30 Oct. Woodstock. Concerning the account of William Talbot. To the barons of the Exchequer. William Talbot, sheriff of Gloucestershire , has attorned before the king Thomas de St. Martin and Oliver, his clerk , to answer for him at the Exchequer for the aforesaid county from the time when he was sheriff. Order to receive Thomas and Oliver for this in place of the same William.

For the prior of Holy Trinity, Canterbury . Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the octaves of St. Laurence in the nineteenth year, the demand that they make by summons of the Exchequer from the prior of Holy Trinity, Canterbury , for the amercements of his men from the eyre of the king’s justices .

Northamptonshire. Concerning taking a certain assart into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take into the king’s hand the assart that Robert le Breton held in Apethorpe .

Concerning the amercements of the county of Norfolk from the eyre of the justices. Order to R. de Beauchamp and R. of Lexington and their associates itinerating in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk to deliver the amercements of the county of Norfolk from their eyre under their seals to the sheriff of Norfolk to make summons for the same amercements, so that a moiety of the amercements is rendered at the Exchequer at the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the nineteenth year and the other moiety at Easter in one month in the same year.

Concerning the amercements of the county of Norfolk from the eyre of the justices. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to concern himself therein so that the king ought to commend his diligence and ought not betake himself to him for his default.

For G. Marshal, earl of Pembroke. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand that they make from G. Marshal, earl of Pembroke, for a murder fine from Caversham until the octaves of the Close of Easter in the nineteenth year.

3 Nov. Woodstock. For John Marshal. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to place in respite the demand that they make from the king’s beloved and faithful John Marshal for all debts that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer until the king’s first coming into London, namely until Martinmas in the nineteenth year. They are to give command to the sheriffs by whom they caused the said debts to be summoned to permit him to have peace until that term. In the meantime, they are to certify themselves of the same debts, so that upon the king’s aforesaid coming they know how to certify the king distinctly of both the particulars and the sum of the aforesaid debts.

3 Nov. Woodstock. For the heirs of R., formerly earl of Chester and Lincoln . To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to place in respite the demand for 100 m. that they make from the heirs of R., formerly earl of Chester and Lincoln , for the scutage of Kerry until the king’s first coming into London, namely at Martinmas in the nineteenth year.

[No date]. Rutland. Hascoil [of Allexton] ¹ gives the king 2 m. so that he takes an inquisition by law-worthy knights of the county of Rutland and others whether he is guilty of having taken venison in the king’s forests of his bailiwick by reason of the liberties granted to trustworthy men of the kingdom of England, and of having made waste in the same forests.

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12 Nov. Westminster. Somerset. To the sheriff of Somerset. Michael son of Payn , one of the knights to whom the shares of the daughters and heiresses of William de Braose , who are in the king’s custody, have fallen until the full age of the aforesaid heirs, has made fine with the king by 100s. for his relief of the lands formerly of Payn, his father, which fall to him by hereditary right and are in the king’s custody by reason of the aforesaid heirs. The same Michael is to render the aforesaid fine to the king at these terms, namely 50s. on the morrow of St. Andrew in the nineteenth year, 25s. at Hilary in the same year, and 25s. at Easter in the same year. Order that, having accepted security from Michael for rendering the aforesaid 100s. to the king at the aforesaid terms, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid lands formerly of Payn in his bailiwick, which fall to him by inheritance and which are in the king’s custody, as aforesaid.

12 Nov. Westminster. For Richard de Percy, concerning respite of a demand. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to place in respite the demand for 46 m. that they make from Richard de Percy by summons of the Exchequer ¹ for a prest of Ireland made to him in the time of King John, the king’s father, until Easter in the nineteenth year. By R. fitz Nicholas.

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Term originally entered here but it has been subsequently crossed through.

[No date]. Suffolk. Robert de Ulenden’ gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the king’s itinerant justices in the county of Suffolk of the plea that is in the county court between Robert, claimant, and Peter de Newhall and certain others, defendants, concerning a messuage and a mill and 40 acres of land and 13½ acres of meadow with appurtenances in Darmsden . Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take security from Robert for rendering the aforesaid half-mark to the king’s use.

[No date]. William King and Berta, his wife , give the king half a mark for having a pone against Ralph Turg’ and certain others, defendants, concerning the third part of 60 acres of land with appurtenances in Hassingham . Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take etc.

15 Nov. Westminster. Oxfordshire. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite, until one month from Martinmas in the nineteenth year, the demand that he makes from Richard Siward and Phillippa, his wife, by summons of the Exchequer for the farm of the manor of Headington ¹ and for other debts that he exacts from them by summons of the Exchequer.

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The remainder of this entry is interlined.

Hertfordshire. Denise, who was the wife of Walter de Langeton’ , has made fine with the king by 100 m. so that she might marry herself to whom she will wish as long as he is of the king’s faith , of which 100 m. she may render a moiety at Hilary in the nineteenth year and the other moiety at Easter next following in the same year. She has found Warin de Munchesney as pledge for this. Order to the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire to permit Denise to marry whom she will wish, as aforesaid, without impediment.

[No date]. Somerset. Richard of Wrotham gives the king two palfreys so that he is quit from rendering the account that is exacted from him for the time of William of Wrotham , whose heir he is. He may render one palfrey at Hilary in the nineteenth year and the other palfrey at Easter in the same year.

16 Nov. Westminster. For W. earl of Ferrers, earl of Derby and his wife. To the barons of the Exchequer. Because it is clear to the king by an inspection of the rolls that R., formerly earl of Chester, had his scutage for the king’s army of Painscastle in the county of Staffordshire by order of the king, order to cause Earl W., earl of Ferrers, and Agnes, his wife, who is one of the heirs of the aforesaid earl of Chester, to be quit from the demand for the same scutage that they make from them by summons of the Exchequer in the same county.

16 Nov. Westminster. Concerning the hundred of Fawsley . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Hugh de Capes that he may hold the hundred of Fawsley in the county of Northamptonshire , which Hugh Russell once held of the king, at farm from the king for life, rendering 20 m. per annum for it at the Exchequer. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Aymer de St. Amand . To the same. The king has committed his castle of St. Briavels and his forest of Dean with their appurtenances and all issues to his beloved and faithful Aymer de St. Amand to keep at his costs for one year from Pentecost in the eighteenth year, rendering £40 per annum to the king for it at the Exchequer unless war arises , and if war does arise the king will provide for him otherwise. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

18 Nov. Westminster. For W. earl of Ferrers and Agnes, his wife. Because it is clear to the king by an inspection of his rolls that R., formerly earl of Chester, had his scutage for the king’s army of of Kerry in the county of Derbyshire by order of the king, order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause Earl W., earl of Ferrers, and Agnes, his wife, who is one of the heirs of the aforesaid earl of Chester, to be quit from the demand for the same scutage that they make from them by summons of the Exchequer in the same county.

[No date]. Norfolk. Geoffrey son of William gives the king 20s. for attainting, by 24, before the justices at the first session when they come to the parts of Suffolk, the twelve jurors in an assize of mort d’ancestor that was previously taken in the county court of Norfolk between Hugh son of Humphrey , ¹ claimant, and the aforesaid Geoffrey, defendant, concerning nine acres of land and a messuage with appurtenances in Dunston . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security etc.

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Corrected from ‘the aforesaid Geoffrey, claimant’.

[No date]. Because in the Patent Roll. To the king’s beloved in Christ Brother Hugh de Stocton, treasurer of the New Temple in London. Order to deliver the charters and muniments of the king’s beloved and faithful H. de Burgh, earl of Kent , which the king committed to him to keep in divers boxes under the secret seal of the king. In testimony of which thing etc. ¹

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Entry cancelled because in the Patent Roll. See CPR 1232–1247, p. 81.

18 Nov. Westminster. Essex. William Dun and Elena, his wife, have made fine with the king by 20 m. for having custody of the land and heirs of Hugh Male Greffe , who holds of the king in chief of the honour of Boulogne , with the marriage of the same heirs. Order to the keeper of the honour of Boulogne ¹ that, having accepted security from William and Elena for rendering 20 m. to the king, he is to cause them to have full seisin without delay of all of the land formerly of the same Hugh in his bailiwick, which they [sic] took into the king’s hand, with the aforesaid heirs. ²

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Corrected from ‘ Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William…’

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This entry is preceded by a crossed through ‘The king has granted …’

22 May, 18 Henry III. Gloucester. The king. Cigogné. Concerning the county of Berkshire. The king has committed the county of Berkshire to Engelard de Cigogné to keep for as long as it pleases the king, rendering £50 each year at the Exchequer for the profit of the same county. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

26 May, 18 Henry III. Gloucester. The king. Cigogné. Concerning the castles of Windsor and Odiham and the manors of Windsor etc. Memorandum that it was under the same dates that these were made patent in the eighteenth year, but they were finished and enrolled here under another form. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has committed his castles of Windsor and Odiham and the manors of Windsor , Cookham , Bray and Odiham , and his forests of Windsor and Odiham to Engelard de Cigogné to keep for as long as it pleases the king , so that he will answer the king at the Exchequer for the farms of the aforesaid manors and forests and for the custody of the aforesaid castle of Windsor. He will have the wards of the knights holding of the castellanship of the same castle. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

19 Nov. Westminster. For Hubert de Burgh. To the barons of the Exchequer. Because it is clear to the king by an inspection of his rolls that, by order of the king, his beloved and faithful H. de Burgh, earl of Kent, had his scutages from the knights’ fees that he holds of the king in chief and from the wards that were held from the king and were in his hand for the king’s army of Kerry, the king’s army against his first crossing and for his army of Poitou after his first crossing and for the army of Painscastle, order to cause the aforesaid earl to be quit from the demand for the same scutages that they make of him by summons of the Exchequer.

To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to Henry of Earley 50s. of the 100s. which they exact from him by summons of the Exchequer for the time when the manor of North Petherton , which he holds of the king at fee farm by rendering 100s. to the king, was taken into the king’s hand by reason of the war waged between the king and Earl R. Marshal. Order to cause Henry to be quit from those 50s.

[No date]. Devon. Thomas de Roye and William de Roye give the king one mark for attainting twelve jurors by 24 in the assize of novel disseisin that was lately taken before Jordan Oliver and his associates at Exeter . Order to the sheriff of Devon to take security etc. ¹

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Entry marked with a small circle in the margin.

20 Nov. Westminster. For Theobald d’Anglesqueville. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Theobald d’Anglesqueville that land in Highweek with appurtenances formerly of Luke son of John, Norman , from which Eustachia, who was the wife of Luke , was accustomed to receive 100s. per annum by the hand of the sheriff of Devon , so that Theobald is to be quit from rendering the aforesaid 100s. to the king annually for as long as the aforesaid land will be in his hand and from the time at which the king granted that land to him. Order to cause Theobald to be quit from the demand for 100s. that they make from him by summons of the Exchequer each year after he received the aforesaid land. ¹

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Entry marked with a small circle in the margin.

He has letters directed to the aforesaid sheriff to permit him to be quit therefrom. ¹

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This entry is squeezed in between those surrounding it.

20 Nov. Westminster. For John Marshal, concerning a pardon. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to his beloved and faithful John Marshal the £100 which they exact from him by summons of the Exchequer for a fine that he made with him for having custody of the land and heirs of Nicholas of Carew , with the marriage of the heirs, which custody the king afterwards caused to be rendered to his beloved and faithful Bertram de Criel , to whom he had previously granted it by the fine that he made with him. Order to cause John to be quit from the aforesaid £100.

20 Nov. Westminster. For the same John. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to John Marshal £460 6s. 3½d. ¹ of the £920 12s. 7d. ² which he owes the king for several debts, and has granted him that, of the remaining £460 6s. 3½d., ³ he is to render 50 m. per annum at the Exchequer until they are paid, namely 25 m. at Easter and 25 m. at Michaelmas. Order to cause John to be quit from one moiety of the aforesaid debt and to cause him to have the abovesaid terms for the other moiety.

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Corrected from £458 4s. 7½d.

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Corrected from £916 9s. 3d.

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Corrected from £458 4s. 7½d.

For Henry son of Nicholas. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Henry son of Nicholas that, of the £40 which he owes him for several debts, he may render 20 m. to the king per annum at the Exchequer, namely 10 m. at the Exchequer of Easter, 10 m. the Exchequer of Michaelmas, and thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid £40 are paid. Order to cause Henry to have the aforesaid terms.

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 2066 m. 11s. 2d. of the 3066 m. 11s. 2d. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for several debts, so that he may render 50 m. per annum of the remaining 1000 m. to the king at the Exchequer each year at two terms, namely 25 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the nineteenth year, 25 m. Michaelmas in the same year, and 50 m. thus at the same terms until the aforesaid 1000 m. are paid to the king. Order to cause John to be quit from the aforesaid 2066 m. 11s. 2d., to have the aforesaid terms for rendering the aforesaid 1000 m. to the king, and to cause this to be enrolled as aforesaid.

21 Nov. Westminster. For the prior of Ivychurch. Order to Henry son of Nicholas to place in respite the demand that he makes from the prior of Ivychurch for herbage and pannage and for amercements by reason of impounded livestock, and for the forest of Clarendon , until the king’s next coming to Clarendon.

For John de Burgh and his wife. The king has granted to John de Burgh and Hawise, his wife, that, of the £125 8s. which they owe him of the fine that Hawise de Lanvallay, grandmother of the aforesaid Hawise, made with the king, they may render 100s. to him each year at the Exchequer at the same terms which the king had previously granted to the aforesaid Hawise de Lanvallay until the aforesaid £125 8s. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

22 Nov. Westminster. For Robert de Muscegros . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Robert de Muscegros that he may henceforth render 20 m. per annum at the same terms at which he previously rendered 50 m. per annum at the Exchequer of the fine that he made with him at the same Exchequer, namely 10 m. at the Exchequer of Easter and 10 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas until all the aforesaid debt that he owes is paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By the bishop of Bath.

Norfolk. Concerning respite of the judgement of the Jews of Norwich. To the king’s itinerant justices in the county of Suffolk . Order to place in respite, before the king in London 15 days from Hilary in the nineteenth year, the judgement that is to be made against certain Jews of Norwich , who have been captured and detained in the king’s prison for the trespass that they made in circumcising a Christian boy, as is said, having first accepted security from the aforesaid Jews for rendering 100 m. to the king’s use for having this respite, and they are to have the record of this plea before the king then. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to cause the aforesaid Jews to be sent to London with haste, to be delivered there to the constable of the Tower of London.

27 Nov. St. Albans. Northamptonshire. The king has granted to Elias le Breton that assart of eleven acres formerly of Robert le Breton, his brother, in Apethorpe , ¹ to have for all his life, rendering 18d. to the king for it each year, as Robert was accustomed to render for it to the king. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause Elias to have full seisin of the aforesaid assarts with appurtenances without delay, as aforesaid.

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Corrected from ‘Hale’.

For Hugh de Gournay , concerning respite. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand that they make from Hugh de Gournay by summons of the Exchequer for several debts that he owes the king, until Hilary in the nineteenth year, and to cause Hugh’s livestock that have been taken by the aforesaid reason to be delivered to him in the meantime. By Ralph fitz Nicholas.

18 Nov. Kempton. For the abbot of Westminster . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to the abbot of Westminster 20 m. of the 60 m. that they exact from him by summons of the Exchequer , and has granted that he may render the remaining 40 m. to the king at two terms, namely a moiety at Easter in the nineteenth year and the other moiety at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to cause the abbot to be quit from the 20 m. and to cause him to have the aforesaid terms for the remaining 40 m., having allowed to him in the payment of the same 40 m. the scutages for the king’s armies of Bedford and Painscastle from two knights’ fees that the king holds in demesne of the barony of the same abbot, and having allowed him in the same payment the scutage for the king’s army of Painscastle from two knights’ fees that are in the king’s hand with the son and heir of G., formerly earl of Gloucester , who held them from the aforesaid abbot.

30 Nov. Kempton. Surrey. Concerning the land of Gilbert de Laigle. The king has committed to Robert Savage all lands formerly of Isabella, formerly the wife of Gilbert de Laigle , to keep for as long as it pleases the king to answer for them at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to cause him to have full seisin of all lands which Isabella held in his bailiwick.

1 Dec. Kempton. For John son of Phillip. To the barons of the Exchequer. Of the 200 m. which the king’s beloved and faithful John son of Phillip owed to the king, of which the king had granted him that he was to render 100 m. each year, and of the £100 which John owed him, of which the king had granted him that he was to render £20 each year, the king has granted to him that he may henceforth render 60 m. each year at the Exchequer for both debts at the two terms of Easter and Michaelmas until all of the aforesaid debt is paid. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

1 Dec. Kempton. Essex. Eugenia, who was the wife of Henry de Cramaville , ¹ has made fine with the king by two palfreys so that she might marry herself to whom she will wish, as long as he is of the king’s faith. Order to the sheriff of Essex that, having accepted security from Eugenia for rendering the aforesaid two palfreys to the king, he is to permit her to marry without impediment, as aforesaid.

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‘Eugenia, who was the wife of …’ interlined.

Concerning a dispute which has arisen between W. Earl Warenne and R. Bigod, earl of Norfolk. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to offer counsel as to how the dispute which has arisen between W. Earl Warenne and R. Bigod, earl of Norfolk, concerning certain knights’ fees that they hold of the king in chief, by reason of which the king exacts the scutages owed to him from them, might easily be suspended until the morrow of Hilary in the nineteenth year, so that the debts are not delayed to the king by applying their counsel to this.

3 Dec. Reading. Surrey. For the abbot of Chertsey . Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand that they make from the abbot of Chertsey by summons of the Exchequer for several scutages until 15 days after Hilary in the nineteenth year.

Surrey. For the abbot of Chertsey . Order to the sheriff of Surrey to permit the aforesaid abbot to have peace therefrom until the aforesaid term and to cause his livestock, which he took for this reason, to be delivered to him without delay.

[No date]. Because otherwise next below. The men of the county of Leicestershire dwelling within the forest of the same county give the king £100 so that he shall make a perambulation of the forest of the same county in the confines of the county of Rutland by 24 law-worthy and discreet knights of three counties, namely eight from Northamptonshire, eight from Rutland and eight from Leicestershire, who have no affinity, neighbourhood or consanguinity with those dwelling within the forest between those parts which are to be disafforested, and those parts which ought to remain forest, and if they shall be disafforested, they will make up the aforesaid £100 to 250 m. to the king for that which they intend to disafforest by that perambulation. ¹

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Entry cancelled because otherwise next below.

[No date]. Leicestershire. Concerning the fine of the men of the county of Leicestershire. The men of the county of Leicestershire give the king £100 so that he shall make a perambulation of the forest of the same county in the confines of the county of Rutland by 24 law-worthy and discreet knights of three counties, namely eight from Northamptonshire, eight from Rutland and eight from Leicestershire who do not have lands in the aforesaid forest, ¹ and who, having no affinity or consanguinity with those dwelling within the forest or those who were present at the last perambulation of the forest there between those parts which are to be disafforested and those parts which ought to remain the aforesaid forest, and if they will not be disafforested by the perambulation, the king will nevertheless have the aforesaid £100 from that which they intend to disafforest by that perambulation, and that which had previously been forest in the same county is to remain forest, and if it shall be disafforested, they will give the king 50 m. ² from that which they intend to disafforest, so that the king will then have 200 m. for all of this. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to take security from the aforesaid men for rendering the aforesaid monies to the king’s use.

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‘who do not have lands in the aforesaid forest’ interlined.

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Corrected from £50.

4 Dec. Reading. For Engeram de Bovintun’. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Engeram de Bovintun’ that, of the £26 that he is bound to pay him at the Exchequer for Jewish debts, he may pay £10 per annum, namely 100s. at the Exchequer of Easter in the nineteenth year and 100s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, so that the £20 are paid in full to the king within two years and the remaining £6 are paid in the third year at the same terms. Order to cause this to be and enrolled thus.

16 July, 15 Henry III. Woodstock. For William de St. Ouen . [This] ought be enrolled in the [Patent Roll]. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given William de St. Ouen one-and-a-half virgates of land and one toft with appurtenances in the vill of Hanborough and one croft with appurtenances in the vill of Combe, for which 10s. used to be rendered at the Exchequer per annum, to have to him and his heirs from the king and his heirs, rendering 12s. per annum at the Exchequer, so that Godfrey of Crowcombe, to whom the king has committed his manor of Woodstock with appurtenances to hold at farm for life, may receive 10s. of the aforesaid 12s. for all his life as pertaining to his aforesaid farm, as they pertained before this grant. The remaining 2s. are to be answered for to the king at the Exchequer by the hand of the sheriff of Oxfordshire throughout the life of the same Godfrey. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ¹

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Witness clause altered from ‘Witness the king at Reading, 3 Dec.’ This entry and the following do not appear on the Patent Roll.

For William de St. Ouen . [This] ought to be enrolled in the [Patent Roll]. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Oxfordshire with this change: ‘Order to permit the aforesaid William to hold the aforesaid land and crofts with appurtenances, as aforesaid’.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. Robert of Bradley gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices next itinerant in Cambridgeshire of the plea that is in the county court between Robert, claimant, and Matilda of Arrington , Richard Mason and Alice, his wife, defendants, concerning nine acres of land with appurtenances in Toft . Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take etc.

[No date]. Amercements and fines before W. Raleigh . Wiltshire. From the prior of St. Swithun’s , of his fine for trespass, 50 m.

[No date]. Amercements and fines before W. Raleigh . Hampshire. From Adam de Spineto , for licence to make concord with William son of Baldwin, half a mark.

[No date]. Amercements and fines before W. Raleigh . Middlesex. From John of Cowley, for licence to make concord with Roger of Cowley , half a mark.

[No date]. Amercements and fines before W. Raleigh . Buckinghamshire. From William Cook and his parceners, for licence to make concord with Henry Mansel , 1 m., by the pledge of the same Henry.

[No date]. Amercements and fines before W. Raleigh . Northumberland. From Simon of Dilston , of his fine for a certain oath, 20s.

[No date]. Amercements and fines before W. Raleigh . Dorset. From the abbot of Cerne , for licence to make concord with the abbot of Milton , 5 m.

[No date]. Amercements and fines before W. Raleigh . Dorset. From the abbot of Milton , for the same with the same, 2½ m.

[No date]. Amercements and fines before W. Raleigh . Oxfordshire.

From William of Huntercombe , for licence to make concord with Alan Basset, half a mark. From the same Alan, for the same with the same, half a mark .

[No date]. Amercements and fines before W. Raleigh . Somerset.

From Hugh of Merriott , of his fine for trespass made in the king’s forest, 100s. From Geoffrey de Lukun , for the same, 2 m. From John de Lukun , for the same, 2 m. From William Piro for the same, 2 m. Each of these by the pledge of the others.

6 Dec. Reading. For the abbot of Beauchief and the other executors of the testament of Ralph Musard. To the barons of the Exchequer. The abbot of Beauchief , one of the executors of the testament of Ralph Musard, has shown to the king that the barons distrain him and the other executors of the testament of the same Ralph for the debts that Ralph owed to the king at the Exchequer. Because Ralph’s goods have remained with Hasculph Musard and Clement of Miserden , two of the executors of his testament, and nothing remained with the abbot, as is said, order to distrain Hasculph and Clement for the aforesaid debts and to cause the abbot to have peace therefrom henceforth.

For the sheriff of Gloucestershire , concerning respite. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to place in respite, until three weeks from Hilary in the nineteenth year, the demand that they make by summons of the Exchequer from the sheriff of Gloucestershire for the profit of the county of Gloucestershire and the king’s manors in the same county.

