8 Nov. Oxford. Oxfordshire [sic]. Juliana, who was the wife of Thomas de Cheureston’, gives half a mark for having a writ ad terminum [for a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall. ¹

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In the roll the heading ‘has been sent’ is a correction for ‘is to be sent’, which has been crossed through.

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Due to the damage to the top of the corresponding originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 1, any marginal annotation ‘S’’ beside this entry is now illegible.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. Stephen de la More gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before G. of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire.

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Due to the damage to the top of the corresponding originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 1, any marginal annotation ‘S’’ beside this entry is now illegible.

8 Nov. Abingdon. Oxfordshire. Robert Boton gives half a mark for taking an assize before Martin of Littlebury. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire.

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Due to the damage to the top of the corresponding originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 1, any marginal annotation ‘S’’ beside this entry is now illegible.

11 Nov. Winchester. Bedfordshire. John de Trayli gives one mark for having an attaint before the justices at Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire etc.

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Due to the damage to the top of the corresponding originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 1, any marginal annotation ‘S’’ beside this entry is now illegible.

[No date]. Gloucestershire. Robert the Merchant gives half a mark for taking an assize before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire etc.

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Due to the damage to the top of the corresponding originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 1, any marginal annotation ‘S’’ beside this entry is now illegible.

[No date]. Derbyshire. Roger de Bradel’ gives one mark for having a writ ad terminum [for a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire etc.

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Due to the damage to the top of the corresponding originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 1, any marginal annotation ‘S’’ beside this entry is now illegible.

Hampshire. Joseph de La Bolhus’ gives half a mark for having a writ of trespass at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire.

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Due to the damage to the top of the corresponding originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 1, any marginal annotation ‘S’’ beside this entry is now illegible.

[No date]. Cornwall. John de Recenet gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Henry of Bratton. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall.

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Due to the damage to the top of the corresponding originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 1, any marginal annotation ‘S’’ beside this entry is now illegible.

13 Nov. Winchester. For Stephen of Houghton. The king has pardoned to Stephen of Houghton, son of Simon of Houghton, £20 of the debts that he owes him at the Exchequer for the debts of the aforesaid Simon, his father, which debts the king has previously attermined for Stephen at 30s. at two terms per annum at the instance of Warin of Bassingbourn, and he has granted him that even though he has not observed the aforesaid terms for the remainder of the aforesaid debts, he may render 10s. at the Exchequer of Easter next to come and 10s. thus from year to year at the same term, whereas he had been accustomed to render the aforesaid 30s. at the aforesaid terms, until the remainder of the aforesaid debts is paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause Stephen to be quit from the aforesaid £20, to have that term for the remainder of the aforesaid debts, and to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Hampshire. Simon de Arnewode gives half a mark for taking an assize before William of Wilton. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire etc.

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Due to the damage to the top of the corresponding originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 1, any marginal annotation ‘S’’ beside this entry is now illegible.

[No date]. Shropshire. John Cete gives half a mark for taking an assize before Richard of Middleton. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire.

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Due to the damage to the top of the corresponding originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 1, any marginal annotation ‘S’’ beside this entry is now illegible.

[No date]. Hampshire. Richard Brun gives 20s. for taking an attaint before William of Wilton. Order to the etc. in Hampshire to take security etc.

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Due to the damage to the top of the corresponding originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 1, any marginal annotation ‘S’’ beside this entry is now illegible.

[No date]. Cornwall. John de Recenet, chaplain, gives half a mark for taking an assize before Henry of Bratton. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall etc.

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Due to the damage to the top of the corresponding originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 1, any marginal annotation ‘S’’ beside this entry is now illegible.

15 Nov. Winchester. Hampshire. William Thurbern’ gives half a mark for having a writ at the Bench concerning a false judgement. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire etc.

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Due to the damage to the top of the corresponding originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 1, any marginal annotation ‘S’’ beside this entry is now illegible.

[No date]. Hampshire. The same William gives half a mark for having another writ at the Bench concerning a false judgement. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire.

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Due to the damage to the top of the corresponding originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 1, any marginal annotation ‘S’’ beside this entry is now illegible.

[No date]. Hampshire. William, son of Michael Le Bucher, gives half a mark for taking an assize before Nicholas de Turri. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire.

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Due to the damage to the top of the corresponding originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 1, any marginal annotation ‘S’’ beside this entry is now illegible.

