28 Oct. Winchcombe. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to place in respite, until upon his next account at the Exchequer, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the abbot of Evesham for the scutage of Montgomery and Bedford , and to cause his livestock taken for this reason to be delivered to him, having first accepted security that he will satisfy the king then. By the bishop of Winchester and the justiciar.

For the countess of Essex. Matilda, countess of Essex, has made fine by £100 for having the year and day which pertains to the king for the manor of Compton , which Hubert de Burgh held from the countess, and so that neither the house of the same manor is pulled down nor the garden uprooted. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire ¹ to cause her to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor of Compton, ² saving to the king the corn and other chattels that are in the same manor.

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Corrected from ‘Order to P. de Rivallis that, having first accepted security from the aforesaid countess for the aforesaid £100 …’

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‘Witness as above’ crossed through here.

[No date]. Concerning the corn of Roger of Hyde. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to make the king’s advantage without delay, by the view of law-worthy men, from all of the corn of Roger of Hyde, knight, in Hyde, who is with the Earl Marshal, and to put in gage etc. all those who he will find threshing that corn and intermeddling with the land of the same Roger without warrant, to be before the king at his command to answer for it.

[No date]. For the abbot of Abingdon , concerning a fine for the army. The abbot of Abingdon has made fine with the king by 100 m. so that he is quit of sending knights to the king’s forthcoming army etc., as below, so that if a scutage happens to be assessed by reason of that army, he will have his scutage and he will be quit of performing ward at Windsor for all of the time of the army.

29 Oct. Gloucester. For the abbot of Abingdon , concerning a fine for the army. Order to the constable of Windsor to permit the same abbot to have peace from the aforesaid custody (sic.) in the meantime. By the justiciar.

30 Oct. Gloucester. Concerning the land of Gilbert Basset in Wycombe. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to deliver the land formerly of Gilbert Basset in Wycombe immediately to the king’s escheators to keep and to answer at the Exchequer. By P. de Rivallis.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire ¹ to place in respite, until the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the eighteenth year, the demand of 100 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men of Gloucester for the trespass committed in rescuing a certain man who ought to have been hanged. By P. de Rivallis.

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Corrected from ‘the barons of the Exchequer’.

2 Nov. Hereford. For John fitz Geoffrey. The king has pardoned to John fitz Geoffrey 20 m. of the £40 which he ought to have rendered to him at Michaelmas in the seventeenth year from the farm of the vill of Aylesbury, and has given him respite from the remaining 40 m. until 15 days from Hilary in the eighteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause John to be quit of the same 20 m. and to cause him to have respite from the aforesaid 40 m.

[No date]. Concerning making the king’s advantage. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that, as he loves himself, he is to cause to the houses of Richard Siward, Gilbert Basset and William Crassus in his bailiwick to be pulled to the ground without delay, to cause their gardens to be totally uprooted, and to cause their woods to be sold by the view and testimony of law-worthy men and the king’s advantage to be made from them, lest by his default the king ought to betake himself to him.

Concerning making the king’s advantage. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of:

Sussex , concerning the houses of the Marshal at Bosham and his garden and park there. Berkshire , concerning the houses and garden of the same at Hamstead, and the wood etc. Oxfordshire etc. at Caversham. Worcestershire , concerning the park of the Marshal at Inkberrow, and to sell the timber and wood. Gloucestershire , of the same Marshal at Badgeworth.Gloucestershire etc., of William Crassus. Surrey , of Gilbert Basset, and to the sheriff of Hampshire similarly. Buckinghamshire , of the same at Grendon. Dorset , of Walter Marshal at Sturminster. Warwickshire , Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Bedfordshire and Staffordshire , concerning woods etc. of Richard Siward.Worcestershire, etc. of Hamo Crassus. Essex and Northamptonshire , of Phillip Basset.Hampshire, of Henry de Brayboef.

3 Nov. Hereford. Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take the lands of William de Reingny and Gilbert de Turberville in his bailiwick into the king’s hand and hand them over to Peter de Rivallis to keep for as long as it pleases the king.

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 Reymund de Suly, William de Reingny, William de Somery and William [le] Fleming.

Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. And to the sheriff of Devon concerning the lands of Reymund de Suly, Gilbert de Dunstanville, Richard Butler and Gilbert de Turberville. ¹

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5 Nov. Hereford. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Kent to place in respite the demand he makes from Walter of Clifford, who is in the king’s service, ¹ for debts of the Jews, until the king orders otherwise. By Ralph fitz Nov’ (sic.).

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A ruled gap follows here.

6 Nov. Hereford. Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Middlesex to take into the king’s hand all land in his bailiwick of William de la Dune, who is with Gilbert Marshal, and to deliver it with all corn, stock and chattels found therein to William Brown, sheriff of Surrey , to keep for as long as it pleases the king, and to make the king’s advantage therefrom. By P. de Rivallis.

7 Nov. Hereford. Concerning the fine of the bishop of London for the army of the Marshal. R. bishop of London ¹ has made fine by 60 m. for the knights that he ought to find by the king’s summons for his army which he caused to be summoned for the war that the Earl Marshal waged in the kingdom of England, and for having his scutage of the same army from the knights’ fees that holds of the king in chief, namely so that if the king will pardon the scutage of any knight holding of him, this will be allowed to the bishop in the aforesaid 60 m. The king has ordered the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire to permit him to be quit of the aforesaid summons.

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‘To the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire’ crossed through at the beginning of this entry.

8 Nov. Hereford. The fine of Hugh d’Aubigny for having his lands. Hugh d’Aubigny, brother and heir of William d’Aubigny, formerly earl of Arundel, has made fine with the king by 2500 m. for having seisin and the king’s term until his legal age of all lands and castles with appurtenances formerly of the aforesaid earl, his brother, of which he was seised on the day he died , and of the lands which fall to Hugh by hereditary right of the lands formerly of R. earl of Chester and Lincoln, his uncle, which are in the king’s custody by reason of his age, saving to the king the donation of churches from all of the aforesaid lands that will happen to fall vacant while he is underage, and saving to the king all his corn and chattels that he has in the aforesaid lands, so that Hugh is to have the issues of the aforesaid lands which arose after 15 days from Michaelmas last past in the seventeenth year, saving also to the king the marriages of the heirs of the knights and free tenants holding of Hugh who happen to die while he is underage, so that the marriages of the same heirs are to remain to the king, and the custodies of their lands to remain to Hugh, and, similarly, saving to the king that, after Hugh has received his seisin of all the aforesaid lands, he is nevertheless to permit certain of the king’s knights and others, to whom the king has committed the aforesaid lands for their sustenance in his service, to hold those lands until he comes of age. Similarly, it is to be saved to the king that, after he has received seisin of his castles of Arundel, Buckenham and Rising, he is to deliver the same in full to three of his knights holding of him to keep until he comes of age, who will give surety to the king that no damage will come to the king or his land from the aforesaid castles within their custody. The castle of Arundel [was] namely [committed] afterwards to Hugh Sanzaveir by letters, ¹ the castle of Buckenham to Thomas of Ingoldisthorpe, and Castle Rising to Roger de Brom. If death befalls Hugh before he reaches legal age, the pledges that he has found for rendering the aforesaid fine to the king will be quit from the rest of the fine which remains to be rendered, and the king will betake himself for the rest of the fine to Hugh’s heirs. Order to P. de Rivallis to cause Hugh to have full seisin of the aforesaid lands and castles, as aforesaid.

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Corrected from ‘William de Hauterive’.

The fine of Hugh d’Aubigny for having his lands. Pledges of the said Hugh for the aforesaid fine:

The Earl Warenne for 500 m.John fitz Geoffrey for 100 m.J. earl of Chester and Huntingdon for 100 m.W. earl of Ferrers for 100 m.Warin de Munchesney for 100 m.Simon de Montfort for 105 m.Bertram de Crielfor 20 m.The earl of Hereford for 50 m.Peter de Maulay for 50 m.John de Stuteville for 60 m.John of Bassingbourn for 30 m.William de Montell’ for 30 m.Nicholas of Kennett for 20 m.Richard de Wyavill’ for 15 m.Herbert son of Matthew for 40 m.Geoffrey de Lucy for 40 m.William Mauduit for 40 m.Adam de Cayly for 20 m.William of Buckenham for 20 m.William de Vescy for 100 m.William Bardolf for 50 m.Thomas of Moulton for 50 m.Hugh Wake for 50 m.Henry de Trubleville for 50 m.John de Vieuxpont for 50 m.John de Vaux for 20 m.Payn de Chaworth for 40 m.Andrew of Shernborne for 20 m.John Gubaud for 20 m.Ralph de Bray for 20 m.William de Percy for 200 m.Hugh Sanzaveir for 100 m. The prior of Buckenham for 40 m.William Rustein for 50 m.Roger de Brom for 30 m.John of Ingoldisthorpe for 50 m.Hugh Walensis for 20 m.

The fine of Hugh d’Aubigny for having his lands. The terms of payment of the said fine: at the Exchequer of Easter in the eighteenth year, 250 m.; at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, 250 m.; at the Exchequer of Easter in the nineteenth year, 500 m.; at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, 500 m.; at the Exchequer of Easter in the twentieth year, 500 m.; and at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, 500 m.

9 Nov. Hereford. Concerning fines to be rendered. Order to the abbot of Peterborough to cause the £100 by which he made fine with the king for the knights which he ought to have found the king in his army of Wales last past, and for which the king spared him in this army which he has now caused to be summoned for the war that Earl R. Marshal moves in the parts of Wales, to be rendered to the king without delay and excuse at the Exchequer at Martinmas in 15 days in the eighteenth year, as he wishes to have his scutage, which the king has now caused to be assessed, from the knights’ fees that he holds of the king in chief.

Concerning fines to be rendered. It is written in the same manner to:

the abbess of Wilton , concerning 20 m.the abbot of Ramsey , concerning 20 m.the abbot of Hulme, concerning 10 m.the countess of Eu, concerning 40 m.William Burdun, concerning 5 m.the abbot of St. Albans, concerning £20.the abbot of Westminster, concerning 60 m.

10 Nov. Hereford. For Hugh d’Aubigny for having his lands. Hugh d’Aubigny, brother and heir of William d’Aubigny, and one of the heirs of the earl of Chester, has made fine with the king for having seisin of the lands and tenements formerly of William, his brother, and of the lands that fall to him by inheritance of the inheritance formerly of the earl of Chester, until his legal age . Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to cause him to have full seisin of a fourth part of the manor of Tew, formerly of the earl of Chester, which falls to him by inheritance, as aforesaid, so that once Hugh has received seisin thereof, he is to cause B. de Vere to have seisin by his hand until his age.

For Hugh d’Aubigny for having his lands. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of:

Derbyshire , concerning the manor of Smisby, so that etc., from Clemencia, countess of Chester, as above, for Baldwin de Vere. Yorkshire , that, an extent having been made of the manor of Leeds by law-worthy men, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the fourth part of the same manor etc.

For Hugh d’Aubigny for having his lands. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to cause Thomas earl of Warwick, heir of Henry de Oilly , to know without delay that he is to be intendant to Hugh d’Aubigny for the two knights’ fees which Henry held of Ranulf earl of Chester in his bailiwick, and for his portion that was assigned to him of the inheritance formerly of the aforesaid earl of Chester.

For Hugh d’Aubigny for having his lands. It is written in the same manner to:

the sheriff of Gloucestershire, concerning H. earl of Hereford, that he is to be intendant for the three knights’ fees that he held of the aforesaid earl of Chester in his bailiwick.the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire, concerning Henry of Hastings for two knights’ fees, and concerning William of Hartshill for one knight’s fee.the sheriff of Lincolnshire, concerning Richard de Vernun, that he is to be intendant for two knights’ fees, and Gilbert of Well for two knights’ fees.the sheriff of Leicestershire, concerning William of Halstead for half a knight’s fee, Peter Chanter for the sixth part of a knight’s fee, and William son of Ernisius for the sixth part of a knight’s fee.the sheriff of Wiltshire, concerning Ela, countess of Salisbury, for two knights’ fees, and Walter de Lacy for one knight’s fee.

For Hugh d’Aubigny for having his lands. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to cause the same Hugh d’Aubigny, who is one of the heirs of the aforesaid earl of Chester, to have full seisin without delay of the service of one knight in Tackley, which was held in chief of the said earl of Chester and which [pertains] to Hugh of his portion as above.

For Hugh d’Aubigny for having his lands. In the same manner to:

the sheriff of Buckinghamshire, concerning the service of half a knight’s fee in Mentmore and Hagethurn’, the service of one knight’s fee in Shenley, the service of two knights’ fees in Brickhill, of two knights in Sloeston’, and of three knights in Olney and Broad Campden.the sheriff of Lincolnshire, concerning the service of four knights’ fees in Hanby, the twelfth part of a knight in Angodesthorp’, the fifth part of a knight in Sibsey, Habrough and Barrow, and the tenth part of a knight in Frisby.the sheriff of Gloucestershire, concerning the service of three knights in Uley and Broad Campden.the sheriff of Staffordshire, concerning two knights’ fees in Pattingham and Brampton.the sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, concerning the service of one knight’s fee in Giluretoft, half a knight in Bodindon’, the fourth part of a knight’s fee in Bretby, half a knight in Chilcote and Smisby, and the third part of a knight in Thorpe in the Glebe.the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire, concerning the service of a knight’s fee in Kingsbury, half a knight in Exhall, half a knight in Ansty, the fourth part of one knight in Alspath, the eighth part of a knight in Wike, a fourth part in Pillerton, a knight in Diseworth, the fourth part of a knight in Seagrave, Mountsorrel and Kegworth, the twelfth part of a knight in Osgathorpe, a knight in Loughborough, the third part of a knight in Thorp’ Munford’, the third part of a knight in Woodthorpe, half a knight in Cotes Putrel and Stamford, the sixth part of a knight in Cotes, and the third part of a knight in Rotherby.

10 Nov. Hereford. A fine for the army. The abbess of St. Edward has made fine with the king by 20 m. for the knights which she ought to find the king in this army that he has caused to be summoned for the war that Earl R. Marshal waged in the parts of Wales, and for having her scutage of the same army from the knights’ fees she holds of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to permit the abbess to be quit of the aforesaid knights.

For John Haunsard’. John Haunsard’ and Matilda, his wife, and Mabel of Torpel, ¹ have made fine with the king by £20 for having seisin of the land formerly of Robert de Mowbray, uncle of Matilda and Mabel, in Melton, which falls to them by inheritance . Order to P. de Rivallis that, having accepted security etc., he is to cause John, Matilda and Mabel to have full seisin of all of the aforesaid land with appurtenances, of which Robert was seised on the day he died.

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‘Mabel’ interlined.

Concerning distraining the bishop of Carlisle. Order to R. bishop of Durham to distrain the bishop of Carlisle by his ecclesiastical benefices in his diocese to render to the king 500 m. of a fine made with the king, for the payment of which he and the bishop of Coventry mainperned for him towards the king.

13 Nov. Grosmont. A fine for the army. W. bishop of Worcester has made fine with the king by £100 for the knights which he ought to find him by summons in the army that the king has caused to be summoned for the war that R. earl Marshal waged in the parts of Wales, and for having his scutage of the same army if scutage is assessed, so that the knights’ fees which are held from him and are in the king’s hand will be allowed to him in that fine, and similarly the king will pardon to him the fees of those who hold from him and their scutages, or, if scutage for the aforesaid army is not assessed [then he has made fine] for having aid from the aforesaid knights’ fees. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to permit him to be quit of the aforesaid summons.

19 Nov. Hereford. For the countess of Winchester, concerning seisin of Marden . Margaret, countess of Winchester, has made fine with the king by 40 m. for having seisin of the manor of Marden , formerly of Gilbert Basset, which is of the fee of the same countess, without prejudice to the right of each who will wish to claim right in the said manor, and she has given the king surety for the aforesaid 40 m. by Roger de Quincy, her son. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to cause the countess to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor, as aforesaid. By the justiciar.

20 Nov. Hereford. For the Earl Warenne, concerning respite of debts. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit the Earl Warenne to have peace, until they have command otherwise from the king, from the debts they exact from him by summons of the Exchequer . By the justiciar.

Fines for the army both of the prior of Coventry and the abbot of Winchcombe. The prior of Coventry has made fine with the king for 25 m. so that he is quit of sending knights to the army which the king caused to be summoned by reason of the war that R. earl Marshal waged in Wales, and for having his scutage of the same army from the knights’ fees he holds of the king in chief, if scutage is assessed, and for having an aid from the same fees if scutage is not assessed. ¹ Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire not to distrain the same prior to send knights to the aforesaid army.

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‘… and for having his scutage … scutage is not assessed’ interlined.

Fines for the army both of the prior of Coventry and the abbot of Winchcombe. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Northamptonshire.

Fines for the army both of the prior of Coventry and the abbot of Winchcombe. The abbot of Winchcombe has similarly made fine by 6 m. so that he is quit of sending knights etc., as above. He has letters directed to the sheriffs of Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire . ¹ By the justiciar.