Berkshire. Robert Kibe, claimant, gives half a mark for a pone before the justices at the first session etc. in the county of Berkshire against Walter de Wike and Alice, his wife, and Walter de Derl’ and Adelina, his wife, concerning the fourth part of a virgate of land in Burghfield .

9 Dec. Reading. For Robert de Parco of Odiham . Order to Engelard de Cigogné to place in respite the demand for 10s. that he makes from Robert de Parco of Odiham for his farm due to the king from the land that he holds of the king in Odiham, until the king orders otherwise. ¹

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Place of witness corrected from ‘Odiham’.

7 Dec. Reading. Berkshire. Concerning the account of Engelard de Cigogné . Because otherwise below. To the barons of the Exchequer. At the time he was sheriff of Oxfordshire the king's beloved and faithful Engelard de Cigogné had the county of Oxfordshire and the manor of Wootton to keep as the king’s farmer by his order. Order to hear Engelard’s account as farmer of the aforesaid county for three-quarters of one year, namely for the eighteenth year, and to hear his account for the manor of Wootton with appurtenances, which Engelard similarly held as farmer, for the time when it was in his hand by the king’s order, namely from 18 August in the seventeenth year for as long as he held that manor. ¹

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Entry cancelled because otherwise below.

10 Dec. Reading. For Engelard de Cigogné, concerning his account. To the barons of the Exchequer. At the time he was sheriff of Oxfordshire, the king's beloved and faithful Engelard de Cigogné had the county of Oxfordshire and the manor of Wootton to keep as the king’s farmer by his order. Order to hear Engelard’s account as farmer of the aforesaid county for three-quarters of one year, namely for the eighteenth year, and to hear his account for the manor of Wootton with appurtenances, which Engelard similarly held by the extent taken therein, for the time when it was in his hand by the king’s order, namely from 18 August in the seventeenth year for as long as he held that manor. The king wishes that he shall answer for as much of the profit of the same county as pertains to three parts of 20 m. from the aforesaid time, as G. of Crowcombe answered per annum before the time of the same Engelard, and that the corn of the said manor, which he found therein and received, shall remain to him to take for his farm.

10 Dec. Reading. For J. earl of Chester, concerning respite. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to his beloved and faithful J. earl of Chester and Huntingdon, until the octaves of Hilary in the nineteenth year, from the debts that he owes him at the Exchequer and for which he ought to have answered at the Exchequer at St. Andrew in the aforesaid year. Order to cause the earl to have that respite.

13 Dec. Clarendon. For the abbot of Bardney , concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite the demand for 10 m. of an amercement in the eyre of the king’s justices that he makes from the abbot of Bardney by summons of the Exchequer until Easter in the nineteenth year. ¹

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Place of witness corrected from ‘Reading’.

14 Dec. Clarendon. For the knights and others holding from the heir of Tamworth . To the barons of the Exchequer. Because it is clear to the king by an inspection of his rolls that R., formerly earl of Chester and Lincoln, had the scutage of the army of Montgomery from the knights’ fees that were held of the heir of Tamworth , ¹ who was in the custody of the same earl, order to cause the knights and others holding from the heir of Tamworth to have peace from the aforesaid scutage by summons of the Exchequer .

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This is Robert Marmion, son of Robert Marmion (d. 1243).

15 Dec. Clarendon. For Savaric de Bohun , concerning respite. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to his beloved and faithful Savaric de Bohun from the 25 [?] ¹ which they exact from him by summons of the Exchequer for the debts of Enjuger de Bohun, his brother , until Hilary in the nineteenth year. Order to cause him to have that respite.

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No denomination given.

Yorkshire. For Geoffrey, son of Alan of Kingthorpe . To the sheriff of Yorkshire . The king has taken the homage of Geoffrey son of Alan for three carucates of land with appurtenances in Kingthorpe , which Alan of Kingthorpe, his father, held of the king in chief by the sergeanty of keeping the king’s forest of Pickering , and which falls to Geoffrey by hereditary right. Order that, having accepted security from Geoffrey for rendering 5 m. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all lands which Alan, his father, held of the king in chief and of which he was seised on the day he died, which fall to him by inheritance.

17 Dec. Clarendon. Wiltshire. For James Hoese. The king has granted to his valet, James Hoese, those £7 of rent with appurtenances in Chippenham which William Merchant held of the king in chief for his wages that James is accustomed to receive in the king’s household, for as long as it pleases the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be enrolled thus.

For Walter de Beauchamp. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Walter de Beauchamp that he may go without impediment to his own parts and to stay there until the morrow of Hilary next forthcoming in the nineteenth year, so that he goes to prison in that place and returns from prison to the Exchequer for the debts that are exacted from him at the same Exchequer . Order to permit this to be done thus.

17 Dec. Ludgershall. The king. Concerning the manors of Standon, Great Bardfield and Rothwell. Because the king has provided otherwise for G. Marshal, earl of Pembroke, the same earl has surrendered to the king the manors of Standon , Great Bardfield and Rothwell , with all corn, chattels and stock of the aforesaid manors, which the king had granted to him to sustain him in his service for as long as it pleased him. Order to the bailiffs of the aforesaid earl , on behalf of the earl, to deliver the aforesaid manors with corn and stock to Adam son of William and Richard de la Lade, the king’s escheators . Order to Richard and Adam to receive them into the king’s hand, as aforesaid, and to cause them to be kept safely.

Concerning the land formerly of Engeram de Abbernon . Order to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William to take into the king’s hand the land formerly of Engeram de Abbernon, who is dead and who held of the honour of the earl of Gloucester , and to cause it to be kept safely until the king orders otherwise.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Patrick of Westerdale gives the king one mark for attainting twelve jurors by 24 knights in the assize of novel disseisin that Peter de Brus arraigned against the aforesaid Patrick . Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security etc.

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

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Crossed through. Carets point to entries 76, 78 and 79, though these are not cancelled.

28 Dec. Kempton. The king has granted to Henry de Longchamp that he may render one moiety of the 9 m. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for a prest of Ireland made to Henry de Longchamp, his father , in the time of King John etc., at Easter in the nineteenth year and the other moiety at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Herefordshire for the same Henry.

2 Jan. Waverley. For Baldwin de Friville . The king has granted to Baldwin de Friville that, of the £30 which he owes him and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, he may render 10 m. each year, namely 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter and 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, until the aforesaid £30 are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Shropshire. For Henry Thushet. The king has taken the homage of Henry Thushet for the vill of Leegomery with appurtenances, which Thomas, his father, held of the king in chief by sergeanty and which falls to Henry by hereditary right, and Henry has made fine with the king by 100s. for his relief. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire that, having accepted security from Henry for rendering the aforesaid 100s. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid vill with appurtenances.

For Giles of Erdington . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king, for himself and his heirs, has granted to his beloved and faithful Giles of Erdington that, of the debts he owes him, concerning which the king had previously granted him that he was to render 100s. per annum at the Exchequer for as long as it pleased the king, he may render the aforesaid 100s. at the Exchequer for as long as he will live at the terms at which he previously used to render them. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Concerning selling the corn of the manors of G. earl of Gloucester and other escheated persons. Order to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William, the king’s escheators, to cause the corn both of the manors of the earl of Gloucester and of other escheated persons, which are in their custody, to be threshed and sold , and to cause the monies that they will receive therefrom to be kept safely until they receive a command otherwise.

The king. Concerning selling the corn of the manors formerly of John de Braose . Order to Robert Savage to cause all corn of the manors of John de Braose , which is in his custody, to be threshed and sold , and to cause the monies that he will receive therefrom to be kept safely until the king orders him otherwise.

9 Jan. Romsey. Yorkshire. Concerning wines to be sold. Order to the keepers of the king’s wines at York to cause 20 tuns of old wine that are in their custody of the king’s wines to be sold and to cause the king’s advantage to be made therefrom, and to keep the ten tuns of new wine that remain safely with the monies arising from the aforesaid old wines until they have a command from the king otherwise. By G. of Crowcombe .

Gloucestershire. Concerning wines to be sold. Order to the king’s bailiffs of Gloucester ¹ to cause 2½ tuns of the king’s wine, which are in the custody of the constable of Bristol ² and which the same constable will deliver to them, to be sold and to cause the king’s advantage to be made therefrom, keeping safely the monies that they receive therefrom until they have a command from the king otherwise. By G. of Crowcombe .

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Corrected from ‘the keepers of the king’s wines’.

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Corrected from ‘in their custody’.

Gloucestershire. Concerning wines to be sold. Order to the constable to cause the aforesaid 2½ tuns of wine to be delivered to them.

For Walter de Dunstanville. The king has pardoned to Walter de Dunstanville 100s. of the £10 at which he was amerced before the justices last itinerant in Cambridgeshire , because he did not come before them at the commons summons. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 100s. By G. of Crowcombe .

11 Jan. Beaulieu. Essex. The king has taken the homage of Thomas de Well’, brother of Gervase de Well’ , for one-and-a-half carucates of land with appurtenances in Rayne, which Gervase held of the king in chief, namely of the honour of Haughley , and which falls to Thomas by hereditary right, and he has made fine with the king by 10 m. for his relief. Order to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William, the king’s escheators, that, having accepted security from Thomas for rendering the aforesaid 10 m. to the king, they are to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with appurtenances.

11 Jan. Beaulieu. James of Hastings has given the king surety by Walter le Fleming and Benedict Ace for three good tuns of wine for having a writ directed to the bailiffs of Portsmouth to cause his ship laden with wines and honey and arrested in port, because it had been loaded at La Rochelle, to be delivered with the wines and other merchandise contained within it. Order to the same bailiffs to deliver that ship, as aforesaid.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Hugh de Ros gives the king half a mark for attainting by 24, before the justices at the first assize when they come into those parts, ¹ the twelve jurors of the assize of novel disseisin which Thomas, parson of Gedney , [arraigned] against the same Hugh, concerning a tenement in Tydd St. Mary .

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‘… before the justices at the first assize when they come into those parts’ interlined.

18 Jan. Sandleford. For Herbert son of Matthew. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand that they make from Herbert son of Matthew by summons of the Exchequer for the debts that he owes the king, until the next coming of the king to London. ¹ By the bishop of Carlisle.

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Place of witness corrected from Westminster.

20 Jan. Windsor. For Henry Hoese. To the barons of the Exchequer. On Friday next after the octaves of Hilary in the nineteenth year, at Windsor, Henry Hoese paid 100s. into the king’s Wardrobe, by his order, of his fine of three palfreys that he made with the king for having peace from the trespass that the men of his household made in the forests of Chute and Durley , as is said, and the king has granted him respite from the remaining 100s. until the octaves of Easter in the same year. Order to cause Henry to be quit from the aforesaid 100s. and to permit him to have the aforesaid respite from the remaining 100s. By the bishop of Carlisle.

For Henry Hoese. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to cause the livestock of the same Henry taken by reason of the aforesaid fine to be delivered to him.

[No date]. Essex. Roger of Leybourne gives the king 20s. for attainting twelve jurors by 24 law-worthy knights, before the itinerant justices in Essex , ¹ in the assize of mort d’ancestor ² that was summoned before the justices last itinerant in the same county between Ralph of West Burton , claimant, and the aforesaid Roger, defendant, concerning the fourth part of a knight’s fee with appurtenances in Langdon .

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Sub-clause interlined.

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Corrected from ‘novel disseisin’.

22 Jan. Westminster. Kent. Because otherwise below. Hamo de Crèvecoeur [has made] fine with the king by 600 m. for having custody of the land of Thomas de Camville , whose son and heir took to wife a daughter of the aforesaid Hamo , until the full age of the aforesaid heir. Order to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William, the king’s escheators, that, having accepted security from Hamo for rendering the aforesaid 600 m. to the king, they are to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of Thomas, of which he was seised on the day he died and which are in the king’s hand, as aforesaid, saving to Agnes, who was the wife of the aforesaid Thomas , her rightful dower that falls to her from the aforesaid lands. ¹

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Entry cancelled because otherwise below. See no. 102.

23 Jan. Westminster. For Hugh Despenser. The king has pardoned to Hugh Despenser the scutages of the armies of Kerry, Painscastle, and of the king’s first passage to, and of his return from, Poitou , which are exacted by summons of the Exchequer from the son and heir of Geoffrey Savage , who is in the custody of the same Hugh , from half a knight’s fee that he ought to hold of the king in chief. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause both Hugh and the aforesaid heir to be quit from the aforesaid scutages.

24 Jan. Westminster. From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer. To the king’s escheators. William de Criketot, son and heir of William de Criketot , has made fine with the king by 200 m. for his relief and for having seisin of the lands formerly of the aforesaid William, his father, who held of the king in chief, which fall to him by hereditary right, and the king has taken his homage for this. Order that, having accepted security from the same William for rendering the aforesaid 200 m. to the king at these below-written terms, namely 50 m. at St. John the Baptist in the nineteenth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in one month in the same year, 50 m. at Easter in the twentieth year, and 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all lands formerly of the aforesaid William, his father, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died.

25 Jan. Westminster. For the lepers of Harbledown . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has assigned his citizens of Canterbury , to whom he granted his vill of Canterbury to hold from him at fee farm, to render to the lepers of Harbledown 20 m. each year from the farm of the aforesaid vill , as they were previously accustomed to receive by the hand of the sheriff of Kent before the citizens had the aforesaid vill in their hand, as aforesaid. Order to cause the aforesaid 20 m. to be allowed each year in the body of the county of Kent, as they were accustomed to be allowed for as long as the sheriff rendered them by his hand. ¹

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A crudely drawn head in profile has been drawn in the margin beside this entry.

For the lepers of Harbledown . Order to the aforesaid citizens of Canterbury to cause the aforesaid lepers to have the aforesaid 20 m. each year, as they were accustomed to have from the same farm by the hand of the sheriff of Kent before the king granted the aforesaid vill to the aforesaid citizens of Canterbury.

For the earl of Hereford. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful H. earl of Hereford that he may henceforth answer at the Exchequer for Matilda countess of Essex, his mother, for all debts that she owes the king at the same Exchequer, and that the earl may render those debts at the same terms at which the countess ought to have rendered them, so that if death befalls the earl before the countess and before he will have satisfied the king for the aforesaid debts, after the earl’s death the countess shall answer at the Exchequer for the remainder of the aforesaid debts at the aforesaid terms, as she was previously accustomed before the present grant. These lands that are of the fee of the same countess, which she previously granted to the aforesaid earl for making this payment at the Exchequer for her, are to revert to her quit. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By G. of Crowcombe .

25 Jan. Westminster. For Hamo de Crèvecoeur . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Hamo de Crèvecoeur that, of the fine of 600 m. which he made with him for having custody of the land and heir of Thomas de Camville , together with the marriage of the aforesaid heir, he may render 200 m. each year at the Exchequer, namely 100 m. at Easter and 100 m. at Michaelmas, and thus from year to year until the aforesaid debt is paid to the king in full. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By the bishop of Carlisle.

For Hamo de Crèvecoeur . Order to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William, the king’s escheators, that, having accepted security from the aforesaid Hamo for rendering the aforesaid 600 m. at the terms aforesaid, they are to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid Thomas, of which he was seised on the day he died and which are in the hands of the aforesaid escheators, ¹ saving to Agnes, who was the wife of the aforesaid Thomas , her rightful dower that falls to her from the aforesaid lands.

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‘Witness as above’ entered here initially.

For Hamo de Crèvecoeur . It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Oxfordshire , concerning the manor of Godington , formerly of the same Thomas, excepting this clause ‘… saving to Agnes, who was the wife …’ ¹

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This entry is clearly a slightly later addition, being squeezed in between those surrounding it.

25 Jan. Westminster. For Earl Richard, concerning the lands formerly of John de Braose . Order to Robert Savage to cause the plough-teams, oats and barley that are in the lands formerly of John de Braose in his custody to be valued by trustworthy and law-worthy men , and to demise them by the same value to Earl Richard, to whom the king has given the custody of the aforesaid lands with the custody and marriage of the heirs of the same John , and to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know the value for which he ought to answer at the Exchequer.

For Earl Richard, concerning the lands formerly of John de Braose . Order, in the same manner, to the king’s escheators, ¹ concerning the lands in their bailiwick formerly of the aforesaid John, that they cause the plough-teams, oats and barley that are in the aforesaid lands to be valued and to demise them to the same earl by the same value.

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Corrected from ‘the sheriff of Gloucestershire’.

27 Jan. Westminster. For the abbot of Westminster . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to the abbot of Westminster the 20 m. at which he was amerced before the king’s justices last itinerant in Sussex by reason of the chattels of William de la Grave, his man, who took flight for the death of a man , which, without the view and licence of the king’s coroners of the same county , the same abbot caused to be taken away. Order to cause the abbot to be quit from the aforesaid 20 m.

27 Jan. Westminster. For John Beer. Order to the bailiffs of Bristol to deliver to John Beer, merchant, who dwells upon the land of Hugh d’Aubigny at Coventry, his chattels that they arrested because a servant of his took the aforesaid chattels from the power of the King of France , and John himself was born of the same power, by the same plevin and value, together with his aforesaid servant, so that he might answer the king for that value at his command, if it will be to his use to be answered.

27 Jan. Westminster. For W. count of Aumale. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to his beloved and faithful W. count of Aumale 30 m. of the 60 m. at which he was amerced before the king for the escape of thieves at Skipton in Craven , and which they exact from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to cause the count to be quit from the aforesaid 30 m. and to cause him to have respite from the other 30 m. until upon the next account of the sheriff of Yorkshire . By the bishop of Carlisle.

29 Jan. Westminster. For W. Earl Warenne. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful W. Earl Warenne that, of the 900 m. which he owes him at the Exchequer, he may render 200 m. per annum at the same terms at which he was accustomed to answer at the Exchequer before the same earl defaulted on the terms previously granted to him. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

30 Jan. Sutton. Jews. For W. earl of Ferrers. Order to justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to place in respite, until two years following from Easter in the nineteenth year, the demand for 14 m. that they make from the son and heir of William de Chaworth for his land of Thorp’ , which heir is in the custody of William de Ferrers .

For Gilbert de Abbernon . Surrey. Gilbert de Abbernon has performed his fealty to the king for four knights’ fees that Engeram de Abbernon, his nephew, held of the earl of Gloucester , whose heir is in the king’s custody, which fees descend to Gilbert by the resignation and quitclaim of Jordan de Abbernon, cousin and near heir of the aforesaid Engeram , as his hereditary right. Order to Richard de la Lade that, having accepted security from Gilbert for 40 m., by which he made fine with the king for his relief of the aforesaid four knights’ fees, he is to cause him to have such seisin as the aforesaid Ingram had on the day he died.

For John de Plessetis, concerning the custody of castle of Devizes. The king has granted to John de Plessetis the custody of the castle of Devizes with the manor of Rowde pertaining to the custody of the same castle, and the custody of the manor of Devizes and the forest of Chippenham , to have for the ten years next following from the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the nineteenth year, rendering £25 each year at the Exchequer for the aforesaid manor of Devizes and 50s. for the aforesaid forest. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

31 Jan. Rochester. For Earl Richard. Order to the bailiff of Knaresborough to cause the king’s plough-teams that he has in the manor of Knaresborough , and as much oats and barley as will suffice to sow the demesne lands of the same manor, to be valued by law-worthy men, and to cause the aforesaid earl to have as much oats and barley with the aforesaid plough-teams by the same value taken thereof, and, afterwards, he will demise to him the value of the aforesaid plough-teams and as much oats and barley, and similarly he is to certify the king of the same value.

For Hugh de Gournay. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand that he makes from Hugh de Gournay until the king [orders] him otherwise therein, and to cause his livestock taken for this reason to be delivered to him in the meantime.

For Herbert son of Matthew. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to Herbert son of Matthew the 300 m. by which the aforesaid Matthew, his father, made fine with King John, father of the king, for having the land formerly of William de Mandeville , which he did not have, as is said, and he has granted him that, of all other debts he owes to the king, both for his relief and for other things, he may render £20 per annum, namely £10 at Easter and £10 at Michaelmas. Order to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 300 m. and permit him to render £20 per annum of the remaining debts to the king, as aforesaid.

For Herbert son of Matthew. Order to the sheriff of Devon to permit the same Herbert to have peace from the aforesaid 300 m. ¹

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This entry is another later addition, being squeezed in between entries.

1 Feb. Faversham. Kent. For Adam de Quatremares . To the sheriff of Kent . Adam de Quatremares, brother and heir of William de Quatremares , has made fine with the king by 40s. for his relief of the land that William held of the king in chief in his bailiwick and that falls to Adam by inheritance, and the king has received his homage for this. Order that, having accepted security from Adam for rendering the aforesaid 40s. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with appurtenances, of which William was seised as of fee on the day he died.

For David Lombard, Jew. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to place in respite, until the octaves of the Close of Easter in the nineteenth year, the demand for £50 that they make from David Lombard, Jew of Nottingham , for the arrears of the £100 at which he was tallaged in the great tallage of Tewkesbury , so that it may then be inquired if he has chattels sufficient for the payment of the aforesaid £50.

For Jocelin of Wye , concerning respite. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for 5s. per annum that they make by summons of the Exchequer from Jocelin of Wye for land in Wilmington, which he has at farm, until the king will be certain whether that land owes those 5s. per annum or not.

3 Feb. Canterbury. For William de Holwell . To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to take reasonable fine from William de Holwell for all the debts that he owes the king at the Exchequer and that are clear , and cause him to have reasonable terms to render the same debts. He is also to cause those which are not clear to be placed in respite until three weeks after Easter in the nineteenth year.

6 Feb. Canterbury. For William Bardolf. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful William Bardolf that, of the fine which he made with him for having the custody of the land and heirs of William of Eynsford , of which he was accustomed to render 300 m. per annum, he may henceforth render 200 m. per annum at the same terms at which he was accustomed to render the aforesaid 300 m. until the aforesaid fine is paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ¹ By the bishop of Carlisle.

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Authority clause added by a different hand.

7 Feb. Dover. For the prior of Holy Trinity, Canterbury . The king has granted to the prior of Holy Trinity, Canterbury , that the amercements of his men, at which they were amerced before the justices lately itinerant in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk , are to be collected by his bailiffs , so that they answer for them by their hand at the Exchequer upon the account of the sheriff of the aforesaid counties at Easter in the nineteenth year in one month. Order to the aforesaid sheriff to permit the prior to collect the aforesaid amercements of his men in his bailiwick, as aforesaid. If anything of the aforesaid amercements has been taken by the sheriff or by another in his bailiwick, he is to cause them to be rendered to him without delay, ¹ so that he answers as aforesaid.

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The final few words are interlined.

8 Feb. Dover. Norfolk. For Hamo Cheure. The king has granted to Hamo Cheure that, of the fine of 100 m. which he made before the justices last itinerant in Norfolk for having licence to make concord with Thomas de Gloz , which are exacted from him by summons of the same justices, he may render 50 m. at the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the nineteenth year in one month and the other 50 m. at Easter in 15 days in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk that, having accepted security from Hamo for observing the aforesaid terms, he is to permit him to have the aforesaid respite from the aforesaid 100 m. and to cause his livestock taken for this reason to be delivered to him in the meantime. By W. Raleigh.

10 Feb. Canterbury. For the barons of Hastings , Pevensey , Winchelsea and Rye , concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to his barons of Hastings , Pevensey , Winchelsea and Rye the amercements at which they were amerced before the itinerant justices in Sussex in the time of the king and which are exacted from them by summons of the Exchequer . Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the same barons to be quit from the aforesaid amercements. By the king.