[No date]. Oxfordshire. The abbot of Eynsham gives half a mark for having a writ of trespass before the king (coram Rege). Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire.

[No date]. Surrey. John de Ho of Molesey gives half a mark for a pone [to remove a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Surrey.

For William de Arderne. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to his beloved and faithful William de Arderne £20 of the fine of 100 m. which he made with him for the marriage of Matilda, who was the wife of William of Hartshill, lately deceased, who held from the king in chief, and has granted him that he may render 20 m. at the Exchequer of Easter next to come for the remainder of the aforesaid fine and 20 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas next following. Order to cause William to be quit from the aforesaid £20, to have those terms for the aforesaid 40 m., and to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Winchester. To Anketinus de Martivall’ and Agnes, his wife. Because the king has heard by the inquisition which he caused to be taken by William de Weylond’, his escheator on this side of the Trent, that John of Merriott, son and heir of Nicholas of Merriott, who died some time ago and who held from the king in chief, whose custody the king has granted to Edward, his first born, to have until the lawful age of Nicholas’ heirs, is of full age, the king has taken homage from the aforesaid John and has rendered all lands and tenements that Nicholas, his father, held from him in chief to him. Order to cause the same John to have full seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of Nicholas, his father, in their hands by the grant of Edward, the king’s aforesaid first born. ¹

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The marginalia have been erased beside this entry.

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Order, in the same manner, to William de Cheny, concerning the lands in his hand by the grant of the aforesaid Edward, as above. ¹

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The marginalia have been erased beside this entry.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Sussex. Stephen of New Fishbourne gives half a mark for a pone [to remove a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Sussex.

[No date]. Hampshire. Henry Turgis gives half a mark for having a writ ad terminum [for a plea before the justices of] the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire etc.

[No date]. Herefordshire. Denise de Munchesney gives one mark for having a writ ad terminum [for a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire etc.

[No date]. Norfolk. Elias de Tany gives one mark for taking an assize before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

[No date]. Warwickshire. William de Makeneye gives one mark for taking an assize before Martin of Littlebury. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire etc.

23 Nov. Reading. Concerning counties that have been committed. The king has committed the counties of Somerset and Dorset with appurtenances to Henry, son of the king of Germany, to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers the king for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer.

26 Nov. Windsor. Bedfordshire. John Matheu gives half a mark for taking an assize before G. of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire etc.

[No date]. Gloucestershire. John de Meysey gives half a mark for taking an assize before Martin of Littlebury. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire etc.

[No date]. Leicestershire. William de Sallowe gives half a mark for taking an assize before G. of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire etc.

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For an entry not recorded in the Fine Roll but entered on the Originalia Roll in this chronological sequence see no. 244 below.

1 Dec. Canterbury. Concerning lands that are to be taken. Order to John La Ware, as the king ¹ has commanded him at other times, to deliver without delay all lands and tenements of Peter of Savoy in his custody by the king’s commission to Wischard de Charrun, attorney of the same Peter, or to John de La Rude, to keep to the king’s use for as long as it pleases the king, together with stock, goods and lands that have been sown and other things delivered to them, or to either one of them, by the view of Henry de La Birch’ and Geoffrey de Braibof, or to the one of them who will be present. He is to draw up a chirograph concerning this between him and the abovesaid Wischard and ² John, or either one of them, as aforesaid.

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'the king' interlined.

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'and Wischard' interlined.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning lands that are to be taken. To the sheriff of Surrey and Sussex. Whereas some time ago the king commanded John la Ware to take all lands and tenements of Peter of Savoy in the aforesaid counties into the king’s hand and to keep them safely, so that he would answer him for their issues at the Exchequer, and whereas now the king, by his council, ordered him to deliver the same lands and tenements together with stock and other goods in the same lands and tenements to Wischard de Charron, attorney of the same Peter, or to John de La Rude, to keep to the king’s use for as long as it pleases the king, order that, having taken with him Henry de La Birch’ and Geoffrey de Braibof, or to the one of them who will be present, he is to go in person to the aforesaid lands and tenements and cause it to be distinctly and openly estimated, in the presence of the same, or either of them, by the oath of trustworthy and law-worthy men of the neighbourhoods where those lands and tenements are, how much will have been delivered to Wischard or John by the abovesaid John de La War’, namely in stock, corn and all other moveables and lands that have been sown, about which the king has ordered a chirograph to be drawn up between them.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