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Written to the right of the previous entry and crammed in between entries.

For Aymer Butler. Aymer Butler, son and heir of William Butler, has made fine with the king by £30 for his relief of the six knights’ fees which William held of the king in chief, for which £30 he has given the king surety by the earl of Ferrers and Hugh Despenser. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to cause Aymer to have full seisin of the lands formerly of William in his bailiwick, of which he was seised on the day he died, which fall to him by inheritance. By the justiciar.

For Aymer Butler. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Lincolnshire and Lancaster with this clause, ‘that he is to take an inquisition whether the aforesaid William held more than six knights’ fees of the honour of Lancaster other than the two fees that he held of the king between Ribble and Mersey, for which he is to be intendant by the king’s order to W. earl of Ferrers, and the inquisition etc.’

20 Nov. Hereford. Fines for the army. Matilda de Lucy has made fine with the king by 10 m. for the knights which she ought to find the king by his summons in the army that he caused to be summoned for the war that Earl R. Marshal waged in Wales, and for having her scutage of the same army from the three knights’ fees that she holds of the king in chief of the honour of Boulogne , if scutage is assessed, or for having an aid from the aforesaid fees if scutage does not run, saving to the king the scutage from ten knights’ fees which she holds of the heir of the earl of Gloucester, who is in the king’s custody, to be collected by her hand and rendered to the king. Order to the sheriff of Essex to permit her to be quit of the aforesaid summons for the aforesaid army. By the justiciar and the bishop of Winchester.

Fines for the army. The abbot of Hyde has made fine with the king by 60 m. so that he is quit of sending knights to the aforesaid army, and for having his scutage etc.

For Ralph Gernon. The king has given respite to Ralph Gernon, until Pentecost in the eighteenth year, from the £7 10s. which he ought to have rendered at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the seventeenth year for the fine for several debts, and from one mark which he ought to have rendered to the king at the same term for an amercement. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have that respite. By the bishop of Winchester.

For William fitz Warin. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to cause William fitz Warin to have two tuns of wine from the king’s wines that are in his custody as a prest, to be rendered to the king at Hereford. By Ralph fitz Nicholas.

[No date]. Huntingdonshire. John de Sale and Gena, his wife, and Oliver of Upton and Elicia, his wife, give the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices in the Bench against William son of Thomas, defendant, concerning land in Woodston. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to take etc.

21 Nov. Hereford. Concerning the chattels of Nicholas de Stuteville. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to permit the executors of the testament of Nicholas de Stuteville to have free administration of the goods and chattels formerly of the same Nicholas, in order to make execution of his testament, saving to the king the £10 which Nicholas ought to render to him at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the seventeenth year of the debts in which he was bound to the king. By the justiciar.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Staffordshire. Rose de Verdun [has made] fine with the king by 10 m. so that she is quit of sending one knight to his army etc., and for having her scutage from one knight’s fee that she holds of the king if scutage runs, and if not, as above.

[No date]. Fines for the army. H. bishop of Lincoln has made fine with the king by £110 so that he is quit of sending knights to the army that the king caused to be summoned by reason of the war that R. earl Marshal waged, and for having his scutage from the knights’ fees that he holds of the king in chief, so that if the king will pardon anything of the scutage to anyone, it will be allowed to him in the aforesaid fine, and if scutage does not run the bishop will have letters directed to the sheriffs for having a reasonable aid from the aforesaid fees, in order to acquit that fine.

[No date]. Fines for the army. J. bishop of Bath has made fine by £90 for the same and in the same manner.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Ralph of Rochester, who holds five knights’ fees of the king, has made fine by 15 m. for sending knights to the king’s army as above. Order to the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire etc.

[No date]. Fines for the army. The abbot of Tavistock , who holds seven knights’ fees, by 25 m. Order to the sheriff of Devon not to distrain the same abbot to send knights to the army.

[No date]. Fines for the army. The bishop of Exeter, 50 m., so that he is quit of sending knights to the king’s army.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Because above. The bishop of London has made fine by 60 m. so that he is quit of sending knights to the king’s army, and for having his scutage etc. as above. ¹

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Entry cancelled because above. See 16 above.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Nicholas de Fécamp, who holds one fee of the honour of Gloucester , has made fine by 100s. for the same. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire not to distrain him for it.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Somerset. Hugh of Merriott, who holds 1½ knights’ fees of the king and one knight’s fee of the honour of Mortain , has made fine by 4 m. for the same.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Somerset. Henry son of Richard, who holds four knights’ fees in chief of the king, has made fine by 10 m. for the same army, and for having his scutage from the same fees.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Nottinghamshire. Robert de Treleg’, who holds one knight’s fee of the honour of Peverel , has made fine by 4 m. for the same.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Nottinghamshire. Geoffrey of Stapleford, who holds one knight’s fee of the same honour, has made fine by 4 m. for the same.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Nottinghamshire. Robert de Furneaux and Ralph de St. George, ¹ for one knight’s fee of the honour of Lancaster, have made fine by 4 m. for the same.

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‘Ralph’ interlined.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Nottinghamshire. Roger of Mattersey, for one fee of the honour of Lancaster, 4 m. for the same.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Essex. Nicholas de Beauchamp, one of the heirs of Gilbert de Tany, 100s. for the same from 2½ fees.

[No date]. It is to be noted that all will have their scutage. ¹

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This entry is only linked to the previous entry, although it presumably refers to all of these like fines.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Northamptonshire. Peter of Goldington has made fine by 10 m. for the same.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Gloucestershire. Robert de Meysey, who holds two fees, has made fine by 12 m. for the same.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Cambridgeshire. William of Howbridge has made fine by 5 m. for the same from one knight’s fee.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Berkshire. Robert of Shottesbrooke, who holds one fee, has made fine by 4 m.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Northamptonshire. Because above. Peter of Goldington has made fine by 10 m. ¹

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Entry cancelled because above. See 61 above.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Bedfordshire. John de Treyly, who holds one fee in chief and three fees of the honour of Gloucester , has made fine by 15 m. for the same.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Norfolk. Ralph son of Robert, who holds half a knight’s fee of the king in chief, 25 m. for the same.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Dorset. Robert de Beauchamp gives the king 30 m. for the same.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Suffolk. Hugh of Polstead of the honour of Rayleigh , who holds five fees of the same, gives the king 30 m. for the same.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Essex. Geoffrey [de] Tresgoz, who holds five fees of the honour of Peverel , gives the king 20 m. for the same.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Oxfordshire. Savaric of Walcot, who holds half a knight’s fee of the honour of Clare , has made fine by 2 m. for the same.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Somerset. The abbot of Muchelney , who holds one fee of the king, has made fine by 6 m. for the same.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Huntingdonshire. Richard de Luvetot, who holds three fees of the king and the third part of a fee, gives the king 9 m. for the same.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Gloucestershire. Robert Musard, who holds twelve fees of the king, gives 24 m. for the same.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Devon. Henry of Merton, who holds two parts of five parts of the lands of Matthew of Torrington, gives the king 24 m. for the same.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Berkshire. Henry of Earley, who holds one fee of the king, gives 3 m. for the same.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Lincolnshire. Henry Chamberlain, who holds one fee of the king in chief, gives 5 m. for the same.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Somerset. Robert de Cultura, who holds half a fee of the king in chief, gives 2 m. for the same.

[No date]. Fines for the army. Essex. Matthew Peverel, who holds five fees of the honour of Peverel , gives the king 20 m. for the same.

26 Nov. Hereford. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriffs of Yorkshire and Cumberland ¹ to place in respite the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from W. count of Aumale until 15 days after the Close of Easter in the eighteenth year.

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‘Cumberland’ interlined.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to permit William de Cantilupe senior to have peace from the demand of 20 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer for the prest of Brittany, until upon the view of his account after Easter in the eighteenth year .

27 Nov. Hereford. For the abbot of Dore . The king has granted to the abbot of Dore that he may render by his hand at the Exchequer the 60 m. which he owes him of a fine of 100 m. made with the king, namely 20 m. at Easter in the eighteenth year, 20 m. at St. John the Baptist in the same year, and 20 m. at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For the abbot of Dore . Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to permit the same abbot to have those terms.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite the demand he makes from William de St. John by summons of the Exchequer for the debt he owes the king, until 15 days from Easter in the eighteenth year, and to cause his livestock taken for this reason to be delivered to him in the meantime. By the bishop of Winchester.

Concerning respite of a demand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Sussex.

30 Nov. Hereford. The fine of Eustace de Greinville for having the manor of Tunstall. Eustace de Greinville has made fine with the king by 100 m., for himself and Joan, his wife, and for Thomas de la Haye and Alexandria, his wife, for having the year and day which pertains to the king and the seisin of the manor of Tunstall with appurtenances, which Hubert de Burgh had of the gift of Robert Arsic, father of Joan and Alexandria, whose heirs they are. Because Eustace has found the king pledges for himself and Joan for paying a moiety of the same fine at the below-written terms, namely 10 m. at Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, 10 m. at Easter in the nineteenth year, 10 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, 10 m. at Easter in the twentieth year, and 10 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, order to Robert Passelewe that, having accepted security from Thomas and Alexandria for rendering the other moiety of the same fine to the king at the aforesaid terms, if Thomas and Alexandria will accept that fine, he is to cause Eustace and Joan, Thomas and Alexandria to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances, saving to Eustace and Joan their esnecy. If, however, Thomas and Alexandria will not accept that fine, so that they do not wish to render the aforesaid moiety to the king, as aforesaid, then, having accepted security from Eustace and Joan for rendering the other moiety of the same fine to the king at the aforesaid terms, as aforesaid, he is to cause them to have full seisin of all the aforesaid manor with appurtenances, to be held together until Thomas and Alexandria will satisfy Eustace and Joan of the same moiety of the aforesaid fine. By the justiciar and the bishop of Winchester.

The fine of Eustace de Greinville for having the manor of Tunstall. Pledges of the aforesaid Eustace for 50 m.:

Ralph de la Haye for 100s.William Mauduit for 5 m.John de Beauchamp for 5 m.John de Plessetis for 5 m.Godfrey of Crowcombe for 100s.William de Cantilupe junior for 5 m.William de Gamages for 100s.William de Sifrewast for 5 m.Bartholomew Peche for 2½ m.

4 Dec. Hereford. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the octaves of Hilary in the eighteenth year, the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from William Bardolf, by reason of the son and heir of William of Eynsford being in his custody, for the prest made to the same William of Eynsford in Ireland.

5 Dec. Hereford. Order to Walter de Beauchamp to cause Robert de Dandely, who the king sends to Inkberrow in order to sell the park of the Earl Marshal and then to make the king’s advantage from the corn and chattels of the same Marshal, if there will be any there, to be admitted to this, and if any of the buildings of the Marshal there remain to be pulled down, he is to cause them to be razed to the ground without further delay.

7 Dec. Hereford. Fines for the army. Godfrey de Auvou has made fine with the king by 3 m. so that he is quit of performing his due service to the king in this army which the king has caused to be summoned for the war that R. earl Marshal waged in the marches of Wales, and for having his scutage of the same army from one knight’s fee that he holds of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Somerset not to distrain Godfrey to perform the aforesaid service to the king or to penalize him for this reason. By the justiciar.

Fines for the army. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire for Walter of Hartwell, who holds one knight’s fee of the king in chief and has made fine by 3 m. for the same.

Fines for the army. To the sheriff of Berkshire for Herbert son of Roger, Hugh son of Alexander and Gervase Vivian, who hold half a knight’s fee of the king and have made fine by one mark.

Fines for the army. To the sheriff of Norfolk for the bishop of Norwich, who holds 40 knights’ fees of the king and has made fine by £80 for the same, and for having his scutage from the aforesaid fees.

Fines for the army. To the sheriff of Essex for William de Waterville, who has made fine by 30 m. for licence to return to his own parts from the army etc. and for having his scutage.

Fines for the army. To the sheriff of Essex for Hamo son of Richard, who has made fine for the same by 10 m. for the same.

Fines for the army. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire for Henry of Drayton, who has made fine for the same by 40s.

Fines for the army. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire for Eustachia, who was the wife of Nicholas of Yealand , who holds 4½ fees of the Mowbray heir, who is in the king’s custody, and has made fine by 10 m. for the same.

Fines for the army. To the sheriff of Yorkshire:

for Oliver de Buscy, who holds one fee from the same heir, 40s. for the same.for William of Carlton, who holds half a fee from the same heir, 20s.for Richard de Rivera, who holds one fee from the same heir, 40s. for the same.for Thomas de Coleville, who holds one fee from the same heir, 40s. for the same.

Fines for the army. Kent. From the archbishopric.

Randulf of Gussels, who holds 1½ fees, 60s. for the same.John de Valognes for one fee, 40s. for the same.Richard Chamberlain for half a fee, 20s. for the same.Robert de Setvauns for half a fee, 20s. for the same.Alan of Reppling for one fee, 40s. for the same.William Butler for half a fee, 20s. for the same.Henry de Frednes for half a fee, 20s. for the same.

And so that they are quit of scutage.

Fines for the army. Kent. From the archbishopric.

Hamo of Makinbrooke for half a fee which he holds of the archbishop of Canterbury, 20s. for the same.Robert of Wheatacre for half a fee, 20s. for the same.Roger Malemeins for one fee, 40s.Nicholas of Selling for one fee, 40s. for the same.Roger of Aldington for 1½ fees, 60s. for the same.Thomas de Wakinghal’ for half a fee, 20s. for the same.

And so that they are quit of their scutage.

Fines for the army. To the sheriff of Huntingdonshire for William de Gimeges, who holds one fee of the king and has made fine by 40s. for the same.

Fines for the army. To the sheriff of Nottinghamshire for Olive de Montbegon, who holds one fee of the king and has made fine by 40s. for the same.

Fines for the army. To the sheriff of Hampshire for Master Robert Haget, who has made fine by 40s. for the same and for having his scutage from one knight’s fee that Roger de Berneval, the custody of whose land and heir is in his hand, held of the king in chief.

Fines for the army. To the sheriff of Yorkshire for William Grendorge, who holds half a fee from the heir of Nigel de Mowbray and has made fine by 20s. for the same.

Fines for the army. To the sheriff of Kent for Thomas de Camville, who holds three knights’ fee of the honour of Boulogne and has made fine with the king by £10 for the same. ¹

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7 Dec. Hereford. 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 Earl R. Bigod for several debts, until 15 days from Easter in the eighteenth year. By the justiciar.

Concerning the arrears of the fortieth. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to distrain all those of his county who the collectors of the fortieth will show him owe arrears of the same fortieth, so that they render the said arrears to them without delay and answer the king in full in the octaves of Hilary at Northampton, as the king has commanded them. He is also to distrain all those of liberties in his bailiwick who owe arrears of the same fortieth to render those arrears similarly, so that either by the hand of those who have those liberties have them or by the hands of the collectors of the fortieth within the liberties he has them at Northampton at the same term, and he is to behave herein in such a manner that he deserves to be commended in this business.

Concerning the arrears of the fortieth. Order to the collectors of the fortieth of the county of Norfolk to collect all of the arrears of the aforesaid fortieth, so that etc.

13 Dec. Hereford. Concerning respite of a demand. Patents. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite the demand of 100s. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from John de Baiuse until Pentecost in the eighteenth year. By the justiciar.

Concerning respite of a demand. Patents. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand of £31 that they make by summons of the Exchequer from Robert de Gournay until the Close of Easter in the eighteenth year. By the justiciar.

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

17 Dec. Worcester. Concerning the fine of the bishop of Exeter for having the custody of the land and heir of W. d’Avranches. W. bishop of Exeter has made fine with the king by 2000 m. for having the custody of the land and the son and heir of W. d’Avranches to the bishop or his assigns until the full age of the same heir, with the marriage of the same son and heir in order to marry him to one of the daughters of Richard of Chilham and Rose of Dover, his wife, kinswoman of the aforesaid bishop, so that the bishop or his assigns will hold all of the aforesaid land until the heir will be of full age. If it happens that the heir will die after he has been married but before he is of such full age that he is able to dower his wife according to the law of the king’s land, the bishop and his assigns and the pledges found for the king for the aforesaid debt will be quit of the residue of the aforesaid fine that will still remain to be rendered to the king, and if the bishop will die before the full age of the same heir, his assigns, if they will wish, will hold all of the aforesaid land until the full age of the heir and will answer the king for the debt that will then be rendered to him of the aforesaid fine. If, however, they will not wish to hold that land in their hands and to answer the king for the remainder of the aforesaid debt, the pledges of the same bishop are to receive all of the aforesaid land to hold in their hands until the full age of the aforesaid heir and will answer in full for the whole debt then to be rendered to the king at the Exchequer of the aforesaid fine at the terms assigned to the bishop below. The king has further granted to the aforesaid bishop that if death befalls the daughters of Richard of Chilham and Rose, his wife, before the full age of the heir, he shall be be permitted to marry the heir elsewhere so that he is not disparaged. The same bishop is to render 500 m. of the aforesaid fine to the king at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, 250 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the nineteenth year, 250 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and 500 m. thus each year from year to year at the aforesaid terms until the aforesaid fine in paid to the king by the bishop or his assigns or his pledges, as aforesaid. The king has granted this fine saving to Eudo, brother of the king, the land that W. d’Avranches had in Aldbury which the king committed to him to have until the full age of the aforesaid heir. Order to P. de Rivallis to cause the bishop to have full seisin of the aforesaid custody of the land and heir, as aforesaid. By the king in the presence of the bishop of Winchester and the justiciar.