[No date]. Bedfordshire. John de Treyly gives the king one palfrey for having a writ before the king against Walter de Goderville , concerning three carucates of land with appurtenances in Southill, excepting the third part of the advowson of the church of the same vill. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take security from John for the aforesaid palfrey.

10 Feb. Canterbury. Kent. For Robert de Potun’ , concerning respite. Order to the sheriff of Kent to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the nineteenth year, the demand for 5 m. 40d. that he makes from Robert de Potun’ by summons of the Exchequer for a prest of Ireland made to Stephen de Potun’, his father , in the time of King John, father of King Henry.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security from the men of the soke of Waltham for 10 m. to the king’s use for the inquisition that they had by the king’s order, concerning the customs that they were accustomed to perform before the war waged between King John, father of this king, and his barons of England .

10 Feb. Canterbury. Concerning taking the lands and tenements of the bishopric of Lincoln into the king’s hand. To the king’s beloved and faithful Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William, keepers of his escheats. H. bishop of Lincoln is dead. Order that with all the speed they can muster they are to take the aforesaid bishopric and all lands and tenements of the same into the king’s hand, and to keep them safely until they have a command from the king otherwise. The king sends to them letters directed to divers sheriffs in whose bailiwicks the lands of the aforesaid bishopric are situated that they are to cause them to have seisin of the aforesaid lands.

Lincolnshire. Concerning taking the lands and tenements of the bishopric of Lincoln into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take into the king’s hand without delay all lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid bishop in his bailiwick and to deliver them to the aforesaid escheators to keep for as long as it pleases the king. ¹

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Entry indented, suggesting it is a slightly later addition.

For Earl Richard, concerning the manor of Kirton . The king has given Earl Richard, his brother, the manor of Kirton with appurtenances. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with its appurtenances, and to cause the king’s oxen there, and, similarly, as much of the king’s corn as will be necessary to sow the demesnes of the same manor with summer corn, to be valued by the oath of trustworthy and law-worthy men of his county, and to cause them to be delivered to the earl by the same value. He is to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know this value.

10 Feb. Canterbury. Suffolk. For John Cordebof. The king has taken the homage of John Cordebof for the lands and tenements which Hubert Cordebof, his father, held in chief of the king in Suffolk by the service of a crossbowman and which fall to John by hereditary right, and he has made fine with the king by 100s. for his relief. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk that, having accepted security from John for rendering the aforesaid 100s. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands and tenements that Hubert held of the king in his bailiwick, of which he was seised on the day he died.

12 Feb. Faversham. For the execution of the testament of the countess of Winchester. Order to the escheators that, by reason of the seisin that they took into the king’s hand of the lands and tenements formerly of Margaret countess of Winchester, they are not to place their hand upon the chattels formerly of the same countess whereby the executors of her testament might less freely dispose of them in order to make execution, having accepted security from the same executors that they will answer at the Exchequer of Easter next forthcoming if the said countess was bound to the king there in any debt.

16 Feb. Westminster. Ireland. For Ralph of Pitchford . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Ralph of Pitchford that, of the 300 m. by which he made fine with him for having custody of the lands and heirs of John fitz Dermot , with the marriage of the same heirs, he may render 50 m. each year at the Exchequer, namely 25 m. at the Exchequer of Easter and 25 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, until the aforesaid 300 m. are paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Concerning the fine of Roger son of Robert, brother and heir of William de Pixhell’ . Roger son of Robert, brother and heir of William de Pixhell’, has made fine with the king by 20s. for his relief of the lands formerly of William, and the king has taken his homage for this. Order to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William, the king’s escheators, that, having accepted security from Roger for rendering the aforesaid 20s. to the king, they are to cause them to have full seisin of all lands that fall to him by hereditary right and are in their hand, and of which William, his brother, was seised on the day he died.

19 Feb. Westminster. Concerning the fine of Roger de Quincy. Roger de Quincy, son and heir of Margery [sic] de Quincy, formerly countess of Winchester, has made fine with the king by £100 for his relief for all lands formerly of the same countess which fall to him by hereditary right, and he has found the king pledges for this, namely Hamo Peche for £50 and Ralph fitz Nicholas for £50, and the king has taken his homage for the aforesaid lands. Order to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William, the king’s escheators, to cause Roger to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the same countess, of which she was seised on the day she died and which are in the king’s hand.

Concerning the fine of Roger de Quincy. The same has a writ directed to the sheriff of Leicestershire for having seisin of the lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid countess in his bailiwick, of which she was seised on the day she died.

For J. bishop of Bath, concerning the bishopric of Lincoln committed etc. The king has committed to J. bishop of Bath the custody of the bishopric of Lincoln , which is vacant and in the king’s hand, so that the bishop, by the king’s will, commits the same bishopric to Ralph de Wareville and John de Burgh , ¹ who will answer for the issues of the bishopric by their hand, or either of them, so that the bishop shall be bound to the king for this in nothing. Order to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William, the king’s escheators, to cause the bishop to have full seisin of the aforesaid custody, as aforesaid. ² If anything has been removed therefrom by the same or their people, he is to cause it to be rendered to him without delay.

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‘John de Burgh’ interlined.

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‘Witness the king as above’ originally entered here but subsequently crossed through.

These [letters] are patent. Order to the knights, free men and all others holding of the bishopric of Lincoln to be intendant and respondent to the same bishop in all things that pertain to the aforesaid bishopric, as aforesaid.

The king has committed the county of Hampshire to Henry son of Nicholas to keep as the farmer ¹ for as long as it pleases the king, so that he is to answer the king each year at the Exchequer for the profit of the same county for 40 m., and he is to keep the castles of Porchester and Winchester and, similarly, the aforesaid county at his costs for as long as he will have the custody of the aforesaid county by order of the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus both for the time past when the custody of the same county was in his hand by order of the king and for the time to come for as long as it will be in his hand.

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‘as the farmer’ interlined.

20 Feb. Westminster. Patents. Concerning tallaging the bishopric of Lincoln . The king has assigned Ralph de Wareville and John de Burgh ¹ to assess tallage upon every land and every manor of the bishopric of Lincoln to the king’s use, with the sheriffs in whose bailiwicks the aforesaid lands and manors are. ² Order to all men of the manors and lands of the bishopric of Lincoln to be intendant and respondent in this to Ralph and John, or one of them, and the aforesaid sheriffs.

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‘John de Burgh’ interlined.

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Corrected from ‘… to the king’s use … by the view and testimony of each of the sheriffs …’

These were close. Concerning tallaging the bishopric of Lincoln . Order to the same, or one of them, to go ¹ to each and all of the manors of the aforesaid bishopric with the sheriffs ² in whose bailiwicks the aforesaid manors are, and assess tallage upon the aforesaid manors, so that the king has that tallage promptly when he will signify them, or one of them, and so that the king ought to commend them for this.

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Corrected from ‘Order to the same Ralph to go in person …’

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Corrected from ‘of the aforesaid bishopric … by the council and view of the sheriffs …’

These were close. Concerning tallaging the bishopric of Lincoln . Order to the sheriffs of Lincolnshire , Leicestershire , Northamptonshire , Rutland , Huntingdonshire , Oxfordshire , Nottinghamshire and Buckinghamshire that, at the command of the aforesaid Ralph and John, or one of them, to hurry to them to do this and to be efficaciously counselling and aiding to them.

21 Feb. Westminster. For H. bishop of Rochester, concerning respite. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to place in respite, until Pentecost in the nineteenth year, the demand that he makes from the venerable father H. bishop of Rochester, who the king is about to send to parts overseas on his embassy, by reason of his manor of Freckenham for amercements taken in the eyre of the king’s justices who have lately itinerated in the aforesaid county .

For H. bishop of Rochester, concerning respite. Order to the abbot of St. Edmund’s to place in respite, until Pentecost in the nineteenth year, the demand for amercements from the eyre of the justices that that he makes in the manor of Freckenham.

21 Feb. Westminster. For Roger la Zouche. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Roger la Zouche that he may render 16½ m., which they exact from him by summons of the Exchequer for a prest made to him in Poitou in the time of King John, the king’s father, together with his other debts that he owes the king for which he has made fine at the same terms granted to him and under the same fine, so that nothing more be exacted from him by reason of the aforesaid debt at any of the aforesaid terms than is contained in the aforesaid fine. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Concerning the plough-teams etc. of the bishopric of Lincoln , which are to be valued. Order to Ralph de Wareville to cause all plough-teams found in the manors of the bishopric of Lincoln , formerly of H. former bishop of Lincoln, ¹ to be valued by trustworthy and law-worthy men of the same manors, and to retain those plough-teams by the same value in order to till the demesne lands of that bishopric with summer corn, ² and, similarly, to retain as much of the oats, beans ³ and barley that he will find in the granges of the same manors as will be necessary to sow those demesne lands, and to [retain] summer corn and other corn necessary to sustain the ploughmen and other servants of the same manors, and he is to certify the king of the value of the aforesaid plough-teams and as much as he will retain of the oats, beans and barley ⁴ for the aforesaid reason, and similarly of the aforesaid value.

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‘… formerly of H. former bishop of Lincoln’ interlined.

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‘… with summer corn’ interlined.

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‘beans’ interlined.

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‘… and other corn’ crossed through.

[No date]. Memorandum that the men of the county of Leicestershire ought to render 100 m. at Mid-Lent in the nineteenth year and 100 m. in the octaves of the Close of Easter of the fine that they made for having a perambulation of the forest etc.

23 Feb. Westminster. For Simon de Montfort. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the nineteenth year, the demand that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Simon de Montfort by reason of the custody of the land and heirs of William de Cahaignes being in his hand.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

28 Feb. Westminster. On the other side [of this membrane] is the letter of protest of the prior and convent of St. Albans . The prior and monks of St. Albans have made fine with the king by 300 m. for having custody of their abbey, with all lands, property and other things pertaining to the same abbey from St. Mathias the Apostle in the nineteenth year, namely for one year from the day of the death of W., formerly abbot of St. Albans, escheats, wards and gifts of churches that pertain to the aforesaid abbey having been retained in the king’s hand when they fall in, for as long as the aforesaid abbey will be vacant. Order to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William, escheators, to cause the prior and monks to have full seisin of the aforesaid abbey with all lands, property and possessions pertaining to it, as aforesaid. ¹

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See no. 160 below.

For Vitalis Engayne. The king has granted to Vitalis Engayne, by the fine of 10 m. that he made with him, that he might freely and without impediment enclose the corner of the wood of Dillington called Littlehey, with its courtyard (curia). Order to John de Neville to permit the corner of the wood of Dillington, with the courtyard of the aforesaid Vitalis, to be enclosed freely and without impediment.

28 Feb. Westminster. For Ralph fitz Nicholas concerning the counties of Warwickshire and Leicestershire. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Ralph fitz Nicholas that, for the time at which the counties of Warwickshire and Leicestershire were in his custody and also for the time that he will henceforth have the custody of the aforesaid counties by order of the king, he may answer for £60 per annum at the Exchequer for the profit of the same counties. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

1 March. Stratford. Concerning the fine of G. Marshal for the custody of Glamorgan. Gilbert Marshal, earl of Pembroke, gives the king 500 m. for having custody of Glamorgan , formerly of G. earl of Gloucester, until the full age of the son and heir of the same earl, ¹ and he ought to render this at the below-written terms, namely 50 m. at Easter in the nineteenth year, 50 m. at St. John the Baptist next following, 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, and 100 m. thus from year to year at the aforesaid terms, namely Easter and Michaelmas, until the aforesaid 500 m. will have been paid. In testimony of this thing the same earl has caused his letters patent to be drawn up.

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‘… formerly of G. earl of Gloucester, until the full age of the son and heir of the same earl’ interlined.

1 March. Stratford. Concerning monies owed at the Exchequer. To the sheriff of Yorkshire. Order, as he loves the king and his honour and himself, to have at Westminster on the forthcoming morrow of the Close of Easter all monies for which he ought to answer at the Exchequer, both for summons and farms in his bailiwick and, similarly, he is to have there all monies that have arisen from the last eyre of the justices in his county . He is also to cause all men of his bailiwick who ought to answer for their farms at the Exchequer by his hand to know that, as they love themselves, they are to omit nothing so that they have their farms there then, the sheriff concerning himself with this in such a manner to execute the aforesaid business that the king ought to commend his diligence applied to this matter, and so that the king ought not betake himself harshly to his body for his default. ¹

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Place of witness corrected from Westminster. A small circle appears to have been drawn beside this entry in the margin.

Concerning monies owed at the Exchequer. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriffs of:

Lincolnshire. Norfolk and Suffolk .

Northumberland . Essex .

Concerning monies owed at the Exchequer. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriffs of:

Cumberland . Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire . Herefordshire . Staffordshire and Shropshire . Lancaster .

Hampshire . Dorset and Somerset . Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire . Middlesex . Oxfordshire . Westmorland .

Devon . Wiltshire . Rutland . Warwickshire and Leicestershire . Kent . Gloucestershire . Sussex .

Hertfordshire . Surrey . Northamptonshire . Berkshire . Worcestershire . Cornwall . Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire .

[Each] with the exception that no mention is made of the monies that have arisen from the last eyre of the justices.

Concerning monies owed at the Exchequer. Order to the king’s bailiffs of York that, as they love the king and his honour and themselves, they are to have all monies for which they ought to answer at the Exchequer for the farm of their vill at Westminster on the morrow of the forthcoming Close of Easter, and they are to concern themselves with this in such a manner that the king ought to commend their diligence applied in this matter, and so that he ought not to betake himself to them harshly.

Concerning monies owed at the Exchequer. Order, in the same manner, to the bailiffs of:

Lincoln. Grimsby. Stafford.

Droitwich. Bridgnorth. Shrewsbury.

Worcester. Scarborough. Pickering.

Carlisle. Derby. Nottingham.

Hereford. Gloucester. Bristol.

Dunwich. Oxford. Norwich. Winchester.

Ipswich. Yarmouth. Colchester. Kingston.

Marlborough. Dover. Canterbury. Cambridge.

Huntingdon. Andover. Bedford. Rochester.

Basingstoke. Northampton. Southampton. Alton.

3 March. Chelmsford. For Payn de Chaworth. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to permit the king’s beloved and faithful Payn de Chaworth to render 33 m., which they exact from him by summons of the Exchequer for several debts, at the Exchequer, together with other debts that he ought to render there per annum, and at the terms that the king granted to him to render the same debts to him, and not to penalise him because his servant, who he constituted to render the aforesaid debts to the king at the Exchequer, neither kept his terms nor was at the Exchequer upon the account of the sheriff to satisfy the king for the aforesaid debts, but to permit him to have the same terms to render all those debts each year until he has paid them to the king.

Oxfordshire. Concerning the manor of Headington. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to receive all issues of the manor of Headington , to keep them safely to the king’s use, and not to take or sell any of the livestock of the men of the same manor by reason of the summons that he has from the Exchequer for the debt in which Richard Siward is bound to the king, but he is to keep that manor safely to the king’s use and receive all issues of the same manor to the king’s use, as Richard ought to have received them if that manor had been in his hand, until the king orders otherwise.

Because in the Liberate Roll and the account. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to allow to William de Holwell , in the arrears of his account for the time he was sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire for the half-year of the eighteenth year, that which is accustomed to be allowed for a half-year to other sheriffs of the same counties in the mill of Hertford for the custody of the king’s castle of Hertford . Further order to allow him that which is accustomed to be allowed to the aforesaid sheriffs for the same time in the hundred of Tendring for the custody of the king’s castle of Colchester . ¹

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Entry cancelled because in the Liberate Roll. No Liberate Roll survives for this regnal year.

For William de Holwell. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that since the king has granted to William de Holwell that, for the time when he was sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire , he may render 100s. at the Exchequer for the profit of the same counties for half of the eighteenth year, as the last sheriff before him had been accustomed to render, they are to permit this to be enrolled and done thus.

To all the faithful in Christ who are about to inspect the present writing, Brother E., humble prior of the church of St. Alban , and the convent of the same place send greetings in the Lord Eternal. Know all that after the death of our venerable father, W., formerly abbot of our monastery, we, out of the pure grace of the Lord Henry III, illustrious King of England, and for a fine of 300 m. sterling, but not on the pretext of any liberty or custom of our house, have obtained custody of our abbey for one year from the day of St. Mathias the Apostle in the year of grace 1234. We declare by these letters patent that, by reason of this custody which we have thus obtained by the grace of the Lord King, as aforesaid, we might not claim any right in the custody of our house whenever it happens henceforth to be vacant. Nor might any prejudice be done to the Lord King or his heirs at any time during the vacation of the same house upon the custody of the same by reason of the aforesaid custody that we have obtained by the grace of the same Lord King. In testimony of which thing we have caused the seal of our chapter to be appended to the present writing. ¹

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See no. 149 above.

3 March. Chelmsford. For William Red, concerning his fine. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to William Red that, of his fine of 80 m. that he made with him for having his grace, he may render 20 m. at the Exchequer on the morrow of the Close of Easter in the nineteenth year, 20 m. on the morrow of St. John the Baptist in the same year, 20 m. on the morrow of Michaelmas in the same year, and 20 m. on the morrow of the Close of Easter in the twentieth year. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

3 March. Chelmsford. Concerning the fortieth of the county of Northumberland . Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire that, in the presence of two or three of the more discreet and law-worthy knights of his county who he will see to take with him, he is to go in person to the abbey of York where the king’s fortieth of the county of Northumberland is deposited, and, in the presence of the abbot of the same house, to whom the king has given command to deliver that fortieth to him, he is to receive it from him and, as it is sealed and as the collectors of the same fortieth delivered it into the aforesaid abbey, he is to cause it to come safely to the Exchequer at Westminster without delay on the morrow of the Close of Easter in the nineteenth year.

Concerning the fortieth of the county of Northumberland. Order to the abbot of St. Mary’s, York, to deliver that fortieth to the same sheriff in the presence of the aforesaid knights, as is said.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Because otherwise below on 21 March. William de Lacelles gives the king 5 m. ¹ for attainting twelve jurors by 24 knights in the county court of Yorkshire , before the king’s justices at the first session when they come into those parts, in the assize of mort d’ancestor which was summoned and lately taken before the king’s justices last itinerant in the same county between the same William, claimant, and Richard de Percy, defendant, concerning half a virgate of land with appurtenances in Gristhwaite . Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security etc. ²

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Before cancellation this had been corrected from ‘2 m.’ but the figure is now erased.

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Entry cancelled because otherwise below on 21 March. See no. 187 below.

4 March. Witham. Essex. For Bartholomew Bigod and Robert de Monasterio. Order to the sheriff of Essex to place in respite, until he has a command from the king otherwise, the demand that he makes from Bartholomew Bigod and Robert de Monasterio for the land they hold by bail of the king in Abberton by reason of the relief of the count of St. Pol of Boulogne .

7 March. Colchester. The king. Concerning the lands and castles formerly of P. count of Brittany in England. The king has committed to Alexander Bacon all lands and castles with appurtenances of P. duke of Brittany and earl of Richmond in England, to keep for as long as it pleases the king . Order to Warner Engayne to deliver the aforesaid lands and castles to Alexander with all property, chattels and stock found therein, as aforesaid.

For the men of the prioress of Wix of Swilland. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the nineteenth year, the demand for 22d. that he makes from the men of the prioress of Wix of Swilland for the amercements from the last eyre of the king’s justices in the aforesaid county , so that it may then be discussed before the king whether they ought to be quit therefrom by the charters of the king’s predecessors that the aforesaid prioress has, or not.

9 March. Butley. London. Concerning the fine of Richard Reinger. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to his beloved and faithful Richard Reinger £169 of the £969 which he owed him, and has granted to him that he may render £200 at the Exchequer at Easter in 15 days in the nineteenth year of the remaining £800, 50 m. at the Exchequer of St. John in the same year, £50 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and £50 at the Exchequer of Easter in the twentieth year, and £100 per annum thus from year to year at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and the Exchequer of Easter until he has paid the aforesaid £800 to the king in full. Order to cause Richard to be quit from the aforesaid £169 and to have the aforesaid terms for the aforesaid £800, and to cause this to be enrolled as aforesaid. By the king. Before W. Raleigh and W. de Kirkham.

10 March. Framlingham. For Master William of Kentwell , concerning respite. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk to place in respite the demand that he makes from Master William of Kentwell by summons of the Exchequer both for scutages and for all other debts in which he is bound to the king, until 15 days from Easter in the nineteenth year.

Lancaster. The king has taken the homage of Elias, son and heir of Sarotha of Bolton, for two bovates of land with appurtenances in Bolton-le-Sands , which the aforesaid Sarotha held from the king in chief and which fall to Elias by hereditary right, and of which Sarotha was seised on the day she died, ¹ and he has pardoned his relief. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with appurtenances.

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Sarotha’s seisin interlined.

Memorandum. Northamptonshire. Buckinghamshire. Because the king has heard by an inquisition that he ordered to be taken that it is not to the harm of his forest if he were to grant to Henry Darel that he might assart six acres of his wood of Lillingstone , which is within the king’s forest of Whittlewood , order to John de Neville that, having accepted security from Henry for a palfrey to the king’s use of the value of 5 m., by which the same H. made fine with the king for making the aforesaid assart, he is to permit him to assart the aforesaid six acres of woodland without impediment.

Lancaster. Adam, son and heir of Adam of Middleton , has made fine with the king by 7s. 1d. for his relief of one carucate of land with appurtenances which the aforesaid Adam of Middleton held of the king in chief and which falls to the same Adam by hereditary right, and of which the aforesaid Adam, his father, was seised on the day he died, ¹ and the king has taken his homage for this. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster that, having accepted security from Adam son of Adam for rendering the aforesaid 7s. 1d. to the king, namely for that which pertains to the fourteenth part of a knight’s fee, ² he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with appurtenances, as aforesaid.

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Adam’s seisin interlined.

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‘… namely for that which pertains to the fourteenth part of a knight’s fee’ interlined.

11 March. Bungay. Devon. For John de Furneaux. John de Furneaux, son and heir of Phillip de Furneaux , has made fine with the king by 100s. for having seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid Phillip, his father, which fall to him by hereditary right, and the king has taken his homage for this. Order to the sheriff of Devon to cause John to have full seisin of all of the aforesaid lands formerly of Phillip in his bailiwick of which he was seised on the day he died, having first accepted security from John for the 100s. to the king’s use for his relief. ¹

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A small circle is drawn in the margin beside this entry.

[No date]. Norfolk. William Chaplain gives the king half a mark for attainting, before the justices next itinerant in Norfolk , the twelve jurors in the assize of novel disseisin that was summoned and taken before the justices last itinerant in the same county between the aforesaid William and Roger son of Eustace, concerning a tenement in Norwich .

12 March. Bromholm. For William Longespée. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful William Longespée that he may henceforth render the debts that he owes him at the Exchequer at the same terms which the king previously granted to him, notwithstanding that did not observe his terms previously granted to him by the king, so that the first term for making payment will begin at Easter in the nineteenth year, and they are not to penalise him on account of the terms previously granted to him and not observed. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

13 March. Gimingham. For Walter de Envermeu , concerning respite. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk that if Walter de Envermeu will give him sufficient surety that he will be certain to render to the king, by the hand of the aforesaid sheriff ¹ at the Exchequer at Easter in 15 days, that which ² he was amerced before the king’s justices last itinerant in his bailiwick, then he is to cause the chattels and livestock of the same Walter, which he seized for this reason and still holds, as is said, to be delivered to him in the meantime .

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‘… by the hand of the aforesaid sheriff’ interlined.

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Corrected from ‘… the 20 m. at which he was amerced …’

For Walter de Envermeu , concerning respite. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriff of Lincolnshire for the aforesaid Walter.

