30 Oct. Woodstock. For Alan fitz Warin. The king has granted to Alan fitz Warin that, of the 12 m. which he owes to him for the amercements of the eyre of the justices in Berkshire , he may render 3 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-third year, 3 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas ¹ in the same year, and 6 m. in the following year at the same terms. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be enrolled thus.

1.

Corrected from ‘Exchequer of Easter’.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For the abbot of Pipewell. The abbot of Pipewell gives the king two palfreys for having his charter that his wood of Oldfold , which he previously enclosed by the king’s licence, may be forever enclosed by a ditch and hedge so that deer may enter and exit freely, as is more fully contained in the charter that he has for this .

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. The fine of Henry of Down. Henry of Down has made fine with the king by 5 m. ¹ for trespass of the forest of Clarendon , and for that trespass he has surrendered to the king the letters patent which he had concerning the custody of the same forest, and similarly his bailiwick of the same forest.

1.

Corrected from ‘gives 5 m.’

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning respite . Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the octaves of St. Andrew in the twenty-third year, the demand that they make by summons of the Exchequer from Robert de Tresgoz for his relief and several debts. By A. St. A.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

1 Nov. Woodstock. Wiltshire. The king has granted to Roger Gernon that, of the 5 m. which he owes him for having a writ of inquiry, he may render 2½ m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-third year, and 2½ m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to permit him to have those terms.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ¹

1.

It is not clear to which entry this refers, as it appears to be separated from the previous entry. Crossed through above this is ‘The king has granted to Rog…’.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Kent. The prior of Canterbury gives 40 m. for having letters for the defence of his liberties.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

3 Nov. Woodstock. For Alan la Zouche. The king has granted to Alan la Zouche that, of the debts which Roger la Zouche, his father, owed the king for himself and for Ralph of Stopham, one of the heirs of Brian de Lisle , who was in his custody , of which he was accustomed to render 45 m. to the king per annum at the Exchequer, Alan may similarly render 45 m. at the same terms at which they were previously accustomed to be rendered until the aforesaid debts are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Wiltshire. The king has taken the homage of Gunnora de la Mare , wife of Geoffrey son of William, who is ill and has not been able to come to the king in person, for all lands that Henry de la Mare, brother of the same Gunnora, held from the king in chief and that fall to her by inheritance. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire ¹ to take security for £10 for her relief and cause Gunnora to have seisin of all lands that fall to her of the lands formerly of the aforesaid Henry and of which he was seised on the day he died. He is to cause the sheriff of Wiltshire to know when he has taken the aforesaid security and then he is to cause her to have seisin of the lands formerly of the same Henry in his bailiwick.

1.

[Sic]. Corrected from ‘Wiltshire’.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Hertfordshire. John of Clothall gives 100s. for having letters for an inquisition. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to take etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Kent. William of Kingsnoad , Humphrey, his brother, and Robert, brother of the same Humphrey, give 1 m. for having a writ of warranty of charter before the justices of the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take security etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Wiltshire. Avice [sic] de Columbariis gives three palfreys for having a writ before the king (coram Rege) ¹ against Geoffrey Esturmy as to by what warrant he holds a certain bailiwick. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take etc.

1.

‘coram Rege’ interlined.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. For the abbot of Malmesbury . The abbot of Malmesbury gives the king four palfreys so that the king will remit the anger and indignation that he has conceived towards him on account of the reproaches he ought to have given to certain of the king’s knights by reason of the capture and escape of a certain servant of his who had been seized for trespass of the forest, and he is to render two palfreys to the king in the octaves of Hilary in the twenty-third year and the other two palfreys in the octaves of the Close of Easter.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

11 Nov. Woodstock. For Nicholas of St. Bride’s. The king has granted to Nicholas of St. Bride’s that he may render the 5 m. which he ought to have rendered at Michaelmas in the twenty-first year and at Easter in the twenty-second year of the 33 m. that he owes the king, and similarly the 5 m. of Michaelmas term in the twenty-second year and of Easter term in the twenty-third year, at Easter aforesaid in the twenty-third year, and that, henceforth, he may render 5 m. per annum at the aforesaid terms until the aforesaid debt is paid to the king, notwithstanding that he has not kept his terms . Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning the houses of Clarendon. The king has committed to Adam Cook ¹ the custody of his houses of Clarendon and his forests of Clarendon and Groveley, which are in his hand for as long as it pleases the king , ² and so that he answers for all issues and profits of the same bailiwicks at the Exchequer. Order to Henry of Down to deliver the aforesaid custody to him, as aforesaid.

1.

Corrected from ‘Nicholas de Barfleur’.

2.

The remainder of this sentence is interlined.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning respite. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the morrow of Trinity in the twenty-third year, the demand for 10 m. that they make from the prior of Holy Trinity, York , for two amercements, so that it may be known then whether he is bound to render 5 m. for one of the aforesaid amercements or the manor of Thornton , which was in his custody at the time of the aforesaid amercement but is not now.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Concerning respite. Order to the same to place in respite the demand that they make from Gilbert of Seagrave for 21½ m. of a prest made to him, until the octaves of Hilary in the twenty-third year.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

17 Nov. Woodstock. Cambridgeshire. Michael Malherbe gives the king half a mark for having a pone, concerning customs and services, against William de Bledles , over a tenement in Newnham . Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to accept security.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Rutland. William Danish gives one mark for having a pone at the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Rutland etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

18 Nov. Woodstock. Concerning the fine of Jews. Aaron the Jew of York and Benedict son of Josceus, heirs of Samuel son of Josceus, Jew of York , have made fine with the king for having the lands and chattels formerly of the aforesaid Samuel by £100, of which they are to render £20 per annum at the Exchequer, namely £10 at Easter in the twenty-third year and £10 at Michaelmas in the same year, and thus from year to year and term to term until the aforesaid £100 have been paid in full. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to cause this to be so enrolled and cause all lands and chattels aforesaid to be delivered to Aaron and Benedict , saving to the wife of Samuel her rightful dower according to the law and custom of the Jews, which dower the same justices are to cause to be assigned to her without delay.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Mosse the Jew of Oxford, Copin son of Bonefey, Bonefey son of Bonefey and Ratikin son of Bonefey, heirs of Bonefey the Jew of Oxford , have made fine with the king for having the lands and chattels formerly of the aforesaid Bonefey by £60, of which they are to render £10 per annum at the Exchequer, namely 100s. at Easter in the twenty-third year, 100s. at Michaelmas in the same year, and thus from year to year and term to term until the aforesaid £60 have been paid in full. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to cause this to be so enrolled and to cause all of the aforesaid lands and chattels to be delivered to the same Jews, saving to his wife , if he had one, her rightful dower according to the law of the Jews.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

24 Nov. Woodstock. For John of Gatesden. The king has granted to John of Gatesden that, of the debts which he owes him, he may render 10 m. per annum, namely 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter and 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, and thus from term to term until the aforesaid debts are paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus and to cause the king to know the sum of the aforesaid and the particulars of the same. ¹

1.

‘Order to the barons of …’ is crossed through on the line above this entry.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Delivery of the gaol of Nottingham .

From Hugh son of Ralph, sheriff of Nottinghamshire , 5s. from the chattels of William of Wetton , hanged; From the same … ¹ 4d. from the chattels of Alan de Breus , hanged; From the same … 4s. 4d. from the chattels of Walter Stalling’, hanged; From the same … 3s. from the chattels of Robert Baker, hanged; From the same … 12s. from the chattels of Aldusa of Crich , hanged; From the same … 12s. 4d. from the chattels of Agnes de Stanch’ker’ , hanged; From the same … 18½d. from the chattels of William Haldein of Eaton , hanged; From the same … 5s. 6d. from the chattels of Walter of Barlestone , hanged; From the same … 2s. from the chattels of Martin Tailor, fugitive; From the same … 15s. from the chattels of Reginald de Karleton’ , hanged; From the same … 4s. from the chattels of Hugh Paynel, hanged; From the same … 8s. from the chattels of Gilbert Miller, hanged; From the same … 13s. from the chattels of Roger Fasinger, hanged; From the same … 16s. from the chattels of Ranulf Fasinger, hanged; From the same … 9s. 10d. from the chattels of Leticia of Wingerworth , hanged; From the same … 4s. from the chattels of Richard Brid’, hanged; From the same … 4s. from the chattels of Hugh son of Henry, hanged; From the same … 3s. from the chattels of John of Owston , hanged.

1.

This ellipsis signifies a short gap in the text rather than information that has been omitted and applies to all such gaps in this entry.

a.

In E 371/6, m. 3 the additional information is provided that these are the ‘perquisites of the pleas of the delivery of the gaol of Nottingham , namely of the counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire , before W. de Vernun and his associates in the twenty-second year’. Each entry is marked ‘t’ (‘totum’), showing that the sheriff has satisfied the king of his obligations to deliver the relevant sums.

[No date]. From the bishop of Lincoln, for waste and the king’s year from the land of John Dunpain, hanged. From the same, 14s., from the chattels of Margery of Collingham , hanged.

a.

In E 371/6, m. 3 the amercement of the bishop of Lincoln is given as ‘half a mark’, while the sum raised from the chattels of Margery of Collingham is said to be ‘24s. 2d.’

[No date]. From the sheriff of Nottinghamshire , 40s. from Geoffrey Palmer and Alan Ala Grene of Mansfield and his associates, because they withdrew themselves.

a.

In E 371/6, m. 3 these three sets of perquisites are combined and the sum is given as ‘£9 12s. 8d.’

[No date]. In Northamptonshire. From the sheriff of Northamptonshire , 11s. from the chattels of Thomas Coppill’, hanged . From Eudo of Brampton, half a mark, because he did not have Gilbert whom he had pledged . From William Bughlin, half a mark, for the same . From Henry son of Robert, half a mark, for the same . From Samson Beggar, half a mark, for the same . From William of Arden , half a mark, for the same . From Robert le Messer, half a mark, for the same . From Robert Arketell’, half a mark, for the same . From Reginald le Teler, half a mark, for the same . From Alan Ducethase, half a mark, for the same . From Simon Mous, half a mark, for the same . From William Smith, half a mark, for the same . From William son of Eva, half a mark, for the same . All of these pledges from the vill of Church Brampton have been accepted by the sheriff of Northamptonshire.

30 Nov. Woodstock. For William le Moyne. To the barons of the Exchequer. It is clear to the king by an inquisition that he caused to be taken in every county that William le Moyne has lands that he holds from the king in chief, which he and his predecessors held and ought to hold from the king and his predecessors by the service of sergeanty as they had been purchasers and keepers of the king’s larder, and not by another knight service. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus, similarly causing William to be quit from all scutages and arrears which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer by reason of knight service that the king sought from him for the aforesaid lands .

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For David de Maupas . The king has taken the fealty ¹ of David de Maupas , who has taken to wife Alice, first-born daughter and one of the heiresses of Richard de Boneville , and the fealty of Robert of Sibthorpe , who took to wife Cecilia, second daughter and one of the heiresses of the same Richard , and the fealty of Geoffrey of Raunds , who took to wife Margaret, third daughter and one of the heiresses of the same Richard , for the lands formerly of the aforesaid Richard which he held from the honour of the earl of Chester , which is in the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to take security from them for rendering their relief to the king, if the aforesaid county shall remain to the king in demesne, for all lands that Richard held of the aforesaid honour in his bailiwick, of which he was seised on the day he died, and to cause David, Alice, Robert, Cecilia, Geoffrey and Margaret to have full seisin, so that those lands which David holds in the county of Chester, given to him in marriage with his wife, shall be divided between them as those in Huntingdonshire.

1.

Corrected from ‘homage’.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

3 Dec. Marlborough. Staffordshire. Ralph of Dilhorne gives the king one mark for having a writ, before the justices at the first session [they take] when they come into the parts of Stafford, for attainting, by 24, the twelve jurors in the assize of darrein presentment taken between him and the prior of Kenilworth and the prior of Stone . Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire to take etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Hampshire. Richard, parson of the church of All Saints, Deane , owes 2 m. of an amercement ¹ for disseisin. His pledges are Jordan son of Urs and Henry Reynel .

1.

‘… of an amercement’ added above the line in a darker ink.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Wiltshire. William Lof owes half a mark, and Robert the reeve of Pitney owes another half-mark, for disseisin , and they have found as pledges Oliver, steward of the prior of Winchester , and Walter of Wroughton .

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Wiltshire. Ralph, parson of Pitney , owes 1 m. for false claim .

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Hampshire. Because Joan, who was the wife of Henry of Farlington , has refused to come at the king’s command, order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take into his hand the bailiwick that Joan holds from the king in chief until he has a command otherwise.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

7 Dec. Marlborough. Concerning respite. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until 15 days from Hilary in the twenty-third year, the demand for 5 m. that they make from the abbot of Wardon for the mercy into which he fell before the king (coram Rege) for disseisin and from which he claims quittance by a charter of King R. , so that it may then be discussed whether he ought to be quit therefrom or not.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Lincolnshire. The abbot of Swineshead gives 5 m. for having four justices to take an assize of novel disseisin . Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. The abbot of Ramsey , claimant, gives 100s. for placing a plea before the justices of the Bench .