The same bishop has letters patent directed to all etc. by the same words, and letters patent directed to the knights, free men and all other tenants holding of that heir that they are to be intendant and respondent to him in the meantime.

Pledges for the same fine. Pledges of the aforesaid bishop for the aforesaid fine:

Earl Roger Bigod for 100 m.William of Lancaster for 40 m.Hubert Hoese for 20 m.William de Ros for 40 m.William de Say for 40 m.R. earl of Cornwall for 100 m.William de Botreaux for 60 m.H. earl of Hereford for 100 m.Ralph Gernon for £100.Godfrey of Crowcombe for 20 m.Hugh Despenser for 20 m.Peter de Maulay for 20 m.Warin de Munchesney for 20 m.William Mauduit for 20 m.William Bardolf for 20 m.William de Sifrewast for 20 m.Mathias Bezill for 20 m.J. earl of Chester and Huntingdon for 100 m.William, count of Aumale, for 100 m.John de Gray for 20 m.Ralph de la Haye for 20 m.Roger de Quincy for 40 m.Richard de Gray for 40 m.Ernald de Bosco for 20 m.John de Beauchamp for 20 m.Ralph fitz Nicholas for 20 m.William de Cantilupe junior for 40 m.Henry of Hastings for 20 m.Geoffrey de Dynham for 40 m.Robert Marmion for 100 m.Gilbert of Seagrave for 40 m.Hugh Wake for 100 m.Henry de Trubleville for 50 m.William Longespée for 100 m.Elias Gifford for 20 m.Upon the barony of the same bishop, 300 m., by the king.

17 Dec. Worcester. Concerning the hundred of Andersfield . Order to the sheriff of Somerset to permit Peter de Rivallis to hold the the hundred of Andersfield , rendering to the same sheriff to the king’s use as much as ever used to be rendered before from the same hundred by whoever had it at farm. By the bishop of Winchester.

20 Dec. Tewkesbury. For Hugh of Kinnersley. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Hugh of Kinnersley that he may render 30 m., which he owes him of the 40 m. by which he made fine for renewing a certain charter that the king made for him concerning land in Wellington, at these terms by his hand, namely 10 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the eighteenth year, 10 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and 10 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the nineteenth year. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Hugh of Kinnersley. Order to the constable to permit him to have that respite and to cause his livestock taken for this reason to be delivered to him.

21 Dec. Tewkesbury. Concerning the testament of Edmund of Tuddenham. Order to the sheriff of Devon not to impede the executors of the testament of Edmund of Tuddenham, or permit them to be impeded, so that they can make free execution of his testament from his property and chattels, saving his debts to the king if he owes them, except for the arrears of the scutage of Brisec’, concerning which there is dispute at the Exchequer. By Peter de Rivallis.

Concerning the testament of Edmund of Tuddenham. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Suffolk.

22 Dec. Tewkesbury. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to William de Haverhill, keeper of the archbishopric of Canterbury , to place in respite, until the Purification of the Blessed Mary, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the land formerly of Hugh de Sandford for the debt he owed to the king, and not to make any distraint for it in the meantime. By Peter de Rivallis.

25 Dec. Gloucester. For William Longespée. The king has granted to William Longespée that, of the debts he owes him, of which he was accustomed to render 60 m. per annum at the Exchequer, he may render 30 m. per annum at the same Exchequer 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.

Gloucester. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to place in respite the demand of £213 15s. 9d. which he makes from Payn de Mare by summons of the Exchequer, until Easter in the eighteenth year.

26 Dec. Gloucester. Concerning assessing tallage. To the sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. The king has assigned the sheriff with his beloved and faithful William Basset and Thomas Haunselin to tallage all of the king’s towns and demesne lands of his counties, and he has commanded William and Thomas by his letters, which he sends to the sheriff to be sent on to them, that they are to hasten to him at the day and place which the sheriff will cause them to know in order to begin and continue the aforesaid business until it will be expedited in full. Order to convene with them as quickly as is possible and to behave therein in such a manner so that he deserves to be commended by the king.

Concerning assessing tallage. Order to the same William and Thomas to hasten to the same sheriff at the day and place that he will cause them to know to begin the aforesaid business etc, as above.

Concerning assessing tallage. Order to all cities and towns to admit them to this and to be intendant and respondent to them in all things that pertains to the said business.

Concerning assessing tallage.

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Who replaces ‘Hugh le Droes’, who is marked ‘obiit’.

28 Dec. Gloucester. Concerning quittance from the tallage of Bere. Robert of Lexington has made fine with the king by 40s. for having quittance from the tallage of the king’s men in Bere, which the same R. has in his custody for life by bail of the king. Order to the assessors of tallage in Dorset and the sheriff of Dorset to permit the aforesaid men of Bere to be quit from the aforesaid tallage thus.

For Robert de Dandely. Robert de Dandely has made fine with the king by 100s. for having the corn and chattels at Inkberrow formerly of David of Inkberrow, who is with Earl R. Marshal, the custody of whose land the king has committed to Robert to sustain him in his service. Because Robert has found pledges for rendering that fine to the king, namely William of Pitchford and Geoffrey de Caux, order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to cause him to have the aforesaid corn and chattels. By Ralph fitz Nicholas.

28 Dec. Gloucester. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to place in respite, until 15 days from Hilary in the eighteenth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the prior of Llanthony outside Gloucester for the fine which the county of Bedfordshire made before the itinerant justices in his county, so that it may be seen then at the Exchequer whether the prior ought to be quit of that fine or not.

30 Dec. Gloucester. 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 William of Windsor for several debts, until the Close of Easter in the eighteenth year. ¹

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For Hugh Selyman (sic.). Because Robert Selyman , who Hamo de Crèvecouer and Ranulf of Hurley seized as they believed him to be against the king with his enemies, has given the king surety for his faithful service by Simon de Berges, Ralph of Gatcombe and Hugh son of Reginald of the county of Somerset, and for rendering 40s. by the same for his delivery, order to the same Hamo and Ranulf to deliver Robert from prison and to permit him to go wherever he will wish.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit Henry of Audley, who is in the king’s service at Shrewsbury, to have peace from the debts that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer until 15 days from Easter in the eighteenth year .

31 Dec. Gloucester. For Reginald of Cornhill. Reginald of Cornhill has made fine with the king by 20 m. for having the year and day which pertains to the king from the manor of Newton , which Hubert de Burgh held in chief of the same Reginald. Order to Robert Passelewe that, having accepted [security] from him for rendering the aforesaid 20 m. to the king, he is to cause Reginald to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances without delay, as aforesaid.

4 Jan. Gloucester. For Isaac of Norwich . Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to hear the account of Isaac the Jew of Norwich for the 100 m. which he is bound to render to the king annually of his fine made with him, and if Isaac is able to show by a writing and by tallies that he has kept his terms, then they are to cause him to have peace and his chattels. By the bishop of Winchester.

6 Jan. Gloucester. For Andrew Luttrell. Order to the barons of the Exchequer, notwithstanding that it is said that Andrew Luttrell had not kept his terms at the Exchequer for the debts he owes the king, to permit him to pay the said debts to him at the terms previously assigned to him. They are also to place in respite the demand of 100s., concerning which there is dispute between the king and him, until 15 days from Easter in the eighteenth year, so that it may be inquired then whether he has rendered those 100s. or not. By the bishop of Winchester.

Concerning the tallage of Worcester. The men of Worcester have made fine with the king by 50 m. for the tallage of their vill of Worcester. Order to the assessors of tallage in that county not to intermeddle with the tallage in the same vill of Worcester.

10 Jan. Gloucester. Concerning the tallage of Oxford. Order to the assessors of tallage in the county of Oxfordshire that if the burgesses of Oxford, who offer 100 m. to them to the king’s use for the tallage of their vill, will wish to give £100 for the tallage of the borough and suburbs of Oxford , then they are to be content with that tallage.

12 Jan. Gloucester. For Henry of Minsterworth. Henry of Minsterworth has made fine with the king by 20 m. for having seisin of one carucate of land with appurtenances in Minsterworth, which Henry had committed to H. de Burgh for a term of 13 years, of which six years have past and eight years still remain. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire that notwithstanding the aforesaid term, he is to cause Henry to have full seisin of the aforesaid land, as aforesaid.

13 Jan. Marlborough. For Ralph Gernon. The king has granted to Ralph Gernon that, of the debts of which he renders £15 per annum at the Exchequer, he may henceforth render £10 per annum at the Exchequer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

15 Jan. Marlborough. Concerning the arrears of the fortieth in the county of Hereford. Order to H. le Seculer and his associates, collectors of the fortieth in the county of Herefordshire, to provide themselves with the arrears of the aforesaid fortieth so that the king might promptly have them at the forthcoming Purification of the Blessed Mary when he will send his servants for them to Hereford, in order to acquit the expenses of the king.

Concerning the arrears of the fortieth in the county of Hereford. It is written in the same manner to the bishop of Hereford concerning the fortieth that the bishop caused to be assessed by his knights.

2 Jan. Gloucester. For the archbishop of York. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to cause the land that Hugh de Desborough, who has abjured the king’s land for the death of a man, held of W. archbishop of York in Morton to be extended by trustworthy and law-worthy men of his county, and to cause it to be inquired how much the year and day which pertain to the king thereof are worth by the aforesaid reason. He is also to cause all chattels formerly of the same Hugh in the aforesaid land to be reasonably valued by the same trustworthy and law-worthy men and to cause the archbishop to have that land with the aforesaid chattels, so that he answers before the justices at the first session etc. both for the extent of the aforesaid land for the aforesaid year and day and for the reasonable value of the aforesaid chattels.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer . ¹

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On the dorse of the Originalia Roll (E 371/2, m. 1d.) it is recorded that ‘The treasurer received this roll by the hand of the R. bishop of Chichester, chancellor, on Tuesday next before the Conversion of St. Paul, 18 Henry III [24 Jan. 1234]’.

[No date]. For the abbot of Keynsham . The abbot of Keynsham gives the king 100s. for having a market and fair at his manor of Marshfield .

17 Jan. Marlborough. For Stephen Haringod. Order to the sheriff of Kent not to lay his hands on the lands, property and chattels of Stephen Haringod in his bailiwick by reason of a demand he makes from him by summons of the Exchequer for a prest of Poitou and Ireland , until the king orders otherwise. By the justiciar.

[No date]. For Baldwin de Montibus. The king has taken the homage of Baldwin de Montibus for the land that Ralph de Montibus, his father, whose heir he is, held of the king in chief in Kirtlington. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to cause Baldwin to have full seisin of all the aforesaid land with appurtenances.

25 Jan. Winchester. Concerning respite of account. The king has given respite to Henry son of Nicholas, sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, from rendering his account until three weeks from Easter in the eighteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit Henry to have that respite. By P. de Rivallis.

26 Jan. Waverley. For the wife of William of Sydenham . Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to cause Christiana, who was the wife of William of Sydenham, one of the daughters and heiresses of Hugh de Sandford , to have full seisin without delay of her rightful part that falls to her by inheritance of the lands formerly of the aforesaid Hugh in his bailiwick. By Ralph fitz Nicholas.

Robert Wolf, to whom the king has given the other daughter of the aforesaid Hugh, has seisin of the portion of that daughter of the aforesaid lands. ¹

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[No date]. Essex. William of Handley gives the king half a mark for having a pone against Ralph son of Stephen, concerning land in Barking. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take etc.

[No date]. For she who was the wife of Hugh de Sandford. Berkshire. Joan, who was the wife of Hugh de Sandford , has made fine with the king by 40 m. for having licence that Agnes, her youngest daughter, might marry herself to whoever she will wish. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire that, having accepted security from Joan for rendering those 40 m. to the king at these below-written terms, namely 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the eighteenth year, 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid fine is paid to the king, he is to cause Agnes to have full seisin of her rightful part that falls to her by inheritance of the lands formerly of Hugh in his bailiwick, and concerning which portion the king ordered seisin to be made over to Robert Wolf to whom ... ¹

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6 Feb. Westminster. For Drogo son of Simon. Devon. Drogo son of Simon has made fine with the king by 80 m. for the custody of the lands formerly of Henry le Daneis, who held of William Brewer, whose fees are in the king’s hand, to have until the full age of the heirs of the aforesaid Henry, with the custody and marriage of the same heirs. Order to P. de Rivallis that, having accepted security from Drogo for rendering the aforesaid 80 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid custody.

For Drogo son of Simon. Devon. The same Drogo has letters patent for it.

For Engelard de Cigogné. The king has committed the manor of Woodstock with hamlets and other appurtenances to Engelard de Cigogné to keep for as long as it pleases the king and to answer at the Exchequer for £24 4s. per annum, saving the custody of the king’s houses and park there. The king has also committed the manor of Wootton, formerly of Albrea (sic.), former countess of Salisbury, which is in the king’s hand by reason of the death of the aforesaid countess, to Engelard to keep for as long it pleases the king and to answer for £24 £12 (sic.) 5½d. at the Exchequer per annum. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For John de Beauchamp. The king has pardoned to John de Beauchamp, on account of his poverty, one moiety of the £321 8s. 4d. ¹ which he owes him for several debts. The king has granted to him that he may render 5 m. of the other moiety each year, namely 2½ m. at the Exchequer of Easter and 2½ m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas until the king will have been satisfied. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause John to be quit of the aforesaid moiety and to permit him to have the aforesaid terms for the other moiety.

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Concerning the tallage of Grimsby. The men of Grimsby have made fine with the king by 60 m. for the tallage of the vill of Grimsby. Order to Simon of Ropsley and his associates not to assess the aforesaid tallage upon the aforesaid vill.

10 Feb. Walden. For Isaac of Norwich . The king has granted to Isaac the Jew of Norwich that, of the 100 m. by which he made fine with him, to be rendered at Easter forthcoming in the eighteenth year, he may henceforth render 60 m. per annum at the same terms at which he used to render 100 m. per annum of the debt he owes the king. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By P. de Rivallis.

11 Feb. Walden. Because otherwise next below. J. earl of Lincoln and constable of Chester has made fine with the king by 1000 m. for the custody of the lands and heirs of Nigel de Mowbray until the same heirs come of age, with their marriage. Order to P. de Rivallis to cause the same earl to have full seisin of the aforesaid custody of the lands and heirs, which is in his hand by the king’s order. ¹ By the king.

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13 Feb. St. Edmund’s. Concerning the fine of the earl of Lincoln for the custody of the land and heir of Nigel de Mowbray. J. earl of Lincoln and constable of Chester had made fine with the king by 1000 m. for the custody of the lands and heir of Nigel de Mowbray, to have to him and his heirs or his assigns until the aforesaid heir comes of age, with his marriage, in order to marry him to whoever he will wish so that he is not disparaged. The aforesaid earl or his heirs or assigns are to render the aforesaid 1000 m. at these below-written terms, namely 250 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, 250 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the nineteenth year, 250 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and 250 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twentieth year. If death befalls the aforesaid heir before the king will be satisfied of the aforesaid fine, the earl and his heirs or assigns will be quit of the rest of the fine that is still to be rendered. ¹ Order to P. de Rivallis to cause the earl to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid custody of the lands and heir, with the corn sown in the aforesaid land and its other appurtenances, which is in his hand by the king’s order. By the justiciar and Hugh Despenser.

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This sentence is tightly interlined.

Concerning the fine of the earl of Lincoln for the custody of the land and heir of Nigel de Mowbray. The same earl has letters patent in testimony hereof.

[No date]. For the son of John son of Hugh. Geoffrey, son of John son of Hugh, has made fine with the king by 10 m. for having the manor of Ormesby with appurtenances at fee farm, as his father, John son of Hugh, had it, and which manor was taken into the king’s hand, ¹ and he has found the king pledges for the aforesaid fine, namely John fitz Geoffrey for 5 m. and William of Englefield for 5 m. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk concerning seisin etc.

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‘for the arrears of the farm of the aforesaid manor …’ has been crossed through.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Ralph son of Ralph gives the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin against Mabel, who was the wife of John de Stevening , concerning a tenement in Frampton. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc.