12 March. Norwich. Concerning the fine of Isaac the Jew of Norwich . Isaac of Norwich, Jew, has made fine with king by £100 for several trespasses of which he was convicted before the king’s justices assigned to the custody of the Jews, ¹ of which £100 Isaac paid 50 m. into the king’s Wardrobe at Norwich at St. Gregory in the nineteenth year. He is to render 50 m. of the remaining 100 m. at Easter in 15 days in the same year and 50 m. at St. John the Baptist in the same year.

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Corrected from ‘the king’s justices last itinerant in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk’.

15 March. Walsingham. For Alice, who was the wife of Henry Alderman . The king has pardoned to Alice, who was the wife of Henry Alderman , the 10s. at which she was amerced before the king’s justices last itinerant in Norfolk . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to permit Alice to be quit from the aforesaid 10s. By G. of Crowcombe .

16 March. Castle Acre. For the collectors of the fortieth in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to the collectors of the fortieth in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk from rendering their account for the aforesaid fortieth until one month from Easter in the nineteenth year. Order to permit them to have the aforesaid respite, so that they hear their aforesaid account for the aforesaid fortieth at the aforesaid term, so the collectors be not vexed by reason of the aforesaid account.

Because otherwise below. The abbot of Dereham has made fine with the king by 100s. so that he is quit from the fortieth to be given to the king from his lands in Norfolk . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk that, having accepted security from the aforesaid abbot for rendering the aforesaid 100s. to the king, he is to permit him to have peace therefrom. ¹

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Entry cancelled because otherwise below. See no. 185.

17 March. St. Edmunds. Norfolk. For Gilbert son of Thomas. The king has granted to Gilbert son of Thomas that, of the 50 m. at which he was amerced before the king’s justices last itinerant in Norfolk and Suffolk , he may render 35 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the nineteenth year, 100s. at St. John the Baptist in the same year, and 100s. at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk to permit him to have the aforesaid respite and to cause his livestock, which he seized for the aforesaid reason, to be delivered to him in the meantime.

Suffolk. For Giles of Wattisham . The king has taken the homage of Giles of Wattisham, son and heir of Isabella of Wattisham , for one knight’s fee and the fourth part of a knight’s fee with appurtenances that Isabella, his mother, held from the king in chief in Suffolk and that fall to Giles by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk that, having accepted security from Giles for rendering £6 5s. to the king for his relief of the aforesaid fees with appurtenances, of which Isabella was seised on the day she died, he is to cause him to have full seisin, as aforesaid.

19 March. St. Edmunds. Norfolk. For the abbot of Langley . The abbot of Langley has made fine with the king, for himself and his men, ¹ by 10 m., so that he is quit ² from the fortieth to be given to the king, which was lately granted to him by the kingdom of England. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk that, having accepted security from the abbot for rendering the aforesaid 10 m. to the king , namely 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the nineteenth year and 5 m. at St. John the Baptist in the same year, he is to permit the abbot and his men in his bailiwick to have peace therefrom and to cause their livestock, which he seized for the aforesaid reason, to be delivered to them.

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‘… for himself and his men’ interlined.

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‘… for himself and his men’ crossed through here.

Norfolk. For the abbot of West Dereham . The abbot of West Dereham has made a similar fine for his fortieth and that of his men, and he has similar letters directed to the same sheriff by the same words. ¹

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For an earlier, cancelled version of this entry, see no. 181 above.

Sussex. The king has given respite to the prior and monks of Lewes from the fortieth to be assessed on their demesne lands in Norfolk until the octaves of Michaelmas in the nineteenth year. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to permit them to have the aforesaid respite and to cause their livestock, which he seized for the aforesaid reason, to be delivered to them in the meantime.

[No date]. Yorkshire. William de Lascelles gives the king 5 m. for attainting, before the king’s justices at Ripon on Wednesday in Easter week in the nineteenth year, the twelve jurors in the assize of mort d’ancestor which was summoned and taken before the justices last itinerant in Yorkshire between the aforesaid William and Richard de Percy, concerning half a carucate with appurtenances in Gristhwaite . Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security etc.

22 March. Barnwell. For the bishop and the prior of Ely . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk to permit the venerable father H. bishop of Ely to collect the amercements of his men within his hundreds, lands and fees ¹ by his bailiffs, at which they were amerced before the king’s justices last itinerant in the aforesaid counties , so that he answers for them at the Exchequer, as he ought and is accustomed to collect by the liberties granted to him by the king by charter, as he says.

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‘tenements’ crossed through.

For the bishop and the prior of Ely . Order, in the same manner, to the sheriff of Essex for the same bishop.

For the bishop and the prior of Ely . Order, in the same manner, to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk for the prior of Ely to permit him to collect the amercements of his men etc.

[No date]. Essex. Thomas Picot, nephew of Thomas of Heydon , gives the king one palfrey for having his confirmation of all the land formerly of the aforesaid Thomas of Heydon in Heydon , which Thomas of Heydon gave to Thomas Picot. By the pledge of Stephen de Marsh of the county of Norfolk .

23 March. Higham Ferrers. Herefordshire. Concerning the fine of John de Ballon, son of John de Ballon . John de Ballon, son and heir of John de Ballon, has made fine with the king by £100 for his relief of the lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid John de Ballon, his father, which fall to him by hereditary right, and the king has taken his homage for this. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire that having accepted security from the aforesaid John de Ballon, son of John de Ballon, for rendering the aforesaid £100 to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid John de Ballon, his father, in his bailiwick, which fall to John son of John by hereditary right, as aforesaid. Once he has accepted that security, he is to cause the sheriffs of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire to know this, whom the king has ordered that once the sheriff of Herefordshire will cause them to know this, they are to cause him to have full seisin of the lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid John de Ballon, father of the aforesaid John de Ballon, in their bailiwicks.

Herefordshire. Concerning the fine of John de Ballon, son of John de Ballon . He has letters directed to the sheriffs of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire for having seisin.

24 March. Higham Ferrers. Concerning making distraint for amercements. To the sheriff of Northumberland . As he loves himself and all his own, he is to see that he has all the below-written debts at the Exchequer on the morrow of the Close of Easter in the nineteenth year, namely 60 m. from John son of Robert for trespass against the men of Rothbury, 10 m. from Robert of Muskham for unjust detention , and 10 m. from Brian son of Alan for escape .

Concerning making distraint for amercements. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk that, as he loves himself and all his own, he is to see that he has 25 m. of the 50 m. which the villate of Norwich owes the king for a trespass at the Exchequer on the morrow of the Close of Easter in the nineteenth year, and 25 m. at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the same year.

Concerning making distraint for amercements. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriff of Suffolk to have at the Exchequer on the morrow of the Close of Easter in the nineteenth year 20s. from William de St. Leger for unjust intrusion .

Concerning making distraint for amercements. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to have at the Exchequer at the same term 100 m. from the abbot of Ramsey for a trespass.

Concerning making distraint for amercements. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriff of Yorkshire to have at the Exchequer at the same term of the Close of Easter etc. 20 m. from Peter de Maulay for disseisin .

25 March. Northampton. Yorkshire. Concerning taking the land formerly of Gilbert of Ayton into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take the land formerly of Gilbert of Ayton in his bailiwick into the king’s hand, with the heir of the same Gilbert , and to cause it to be kept safely with the heir until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning the fortieth in Yorkshire. To the sheriff of Yorkshire . The king has assigned his beloved and faithful Gerard Selvein, together with William Constable, in place of Gilbert of Ayton , who he had assigned with the same William to assess and collect the fortieth in his county , to assess with William that which still remains to be assessed of the same fortieth and to collect that which remains to be collected thereof. Order to admit Gerard to this.

Concerning the fortieth in Yorkshire. Order to William Constable to admit the same Gerard to this in place of the aforesaid Gilbert.

For the wife of Gilbert of Ayton. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to permit Margaret, who was the wife of Gilbert of Ayton , to stay in the houses formerly of the same Gilbert until her dower is assigned from the same land either by the king or by another who will have the custody of his land , and to permit her to till and sow the aforesaid land from the corn formerly of the same Gilbert , by the view of the executors of Gilbert’s testament, so that whoever will have that custody shall answer the aforesaid executors for this, and to permit the executors to have free administration of the property and chattels formerly of the same Gilbert for making execution of his testament, having first accepted sufficient security from the executors that, if Gilbert was bound to the king in any debt or account on the day he died, they are to answer for him to the king.

26 March. Northampton. Concerning taking the assart of Walter of Denford into the king’s hand. Order to John de Neville to take into the king’s hand that assart which Walter of Denford made in his wood of Sudborough , which is within the king’s forest, without the king’s licence , and if he will find there the assarters or anyone tilling the aforesaid assart, he is to cause them to be arrested until the king orders otherwise.

27 March. Northampton. Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. For Roger de Quincy, concerning the terms of his fine. The king has granted to Roger de Quincy that, of the fine of £100 which he made with him for his relief of the lands formerly of Margaret de Quincy, formerly countess of Winchester, his mother, he may render £50 at the Exchequer at Pentecost in the nineteenth year and £50 at Michaelmas in one month in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire to permit him to have the aforesaid terms for the aforesaid £100 and to cause his livestock to be delivered to him in the meantime, if he has taken any for the aforesaid reason. By the bishop of Carlisle.

Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. For Roger de Quincy, concerning the terms of his fine. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriff of Leicestershire for the same Roger.

Bedfordshire. For William of Houghton, who took to wife one of the daughters of Robert d’Aubigny. The king has granted to William of Houghton, who took to wife one of the daughters and heiresses of Robert d’Aubigny , that, of the relief due to the king from eight knights’ fees, the third part of one 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 Robert, her father, he may render a moiety at St. John the Baptist in the nineteenth year and the other moiety at Michaelmas in one month in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to permit William to have the aforesaid terms and to cause his livestock that he seized for the aforesaid reason to be delivered to him in the meantime. By the bishop of Carlisle.

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Concerning taking the lands formerly of Thomas of Laneham into the king’s hand, together with the heir of the same Thomas. Order to Ralph fitz Nicholas that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of Thomas of Laneham in his bailiwick, together with the heir of the same Thomas, wherever he will be found in his bailiwick, and to cause those lands to be kept safely with the heir until the king orders otherwise.

28 March. Biddlesden. Cambridgeshire. Concerning the fine of the men of Cambridge. The men of Cambridge have made fine with the king by 100 m. for having in their hand the vill of Cambridge and its liberties , which the king took into his hand by reason of the trespass lately made in the vill of Cambridge against the king’s peace. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire that, having taken with him Matthew Christian and Henry de Coleville , he is to go in person to Cambridge and cause those 100 m. to be assessed in full in the aforesaid vill by the view of the mayor and twelve trustworthy men of the same vill, so that the paupers of the same vill are less aggrieved thereby and are spared for a long time. Once those 100 m. have been assessed, he is to cause it to be collected, so that the king has it at the Exchequer on the morrow of the Close of Easter in the nineteenth year. ¹ Order to Matthew and Henry to hasten to Cambridge on a certain day that the sheriff will cause them to know in order to assess the aforesaid 100 m, as aforesaid.

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The terms of render to the king have been interlined.

29 March. Woodstock. Northamptonshire. For Robert of Moreton . Walter of Moreton has made fine with the king by 100s. for the delivery of Robert of Moreton, his servant, who is in the king’s prison at Northampton for trespass of the king’s forest . Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire that, having accepted security from Walter for rendering those 100s. to the same sheriff, so that he has them at the Exchequer on the morrow of the forthcoming Close of Easter, he is to cause Robert to be delivered from prison. ¹

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Place of witness corrected from Northampton.

These were patent. Order to the justices next to be itinerant to take the pleas of the forest in Buckinghamshire to permit the same to have peace from that trespass.

29 March. Woodstock. Bedfordshire. The king has taken the homage of Robert, son and heir of Roger son of Robert , for the land formerly of the aforesaid Roger, his father, in Bedfordshire, which he held in chief of the king and which falls to the same Roger [sic] by hereditary right, and he has made fine with the king by 20s. for his relief. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire that, having accepted security from Robert son of Roger for rendering the aforesaid 20s. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the land formerly of the aforesaid Roger, his father, in his bailiwick, of which he was seised on the day he died.

Yorkshire. To the sheriff of Yorkshire . Because, as the king has heard, it is true that his beloved Master Walter de Tany has the manor of Kilham with appurtenances at farm from the archbishop, dean and chapter of Rouen , order not to send his hand to the aforesaid manor (manum non mittas ad manerium predictum) by reason of the death of the aforesaid archbishop, or impede the same Master concerning that portion which pertained to the archbishop from the aforesaid manor, so that for as long as the archbishopric is vacant he is to answer the king at the Exchequer for that farm which he ought to have paid to the archbishop from the portion of the same manor pertaining to him.

29 March. Woodstock. Cambridgeshire. To the sheriff of Cambridgeshire . Michael son of Hervey, John, his brother, Gregory son of Edward, Henry Elyot, Simon Godeloc, Peter Ragat, Hervey Winbe, William Brodege, Walter Crocheman, John Potekin, Nicholas Ultra Mercatum, Osbert Goldsmith, Robert Topyn, and Henry Pikerel , who Andrew of Balsham appeals of having breached the king’s peace ¹ and appeals them of violence, have made fine with the king by three palfreys, so that each of them be handed over on bail to twelve trustworthy and law-worthy men of his county, if they will find them, who will mainpern to have them before the king’s justices at the first session they take when they come into those parts to stand to right for this. Order that, having accepted security from the same for rendering the aforesaid three palfreys to the king at the Exchequer on the morrow of the forthcoming Close of Easter, he is to hand each of them over on bail to the twelve aforesaid trustworthy men of his county, as aforesaid. When he has handed them over on bail, as aforesaid, he is to cause the sheriff of Northamptonshire to know this by his letters, to whom the king has commanded that once he has received the sheriff’s letters, he is to cause the aforesaid prisoners to be delivered, having retained in the king’s prison at Northampton those who have been appealed de facto. He is to cause the aforesaid justices to know by his letters the names of each of those twelve who have mainperned to have the aforesaid Michael, John, his brother, and their associates before them, as aforesaid.

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The reason for this first appeal is interlined by a different hand clearly after the compilation of the rest of the entry.

1 April. Abingdon. Sussex. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take into the king’s hand the land in his bailiwick formerly of Henry Hoese, who is dead, and to keep it safely until he has a command from the king otherwise.

Sussex. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Nottinghamshire and Wiltshire . ¹

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This entry is written by a different hand and in darker ink to that which precedes it.

2 April. Abingdon. For Payn de Chaworth . Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite the demand that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Payn de Chaworth for a debt of Hugh de Chaworth until 15 days from Easter in the nineteenth year, so that it may be discussed then before the barons of the Exchequer whether Payn ought to be quit from the aforesaid debt or not. He is to cause Payn’s livestock, which he seized for the aforesaid reason, to be delivered to him in the meantime.

2 April. Abingdon. For the prior and monks of St. Albans . The king has granted that, of the fine of £200 which the prior and monks of St. Albans made with him for having the custody of their abbey for one year, they may render £100 at the Exchequer at the Close of Easter in the nineteenth year and £100 at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to permit the prior and monks to have the aforesaid terms. By the bishop of Carlisle.

Yorkshire. For Hugh Paynel. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire that if Hugh Paynel will render to him to the king’s use at the Close of Easter the 67s. 3d. which Hugh owes the king and which Henry Bareth, steward of the aforesaid Hugh, previously ought to have paid to the king at the Exchequer for the same Hugh, then he is to permit Hugh to have peace from the demand for the aforesaid debt and, similarly, for the mercy into which Henry fell because he did not render the aforesaid monies.

Leicestershire. For Hubert Hoese. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to place in respite, until the octaves of the Close of Easter in the nineteenth year, the demand that he makes from Hubert Hoese by summons of the Exchequer for the debts that William Pantulf, formerly the husband of Hawise, Hubert’s wife , owed to the king.

Wiltshire. For Henry Hoese. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that if Henry Hoese, brother of Hubert Hoese , will give him surety that he will render to the king in the octaves of the Close of Easter in the nineteenth year that which he owes of the debts for which the king previously gave him terms, then he is not to distrain Henry by reason of the aforesaid debt in the meantime.

3 April. Abingdon. For John son of Phillip, concerning the custody of the lands and heirs of John of Astley. John son of Phillip has made fine with the king by 10 m. for having custody of the lands and heirs of John of Astley until the legal age of the same heirs, with their marriage. ¹ Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to cause the same John to have full seisin of all lands and tenements of which the same John was seised as of fee on the day he died, as aforesaid.

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‘… of the same heirs, with their marriage’ interlined.

For John son of Phillip, concerning the custody of the lands and heirs of John of Astley. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Worcestershire and Staffordshire . ¹

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Entered near to the right-hand edge of the membrane, suggesting a slightly later insertion.

For John son of Phillip, concerning the custody of the lands and heirs of John of Astley. He has letters patent for this.

For Hugh de Vivonne. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Hugh de Vivonne that, of the debts he owes to him and of which he used to render 20 m. each year at the Exchequer, he may henceforth render 10 m. each year at the Exchequer, namely 5 m. at Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, 5 m. at Easter in the twentieth year, and 10 m. thus at the same terms each year until he has rendered the aforesaid debts to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For H. chancellor of St. Paul’s, London. Order to the sheriff of Kent to place in respite, until Ascension in the nineteenth year, the demand that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from H. chancellor of St. Paul’s, London for a debt of Robert de St. John , the custody of whose land and heir is in his hand, and to cause his livestock taken for this reason to be delivered in the meantime.

Surrey. Concerning the custody of the land and heirs of Samson of Molesey . Geoffrey de Cruce has made fine with the king by 40 m. for having the custody of the lands and heirs of Samson of Molesey , who held of the king in chief by sergeanty, until the legal age of the heirs, with the marriage of the same. Order to the sheriff of Surrey that, having accepted security from Geoffrey for rendering the aforesaid 40 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands and tenements of which Samson was seised as of fee on the day he died, as aforesaid.

3 April. Wallingford. For Geoffrey of Wolford . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved clerk Geoffrey of Wolford that Thomas, son of Robert of Wolford , for whom Geoffrey, as he says, ought to render at the Exchequer 17½ m. of the fine of 20 m. which Thomas made with the king for having seisin of his land in Wolford, which was in the hand of H. de Burgh, earl of Kent, is not to be penalised because Geoffrey has not observed the terms granted to Thomas for this, on condition that henceforth Geoffrey observes his terms and renders 5 m. to the king at the Exchequer at two terms of the year for Thomas, as he previously ought to have rendered if he had observed his terms, namely 2½ m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the nineteenth year and 2½ m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twentieth year, and 5 m. thus from year to year at the aforesaid terms until the aforesaid 17½ m. that still remain to be paid of the aforesaid fine are paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Geoffrey of Wolford . It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Warwickshire to permit the aforesaid Geoffrey to have the aforesaid terms notwithstanding that he did not previously observe the terms given to the aforesaid Thomas.

4 April. Wallingford. For Engelard de Cigogné . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king’s beloved and faithful Engelard de Cigogné, sheriff of Berkshire , has presented Nicholas of Eddington, his clerk, to the king to render account for him at the Exchequer . Order to admit Nicholas to do this for Engelard.

4 April. Reading. For William of Hoe. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that if William of Hoe can evidently show by his tallies, even though they have not yet been allowed to him, as he says, that he kept his terms of the fine that he made with the king for the debt which he owed him , then he is to permit him to have peace herefrom until he receives order from the king otherwise, and to cause his livestock, which he caused to be seized for the aforesaid reason, to be delivered to him.

4 April. Reading. For James Hoese. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king, for himself and his heirs, has granted to his beloved valet James Hoese that he may henceforth hold and have those £7 of rent with appurtenances in Chippenham , which the king had previously granted him for his wages to be held at the king’s will, rent which William Merchant once held from the king in chief in the same vill , for life for his wages. Order to cause this to be enrolled thus.

For R. bishop of London. Order to the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire to place in respite the demand that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the venerable father R. bishop of London and his men for amercements from the eyre of the justices in his bailiwick, until 15 days from Easter in the nineteenth year.

For R. bishop of London. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriff of Middlesex for the same bishop.

Kent. For Richard de Argentan. Order to the sheriff of Kent to place in respite, until Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, the demand for 100s. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Richard de Argentan for the prest made in Ireland in the time of King John, father of this king, to Roger of Lenham , the custody of whose land and heir is in Richard’s hand.

9 April. Reading. London. For Richard Bacheler. Richard Bachelor has made fine with the king by 100s. so that he might be substituted into the office of the king’s moneyer of London in place of Richard of Necton, moneyer , who is dead, as is said. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to admit him to this according to the custom of the aforesaid mint in place of the same Richard.

9 April. Reading. For Matthew Hoese. Matthew, son and heir of Henry Hoese, has made fine with the king by 700 m. for having seisin of the lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid Henry, his father, which he held of the son and heir of the earl of Arundel , the custody of whose tenements pertains to the king by reason of the aforesaid heir being underage , and which fall to Matthew by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to cause Matthew to have full seisin of all the aforesaid lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid Henry in his bailiwick, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died, as aforesaid.

For Matthew Hoese. To the sheriff of Wiltshire . Matthew, son and heir of Henry Hoese, has made fine with the king by 600 m. [sic] for having seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid Henry, his father, which he held of the king in chief and which fall to Matthew by hereditary right. Order to cause Matthew to have full seisin of all the aforesaid lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid Henry in his bailiwick, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died.

10 April. Windsor. For Matthew Hoese. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to cause Matthew, son of Henry Hoese, to have full seisin without delay of all lands with their appurtenances formerly of the same Henry in his bailiwick, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died. ¹

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Apparently inserted at a slightly later date, the ink being a shade darker than in the preceding entry and the entry being squeezed in before the next following.

[No date]. Hampshire. Richard of Herriard and Robert, his brother, give the king half a mark for having, before the justices at the first session they take when they come into those parts , the record of a plea that was in the court of Basingstoke between the aforesaid Richard and Robert, claimants, and Richard son of William, defendant, concerning one virgate of land with appurtenances [in] Basingstoke . Order to the bailiffs of Basingstoke to take security from the aforesaid Richard and Robert for the aforesaid half-mark to the king’s use.

9 April. Reading. Wiltshire. Concerning the fine of Matthew Hoese. Pledges of Matthew, son and heir of Henry Hoese, for the fine of 700 m. which he made with the king for having his seisin of all lands and tenements that the same Henry had on the year and day that he was alive and dead, saving the right of each person henceforward:

William de St. John for 100 m. Hubert Hoese for 50 m. John de Venuz for 100 m. Alan fitz Warin for 30 m.

Herbert fitz Peter for 100 m. Ralph of Sunworth for 10 m. William de Sancta Elena for 20 m. Roger Thouke for 10 m. Thomas of Laverstock for 20 m.

Roger de Wimberville for 20 m. William of la Bere for 20 m. Eustace of Wroxall for 20 m. James Hoese for 10 m. Cecilia, mother of Matthew, for £100.

Hugh of Standen for 40 m.

Wiltshire. Concerning the fine of Matthew Hoese. He is to render £100 each year, namely £50 at Michaelmas and £50 at Easter, until the aforesaid fine is paid. The term for making the first payment is to begin at Michaelmas in the nineteenth year. ¹

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Entry apparently inserted at a slightly later date, the ink being a shade darker than in the preceding entry and the entry being squeezed in before the next following.

