29 Oct. Staines. Concerning the lands of Richard Walensis that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of Richard Walensis in his bailiwick, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise in respect thereof. Witness W. archbishop of York.

4 Nov. Westminster. For Master Laurence de St. Martin concerning scutage. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to place in respite, until 15 days from the Close of Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the scutage that he exacts from the fees which Walter fitz Robert held in his bailiwick of the honour of Rayleigh, and for which scutage Master Laurence de St. Martin is distrained in Essex by reason of the manor of Little Horkesley, which is in the aforesaid honour, being in his hand and being the chief of the aforesaid fees. If he has taken anything therefrom in the same bailiwick, he is to cause it to be restored to the bailiff of the aforesaid Laurence. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Master Laurence de St. Martin concerning scutage. Order to the sheriff of Essex to place in respite, until 15 days from the Close of Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the scutage from two-and-a-half fees which are of the honour of Rayleigh and for which Master Laurence de St. Martin is distrained by reason of the manor of Little Horkesley, which is chief of the aforesaid fees, being in the hand of the same Master. If anything has been taken therefrom, he is to cause it to be restored to the bailiff of the same Master. Witness as above.

For Joan de Morville. Joan de Morville gives the king 20 m. for a writ ad terminum relating to the county of Cumberland against Thomas of Moulton. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland to take security. Witness as above.

For Richard de Harcourt. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the scutage that he exacts from Richard de Harcourt for the knight’s fees that he holds of the king in chief in his bailiwick, until the king returns to England. Witness as above.

For John de Ballon. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite the scutage that he exacts from John de Ballon, who has sent his brother to the king in Gascony, for the knight’s fees that he holds of the king in his bailiwick, until the king’s return to England. Witness as above.

6 Nov. Westminster. For Thomas of Sturton. The king has granted to Thomas of Sturton that he is to render at the Exchequer within two years those 40 m. at which he was amerced before the justices of the Bench for his trespass, namely 10 m. at Hilary in the twenty-seventh year, 10 m. at Michaelmas next following, 10 m. at Easter in the twenty-eighth year and 10 m. at Michaelmas next following. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire that, having accepted security from Thomas for rendering the aforesaid 40 m. to the king, as aforesaid, he is to cause him to have the aforesaid terms. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Thomas of Ingoldisthorpe. Thomas of Ingoldisthorpe gives the king 2 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security. Witness as above.

For Hugh, son of William of Kirtling. Hugh, son of William of Kirtling, gives the king 20s. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take etc. Witness as above.

For Roger de Coleville. Roger de Coleville gives the king 20s. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take security. Witness as above.

For Matthew de Columbariis and others. Matthew de Columbariis, Jordan le Warre and Richard Cotele give the king 3 m. for a writ. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take etc. Witness as above.

For William of Lancaster. The king has granted to William of Lancaster that he is to render 100 m. at the Exchequer at the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the twenty-seventh year, 100 m. at Michaelmas in the same year and 100 m. at Hilary in the twenty-eighth year, for the 300 m. by which he made fine with him for his passage. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have those terms. Witness as above.

For William of Lancaster. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire that he is not to concern himself with collecting the king’s scutage from the honour of Lancaster in his bailiwick, or from other things pertaining to the aforesaid honour, but he is to permit William of Lancaster, keeper of the aforesaid honour, to collect the aforesaid scutage by his hand, for which the same William ought to answer at the Exchequer of Hilary in the twenty-seventh year. If he has taken anything therefrom, he is to cause it to be restored to him without delay. Witness as above.

For William of Lancaster. The same order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire concerning the aforesaid honour. Witness as above.

8 Nov. Westminster. To the sheriff of Devon concerning arrangements for (de dispositione) Lundy Island. Order to the sheriff of Devon to go in person without delay to the island of Lundy in order to view the sheep and the king’s other animals there and make the king’s profit both from the sheep and the king’s animals other there that cannot be sustained in winter without great expense, by the counsel of the king’s constable of Lundy. He is also to cause the king’s rabbits and rabbit warrens of this season to be sold, by the counsel of the same constable, as long as it is not, however, to the waste or destruction of the same warrens, and to keep safely the monies arising therefrom until the king orders otherwise. ¹ Witness W. archbishop of York.

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For Joan Wake. The king ¹ has granted to Joan Wake that she is to render £50 to him at the Exchequer at Hilary in the twenty-seventh year and another £50 at Easter in the same year of the £100 by which she made fine with him for her relief. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. Witness as above.

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For William Heyrun. William Heyrun gives the king 10 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security. Witness as above.

For Margaret, who was the wife of John Marshal. The king has granted to Margaret, who was the wife of John Marshal, that she is to pay the £24 which the same John owed the king for the chattels formerly of Thomas, sometime earl of Warwick, and for which the aforesaid M. ought to answer to the king, at the Exchequer on the morrow of the Close of Easter in the twenty-seventh year. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to permit the abovesaid M. to have that respite. Witness as above.

For Margaret, who was the wife of John Marshal. The king has committed to M., who was the wife of John Marshal, the manor of Greens Norton with appurtenances for her sustenance until the king has caused her rightful dower to be assigned to her from the lands formerly of her abovesaid husband. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause the aforesaid M. to have full seisin of the same manor without delay, as aforesaid. The king has also granted to the same M. that she is to have her rightful sustenance, without waste, from the corn and other goods of the same manor for 40 days after her aforesaid husband died. He [the sheriff] is also to cause the residue of that corn and those goods to be valued by trustworthy and law-worthy men, to permit the same M. to have them for the value at which they shall have been valued, and to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know that value. Witness as above.

10 Nov. Westminster. For R. Bigod, earl of Norfolk. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the octaves of Hilary in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for 100 m. that they make by summons of the Exchequer from R. earl of Norfolk for an amercement of the forest, on the one hand, and 10 m. for a licence to make concord, on the other hand, having, however, accepted such safe security from him that they shall be securely paid to the king then. ¹ They are to place in respite the demand for knights which they exact from him until the king’s return into England. Witness W. archbishop of York.

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For William de Munchesney. William de Munchesney gives the king 1 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security. Witness as above.

For Ralph de Soligny. Ralph de Soligny gives the king 5 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Somerset. Witness as above.

For Peter son of Thurstan. Peter son of Thurstan has made fine with the king by 40 m. for having seisin of all the lands formerly of Ivo, son of William Wigan, his cousin, whose heir he is, as he says, which he held of the king in chief in Warwickshire, without prejudice to anyone else’s right. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire that, having accepted security from Peter for rendering the aforesaid 40 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin, as aforesaid, of all lands formerly of Ivo which he held of the king in his bailiwick and of which he was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day he died. Witness as above.

Concerning the liveries of the knights and sergeants on Lundy Island. The king sends £80 by Richard de Especheleg’ to the sheriff of Devon to pay therefrom to the knights and sergeants keeping custody (existentibus in custodia) of Lundy Island for their liveries, together with the £6 that he has and that remains of the £56 which the king sent at another time for the liveries of the same. Order to the sheriff of Devon to go in person to the aforesaid island together with the aforesaid R. to make the aforesaid liveries by the view and counsel of the constable of the same island, and to signify to W. archbishop of York up to which day he shall have paid those liveries and how much he shall have spent. ¹ Witness as above.

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For Mosse son of Hamo and Abraham, Jews. Mosse son of Hamo and Abraham son of Elias, Jews, made fine with the king before he had crossed the sea, for themselves and the other heirs of Hamo of Hereford, at Winchester by £100, of which they have rendered £50 to the king cash down, so that he grants them that they might render to him 200 per annum at the Exchequer for all the debts which they owed to him on Thursday next after the Close of Easter in the twenty-sixth year; namely 100 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 100 m. at the Exchequer of Easter, until all the aforesaid debts are paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that, the other £50 of the aforesaid fine of £100 having been paid, which the aforesaid Jews ought to render immediately, if by chance they have no rendered them previously, to cause the aforesaid terms and the aforesaid fine to be upheld. Witness as above.

11 Nov. Fulham. For Nicholas of Bury St. Edmunds. The king has granted to Nicholas of Bury St. Edmunds that he is to pay 100s. per annum at the Exchequer, namely 50s. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-seventh year and 50s. at Michaelmas in the twenty-eighth year, for the 100 m. by which he made fine with him for his trespass, and 100s. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 100 m. has been paid to the king. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk that, having accepted security from Nicholas that he will observe his terms, he is to cause his livestock, taken for this reason, to be delivered to him without delay and to cause him to have full seisin of his land. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Bertram de Criel. B. de Criel gives the king 20 m. for having custody of the manor of Pluckley, formerly of Roger Malemains, which the same Roger held of the archbishopric of Canterbury, until the lawful age of the heir of Roger himself, who is 19 years old. ¹ He has letters patent for this. Witness as above.

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For William de Lucy and Matilda, his wife. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for £4 that they make from William de Lucy and Matilda, his wife, by summons of the Exchequer until the king’s return to England. Witness as above.

For Elias le Eveske, Jew of London. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the distraint they make upon Elias le Eveske, Jew of London, for a debt which he owes to the king, until the next coming of W. archbishop of York to London. Witness as above.

For Abraham, Jew of Berkhamsted. Because Abraham, Jew of Berkhamsted, owes no debt to the king in which the king might cause allowance to be made to him of the £15 in which Warin fitz Gerold is bound to him, order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to place in respite that distraint which they make upon the aforesaid Jew to render to the abovesaid Warin the charters which he has from him, until the coming of W. archbishop of York to London. Witness as above.

Because he did not have it. W. bishop of Carlisle has made fine with the king by £40 for having the custody of all lands and appurtenances formerly of Hugh de Hodeng, which are in the king’s hand, for three years from the octaves of Martinmas in the twenty-seventh year, saving, however, to the wife who was the wife of the same Hugh [sic] her rightful dower from the same lands, which is to be assigned to her by the hand of the same bishop. He is to render £10 to the king at Easter in the twenty-seventh year for that £40, £10 at Michaelmas in the same year; £10 at Easter in the twenty-eighth year and £10 at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire to cause the same bishop to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid Hugh in his bailiwick. ¹ Witness as above.

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It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Essex concerning the lands formerly of the aforesaid Hugh in the aforesaid county. ¹ Witness as above.

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For Peter de Fauconberg, archdeacon of Essex. Peter de Fauconberg, archdeacon of Essex, gives 20s. to the king for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security. Witness as above.

15 Nov. Fulham. For Hamo Cheure. The king has given respite to Hamo Cheure, until Hilary in the twenty-seventh year, from the 100s. which he ought to have paid at Michaelmas in the twenty-sixth year at the Exchequer for the 60 m. by which he made fine with the king for a certain trespass. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that, having accepted good security from Hamo that he will pay the aforesaid 100s. at the Exchequer at the abovesaid term, then they are to cause him to have this respite. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Thomas son of Aucher. Thomas son of Aucher gives the king 2 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take security. Witness as above.

For Robert de Brus. The king has granted to Robert de Brus that he is to render £50 per annum at the Exchequer, namely £25 at the Close of Easter in the twenty-seventh year, and £25 at Michaelmas in the same year, for the debts which he owes him, and £50 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 and enrolled thus. Witness as above.

[No date]. For Walter of Rising. Walter of Rising gives the king 2 m. for two writs ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk to take security. Witness as above.

12 Nov. Westminster. For John de Courtenay. The king has taken the homage of John de Courtenay, son and heir of Robert de Courtenay, for all the lands and tenements which Robert held of the king in chief and which fall to him by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Devon that, having accepted security from John for 100 m. for his relief, of which the king has pardoned 50 m. to him, he is to cause William de Courtenay, bailiff of the abovesaid John, to have full seisin without delay of all the lands and tenements of which Robert was seised on the day he died as of fee in his bailiwick, to the use of the same John, together with all issues of the aforesaid lands that were taken to the king’s use after Thursday next after the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, on which day the king had received the homage of the same John, saving to Mary, who was the wife of the abovesaid Robert, her dower that is to be assigned to her. ¹ Witness W. archbishop of York.

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For John de Courtenay. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Berkshire, making no mention of taking security, yet saving to Nicholas of Headington his farm that he has in the manor of Sutton Courtney by the king’s confirmation. Witness as above.

For the same concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to John de Courtenay 50 m. of his relief that he owes to the king, and he has given him respite from the residue of the same relief until the king’s next coming into England. The king has also granted him that, at the next Exchequer after the king shall come into England, he is to render 25 m. of the aforesaid residue, namely either at the Exchequer of Easter or at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, and 25 m. at the following Exchequer, and 25 m. thus from Exchequer to Exchequer at the aforesaid terms until the whole residue is paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 50 m. and to have the aforesaid terms for the remaining 100 m. Witness as above.

