cause Nicholas to have full seisin of the aforesaid land and of the same heirs, as aforesaid. ¹

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Henceforth, unless otherwise stated, all writs are once again attested by the king, he having returned from Brittany. The heading of this roll appears to date to the early fourteenth century.

For Aymer de St. Amand. The king has taken the homage of Aymer de St. Amand for the lands which Ralph de Verdun, his kinsman, whose heir he is and who died in parts overseas with the king, held of the king in chief in England and which fall to Aymer by inheritance, and the king has pardoned him his relief for the same lands. Order to the sheriff of Kent to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the same Ralph in his bailiwick, of which he was seised on the day he died.

For Aymer de St. Amand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire .

For Peter de Maulay. The king has given Peter de Maulay respite from the debts that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer until the octaves of Hilary in the fifteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

For Gilbert of Preston. Gilbert, son and heir of Walter of Preston, has made fine with the king by 100s. for his relief for having his lands which Walter, his father, held from the king in chief and which fall to him by hereditary right, and the king has taken his homage herein. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire that, having accepted security from Gilbert for the aforesaid 100s., he is to cause him to have full seisin of all aforesaid lands. By S. of Seagrave.

28 Oct. Portsmouth. For Robert de Muscegros. To the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Robert de Muscegros that, of the fine he made with him by rendering 100 m. per annum at two terms until he has rendered all debts to the king that he owes, he may henceforth render 50 m. until all debts that he owes are paid at the Exchequer, namely 25 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 25 m. at the Exchequer of Easter. Order to permit this to be done thus. If he caused his livestock to be taken by the aforesaid reason, he is to cause it to be delivered without delay.

For Robert de Muscegros. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Gloucestershire.

[No date]. Memorandum. For Stephen of Seagrave. Stephen of Seagrave has made fine with the king by £100 for having the marriage ¹ of Emma de Caux, who was the wife of John of Seagrave , in order to marry her to whoever he and his heirs or assigns will wish without disparagement, and for having custody of Emma’s lands for as long as she ought to be in custody according to the law of the land. ²

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Corrected from ‘… the custody and marriage of …’

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This entry appears to be a later memorandum, being tightly squeezed between the surrounding entries.

[No date]. For Hugh Despenser. Hugh Despenser has made fine with the king by 50 m. ¹ for having custody of the land and heirs of Geoffrey Savage ² and their marriages. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause Hugh to have full seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of the same Geoffrey, of which he was seised on the day he died. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriffs of Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire , Derbyshire and Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

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Corrected from ‘60 m.’

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‘…with all lands and tenements pertaining to the heirs by inheritance’ crossed through and replaced by what follows.

For the bailiffs of the bishop of Winchester. The king has given respite, until the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the fifteenth year, to the bailiffs of P. bishop of Winchester from the amercements and other things concerning which dispute has arisen before the barons of the Exchequer. Order to the same barons to permit them to have peace in the meantime.

For Thomas Testard. Thomas Testard, brother and heir of Robert Testard, has made fine with the king by 100s. for his relief for having the lands formerly of Robert, his brother, which fall to him by inheritance, and the king has taken his homage herein. Order to the sheriff of Surrey that, having accepted security from Thomas for the aforesaid 100s., he is to cause him to have full seisin of all of the aforesaid lands, of which Robert was seised on the day he died.

3 Nov. Chawton. For John of Cawood. John, son of John of Cawood, has made fine with the king by 10 m. for having seisin of the lands formerly of the aforesaid John, his father, which fall to the same John by hereditary right, with the bailiwick of the king’s forest which John, his father, held of the king in chief in Ouse and Derwent, for which the king has taken his homage. Order to Brian de Lisle to cause John to have full seisin of all of the aforesaid lands formerly of John, his father, of which he was seised on the day he died, with the aforesaid bailiwick.

4 Nov. Guildford. For Hugh Despenser. Hugh Despenser has made fine with the king by 50 m. for having custody of the land and heirs of Geoffrey Savage, who had Hugh’s daughter to wife, and for having the marriage of the same heirs with the marriage of his same daughter. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire that, having accepted security from Hugh for rendering the aforesaid 50 m., he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all land formerly of Geoffrey in his bailiwick, of which he was seised on the day he died, with the heirs of the aforesaid Geoffrey.

For Hugh Despenser. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, except for accepting security.

6 Nov. Westminster. Ireland. For Walter de Lacy. The king has granted to Walter de Lacy that, of the debts he owes him, for which he made fine with him to render 400 m. per annum at the Exchequer of Dublin, he may render 200 m. to the king at the Exchequer in England, namely 100 m. at Easter in the fifteenth year, 100 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and thus from year to year. ¹ Order to R. de Burgh, justiciar of Ireland, not to distrain Walter henceforth for the aforesaid debts. He is also to signify the king under his seal and the seals of the barons of Dublin how much of the aforesaid debts W. has rendered at the Exchequer of Dublin.

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Terms interlined in a different hand.

Ireland. For Walter de Lacy. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that since the king has granted to Walter de Lacy that he may render 200 m. per annum at the Exchequer in England at the terms as above of the debts he owed him, for which he made fine to render 400 m. per annum at the Exchequer of Dublin, they are to cause this to be enrolled thus .

Concerning the manor of Kettleburgh. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take the manor of Kettleburgh, which Bertam de Criel holds by bail of the king, into the king’s hand and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

[No date]. Devon. Hugh de Bollay has fallen into [the king’s] mercy for disseisin and is amerced at 10 m. before Jordan Oliver and his associates, justices assigned to take the assize of novel disseisin between the abbot of Dunkeswell , claimant, and the aforesaid Hugh, concerning a tenement in Sheldon.

6 Nov. Westminster. For H. de Burgh, concerning the custodies of the lands and heirs of the earl of Gloucester , William d’Avranches and Nigel de Mowbray . H. de Burgh, earl of Kent and justiciar of England , has made fine with the king by 7000 m. for having custody of the lands formerly of G. de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hertford, until the earl’s heirs come of age, with the custody and marriage of the same heirs. Order to the sheriff of Kent to cause the justiciar to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the same earl in his bailiwick, as aforesaid. ¹ Memorandum that he will pay 2000 m. of the aforesaid 7000 m. cash down, then 500 m. at Easter in the fifteenth year, 500 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and thus from year to year at the same terms until he has rendered the aforesaid 7000 m. in full.

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The accompanying memorandum appears to be a later insertion.

For H. de Burgh, concerning the custodies of the lands and heirs of the earl of Gloucester , William d’Avranches and Nigel de Mowbray . It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Somerset, Warwickshire , Oxfordshire , Worcestershire , Lincolnshire , Wiltshire , Berkshire , Norfolk and Suffolk, Buckinghamshire , Essex and Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire , Northamptonshire , Surrey and Sussex, Gloucestershire and Hampshire .

For H. de Burgh, concerning the custodies of the lands and heirs of the earl of Gloucester , William d’Avranches and Nigel de Mowbray . The same H. de Burgh has made fine with the king by 500 m. for having the custody of the lands formerly of William d’Avranches until his heirs come of age, with the custody and marriage of the same heirs. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the same William, as aforesaid.

For H. de Burgh, concerning the custodies of the lands and heirs of the earl of Gloucester , William d’Avranches and Nigel de Mowbray . It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Kent, Hertfordshire and Berkshire .

[No date]. For H. de Burgh, concerning the custodies of the lands and heirs of the earl of Gloucester , William d’Avranches and Nigel de Mowbray . The same has made fine with the king by 500 m. for having custody of the land and heir of Nigel de Mowbray until the heir comes of age, with the marriage of the same, as is more fully contained in the last Close Roll, namely of the fourteenth year. ¹

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CR 1227–31, p. 441.

Concerning respite of a demand. The king has given respite to Ralph of Earlham, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, from the 4 m. which he owes him and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to to cause him to have that respite.

For Robert de Gournay. The king has taken the homage of Robert de Gournay for the lands formerly of Maurice de Gant, which fall to him by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Somerset that, having accepted security from him for the £100 by which he made fine with the king for his relief, he is to cause Robert to have full seisin of the lands which Maurice had in his bailiwick, to which he is the nearest heir, having retained the manors of Pawlett and Weare in the king’s hand, concerning which dispute has arisen before the king as to who is the nearest heir.

10 Nov. Lambeth. For Robert de Gournay. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to cause the same Robert to have full seisin of the lands which the same Maurice had in his bailiwick, to which Robert is the nearest heir, excepting the manors of Beverstone, Weston, Redwick, Over and Elberton, which the king’s beloved etc. H. de Burgh etc. holds by bail of the king in gage for the debts that Maurice owed him.

For Robert de Gournay. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to cause the same Robert to have seisin etc. of the lands which the same Maurice had in his bailiwick, to which Robert is the nearest heir.

For Gilbert Basset. The king has taken the homage of Gilbert Basset, brother and heir of Thomas Basset, for the manor of Kirtlington which Thomas held of the king in chief and which falls to Gilbert by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to cause Gilbert to have full seisin.

For Nicholas son of Roger. The king has taken the homage of Nicholas son of Roger for the land formerly of Roger son of Nicholas, his father, which falls to him by hereditary right and of which Roger was seised as of fee on the day he died. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire that, having accepted security from Roger for the 100s. to the king’s use by which he made fine with the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the land formerly of Roger, his father, in his bailiwick, as aforesaid.

For Richard Duket. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the demand for £40 6s. 8d. which Richard Duket owes the king and which is exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer to be placed in respite until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

Concerning collecting the scutage of Poitou to the king’s use. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland to have at the Exchequer on the morrow of St. Andrew in the fifteenth year the scutage from all knights’ fees that are held of the king in chief, namely 3 m. per shield for the king’s army of Poitou after his first crossing, concerning which the king did not order him to cause those who hold those fees in chief to have their scutage, or concerning which he did not receive another order from the king, so that he has his warrant. ¹

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The meaning of this warrant clause is obscure. It might mean that he has his warrant for not collecting the scutage.

10 Nov. Westminster. For Henry de Heliun. The king has granted to Henry de Heliun that he and his heirs may henceforth hold from the king and his heirs the manor of Easingwold with appurtenances, which he had granted to him to hold at fee farm from the king and his heirs by rendering 100s. per annum, by rendering 5 m. each year to the king and his heirs by their hands at the Exchequer at two terms, namely a moiety at Michaelmas and the other moiety at Easter, as is more fully contained in the charter that the king caused to be made for him. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Concerning the bailiwick of the High Peak committed to B. de Lisle. The king has committed the bailiwick of the High Peak to B. de Lisle to keep for as long as it pleases the king by rendering £100 each year at the Exchequer. And £30 for the manor of Ashford , which Margaret, who was the wife of Gwenwynwyn , holds, ought not be allowed to the same B. in those £100, or 20s. likewise from a messuage and twelve acres of land with appurtenances in Bistalleg’ and Ashop, which the nuns of Derby hold of the king’s gift, or any money for the pasture of Fairfield and Mainstone. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Suffolk. Hugh de Munchesney gives the king half a mark for having a pone against Anselm of Eleigh and Robert Priest, concerning tenements in Eleigh and elsewhere. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

[No date]. Kent. Hugh de Sancto Germano gives half a mark for having a writ of warranty against Nicholas de Sancto Germano, concerning a tenement in Sundries.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Christiana of Wyham gives half a mark for attainting the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin taken at Lincoln against Jordan Champion, concerning pasture in Wyham. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

14 Nov. Windsor. For Robert de Muscegros. The king has granted to Robert de Muscegros that, of the debts he owes him, for which he made fine with him to render 100 m. per annum, he may henceforth render 50 m. per annum, namely 25 m. at the Exchequer of Easter and 25 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

21 Nov. Westminster. For Robert of Everingham. Robert of Everingham and Isabella, his wife, sister and heiress of Thomas of Birkin, have made fine with the king by 200 m. for having seisin of all lands formerly of Thomas which fall to Isabella by hereditary right, and of which Thomas was seised as of fee on the day he died, and for having the bailiwick of the king’s forest of Sherwood as Thomas had on the day he died, and the king has taken Robert’s homage for it. Of which 200 m. he is to render 50 m. to the king at the Exchequer at the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the fifteenth year, 50 m. at Easter next following in the same year, 50 m. at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist next following in the same year, and 50 m. at Michaelmas next following in the same year. Order to Robert of Lexington that, having accepted security from them for rendering the aforesaid 200 m. to the king at the Exchequer at the aforesaid terms, he is to cause them to have full seisin of all lands formerly of Thomas which are in his custody and which fall to Isabella by hereditary right, and of which Thomas was seised as of fee on the day he died, as aforesaid. He is also to cause Brian de Lisle to know by his letters when he has accepted security from Robert and Isabella for rendering the aforesaid 200 m. to the king, as aforesaid, to whom the king has commanded by his letters that when he will cause him to know this, he is to cause them to have full seisin of the bailiwick of the king’s forest of Sherwood as Thomas had it on the day he died.