10 April. Windsor. Warwickshire. For the earl of Warwick. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to place in respite, until 15 days after the Close of Easter, the demand that he makes from Thomas earl of Warwick by summons of the Exchequer for the debts in which he is bound to the king, for which he made fine with him to render at the Exchequer, as he says, so that it may then be inquired in the Exchequer whether the earl has kept his terms that the king granted him for rendering the same debts, or not. By W. Raleigh.

10 April. Windsor. The king. Concerning the honour of Bridgwater committed to Hugh de Vivonne . The king has committed the honour of Bridgwater to Hugh de Vivonne to keep with the castle and all its appurtenances for as long as it pleases the king, in order that he answers at the Exchequer for all issues.

Because in the Patent Roll. Bertram de Gartlip , who has taken the cross, has similar letters concerning his land of Ginge, which he holds of the king in chief. ¹

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Entry cancelled because in the Patent Roll. See CPR 1232–1247, pp. 99, 101. It appears that this letter refers to the fine of Matthew Hoese in no. 236 above, as the previous entry may have been added after the initial compilation of the roll, for it seems to be squeezed in between the two.

For Richard of Wrotham . Order to Hugh de Vivonne to cause Richard of Wrotham to have the arrears that are owed to him in the manor of Bridgwater from the time he was constable of the castle of Bridgwater , and to permit him to have and dispose freely of his corn and stock that he has in the manor of Bridgwater with appurtenances, so that he answers for them at the Exchequer.

12 April. Windsor. For Henry de Berneval . Henry de Berneval, the king’s chaplain, has delivered 55s. 10d. into the king’s Wardrobe by order of the king to W. de Kirkham, dean of St. Martin’s, London, for Easter term in the nineteenth year of the fine that he made with the king for having custody of the land and heirs of Hugh de Berneval . Order to the sheriff of Essex to cause Henry’s livestock that he seized for the aforesaid reason to be delivered to him without delay.

15 April. Windsor. For the abbot of Boxley . Order to the sheriff of Kent to place in respite, until St. John the Baptist in the nineteenth year, the demand that he makes from the abbot of Boxley by summons of the Exchequer for the debt in which he is bound to the king, so that it may be inquired in the meantime before the barons of the Exchequer whether he ought to be quit from the aforesaid debt by order of the king, as he says, or not. By W. de Kirkham.

For the earl of Hereford. Order to the sheriffs of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire to place in respite, until 15 days from Saturday in Easter week in the nineteenth year, the demand that they make from H. de Bohun, earl of Hereford, by summons of the Exchequer for the debts in which he is bound to the king.

16 April. Windsor. Concerning the corn of the manor of Bridgwater . For Hugh de Vivonne. Order to Richard of Wrotham to cause all corn that he has in his custody from last year in the manor of Bridgwater to be valued by the oath of discreet and law-worthy men in as much as it is worth , and afterwards cause Hugh de Vivonne to have that corn by the same value at which it will be valued, so that he answers for it at the Exchequer, and to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know that value distinctly and openly under his seal and the seals of those by whom he will cause that corn to be valued . By Ralph fitz Nicholas.

Essex. For Henry de Merc . Henry de Merc has made fine with the king by £15 for his relief of three knights’ fees that Ralph de Merc, his brother, whose heir he is , held of the king in chief of the honour of Boulogne, and the king has taken the homage of the aforesaid Ralph [sic] for this. Order to the sheriff of Essex that, having accepted security from Henry for rendering the aforesaid £15 to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all lands and tenements of which Ralph was seised as of fee from the aforesaid honour on the day he died and which fall to Henry by hereditary right and are in his hand, as aforesaid.

17 April. Kempton. Kent. For Engeram de Préaux. Order to the sheriff of Kent to place in the respite the demand for 5 m. that he makes from Engeram de Préaux by summons of the Exchequer until Pentecost in the nineteenth year and to cause the livestock of the same to be delivered to him without delay, if he seized any for this reason.

19 April. Westminster. Concerning the fine of Reginald de Hedun’ for the custody of the land and heirs of William de Gimeges . To the sheriff of Huntingdonshire . Reginald de Hedun’ has made fine with the king by 110 m. for having the custody of the land and heirs of William de Gimeges until the legal age of the heirs, with their marriage, and the king has granted him that he may render 20 m. to him per annum of the aforesaid 110 m. at the Exchequer at two terms, namely 10 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, 10 m. at the Exchequer of Easter, and 20 m. thus from year to year at the aforesaid terms until the aforesaid debt is paid to the king. Order that, having accepted security from Reginald for rendering the aforesaid 110 m. to the king, as aforesaid, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid William in his bailiwick, of which he was seised on the day he died. Once he has received security from Reginald, he is to cause the sheriff of Bedfordshire to know this, whom the king has ordered to cause Reginald to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid William in his bailiwick after he will have certified this to him.

Concerning the fine of Reginald de Hedun’ for the custody of the land and heirs of William de Gimeges . He has letters directed to the sheriff of Bedfordshire for having seisin etc. Item, he later had letters for having seisin in the counties of Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire in the aforesaid form.

20 April. Westminster. The king. Concerning wines to be sold. Order to the bailiffs of Bridgnorth to receive the wines that the sheriff of Shropshire shall hand over to them and to sell them either wholesale (in grossum) or in taverns , as it will seem to them better for the king’s advantage. They are to keep the monies that they will receive therefrom safely until the king commands them otherwise upon this matter. By John son of Phillip.

[No date]. Essex. Nicholaa, who was the wife of Walter of Baddow , gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the king’s justices at Hertford, concerning the third part of 24 acres of land and two messuages with appurtenances in Great Oakley and half a marcate of rent with appurtenances in Salcott . Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security etc.

21 April. Westminster. For the sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Ralph son of Reginald, sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire , that for as long as he will be sheriff of the aforesaid counties he may receive 40 m. each year from the profit of the same counties for keeping them. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. William d’Aubigny gives the king two palfreys for having his confirmation of the manor of Orston with appurtenances in Nottinghamshire and 100 solidates of land in socage in Wilbarston in Northamptonshire , which he has of the gift of King John, father of this king.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

23 April. Westminster. Because in the Liberate Roll and the account. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to allow to the venerable father J. bishop of Bath, in the money which he owes the king for a fine and debts from Easter term in the nineteenth year , the 25 m. that he delivered by the king’s order to the monks of Charterhouse for the same term of the 50 m. that they receive per annum at the Exchequer as alms. ¹ By R. bishop of Durham.

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Entry cancelled because in the Liberate Roll. No Liberate Roll survives for this regnal year.

23 April. Westminster. Cumberland. For Alexander Bacon. Alexander Bacon has made fine with the king by 10 m. for having custody of the land and heir of Ralph of Botcherby until the legal age of the same heir, together with the marriage of the same. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland to cause him to have full seisin of all of the land with appurtenances formerly of the aforesaid Ralph in Botcherby, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died.

Cumberland. For Alexander Bacon. Afterwards, he had letters patent for this. ¹

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[No date]. Yorkshire. Gilbert of Featherstone gives the king half a mark for convicting twelve jurors by 24 before the justices at the first session etc. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security etc.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Odo de Newton gives the king half a mark for convicting twelve jurors by 24 in an assize of mort d’ancestor before the justices at the first session etc. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc.

[No date]. Kent. William of Narford and Emma, his wife, give the king one mark for having before the king’s itinerant justices in Middlesex the record of the plea which was in the court of the prior of Holy Trinity, Canterbury , in Canterbury between Richard of Bossington , claimant, ¹ and the aforesaid William of Narford and Emma, defendants, concerning 21 acres of land with appurtenances in Municheham’ .

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24 April. Westminster. Concerning the fine of Aymer de Sacy for the custody of the land and heirs of Warin of Bassingbourn. To the king’s beloved and faithful Alexander Bacon, keeper of the honour of Brittany . The king’s beloved and faithful Aymer de Sacy has made fine with the king by 400 m. for having the custody of the lands and heirs of Warin of Bassingbourn until the legal age of the heirs, with their marriage, and he has found pledges for the aforesaid fine. Order to cause Aymer to have full seisin of all lands and tenements that Warin held of the aforesaid honour in his bailiwick, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died, and of the aforesaid heirs, as aforesaid .

Concerning the fine of Aymer de Sacy for the custody of the land and heirs of Warin of Bassingbourn. Pledges for the aforesaid fine:

Aymer de St. Amand for 40 m. William, earl of Ferrers for 50 m. Nicholas de Molis for 20 m. Engelard de Cigogné for 40 m. Ralph fitz Nicholas for 50 m.

Hugh de Vivonne for 50 m. Payn de Chaworth for 40 m. Hugh Paynel for 20 m. Reginald de Mohun for 20 m. Roger la Zouche for 10 m.

Mathias Bezill for 10 m. William de Gaugy for 20 m. William de Ferrers for 30 m.

Concerning the fine of Aymer de Sacy for the custody of the land and heirs of Warin of Bassingbourn. He is to render the aforesaid fine at these terms, namely 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, 50 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twentieth year, and 100 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid fine is paid to the king. ¹

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Entry squeezed in before that following it.

24 April. Westminster. For Thomas le Breton and Alice, his wife. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Thomas le Breton and Alice, his wife, one of the heiresses of Brian de Lisle, that, of the 33 m. 4s. 5d. which fall to them to render to the king at the Exchequer of the 100 m. by which the heirs of the aforesaid Brian made fine with the king for having seisin of his lands and for the debts that the same Brian owed the king, they may render 100s. each year at the Exchequer by their hand, namely 50s. at Michaelmas in the nineteenth year and 50s. at Easter next following in the twentieth year, and thus from year to year until the aforesaid debt will have been paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

27 April. Windsor. For W. Earl Warenne. To the sheriff of Lincolnshire . ¹ Order to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, the demand that he makes from the king’s beloved and faithful W. Earl Warenne for the debt in which the chamberlain of Tancarville was bound to the king by reason of the manors of Grantham and Stamford , which the earl holds by bail of King John, the king’s father, as he says.

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28 April. Windsor. For W. archbishop of York, concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to place in respite, until 15 days from St. John the Baptist in the nineteenth year, the demand that he makes from the venerable father W. archbishop of York for scutage due to the king for his army of Painscastle from the knights’ fees that he holds of the king in chief in his bailiwick, which the archbishop says he has previously rendered at the Exchequer.

For W. earl of Ferrers. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to place in respite, until the morrow of St. John the Baptist in the nineteenth year, the demand for £54 that they make from the king’s beloved and faithful W. earl of Ferrers for the debts of the Jews, for which he has made fine with the king to be paid among his other debts , as he says, and also the demand for wards that the sheriff of Lancaster makes from the same earl by summons of the Exchequer from his knights’ fees that he holds of the king in West Derby , so that it may be inquired in the meantime whether the earl will make fine with the king for paying him the aforesaid debts among his other debts in which he is bound to him and whether he is bound to him in the aforesaid wards by reason of the aforesaid fees, or not.

The king. Concerning the account of R. de Wareville for the bishopric of Lincoln. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to hear the account of Ralph de Wareville and John de Burgh for the time when they had the custody of the bishopric of Lincoln, which is vacant and in the king’s hand , with all the speed that they can muster.

For Walter de Lacy. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to place in respite the demand for an amercement that he makes from Walter de Lacy for the escape of a thief until Easter in the twentieth year .

Ireland. Order to M. fitz Gerald, justiciar of Ireland, to cause the rolls of the king’s Exchequer to be diligently scrutinised, and if he will find that W. de Lacy was accustomed to pay 50 m. or less annually for the castle of Drogheda , then, allowing him the time at which he ceased to pay the abovesaid rent, he is to cause the aforesaid W. to pay the arrears that remain to be rendered of the aforesaid rent in full.

28 April. Windsor. For the men of the manor of Clere . Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite the demand for £7 2d. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men of the dean and chapter of Rouen for the manor of Clere , until 15 days from Michaelmas in the nineteenth year. By the dean of St. Martin’s, London.

For John Lestrange. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to place in respite the demand for 40s. that he makes from John Lestrange by summons of the Exchequer until 15 days from Michaelmas in the nineteenth year.

30 April. Westminster. Concerning the manor of Silverstone . The king has committed the manor of Silverstone with appurtenances and with the houses of the same manor, and with the plough-teams and all stock, to John de Neville to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for it as the sheriff of Northamptonshire would have answered if the manor were in his hand, namely for the farm or for the profit. Order to the aforesaid sheriff to cause John to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances and with the plough-teams and all stock. He is also to cause the oxen and affers of the aforesaid plough-teams and the other stock of the same manor to be distinctly and openly recorded by the view and testimony of law-worthy men, and to be put in writing in the form of a chirograph, one part of which is to remain with the sheriff and the other part with John. Along with the aforesaid law-worthy men, he is to see in what state the aforesaid manor and the king’s house there are, and in what state John will receive each of the aforesaid, and to cause the king to know this under his seal and the seals of those who will be present with him for this .

2 May. Westminster. For Swain of Hothersall. Because it is clear to the king by an inquisition which he ordered to be taken that Swain of Hothersall held two bovates of land with appurtenances in Hothersall of the king in chief in thegnage by the service of 5s. per annum, and that Thomas of Hothersall, his son, is his nearest heir, order to the sheriff of Lancaster that, having accepted security from Thomas for the aforesaid 5s. to the king’s use for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid two bovates of land.

4 May. Westminster. For Adam Esturmy, for respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to place in respite the demand for 10 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Adam Esturmy, which he ought to have rendered at the Exchequer of Easter in the nineteenth year, until Michaelmas in the same year.

For Robert de Beauchamp . Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in respite, until St. John the Baptist in the nineteenth year, the demand for 30 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Robert de Beauchamp for the fine made with the king for the army of Wales , which the king caused to be summoned against R. Marshal, formerly earl of Pembroke.

For Phillip de Lascelles . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Phillip de Lascelles, sheriff of Lincolnshire , that he may answer at the Exchequer for £100 for the profit of the same county from the eighteenth year over and above the cost of the custody of the castle of Lincoln and the aforesaid county. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Hugh de Gournay . Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand that they make from Hugh de Gournay for the debts that he owes the king, until Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, so that it may then be inquired what the king owes him for his fee.

Cambridgeshire. Concerning the fine of John of Kirkby for having custody of the son and daughter of Phillip de Burgh, brother of Thomas de Burgh , with their marriage. To Alexander Bacon, keeper of the honour of Brittany . ¹ John of Kirkby has made fine with the king by 700 m. for having the son and daughter ² of Phillip de Burgh, brother of Thomas de Burgh , which son is the heir of the same Thomas, with the custody of the lands formerly of Thomas, and their marriage, ³ of which 700 m. John has paid 300 m. in advance, and he is to render £50 of the remaining 400 m. to the king at Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, £50 at Easter in the twentieth year, and £100 thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 400 m. are paid to the king. Order to Alexander to cause John to have full seisin without delay of all land formerly of the aforesaid Thomas in his bailiwick, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died.

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Cambridgeshire. Concerning the fine of John of Kirkby for having custody of the son and daughter of Phillip de Burgh, brother of Thomas de Burgh , with their marriage. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriff of Yorkshire for the same John. ¹

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5 May. Sutton. For Henry de la Pomeraie. The king has granted to Henry de la Pomeraie that he may have respite until 15 days from Trinity in the nineteenth year from the debts that he ought to have rendered to him at this Exchequer of Easter in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit Henry to have that respite.

6 May. Faversham. The king. Concerning the vills of Marlborough and Ludgershall with the castles, committed to Robert de Muscegros . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has committed to his beloved and faithful Robert de Muscegros his vills of Marlborough and Ludgershall, with his castles and other appurtenaces, to keep at his costs for as long as pleases the king from Michaelmas in the nineteenth year , rendering £120 each year for this at the Exchequer at two terms, namely £60 at Easter and £60 at Michaelmas. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

The king. Concerning the vills of Marlborough and Ludgershall with the castles, committed to Robert de Muscegros. He has similar letters patent.

14 May. Westminster. For the bishop of Exeter. Because W. bishop of Exeter has set out for overseas parts by order of the king with Isabella, the king’s sister, the king has granted to him that, of all of the debt which remains to be rendered to him of the fine of 2000 m. that the bishop made with the king for having custody of the land and heir of William d’Avranches , with the marriage of the same heir, of which fine he used to render 250 m. to the king at the Exchequer at Easter and 250 m. at Michaelmas, he may begin to render 250 m. at the Exchequer at Easter in the twentieth year, 250 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 500 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforeaid debt is paid to the king, so that nothing is exacted from him of the aforesaid debt before the aforesaid term of Easter. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ¹

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15 May. Westminster. For Robert Passelewe. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Robert Passelewe that, in the 600 m. by which he made fine with him for having his grace, the £100 which he took as a loan to the king’s use and delivered to Master Phillip of Arden and Bartholomew Peche by order of the king to expedite the king’s business are to be allowed to him, namely 100 m. from Easter term in the nineteenth year and 50 m. from Michaelmas term in the same year. The king has further granted to him that he may render 50 m. of the remainder of the aforesaid fine at the Exchequer of Easter in the twentieth year, 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and 100 m. thus from year to year at the aforesaid terms until the aforesaid fine is paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For W. count of Aumale. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to place in respite, until the king orders otherwise, the demand for £20 that they make by summons of the Exchequer from the king’s beloved and faithful W. count of Aumale for the scutage of Poitou of the time of King John, father of the king, from 13 knights’ fees of Rumilly , and the demand for 4 m. for the scutage of Scotland from the same fees, and the demand for 26 m. for the king’s first scutage from the same fees, and the demand for £6 10s. for the scutage of Bytham from the same fees.

For Walter of Clifford. To the same. Order to place in respite the demand for 5 m. and £62 14s. 8d. and 13 m. 4s., which they make by summons of the Exchequer from the king’s beloved and faithful Walter of Clifford for the debt of Roger of Clifford, his brother , until the king has caused the lands formerly of the same Roger to be extended and has sent that extent to them, of which Walter holds the manor of Tenbury in Worcestershire, E. countess of Pembroke the manor of Severn Stoke in Worcestershire, and the king the manor of Slaughter in Gloucestershire.

For W. count of Aumale. To the same. The king has pardoned to his beloved and faithful W. count of Aumale the 20 m. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for trespass of the forest in the county of Cumberland . He has also pardoned to the same count 40 m. of the 50 m. at which which he was amerced for disseisin in the same county. He has also pardoned him the £10 which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the scutage of Bytham. He has further granted to the same count that, of the £50 4d. which he owes him at the Exchequer of the remainder of several debts, the £30 which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for a Wardrobe prest at Bedford and Kerry , the 5 m. which are exacted from him at the Exchequer for having a writ to attaint twelve jurors by 24 , the 40 m. which are exacted from him at the Exchequer for the tallage of Driffield , the 30 m. which are exacted from him at the Exchequer for the prest of Brittany, the 30 m. which are exacted from him for escape , and of the 10 m. which remain to be rendered to the king of the 50 m. at which he was amerced for disseisin in the county court of Cumberland , as aforesaid, he may render £7 10s. at St. John the Baptist in the nineteenth year, £7 10s. at Michaelmas in the same year, £7 10s. at the Easter in the twentieth year, and £15 thus each year afterwards at the Exchequer at two terms, namely £7 10s. at Michaelmas and £7 10s. at Easter, until the aforesaid debt is paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Simon, prior of Spalding , gives the king 20 m. for having a writ that the plea that was before the king’s itinerant justices in Lincolnshire between the same prior, claimant, and Henry, abbot of Crowland , defendant, concerning 960 acres of marsh with appurtenances in Weston , 110 acres of woodland with appurtenances in Spalding , and 240 acres of marsh with appurtenances in Moulton , which the justices placed before the justices of the Bench at Easter in the nineteenth year in one month, might be before the king (coram Rege) at Michaelmas in one month in the same year in the same state in which it remained before the aforesaid itinerant justices. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc.

16 May. Westminster. Yorkshire. For Margaret, who was the wife of Gilbert of Ayton. Margaret, who was the wife of Gilbert of Ayton , has made fine with the king by 100s. for having custody of the lands that Gilbert held of the king in chief in socage in East Ayton until the legal age of William, son and heir of the same Gilbert. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire that, having accepted security from Margaret for rendering the aforesaid 100s. to the king, he is to cause her to have full seisin of the aforesaid lands, as aforesaid.

Essex. The king has granted to Katherine, who was the wife of Ralph le Bret , for her poverty and her sustenance and that of her children, the custody of the land and heir of the aforesaid Ralph , who held of the king in chief by knight service, to have until the heir comes of age, saving to the king the marriage of the same heir . Order to the sheriff of Essex to cause Katherine to have full seisin without delay of all of the land with appurtenances formerly of the aforesaid Ralph in his bailiwick, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died.

20 May. Westminster. Cambridgeshire. The men of Cambridge have made fine with the king by 100s. for handing over on bail until the first session etc. Geoffrey Pawewamb’, Geoffrey le Fittere, Simon of Newnham and William Goldsmith, taken and detained in the king’s prison at Northampton for the death of Andrew of Balsham , of which they have been indicted . Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire that, having accepted security from the aforesaid men for rendering the aforesaid 100s. to the king, if twelve trustworthy and law-worthy men of his county will be found who will mainpern to have each of the aforesaid prisoners before the aforesaid justices, then once he signifies the sheriff of Northamptonshire by his letters that he had taken the aforesaid security, he is to deliver them from prison.

Cambridgeshire. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire that when the aforesaid sheriff of Cambridgeshire will cause him to understand by his letters concerning the aforesaid security, he is to deliver them from prison, as aforesaid.

22 May. Guildford. Cambridgeshire. Thomas, son of William son of Hamelin, has made fine with the king by 30s. for having seisin of 2½ virgates of land with appurtenances in Babraham , ¹ which William, his father, held of the king in chief and which falls to Thomas by inheritance, and the king has taken his homage for this. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire that, having accepted security from Thomas for the aforesaid 30s. for his relief to the king’s use, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with appurtenances.

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24 May. Guildford. For Walter Brown. The king has granted to Walter Brown, marshal of the Strand , that he may have a certain plot of land in the parish of St. Clement of 24 feet in length and the same in breadth opposite his house, in order to build a forge in that plot, as long as the king’s causeway is not narrowed to its northern side by that forge, and Walter and his heirs are to render six horseshoes each year to the king and his heirs at Michaelmas for the aforesaid forge. Order to the sheriff of Middlesex to cause that plot containing 24 feet in length and the same in breadth before his house in the aforesaid parish to be assigned to the same Walter by the view of law-worthy men, and to permit him to construct a forge in that plot, as aforesaid.

[No date]. Worcestershire. Because the writ was revoked. John of Grafton gives the king 1 m. for having a writ to have four justices to take an assize of darrein presentment to the chapel of Grafton Manor against William de Furneaux . Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to take etc. ¹

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Entry cancelled because the writ was revoked. It is marked with a cross in the margin.

[No date]. Worcestershire [sic]. For John son of Norman. John son of Norman gives the king 40 m. for having his charter concerning two bovates of land with appurtenances in Taddington and Priestcliffe, which John previously held of the king in villeinage by 4s. 2d. per annum, that they are to be held henceforth from the king and his heirs to him and his heirs in free socage by the service of 10s. per annum, namely a moiety at Michaelmas and the other moiety at the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary for all services, saving to the king and his heirs their tallages from John and his heirs each time he will cause tallage to be assessed upon his demesne lands. John is to render 10 m. of which 40 m. at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the nineteenth year, 10 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, 10 m. at Easter in the twentieth year, and 10 m. at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the same year. ¹

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25 May. Winchester. Order to the constable of the High Peak to permit the same John to hold the aforesaid land, as aforesaid.