29 Nov. Rochester. For Alina Marshal. To Ralph de Berri, the king’s escheator in Norfolk. Whereas the king has heard by the inquisition that he caused to be taken by Ralph that Alina Marshal is the sister and heiress of Isabella de Cressy, lately deceased, who held from the king in chief by barony, and that she is of full age, and whereas, because she is ill and cannot, due to her incapacity, be ready to come at present to the king to perform her homage for the lands and tenements that fall to her by reason of Isabella’s death, the king, having compassion for her ailment, orders him that, having accepted sufficient security from Alina for rendering her rightful relief to the king at the Exchequer, and that she will not alienate anything from the same lands and tenements from her hand until she has performed her homage to the king, he is to take her fealty on the king’s behalf for the aforesaid lands and tenements and to cause her to have seisin of the same in the aforesaid form by the king’s special grace, on condition, however, that if, by chance, Alice, who was the wife of Stephen de Cressy, who died some time ago, son of the aforesaid Isabella, happens to be pregnant by the same Stephen and gives birth to one who might succeed to Stephen’s inheritance, on account of which the custody of the lands and tenements aforesaid ought to pertain to the king, the same lands and tenements are to revert without difficulty or contradiction from anyone to the king’s hand in the name of custody.

For Alina Marshal. Order, in the same manner, to the escheator in Lincolnshire to cause the same Alina to have seisin of ten librates of land in Aslackby, Millthorpe, Graby and Avethorpe in the aforesaid form.

For Alina Marshal. For having this [act of] grace the same Alina will give 20 m. to the king by the pledge of William of Wendling. She has lands in Norfolk etc.

[No date]. Lancaster. Henry de Sephton’ gives one mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster.

8 Dec. Rochester. Concerning the county of Kent and the hundred of Milton, which have been committed. The king has committed his county of Kent and his hundred of Milton with appurtenances to Roger of Leybourne to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him for the issues of the same at the Exchequer. Order to the archbishops etc. to be intendant and respondent to Roger as aforesaid. In [testimony] of which thing etc.

Concerning the county of Kent and the hundred of Milton, which have been committed. Order to Thomas de La Waye to deliver the aforesaid county and hundred to him, as aforesaid.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Vacated. It has been wholly pardoned by the king and the council. John Cower’, William Cower’ and others [named] in the writ give 20s. for having a writ of inquiry before G. of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Rutland etc. ¹

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Entry cancelled because it has been wholly pardoned by the king and the council.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Vacated. It has been wholly pardoned by the king and the council. Hugh Makedaunce, Adam Pac and others [named] in the writ give 20s. for having another writ of inquiry before the same G. Order to the sheriff of Leiestershire. ¹

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Entry cancelled because it has been wholly pardoned by the king and the council.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Northumberland. Henry Page and Margery, his wife, give 20s. for having a writ ad terminum at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland.

18 Dec. Windsor. Concerning the ferry of Dover, which has been committed. The king has committed his ferry of Dover with appurtenances to Roger of Leybourne to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for it at the Exchequer.

16 Dec. Windsor. For William de Grey. For the praiseworthy service that William de Grey gives to him, the king has pardoned to him 50 m. of the 100 m. in which he is bound to him for his farm of Linby, Bulwell and Sandiacre, and he has granted him that he may render 25 m. of the remaining 50 m. at the Exchequer of Easter next to come and 25 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas next following. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause William to be quit from the aforesaid 50 m., to have those terms for the aforesaid remaining 50 m., and to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Richard de Grey. The king has pardoned to Richard de Grey, son of William de Grey, the 5 m. at which he was amerced before his justices at Westminster for a licence to make concord. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit therefrom.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

18 Dec. Windsor. Concerning counties that have been committed. The king has committed his counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, together with his castle of Norwich and appurtenances, to John de Vaux to keep for as long as it pleases the king, rendering for them per annum at the Exchequer as much Hervey de Stanho was accustomed to render to the king for the same. Order to the archbishops etc. to be intendant and respondent to John, as aforesaid. In [testimony] of which thing etc.

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The date of witness of this entry appears to read ‘8 Dec.’ in the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 1, which is probably a simple scribal mis-reading of the fine roll entry.

Concerning counties that have been committed. Order to Nicholas Le Espigornel to deliver the aforesaid counties and castle to the same John with appurtenances to keep as aforesaid. ¹ They are patent.

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Witness clause entered here.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Herefordshire. William, son of William the Welsh, gives 1 m. for taking an assize before William of Wilton. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire etc. ¹

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It appears that there is a short erasure at the start of the line below this entry.