16 Nov. Westminster. For Michael d’Epaignes. Order to the king’s bailiffs of Southampton that, having received 20 m. to the king’s use from Michael d’Epaignes, merchant, they are to cause all his chattels arrested in their vill to be delivered to him without delay. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For William de Curly. William de Curly gives the king 20s. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take security. Witness as above.

For Drogo de Trubleville. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to place in respite, until the king’s return into England, the scutage that he exacts from the manor of Princes Risborough, which is in the custody of Drogo de Trubleville. Witness as above.

16 Nov. Westminster. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take the land formerly of Robert, son of William Clerk, in his bailiwick into the king’s hand, and to cause the aforesaid land to be extended. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Alice, who was the wife of Hugh de Hodeng. Alice, who was the wife of Hugh de Hodeng, has made fine with the king by £60 for having custody of all the lands, just as they were extended, formerly of the abovesaid Hugh for three years from St. Thomas the Apostle in the twenty-seventh year, for which she will render £15 to the king at Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year, £15 at Easter in the twenty-eighth year, £15 at Michaelmas in the same year and £15 at Easter in the twenty-ninth year. Order to the sheriff of Essex that, having accepted security from Alice for rendering the aforesaid £60 to the king at the same terms, as aforesaid, he is to cause her to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid Hugh in his bailiwick, just as they were extended. Once he has received that security, he is to cause the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to know this, to whom the king has commanded that once he causes him to know this he is to cause her to have full seisin without delay of all lands formerly of the same Hugh in his bailiwick, just as they were extended. Witness as above.

For Juliana, who was the wife of Henry de Wyneston’. Juliana, who was the wife of Henry de Wyneston’, gives the king half a mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Kent. Witness etc. as above.

For William de Perers’. Order to R. Passelewe that, having accepted security from William de Perers’, merchant, for the £10 by which he has made fine with the king to the king’s use, to cause his gage arrested at Southampton to be delivered to him without delay. Witness as above.

For Elias le Eveske, Jew of London. Elias le Eveske, Jew of London, has made fine with the king by one mark of gold in order that, notwithstanding that he has not observed his terms for the debts which he owed to the king, for which he had previously made fine with him to render 100 m. per annum at the Exchequer, he might recover the same terms, namely to render 50 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-seventh year, 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and 100 m. 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 him to have the aforesaid terms. ¹ Witness as above.

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For William of Holwell. The king has committed the counties of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire to William of Holwell to keep for as long as it pleases the king for the same farm at which John Gubaud held them. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. Witness as above.

19 Nov. Westminster. For the executors of the testament of H., formerly bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. The king has granted to the executors of the testament of H., formerly bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, that the corn which the same bishop caused to be sown in the lands of the same bishopric would be valued in the presence of any of the aforesaid executors by the oath of trustworthy and law-worthy men and retained to the king’s use at that value, in as much as that corn had been valued at. The same executors had respite, until the next return of the king to England, from the debts which the same bishop owed to the king and which are exacted from them by summons of the Exchequer, so that if these debts would exceed the value of the aforesaid corn, the same executors would answer the king at the Exchequer for as much of the aforesaid debts as ought to have been paid to the king over and above the aforesaid value ¹ until it had been discussed and considered whether the aforesaid corn ought to have remained lawfully quit to the king, or to the executors for the execution of the testament of the same bishop. Because the aforesaid corn is now valued at £120 10s., order to the barons of the Exchequer that, having accepted good security from the aforesaid executors that they will pay the aforesaid £120 10s. to the king if it is considered in the king’s court that the aforesaid corn ought lawfully to remain quit to the king, they are to cause the same executors to have respite from the aforesaid £120 10s. until the king’s first coming into England, as aforesaid. Witness W. archbishop of York.

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For Walter de Kirkham. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, the demand for £10 ¹ which they make from Walter de Kirkham, canon of York, by summons of the Exchequer, for the chattels of fugitives, until the king returns into England. Witness as above.

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For John fitz Geoffrey. The king has granted to John fitz Geoffrey the marriage of the sons and heirs of John de Vieuxpont by the fine of 200 m. which he made with the king for this, and has granted him that he is to render 50 m. per annum of the aforesaid fine at the Exchequer, namely 25 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year, 25 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-eighth year and 50 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until he has paid the aforesaid 200 m. to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. Witness as above.

The king has rendered to Roger de Croft, nephew and one of the heirs of William of Kellet, and to Vivian Gernet and Goditha, his wife, sister and second of the heirs of the same William, all the land which the aforesaid William held of the king in chief in his bailiwick and which fall to the same Roger and Goditha by inheritance; and they have performed their fealty to the king for this and will perform their homage to the king upon his return to England. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster that, having accepted security from them to the king’s use for their relief, he is to cause them to have full seisin, as aforesaid, of all the lands which the aforesaid William held of the king in chief in his bailiwick and of which he was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day he died. ¹ Witness as above.

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For William son of William. The king has granted to William son of William that he is to render 5 m. at Easter in the twenty-seventh year and 5 m. at Michaelmas following of the 10 m. by which he made fine for a trespass and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have the aforesaid respite. Witness as above.

For Isabella La Noreth’. Isabella La Noreth’ gives the king half a mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take security. Witness as above.

For Hubert de Rumilly. Hubert de Rumilly gives the king 3 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take security. Witness as above.

20 Nov. Westminster. For Robert Tuschet. Robert Tuschet, brother and heir of Henry Tuschet, has made fine with the king by 10 m. for his relief of the lands formerly of the aforesaid Henry, his brother, which fall to the same by inheritance, for which he has performed fealty to the king and will perform homage to the king when the king returns to England. Order to J. Lestrange, justice of Chester, that, having accepted security from Robert for rendering the aforesaid 10 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all the lands formerly of the same Henry in his bailiwick, of which he was seised in demesne as of fee on the day he died, saving to Emma, who was the wife of the aforesaid Henry, her rightful dower from the aforesaid lands. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Master Ralph of Necton. Order to the sheriff of Essex to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the scutage which he exacts from Master Ralph of Necton for the manor of Terling. Witness as above.

For William de Lisle. William de Lisle gives the king 20s. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take security. Witness as above.

[No date]. Concerning the lands of the bishopric of Bath that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of J. bishop of Bath in his bailiwick and to keep them safely, so that nothing is removed therefrom, until the king orders otherwise. The same order to the sheriffs of Gloucestershire and Hampshire.

22 Nov. Westminster. For Richard de Grey. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the octaves of Hilary in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for £7 5d. which they make from Richard de Gray by summons of the Exchequer, having accepted security from him that he will render the aforesaid monies at the same term, unless he is able to prove that he ought not render them. Witness W. archbishop of York.

[No date]. For John le Breton. John le Breton of Witchingham gives the king 2 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security. Witness etc.

For Gunnora of Pebmarsh. Gunnora, who was the wife of Richard of Pebmarsh, gives the king half a mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to take security. Witness as above.

For R. de Quincy, earl of Winchester. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to place in respite, until the king orders otherwise, the scutage which he exacts from the knights’ fees that R. de Quincy, earl of Winchester, took in free marriage with his wife. Witness as above.

For Peter of Savoy. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk to cause Peter of Savoy to have his scutage from the knights’ fees that are held of the honour of Lewes, which is in his hand, namely 3 m. per shield, for the king’s army for his crossing to Gascony. Witness as above.

For Walter of Leicester and his wife. Walter of Leicester and Alice, his wife, give the king 2 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take security. Witness as above.

27 Nov. Windsor. For Hawise de Quincy. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite, until the octaves of Hilary in the twenty-seventh year, that which is in arrears of the scutage of Hawise de Quincy, countess of Lincoln, from the knights’ fees which she holds in chief of the king in his bailiwick, having accepted good security from her that she will then pay to the king that which is in arrears to him from the aforesaid scutage, so that the king is fully paid at the Exchequer in the quindene of Hilary in the same year. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For W. Marshal, earl of Pembroke. The king has given respite to W. Marshal, earl of Pembroke, until fifteen days from Hilary in the twenty-seventh year, from the scutage that he took in his bailiwick from the knights’ fees which he holds in dower of Countess M., formerly wife of J. earl of Lincoln and constable of Chester, and which scutage pertains to the king. Order to the sheriffs of Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and Lancaster to permit the abovesaid earl to have that respite, having accepted good security from him that he will pay that scutage to the king then. Witness as above.

For Mosse, son of Jacob Crispin. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the octaves of Hilary in the twenty-seventh year, the demand which they make from Mosse, son of Jacob Crispin, for the fine which he made with the king for having the chattels of the aforesaid Jacob, his father. Witness as above.

For Isaac son of Josceus, Jew. It is ordered in the same manner to the same barons for Isaac, son of Josceus Priest, concerning the chattels of the aforesaid Josceus, his father. Witness as above.

2 Dec. Rotherfield. For Ralph fitz Nicholas. The king has granted to Ralph fitz Nicholas that he is to hold the manor of Great Linford, which Geoffrey Marsh held in dower of Alice, his wife, and which is of the fee of Ralph, son of the abovesaid Ralph, and Alice, his wife, and ought to descend to them as the right and inheritance of the same Alice after the death of Alice, wife of the abovesaid Geoffrey, at farm from the king for as long as the aforesaid manor ought by right to be in the king’s hand, rendering £18 for it to the king per annum at the Exchequer, namely a moiety at the Exchequer of Easter and the other moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to cause the bailiff of the same Ralph, bearing the king’s letters, to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor, as aforesaid. If he took anything from the issues of the same manor after the farm of Michaelmas last past, which pertains to the past year, he is to cause that which pertains to the coming year to be rendered to his bailiff without delay. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Ralph fitz Nicholas. In the same manner the king has granted to him at farm the land which the same Geoffrey [held] in dower etc., as in the preceding writ, in Crowmarsh Giffard in Oxfordshire for £6 5s., which are to be rendered at the Exchequer at the aforesaid terms. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire etc., as above. Witness as above.

For Ralph fitz Nicholas. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire that, having taken with him trustworthy and law-worthy men, he is to go in person to the manor of Great Linford and cause the corn of the same manor to be valued by their oath either by the quarter or in gross, as shall seem most expedient for the king’s advantage, and he is to demise it at the same value at which it shall be valued to Ralph fitz Nicholas, to whom the king has committed that manor and who will answer to the king for the aforesaid value at the Exchequer in the octaves of Hilary in the twenty-seventh year; and to cause W. archbishop of York and others of the king’s council to know this value. He is to proceed so diligently and discretely in doing this lest the king incurs an incovenient delay by his default on account of which he ought to betake himself to him in a harsh manner. Witness as above.

3 Dec. Dorchester. For R. count of Poitou, the king’s brother. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the octaves of Hilary in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for 32 solidates of annual rent with appurtenances in Oxford that they make by summons of the Exchequer from R. count of Poitou and earl of Cornwall, which the same count says is of the honour of Wallingford which he has of the gift of the king. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For William Marshal. The king has rendered to William Marshal, brother and heir of John Marshal, all the lands formerly of the same John which he held of the king in chief in Norfolk, and he has taken his fealty, and he is to do homage to the king upon the king’s first return into England. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk that, having accepted good security from the aforesaid William for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands which the same John held of the king in chief and of which he was seised in his demesne as of fee. Witness as above.

For William Marshal. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Northamptonshire and Somerset concerning the lands formerly of the same John, making no mention of the taking of security. Witness as above.

6 Dec. Oddington. For Henry le Forcer. Henry le Forcer, son and heir of William le Forcer, has made fine with the king by 3 m. for having seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid William, his father, notwithstanding that he is not yet of full age; and the king has taken his fealty and he will do homage to the king upon his return into England. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire that, having accepted good security from him that he will pay the aforesaid 3 m. to the king, he is to cause Henry to have full seisin of all lands formerly of William, his father, in his bailiwick, of which he was seised in his demesne as of fee. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For William de Ferrers. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to permit William de Ferrers to have respite, until the octaves of Hilary in the twenty-seventh year, from the scutage that he exacts from William de Ferrers for his manors of Bugbrooke and Potterspury that he says he ought not owe, having accepted good security from him that he will pay the aforesaid scutage at the Exchequer then unless he is able to show that he does not owe it, and in the meantime he is to cause his livestock taken for this reason to be delivered to him. Witness as above.