Because Gilbert Basset lately tourneyed at Warwick against the king’s order, order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that, having viewed these letters , he is to take all of Gilbert’s lands in his bailiwick into the king’s hand and to keep them safely, so that nothing is removed therefrom until the king orders otherwise.

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

Afterwards, this was totally revoked with this clause, ‘if anything has been removed, he is to cause it to be rendered to him’.

5 June. Westminster. For Alice de Trubleville . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to place in respite the demand for a murder fine that he makes from Alice de Trubleville until 15 days from Michaelmas in the nineteenth year.

5 June. Westminster. Northamptonshire. Ralph, son and heir of Phillip of Kelmarsh , has made fine with the king by 20s. for his relief of the land formerly of Phillip, which falls to Ralph by inheritance, and the king has taken his homage for this. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire that, having accepted security from Ralph for rendering the aforesaid 20s. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all of the land formerly of Phillip in his bailiwick of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died.

6 June. Westminster. For Herbert, son of Peter fitz Herbert. The king has taken the homage of Herbert, son of Peter fitz Herbert , and heir of the same, for all lands and tenements which Peter fitz Herbert held in chief and which fall to Herbert by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, having accepted security from Herbert for rendering his relief to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands and tenements of which Peter fitz Herbert died seised in his bailiwick and which fall to Herbert by hereditary right.

For Herbert, son of Peter fitz Herbert. Order in the same manner to the sheriffs of:

Warwickshire . Worcestershire . Yorkshire . Shropshire .

Berkshire . Wiltshire . Gloucestershire .

Essex . Norfolk and Suffolk ; [all of the above] with the exception that no mention is to be made of security, but that they are to cause the aforesaid Herbert to have full seisin of the lands and tenements etc. in the aforesaid form.

7 June. Westminster. For Thomas of Hengrave , concerning the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and the custody of the castles of Norwich and Orford . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Thomas of Hengrave that, for the profit of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk , he may render £100 at the Exchequer for one year, namely from Trinity in the eighteenth year to Trinity in the nineteenth year, and that he may have 20 m. from that year for the custody of the king’s castle of Orford from the farm of the king’s vill of Orford and £52 for the custody of the king’s castle of Norwich from the wards pertaining to the same castle . Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Hascoil of Allexton . To the barons of the Exchequer. Of the fine of 30 m. that he made with the king, Hascoil of Allexton is to render 10 m. by his hand at the Exchequer at Trinity in the nineteenth year, 10 m. in the octaves of Michaelmas in the same year, and 10 m. at the Close of Easter in the twentieth year . Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

8 June. Windsor. Concerning the fine of H. of Pattishall for the custody of the land and heir of Richard d’Eu . Hugh of Pattishall has made fine with the king by 100s. for having custody of the land and heir of Richard d’Eu , with the marriage of the same heir, until the heir comes of age, which custody is in the king’s hand by reason of the custody of the land and heir of G., formerly earl of Gloucester . Order to Richard de la Lade to cause Hugh to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid Richard, which are in the king’s hand, together with the aforesaid heir and other things pertaining to the aforesaid custody, as aforesaid.

8 June. Windsor. Berkshire. Concerning handing over on bail. Order to the constable of Windsor that if either of John de Bendenges and Andrew of West Wycombe , who have been taken and detained in the king’s prison of Windsor for arson in the hundred of Odiham , of which they are indicted, will find him twelve trustworthy and law-worthy men of his bailiwick who will mainpern to have them before the king’s justices at the first session when they come into those parts to stand to right, then he is to hand over each of them to those twelve on bail, as aforesaid. ¹ Memorandum that John and Andrew give the king five palfreys for this writ. Order to the same constable to take security etc.

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Concerning the fortieth and other monies owed to the king. To the king’s beloved and faithful Brian son of Alan, sheriff of Northumberland . Order, firmly enjoining him by the faith which the king has heard report of about him, to show all diligence that he can in collecting those monies in Northumberland that are owed to the king from the fortieth and from amercements of the king’s justices who lately itinerated in the same county , and from all others who might owe anything in whatever manner they might owe it, so that the king will have those monies promptly at London on the eve of St. John the Baptist in the nineteenth year and that he might commend his diligence.

Concerning the fortieth and other monies owed to the king. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriffs of Lancaster and Cumberland.

For the citizens of London . Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the octaves of Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, the demand for £225 that they make by summons of the Exchequer from the citizens of London for the farm of the same city for the time at which William Blund and Peter Neuelun were sheriffs of London .

For the citizens of London. Order to the same to place in respite, until the octaves of St. John the Baptist in the nineteenth year, the demand for £8 16s. 8d. that they exact by summons of the Exchequer from the citizens of London for the farm of their vill , which they say they placed in the repairs of the bridge of Holborn .

For the heirs of Roger le Duc . The king has granted to the heirs of Roger le Duc, formerly citizen of London , that, of the debt which Idonea Bukerel owed to the king, and concerning which the king afterwards granted to Roger that he was to render half a mark each year by his hand at the Exchequer, as Idonea used to render, ¹ until the aforesaid debt was rendered, they may render the aforesaid half-mark as Roger was accustomed to render it, until the aforesaid debt is paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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‘… as Idonea used to render’ interlined.

9 June. Windsor. For William, son of Drogo de [Montagu]. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful William, son of Drogo de [Montagu ], that he may render the fine which Alan Basset made with the king for the debts that William de Montagu, grandfather of the aforesaid William, owed at the Exchequer at the same terms as the king granted to the aforesaid Alan. He has also granted to William son of Drogo that, for the time when his land was in the king’s hand by reason of the war waged between the king and R. Marshal, formerly earl of Pembroke, it is to be allowed to him per annum in the aforesaid fine as much as Alan was accustomed to render per annum at the Exchequer. Order that, diligent inquisition having been taken as to how much time the aforesaid land was in the king’s hand by the aforesaid reason, they are to cause to be allowed to the same William son of Drogo in the aforesaid fine what ought to be allowed to him by right from the aforesaid time. They are to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For William le Breton. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire . The king has granted to his beloved and faithful William le Breton that he may have that assart in Duddington with appurtenances of which the king once caused him to be disseised by his will and that he later granted to the prior and canons of Fineshade to hold at a certain term for rendering 100s. to the king annually at the Exchequer, so that they are to hold the aforesaid assart during the term granted by the king to the aforesaid prior and canons, rendering the aforesaid 100s. to the aforesaid William as they ought to have rendered them to the king, and afterwards that assart is to return to William’s hand as he held it before the king caused him to be disseised. Order to cause William to have full seisin of the aforesaid assart with appurtenances, as aforesaid.

Concerning selling old oaks. Order to Henry of Lambley to cause all old, dried and fallen oaks and all old, dried and fallen utchias ¹ of the hay of Willey ² to be sold by the view of the foresters and verderers of his bailiwick , ³ and to cause the king’s advantage to be made from them. He is also to cause all monies arising from this to be kept safely to the king’s use until the king orders otherwise.

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Corrected from ‘his bailiwick’.

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Corrected from ‘… of the hay of Willey’.

Yorkshire. Concerning taking lands into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take into the king’s hand all lands of Margery of Kelleythorpe in his bailiwick, with all property and chattels of the same Margery found therein, until the king orders otherwise.

11 June. Reading. For the men of Dunwich. The king has given respite to the men of Dunwich from the £22 10s. ¹ which the barons of the Exchequer exact from them by summons of the Exchequer for the farm of their vill , until Michaelmas in the nineteenth year. Order to the barons to permit them to have the aforesaid respite.

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Corrected from ‘£27’.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite, until the octaves of St. John the Baptist in the nineteenth year, the demand for 5 m. that he makes from the abbess of Romsey for the chattels formerly of William of Rowden for the debt in which William was bound to the king and which the abbess bought from Brother Geoffrey, the king’s almoner, as is said.

12 June. Reading. Buckinghamshire. Ralph the Otter-Hunter of Aylesbury gives the king 5 m. for having his confirmation of the gift and grant that he made to Robert son of David of all his tenement in Aylesbury . Because Ralph is preparing for his journey towards the Holy Land , order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire that, immediately after having viewed these letters and without further delay, he is to take good and sufficient security from him for rendering the aforesaid 5 m. to the king.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. The abbot and monks of Pipewell give the king 50 m. for having his charter that they might till and bring into cultivation, saving common of pasture to each person, the corner of their wood of Yungewud’ , ¹ which contains 18 acres by the king’s perch, and for having the king’s confirmation of several of their charters.

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Corrected from ‘… 18 acres of his wood …’

12 June. Wallingford. To the sheriff of Dorset . Order to inquire diligently what lands, what tenements and what chattels of Thomas Brian , who was lately hanged in the king’s court on account of the robbery and breach of the peace that he recognised he had committed in that county , and to take them into the king’s hand by the view of the keepers of the pleas of the crown, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise, notwithstanding the king’s order concerning the year and day from the aforesaid land which he has granted to Richard de Beauchamp , ¹ and to cause the king to know evidently and distinctly the value of his lands and tenements and what chattels he will find there without delay by his letters sealed with his seal and the seals of the aforesaid keepers of the pleas of the crown. He is to act in such business so that the king might not betake himself to him.

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Corrected from ‘John de Baskerville’.

Order, in the same manner, to the sheriff of Herefordshire concerning the lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid Thomas, notwithstanding the king’s order concerning the year and day, which the king granted to John de Baskerville.

[No date]. Wiltshire. Adam de Periton’ gives the king five palfreys for having his charter that he and his heirs might freely and without impediment assart and till his wood of Foxley , which is within the king’s forest, and to dispose of it all by his will, and that that plot might be quit forever of waste and regard , the view of the foresters and verderers and all of their ministers, and from all things that pertain to the king’s forest.

[No date]. Somerset. Hugh de Vivonne and Ralph son of Bernard give the king one mark for licence to make concord in the assize of darrein presentment to the church of Limington that was summoned before Jordan Oliver and his associates , and John de Ballon and Auda, his wife, and Gundreda of Tuddenham are to be amerced because they withdrew themselves .

20 June. Woodstock. For the abbot of Winchcombe . To the sheriff of Gloucestershire . The king has granted to the abbot of Winchcombe that he may have in his hand the vill of Winchcombe with its appurtenances and with the hundreds of Kiftsgate and Holford and Greston , and with the pleas of distress (namiis) detained against gage and pledge, for four years from Michaelmas in the seventeenth year, rendering £50 each year by his hand at the Exchequer of Michaelmas upon the sheriff’s account . The king also wishes that the manors of the aforesaid abbot of Sherborne and Bledington are to be quit from suits of the county and hundred until the aforesaid term . Order to permit the aforesaid abbot to hold the aforesaid vill of Winchcombe and the aforesaid hundreds until the aforesaid term, with the pleas of distress detained against gage and pledge by rendering the aforesaid farm at the Exchequer, and that in the meantime his aforesaid manors of Sherborne and Bledington are to be quit from suits of the county and hundred.

20 June. Woodstock. For E. countess of Pembroke. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite, until 15 days from St. John the Baptist in the nineteenth year, the demand that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from E. countess of Pembroke for the manor of Wexcombe from the time of W. Marshal, earl of Pembroke, formerly her husband.

22 June. Woodstock. For John of Gatesden . Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demands that they make by summons of the Exchequer for several debts from John of Gatesden, who the king has sent on his embassy to overseas parts, until he returns from those parts .

24 June. Woodstock. Norfolk. For William son of Gerebert. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to William [son of] Gerebert of Yarmouth 30 m. of the fine of 100 m. which he made before the justices last itinerant in Norfolk for a trespass. He has granted the same William, who, as he says, has rendered 27 m. of the aforesaid fine to the sheriff of Norfolk, that he may render the remaining 43 m. within the two years next following, namely 10 m. 10s. at Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, 10 m. 10s. at Easter in the twentieth year, 10 m. 10s. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 10 m. 10s. at Easter in the twenty-first year. Order to cause William to be quit from the aforesaid 30 m. and to permit him to have the aforesaid terms for the aforesaid 43 m.

Gloucestershire. For Aymer French. To the sheriff of Gloucestershire . Aymer French of Worcester has shown to the king that when his men, carters, had crossed through his bailiwick with Aymer’s carts laden with woad, a certain cart suddenly tipped over in the parts of Campden and, by mischance, crushed a girl to death, on account of which the aforesaid carts and carthorses, together with the aforesaid woad, have been taken into the king’s hand by the bailiffs of the abbot of Winchcombe . Order that, if this is true, he is to cause the aforesaid cart, with the aforesaid woad and carthorses, to be valued by the king’s coroners and other trustworthy and law-worthy men of his county and, having accepted security from Aymer that he will answer for that value before the king’s justices at the first session [they will take] when they come into those parts , he is to cause the said cart, with the woad and aforesaid horses, to be delivered to him by the aforesaid value, and to cause the carters who have been arrested for that reason to be delivered.

26 June. Woodstock. For the abbess of Romsey . Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite, until the octaves of Michaelmas, the demand for 5 m. that he makes from the executors of the testament of William of Rowden by summons of the Exchequer for the debts that William owed the king, so that it may be discussed then whether the executors or the heirs of the same William ought to answer for the aforesaid 5 m. He is not to impede the abbess of Romsey , or permit her to be impeded, by the aforesaid reason whereby she might not take away her corn that she bought from the aforesaid executors and dispose of it for her will.

27 June. Woodstock. For John, son of John Marshal . The king has taken the homage of John, son of John Marshal, for the manor of Haselbury with appurtenances, which the aforesaid John Marshal held of the king in chief and which falls to the same John by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Somerset that, having accepted security from the aforesaid John son of John Marshal for his relief due to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances.

For John, son of John Marshal . Order, in the same manner, to the sheriff of Norfolk by the same words, concerning the manor of Hingham with appurtenances.

For John, son of John Marshal . Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause John, son of John Marshal, to have such seisin of the manor of Norton with appurtenances as the aforesaid John Marshal, his father, had thereof on the day he died, ¹ without prejudice to the right of each person.

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For John, son of John Marshal . Order, in the same manner and by the same words, to the sheriff of Norfolk, concerning the manor of Foulsham with appurtenances.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. William Hay gives the king 5 m. for having a writ [to have] four justices to take the assize of novel disseisin that he arraigned against Ascelina of Clopton and Richard de Hotot, concerning a tenement in Clopton . Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take security etc.

2 July. Brill. Warwickshire. The king has granted to Amice, who was the wife of Richard of Wolford , lately hanged at Warwick, that she may have all chattels formerly of the aforesaid Richard on the day on which he was hanged , both in sown corn and in other moveable property and chattels, by a reasonable value, in order that she answers for them at the king’s summons. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire that, having accepted security from Amice for rendering the aforesaid value to the king, as aforesaid, he is to cause her to have full seisin of all property and chattels aforesaid, both in corn and in other things. If anything has been taken away or removed therefrom, he is similarly to cause it to be rendered to her under the aforesaid value.

[No date]. Somerset. Stephen of Bristol and Margaret, his wife, give the king half a mark for having a writ [to have] four justices to take the assize of novel disseisin that they arraigned against Robert de Cotele , concerning a tenement in West Pannard . Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take security etc.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

[No date]. Cornwall. Amerced before Andrew of Cardinham , Henry of Bodrugan , Richard de Lankecker and Odo Archdeacon , justices assigned to take the assize of darrein presentment that Thomas Corbet and Isabella, his wife, arraigned against Peter de Saint-Melaine , Nicholas Chancellor and William of Englefield … ¹

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[No date]. Cornwall. From Peter de Saint-Melaine, 1 m.; from Nicholas Chancellor, half a mark. William of Englefield did not appear nor does he have anything in the county of Cornwall by which he might be distrained.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, the demand for 5 m. that he makes from the abbot of St. Radegund for Stephen de Ponton’ for a prest made to him in Ireland in the time of King John.

12 July. Westminster. For E. countess of Pembroke. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved sister Eleanor countess of Pembroke that nothing is to be exacted from her for the farm of the manor of Wexcombe due to the king from the time of W. Marshal, formerly earl of Pembroke, her husband, but that the heirs and executors of the testament of the aforesaid earl are to hold it at the aforesaid farm, to be paid to the king from the time aforesaid. He has also granted to the countess that she may have respite until 15 days from Michaelmas in the nineteenth year from the arrears of the farm of the same manor , which are exacted from her for the time when the manor was in her hand after the earl’s death. Order to cause the countess to be quit from the farm of the same manor, which is exacted from her for the time of the aforesaid earl, and to cause her to have the aforesaid respite from the farm for his aforesaid time.

13 July. Westminster. For William Dun and Elena, his wife. The king has granted to William Dun and Elena, his wife, that they may render to him at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the nineteenth year 7 m. of 14 m. which remain to be rendered at the Exchequer, of the fine of 20 m. that they made with him for having the custody of the land and heir of Hugh Malegreffe , and 7 m. at Easter in the twentieth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

14 July. Westminster. For Ivo, son and heir of William son of Wigan . Ivo, son and heir of William son of Wigan, has made fine with the king by 5 m. for his relief of the land that William held of the king in chief and that falls to him by inheritance, and the king has taken his homage for this. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire that, having accepted security from Ivo for rendering the aforesaid 5 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all land formerly of William, his father, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died.

13 July. Westminster. For William de Waterville. The king has granted to William de Waterville that, of the £66 and one mark that he owes to Josceus Priest, Jew , he may render 20 m. to the king at the Exchequer cash down and, afterwards, 10 m. each year at two terms, namely 5 m. at Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, 5 m. at Easter in the twentieth year, and thus from year to year and from term to term until the said debt will have been paid, and that the said £66 and one mark are to be allowed to the same Jew in the debt that 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 Ralph fitz Nicholas, Walter de Kirkham and G. of Crowcombe.

For Henry of Nafford . The king has granted to Henry of Nafford that, of the 120 m. which he owes him of the fine that he made with him for having peace from the appeal that Richard of Evesham made against him before the itinerant justices in Cambridgeshire for breach of the king’s peace, he may render 20 m. at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, 20 m. at Easter in the twentieth year, and 40 m. thus each year from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid debt will have been paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Northumberland. Robert Clerk, Geoffrey Hache, Henry Tailor and their associates give the king 40s. for having four knights to take an assize of novel disseisin concerning common of pasture in Healey Hope , which pertains etc. in Rothbury, against Roger Bertram and others . Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to take security etc.

[No date]. Devon. Roger son of Henry gives the king one mark for having four knights to take an assize of novel disseisin, concerning land in Webbery, against Juliana de Welleton’ . Order to the sheriff of Devon to take security etc.

[No date]. Norfolk. Richard of Hemblington and Roger, his brother, give the king one mark for having four knights to take an assize of novel disseisin against Norwich [sic] and others, concerning a tenement in Hemblington . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

[No date]. Northumberland. Ranulf son of Henry gives the king one palfrey for having four knights to take an assize of novel disseisin against Hugh de Bolebec and others, concerning common of pasture in Waskerley which pertains etc. in the same vill . Order to the sheriff of Northumberland .

15 July. Westminster. For William de St. John. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to William de St. John from the 25 m. which they exact from him by summons of the Exchequer for his terms that he did not keep, until the morrow of All Souls in the twentieth year. Order to permit him to have that respite.

17 July. Westminster. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk to place in respite the demand for scutages that he makes from Master William of Kentwell by summons of the Exchequer, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, and to cause his livestock, if etc., to be delivered.

[No date]. Norfolk. William of Colton , Blitha, his wife, and William son of William give the king one mark for having four knights to take an assize of novel disseisin, concerning a tenement in Antingham . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

[No date]. Shropshire. The prior and monks of Bromfield give the king 100s. for having his confirmation of certain of their liberties.

[No date]. Hampshire. Robert de Say gives the king 100s. for having four knights to take an assize of darrein presentment to the church of Stratfield Saye against the abbot of St. Mary Vallemont . Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take etc. ¹ for rendering a moiety at Michaelmas in the nineteenth year and the other moiety at Easter in the twentieth year.

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[No date]. Warwickshire. Robert Hasteng gives the king 5 m. for having four knights to take an assize of novel disseisin against Robert son of Ralph and others, concerning a tenement in Whitnash . Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take etc.

24 July. Woodstock. Order to the constable of Devizes to cause the men and dogs of Henry of Earley taken in the forest of Melksham to be replevied until the first pleas of the forest [are taken], having accepted security from him for 5 m. for replevying them in the meantime.

30 July. Bristol. For Hugh de Verly . The king has granted to Hugh de Verly that, of the debt that Roger de Verly, his father, owed Mosse Mocke and his associates, Jews of Norwich , for which debt he was later taken into the king’s hand and Roger made fine with the king to render 10 m. per annum at the Exchequer until the aforesaid debt was paid to the king, he may henceforth render £4 each year at the same terms at which he was accustomed to render the aforesaid 10 m. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Hugh de Verly . Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to render to the same Hugh his land that has been taken into the king’s hand because he did not keep his terms at the Exchequer for the aforesaid debt, as he says, unless it had been taken into the king’s hand for another reason. By Ralph fitz Nicholas.

[No date]. Concerning the fine of Ralph Basset of Drayton for licence to assart. Ralph Basset of Drayton has made fine with the king by 10 m. for having his licence that he may assart and cultivate his wood between Bourne Brook and Watling Street containing 50 acres.

1 Aug. Wells. Concerning the lands of the count of Guines. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take into the king’s hand all lands of the count of Guines in his bailiwick and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning the lands of the count of Guines. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Essex .

[No date]. Devon. Robert de Blackford gives the king 5 m. for having his confirmation of the manor of Braunton in Devon .

1 Aug. Wells. Concerning the corn of Peter fitz Herbert . Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to cause the corn that Peter fitz Herbert caused to be sown in his demesne lands within his bailiwick to be collected by four trustworthy and law-worthy men of each manor formerly of the same Peter and to be stored in the same manors, so that nothing is removed from the aforesaid corn excepting those things necessary for collecting and stacking it, until the king will be certain by what right it ought to be answered to him for the debts that Peter owed him and until the king orders otherwise.

3 Aug. Bath. Concerning the abbey of Battle . Order to the sheriff of Sussex to cause the vacant abbey of Battle , which he lately took into the king’s hand, to be delivered to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William, the king’s escheators, to keep.

Concerning the abbey of Battle . Order to them to receive it and keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

3 Aug. Bath. For G. de Marsh. The king has remitted to G. de Marsh the anger and indignation that he conceived towards him, has received him into his grace, and has received his homage and fealty . Order to M. fitz Gerald, justiciar of Ireland, to cause the same G. to have full seisin of all his lands taken into the king’s hand by reason of the aforesaid indignation, having retained in the king’s hand the castles, those lands and other things that ought to remain in the king’s hand by the fine that he made with him, and saving to the justiciar those lands that the same G. granted to him, and if anything of the property and chattels of the same Geoffrey found in the same lands will have been withdrawn or removed after he was last disseised of the same after the aforesaid fine that he made with the king for having his grace and for having his lands, he is to cause them to be allowed to him in his fine. Because the king wishes that Geoffrey renders the fine that he made with him at the Exchequer in England , order to the justiciar not to distrain him or his pledges for the aforesaid fine until the king orders otherwise, or to bring any trouble or grief to Geoffrey or his men who made fine with the king, or permit any to be brought, except to William Marsh, his son.

4 Aug. Malmesbury. For the prior and convent of Battle . Order to the sheriff of Kent to permit the prior and convent of Battle to have the custody and free administration of all their possessions that they have in his bailiwick, so that neither the sheriff nor any other bailiff of the king is to concern himself therewith in anything by reason of the vacation of the same abbey.