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

10 Dec. Clarendon. Because in the Liberate Roll. To the keepers of the bishopric of Winchester . Order to cause 10000 shingles to be made in the bishopric’s wood of Downton and cause them to be carried to Clarendon in order to repair the king’s houses there , and the costs etc. will be allowed them at the Exchequer. ¹

1.

Entry cancelled because in the Liberate Roll. See CLR 1226–1240, p. 355 (11 Dec.).

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

12 Dec. Clarendon. For William de Cantilupe. The king has granted to William de Cantilupe junior that, of the 200 m. which he received as a loan from the king in the Wardrobe , ¹ he may render 50 m. at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, 50 m. at Easter in the twenty-fourth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 50 m. at Easter next following. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

1.

‘… in the Wardrobe’ added above the line.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Warwickshire. The bakers and brewsters of Warwick , who are of the fee of the Holy Sepulchre and St. Mary of Warwick, give the king 2 m. for the trespass that they made because they did not keep to the assize that the king ordered to be made for the sale of bread and ale. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to accept security etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

15 Dec. Clarendon. Northamptonshire. William de St. Medard gives the king one mark for having four justices to take an assize of novel disseisin against Stephen de Stoke , concerning a tenement in Sibberton . Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to accept security.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning respite. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for the service from one knight’s fee that they make from John of Tuddenham until the octaves of Hilary in the twenty-third year, so that it may be discussed then whether he ought to answer the king for that service or not.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

18 Dec. Clarendon. For Roger de Chauncy. Order to Roger of Essex to hold in his hand until the king orders him otherwise the lands formerly of Roger de Chauncy, which he took into the king’s hand.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

19 Dec. Clarendon. Hampshire. Order to the sheriffs of Hampshire and Wiltshire that, having accepted security from the executors of the testament of William Spileman to answer at the Exchequer for debts, if he owed them to the king, they are to cause them to have full seisin of the chattels formerly of the same in their bailiwicks.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Somerset. William Haket owes half a mark for his amercement in respect whereof he was amerced before four knights .

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Devon. Order to the sheriff of Devon to place in respite, until 15 days from Hilary in the twenty-third year, the demand that he makes from the abbot of Torre for making aid to acquit the promise of 200 m. which the whole county made to the king before the itinerant justices, so that pleas might be held before them without reproach, so that the same abbot will have his charters before the king (coram Rege) by which he says he ought to be quit from contributing to this manner of aid, and that the king will cause to be done what will be just.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

27 Dec. Marwell. Concerning the priory of Merton. Order to William de Haverhill to go without delay to the priory of Merton , which is vacant, and keep it safely with all lands and possessions pertaining to it until the king orders otherwise.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning the bishopric of Coventry . Order to Master Ralph of Lacock to keep, together with Simon of Norwich, the vacant bishopric of Coventry and Lichfield with all its appurtenances for as long as it pleases the king.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

29 Dec. Marwell. For Peter de Maulay and Christiana, his wife. The king has granted to Peter de Maulay and Christiana, his wife, that, of the £140 by which they made fine with him for having a third part of the barony formerly of Gunnora de Valognes , they may render £40 to him per annum, namely £20 at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-third year and £20 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and £40 thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid debt is paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning respite. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for £10 that they make from Master Simon de Steyland’ until he returns from overseas parts.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Hampshire. John of Barton gives 1 m. for having four justices to take the assize that he arraigned against Aymer de Sacy . Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Hampshire. Robert Crompe, Edmund of Hursley and John de Luveraz give 5 m. for having four justices against the prior of St. Swithun’s, Winchester , concerning common of pasture. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Huntingdonshire. Geoffrey son of Simon gives 40s. for having four justices to take the assize that he arraigned against Simon Fin, concerning a tenement in Huntingdon . Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to take etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Lincolnshire. The king has committed to John Lestrange the manor of Barnoldby le Beck , which John son of Phillip once had, of the king’s gift to keep until the lawful age of the heirs of the same John, so that he answers the king for the issues of the same manor at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to cause John to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid manor to keep as aforesaid.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Hampshire. William de la Hulle gives the king one mark for having four justices to take the assize of novel disseisin between him and certain others, concerning a tenement in Bishop’s Waltham . Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

1 Jan. Guildford. Somerset. To the sheriff of Somerset . Order to take into the king’s hand all of the land formerly of Henry de Trubleville in Portbury with all chattels and stock that Henry found there when the aforesaid land was delivered to him by order of the king. If anything from the chattels has been squandered or removed, he is to cause it to be returned without delay. He is also to keep it safely until he has command otherwise from the king and is to permit Baldwin de Lisle to possess in peace the land formerly of Richard de St. John in the same vill and to cause all chattels squandered or removed from the aforesaid land to be returned without delay.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

3 Jan. Westminster. Norfolk. William of Roudham gives the king 20s. for having a pone before the justices at Westminster . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

5 Jan. Westminster. Wiltshire. The king has taken the homage of Robert, son and heir of William de Ponte de l’Arche , for the tenth part of a knight’s fee with appurtenances which William held from the king in chief in his bailiwick. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take security from him for 10s. for his relief and cause him to have full seisin of all land of which William was seised as of fee on the day he died.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Order to Walter de Burgh to take security from him for 10s. for his relief and cause him to have full seisin of a virgate of land that the same William held of the king in chief in Woolstrop .

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Robert de Tresgoz. The king has granted to Robert de Tresgoz that, of the £100 by which he made fine with him for his relief, he may render £20 per annum, namely £10 at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-third year, £10 at Michaelmas in the same year, and £20 thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid £100 are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. He is to cause Robert to have respite until Easter in the twenty-third year from the other debts in which he is bound to the king and which are not clear, so that, in the meantime, it may be seen which of the aforesaid debts are clear and which are not .

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

5 Jan. Westminster. For William de Picquigny . Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause William de Picquigny to have a reasonable judgement concerning the debt of £32 which they exact from him for the debts of the Jews, as to whether he ought to be quit therefrom or ought to answer therefor according to the tenor of an inquisition that the king caused to be taken and that is in the custody of the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews, which they are to take from them.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Hampshire. Herbert of Boarhunt gives 20s. for having a pone before the justices at Westminster against John de Estan’ and John of Boarhunt, concerning a writ of right . Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take security.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Staffordshire. Christiana of Barr , Richard, her son, Agnes of Little Barr and Thomas de Acton give the king one mark for having four justices against William of Perry, concerning common of pasture in Perry, which pertains to their tenement in Little Barr . Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire to take security.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Because otherwise in the Close Roll. Order to the sheriff of Devon to cause the 200 m. which he exacts from the men of his county by summons of the Exchequer for the fine made before the justices last itinerant in the same county to be assessed upon the geldable lands that are in the same county, and to permit those who have the liberty of suits of the county and hundred to be quit from the aforesaid fine . ¹

1.

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

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

8 Jan. Westminster. Concerning respite. The king has given respite to Robert Passelewe, until three weeks from Easter in the twenty-third year, from all debts which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer . Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For certain Jews. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Ursellus, son of Hamo of Hereford, and his brothers that, for the fine which they made with him for having the lands and chattels of Hamo, their father, they may have the same terms which he had previously granted to them, and they are to render the same amount per annum as they ought to render by the abovesaid grant previously made to them, so that their first term is to begin at Easter in the twenty-third year and henceforth from term to term they are to render as much per annum as they ought to have rendered by the aforesaid grant until the whole fine is paid to the king, notwithstanding that Ursellus and his brothers have not observed their terms which the king had granted to them.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning extending the lands formerly of the earl of Chester . To the king’s beloved and faithful John of Hulcote and Everard of Trumpington. Order, putting off all delay and excuse, as the king has enjoined upon them at other times, to cause the lands formerly of J., once earl of Chester and Huntingdon, outside the county of Chester to be extended and, that extent having been made, to cause those lands and fees to be partitioned and each of the heirs of the aforesaid earl to be assigned their rightful part. If it happens that any one of the aforesaid heirs does not wish to be present and receive their part, [the business] shall not for that reason be delayed, as is right, but he is to assign their rightful parts to those who will be present, having retained in the king’s hand, until he orders otherwise, the part of he who will be absent, it having been rightfully extended. ¹

1.

Witness clause corrected from ‘Witness the king at Westminster’ to ‘Witness as above’.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Notification to the barons of the Exchequer that, at the instance of Mathias Bezill, his nephew, the king has pardoned to Aymer de Chanceaux £17 which Aymer owes the king, and that they are to cause Aymer to be quit from the aforesaid £17.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

10 Jan. Westminster. For the bishop of Worcester. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to the venerable father W. bishop of Worcester that, of the 1000 m. which he owes him of a prest made to him from the thirtieth, and of the 200 m. which he received as a loan at the Exchequer, he and his successors, bishops of Worcester, may render 100 m. per annum at the Exchequer, namely 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, 50 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-fourth year, and 100 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 1200 m. are paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By the king.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For the earl of Hereford. The king has granted to H. de Bohun, earl of Hereford, that, of the debt which he owes him and of which he ought to have rendered £100 per annum at two terms, he may render £50 at the Exchequer, namely £25 at Easter in the twenty-third year, £25 at Michaelmas in the same year, and thus at the same terms etc., until etc. Order to the aforesaid barons to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By the king.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Suffolk. Richard of Braham gives the king one mark for a pone against the prior of Holy Trinity, Ipswich , concerning charters which he withholds from him in the county court of Suffolk . Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take security etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Somerset. The burgesses of Bridgwater give 10 m. for having an inquisition. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take security etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning respite. The king has given respite, until Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, to the bailiffs of Winchester from the £20 which are exacted from them by summons of the Exchequer for the farm of Winchester from the twenty-second year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to have that respite.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For John de Plessetis. The king has granted to John de Plessetis that he may render 100s. of the 60 m. by which he made fine with him for having custody of the land and heir of William Avenel , namely 50s. at Easter in the twenty-third year, 50s. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 100s. thus at the same terms from then on etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning wines to be sold. Order to the justice of Chester to cause the king’s wines at Chester to be sold by the view of trustworthy and law-worthy men, because the new wines have arrived there.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

The king has signified to J. earl of Lincoln , ¹ constable of Chester, that he wishes that all lands of the bishopric of Coventry and Lichfield in the county of Chester are to be kept by the justice of Chester as they were accustomed to be kept in the times of the earls of Chester by their bailiffs , so that they answer for their issues at the Exchequer.

1.

Corrected from ‘Chester’.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

22 Jan. Westminster. Concerning respite. The king has given respite to Ralph de Tany, until three weeks from Easter in the twenty-third year, from all debts which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer and for which he did not have certain representatives at the Exchequer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have respite therefrom.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

23 Jan. Westminster. Concerning respite. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until three weeks from Easter in the twenty-third year, the demand that they make by summons of the Exchequer from W. de Ferrers, earl of Derby, and Agnes, his wife, for as much of the debt as pertains to them that R., formerly earl of Chester, owed the king, by reason of Agnes’s portion of the inheritance of the abovesaid earl of Chester.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For William de Ros. The king has granted to William de Ros that, among the rest of the debts which he owes him and of which he renders a certain sum per annum at the Exchequer by the king’s grant, he may render 57½ m. at the Exchequer, which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer . Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By Simon de Montfort.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. The king has granted to Walter Eskelling’ that he may render the 100s. by which he was amerced before William of York and his associates, itinerant justices, at the Exchequer at Easter in the twenty-third year.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Shropshire. Odo ¹ of Hodnet and Thomas Corbet have made fine by 100s. so that the custom of the sheriff taking five loads of rye from the manor of Hodnet , one load of rye from the manor of Maston’ , and one load of rye from the manor of Harton for relief from carriage when King John was at war with Llywelyn , which was lifted in the time of King John, be abolished forever. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to take security from them for those 100s. and permit them to have peace therefrom.

1.

Corrected from ‘Baldwin’.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

23 Jan. Westminster. For the abbot of Muchelney. The abbot of Muchelney gives 100s. so that his wood of Drayton, which is called Curiwud’, which, as the king has heard by an inquisition, is outside the forest, be forever outside the forest. Order to Richard of Wrotham to take security for those 100s. and permit the abovesaid wood to be outside the forest.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Yorkshire. William of Furness and Joan, his wife, give 3 m. for having four justices to take an assize of novel disseisin. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Yorkshire. William of Malton gives half a mark for having four justices to take an assize etc. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Herefordshire. Thomas of Newport gives half a mark for having a writ of warranty of charter concerning land in Weobley, Dilwyn and King’s Pyon . Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to take etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For William de Stuteville. The king has granted to William de Stuteville that he may render the £12 which are newly exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer together with the other debts for which he made fine with him to render 58 m. per annum at the Exchequer, so that the aforesaid fine of 58 m. will not increase by reason of the aforesaid £12. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By the king.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Concerning respite. The king has given respite to the Earl Warenne , ¹ until three weeks from Easter in the twenty-third year, from the debts he owes him. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

1.