12 Dec. Rotherfield. For Hugh de Vivonne. The king has given respite to Hugh de Vivonne, until the quindene of Hilary in the twenty-seventh year, from the scutage that is exacted from the land formerly of Richard Chamberlain which is in his custody. Order to the keepers of the archbishopric of Canterbury to permit him to have the aforesaid respite, having accepted security from him that he will render this then. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Hugh de Vivonne. It is written in the same manner for him to the sheriff of Surrey concerning having respite until that term ¹ from the scutage which is exacted from him for the manor of Woodmansterne which is in his hand. Witness as above.

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For the abbot of St Mary’s, York. The abbot of St Mary’s, York, gives the king 20s. for taking an assize before H. of Bath. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire etc. Witness as above.

16 Dec. Reading. For Herbert fitz Peter. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite, until the octaves of Hilary and until the king orders otherwise, both the distraint he makes upon Herbert fitz Peter for wool and the chattels of merchants, as the king has ordered him, and the demand for scutage that he makes. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For John Mauduit. John Mauduit gives the king one mark for taking an assize before W. archbishop of York upon his next coming to Reading. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to take security. Witness as above.

For John de Criel and Simon, his brother. Order to the sheriff of Kent to place in respite, until the octaves of Hilary in the twenty-seventh year, the scutage which he exacts from John de Criel and Simon, his brother, for the knights’ fees which they hold of the king in chief in his bailiwick. Witness as above.

For merchants of France. Alard de Falevill’, Richard Malun and their associates, merchants of the power of the king of France, whose woad has been arrested at Southampton as spoils of war (catalla Guerrina), which woad has been valued at 50 m., excepting 40d., and granted at the same value to Walter le Fleming and his associates who have offered 50 m. to the king for the same woad more than it was valued at. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, having accepted good security from the aforesaid merchants for paying 100 m., excepting 40d., to the king for the aforesaid woad, he is to cause the same merchants to have seisin of it without delay. If anything has been removed therefrom after it was valued, he is to cause it to be restored to the same merchants at the abovesaid value. Witness as above.

25 Dec. Tower of London. For Richer of Whitwell. Richer of Whitwell gives the king 20s. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Hugh of Stiffkey. Hugh of Stiffkey gives the king 5 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security. Witness as above.

For William Prince. The king has taken the fealty of William Prince, son and heir of William Prince, for all the lands that the abovesaid William held of the king in chief in Gidleigh, and he will do homage to the king for them when he returns to England. Order to the sheriff of Devon that, having accepted security from the aforesaid William for 72s. 1d. for his relief, of which he will render a moiety to the king at Easter in the twenty-seventh year and the other moiety at Michaelmas next following, he is to cause the same William to have full seisin of all lands that the aforesaid William, father of the aforesaid William, held of the king in chief in Gidleigh, of which he was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day he died. ¹ Witness as above.

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For Eborard de Legh’ and William of Woodham. Eborard de Legh’, who took to wife Agnes, niece and one of the heirs of Willam of Shoebury, William of Woodham, nephew and second of the heirs of the abovesaid William, and Amice of Shoebury, niece and third of the heirs of the abovesaid William, have done fealty to the king for the lands that the same William held of the honour of Rayleigh in Shoebury, ¹ and they will perform their homage for this when the king returns to England. Order to the keeper of the honour of Rayleigh that, having accepted security from them for rendering 100s. to the king for their relief, he is to cause them to have full seisin of all lands that the abovesaid William held of the aforesaid honour in Shoebury, of which he was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day he died. Witness as above.

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For Adam of Braunstone. Adam of Braunstone gives the king one mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to take security. Witness as above.

For John de Burgh. The king has given respite to John de Burgh, for as long he is in the king’s service in the parts of Gascony, from all the debts which he owes to him, as well in the king’s great Exchequer as in the Exchequer of the Jews. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite. Witness as above.

For Andrew Blund. Andrew Blund gives the king 2 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security. Witness as above.

1 Jan. Fulham. For William de Mohun. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite, until the octaves of Hilary, the scutage which he exacts from William de Mohun for half a knight’s fee from his land of Clifton Hampden over and above that which he recognises that he owes therefrom, having first accepted security from him that he will render this then if he ought to render it by judgement of the barons of the Exchequer. Witness W. archbishop of York

For the abbot of Combe. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to place in respite, until the octaves of Hilary in the twenty-seventh year, the scutage that he exacts from the abbot of Combe, having accepted security from him that he will render the aforesaid scutage to the king at the Exchequer then, unless he can show there that he ought to be quit therefrom. Witness as above.

5 Jan. Westminster. For John de Baiuse. John de Baiuse has rendered to the king at the Exchequer 60 m. of 100 m. by which he made fine with him for his passage, and the king has given him respite from the remaining 40 m. until the Close of Easter in the twenty-seventh year. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to permit him to have the aforesaid respite, and if any of his livestock were taken for this reason he is to cause them to be delivered to him in the meantime. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Robert [de] Tresgoz. The king has pardoned to Robert [de] Tresgoz those 20 m. that he had from the king as a prest at the Exchequer for coming to the king in his service to the parts of Gascony. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 20 m. Witness as above.

For the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to place in respite, until one month of Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the scutage that he exacts from the manor of Harrington, which is a manor of the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England. Witness as above.

For R. Bigod, earl of Norfolk. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the morrow of the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for 100 m. that they make by summons of Exchequer from R. earl of Norfolk for an amercement of the forest and 10 m. on another matter. Witness as above.

12 Jan. Northampton. For William Mauduit. Order to the sheriffs of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Rutland and Hampshire to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the scutage that they exact from William Mauduit for the knights’ fees that he holds of the king in chief in the aforesaid counties for the king’s army for his crossing to Gascony. Witness W. archbishop of York.

Concerning taking the lands of John Bishop into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of John Bishop in his bailiwick and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise. Witness as above.

Concerning taking the lands of John Bishop into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Wiltshire concerning the lands formerly of the same John in the aforesaid county. Witness as above.

For William de Gaugy. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for £8 which he makes by summons of the Exchequer from William de Gaugy, who is with the king in his service in parts overseas. Witness as above.

For Bertram son of Roger. Bertram son of Roger gives the king 2 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security. Witness as above.

For Geoffrey de Lisle. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite, until 15 days from Hilary in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for the queen’s gold that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Geoffrey de Lisle. Witness as above.

13 Jan. Northampton. For Alice, who was the wife of Ranulf son of Henry. Alice, who was the wife of Ranulf son of Henry, gives the king 20 s. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Peter de Montfort. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the scutage which he exacts from Peter de Montfort for the knights’ fees that he holds of the earl of Warwick. ¹ It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Warwickshire, Rutland and Berkshire. Witness as above.

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For the abbot of Merevale. The abbot of Merevale gives the king one mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to take security. Witness as above.

For Isabella d’Aubigny. Isabella d’Aubigny has made fine with the king by 60 m. for marrying herself to whomever she will wish, of which she will pay a moiety at the Exchequer at Easter in 15 days in the twenty-seventh year and the other moiety at Michaelmas in 15 days in the same year. Witness as above.

For Thomas Mutun. Thomas Mutun gives the king 2 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security. Witness as above.

For Richard de Gray. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the twenty-seventh year, the demand that they make from Richard de Gray by summons of the Exchequer for the debts which he owes the king in Essex. Witness as above.

For John de Stuteville. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the scutage that he exacts from John de Stuteville for the knights’ fees which he holds of the king in his bailiwick. ¹ It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Essex and Hampshire. Witness as above.

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Concerning selling the king’s wines. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause the king’s wines of Northampton to be sold by view of the keepers of the king’s wines and other law-worthy men and to send the monies arising therefrom to the Exchequer without delay. Witness as above.

For William de Bussai and his wife. William de Bussai and Amabilia, his wife, give the king 5 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security. Witness as above.

For Isabella de Somerville. Isabella de Somerville gives the king one mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take security. Witness as above.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to take into the king’s hand the land formerly of Jollan de Fontibus in Melton Mowbray, and to distrain John, son of Gilbert of Melton, and his associate, who held that land at farm from the aforesaid Jollan, to be before W. archbishop of York and others of the king’s council in the octaves of the Purification of the Blessed Mary to answer for the whole farm from the time when Jollan was at the faith of the king of France. Witness as above.

22 Jan. Westminster. For the men of Winchelsea. To the barons of the Exchequer. Those 100 m. which they exact by summons of the Exchequer from the king’s trustworthy men of Winchelsea, of which 100 m. Geoffrey Wydon ought to have had 60 m. for the damages which they brought upon him, and the king [ought to have had] 40 m. for the same trespass, were rendered into the king’s Wardrobe before his crossing. Order to the barons to cause them to be quit from the aforesaid 100 m. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For the hospital of St. John, Oxford. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the king’s return to England, the demand for 50s. which they make by summons of the Exchequer from the king’s hospital of St. John, Oxford, by reason of the king’s mill of Headington. Witness as above.

For Ralph fitz Nicholas. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to cause the bailiffs of Ralph fitz Nicholas to have the king’s corn and hay of the king’s manor of Great Linford, which Ralph held of the king at farm, for the value at which it was valued by the oath of trustworthy and law-worthy men, namely for £15 13s. 8d., having accepted security from Ralph’s bailiffs that they will render those monies to the king at the Exchequer on the morrow of the Close of Easter. Witness as above.

For Gilbert de Sanford. The king has pardoned to Gilbert de Sanford 10 m. of the 20 m. that the king caused him to have as a prest towards coming to the king in Gascony. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 10 m. Witness as above.

24 Jan. Westminster. For Robert Kernet and Alice, his wife. The king has rendered to Robert Kernet and Alice, his wife, first-born sister and one of the two heirs of Walter Esturmy, a moiety of the land formerly of the same Walter in Shalbourne that falls to Alice by inheritance, and Robert has performed fealty to the king for it and will do his homage to the king for it on the king’s return into England. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that, having accepted security from Robert and Alice, for rendering 3 m. to the king for their relief, he is to cause the same to have full seisin of a moiety of all the land formerly of the same Walter, of which he was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day he died, saving to the same the esnecy of the aforesaid land. However, he is to retain in the king’s hand the remaining moiety of the aforesaid land which falls by inheritance to Letewaria, sister of the same Alice and the other heir of the same Walter , so that he is able to answer to the king for the issues of the same at the Exchequer until the aforesaid Letewaria shall come to the king to do towards him that which she ought to do for the aforesaid land. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Alexander, son of Thomas of Benfleet. The king has rendered to Alexander, son and heir of Thomas of Benfleet, the two knights’ fees with appurtenances that the aforesaid Thomas, his father, held of the king in chief of the honour of Peverel and that fall by inheritance to the same Alexander; and he has performed his fealty to the king for them and will do his homage to the king on the king’s return to England. Order to the keeper of the honour of Peverel that, having accepted good security from Alexander for rendering £10 to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have such seisin of the aforesaid fee as Thomas, his father, had thereof on the day he died. Witness as above.

For Thomas of Sturton. The king has pardoned to Thomas of Sturton 10 m. of the 50 m. at which he was amerced in the eyre of R. of Lexington and his associates, itinerant justices in Nottinghamshire. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 10 m. Witness as above.

For John de Plessetis. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for £44 which they make by summons of the Exchequer from John de Plessetis for several debts. Witness as above.

26 Jan. Westminster. For Thomas Grelley. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for 15 m. which he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Thomas Grelley, who is with the king in Gascony. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Thomas Grelley. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for 12½m. which he makes by summons of the Exchequer against the aforesaid Thomas for several debts. Witness as above.

For William Page and Thomas Bat. William Page and Thomas Bat give the king 20s. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take security. Witness as above.

For Thomas of Littleton. Thomas of Littleton gives the king one mark for taking an assize before H. of Bath at the Purification of the Blessed Mary in 15 days at Worcester. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to take security. Witness as above.

For Alan de Merland’ and Alan of Spotland. Alan of Marland and Alan of Spotland give the king half a mark for a writ to attaint twelve by 24. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to take security. Witness as above.

For John Mansel. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite, until the quindene of Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the scutage of one-and-a-half knights’ fees which he exacts from John Mansel, which the same John holds at farm from Peter de Wynn. If he has received anything therefrom in the meantime, he is to cause it to be rendered to the bailiff of the same John without delay. Witness as above.

For Peter Branch. The king has pardoned to Peter Branch the £10 that he had as a prest from the king when he on the point of making a journey (in procinctu Itineris) to come to the king in Gascony. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid £10. Witness as above.

30 Jan. Westminster. For Robert Brumman and his brother. To the barons of the Exchequer. They are to allow to Robert Brumman, Thomas, his brother, and their associates £60 in the fine they made with the king for the spoils of war (Rebus Guerrinis) found at Great Yarmouth, which they bought from the king for the £60 that they paid by the king’s order to the men of Great Yarmouth, from which the king caused herrings to be bought in the twenty-seventh year towards making the king’s alms. ¹ Witness W. archbishop of York.