20 Feb. Thetford. Concerning the tallage of Norwich. The men of Norwich have made fine by £50 ¹ for their tallage, so that if the men of the prior of Norwich in the same vill ought to be quit of that tallage by judgement, they are to render £40 ² to the king, and if they ought not to be quit, they are to render the aforesaid £50. Order to the assessors of the tallage in Norfolk not to proceed to tallage the aforesaid men. By the justiciar.

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Corrected from ‘50 m.’

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Corrected from ‘40 m.’

Concerning the marriage portion of the heiress of Eustace de Mortain. Notification to Ralph fitz Nicholas that the king has granted him the marriage portion of the heiress of Eustace de Mortain, as more fully in the Close Roll, from the lands formerly of the same Eustace, the custody of which the king grants him by the fine that he is to make when he comes to the king at court. ¹

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CR 1231–34, p. 380.

[No date]. Norfolk. The men of Lothingland give the king 10 m. for having a writ of inquisition. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

21 Feb. Chippenham. For Earl Roger Bigod. To the sheriff of Suffolk. Earl Roger Bigod has made fine with the king by 10 m. for having the marriage of the son and heir of Edmund of Tuddenham, the land that Edmund held of the king in chief having been retained in the king’s hand until the heir comes of age. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to cause the earl to have the son and heir of the aforesaid Edmund, as aforesaid. By the justiciar.

5 March. Geddington. The king has received the homage of Richard, son of Henry son of Aucher, for the fourth part of a knight’s fee with appurtenances in Lamfar’, which Henry, his father, held of the king in chief and which falls to him by inheritance, and the king has pardoned him his relief due for it. Order to the sheriff of Essex to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid fee with appurtenances, and to permit him to have peace from that relief. By G. of Crowcombe.

7 March. Northampton. The king has granted to the prior and monks of St. Andrew’s, Northampton , towards their sustenance, all of their corn that he has in the manor of Rothwell , which is in the king’s custody with the son and heir of the earl of Gloucester, saving the seed to sow the land of the same manor that still remains to be sown and saving the sustenance of the servants of the same manor until the new harvest (ad novum granum). Order to P. de Rivallis to cause them to have the aforesaid corn, as aforesaid. By R. Passelewe.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. The abbot of Kirkstall gives half a mark for having a pone against the prior of Haverholme , concerning this, namely that the prior is to acquit the abbot of the service which Margaret de Redvers exacts from him etc. in Horsforth, because the prior has proferred the king’s charter that he be not impleaded etc.

[No date]. Huntingdonshire. Walter de Gisnay gives half a mark for having a pone against Nigel de Amundeville, Warin de Vernun and Margaret, his wife, and Richard de Luvetot that they are to acquit etc., which the abbot of Peterborough etc. in Catworth.

7 March. Norhampton. For Baldwin de Friville, concerning respite. The king has given respite to Baldwin de Friville from all the debts that are exacted from him to the king’s use by summons of the Exchequer, until 15 days from Easter in the eighteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause Baldwin to have that respite. By P. de Rivallis.

9 March. Northampton. For the men of Winchester. The men of Winchester have made fine by 60 m. for their tallage assessed upon them on this occasion. Order to the tallagers in Hampshire to permit them to be quit of the aforesaid tallage by the aforesaid 60 m.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. William son of Robert gives the king 20s. for having a pone, concerning land in Toft. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take etc.

12 March. Woodstock. For William of Hoe. The king has granted to William of Hoe that, of the fine of 60 m. which he made with him for having custody of the gaol of Winchester , he may render 10 m. to the king by his hand at the forthcoming Exchequer of Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, 10 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the nineteenth year, and 20 m. thus from year to year at the aforesaid terms until the aforesaid fine is paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For William of Hoe. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to permit the same to render the aforesaid fine, as aforesaid.

20 March. Wallingford. For W. earl of Ferrers. The king has granted W. earl of Ferrers that, of the debts he owes him and of which he was accustomed to render £100 at the Exchequer, he may henceforth render 100 m. per annum. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For the burgesses of Oxford. The king has granted to the burgesses of Oxford 50 m. of the £100 assessed upon them for tallage to the king’s use, in order to enclose their vill, so that they are to answer him for the remaining 100 m. at the Exchequer. Order to the assessors of the tallage of Oxfordshire to permit them to be quit of the aforesaid 50 m.

21 March. Reading. For Ralph de Frescheville. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire that if Ralph de Frescheville will give him surety that he will satisfy the king for the debt he exacts from him by summons of the Exchequer at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in 15 days in the eighteenth year, then he is to permit him to have that respite and not to distrain him for it in the meantime. By the justiciar.

26 March. Westminster. Middlesex. Thomas son of Walter gives half a mark to the king for a writ of warranty at a term against Reginald Kabus, concerning a virgate of land with appurtenances in […] ¹ Order to the sheriff of Middlesex etc.

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ms blank.

Alan Basset gives the king one mark for attaching William of Huntercombe to be before the justices of the Bench to answer him for breach of the king’s peace, of which he appeals him.

27 March. Westminster. Because in the Patent Roll. Order to the collectors of the fortieth in the county of Cornwall to cause the fortieth collected by them in the aforesaid county to be delivered without delay to the sheriff of Devon, who the king has ordered by his letters to meet the aforesaid collectors at Launceston and receive the same fortieth from them, in order to carry it to Bridgwater and to cause it to to be safely stored and kept there until he receives a command from the king otherwise. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to cause that fortieth to be safely conducted through his bailiwick. ¹ By the king.

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Entry cancelled because in the Patent Roll. See CPR 1232–47, p. 42.

Order to the prior of Launceston to cause the aforesaid fortieth deposited in his priory to be delivered to the collectors of the fortieth to be carried to wherever the king will order it to be carried by the sheriff of Devon. ¹

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This entry is not crossed through but should presumably be considered as cancelled.

[No date]. Suffolk. The abbot of Leiston gives the king one mark for having justices at Catteshall on Thursday next after the Close of Easter in the eighteenth year to take an assize of novel disseisin against John son of William and others, concerning a tenement in Forle. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc. to take etc.

31 March. Rochester. Essex. Order to the sheriff of Essex to place in respite, until upon his account at Easter in 15 days in the eighteenth year, the demand of 55 m. that he makes from the abbot of Stratford by summons of the Exchequer for the tallage assessed upon Roger le Burser and Walter of Candlewick Street, formerly citizens of London who have assumed the religious habit at Stratford, so that it may be discussed then etc. By the justiciar.

[No date]. Suffolk. Geoffrey, son of Geoffrey of Wetherden, gives the king half a mark for having a writ to summon the assize of novel disseisin taken before Adam son of William and William of St. Edmund’s etc. at Catteshall , concerning a tenement in Wetherden. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take etc.

[No date]. Suffolk. Hugh of Badley and Elena, his wife, give the king half a mark for the assize of novel disseisin taken before the same justices there, concerning a tenement in the same vill. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take etc.

[No date]. Suffolk. Hervey Dode gives the king half a mark for the assize of novel disseisin summoned and taken there before the same justices, concerning a tenement in Thorney. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take etc.

12 March. Woodstock. For Brian de Lisle. The king has committed the castle of Bolsover with the manor of Bolsover and other appurtenances to Brian de Lisle, to have and hold for life to sustain him in the king’s service. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

7 April. Sutton. For Brian de Lisle. Order to William Basset to cause three plough oxen, which Robert of Tattershall delivered to him when he received the custody of castle and manor of Bolsover by the king’s order, to be valued by trustworthy and law-worthy men and to deliver the aforesaid three plough oxen for the same value at which they will be valued to B. de Lisle, who has the custody of the aforesaid castle for life, and to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know that value, for which the same B., or his executors upon his death, will answer the king. By Ralph fitz Nicholas.

7 April. Sutton. For J. earl of Lincoln. The king has granted to J. earl of Lincoln and constable of Chester that, of the 1000 m. by which he made fine with him for having the custody of the land formerly of Nigel de Mowbray and the custody and marriage of Roger de Mowbray, brother and heir of the same Nigel, for which he ought to render 500 m. per annum at the Exchequer, he may render 300 m. to the king per annum at the same terms at which he was bound to render the aforesaid 500 m. a year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By Ralph fitz Nicholas.

10 April. Westminster. For Ralph de Merc. Ralph de Merc, son and heir of Henry de Merc, has made fine with the king for having seisin of all lands formerly of Henry in Bardfield and Latton, which fall to him by inheritance , and the king has taken his homage herein. Order to the sheriff of Essex that, having accepted security from him for £15 to the king’s use for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid Henry, of which he was seised on the day he died.

11 April. Westminster. For the bishop of Durham. In the presence of his magnates at Westminster, on Monday the morrow of Passion Sunday in the eighteenth year, the king ordered John de Balliol to perform his homage to the venerable father R. bishop of Durham for the five knights’ fees and the fourth part of a knight’s fee that pertain to the custody of Newcastle upon Tyne and that he holds in the wapentake of Sadberge , and to be intendant and respondent to him for the service due from the same fees, so that the bishop will answer the king for the ward that is exacted from the same fees for the custody of the aforesaid castle, unless he can show the king that they ought to be quit of ward by the charters of the king or of his predecessors, kings of England. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland not to distrain John to perform the aforesaid ward by reason of the aforesaid fees. By the king before his council.

[No date]. Norfolk. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security from Wimer Red for half a mark to the king’s use for a pone against Geoffrey Red and others.

For the abbot of Peterborough , concerning respite. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the abbot of Peterborough for several debts, until 15 days from Easter in the eighteenth year, so that it may be inquired then by the rolls of the Exchequer in which debts he is bound to the king.

14 April. Windsor. Order to the bailiffs of Lincoln that if the king’s old wines in their custody cannot be safely preserved, then they are to make the king’s advantage from them and answer him for the proceeds at the Exchequer.

15 April. Reading. Order to William Red to be immediately intendant and respondent henceforth to the king, and to P. de Rivallis in no manner, for the custody of the escheats that he has had up to this time by the aforesaid P., until he has a command from the king otherwise. By the same king.

It is written in the same manner to:

Simon son of Mar’, citizen of London , concerning the chamberlainship of London which he has by the aforesaid Peter.William Hardel, concerning the exchange of London and Canterbury.

It is written in the same manner to Robert Passelewe, concerning the treasury of the Exchequer of London and concerning other bailiwicks and wardships that he has by the aforesaid P.

Reading. Because in the Close Roll. Order to the mayor of Northampton to cause Richard, the king’s marshal, to have such seisin as he previously had of that house which Ralph de Rouen held in Northampton and which he demised to the same Richard, and of which the sheriff disseised Richard because he did not have his warrant for it. ¹ By the king. Before the justiciar.

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Despite the marginal note there do not appear to be any further marks cancelling this entry. Nor does there seem to be an entry in the Close Roll.

The king has given respite to the bailiffs of Shrewsbury from the £15 which they ought to have rendered at Easter in the eighteenth year of the farm of their vill, until Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to have that respite. By the king. Before the justiciar.

The king has taken the homage of William of Cherrington, son and heir of Thomas of Cherrington, for the fourth part of a knight’s fee with appurtenances that Thomas held of the king in chief of the honour of Shrawardine . Order to the sheriff of Shropshire that, having accepted security from William for 25s. for his relief, he is to cause him to have such seisin of the aforesaid fourth part of a knight’s fee as his father had on the day he died. By the king. Before Ralph fitz Nicholas.

18 April. Windsor. The king has granted to the bishop of Exeter that he may render 25 m., which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the relief of William d’Avranches, whose land and heir are in his custody, at Michaelmas in the eighteenth year. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to permit him to have that respite. By the justiciar.

[No date]. Suffolk. Ailric Thurlewin of the county of Suffolk gives the king half a mark for having the assize of novel disseisin that he arraigned against Henry de Cruville and William son of Ailric, concerning a tenement in Sideham, before Adam son of William and William of St. Edmund’s at Catteshall on Thursday next after the Close of Easter.

25 April. Kempton. Wiltshire. Anselm de Sancto Germano, cousin and heir of Ralph de Sancto Germano, has made fine with the king by 40s. for his relief of 60s. rent with appurtenances which Ralph held of the king in chief in West Kington and which falls to Anselm by inheritance, and the king has taken his homage herein. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that, having accepted security from him for the aforesaid 40s. etc, he is to cause him to have such seisin of the aforesaid 60s. rent as Ralph had on the day he died.

25 April. Kempton. Yorkshire. The king has committed the manor of Masham with appurtenances, which is of the inheritance of John de Walton, son and heir of John de Walton, to John son of Phillip, by a fine of 200 m. that he made with him, for which John son of Phillip has previously rendered £40 per annum, to have and hold to him or to whoever he will wish to assign that manor until the lawful age of the heirs of the aforesaid John. The aforesaid John is to render the aforesaid 200 m. at the Exchequer at the below-written terms, namely 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, 50 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the nineteenth year, 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and 50 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twentieth year. He has letters patent. By Ralph fitz Nicholas.

Dorset. The abbot of Bindon gives the king 20 m. for having confirmation of the lands and liberties granted to him and confirmed by a charter of King John, and for certain other liberties granted to him anew, as is contained more fully in the charter made for him.

[No date]. Norfolk. Memorandum that the bishop of Norwich has granted the king a moiety of the tallage of his men of Lynn for having the king’s letters for tallaging his men in the same vill by reason of the tallage the king caused to be assessed in England.

3 May. Wallingford. For W. bishop of Carlisle. The king has pardoned to W. bishop of Carlisle the 100 m. at which he was amerced before the justices of the Bench for unjust detention of the livestock of the abbot of Kirkstead , which are exacted from the bishop by summons of the Exchequer, and the £38 2s. 3½d. which are similarly exacted from him for the profit of the county of Cumberland from the time when the same county was in his hand, and the 16s. 8d. which are exacted from the same bishop for the remainder of the farm of the same county from the aforesaid time. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit of the aforesaid 100 m., £38 2s. 3½d. and 16s. 8d. By the justiciar.

3 May. Wallingford. For Joan de Noers. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Joan de Noers that, of the 40 m. by which she made fine with him to marry Agnes, her youngest daughter, wherever she will wish, she may render 10 m. each year at the Exchequer at two terms until the aforesaid 40 m. are paid to the king, namely 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the eighteenth year and 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, and thus from year to year until Joan will be quit of everything herein. Order not to cause Joan to be distrained by reason of any writ from the king that will come to them for rendering the aforesaid debt otherwise than aforesaid.

For the bishop of Exeter. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make from the bishop of Exeter for the knights fees of his chapel of Bosham , until upon the account of the sheriff of Sussex at Michaelmas term in the eighteenth year.

5 May. Windsor. Kent. Nicholas de Marines, son and heir of Albric de Marines, has made fine with the king by £10 for having the lands that Albric, his father, held of the king in chief in the county of Kent and that fall to him by hereditary right, and the king has taken his homage for this. Order to the sheriff of Kent that, having accepted security from Nicholas for the aforesaid £10 for his relief to the king’s use, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of Albric on the day he died which fall to Nicholas by hereditary right. By the king. Before the justiciar.

9 May. Woodstock. Hampshire. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, diligent inquisition having been taken by view of the coroners of the aforesaid county as to what chattels Roger de Lymesy, who was killed by his enemies, had, he is to deliver all of those chattels to any law-worthy man of his county who shall answer the king for them before the king’s justices next itinerant in that county or at the Exchequer whenever the king will order, in part payment of the aforesaid debts.

10 May. Woodstock. For the abbot of Peterborough . The king has granted to the abbot of Peterborough that, of the 300 m. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, he may render 50 m. at Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, 100 m. at Easter next following, and 50 m. thus from term to term at the same terms until the aforesaid 300 m. will be paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ¹

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This entry is a slightly later insertion, being written to the right hand end of the previous entry and tightly squeezed onto the membrane, almost to the point of illegibility. A scribal reference mark written in the margin is repeated before the entry.

11 May. Woodstock. Bedfordshire. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take into the king’s hand all the lands of John de Beauchamp in his bailiwick and to keep them safely to answer the king from their issues at the Exchequer for the debts which John owes the king, for which he made fine with him and, the fine having been made, did not keep his terms at the Exchequer. By the justiciar.

[No date]. Bedfordshire. Ralph de Tyvill gives the king 10 m. for having the assize of novel disseisin at Bedford on the morrow of Trinity in the eighteenth year, before Guy Wake, John de Bueles, Ralph Morin and Roger de Bray, which he arraigned against Hugh de Tyvill, Ralph Hoese, Jordan Ingegal’, Hugh, his brother, William Tailor, Roger Matheu, Walter de Saunford’ and Walter Bataille , concerning a tenement in Gravenhurst. Order to the sheriff etc.

[No date]. Gloucestershire. The men of Bristol give the king 100 m. for having their vill of Bristol at farm for ten years beyond the term at which the king previously granted it to them, as is contained in the Patent Roll. ¹

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CPR 1232–47, p. 47.

[No date]. Dorset and Somerset. The men of the counties of Dorset and Somerset give the king four palfreys for having the election of their sheriff according to the tenor of a charter of King John, and so that the same charter is upheld for them, and the same men give the king six palfreys for having confirmation of the aforesaid charter.

