28 Oct. Westminster. Hampshire. Walter Tebaud and Joan, his wife, give half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Hampshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire etc.

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For Hugh le Poer. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to Hugh le Poer, until 15 days from Hilary in the twenty-sixth year, from the £15 8s. 11d. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to cause him to have that respite.

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Ireland. To M. fitz Gerald, justiciar of Ireland. The king informs him that he certainly wishes that he hands over his manor of Louth at farm to Rose de Verdun by the same farm at which he is best able to hand it over to another. ¹

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Wadenhoe. The king has committed the manor of Wadenhoe to Peter of Grendon to keep with appurtenances at farm for four whole years from Michaelmas in the twenty-fifth year, rendering £18 annually at the Exchequer, namely a moiety at Easter and the other moiety at Michaelmas. He has letters patent for it.

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Jersey and Guernsey. The king has granted to Drogo de Barentin that he may holds the islands of Jersey and Guernsey with all their appurtenances at farm for 350 m., which are to be rendered to the king per annum for as long as it pleases the king, rendering a moiety at Easter and the other moiety at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in 15 days.

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Jersey and Guernsey. He has letters patent for this.

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31 Oct. Westminster. Shropshire. William son of Robert, clerk of Legh’ , gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Shropshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to take etc.

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For Isabella de Brus. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Isabella de Brus that, of the £189 23½d. which she owes him and which are exacted from her by summons of the Exchequer, she may render £40 per annum, namely £20 at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-sixth year, £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 cause this to be done etc.

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31 Oct. Westminster. For the executors of the testament of John Biset. To the sheriff of Wiltshire. Order that, having accepted security from the executors of the testament of John Biset for rendering to the king the debts in which John was bound to him, namely £68 13d. for several debts, 3 m. of the debt of Henry Biset for several prests, £26 11s. 1d. for the debts of Thomas Basset, and £50 for the custody of the land and heir of William Spileman, he is to cause them to have full administration of all property and chattels formerly of the same John in his bailiwick, in order to make execution of his testament, and after he has accepted that security, he is to cause the sheriffs of Gloucestershire, Hampshire , Devon , and Worcestershire to know, whom the king has ordered that, after he will have caused them to know this, they are to cause the same executors to have full administration of all property and chattels formerly of the same John in their bailiwicks.

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Lincolnshire. Henry Chamberlain gives half a mark for having a pone from the county court of Lincolnshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc.

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For Warin de Munchesney. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand that they make from Warin de Munchesney for the £20 at which he was amerced before the justices itinerating to take the forest pleas in Buckinghamshire for a trespass of the forest, until 15 days from Hilary in the twenty-sixth year. In the meantime they are to deliver his livestock taken for this reason.

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2 Nov. Westminster. For Richard de Redvers and Margaret, his wife. The king has assigned the manor of Burgate, with the hundred and all other things pertaining to it, and the manor of Shamblehurst with all appurtenances, which are in Hampshire, and the manor of Wiggold with all appurtenances, which is in Gloucestershire, to Richard de Redvers and Margaret, his wife, first-born daughter and one of the heirs of John Biset, in the portion which falls to her of two thirds of the inheritance formerly of the aforesaid John, the third part of which Alice, who was John’s wife , holds in dower. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, having accepted security from Richard and Margaret for rendering their relief to the king, he is to cause them to have seisin of the aforesaid manors of Burgate and Shamblehurst with the aforesaid hundred and other things pertaining to the same manors. Once he has accepted that security, he is to cause the sheriff of Gloucestershire to know, to whom it is commanded that, once he will cause him to know this, he is to cause them to have seisin of the manor of Wiggold.

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Hampshire. John son of Martin gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Hampshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire etc.

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For Joan, wife of Hugh Wake. To Robert of Crepping. Joan, wife of ¹ Hugh Wake, has made fine with the king by £100 for having her seisin of the lands formerly of Eustace de Stuteville, her cousin, which fall to her by hereditary right. Because Joan has given the king surety for £50 of the aforesaid £100 for her relief, if she ought not to give the king more, and, for the £50 which she has offered the king above her relief by Baldwin de Vere, Guy Wake and Simon of Thrupp, order to cause Joan or her certain messenger to have full seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of Eustace on the day he died and that are in the king’s hand.

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For Joan, wife of Hugh Wake. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Cumberland, concerning making over seisin to her of the lands formerly of the same Eustace with the castle of Liddel.

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[No date]. Hertfordshire. Alice , who was the wife of Hugh de Marines, gives the king half a mark for having a pone against William, son of William son of Benedict, [to remove a plea] from the county court of Hertfordshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire etc.

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4 Nov. Westminster. Concerning the lands of Hamo Peche. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of Hamo Peche and to cause them to be safely kept until the king orders otherwise.

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Concerning the lands of Hamo Peche. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Essex and Cambridgeshire .

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Concerning the manor of Pan. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take into the king’s hand the manor of Pan with appurtenances, formerly of Ralph de Sancto Germano and which ought to be an escheat of the king because it is of the lands of the Normans , and he is to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

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5 Nov. Westminster. For the executors of the testament of Idonea de Vieuxpont. To the sheriff of Yorkshire. Order that, having accepted security from the abbot of Roche and the other executors of the testament of Idonea de Vieuxpont for rendering £66 19s., which Idonea owed to the king, at the Exchequer, he is to permit the aforesaid executors to have free administration of all goods and chattels formerly of Idonea in his bailiwick, in order to make execution of her testament. Once he has accepted that security, he is to cause the sheriffs of Buckinghamshire and Nottinghamshire and the bailiffs of Essendine to know, whom the king has commanded that once he has signified to them that he has accepted the aforesaid security, they are to permit the aforesaid executors to dispose of the goods and chattels formerly of Idonea in their bailiwicks. ¹

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5 Nov. Westminster. Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of John de Heriz and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

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For the executors of the testament of Eustace de Stuteville. To the sheriff of Yorkshire. Order to permit the executors of the testament of Eustace de Stuteville to have free administration of all goods and chattels formerly of the same Eustace in his bailiwick, in order to make execution of his testament, having first accepted security from them for rendering to the king the debts which Eustace ought to have rendered to him, and once he has accepted that security, he is to cause the sheriff of Cumberland to know this.

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For Robert of Hartley. The king has taken the homage of Robert of Hartley for the lands which Adam of Hartley, his father, held from the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Dorset that, having accepted security from Robert for rendering 20s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of Adam in his bailiwick and of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died and which fall to Robert by inheritance, whether they are in the king’s custody or in the custody of anyone else by the king.

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[No date]. Buckinghamshire. Nicholas of Aylesbury gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] before the justices of the Bench against Walter of Aylesbury from the county court of Buckinghamshire. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire etc. ¹

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[No date]. For W. Earl Marshal. The king has given respite to W. Earl Marshal, earl of Pembroke, until Hilary in the twenty-sixth year, from the £100 which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer from the time of Gilbert, his brother, for an amercement. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

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[No date]. For W. Earl Marshal. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to cause him to have that respite. ¹

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To the sheriff of Lancaster. The king has taken the homage of Roger , son and heir of John Gernet of Caton, for the lands which John held of the king in chief. Order that, having accepted security from Roger for rendering 40s. for his relief, he is to cause him to have seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of John in his bailiwick, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died. ¹

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For R., son of John Gernet. Roger, son and heir of John Gernet of Caton, has made fine with the king by 40s. for having seisin of the lands which John held of the king in chief. Order that, having accepted security from Roger for rendering the aforesaid 40s. to the king, he is to cause him to have seisin of all lands and tenements that John held of the king in chief.

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[No date]. Wiltshire. Godfrey de Scudamore gives half a mark for having a precipe concerning an agreement against Elias Gifford [to remove a plea] from the county court of Wiltshire before the king (coram Rege). Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take.

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8 Nov. Windsor. For the abbot of Chertsey. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause judgement to be made concerning the demands that they make from the abbot of Chertsey against, as he says, the tenor of his charters, if it can be made by them, and once they have come to judgement, they are to signify it to the king before it is pronounced. If by chance it is not possible that judgement can be given by them, then they are to cause the abbot to have respite from the aforesaid demands until the king’s next coming to London, so that he might give judgement in his court (coram Rege). In the meantime, they are to deliver his livestock taken for this reason.

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For the barons of Sandwich and Faversham. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demands which they make by summons of the Exchequer from certain barons of Sandwich and Faversham for certain amercements of the last eyre of the king’s justices in Kent taken against the liberties of the Cinque Ports, as is said, until upon the next account of the sheriff of Kent.

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Northamptonshire. Muriel daughter of Henry and Basilia, her sister, give half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Northamptonshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take etc.

10 Nov. Windsor. For the executors of the testament of G., formerly dean of St. Paul’s, London. Order to the keeper of the bishopric of London ¹ to permit the executors of the testament of G., formerly dean of St. Paul’s, London, to have free administration of all goods formerly of the same dean in his bailiwick, in order to make execution of his testament, saving to the king the right that would pertain to the bishop of that place if the bishop had been living as would pertain to him as to his temporalities.

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Corrected from ‘ Alan, bailiff of Stepney’.

Concerning the manors of Essendine and Buckland. Order to the sheriff of Rutland to take the manor of Essendine , formerly of Idonea de Vieuxpont, into the king’s hand and keep it safely, so that no one may run in the park of the same manor or take fish in the ponds there, because there is dispute between the king and R. bishop of Lincoln concerning the custody of the same manor, and he is to provide that the demesnes of the same manor are well sown by the view of the sergeant who the bishop placed there and four law-worthy men of the same manor, so that if the bishop, by judgement of the king’s court, will recover custody of the same manor, he will render to the king the costs he incurred in sowing the said manor.

Concerning the manors of Essendine and Buckland. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take the manor of Buckland into the king’s hand, because there is dispute between the king and the bishop of Lincoln concerning the custody of the same manor etc., as above.

Warwickshire. Hugh of Mancetter gives 20s. so that the record of an assize taken before Robert of Grendon, Roger Filliol, Henry Pippard and William de Curly between him and William of Bracebridge may come before the justices of the Bench by two of the aforesaid knights. ¹ Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire etc.

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12 Nov. Windsor. Because otherwise below. The king has granted to Mosse and Isaac , sons and heirs of Jacob Crispin that, of the 733 m. which Jacob, their father , owed the king on the day he died, and of the 548 m. 18d. which they owe the king for the third part of the chattels formerly of Jacob, they may render 111 m. at the Exchequer of Hilary in the twenty-sixth year, 111 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the same year, 111 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, £50 at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-seventh year, £50 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and £100 thus henceforth from year to year, namely £50 at the Exchequer of Easter and £50 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, until the whole debt is paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done etc. They are to cause the lands, houses and all of their chattels, taken into the king’s hand by reason of the aforesaid debts, to be delivered to the same Jews. ¹

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For Robert de Brus. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause Robert de Brus to have respite from the 25 m. at which he was amerced for a certain disseisin that he is supposed to have made against William of Theydon, which assize Robert arraigned against William to convict him by 24 knights, jurors of the first assize, until the final assize is taken.

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13 Nov. Windsor. Concerning the manor of Witham. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk that, by the view of John le Breton, who was once with William de Commendas, he is to cause all corn and all other chattels which the aforesaid William had at the manor of Witham , which he had by bail of the king, to be sold, and to cause all rents from terms past to be collected from the aforesaid manor and to send to the king without delay all monies arising therefrom. He is also to cause that manor to be extended for as much as might be given for it at farm.

For the dean and chapter of York. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twenty-sixth year, the demand that they make by summons of the Exchequer from the dean and chapter of York for the chattels of fugitives and condemned men from their lands by the eyre of the justices.

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For Jews. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Mosse and Isaac, Jews , sons and heirs of Jacob Crispin , that, of the 333 m. which Jacob, their father, owed the king on the day he died from the last tallage of 20000 m. assessed upon the Jews of England, they may render 111 m. at the Exchequer of Hilary in the twenty-sixth year, 111 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the same year, 111 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year. The king has further granted them that, of the 400 m. which Jacob owed him on the day of his death, on the one hand, and of the 548 m. 18d. which Mosse and Isaac owe the king for the third part of the chattels formerly of Jacob, they may render £50 at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-seventh year, £50 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and £100 thus henceforth from year to year, namely £50 at the Exchequer of Easter and £50 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, until the whole debt is paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done etc.

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18 Nov. Windsor. Hampshire. John de Caen gives 20s. for having the record of an assize of novel disseisin before the king (coram Rege) in the octaves of St. Andrew . Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take etc.

Leicestershire. Thomas son of Adam gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county of court of Leicestershire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire etc.

18 Nov. Windsor. Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire and Shropshire to take into the king’s hand all lands that Henry Mauveisin held from John fitz Alan, the custody of which pertains to the king by reason of the custody of the lands and heirs of the aforesaid John being in his hand, and to cause the same lands to be kept safely until the king orders otherwise.

20 Nov. Reading. Northamptonshire. Humphrey of Bassingbourn gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county of court of Northamptonshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire etc.

For Walter de Goderville. The king has given respite to Walter de Goderville , until 15 days from Easter in the twenty-sixth year, from 10 m., of which 5 m. are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the escape of Emma , wife of Richard French, who he detained in his prison, and of which the other 5 m. are exacted from him by summons of the same Exchequer for the default that the abbot of St. Wandrille made before the justices last itinerant in Northamptonshire to take the pleas of the forest, of which Walter ought to acquit the same abbot. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

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21 Nov. Reading. For the prior of St. Swithun’s, Winchester. To the barons of the Exchequer. Of the 130 m. which he owed the king, the prior of St. Swithun’s, Winchester , paid 30 m. in the king’s Wardrobe at Reading on the feast of St. Edmund the Martyr, and the king gave the prior ¹ 30 m. to buy a silken cope therewith. He has also granted him that, of the remaining 70 m., he may render 35 m. in the same Wardrobe at Michaelmas in the twenty-sixth year and 35 m. at Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year. Order to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 60 m. and cause him to have the aforesaid terms for rendering the remaining 70 m. in the Wardrobe.

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For the prior of St. Swithun’s, Winchester. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire not to distrain the same prior on account of the aforesaid debt.