Corrected from ‘the count of Aumale’.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Order to Richard de la Lade to permit the executors of the testament of Stephen de Somery to have free administration of the goods formerly of the same Stephen, having first accepted security from them that they will answer the king for debts, if by chance Stephen was bound to the king in other debts.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning respite. Earl R. le Bigod has respite from all debts that he owes the king until three weeks from Easter in the twenty-third year, and this is sent to the barons of the Exchequer.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

31 Jan. Westminster. Westmorland. Avice, who was the wife of Thomas of Manby , gives 5 m. for having a pone against William of Lancaster , concerning custody of the land formerly of the said Thomas . Order to the sheriff of Westmorland to take security etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Surrey. Albrea daughter of Ailbric gives half a mark for having a pone against John of Horton, concerning land in Horton . Order to the sheriff of Surrey to take etc. ¹

1.

A hole in the membrane affects this and the following entry.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

30 Jan. Westminster. Devon. Because the abbots ¹ of Forde , Buckfast and Torre have excused themselves from the fine made before William of York and his associates, itinerant justices in Devon , for the aforesaid county so that it is not penalized , order to the sheriff of Devon ² to cause them to be quit from that fine, saving to the king the exaction of the same fine from the remainder of the same county.

1.

Corrected from ‘the abbot of …’

2.

Corrected from ‘the barons of the Exchequer’.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

1 Feb. Westminster. Norfolk. Andrew le Goiz gives 1 m. for having a precipe before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

a.

This is one of the first legible entries on E 371/6, m. 1, the roll being badly damaged and faded up to this point, both margins having been lost.

3 Feb. Westminster. Concerning respite. The king has given respite to W. count of Aumale from all debts he owes him until Easter in three weeks, and this is sent to the barons of the Exchequer.

a.

This entry is only partly legible on E 371/6, m. 1, the roll being badly damaged at this point.

Because otherwise in the Close Roll. The king has pardoned to the trustworthy men of Dunwich £60 of the £120 which they owe him and has granted them that they may render the remaining £60 within the three years next following, namely £10 at Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, £10 at Easter next following, namely in the twenty-fourth year, and £20 thus from year to year until the aforesaid £60 are paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to have the aforesaid acquittance, respite and terms. ¹

1.

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

a.

This entry is only partly legible on E 371/6, m. 1, the roll being badly damaged at this point.

8 Feb. Rochester. Order to Master Ralph of Lacock and Simon of Norwich that if they will not be able to do it in a better way, they are to demise the demesne lands of the bishopric of Coventry to those wishing to receive them to cultivate for a moiety of the corn .

a.

This entry is only partly legible on E 371/6, m. 1, the roll being badly damaged at this point.

[No date]. The king has granted the city of Chester to the men of Chester, to have at farm for one year, namely from Michaelmas in the twenty-second year to Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, by £160.

a.

This entry is only partly legible on E 371/6, m. 1, the roll being badly damaged at this point.

16 Feb. Canterbury. For Henry de Balliol. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Henry de Balliol that, of the £100 which he owes him, he may render £40 at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, £30 at Easter in the same year, and £30 at Michaelmas in the twenty-fourth year. Order to cause Henry to have the aforesaid terms.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

18 Feb. Faversham. Concerning respite. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the octaves of Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, the demand for 50 m. that they make from the prior and convent of Holy Trinity, Canterbury , for arrears of the thirtieth.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

20 Feb. Sutton. The king has taken the homage of Traher son of Hoel , who has taken to wife Matilda, first-born sister and one of the heirs of Stephen de Somery , and the homage of Ernald de Munteny , who has taken to wife Mabel, second sister and one of the heirs of the same Stephen , and the homage of Robert of Shelton , who has taken to wife Ela, third sister and one of the heirs of the same Stephen , and the homage of Peter, son of Muriel Picot, nephew and one of the heirs of the same Stephen , for all lands that he held from the king. The aforesaid have performed their fealty to the king for one knight’s fee that they ought to hold from the son and heir of G. de Clare, formerly earl of Gloucester , in North Mymms . ¹ Order to the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire that, having accepted security from them for rendering their relief to the king, he is to cause them to have full seisin of all of the aforesaid lands without delay. ²

1.

Corrected from ‘in his bailiwick’.

2.

Entry cancelled. See next below.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire . ¹

1.

Entry cancelled.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

20 Feb. Westminster. Essex and Hertfordshire. To the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire . The king has taken the homage of Traher son of Hoel, who has taken to wife Matilda, first-born sister and one of the heirs of Stephen de Somery, and the homage of Ernald de Munteny, who has taken to wife Mabel, second sister and one of the heirs of the same Stephen, and the homage of Robert of Shelton, who has taken to wife Ela, third sister and one of the heirs of the same Stephen, for the rightful portions of the same Matilda, Mabel and Ela, which fall to them from all lands that Stephen held of the king in chief in his bailiwick. Order that, having accepted security from them for rendering their relief to the king, he is to cause them to have full seisin of their rightful portions as falls due to them by lot, saving to Traher and Matilda the esnecy of the aforesaid inheritance and having retained in the king’s hand the rightful portion of Peter son of Muriel, nephew and one of the heirs of Stephen, who is underage and in the king’s custody.

a.

This entry is only partly legible on E 371/6, m. 1, the roll being badly damaged at this point.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire in all things, and that he take security for relief etc.

It is also written in the same words to the keeper of the honour of Gloucester , concerning the lands which the same Stephen held of the son and heir of G. de Clare, formerly earl of Gloucester , who is in the king’s custody.

a.

For an entry not recorded in the Fine Roll but entered on the Originalia Roll in this chronological sequence see no. 396 below.

For Geoffrey Esturmy. Geoffrey Esturmy gives 100s. for removing the plea which is before John Biset and his associates to be before the king (coram Rege) until three weeks from Easter.

Sussex. William de Wonedesham and Christiana, his wife, give half a mark for having an appeal before the king (coram Rege) at Westminster at Easter in three weeks. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take etc.

26 Feb. Westminster. Suffolk. The king has taken the homage of Ernulf, brother and heir of Thomas of Otley , for one knight’s fee which Thomas held from the king in chief in Preston of the honour of Lancaster , and for two carucates of land that he held of the king in Otley of the same honour. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take security from Ernulf for £10 for his relief and cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid lands, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died.

Concerning respite. Patrick de Chaworth has respite, until 15 days from the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, from the 50 m. which he ought to have paid to the king at Easter in the twenty-third year of the fine that he made with him and of which he renders 100 m. per annum at the Exchequer, and this is sent to the barons of the Exchequer.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Hampshire. The abbot of Hyde gives 2 m. so that his wood called Lomer may be disafforested and remain a close, as is contained in a charter that he has concerning this.

1 March. Westminster. Concerning the bishopric of Durham . Order to the keeper of the bishopric of Durham to distrain all those who owed debts to R., formerly bishop of Durham , to render them to his executors, namely those who have recognised those debts. He is to take security for 10 m. for this writ from the said executors.

[No date]. Essex. Hertfordshire. John de Plessetis gives the king 100 m. for having custody of the portion which falls to Peter son of Muriel, who is underage, of the lands formerly of Stephen de Somery, his uncle, until Peter comes of age, and for having the marriage of the aforesaid Peter and of the other heirs of the aforesaid Muriel. Order to the sheriffs of Essex and Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire ¹ to cause John to have full seisin of the aforesaid portion. John is to render £10 per annum of those 100 m., namely 100s. at Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, 100s. at Easter in the twenty-fourth year, and £10 thus at the same terms until the aforesaid 100 m. are paid.

1.

‘… and Cambridgeshire’ added above the line.

Nottinghamshire. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to cause him to have the aforesaid Peter , who is in the custody of Peter Picot, his father .

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For William Talbot [sic]. The king has granted to William Mauduit that, notwithstanding that he did not keep his terms for the debts that he owes to him at the Exchequer, of which he used to render £20 per annum, he may henceforth render £20, both for the same debts and for the £100 which is exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, at the same terms at which he previously used to render £20 to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Walter de Burgh. To the barons of the Exchequer. Walter de Burgh received the custody of the manors of Devizes and Rowde from the king’s beloved and faithful John de Plessetis in May in the twentieth year and held the custody of the same manors until Michaelmas in the twenty-second year. Order to exact the account for the issues of the aforesaid manors from Walter for the aforesaid time and to cause John to be quit therefrom.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

2 March. Westminster. Hampshire. Herbert son of Matthew has made fine by 10 m. for having custody of the whole bailiwick of the forestership that Gilbert of Eversley held from the king in chief until the lawful age of the heir of the aforesaid Gilbert. Order to John Biset, justice of the forest , to cause him to have seisin of the aforesaid bailiwick, as aforesaid.

[No date]. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to cause him to have seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid Gilbert . ¹

1.

This entry is squeezed in between those surrounding it.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Yorkshire. The king has taken the homage of Robert de Chauncy , son of Roger de Chauncy , for five knights’ fees that Roger held from the king in chief, and he has pardoned him all but 25 m. of his relief of £25, of which he is to render 5 m. per annum. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security for rendering 25 m. to the king and to cause him to have seisin of the lands of which his father died seised.

[No date]. Hertfordshire. Alan of Wallington gives half a mark for having a pone . Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to take etc.

3 March. Westminster. Hampshire. John Biset has made fine by £150 for having custody of the land and heirs of William Spileman until the lawful age of the same heirs, together with their marriage. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to cause John to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid William together with the aforesaid heirs . ¹

1.

Above this entry is a crossed through ‘The king to the s[heriff …]

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

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For the men of Droitwich. The king has granted to his men of Droitwich that they may render the £160 which they owe him for several debts, and which are exacted from them by summons of the Exchequer, within the seven years next following, namely £23 for each of the following six years, a moiety namely at Michaelmas and the other moiety at Easter, and £22 in the seventh year at the same terms, saving to the king the annual farm of their vill , and they have granted to the king that if they will default in the payment of the aforesaid fine at the aforesaid terms, their whole liberty that they have by the charters of King John, father of the king , and of the king, is to be forfeited to the king together with those charters. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

6 March. Westminster. For John fitz Geoffrey. The king has granted to John fitz Geoffrey that, of the several debts which he owes him and of which he was accustomed to render 50 m. per annum at the Exchequer, he may henceforth render £20 per annum, at the Exchequer, namely £10 at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-third year, £10 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and thus from year to year until the aforesaid debts are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that, notwithstanding that he has not kept his terms for the aforesaid 50 m. annually, they are to cause this to be enrolled and upheld thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Herbert son of Matthew. The king has granted to Herbert son of Matthew that, of the debts which he owes him, of which he used to render £20, he may render £10 per annum at the Exchequer, namely 100s. at Michaelmas in the twenty-third year and 100s. at Easter in the twenty-fourth year until etc. ¹ Order to the barons of the Exchequer etc.

1.

The first of two ‘Witness as above’ is entered here, the other being at the end of the entry as usual.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

The king has also granted to Beatrice, who was the wife of Reginald of Burgh , that, of the £100 which remain to be rendered of the 200 m. that Reginald owed the king, she may render 50 m., namely 25 m. at Easter in the twenty-third year and 25 m. at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning respite. The king has given respite to Roger English, until Michaelmas, ¹ from the 18 m. that he owes him for the corn of Newbottle , which Roger bought from John son of Phillip, formerly keeper of the aforesaid bishopric. Order to the keeper of the bishopric of Durham to permit him to have the aforesaid respite. ²

1.

Term interlined.

2.

Just above this entry ‘The king to his bailiffs …’ is crossed through.

14 March. Westminster. For Mabel Revel. The king has granted to Mabel Revel that, of the 5 m. which are exacted from her for an amercement, she may render a moiety at St. John the Baptist and the other moiety at Michaelmas in the twenty-third year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Cambridgeshire. Hugh de St. Vedast gives 40s. for having a pone before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take etc.

19 March. Westminster. Concerning respite. The count of Guines has respite from the demand which the sheriff of Essex makes from him for a scutage, until St. John in the twenty-third year. Order to the sheriff of Essex to cause him to have that respite.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Warwickshire. Agnes de Aundeville gives 10s. for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take etc.

Agnes de Aundeville has made fine with the king by one mark, to be rendered annually to the king and his heirs at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, for having seisin of her bailiwick of forester in the forest of Feckenham , which the king took into his hand for the trespass of the king’s venison that Ralph de Aundeville, son of Agnes, made in the same forest while he was keeper thereof. Order to John Biset, justice of the forest , that, having accepted security for rendering one mark annually to the king and his heirs at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, he is then to cause Agnes to have full seisin of the aforesaid bailiwick, and if Richard de Aundeville, younger son of Agnes, will find John twelve free and law-worthy men who will mainpern for him that he will keep the aforesaid bailiwick well and faithfully for Agnes, then he is to admit to the same custody in the stead of Agnes.