For Robert of Everingham. Order to B. de Lisle that when Robert of Lexington causes him to know etc. as above, then he is to cause the same Robert to have full seisin, as aforesaid, of the bailiwick of the aforesaid forest.

For Richard de Scrupes. The king has taken the homage of Richard de Scrupes, son and heir of Henry de Scrupes, for the three knights’ fees which Henry held of the king in chief and which fall to him by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire that, having accepted security from Richard for £15 to the king’s use for his relief, then he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of Henry in his bailiwick on the day he died, which fall to him by hereditary right.

24 Nov. Westminster. Concerning land to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire ¹ to take into the king’s hand the land that Bertram de Criel held by bail of the king in Moulsford, and to keep it safely with all chattels found therein until the king orders otherwise.

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Corrected from ‘ Nottinghamshire ’.

For William Longespée, concerning the lands formerly of Nicolaa de la Haye. The king has taken the homage of William Longespée for the lands that Nicolaa de la Haye held in dower in Charlton and Henstridge of the honour of Camel , which fall to Idonea, wife of the same William, daughter and heiress of Richard de Camville, by hereditary right, and which William and Idonea ought to held of the king in chief by the service of two knights. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to cause William and Idonea to have full seisin of the aforesaid lands with appurtenances without delay.

For William Longespée, concerning the lands formerly of Nicolaa de la Haye. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to cause them to have full seisin without delay of all lands and fees which the same Nicolaa held of the king in chief and which fall to the same Idonea by hereditary right. ¹ By the king’s letters under the privy seal and by letters of the justiciar.

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This entry is another later insertion, being crammed in between surrounding entries on the membrane. For an attached schedule of Nicolaa’s Lincolnshire knights’ fees, see 72 below.

For Robert de Gournay. The king has taken the homage of Robert de Gournay for the lands formerly of Maurice de Gant, his uncle, which fall to him by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to cause him to have full seisin without delay of the manor of Pawlett with appurtenances in his bailiwick.

26 Nov. Westminster. For Stephen of Seagrave. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to his beloved and faithful Stephen of Seagrave the £100 by which he made fine with him for having the marriage of Emma, daughter of Roger de Caux. Order to cause him to be quit of this.

[No date]. To the sheriff of Essex. Instruction (Precipe) to Hamo le Enveise to warrant, justly and without delay, to Thomas of Ingoldisthorpe and Isabella, his wife, two carucates of land with appurtenances in Colne, three carucates of land with appurtenances in Layer and ten marcates of rent with appurtenances in Woodham, which he holds and they claim to hold from him and for which they have his charter, as they say, and unless he will do this and Thomas and Isabella will give the sheriff surety to prosecute their claim, then he is to summon Hamo by good summoners to be before the king’s justices at Westminster at Easter in 15 days, ready to show why he will not do this, and the sheriff is to have etc. and is to take security from Thomas and Isabella for half a mark to the king’s use. ¹

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Entry cancelled.

[No date]. Essex. Thomas of Ingoldisthorpe and Isabella, his wife, give half a mark for having a precipe against Hamo le Enveise. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take. ¹

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This entry appears to have been added in light of the cancellation of the previous entry, being crammed between other entries.

2 Dec. Westminster. Essex. Order to the sheriff of Essex to place in respite, until Hilary in the fifteenth year, the demand he makes from Baldwin de Redvers by order of the king for the scutage of Poitou after the king’s first crossing. Witness J. bishop of Bath.

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

2 Nov. Winchester. Concerning the manor of Awre. The king has granted to W. earl Marshal, earl of Pembroke, for himself and his heirs, that if he can commit the manor of Awre to him without other injury, he and his heirs may have and hold it forever at fee farm from the king and his heirs by the ancient and due farm and by 100s. each year of increment, so that the aforesaid farm and the 100s. of increment will be allowed to the earl in the £50 which he was accustomed to receive at the Exchequer each year for the manor of Bassingbourn, which he surrendered to the king to the use of P. duke of Brittany and earl of Richmond . Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to cause the Earl Marshal to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor, as aforesaid. ¹ Witness the king. By the king’s letters from overseas.

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

For Richard de Luvetot. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire that if he establishes by an inquisition that Richard de Luvetot, who says he is the nearest heir of Rose de Luvetot, is her nearest heir, then, having accepted security from him for rendering his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of however much of the land to which the sheriff will establish he is the nearest heir of Rose. ¹

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‘… and which she held in chief of the king’ is crossed through.

2 Dec. Westminster. Because otherwise below. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to permit the bishop of Rochester to have peace until Hilary in the fifteenth year from the demand he makes from him for scutage for the army of Poitou after the king’s first crossing . ¹ Witness H. de Burgh etc.

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Entry cancelled because otherwise below. See 55 below.

Because otherwise below. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Warwickshire, Gloucestershire , Suffolk and Cambridgeshire . ¹

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Entry cancelled.

For Walter of Clifford. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire that, by reason of the order made to him to make distraint for scutage for the army of Poitou after the king’s first crossing, to be rendered to the king on the morrow of St. Andrew in the fifteenth year, he is not to distrain Walter of Clifford to render scutage to the king, except from the fees he holds of the king in chief in his bailiwick, unless he has another command. Witness as above.

For Walter of Clifford. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire , Wiltshire , Berkshire , Oxfordshire and Herefordshire .

For the bishop of Rochester. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk that, notwithstanding the king’s order to him for collecting his scutage for the army of Poitou after the first crossing and rendering it at the Exchequer on the morrow of St. Andrew, he is to supersede making distraint from the bishop of Rochester for the same scutage until Epiphany in the fifteenth year. Witness as above.

For the bishop of Rochester. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Buckinghamshire, Warwickshire , Gloucestershire , Cambridgeshire and Kent .

2 Dec. Westminster. For William de Beauchamp. William de Beauchamp has made fine with the king for the scutages of Kerry and Portsmouth at the king’s first crossing, which he owes him by reason of the custody of the land of Robert d’Aubigny, by rendering £10 per annum at the Exchequer at the terms he has for other debts, for which he last made fine before the barons of the Exchequer. Order to the barons to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. Witness J. bishop of Bath.

[No date]. For Henry de Longchamp. Henry de Longchamp gives the king 50 m. for having to wife Joan, who was the wife of Thomas of Birkin . The constable of Chester is his pledge for rendering that fine.

Concerning not distraining any others for the scutage of Poitou than hold fees from the king in chief. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. Order that, notwithstanding the king’s order made to him to distrain all fees which are held of him in chief for the scutage of Poitou after the king’s first crossing, concerning which he did not order him to cause those who hold those fees in chief to have that scutage, nor concerning which did he receive another command from the king, so that he has his warrant, ¹ he is not to distrain anyone save those who hold the said fees from the king in chief, and he is not to omit to distrain them so that the king will have the said scutage, namely 3 m. per shield for his aforesaid army. Witness as above.

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The meaning of this warrant clause is obscure. It might mean that he has his warrant for not collecting the scutage.

Concerning not distraining any others for the scutage of Poitou than hold fees from the king in chief. It is written in the same manner to all of the sheriffs of England, save for the sheriffs of Cornwall and Northumberland .

[No date]. Suffolk. William, son of William of Bramford, and Robert and Simon, ¹ his brothers, give half a mark for having a pone, concerning a tenement in Sprowston. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

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‘John’ underscored.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

7 Dec. Westminster. Concerning the manor of Duddington, to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take into the king’s hand the manor of Duddington, which Nicolaa de la Haye held by bail of the king, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise. Witness J. bishop of Bath. By the king’s letters under the privy seal.

13 Dec. Westminster. For the Earl Warenne. The king has granted to W. earl Warenne that he may cause the scutage from the knights’ fees he holds of the king in chief to be collected by his hand, namely 3 m. per shield after (sic.) the army of Poitou after his first crossing, and he is to answer by his hand at the Exchequer in the octaves of Hilary. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to permit him to collect the aforesaid scutage thus, and if he has taken anything, he is to cause it to be rendered to him without delay. Witness J. bishop of Bath.

For the Earl Warenne. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Essex, Lincolnshire , Northamptonshire , Oxfordshire , Norfolk and Suffolk, Buckinghamshire , Surrey , Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, Yorkshire , and Sussex .

15 Dec. Westminster. Concerning not making distraint in the demesne lands or fees of bishops or abbots etc. for the scutage of Poitou. Order to the sheriff of Kent not to cause, or permit to be caused, any distraint to be made in the demesne lands or fees of the archbishop of Canterbury or of his suffragan bishops in his bailiwick for rendering to the king the scutage of Poitou after the king’s first crossing, until 15 days after Hilary in the fifteenth year. The same order to the same sheriff concerning the demesne lands and fees of the abbots, priors, abbesses and other religious men in the aforesaid archbishopric and bishoprics. Witness J. Marshal. By letters of the justiciar.

Concerning not making distraint in the demesne lands or fees of bishops or abbots etc. for the scutage of Poitou. It is written in the same manner to all sheriffs of England, except for the sheriffs of Cornwall and Northumberland , Yorkshire , Lancaster , Cumberland and Westmorland .

20 Dec. Westminster. Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. Robert Grelley, who held of the king in chief, is dead. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take into the king’s hand all lands that Robert held in his bailiwick and to keep them safely so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise. Witness W. bishop of Carlisle. By writ of the king under the privy seal.

Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Lancaster and Yorkshire . ¹

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‘ Lincolnshire ’ cancelled by expunction.

Westminster. For the son and heir of Hugh of Boxted. Hugh of Boxted, who held of the king in chief, is dead. Hugh, his son and heir, has, as is said, been struck down by a most grave sickness, so that he cannot come to the king to perform his homage. Order to the sheriff of Essex that, having taken with him six or four law-worthy and discreet knights of his county, he is to go in person to the aforesaid Hugh, son and heir of the same Hugh, at Boxted and take security from him both for the heir’s fealty to the king’s use for the lands and tenements in his bailiwick that the same Hugh held of the king in chief, which fall to the aforesaid son and heir by inheritance, and for rendering his relief to the king, and he is to cause the king to know how many lands Hugh, father of Hugh, held in chief of the king in his bailiwick and by what service and how much service pertains to the king. Witness H. de Burgh etc. as above. By the same justiciar.

[No date]. Northumberland. Richard Mautalent gives the king 40s. for having a writ that four justices be assigned to take the assize of novel disseisin which he arraigned against Hugh of Morwick and others, concerning a tenement in East Chevington. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to take etc.

Nicolaa de la Haye held Swaton of the king in chief for one knight’s fee. In Spanby, half a knight’s fee. In Billingborough, one knight’s fee. In Horbling and Dembleby, one knight’s fee. In Newton, one knight’s fee. In Pickworth, one knight’s fee and three parts of a fee. In Houstorp’, one knight’s fee. In Kirkby Underwood, three parts of a fee. In Ashby and Marston, one-and-a-half knights’ fees. In Willoughby, one knight’s fee. In Faldingworth, Scawby, Ingham, Bullington, and Kirkby, two knights’ fees. In Riseholme, one knight’s fee. In Fillingham, one knight’s fee and the fourth part of a fee. In Ingleby, one knight’s fee. In Faldingworth, the fourth part of a fee. ¹

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For the accompanying fines, granting custody of her lands to William Longespée, see 41 and 42 above.

27 Dec. Westminster. For the countess of Oxford. The king has granted to Isabella, countess of Oxford, that she may collect, by her hand, her scutage that she owes him for his army of Poitou after his first crossing in the fourteenth year, namely 3 m. per shield, so that she answers him by her hand at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire to permit her to collect that scutage in his bailiwick, as aforesaid. ¹ Witness the king.

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Henceforth, the king is again the witness to all letters unless otherwise stated.

For the countess of Oxford. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Suffolk, Oxfordshire , Northamptonshire , Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire and Essex and Hertfordshire.

For Robert fitz Walter. Robert fitz Walter has similar letters, concerning collecting his scutage and answering at Hilary in 15 days, directed to the sheriffs of Essex and Hertfordshire, Cornwall , Kent , Middlesex , Norfolk , Suffolk , Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire .

For the son and heir of Richard Gubiun. An inquisition having been taken by the king’s order by the sheriff of Northamptonshire as to how many lands Richard Gubiun held of the king in chief in his bailiwick, the king has heard that Richard held two carucates of land from him with appurtenances in the suburbs of Northampton ¹ by the service of rendering 2s. per annum at the Exchequer by the hand of the reeves of Northampton. Because Hugh Gubiun, son and heir of the aforesaid Richard, has given the king to understand that he does not owe him anything for his relief of the aforesaid land save for 16s. 4d. according to the custom of the borough of Northampton , order to the same sheriff that, diligent inquisition having been taken to establish if the aforesaid land is of the liberty of the aforesaid borough of Northampton and that he was not accustomed to render any relief other than 16s. 4d. to the king’s predecessors, then, having accepted security from Hugh for the 16s. 4d. for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land.

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Corrected from ‘Northampton’.