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For William de Fennecurt. The king has given respite to William de Fennecurt, until 15 days from Hilary in the twenty-sixth year, from the 2½ m. which he ought to have paid him at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-fifth year of the fine that William and Geoffrey de Fennecurt made with him for the debts that Robert Mauntel owed the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

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23 Nov. Marlborough. Cambridgeshire. Richard of Boxworth gives half a mark for having a precipe against Gilbert Pollard and Cecilia, his wife, [to remove a plea] from the county of court of Cambridgeshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire etc.

Northamptonshire. Gilbert Selvein, Alan de Craneville and Emma, his wife, Eudo of Rippingale and Joan, his wife, and Ralph son of Ralph give half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Northamptonshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire etc.

25 Nov. Marlborough. Concerning wines to be sold. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to cause the king’s wine of Hereford and St. Briavels to be sold by the view of four trustworthy and law-worthy men of the vill of Hereford, and to cause the monies arising therefrom to be kept safely to the king’s use. He is not to permit any other wines to be sold in the same vill until the king’s wines are sold.

25 Nov. Marlborough. For Thomas Peverel. The king has taken the homage of Thomas Peverel, brother and heir of William Peverel , for the lands that William held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Devon that, having accepted security from Thomas for rendering 65s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of William, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he set out on pilgrimage towards the Holy Land, and which fall to Thomas by inheritance in his bailiwick.

[No date]. Concerning Herbert fitz Peter, who has been amerced.

From Herbert fitz Peter, because he has diverted the River Kennet against the king’s will, 10 m.; From the same, for false claim, 10 m.

25 Nov. Marlborough. For Alice, who was the wife of Roger de Clare. To the sheriff of Norfolk. Order to cause her rightful dower to be assigned to Alice, who was the wife of Roger de Clare , from the lands formerly of Roger in Norfolk which he held of the heir of Gilbert de Clare, who is in the king’s custody , and which the sheriff took into the king’s hand by reason of the aforesaid heir, having retained two thirds of the aforesaid land in the king’s hand.

[No date]. Wiltshire. Edward Draper and Isabella, his wife, and Petronilla [sic] owe half a mark for disseisin .

Northamptonshire. Walter of Denford gives half a mark for having a precipe against Matthew Butler [to remove a plea] from the county court of Northamptonshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire etc.

[No date]. The prest made to the earl of Ferrers in Wales. William earl of Ferrers ought to answer for 7 m. of a prest which John Lestrange, steward of Chester, made to three knights of the same earl staying in order to fortify the castle of Dyserth in Rhuddlan.

[No date]. Wiltshire. John de Cherbourg gives the king 20 m. so that the king shall inquire whether, in the twenty-fifth year, ¹ Nicholas de Barfleur served the king faithfully when he was the king’s bailiff under Walter de Burgh of the manors of Rowde and Melksham. ² For he is reputed to have withdrawn the king’s good oxen and put worse ones in their place and to have made other trespasses. Later, the inquisition said that he served the king well and faithfully and that he had been accused of the aforesaid trespasses out of hatred and spite.

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30 Nov. Marlborough. Suffolk. Warin son of Henry gives the king 1 m. for having a pone against the prior of St. Olave of Herringfleet [to remove a plea] from the county of court of Suffolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take etc.

Wiltshire. William Franklin gives half a mark for having a pone against William Fulcher [to remove a plea] from the county of court of Wiltshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire etc.

Concerning the chattels of H. of Stafford. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire to cause all chattels formerly of Hervey of Stafford, which he took into the king’s hand by reason of the debts in which H. was bound to the king , to be sold by the view of trustworthy and law-worthy men, and to deliver the monies arising therefrom to the Exchequer by the testimony of the same in part payment of the aforesaid debts.

Concerning the chattels of H. of Stafford. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Warwickshire.

Concerning distraint. Because Adam, reeve of Rowde , recognised before the king that he received 4 m. from the men of Rowde, of which he delivered 1 m. to Nicholas de Barfleur and 3 m. to Nicholas, reeve of Melksham , order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to permit the aforesaid men of Rowde to have peace from the aforesaid 4 m. and to take security from Adam, Nicholas and Nicholas for rendering them to the king at the Exchequer in the octaves of Hilary, unless they can sufficiently show that they have answered the king otherwise for them.

[No date]. Oxfordshire. John de Parles gives half a mark for having a certain writ relating to the county of Oxfordshire [removed] to Westminster against several people. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire etc.

6 Dec. Reading. For Adam of Stratton. The king has given respite to Adam of Stratton from the 26s. 3d. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, until the Close of Easter in the twenty-sixth year. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that, having accepted security from Adam for rendering the aforesaid 26s. 3d. to the king at the same term, he is to permit him to have that respite.

Lincolnshire. The abbot of Louth Park gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Lincolnshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc.

7 Dec. Reading. Norfolk. Stephen of Wereham gives 5 m. for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security.

8 Dec. Reading. Norfolk. John of Caxton and Egidia, his wife, give half a mark for having a precipe against the prior of Norwich [to remove a plea] from the county court of Norfolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

9 Dec. Reading. For John de Plessetis. The king has granted to John de Plessetis the custody of the lands and of Eleanor and Isabella, daughters and heiresses of John Biset, together with their marriage, the custody and marriage of one of whom the king granted to him of his gift and the custody and marriage of the other for the 100 m. by which he made fine with him. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that, having accepted security from John for paying the aforesaid 100 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of John Biset in his county pertaining to the aforesaid daughters by hereditary right.

For John de Plessetis. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Hampshire and Worcestershire , making no mention of taking security.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

11 Dec. Reading. For William de Cantilupe and Vitalis Engayne. William de Cantilupe and Vitalis Engayne have made fine with the king by 100 m. so that the king would render to them seisin of the manor of Badmondisfield with appurtenances, which Hilary Trussebut once held in dower and which they claimed as their right as heirs of William de Courtenay, saving the right of each person in the same manor. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk that, having accepted security from Vitalis for the 50 m. which pertains to him of the aforesaid fine, because the king has pardoned to William the 50 m. which pertains to him from the same fine, he is to cause them to have full seisin of the abovesaid manor of Badmondisfield with appurtenances, as aforesaid. He is also to cause William to have, of the king’s gift, all issues of the same manor after it came into the king’s hand by Hilary’s death.

For Nicholas de Molis. The king has given the marriage of the heirs of John de Heriz to Nicholas de Molis, and Nicholas has made fine with him by 100 m. for having the custody of the lands formerly of the abovesaid John until the legal age of his heirs. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to cause him to have full seisin of both the lands and heirs formerly of John , saving her rightful dower to Sarra, who was John’s wife , from the aforesaid lands.

He has letters patent for this.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning wines to be sold. To the sheriff of Herefordshire. Order to cause all of the king’s old wines in his bailiwick to be sold by the view and testimony of law-worthy men and keep the monies arising therefrom safely to be rendered into the king’s Wardrobe whenever he orders.

Because in the Close Roll. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king’s bailiffs of Southampton have rendered the below-written eight tuns of wine to Michael, buyer of the king’s wines, to the king’s use, which are exacted from them by summons of the Exchequer, namely three tuns of wine for Oliver de Nantes, one tun for the men of Portsmouth, three tuns for James of Hastings, and one tun for the men of Marlborough. Order to cause the aforesaid bailiffs to be quit from the aforesaid eight tuns of wine. ¹

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Entry cancelled because in the Close Roll. See CR 1237–1242, p. 379.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Gilbert Peche. The king has taken the homage of Gilbert Peche, son and heir of Hamo Peche, for all lands formerly of Hamo which fall to him by hereditary right. Because Gilbert has made fine with the king by 200 m. for having seisin of the aforesaid lands and for his relief , order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire that, having accepted security from Gilbert for paying the aforesaid 200 m. to the king at the Exchequer, namely 100 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-sixth year and 100 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of Hamo in his county and which fall to him by hereditary right, and of which Hamo was seised as of fee on the day he set out towards the Holy Land, permitting the executors of Hamo’s testament to have free administration of all goods and chattels formerly of Hamo, in order to make execution of his testament, having accepted good security from the executors that they will satisfy the king for his debts if Hamo owed anything to the king.

For Gilbert Peche. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Norfolk, Suffolk , Lincolnshire , Kent and Essex , making no mention of taking security for the aforesaid 200 m.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

10 Dec. Reading. Concerning the custody of the bishopric of Lichfield and Coventry. The king has committed to Master R. of Lacock and R. de Dunghun the custody of the bishopric of Lichfield and Coventry for as long as it pleases him, so that they answer for it at the Exchequer. Order to all tenants of the aforesaid bishopric to be intendant and respondent to the same clerks.

a.

This is the final entry on E 371/10, m. 2. On the dorse is the following statement: ‘Neither fines nor any other debts remained to be extracted from this roll in September in the seventeenth year of the reign of King Edward, son of King Edward, except for the farm of the manor of Bridgwater with the castle , concerning which there is to be discussion’.

For Paulinus Peyvre. The king has granted the corn of Lilley and Willian to Paulinus Peyvre just as it has been valued by the sheriff of Hertfordshire, namely for £7 21d. Order to the same sheriff that, having accepted security from Paulinus for rendering the aforesaid £7 21d. to the king, he is to cause the aforesaid corn to be delivered to him.

Concerning the lands formerly of the abbess of Godstow. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of the abbess of Godstow and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

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In the margin of E 371/10, m. 3 beside this entry is the comment ‘The sheriff received nothing’.

Lincolnshire. Geoffrey son of William gives 40s. for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc.

13 Dec. Bisham. For Felicia de Millers. The king, of his grace, has granted to Felicia de Millers, for the 100 m. by which she made fine with him, that she may have seisin of the lands formerly of Master Humphrey de Millers, her brother, in East Preston, on condition that she in no way alienates those lands for as long as she lives. ¹ Order to the sheriff of Sussex that, having accepted security from Felicia for rendering the aforesaid 100 m. to the king, he is to cause her to have seisin of the aforesaid lands, as aforesaid, having retained in the king’s hand the corn sown in the aforesaid lands, unless Felicia can satisfy John Mansel for the aforesaid corn and for the labour that he applied to sowing those lands. When he has accepted security for the aforesaid 100 m., he is to signify this to the sheriff of Northamptonshire, to whom the king has ordered that once he has signified this to him, he is to cause Felicia to have seisin of the lands formerly of Humphrey in Owston.

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‘for as long as she lives’ added above the line by another hand.

For Felicia de Millers. Owston. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire that when the aforesaid sheriff of Sussex will signify to him that he has accepted the aforesaid security from the same Felicia, he is to cause her to have seisin of the lands formerly of the aforesaid Humphrey in Owston, which seisin the king granted to her by his grace, on condition that she in no way alienates those lands for as long as she lives, having retained in the king’s hand the corn sown in the aforesaid lands, unless Felicia can satisfy Adam Vintner of Northampton for the aforesaid corn and labour etc., as above.

[No date]. Norfolk. Richard son of Reiner, Stephen son of Margaret and Walter son of Fulcher give 40s. for having four justices to take an assize of novel disseisin. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

Norfolk. Robert Tholi gives half a mark for having a precipe against Peter, son of Robert de Crek’, [to remove a plea] from the county court of Norfolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

16 Dec. Windsor. Herefordshire. John of Eastnor gives 1 m. for having a pone against John d‘Aubigny [to remove a plea] from the county court of Herefordshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to take etc.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire.

Warin of Barrington owes 1 m. for disseisin . The pledges are Henry Knight and Warin son of Roger; Warin le Mudner, Warin Sperun and Adam son of Levina owe 10s. for the same . The pledges are Henry Knight, Warin son of Roger, Thomas son of Albric and Warin of Barrington; Ralph of Barrington owes 10s. for a trespass. The pledges are William of Harlestone and William, son of Eustace of Barrington.

[No date]. Leicestershire.

Joan Arsic, because she withdrew herself, and her pledges owe 40s., both for half a mark for having a writ and for an amercement; Hugh son of Osbert, Simon Edrich, Juliana, his wife, and Matilda and Juliana, daughters of Alvred, owe 10s. for disseisin .

[No date]. Norfolk.

Margaret , who was the wife of Charles of the Wardrobe, owes half a mark for false claim. The pledges are William son of Adam and William Sueteman; John Launce owes half a mark for disseisin . The pledges are William Carpenter and William son of John. ¹

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This entry is marked with a scribal reference mark of a horizontal line with two dots above the line and one below.

18 Dec. Windsor. Concerning the lands of Hugh Wake. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of Hugh Wake in his bailiwick, to cause them to be extended , and to send that extent to the king.

Concerning the lands of Hugh Wake. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire .

19 Dec. Windsor. For the abbot of Reading. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire ¹ to place in respite, until Hilary, the demand that he makes by order of the king from the abbot of Reading and his men for default of certain bridges over the River Kennet , so that it may be inquired then whether the abbot and his men ought to be quit by the liberties granted to them for the maintenance of these bridges or not.

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Corrected from ‘Wiltshire’.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Derbyshire. Celecestr’ , who was the wife of Walter de Ribof, gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Derbyshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire to take etc.

24 Dec. Westminster. Kent. William of Mereworth gives half a mark for having a pone against Salomon of Hardres [to remove a plea] from the county court of Kent to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Kent etc.

Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take into the king’s hand all lands ¹ which Eudo de Beauchamp held of John de Vieuxpont in chief in his bailiwick.

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‘formerly of Eudo …’ crossed through here.

22 Dec. Westminster. Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of Peter de Maulay and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise. ¹

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This entry is perhaps a later insertion as it looks as though it has been squeezed in between the surrounding entries.

For Joan, who was the wife of Hugh Wake. Joan, who was the wife of Hugh Wake , has made fine with the king by 10000 m. for having custody of all lands formerly of Hugh, her former husband, until the legal age of his heirs, together with their marriage. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to cause her to have full seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of Hugh in his bailiwick on the day he died.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Derbyshire and Leicestershire . ¹

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‘Leicestershire’ added by another hand.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

26 Dec. Westminster. Lincolnshire. John son of Walter, William Reeve and Adam of Stocking give 2 m. for having a record before the justices of the Bench on the morrow of the Purification of the Blessed Mary. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire.

26 Dec. Westminster. Suffolk. Alda, who was the wife of Henry de Tybetot, ¹ gives one mark for having a precipe against Master Henry Surgeon [to remove a plea] from the county court of Suffolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take etc.