For the prior and convent of Battle . It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Wiltshire , Berkshire , Oxfordshire , Essex and Surrey .

For the prior and convent of Battle . It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Sussex with this clause, ‘notwithstanding the king’s order that he made concerning taking the aforesaid abbey into the king’s hand and delivering it to the escheators to keep’.

15 Aug. Westminster. For the prior and convent of Battle . [Order to] Richard de la Lade that notwithstanding etc., concerning the aforesaid abbey taken into the king’s hand, he is to cause the monks of the same house to have full seisin of all their lands and possessions in Southwark and elsewhere, with all levies therefrom. ¹

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[No date]. Somerset. Robert Burnel gives the king 20s. for having an assize of novel disseisin before William Raleigh against the abbot of Forde , concerning a tenement in Beerhall . Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take etc.

6 Aug. Marlborough. Shropshire. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to cause John son of Phillip to have the corn and other chattels of Nicholas de Wundenewell’ , who Margaret, who was the wife of Roger le Budel , appeals for the death of her aforesaid husband and who has fled by reason of that appeal, by the same value at which they were valued to the king’s use, together with the land formerly of the same Nicholas, which land and chattels the king granted to John to keep until the king orders otherwise.

7 Aug. Marlborough. Lancaster. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, the demand for 9s. that he makes from Geoffrey Crossbowman in order to acquit the fine of 100 m. which the men of his county made with the justices who last itinerated in the same county, so that it may be known then whether Geoffrey ought to answer for the aforesaid portion of 100 m., or not, inasmuch as it is enfeoffed of the royal demesne, as they say, and that suit is not owed at the county or hundred .

Suffolk. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to place the appeal that Ailmer Coc and Godina, his wife , make against Alexander of Holkham for felony and breach of the king’s peace before the justices at Westminster at Michaelmas in 15 days and to take security for 100s. to the king’s use for this writ.

6 Aug. Marlborough. Concerning tallaging the king’s demesne lands. The king has assigned Ralph Morin and Peter Loereng and the sheriff of Bedfordshire to tallage the king’s demesne lands in the same county , excepting towns and cities. Order to all holding of the king’s demesne lands in the county of Bedfordshire to be intendant and respondent to them in all things that pertain to the aforesaid tallage. ¹

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Concerning tallaging the king’s demesne lands. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire, with his aforesaid associates, to go to each of the king’s manors in his bailiwick with all the speed that he can and to assess tallage upon them to the king’s use, so that the king has a moiety thereof at Michaelmas and the other moiety at Easter, and he is to act so faithfully and prudently in assessing the aforesaid tallage that the king might commend him herein.

Concerning tallaging the king’s demesne lands. It is written in the same manner to the same Ralph and Peter as to the sheriff.

Concerning tallaging the king’s demesne lands. [It is written in the same manner to]:

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Corrected from ‘Hugh son Ralph’.

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Corrected from ‘Richard Butler’.

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‘Thomas’ corrected from ‘Wimanus’.

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Corrected from ‘Richard de Barr’.

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Corrected from ‘Fulk Baynard, Thomas Burnel and Hervey of Stonham’.

Thomas of Moulton and Richard of Levington have been assigned to tallage the king’s demesnes in the counties of Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland , together with the sheriffs of the same counties , making no exception for towns and cities. Order to them to go to every single manor of the said counties to assess and collect tallage at the terms etc.

Thomas of Moulton and William of Lancaster have been assigned to seek aid from all thegns and tenants in cornage and other free men of the counties of Lancaster, Cumberland and Northumberland , excepting those of towns and demesnes and, similarly, those who hold by knight service. Notification to all those thegns etc., asking them that when it will be requested of them on the king’s behalf they will make such efficacious aid to the king for his great need that he will commend them.

Order to the sheriffs of Lancaster, Cumberland and Northumberland to cause all thegns and others etc. to come before them at the day and place that Thomas and William will cause them to know, in order to hear and undertake the king’s order.

Order to the same Thomas and William that as soon as they might become available to do this, they are to convene at a certain day and place to seek the aforesaid aid to the king’s use.

13 Aug. Windsor. For Hugh de Gournay . Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand for 10 m. that he makes of Hugh de Gournay from the last eyre in his county , until 15 days from Michaelmas in the nineteenth year.

8 Aug. Marlborough. Hampshire. To the sheriff of Hampshire . Order to cause the corn in the land formerly of Adam of Rotherfield to be valued by the oath and view of trustworthy and law-worthy men as well and more expensively as they are able , which land Gerard de Lambersach’ has by bail of the king to sustain him in the king’s service, and when that corn will have been valued he is to demise it to the aforesaid Gerard by the same value, because Aymer de St. Amand has mainperned for him to pay that value to the king, and he is to cause the king to know that value.

13 Aug. Westminster. Warwickshire. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to cause the abbot of Westminster , executor of the testament of Henry of Waltham, to have the corn and other chattels formerly of the same Henry in his bailiwick, in order to execute his testament, saving his debts to the king if Henry had ever owed any.

15 Aug. Westminster. Concerning the corn of the count of Guines . Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire that, having taken the lands of the count of Guines in his bailiwick into the king’s hand, as the king has ordered at other times, he is to cause the corn of the said count in the same lands to be collected and stacked by the view of the reeve and three other trustworthy and law-worthy men from every manor and, similarly, by the view of and testimony of the count’s servants from each manor, so that nothing of the aforesaid corn or other chattels found in the same lands is removed, excepting necessary things for collecting and stacking the aforesaid corn, until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning the corn of the count of Guines . It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Essex .

17 Aug. Westminster. For William de St. John. The king has granted to William de St. John that, of the debts he owes him, and concerning which the king granted him that he was to render 50 m. per annum, he may henceforth render 25 m. each year at the Exchequer until the aforesaid debts are paid to the king, namely a moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and the other moiety at the Exchequer of Easter. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus, notwithstanding that he did not keep his terms for the aforesaid 50 m. annually.

[No date]. Nottinghamshire. Henry, son of Henry Norris , gives one mark for having a writ of mort d’ancestor before Robert of Lexington and his associates at Wellow, concerning land in Sturton le Steeple . Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to take etc.

For W. bishop of Exeter. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place in respite the demand that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from W. bishop of Exeter for 25 m. for the relief of William d’Avranches , until 15 days from Michaelmas in the nineteenth year.

18 Aug. Westminster. For William de Vienne, son and heir of Cecilia de Vienne . The king has taken the homage of William de Vienne, son and heir of Cecilia de Vienne , for the land that Cecilia held of the king in chief by knight service in Ospringe , which falls to William by inheritance. Order to the keepers of the escheats that, having accepted security from William for 25s. for his relief, they are to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all land formerly of the aforesaid Cecilia in the same vill, of which she was seised as of fee on the day she died.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. William of Yen Hall gives the king one mark for having a writ of novel disseisin before Adam son of William and his associates at Thetford in the county of Suffolk against William of Fordham , concerning a tenement in West Wratting . Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take.

18 Aug. Westminster. For Hawise, mother of the archbishop of York . Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, the demand that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Hawise, mother of the archbishop of York , for the portion that she says falls to her of the fine of 100 m. which the county of Oxfordshire made before the justices last itinerant in that county , for which portion she ought not to answer, as she says, so that it may then be discussed at the Exchequer whether she ought to be quit or not.

20 Aug. Westminster. For the men and tenants of the bishop and chapter of London . Order to the sheriff of Middlesex to cause no distraint to be made for the amercements which arose in the eyre of the justices who last itinerated in his county from either the lands of or from the men holding from the bishop of London and the chapter of London , until the king orders otherwise.

For the men and tenants of the bishop and chapter of London . It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. The abbot of Savigny gives the king 15 m. for having his confirmation of several divers gifts.

[No date]. Devon. William de Orewell’ and Thomas, his brother , give the king 5 m. for having a writ to attaint before William Raleigh the twelve jurors in the assize of novel disseisin that they arraigned before the king’s justices at the first session [they will take] when they come into those parts against Alan of Stonehouse and Margaret, his wife, concerning a tenement in Cunne . Order to the sheriff of Devon to take security from William and Thomas for rendering the aforesaid 5 m. to the king’s use. ¹

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A small circle is entered in the margin.

21 Aug. Waltham. Buckinghamshire. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to place in respite, until Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, the demand that he makes from the knights and free men of William de Beauchamp of the honour of Newport Pagnell for performing suit at the county court ¹ and hundred court and for view of frankpledge and aid of the sheriff.

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The following demands to be respited are interlined.

[No date]. Devon. Geoffrey de Downhead and Margery, his wife , give the king 5 m. for having a writ before W. Raleigh for taking the assize of novel disseisin that they arraigned before Henry de Beaumont , Tollanus of Coryton and certain others, concerning a tenement in Ashwater . Order to the sheriff of Devon to cause the aforesaid assize to come before the same W. at the day and place the aforesaid W. will cause him to know. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc. ¹

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See no. 484 below.

Concerning the account of Hugh Gifford . To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to hear the account of the king’s beloved and faithful Hugh Gifford, constable of the Tower of London , for the 100 m. which he received by the king’s order to be put towards the king’s works there .

[No date]. Bedfordshire. Roger le May and Agnes, his wife, and Laurence son of Walter give the king half a mark for having four justices to take the assize of novel disseisin that they arraigned against Phillip son of William, Walter Gerey and Deodatus [sic], concerning a tenement in Bedford . Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take security from Roger and Agnes and Laurence for rendering the aforesaid half-mark to the king’s use.

24 Aug. Waltham. Concerning the fine of Bonamy , Josceus and other Jews, heirs of Copin the Jew of Oxford . To the king’s justices assigned to the custody of the Jews. Bonamy , Josceus and Vives , sons and heirs of Copin the Jew of Oxford , and Bonefey, son of Abraham son of Copin , one of the heirs of the aforesaid Copin and of Joye, mother of the aforesaid Bonefey, ¹ have made fine with the king by £200 for having the lands, houses and gages formerly of the aforesaid Copin, together with his charters, chirographs, chattels and debts which have not yet been acquitted. They are to render £20 of which £200 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, £20 at the Exchequer of Easter in the twentieth year, and £40 each year thus from year to year at the aforesaid terms until the aforesaid £200 are paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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Bonefey and his mother interlined.

Concerning the fine of Bonamy , Josceus and other Jews, heirs of Copin the Jew of Oxford . Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to cause them to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid lands, houses, gages, charters, chirographs, chattels and debts.

For William Aguillon. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to place in respite the demand for scutage that he makes from William Aguillon by summons of the Exchequer until Michaelmas in 15 days in the nineteenth year, and to cause his livestock, if he took any for this reason, to be delivered to him in the meantime.

25 Aug. Waltham. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite, until Michaelmas in 15 days in the nineteenth year, the demand for the amercements from the eyre of the justices that he makes from Cecilia, who was the wife of Henry Hoese , which amercements Cecilia says she has paid to the [under-]sheriff of John of Monmouth , who at that time had the county of Hampshire, and to cause her livestock, if he took any for this reason, to be delivered to her in the meantime.

[No date]. Warwickshire. Before W. de Lisle :

From Thomas of Charlecote of a fine for disseisin against Robert Hasteng’ , 100s., by the pledge of Roger of Newnham and Henry of Whitney .

[No date]. Northamptonshire. Amercements before Robert de Salcey and his associates.

From Richard de Hotot , half [a mark], for disseisin . By the pledge of Richard de Hotot . From Ascelina of Clopton , half [a mark], for the same . From William Hay, half a mark, for false claim . By the pledge of Richard de Hotot .

[No date]. Leicestershire. Robert son of Robert gives the king 20s. for having four justices to take the assize of novel disseisin that he arraigned against Theodore, prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England . Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to take security etc.

29 Aug. Northampton. Oxfordshire. Concerning the priory of St. Frideswide . Order to the king’s escheators to take the priory of St. Frideswide, Oxford , and all lands and tenements of the same priory into the king’s hand without delay, and to keep them safely so that nothing is removed therefrom until they receive command from the king otherwise.

Buckinghamshire. Luke de Cahaignes gives the king 40s. for having an inquisition as to whether he ought and should have been quit from suits of the county and hundred from the time of King John and the time of the king until Michaelmas in the eighteenth year.

For Geoffrey Gibewin. To the king’s beloved and faithful Engelard de Cigogné . Order to place under gage and safe pledge without delay all those who, on behalf of the countess of Oxford, intruded themselves into the land that Geoffrey Gibewin held of the aforesaid countess within the four hundreds of Benson after the death of the same Geoffrey without the king’s order, that they are to be before the king whenever and wherever the king will order, in order to answer for the aforesaid trespass. In the meantime, he is also to take the aforesaid land into the king’s hand and to cause it to be kept safely, so that nothing is removed either from the corn or other chattels found therein until the king orders otherwise.

[No date]. Bedfordshire. Walter Pertesoyl gives the king half a mark for having four justices to take the assize of novel disseisin that he arraigned against John de Treyly and certain others, concerning the tenement of Beeston . Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire etc.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. John de Stoke gives the king one mark for having an inquisition whether it would be to the harm and damage of the king’s forest of Oundle if the king were to grant to him that he might cause his wood of Rice to be assarted by licence of the king .

[No date]. Lancaster. W. earl of Ferrers gives the king £100 for having custody of the land and heirs of Aymer, son of William Butler , until the full age of the heirs, together with their marriage. He is to pay 50 m. of which £100 at Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, 50 m. at Easter in the twentieth year, and 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year.

4 Sept. Nottingham. Lincolnshire. Concerning the custody of the land and heirs of Aymer Butler . To the sheriff of Lincolnshire . The king’s beloved and faithful W. earl of Ferrers has made fine with the king by £100 for having custody of the land and heirs of Aymer Butler until the lawful age of the heirs, together with their marriage. Order to cause the aforesaid earl to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid Aymer in his bailiwick on the day he died.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Warwickshire , Lancaster and Nottinghamshire .

5 Sept. Nottingham. Yorkshire. Concerning selling the merchandise of merchants of the power of the King of France. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to cause all chattels and merchandise of merchants of the power of the King of France that were arrested at Beverley and York by reason of the wines of Hugh of Selby, mayor of York , which were taken by the King of France at Angers before the truces between the King of France and this king, to be sold by the view and testimony of the bailiffs of York and Beverley and other trustworthy and law-worthy men of the same vills. Once he has sold them, he is to keep the monies arising therefrom safely until the king will command him otherwise, and he is to certify the king by his letters of their number.

For the dean and chapter of York . Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to place in respite the demand that he makes from the dean and chapter of York by summons of the Exchequer for the chattels of their fugitives for waif, until one month from Hilary in the twentieth year.

For W. archbishop of York. To the barons of the Exchequer. Whereas the venerable father W. archbishop of York would have granted to the king a fortieth of his moveables in the manors within his liberty, namely from Beverley, Ripon and Hexham , if the venerable father R. bishop of Durham and the earl of Chester had granted the same to the king within their liberties, the abovesaid archbishop has asked the king that, as the bishop and earl will not yet grant this to the king, the king might grant him respite until he can establish the will of the aforesaid bishop and earl more fully. Because it is just to the archbishop, the king has granted this and order to permit him to have peace therefrom until he has a command from the king otherwise.

6 Sept. Darley. For Walter de Envermeu. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite the demand that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Walter de Envermeu for the arrears from the time he was sheriff of Lincolnshire, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the nineteenth year.

Concerning the scutages of the honour of Richmond and tallage. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to distrain all knights and others who hold by knight service of the honour of Richmond in his bailiwick that they are to render to the keeper of the aforesaid honour , to the king’s use, 2 m. from each of their fees and wards, both of the new enfeoffment and of the old, in order to make the aid to the king which the earls and barons and all others of the kingdom of England communally granted to him , so that the king may have a moiety thereof at Michaelmas in the nineteenth year and the other moiety at Easter in the twentieth year, for which aid the aforesaid keeper ought to answer the king at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff to cause such distraint to be made for this, lest by his default the payment of the aforesaid remains to be made at the aforesaid terms on account of which the king ought to betake himself to him. He is not, however, to concern himself with those things that pertain to the aforesaid honour in his bailiwick, but to permit him to keep his bailiwick in his county in peace.

Concerning the scutages of the honour of Richmond and tallage . It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of:

Nottinghamshire . Norfolk and Suffolk .

Cambridgeshire . Lincolnshire .

Hertfordshire .

It is written in the same manner, concerning the honours of Gloucester and Clare, to the sheriffs of:

Gloucestershire . Oxfordshire . Northamptonshire .

Bedfordshire . Buckinghamshire .

Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire . Norfolk and Suffolk . Essex and Hertfordshire .

Middlesex . Berkshire . Kent .

Surrey . Hampshire . Wiltshire .

Dorset and Somerset . Devon .

Concerning the scutages of the honour of Richmond and tallage . These were patents. The king has assigned Alexander Bacon, keeper of the honour of Richmond , to assess tallage in the aforesaid vill to the king’s use. Order to the trustworthy men of the vill of Richmond to admit the same keeper to do this and to be intendant and respondent to him in this.

Concerning the scutages of the honour of Richmond and tallage . These were patents. Order, in the same manner, to the men of the vill of Boston and all others of the soke of Boston and Gayton.

[No date]. Derbyshire. An amercement before Geoffrey of Greasley and his associates. Adam of Cridling is in mercy and gives one mark for disseisin by the pledge of Peter de Hurst and Roger de Sydehal’ .

6 Sept. Belper. Norfolk. The king has taken the homage of Robert le Poer, son and heir of Roger le Poer, for one carucate of land with appurtenances in Frettenham formerly of Robert Bertram, Norman , which the king granted to Roger by his charter, to hold from the king and his heirs to Roger and his heirs until the king will render it to the right heirs by his will or by peace. Order to the king’s escheators that, having accepted security from the aforesaid Robert for rendering 10s. to the king for his relief, they are to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with its appurtenances.

[No date]. Hertfordshire. Geoffrey de Scalariis gives the king 100s. so that he might be quit from collecting aid, scutage and ward to the king’s use, to which he was assigned in the county of Hertfordshire on the king’s behalf.

8 Sept. Chesterfield. Lincolnshire. For Walter de Envermeu. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite the demand for all debts that he makes from Walter de Envermeu by summons of the Exchequer, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the nineteenth year.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. John of Langton gives the king half a mark for having four justices to take the assize of novel disseisin that he arraigned against Richard son of Lambert and Agnes, his wife, concerning a tenement in Navenby . ¹

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‘Agnes, his wife’ interlined.

12 Sept. Ashbourne. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to place in respite the demand for 16 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men of Robert, son of Robert of Paxton, from the last eyre of the justices in his county , until 15 days from Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, so that it may then be seen at the Exchequer whether the said men had been amerced by themselves or together with the whole vill of Paxton .

Concerning selling the king’s wines. Order to Henry Kytte, William Brien and Askeltillus son of Alice to receive the king’s wines that are in Nottingham castle , which the sheriff of Nottinghamshire will deliver to them, and cause them to be sold by the view of trustworthy and law-worthy men, the king firmly prohibiting that any wine be exposed to sale in the vill of Nottingham before the aforesaid wines are sold, and to cause the monies therefrom to be delivered to the aforesaid sheriff to the king’s use.

[No date]. Derbyshire. Roger, son of Jordan de Wurth’ , gives the king 10 m. for having his confirmation of the sale, grant and quitclaim that Robert de la Hide made to him of all of his land in Shallcross .

13 Sept. Lichfield. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to place in respite, until Michaelmas in 15 days in the nineteenth year, the demand for a murder fine that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men of J. earl of Chester and Huntingdon ¹ of the honour of Huntingdon , of which the earl says they ought to be quit by the king’s charter, so that it may then be seen at the Exchequer whether the aforesaid earl ought to have that quittance or not.

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Corrected from ‘J. earl of Lincoln’.

14 Sept. Lichfield. For the sheriff of Shropshire , concerning respite of account. The king has given respite ¹ to the sheriff of Staffordshire and Shropshire from rendering his account until Monday next after the octaves of Michaelmas in the nineteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

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Corrected from ‘The king has granted …’

14 Sept. Lichfield. For William, son of Daniel Butler . Derbyshire. To the king’s bailiffs of the High Peak . The king, by his charter, has given to William, son of Daniel Butler, for his homage and service, two mills above the waters of the Wye , namely one above the bridge over the Wye and the other in Fairfield, which Brian de Lisle built by his will contrary to the grant that King John, the king’s father, had made to Daniel, father of the same William, of the mill of Wormhill , with the suit of men and all other liberties and customs pertaining to that mill, to have and hold from the king and his heirs to William and his heirs, rendering 5 m. of silver annually to the king and his heirs by the hands of the king’s bailiffs of the High Peak, namely a moiety at Easter and the other moiety at Michaelmas, for all services, customs and demands, as is more fully contained in the charter that he caused to be made for William. Order to cause the aforesaid charter to be read and upheld and to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid mills .

For William, son of Daniel Butler . Derbyshire. The same William gives the king 30 m. for having the aforesaid charter.

For A. bishop of Coventry. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for £26 6s. 3d. that they make by summons of the Exchequer from A. bishop of Coventry, who has set out for the Roman Curia by the king’s licence, for several particulars, until his return into England .

[No date]. Devon. Nicholas de Blagdon gives the king 2 m. for having four justices to take two assizes of novel disseisin at Exeter at Michaelmas in the nineteenth year in one month . Order to the sheriff of Devon etc.

[No date]. Devon. John le Barun gives the king one mark for having the aforesaid justices to take an assize of novel disseisin at the aforesaid day and place . Order to the sheriff of Devon to take security etc.

[No date]. Middlesex. Waleran Teutonicus gives the king 100 m. for having custody of the land and heir of Geoffrey of Batchworth , with the marriage of the same heir, which pertains to the king by reason of the heir and lands formerly of G. earl of Gloucester being in his hand.

[No date]. Northumberland. Amercements before Roger de Merlay and his associates, assigned to be justices.

Roger Bertram is to be amerced at the king’s will for disseisin . From John of Eslington , half a mark for the same . From William de Turri , half a mark for the same . From Nicholas Forester and Adam Sturd’, half a mark for the same . From Alan Brien and Patrick, son of Roger of Framlington , for pledging William de Turri, half a mark .

From Robert Clerk, Geoffrey Hache, Henry Tailor, William son of Robert, Ralph son of Lyulf, Simon son of Ralph, Absolom of Rothbury , Gilbert Carpenter, Adam son of Elgus, Hugh son of Robert, Patrick, son of Liulf le Teintur , William son of Alan, John Burcman, Adam Smith, Gilbert de Ile , Andrew son of the priest, Swain Long, Robert Smith and Adam Tadde, 5 m. for false claim .

From Roger of Hodsock , for pledging Robert Smith of Rothbury, half a mark . From Walter Trest, for pledging the same Robert, 2s.

18 Sept. Feckenham. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand that they make by summons of the Exchequer from the heirs of Ranulf, formerly earl of Chester , until the octaves of Martinmas in the twentieth year.

18 Sept. Worcester. Concerning the fine of the prior and convent of Coventry . To the king’s escheators. The sub-prior and monks of Coventry have made fine with the king by £100 for having in their hand the custody of their priory and the lands, property, rents and all possessions pertaining to the aforesaid priory for as long as the priory will be vacant. They are to render the aforesaid £100 to the king at these terms, namely 25 m. on the morrow of All Souls in the twentieth year, 25 m. at Easter in the same year, 25 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, 25 m. at Easter in the twenty-first year, 25 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 25 m. at Easter in the twenty-second year. Order to cause the sub-prior and monks to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid priory and all lands, property, rents and possessions pertaining thereto, having retained in the king’s hand wardships and gifts of churches when they fall in for as long as the same priory will be vacant.