For John Marshal. John Marshal has made fine with the king by 200 m. for having custody of the lands and heirs of Nicholas of Carew until the heirs come of age, with the marriage of the same heirs. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire that, having accepted security from John for the aforesaid 200 m., he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of Nicholas in his bailiwick with their appurtenances, of which he was seised on the day he died.

For John Marshal. The same John has the letters patent.

2 Jan. Windsor. For the archbishop of York and other religious persons. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to make no distraint, or permit any to be made, in the demesne lands or fees of the archbishop of York, or of his suffragan bishops in his bailiwick, for rendering the scutage of Poitou after the king’s first crossing by reason of the order the king made to him concerning the aforesaid scutage, until the king orders otherwise. The same order concerning the demense lands and fees of the abbots, priors, abbesses and other religious men in the aforesaid archbishopric and bishoprics. ¹

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Final sentence an interlineation.

For the archbishop of York and other religious persons. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire , Gloucestershire and Lincolnshire .

For the archbishop of York and other religious persons. And to the sheriff of Northumberland for the bishop of Durham.

3 Jan. Windsor. For Thomas Grelley. The king has taken the homage of Thomas Grelley, son and heir of Robert Grelley, for the lands that Robert held of the king and that fall to him by inheritance. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all lands and tenements formerly of Robert in his bailiwick, of which he was seised on the day he died. He is also to inquire diligently by trustworthy and law-worthy men of his county how many lands Robert held of the king in chief in his bailiwick, by what service, and whether he held that land in chief as of the king’s crown or as of the honour of Lancaster as an escheat of the king. The inquisition etc.

For Thomas Grelley. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and Oxfordshire .

For Alan Basset. Alan Basset has made fine with the king by 30 m. for all debts that he owed him at the Exchequer and that were exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, so that he is to render £10 of the aforesaid 30 m. at Easter in the fifteenth year and £10 at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Nicholas of Willington. An inquisition having been taken by the king’s order whether Alexander of Costock held of Nicholas of Willington those two bovates of land in Willington, which he mortgaged to Poitevin the Jew at farm or in fee, the king has heard that Alexander held that land from Nicholas at farm and never in fee. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews that notwithstanding that the aforesaid Jew has recovered seisin by the king’s order as his pledge, he is to cause Nicholas to have full seisin of the aforesaid land.

For Robert Savage. The king has granted to Robert Savage that, of the debts he owes him, he may render £10 each year at the Exchequer, namely 100s. at the Exchequer of Easter in the fifteenth year and 100s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and thus from year to year until the aforesaid debts are paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

4 Jan. Windsor. For Peter fitz Herbert. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that notwithstanding the king’s order made to him to distrain all fees held from the king in chief for rendering the scutage of Poitou etc. to the king, he is not to distrain the knights or free tenants of Peter fitz Herbert to render the aforesaid scutage, but [to distrain] the same Peter for the knights’ fees he holds of the king in chief, for which he ought and is accustomed to answer the king at the Exchequer, and to permit him to have all of the rest.

For Peter fitz Herbert. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Worcestershire, Gloucestershire , Oxfordshire , Warwickshire and Leicestershire, Herefordshire , Hampshire , Rutland , Yorkshire , Berkshire and Shropshire .

Concerning the testament of Robert Grelley. The abbot of Vaudey and the other executors of the testament of Robert Grelley have mainperned to answer for the chattels formerly of the same Robert for the debts he owed to the king. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk not to extend his hand to the chattels formerly of Robert in his bailiwick, but, if he took anything after Robert’s death, he is to render it to the same executors.

Concerning the testament of Robert Grelley. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Lancaster.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the knights holding of the earl of Gloucester in his county for the last scutage of Poitou from the time of King John etc., until the king orders otherwise.

For the bishop of Chichester. The king has granted to the bishop of Chichester, chancellor, that he may collect scutage by his hand from the lands of Thomas, son and heir of Duncan de Lacelles, who is in his custody, which are held of the king in chief in Buckinghamshire, for the army of Poitou after his first crossing, so that he answers by his hand at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to permit him to collect the aforesaid scutage by his hand, as aforesaid.

For the bishop of Chichester. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Berkshire, Surrey and Middlesex .

[No date]. Staffordshire. Hugh, parson of Byfield , gives half a mark for having a pone against the prior of Ware , concerning the manor of High Onn . Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire.

7 Jan. Wallingford. For John Marshal. The king has granted to John Marshal that, of the 200 m. by which he made fine with him for having custody of the lands and heirs of Nicholas of Carew, he may render 50 m. by his hand at the Exchequer of Easter in the fifteenth year, 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, 50 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the sixteenth year, and 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Roger de Cressy. The king has taken the homage of Roger de Cressy for the lands that Margaret de Cressy, his mother, whose heir he is, held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of Margaret in his bailiwick, of which she was seised on the day she died. Further order to cause diligent inquiry to be taken by the oath of trustworthy and law-worthy men of his county whether Margaret held the aforesaid land in chief as of the crown and in the name of barony, or as of escheat, and he is to send etc. the inquisition etc. Memorandum that, the inquisition having been taken, it is clear to the king that Roger owes him his relief for eleven knights’ fees. ¹

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This memorandum must have been added later as it follows the witness clause.

11 Jan. Woodstock. For the countess of Salisbury. The king has granted to Ela, countess of Salisbury, that she may collect, by her hand, the scutage due to the king from the knights’ fees she holds in chief, so that she answers at the Exchequer at the Purification in 15 days, namely 3 m. per shield for the army of Poitou after the king’s first crossing. Order to the sheriff of Dorset and Somerset to permit the countess to collect the aforesaid scutage in his bailiwick, as aforesaid.

For the countess of Salisbury. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Wiltshire, Gloucestershire , Surrey and Oxfordshire .

11 Jan. Woodstock. Oxfordshire. Concerning delivering from prison. John of Nortoft, taken and detained in the king’s prison at Oxford for trespass of the king’s forest, has made fine with him by 2 m. for his delivery. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire that, having accepted security from him for rendering those 2 m. to the king, and for henceforth not committing an offence in the king’s forest, he is to deliver him from prison.

15 Jan. Woodstock. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriffs of Devon and Somerset to place in respite, until the morrow of the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the fifteenth year, the demand they make from Nicholas de Boleville for the king’s scutage before his first crossing and the scutage of Poitou after his first crossing.

15 Jan. Woodstock. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make from Hugh Graundin, who is in the king’s service in parts overseas by his order, for the 4 m. by which he was amerced before the justices last itinerant in the county court of Bedfordshire, until he returns from the aforesaid parts.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the same to place in respite the demand they make from William Longespée for the debts he owes the king, until the king’s first arrival in London, so that the king is certified then for which debts he ought to answer him.

For William Mauduit. The king has granted to William Mauduit that, of the debt he owes him, for which he had previously made fine with him to render 40 m. per annum, he may henceforth render 30 m. each year until the aforesaid debt is paid, namely 15 m. at Easter and 15 m. at Michaelmas. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

18 Jan. Woodstock. For the bishop of Ely. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the amercements arising from the lands and fees of H. bishop of Ely to be allowed to the same bishop in the same manner in which his predecessors, bishops of Ely, were accustomed to be allowed amercements of that kind that arose from the same lands and fees in the time of the king’s predecessors and in the time of the king himself, and concerning which there was dispute between his aforesaid predecessors and the king’s predecessors and the king himself over the aforesaid amercements, until one month from Easter in the fifteenth year.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite the demand of 300 m. that he makes from Matthew son of Herbert by summons of the Exchequer, until the morrow of the Purification in the fifteenth year.

For the daughters of Thomas Squire . Because it is clear to the king, by an inspection of a charter of King John that he made for Thomas Squire, that he gave him all of the manor of Tideswell with appurtenances, to have and hold to him and his heirs from the same king and his heirs at fee farm, rendering the ancient farm, namely 60s. per annum at Michaelmas, order to the sheriff of Derbyshire that notwithstanding the commitment that the king made of the same land to Phillip, his saucer, before the inspection of the aforesaid charter, he is to cause Joan and Alice, daughters and heiresses of the same Thomas, to have full seisin of all aforesaid land as of their right.

21 Jan. Oxford. For Richard de Alençon. The king has granted to Richard de Alençon that, at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, he may render to the king the 20 m. which he ought to have rendered at Hilary in the same year , on condition that he renders the other 20 m. at the aforesaid Exchequer of Michaelmas due from the same term. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

25 Jan. Wallingford. For Nicholas de Boleville. The king has granted to Nicholas de Boleville that, of the 60 m. which he owes him for two scutages, namely the scutage against the king’s first crossing and the scutage of Poitou after his first crossing, from the fees he holds in dower of Avice, his wife, of the land formerly of William of Torrington, formerly her husband, he may render 10 m. to the king per annum, namely 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter and 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, until the aforesaid debt is paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Simon son of William. Simon, son and heir of William son of Odo, has made fine with the king by 4 m. for his relief of the lands which William held of the king in chief and which fall to him by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland that, having accepted security from him for rendering those 4 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all lands formerly of William, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died and which fall to Simon by inheritance in his bailiwick.

[No date]. Devon. The bishop of Exeter gives 5 m. for having a charter concerning a certain market and fair at his manor of Crediton .

4 Jan. Westminster. For Richard de Luvetot. The king has granted Richard de Luvetot that, of the 50 m. by which he made fine with him for his relief of the land formerly of Rose de Luvetot, his mother, whose heir he is, he may render 10 m. each year at the Exchequer by his hand until the aforesaid 50 m. are paid, namely 5 m. at Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, 5 m. at Easter next following in the sixteenth year, and thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 50 m. are paid in full to the king. ¹ Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to permit Richard to render the aforesaid 50 m., as aforesaid.

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Terms interlined.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. The prior of Ormsby gives the king half a mark for having a pone against William of Benniworth, concerning acquittance of service. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

13 Feb. Marlborough. For Baldwin de Friville. Baldwin de Friville has made fine with the king by 200 m. for having the custody of the land and heir of Richard de Scalariis, who lately died and who held of the king in chief by knight service, with the marriage of the same heir. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire that, having accepted security from Baldwin for rendering the aforesaid 200 m. to the king at the four below-written terms, namely 50 m. at Easter in the fifteenth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, 50 m. at Easter in the sixteenth year, and 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, then he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of Richard, of which he was seised on the day he died, with the heir if he will be found in his bailiwick. Once he has taken the aforesaid security from Baldwin, he is to cause the sheriff of Hertfordshire to know this by his letters, whom the king has ordered that, once he will cause him to know this, he is similarly to cause the same B. to have full seisin of all lands formerly of Richard in his bailiwick.

For Baldwin de Friville. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire in the abovesaid form.

For Richard Talbot. The king has taken the homage of Richard Talbot for the lands formerly of Gilbert Talbot, his father, which fall to him by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire that, having accepted security from Richard for rendering his due relief to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all lands formerly of Gilbert, his father, on the day he died, which fall to him by hereditary right in his bailiwick. He is also to inquire diligently etc.

For the wife of Matthew son of Herbert . Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the fifteenth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Joan, who was the wife of Matthew son of Herbert , who is dead, for the debts that Matthew owed the king, and to cause her livestock taken for this reason to be replevied to her in the meantime.

15 Feb. Marlborough. For John of Monmouth. The king has granted to John of Monmouth that he may collect the scutage due to the king from the knights’ fees he holds of him in chief, so that he answers at the Exchequer by his hand at Easter in 15 days, namely 3 m. per shield for the army of Poitou after the king’s first crossing. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to permit John to collect the aforesaid scutage by his hand, as aforesaid. By letters of the justiciar and R. bishop of Chichester.

For John of Monmouth. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire .

21 Feb. Marlborough. Concerning the testament of Richard de Scalariis. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to permit the executors of the testament of Richard de Scalariis to make execution of the same testament freely and without impediment from all chattels formerly of Richard in his bailiwick, having first accepted security that they will render to the king the debt which Richard owed him from the aforesaid chattels. If anything has been removed from the chattels, he is to cause it to be rendered to the executors in full.

Concerning the testament of Richard de Scalariis. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Hertfordshire.

For Herbert son of Matthew. Joan, who was the wife of Matthew son of Herbert , has divested herself before the king of all lands which Matthew and she held from the king in chief of her inheritance and, upon her demise, the king took the homage of Herbert, son and heir of Matthew and Joan for all aforesaid lands that they held from the king in chief of Joan’s inheritance. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to cause Herbert to have full seisin of the same lands, having accepted security from him for rendering his relief to the king.

For Herbert son of Matthew. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Devon.

1 March. Gloucester. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand he makes from Richard Siward and Phillippa, his wife, by summons of the Exchequer for several debts, until 15 days from Easter in the fifteenth year.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the fifteenth year, the demand of 108s. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Margaret, who was the wife of Gwenwynwyn of Wales , for the tallage assessed to the king’s use upon the vill of Ashford, and the demand of 2 m. that he similarly makes by summons of the Exchequer from the same Margaret for the tallage assessed to the king’s use upon the vill of Longstone, which vills are in her hand by bail of the king.