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Surname corrected from ‘Tyllebrok’.

2 Jan. Westminster. For Alice, who was the wife of Roger de Clare. Alice, who was the wife of Roger de Clare , has made fine with the king by 200 m. for having the custody of the land formerly of Roger in Middleton with appurtenances until the legal age of Roger’s heirs and their marriage, for which she will render £25 per annum until the aforesaid 200 m. are rendered to the king, namely £12 10s. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-sixth year, £12 10s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and £25 thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 200 m. are paid to the king. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk that, having accepted security from Alice for rendering the aforesaid 200 m. to the king at the same terms, he is to cause her to have full seisin of the aforesaid land.

Cumberland. Walter of Scorton gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] against Richard of Swinburn from the county court of Cumberland to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland etc.

Oxford. Geoffrey of Stockwell gives 40s. for having a certain writ to the sheriff of Oxfordshire so that if the mayor and burgesses of the same vill acknowledge before the same that they owe him 24 m. 40d., then he is to distrain them to render the aforesaid money to Geoffrey.

The fine of Joan, who was the wife of Hugh Wake. The king has granted to Joan, who was the wife of Hugh Wake , custody of all lands formerly of Hugh, her husband, to have to her or to whom she will wish to assign them until the legal age of Hugh’s heirs, together with the marriage of the heirs, and that she may marry herself freely and without impediment to whom she will wish as long as he is at the king’s faith, for the 9000 m. by which she made fine with the king, to the king’s use, and for 1000 m. for the queen’s gold, of which 10000 m. she is to render 700 m. to the king per annum, namely 350 m. at the Exchequer of Easter and 350 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas until the whole aforesaid debt is paid to the king, so that if Joan defaults in the payment of the first term, or the second, or the third or fourth, the sheriffs in whose bailiwicks she has lands are to levy 350 m. from her lands and chattels for each term not observed to the king’s use and for the queen’s gold. If she defaults in the payment of the fifth term or in any subsequent term before the aforesaid debt is paid to the king, whatever Joan or her assigns have paid of the aforesaid debt will be held as not paid and lost to them, and the custody of the aforesaid lands, with the aforesaid marriages, are to revert to the king and his heirs. The king has also granted that nothing is to be paid of the £20 which Hugh, her husband, was accustomed to render at the Exchequer per annum for the debt of Nicholas de Stuteville, her father, before the king has been satisfied of the aforesaid 10000 m., or until she defaults in paying the aforesaid fine, as aforesaid. The fine having been paid in the form aforesaid, then Joan is to begin to render at the Exchequer £20 per annum for the debts of Nicholas, her father, in the same manner as Hugh was accustomed to render them.

She has letters patent for this in all things.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. For Nicholas de Boleville and John of Jersey. Nicholas de Boleville and John of Jersey have made fine with the king by 600 m. for having the custody of the lands and the daughters and heiresses of John Danish, together with their marriage, until their legal age, of which 600 m. they are to render 200 m. per annum, namely 100 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-sixth year and 100 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and 200 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid debt is rendered to the king. Order to the sheriffs of Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire , Wiltshire , Somerset , Bedfordshire and London to cause them to have full seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of the same John, saving reasonable dower to John’s wife. By the king’s grant, it is agreed between Nicholas and John that if the first-born daughter, who is in Nicholas’s custody, happens to die before she comes of age, John of Jersey will have the portion of the first-born’s inheritance until she would have come of age and he will answer the king from that time for the remainder of the aforesaid 600 m. not paid to the king, and similarly, vice versa, if the sister born afterwards, who is in John’s custody, happens to die before the day she comes of age. They have found the below-written pledges for rendering the aforesaid 600 m. at the same terms. The pledges of Nicholas de Boleville: John de Plessetis is pledge for 100 m.; Drogo de Barentin for 100 m.; Bertram de Criel for 20 m.; Thomas de Hauville for 40 m.; Hugh de Bueles for 20 m.; and John of Monmouth for 20 m. The below-written are the pledges of John of Jersey: John of Monmouth is pledge for 25 m.; Robert de Guines for 25 m.; Stephen de [sic] Longespée for 50 m.; John de Plessetis for 50 m.; William de Buell’ for 25 m.; Mathias Bezill for 25 m.; Theobald d’Anglesqville for 25 m.; Geoffrey de Sancto Mauro for 25 m.; Hugh Graundin for 25 m.; Fulk of Montgomery for 25 m.

[No date]. Hampshire. Thomas , son of Richard of Henley, gives 1 m. for having an assize of novel disseisin before the king (coram Rege) upon the king’s first arrival at Winchester. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire etc.

5 Jan. Westminster. Surrey. John de la Leye and Alice, his wife, give 1 m. for having a pone against Henry Crook and Beatrice, his wife, [to remove a plea] from the county court of Surrey to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Surrey etc.

6 Jan. Westminster. Concerning wines to be sold. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to cause all of the king’s wines at Nottingham to be sold by the view and testimony of law-worthy men and to keep all monies arising therefrom safely, so that he renders them in the king’s Wardrobe. He is not to permit any other wines to be sold in his bailiwick until the aforesaid wines are sold.

8 Jan. Westminster. For Anselm Marshal. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to permit Anselm Marshal to have respite from the 100 m. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, until 15 days from Hilary in the twenty-sixth year.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

10 Jan. Westminster. For the king, concerning lands to be taken into his hand. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of Thomas son of Robert in his bailiwick and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

For the king, concerning lands to be taken into his hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Leicestershire.

For M. countess of Pembroke. The king has granted to Margaret countess of Pembroke that she may have all of the king’s corn at Croydon by sale and purchase for the same price for which it would be demised to others . Order to the keepers of the archbishopric of Canterbury to demise that corn to the countess, as aforesaid, so that she makes payment of that price at the same terms at which others would have been bound to make their payments throughout the aforesaid archbishopric.

11 Jan. Westminster. For John de Plessetis. The king has granted to John de Plessetis that, of the 100 m. by which he made fine with him for having the custody of two of the daughters of John Biset, with their marriage, he may render 10 m. at Easter in the twenty-sixth year, 30 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, 15 m. at Easter in the twenty-seventh year, 15 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 30 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid fine is paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

13 Jan. Westminster. For Robert Pateric. The king has taken the homage of Robert Pateric, brother and heir of William Pateric , for the lands and tenements formerly of William which fall to him by inheritance. Order to the justice of Chester that, having accepted security from Robert for £40 for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of William in the county of Chester, of which William was seised as of fee on the day he died.

For Robert Pateric. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Leicestershire, making no mention of taking security.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Walter de Suly. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Devon, concerning making over seisin to Walter de Suly for the lands formerly of Reymund de Suly, his father, having first accepted security from him for rendering £20 to the king for his relief.

16 Jan. Otford. For William Mussun. The king has taken the homage of William, son and heir of Sibyl Mussun , for all lands and tenements that Sibyl held from the king in chief in the bailiwick of the sheriff of Shropshire and that fall to him by hereditary right. Order to the aforesaid sheriff that, having accepted security from William for half a mark to the king’s use for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of Sibyl, of which she was seised as of fee on the day she died.

For John, parson of Minstead, and Matilda of Bisterne. John, parson of Minstead , and Matilda of Bisterne have made fine with the king by 35 m. for having custody of the land and heir of Reginald of Bisterne until the legal age of the aforesaid heir. ¹ Order to John of Monmouth that, having accepted security from John and Matilda for rendering the aforesaid 35 m. to the king at the Exchequer at the below-written terms, namely 10 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-sixth year, 10 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, 10 m. at the Exchequer of Hilary in the twenty-seventh year, and 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the same year, he is to cause them to have full seisin, as aforesaid.

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‘with the marriage of the same heir’ has been deleted and replaced with the explanation ‘because the boy is married’.

22 Jan. Faversham. Kent. Simon of Lee gives half a mark for having a writ ¹ relating to the county of Kent, concerning a plea of appeal against Thomas of Lee and others, [removed] to Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Kent etc.

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Corrected from ‘pone’.

22 Jan. Rochester. Concerning land to be taken into the king’s hand. To the sheriff of Yorkshire. Order to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of Gilbert de Gant in his bailiwick and to cause them to be safely kept until he has order from the king otherwise.

Concerning land to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Lincolnshire, concerning taking the lands of the aforesaid Gilbert in his bailiwick into the king’s hand.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Northamptonshire. Robert de Houghton and Joan, his wife, give half a mark for having a pone. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take etc.

Norfolk. William Mauduit and Joan, his wife, give half a mark for having a pone. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

29 Jan. Westminster. Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to William des Forz 100 m. of his relief of £100. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit therefrom.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

The fine of Felicia de Millers. To the sheriff of Sussex. Order to betake himself to John Mansel for the 100 m. by which Felicia de Millers made fine with the king for having the lands formerly of Master Humphrey de Millers, and to permit Felicia and her pledges to be quit therefrom. ¹

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Before this entry is a cancelled ‘The king. Order to …’

30 Jan. Westminster. For Eva de Braose. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has betaken himself to H. earl of Hereford and Essex for the 650 m. which still remain to be paid to the king from the fine of 800 m. by which Eva de Braose made fine with the king for having the custody and marriage of Eleanor, her daughter, and he has granted him that he may render the aforesaid 650 m. at the below-written terms, namely 50 m. at Easter in the twenty-sixth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 100 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 650 m. are paid to the king in full. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Norfolk. Godfrey de Millers gives half a mark for summoning Nigel of Rifley [to ascertain] why he withdrew William , son and heir of William of Crownthorpe, who was in his custody. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

Concerning the priory of Monks Kirby. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire that if he has taken the vacant priory of Monks Kirby into the king’s hand by reason of the bishopric of Coventry and Lichfield, which is vacant and in the king’s hand, then he is to retain it in the king’s hand until the king orders otherwise.

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In the margin of this entry in E 371/10, m. 5 is the statement ‘They received nothing therefrom’.

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This entry in E 371/10, m. 5 simply orders the sheriff to take and keep the abbey safely in the king’s hand.

2 Feb. Westminster. For William de Ferrers. The king has granted to William de Ferrers that he may render the 10 m. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer together with the other debts for which he made fine with the king to render 5 m. per annum, so that he shall not render more than 5 m. per annum on account of those 10 m. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

3 Feb. Westminster. Sussex. Richard of Henley gives half a mark for having a pone. Order to the sheriff of Sussex etc.

4 Feb. Westminster. For William de Ferrers. William de Ferrers, earl of Derby, has made fine with the king by £100 for having seisin of the three wapentakes between the Ribble and Mersey, namely the wapentakes of West Derby, Leyland and Salford, which were taken into the king’s hand for a trespass of the earl and his bailiffs, and the king has returned the aforesaid wapentakes to the earl with their appurtenances and all things that pertain to them, saving to the king all pleas of the crown and livestock detained against gage and pledge and all attachments pertaining to the pleas of the crown, so that the sheriff and coroners will have entry into the wapentakes in order to take inquisitions pertaining to all pleas of the crown and the peace. ¹ The earl has granted for himself and his heirs that they will treat the men between Ribble and Mersey with regard to the pleas that pertain to the forest and other things as they were treated and used in the time of King John and the time of King Henry who now is until the time at which King Henry gave the aforesaid land between Ribble and Mersey to Ranulf, earl of Chester, ² so that the earl of Ferrers and his heirs will not have other liberties in respect of those wapentakes and free customs of those men who held the aforesaid wapentakes had before the king conferred them upon the earl of Chester. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to cause the earl to have full seisin of the aforesaid wapentakes without delay.

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‘and the peace’ interlined.

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Witness clause originally entered here, where the date is ‘3 Feb.’ A different hand completes the entry.

4 Feb. Westminster. Huntingdonshire. Michael Chaplain of Huntingdon gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] against Richard Prodom’ from the county court of Huntingdonshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire etc.

9 Feb. Windsor. Staffordshire. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire to take security for one mark ¹ from Robert de Thouk’, who has been taken and detained in the king’s prison of Stafford for redisseisin , so that the sheriff will deliver him from prison.

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‘… for one mark’ interlined.

7 Feb. Windsor. For the Countess Warenne. The king has granted to Matilda, Countess Warenne , all lands and tenements formerly of W., formerly Earl Warenne, in Norfolk and Yorkshire which pertain to the king by reason of the custody of the land and heir of the aforesaid earl being in his hand, namely in Yorkshire the manors of Wakefield and Conisbrough , the water of Bradmere and a certain chamber in Thorne which the king has retained to his use with their appurtenances, having retained in his hand the knights’ fees, wardships, escheats and the advowsons of churches of the same manors, and also the corn now sown in the lands and in the granges, stock and all issues of the same manors until the Close of Easter in the twenty-sixth year, to have and hold at farm until the legal age of the aforesaid heir, rendering £244 15s. 8d. each year at the Exchequer for the aforesaid manors and £100 per annum for the increment of the aforesaid manors and for the manors in Norfolk. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to cause the countess to have full seisin of all lands and tenements aforesaid in his bailiwick.

7 Feb. Windsor. For the Countess Warenne. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Norfolk, concerning the lands of the same earl of the manors of Gimingham, Castle Acre, Marham and Thetford with appurtenances, having retained as above. She is to render £94 4s. 4d. ¹ for the manor of Gimingham, £41 12s. 6d. for the manor of Acre, £4 12s. 8½d. for the manor of Marham, and £30 13s. 4d. for the manor of Thetford, and £100 per annum for the increment of the aforesaid manors and the manors in Yorkshire. Order to the sheriffs of Yorkshire and Norfolk to cause her to have seisin of all lands and tenements in their bailiwicks.

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Corrected from ‘94s. 8½d.’

Beatrice daughter of William gives the king 1 m. for having a pone. Order to the sheriff of Essex etc.

[No date]. Warwickshire.

From Hugh de Leges , for unjust detention against Giles of Erdington, 1 m.; From John of Southam, for disseisin, half a mark , by the pledge of William of Shuckburgh. ¹

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Marginal county heading corrected from ‘Worcestershire’.

[No date]. Worcestershire.

Thomas son of Guy , for disseisin against the prioress of Whistones , half a mark, by the pledge of John Payn of Naunton and William Payn; Thomas, parson of Powick , for false claim , 1 m., by the pledge of John son of Hugh and John Thurkyl.