Concerning the fine of the prior and convent of Coventry . Order, in the same manner, to the sheriffs of Gloucestershire , Warwickshire and Leicestershire and Northamptonshire .

Concerning the fine of the prior and convent of Coventry. They have letters patent for this. ¹

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This entry is added at the end of no. 448 above and is written in a different hand.

20 Sept. Great Malvern. Warwickshire. Stephen of Pillerton , Richard, his brother, and Matilda daughter of Stephen give the king 5 m. for having the appeal that they make against John de Hersy , Luke, his brother, Henry Champion, William of Pillerton, chaplain, Phillip Mor, Peter Corbicun, Oliver of Pillerton and Richard, son of Henry Champion, for robbery and breach of the king’s peace before the justices at Westminster at Michaelmas in 15 days. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take security etc.

For Walter de Beauchamp . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Walter de Beauchamp that, of the £8 which he owes him for the escape of thieves , he may render £4 ¹ at Michaelmas in the nineteenth year and the other £4 at Easter next following in the twentieth year. Order to permit him to have the aforesaid terms, as aforesaid.

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Corrected from ‘4s.’

20 Sept. Tewkesbury. For the abbot of Pershore . Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to permit the abbot of Pershore to have peace, until upon his account at the Exchequer, from the demand that he makes from him for the portion that falls to him of the fine of 60 m. lately made before the king’s justices itinerating in his county , to which the abbot did not consent and, what is more, excepted himself before the same justices, and, similarly, the demand for a murder fine that he made from him, from which he has quittance by the charters of the king’s predecessors, kings of England, as he says.

Worcestershire. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire that … ¹

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22 Sept. Winchcombe. Worcestershire. At the instance of Walter of Lench, the king has pardoned to Richard Streche of Bentley Pauncefoot a moiety of the 5½ m. at which Richard was amerced before the itinerant justices at Worcester . Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to permit Richard to have peace from the moiety of the aforesaid 5½ m.

Worcestershire. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit therefrom.

For John de Ballon . The king has granted to John de Ballon that, of the fine of £100 which he made with him for his relief of the lands formerly of John de Ballon, his father, he may render £12 10s. at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in 15 days in the nineteenth year, £10 10s. ¹ at Easter in the twentieth year, and £25 thus from year to year at the same 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.

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[Sic]. Sum corrected from ‘£10’.

24 Sept. Oddington. For Matthew de Lovano. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to cause the king to know for what cause and in what manner the lands of Matthew de Lovano have been taken into the king’s hand by order of the itinerant justices taking the assizes of novel disseisin at Thetford , and why he caused his livestock to be sold. In the meantime, he is to cause that land to be kept safely in the king’s hand so that nothing is removed therefrom, and to permit him and his men to have peace in the meantime.

28 Sept. Woodstock. Hampshire. Gilbert le Breton gives the king 1 m. for having a writ to attaint twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin against John le Breton, concerning tenements in Chark and Lee Britten . Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take security etc.

29 Sept. Woodstock. For Robert son of Nicholas. Order to Walter de Beauchamp to receive the aid that Robert son of Nicholas offered him to the king’s use for the aid that the earls and barons in England granted to the king. He is also to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, the demand for certain scutages that he makes from him for his land of Beoley from the times of other lords who previously had that land, as he says, so that, then, what ought to be done by right may be done before the barons of the Exchequer.

4 Oct. Reading. Concerning taking the abbey of Osney into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take the abbey of Osney , vacant by J., formerly abbot of Osney, who has taken the habit of a friar minor , into the king’s hand, with all lands and tenements of the same abbey, so that nothing is removed therefrom until he has handed it over to the king’s escheators assigned to this. He is to behave in the foregoing in such a manner, and in the meantime take care to treat the tenants of the same abbey so that the king will not hear complaint about this, on account of which he may have to betake himself to him.

Concerning taking the abbey of Osney into the king’s hand. In the same manner to the sheriff of Berkshire . ¹

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Written at the very end of the previous entry, but demarcated by a paragraph mark.

Order to the aforesaid escheators that after they have received this by the aforesaid sheriffs, they are to cause it to be kept safely so that nothing is removed therefrom until they have a command from the king otherwise, and to act in such a manner in the foregoing so that the king does not hear complaint by their default.

[No date]. Dorset. The abbot of Cerne gives the king three palfreys for having the plea before the king that was summoned before the itinerant justices in Berkshire between the abbot of Milton and the aforesaid abbot of Cerne, concerning certain liberties and customs .

[No date]. Fines and amercements before W. Raleigh and his associates in their eyre towards Cornwall .

Somerset. From Henry Crook, for default, half a mark . Wiltshire. From Henry de Percy , for disseisin, half a mark, by the pledge of Walter Page . Devon. From Nicholas de Porta, for licence to make concord with Richard Beaupel, one mark, by the pledge of William Bozun senior. Devon. From Wurmund de Pormort , for his fine for himself and his pledges because he withdrew himself, half a mark, by the pledge of William Trenchard . Devon. From Juliana de Weston’ , for disseisin, 20s., by the pledge of William fitz Warin . Devon. From Roger son of Henry, of his fine for false claim against the same , 40s. Somerset. From Robert Burnel, of his fine for himself and his pledges because he withdrew himself, half a mark . Somerset. From the abbot of Abbotsbury , of his fine for disseisin, 5 m. Devon. From the county of Devon, of its fine that Walter de Reingny and Geoffrey of Prideaux , who have complained against the county about a false judgement that had been made upon them, might withdraw, 60 m. Devon. From Robert de Blackford, of his fine for disseisin, 40s. Wiltshire. From Richard de Doll’ , of his fine for unjust impediment, 20s.

7 Oct. Windsor. For Ermintrude Talbot. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire to place in respite, until Easter in the twentieth year, the demand that he makes from Ermintrude Talbot, who is in overseas parts by the king’s licence, for suits of the county and hundred and aid of the sheriff .

[No date]. Concerning the fine of Phillip Mimecan. Phillip, son of Peter Mimecan, has made fine with the king by 100s. for having seisin of the bailiwick of the king’s forest of Shotover and of the lands formerly of the aforesaid Peter, his father, which he held of the king in chief and which falls to Phillip by hereditary right, and he has found Godfrey of Crowcombe and Richard of Battle as pledges for this.

7 Oct. Windsor. Concerning the fine of Phillip Mimecan. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to cause the same Phillip to have full seisin of the aforesaid lands, of which the aforesaid Peter was seised as of fee in his bailiwick on the day he died, as aforesaid.

Concerning the fine of Phillip Mimecan. Order to John de Neville to cause the same Phillip to have full seisin of the aforesaid bailiwick with appurtenances, having accepted sufficient security from him for keeping that bailiwick safely and faithfully.

8 Oct. Windsor. Order to Alexander Bacon to cause it to be inquired diligently how much corn, namely how much winter corn and how much summer corn, was sown this year in the demesne lands of the manors of Burgh and Hackford , and to cause the king to know how much the corn of the demesne lands, which are now in the king’s hand, that they will find therein is worth, having provided that nothing is removed from that corn in the meantime.

11 Oct. Windsor. For John, son of John Marshal . To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to place in respite, until the octaves of Hilary in the twentieth year, the demand that they make from the king’s beloved and faithful John, son of John Marshal, by summons of the Exchequer for the debts in which the aforesaid John Marshal was bound to the king. They are to cause the executors of the testament of the aforesaid John Marshal to know that they are to present themselves before them at a certain day in order to see in which debts the aforesaid John Marshal was bound to the king , forbidding them to have all adminstration of the chattels of the same John until the king will have been satisfied of the aforesaid debts, so that nothing is removed therefrom.

For John, son of John Marshal . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk not to permit the aforesaid executors any administration of the goods and chattels formerly of the aforesaid John in his bailiwick until the king will have been satisfied of the debts in which he was bound to the king, or until he has a command from the king otherwise.

For John, son of John Marshal . It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Northamptonshire .

17 Oct. Westminster. Norfolk. Stephen de Walton gives the king half a mark for having a writ of warranty of charter before the justices of the Bench against Henry of Ludham , concerning twelve acres of land with appurtenances in Clippesby. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security etc.

For Adam de Periton’. The king has granted to Adam de Periton’ that, of the 25 m. which he owes him, he may render 5 m. in the octaves of All Saints in the twentieth year, 5 m. in the octaves of Hilary in the same year, 5 m. in the octaves of the Close of Easter in the same year, 5 m. in the octaves of St. John the Baptist in the same year, and 5 m. in the octaves of Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be enrolled and done thus.

For Alan de Neville. The king, by his charter, has granted to Alan de Neville the land formerly of Peter, count of Brittany, in Cherry Hinton, to have and hold from the king and his heirs to Alan and his heirs until the king or his heirs will render it to the right heirs by the king’s will or by peace, rendering one pair of gilded spurs annually to the king and his heirs for all services, as is more fully contained in the aforesaid charter that the king caused to be drawn up for Alan. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. Hugh of Barnack gives the king 10 m. and Geoffrey of Barnack 5 m. for having a writ for taking an extent of their lands in Northamptonshire and, when that extent has been taken, the sheriff of Northamptonshire is to cause the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to know, who are to cause them to have reasonable fines and reasonable terms to render the debts in which they are bound to Meer the Jew of Stamford and Copin the Jew of Stamford , according to the quantity of the debts and the value of the aforesaid lands. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take security etc. By G. of Crowcombe .

[No date]. Yorkshire. Saer of Sutton gives the king 5 m. for having a writ before the king’s justices at the first session etc. for attainting twelve jurors by 24 against the prioress of Swine . Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security etc.

[No date]. Berkshire. Robert Achard gives the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin, concerning common of pasture in Westcot with appurtenances etc., against John son of John . Order to the sheriff of Berkshire .

20 Oct. Westminster. Cambridgeshire. Robert son of William gives the king half a mark for having a writ of warranty of charter at Westminster before the justices of the Bench against Robert, son of Robert Knight , and Margery, his wife . Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take security etc.

For Bartholomew de Crek’. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Bartholomew de Crek’ that Robert de Pyrha , Ralph Blund and William Blund, in whose custody the two sons of the same Bartholomew are and who Bartholomew assigned of his own will to pay £27 for him of the debt he owes the king at the Exchequer, may render 100s. each year of the aforesaid £27 at the Exchequer of Easter for the same Bartholomew, until they are paid in full to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

21 Oct. Westminster. For Thomas, son of John de Malling , the king’s barber. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given and granted to his beloved servant, Thomas, son of John de Malling, one virgate of land with appurtenances in Marden, which Walter the reeve of Marden held of the king in villeinage, and 21 acres of land and one acre of meadow of his demesne of the same vill, which the same Walter held, to have and hold from the king and his heirs to Thomas for all his life, rendering one pair of gilded spurs or 6d. per annum to the king and his heirs for all services, as is more fully contained in the king’s letters patent that he caused to be drawn up for Thomas . Order to cause this to be enrolled and done thus. ¹

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The original grant dated 27 June can be found on the Patent Roll: CPR 1232–1247, p. 110.

Westminster. For Earl R. Bigod, earl of Norfolk. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the octaves of the Close of Easter in the twentieth year, the demand that they make by summons of the Exchequer from R. Bigod, earl of Norfolk, from knights’ fees he does not recognise.

[No date]. Devon. Because above. Geoffrey de Downhead and Margery, his wife, give the king 5 m. for having a writ before the justices next itinerant in Somerset at the day and place which they will cause the sheriff of Devon to know ¹ against Henry de Beaumont and certain others, concerning a tenement in Ashwater. ²

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Corrected from ‘… for having four justices to take the assize of novel disseisin that they arraigned …’

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Entry cancelled because above. See no. 404 .

[No date]. Suffolk. Oliver Virgine gives the king 40s. for having a jury of 24 to convict twelve against Geoffrey de Bosco, concerning a tenement in Nettlestead . Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take security etc.

Northumberland. The prior of Tynemouth has made fine with the king by 25 m. for his fortieth and that of his men. Order to the assessors and collectors of the fortieth in Northumberland not to concern themselves with assessing the fortieth upon the same prior or his men.

For the prior of Tynemouth . Order to the sheriff of Northumberland not to distrain the same prior or his men by reason of assessing and collecting the fortieth in his county , but to permit them to have peace therefrom.

22 Oct. Westminster. Concering the king’s aid. Order to the constable of the Tower of London , to receive the monies from the aid lately granted to the king that the collectors of the same aid in Essex will deliver to him, and to keep them safely in the aforesaid tower under the seals of the same collectors, until the king orders otherwise.

For William of Culworth, sheriff of the counties of Essex and Hertfordshire . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful William of Culworth, sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire , that he may answer him for £15 for the profit of the aforesaid counties of the nineteenth year and for £10 for the profit of the same counties of the twentieth year, and he may answer thus from year to year for £10 for the profit of the same counties for as long as it pleases the king, and William will have the custody of the same counties by the king’s order. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

The king. For Jeremy, sheriff of Cambridgeshire . To the barons of the Exchequer. Jeremy, sheriff of Cambridgeshire , has made fine with the king by one palfrey, so that, for this nineteenth year, he might answer at the Exchequer for 50 m. for the profit of the aforesaid county , as he did in the year last past, and that he may henceforth answer for the particulars of the aforesaid profit as keeper of the same county. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Devon. Roger of Longford and Richard, his son , give the king 20s. for having an assize of novel disseisin before the justices next itinerant in the county of Somerset , at the day and place which they will cause the sheriff of Devon to know, against Joan Brewer and Thomas of Tedburn, concerning a tenement in Bradworthy . Order to the sheriff of Devon to take security etc.

[No date]. Leicestershire. Richard de Martiwast gives the king 20s. for having a writ to attaint twelve jurors by 24 before the justices at the first session etc. against William de Martiwast, concerning a tenement in ">Noseley . Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to take security etc.

22 Oct. Westminster. For Richard Reinger. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Richard Reinger that, of the 1200 m. which he owed him, of which he was bound to render 500 m. within one year, namely £200 at Easter in the nineteenth year, 50 m. at St. John the Baptist next following in the same year, £50 at Michaelmas next following in the same year, and £50 at Easter next following in the twentieth year, he may render the remaining 700 m. within seven years, namely 50 m. at Michaelmas in the twentieth year and 50 m. at Easter next following in the twenty-first year, and thus from term to term and from year to year until the aforesaid 700 m. have been paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Concerning the fine of Brian son of Alan for the custody of the land and heir of John de Treyly . Brian son of Alan has made fine with the king by 500 m. and seven palfreys for having to himself, or to whoever he will wish to assign, the custody of the land and heir of John de Treyly until the lawful age of the heir, together with his marriage, of which he is to render 100 m. per annum until the aforesaid 500 m. are paid, so that in the last year he may render the aforesaid seven palfreys with the final 100 m. Order to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William, the king’s escheators, to cause Brian to have full seisin of the aforesaid custody and heir.

Concerning the fine of Brian son of Alan for the custody of the land and heir of John de Treyly . He has letters patent for this.

23 Oct. Westminster. Robert son of Payn has made fine with the king by 10 m. for the trespass lately made in the forest of Somerset , concerning a hind that his men took outside his house in the same forest. Order to the sheriff of Somerset ¹ that, having accepted security from Robert for rendering the aforesaid 10 m. to the king, he is to permit him to have peace from the aforesaid trespass. He is also to cause his men, who have been detained in the king’s prison at Ilchester by the aforesaid reason, to be delivered quit. ²

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Corrected from ‘Richard of Wrotham’.

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Last order corrected from ‘… and he is to cause his land and chattels that he took into the king’s hand for this reason to be delivered to him without delay’.

Order to Richard of Wrotham to cause two horses of the same Robert and other chattels, if he took any by reason of the aforesaid trespass, to be rendered to him. ¹

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This is clearly a later addition, coming on the back of the changes made to the previous entry.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

24 Oct. Westminster. Northamptonshire. Alan, son and heir of Robert of Hale , has made fine with the king by one mark for his relief of the land that Robert held of the king in chief by sergeanty, which falls to him by inheritance, and the king has taken his homage for this. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire that, having accepted security from Alan for rendering the aforesaid mark to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all land formerly of the aforesaid Robert, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died.

[No date]. Westmorland. Joan de Vieuxpont , Alexander of Shap, clerk , Roger de Hutton , Robert son of John and Roger de Barrow give the king 2 m. for having four knights to take an assize of novel disseisin against the abbot of Byland , concerning common of pasture in Shap .

To the barons of the Exchequer. The king, by his charter, has granted to Hugh Tollemache that, henceforth, he and his heirs are to hold his land in Bentley, from which the king used to exact the service of one knight, by the service of half a knight’s fee. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to permit the aforesaid Hugh to hold the aforesaid, as aforesaid.

24 Oct. Westminster. Patents. The king has assigned William le Breton and Roger of Essex to tallage the king’s cities and towns in the counties of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire to the king’s use. Order to the king’s trustworthy men, citizens and burgesses of the aforesaid counties, to be intendant and respondent to them in this.

Writs directed to each of them. To the king’s beloved and faithful William le Breton. The king has assigned him and his beloved and faithful Roger of Essex to tallage the king’s cities and towns in the counties of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire to the king’s use, and to seek aid from the religious men of the same counties and the county of Northumberland who have not yet promised any aid to the king, excepting those of the Orders of Citeaux, Prémontré and Sempringham and those who hold of the king in chief by knight service. Order, requesting him, that he will convene with him with as much speed as he can muster to assess the aforesaid tallage, so that they begin at the latest on the morrow of Martinmas at Lincoln, at which term the king has ordered that all religious men of the county of Lincolnshire will convene there before them, those of the county of Yorkshire at York, and those of the county of Northumberland at Newcastle upon Tyne, on certain days which they will cause the sheriffs of those counties to know, in order to hear the king’s will. Further order, in the best manner that he is able, to induce diligently each prior and abbot to make such suitable aid to the king that the king ought to thank them. They are to cause it to be distinctly and openly enrolled at how much they will tallage each city and each town and how much each prior and each abbot will promise to the king in aid, and are to cause the king to have one roll and to retain the other roll themselves, warning both the citizens and burgesses and the aforesaid religious men that, the tallage having been assessed and the aid having been promised, the king is to have one moiety at Hilary in the twentieth year and the other moiety at the Close of Easter in the same year, insisting that this business is to be expedited in such a manner that the king might commend them.

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

Writs directed to the sheriffs to cause the abbots and priors to come etc. To the sheriff of Lincolnshire . Order to cause the abbots and priors of his bailiwick who have still promised no aid to the king, of whichever order they will be, excepting those of the Orders of Citeaux, Prémontré and Sempringham and, similarly, those who hold of the king in chief by knight service, to know without delay that they are without excuse to be before the king’s beloved and faithful William le Breton and Roger of Essex at Lincoln on the morrow of Martinmas to hear the king’s order, so that the king knows the names of each of the abbots and priors of his bailiwick who will come for this and who have still made no aid to the king, who will come there and those who will not.

Order to the sheriffs of Yorkshire and Northumberland to cause the abbots and priors of the aforesaid counties to know that they are to convene before the aforesaid William and Roger at the day on which they will cause the sheriffs to know, namely those of the county of Yorkshire at York and those of the county of Northumberland at Newcastle upon Tyne.

Letters to tallage cities. Surrey. Hampshire. William of York and his associates have been assigned to tallage the cities and towns in the counties of Hampshire and Surrey and to seek aid in the aforesaid form . They are to convene in Hampshire at Winchester.

Letters to tallage cities.

22 Oct. Westminster. [Writs directed] to the sheriffs concerning the aid granted and the tallage of the demesne lands. To the sheriff of Sussex . Order to cause all stewards of earls, barons and others who have lands and fees in his county to know, without delay, that they are to render to those knights who have been assigned in his bailiwick to collect the aid granted to the king throughout England and to receive that moiety which ought to have been rendered at Michaelmas last past, unless by chance that moiety has been paid to the aforesaid knights, and if the aforesaid stewards cannot distrain those who owe that aid to their lords, then he is to distrain them without delay to pay the aforesaid aid to the aforesaid knights to the king’s use, so that the king has the aforesaid moiety at Martinmas in the twentieth year. He is to concern himself with this in such a way that the king does not lose by his default. ¹ He is also to cause the tallagers of the demesne lands in his bailiwick to know they are to have the rolls of the tallage assessed by them at the Exchequer on the morrow of Martinmas without any further delay.

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The final sentence of this entry is interlined in a different hand and is interlined.

[Writs directed] to the sheriffs concerning the aid granted and the tallage of the demesne lands. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of each of the counties of England that they are to have this at the aforesaid term of Martinmas, except for the sheriffs of Northumberland , Staffordshire and Shropshire , Cumberland , Herefordshire , Westmorland , Lancaster , Yorkshire , Cornwall and Devon , who ought to answer for one moiety at St. Andrew in the twentieth year. Memorandum that no mention is to be made of tallage in the letters directed to the sheriffs of Cumberland, Northumberland, Westmorland and Lancaster, because Thomas of Moulton has answered for it at the Exchequer, or is mention to be made of tallage in the county of Cornwall, because the king does not have demesne lands there.

[No date]. Concerning conduct and carriage. To all sheriffs to whom these present letters might come. Order, firmly enjoining them, to cause the collectors of the king’s scutage to have safe conduct [and carriage] whenever they cross through their bailiwicks with the aforesaid scutage for as long as they will spend in their bailiwicks in taking the scutage to the king.

[No date]. Concerning conduct and carriage. Item, the collectors of aid and scutage of every county have this manner of letters patent.

Writs directed to the collectors [of scutage]. Patents. To the king’s beloved and faithful Geoffrey son of Geoffrey and Alexander de Hilton’ , collectors of the king’s scutage in the county of Northumberland . Order, firmly enjoining them, to cause all of the scutage collected by them in the aforesaid county, which ought to have been paid to the king at Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, to come to the Exchequer in person without any further delay at Westminster on the morrow of St. Andrew in the twentieth year . The king has ordered every sheriff though whose bailiwick they will cross to cause them to have safe conduct and carriage in coming to London with the aforesaid scutage.

Writs directed to the collectors [of scutage]. Patents. It is written in the same manner to the collectors in the counties of:

Staffordshire and Shropshire. Devon.

Herefordshire. Northumberland.

Cumberland. Lancaster.

Writs directed to the collectors [of scutage]. Patents. It is written in the same manner to the collectors of scutage in every other county, except for these, that they ought to answer on the morrow of Martinmas.

Writs directed to the sheriffs. To the sheriff of Kent . Order to cause all abbots, priors and other religious men of his bailiwick who have promised aid to the king and have made fine with him for their scutage to know without delay that he is to cause a moiety of the aforesaid aid and the scutage, which he ought to have paid to the king at Michaelmas in the nineteenth year, to come to the Exchequer at Westminster without any further delay on the morrow of Martinmas in the twentieth year . He is to send to the collectors of his scutage in his bailiwick the writs directed to them, which the king sends to him concerning the same business, and to find them carriage for the money that they will receive to be carried to London, and the king will cause the costs that he will incur in this to be allowed to him. He is to execute this so that the king ought not betake himself to him.

Writs directed to the sheriffs. It is written in the same manner to every sheriff of England, except for those of the counties of Staffordshire, Shropshire , Cornwall , Devon , Northumberland , Cumberland , Lancaster , Westmorland , Herefordshire and Gloucestershire , who ought to answer at St. Andrew in the twentieth year, and all of the other counties at Martinmas in the twentieth year. ¹

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At the foot of this membrane is an early-modern reference note which reads ‘Fines de a° ix° H 3 pars una m. 16’.