5 March. Marlborough. Concerning making distraint. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to distrain John Poitevin, son and heir of Russell de St. Maxence, to render to the king the £39 19s. 7d. which Russell, his father, received from the king’s wines sold by him, for which he had not answered or satisfied the king, so that the king has the aforesaid money upon the next account of the sheriff at the Exchequer after Easter in the fifteenth year.

8 March. Britford. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place in respite the demand he makes from Gilbert de Marsh by summons of the Exchequer for the prest of Poitou and Ireland , until three weeks from Easter in the fifteenth year.

15 March. Romsey. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from the abbot of Beaulieu for scutage and the arrears of scutages due to the king, as is said, from the manor of Soberton , which he holds at fee farm from Jordan de Walkerville.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite as above the demand he makes from the abbot of Beaulieu by summons of the Exchequer as above.

20 March. Clarendon. Concerning respite of a demand. The king has given respite, until 15 days after St. John the Baptist in the fifteenth year, to Roger de Quincy from the demand of 140 m. which is exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the prest of Ireland made to Saer de Quincy, his father, in the time of King John. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to permit him to have peace in the meantime.

Concerning respite of a demand. The king has given respite, until five weeks from Easter in the fifteenth year, from the £21 which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to permit him to have that respite.

27 March. Marlborough. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite, until three weeks from Easter in the fifteenth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Drogo de Barentin, Hugh de Plessetis and John de Plessetis for the manor of Chalgrove , which they hold by bail of the king, for the debt of Hugh de Maulnay.

4 April. Reading. For Alan de Neville. The king has granted that Alan de Neville may render £12 10s., which he ought to have rendered at Easter last past in the fifteenth year of the £25 that the king lent him to be rendered at these terms, namely a moiety at Easter aforesaid and the other moiety at Michaelmas in the same year, at Michaelmas aforesaid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have the aforesaid respite.

[No date]. Kent. Richard Luvel gives the king 5 m. for having his charter for having a certain warren in his demesne lands of the honour of Cary according [to that which is contained] more fully in the Charter Roll. ¹

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C. Ch. R. 1226–57, p. 130.

[No date]. Suffolk. Nicholas son of Robert gives half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of the assize of novel disseisin that Robert son of Robert, Roger Crawe and others arraigned against him, concerning a tenement in King's Lynn.

[No date]. Concerning the aid of prelates. It is to be known that the king ought to allow to the prelates in the aid they made to him whatever he pardoned those holding from them and whatever they were not able to obtain. And if anything has been received from their knights’ fees or tenants by sheriffs or at the Exchequer in the name of the scutage of Poitou after the king’s first crossing, before they granted the said aid, or after it was received, it is to be rendered to the prelates, or the writing is to be extracted from the Receipt Roll of the Exchequer and tallies are to be delivered to Walter de Kirkham, dean of St. Martin’s, to be allowed by him to the prelates at the New Temple in London, where all receipts of the said aid ought to be made by the same dean at the below-written terms, namely one moiety at St. John the Baptist and the other moiety at the Assumption of the Blessed Mary in the fifteenth year.

12 April. Westminster. Ireland. Concerning the lands and castles formerly of the Earl Marshal. To R. de Burgh, justiciar of Ireland. W. Marshal, formerly earl of Pembroke, having died, the king, lamenting this, has committed his lands and castles in Ireland to his beloved and faithful Waleran Teutonicus, so that he answers for the issues of the same lands at the Exchequer in England. Order to be counselling and aiding to Waleran so that he is able to keep the said lands effectively and the castles safely and to the king’s profit and honour, procuring in all ways that he can that the castles formerly of the aforesaid earl are delivered to Waleran without delay. If by chance he has taken anything from the same, or has taken the lands into his hand before Waleran’s arrival in Ireland, he is similarly to deliver them to him without delay.

Ireland. Concerning the lands and castles formerly of the Earl Marshal. Order to L. archbishop of Dublin and the bishop of Ferns to offer counsel and aid to the same Waleran, so that he keeps the aforesaid lands and castles safely, as Waleran will say to them on the king’s behalf.

[No date]. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to place in respite the demand he makes from R. earl of Chester and Lincoln by summons of the Exchequer for the debts he owes the king, for as long as the earl will be in overseas parts in service.

Concerning respite of a demand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Derbyshire and Warwickshire .

16 April. Westminster. For John de Balliol. The king has granted to John de Balliol, son and heir of Hugh de Balliol, that he may render £100 for his relief of the knights’ fees he holds of the king in chief, and £20 for his relief of four knights’ fees he holds in chief of the honour of Boulogne , namely 100s. from each fee, notwithstanding the fine that John made previously with the king by £150 for his relief of 30 knights’ fees that Hugh de Balliol, his father, held of the king in chief, namely 100s. from each fee. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Hugh Despenser. The king has granted to Hugh Despenser that, of the 50 m. which he owes him, he may render 20 m. per annum at the Exchequer, namely 10 m. at Michaelmas in the fifteenth year and 10 m. at Easter next following, and thus from term to term until the aforesaid 50 m. will have been paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Because the king has pardoned the justiciar 20 m. and Brother Walter de Kinnersley 20 (sic.). William de Muntanago, merchant , gives the king 40 m. for having his letters patent without term to come into England with his merchandise. ¹

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Entry cancelled because the king has pardoned the justiciar 20 m. and Brother Walter de Kinnersley 20 (sic.).

17 April. Westminster. For Andrew Luttrell. Andrew Luttrell has made fine with the king by 100 m. for having seisin of the manor of Irnham with appurtenances, formerly of Maurice de Gant, which falls to him by hereditary right . Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire that, having accepted security from him for the aforesaid 100 m. to the king’s use, he is to cause Andrew to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances.

18 April. Westminster. For Bartholomew Peche. Bartholomew Peche has made fine with the king by 100 m. for having custody of the land and heirs of Eustace de Fercles, who held three knights’ fees of the king of the honour of Boulogne , with the marriage of the same heirs, of which 100 m. Bartholomew is to render 20 m. to the king each year at the Exchequer until the aforesaid 100 m. are paid, namely 10 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 10 m. at the Exchequer of Easter. Because Bartholomew has given the king surety for rendering the aforesaid 100 m., as aforesaid, order to the keeper of the honour of Boulogne to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all land formerly of Eustace in his bailiwick, of which he was seised on the day he died.

For Bartholomew Peche. Pledges of the same Bartholomew for the aforesaid 100 m.:

The Earl Warenne, 10 m.Ralph fitz Nicholas, 20 m.Nicholas de Molis, 10 m.Aymer de St. Amand, 10 m.Richard son of Hugh, 10 m.William Talbot, 10 m.Thomas of Hengrave, 10 m.Robert Tresgoz, 10 m.Thomas de Balinghem, 5 m.Hugh de Wictham, 5 m.

[No date]. For Ela, countess of Salisbury . Ela, countess of Salisbury , has made fine with the king by 200 m. for having custody of the county of Wiltshire and the castle of Salisbury for life, as is more fully contained in the Patent Roll, of which she is to render 100 m. to the king at the Exchequer at St. John the Baptist in the fifteenth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 50 m. at Easter next following in the sixteenth year. ¹

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PR 1225–32, p. 431.

[No date]. Rutland. The men of Edith Weston of the abbot of St. George de Baskerville give the king 20 m. for having his letters that they are not to perform other customs and services to the abbot than they were accustomed to perform in the time when that manor was in the hands of the kings of England, predecessors of the king. Order to the sheriff of Rutland etc.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

17 April. Westminster. Concerning the aid of prelates. To the abbot of Chertsey . When the king requested an aid from the bishops and other prelates of his kingdom who hold of him in chief, for his great need, which was evident to them, they generously granted him 40s. from every fee they hold of him in chief, namely from each fee for which they are bound to answer whenever they perform knight service, of which they are to render a moiety at the New Temple in London at St. John the Baptist ¹ in the fifteenth year and the other moiety at the Assumption of the Blessed Mary next following. If the sheriffs have received anything from the abovesaid prelates in the name of the scutage of Poitou after the king’s first crossing, ² or if anything has been received at the Exchequer, this is to be rendered to them or extracted from the Receipt Roll of the Exchequer, and tallies are to be delivered to the king’s beloved and faithful W. de Kirkham, dean of St. Martin’s, London, who is to receive all of the aforesaid aid and he will allow the same tallies to the aforesaid prelates in the same aid. And, similarly, if the king will pardon anything to the tenants of the aforesaid prelates, or if they are not able to distrain other tenants, this will be allowed to them. Order, putting off all delay and excuse, to cause the king to have as much of the aforesaid aid as pertains to the abbot from the knights’ fees he holds from him in chief at the aforesaid terms from all fees for which he ought to answer when performing knight service. The king sends him letters directed to the sheriff of Surrey by which he commands him to cause the abbot and other prelates holding from the king in chief in his bailiwick to have 40s. from every fee that he holds from him, in order to make the aforesaid aid to the king, and if any of his fees that he holds of the king will be in other counties, he is to signify to the king in which counties and the king will cause him to have letters directed to every sheriff.

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Corrected from ‘Michaelmas’.

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Corrected from ‘the king’s first coronation’.

Concerning the aid of prelates. It is written in the same manner to the abbots of Abbotsbury , Ramsey , Hyde , St. Albans , Mulchelney , Peterborough , Abingdon , Pershore , Sherborne , Malmesbury , Hulme , Cerne , Evesham , Winchcombe , Tavistock . And to the abbesses of Wilton and St. Edward , changing the sheriffs in the due manner.

Concerning the aid of prelates. To the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset. Order to cause all prelates holding of the king in chief in his bailiwick to have 40s. from every knight’s fee that they hold of him in the same bailiwick, in order to make the aid to the king which they have freely granted to him.

Concerning the aid of prelates. It is written in the same manner to the other sheriffs in whose bailiwicks the aforesaid abbeys are situated.

[No date]. For the abbot of St. Edmund’s . The abbot of St. Edmund’s gives the king £100, to be rendered at these terms, namely a moiety at Trinity in the fifteenth year and the other moiety at St. John the Baptist in the same year, for having his charter concerning certain liberties, as is contained in the aforesaid charter.

[No date]. For the men of Lothingland. The men of Lothingland give £100 for having the king’s manor ¹ of Lothingland with appurtenances at fee farm by rendering £70 by their hand at the Exchequer, namely one moiety at Easter and the other moiety at Michaelmas. They are to render the said £100 at these terms, ² namely 50 m. at St. John the Baptist in the fifteenth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 50 m. at Easter in the sixteenth year.

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Corrected from ‘the vill’.

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The terms and the render are interlined.

25 April. Windsor. Concerning the lands formerly of the Earl Marshal. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take into the king’s hand the lands formerly of W. earl Marshal in his bailiwick, to keep them safely and to cause them to be cultivated with the ploughs that are in the same lands, which the king has retained for this to his use, by the reasonable price for which the king ought to answer the executors of the testament of the earl, as he has commanded him.

Concerning the lands formerly of the Earl Marshal. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire , Sussex , Worcestershire , Oxfordshire , Gloucestershire , Berkshire , Dorset , and Wiltshire .

For John de Winterborne. To John of Monmouth. John de Winterborne has made fine with the king by 5 m. for having custody of the land that Joceus Forester held of the king in chief in Gillingham, to keep with his bailiwick of the king’s park of Gillingham until the heirs of the same Joceus come of age, with the custody and marriage of the same heirs. Order that because John has given the king surety by Godfrey of Crowcombe for rendering the aforesaid 5 m., he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid custody with appurtenances, as aforesaid.

Concerning the lands of Richard Marshal. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take into the king’s hand all lands that Richard Marshal has in his bailiwick of the gift of his father or of the land of the Normans, or in whatever manner, with all property and chattels found in those lands, and he is to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning the lands of Richard Marshal. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Hampshire.

25 April. Windsor. Concerning the vill of Hertford. The king has committed the vill of Hertford with appurtenances to John de Burgh for as long as it pleases the king, so that he will answer by his hand at the Exchequer for the farm of the same vill, as the men of the vill used to answer at the time when the vill of Hertford was in their hands. ¹ Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to cause John to have full seisin of the aforesaid vill of Hertford, as aforesaid.

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‘as ... hands’ interlined.

For Adam Esturmy. Adam Esturmy gives the king 30 m. for having custody of the land and heirs of Ralph of Bradley, who held of the king by sergeanty, until the heirs come of age, with their marriage. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to cause Adam to have full seisin of all lands that Ralph held of the king in chief in his bailiwick and of John, son and heir of the aforesaid Ralph, as aforesaid.

27 April. Windsor. For the men of Lothingland. The king has granted by his charter to the trustworthy men of Lothingland, for himself and his heirs, that they and their heirs may have their vill of Lothingland forever at fee farm, rendering £70 numero each year by their hand at the Exchequer, namely £35 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and £35 at the Exchequer of Easter, as is more fully contained in the aforesaid charter. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to cause the same men to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid manor according to the tenor of the aforesaid charter.