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1 Feb. Westminster. For the king concerning amercements. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to receive from them the estreats of amercements which the king’s justices are to hand over to him by the king’s order from their eyre in his Somerset, and to cause those amercements to be placed in the summons without delay, so that they are paid at the Exchequer at Mid-Lent. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For the king concerning amercements. Order also to the same justices to cause him to have the aforesaid estreats. Witness as above.

For Richard de Clare. Order to the keepers of the archbishopric of Canterbury to place in respite, until the octaves of the Close of Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the scutage which they exact from the manor of Brasted which is in the hand of Richard de Clare. Witness as above.

For Richard de Clare. Order to the sheriff of Kent to place in respite, until 15 days from St. John the Baptist in the twenty-seventh year, the amercements which he exacts from the honour of Tonbridge from the eyre of the king’s justices who last itinerated in the aforesaid county. Witness as above.

For William of Ayot. William of Ayot gives 20s. to the king for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to take security. Witness as above.

3 Feb. Westminster. For William de la Dune and Margaret, his wife. The king has betaken himself to ¹ William Gifford ² for ³ the 20 m. ⁴ that William de la Dune and Margaret, his wife, owe to the king, so that the abovesaid William Gifford ought to pay the aforesaid 20 m. to the king at the Exchequer for the aforesaid William and Margaret. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause William and Margaret to be quit from the aforesaid 20 m. and to cause the aforesaid William Gifford to have respite from the same 20 m. until 15 days from Easter in the twenty-seventh year. Witness W. archbishop of York.

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For Paulinus Peyvre. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until one month from Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for 10 m. which they make by summons of the Exchequer from Paulinus Peyvre. Witness as above.

For Bertram de Criel and his sons. Order to the sheriff of Kent to place in respite, until one month from Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the scutage which he exacts from Bertram de Criel, John de Criel, Simon de Criel and Nicholas of Hadlow for the knights’ fees that they hold in chief of the king in his bailiwick. Witness as above.

4 Feb. Westminster. For William Marshal. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire not to distrain William Marshal for the debts which he owes to the king before the quindene of Easter in the twenty-seventh year. Witness W. archbishop of York.

Concerning the county of Kent, which has been committed to Bertram de Criel. The king has committed his county of Kent to his beloved and faithful Bertram de Criel to keep together with the custody of the king’s castle of Canterbury, so that he will keep that castle ¹ and county from 13 March in the twenty-seventh year at his costs for as long as he shall have custody thereof, ² and he will render £40 at the Exchequer for the profit of the county each year for as long as it pleases the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. Witness as above.

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For R. Bigod, earl of Norfolk. The king has granted to R. Bigod, earl of Norfolk, that he is to render to the king the residue of the 100 m. which he owed him for a trespass of the forest and the 10 m. which he owed him for a licence to make concord, of which he has rendered 25 m., at the Exchequer at the below-written terms, namely 28 m. at Easter in 15 days in the twenty-seventh year, 28 m. in the quindene of Michaelmas in the same year, and 29 m. in the quindene of Easter in the twenty-eighth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid terms. Witness as above.

For Robert Wolf. The king has granted to Robert Wolf that he is to render those £30 8s. 8d. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer on the one hand, the 100s. which are exacted from him on another, the £13 4s. 10d. which are exacted from him on another, the 100s. 19½d. which are exacted from him on another, and the £4 which are exacted from him on another, to the king among other debts which he owes to the king. for which he made fine with the king to render 110 m. per annum, so that the aforesaid fine does not increase by reason of the abovesaid debts. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. Witness as above.

For Richard de Gray. Order to the sheriff of Essex to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for £7 that he makes from Richard de Gray by summons of the Exchequer. Witness as above.

For Hugh de Straford’. Hugh de Straford’ has made fine with the king by 20 m. for having custody of the land and heirs of Hugh de Sancto Germano until the lawful age of the same heirs together with their marriage. Order to the keepers of the archbishopric of Canterbury that, having accepted good security from Hugh for paying the aforesaid 20 m. to the king at the Exchequer, namely 5 m. at Easter in the twenty-seventh year, 5 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, 5 m. at Easter in the twenty-eighth year and 5 m. at Michaemlas in the same year, they are to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid custody of land and heirs of the same Hugh. Witness as above.

For Thurstan Despenser. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the scutage which he exacts from Thurstan Despenser for the knights’ fees which he holds of the king in chief in his bailiwick. Witness as above.

For the abbot of Bury St. Edmunds. The abbot of St. Edmunds has delivered 100 m., which he promised to the king against his passage and that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, by the king’s order to R. Bigod, earl of Norfolk. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit therefrom. Witness as above.

For Roger of Clere. To the barons of the Exchequer. Roger of Clere has satisfied the king for the 50 m. by which he made fine with him for crossing the sea in the debt that the king was bound to render for him for the king of Scotland, in part payment of the debt which the king owed to the abovesaid king. Order to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 50 m. Witness as above.

For Richard Avenel. Richard Avenel gives the king one mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to take security. Witness as above.

For William Franciscus and Juliana, his wife. William Fransciscus and Juliana, his wife, give the king 20s. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take security. Witness as above.

For H. d’Aubigny, earl of Arundel. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until Mid-Lent in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for 55 m. which they make by summons of the Exchequer from H. d’Aubigny, earl of Arundel, so that they are sure that they [sic] will then render these to the king at the Exchequer. Witness as above.

For William Clerk of Gloucester. William Clerk of Gloucester gives the king 1 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take security. Witness as above.

For Godfrey Walensis. Godfrey Walensis gives the king 3 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Sussex. Witness as above.

For William of Thetford. William of Thetford gives the king 1 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security. Witness as above.

For Robert Tuschet. The king has granted to Robert Tuschet that he is to render 5 m. to the king at Easter in the twenty-seventh year and 5 m. at Michaelmas in the same year for the 10 m. by which he made fine with him for his relief. Order to J. Lestrange, justice of Chester, to permit him to have the aforesaid respite. Witness as above.

Up to here has been sent to the Exchequer.

For R. count of Poitou and earl of Cornwall. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the return of the king to England, the demand which they make by summons of the Exchequer for certain rents in Oxford pertaining to the honour of Wallingford which the king gave to R. count of Poitou and earl of Cornwall, namely 3s. from Robert le Naper for a table-cloth, half a mark from Henry, son of Eudo of Clapcot, 1 lb. of cumin from Walter Mantel, 4d. from Stephen de Scall’, 2d. from Hugh Serich and 12d. per annum from Robert de Barra. Witness as above.

For Hugh of Ringstone. Hugh of Ringstone gives the king 1 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to take security. Witness as above.

For Thomas, son of James of Welham. Thomas, son of James of Welham, gives the king 1 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to take security. Witness as above.

10 Feb. Kingston upon Thames. For Jurninus le Borne, Jew of Norwich. The king has granted to Jurninus le Borne, Jew of Norwich, that he is to render 10s. at Easter in the twenty-seventh year, 10s. at Michaelmas in the same year, 10s. at Easter in the twenty-eighth year and 2 m. at Michaelmas in the same year for the 5 m. which he owes him. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid terms. Witness W. archbishop of York.

13 Feb. Guildford. For the trustworthy men of Scalby. The king has committed his manor of Scalby with the soke and all its other appurtenances to his trustworthy men of Scalby at farm for £35 per annum for as long as it pleases the king, of which they are to pay to the king one moiety at the Exchequer of Easter and the other moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For the trustworthy men of Scalby. Order to Robert of Crepping to deliver the aforesaid manor to them, as aforesaid.

18 Feb. Winchester. For Matilda, who was the wife of John Bishop. Matilda, who was the wife of John Bishop, has made fine with the king by 50 m. for having the custody of two thirds of the land formerly of the same John in Little Sodbury until the lawful age of his heirs, of which she will render 12 m. to the king at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year, 12 m. at Michaelmas in the twenty-eighth year, 13 m. at Michaelmas in the twenty-ninth year and 13 m. at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire that, having accepted security from Matilda for rendering the aforesaid money to the king at the abovesaid terms, he is to cause her to have full seisin of the custody of two thirds of the aforesaid land, as aforesaid. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Matilda, who was the wife of John Bishop. She has the king’s letters patent for this. Witness as above.

For William Blund. William le Blund, taken and detained in the king’s prison of Salisbury for the death of John Lude, of which he is accused etc., gives the king 20s. for a writ that he be placed on bail. Witness as above.

For Rose de Rokele. Rose de Rokele gives the king 5 m. for taking an assize before Gilbert of Preston at Northampton. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take security. Witness as above.

For the king’s trustworthy men of Worcester. On Monday next after St. Valentine at Winchester, the king’s trustworthy men of Worcester rendered to William Hardel, king’s clerk, by the king’s order, the 40 m. which they had promised to the king as a gift. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to be quit therefrom. Witness as above.

Concerning scutage that is to be rendered to the king at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire to distrain John de Neville by his lands and chattels in his bailiwick to render to the king the scutage which he received from the knights’ fees that he holds of the king in chief in the aforesaid counties, namely 3 m. per shield for the king’s army for his crossing to Gascony, because the same John ought to have crossed to the king and did not cross, so that they have the aforesaid scutage at the Exchequer on the morrow of the Close of Easter in the twenty-seventh year. Witness as above.

Concerning scutage that is to be rendered to the king at the Exchequer. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Middlesex, Surrey, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Devon and Lincolnshire concerning the aforesaid scutage. Witness as above.

For Walter de Dunstanville. On Thursday next after St. Valentine, Walter de Dunstanville rendered to the king at Winchester £20 of the £100 which he owed him for his relief, and the king has granted him the below-written terms for the remaining £80, namely that he is to render £20 to the king at the Exchequer at the Close of Easter in the twenty-seventh year, £20 at St. John the Baptist next following and £40 at Michaelmas next following. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid £20 and to cause him to have the aforesaid terms for the remaining £80, commanding the sheriff of Shropshire to receive security from him that he will observe the aforesaid terms for the king. Witness as above.

For the abbess of [St. Mary’s] Winchester. Because it was attested before the king’s council that the abbess of [St. Mary’s] Winchester was never accustomed to give scutage for her manor of Greatford, which is in his bailiwick, order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite the scutage which he exacts from the same manor until the king orders otherwise. Witness as above.

For the trustworthy men of London. On Thursday next after St. Vincent, the king’s trustworthy men of London rendered to William Hardel at Winchester, by the king’s order, the 400 m. which they had promised him as a gift. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to be quit therefrom. Witness as above.

For the king’s trustworthy men of Oxford. On the same Thursday, the king’s trustworthy men of Oxford rendered to the same W. at Winchester, by the king’s order, the 60 m. which they had promised him as a gift. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to be similarly quit therefrom. Witness as above.

For the trustworthy men of Bristol. On Friday next after St. Vincent at Winchester, the king’s trustworthy men of Bristol similarly rendered, by the king’s order, to the aforesaid W., by the hand of Elias Long, their fellow burgess, the 100 m. which they had promised to the king as a gift. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to be quit therefrom. Witness as above.

Concerning amercements of the eyre of the justices in Somerset. Order to the sheriff of Somerset, notwithstanding that the king previously gave him command to cause all amercements from the the last eyre of the justices in the aforesaid county to be collected so that he should have them at the Exchequer at Mid-Lent, he is to cause the aforesaid amercements to be collected so that he has a moiety of the aforesaid amercements at the Exchequer at the aforesaid term of Mid-Lent and the remaining moiety in the quindene of Easter, lest the amerced be too excessively harmed. Witness as above.

For Walter de Lisle. Walter de Lisle gives the king 10 m. for a writ ad terminum by the pledge of Geoffrey de Lisle. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take security. Witness as above.

For the prior of Chartreuse. Because the prior of Chartreuse ought to be quit from amercements in the eyre of the justices by the charters of the king’s predecessors, order to the sheriff of Somerset to permit him to have peace from the 10 m. at which he was amerced in the eyre of the justices in the aforesaid Somerset. Witness as above.

For Ralph de Wycham. Ralph de Wycham gives the king 20 s. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Rutland to take security. Witness as above.

For the trustworthy men of Winchester. At Winchester on Thursday next after St. Vincent, the king’s trustworthy men of Winchester rendered to William Hardel the 100 m. which they had promised to the king as a gift. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to be quit therefrom. Witness as above.