31 May. Gloucester. Somerset and Dorset. The king has taken the homage of William, son of Drogo de Montagu, for the lands formerly of William de Montagu, his grandfather, which fall to William son of Drogo by hereditary right, and the king has pardoned him his due relief that he owed him for them. Order to the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset to cause William, son of Drogo de Montagu, to have full seisin of all lands formerly of William de Montagu in his bailiwick, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died.

Yorkshire. To Adam of Staveley. The king has requested the venerable father W. archbishop of York, his lord, to give him the custody of the king’s castle of Knaresborough with the honour and all its appurtenances, which the king has taken into his hand, answering at the Exchequer. Request ¹ that he will wish to attend to the aforesaid custody by licence of his aforesaid lord, so that the king owes him thanks. The king has sent him his letters patent directed to Gilbert Kernet , by which he commands him to deliver the aforesaid castle to him. He has also sent him his letters patent directed to all holding of the honour of Knaresborough, by which he commands them to be intendant and respondent to him as keeper. By W. de Kirkham.

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2 June. Gloucester. Gloucestershire. Concerning St. Briavels . The king has taken the homage of Walter Wither, son and heir of Richard Wither, for the lands that Richard, his father, held in the bailiwick of the constable of St. Briavels ¹ and that fall to him by hereditary right. Order to the constable of St. Briavels that, having accepted security from Walter for rendering the 20s. to the king by which he made fine with him for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands with appurtenances formerly of Richard in his bailiwick, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died, as aforesaid.

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Corrected from ‘… held of the king in his bailiwick’.

4 June. Gloucester. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the fine which Salomon of Ilchester made at the Exchequer for the debts that he owed the king to stand, notwithstanding that, afterwards, it was ordered by summons of the Exchequer that he be distrained for the aforesaid debts together.

4 June. Gloucester. Yorkshire. To the sheriff of Yorkshire. Because Hugh Wake and [...], ¹ his wife, and William de Mastac, to whom the king has given the marriage of the youngest daughter and other heir of Nicholas de Stuteville, have made waste against the king’s prohibition of the woods of the manor of Cottingham , order to take that manor with all appurtenances into the king’s hand and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise. He is also to cause the aforesaid Hugh, his wife, and William to be before the king wherever he will be in the octaves of Trinity to hear his judgement about both the aforesaid waste, and concerning that for which a day is given to them to be before the king in his court at the same term against Eustace de Stuteville. He is to cause Eustace to know this.

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12 June. Worcester. Concerning the castle of St. Briavels and the Forest of Dean . The king has committed the castle of St. Briavels and the Forest of Dean with their appurtenances and all their issues to Aymer de St. Amand to keep at his costs for one year from Pentecost in the eighteenth year, rendering £40 to the king at the Exchequer unless war will arise, and if war does arise the king will provide for him otherwise. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ¹

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Again, this is clearly a later insertion, being crammed between the two surrounding entries and wrapped at the right-hand edge of the membrane.

13 June. Tewkesbury. Berkshire. For Laurence son of Matilda. Laurence son of Matilda has made fine with the king by 40s. for his relief of the bailiwick of Bagshot in the forest of Windsor , which Matilda held of the king in chief and which falls to him by hereditary right, and the king has taken his homage herein. Order to the constable of Windsor castle that, having accepted security from Laurence for rendering the aforesaid 40s. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid bailiwick without delay.

[No date]. Oxfordshire. John son of Robert gives the king 20s. for having before the justices next itinerant in Oxfordshire the record of a plea that was in the same county court by the king’s writ of right between Margaret de Bascreville, claimant, and him, defendant, concerning one hide of land with appurtenances in Shorthampton. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take security etc.

22 June. Woodstock. Northamptonshire. For Christiana, who was the wife of Henry of Braybrooke . Christiana, who was the wife of Henry of Braybrooke , has made fine with the king by 60 m. for marrying herself to whom she will wish in the king’s faith, of which she is to render 30 m. at St. John the Baptist in three weeks in the eighteenth year and 30 m. at Michaelmas in the same year. She has found William de Vescy and Wischard Ledet, her son, as pledges for the aforesaid fine.

Northamptonshire. For Christiana, who was the wife of Henry of Braybrooke . Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire not to impede the aforesaid Christiana so that she might marry herself, as aforesaid.

[No date]. For the abbot of Pipewell . The abbot of Pipewell gives the king 5 m. for having a writ to attach certain men before the justices of the Bench who stripped his wood against the king’s peace.

23 June. Wallingford. Hampshire. Geoffrey Esturmy has made fine with the king by 100s. for his relief of one knight’s fee that William, nephew of Matilda, wife of the same Geoffrey, held of the king in chief in Polling’ and in Liss, and that falls to Matilda by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, having accepted security from Geoffrey etc., he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid fee with appurtenances in his bailiwick, as aforesaid, ¹ saving to Walter de Fauconberg, who had the aforesaid nephew of Matilda in his custody, the corn that he caused to be sown in the aforesaid lands and his other chattels.

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Originally the witness clause was entered at this point, the saving clause being added later in an apparently different hand.

24 June. Wallingford. Oxfordshire. Robert, son of Godfrey of Yelford, has made fine with the king by one mark for his relief of the land that Godfrey, his father, held of the king in chief in Oxfordshire and that falls to him by hereditary right, and the king has taken his homage herein. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire that, having accepted security from Robert etc., he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land, as aforesaid.

26 June. Reading. Yorkshire. Eustace de Stuteville gives the king £1000 for having such seisin of the manor of Cottingham with appurtenances, which Nicholas de Stuteville rendered to him before his death as his right and inheritance , of which Eustace had seisin for 14 weeks, as is said, as he previously had thereof on the day when the king disseised him by his will without summons and judgement and handed it over to Hugh Wake, who has one of the heirs of the same Nicholas to wife, and to William de Mastac, who has the other heir of the same Nicholas to wife. ¹ Eustace has found the king these pledges for rendering the aforesaid fine to him, namely William de Vescy for 500 m. and Robert de Ros for 500 m., and the king has granted Eustace that, ² of the remaining 500 m. of the same fine, he is to find the sheriff of Yorkshire pledges in his county to the king’s use. He is to render the aforesaid fine to the king at these terms, namely 200 m. at Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, £100 at Easter in the nineteenth year, £100 at Michaelmas in the same year, and £200 thus from year to year, namely £100 at Easter and £100 at Michaelmas, until the aforesaid debt is paid to the king. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire that, having first accepted security from Eustace for the remaining 500 m., as aforesaid, then he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances without delay.

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‘… and later as above’ is struck through here, as are the three following lines of text concerning the terms of the fine. ‘The same Eustace [has rendered – crossed through] is to render the aforesaid £1000 to the king at the aforesaid terms, namely 200 m. at Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, £100 at Easter in the nineteenth year, £100 at Michaelmas in the same year, and £200 thus from year to year until the aforesaid debt is paid to the king’.

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The entry carries over onto membrane 6 at this point.

[No date]. Order to B. de Lisle to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter, the demand for the increase of the farm of Feckenham that the men of Feckenham have made towards the king, so that they might have their vill in their hand, and for other things, so that it may be inquired then whether they ought to be quit or not, as they did not have that vill, and their livestock in the meantime etc.

Bedfordshire. For William of Houghton. The king has taken the homage of William of Houghton, who has one of the daughters and heiresses of Robert d’Aubigny to wife, for eight knights’ fees and the third part of a knight’s fee and the third part of a fourth part of a knight’s fee which fall to his wife from the inheritance formerly of the aforesaid Robert, her father. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire that, having accepted security from William for the relief due to the king from the aforesaid fees, namely 100s. from each fee, he is to cause him to have full seisin of their rightful part that falls to William and his wife of all lands and fees formerly of Robert in his bailiwick. Once he has received the aforesaid security from William, he is to cause the sheriff of Derbyshire to know by his letters, whom the king has ordered that after he will cause him to know this, he is to cause them to have full seisin of the lands and fees that fall to them from the aforesaid inheritance in his bailiwick.

Bedfordshire. For William of Houghton. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire that, once the sheriff of Bedfordshire will cause him to know by his letters that he has received security, as the king has ordered him to receive security from the same William for his relief due to him from the aforesaid fees, namely 100s. from each fee, then he is to cause them to have full seisin of the rightful part that falls to William and his wife from all lands and fees formerly of the aforesaid Robert in his bailiwick.

27 June. Kempton. Concerning the castle of Oxford , committed to G. of Crowcombe. Concerning the manor of Woodstock. To the barons of the Exchequer. ¹ The king, by his charter, has granted to Godfrey of Crowcombe, for himself and his heirs, the custody of the king’s castle of Oxford with the meadow and mill pertaining to the aforesaid castle and all other things pertaining to that castellanship, to have and hold from the king and his heirs for life. The king has also granted to the same Godfrey, for himself and his heirs, the custody of the manor , houses and park of Woodstock with the hamlets of Hanborough, Stonesfield, Combe, Hordley and Bermynton and all other things pertaining to the same manor, to have and hold from the king and his heirs similarly for life, answering each year by his hand at the Exchequer for £39 4s., as other keepers of the same manor with appurtenances were accustomed to answer in the times of King Richard, the king’s uncle, and King John, the king’s father, as is contained in the rolls of the Exchequer from the times of the aforesaid King Richard, the king’s uncle, and King John, the king’s father, namely £18 for the farm of Hanborough, £14 for the farm of Stonesfield and Combe, 64s. for the farm of Hordley, and £4 for the farm of Bermynton. The £15 which the king, for himself and his heirs, granted to Godfrey annually for the custody of the manor of Woodstock and the hamlets, houses and park are to be allowed to him in the same farms, as they were accustomed to be allowed to other keepers of the same manor for the same custody in the times of the aforesaid uncle of the king and of his father, as is contained in the rolls of the Exchequer according to an inquisition taken herein by the barons of the Exchequer by the king’s order. He has further granted to Godfrey of Crowcombe, and has confirmed by this charter, for himself and his heirs, the custody of his manor of Wootton, which is a member of the manor of Woodstock, with the hundred and other appurtenances both in demesnes and in rents, aids and all issues, to have and hold from the king and his heirs for life, rendering £23 12s. 6½d. at the Exchequer annually for all services. Order to cause the aforesaid charter to be read in their presence and to cause it to be done and enrolled thus.

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Corrected from ‘To the archbishops etc.’

30 June. Westminster. Concerning the manor of Feckenham. To the king’s beloved and faithful B. de Lisle. The king has committed his manor of Feckenham with appurtenances to William Pippard of Bishampton, with the king’s forest of Feckenham , to keep for as long as it pleases the king and to answer at the Exchequer. Order to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor and forest with their appurtenances without delay.

Concerning the manor of Feckenham. The king has also committed the forest of Feckenham to the same William to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers etc.

2 July. Westminster. For Henry de Berneval, concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to Henry de Berneval, 10 m. of a fine of 100 m. which he made with him for having custody of the land and heirs of Hugh de Berneval. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause Henry to be quit of the aforesaid 10 m. By the bishop of Carlisle.

[No date]. Northumberland. The burgesses of Hartlepool give the king £20 for having confirmation of a charter of R. bishop of Durham and a charter of King John, the king’s father, concerning the liberties granted to them, as is more fully contained in the aforesaid charters.

[No date]. Devon. In the bishopric of Durham. Richard of Longford gives the king 5 m. for having his charter for having a market and fair at his manor of Bradworthy .

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer. ¹

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Cancelled ‘because it was sent afterwards’. See 247 below.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Richard of Norwich and Agnes, his wife, give the king 10 m. for having two assizes of mort d’ancestor before William of York and Robert of Lexington that they arraigned against William de Ros and William de Ruwe, concerning tenements in Aldbrough, Thorpe and Kelk. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security etc.

[No date]. Norfolk. The mayor and trustworthy men of Lynn give the king £20 for having licence to make concord with the venerable father Thomas, bishop of Norwich, their lord, over a dispute waged between them and the bishop, concerning creating a mayor in the vill of Lynn.

[No date]. Norfolk. Stephen of Sparham gives the king half a mark for having a pone against Jordan of Swanton, concerning seven acres of land with appurtenances in Haveringland. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security etc.

5 July. Kempton. Northumberland. For the men of Newcastle upon Tyne. The king’s trustworthy men of Newcastle upon Tyne give the king 100 m. for having the liberty that, henceforth in the time of the king or his heirs, no Jew is to dwell or make residence in the same vill of Newcastle upon Tyne. They are to render the aforesaid 100 m. at two terms, namely 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the eighteenth year and 50 m. at Easter next following in the nineteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ¹

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There are clearly two phases to this entry, the terms being added in a fresh hand using perceptibly much darker ink.

4 July. Kempton. Northumberland. For the men of Newcastle upon Tyne. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted and demised, and has confirmed by his charter, his vill of Newcastle with all appurtenances to his trustworthy men of Newcastle upon Tyne and their heirs at fee farm for £100 to be rendered to the king and his heirs annually by their hand at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, which they previously used to render at the Exchequer at two terms, namely £50 at Easter and £50 at Michaelmas, saving to the king his rents, prises and assises in the port of the same vill, as is more fully contained in the charter that he caused to be made for them. Order to cause the aforesaid charter to be read before them and to permit the aforesaid men to render the aforesaid £100 each year by their hand at Michaelmas beyond the forthcoming Exchequer of Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, saving to the king his rents, prises and assises, as aforesaid.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer .

[No date]. Somerset. The prior and monks of Bath give the king £20 for having confirmation of a charter of King John, the king’s father etc., concerning their barton outside the city of Bath with the whole foreign hundred pertaining to the aforesaid barton, as is more fully contained in the aforesaid charter of confirmation, which the king made for them.

Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make from William de Fiennes by summons of the Exchequer until Michaelmas in the eighteenth year. By the king.

6 July. Kingston. Bedfordshire. The king has taken the homage of Geoffrey de Beauchamp, who has to wife one of the daughters and heiresses of Robert d’Aubigny, for eight knights’ fees and the third part of a knight’s fee and the third part of a fourth part of a knight’s fee that fall to his wife from the inheritance formerly of Robert, her father. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire that, having accepted security from Geoffrey for the relief due to the king from the aforesaid fees, namely 100s. for each fee, he is to cause Geoffrey and his wife to have full seisin of the rightful part that falls to them of all lands and fees formerly of the same Robert in his bailiwick. Once he has received the aforesaid security from Geoffrey, he is to cause the sheriff of Derbyshire to know by his letters, to whom the king has ordered that after he will cause him to know this, he is to cause them to have full seisin of the lands and fees which fall to them in his bailiwick of the aforesaid inheritance.

Bedfordshire. Order, afterwards, to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William, escheators, to cause the aforesaid Geoffrey and his wife to have full seisin of the rightful part that falls to the same wife of the lands and fees formerly of the aforesaid Robert.

Derbyshire. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire that once the sheriff of Bedfordshire will cause him to know that he has received security from the aforesaid Geoffrey for the relief due to the king from the aforesaid fees, namely 100s. for each fee, he is to cause them to have full seisin of the rightful part that falls to Geoffrey and his wife from all lands and fees formerly of the aforesaid Robert in his bailiwick of the aforesaid inheritance.

6 July. Kempton. Kent. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take into the king’s hand the land formerly of Henry de Vere in Honeychild, which is in the hand of P. de Rivallis, ¹ and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

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Peter’s custody interlined.

Dorset. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take the manor of Winterborne Kingston with appurtenances, which the king committed to Peter de Ruseaus at his will, into the king’s hand and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

[No date]. Nottinghamshire. Matilda de Luvetot gives the king 5 m. for having a precipe at Blyth in the octaves of St. Peter in Chains before R. of Lexington and W. of York, ¹ concerning holding to an agreement made between Matilda and Elias de Amundeville, Richard de Luvetot and William Pateric about the manors of Worksop, Gringley, Grassthorpe, Normanton, Treswell and Sheffield with appurtenances. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire that, having accepted security, etc. By W. Raleigh.

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Date, place and justices interlined.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. Because otherwise below. John de Neville has made fine with the king by 300 m. for having the bailiwick of the king’s forest for life, which Hugh de Neville, his father , had within the counties of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, from the bridge at Stamford to the bridge of Oxford, rendering the farm that Hugh used to render per annum. ¹

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Entry cancelled because otherwise below. See 257 below.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. John de Neville has made fine with the king by 300 m. for having the bailiwick of the king’s forest for life from the bridge of Stamford to the bridge of Oxford within the counties of Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Huntingdonshire of the grant and will of Hugh de Neville, his father , which bailiwick Hugh had of the gift and grant of King John, father of King Henry, for life, rendering to the king and his heirs £20 each year at the Exchequer, as Hugh was accustomed to render at the Exchequer for the same bailiwick, namely £10 at Michaelmas and £10 at Easter. He is also to render 50 m. of the aforesaid fine each year, namely 25 m. at Michaelmas in the eighteenth year and 25 m. at Easter next following in the nineteenth year, and 50 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid fine is paid.