22 March. Westminster. Lancaster. The king has taken the homage of Adam son of Robert for the lands which the aforesaid Robert, his father, held of the king in chief in Stalmine. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to take security for 10s. for his relief and to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid lands.

Cambridgeshire. Nicholas , son of John of Bedworth , gives 20s. for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take etc.

27 March. Westminster. Gloucestershire. The king has taken the homage of William of Kingsholm, son and heir of Peter of Kingsholm , for all lands that the aforesaid Peter held of the king in chief, of which he voluntarily divested himself to the use of the same William. Order to the keeper of the barton of Gloucester to take security from William for 100s. for his relief and to cause William to have full seisin of all lands of which he [Peter] was in seisin on the day on which he divested himself of them.

30 March. Kempton. Concerning respite. Because they were with him in the army of Kerry, the king has pardoned to John de Plessetis and Drogo de Barentin the scutage that is being exacted from them by summons of the Exchequer for the same army, and similarly the 9 m. which are being exacted from them by summons of the same Exchequer for a certain prest, and the king has given them respite from the debts which Hugh de Malaunay , who once held the manor of Chalgrove , owed him and which are exacted from them for Hugh, whose heirs they are not, by reason of the aforesaid manor which he gave them by charter until Michaelmas in the twenty-third year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to be quit from the aforesaid scutage and the aforesaid 9 m. and to have the aforesaid respite from the debts that the aforesaid Hugh owed.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

To the barons of the Exchequer. Order not to cause distraint to be made upon the land of Master Ralph of Necton in Terling for the debt that Master Thomas Eswy , whose land that once was, owes the king, for as long as Master Thomas will have another tenement by which he can be distrained to pay the aforesaid debt.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning respite. Order to the sheriff of Essex to place that distraint in respite until he has a command from the king otherwise.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

6 April. Westminster. Because otherwise next below. The king has granted to Robert de Courtenay that, of the £20 at which he was amerced before the itinerant justices in Devon , he may render 100s. to him at Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, 100s. at Easter in the twenty-fourth year, 100s. at Michaelmas in the same year, 50s. at Easter in the twenty-fifth year, and 50s. at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ¹

1.

Entry cancelled because otherwise next below.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Robert de Courtenay. The king has granted to Robert de Courtenay that, of the £20 which he owes him of the fine made for trespass before W. of York and his associates, itinerant justices in Devon , and of the 25½ m. which he owes the king for several debts, he may render £10 to him per annum, namely 100s. at Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, 100s. at Easter in the twenty-fourth year, and £10 thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid £20 and 25½ m. have been paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

8 April. Westminster. For the men of Gloucester. The king has granted to the trustworthy men of Gloucester that, of the £90 which they owe him for divers debts, they may render £20 per annum at the Exchequer, namely £10 at Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, £10 at Easter next following, and £20 thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid debt is paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Concerning land not to be extended. Bonamy, Jew of Canterbury, Josceus son of Sampson and Josceus, brother of the aforesaid Sampson, Jews of Canterbury , give 5 m. for having a writ so that the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews shall not proceed to make an extent of the land of Thomas of Barnfield , which is the gage of the same Jews. Order to the same justices to take security etc.

10 April. Westminster. For Roger de Merlay . The king has taken the homage of Roger de Merlay, son and heir of Roger de Merlay , for the lands which the aforesaid Roger held of the king in chief. Order to Roger of Essex to take security from the same Roger for rendering £100 to the king for his relief, namely £25 at Trinity in the twenty-third year, £25 at Michaelmas in the same year, £25 at Hilary in the twenty-fourth year, and £25 at the Close of Easter in the same year, and to cause him to have seisin of the lands of which the same Roger was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day he died.

[No date]. Bedfordshire. Petronilla Malherbe gives 1 m. for having a pone before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take etc.

Derbyshire. The prior of Repton gives half a mark for having a writ of warranty of charter ¹ before the justices of the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire to take etc.

1.

Corrected from ‘a pone’.

15 April. Westminster. For John Reinger. The king, at the instance of the Legate , ¹ has granted to John, son and heir of Richard Reinger, that, of the debts which the same Richard, his father, owed him and concerning which the king granted John that he was to render £40 per annum, he may henceforth render £20 per annum at the terms previously granted to him for rendering the aforesaid £40 to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

1.

‘at the instance of the Legate’ interlined.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Essex. Robert de Corneville and Joan, his daughter, give half a mark for having a precipe to warrant a charter. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take etc.

Devon. Geoffrey Brevel gives half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc.

Sussex. Sarra of Hawkhurst gives half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take etc.

[No date]. Sussex. From Ralph of Kitchingham , 1 m., for disseisin , by the plevin of Ingelbert de la Haum’ and Guy of Steyning .

Lincolnshire. Theobald de Reineville gives half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc.

19 April. Westminster. Nottinghamshire. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to cause all oaks within the assart of Horsley to be sold and to send the money arising therefrom to the king.

19 April. Westminster. Concerning respite. The king has given respite to the abbot of Evesham , until Easter in the twenty-fourth year, from the £20 which he ought to have rendered at Easter in the twenty-third year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Devon. The abbot of Tavistock gives 40s. for having four knights to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc.

Lancaster. Richard of Allerton gives 1 m. for having a pone before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to take etc.

23 April. Guildford. Concerning respite. The king has given respite to W. earl of Ferrers, until the morrow of Trinity in the twenty-third year, from all debts which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer . Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning respite. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to his citizens of York from the last tallage assessed upon them, until Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, so that they shall then pay that tallage in full. Order to cause them to have the aforesaid respite.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For the citizens of Lincoln . The king has granted to the citizens of Lincoln that they may pay a moiety of the tallage assessed upon them at St. John the Baptist in the twenty-third year in 15 days and the other moiety of the same tallage at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to have those terms.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

24 April. Guildford. For Agnes de Aundeville. To J. Biset, justice of the king’s forest . Because Agnes de Aundeville could find no pledge for the king for one marcate’s worth of rent by which she had made fine with him for having seisin of a certain bailiwick of the forester of Feckenham , which she had lost on account of the trespass of Ralph de Aundeville, her son , the king has granted her that the same bailiwick of the aforesaid forestership and the land which she holds by reason of the aforesaid bailiwick from the king and his heirs will be liable to forfeiture if the aforesaid marcate’s worth of rent will not be paid by her and her heirs at the Exchequer of Michaelmas. Order to cause Agnes to have full seisin of the aforesaid bailiwick, permitting the aforesaid bailiwick to be kept by her younger son, just as the king has commanded him at other times.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

25 April. Guildford. Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk that the wreck that Michael de Bavent , Simon de Pierrepont , Thomas of Hengrave and the steward of Mohaut seized from the boat shipwrecked in Suffolk , and that wreck which they have therefrom, wheresoever they will have been, he shall cause to be sold by the view of the keepers of Crown pleas and other law-worthy men, and shall answer for the price at the Exchequer by the view and testimony of the same by whom that sale will have been made for each particular, severally and separately.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

26 April. Windsor. Dunwich. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for the tallage of Dunwich until St. John the Baptist in the twenty-third year, and to place in respite the demand which they make from them for a fine and amercements from the last eyre of the justices in those parts until Michaelmas in the same year. They are without delay to demand the sheriff of Suffolk to take security that they will answer for this at the aforesaid terms.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning quittance. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to cause the prior of Holy Trinity, York , to be quit from the 5 m. which they exact from him for the amercement into which he fell before them against Jacob the Jew of Exeter by reason of the manor of Thornton , and to distrain the abbot of the greater monastery, who holds the aforesaid manor, to make payment of the aforesaid 5 m.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

28 April. Windsor. Concerning a pardon. To the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews. The king has pardoned to his beloved and faithful Henry de Trubleville the 9 m. 7s. which he received as a loan from Elias, son of Chera, Jewess of Winchester , for he has set out for Italy in the service of the king by his order. Order, therefore, to cause Henry to be quit from the aforesaid 9 m. 7s. and the interest accruing upon it, and to cause the gages of the same Henry that remain in the hand of the same Jew for the aforesaid debts to be rendered to him without delay. ¹

1.

A repaired tear obscures the text somewhat in this entry.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. Alan of Follifoot gives the king 20s. for having four justices to take an assize of novel disseisin against Alexander de Scalariis and Alice, his wife, concerning a tenement in Little Linton .

3 May. Westminster. Lincolnshire. John son of Walter gives half a mark for having a precipe before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Alan of Leake gives 20s. for having four justices to take an assize of mort d’ancestor. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take etc.

[No date]. Robert de Gouiz has £60 ¹ as a prest until Michaelmas in the twenty-fourth year. ²

1.

Corrected from ‘60 m.’

2.

This year appears to have been initially corrected to the ‘twenty-third year’ but it is not crossed through and a further ‘xxiiij°’ is written directly after it at the end of the entry. This later term is corroborated in E 371/6, m. 4.

4 May. Westminster. For Aaron son of Abraham . To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to allow £59 and 1 m. to Aaron son of Abraham, Jew of London , in the old debts that he owes the king and in the first terms of the same debts, which remain to be allowed of the £68 and 1 m. that the king ordered to be allowed to him at the Exchequer of the Jews for the pardon that the king made to Hugh de Gournay of the debts that he owed to the abovesaid Jew , and of which nothing but £9 has been allowed to him.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

6 May. Westminster. For William son of Peter. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to William son of Peter that, of the 100s. by which he made fine with him for his relief, he may render 50s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-third year and 50s. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-fourth year. Order to cause William to have the same terms.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Master Walter of Lench has 10 m. as a prest from the king without term, as is contained in the Liberate Roll. ¹

1.

See CLR 1226–1240, p. 381.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. For Geoffrey Chamberlain. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that since the king, for his homage and service, has granted by his charter to Geoffrey Chamberlain the seven virgates of land with appurtenances which Walter de Rodes held by bail of the king’s predecessors, kings of England, in King’s Broom , to have and hold from the king and his heirs to him and his heirs or assigns, rendering a pair of scissors priced 3d., or 3d., to the king and his heirs at the Exchequer at Christmas for all services, they are cause the charter to be enrolled and kept.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Concerning a prest of the abbot of St. Edmunds . Master Ralph of Necton has £100 as a prest, which the abbot of St. Edmunds , who constituted himself his principal debtor, has mainperned to pay at the Exchequer at these terms, namely 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-second year, 50 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-third year, and 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and if death befalls the abbot before full payment, the said Master has bound all his land that he has in England to the king until the said money has been paid

13 May. Westminster. Concerning taking homage. The king has taken the homage of Henry de Fauconberg for the lands that William de Fauconberg, Henry’s father, held of the king in chief in Cuckney. Order to Roger of Essex, escheator, to take security for rendering 5 m. to the king of the £10 for his relief at Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, 5 m. at Easter in the twenty-fourth year, and 5 m. at Michaelmas in the same year.

[No date]. Concerning taking homage. Order to the same Roger not to distrain the tenants of Henry, son of William de Fauconberg, in Cuckney to pay to the king’s use the rent of Easter term , because the aforesaid William, to whom the rent pertained, died on Tuesday in Easter week.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning taking homage. The king has taken the homage of Gerard de Odingeseles for the lands that the same Hugh [sic] held of the king in chief in Long Itchington and elsewhere in his bailiwick of the inheritance of Basilia, his wife, mother of the aforesaid Gerard. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take security from him for £50 for his relief and to cause him to have seisin of all lands of which the same Hugh was seised on the day he died.

Cambridgeshire. Henry de Somery gives 1 m. for having a precipe before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take etc.

Concerning respite. Robert Passelewe has respite until 15 days from Trinity in the twenty-third year from all debts that he owes the king. Notification of this to the barons of the Exchequer.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

16 May. Windsor. For H. de Mortimer. The king has granted to Hugh de Mortimer , at the petition of H. de Trubleville, his uncle , that, of the £25 which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the debt of William de Stuteville , he may render 12½ m. per annum at the Exchequer, namely 6 m. 40d. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, 6 m. 40d. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-fourth year, and thus from year to year until the aforesaid £25 are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Leicestershire. William de Karenton’ gives 2 m. for having a writ of appeal before the justices of the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to take security etc.

Essex. Ralph English gives half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Essex to take etc.

19 May. Reading. For John de Vieuxpont. The king has granted to John de Vieuxpont that, of the debts which he owes him, of which he was accustomed to render 80 m. per annum at the Exchequer, he may render 60 m. per annum at the same terms at which he was accustomed to render 80 m., until the aforesaid debts are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For certain Jews. The king has granted to Aaron Blund and Aaron son of Abraham, Jews of London, that, of the £138 ¹ which they owe him of the tallage of 10000 m. and the arrears of the same tallage, they may render £23 per annum at two terms, namely £11 10s. at Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, £11 10s. at Easter in the twenty-fourth year, and £23 each year at the same terms until the aforesaid £138 are paid to the king. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to cause them to have those terms for this and to cause it to be enrolled thus.