[No date]. Yorkshire. The abbot of Salley gives the king two palfreys for having confirmation of the manor of Gisburn in Craven, which he has of the gift of William de Percy.

7 Feb. Windsor. Cambridgeshire. William son of Elias and John of Walpole give the king 5 m. for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take etc.

10 Feb. Windsor. Robert of Handsacre gives 1 m. for having a pone for summoning several people before the justices at Westminster on the morrow of Trinity, concerning breach of the king’s peace . Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire to take etc

12 Feb. Windsor. For Walter of Clifford. To the barons of the Exchequer. Walter of Clifford has shown to the king that whereas he had made fine with him by £100 for having the manor of Slaughter , formerly of Roger of Clifford, until the legal age of Roger’s heir, and that he had paid the same £100 at the Exchequer except for 30 m. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, which he says he ought not to have to render because, he says, the king had taken the aforesaid manor into his hand with the stock and corn before the heir had come of legal age, order to cause to have the consideration of the Exchequer about this, namely whether he ought to render the aforesaid 30 m. to the king or not.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

11 Feb. Windsor. For Alice of Knutton. Alice, eldest sister and one of the heirs of Ranulf of Knutton, has made fine with the king for her relief, by 2½ m., for having the third part which falls to her from the lands that Ranulf held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire that, having accepted security from Alice for rendering the aforesaid relief to the king, he is to cause her to have seisin of the third part that falls to her from the aforesaid lands in his bailiwick.

For Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn. The king has granted to Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn that, of the 300 m. by which he made fine with him for having seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid Gwenwynwyn, he may render £50 at the Exchequer, namely £25 at Easter in the twenty-sixth year and £25 at Michaelmas in the same year, and thus from year to year etc. 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 Robert of Lathom and his wife. The king has taken the homage of Robert of Lathom , who has taken to wife Joan, sister and one of the heirs of Thomas son of Robert , who held of the king in chief, for the portion of Thomas’s inheritance which falls to her. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to take security from him for £7 10s. for his relief and to cause them to have seisin of a moiety of the lands formerly of Thomas, of which he was seised on the day he died, saving to the king the esnecy and the other moiety of the aforesaid lands until the legal age of Thomas de Chaworth, nephew and one of the heirs of the same Thomas, and parcener of the same Joan, who is underage, and they will remain in the king’s hand until the aforesaid coming of age.

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

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Added by a different hand in fainter ink.

13 Feb. Windsor. For John of Lewknor. Because the king has heard through an inquisition that the corn formerly of Master Simon the Norman in Charwelton has been estimated to be worth £5 6s. 8d., order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause John of Lewknor, chaplain, to have that corn and to permit him to dispose of it as he will wish, having accepted security from him for the rendering the aforesaid £5 6s. 8d. to the king at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-sixth year.

For Robert Passelewe. The king has pardoned to Robert Passelewe 300 m. of the 600 m. which he owes him and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, and he has granted that, of the remaining 300 m., he may render 50 m. per annum at the Exchequer, namely 25 m. at Easter in the twenty-sixth year, 25 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and thus from year to year etc. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 300 m. and to have the aforesaid terms for the remaining 300 m.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

14 Feb. Windsor. For Roger [sic] de Pavilly. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause it to be enrolled that the abbess of Tarrant Kaines owes the king 28½ m., which were found in the king’s rolls to be owed to him by Robert de Pavilly, and [she will pay] at the same terms at which he ought to have rendered the money, and to extract him from the rolls and cause him to be quit therefrom.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Norfolk and Suffolk.

Walter of Wereham, for disseisin , 100s., by the plevin of Simon Chuket and Baldwin of Elveden; Peter, son of the same Walter , for the same, half a mark, by the plevin of Richard Angod and William [of] Oxborough; Roger , son of the same Walter, for the same, half a mark; Alan, son of the same Walter, for the same, half a mark , by the plevin of Stephen de Sureye and Richard son of Reiner; Peter son of Ernulf, for the same, half a mark , by the plevin of Astun Baker of Wereham and Astun son of Payn; Stephen son of Margery, who did not prosecute, half a mark ; Richard Freman and Walter son of William, half a mark.

a.

In the margin of E 371/10, m. 5 beside the entry concerning Richard Freman and Walter son of William is the comment ‘The sheriff received nothing’.

b.

The pledges of both Peter and Roger, sons of Walter of Wereham, are given as the same as their father in E 371/10, m. 5.

12 Feb. Windsor. Nicholas de Quatremares. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Nicholas de Quatremares that, of the £28 17s. which still remain to be rendered of the debts of Nicholas de Quatremares, his father, of which he rendered £4 per annum, he may render 100s. per annum at the Exchequer by his hand, ¹ namely 50s. at Easter in the twenty-sixth year and 50s. at Michaelmas next following, and 100s. thus from year to year at the same terms until the abovesaid £28 17s. are paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

1.

‘at the Exchequer by his hand’ interlined.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

16 Feb. Reading. For Thurstan de Preston. The king has granted to Thurstan de Preston, clerk , that, of the 16 m. which remain to be rendered of the fine of 20 m. that he made before the justices last itinerant in Yorkshire for a certain trespass, he may render 2 m. per annum, namely one mark at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-sixth year and one mark at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and 2 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 16 m. are rendered 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 lands to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of Richard of Handred in his bailiwick and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire , concerning all lands formerly of the same Richard in their bailiwicks.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Hampshire. William Brown, Osbert Bobbe and Henry Brown give the king 20s. for having a writ to attaint, by 24 law-worthy knights of the neighbourhood of Arnewood, the twelve jurors of the assize that was summoned and taken at Winchester before four justices, concerning a collapsed ditch in Arnewood, before the king (coram Rege) upon his next arrival in Winchester. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take security.

For the prior of St. John of Jerusalem. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to place in respite the demand that they make from the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England for 50 m. in the county of Essex, until it will be adjudged in the king’s court (in curia nostra), by the tenor of the charters which the prior and the brethren of the Hospital have concerning the liberties granted to them by the king and his predecessors, kings of England, whether they are bound to pay the aforesaid money or not .

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Hampshire. William de Bruteville gives the king one mark for having a writ of novel disseisin upon William de Bosco, William of Hillesden, Thomas de Esse and Nicholas Poitevin, concerning a tenement in Downton, before the king (coram Rege) upon his next arrival at Winchester after the Close of Easter. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take security.

Leicestershire. Ranulf de Jorz gives the king half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of Trinity. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to take security.

Berkshire. Thomas, son of John of Abingdon, and Robert son of Thomas give the king half a mark for having a pone at the same term . Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to take security.

[No date]. Concerning the lands and chattels of Elias de Ramersh’. The lands and chattels of Elias de Ramersh’ , who fled from the kingdom for a certain trespass, have been valued by an inquistion taken by the sheriff of Northamptonshire, namely 22½ acres of land, a messuage and one acre of meadow in Paston and in Nassaburgh . The land and meadow are in Paston and are worth 8s. per annum and the messuage is in Nassaburgh and is worth 2s. per annum. The chattels of the same Elias when the land was taken into the king’s hand were five quarters of wheat of the value of 20s., 14 quarters of oats of the value of 18s., one quarter of peas valued 2s., and hay valued 2d. Roger Bucston’ of Paston, Henry Bene of the same vill, Adam le Bercher of the same vill, and Geoffrey Wade of the same vill received the same chattels.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Reading. For William de Sifrewast. William de Sifrewast gives the king half a mark for having a writ of debt before the justices at Westminster.

For William de Beauchamp. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to [release] the distraint that the king ordered to be made upon William de Beauchamp, sheriff of Worcestershire, for rendering the 40 m. at which Laurence of Wandsworth, his under-sheriff, was amerced for the imprisonment of a certain man and for other trespasses of which Laurence was convicted, and to make distraint upon Laurence instead.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning the abbey of St. James, Northampton. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. Order to take the abbey of St. James, Northampton , into the king’s hand and all lands pertaining to the same abbey, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

a.

In the margin of E 371/10, m. 5 beside this entry is the comment ‘The sheriff received nothing’.

23 Feb. Reading. For Gilbert de Gant. The king has taken the homage of Gilbert de Gant for all lands and tenements formerly of Gilbert de Gant, his father, which fall to him by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire that, having accepted security from Gilbert for £100 to the king’s use for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands of which Gilbert, his father, was seised as of fee on the day he died in his bailiwick. He is to cause the sheriff of Yorkshire to know by his letters once he has accepted that security because the king has ordered the sheriff of Yorkshire that once he will signify this to him, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands that fall to him in his bailiwick.

For Gilbert de Gant. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to cause him to have full seisin of the lands falling to him in his bailiwick according to the tenor of the previous writ.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Buckinghamshire.

Luke de Colum, because he did not prosecute in a certain assize of novel disseisin, gives the king 10s. as an amercement by the plevin of Simon de Heltesdon’ and Phillip of Lavendon; Ralph son of John gives the king 10s. for the same by the plevin of the aforesaid Simon and Phillip; Robert of Abington, because he did not have he whom he had pledged, half a mark , by the plevin of William, son of Ralph of Lavendon, and Geoffrey le Goy of the same ; Richard Parker of Lavendon, for the same , gives the king half a mark by the plevin of the aforesaid William and Geoffrey; Henry son of Ralph, nothing, because he is a pauper; Nicholas of Astwood gives the king half a mark by the plevin of Godfrey Lambert and Hugh Lambert; Richard del Broc and Agnes, his wife, give the king half a mark because they did not prosecute at the assize of novel disseisin , by the pledge of Richard de Horling’l’ of Wycombe and Robert of Ellesborough of the same; Thomas le Wayder of Wycombe, because he did not have he whom he had pledged , gives half a mark. John Knight of Wycombe gives half a mark for the same .

a.

The entries concerning Henry son of Ralph and John Knight are omitted in E 371/10, m. 5.

b.

On the dorse of E371/10, m. 5 is the following delivery note: ‘W. de Haverhill, treasurer, received this roll on 8 April in the twenty-sixth year under the king’s seal by the hand of Simon of Norwich’.

For Robert Malet. To the sheriff of Lincolnshire. The king has taken the homage of his beloved and faithful Robert Malet for all lands and tenements that fall to him by hereditary right in the kingdom. Order to cause him to have full seisin of the manor of Coleby with appurtenances, of which William Malet, his father, was seised as of fee on the day he died and which falls to him by hereditary right.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

28 Feb. Windsor. For Robert Malet. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Hertfordshire, concerning the manors of Lilley and Willian.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

24 Feb. Reading. For the bishop of Lincoln. The king has rendered to R. bishop of Lincoln the custody of all lands which Idonea de Vieuxpont held from him as pertaining to his church of Lincoln by right. Order to the sheriff of Rutland to cause the bishop to have full seisin of all lands which Idonea held from him in his bailiwick, as aforesaid, and to cause all issues that he received from the aforesaid lands to be rendered to him.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For the bishop of Lincoln. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire for the same.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning making judgement. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause judgement to be made whether William de Cantilupe , by right, owes the king the debt which is exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for his manor of Aston Cantlow for debts of the Jews from the time of the chamberlain of Tancarville, or not. In the meantime, he is to place the distraint for the aforesaid debt in respite and to permit him to have peace therefrom .

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning assessing tallage. Order to John Lestrange that, having taken with him the coroners of the counties of Shropshire and Staffordshire, he is to assess tallage upon the king’s demesne lands in the same counties to the king’s use. He is to act in this business in such a way that the king will feel moved to commend his diligence.

27 Feb. Windsor. Lincolnshire. Jordan Ithewra, Alan Atte Tunesende, Walter Grist, Richard Trugoyll’ ¹ give the king 40s. for having a writ to attaint, by 24 knights of the neighbourhood of Aubourn, the jurors of an assize of novel disseisin taken between Roger de Coleville and them, concerning a tenement in Aubourn. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to accept security.

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‘… and their associates, the men of Roger de Mohaut, Richard Duket and Hugh de Alinton’ of Harmston …’ crossed through here.

On account of their poverty. The prior of Luffield gives the king half a mark for having a pone. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take etc. ¹

1.

Entry cancelled on account of their poverty.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

28 Feb. Windsor. For the prior of Penwortham. The king has granted to the prior of Penwortham the manor of Walton-le-Dale, formerly of John Banaster, the custody of which pertains to the king by reason of the lands of J., formerly earl of Lincoln, being in the king’s hand, of whom the aforesaid John held that manor, to have and hold until the legal age of John’s heir , rendering £15 12s. 11d. each year for it at the Exchequer, namely a moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-sixth year and the other moiety at Easter, and £15 12s. 11d. thus from year to year at the same terms. Order to Nicholas de Molis, keeper of the lands of the aforesaid earl, to cause the prior to have seisin of the aforesaid manor.

He has letters patent for this in all things.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

1 March. Windsor. Essex. William de Sunderland gives 2 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] against Robert Malteby from the county court of Essex to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Essex etc.

[No date]. Warwickshire. Hugh de Ringesdon’ gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Warwickshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire etc.

2 March. Windsor. Concerning the chattels of Hervey of Stafford. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire to certify the king before Easter concerning the estimated value of the chattels formerly of Hervey of Stafford in his bailiwick, and to answer for the same estimate at the Exchequer at the Close of Easter in part payment of the debt in which Hervey was bound to the king.

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

For John de Colemere. Because he did not have it. The king has given respite to John of Colemere from the 50 m. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, until 15 days from Easter in the twenty-sixth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite. ¹

1.

Entry cancelled because he did not have it.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

5 March. Westminster. Berkshire. John, son of William de Witham, gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] against William son of William from the county court of Berkshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire etc.

4 March. Westminster. For William de Burgh. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. The king has granted to his beloved clerk William de Burgh 12½ acres of land and one acre of meadow with appurtenances in Paston within Nassaburgh, formerly of Elias de Ramersh, who withdrew himself for his trespass, to be held from the king at farm by rendering 8s. each year at the Exchequer of Michaelmas until the king will render them to Elias or his heirs by his will. Order to cause William to have full seisin of the aforesaid 12½ acres of land and one acre of meadow.

5 March. Westminster. For Thomas Wake. Thomas Wake gives 1 m. so that he is not distrained to take up arms by reason of the lands that he has as the marriage portion of his wife, from whom he does not have an heir, as he says, unless he shall have 20 librates of land or a whole knight’s fee of his own inheritance.