3 March. Westminster. For Hugh Wake. The king has taken the fealty of Hugh Wake, son and heir of Amy de Levinton’, for the land which the aforesaid Amy held of the king in chief in Benham and Boxford and which falls to him by inheritance, and he will perform his homage to the king for this on the king’s return to England. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire that, having accepted security from Hugh for rendering 10 m. to the king for his relief, of which he will render 5 m. to the king at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year and 5 m. at the Close of Easter next following, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land of which Amy was seised in her demesne as of fee on the day she died, as aforesaid. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Warin de Munchesney. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to place in respite the demand for £20 which he makes from Warin de Munchesney by summons of the Exchequer until it is adjudged by an inquisition taken concerning this whether he ought to give the aforesaid £20 or not. Witness as above.

For Simon of Kyme. The king has granted to Simon of Kyme that he is to render 50 m. at the Exchequer at Mid-Lent in the twenty-seventh year and 50 m. at St. John the Baptist next following for the 100 m. by which he made fine with him for his passage. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to permit ¹ him to have the aforesaid terms. Witness as above.

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For the villate of Winterslow. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite, until the king’s return to England, the demand for 2 m. which he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the villate of Winterslow. Witness as above.

For Adam Vintner of Northampton. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to place in respite, until the morrow of the Close of Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for £24 which he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Adam Vintner of Northampton for the farm of Overstone. Witness as above.

[No date]. For Walter Bsstard. Walter Bastard gives 20s. to the king for taking an assize at Abingdon before the archbishop or others of the king’s council at its next coming there. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to take security.

7 March. Faversham. For the trustworthy men of Great Yarmouth. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the king’s return to England from the parts of Gascony, the demand for 50 m. which they make by summons of the Exchequer from the king’s trustworthy men of Great Yarmouth for tallage. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Nicholas of Yarmouth and several others. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to place in respite, until the octaves of the Close of Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for £4 which he makes from Nicholas of Yarmouth by summons of the Exchequer for a fine which he made before the itinerant justices in his county, the demand for 5s. which he makes from Nicholas son of Adam at which he was amerced before the abovesaid justices, and demand for 12 m. which he makes by summons of the Exchequer from John Herebert for a fine made before the same justices, the demand for 20s. which he makes by summons of the Exchequer from John son of Benedict for pledging, the demand for half a mark which he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Jocelin son of Godwin for pledging, and the demand for one mark which he makes by the same summons from Stephen Oligrant for a fine made before the same justices, having first acceped good security from them that they will render the aforesaid monies to the king at the same term at the Exchequer. Witness as above.

For John de Neville. Order to the sheriff of Essex to permit John de Neville to have respite, until the morrow of the Close of Easter in the twenty-seventh year, from the scutage that the same John caused to be collected by his hand from the knights’ fees that he holds of the king in chief in his bailiwick and for rendering which to the king he distrains him by the king’s order because he ought to have crossed to the king in Gascony and has not, having accepted good security from him that he will pay the aforesaid scutage to the king at the Exchequer then. Witness as above.

For John de Neville. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Surrey, Kent, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Somerset and Devon concerning the aforesaid scutage. Witness as above.

9 March. Dover. For W. Marshal, earl of Pembroke, and Margaret, his wife. The king has granted to W. Marshal, earl of Pembroke, and Margaret, his wife, that they are to render 20 m. to him at the Exchequer on the morrow of the Close of Easter in the twenty-seventh year for the debts that Hawise de Quincy, countess of Lincoln, mother of the aforesaid Margaret, whose heir she is, owed to the king and for which she had made with the king to render 40 m. to him per annum at the Exchequer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause their livestock taken for this reason to be delivered to them in the meantime. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For W. Marshal, earl of Pembroke, and Margaret, his wife. The king has given respite to W. Marshal, earl of Pembroke, and Margaret, his wife, from the scutage that the sheriff of Lincolnshire exacts from them for the lands that they hold in dower of the same Margaret of the lands formerly of J., sometime earl of Lincoln and constable of Chester, until the morrow of the Close of Easter in the twenty-seventh year, having accepted security from them by the aforesaid sheriff that they will pay the aforesaid scutage to the king at the Exchequer then. Witness as above.

10 March. Romney. For Robert [of] Barming. The king has given respite to Robert [of] Barming, until the morrow of the Close of Easter in the twenty-seventh year, from the 100s. which he owes to him for his relief. Order to the sheriff of Kent to permit him to have the aforesaid respite, having accepted good security from him that he will pay this to the king at the Exchequer then. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Roger de Sowe. Roger de Sowe gives the king 1 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security. Witness as above.

12 March. Charing. For Simon de Brianne. The king has rendered to Simon de Brian, son and heir of William de Brian, the land that the aforesaid William, his father, held of the king in chief in Adderbury, namely half a knight’s fee, ¹ and he has performed fealty to the king for this and will do his homage to the king for it upon the king’s return to England. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire that having accepted security from Simon for 50s. for the king’s use for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all land which William, his father, held of the king in chief in his bailiwick and of which he was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day he died, as aforesaid. Witness W. archbishop of York.

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For Margaret, who was the wife of Geoffrey of Ketton. Margaret, who was the wife of Geoffrey of Ketton, gives the king half a mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Rutland to take security. Witness as above.

For Thomas of Barnfield and his wife. Thomas of Barnfield and Juliana, his wife, give the king one mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take security. Witness as above.

For John of Easton. John of Easton gives the king 20s. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take security. Witness as above.

15 March. New Temple, London. For William Burnel. The king has rendered to William Burnel, brother and heir of Ivo Burnel, four bovates of land with appurtenances in Penleigh that Ivo held of the king in chief and that fall to William by inheritance. He has performed fealty to the king for this, and will do his homage to the king for it upon the king’s return to England. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that, having accepted security from William Burnel, brother and heir of Ivo Burnel for rendering 60s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all that land which Ivo held of the king in chief in his bailiwick and of which he was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day he died, as aforesaid. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For W. Marshal, earl of Pembroke, and his wife. The king has rendered to W. Marshal, earl of Pembroke and Margaret, his wife, daughter and heiress of Hawise de Quincy, countess of Lincoln, all lands that Hawise held of the king in chief and that fall to Margaret by inheritance. The aforesaid earl has performed fealty to the king for this and will do his homage upon the king’s return to England. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire, having accepted security from them for their relief, he is to cause the aforesaid earl and Margaret, or their certain messenger bearing these letters of the king, to have full seisin of all lands which Hawise held of the king in chief in his bailiwick and of which she was seised in her demesne as of fee, as aforesaid. Witness as above.

For W. Marshal, earl of Pembroke, and his wife. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire concerning the lands that the aforesaid Hawise held of the king in chief in the aforesaid counties, making no mention of taking security. Witness as above.

For W. Marshal, earl of Pembroke, and his wife. They also have a writ patent directed to the sheriff of Lincolnshire concerning delivering the castle of Bolingbroke to them or to their certain assign. Witness as above.

For William de Percy. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to place in respite, until his next account at the Exchequer, the demand for 40 m. that he makes from William de Percy by summons of the Exchequer, by which he made fine with the king for his passage to Gascony. Witness as above.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take into the king’s hand all the land which falls by inheritance to Roger Bataille, who dwells at Calais at the faith of the king of France, even if the same Roger was born in England, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise. Similarly, he is to cause the body of Roger himself, if he might be found at Barstable, where he lately was, or elsewhere in his bailiwick, to be arrested and to be kept safely in the king’s prison until he has command from the king otherwise. Witness as above.

For Alice, who was the wife of Laurence de Bruera. Alice, who was the wife of Laurence de Bruera, gives the king half a mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to take security. Witness as above.

22 March. Fulham. For Paulinus Peyvre. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire to place in respite, until one month from Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for 50 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Paulinus Peyvre for a fine of Nicholas of Wavendon, of which he has rendered 20 m. at the Exchequer, as he says; the demand for 5 m. that he makes from the same by summons of the same Exchequer for the queen’s gold from the aforesaid fine, the demand for 35s. that he makes from the same by summons of the same Exchequer for the time when he was the king’s sheriff of Oxfordshire and the demand for £10 that he makes from the same by summons of the same Exchequer for the increment the counties of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire from the time when he was sheriff of the aforesaid counties and £6 of arrears of the aforesaid counties. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Henry de Oseville. Henry de Oseville gives the king half a mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security. Witness as above.

For Henry, son of Henry le Burser. Henry, son of Henry le Burser, gives the king one mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take security. Witness as above.

For H. de Burgh, earl of Kent. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the distraint that he makes upon H. de Burgh, earl of Kent, by summons of the Exchequer for the scutage from the manor of Hornby, which is in his bailiwick, and from the manor of Croxton, which is in Leicestershire, having taken security from him that he will render the scutage for both to the king then by his hand at the Exchequer, unless he is then able to show then that he ought to be quit from scutage for the manor of Croxton. Witness as above.

26 March. Staines. For Baldwin de Redvers, earl of Devon. Order to the sheriff of Devon to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for £80 that he makes from B. de Redvers, earl of Devon, by summons of the Exchequer for a fine which William de Vernun, sometime earl of Devon, his grandfather, made with King J., father of the king, for having the manors of Moreys and Riddistone, which manors the aforesaid earl does not have, as he says. He is to cause the livestock of the same earl, taken for this reason, to be delivered to him in the meantime. ¹ Witness W. archbishop of York.

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29 March. Dorchester. For the abbot of Bury St. Edmunds. Because the abbot of St. Edmunds asserts that he has fully rendered to the king at the Exchequer by his hand the scutage that he owed to the king for his army for his crossing to Gascony, order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk to place in respite, until one month from Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the distraint that he makes upon him for the same scutage, so that it may then be seen whether he fully answered to the king at the Exchequer for the aforesaid scutage or not. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For William de Sifrewast. Because William de Sifrewast has sent to the king a certain knight for himself to Gascony in the king’s service, order to the constable of Windsor to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the distraint that he makes upon the same for custody of the castle of Windsor. He is to cause his livestock, taken for this reason, to be delivered to him in the meantime. Witness as above.

30 March. Westminster. For the dean and canons of Wells. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in respite, until one month from Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the demand that he makes from the dean and canons of Wells and their men for the amercements and fines of the last eyre of the justices in the aforesaid county. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Peter son of Thurstan. The king has given respite to Peter son of Thurstan, until St. John the Baptist in the twenty-seventh year, from the 40 m. that he owes him and that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the fine which he made with him for having seisin of the lands formerly of Ivo, son of William Wigan, his cousin. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to permit him to have the aforesaid respite and to cause his livestock, taken for this reason, to be delivered to him in the meantime. Witness as above.

For William de Percy. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to place in respite, until upon his next account, the demand for £10 that he makes from William de Percy by summons of the Exchequer, having accepted good security from him that he will pay the aforesaid £10 to the king then unless he can show that he ought to be quit therefrom. Witness as above.

For John, son of Gilbert of Melton, and his associate. John, son of Gilbert of Melton, and his associate, who held at farm from Jollan de Fontibus the land formerly of the same Jollan in Melton Mowbray, have rendered 10 m. to the king for the aforesaid farm, and the king has granted them the aforesaid land to hold from him at farm until Michaelmas by rendering 20 m. to the king for it then. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to permit them to till and sow the aforesaid land. Witness as above.

For Thomas of Astley. The king has granted to Thomas of Astley that, of the £15 that he owes to him for his relief, he is to pay at the Exchequer one moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year and the other moiety at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-eighth year. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to permit him to have the aforesaid respite. Witness as above.

For William de Cahaignes. The king has given respite to William de Cahaignes from the 8 m. which the sheriff of Northamptonshire exacts from for the tallage of the manor of Dodford by summons of the Exchequer, until three weeks from Easter in the twenty-seventh year. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause him to have the aforesaid respite. Witness as above.

For the trustworthy men of Oxford. The king has granted to his trustworthy men of Oxford that they are to render £50 at the Exchequer at Easter in 15 days in the twenty-seventh year and £50 at Trinity in 15 days in the twenty-seventh year for the £100 which they owe him for tallage. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to permit the aforesaid men to have that respite. Witness as above.

7 April. Churchdown. For the men of Stratton St. Margaret. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite, until 15 days of Easter in the twenty-seventh year, ¹ the demand for scutage that he makes from the men of Stratton St. Margaret for the manor of Stratton St. Margaret, having accepted good security from them that they will pay the aforesaid scutage to the king at the Exchequer then, unless they are then reasonably able to show that they ought to be quit therefrom. Witness W. archbishop of York.

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For John Le Fol, the king’s huntsman. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to cause the demand for 15s. that the men of Marden make from John Le Fol, the king’s huntsman, for the farm of their vill from a certain virgate of land which he holds in the same vill of the king’s gift to be placed in respite until the king’s return to England. Witness as above.