1.

Corrected from ‘£131’.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For certain Jews. Order to the constable of London to permit them to have these terms for this.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

19 May. Reading. For Herbert de Neville. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to Herbert de Neville, until the octaves of Hilary in the twenty-fourth year, from the £20 which he ought to have rendered at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-third year for the farm of the manor of Arnold , and from the £10 which he ought to render at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year. Order to cause him to have that term for this.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Berkshire. Reginald de Albo Monasterio and Alice, his wife, and Alan of Farnham and Margaret, his wife, give the king half a mark for having a writ ad terminum , concerning customs and services, against Robert de Auvers , over tenements in Aston Tirrold, Chilton, Winterbourne Danvers, Coleridge Copse and in Wokefield , and the writ is addressed to the sheriff of Berkshire , who is commanded to take security etc.

For Robert of Laverstock . Robert of Laverstock has made fine by 10 m. for the trespass of selling woodland and for not having kept his bailiwick well, by reason of which trespass the king caused him to be arrested at Clarendon, and similarly for all other trespasses which could have been brought against him concerning the aforesaid bailiwick which he has in the forest until the day on which Robert made the aforesaid fine with the king. Order to John Biset and his associates to take security from him for rendering the aforesaid 10 m. to the king, namely 2½ m. at Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, 2½ m. at Easter in the twenty-fourth year, 2½ m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 2½ m. at Easter in the twenty-fifth year, and to cause him to have full seisin of his bailiwick.

a.

This is the final entry on E 371/6, m. 7, coming after entry 395 below in sequence there.

Nottinghamshire. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to take into the king’s hand the lands of Thomas Picot in his bailiwick, because he did not render his son, who is one of the heirs of Stephen de Somery , to the king, and to keep them safely until the aforesaid son is rendered, or until he is given a command otherwise.

22 May. Reading. Wiltshire. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to cause Walter de Burgh, keeper of the king’s demesne lands , to have seisin of the manor of Calne , which William de Cantilupe, who is dead, held in his lifetime by bail of the king, so that he answers for it at the Exchequer.

Huntingdonshire. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to cause Walter de Burgh to have the manor of Glatton , which is an escheat of the king by the death of Baldwin de Redvers, without delay, so that he answers for it at the Exchequer.

Devon. Isabella of Radway gives 1 m. for having four justices to take an assize concerning a tenement in Kimber . Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc.

31 May. Westminster. Yorkshire. The prior of Monk Bretton gives 20s. for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take etc.

1 June. Westminster. Bedfordshire. John of Patmore gives half a mark for having a writ before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take etc.

Yorkshire. Wymer de Thornton’ gives 10s. for having the four justices aforesaid to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take etc.

2 June. Westminster. Concerning respite. The king has given respite to Robert Passelewe from all debts which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer until the arrival of the bishop-elect of Valence. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Shropshire. John fitz Alan gives three palfreys so that the plea between Robert of Ware and him, concerning Robert’s imprisonment by John, be placed in respite until the morrow of the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the twenty-fourth year. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to take security etc.

Somerset. Henry de Montfort gives 1 m. for having a pone . Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take etc.

Cambridgeshire. The king has granted to Matilda, who was the wife of John of Panfield , for the sustenance of her children, the custody of a virgate of land with appurtenances in Shudy Camps , which the same John held of the king in chief, until the son and heir of the aforesaid John comes of age, saving to the king the 6d. which John was accustomed to render per annum. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to cause her to have seisin of that custody.

[No date]. William de Estre and Alice, his wife, give 1 m. for having four justices … ¹

1.

Entry cancelled and unfinished. See no. 197 below.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Norfolk. Robert Blund and Walter Brown give 1 m. for having a pone . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

Norfolk. Thomas Blund gives 1 m. for having a precipe before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

[No date]. Yorkshire. William de Estre and Alice, his wife, give 1 m. for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take etc.

[No date]. Northumberland. William of Rock gives 20s. for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to take etc.

3 June. Windsor. For Ralph de Tany. The king has granted to Ralph de Tany that he may have peace for three years from Michaelmas in the twenty-third year from the debts that he owes him and that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer , and concerning which the king granted him that he was to render 10 m. per annum until he had been satisfied of the aforesaid debts . ¹ Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

1.

‘Witness the king’ crossed through at this point.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Berkshire. Geoffrey de Mandeville gives 5 m. for having a writ to attaint twelve jurors before the king (coram Rege) at Windsor on Wednesday next after St. John the Baptist . Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to take etc.

2 June. Westminster. Concerning respite. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand that they make from W. bishop of Exeter concerning certain knights’ fees which he did not recognise and for which he is distrained by summons of the Exchequer , until it is discussed by judgement of the king’s court (curie Regis) whether the bishop ought to answer for this or should remain quit therefrom.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Geoffrey de Mandeville owes 40 m. for the mercy into which he fell for disseisin . ¹

1.

Corrected from ‘for a certain trespass’.

[No date]. William de St. John owes 50 m. for trespass of the forest .

[No date]. John of Colemere has made fine by ¹ 50 m. because he could not render his account for the time he was taker of the king’s wines.

1.

Corrected from ‘owes’. Not corrected in E 371/6, m. 4.

2 June. Westminster. Concerning the corn of the bishopric of Winchester. To the keepers of the bishopric of Winchester . Because all corn of the bishopric of Winchester which remained in the ground at the time of the death of P., formerly bishop of Winchester, remains to the king, order to take care to cause profit to be made from all corn of the same bishopric in their bailiwick as best as they are able to expedite.

It is written in the same manner to Peter of Wakering, keeper of the manor of Taunton .

10 June. Westminster. Essex. Peter son of Richard gives half a mark for having a pone, concerning land in Havering . Order to the sheriff of Essex to take etc. ¹

1.

There is a cross in the margin beside this entry.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Norfolk. Walter of Wereham gives half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. William, son of Robert de Scaccario , and William, his brother, give 20s. ¹ for having four knights to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc.

1.

Corrected from ‘half a mark’.

Concerning respite. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the king orders otherwise, the demand that they make from Bartholomew Bigod and Robert de Monasterio for the debts of the count de St. Pol by reason of the lands formerly of the aforesaid count in Abberton , which the king has granted to them, so that other lands formerly of the same count are distrained to pay the aforesaid debts to the king.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Walter of Olney gives … ¹

1.

Entry cancelled and unfinished.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Buckinghamshire. Paulinus Peyvre has made fine by 20 m. for having custody of the land and heirs of Ralph de Mora, who held from the king in chief, until the full age of the same heirs, with their marriage. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire to cause him to have seisin of the lands formerly of Ralph in his bailiwick. ¹

1.

Corrected from ‘… to take security from Paulinus for rendering those 20 m. to the king and to cause him to have full seisin of the lands formerly of Ralph in his bailiwick’. Following this is a crossed through sentence which reads ‘Once he has accepted security for this, he is to signify the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire , who has been commanded to cause him to have seisin of the lands formerly of Ralph in his bailiwick’ as next below.

a.

The pledges listed in 213 below are included with this entry in E 371/6, m. 4.

[No date]. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire to cause the aforesaid Paulinus to have full seisin of all lands and tenements of which the same Ralph died seised in his bailiwick. The pledges for the aforesaid fine are William de Cantilupe of the county of Bedfordshire, Geoffrey de Lucy, Geoffrey de Lisle and Phillip of Afton of the county of Hampshire .

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

11 June. Westminster. Berkshire. Simon son of Osbert gives 20s. for having an assize before the king at Windsor on Wednesday next after St. John the Baptist against Thomas Blund, concerning a tenement in Shellingford . Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to take etc.

[No date]. Worcestershire. Ascelina de Clippeston’ gives 2 m. for having four knights to take an assize concerning a tenement in Northwick . Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to take etc.

[No date]. Warwickshire. Robert Joye gives half a mark for having a plea before the justices at Westminster ¹ at St. John the Baptist in 15 days. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take etc.

1.

Corrected from ‘before the king’.

12 June. Westminster. The honour of Rayleigh . The king has taken the homage of William, son and heir of Hugh Butler , for all lands and tenements that Hugh held of the king in chief in the honour of Rayleigh which fall to him by inheritance. Order to the keeper of the aforesaid honour that, having accepted security from William for rendering his relief to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands and tenements which Hugh held of the king in chief from the aforesaid honour, which fall to William by inheritance and of which Hugh died seised as of fee.

[No date]. Buckinghamshire. Hugh de Berneden’ gives half a mark for having four justices to take an assize of novel disseisin . Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take etc.

Middlesex. Geoffrey de la Dun’ gives half a mark for having an assize of novel disseisin before the justices at St. Bride’s in 15 days after St. John the Baptist. Order to the sheriff of Middlesex to take etc.

Order to Master Simon Carpenter to set out with the preceptor of London to the wood of W. Longespée near Reading and buy to the king’s use 200 oaks suitable for the fabric of the Tower of London , and if they find that the people of that wood wish to give these to the king as a gift they are to receive this. If, however, they buy them, they are to do so to the king’s use at a just price.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. For John of Monewden . The king has granted to Henry of Monewden, ¹ for the quitclaim of 20 m. that the king had granted to him per annum until the king could provide him with 20 librates of land, that, of the debts which he owes to Aaron the Jew of York, Aaron son of Abraham, Aaron Blund and Elias Blund, Jews, of London , he may render 10 m. to them each year as is contained in the Close Roll . Order to the justices of the Jews to take from John of Monewden, who has entered into this fine for the same Henry, ² security for 10 m. for the addition of two Jews, namely Aaron Blund and Elias Blund. ³

1.

Corrected from ‘the justices [assigned] to the custody of the Jews’.

2.

Corrected from ‘to take from the same Henry’.

3.

No Close Roll survives for this regnal year.

14 June. Mortlake. For the abbot of Waverley. The king has given to the abbot and convent of Waverley in free, pure and perpetual alms the 35 acres of land with appurtenances in Neatham which, by consideration of the king, he recovered against Ela of Westcott , and the 7½ acres of land with appurtenances in the same vill which he recovered against Nicholas de Molendinis, and the two acres of land with appurtenances which he recovered against Peter de Heghes , and the nine acres of land which he recovered against the same Peter, who Alice, his mother, called to warrant and who warranted her, and the five acres of land in the same vill which he recovered against the same Peter, who Robert Palmer, Nicholas de Heghes , Richard Harper and Helewise, who was the wife of Ralph Esebern’ , called to warrant and who warranted them, and the 15 acres of land in the same vill which he recovered against Geoffrey of Froyle , who Ralph Bastard and Beatrice, his wife, called to warrant and who warranted them, and the ten acres of land in the same vill which he recovered against John son of Thurstan, which lands the king claimed in the same court against the aforesaid Ela, Nicholas, and the others as right and demesne of the king, and which the king committed to Walter de Burgh to keep to the king’s use. Order to Walter de Burgh to cause them to have seisin of the aforesaid lands ¹ and to take security from the abbot for £100 to the king’s use for this writ.

1.

‘Order to the aforesaid Walter’ crossed through here.

a.

In E 371/6, m. 4 the text has been corrected by an interlineation to read ‘… the 35 acres in Neatham which the king recovered by consideration of his court against Ela of Westcott, and the 7½ acres of land with appurtenances and other parcels of lands which he recovered and gave to the same abbot, as is contained in the Fine Roll’.

Northamptonshire. Ralph of Leam ¹ gives 10 m. for having four knights to take on the morrow of St. Margaret the assize that he arraigned against Ralph bishop of Chichester, Simon de Senlis and others, concerning tenements in Leam and Maxey . Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take etc.

1.

‘Leaune’ corrected from both ‘Laume’ and ‘Laune’.

Northamptonshire. The same Ralph gives 10 m. for having four knights to take a recognition to convict the twelve jurors by 24 knights over tenements in Leam and Maxey , as in the Patent Roll. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take etc. ¹

1.

No Patent Roll survives for this regnal year.

Gloucestershire. Elena de Heicot’ gives 1 m. for having a pone before the justices at St. Bride’s . Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take etc.

Because otherwise below. The king has granted the custody of the lands formerly of William Spileman to John Biset together with the custody and marriage of the heirs of the same William, to have and hold until the legal age of the aforesaid heirs. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, having accepted security from John for £100 for the aforesaid custody, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the lands formerly of William in his bailiwick. ¹

1.

Entry cancelled because otherwise below. See no. 239 below.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Order to the sheriffs of Devon and Wiltshire that once the aforesaid sheriff has to signified them that he has accepted security, then they are to cause him to have seisin of the lands formerly of the same in their bailiwicks. ¹

1.

Entry presuambly also cancelled but not crossed through.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Cornwall. Hugh de Beauchamp gives 40s. for having four knights to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to take etc.

Leicestershire. Ivo de Oseville gives 2½ m. for having four knights to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to take etc.

[No date]. Leicestershire. William of Glen gives 2½ m. for having four knights to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to take etc.