6 March. Westminster. For Master Alexander le Seculer. The king has granted to Master Alexander le Seculer one virgate of land with appurtenances in Marden and Wisteston, namely that which Walter Provost once held and which was an escheat of the king, and the king’s mill of Marden with all of its appurtenances, to have and hold to Master Alexander and his heirs by rendering 5 m. 12d. annually at the Exchequer to the king and his heirs by his hand and that of this heirs, namely 5 m. for the aforesaid mill and 12d. for the aforesaid virgate of land, of which he is to render a moiety at the Exchequer of Easter and the other moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas for all services. 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.

7 March. Westminster. For Robert de St. John. The king has given respite to Robert de St. John from the 50 m. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, until Pentecost in the twenty-sixth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

10 March. Westminster. For Thomas, son of John de Malling. The king has given to Thomas, son of John de Malling, one carucate of land with appurtenances in Lillingstone Lovell, once of Ralph de Carville, which the king recovered against the same Ralph by judgement of his court. Because Thomas has given the king surety, by Simon son of Mary and Roger Tailor, for rendering the 20 m. that he offered to Ralph for the aforesaid land before the king had recovered it, order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to cause Thomas to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with appurtenances of the king’s gift, as aforesaid.

Kent. For Robert of Gatton. Robert of Gatton gives the king one palfrey for having respite from taking up arms for two years from Michaelmas in the twenty-sixth year. Order to the sheriff of Kent etc.

[No date]. Kent. Matilda Bacon gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] against Simon of Chelsfield from the county court of Kent to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Kent etc.

10 March. Westminster. Wales. Order to John Lestrange, justice of Chester , to receive from Llywelyn ap Meredudd and Llywelyn, his brother , by the hand of Master Elias Walensis, the £40 which they ought to have paid to the king at Hereford at the quindene of Hilary in part payment of the £80 by which they made fine with the king for having their land of Meirionnydd. When he has received the aforesaid £40, he is to cause his letters patent testifying to that payment to be drawn up for them.

For Engeland de Cigogné. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand that they make from Engeland de Cigogné for a debt of the chamberlain of Tancarville , who once held the manor of Hailes, until the king orders otherwise.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. For the men of Brampton. The men of Brampton give the king 60 m. that they might hold their lands and tenements in the same manor by the same customs and services by which they held them at the time when that manor was in the hand of King John and King Richard, as the letters patent that they have attest. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to take security for those 60 m.

For Henry of Bath. The king has granted to Henry of Bath the custody of the land and heirs of Richard of Handred, together with the marriage of the heirs, for the 200 m. by which he made fine with the king, to have until the legal age of the same heirs. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause Henry to have full seisin of all lands formerly of Richard in his bailiwick.

For Henry of Bath. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Oxfordshire and Berkshire . He has letters patent for this.

For the men of Brampton. The king has granted to the trustworthy men of the manor of Brampton that they may hold their lands and tenements with appurtenances in the same manor by the same customs and services by which they held them at the time when that manor was in the hand of King John, father of the king, and King Richard, uncle of the king, as the letters patent that they have about this attest. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to cause the aforesaid letters to be read in his full county court and the aforesaid grant contained in the aforesaid letters to be firmly held. Order to the same sheriff to take security from the aforesaid men for 60 m. to the king’s use for the aforesaid letters.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

12 March. Watham. For William de Gray. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to place in respite the demand for 20 m. that he makes from William de Gray by summons of the Exchequer, until the morrow of the Close of Easter in the twenty-sixth year.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

13 March. Waltham. For the countess of Eu. Alice countess of Eu has made fine with the king by 100 m. for having the custody of the lands formerly of Idonea de Vieuxpont that are of her fee until the legal age of Idonea’s heirs, of which she is to render 50 m. to the king at Michaelmas in the twenty-sixth year and 50 m. at Easter next following. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire that, having accepted security from the countess for rendering the aforesaid 100 m. to the king at the same terms, he is to cause her to have seisin of the custody of the aforesaid lands.

For Richard Ridel. Richard Ridel gives the king 20s. for having respite from taking up arms until Christmas in the twenty-seventh year. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take etc.

For Jews. The king has granted to Aaron of York, Jew , that he may have respite from the 1000 m. which he owes him of the last tallage of 20000 m. until the Close of Easter in the twenty-sixth year, on condition that unless he pays them at the same term at Winchester, whatever he has paid towards the aforesaid tallage is to be lost to him and held as if not paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Jews. It is written in the same manner to the same barons for Aaron Blund, concerning having respite from the 300 m. which he owes of the same tallage.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

14 March. Saffron Walden. Cornwall. Simon de Treiagu and Lucy, his wife, give one mark for having four justices. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall etc.

Essex. Gilbert de Balliol gives one mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] against Henry of Coddenham from the county court of Essex to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take etc.

Lincolnshire. Richard of Newport gives half a mark for having a writ of warranty of charter relating to the county of Lincolnshire against Robert son of Ralph [removed] to Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

Suffolk. Richard of Ixworth gives 5 m. for having respite from being knighted until Christmas ¹ in the twenty-seventh year. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take etc.

1.

Corrected from ‘Michaelmas’.

Lincolnshire. Hugh de la Grene and Matilda, his wife, give half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] against Mabel of Torksey from the county court of Lincolnshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

[No date]. Suffolk. Alard de Gravigny gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] concerning customs and services against Simon of Cockfield from the county court of Suffolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

19 March. Eye. For Matthew of Layham. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk that if Matthew of Layham , taken and detained in the prison of the abbot of St. Edmunds for robbery and breach of the king’s peace, of which he was accused, will find him twelve trustworthy and law-worthy men from his county who will mainpern to have him before the king (coram Rege) on the morrow of Mid-Lent to stand to right for this, then he is to hand him over etc. and have the names of those twelve and the writ. ¹ Order to the sheriff to take security for three ² palfreys to the king’s use for the writ.

1.

Witness clause entered here.

2.

Corrected from ‘two’.

Concerning the lands of Ralph of Southleigh. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of Ralph of Southleigh in his bailiwick and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

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The place and date of witness of this entry are given as ‘Eye, 19 March’ in E 371/10, m. 7.

Concerning the lands of Ralph of Southleigh. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Worcestershire and Warwickshire . ¹

1.

‘Warwickshire’ corrected from ‘Wiltshire’.

20 March. Eye. For Henry of Hastings. The king has granted to Henry of Hastings that, for as long as he will be with the king in his service in overseas parts, he may render 20 m. per annum for all debts he owes him which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, namely 10 m. at Michaelmas in the twenty-sixth year and 10 m. at Easter next following, and 20 m. thus each year at the same terms for as long as he will be in the king’s service in overseas parts, as aforesaid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Roger de Mowbray. The king has granted to Roger de Mowbray that, of the debts which Nigel, his brother, owed the king and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, he may render £100 per annum at the Exchequer, namely £50 at Easter in the twenty-sixth year and £50 at Michaelmas in the same year, and £100 thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid debts are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done thus etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

20 March. Eye. From Nicholas de Girunde. Nicholas de Girunde gives the king 3 m. for having respite from taking up arms until Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take etc.

[No date]. Suffolk. John of Offton, chaplain, gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Suffolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

21 March. Tivetshall. For the abbot of St. Edmunds. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to permit the abbot of St. Edmunds to have respite from the demand that he exacts from him for a murder fine, the common fines made before the justices last itinerant, and the chattels of his men, fugitives, until one month from Easter in the twenty-sixth year.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

22 March. Norwich. Suffolk. Robert de Gerarville gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] against Matthew de Gerarville from the county court of Suffolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

Suffolk. Robert de Boyton gives 20s. for having a writ relating to the county of Suffolk [removed] to Westminster for attaching William de Caldewell’ and others , because they entered his free warren without his licence and chased within it and took hares. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take security.

For a Jew. Order to W. de Haverhill, treasurer, to permit Elias le Eveske, Jew of London , to have respite from the £60 that he ought to have paid to the king at Mid-Lent forthcoming of the fine which he made with the king, until the octaves of Easter, so that if he does not pay them then at Winchester, he will lose whatever he has previously paid of the aforesaid fine.

23 March. Bromholm. Norfolk. William son of Henry gives 20s. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] of warranty of a charter concerning 25 acres of land in Rollesby against John of Wattisham from the county court of Norfolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security.

Norfolk. William son of Roger gives 20s. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] against Matthew of Morley from the county court of Norfolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

Norfolk. Kamilia, who was the wife of Thomas son of William , gives one mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Norfolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster against Robert Baynard and Cassandra, his wife, concerning the third part of a message and a carucate of land in Chedgrave . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

Norfolk. Robert of Stokesby gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] against Robert de Brus and Beatrice, his wife, concerning 60 acres of marsh in Runham, from the county court of Norfolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

24 March. Holt. For the men of Dunwich. The king has granted to the trustworthy men of Dunwich that, of all debts besides 40 m. of the king’s tallage, which are exacted from them by summons of the Exchequer, they may render £15 per annum, namely a moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-sixth year and the other moiety at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-seventh year, and £15 thus from year to year at the same terms until all of the aforesaid debt is paid to the king. The king has also granted them that they may render a moiety of the aforesaid 40 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-sixth year and the other moiety 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.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

25 March. Walsingham. Norfolk. John of Yeldham gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] of warranty of charter against Thomas of Yeldham from the county court of Norfolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For the Earl Marshal. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to permit W. Marshal, earl of Pembroke, to have respite, until the Close of Easter in the twenty-sixth year, from the £100 which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer from the time of Gilbert, his brother, for an amercement.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Suffolk. John fitz Geoffrey gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] against the prior of St. Olave of Herringfleet , concerning the fourth part of a rod of land in Herringfleet, from the county court of Suffolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

26 March. Walsingham. Suffolk. Hawise de Hopton gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] against Roger of Colemere from the county court of Suffolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

28 March. Castle Acre. Lincolnshire. William of Yarmouth gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] against Emma, who was the wife of Thomas de Neville , from the county court of Lincolnshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff etc.

Thetford. Because otherwise below. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to Petronilla, who was the wife of Ralph de Tany , from the demand for £20 of the debts of Roger de Tany senior that they make from her by summons of the Exchequer, until Roger’s heirs come of age. Because the lands formerly of the same Ralph are in the king’s custody and Petronilla holds those lands from the king at farm until the aforesaid heirs come of age, order to cause this to be done thus etc. ¹

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Entry cancelled because otherwise below. See no. 254.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to deliver the livestock of the same Petronilla taken for this reason. ¹

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Entry cancelled. See no. 255 below.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

28 March. Thetford. Norfolk. Thomas de Pressigné gives the king 6 m. for having respite until Michaelmas from taking up arms. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

[No date]. Norfolk. Amercements arising from the assizes of novel disseisin arraigned and taken before William of Hingham and his associates. All of these amercements have been sent to the Exchequer by the hand of the abbot of Evesham .

From Robert de Norton, knight , for disseisin against the prior of St. Stephen’s , 5 m.From Ralph, parson of Mileham , for the same , half a mark.From Ralph Gurlewaud’ and William Streyt of Mileham, for the same, half a mark .From Robert Thornekin and Richard Wiseman, for the same, half a mark .From Simon White and Roger Drinke Peny, for the same, half a mark .From Ralph of Whissonsett and Richard Geyson, for the same, half a mark .

Amercements before the same:From Alice of Norfolk, Adam of Norfolk and Thomas Garden, for disseisin against Geoffrey de Arches, half a mark.From Robert of Norfolk, for the same, half a mark . From John le Gris, William Gos, Robert de Reddemedwe and Richard Smith, for the same, half a mark . From Ralph son of Mabba and Seman de Kirlton’, Thomas son of Stannard and Robert the Deacon, for the same, half a mark . From Ralph son of Palmer and Phillip son of Walter, for the same, half a mark .From William of Stockton, William, son of Adam of Heckingham, William , son of Adam [of] Aldeby, Adam Maincorn, and Adam le Bucmunger, for a trespass before the justices, half a mark. From Geoffrey de Arches, for false claim, half a mark .

Amercements before the same:From Vincent son of John, for disseisin against Thomas son of John, half a mark. From Richard , son of John of Mattishall, for the same, half a mark.From Thomas son of John, for false claim against John Chaplain, half a mark.

Amercements before Richard Butler and his associates:From Peter of Beccles, for unjust detention of land against John, vicar of the church of All Saints of Gillingham , half a mark. From Ralph son of Daniel, for the same, half a mark .

Amercements before William of Hingham and his associates:From Ralph of Snore, for disseisin against Richard Angod, half a mark. From Roger son of Wimer, Hugh of Cley, Gilbert son of Godric, Thomas son of Simon, Reiner Fuket and William Tropinel, for the same, half a mark .From John son of William, nothing, because he is a pauper.

Amercements before William Rustein and his associates: Richard , son of Milo of Bilney, because he did not prosecute, half a mark.From Richard Nez and John Page of Kimberley, for pledging the aforesaid Richard, 1 m.

Amercements before Thomas of Ingoldisthorpe and his associates:From William of Crownthorpe, for disseisin against William Clerk, half a mark.

Amercements before William of Hingham and his associates: From John de Furneaux and William Esturmy, for disseisin, 10s. From Thomas de Averisker, for false claim against Geoffrey de Beaumont and others, 10s.

Amercements before Herbert de Alençon and his associates:From Ralph of Burgh, for disseisin against Gilbert de Wesel’ and others, half a mark. From Gilbert de Wesel’, for false claim, half a mark .

Amercements before William of Hingham: From Warin , son of Roger de Marlyth’, for disseisin against Robert , son of Roger of Somerton, half a mark.From Richer son of Warin, because he is a pauper, nothing.

Amercements before William of Hingham and his associates:From John son of Alan, for false claim against the prior of Butley , half a mark.

Amercements before William of Hingham: From Phillip, parson of Merton , because he did not prosecute his writ against William de Mortimer, half a mark.From William son of Joan, for disseisin against William son of John, half a mark. From Simon Baynard, Eustace Baynard, Phillip son of Goda and Mabel daughter of Roger, for the same, 2 m .

Amercements before Herbert de Alençon:From Geoffrey Serjeant of Postwick, for disseisin against Goda of Somerton, half a mark.From the same Goda, for false claim against Walter de Leonis and others, half a mark. From Ivo Iuintesag’ and Alice , wife of Walter de Leonis, for disseisin against the said Goda, half a mark.