For the men of Lothingland. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

30 April. Reading. For Richard Reinger. The king has given respite to Richard Reinger from rendering his account as the farmer of the king’s exchange of London until he orders otherwise. Order to the bishop of Carlisle, treasurer , to permit him to have peace until the king orders otherwise.

30 April. Reading. For William de la Falaise and his wife. The king has heard by an inquisition taken by his order that Hugh de Linguire, who is dead, held 20 acres of land, twelve acres of meadow and two mills with appurtenances in Fordingbridge of the king in chief of the honour of Camel , which he took into the king’s hand, by the service of half a knight’s fee, and that Alice, daughter of Phillip de Linguire, brother of the aforesaid Hugh, is his nearest heir. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, having accepted security from William de la Falaise and the aforesaid Alice, his wife, for the 10 m. by which they made fine with the king for their relief, he is to cause William and Alice, his wife, as the heir of the same Hugh, to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid land, meadow and mills with appurtenances.

Order to the sheriff of Dorset to cause them to have full seisin of the moiety of a knight’s fee which the aforesaid H. de Linguire held of the king in Iwerne of the honour of Camel by the service of half a knight etc. ¹

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This entry appears to have been added after the roll had first been compiled, as it is tightly squeezed in before the next entry.

30 April. Wallingford. For Hugh de Sampford. The king has given respite, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, to Hugh de Sampford from the 23 m. 11s. 4d. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for a prest made to him in the time of King John in Wales. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid respite.

3 May. Oxford. For Phillip of Kyme. The king has granted to Phillip of Kyme that, of all of the debts he owes to him, which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, he may henceforth render 200 m. each year, namely 50 m. at Trinity in 15 days in the fifteenth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, 50 m. at Hilary in the sixteenth year, and 50 m. at Easter next following in the same year, and afterwards 100 m. at Michaelmas in the same year and 100 m. at Easter next following in the seventeenth year, and 200 m. thus each year from year to year at the aforesaid terms of Easter and Michaelmas until the aforesaid debts are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

4 May. Woodstock. For the men of Basingstoke. The king has granted to the men of Basingstoke that, of the debts they owe him for the arrears of the farm of their vill and of other debts, they may render £20 to him per annum, namely £10 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and £10 at the Exchequer of Easter until the aforesaid debts are paid, saving their farm of the same vill to the king every year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be enrolled and done thus.

Concerning handing over on bail for half a mark. To Hugh de Neville . If Walter of Panshill will find him six or four trustworthy and law-worthy men who will mainpern to have him before the justices next itinerating to take the pleas of the forest in the county of Buckinghamshire to stand to right for the trespass which, it is said, he had made in the king’s forest of Brill , of which he was accused, then he is to hand him over on bail to the aforesaid six or four men, as aforesaid and to deliver him from the king’s prison. He is without delay to deliver to Walter his property and chattels which he caused to be taken from him for the aforesaid reason, and to take security from him for half a mark to the king’s use for this writ.

[No date]. Gloucestershire. Master Adam de Burton gives the king one mark for having a precipe, concerning a debt, against the abbot of Evesham before the justices at Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take etc.

8 May. Gloucester. For John Marshal. John Marshal has shown to the king that, by reason of the death of W. Marshal, earl of Pembroke, the sheriff of Northamptonshire took into the king’s hand John’s land in Norton, formerly of the same Earl Marshal, which the earl gave to John long before his death by his charter. Order to the same sheriff to cause John to have full seisin of the aforesaid land of Norton without delay. If he has taken anything, he is to cause it to be rendered to him without delay.

For John Marshal. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Norfolk for the same John, concerning land in Foulsham.

14 May. Gloucester. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demands they make by summons of the Exchequer from Roger of Clifford for several prests, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

For Roger la Zouche . Order to the sheriff of Devon to cause Roger la Zouche to have his arrears due to him in his county from the time when he was sheriff of Devon, so that he answers at the Exchequer.

[No date]. Concerning the account of the sheriff of Yorkshire. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the sheriff of Gloucestershire (sic.) to have respite from rendering his account until the octaves of St. John the Baptist in the fifteenth year, because the king has retained him to go with him towards the parts of Wales.

20 May. Hereford. For Ralph de Mora. The king has taken the homage of Ralph de Mora for the land that Henry Falconer, his father, held of the king in chief in Broughton, which falls to him by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to cause Ralph to have full seisin without delay of all land formerly of Henry in Broughton in his bailiwick on the day he died, which falls to him by hereditary right.

20 May. Hereford. For William de Stuteville. The king has granted to William de Stuteville that, because he has given him surety by Hugh le Poer and John Durvassal for rendering, by his hand at the Exchequer at St. John the Baptist in the fifteenth year, the scutage he owes the king from the knights’ fees he holds of him in chief, namely 3 m. per shield for the army of Poitou after the king’s first crossing, he may collect the scutage by his hand, to be rendered thus. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to permit him to collect the aforesaid scutage by his hand and render it to the king. If he has taken anything for which he has not yet answered at the Exchequer, he is to render it to him without delay.

For William de Stuteville. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Somerset, Berkshire , Oxfordshire , Warwickshire , Northamptonshire , Shropshire , Worcestershire , and Herefordshire .

27 May. Worcester. For William de Stuteville. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that if anything has been received of the aforesaid scutage at the Exchequer, they are to cause it to be allowed to the same William. ¹

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Entry inserted to the right of the previous entries and perhaps in a different hand.

For the bishop of Winchester. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for all debts, both for scutage and other debts, that they make by summons of the Exchequer from P. bishop of Winchester, until the octaves of St. John the Baptist in the fifteenth year.

For John Lestrange. The king, by his charter, has given his manor of Wrockwardine with its appurtenances to John Lestrange junior, to have to John and his heirs from the king and his heirs forever, rendering a farm of £8 per annum at the Exchequer by his hand, namely £4 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and £4 at the Exchequer of Easter, as is more fully contained in the aforesaid charter. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to cause John to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances, as aforesaid.

27 May. Wenlock. Concerning tallaging the vill of Bristol. The king has assigned John son of Phillip and William Hardel, with the sheriff of Gloucestershire, to tallage the vill of Bristol. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire that, on Thursday next after the octaves of Trinity, he is to meet John and William in good time and intend diligently to tallaging the same vill to the king’s advantage with his aforesaid associates, so that the king ought to commend his diligence.

Concerning tallaging the vill of Bristol. Patents. Order to the mayor and trustworthy men of Bristol to be intendant and respondent to them in this.

26 May. Wenlock. For William Longespée. The king has granted to William Longespée that, of the £50 which he was bound to render to him at the Exchequer at St. John the Baptist in the fifteenth year, he may render £25 then and the other £25 at Michaelmas next following, with the £50 which he is bound to render to the king then from the same term. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid respite from the aforesaid £25.

For Herbert son of Matthew. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause all particulars and causes of the debts which are exacted by summons of the Exchequer from Herbert son of Matthew to be extracted from the rolls of the Exchequer and to send those estreats to the king without delay. In the meantime they are to permit Herbert to have peace from the aforesaid debts.

For Hugh de Vaux. The king has granted to Hugh de Vaux that, of the 40 m. which he ought to have rendered to him at St. John the Baptist in the fifteenth year of the 80 m. he owes him, he may render 20 m. at the same feast of St. John the Baptist at the Exchequer, so that he renders the other 20 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, with the 20 m. which he owes at the same term and 20 m. at Easter next following of the same debt. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Isaac the Jew of Shrewsbury . Isaac the Jew of Shrewsbury has made fine with the king by 10 m. for Vivian son of Jacob, Jew, and Avegaya, his mother , who Clement son of Peter has appealed for larceny, so that Vivian and Avegaya might make concord with Clement over the aforesaid appeal by licence of the king. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews that, having accepted security from Isaac for the aforesaid 10 m. to the king’s use, they are to permit them to have the aforesaid licence to make concord and cause this to be enrolled.

7 June. Westminster. Kent. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take into the king’s hand all lands and lay tenements that John de Walton has in his bailiwick, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

10 June. Westminster. For John de Willenhall. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire that, notwithstanding the king’s order made to him to take the lands of Richard Marshal in his bailiwick into the king’s hand, he is to permit John de Willenhall to hold the manor of Crendon with his corn and other chattels that Richard demised to him at farm until the term contained in the writing drawn up between them, so that John answers the king at the Exchequer for the farm of the same manor at the terms contained in the same writing, as it is agreed between them concerning rendering that farm to Richard.

10 June. Westminster. For Geoffrey de Lucy. The king has granted to Geoffrey de Lucy that, of the £26 ¹ 19s. 1d. which Geoffrey owes him for the arrears of the costs he spent by his order in the works of the castle of Guernsey , 15 m. are to be allowed to him each year in the 700 m. which he owes the king, until the aforesaid £26 19s. 1d. are allowed to him in full, and, of the remainder of those 700 m. that he will owe the king after the £26 19s. 1d. will have been allowed, Geoffrey and his heirs ² may render 15 m. to the king each year until the aforesaid 700 m. are paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this grant to be enrolled and held as aforesaid.

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Corrected from ‘£66’.

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‘heirs’ interlined.

For the Friars Minor of Cambridge. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire that if the king’s men of Cambridge will give him surety for 5 m. to the king’s use for that plot with appurtenances in Cambridge formerly of Benjamin the Jew near to the stone house, which plot the same men, as the king has heard, wish to buy from the king to the use of the friars minor, then he is to cause the abovesaid friars minor to have full seisin of that plot.

13 June. Havering. For the men of Rochester. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make from the men of Rochester by summons of the Exchequer, until 15 days from St. John the Baptist in the fifteenth year.

For Nigel de Amundeville. The king has taken the homage of Nigel de Amundeville for all land formerly of Elias de Amundeville, his brother, who held of the king in chief, which falls to him by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire that, having accepted security from Nigel for rendering £16 5s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all land formerly of Elias in his bailiwick on the day he died which falls to him by hereditary right. Having accepted the aforesaid security, he is to signify this to the sheriffs of Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire by his letters, so that then they are to cause Nigel to have full seisin of the lands formerly of Elias in their bailiwicks, which fall to him by hereditary right.

For Nigel de Amundeville. Order to the sheriffs of Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire that when the sheriff of Huntingdonshire will signify them by his letters that he has taken the aforesaid security, they are to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid lands.

For Ranulf le Breton. The king has granted the manor of Apethorpe to Ranulf le Breton, to have and hold for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers at the Exchequer for the ancient farm. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause Ranulf to have full seisin of that manor, as aforesaid.

For William Crassus. Because William Crassus is in the king’s service in the parts of Wales, order to the justices of the Bench to place in respite, until 15 days from St. John the Baptist in the fifteenth year, the plea that is before them on the morrow of St. John the Baptist between Robert de Columbariis, claimant, and the aforesaid William and Felicia, his wife, defendants, concerning land in Fawler.

17 June. Kempton. For William de Bavent. To the sheriff of Lincolnshire. The king has taken the homage of William, brother and heir of Walter de Bavent, who is dead, for the lands and tenements that Walter held of the king in chief in his bailiwick and that fall to William by hereditary right, and William has made fine with the king by 5 m. for his relief. Order that, having accepted security from William for the aforesaid 5 m. to the king’s use for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of Walter which fall to him by inheritance. If he has also caused anything to be taken from the property and chattels found in the aforesaid lands, he is to cause them to be rendered to him.

22 June. Windsor. For the abbot of Chertsey . Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from the abbot of Chertsey for several scutages, from which the abbot says he ought to be quit by the charters of the king’s predecessors, kings of England.

23 June. Windsor. Concerning the farm of Wallingford. Order to the mayor and bailiffs of Wallingford to be intendant henceforth to R. earl of Cornwall neither for the farm of their vill nor for other things pertaining to that vill, until the king orders otherwise, but they are to answer the king, rendering the aforesaid farm of their vill at the Exchequer as they were accustomed to render before they had been intendant to the said earl by the king’s order.

For Henry de Glanville. The king has granted to Henry de Glanville that he may hold the manor of Ringwood , which he held at farm of Richard Marshal and which has been taken into the king’s hand by his order, for the same farm that he was accustomed to render to the aforesaid Richard. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, having accepted security from Henry for rendering such farm to the king per annum from the same manor and at the same terms as he was accustomed to render it to Richard, he is to cause him to have full seisin of that manor with appurtenances.

Concerning respite of demands. Because John de Plessetis and Drogo de Barentin are in the king’s service in Wales, order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand of 19½ m. that he makes from them by summons of the Exchequer for a prest of the king made to them, and the demand of 10 m. that he makes from them by the same summons for the debt which Hugh de Maulnay owed the king, until the king orders otherwise.

27 June. Windsor. Concerning taking the manors of Condover, Ellesmere and Rothley into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to take the manor of Condover into the king’s hand, and, having taken with him the whole of the king’s posse of the county of Shropshire, to go to the manor of Ellesmere and take it into the king’s hand and keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning taking the manors of Condover, Ellesmere and Rothley into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire, similarly, to take the manor of Rothley into the king’s hand and to keep it safely etc.