[No date]. Because above. Somerset. Geoffrey de Mandeville gives 5 m. for having a writ to attaint twelve jurors before the king (coram Rege) at Windsor on Wednesday next after St. John the Baptist. ¹

1.

Entry cancelled because above. See no. 200 above.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning having lands. The king has granted to Patrick de Chaworth that he may render those 50 m. which he ought to have rendered at St. John the Baptist in the twenty-third year of the fine of £500 for having the custody of his lands notwithstanding that he was under age, and for marrying whom he wished, at Michaelmas in 15 days in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid term.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Concerning two tuns. The men of Southampton and Marlborough give two tuns of wine for having the king’s confirmation of the peace made between them after their disputes, as is contained in the Charter Roll. ¹

1.

See C. Ch. R. 1226–1257, p. 244.

18 June. Westminster. Bedfordshire. Robert de Carun and Flandrina, his wife, give 10s. for having four justices to take an assize of novel disseisin. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take etc.

Concerning the delivery of Geoffrey de Suff’. The king has granted to Geoffrey de Suff’ , who has been captured and detained in the Tower of London for the £80 which he received from the issues of the exchange by the hand of William Hardel and Nicholas of St. Albans, that if he will find the barons of the Exchequer good and sufficient ¹ pledges for rendering the aforesaid £80 to the king at the Exchequer within four years, namely £20 each year, he is to be delivered from prison. Order to the constable of the Tower of London that when it is clear to him that he will find the aforesaid pledges, then he is to deliver him from prison.

1.

Corrected from ‘safe’.

Order to the aforesaid barons to to receive those pledges and, once they have received them, to signify this by their letters to the aforesaid constable, who is commanded that once they will signify this to him, then he is to deliver the same from prison.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

20 June. Westminster. Concerning respite. The king has granted to Ralph de Tany that he is to have respite for three years from St. John the Baptist in the twenty-third year, on account of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land , both from the debts he owes him at the Exchequer, for which he made fine to render 10 m. per annum, and from the other debts exacted from him at the Exchequer for which he has not yet made fine with the king, so that after the end of the aforesaid three years he is to render 10 m. to the king every year at the Exchequer of the debts for which he made with him, as he was previously used to doing, saving to the king those debts that he owes him for which he has not yet made fine. ¹ Order to cause him to have that respite. ² By Aymer de St. Amand.

1.

Witness clause dated 19 June originally entered here, but it is now crossed through.

2.

Corrected from ‘Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus’.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Essex. Robert de Brus gives 3 m. for having a market and fair at his manor of Theydon Mount . Order to the sheriff of Essex to take etc.

a.

On the dorse of E 371/6, m. 4 at this point is the following delivery note: ‘H. of Pattishall, treasurer, received this roll at All Souls in the twenty-fourth year [2 Nov. 1239] under the king’s seal’.

Concerning a fine of £100. John Biset has made fine with the king by £100 for having the custody of the lands and heirs of William Spileman, who held of the king in chief by sergeanty, until the legal age of the same heirs. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take security from him for rendering the aforesaid £100 to the king and to cause him to have seisin of all land which William held on the day he died with all issues that he received therefrom at the time when that custody came into the king’s hand, and he is to signify the sheriffs of Hampshire and Devon when he has accepted that security, who have been commanded that, then, they are to cause him to have seisin of the lands of the same in their bailiwicks with all issues etc. ¹

1.

For an earlier, cancelled version of this entry see no. 226 above.

Northamptonshire. Robert Archer, son and heir of William Archer, has made fine by 50s. for his relief for having seisin ¹ of the land in Sibbertoft formerly of William Archer, his father, who held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take security for rendering 50s. to the king at the Exchequer and to cause him to have the same seisin of the aforesaid land as William had on the day he died.

1.

Corrected from ‘custody’.

Concerning taking security. Peter of Hope has made fine by 60s. for his relief for having seisin of the land in Munton formerly of Richard of Munton, his uncle, who held of the king in chief. Order to John Biset, justice of the forest , to take security for those 60s. and cause him to have his same seisin, ¹ and of the bailiwick pertaining to the aforesaid land, as Richard had on the day he died.

1.

The remainder of this entry is interlined.

25 June. Westminster. Devon. The king has taken the homage of Henry of Merton for a fifth part of the barony of Great Torrington which Denise, who was the wife of Henry son of William , held of the king in chief and which, two years before her death in her widowhood and good estate, as the king has heard through an inquisition, she gave to Henry to have to himself and his heirs forever. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take security from Henry for £20 for his relief and cause him to have seisin of the aforesaid fifth part.

Buckinghamshire. Aymer de Noers gives 10s. for having a pone . Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take security etc.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Walter, son of Ralph of Mablethorpe , gives 20s. for having justices. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc.

[No date]. Shropshire. Odo of Hodnet gives 20s. for having a record before the king (coram Rege) against Thomas Corbet . Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to take etc.

28 June. Westminster. For Reginald de Albo Monasterio. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Reginald de Albo Monasterio that, of the £80 which he owes him for several debts, he may render 20 m. per annum until the aforesaid £80 are paid. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Wiltshire. Roger son of John and Cecilia, his wife, give the king 1 m. for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take etc.

[No date]. Because he gave nothing. Richard Blund and Denise, his wife, give half a mark for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take etc. ¹

1.

Entry cancelled because he gave nothing.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

30 June. Westminster. To all etc. The agreement made between H. earl of Hereford and Essex and Ralph de Tany, concerning the marriage of Ralph’s first-born son, Roger, to the use of Alice, daughter of the abovesaid earl, is pleasing to the king and he has granted and confirmed it for himself and his heirs, saving to him the custody of Ralph’s lands if, by chance, Roger, his first-born son, dies before he comes of age. In [testimony] of which etc. ¹

1.

Entry cancelled.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

1 July. Westminster. Nottinghamshire. William de Hagh’ gives 40s. for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to take etc.

3 July. Westminster. Concerning land in Great Dunmow. Order to Walter de Burgh to take into the king’s hand the land in Great Dunmow that Bertram le Gros held by bail of the king for as long as it pleases the king and that Bertram surrendered to him for the 40 m. which he gave to him for making his pilgrimage.

a.

The date of this entry is given as ‘30 June’ in E 371/6, m. 5.

Westminster. Cambridgeshire. Alice of Duxford gives half a mark for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take etc.

[No date]. Somerset. William Reeve of Glastonbury gives half a mark for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take etc.

7 July. Windsor. Cambridgeshire. Alan of Follifoot gives 20s. for having a writ to attaint twelve jurors. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take.

10 July. Basingstoke. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for 10 m. that they make from the abbot of Thorney for a fine made with the king, until Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, so that it may be known then if he ought to answer for it or not.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Walter Portejoye gives half a mark for having a precipe before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to take etc.

12 July. Winchester. To the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire . The king wishes that if Master Simon de Steyland, who has the custody of the lands and heirs of [Ralph] son of Bernard by the king’s grant, has any of the chattels formerly of the same Ralph, he is to be quit thereof and is to account with Ralph’s executors in the debts that Ralph owed the king. Order to permit him to have peace from the aforesaid chattels. By John fitz Geoffrey.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Kent and Buckinghamshire .

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

To the sheriff of Surrey . Order to take into the king’s hand the land formerly of Salomon le Eveske, Jew of London , in Clapham and deliver it without delay to Master Simon de Steyland, to whom the king has committed it for as long as it pleases him .

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

William de Dive gives half a mark for having a pone against Hugh Sanzaveir, concerning the manor of Bignor . Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take etc.

[No date]. Geoffrey de Dinant gives 20s. for having a precipe before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc.

Thomas of Plumborough and Christiana, his wife, give 4 m. for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take etc.

[No date]. William Engayne gives half a mark for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take etc.

16 July. Winchester. Adam of Manby gives 30s. for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take etc.

16 July. Winchester. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to William de Beauchamp that, of the £52 which he owes him of clear debt, he may render £26 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-third year and £26 at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-fourth year. The king has also granted William the same terms for another debt that he says he does not owe, but in which he is bound to the king, as the king later established by judgement of the Exchequer, as they signified to him in writing, namely that he is to render a moiety of this debt at the aforesaid Exchequer of Michaelmas and the other moiety at the aforesaid Exchequer of Easter. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Order to the keepers of wine at Southampton to cause 15 tuns of wine of the prise of Anjou to be sold by the view of two law-worthy men of the vill of Southampton , and to cause the king’s profit to be made therefrom and to keep the money they take safely until the king orders otherwise.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

19 July. Odiham. Adam of Pemberton gives half a mark for having four knights. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take etc.

18 July . Windsor. Hugh, son of William French , gives 1 m. for having four justices [to take] an assize, concerning a tenement in Walpole . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security etc.

15 July . Windsor. Agnes of Hainford and Lecia, her sister, give 1 m. for having four justices. ¹ Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

1.

Corrected from ‘for having a writ’.

[No date]. Ralph le Hauberger, Henry son of Michael and William Horn’ give the king one mark for having the appeal placed before the justices of the Bench which they make against Stephen de Bytelescumb’ and others, concerning breach of the king’s peace . Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take security.

a.

‘Ralph le Hauberger’ appears to have been misread as ‘Ralph de Hamberegh’’ in E 371/6, m. 5. The plea is also said to be moved ‘before the king (coram Rege)’.

[No date]. The men of Portsmouth give 10 m. for having a writ of inquiry.

[No date]. John, son of Walter le Fleming , gives 100 m. for the trespass ¹ he made in purchasing wines against the king’s purveyance, as in the roll of the justices coram Rege .

1.

'arrears' crossed through here.

[No date]. The abbot of Swineshead gives 2 m. for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to take etc.

23 July . Westminster. Matilda French gives half a mark for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

[No date]. Geoffrey Crossbowman and Eva, his wife, and Isolda, sister of Eva, give 5 m. for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc.

Henry Malemains gives 20s. for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take etc.

Ralph son of Bernard gives 3 m. for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take.

Phillip, son of Thomas of Prees , gives 1 m. for having a precipe before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire to take etc.

[No date]. Robert of Newport and Joan, his wife, give 1 m. for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take etc.

[No date]. Lancaster. William Norris of Horton ¹ owes 1 m. for an amercement. The pledges for this amercement are Elias of Tonge and Robert of Shoresworth .

1.

‘Norris’ interlined.

25 July . Westminster. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to Master Walter of Lench the 10 m. which he received at the Exchequer as a prest by his order. Order to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 10 m.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, the demand for £10 as a prest that they make from Peter of Beddington, clerk .

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Ralph de Furneaux gives 1 m. to the king for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

Adam son of Walter gives 1 m. for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take etc.

28 July Mortlake. Geoffrey de Downhead gives 5 m. for having a writ ¹ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin, concerning a tenement in Vaglefield . Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc.

1.

Corrected from ‘for having four justices’.

The king has committed the manor of Dilwyn to Walter de Burgh ¹ for as long as it pleases the king. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to cause him to have seisin thereof.

1.

Corrected from ‘the sheriff of Herefordshire’.

Ralph of Marston gives 20s. for having a pone . Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take security etc.

Alan de Waville gives 20s. for having a pone . Josceus of Chelveston of Northamptonshire is his pledge for the aforesaid monies.

The king has granted the executors of the testament of Richard Reinger that they may freely dispose of the corn sown in the manor of Southall and of the other profits arising from the same manor until Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, which manor Bertram le Gros demised to Richard until the aforesaid term, in order to make execution of Richard’s testament, saving to the king 6 m. from the same manor which Richard was accustomed to render for it to Bertram per annum. Order to Walter de Burgh to permit this to be done thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

3 Aug. Westminster. William de la Musche gives 1 m. for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take etc.

William Estmund’ gives 20s. for having four justices to take an assize concerning a tenement in Ston Easton . Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take etc.

Michael de Dunailsa gives 20s. for having four justices to take an assize of novel disseisin. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to take etc. ¹

1.

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

4 Aug. Westminster. Kent. Thomas Bukerel gives 40s. for having the record of an assize of mort d’ancestor before the king (coram Rege) on the morrow of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, concerning one carucate of land with appurtenances in Chatham . The pledges are Paulinus Peyvre for 20s. and Reiner of Bungay for 20s.

[No date]. John le Gras gives 1 m. for having a pone before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

5 Aug. Westminster. The king has granted to John de Plessetis that, of the 100 m. by which he made fine with him for having custody of Peter Picot , one of the heirs of Stephen de Somery, until he comes of age, together with the portion falling to him from the inheritance of the aforesaid Stephen, he may render 10 m. at the Exchequer, namely 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-fourth year, and 10 m. thus each year from year to year 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.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Because they give nothing for that assize. Agnes daughter of Silvester and Cecilia, her sister, give 1 m. for having an assize taken ¹ before William of York . ² Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take etc. ³

1.

‘by William’ crossed through here.

2.

Entry crossed through as far as ‘William’.

3.

The marginal note of cancellation is written in two hands, ‘Because nothing’ in a fainter ink than the remaining words.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

John de Muscegros gives 20s. for having a writ to attaint twelve jurors . Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc.