Amercements before William Rustein and his associates: From Eustace of Carleton, for disseisin against Thomas of Yeldham, 1 m. From Richard de Dunham, because he did not prosecute against Thomas of Yeldham, 1 m. From Baldwin de Melles and Robert de Ulenden’, for pledging the said Richard, 1 m. From Walter Burgeis and William Sueyn, because they did not prosecute against Adam son of Richard and others, 2 m.

Amercements before Thomas of Ingoldisthorpe: From Hamo Cheure, for disseisin against Huwelina daughter of Hamo, 1 m. From Godfrey of Wickmere, Ralph of Whissonsett, Richard son of Henry and Phillip Keket, for the same, 1 m. From Simon Wigard’ and Elvina, his wife, for disseisin against Richard de la Lee, 20s. From Peter Strut, for the same , half a mark.From Richard de la Lee, for false claim against Robert de Naurgat’, half a mark.

Amercements before William Rustein and his associates:From William French, for disseisin against William Bardolf, 1 m. From William Wrong, for the same, half a mark . From Elwin Reeve, for the same, half a mark . From Andrew Cokerel, for the same, half a mark . From Hugh Hore, for the same, half a mark . From Adam Knight, for the same, half a mark . From Simon ad Portam, for the same, 10s . From Adam Underwood, for the same, half a mark . From Thomas Filemund’, for the same, half a mark . From Robert Kalvere, for the same, half a mark .From Andrew, because he is a pauper. ¹

Amercements before William of Hingham:From Nicholas de Stuteville, one mark.

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Crossed through.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

28 March. Chippenham. For the executors of the Ralph of Southleigh. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire that, having accepted security from the executors of the testament of Ralph of Southleigh for rendering the debts Ralph owed the king, which still remain to be paid, he is to permit them to have free administration of all chattels formerly of Ralph, in order to make execution of his testament.

For the executors of the Ralph of Southleigh. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Warwickshire and Worcestershire , making no mention of taking security.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

29 March. Ely. Norfolk. Richard of Rudham and Cecilia, his wife, give half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] against Adam of Mildenhall, concerning eight acres of land in Wiggenhall, from the county court of Norfolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

Warwickshire. The abbot of Sulby gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] so that William Trussel and others will acquit him of the service which William of Medbourne and Alice, his wife, exact from him for a tenement in Husbands Bosworth , from the county court of Warwickshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire etc.

30 March. Fen Ditton. For Robert Aguillon. By the king’s licence Robert Aguillon may remain in England so that, at present, he will not cross the seas with the king. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk not to cause any impediment or harm to him, or permit any to be brought against him, by reason of the general summons made for the crossing to overseas parts, saving his scutage to the king.

Cambridgeshire. Robert, son of Geoffrey of Boxworth, gives one mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] of warranty of charter against Gilbert Pollard and Cecilia, his wife, from the county court of Cambridgeshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire etc.

Leicestershire. The abbot of Sulby gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] against Ralph de Brockhampton and others from the county court of Leicestershire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire etc.

For John de Hodeboville. John de Hodeboville gives the king 10 m. so that he might remain in England and not cross with the king to overseas parts. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk not to distrain John to cross with the king or cause damage or harm to him by this reason.

For John of Colemere. Order to the bishop of Chichester that notwithstanding the command the king previously made to him to distrain John de Colemere to render 50 m. to the king, he is to permit him to have peace therefrom until Michaelmas in the twenty-sixth year. Enrolled by the mouth of my Lord.

1 April. Royston. For William de Gaugy. The king has given respite to William de Gaugy from the £8 which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, until the Close of Easter in the twenty-sixth year. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to permit him to have that respite.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Roger of Clifford. The king has granted to Roger of Clifford that, of the £71 which he owes him for the debts of Roger of Clifford, his father, he may render £15 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-sixth year and £15 thus each year at the same Exchequer until the aforesaid debt is paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done thus etc.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Roger of Clifford. Order to the sheriffs of Worcestershire and Herefordshire to permit this to be done thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

1 April. Royston. For John fitz Geoffrey. Because otherwise below. The king has pardoned to John fitz Geoffrey 80 m. of the 140 m. which he owes him for sale of the king’s wines and other debts, and he has granted him that he may have respite from the remainder of the debt for as long as he will be with the king in his service in parts overseas. Order to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to cause John to be quit from the aforesaid 80 m. and to have respite from the aforesaid remainder, as aforesaid. ¹

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Entry cancelled because otherwise below. See no. 282.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Somerset. Robert of Edington gives 1 m. so he is not distrained to take up arms, because he is a sub-dean. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take etc. and not to distrain him.

3 April. St. Albans. Hertfordshire. Roger de Baunfeld’ gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] against Geoffrey Cottar and Christiana, his wife, from the county court of Hertfordshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire etc.

Somerset. William de Dunmere gives the king one mark for having respite from his knighting until three years from Easter in the twenty-sixth year. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take.

Northamptonshire. Reginald de Waterville gives 40s. for having respite from his knighting until Michaelmas in the twenty-sixth year. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire etc.

Cambridgeshire. Henry de Coleville gives 20s. for having respite from his knighting until Christmas in the twenty-seventh year. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire etc.

For Petronilla, who was the wife of Ralph de Tany. The king has granted to Petronilla, who was the wife of Ralph de Tany , that she may have respite from the demand for £30 of the debts of Roger de Tany senior, and from the demand for 5 m. of the debt of Ralph de Tany, until Ralph’s heirs come of age, because the lands formerly of Ralph are in the king’s custody and Petronilla holds them from the king at farm until the aforesaid heirs come of age. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done thus etc.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Petronilla, who was the wife of Ralph de Tany. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to permit her to have that respite.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

5 March [sic]. Windsor. For Robert of Stopham. Robert of Stopham has made fine with the king by 60 m. for having the custody of the lands formerly of Eva de Alvrinton’ until the legal age of the heirs of J., formerly earl of Lincoln . Order to the keeper of the lands formerly of the aforesaid earl in Yorkshire that, having accepted security from Robert for rendering the aforesaid 60 m. to the king at the below-written terms, namely for rendering 20 m. at Easter in the twenty-sixth year, for rendering 20 m. at St. John the Baptist in the same year, and for rendering 20 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands which Eva held in dower from the aforesaid earl.

He has letters patent for this.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Master Peter, archdeacon of Shrewsbury. The king has granted to Master Peter, archdeacon of Shrewsbury , the custody of the land and heirs of Alan Mauveisin ¹ for the 25 m. by which he made fine with the king, until the legal age of the same heirs, together with their marriage. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire that, having accepted security from Master Peter for rendering a moiety of the aforesaid 25 m. at Easter in 15 days in the twenty-sixth year and for rendering the other moiety in the octaves of Michaelmas in the same year, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the custody of the aforesaid land with the aforesaid heirs.

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‘Master’ crossed through.

For Master Peter, archdeacon of Shrewsbury. He has letters patent for this with this clause, namely ‘that the aforesaid heirs are to be married without disparagement’.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning handing over on bail. Seman atte Brugg’ and Richard, his son , who have been appealed for the death of John le Jevenemester out of hatred and spite etc., as the inquisiton taken about this attests, give one mark so they might be handed over on bail to 24 law-worthy men. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take security etc.

6 April. Windsor. Concerning the abbey of St. Augustine’s, Bristol. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take the abbey of St. Augustine’s, Bristol , into the king’s hand and keep it safely until the king orders otherwise, saving their reasonable sustenance to the canons of the same house and their servants.

7 April. Windsor. For Richard Testard. The king has taken the homage of Richard Testard, brother and heir of Thomas Testard , for the lands and tenements which Thomas held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Surrey that, having accepted security from Richard for rendering 6 m. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of Thomas in his bailiwick, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died and which fall to him by hereditary right.

For the earl of Devon. Order to the sheriff of Devon to permit Baldwin earl of Devon to have peace, until the Close of Easter in the twenty-sixth year, from the demand that he makes from him by summons of the Exchequer for the debts he owes the king.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Kent. Because this had been pardoned to them. Richard Testard and his wife, Felicia, give half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] concerning debt against John de Curton’ from the county court of Kent to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Kent etc. ¹

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Entry cancelled because this had been pardoned to them.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

8 April. Windsor. For Ralph de St. Amand. Because the king granted to the heirs of Aymer de St. Amand, as he also granted to Aymer himself, that they were to render 50 m. per annum of the 300 m. which he owed the king, namely 25 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 25 m. at the Exchequer of Easter, if it happened that Aymer died before the aforesaid money would have been rendered, the aforesaid heirs were to render 50 m. per annum at the same terms until the aforesaid 300 m. have been rendered to the king, order to the barons of the Exchequer that notwithstanding that Ralph de St. Amand, son and heir of the aforesaid Aymer, did not keep to Michaelmas term in the twenty-fifth year after his father’s death , they are henceforth to permit him to have the aforesaid terms.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Shropshire. The abbot of Combermere gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] of warranty of charter against Ralph Butler and his wife from the county court of Shropshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster . Order to the sheriff of Shropshire etc.

Bedfordshire. The prior of Newnham gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Bedfordshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire etc.

For John le Moyne and his wife. John le Moyne has made fine with the king by 20 m. for the trespass that he made in taking Isabella de Fercles, who was of the king’s gift, to wife without the king’s licence , so that the king will pardon this trespass to John and Isabella by the aforesaid fine. Order to the keeper of the honour of Boulogne that, having accepted security from John for rendering 10 m. to the king in the octaves of Easter in the twenty-sixth year and for rendering 10 m. at Michaelmas in 15 days in the same year, he is to cause them to have seisin of all of Isabella’s lands taken into the king’s hand by reason of the aforesaid trespass.

13 April. Westminster. For Robert de la Rokele. Robert de la Rokele gives 2 m. for having respite from his knighting until Michaelmas in the twenty-sixth year. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take.

For Robert de la Rokele. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire not to distrain him to take up arms before the aforesaid term.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning 2 m. given to the king. William of Kelly has given the king the 2 m. which Godfrey of Kelly owes him, as he says. Order to the sheriff of Devon that if Godfrey recognises that he owes the aforesaid 2 m. to William, then he is to distrain him to render them to the king.

14 April. Westminster. For the abbot of Evesham. The king has granted to the abbot of Evesham the custody of the bailiwick, and the lands pertaining to the same, formerly of Robert de Brok, who was forester of the fee of one bailiwick in the forest of Cannock , with the custody of Robert’s heir, until the legal age of the same heir, with his marriage. Order to Reginald de Mohun, justice of the forest , to cause the abbot to have seisin of the aforesaid bailiwick together with the lands pertaining to it.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

The same abbot gives the king 10 m. for the custody and marriage aforesaid. He has letters patent for this, but the aforesaid 10 m. are not mentioned in the letter patent.

Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire to cause him to have seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid Robert, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died. ¹

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This entry is squeezed in tightly between those surrounding it, perhaps indicating its insertion at a slightly later date.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For John Mansel. Henry le Bosshic, who was bound to John Mansel in a great sum of money of the king’s monies while he was his bailiff in the archbishopric of Canterbury when it was in the king’s hand, has lately died without paying the debt, and because John is ready to answer the king for all issues of the aforesaid archbishopric received by Henry’s hand, order to the sheriff of Essex to cause the property, possessions and chattels of the said Henry, and whatever he left in goods in his bailiwick, to be taken into the king’s hand without danger of delay and to commit them to the abovesaid John in order to receive the said money therefrom.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For John Mansel. Order, in the same manner, to R. bishop of Rochester, concerning the chattels etc. in his bailiwick.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

15 April. Westminster. For the abbot of Evesham. The king has committed the custody of the land and heirs of Samson of Molesey to the abbot of Evesham until the legal age of Samson’s heirs. Order to the sheriff of Surrey that, having accepted security from the abbot for the 20 m. by which he made fine with the king for the aforesaid custody, he is to cause him to have seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of Samson in his bailiwick. ¹ Order to the same sheriff to cause the abbot to have seisin of Samson’s heirs.

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Witness clause entered here.

He has letters patent for this.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For the Earl Marshal. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to permit W. Marshal, earl of Pembroke, to have respite from the £100 which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, until the Close of Easter in the twenty-sixth year.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Essex. John Luvekin gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] against Stephen Haringod, concerning 9 m., from the county court of Essex to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Essex etc.

16 April. Westminster. For Godfrey Walensis. The king has given respite to Godfrey Walensis from taking up arms until the octaves of Easter, so that if he has not taken up arms at that term, he may have that respite until Christmas for the 20 m. which he will give to the king for having that term. He has a writ to the keepers of the archbishopric of Canterbury for having that respite.

For John fitz Geoffrey. The king has pardoned to John fitz Geoffrey 100 m. of the £177 which he owes him for sale of the king’s wines and other debts he owes him . The king has also granted to him that he may have respite from the remainder of the same debt for as long as he will be with the king in his service in overseas parts. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause John to be quit from the aforesaid 100 m. and to have respite from the aforesaid remainder. ¹

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An earlier, cancelled version of this entry can be found at no. 248 above.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

16 April. Westminster. Concerning the lands of John Malherbe. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire to take into the king’s hand all land formerly of John Malherbe in his bailiwick that he held from the king in chief, and to keep it until the king orders otherwise.

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In the margin beside this entry in E 371/10, m. 7 is the comment ‘The sheriff received nothing’.

20 April. Westminster. For Alina Wake. The king has remitted to Alina Wake the summons which he caused to be made to her to cross with him, saving her scutage to him. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire that, having accepted security from Alina for 2 m. to the king’s use, he is not to vex her by reason of the aforesaid summons, or permit her to be vexed, but he is to leave her and her men in peace.

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In E 371/10, m. 7 this entry reads ‘Alina Wake remains in England, saving her scutage to the king. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take security for 2 m. to the king’s use and permit her and her men to be in peace’.

Suffolk. Geoffrey, son of John de Slomundesheye, gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] against William Beaumont, concerning a messuage and six acres of land in Boxford, from the county court of Suffolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

22 April. Westminster. For John de Berners. Order to the sheriff of Essex to place in respite the demand that he makes from John de Berners for a palfrey priced 5 m., until the octaves of the Close of Easter in the twenty-sixth year.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

23 April. Windsor. Hertfordshire. John son of Thomas gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] of warranty of charter against John son of Richard from the county court of Hertfordshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire etc.