28 June. Windsor. For Isaac of Norwich . The king has granted to Isaac of Norwich, Jew, for the ten palfreys by which he made fine with him and for the pardon he made to Hugh de Vivonne of the debt he owed to the same Isaac, that, as he was previously accustomed to render £100 each year to the king of the debt that he owes him, he may henceforth render 100 m. of the same debt. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Peter fitz Herbert for several debts, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

1 July. Reading. For Robert of Cockfield . The king has pardoned to Robert of Cockfield the £150 which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the profit of the county of Yorkshire from the time when he was sheriff of Yorkshire. The king has also granted to the same Robert that, of all other debts that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for Robert le Vavasur, whose heir is in his custody, and of all other of his own debts that he owes the king, he may render £20 per annum, namely £10 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and £10 at the Exchequer of Easter, until he is quit of the aforesaid debts. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause Robert to be quit of the aforesaid £150 and to cause it to be done and enrolled concerning the other debts, as aforesaid.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriffs of Norfolk and Oxfordshire ¹ to place in respite the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from Hugh de Gournay, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

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‘Oxfordshire’ interlined.

3 July. Reading. Concerning land to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take into the king’s hand without delay all land of Henry de Avagor in Waltham and its soke, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

For Ranulf le Breton. The king has granted etc., and [by his charter] has confirmed, the manor of Apethorpe with all appurtenances to Ranulf le Breton, to have and hold at fee farm from the king and his heirs to him and his heirs, or to whoever he will wish to assign, free and quit of tallages, rendering £10 per annum at the Exchequer at two terms, namely 100s. at the Exchequer of Easter and 100s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas for all service, as is more fully contained in the king’s charter etc. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire ¹ to cause that charter to be read in his full county court and to permit him to hold that manor in peace, as aforesaid. ²

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Corrected from ‘ Gloucestershire ’ by expunction.

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See attached schedule, no . 222 below.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from P. bishop of Winchester and his men and the prior of St. Swithun’s and his men, ¹ and the demand of 6 m. that they make by summons from Roger Wascelin, steward of the same bishop , until 15 days from Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

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The prior and his men are interlined.

5 July. Reading. For John fitz Geoffrey. The king has granted to John fitz Geoffrey that, of the debts he owes and of which he used to render 100 m. per annum, he may henceforth render 50 m. every year until the aforesaid debts are rendered, namely 25 m. at Michaelmas and 25 m. at Easter. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be enrolled and done thus.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the keeper of the honour of Wallingford to place in respite the demand for 6 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from John of Tew, who is in the parts of Wales by the king’s order, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

7 July. Reading. Somerset. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take into the king’s hand all lands of Henry Crassus in his bailiwick with the chattels found in the same lands, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

[No date]. Concerning the abbey of Ramsey . Ranulf le Breton has the custody of the vacant abbey of Ramsey for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers the king at the Exchequer in the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire.

12 July. Oxford. Concerning rendering 9 m. Order to Walter of Romsey to render 9 m., which he received from the abbot of Malmesbury in the time when he was sheriff of Wiltshire from the aid granted to the king, to the same abbot so that he answers at the Exchequer by his hand.

[No date]. For the abbot of Osney . The abbot of Osney gives the king 60 m. for having his grant and charter concerning land at Hanborough and at Holcombe, which the king rendered to the abbot and his house to have forever from the king and his heirs.

13 July. Oxford. For the countess of Pembroke. Order to the sheriff of Kent to cause Eleanor, countess of Pembroke, to have the ploughs of the manors of Sutton, Kemsing and Brabourne, formerly of the Earl Marshal, which had been retained in the king’s hand by his order, for the same value at which they have been valued by the view of trustworthy and law-worthy men to the king’s use.

For the countess of Pembroke. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Bedfordshire, concerning the ploughs of the manors of Luton and Toddington.

1 July. Reading. The king has granted the manor of Apethorpe with all appurtenances to Ranulf le Breton, and has confirmed it to him by his charter, to have and hold at fee farm from the king and his heirs to him and his heirs, or to whoever he will wish to assign that manor, free and quit of tallages, rendering £10 per annum at the Exchequer at two terms, namely 100s. at the Exchequer of Easter and 100s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas for all service, as is more fully contained in the king’s charter made for him. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be enrolled thus.

[No date]. For the bishop of Norwich. Thomas, bishop of Norwich, gives the king 200 m. for having his grant and charter concerning the manor of Wykes with appurtenances, to have to him and his successors forever in free alms, as is more fully contained in the aforesaid charter.

[No date]. For the bishops of Lincoln and Bath . Hugh, bishop of Lincoln, has made fine with the king by 500 m. so that, notwithstanding any custom that the king or his ancestors have used at any time in whatever part of the year when he or any of his successors will die, they are forever to have all of their moveable goods and all fruits, both corn sown in their lands before their death and the fruits of vineyards (virg’licorum vinearum) of the same year, arising namely up to Michaelmas next after their death, so that neither the king nor any of his heirs nor any of his bailiffs is to intermeddle in any manner whatsoever or to lay hand on these things, but the bishop, his successors and their executors are free to do and dispose of all of this by their will without impediment from the king or his heirs or bailiffs. Their executors are to have the easements of houses, granges, wine-presses, granaries and of other buildings formerly of the same bishops without impediment from the king, his heirs or bailiffs, in order to store and preserve their aforesaid goods in them until they ought reasonably to be delivered by the same executors to the administrators of the fruits of the following year. The said bishop is also to render to the king £100 of the aforesaid fine at the Assumption of the Blessed Mary in the fifteenth year, £116 13s. 4d. at the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the sixteenth year, and £116 13s. 4d. at the Ascension in the same year.

[No date]. For the bishops of Lincoln and Bath . J. bishop of Bath has made fine by 300 m. for having a similar grant to himself and his successors. He is to render 100 m. of the aforesaid fine at each of the aforesaid terms.

17 July. Otinton’. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, the demand they make from Aymer de St. Amand, who is in the king’s service in the parts of Wales by the king’s order, for the prest of Ireland.

For William de St. Ouen. The king has given to William de St. Ouen, and by his charter has confirmed, one-and-a-half virgates of land in the vill of Hanborough, one toft with appurtenances in the same vill called Chasehill, and one toft with appurtenances in Combe which is called ‘Coleham’, to have and hold from the king and his heirs to him and his heirs, rendering 12s. per annum, as is more fully contained in the aforesaid charter. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to cause William to have full seisin without delay.

19 July. Gloucester. Concerning the custody of the land and heirs of Oliver de Punchardon. Richard de Punchardon gives the king 20 m. for having custody of the land and heirs of Oliver de Punchardon, his brother, until the legal age of the heirs, with their marriage. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to cause Richard to have full seisin of the aforesaid lands.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from John of Tew for the prest of Ireland, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

20 July. Gloucester. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the fee formerly of Randulf de Praeres in his bailiwick, which is in the hand of William de Brion, ¹ until 15 days after Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

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Corrected from ‘the king’.

24 July. Hereford. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the bailiffs of the honour of Wallingford to place in respite, until the account of the sheriff of Oxfordshire after Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, the demand of £12 that they make by summons of the Exchequer from Ralph fitz Nicholas for a prest made to William Pippard in Ireland.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Kent to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from William de Say for the prest of Ireland, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year. By Ralph fitz Nicholas.

27 July. Hereford. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Kent to place in respite the demand for 17 m. that he makes from Hamo de Crèvecouer by summons of the Exchequer, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. Thomas of Whaddon and Orabl’ of Comberton give the king half a mark for having a pone against Reginald Gifford, concerning a tenement in Comberton.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for 42 m. 6s. that they make from Walter of Clifford by summons of the Exchequer until upon the next account of the sheriff of Kent at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

For Thomas of Alkerton. The king has taken the homage of Thomas of Alkerton, brother and heir of William of Alkerton, for three parts of a knight’s fee which William held of the king in chief and which falls to Thomas by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire that, having accepted security from Thomas for 65s. to the king’s use for his relief, then he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of William in his bailiwick on the day he died which fall to Thomas by inheritance.

For Walter Marshal. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to cause the oxen formerly of W. Marshal, formerly earl of Pembroke, at Sturminster and Bere, which the king ordered to be retained to his use by a reasonable value, to be delivered to Walter Marshal, to whom the king has rendered the manor of Sturminster and part of that manor of Bere formerly of the earl, by the same value at which they were valued to the king’s use, having accepted security from Walter for rendering that price to the king whenever he will order.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to place in respite the demands he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Nicholas de Verdun for several prests, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

[No date]. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Kent to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men of Dover for an amercement made in the eyre of the justices in the time of Benedict, formerly bishop of Rochester, until he has a command from the king otherwise.

For Richard de Percy. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that notwithstanding that Richard de Percy did not keep his terms at the Exchequer for the payment of the debts he owes to the king while he was in the king’s service in the parts of Brittany, they are to permit him to have the same terms which the king had previously granted him for the payment of the said debts.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Phillip de Columbariis, who is in the parts of Wales etc., until 15 days from Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

31 July. Painscastle. For the men of Wallingford. The king’s men of Wallingford, who have come to Painscastle castle in Painscastle at the king’s summons, have made fine with him by 10 m., which they are to render to him on Sunday in the feast of St. Laurence in the fifteenth year, so that they are quit of finding 20 men for the king for 40 days in the aforesaid parts in his service, which the king had previously granted to them that he would receive for those of his vill who had been sworn at arms and summoned to come in his service, and so that the aforesaid 20 men might on this occasion return to their own parts without penalty. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire that, having accepted security from the aforesaid men of Wallingford for rendering the aforesaid 10 m. to the king at Painscastle at the aforesaid term, he is not to vex those who have returned to their own parts or to seek to trouble them on account of this.

2 Aug. Painscastle. For Ralph fitz Nicholas. Ralph fitz Nicholas has made fine with the king by 200 m. for having custody of the lands and heirs of Robert, son of William de Ashby, until the legal age of the heirs, with the marriage of the same heirs and of Robert’s wife . Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all lands and tenements formerly of the same Robert in his bailiwick on the day he died, and of his heirs, as aforesaid.

For Ralph fitz Nicholas. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Leicestershire and the keeper of the honour of Peverel .

For Ralph fitz Nicholas. [It is written in the same manner] to Roger, son of John of Northampton, and the wife of the same Robert to deliver the aforesaid heirs, who are in their custody, as the king has heard, without delay.

3 Aug. Painscastle. For the men of Marlborough. The men of Marlborough have made fine with the king by 5 m. so that they are quit from sending men from the vill of Marlborough to the king’s army in the parts of Wales, as they have been summoned. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that, having accepted security from them for rendering those 5 m. to the king at Painscastle in Painscastle on Wednesday next after St. Laurence in the fifteenth year, he is to permit them to have peace and to vex or aggrieve them in no manner for this reason.

For the men of Nottingham. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire for the men of Nottingham, who have made fine with the king by rendering 10 m. there on the same day, in all things.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from John Marshal, who is in the king’s service in the parts of Wales, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year. By the justiciar.

Concerning respite of a demand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Northamptonshire and Berkshire .

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk to place in respite, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, the demand he makes from W. earl Warenne by summons of the Exchequer for the debts that are exacted from him at the Exchequer.

[No date]. Concerning fines to be taken. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire that, having taken with him William Basset, he is to take for the king’s use a reasonable fine by their grace from all those in his bailiwick holding of the king by a service other than knight service and who did not come to the king’s army, for the aforesaid army.

[No date]. Concerning fines to be taken. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire with the same William Basset.

[No date]. Concerning fines to be taken. It is written in the same manner to:

the sheriff of Oxfordshire with the sheriff of Berkshire, as more fully on the dorse of the Close Roll. ¹ the sheriff of Berkshire with the sheriff of Oxfordshire, as more fully on the dorse of the Close Roll.the sheriff of Wiltshire with the sheriff of Hampshire, as more fully on the dorse of the Close Roll.

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CR 1227–31, p. 597.

[No date]. Concerning the relief of the Earl Marshal. Memorandam concerning the relief of Richard, earl Marshal, whose homage the king has taken for the lands and tenements formerly of W. Marshal, formerly earl of Pembroke, as more fully in the Close Roll. ¹

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CR 1227–31, p. 541.

For Henry of Earley. Henry of Earley, brother and heir of John of Earley, has made fine with the king by 20 m. for his relief of the lands that John held of the king in chief and that fall to him by inheritance, and the king has taken his homage herein. Order to the sheriff of Somerset that, having accepted security from Henry for rendering the aforesaid 20 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of John which fall to him by inheritance in his bailiwick and of which he was seised on the day he died. Once he has taken the aforesaid security, he is to signify this to the sheriff of Berkshire, whom the king has ordered that once he will cause him to know this, then he is to cause Henry to have full seisin of the lands formerly of the same John in his bailiwick.

For Henry of Earley. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire etc.

That the men of Hereford are to intend to the sheriff. Order to the trustworthy men of Hereford, ¹ until the king orders otherwise, to be intendant and respondent to the sheriff in place of the king in all things that pertain to the king in the vill of Hereford, which has been taken into the king’s hand by his order for debts that are owed to the king both there and elsewhere.