To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful William de Haverhill that, of the £100 which the king caused to be delivered to William Joynier in Ireland in payment of a debt that the king owed him for several things purchased to the king’s use at the time when Walter de Kirkham had custody of the king’s Wardrobe and which he ought to have paid to William by the aforesaid Walter and William de Haverhill, because they have been allowed to the same Walter and William in the account which they rendered at the Exchequer for the custody of the Wardrobe, for which £100 the king betook himself to William de Haverhill, he may render £25 per annum at the Exchequer, namely £12 10s. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-fourth year, £12 10s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and thus from term to term and year to year until the aforesaid £100 have been paid in full. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Gilbert Monachus gives 1 m. for having a writ before the justices of the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to take etc.

Worcestershire. Richard de Caresi gives 20s. for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to take etc.

6 Aug. Westminster. William of Bickleigh owes 50s. for his relief of the lands which Huward of Bickleigh, his father, held of the king in chief in Holwell. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take etc.

[No date]. The abbot of Fountains gives £10 for having confirmation ¹ of a charter of Richard de Percy, concerning the vill of Litton which he gave to them , as is contained in the Charter Roll. ²

1.

‘of the king’ crossed through here.

2.

The inspeximus and confirmation can be found at C. Ch. R. 1226–1257, p. 245.

Thomas of Appleton gives half a mark ¹ for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take etc.

1.

Corrected from ‘1 m.’

[No date]. Robert de Rya , Roscelin de Beaunes and Richard Wakeman give 20s. for having a writ to attaint twelve jurors . Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc.

8 Aug. Mortlake. Baldwin Mason and Richard, his son, give half a mark for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc.

Kempton. Peter Tailor gives 20s. for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take etc.

[No date]. Henry del Fen, Sabina, his wife, John son of Agnes, David, his brother, Emma of Fishley and Nicholas, her son, Phillip Ketil, Henry Adde, Ralph son of Robert, Humphrey Cnith’, John son of Edwin, Geoffrey son of William, Roger son of Roger, Roger Carpenter, and Nicholas Wade give one mark for having a writ before the justices of the Bench for summoning Thomas de Burgh . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security etc.

a.

Only those making fine up to ‘Nicholas, her son’ are listed in E 371/6, m. 5.

10 Aug. Windsor. Hugh of Abingdon gives 1 m. for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take etc.

10 Aug. Windsor. Fulk de Coudray gives half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to take etc.

10 Aug. Windsor. Richard of Noddon gives 2 m. for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc.

13 Aug. Westminster. Henry son of Ralph gives half a mark for having a pone . Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire to take etc.

John de Thweyt gives 1 m. for having four knights to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland to take etc.

18 Aug. Westminster. William de Percy gives 1 m. for having a precipe before the justices of the Bench, concerning the manor of Dean . Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take etc.

John de Guttehal’ gives 20s. for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take etc.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Order to the sheriff of Essex to place in respite, until Easter in the twenty-fourth year, the demand that he makes from Baldwin count of Guines by summons of the Exchequer for several scutages.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

20 Aug. Westminster. Because the king has heard through an inquisition that the manor of William de Mohun of Torre was not accustomed to have a share in the fines or aids commonly assessed upon the county of Devon by any eyre of the king’s justices , order to the sheriff of Devon to cause William to have peace from the demand that he makes upon him by reason of the aforesaid manor for acquitting a fine lately made together with the aforesaid county before the king’s itinerant justices in the same county , saving to the king the aforesaid fine which is to be assessed upon other lands of the same county that are bound to have a share in that fine. ¹

1.

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

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

27 Aug. Windsor. Matthew Bukerel gives half a mark for having a pone . Order to the sheriff of Surrey to take etc.

Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas, the demand for £230, half a mark and two tuns of wine that he exacts by summons of the Exchequer from the manor of Mapledurham , which Matilda, who was the wife of Hugh de Gournay , holds in dower, of the debts that Hugh owed the king , so that it may be discussed then before the barons of the Exchequer whether she ought to answer for it or not.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

25 Aug. Windsor. Hugh of Clothall gives 20s. for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to take etc.

25 Aug. Windsor. John of Yelsted gives 5 m. for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take etc.

28 Aug. Reading. The prior of Drax gives 3 m. for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take etc.

30 Aug. Woodstock. Hugh of Hoe gives the king 20s. for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take security.

Woodstock. Roger le Fort and Katherine, his wife, give the king 10 m. for having a precipe before the justices of the Bench against Baldwin de Redvers, concerning a tenement in Hanford . Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take security.

1 Sept. Woodstock. The king has pardoned to William le Taillur three sore sparrowhawks that he owed him for three years from the land of Cowstead, which he holds of the king in chief. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit therefrom.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. The prior of Deerhurst gives one mark of an amercement for disseisin in the county court of Oxfordshire . The disseisin was made of a certain pasture.

The king has granted to Geoffrey son of William and Gunnora, his wife, that, of the £10 by which they made fine with him for their relief of the lands formerly of Henry de la Mare, Gunnora’s brother, they may render a moiety at Hilary in the twenty-fourth year and the other moiety at Easter next following. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to have the aforesaid terms.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to place in respite the demand that he makes from Walter son of Nigel by summons of the Exchequer for 20s. of an amercement, until Hilary in the twenty-fourth year.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to place in respite the demand for 10 m. that he makes from Humphrey Vis of Lynn by summons of the Exchequer, until the quindene of Michaelmas in the twenty-third year.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

3 Sept. Woodstock. William Marsh and Margeret, his wife, give the king 40s. for having four justices in the county of Devon . Order to the sheriff of Devon to take security.

Stephen of Fritwell gives the king one mark for having a pone against Laurence del Brok , Roger Foliot and Matthew Beadle, concerning a mill and 2½ hides of land and 2½ acres of land, excepting a virgate of land in Fritwell , and against Stephen Boydin and Alice, his wife, concerning a hide of land in Caulcott and Upper Heyford . Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take security.

5 Sept. Woodstock. Simon d’Avranches gives 2 m. for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take etc.

[No date]. William son of Bertram gives 2 m. for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

9 Sept. Woodstock. The king has taken the homage of Hugh Gifford , who took to wife Sibyl, sister and one of the heirs of Alice of Crowcombe , who is dead, and the homage of John le Brun , nephew and another of the heirs of the aforesaid Alice, and the homage of Robert Archer , who took to wife Alice, niece and the third of the heirs of the same Alice , and the homage of Simon de Solers , who took to wife Isabella, another niece and the fourth heir of the aforesaid Alice , for the rightful portions that fall to John, Sibyl, Alice and Isabella by inheritance of all lands and tenements which Alice of Crowcombe held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire that, having accepted security from John, Alice and Isabella for rendering as much relief as pertains to them of the relief of £25, of which the king has pardoned to Hugh and Sibyl the relief that pertained to Sibyl, he is to cause them to have full seisin without delay of the rightful portions that fall to John, Sibyl, Alice and Isabella from the lands and tenements formerly of Alice of Crowcombe which she held from the king in chief in his bailiwick.

a.

No mention is made of Simon de Solers in E 371/6, m. 6, although the scribe copying from the fine roll has inserted Isabella, his wife, in the security clause.

The king has granted to Master S., archdeacon of Norfolk , keeper of the land and heir of Ralph son of Bernard , that all of the debts which are exacted from the tenements in his custody, with the heir, by summons of the Exchequer from the debts that Ralph owed the king are to be placed in respite until the heir comes of age, so that Master S. shall not be bound to answer the king in any way for the aforesaid debts by reason of the aforesaid custody after the heir reaches full age or be distrained in the meantime for the same debts. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By Brother G.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

10 Sept. Woodstock. Order to the constable of Windsor to place in respite the demand which he makes from Gregory de la Dun’ and Laurence Cokerel for the arrears of the bailiwick of his forestership and for the term of Michaelmas next to come, until the quindene of the same Michaelmas. By Brother G. and John fitz Geoffrey.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Walter de Theshal’ and Roger de Barndol’ give 5 m. for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire etc.

[No date]. Worcestershire. William de Weston , because he withdrew himself, for disseisin, half a mark. By the plevin of William Pippard .

[No date]. Worcestershire. Adam Rolland, half a mark, because he did not have whom he had pledged .

13 Sept. Marlborough. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas, the demand that he makes from Isabella d’Aubigny by summons of the Exchequer for the fine which William of Houghton, formerly her husband, made with the king for the relief that pertained to William and Isabella of the inheritance of Robert d’Aubigny, so that it may then be known whether Isabella or the executors of the aforesaid William ought to answer the king for it.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. The king has given respite to Nicholas de Molis, sheriff of Yorkshire , from rendering his account until the morrow of Martinmas. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite. ¹ He is once more to hand over at farm the demesne lands of the bishopric of Durham , which John son of Phillip, then keeper of the same bishopric , had demised at farm, and which are now returned into the king’s hand, either to those who previously had them or to others as will seem to him most expeditious, because the king does not wish that he shall buy plough-teams with which to cultivate the same lands to the king’s own use.

1.

Witness clause originally entered here. The same scribe continues the entry but it seems to have been squeezed in before the following entry.

a.

The respite of account granted to Nicholas is omitted in E 371/6, m. 6.

Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to take into the king’s hand the lands in his bailiwick formerly of Robert Musard and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise, and he is to send Robert’s heirs to the king without delay.

15 Sept. Marlborough. William son of Everard, Beatrice de Oseville and Henry de Oseville give half a mark for having a writ to attaint twelve jurors. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to take etc.

Order to the constable of the High Peak to cause the king’s bacons which are in his custody to be sold by the view of trustworthy and law-worthy men, so that he will answer for the monies arising therefrom at the Exchequer by the testimony of the same men, together with the monies from the issues of his bailiwick.

William, son of William Taverner , gives 1 m. for having four knights. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to take security etc.

21 Sept. Marlborough. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland to permit Robert de Tresgoz to have peace from the demand that he makes from him by summons of the Exchequer for several debts until 15 days from Michaelmas in the twenty-third year .

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Ranulf son of Nicholas gives 20s. for having a precipe before the justices of the Bench against the prior of Bodmin . Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to take etc.

The prior of Michelham gives 20s. for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take etc.

23 Sept. Ludgershall. The king has granted to Alice de Columbariis that she may render the 15 m. by which she made fine with him for her bailiwick of Hippenscombe , and about which there was dispute between her and Geoffrey Esturmy, within two years, namely 50s. at Michaelmas in the twenty-third year, 50s. at Easter next following, 50s. at Michaelmas in the twenty-fourth year, and 50s. at Easter next following. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause her to have the aforesaid terms.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Robert de Camera, bailiff of the king’s forest of Groveley , has, by the king’s order, rendered his fee farm due to the king for the twentieth, twenty-first and twenty-second regnal years, namely 9s. per annum, to Henry of Down, who then held from the king the whole bailiwick of the king’s forest of Clarendon and Groveley. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause Robert to be quit therefrom, and if anything shall still be owed to the king, they are to betake themselves for it to the aforesaid Henry.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date ]. Robert [de] Tresgoz has respite until 15 days from Michaelmas from the debts he owes the king. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to permit him to have peace therefrom.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date ]. Northamptonshire. Matilda, who was the wife of Alan of Lyndon , owes 2 m. for an amercement, because she withdrew herself.

27 Sept. Clarendon. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the sheriff of Herefordshire to have respite from rendering his account until one month from Michaelmas, so that he shall not render less at the Exchequer of Michaelmas of the monies arising from the issues of the same county.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Robert Launceleve and Alice, his wife, give the king 20s. for having four justices to take an assize of novel disseisin . Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take etc.

[No date]. The sheriff of Wiltshire has respite from rendering his account until 15 days from Michaelmas.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. The sheriff of Somerset and Dorset has respite similarly until 15 days from Michaelmas.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

The abbot of Waverley gives 20s. ¹ for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to take etc.

1.

Corrected from ‘1 m.’

Robert de Columbariis gives 2 m. ¹ for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to take etc.

1.

Corrected from ‘20s.’

a.

The sum of the offer is not corrected in E 371/6, m. 6.

29 Sept. Clarendon. Order to the barons of the Exchequer, notwithstanding that John Biset did not keep his terms at the Exchequer for the debts he owes the king , to cause him to have the same terms until the aforesaid debts have been paid to the king in full. ¹ By Brother G.

1.

The witness clause is repeated.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Order to the barons of the Exchequer to hear the account of William Hardel, who has set out for the Roman Curia , for that which pertains to the exchange while he had it in his custody.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Henry de Scaccario gives 4 m. for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take etc.