11 July. Westminster. For Henry de Berneval. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Henry de Berneval, that, of the 55 m. which still remain to be rendered to him of the fine of 100 m. that he made for having custody of the land and heirs of Hugh de Berneval, he may render 10 m. at the Exchequer each year, namely 5 m. at Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, 5 m. at Easter in the nineteenth year, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until he has rendered the aforesaid 55 m. to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

12 July. Westminster. Huntingdonshire. For the king, concerning the manor of Fenstanton. Stephen of Seagrave has surrendered the manor of Fenstanton to the king, which he previously had of his gift, and the king has committed it to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William, his escheators, so that they answer at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire to cause them to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances.

Essex. Concerning the manor of Leyland. The same Stephen has also surrendered the manor of Leyland with appurtenances to the king in the same manner, and the king has committed it in a similar manner to the aforesaid Richard and William (sic.), so that they answer at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Essex to cause them to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor.

12 July. Westminster. Concerning the county of Kent and the castle of Canterbury . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has committed the county of Kent and the castle of Canterbury to his beloved and faithful Bertram de Criel to keep at his own costs from St. John the Baptist in the sixteenth year until Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, rendering £40 each year at the Exchequer for the profit of the same county, as William le Breton was accustomed to render for it at the time when he was sheriff of Kent at the Exchequer. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

12 July. Westminster. For W. bishop of Carlisle, concerning the manor of Melbourne. The king has returned the manor of Melbourne with appurtenances to W. bishop of Carlisle to answer for the ancient farm of the same manor at the Exchequer, as he was accustomed to answer before he was disseised by the king’s order. ¹

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Entry crammed in between those surrounding it, suggesting it is a later addition.

11 July. Westminster. Hampshire. Hugh of Wingham and Annora, his wife, sister of Geoffrey de Luveres, and Phillip de Sanderville, nephew of the same Geoffrey, have made fine with the king by £80 for having seisin of the manor of Steventon with appurtenances, which Geoffrey held of the lands of the Normans, without prejudice to the right to each of them. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, having accepted security from Hugh, Annora and Phillip for rendering the aforesaid £80 to the king at the Exchequer, namely £20 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, £20 at Easter in the nineteenth year, £20 at Michaelmas in the same year, and £20 at Easter in the twentieth year, he is to cause them to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances without delay, without prejudice to the right to each of them as aforesaid.

[No date]. For the forest between O. (sic.) R. bishop of Durham has made fine with the king, for himself, the archbishop of York, the abbot of St. Mary’s, York , and the earls, barons, knights and free men, and all others both clerks and laymen having lands between the Ouse and the Derwent, by 800 m., for disafforesting all of the king’s forest between Ouse and Derwent, which the king has disafforested for them forever for himself and his heirs, so that all lands and tenements between Ouse and Derwent are to be quit of waste and regard, the view of foresters and verderers and all of their ministers, and the pleas of the forest and foresters, and of all things that pertain to the foresters or verderers, saving to the bishop and the church of Durham and their successors the liberties previously granted to them by the king’s predecessors, kings of England, with the proviso that, then, by that liberty granted to the said archbishop, abbot, earls, barons, knights, free men and others having lands between Ouse and Derwent, no prejudice is done, or is able to be done, to the said bishop and church of Durham concerning their liberties previously granted to them between Ouse and Derwent by the predecessors of this king, kings of England, as aforesaid. The aforesaid archbishop, bishop, abbot, earls, barons, knights, free men and others having lands between Ouse and Derwent are to render the aforesaid fine in this manner, namely 200 m. at Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, 100 m. at Easter in the nineteenth year, 100 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 200 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until they have rendered the aforesaid fine to the king.

12 July. Westminster. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful John de Vieuxpont that, at the same terms at which he was accustomed to render 100 m. each year at the Exchequer of the debts that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, he may henceforth render 80 m. at the Exchequer until all of those debts are paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By G. of Crowcombe.

[No date]. Gloucestershire. John de Galero Monte, Peter Achard, Martin de Aston and Simon de Eselton’ give the king 20s. for attainting twelve jurors by 24 before the king’s justices at the first session etc. when they come into those parts in the assize of novel disseisin which the abbot of Malmesbury arraigned before Richard de Vaym, Peter de Egendon’, Stephen of Harnhill and Richard de Lakinton’, justices previously assigned to this, against the same John, Peter, Martin and Simon, concerning a tenement in Minchinhampton.

Concerning the county of Oxford. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has committed the the county of Oxford with appurtenances to his beloved and faithful John le Brun to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for the issues of the same county at the Exchequer for as long as it will be in his hand by the king’s command. The king has also granted John £20 for the custody of the same county to be received each year at the Exchequer. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

12 July. Westminster. Concerning the counties of Essex and Hertfordshire and the castle of Hertford . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has committed the counties of Essex and Hertfordshire with appurtenances and the castle of Hertford with its appurtenances to his beloved and faithful William of Culworth to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for all issues of the same counties. The king has also granted William 50 m. to be received each year for the custody of the aforesaid castle from the issues of the same counties and, moreover, the mill and meadow pertaining to the same castle. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By the bishop of Carlisle.

Lincolnshire. Concerning the manor of Kirton. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to go to the manor of Kirton in person and to take it into the king’s hand by the view of trustworthy and law-worthy men, and to keep it safely with all chattels, stock and corn found therein until the king orders otherwise, and to cause it to be distinctly and openly recorded what chattels and stock he will find in the same manor and how many acres he will find sown with corn, and what manner of corn, and he is to cause the king to have full knowledge thereof.

13 July. Westminster. For Master Robert of Stafford. To the barons of the Exchequer. At the petition of the king’s beloved and faithful Fulk fitz Warin, the king has granted to Master Robert of Stafford the custody of the land and heirs of William Pantulf, with the marriage of the heirs, to have until the full age of the heirs by the same fine that Fulk made with the king by rendering 600 m. to him, and in the form in which the king had previously granted it to Fulk, so that the king has granted to Master Robert that he may begin to render 50 m. of the aforesaid fine at the Exchequer of Easter in the nineteenth year, 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and 50 m. thus at the same terms each year until he will have paid all the aforesaid fine to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. Ralph of Leam gives the king 20s. for attainting twelve jurors by 24, before the king’s justices at the first session when they come into those parts , in the assize of novel disseisin that he arraigned before the king’s justices lately itinerant at Northampton against R. bishop of Chichester, chancellor, Simon de Senlis, Laurence of Burton, and Geoffrey son of Hugh, concerning tenements in Leam and Maxey. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take security etc.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Margery daughter of Roger gives the king half a mark for attainting twelve jurors by 24, before the king’s justices at the first session [they take] when they come into those parts , in the assize of novel disseisin that Elyaduk’ de Ros arraigned against Margery, Hugh de Ros and John de Ros before Simon of Ropsley, John Gubaud, Gerard of Howell and William de Newton, justices assigned to this, concerning a tenement in Tydd. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc.

13 July. Westminster. Shropshire. For Master Robert of Stafford. To the sheriff of Shropshire. The king’s beloved and faithful Fulk fitz Warin has made fine with him by 600 m. for having custody of the land and heirs of William Pantulf until the heirs come of age, with their marriage, concerning which 600 m. the king has granted him that he may render 100 m. each year at the Exchequer, and, afterwards, at the petition of the aforesaid Fulk, the king granted the aforesaid custody and marriage to Master Robert of Stafford to have until the aforesaid heirs come of age in the form in which he had granted it to Fulk, so that he renders 100 m. each year at the Exchequer at the terms previously granted to Fulk, so that, by the king’s grant, Master Robert is to begin to render 50 m. of the aforesaid fine at the Exchequer at Easter in the nineteenth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 50 m. thus each year at the aforesaid terms until he will have paid the whole fine. The king signifies this to him, ordering him to take security from the aforesaid master for rendering the aforesaid fine to the king, as aforesaid. By the king.

13 July. Westminster. The constable of St. Briavels . William de Lacu has made fine with the king by 15s. for his relief of the lands formerly of Alvred de Lacu, his brother, in the bailiwick of the constable of St. Briavels , which Alvred held of the king in chief and which fall to William by hereditary right, and the king has taken his homage herein. Order to the constable of St. Briavels that, having accepted security from William for rendering the aforesaid 15s. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all the aforesaid lands with appurtenances formerly of Alvred in his bailiwick, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died.

14 July. Westminster. Lincolnshire. The king has taken the homage of Peter de Bereville, brother and heir of Ralph de Bereville, for the sixth part of a knight’s fee with appurtenances in Kirkby, which Ralph held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire that, having accepted security from Peter for rendering his relief due to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid sixth part of a knight’s fee with appurtenances in his bailiwick.

16 July. Westminster. Oxfordshire. Concerning the lands of Richard de Harcourt, Norman. This writ is in the Close Roll. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take into the king’s hand all the lands of Richard de Harcourt in his bailiwick and all corn and stock found therein, and to keep both rents and issues of stock and other things arising from the lands safely until the king orders otherwise, so that the lands are well tilled. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire and Wiltshire . ¹

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This entry is another later insertion, being crammed into a very small gap between surrounding entries. See CR 1231–34, p. 475.

15 July. Westminster. For William le Breton. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to his beloved and faithful William le Breton the 650 m. that remain to be rendered of the fine of 800 m. which he made with him for having his grace. Order to cause William to be quit of the aforesaid 650 m. By the king.

16 July. Westminster. Bedfordshire. For Sibyl, who was the wife of William Hattecrist . Sibyl, who was the wife of William Hattecrist , has made fine with the king by 5 m. for having custody of the land that William, formerly her husband, held of the king in chief in Farndish until his heir comes of age, with the custody and marriage of the same heir. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire that, having accepted security from Sibyl for rendering the aforesaid 5 m. to the king, he is to cause her to have full seisin of the aforesaid land and heir, as aforesaid.

[No date]. Nottinghamshire. Robert de Scarle gives the king half a mark for having before Robert of Lexington and William of York the assize of novel disseisin at Blyth in the octaves of St. Peter in Chains in the eighteenth year that he arraigned against Alexander of Meering, concerning a tenement in Meering, and for having the assize before the same justices on the same day and place that he arraigned against the same Alexander, concerning his common of pasture in Meering which pertains to his free tenement in the same vill. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to take security etc.

17 July. Westminster. For Geoffrey de Caux. The king has granted to Geoffrey de Caux the custody of the land and heir of John Archer, who held of the king in chief by the sergeanty of archery in the county of Gloucestershire, with the marriage of the same heirs (sic.), saving to Aude, who was John’s wife , her reasonable dower from the aforesaid land. Order to Adam son of William and Richard de la Lade, escheators of the king, to cause Geoffrey to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid custody with the aforesaid marriage, as aforesaid. By the king.

For Peter de Brus. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Peter de Brus that if he will render presently at the Exchequer 3 m. of the 63 m. which he owes the king, he may render the remaining 60 m. at the below-written terms, namely 15 m. at Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, 15 m. at Easter next following in the nineteenth year, 15 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 15 m. at Easter next following in the twentieth year. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By Richard de Argentan.

Concerning the stannaries of the county of Devon. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Peter de Ruscell’ that he may have the custody of the king’s stannaries of Devon, which were previously in his hand, until Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, so that he answers at the Exchequer for 80 m. for the same stannaries from Michaelmas in the seventeenth year up to the aforesaid term, namely for one whole year. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ¹ By Hugh of Pattishall.

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What appears to be a head is drawn in the margin by this entry.

18 July. Havering. Cumberland. The king has given respite to Thomas of Moulton, sheriff of Cumberland, from making the sum of his account until the octaves of Michaelmas in the eighteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

18 July. Havering. Suffolk. The king has taken the homage of Edmund de Bruntton’ for 38½ acres of land in Suffolk which Agnes daughter of Herbert, his mother, held of the king in chief and which falls to him by hereditary right. Order to Adam son of William and Richard de la Lade, escheators of the king, ¹ that, having accepted security from Edmund for rendering 10s. to the king for his relief, they are to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with appurtenances.

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Corrected from ‘the sheriff of Suffolk …’

Essex. For the abbot of Stratford . To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to place in respite the demand of £10 that they make from the abbot of Stratford on behalf of Brother Walter London, his monk, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, so that it may be inquired then if Brother Walter has the heir holding the land, who might answer the king for the aforesaid £10.

To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has quitclaimed to the abbot of Stratford , and has wholly remitted, the demand of 40 m. which they make from him by summons of the Exchequer by reason of Roger le Burser, who dwells in his house of Stratford in the habit of a layman. Order to cause the aforesaid abbot to be quit hereof.

20 July. Havering. Essex. Order to Adam son of William and Richard de la Lade to cause Ralph Gernon to have such seisin of the 43 solidates of rent with appurtenances in Horkesley and Leyland, of which Hubert de Burgh disseised him at the time when he was the king’s justiciar, as is said, as he had before he was disseised by Hubert.

Kent. The same Ralph gives the king three palfreys for having the aforesaid seisin.

[No date]. Oxfordshire. Agnes, who was the wife of Reginald Basset , gives the king 20 m. for having custody of her daughter, which the king had previously given to Mathias Bezill.

25 July. Rochester. The king has pardoned to Walter de Fauconberg the 160 m. that he owed him of the fine of 200 m. which he made with him for having the custody of the land and heir of Walter de Bendenges, with the marriage of the same heir who died before he reached legal age. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause Walter to be quit of the aforesaid 160 m. By the king.

[No date]. London. Aaron Blund, Jew of London , gives the king half a mark of gold for having an inquisition whether that house with appurtenances which he once held in the parish of [St. Mary] Colechurch from Peter son of Alice, and of which the sheriffs of London disseised him, is of the fee of St. Thomas or not.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer .

30 July. Westminster. Cornwall. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to take into the king’s hand all lands of Peter de Rivallis that he has in his bailiwick of the gift of R. earl of Cornwall and Poitou, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

4 Aug. Windsor. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to Aaron Blund, Jew of London , the half a mark of gold by which he made fine for having an inquisition whether that house with appurtenances which he once held in the parish of St. Mary Colechurch from Peter son of Alice, and of which the sheriffs of London disseised him, had been of the fee of St. Thomas or not. Order to cause Aaron to be quit of the aforesaid fine. By the king.

4 Aug. Windsor. Northamptonshire. Concerning the manor of Finedon. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take the manor of Finedon with appurtenances and with all corn and chattels found in the same manor into the king’s hand, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise. If anything of the hay or corn of the same manor has been removed, he is to cause it to be returned.

[No date]. Because on another part [of the roll]. Memorandum that John de Neville has made fine with the king by 300 m. for having the bailiwick of the king’s forest for life that Hugh de Neville had in the counties of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Huntingdonshire and Oxfordshire from the bridge of Wansford to the bridge of Oxford, rendering the farm that Hugh used to render per annum. ¹

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Entry cancelled because on another part [of the roll]. See nos. 256 and 257 above.

5 Aug. Windsor. Gloucestershire. Concerning the manor of Tetbury and other lands of J. de Braose. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take the manor of Tetbury with appurtenances into the king’s hand and other lands formerly of John de Braose, with the corn and all chattels found therein, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

Herefordshire. [Concerning the manor of] Kington. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Herefordshire, concerning the manor of] Kington and other lands formerly of the aforesaid John in his bailiwick.

Herefordshire. Concerning the land of John de Stuteville, who is in the army of the King of France. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take into the king’s hand all land in his bailiwick of John de Stuteville, who is in the army of the King of France, and to keep it safely with all chattels found therein so that nothing is removed therefrom until the king orders otherwise.

8 Aug. Reading. Concerning the fine of the Jews at Tewkesbury. To the sheriff of Kent. By the fine that the Jews of England made with the king at Tewkesbury for the tallage assessed upon them there, of which they ought to have rendered a moiety on the morrow of St. Margaret in the eighteenth year and the other moiety at Michaelmas next following, and by the £500 that they owe to the king at Michaelmas, namely of the tallage of 10000 m., the king has granted to them that they may have respite from other debts that they owe him until the aforesaid tallage placed upon them at Tewkesbury, as is said, and the aforesaid £500 are paid. Order to permit them to have peace from all other debts that they owe to the king, for which they are in the summons of the Exchequer, until the said tallage of Tewkesbury and the aforesaid £500 will have been paid to the king at the aforesaid terms, or until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning the fine of the Jews at Tewkesbury. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire , Essex , Herefordshire , Hampshire , Worcestershire and Norfolk and Suffolk and the constable of London.

10 Aug. Marlborough. Hampshire. Concerning taking the land of [Gilbert de] Laigle into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, putting aside all delay and excuse and immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of Gilbert de Laigle with all their appurtenances in his bailiwick, and to keep them safely with all corn, chattels and stock found therein until the king orders otherwise.