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Corrected from ‘the sheriff’.

11 Aug. Painscastle. For the men of Derby. The men of the vill of Derby sworn at arms, who have come by the king’s order to his army in Wales, have made fine with him by 6 m. so that they might lawfully return to their own parts, this to be rendered on Friday in the octaves of the Assumption of the Blessed Mary at Painscastle in Painscastle. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire not to aggrieve them by reason of their return.

12 Aug. Painscastle. For Ralph, the king’s marshal. The king has committed to Ralph Marshal all land with appurtenances in Tisted that Adam de Gurdon formerly held in the same vill, in order to sustain Ralph in the king’s service for as long as it pleases the king, rendering the due and ancient farm, on condition that Ralph is to find Anura, who was the wife of the aforesaid Adam , and their children reasonable maintenance from the same land for as long as it will be in his hand, also saving to Anura her corn that she caused to be sown in the same land. ¹ Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to cause Ralph to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with appurtenances, as aforesaid.

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Saving clause interlined.

[No date]. Somerset. William son of Walter gives the king 20s. for having a writ that W. Raleigh will take the assize of novel disseisin that he arraigned against the abbot of Glastonbury and others, concerning a tenement in Glastonbury, on a day and at a place that he might be able to intend to it. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take etc.

18 Aug. Painscastle. Concerning the abbey of Ramsey . The election having been made of the former prior of Ramsey as the abbot of Ramsey , the king has given his assent and favour. Order to Ranulf le Breton, keeper of the aforesaid abbey , to cause the elect to have full seisin of all things pertaining to the same abbey, saving to the king the issues of the same abbey which arose when it was in the king’s hand.

Concerning the abbey of Ramsey . Order to the knights, free men and other tenants of that abbey to be intendant and respondent to him as their lord in all things that pertain to the said abbey.

[No date]. Concerning the relief of Simon de Montfort. Memorandum concerning the relief of Simon de Montfort, whose homage the king has taken for the honour of Leicester , as more fully in the Close Roll. ¹

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CR 1227–31, p. 543.

21 Aug. Painscastle. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Essex to place in respite the demand of £11 14s. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Geoffrey de Lucy for the debts of W. count de Mandeville, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

For Henry of Merton and Richard de Treminett. Henry of Merton and Richard de Treminett have made fine by 2 m. for having licence to return to their own parts from the army of Painscastle, to which they came by the king’s order. Order to the sheriff of Devon that, having accepted security from them for rendering the aforesaid 2 m. to the king, he is to permit them to have peace from the aforesaid army, saving to the king their scutage for that army from the knights’ fees they hold of the king in chief, if scutage happens to be given for the same army. ¹

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A small circle is entered in the margin.

For John of Monmouth . Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to cause J. of Monmouth to have the corn that he caused to be sown in the manor of Melksham while he was sheriff of Wiltshire, so that he answers at the Exchequer. ¹

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The ms actually reads ‘ad respectum inde ad scaccarium Regis.’

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until one month from Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, the demand they make from Roger de Quincy by summons of the Exchequer for the prests of Ireland and Wales .

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriffs of Warwickshire and Leicestershire and Devon ¹ to place in respite, until 15 days after Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, the demand of 2 m. that they make by summons of the Exchequer from Richard, son of William of Gloucester, for the prest of Ireland, so that it may be inquired then by an inspection of the rolls of the Exchequer whether Richard is bound in the payment of those 2 m. or not.

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‘Devon’ interlined.

[No date]. For Stephen of Seagrave. Stephen of Seagrave has made fine with the king by £100 for having custody of the lands and heirs of William of Duston until the legal age of the heirs, with their marriage, as more fully in the Close Roll. ¹

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CR 1227–31, p. 552.

For Baldwin de Friville. The king has granted to Baldwin de Friville that he may render 60 m., which he is bound to render at Michaelmas in the fifteenth year of the fine that he made with him for having the custody of the land and heir of Richard de Scalariis, at the Exchequer of Hilary in the sixteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that term.

For Robert of Cockfield. The king has granted to Robert of Cockfield that, of all of the debts which are exacted from him for Robert le Vavasur, whose heir is in his custody, and of other debts that the same Robert owes the king, concerning which the king had granted him that he was to render £20 per annum at the Exchequer until he was quit of the aforesaid debts, he may render £10 every year, namely 100s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 100s. at the Exchequer of Easter until the king will have been fully satisfied for the aforesaid debts. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Because in the other roll. Order to the bailiffs of Hereford to cause one tun of wine to be bought and to deliver it to John of Flegg, sheriff of Herefordshire, of the king’s gift, and costs are to be allowed etc. ¹

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Entry cancelled. The ‘other roll’ is probably the Liberate Roll which is missing for this year.

5 Sept. Painscastle. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite, until 15 days after Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, the demand of 40s. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Gilbert de Laigle for the last tallage of the manor of Greywell , so that it may be inquired whether that manor ought to be quit of the king’s tallages or not.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset to place in respite, until the octaves of Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Ralph Russell for the scutage of Kerry, which he says he had previously rendered, both from the fee he holds of the king in his bailiwick and from other fees he holds in chief of the king in other counties, and the demand of £15 which he ought not to render, as he says, before the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, and which he exacts before the aforesaid term and distrains him for this reason, so that he does not distrain him in the meantime for the aforesaid debts.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in respite the demand for 42 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Robert of Newburgh, until All Saints in the sixteenth year, having accepted security from him that he will satisfy the king then at the Exchequer for the aforesaid debt.

6 Sept. Painscastle. Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take into the king’s hand all lands of Henry del Ortiay and Roger de Gouiz in his bailiwick, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise. ¹

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A small circle is entered in the margin.

Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Somerset, concerning the lands of Henry del Ortiay.

6 Sept. Painscastle. Concerning the archbishopric of Canterbury. The king has committed the vacant archbishopric of Canterbury to Ranulf le Breton to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for the issues of the same archbishopric at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Kent to cause him to have full seisin of all lands, property, rents and all possessions pertaining to the same archbishopric.

Concerning the archbishopric of Canterbury. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Sussex, Middlesex and Surrey .

Concerning the archbishopric of Canterbury. Order to the knights, free tenants, men and other tenants of the same archbishopric to be intendant and respondent to the same Ranulf in all things etc.

6 Sept. Painscastle. For John of Monmouth. The king has pardoned to John of Monmouth 2450 m. of the fine which he made with him for having the forest of Trivel , and has granted to him that he may render 200 m. per annum at the Exchequer of the remainder of the aforesaid fine, namely 100 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 100 m. at the Exchequer of Easter until the king will have been satisfied. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause John to be quit of the aforesaid 2450 m. and to cause this to be enrolled and done thus.

Concerning the testament of William of Eynsford. To the keeper of the archbishopric of Canterbury . Order to permit the executors of the testament of William of Eynsford to have free administration of the chattels formerly of the same William, in order to make execution of the aforesaid testament, having first accepted security from the executors that if William is bound to the king in any debts, they shall satisfy him first of all.

8 Sept. Painscastle. For Robert de St. Medard. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Robert de St. Medard that, of the 10 m. which Master Gilbert of Preston owes the king, to be rendered at Michaelmas shortly forthcoming in the fifteenth year, he may render 5 m. for the same Gilbert at Martinmas in the sixteenth year and 5 m. at Hilary in the same year. Order to cause Gilbert to be quit of the aforesaid 10 m. and to permit Robert to render them at the aforesaid terms, as aforesaid.

Concerning taking the lands of Alexander of Dorset into the king’s hand. Order to the mayor and citizens of London to take into the king’s hand all lands and rents which Alexander of Dorset had in the city of London and deliver them to the constable of the Tower of London to answer the king at the Exchequer for the issues arising until the king is satisfied on Alexander’s behalf as to the debts that he owed him and as to other things for which he was bound to answer.

Concerning taking the lands of Alexander of Dorset into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Surrey, concerning the land formerly of the same Alexander in Bagshot, which he is to deliver to the sheriff of Windsor (sic.) to answer etc., until etc.

11 Sept. Painscastle. Concerning the castle and forest of St. Briavels . Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take into the king’s hand the castle and forest of St. Briavels and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning the custody of the archbishopric of Canterbury. Order to the sheriff of Kent that notwithstanding the king’s order made to him to commit the custody of the vacant archbishopric of Canterbury to Ranulf le Breton, he is to take the said archbishopric into the king’s hand without delay with all lands, property, rents and all possessions pertaining to it, together with the lands formerly of William of Eynsford, and he is to cause them to be kept safely in the king’s hand with the constable of Dover , whom the king has commanded to keep the said archbishopric and the aforesaid lands formerly of William along with him, so that they answer at the Exchequer, until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning the custody of the archbishopric of Canterbury. Order to the constable of Dover to attend to this diligently with him.

Concerning the custody of the archbishopric of Canterbury. Order to the knights, free men and others holding of the aforesaid archbishopric, and to those who held of the aforesaid W. of Eynsford, to be intendant and respondent to the same sheriff and constable in all that pertains to the aforesaid archbisopric and the aforesaid lands.

11 Sept. Painscastle. Concerning the custody of lands and heirs of W. of Eynsford. John de Burgh has made fine with the king by 700 m. for having custody of the lands and heirs of W. of Eynsford, with the marriage of the same heirs, whose custody pertains to the king by reason of the archbishopric of Canterbury being vacant and in the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Kent to cause John to have full seisin without delay of all lands formerly of the same William in his bailiwick.

Concerning the custody of lands and heirs of W. of Eynsford. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire .

For John son of Robert. The king has granted to John son of Robert that, of the 80 m. which are exacted from him at the Exchequer for several debts and which he was bound to render at Michaelmas shortly forthcoming in the fifteenth year, he may render 40 m. at these terms, namely 20 m. at Michaelmas aforesaid and 20 m. at Easter in the sixteenth year, and he may have peace this year from the remainder of those 80 m. and of the other debts that are exacted from him at the Exchequer, namely until Michaelmas in the sixteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For John son of Robert. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to permit the same John to have peace from the remainder of the aforesaid 80 m. similarly and of the other debts that are exacted from him at the Exchequer, as aforesaid.

12 Sept. Painscastle. For the count of Aumale. The king has granted to W. count of Aumale that part of the manor of Pocklington with appurtenances which is in his hand, to have and hold from the king and his heirs to the count and his heirs, rendering £30 every year to the king and his heirs, namely £15 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and £15 at the Exchequer of Easter for all services, so that, with the aforesaid £30, the earl is to render from fixed rent what was accustomed to be rendered every year at the Exchequer, at the same Exchequer at which he used to render them by the hand of the sheriff of Yorkshire, over and above the £24 which used to be rendered at the Exchequer for the farm of the same land, as the count says. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to cause the count to have full seisin of the aforesaid part with appurtenances without delay and, diligent inquisition having been taken as to how much used to be rendered to the king from the aforesaid land each year from fixed rent at the Exchequer, he is to certify the king without delay.

Concerning the custody of the archbishopric of Canterbury. The king has committed the vacant archbishopric of Canterbury to Ralph de Trubleville and W. de Kirkham, dean of St. Martin’s, London, to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that they answer for the issues of the same at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Kent that notwithstanding the command that the king first made to him to commit the lands, rents and possessions of the same archbishopric to Ranulf le Breton, and notwithstanding the second command by which the king committed the aforesaid to the sheriff and the constable of Dover to keep, he is to cause Ralph and Walter to have full seisin of the aforesaid lands and possessions, as aforesaid.

Concerning the custody of the archbishopric of Canterbury. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Surrey and Sussex and Middlesex and the constable of Dover, notwithstanding that the king committed the aforesaid custody to him and the sheriff of Kent.

Concerning the abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury . The king has similarly also committed to the same Ralph and Walter the vacant abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury , to keep for as long as it pleases him. Order to the same sheriff to cause them to have full seisin of all lands etc.

Concerning the abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury . Order, by letters patent, to the knights and free men of the same archbishopric and the knights and free men of the same abbey to be intendant and respondent to them in this.

Concerning the abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury . Order to Walter de Kirkham to intend to this with the aforesaid Ralph.

15 Sept. Painscastle. For Fulk fitz Warin. The king has granted to Fulk fitz Warin that he may render 50 m., which he ought to have rendered at Easter in the fifteenth year of the fine he made with him for the park of Alveston , at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in 15 days in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to permit him to have that term.

For Hugh de Vaux. The king has pardoned to Hugh de Vaux, in aid of his ransom, 30 m. of the 40 m. which he ought to have rendered at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, so that he renders the remaining 10 m. at the aforesaid Exchequer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause Hugh to be quit of the aforesaid 30 m., as aforesaid.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to place in respite the demand of 100s. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men of the manor of Carlton in Lindrick , which is in the hand of John Wascelin’, for the last tallage assessed on them, until three weeks from Michaelmas in the thirteenth year (sic.), so that it may be inquired then whether the king pardoned those 100s. to John, as they say, or not.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for debt that they make from Robert son of Nicholas by summons of the Exchequer, until three weeks from Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

22 Sept. Almeley. For Roger la Zouche . The king has given Roger la Zouche respite from rendering his account from the time he was the sheriff of Devon until the octaves of Martinmas in the sixteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have that respite.