For Robert de Calceis. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to place in respite, until the king’s return to England, the scutage that he exacts from Robert de Calceis, who has to wife the wet-nurse of Edward, the king’s son, for a knight’s fee that he holds in Bow Brickhill. Witness as above.

For Anselm of Harpham. Anselm of Harpham gives the king 20s. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security. Witness as above.

8 April. Churchdown. For the trustworthy men of Gloucester. The king has given respite to his trustworthy men of Gloucester, until the octaves of Trinity in the twenty-seventh year, from the 80 m. that they owe him for tallage and that are exacted from them by summons of the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to permit them to have the aforesaid respite, having accepted security from them that they will render those to the king at the Exchequer then. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For William de Sausmarez. William de Sausmarez gives the king half a mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to take security. Witness as above.

For Richard of Clifford. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to place in respite, until the king’s return to England, the scutage which he exacts from Richard of Clifford, who is with the king in parts overseas in his service, for a knight’s fee in Frampton on Severn. Witness as above.

10 April. Churchdown. For Richard, son of Henry son of Aucher. Order to the sheriff of Essex to place in respite, until one month from Easter, unless the sheriff has previously rendered his account, the demand for 100 m. which he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Richard, son of Henry son of Aucher, for a debt of his father, having accepted security from him that he will render the aforesaid 100 m. to the king at the Exchequer then, unless he is able to show that he ought then to be quit therefrom. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Humphrey de Scouill’. Humphrey de Scouill’ gives the king 100s. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take security. Witness as above.

For Robert Streche. The king has granted to Robert Streche that he is to render 20s. at Easter in 15 days in the twenty-seventh year and 20s. at St. John the Baptist in the same year for the 40s. that he owes him for his relief and that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to permit him to have the aforesaid terms. Witness as above.

For William of Durnford. William of Durnford gives the king one mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take security. Witness as above.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to take into the king’s hand the land formerly of the wife of Richard Streche of Astwood and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise concerning this. Witness as above.

For Richard de Kynton’. Richard de Kynton’ gives the king 20s. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take security. Witness as above.

For Robert of Shottenden. The king has granted to Robert of Shottenden custody of the land and heirs of Thomas of Acton, together with the marriage of the same heirs, until the lawful age of the aforesaid heirs for the 30 m. by which he made fine with the king, of which he is to render 100s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year, 100s. at the Exchequer of Easter next following, 100s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-eighth year and 100s. at the Exchequer of Easter next following. Order to the keepers of the archbishopric of Canterbury to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid custody. Witness as above.

23 April. Kempton. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to Robert de Dandely, bailiff of Gillingham and Kendall, to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of Henry son of Richard in his bailiwick and to keep them safely, so that he answers to the king for them at the Exchequer. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For James Hoese, king’s valet. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite, until the morrow of Ascension in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for 15½ m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from James Hoese, king’s valet, who is with the king in his service in parts overseas, having accepted security from him that he will render those to the king at the Exchequer then. Once he has received that security from him, he is to signify this to the sheriff of Somerset, to whom the king has ordered that once he has signified this to him, he is to permit him to have that respite. He is to cause his livestock, taken for this reason, to be delivered to him in the meantime. Witness as above.

For William son of Walter. William son of Walter gives the king one mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take security. Witness as above.

For Baldwin le Fleming. Hugh de Straford’ has granted to Baldwin le Fleming custody of the land and heirs of Hugh de Sancto Germano together with their marriage, for which the same Hugh had previously made fine with the king by 20 m, and the king has betaken himself to the same Baldwin for the aforesaid 20 m. and has granted him that he is to render the aforesaid 20 m. within four years, namely 2½ m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year, 2½ m. at the Exchequer of Easter next following and 5 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid debt is paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause Hugh to be quit from the aforesaid 20 m. and to cause Baldwin to have the aforesaid terms for rendering them to the king. Witness as above.

For Alexander, son of Thomas of Benfleet. The king has granted to Alexander, son of Thomas of Benfleet, that he is to render 5 m. at Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year, 5 m. at Easter next following and 5 m. at Michaelmas in the twenty-eighth year for the £10 by which he made fine with him for his relief. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid respite. Witness as above.

For Geoffrey de Henneham and Alice, his wife. Geoffrey de Henneham’ and Alice, his wife, gave the king one mark for taking an assize before H. of Bath. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security. Witness as above.

For Imbert Pugeys. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the king’s return to England, the demand that they make from Imbert Pugeys by summons of the Exchequer for the debts of Ralph son of Bernard. Witness as above.

29 April. Alton. For Robert de Pont-de-l’Arche. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite, until the octaves of St. John the Baptist in the twenty-seventh year, the demand that he makes from Robert de Pont-de-l’Arche for the 20 m. that he owes him of the 100 m. by which he made fine with him for his passage, having accepted good security from him that he will render the aforesaid money to the king at the Exchequer then. Witness W. archbishop of York.

Concerning the castle and bailiwick of the High Peak, which have been committed to John de Gray. Order to Warner Engayne to commit the castle and bailiwick of the High Peak, which are in his custody, to John de Grey to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Witness as above.

For Thomas le Breton. Thomas le Breton gives the king 5 m. for having a writ of inquiry. Order to the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset to take security. Witness as above.

7 May. Winchester. For the heir of Richard le Espec. Order to the sheriff of Devon to place in respite, until Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year, the scutage which he exacts from the land formerly of Richard le Espec in Brampford Speke. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Alice, who was the wife of Henry de la Martr’. Alice, who was the wife of Henry de la Martr’, gives the king one mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take security. Witness as above.

For the dean and canons of Wells. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in respite, until the octaves of St. John the Baptist in the twenty-seventh year, the demand that he makes from dean and canons of Wells and their men for amercements and fines from the last eyre of the justices in the aforesaid county. Witness as above.

For Reginald de Mohun. Order to the sheriffs of Somerset and Dorset [sic] to place in respite, until Monday next before Ascension in the twenty-seventh year, the scutage which they exact [sic] from Reginald de Mohun for the knights’ fees that he holds in chief of the king in his bailiwick, having accepted security from him that he will render the aforesaid scutage to the king at Windsor then, if it ought to remain to the king. Witness as above.

For Phillip Basset. The king has pardoned to Phillip Basset those 60 m. that he granted to him as a prest at the Exchequer when he was on the point of making his journey to come to the king in parts overseas. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit therefrom. Witness as above.

For William de Cantilupe. The king has pardoned to William de Cantilupe junior those 100 m. that he took from him as a prest when he came to him in Gascony. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit therefrom. Witness as above.

For Robert of Muskham. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to place in respite, until upon his next account after Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for 40 m. that he makes from Robert of Muskham by summons of the Exchequer, having accepted security from him that he will render those to the king at the Exchequer then. Witness as above.

For William Mauduit. Order to the sheriffs of Rutland, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Hampshire to place in respite, until the octaves of St. John the Baptist in the twenty-seventh year, the scutage which they exact from William Mauduit for the knights’ fees which he holds of the king in their bailiwicks. Witness as above.

For John son of Roger and Beatrice, his wife. John son of Roger and Beatrice, his wife, give the king one mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security. Witness as above.

14 May. Windsor. For Brother John, the king’s almoner. Because the writ was surrendered and it was done otherwise. The king has pardoned to Brother John, his almoner, the 40 m. that he owes him at the Exchequer for Peter son of Thurstan, from whom he bought certain land in Willoughby to the use of the king’s hospital in Oxford. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 40 m. ¹ Witness W. archbishop of York.

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Entry cancelled because the writ was surrendered and it was done otherwise. A schedule is sewn to the left-hand edge of the membrane next to this and the surrounding entries from 249–253. See no. 272 below.

For Reginald de Mohun. The king has granted to Reginald de Mohun that he is to render one moiety of his scutage from the knights’ fees that he holds of the king in chief to the king on the morrow of Trinity in the twenty-seventh year and the other moiety in the quindene of St. John the Baptist in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset that, having accepted security from Reginald for rendering his scutage to the king at the same terms, they are to permit him to have the aforesaid respite. Witness as above.

For Robert of Crompton and his parceners. Robert of Crompton, Adam Dun, Gilbert le Breton, William de Querendon’, Benedict de Medewecroft and Robert de Bracington’ give the king 2 m. for a writ. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to take security. Witness as above.

For Eustace de Neville. Eustace de Neville gives the king 20s. for taking an assize before H. of Bath in Yorkshire. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security. Witness as above.

For Petronilla, who was the wife of Nicholas of Oxhey. Petronilla, who was the wife of Nicholas of Oxhey, gives the king one mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take security. Witness as above.

17 May. Westminster. For Peter Branch. The king has pardoned to Peter Branch the £10 that he had as a prest at the Exchequer when he was on the point of coming to the king in parts overseas. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit therefrom. Witness W. archbishop of York.

10 May. Bishop’s Sutton. Concerning the lands of H. d’Aubigny, formerly earl of Arundel, that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriffs of Surrey, Sussex, Norfolk and Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Gloucestershire and Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire to take into the king’s hand all the lands formerly of H. d’Aubigny, earl of Arundel, in their bailiwicks and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise concerning this. Witness W. archbishop of York.

18 May. Westminster. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to take into the king’s hand the manor and castle of Hornby, formerly of H. de Burgh, earl of Kent, and to deliver them to Alexander ¹ Bacun to keep for as long as it pleases the king. ² If he has taken anything therefrom, he is to cause it to be returned without delay and answer for it at the Exchequer. Witness W. archbishop of York.

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Corrected from ‘Ralph’ by expunction.

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Witness clause entered here. The remainder of this entry is added by another hand.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to William son of Richard, keeper of the honour of Rayleigh and Peverel, to take into the king’s hand all lands that Hubert de Burgh, earl of Kent, held of the aforesaid honour in Essex, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise, so that Margaret, who was the wife of the aforesaid earl, might till the aforesaid lands in the meantime, saving, however, to the king the rents and other profits arising from the same lands. Witness as above.

For Richard, son of William Daniel of Tideswell. The king has rendered to Richard, son and heir of William Daniel of Tideswell, a mill with appurtenances in the High Peak which the aforesaid William, his father, held of the king in chief by the free service of rendering to the king per annum at the Exchequer a sester of wine with barrels, and two mills with appurtenances in the same High Peak that the aforesaid William, his father, similarly held of the king in chief by the free service of 5 m. per annum. He has similarly rendered to him a bovate of land with appurtenances in Wormhill which he held of the king by the service of keeping the king’s forest of the High Peak. He has satisfied the king for his relief of one mill. Order to the constable of the High Peak that, having accepted security from him for 5 m. to the king’s use for his relief of two mills, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid mill and land. Witness as above.

For Ralph fitz Nicholas. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to place in respite, until 15 days from St. John the Baptist in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for £9 for the farm of the manor of Great Linford and 23½ m. for the corn of the same manor which he makes from Ralph fitz Nicholasby summons of the Exchequer. Witness as above.

For Ralph fitz Nicholas. He has similarly given him respite until the same term from the 62s. 6d. that he owes to the king for the farm of Crowmarsh Giffard. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to permit him to have the aforesaid respite. Witness as above.

Concerning the lands of H. d’Aubigny, formerly earl of Arundel, which have been committed to G. de Langley and H. le Breton. The king has committed to Geoffrey de Langley and Henry le Breton custody of all lands and all castles formerly of H. d’Aubigny, sometime earl of Arundel. Order to the sheriffs of Surrey, Sussex, Norfolk and Suffolk, Essex and Hertfordshire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire and Gloucestershire to cause them to have seisin of the custody of the aforesaid lands for as long as it the king pleases. Witness as above.

Because she did not have it. Petronilla, who was the wife of Nicholas of Oxhey, gives the king 1 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to take security. ¹ Witness as above.

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Entry cancelled because she did not have it.

For B. de Criel and his sons. Order to the sheriff of Kent to place in respite, until St. Peter in Chains in the twenty-seventh year, the scutage which he exacts from Bertram de Criel, John de Criel, Simon de Criel and Nicholas of Hadlow for the knights’ fees which they hold of the king in chief in his bailiwick. Witness as above.

For Robert de Sanford’ and his wife. Robert de Sanford’ and Agnes, his wife, gave the king 1 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security. Witness as above.

For William Clerk and Matilda, his wife. William Clerk and Matilda, his wife, give the king 4 m. for taking certain assizes of novel disseisin and mort d’ancestor before Roger of Thirkleby and others whom he shall have associated to himself in the octaves of Trinity at Stratford. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security. Witness as above.

For John of Titsey. John of Titsey gives the king one mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to take security. Witness as above.

For William Constable. William Constable gives the king 20s. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security. Witness as above.