11 Aug. Marlborough. Dorset. Because otherwise below. Richer of Whitewell, nephew and heir of Roger de Millers, has made fine with the king by 15 m. for having seisin of the land formerly of Roger, his uncle, in Winterborne Kingston, of which he previously had seisin after Roger’s death and was disseised afterwards by the king’s order. Order to the sheriff of Dorset that, having accepted etc., full seisin etc. ¹

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Entry cancelled because otherwise below. See 306 below.

12 Aug. Marlborough. For the countess of Salisbury. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to Ela, countess of Salisbury, the 24 m. which are exacted from her by summons of the Exchequer for the scutage of eight knights’ fees for the king’s army against his first crossing. Order to cause the countess to be quit of the aforesaid 24 m.

For A. bishop of Coventry. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has sent the venerable father A. bishop of Coventry and Lichfield on embassy to overseas parts. Order to place in respite, until he returns from the king’s service from the aforesaid parts, the demand of £15 that they make from him by summons of the Exchequer for the scutage of Painscastle, and the demand they make from him for the fortieth last assessed upon his fee, and the below-written demands they make from the fee of the same bishop, namely 2s. from the prior of the hospital of Cannock for the farm of twelve acres of the heath of Cannock for one year and 4s. from the same for the two years last past, 1d. from Richard de Puteo for bringing an acre to cultivation, 4s. from John of Darliston in the county of Shropshire for default, 2s. from Adam the Jew for the same, 2s. from William Holyeneberd for the same, 2s. from William Mody of a prest, 12d. from Thomas of Wheathall for the same, 12d. from William of Wheathall for the same, and 4s. from Brian (sic.) Wigge of Hethe for the same. By the lord king.

[No date]. Dorset. Richer of Whitewell gives the king 20 m. for having his charter concerning all land with appurtenances which Roger de Millers, his uncle, held by bail of King John, father of this king, in Winterborne Kingston of the lands of the Normans, to have and hold to Richer and his heirs from the king and his heirs well and in peace with all things pertaining to it, until the king or his heirs will render it to the right heirs by their will or by peace. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take security etc.

[No date]. Cumberland. The king’s miners of Cumberland give the king 5 m. for having the same liberties that they had in the time of King H., his grandfather. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland etc.

18 Aug. Wallingford. For David Lombard, Jew of Nottingham . Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, the demand of 50 m. that David Lombard, Jew of Nottingham , owes the king of the tallage of £100 assessed upon him before the king at Tewkesbury, and of which he has rendered £50 to the king, as he says, so that it might then be inquired before those who assessed the aforesaid tallage whether David has sufficient chattels to render the aforesaid tallage of £100 or not.

18 Aug. Reading. Concerning taking the lands formerly of Brian de Lisle into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire that, having viewed these letters etc., he is to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of Brian de Lisle in his bailiwick with all corn, stock and other property and chattels found therein, and to keep them safely so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise. If anything has been removed from his aforesaid corn, stock, other property and chattels before this order from the king, he is to cause it to be returned into the king’s hand, and he is to place all those who have removed anything before this order under gage and safe pledge to be before the king to answer whenever he will order.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Sussex, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, Dorset and Somerset and Lincolnshire .

For the prior of Cogges . Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand of 5 m. that he makes from the prior of Cogges by summons of the Exchequer until 15 days from Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, having accepted security from him that he will answer the king then for those 5 m. upon the account of the same sheriff at the Exchequer.

[No date]. Gloucestershire. Amercements before Richard de Vaym and his associates, justices assigned etc.

From John of Garn, 20s. for disseisin.From Martin Clerk, one mark for the same.From Peter Achard and Simon Avening, half a mark for the same.

22 Aug. Reading. For Drogo son of Simon. The king has granted to Drogo son of Simon that he may render the 80 m. by which he made fine with him for having custody of the lands formerly of Henry le Daneis until Henry’s heirs come of age, with their marriage, at these terms, ¹ namely 20 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, 20 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the nineteenth year, 20 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and 20 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twentieth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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Corrected from ‘40 m. each year’.

Order to the sheriff of Devon to permit the same Drogo to render the aforesaid fine at those terms. By W. Raleigh.

[No date]. Cumberland. Amercements before Thomas of Moulton, Thomas, son of William of Greystoke, Richard of Levington, and Robert de Hampton, with whom the aforesaid Thomas associated himself.

From Thomas of Lowther, 40s. for disseisin against Eudo of Carlisle, because he diverted the course of the waterway in Hayton to the harm etc.

22 Aug. Reading. Ireland. For Ralph of Pitchford. Ralph of Pitchford has made fine with the king by 300 m. for having the marriage of the heirs of John fitz Dermot, and for having the custody of the lands formerly of the same John in Ireland until the legal age of the aforesaid heirs. Because Ralph has given the king surety for rendering the aforesaid 300 m. to the king in England, order to M. fitz Gerald, justiciar of Ireland, ¹ to cause Ralph to have full seisin of both the aforesaid heirs and the lands formerly of John in Ireland.

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Name interlined.

Pledges for the aforesaid fine:

Ralph fitz Nicholas for 100 m.Walter de Baskerville for 100 m.Geoffrey Despenser for 30 m.William of Pitchford for 50 m.Richard son of Hugh for 10 m.Henry de Capella for 10 m.

Essex. Livinia, who was the wife of William Ped , gives the king half a mark so that the sheriff of Essex goes to Havering in person and, having taken with him discreet and law-worthy men, hears the complaint of the same Livinia that she makes against John Merchant, who unjustly and without judgement disseised her of certain land in Havering and, by force at night, carried off her beans that she had caused to be sown in that land.

24 Aug. Odiham. Because otherwise next below. Eustachia de Arderne has made fine with the king by £110 for having the land formerly of Hugh de Wareville, Norman , with appurtenances in Spratton to her and her heirs until his land of England and Normandy are together and the right heirs of the same land will come to the king and make peace with him. Order to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William that, having accepted security from Eustachia for the aforesaid £110 to the king’s use, they are to cause her to have full seisin of the aforesaid land of Spratton with appurtenances, as aforesaid. ¹

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Entry cancelled because otherwise next below.

24 Aug. Odiham. Northamptonshire. For Eustachia de Arderne. Eustachia de Arderne has made fine with the king by £110 for having the land formerly of Hugh de Wareville, Norman , with appurtenances in Spratton to her and her heirs until the land of England and Normandy are together and the right heirs of the same land come to the king and make peace with him, so that Eustachia is to render £110 to the king at the below-written terms, namely 55 m. on the morrow of All Souls in the nineteenth year, 55 m. at Easter in one month in the same year, and 55 m. at Michaelmas in 15 days in the same year. Order to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William, escheators of the king, that, having accepted security from Eustachia for rendering the aforesaid £110 to the king at the aforesaid terms, he is to cause her to have full seisin of the aforesaid land of Spratton with appurtenances, as aforesaid.

25 Aug. Odiham. Hampshire. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted his city of Winchester to his trustworthy men of Winchester, to have and hold at farm from him for two years from Michaelmas in the eighteenth year by rendering £80 numero per annum at the Exchequer of Michaelmas by their hand, as they previously used to render it. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

26 Aug. Odiham. For John of Monmouth. Concerning a pardon. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to his beloved and faithful John of Monmouth the 5 m. that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the fortieth assessed in the land of Goodrich Castle from the land of Wen, which was in his custody by the king’s order at the time of the war that Earl R. Marshal waged against the king. Order to cause John to be quit of those 5 m.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. John de Baiuse has made fine with the king by 400 m. for having licence to make concord with Mascelina, who was the wife of Roger de Mowbray , Robert of Hanworth, Bayo, his brother, Roger of Haceby and Reginald, son of John of Welbourn, concerning the appeal they have made in the county court of Lincolnshire against Milo Basset, appealed for the death of the aforesaid Roger de Mowbray, and against Richard de Essendon’ concerning the same, and against Gervase Messenger and Robert Marshal for force (de forcia), who were all of the household of the same John, and against the same John for violence and command (vi et precepto). He is to render the aforesaid fine at these terms: on the morrow of All Souls in the nineteenth year, £100; at Easter in 15 days in the same year, 30 m.; at Michaelmas in the same year, 30 m.; and 60 m. thus from year to year until the aforesaid fine is paid to the king.

[No date]. Essex. Ralph de Berners gives the king 40s. for having his letters of conduct lasting for two years from Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, so that his ship, which Sewal of Maldon captains, may come safely and securely into the king’s power with all his property and merchandise aboard.

[No date]. Yorkshire. These below-written were amerced before the king in the eyre of R. of Lexington and W. of York at Doncaster, the rolls of which eyre are at the Exchequer:

Phillip of Kyme, because he did not prosecute against Richard de Percy, 20 m.Richard de Percy, for disseisin against Peter de Maulay, 100 m.

[No date]. Essex. These below-written were amerced before the king in the eyre of R. of Lexington and W. of York at Doncaster, the rolls of which eyre are at the Exchequer:

Richard of Chilham and Rose, his wife, for disseisin against Henry, chancellor of St. Paul’s . The assize was taken at Stratford before Hugh Gifford and Richard Bataille and their associates, the assigned justices, 5 m.

[No date]. Hampshire. Because the king has pardoned that amercement. These below-written were amerced before the king in the eyre of R. of Lexington and W. of York at Doncaster, the rolls of which eyre are at the Exchequer:

Hubert de Burgh, for disseisin against Herbert son of Matthew. The assize was taken before Matthew of Bigstrup and his associates, justices constituted for this, 100 m. ¹

By W. Raleigh.

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Entry cancelled because the king has pardoned that amercement, but ‘in the fourteenth year’ appears to have been erased here before cancellation.

31 Aug. Chertsey. Hampshire. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite, until upon his next account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, the demand of £7 2d. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men of the dean and chapter of Clere for the tallage of the same vill, because it is said that they ought to be quit thereof by an inquisition that the king caused to be taken and sent to the barons of the Exchequer, and it is in the Treasury.

1 Sept. Chertsey. For Ralph de Frescheville, concerning respite. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to Ralph de Frescheville from the debts they exact from him by summons of the Exchequer until 15 days from Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, so that it may then be inquired in the presence of the aforesaid Ralph how much he owes and how much of that debt is clear and how much not clear, and so that Ralph makes fine with the king for having terms to pay the aforesaid debts to him. Order to permit Ralph to have that respite.

1 Sept. Chertsey. Surrey. For the abbot of Chertsey . Order to the sheriff of Surrey to place in respite the demand he makes from the abbot of Chertsey by summons of the Exchequer for several debts and other things, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the eighteenth year.

2 Sept. Windsor. Wiltshire. Henry Hoese has made fine with the king by three palfreys for having the king’s peace for the trespass that his men of his household made, as is said, in the king’s forests of Chute and Durley, wherefore he was summoned before the king to answer him for that trespass, and the king has pardoned him that trespass. Order to the justices next itinerant to take the pleas of the forest in the counties of Hampshire and Wiltshire not to penalize Henry or his men for that trespass in their eyre.

Lincolnshire. Alan Wade gives half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin against Adam Wade, concerning a tenement in Trusthorpe. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc.

5 Sept. Windsor. Hampshire. For the abbot of Beaulieu . Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, the demand of £8 6s. 8d. that he makes from the abbot of Beaulieu by summons of the Exchequer for an old debt of the king, and the demand of 3s. that he makes from the same abbot by summons of the Exchequer for the hidage lately imposed.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Peter of Legbourne gives the king 20s. for having, before the justices next itinerant in Lincolnshire, a pone of the plea that is in the same county court of Lincolnshire between him, claimant, and Agnes of Coventry, defendant, concerning nine bovates of land with appurtenances in Maltby, Redheby and Tathwell. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc.

[No date]. Wiltshire. Amercements before Henry de Kernet and his associates constituted to be justices.

Nicholas of Cocklebury, for disseisin against Peter Burel, 10s.William son of Payn, half a mark for the same.

[No date]. Amercements before W. Raleigh .

Somerset: from the bishop of Winchester, because he did not prosecute against Henry de Camville and Richard de Morville, £100.Berkshire: from Thomas of Drayton, for having an inquisition before the king, 40s.Berkshire: from Henry de Glanville, for trespass, 20s. By the pledge of John de Baiuse and Henry Crassus, Robert de Gouiz and John de St. Quentin.Hampshire: from Thomas de la Rugge, of his fine for trespass, 1 m. By the pledge of Henry of Eastrop and William, son of William Edolf.Hampshire: from William Berebred, of his fine for the same, 1 m. By the pledge of Ralph de Mulested’ and Walter Parker.Hampshire: from Richard Elvet and Master William, his brother, of their fine for the same, 40s. By the pledge of William of Allington for half a mark, Gervase of Iwode for half a mark, Alexander son of the master for half a mark, Richard of London for half a mark, Roger Ascer for half a mark, and William Berebred for half a mark.Hampshire: from Peter Cole, of his fine for the same, 20s. By the pledge of Richard of London and Gervase of Iwode.Sussex: from the hundred of Flexborough for the trespass of a man condemned at the appeal of a certain approver without the sheriff or coroners, 40s. excepting liberties.From the vill of Seaford, for the same, 40s.

For Laurence Cokerel. The king has granted to Laurence Cokerel that, of the 40s. which he owes him of the fine he made with him for the relief of his bailiwick, he may render 10s. at Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, 10s. at Easter in the nineteenth year, 10s.at Michaelmas in the same year, and 10s. at Easter in the twentieth year. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to permit him to have those terms and to cause his livestock that he took by reason of the aforesaid debt to be delivered to him without delay.

7 Sept. Windsor. Because next below. The executors of the testament of William de Wildeboef give 100s. for having seisin of the chattels formerly of the same William, in order to make execution of the testament, which chattels have been taken into the hands of certain Jews ¹ by reason of the debt that they say are owed by William, because the aforesaid Jews had no seisin of the land or chattels formerly of William at the time he lived in the name of their gages for their debts that William owed them, but the aforesaid Jews are to betake themselves to William’s heir for his debts. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take security from the aforesaid executors for those 100s. for that writ. ²

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Corrected from ‘into the hand of Aaron the Jew of York’.

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Entry cancelled because next below.

Bedfordshire. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to cause the executors of the testament of William de Wildeboef, who is dead, to have full seisin without delay of all chattels formerly of the same William, in order to make execution of the testament, which chattels have been taken into the hand of Aaron the Jew of York and other Jews by the king’s order by reason of the lands formerly of William that were gages of the same Jews and have been taken into their hands by the king’s order, of which chattels the same Jews ought to have no seisin because they had no seisin of the lands formerly of William during his lifetime by reason of his aforesaid debts, for the king wishes that the same Jews are to betake themselves to the heir and the lands formerly of William for the aforesaid debts and they are the pledges for the aforesaid debts, and he is not to permit the executors to be impeded by anyone in his bailiwick, by the same Jews or by others, whereby they might less freely execute the aforesaid testament from the aforesaid chattels by the aforesaid reason. Further order to to take security from the aforesaid executors for 100s. to the king’s use for this writ. By W. Raleigh.

Oxfordshire. Concerning respite. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand of £10 that he makes from Brother Robert de Sandford, Master of the Knights of the Temple in England, by summons of the Exchequer for the market of Walshford in Yorkshire, until the king orders otherwise.

Surrey. Concerning respite. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to place in respite the demand he makes from William Aguillon by summons of the Exchequer for the scutage that he does not owe, as he says, from his land of Addington, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, so that it may be discussed then whether he owes that scutage or not.

[No date]. Sussex. John Blund and Alice, his wife, have made fine by 20s. for the trespass they made in that John took Alice, who is of the king’s gift, to wife without his assent, and that Alice took him to husband. ¹

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Entered in a darker hand and crammed in between the surrounding entries.

Suffolk. William of Knapwell gives half a mark for having a writ to attaint twelve jurors against Gilbert of Tuddenham, concerning common of pasture in Tuddenham. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take etc.

Leicestershire. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to place in respite, until Michaelmas forthcoming upon his account at the Exchequer, the demand of 7 m. that he makes from Hubert Hoese by summons of the Exchequer for the land of Narborough, which is the marriage portion of Hawise, his wife, for the debt of William Pantulf, formerly her husband, that he owed to the king, so that it may then be discussed before the barons of the Exchequer whether Hawise or the heirs of the said William ought to answer for the aforesaid debt. ¹ He is to cause the livestock of the same Hubert, which he caused to be taken by the aforesaid reason, to be delivered to him without delay.

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Corrected from ‘… whether he owes the aforesaid debt or not’.

Gloucestershire. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, the demand of £8 that he makes from Hubert Hoese by summons of the Exchequer for Richard Walensis, whose heir is in his custody, for a prest of Ireland made to Richard in the time of King John, father of the king.

15 Sept. Sandleford. Hampshire. To the sheriff of Hampshire. If William of Edmundsthorpe will give him surety that he will be before the barons of the Exchequer at Westminster at Michaelmas in 15 days in the eighteenth year to answer there before them for the 5 m. he exacts from him to the king’s use by summons of the Exchequer for a fine that William made with the king for having his bailiwick of Wittingley back, of which Brian de Lisle once disseised him, then he is to permit William to have peace in the meantime , and to cause his livestock taken for this reason to be delivered to him.