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For entries not recorded in the Fine Roll but entered on the Originalia Roll in this chronological sequence see nos. 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251 below.

24 Dec. Windsor. For the executors of the earl of Oxford. Because the executors of the testament of Hugh de Vere, formerly earl of Oxford, have found the king the below-written pledges, namely Walter of Crepping, Robert de Orkel’, John de Claketon’, Gilbert de Balliol and Thomas de Loueham’, of Essex, and John de Beauchamp, of Suffolk, for rendering debts to the king at the Exchequer if the said earl owed him any on the day he died, order to William of Axmouth, keeper of the lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid earl, to permit the aforesaid executors to have free administration of all goods and chattels formerly of the aforesaid deceased, in order to make execution of the aforesaid testament therefrom.

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For entries not recorded in the Fine Roll but entered on the Originalia Roll in this chronological sequence see nos. 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257 below.

23 Dec. Windsor. Concerning lands that have been committed. The king has committed to William of Axmouth all lands and tenements formerly of Hugh de Vere, sometime earl of Oxford, in the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and Kent, to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for the issues of the same to the king at the Exchequer. Order to the knights etc. to be intendant etc. ¹ They are patent.

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Witness clause entered here.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Because Walter of Clifford, who held from the king in chief, has died, as the king has heard, order to the sheriff of Shropshire and his escheator in the same county to take into the king’s hand all lands and tenements of which Walter was seised in his demesne as of fee, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise. Because Walter was bound to the king in several debts on the day he died, they are not to permit the executors to have administration of the goods and chattels formerly of the aforesaid Walter until they have received command from the king otherwise.

23 Dec. Windsor. For John de Courtenay. The king has pardoned to John de Courtenay £100 of the fine of £466 that he made with him for having the custody and marriage of Hugh, son and heir of John de Neville, and he has granted him that he may render 40 m. per annum of the remaining £366 at the Exchequer, namely 20 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the forty-eighth year and 20 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas next following, until the aforesaid £366 are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause John to be quit from the aforesaid £100, to have the aforesaid terms, and to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ¹

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There is an approximately thirty line gap after this entry.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

FINES AFTER THE KING’S DEPARTURE FROM WINDSOR CASTLE ON 23 DECEMBER IN THE FORTY-EIGHTH YEAR.

7 Jan. Windsor. Northamptonshire. Ralph Le Chaumpeneis gives half a mark for taking an assize before G. of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire etc. Witness R. king of Germany, the king’s brother.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. The same Ralph gives half a mark for having a writ ad terminum [for a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire etc.

[No date]. Hampshire. Simon de Arnewode gives half a mark for having an assize before Nicholas de Turri. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire etc.

[No date]. Devon. Thomas, son of Thomas of Tedburn, gives half a mark for having an assize before Henry of Bratton. Order to the sheriff of Devon.

[No date]. Berkshire. Thomas de Blacgrave, Richard de Blacgrave and Odo de la Hole give one mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire.

[No date]. Hertfordshire. Robert de Linton’ gives half a mark for having a writ ad terminum [for a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire.

[No date]. Warwickshire. Mabel, who was the wife of Roger Pauntolf, gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire.

16 Jan. Windsor. Staffordshire. The abbot of Hulton gives 40s. for having a pone [to remove a plea before the justices] at the Bench, concerning making reasonable boundaries between the lands of the prior of Stone and the aforesaid abbot in Stallington and Normacot. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire. ¹ Because the aforesaid abbot has recovered two carucates of land with appurtenances in the aforesaid vill of the same abbot of Normacot, which is within the king’s demesne of the vill of Newcastle under Lyme, against the aforesaid prior in the king’s court (in curia nostra) before the king’s bailiffs of Newcastle under Lyme by the judgement of the same court, and because the same prior impleads the same abbot by the aforesaid writ concerning reasonable boundaries in the aforesaid county, so that, thus, and also by the favour of the same county, which is very favourable to him, he shall draw the aforesaid two carucates with appurtenances, which are within the king’s demesne aforesaid, to his fee of Stallington which is outside the aforesaid demesne, as is said. Witness R. king of Germany, the king’s brother.

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Witness clause entered here.

[No date]. Kent. Emma, who was the wife of Henry de Wercup’, gives one mark for having a writ ad terminum [for a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Kent.

16 Jan. Windsor. Yorkshire. William, son of Thomas de Creistok’, gives 1 m. for having a writ of account at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire etc. Witness R. king of Germany, the king’s brother.