For Richard son of Walter and Richard Provost. Richard son of Walter and Richard Provost give the king 40s. for taking an assize of novel disseisin before R. of Lexington and Baldwin of Ponton at the day and place they shall have appointed for this. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire. Witness as above.

14 May. Windsor. The king to the barons of the Exchequer, greetings. Know that we have betaken ourselves for the 40 m. that Peter son of Thurstan owes us for having seisin of certain lands in Willoughby to Brother John, our almoner, and we have pardoned the same 40 m. to the same Brother John. Therefore, we order you to cause the aforesaid Peter and Brother John to be quit from the aforesaid 40 m. ¹ Witness W. archbishop of York.

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See entry no. 252 for a related entry.

[No date]. Kent. Phillip de Gant gives the king 15 m. for having two writs against Simon of Chelsfield. But afterwards it was agreed between them before the archbishop of York and W. of York at Stratford that the same Simon ought to acquit the same Phillip by a [final] concord made there between them. ¹

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This entry may have been added after the drafting of other, or all, entries, as it is written at the very top of the membrane just below the stitching and does not reach the right-hand margin unlike the following entry.

For Robert of Shottenden, king’s clerk. The king has granted to his beloved clerk, Robert of Shottenden, that he is to render £21 16s. per annum at the Exchequer, namely £10 18s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year and £10 18s. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-eighth year, for the £109 that he owes him, and £21 16s. ¹ thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid £109 are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that, having accepted security from Robert for rendering the aforesaid money to the king, as aforesaid, they are to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. Witness as above.

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‘£21 16s.’ interlined.

22 May. Westminster. Concerning taking the abbey of Bardney into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take into the king’s hand without delay the vacant abbey of Bardney with appurtenances and to commit it to any one of his clerks in whom he trusts fully and who will find the necessities, according to the custom of that house, for the convent of the aforesaid house and the necessities for the community (familia) of the aforesaid house, and who will answer to the king for all remaining issues of the same abbey if the king shall wish to retain them or to the abovesaid house if the king shall not wish to retain them. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Jacob son of Floria and Josceus, his brother. Jacob son of Floria and Josceus, his brother, give one mark to the king for having a writ of warranty of charter before W. of St. Edmunds and the constable of the Tower of London at the Tower of London at Trinity in three weeks. Order to the sheriffs of London to take security. Witness as above.

For Hugh of Ringstone. Hugh of Ringstone gives the king half a mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security. Witness as above.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of William de Monceaux in Teversham and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise. Witness as above.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriff of Essex concerning the lands formerly of the same William de Monceaux in High Ongar. Witness as above.

For Andrew Wake. The king has granted to Andrew Wake that, of the £19 10s. by which he made fine with the king for his relief, he is to render one moiety at Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year and the other moiety at Easter next following in the twenty-eighth year. Order to the keeper of the abbey of Shaftesbury to permit him to have the aforesaid terms. Witness as above.

For Richard de Clare. The king has given respite to Richard de Clare, until 15 days from St. John the Baptist in the twenty-seventh year, from his scutage that the king exacts from him for the knights’ fees which he holds in chief of the aforesaid [sic] archbishopric of Canterbury. ¹ Order to the keepers of the archbishopric of Canterbury to permit him to have the aforesaid respite. Witness as above.

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‘of Canterbury’ interlined.

For the prior of Merton. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to place in respite, until the octaves of Trinity in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for 20 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the prior of Merton for the aid promised to the king to marry the Empress, his sister, on condition that he renders those to the king at the Exchequer then. Witness as above.

30 May. Rotherfield. For Drogo de Barentin. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite, until the king’s return to England, the demand for 20s. that he makes from Drogo de Barentin by summons of the Exchequer. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For the men of Chalgrove. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite, until the morrow of St. John the Baptist in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for 5 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the king’s men of Chalgrove for the fine which they had made with the king at Woodstock for a trespass, which 5 m. they have rendered to John of Tew, then sheriff of Oxfordshire, as they say, having first accepted security from them that they will render the aforesaid 5 m. to the king at the Exchequer then, unless they are able to prove (disronare) against the same John that he ought to acquit them therefrom, and, in the meantime, he is to cause their livestock which he took for this reason to be delivered to them. Witness as above.

5 June. Windsor. For Letewaria, sister of Walter Esturmy. The king has rendered to Letewaria, sister and one of the heiresses of Walter Esturmy, a moiety of the land formerly of the same Walter in Shalbourne that falls to Letewaria by inheritance, which the king ordered to be taken into his hand unless Letewaria would come to the king to do what ought to be have been done to him in respect thereof. She has performed fealty to the king for this and will do her homage upon the king’s return to England. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that, having accepted security from Letewaria for 3 m. to the king’s use for her relief, he is to cause her to have full seisin of a moiety of the aforesaid land, of which the same Walter was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day he died, as aforesaid, saving to Robert Kernet and Alice, his wife, first-born sister and the other heiress of the same Walter, the esnecy of the aforesaid land. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Richard de la Bergh’. Richard de la Bergh’ gives the king 20s. for placing certain assizes of novel disseisin and mort d’ancestor, which were placed before R. of Thirkleby at Stratford, before W. archbishop of York there. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security. Witness as above.

For William de Coleville. Because the manor of Muston, which William de Coleville holds, was given to the predecessors of the same William in free marriage, and because Isabella, daughter and heiress of William d’Aubigny, who is in the king’s wardship, ought to acquit that manor ought from foreign service, order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to permit the aforesaid William to have peace from the scutage that he exacts from him for the aforesaid manor. Witness as above.

7 June. Kempton. For Reginald de Botreaux. The king has rendered to Reginald de Botreaux, brother and heir of William de Botreaux, all lands that the aforesaid William held of the king in chief by sergeanty in Warwickshire, and he has performed fealty to the king for it and will do his homage for it to the king upon his return to England. Order to the aforesaid sheriff [sic] that, having accepted security from Reginald for rendering 100s. to the king for his relief, of which he will render one moiety to the king at Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year and the other moiety at Easter next following, he is to cause him to have seisin of all lands William held of the king in chief. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Reginald de Botreaux. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Shropshire concerning the lands that the same William held of the king in chief in Longden, having accepted security from him for rendering 100s. to the king for his relief at the below-written terms [sic]. Witness as above.

For Henry Luvet. Henry Luvet gives the king 20s. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to take security. Witness as above.

15 June. Kingston upon Thames. For John de Balliol. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for £500 of Anjou which he makes by summons of the Exchequer from John de Balliol for a prest that was made to Hugh de Balliol, his father, in Poitou before the loss of Normandy. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Thomas le Breton and his parceners. The king has taken the fealty of Thomas le Breton, Walter of Ashley, William son of Walter and Matthew Wake, cousins and heirs of Henry son of Richard, for all lands that the aforesaid Henry held of the king in chief in Somerset and Dorset and that fall to them by hereditary right. Order to the aforesaid sheriff [sic] that, having accepted security from Thomas, Walter, William and Matthew for rendering their relief to the king for as much as pertains to 6½ fees of the fee of Mortain, they are to cause to have full seisin of their rightful share of all the aforesaid lands, having retained in the king’s hand that share which falls by inheritance therefrom to Henry Walerand, cousin and one of the heirs of the aforesaid Henry, until he comes to the king ready to do what he ought to do for the aforesaid share. ¹ Witness as above.

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See no. 300 below.

For Nicholas de Boleville. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to cause the king’s corn of Sock Dennis, which the king caused to be sown before he gave custody of the land and heirs of John Danish to Nicholas de Boleville and John of Jersey, to be valued by the oath of trustworthy and law-worthy men. Once it has been valued, he is to cause the bailiffs of the aforesaid Nicholas to have it to the use of the same Nicholas at the same value, having accepted security from them that they will render that value to the king upon his first arrival in England if the king shall wish to have it. Witness as above.

For the dean and canons of Wells. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in respite, until St. Peter in Chains in the twenty-seventh year, the demand that he makes from the dean and canons of Wells and their men for amercements and fines from the last eyre of the justices in the aforesaid county. Witness as above.

To the archdeacon of Surrey for the king. Because Master Robert Anketil is bound to the king in £25, order to L. archdeacon of Surrey to cause £25 to be arrested to the king’s use from the goods of the church of the same Master Robert Anketil in his archdeaconry ¹ in whosesoever hands they are. Witness as above.

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‘in his archdeaconry’ interlined.

21 June. Greenwich. For William de Ferrers, earl of Derby. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful William de Ferrers, earl of Derby, that he is to render those 10 m. which are newly exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for a certain default that he made against the abbess of Barking together with other debts which he owes to the king, for which he had made a fine with him to render £50 per annum at the Exchequer, so that the aforesaid fine does not increase by reason of the aforesaid 10 m. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For William de Ferrers, earl of Derby. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause William de Ferrers, earl of Derby, to have respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year, from the debts that are exacted from the aforesaid earl by summons of the Exchequer and that are not clear. Witness as above.

For the men of Aylesbury. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the king’s return to England, the demand for 100s. that they make by summons of the Exchequer from the men of Aylesbury for the escape of a thief. Witness as above.

25 June. Westminster. For Walter de Tremblay. Because the king has learnt by an inquisition that he ordered to be taken concerning the land which William de Somerville held in Seacroft that the same William held that land from J. de Lacy, formerly earl of Lincoln, by the service of one knight’s fee, and that Walter de Tremblay, cousin of the aforesaid William, is his near heir, order to the sheriff of Yorkshire that, having accepted security from from the same Walter for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin all lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid William and of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died. Witness W. archbishop of York.

For Henry Walerand. The king has taken the fealty of Henry Walerand, cousin and one of the heirs of Henry son of Richard, for the portion which falls to him of all the lands that the aforesaid Henry held of the king in chief and that falls to him by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset that, having accepted security from Henry for rendering his relief to the king for as much as pertains to him of 6½ fees of the fee of Mortain, he is to cause him to have full seisin of his rightful share of all the aforesaid lands. Witness as above.

For William Burdet. William Burdet gives the king one mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to take security. Witness as above.

For William Burdet. The same William gives one mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire to take security. Witness as above.

For Geoffrey of Wells. The king has granted to Geoffrey of Wells that he is to pay £20 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year of the 100 m. which he owes him of the residue of the £100 at which he was amerced in the last eyre of the king’s justices in Somerset. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the aforesaid Geoffrey to have peace by the aforesaid £20 until the aforesaid term, and then to cause terms to be assigned to him for paying the residue of the aforesaid 100 m. Witness as above.

For Stephen de Rampton. Stephen de Rampton gives the king 2 m. for taking an assize before H. of Bath. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security. Witness as above.

For Adam de Greneford’ and his parceners. Adam de Greneford’ and Imenia, his wife, Alice, her sister, and Simon of Harpeting give the king 4 m. for taking an assize of mort d’ancestor before William of St. Edmunds at the feast of the Apostles SS Peter and Paul in three weeks at Greenwich. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take security. Witness as above.

For Roger of Maunby. Roger of Maunby gives the king 20s. for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Henry of Bath in the county court of Yorkshire. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security. Witness as above.

For Matilda daughter of Ethelburga. Matilda daughter of Ethelburga gives the king 20s. for taking an assize of mort d’ancestor before William of Bury St. Edmunds at Stratford. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security. Witness as above.

For Hamo de Castellis. Hamo de Castellis gives the king half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before the justices of the Bench against the prior of St. Bartholomew, London. Order to the sheriff of Middlesex to take security. Witness as above.

30 June. Stratford. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of Nicholas de Beauchamp in his bailiwick and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise concerning this. Witness W. archbishop of York.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire concerning the lands formerly of the aforesaid Nicholas. Witness as above.

For Osbert Bule. Osbert Bule gives the king one mark for a writ before the justices of the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security. Witness as above.

Concerning monies to king’s use. Order to the keepers of the bishopric of Winchester to send to the Exchequer without delay all monies, both from the arrears of the term of St. John the Baptist last past and from other issues of the same bishopric that they will be able to have, and to cause all corn of the same bishopric to be sold without delay, so that they have all monies arising therefrom, together with other issues of the same bishopric, at the Exchequer at St. Peter in Chains at the latest. Witness as above.

Concerning monies to king’s use. It is written in the same manner to the keeper of the bishopric of Chester and Peter of Wakering, keeper of the manor of Taunton. Witness as above.

For Ralph de Gaugy. The king has rendered to Ralph, son and heir of Ralph de Gaugy, all land that the aforesaid Ralph, his father, held of the king in chief and that falls to the same Ralph by hereditary right. He has performed fealty to the king for this and will do homage upon the king’s return to England. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland that, having accepted security from the aforesaid Ralph for rendering £20 to the king for his relief, of which he will render one moiety to the king at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-eighth year and the other moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, he is to cause the aforesaid Ralph to have full seisin of all lands which the aforesaid Ralph, his father, held of the king in chief and of which he was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day he died. Witness as above.