Buckinghamshire. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire that if the men of William son of Elias of Oakley will give him surety that they will come before the barons of the Exchequer in the octaves of Michaelmas, ready to receive there what will be provided by the aforesaid barons to be done by right, then he is to permit the same men to have peace from the demand for the scutages of the army of Kerry , Painscastle and at the king’s first crossing, and he is to cause his livestock taken for this reason to be delivered to them.

14 Sept. Marlborough. Hampshire. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that if Walter de Cotes, chaplain, will give the king surety that he will satisfy him at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in 15 days for 5s. of the debt of the Jews which he exacts from them by summons of the Exchequer, then he is to permit him to have peace therefrom . He is to cause his livestock etc. to be replevied to him.

[No date]. Norfolk. Thomas Burd gives 1 m. for having a writ to attaint twelve jurors against Roger de St. Denis and Sarra, his wife, concerning a tenement in Horningtoft. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

16 Sept. Marlborough. Hampshire. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that if Nicholas Dismars will find good surety that he will satisfy the king at the Exchequer in the octaves of Michalmas in the eighteenth year for the debt that he exacts from him by summons of the Exchequer, ¹ then he is to cause his livestock taken for this reason to be replevied to him.

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Corrected from ‘… that he will come before the barons of the Exchequer in the octaves of Michaelmas ready to receive there that which …’

Hampshire. It is written in the same manner to the same sheriff that if Peter de Berwick, bailiff of Payn de Chaworth , will find etc., then his livestock as above.

Hampshire. It is written in the same manner to the same sheriff that if the abbot of Titchfield will find him good surety for his own men that he will satisfy the king at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in 15 days for 15 m. and 12[?] of hidage, then he is to permit him to have peace . By the king.

17 Sept. Marlborough. Yorkshire. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire that, having first accepted security from William Mauleverer that he will answer the king at the Exchequer for the issues of his lands of Hinderskelfe and Scoreby, which he committed to Brian de Lisle until a certain term which has not yet expired, for as long as the aforesaid term will last, he is to cause William to have full seisin of the aforesaid lands with appurtenances, which he took into the king’s hand because they were found in Brian’s hand when he died, and to cause the king to know distinctly and openly how much the aforesaid lands are worth per annum.

Somerset. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take into the king’s hand all lands of William, son of Jordan Marsh, in his bailiwick with all chattels found therein, and to keep them safely so that nothing is removed therefrom until the king orders otherwise.

Hampshire. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite, until upon his next account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, the demand he makes from R. earl of Cornwall and Poitou from the last eyre of the justices in his county for his lands in his bailiwick.

Hampshire. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite the demand he makes from the men of Alton by summons of the Exchequer for the arrears of certain debts until 15 days from Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, and to cause their livestock taken for this reason to be delivered to them in the meantime.

The fine of the heirs of Brian de Lisle. Thomas le Breton and Alice, his wife, William of Glamorgan and Ralph of Stopham, who is in the custody of Roger la Zouche, the heirs of Brian de Lisle, have made fine with the king by 100 m. for having seisin of the lands and tenements formerly of the same Brian, which were taken into the king’s hand for Brian’s debts and of which he died seised , ¹ computing in the same the 100s. by which they previously made fine with the king for having seisin of the land formerly of Brian in Blandford. Moreover, for themselves and their heirs, they have quitclaimed to the king the manor of Kingshaugh with appurtenances forever. The king betakes himself to the executors of Brian’s testament and to the chattels and corn formerly of Brian for all the debts he owed to the king both from the county of Yorkshire and from inquistions made concerning him and for all other debts. The king has rendered to them seisin of all lands and tenements that were taken into his hand for Brian’s debts and of which Brian died seised, saving the land of the earl of Essex which is of the fee of the Earl Warenne and which the king holds in his hand of the will of the same heirs, and it is to remain in the king’s hand until the aforesaid heirs show their warrant that Brian held them in fee, and saving to the king lands in Cambridgeshire which the king says Brian did not have except by bail of King John. ²

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‘… for having seisin … died seised’ interlined.

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Entries 358–63 are all added in a couple of different hands and are filled into whatever space the scribes could find at this point on the membrane.

The fine of the heirs of Brian de Lisle. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Lincolnshire and Essex. ¹

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The fine of the heirs of Brian de Lisle. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to cause them to have seisin of all lands and tenements etc. of which the same Brian died seised. ¹

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The fine of the heirs of Brian de Lisle. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to cause the same heirs of the same to have full seisin of the lands and tenements formerly of the same B. in Blandford and in Tarrant, so that each of them is to have their reasonable part that falls to them by inheritance from the aforesaid lands. ¹

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The fine of the heirs of Brian de Lisle. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Derbyshire, concerning the land formerly of the same B. in Scarcliffe. ¹

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The fine of the heirs of Brian de Lisle. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Wiltshire for the same heirs, concerning the manors of Horton , Porton and Winterbourne. ¹

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The fine of the heirs of Brian de Lisle. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Middlesex, concerning the houses of the same B. in the same county. ¹

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[No date]. Devon. Alexander de Pleybyr’ gives half a mark for having a record before the itinerant justices concerning land in Cadbury. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc. ¹

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Pledges for the aforesaid fine. Herbert son of Matthew is the pledge of Roger la Zouche for 33 m. 4s. 5¼d. and the third part of a farthing.

Pledges for the aforesaid fine. Roger la Zouche and Bartholomew de Turberville are the pledges of Thomas le Breton and Alice, his wife, for another 33 m. 4s. 5¼d. and the third part of a farthing.

Pledges for the aforesaid fine. Order to the sheriff of Sussex that if William of Glamorgan will find him good and safe pledges, whose names he is to cause the king to know, for rendering the other 33 m. 4s. 5¼d. and the third part of a farthing to the king, then he is to cause William, Thomas, Alice and Ralph to have full seisin of the lands formerly of the same Brian, which fall to the aforesaid William, Alice and Ralph by inheritance in his bailiwick.

22 Sept. Marlborough. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Warin fitz Gerold that, of the 20 m. which he owes him of the fine that Agnes, his wife, made with the king for having custody of her daughter, who the king had previously given to Mathias Bezill, he may render 10 m. at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in 15 days in the eighteenth year and 10 m. at Easter in the nineteenth year. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Oxfordshire. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to cause his livestock taken for the same reason to be replevied to him.

24 Sept. Marlborough. Hampshire. To the sheriff of Hampshire. Order to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, the demand he makes from Henry of Bath by summons of the Exchequer for the fine which all of the county made before the justices lately itinerant in his county, and for the amercements of certain men of the bishop of Winchester and the prior of St. Swithun’s , and for the £4 from one part and 100s. from the other part of the farm and issues of the manor of Selborne , so it may then be ordained before the barons of the Exchequer whether Henry ought to answer for the aforesaid fine and amercements or the aforesaid county and the aforesaid bishop and prior of St. Swithun’s, and whether Henry ought to answer for the aforesaid farm and issues of the manor of Selborne or the aforesaid bishop of Winchester, who had the custody of the aforesaid county after Henry.

25 Sept. Marlborough. Hampshire. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that since the king has pardoned £50 of the £100 at which the county of Hampshire was amerced in the last eyre of the itinerant justices in the aforesaid county and which he exacts from the men of the county by summons of the Exchequer, he is to permit them to have peace from those £50 and to cause the livestock of the same men taken for this reason to be delivered to them without delay. By the bishop of Carlisle and Ralph son of Nicholas. Before the king.

Devon. Alan de Stanl’ and Margaret, his wife, give 40s. for having four justices to take an assize of novel disseisin, concerning a tenement in Combe. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take security etc.

[No date]. Herefordshire. The sheriff of Herefordshire has respite from rendering his account until three weeks from Michaelmas in the eighteenth year.

[No date]. Somerset. Henry of Earley gives the king £30 for the trespass that he made in the forest of Selwood , of which he ought to render £10 within the quindene of Michaelmas in the eighteenth year, £10 at Hilary in the nineteenth year, and £10 at Easter in the same year.

3 Oct. Reading. Lancaster. To the sheriff of Lancaster. The king has taken the homage of Robert de St. George for the lands that Ralph de St. George, his father, held of the king in chief in his bailiwick, which fall to Robert by inheritance and of which Ralph was seised on the day he died. Order that, having accepted security from Robert for his relief, namely however much pertains to half a knight’s fee and the sixth part of a knight’s fee, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands that Ralph held of the king in chief in his bailiwick, as aforesaid.

Nottinghamshire. The king has taken the homage of Gerard, son and heir of Gilbert de Sutton, for all lands that Gilbert held in chief of the king and that fall to Gerard by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire that, having accepted security from Gerard for 14s. ¹ for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands that fall to him by hereditary right in his bailiwick and of which Gilbert was seised on the day he died.

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[No date]. Yorkshire. Henry de Berlay gives the king 20s. for having a pone before the justices next itinerant in the county of Yorkshire against the abbot of St. Mary’s, York , concerning the third part of 222 acres of land with appurtenances in Bramham. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security etc.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer .

[No date]. Somerset. Richard Luvel has made fine with the king by 50 m. for a trespass made in the king’s forest, of which he is to render the third part at Hilary in the nineteenth year, a third part at Easter in the same year, and a third part at Michaelmas in the same year.

10 Oct. Westminster. For John Lestrange, concerning the manor of Wrockwardine. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given, granted and confirmed by his charter his manor of Wrockwardine with its appurtenances to his beloved and faithful John Lestrange to have and hold from the king and his heirs to John and his heirs forever, he and his heirs rendering to the king and his heirs the farm of £8 numero each year at two terms by his hand at the Exchequer, namely £4 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and £4 at the Exchequer of Easter for all service and demand pertaining to the same manor. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Westminster. Somerset. For the prior of Bath . The king has granted to the prior of Bath that, of the demand for £20 which the sheriff of Somerset makes from him by summons of the Exchequer, he may render a moiety at the Exchequer in the octaves of Martinmas in the nineteenth year and the other moiety in the octaves of Hilary next following in the same year. Order to the aforesaid sheriff to permit the prior to have peace in the meantime .

11 March (sic.). Westminster. Lincolnshire. For John son of John. The king has taken the homage of John son of John for one carucate of land with appurtenances in Oxcliffe, which John son of Hugh, his father, held of the king in chief and which falls to him by inheritance, and of which the same John was seised on the day he died. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security from him for one mark ¹ for his relief and to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land. ²

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[No date]. Buckinghamshire. Peter de Molendino gives the king 40s. for having four justices [to take] the assize of novel disseisin that he arraigned against Roger Grey, concerning a pond in Buckingham fractured to the harm of his free tenement etc. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take security etc. for the aforesaid 40s. etc.

16 Oct. Westminster. For Richard de Percy. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to his beloved and faithful Richard de Percy the 100 m. which they exact from him by summons of the Exchequer for disseisin. Order to cause Richard to be quit of the aforesaid 100 m.

Concerning the market of Marshfield. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has caused the market of the abbot of Keynsham , which he granted to him at his manor of Marshfield, and for having which he made fine with him by 100s., to be prohibited so it is not henceforth to be held because that market was established to the harm of the king’s market of Bristol, as is said, wherefore the king has pardoned the abbot the aforesaid 100s. Order to cause the abbot to be quit of the aforesaid 100s.

[No date]. Lancaster. Concerning the 200 m. which the abbot of Furness gives. The abbot of Furness gives the king 200 m. for renewing his charter that he had from the king in the eleventh year. He is to render the aforesaid 200 m. at the below-written terms, namely 50 m. at Easter in the nineteenth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, 50 m. at Easter in the twentieth year, and 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year.

[No date]. Sussex. Robert Falconer and Matilda, his wife, Joan daughter of Robert, and Godfrey, John and Phillip, brothers of the aforesaid Joan, give the king 20s. for having an inquisition concerning an appeal that Benedict of Bircholt makes against them for the death of Alexander of Bircholt.

[No date]. Shropshire. Richard le Vilein, keeper of Henry son of Alan, gives the king 40s. for having a writ for having such seisin of 14 messuages and 33 acres of land in Shrewsbury as he had on the day upon which Robert de Shulton’, his grandfather, died , without prejudice to the right of each.

19 Oct. Westminster. Concerning the fine of Eustace de Greinville. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order that, of the 100 m. by which Eustace de Greinville made fine with the king for himself and Joan, his wife, and Thomas de la Haye and Alexandria, his wife, for having the year and day that pertain to the king, and for having seisin of the manor of Tunstall , which Hubert de Burgh had of the gift of Robert Arsic, father of the aforesaid Joan and Alexandria, they are to cause both Eustace, Joan, Thomas and Alexandria and their pledges to be quit, because they did not have that for which they made fine.

20 Oct. Westminster. Ireland. William Marsh, son and heir of Jordan Marsh, has made fine with the king by 300 m. for his ransom because he was captured in war with R. earl Marshal against the king in Ireland. Order to the justiciar of Ireland that once he has received security from William for rendering 300 m. to the king at the Exchequer in England, he is to signify the aforesaid security to the barons of the Exchequer. He is to render the aforesaid fine at the below-written terms, namely 25 m. at Easter in the nineteenth year, 25 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 50 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until he will render the aforesaid 300 m. to the king. ¹

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Cumberland. For the citizens of Carlisle. The king has granted to his trustworthy men, citizens of Carlisle, that they may henceforth render the farm of their vill, which they had previously been accustomed to render to him at two terms of the year, at one term, namely at Michaelmas. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Cumberland. For the citizens of Carlisle. The same citizens give the king 40 m. for the aforesaid grant and for having his charter concerning this, and for having certain liberties and quittances contained in the king’s charter that he caused to be made for them.

[No date]. Kent. Because below. The citizens of Canterbury give the king 50 m. for having his charter that, henceforth, they may answer at the Exchequer each year for £60, holding the aforesaid city of Canterbury at farm forever from the king and his heirs, and that they may elect their bailiffs of the same city from among themselves forever, as is more fully contained in the charter from the king that they have. ¹

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[No date]. Yorkshire. Concerning demising tronage. Order to the king’s justices itinerating in the county of Yorkshire that, when they hold the pleas of the city of York, they are to inquire diligently how the king might profit by demising the tronage of the same city at fee farm and by other things that pertain to the weights and measures in the same city, from which the king has received nothing up to this time as he has been given to understand. If, the inquisition having been taken, they will see it as expedient to them for that tronage and the aforesaid other things to be granted to Henry Calabre of York to be held on behalf of the king by rendering 40s. annually, as he lately offered to the king, he is to have it. If it is not expedient to the king that they be handed over to the same Henry, then they are to cause the king’s advantage to made as will seem most expedient.

21 Oct. Westminster. For the citizens of Canterbury. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his citizens of Canterbury, by his charter, that they and their heirs may have and hold his city of Canterbury from the king and his heirs forever at farm by rendering £60 sterling each year by their hand at the Exchequer to the king and his heirs, namely £30 at the Exchequer of Easter and £30 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas. The king has further granted them by his charter, for himself and his heirs, that they may elect their bailiffs of the city of Canterbury from among themselves, as is more fully contained in the charter that the king caused to be made for them. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For the citizens of Canterbury. The same citizens give the king 50 m. for having the aforesaid grants and for having his charter for them. Order to the sheriff of Kent, similarly, to cause the same charter to be read in his full county court.

For W. de Ferrers, earl of Derby. To the barons of the Exchequer. W. de Ferrers, earl of Derby, and Agnes, his wife, are bound to render one hawk or 40s. each year to the king at the Exchequer for land between the Ribble and Mersey, which the king gave to R., formerly earl of Chester, and which has been assigned to the same earl and Agnes as part of the portion that falls to her of the lands formerly of the earl of Chester. Order to receive the aforesaid rent from them each year and to cause them to be quit.

22 Oct. Kempton. For William de Fiennes. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from William de Fiennes until the octaves of the Close of Easter in the nineteenth year.

[No date]. For Adam Esturmy and his wife. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until Easter in the nineteenth year, the demand of 10 m. that they make from Adam Esturmy and Agnes, his wife, from Michaelmas term in the eighteenth year, of the fine that Agnes made with the king for having custody of the land and heir of William de Meysey, formerly her husband.

Concerning the amercements of the county of Lincoln. Order to the itinerant justices in Lincolnshire to cause the rolls of the amercements made in their eyre of Lincoln to be drawn up and delivered under their seals to the sheriff of Lincolnshire, so that the king might have a moiety of the aforesaid amercements at the Exchequer of Hilary in the nineteenth year and the other moiety at the Exchequer of Easter in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire that once he will receive those rolls, he is to make distraint for the aforesaid amercements, so that he is able to answer the king at the aforesaid terms.

Extracts of all have been made and sent to the Exchequer.