For Andrew Blund. Andrew Blund has made fine with the king by 10 m. so that he is quit of crossing with the king on this occasion. Order to the sheriffs of Staffordshire and Essex to permit him to have peace from the aforesaid crossing.

Concerning sending the value of sold bacons to the king. Order to Warner Engayne to send the value of 400 bacons sold by order of the king to the king without delay. If he does not do this, order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to distrain him by his lands and chattels to render the abovesaid value to the king.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Gloucestershire. Nicholas Salomon gives half a mark for having a pone ¹ [to remove a plea] against Nicholas Chauntebon from the county court of Gloucestershire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire etc.

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Corrected from ‘precipe’.

[No date]. Sussex. Olive of Wickham gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] against the abbot of Robertsbridge from the county court of Sussex to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Sussex etc.

[No date]. Sussex. John, son of William of Ightham, gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Sussex to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Sussex etc.

26 April. Windsor. For the abbot of Chertsey. The king has given respite to the abbot of Chertsey from several scutages and amercements from the eyre of the justices, which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, until the king’s return from overseas parts , from which, he says, he has immunity by the liberties [contained within] the charters granted to him by the king’s predecessors. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

26 April. Reading. For Henry de Balliol. The king has granted to Henry de Balliol that, of the £60 which he owes him, he may render £30 at Michaelmas in the twenty-sixth year and £30 at Easter next following. If Henry is bound to the king in more than those £60, he may render that at this forthcoming Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-sixth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For David Comyn. The king has remitted to David Comyn his crossing with him into Gascony for the 20 m. which he gives the king for remission of this passage, of which the king has pardoned him 10 m. at the petition of the bishop of Glasgow. Order to the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire to permit him to be quit from the aforesaid 10 m., on condition that he is to satisfy the king for the other 10 m. at the Exchequer, ¹ saving his scutage to the king.

1.

Witness claused entered here.

For Roger de Cressy. Roger de Cressy gives the king 100s. for the trespass alleged against him of taking his wife without the king’s will, saving to the king his claim upon the same if he will wish to prosecute him. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to cause him to have seisin of all lands formerly of his wife that have been taken into the king’s hand for the aforesaid reason. If he has taken anything from the aforesaid lands, he is to cause it to returned to him.

26 April. Reading. For Simon de Montfort. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite all debts which Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester, owes the king, until Thomas count of Flanders has received his debt from Simon and, beyond that, for as long as Simon will be in overseas parts.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For James Hoese. To the barons of the Exchequer. ¹ The king has given respite to James Hoese from the 15½ m. which he owes him of the debt of Henry Hoese, his father, for as long as the will be in the king’s service in overseas parts. Order to cause him to have that respite.

1.

On the line before this entry a crossed through entry reads ‘Order to the barons of the Exchequer …’

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Robert of Stafford. The king has granted to Robert of Stafford that, of all debts which he owes him, he may render at two terms each year at the Exchequer as much as his lands extend at. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause all of Robert’s land to be extended in all issues of land, and he is to pay a moiety of that extent at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and the other moiety at the Exchequer of Easter, and thus from year to year until those debts will have been paid.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

30 April. Winchester. For Imenia, who was the wife of … Because otherwise below. Imenia, who was the wife of Ralph of Southleigh , has made fine with the king by 1000 m. for having the custody of all lands formerly of Ralph and of his heirs, together with their marriage, to have and hold until the legal age of the same heirs, and that she might marry herself to whom she will wish. She is to render 100 m. of this fine to the king per annum, namely 50 m. at Michaelmas in the twenty-sixth year, 50 m. at Easter next following, and 100 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 1000 m. are paid to the king. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire that, having accepted security from Imenia for rendering the aforesaid 1000 m. to the king at the aforesaid terms, as aforesaid, he is to cause her to have full seisin of all lands formerly of Ralph in his bailiwick, together with his heirs, and once he has taken that security from her, he is to signify this to the sheriffs of Warwickshire and Worcestershire , to whom the king has commanded that once he causes them to know this, they are to cause her to have seisin of all lands formerly of Ralph in their bailiwicks, and to cause the king to know the names of the aforesaid pledges. ¹

1.

Entry cancelled because otherwise below. See no. 307.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Imenia, who was the wife of … Because otherwise below. Order to the sheriffs of Warwickshire and Worcestershire that once etc. ¹

1.

Entry cancelled because otherwise below. See no. 309.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Imenia, who was the wife of … Because otherwise below. The same Imenia has letters patent for this. ¹

1.

Entry cancelled because otherwise below. See no. 308.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Ralph de Cemais. Ralph de Cemais gives the king 10 m. so that he might stay in England, saving his scutage to the king. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk not to distrain him to cross.

[No date]. For Hugh de Neville. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Lincolnshire for Hugh de Neville , who gives 5 m. for the same, saving etc.

a.

This entry is cancelled in E 371/10, m. 7. This is because [it is] in another originalia roll.

For Godfrey of Crowcombe. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire for Godfrey of Crowcombe, who gives £10 for the same, saving etc.

a.

This entry is cancelled in E 371/10, m. 7. This is because [it is] in another originalia roll.

For the prioress of Amesbury. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand that they make from the prioress of Amesbury for several amercements, from which the prioress has acquittance by the charters of the king’s predecessors, kings of England, until the king’s return from overseas parts.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Imenia, who was the wife of Ralph of Southleigh. The king has granted to Imenia, who was the wife of Ralph of Southleigh , the custody of all lands and heirs formerly of Ralph, with their marriage and hers, so that namely Imenia might marry herself freely and without impediment to whom she will wish and have and hold that custody and the marriage of the aforesaid heirs to her and to whom she will wish to give, sell, bequeath or assign that custody and marriage, for the 1000 m. by which she made fine with the king, of which she is to render 100 m. to the king per annum at two terms, namely a moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and the other moiety at the Exchequer of Easter until the aforesaid 1000 m. are paid to the king. If it happens that Imenia defaults in the payment of any of her terms, the aforesaid custody with the marriage of the aforesaid is to revert to the king and his heirs. The king has also granted to Imenia that if Isabella , who was the wife of Ralph of Southleigh, father of the aforesaid Ralph, happens to die before the aforesaid heirs come of age, Imenia is to have the custody of the lands which Isabella holds in dower of the gift of the aforesaid Ralph, and then she is to render £100 per annum at the aforesaid terms until the aforesaid 1000 m. are rendered to the king.

For Imenia, who was the wife of Ralph of Southleigh. She has letters patent for this in all things.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Imenia, who was the wife of Ralph of Southleigh. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire that, having accepted security from the aforesaid Imenia for rendering the aforesaid 1000 m. to the king at the aforesaid terms, as aforesaid, he is to cause her to have seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid Ralph in his bailiwick, together with Ralph’s heirs, and once he has accepted that security from her, he is to signify this to the sheriffs of Warwickshire and Worcestershire , to whom it is commanded that once he causes them to know this, they are to cause Imenia to have seisin of all lands formerly of Ralph in their bailiwicks, and to cause the king to know the names of the aforesaid pledges.

1 May. Winchester. Sussex. The king has given respite to William de Ashford from making himself a knight for one year from SS Phillip and James. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take security from him for 40s. for having that respite.

[No date]. For W. bishop of Carlisle. By bail of the king, W. bishop of Carlisle has all lands formerly of John de Vieuxpont, both in Westmorland and outside, at farm for five years from SS Phillip and James in the twenty-sixth year, rendering 600 m. for them each year, namely 300 m. at Michaelmas and 300 m. at Easter, and the tenor of the letters which the bishop has concerning the aforesaid lands is expressed more fully in the Patent Roll. ¹

1.

For this grant see CPR 1232–1247, p. 284.

a.

This entry is cancelled in E 371/10, m. 8. In the Roll in Cumberland.

b.

For an entry not recorded in the Fine Roll but entered on the Originalia Roll in this chronological sequence see no. 366 below.

For W. bishop of Carlisle. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause all of the king’s stock that the king has in the lands formerly of the aforesaid John in his bailiwick to be valued by a reasonable estimate and the consideration of trustworthy and law-worthy men of his county , to demise the aforesaid stock to the same bishop at the same value , and to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know the value given to the same stock.

a.

This entry is cancelled in E 371/10, m. 8. This is because [it is] different below. He had no stock.

For W. bishop of Carlisle. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

a.

This entry is cancelled in E 371/10, m. 8. This is because [it is] different below.

For Sabina, who was the wife of Henry del Ortiay. The king has taken the homage of Sabina, who was the wife of Henry del Ortiay , for all lands that Henry held of him in chief of her inheritance in Somerset and Dorset. Order to the sheriff of the same counties to cause her to have seisin of the aforesaid lands. The king has also remitted to her her service that she owed him on this occasion for her scutage at the king’s crossing ¹ from the knights’ fees that she holds of the king in chief. Order to the same sheriff to permit her to have peace from the aforesaid service.

1.

The remainder of this sentence is interlined.

For Robert of Everingham. Because below. Robert of Everingham has made fine with the king by 50 m. for scutage and for having release from crossing with him . Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to permit him to have peace therefrom. ¹

1.

Entry cancelled because below. See no. 322.

a.

This entry is cancelled in E 371/10, m. 8. This is because [it is] different below.

For R. bishop of Salisbury. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand that they make from R. bishop of Salisbury for his amercements and those of his men, which he ought to have by the liberties granted to him by the king’s charter, until the king returns from overseas parts.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

2 May. Marwell. For William de Fiennes. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for £10 that they make from William de Fiennes and Enguerrand de Fiennes for reliefs and scutages, until Michaelmas in the twenty-sixth year .

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Robert Norris. The king has granted to Robert Norris, steward of N. bishop of Durham, that he is to be quit from crossing into Poitou by giving his scutage. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to permit him to have peace from the aforesaid crossing by the aforesaid scutage.

For Robert de Guines. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit Robert de Guines to have respite from several demands that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer until the king returns from overseas parts, so that it may then be considered whether he ought to be quit or not.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. For the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand that they make from the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem for his amercements, from which he ought to be quit, as he says, by the king’s charters and those of his predecessors, until it will be discussed before the barons whether he ought to be quit therefrom by the aforesaid charters or not.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

4 May. Marwell. For Imbert Pugeys. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand that they make from Imbert Pugeys in Oxfordshire for 1000 m., on the one hand, for the debts of the count of Boulogne, and the demand they make from him in Kent for 5½ m., on the other hand, for the debts of Ralph son of Bernard, until the king returns from overseas parts, so that he may render one moiety at the Exchequer of Easter of the £37 which he owes per annum for the farm of Bampton, and the other moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas next following.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Robert of Everingham. Robert of Everingham has made fine with the king by 50 m. so that he is quit on this occasion of crossing with him into Gascony, and for having his scutage from the knights’ fees he holds from the king in chief. Order to the sheriffs of Northamptonshire, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire , Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire not to distrain him by reason of the aforesaid crossing and cause him to have the aforesaid scutage in the quindene of Michaelmas, namely 3 m. per shield for the king’s army against his crossing into Gascony in the twenty-sixth year.

For the abbot of Hyde. Order to the sheriffs of Surrey, Hampshire and Wiltshire to cause the abbot of Hyde to have his scutage from the knights’ fees he holds of the king in chief, so that he answers for this at the Exchequer.

For the king, concerning the county of Cumberland. To the sheriff of Cumberland. Order that once the king’s beloved, the husband of his sister, A. king of Scots, will have had 200 librates of land in his county, which the king is bound to assign to the same king there, he is to take all of the rest of the king’s demesne lands and rents of the same county into the king’s hand and to answer for them at the Exchequer, saving the king’s demesne lands which the venerable father W. bishop of Carlisle has for the custody of the king’s castle of Carlisle.

For the king, concerning the county of Cumberland. To Robert of Crepping . Order that once the king’s beloved, the husband of his sister, A. king of Scots, will have had in Cumberland the 200 librates of land which the king is bound to assign to the same king there, he is to deliver the rest of the king’s demesne lands and rents in his custody in the same county to the sheriff of Cumberland, so that he answers for them at the Exchequer, as the king has ordered him [Crepping] by his letters.

For William de St. Ouen, concerning the manor of Woodstock. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has committed the manor of Woodstock with appurtenances to his beloved and faithful William de St. Ouen to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers at the Exchequer for the issues and profits of the same manor in the same manner that Walter of Tew was accustomed to answer for them. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For William de St. Ouen, concerning the manor of Woodstock. Order to the trustworthy men of the manor of Woodstock to be intendant and respondent to him.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. For William de Camville. William de Camville gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Staffordshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire etc.

4 May. Marwell. For Master Simon of Walton, keeper of the bishopric of Coventry. The king has committed the custody of the bishopric of Coventry and Lichfield to his beloved and faithful clerk Master Simon of Walton for as long as it pleases the king. ¹ He has letters patent for this.

1.

Witness clause entered here.

For Nicholas de Boleville. The king has given respite to Nicholas de Boleville from the 50 m. which he ought to have paid him at Easter in the twenty-sixth year, until Michaelmas in the same year, namely of the fine that he made with the king for the custody of the land and heir of John Danish. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have that respite.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Madoc of Sutton. The king has taken the homage of Madoc of Sutton, son and heir of Matilda Lestrange , for all lands and tenements which Matilda held of the king in chief in Alveley and Weston under Redcastle. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire and Shropshire that, having accepted security from Madoc for 3 m. for his relief, he is to cause him to have seisin of all lands and tenements of which Matilda was seised as of fee on the day she died.

For Hubert de Rumilly and his partners. Hubert de Rumilly has made fine with the king by £100, for himself and Richard, his son, William de la Raie, Hugh le Pele, Geoffrey of Ramsey, William de Beaumont, Gilbert Baddin, Robert of Ramsey, Alexander de Vinar’ and Hugh le Grathun, for robbery and the trespass they made against Rose of Cockfield against the king’s peace, to be paid at the Exchequer in two years, namely £25 at Michaelmas in the twenty-sixth year, £25 at Easter in the twenty-seventh year, and thus from term to term until the aforesaid £100 have been paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry can be found on a schedule attached to E 371/10, m. 8.