23 Sept. Hereford. Concerning respite of a demand. The king has given respite to Phillip de Columbariis from the demand of 41 m. that he makes from him by summons of the Exchequer for the prest of Ireland , Wales and Scotland , until three weeks from Michaelmas in the fifteenth year. Order to the sheriffs of Kent and Somerset ¹ to permit him to have peace in the meantime.

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‘Somerset’ interlined.

25 Sept. Hereford. Concerning having amercements at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire, as he loves himself and all of his own, to have all amercements contained in the roll of the eyre of S. of Seagrave and his associates, which Stephen will deliver to him sealed with his seal, at the Exchequer on the morrow of All Souls. He should know that unless he does this the king will take that money from the farm of his county from the first monies.

[No date]. Berkshire. Edward of Garford, Emma de Bradebroc’ and Ralph French give the king 20s. for having a pone before the justices at Westminster, of the plea that is in the county court of Berkshire between them and the abbot of Abingdon concerning livestock taken from them. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire etc.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite the demand he makes from Herbert son of Matthew for the debts that Matthew son of Herbert, his father, owed to the king, until three weeks from Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

28 Sept. Hereford. Concerning respite of an account. The king has given the sheriff of Yorkshire respite from rendering his account until 15 days from Hilary in the sixteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Rutland to place in respite the demand of 20 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men of Weston for the fine they made with the king, until the king orders otherwise.

For the executors of the testament of W. Marshal. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until one month from Easter in the sixteenth year, the account of the executors of the testament of W. Marshal junior, formerly earl of Pembroke, for the debts that the earl owed the king, one of whose executors is John Marshal, who has set out towards the parts of Ireland to receive the dower of the countess of Pembroke there by the king’s order and to do other things for the king.

Concerning respite of a demand. The king has given respite to Thomas de Balinghem from the 10 m. which he ought to have rendered to him at Michaelmas in the fifteenth year of the debts of the Jews, until Easter in the sixteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

27 Sept. Hereford. Concerning the scutage of the archbishopric . Order to W. de Kirkham etc. and Ralph de Trubleville, keepers of the archbishopric of Canterbury , to cause scutage to be collected from the knights’ fees that are held of the archbishopric of Canterbury, namely 20s. per shield for the army of Painscastle.

[No date]. For Gilbert Basset. Gilbert Basset gives the king 300 m. for having the £15 of rent that Alan Basset, his father, was accustomed to render each year at the Exchequer for the manor of Berwick , which Alan had of the gift of King John etc., Gilbert and his heirs holding from the king and his heirs forever by rendering a mewed sparrowhawk each year for all services.

1 Oct. Hereford. For Roger de Quincy. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand of 140 m. that they make from Roger de Quincy for the prest of Ireland from the time of King John etc., until Hilary in the sixteenth year.

Concerning the account of the sheriff of Gloucestershire. Because otherwise below. Because W. de Putot, sheriff of Gloucestershire , cannot personally attend at present to rendering his account at the Exchequer on account of the business that the king has enjoined upon him, order to the barons of the Exchequer to receive Peter of Badgeworth , who the sheriff has put in his place to render the aforesaid account, and, if the aforesaid account can be rendered speedily by the same Peter, then they are to cast the sum and cause the due and accustomed faith to be respited until William’s arrival at the Exchequer. If, however, having heard the account, they cannot cast the sum of that account, they are not to proceed until William can personally cast that sum. ¹

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Entry cancelled because otherwise below. See 317 below.

Concerning the account of the sheriff of Gloucestershire. Because W. de Putot, sheriff of Gloucestershire , cannot personally attend at present to rendering his account at the Exchequer on account of the business that the king enjoined upon him, order to the barons of the Exchequer to receive Peter of Badgeworth , who the sheriff has put in his place to render the aforesaid account and if, having heard that account, they judge it expedient, they shall proceed to cast the sum of that account, and the faith to be given for the lawful rendering of that account they shall place in respite until the arrival of the aforesaid sheriff at the Exchequer. If it is not expedient that they cast the sum of the same account, having heard that account, they are to place in respite the sum and the aforesaid faith until the arrival of the aforesaid sheriff at the Exchequer.

1 Oct. Hereford. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the king’s first arrival in the parts of London after Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, the demand of 10 m. that they make by summons of the Exchequer from Drogo de Barentin and John de Plessetis for the debt that Hugh de Maulnay and Peter de Maulnay owed to the king, and the demand of 20½ m. that they make from the same Drogo and John by summons of the Exchequer for the prest made to them.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

The king has given respite to John of Flegg, formerly sheriff of Herefordshire , from rendering his account, until the octaves of Martinmas in the sixteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

[No date]. Hamo of Hereford, Jew , has made fine ¹ with the king by £100 so that he is quit of tallages pertaining to the king for five years from Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, on condition that he renders 100 m. to the king in each of the aforesaid years for quittance from the aforesaid tallages. ²

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Corrected from ‘gives’.

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Entry inserted towards the right-hand edge of the membrane, squeezed between surrounding entries, and in a seemingly darker ink.

2 Oct. Ledbury. Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire to take into the king’s hand all lands and tenements in his bailiwick formerly of Nicholas de Verdun, who is dead, and to keep them safely so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Shropshire and Buckinghamshire .

5 Oct. Evesham. For Geoffrey Despenser. The king has given respite, until Hilary in the sixteenth year, to Geoffrey Despenser from the 50 m. which he was bound to render to him at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the fifteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

4 Oct. Evesham. Concerning scutage to be collected. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire to have at the Exchequer in the octaves of Martinmas in the sixteenth year the scutage from all knights’ fees that are held of the king in chief, namely 20s. per shield for the king’s army of Painscastle, concerning which the king did not order that he was to cause those who hold those fees in chief to have their scutage, or concerning which he did not receive a command from the king otherwise so that he has his warrant.

Concerning scutage to be collected. It is written in the same manner to:

the sheriffs of Lincolnshire, Kent , Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, Berkshire , Surrey , Hampshire , Middlesex , Northamptonshire , Oxfordshire , Rutland , Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, Wiltshire , Hertfordshire and Essex, and Sussex at the same term.the sheriffs of Northumberland, Cumberland , Westmorland , Dorset and Somerset, Gloucestershire , Yorkshire , Lancaster , Worcestershire , Staffordshire and Shropshire, Devon , Herefordshire and Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire on the morrow of Hilary.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Beatrice daughter of Lithulf and William son of Elias give the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of mort d’ancestor taken before S. of Seagrave and his associates against William de Wyles , concerning a toft in Newhouse.

11 Oct. Windsor. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until Hilary in the sixteenth year, the demand of 10 m. that they make from Bartholomew Peche for the debt he owes the king of the fine made with him for having custody of the land and heirs of Eustace de Fercles.

17 Oct. Westminster. For the archbishop of York. The king has granted to W. archbishop of York that he may collect his scutage from the knights’ fees he holds of him in chief, namely 20s. per shield for the army of Painscastle, and he is to answer at the Exchequer by his hand on the morrow of St. Andrew in the fifteenth year (sic.). Order to the sheriffs of Yorkshire, Gloucestershire , Leicestershire , Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire to permit the same archbishop to collect the aforesaid scutage and to answer by his hand at the Exchequer, as aforesaid.

From here etc.

Concerning scutages due to the king from several people, to be collected by their hand. It is written under the same form to:

the sheriff of Sussex for the bishop of Chichester that he may collect his scutage by his hand, so that he answers at the Exchequer without term.the sheriff of Northamptonshire for the same, concerning collecting scutage by his hand from the knights’ fees that the son and heir of Roger of Torpel, who is in his custody, ought to hold from the abbot of Peterborough in chief etc., and concerning the knights’ fees that the son and heir of Brian de Mare, who is in his custody, ought to hold from the abbot of Peterborough, and that the abbot holds of the king in chief.the sheriff of Lincolnshire for the same bishop, concerning the scutage etc. from the knights’ fees that are held of the wardships which are in his hand, so that he answers etc. ¹

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This sub-entry is squeezed in before those following.

Concerning scutages due to the king from several people, to be collected by their hand. It is written in the same manner to:

the sheriffs of Essex and Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire , Lancaster , and Norfolk and Suffolk for Matilda de Lucy, concerning collecting her scutage from the knights’ fees she holds of him and rendering at the Exchequer in the octaves of Martinmas.the sheriffs of Essex and Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk and Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for the bishop of Ely, concerning collecting his scutage and rendering it on the morrow of St. Andrew.the sheriff of Cornwall and Devon for the abbot of Tavistock on the morrow of St. Andrew.the sheriffs of Norfolk and Suffolk, Kent , Essex and Hertfordshire, Middlesex , Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire for Robert fitz Walter, and the sheriff of Cornwall for the same, on the morrow of St. Andrew.the sheriffs of Middlesex, Buckinghamshire , Surrey and Berkshire for the bishop of Chichester, concerning collecting scutage by his hand from the knights’ fees that the son and heir of Duncan de Lacelles, who is in his custody, ought to hold of the king.the sheriffs of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire , Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, and Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, concerning collecting the scutages of Henry of Braybrooke by his hand and rendering them in the octaves of Martinmas.

[No date]. Suffolk. Thomas son of Walter gives the king half a mark for having a pone against Walter of Rickinghall and against Ivo of Knettishall, concerning land in Rickinghall. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take etc.

For Henry son of Nicholas. Henry son of Nicholas has made fine with the king by 50 m. for having the custody of the land and heirs of John Belet until the legal age of the heirs, with their marriage, and with the marriage of Mabel, who was the wife of the aforesaid John . Order to the sheriff of Surrey to cause him as his heir to have full seisin of all lands formerly of John in his bailiwick of which he died seised, and of his heirs if they will be found in his bailiwick, as aforesaid.

For Henry son of Nicholas. The same Henry gives the king 1 m. for having his letters patent.

For Henry son of Nicholas. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Dorset.

For Henry son of Nicholas. Order to Mabel, who was the wife of the aforesaid John, to be intendant to the same Henry in that which pertains to him by reason of the aforesaid custody, so that she does not presume to marry without his licence and will.

20 Oct. Westminster. For the bishop of Winchester, concerning the manor of Titchfield. By the fine of £500 which P. bishop of Winchester made with him, for which he has satisfied him at the Exchequer, the king has given and granted his manor of Titchfield to the bishop in order to found there a certain religious house of the order of the canons of St. Augustine. ¹ Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to cause the same bishop to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances, as aforesaid.

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Sic. Titchfield was a Premonstratensian foundation.

23 Oct. Westminster. For Rose de Verdun. Rose, daughter and heiress of Nicholas de Verdun, has made fine with the king by 700 m. for her relief and for having seisin of all lands formerly of Nicholas on the day he died, which fall to her by hereditary right , and that she is not distrained to marry, on condition, indeed, that if she will wish to be married she may not do this without the will and licence of the king, and therefore the king has taken her homage. Rose is to render 175 m. of which 700 m. to the king at the Exchequer at Easter in the sixteenth year, 175 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, 175 m. at Easter in the seventeenth year, and 175 m. at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire to cause Rose to have full seisin without delay of all lands formerly of Nicholas in his bailiwick on the day he died, which fall to her by inheritance.

For Rose de Verdun. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire , Lincolnshire , Staffordshire and the justiciar of Ireland, excepting the terms.

For Gilbert de Sampford. Gilbert de Sampford has made fine with the king by 40 m. for his relief of the lands formerly of John de Sampford, his father, whose heir he is, which fall to him by inheritance. Order to the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire that, having accepted security from Gilbert for rendering the aforesaid 40 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all aforesaid lands in his bailiwick.

For the bishop of Carlisle, concerning the manor of Harrow. The king has committed the manor of Harrow with appurtenances, which is of the vacant archbishopric of Canterbury , to W. bishop of Carlisle to keep for as long as it pleases the king, answering for the issues of the manor at the Exchequer, provided that, notwithstanding this, the demesnes of the same manor are cultivated and sown as they are in other manors of the archbishopric by W. de Kirkham etc., keeper of the archbishopric , and the houses there are to be sustained. Order to the same keeper to cause the same bishop to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances, as aforesaid.

For the bishop of Carlisle, concerning the manor of Harrow. Order, by letters patent, to all men of the same manor ¹ to be intendant and respondent to him in all that pertains to the aforesaid manor.

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Corrected from ‘archbishopric’.

[No date]. For the abbess of St. Edward . The abbess of St. Edward has the king’s grant that she may collect her scutage of Painscastle and answer by her hand in the octaves of St. Andrew in the counties of Somerset and Dorset, Wiltshire and Sussex. ¹

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A mid-fourteenth century footnote at the bottom of this membrane reads ‘FINES DE ANNO REGIS HENRICI QUINTODECIMO XV°’.