2 Oct. Clarendon. Roger, son and heir of Richard Bertram , has made fine with the king by £50 for his relief of the lands formerly of the aforesaid Richard, which he held of the king in chief and which fall to Roger by inheritance, and the king has taken his homage for this. Roger is to render the aforesaid fine at these terms, namely £8 and half a mark at Easter in the twenty-fourth year, £8 and half a mark at Michaelmas, £8 and half a mark at Easter in the twenty-fifth year, £8 and half a mark at Michaelmas in the same year, £8 and half a mark at Easter in the twenty-sixth year, and £8 and half a mark at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to Roger of Essex to take security from him for rendering the aforesaid relief at the aforesaid terms, and to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all of the aforesaid lands that are in his custody and of which he was seised on the day he died.

5 Oct. Winchester. For Giles of Earley . Giles of Earley gives 3 m. for having the liberty that he be not placed on assizes, juries or recognitions in Berkshire .

5 Oct. Winchester. Stephen de Curcun gives 3 m. that he be not placed on assizes, juries or recognitions in Berkshire .

[No date]. Thomas Chaplain, canon of Sancto Karoncoto, gives the king 2 m. for having four knights to take the assize that he arraigned against Edmund of Langurra and Elias, his son, to recognise whether one furlong and two half-acres of land with appurtenances in Langurra, East Pentire and Treycru are held as free alms pertaining to the church of the same Thomas of Sancto Karoncoto or to the lay fee of Edmund and Elias. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to take etc. ¹

1.

Entry marked with a small circle in the margin.

[No date]. The abbot of Tavistock gives 3 m. for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc.

[No date]. Reginald d’Aumale gives 2 m. for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take etc.

[No date]. Wymarca, who was the wife of Alan of Royston , gives half a mark for having four knights to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to take etc.

12 Oct. Kempton. The king has granted to John of Clothall that, of the 100s. he owes him, he may render 50s. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-fourth year and 50s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Kempton. Alexander, son of Thomas of Swannington , gives 2 m. for having four knights to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

[No date ]. Vincent of Wereham gives the king 1 m. for having a precipe before the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

13 Oct. Westminster. Thomas son of Richard gives 10s. for having a writ of warranty of charter. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

a.

In E 371/6, m. 6 this fine is made ‘for having a writ before the justices of the Bench’.

16 Oct. Westminster. Roger Galvin and Rose, his wife, give the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to take etc.

a.

The writ is a ‘precipe’ in E 371/6, m. 6.

[No date]. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause William de Fiennes to have respite from several scutages and prests until 15 days from Easter in the twenty-fourth year .

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Master William de Pierrepont gives the king 1 m. for having a precipe before the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Essex to take etc.

[No date]. Walter Gifford gives 1 m. for having a writ before the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc.

17 Oct. Westminster. The king has granted to the convent of Holy Trinity, Canterbury , that, of the 100 m. which it owes the king of the thirtieth, and of the 60 m. which it owes the king for a promise of making him aid at his first crossing into Brittany , it may render 50 m. at Easter in the twenty-fourth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 60 m. at Easter in the twenty-fifth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Roger de Scaccario gives the king half a mark for having four justices to take an assize. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take etc.

Gilbert son of Henry gives half a mark for having a precipe before the justices of the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take etc.

Phillip de Columbariis gives 40s. so that the market of Cliefdemunt , which was accustomed to be held on Wednesdays, is to be held each Saturday. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to cause the aforesaid market to be proclaimed, as aforesaid, and to take security etc.

Patrick of Caldbeck gives 40s. for having four justices to take an assize of novel disseisin . Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take etc.

[No date]. Gloucestershire.

Adam Rolland, half a mark, because he withdrew himself . William de Weston, half a mark .

a.

‘Adam’ is ‘Alan’ Rolland in E 371/6, m. 6. The amercement by William de Weston is also ‘because he withdrew himself’.

19 Oct. Westminster. The king has granted to William de Stuteville that he may render the 50 m. which are newly exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for two amercements into which he fell before the itinerant justices in the counties of Warwickshire and Leicestershire , together with other debts which he previously owed, for which he made fine to render 57½ m. per annum at the Exchequer, so that the aforesaid fine is not to be increased by reason of the aforesaid 50 m. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

The king has taken the homage of Richard de Newton, son and heir of Ansell de Newton , for all lands that Ansell held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to take security from him for his relief, as much as pertains to the seventh part of a knight’s fee, and to cause him to have seisin of the lands of which Ansell was seised as of fee on the day he died.

a.

On the dorse of E 371/6, m. 6 is the following delivery note: ‘H. of Pattishall, treasurer, received this roll by the hand of W. of St. Albans on the morrow of the Conversion of St. Paul in the twenty-fourth year [26 Jan. 1240]’.

b.

For an entry not recorded in the Fine Roll but entered on the Originalia Roll in this chronological sequence see no. 397 below.

[No date]. Because he has surrendered the custody to the king. John of Gatesden has made fine with the king by 100 m., of which the king has pardoned him 50 m., for having the custody of the land and heirs of Thomas Testard with its appurtenances, together with the marriage of the heirs. He is to render 25 m. to the king of the aforesaid 50 m. at Michaelmas in the twenty-fourth year and 25 m. at Easter following in the twenty-fifth year, ¹ because he has surrendered that custody to the king , saving to him his term for the lands which Thomas demised to him and saving his corn that he has in the same land. ²

1.

The remainder of this entry is added by another hand in darker ink.

2.

Entry cancelled because he has surrendered the custody to the king.

a.

The final clause following the terms is omitted in E 371/6, m. 7.

21 Oct. Westminster. The king has granted to Robert [de] Tresgoz that, of all debts which he owes him and of which he ought to have paid £20 per annum at the terms that the king granted to him and that he did not observe , ¹ and of all debts that he owes the king that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, he may render £10 at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-fourth year, £10 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and thus etc. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

1.

The following sub-clause is interlined.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Order to the sheriff of Kent to take into the king’s hand the manor of Great Delce with appurtenances, formerly of Andrew Bukerel , ¹ for the debt in which he was bound to Elias le Eveske, Jew of London , who is bound to the king in a large amount of money, and once he has taken that manor into the king’s hand, he is to cause the same Jew to have full seisin thereof in order to raise the aforesaid debt and to render it to the king, and if anything has been removed therefrom after the king ordered seisin to be made over, or distrained, he is without delay to cause such to be returned to him and to let him have it back.

1.

‘Bukerel’ interlined.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Middlesex, concerning the land of St. Pancras outside London, formerly of the same Andrew.

Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to cause the lands and chattels of the prior of North Ferriby , which were taken into the king’s hand by reason of his receipt of John de Acton, outlaw , to be delivered to him , having first accepted security from him for 10 m. to the king’s use for delivering those chattels and lands.

23 Oct. Windsor. The king has granted to William de Cantilupe that, for the custody of the castles of Nottingham and Horsley and the counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire , which the king has committed to him to keep for as long as it pleased the king, he may take 100 m. per annum at the Exchequer, so that each year he is to render that which Hugh son of Ralph rendered to the king for the manor of Horsley in the manner in which he is best able to answer for it. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand that they make from the abbot of Chertsey for several scutages, until 15 days from Hilary.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. The abbot of Winchcombe gives 30 m. for having the vill of Winchcombe with its hundreds at farm for ten years, as is contained in the Patent Roll. ¹

1.

No Patent Roll survives for this regnal year.

a.

E 371/6, m. 7. adds ‘saving the rent of Michaelmas term in the twenty-third year to the king’.

15 Oct. Windsor. Order to Walter de Burgh to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid vill and to cause all issues that he received after Michaelmas to be rendered to him, saving to the king the rent for the same Michaelmas term.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Hugh of Chagford and Isabella, his wife, give 2 m. for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc. ¹

1.

Entry marked with a small circle in the margin.

[No date]. The men of Chester give 30 m. for confirming a charter of Ranulf earl of Chester , as is more fully contained in the Charter Roll. ¹

1.

In a mid-fourteenth-century hand is written at the foot of the membrane: ‘Fines of the twenty-third year of King Henry xxiij°’.

a.

In the margin beside this entry in E 371/6, m. 7 is the following note: ‘John of Lexington and Simon the Deacon will answer for this in their account’.

b.

A note following this entry reads ‘Here ends the Fine Roll’.

c.

For entries not recorded in the Fine Roll but entered on the Originalia Roll in this chronological sequence see nos. 398, 399 below.

1 Nov. Woodstock. For Geoffrey of Bath. Hampshire. in the Roll. The king has given and granted, and has confirmed by his charter, to Geoffrey of Bath four virgates of land with appurtenances in the manor of Odiham , namely two virgates of land that Matilda of Rye once held in villeinage, one virgate of land that Walter of Stroud once held in villeinage and one virgate of land that Ralph le Chiselur and Yselia, his wife, held in villeinage, to have and hold to him and his heirs from the king and his heirs, rendering 10s. for it at the Exchequer by his hand and those of his heirs at Michaelmas.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 101 above.

10 Oct. Windsor. in the Roll. The king has given the manor of Lydford with the castle of the same place and all its appurtenances to R. count of Poitou, earl of Cornwall, his brother , together with the forest of Dartmoor and all appurtenances of the same, to have and hold from the king and his heirs to the earl and his heirs as freely and as quit as the king himself held it on that day he gave it to him, rendering £10 for it annually at the Exchequer of Michaelmas for all customs and demands. ²

1.

On the dorse is the following delivery note: ‘W. de Haverhill, treasurer, received this schedule on 27 June in the twenty-seventh year [1243] by the hand of John le Francis’.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 384 above.

Norfolk. in the Roll.

(t) From Margaret of Seething , because she withdrew herself [in a plea] against William of Seething , half a mark, by the plevin of Humphrey Wymer ; (t) From Andrew Walkelin for pledging the same Margaret, half a mark; (t) From Simon Wichard, for disseisin against Richard de la Legh’ , 20s., by the plevin of Humphrey Gravenell’ ; (t) From Peter Stirt, for the same , half a mark; (t) From Richard de la Legh’, for a false claim against Robert of Halvergate , half a mark; (d) From Robert of Stokesby, for disseisin against Henry son of Gilbert , half a mark; (d) From Geoffrey son of Gilbert, for the same , half a mark; (t) From Stephen of Reedham, for disseisin against John de Kava and Alice, his mother , 1 m; (t) From Osbert de Kava , for the same , half a mark; (t) From William, brother of Stephen of Reedham, for the same , half a mark; (t) From Thomas Macke, for disseisin against Beatrice and Christiana of Sedistern , 1 m., by the plevin of Ailwin son of Leverum ; (t) From William Schet, for disseisin against Agnes of Hainford , 10s., by the plevin of Humphrey Serjeant ; (d) From Henry son of Phillip, for the same , half a mark; (t) From Roger de Furneaux, for disseisin against Ralph de Furneaux , half a mark; (p) From Serlo and Roger de Netherstret , for the same , half a mark; (t) From William French, because he did not prosecute against James son of William , half a mark; (t) From William of Barmer , for pledging the same, half a mark; (t) From William Truell’ of Thetford , for the same , half a mark; Sum: £7 10s. from Norfolk. ²

1.

‘All summoned’ is entered on the dorse of this membrane.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 395 above.

‘All summoned’ in Berkshire.

The assize of novel disseisin which Robert de Columbariis arraigned against the abbot of Stanley , Robert de Plukenay , William le Poer, William de Plukenay, Reginald of Hadley, Henry of Leigh , Everard Sered, Walter Primberd, William Stubbe, William Siward, William Goddard, and John Carter, taken at Wantage on Thursday next after St. Luke the Evangelist in the twenty-third year [20 Oct. 1239] by Roger of Curridge, Peter of Yattendon , Robert de Auvers, Richard of Peasemore , justices assigned by order of the king, upon the oath of Richard of Handred, Robert Hemming, Walter de Buccote , Stephen of Woolstone , Nicholas of Wickfield , Henry of Fernley , Henry Coppecase, Roger Tailor, Ralph Barre, Thurstan of Eton , Walter Alewy, Payn of Knighton the Younger . They say under their oath that the said abbot, Robert, William, William, Reginald, Henry, Everard, Walter, William, William, William, and John unjustly and without judgement disseised the aforesaid Robert of his free tenement in Fawler , and after the king’s first crossing into Brittany the damages were established by them at 2s. The justices did not dare, nor did they wish, to amerce the abbot. Robert de Plukenay for disseisin by the oath of Ralph Barre, Nicholas of Wickfield, Henry of Fernley, Roger Tailor, jurors, and John Cotin and Thomas of Albury , bailiffs, has nothing by which he can be amerced.

(t) William le Poer, for disseisin by the oath of the same, is amerced at … ¹ half a mark; (t) William de Plukenay … at half a mark; (t) Reginald of Hadley and Henry of Leigh … at half a mark ; Everard Sered has nothing, neither land nor chattels; (t) Walter Primberd … at half a mark; (p) William Stubbe … at 10s.; (p) William Siward … at half a mark; (t) William Goddard … at half a mark; (t) John Carter … at half a mark. ²

1.

This mark represents a short gap in the text rather than omitted information in this and those entries that follow.

2.

The marginal heading is corrected from ‘Wiltshire’. ‘All summoned’ is entered on the dorse of this membrane.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 395 above.