For William son of Robert. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Suffolk for taking security from William son of Robert for the 20 m. ¹ by which he made fine with the king, for himself and Robert, his son , for the trespass that they made with Matthew of Layham against Rose of Cockfield, of which he is to render 10 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-sixth year and 10 m. at Easter next following, and for causing him to have seisin of all lands and chattels taken by reason of this trespass into the king’s hand.

1.

Corrected from ‘100 m.’

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

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Robert of Layham. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Suffolk for taking security from Robert of Layham for rendering 40 m. to the king for the same trespass at the same terms.

5 May. Portsmouth. For Hugh de Vivonne. The king has pardoned to Hugh de Vivonne the demand he makes from him by summons of the Exchequer for the old blanch from the time he was sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, until Easter in the twenty-seventh year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For John Adger. The king has pardoned to John Adger 100 m. of the fine of 200 m. that he made with him for the trespass that he made while he was mayor of Winchester. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit therefrom.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Thomas of Warblington. The king has given respite to Thomas of Warblington from the 10 m. which he renders to him per annum, until Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year, so that he is to begin to render them then per annum at the Exchequer at the same terms at which he was accustomed to render them . Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have that respite.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For William de Cantilupe. The king has granted to William de Cantilupe , to whom he has committed his manor of Bridgwater, with the castle and all other appurtenances, to keep for as long as it pleases the king, that he may render £64 10d. per annum, at which that manor is extended by the king’s order, for the same manor from the time at which it was in his hand by the king’s order and for as long as he will hold it, namely a moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and the other moiety at the Exchequer of Easter.

He has letters patent for this.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Thomas Grelley. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire that, having accepted security from Thomas Grelley for the 100 m. by which he made fine with him for his scutage and passage , [he is to permit Thomas to have] his scutage from the knights’ fees etc.

For the earl of Warwick. Thomas earl of Warwick has made fine with the king by £120 for his scutage and release from his passage into Gascony . Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire that, having accepted security from the aforesaid earl for rendering the aforesaid £120 to the king, he is to cause him to have his scutage etc.

a.

This entry is cancelled in E 371/10, m. 8. He answers in another originalia roll.

For Gilbert de Gant. Gilbert de Gant has made fine with the king for the same by 200 m. Order to the sheriffs of Berkshire, Northamptonshire , Lincolnshire , Yorkshire , Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire and Oxfordshire to cause him to have his scutage.

a.

This entry is cancelled in E 371/10, m. 8. This is because [it is] in the Roll by another originalia roll.

[No date]. For the abbot of Barlings. The abbot of Barlings gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] of warranty of charter against William of Harlaxton from the county court of Lincolnshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

5 May. Portsmouth. Concerning the lands of J. de Lacy, formerly earl of Lincoln, handed over to the archbishop of York. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has committed to the venerable father in Christ W. archbishop of York, primate of England, all lands, castles and vaccaries with all their appurtenances formerly of J. de Lacy, formerly earl of Lincoln, which are in the king’s hand outside the county of Chester, excepting the castle and manor of Donington and the manors of Snaith and Wadenhoe, to hold at farm for the five years next following the Invention of the Holy Cross in the twenty-sixth year, rendering for each manor per annum at the Exchequer the extent at which they have been extended by Nicholas de Molis, sheriff of Yorkshire, by the king’s order, one moiety thereof at Michaelmas and the other moiety at Easter, namely £122 19s. 10d. for the manor of Pontefract, £10 11s. 4d. for the manor of Carleton and Spittal Hardwick, £23 6s. 2d. for the manor of Knottingley, £6 7s. 2½d and 1 lb. of pepper and a pair of gilded spurs for Campsall, £23 13s. 2½d. and a pair of deer-skin gloves lined with wool for North Elmsall, 24s. 1d. for Skelbrooke, £36 16s. 5d. and 4 lbs. of pepper for Rothwell, £4 14s. 0½d. for Lofthouse, 77s. 3d. for Carlton, £7 3s. 8d. for [Aul…], ¹ £29 19s. 3d. for Barwick in Elmet, 51s. 2d. and 1 lb. of cumin for Barnby, £14 7s. 5d. and one spear for Bradford, £4 14s. 7d. for Manningham, 8s. for Oxenhope, 22s. 8d. for Allerton, 16s. 3d. for Stainburn, 10s. 3d., a pair of iron spurs and a spear for Great Horton, 3s. for Wyk, 26s. 1d. for Meltham, £18 6s. 8d. for Almondbury, £34 9s. 10d. for Leeds, £15 4s. 3d. for Slaidburn, £14 14s. 6d. for Grindleton, £8 18s. 4d. for West Bradford, 40 m. from the free men of Great Mitton, Newton, Hammerton and Withgill, £25 10s. 6d. for Clitheroe, £8 23½d., a sore sparrowhawk and a pair of white gloves for Worston, 51s. for Little Marsden, 40s. 8d. for Briercliffe, £16 4s. 2d. for Burnley, £4 9s. 11d. for Ightenhill, 8s. for Habergham Eaves, £8 6d. for Padiham, 30s. 3d., a pair of gloves and two greyhound collars for Worsthorne, £7 19s. 7d. for Chatburn, 6s. for Pendleton, 11s. for Chipping, 7s. for Utteley, £8 16s. 11d. for Penwortham, 22s. 9½d. for North Meols, 28s. 10d. for Sakfe of the fee of Penwortham, £4 14s. 10d. for Widnes, 22s. 8d. for Cronton, 23s. 2d. from external men, 40s. 6d. ² for the wards of Qwyshinton’ and Blackburn, and 100 m. for the vaccaries and studs of the same lands. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

1.

Illegible.

2.

Corrected from ‘£4 19s. 2d.’

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

5 May. Portsmouth. Concerning the same. To the sheriff of Yorkshire. Order to enumerate the animals that are in the vaccaries and studs in the lands formerly of J., formerly earl of Lincoln, which the king has demised at farm for five years to the venerable father W. archbishop of York, primate of England, and cause them to be reasonably valued by law-worthy men. He is also to signify the number and value to the barons of the Exchequer so they might know for what number of animals or what value the archbishop shall be bound to answer for at the end of his term.

Concerning the same. The king has committed to W. archbishop of York, primate of England, all lands, castles and vaccaries with their appurtenances, formerly of J. de Lacy, formerly earl of Lincoln, outside the county of Chester that are in the king’s hand, except the manor and castle of Donington and the manors of Snaith and Wadenhoe, to hold from him at farm for five years next from the Invention of the Holy Cross in the twenty-sixth year, rendering to the king per annum at the Exchequer for each manor the extent at which they have been extended by Nicholas de Molis, sheriff of Yorkshire, by order of the king, namely a moiety at Michaelmas and the other moiety at Easter. ¹ He has letters patent for this.

1.

Witness clause entered here.

Concerning the same. Order to Nicholas de Molis to cause the same archbishop to have seisin of the aforesaid lands, castles and vaccaries, with appurtenances.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

6 May. Portsmouth. Concerning the bishopric of London, which has been committed to the abbot of Evesham. The king has committed the bishopric of London to the abbot of Evesham to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for the issues of the bishopric at the Exchequer by the hand of Phillip de Couel’ and Ralph Darel, or either of them.

Concerning the bishopric of London, which has been committed to the abbot of Evesham. He has letters patent for this.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning the bishopric of London, which has been committed to the abbot of Evesham. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to receive the aforesaid Phillip and Ralph, or either of them, to answer for the aforesaid abbot for the aforesaid bishopric.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Walter of Ashley. Walter of Ashley gives the king 10 m. so that he need not cross with the king, on condition that he shall answer him for his scutage. Order to the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset not to distrain him by reason of his crossing.

a.

This is the final entry on E 371/10 from C 60/38. The remainder are either new entries or those found on C 60/39A, mm. 6-3.

For William Caperun. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to his beloved and faithful William Caperun from the 20 m. that he ought to have paid at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-sixth year for the custody of the heirs of Henry de la Pomeraie and for Henry’s debts, until Michaelmas in the same year . Order to cause him to have that respite.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. For Drogo de Barentin. To the same. The king has granted to Drogo de Barentin that he may hold the isles of Jersey and Guernsey in the time of peace by a farm of 350 m. per annum, to be rendered at the Exchequer . The king has also granted to him that whatever he spends on the custody of the same islands in time of war by the view of Peter of Montgomery is to be allowed to him in the aforesaid farm. Order to cause this to be done etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. For Nicholas de Molis. The king has pardoned ¹ to Nicholas de Molis all but £40 of the demand that he makes from him by summons of the Exchequer for the blanch for the whole county of Yorkshire, and he has given him respite from the remainder of the aforesaid blanch until he returns from overseas parts. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done etc.

1.

Corrected from ‘granted’.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For the earl of Winchester. The king has given respite to R. Quincy, earl of Winchester, from the 95 m. which he ought to have paid at Easter in the twenty-sixth year, until Easter in the twenty-seventh year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have respite therefrom until the aforesaid term.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

6 May. Portsmouth. For Nicholas de Molis. The king has granted to Nicholas de Molis that, of the 100 m. which he owes him for the custody of the land and heir of John de Heriz, he may render 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-sixth year and 50 m. at Easter next following. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. For the earl of Norfolk. The king has given respite to R. earl of Norfolk from the demand for 100 m. for trespass of the forest, the demand for 10 m. for licence to make concord, and for all things beyond these demands that he does not recognise, which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, until the king returns from overseas parts. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have that respite.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[…] Nicholas […]. The king has given r[espite] […] […]s. 4d. which he ought to have paid the king […] Michaelmas next [… to cause him to have] the aforesaid respite. ¹

1.

This final (?) membrane consists of two very small surviving scraps of parchment containing minimal information.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[For the earl of] Pembroke. [It is written in the same manner …] earl of Pembroke owes to the king, to be placed in [respite …]

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Herefordshire. […] Leonis countess […] all possessions […]

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Jersey. [Only the marginal heading survives of this entry]. ¹

1.

The following roll (C 60/39A) begins on 16 May upon Henry’s crossing to Gascony.

a.

For entries not recorded in the Fine Roll but entered on the Originalia Roll in this chronological sequence see nos. 363, 364, 365, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374 below.

Herefordshire. Mosse, son of Hamo of Hereford, Abraham son of Elias, Comitessa daughter of Leo, Comitessa daughter of Ursellus and Fluria, her sister, heirs of Hamo of Hereford and of Ursellus, his son, have made fine with the king for having the lands, pledges, chattels and all possessions formerly of the aforesaid Hamo and Ursellus . Order to sheriff of Herefordshire to cause the lands, pledges, chattels and all possessions formerly of the abovesaid Hamo and Ursellus, which he caused to be arrested to be delivered to them. ¹

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Entry cancelled because it was not a certain fine.

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For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 362 above.

Hampshire. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, having accepted security from Robert de St. John for the 100 m. by which he made fine with the king for his scutage and passage, he is to cause him to have his scutage .

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For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 362 above.

Lancaster. S’, in the Roll. John de Punchardon gives the king 5 m. for having seisin of the lands formerly of Richard de Punchardon, his father, which are in the king’s hand by reason of the lands and heirs of J. de Lacy, formerly earl of Lincoln, being in the king’s hand, from whom Richard held his lands. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster that, having accepted security from John for the aforesaid 5 m., he is to cause him to have seisin of the lands formerly of his father which fall to him by inheritance.

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For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 362 above.

1 May. Winchester. Cumberland. Lancaster. in the Roll. The king has granted, and has demised for himself and his heirs, to W. bishop of Carlisle all lands formerly of John de Vieuxpont in Westmorland, with the shrievalty of the same county, and outside that are in the king’s hand, in demesnes, homages, aids, villeinages, tallages, forests, woods, parks, pastures, ponds, mills, with castles and all liberties and free customs and all other things and appurtenances and all other things that might fall to the king from the aforesaid lands, both in wardships and marriages and other escheats and gifts of vacant churches and all other appurtenances without any retention, to have at farm to him and his assigns until the lawful age of John’s heirs, rendering 600 m. every year for it, namely 300 m. at Michaelmas and 300 m. at Easter. In [testimony] of which thing etc.

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For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 311 above.

Nottinghamshire. in the Roll. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to cause the same bishop to have seisin of all lands formerly of the same John with all their appurtenances in his bailiwick, which were in the king’s hand . He is also to cause all of the stock and chattels that the king has in the aforesaid lands to be valued by a reasonable value according to the consideration of trustworthy and law-worthy men of his county , and to demise the aforesaid stock and chattels to the same bishop by the same value. He is to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know the value given to the same stock and chattels, which will be allowed to John’s heirs in the debts that he owed the king.

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For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 312 above.

in the Roll. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Westmorland and Northamptonshire.

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For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 313 above.

Essex. S’, in the Roll. From William son of William and Richard Buscecarl’, for a fine for a trespass, 10 m., by the pledge of Otto son of William and William son of Richard, knight of Elmstead .

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For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 362 above.

Essex. S’, in the Roll. From William de Blavigny , Simon and Robert, his brothers, for the same, 40 m., by the pledge of Otto son of William and William son of Richard of Elmstead, Robert de Setvauns, Richard de Tany, Robert de Brus, Phillip of Sparsholt , Phillip de Cantilupe, Simon, son of Simon of Brasted , parson of Dunmow , Godfrey of Liston , John de Blendok’ , Gilbert of Bumpstead and Colin Fucher .

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For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 362 above.

Essex. S’, in another originalia roll. From James of Eastwood, for the same, 20 m., by the pledge of Robert de Brus, Robert de Setvauns, Martin son of Simon, Gerard Constable, Ralph, son of William of Pebmarsh , John of Hockley , Henry de Berneval, Simon Partridge, William, son of Adam of Gosfield , Gilbert Walensis, William Brown of Hartwell and Geoffrey Samuel .

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For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 362 above.

London. S’, in the Roll. From Aaron Blund and Solomon le Eveske, Jews of London , for a fine for trespass, 100 m., to be rendered at the Assumption of the Blessed Mary.

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For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 362 above.

Northamptonshire. S’, in the Roll. From the villate of Northampton, for a fine for several amercements, 50 m.

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For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 362 above.

Suffolk. S’, in the Roll. From Nicholas of St. Edmunds , for a fine for trespass, 100 m., to be rendered at 100s. per annum. By the archbishop of York in the king’s council by W. of York.

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For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 362 above.