Nicholas of Ellerby. Nicholas of Ellerby gives the king one mark for taking an assize before H. of Bath. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security. Witness as above.

3 July. Stratford. For the men of Dunwich. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year, the demand for £13 10s. ¹ which they make by summons of the Exchequer from the king’s men of Dunwich for the arrears of the £120 by which the aforesaid men made fine with him for spoils of war (catallis Guerrinis), and for which £13 10s. the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk ought to answer to the king because they remain in his possession, as is said. Witness W. archbishop of York.

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The MS originally had ‘13½ m.’, but the ‘m.’ has been expunged and ‘li’ superscribed in both instances in this entry.

For Elias the chaplain. Elias, chaplain of Westminster, gives the king one mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Gilbert of Preston at Newport Pagnell. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take security. Witness as above.

For Nicholas of Selling. Nicholas of Selling gives the king one mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take security. Witness as above.

For Thomas de Bohum. Thomas de Bohum gives the king 20 s. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security. Witness as above.

For Ada, who was the wife of Adam Buttevilein. Ada, who was the wife of Adam Buttevilein, gives the king one mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security. Witness as above.

For John son of John. John, son of John of Selby, gives the king one mark for taking an assize before H. of Bath. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security. Witness as above.

For Adam de la Neuelaund’. Adam de la Neueland’ gives the king 1 m. for taking an assize before H. of Bath. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security. ¹ Witness as above.

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15 July. Westminster. Because the king has heard that 200 quarters of wheat and 310 quarters of oats, which he ordered to be placed in ships and carried to him in Gascony, have greatly deteriorated on account of their long delay at sea and would deteriorate further if they endure a longer delay at sea, order to the keepers of the bishopric of Winchesterto cause the aforesaid corn to be sold by the view and testimony of law-worthy men, so that they answer the king at the Exchequer by their hand for the ¹ monies arising therefrom. Witness W. archbishop of York.

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‘his’ expunged by underlining dots.

Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire to place in respite, until the ordination of the bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, the demand for 40s. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the house of the hospital at Cannock, which is in the king’s hand, for purprestures from the eyre of the justices of forest pleas. Witness as above.

Order to the sheriff of Essex to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of Matilda de Lucy in his bailiwick and to commit them to William son of Richard to keep so that he answers for the issues of the aforesaid lands at the Exchequer. ¹ Order also to the aforesaid William to receive the aforesaid lands etc. Witness as above.

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This entry has two witness clauses, the first entered here.

19 July. Reading. Henry of Nafford has made fine with the king by 100s. for the redisseisin that he made against Robert Daiville. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire that, having accepted security from Henry for rendering the aforesaid 100s. to the king for the aforesaid redisseisin, he is to cause him to be delivered from the king’s prison in which he was detained, on condition that he nevertheless satisfies Robert for all damages which he incurred by the aforesaid redisseisin. Witness W. archbishop of York.

Hamo de Crèvecoeur has made fine with the king by 10 m. for trespass of the forest. Order to the sheriff of Essex to cause his chattels, which he took into the king’s hand on account of this, to be delivered to him without delay. Witness as above.

The king has committed to Geoffrey of Lewknor the abbey of Gloucester to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to cause him to have full seisin of the custody of the aforesaid abbey. Witness as above.

He has letters patent for this. Witness as above.

Richard of Graffham, Laurence de Bickewell’, Alice daughter of Isabella, John son of Ralph and Isabella of Graffham give the king 40 s. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take security. Witness as above.

Elias of Tanfield gives the king 20s. for taking an assize before H. of Bath. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security. Witness as above.

Robert son of Warin, Conan of Marske and Sibyl, his wife, give the king 20s. for taking an assize before the aforesaid H. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security. Witness as above.

22 July. Windsor. To the sheriff of Kent. Geoffrey Maureward, who has taken to wife Ada, sister and heiress of Adam de Quatremares, has performed fealty to the king for a fourth part of a knight’s fee with appurtenances in Cobham and Shorne which the aforesaid Adam held of the king in chief, and he will do his homage to the king for them when the king returns to England. Order that, having accepted security from Geoffrey for rendering 25s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have such seisin of the aforesaid fourth part of a knight’s fee as Adam had on the day he died. Witness W. archbishop of York.

The king has rendered to Peter, son and heir ¹ of Peter de Hautbois, all the lands that the aforesaid, Peter his father, held in chief from the son and heir of W., formerly Earl Warenne, who is in the king’s custody, in Hautbois, for which the same Peter has performed fealty to the king. ² Order to the sheriff of Norfolk that, having accepted security from the aforesaid Peter for rendering 25s. for his relief, he is to cause [him] to have such seisin of all lands which the abovesaid Peter, his father, held of the aforesaid heir, who is in the king’s custody, in chief as the aforesaid Peter, his father, had on the day he died. Witness as above.

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Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire that, having accepted security from the executors of the testament of Nicholas de Beauchamp by good pledges ¹ for paying £23 18s. 8d. to the king from the first goods formerly of the same Nicholas at the Exchequer, ² in which the same Nicholas was bound to the king, he is to permit the same executors to have full administration of all the aforesaid goods for making execution of the testament of the abovesaid deceased. After he has received the aforesaid security, he is to signify this to the sheriffs of Essex and Suffolk, who are ordered that once he has signified to them that he had received security from the aforesaid executors for paying the aforesaid money to the king, they are to permit the same executors to have full administration of the goods formerly of the aforesaid deceased in their bailiwicks for making execution of the testament of the same deceased. Witness as above.

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‘at the Exchequer’ interlined.

To the sheriff of Cambridgeshire. The king has committed to his beloved servant Roger, his tailor, whom he had promised to provide with ten librates of land for his [good] service, the land formerly of William de Monceaux in Teversham until the full age of the heir of the abovesaid William, unless the king shall have first provided for the same Roger elsewhere, so that he is to pay 40s. per annum to the king at the Exchequer for this. Order to cause the same Roger to have full seisin of the aforesaid land. Witness as above.

[No date]. The prior of Chicksands gives the king one mark for having a writ ad terminum concerning the advowson of the church of Linslade.

The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Thomas of Cirencester that he is to render £10 per annum at the Exchequer, namely 100s. at Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year and 100s. at Easter next following in the twenty-eighth year, for the £170 9s. 2d. which he owes him for his arrears from the time when he was sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, and £10 thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid £170 9s. 2d. are paid to the king. Witness as above.

The king has granted to his beloved and faithful William de Haverhill that he is to render 10 m. per annum at the Exchequer, namely 5 m. at Easter in the twenty-eighth year and 5 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, for the 40 m. which he owes him, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 40 m. are paid to the king. Witness as above.

To the sheriff of Essex. The king has rendered to Walter de Lak’, son and heir of Walter de Lak’, both those lands which he holds of the king in chief and those which he ought to hold from Richard de Clare, who is in the king’s custody. The same Walter has performed fealty to the king for the lands which he holds from him and will do homage to him for them upon the king’s return to England. Order that, having accepted security from the aforesaid Walter for rendering his relief to the king, namely for two knights’ fees in his bailiwick and half a knight’s fee in Suffolk, he is to cause the same Walter to have full seisin of all the lands of which the aforesaid Walter, father of the abovesaid Walter, died seised as of fee in his bailiwick. When he has received the aforesaid security from him, he is to signify this to the sheriff of Suffolk, whom the king has commanded to cause the same Walter to have full seisin of the lands formerly of the aforesaid, his father, in his bailiwick, of which he died seised as of fee, after he has signified this to him. Witness as above.

[No date]. To the sheriff of Suffolk. Because the king has rendered to Walter de Lak’, son and heir of Walter de Lak’, both those lands which he holds of the king in chief and those which he ought to hold of Richard de Clare, who is in the king’s custody, order […] ¹

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[No date]. Yorkshire. Richard, son of Richard de Eton’, gives the king one mark for having a writ of novel disseisin ad terminum ¹ against the prior of Marton and the prior of Bolton and certain others, concerning common of pasture in Eton’.

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‘ad terminum’ interlined.

[No date]. Suffolk. Osbert, son of Adam de Ernestedel, gives the king one mark for having a writ of novel disseisin ad terminum [for a plea] by the plevin of Henry of Necton.

Suffolk. Henry of Necton gives the king one mark for having another writ of novel disseisin ad terminum. Witness as above.

2 Aug. Fulham. Yorkshire. Gerard, son of Gerard de Furnival, gives the king 20s. for having a writ of mort d’ancestor ad terminum [for a plea] against the prior of Old Malton, concerning two carucates of land with appurtenances in Swanland, Braffords, and North Ferriby. ¹ Witness W. archbishop of York.

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‘and North Ferriby’ interlined. This is the final entry on this roll which has a marginal heading.

Order to the sheriffs of London to place in respite, until the king’s arrival in England, the demand for £8 17s. which they make from Roger Blund and Simon son of Mary by summons of the Exchequer. Witness as above.

Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in respite, until the Nativity of the Blessed Mary in the twenty-seventh year, the demand that he makes from the dean and canons of Wells and their men for amercements and fines from the last eyre of justices in the aforesaid county. Witness as above.

Order to the sheriff of Cumberland to place in respite, until the king’s arrival in England, the distraint which the king ordered to be made upon the lands, rents and chattels of Alan of Caldbeck in Redmire and Seaton, for the debts from which he ought to have acquitted John of Ireby, as is said. Witness as above.

Order to the sheriff of Essex to cause all lands formerly of Geoffrey Bataille in his bailiwick to be taken into the king’s hand and to cause them to be handed over to his bailiff of his hundred of Barstable. ¹ Order to the same bailiff to receive and keep them safely, and to cause the fruits of those lands to be collected safely and to cause them to be stored in the same lands, so that when the king orders, he might make the king’s profit from them. Witness as above.

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4 Aug. Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to release, until Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year, the distraint that he makes by the king’s order upon Stephen, son of Henry Simeon, and Joan, his wife, for the arrears of wards which they owe for the king’s castle of Dover. In the meantime, he is to permit them to collect their corn in their lands in peace, on condition, however, that nothing is removed therefrom or from any other things existing in the same lands before the aforesaid term, unless they find sufficient security that they will satisfy the king at the aforesaid term for the aforesaid arrears. Witness W. de Cantilupe. By W. of York.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Oxfordshire. Witness as above.

16 Aug. Fulham. Hawise de Quincy, formerly countess of Lincoln, having died, the king granted to Walter Marshal, earl of Pembroke, who took to wife Margaret, daughter and heiress of the aforesaid countess, that the same earl was to render 20 m. at Easter in the twenty-seventh year, which he rendered at the same term, and 20 m. at Michaelmas next following for the debts that the aforesaid countess owed to the king, for which she made fine with the king to render 40 m. to the king per annum. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire not to distrain the same earl for the aforesaid debt before the aforesaid term of Michaelmas. Witness W. archbishop of York.

Robert de Triberg’ gives the king 3 m. for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take security. Witness as above.

The prior of St. Leonard’s outside Stamford gives the king 3 m. for a writ before the justices of the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc. Witness as above.

27 Aug. Waltham. The king has pardoned to Walter le Fleming 20 m. of the £223 that he owed for spoils of war (rebus Guerrinis) bought from the king at Southampton, because those things had deteriorated before he had bought them. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 20 m. Witness W. archbishop of York.

It is granted to Richard de Boyville by the king’s council that he is to hold the manors of Bawtry and Austerfield, formerly of Idonea de Vieuxpont, which the same Richard had at farm for £16 per annum, at the same farm for the five years next following Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year, unless this will displease the king upon his return to England. Witness as above.

The prior of Bolton gives the king one mark for taking an assize before H. of Bath. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security. Witness as above.

Robert de Camera gives the king one mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take security. Witness as above.

Nicholas of Flattenden gives the king one mark for taking an assize before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take security. Witness as above.

17 Sept. Fareham. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in respite, until the octaves of Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year, the debt that he exacts by summons of the Exchequer from Robert de Tresgoz for the arrears of his relief. Witness W. archbishop of York.

Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite the distraint that he makes by summons of the Exchequer upon the abbey of Gloucester, which is vacant and in the king’s hand, for the arrears of the rent of a sore sparrowhawk that it owes to the king per annum, until an abbot is ordained in the same house. ¹ Witness as above.

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‘Fines of the twenty-seventh year of King Henry’ is written at the foot of the membrane in a fourteenth-century hand.