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The month of witness of this entry reads ‘November’ in the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 2, which is almost certainly a simple scribal mis-reading of the fine roll entry.

[No date]. Buckinghamshire. Margaret, who was the wife of Walter of Clifford, gives 20s. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire etc.

16 Jan. Windsor. For Cecilia, who was the wife of Jollan de Dunelm’. Whereas, recently, after the death of Jollan de Dunelm’, who held from the king in chief, William of Wendling, the king’s escheator on this side of the Trent, took into the king’s hand all lands and tenements of which Jollan died seised in Essex, and whereas Cecilia, who was the wife of the aforesaid Jollan, asserted that Jollan had held from the king in socage, so that, thus, she would elicit the custody of Jollan’s son who is underage, the king, wishing to be more fully certified about this and to do special grace to Cecilia, commands the abovesaid escheator to permit her to till, plough and sow the lands and tenements that Jollan held from the king and that are in her hand by her servants as shall seem best to her, provided that she might answer the king for the issues of the same at the Exchequer if it will be necessary. Witness R. king of Germany, the king’s brother.

20 Jan. Windsor. Vacated. The king has committed the vacant bishopric of Bath and Wells to James Fresel to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer. ¹ Witness R. king of Germany, the king’s brother.

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Entry cancelled.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Hugh le Noreis gives one mark for having a writ ad terminum [for a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire etc.

[No date]. Warwickshire. Henry de Lyvet gives half a mark for having a writ ad terminum [for a plea] before the king (coram Rege). Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire etc.

[No date]. Cornwall. Payn de Pudiford’ gives half a mark for taking an assize before Henry of Bratton. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall.

30 Jan. Windsor. Concerning an abbey that has been committed. The king has committed the vacant abbey of Eynsham to William of Axmouth to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer. Witness R. king of Germany, the king’s brother.

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The marginal county heading beside this entry in the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 2, reads ‘Oxfordshire’.

Concerning an abbey that has been committed. Whereas the abbey of Eynsham is vacant, as is said, and the custody of which the king says pertains to him, and whereas many people assert that the custody of the said abbey ought to pertain to the bishop of Lincoln, order to William of Axmouth to go in person to the aforesaid abbey ¹ and to take simple seisin therein, provided that he makes no distraint of the goods pertaining to that abbey until the king orders otherwise. Witness as above.

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Up to this point the entry appears to have been written over an erasure.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Eudo de Herteford’ gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire etc.

[No date]. Yorkshire. The abbot of Easby gives one ¹ mark for taking an assize before Richard of Middleton. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire etc.

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Sum written over an erasure.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Roald son of Roald and Matilda, his wife, give half a mark for taking an assize before the same Richard. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire etc.

[No date]. Yorkshire. The same abbot gives another mark for taking an assize before the same Richard. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire etc.

4 Feb. Windsor. Sussex. William le Flote gives half a mark for taking an assize before Nicholas de Turri. Order to the sheriff of Sussex etc. Witness R. king of Germany, the king’s brother.

[No date]. Herefordshire. The prior of Llanthony Prima gives half a mark for a writ of trespass. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to take security etc.

26 Feb. Hereford. Herefordshire. The prior of Goldcliff has paid 40s. to Richard de Bachinden’, sheriff of Herefordshire, for having a certain writ of grace relating to the county of Devon before the justices of the Bench, in order to roof the king’s and queen’s chamber and wardrobe in Hereford castle, as shall seem best to him etc. ¹ Witness [R. king of Germany, the king’s brother].

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There is a gap of maybe seven lines after this entry.

AFTER THE KING’S RETURN INTO ENGLAND.

5 March. Windsor. Cornwall. Osbert the Potter gives one mark for taking an assize before Henry of Bratton. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall. ¹ Witness the king.

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All entries are henceforth witnessed by the king unless otherwise stated.

Concerning homage. The king has taken the homage of Robert de Vere, son and heir of Hugh de Vere, formerly earl of Oxford, for the castle of Hedingham with appurtenances and for all lands and tenements which Hugh, his father, held from the king in chief, and he has rendered that castle and the aforesaid lands and tenements to him. Order to William of Axmouth, keeper of the lands formerly of the aforesaid earl, that, having accepted security from Robert for rendering his rightful relief to the king at the Exchequer, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid castle and lands and of which Hugh etc.

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In the margin beside this entry in the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 2, is a decorative capital ‘A’.

[No date]. Leicestershire. The abbot of Bec gives one mark for having a writ ad terminum [for a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. John de Neville gives one mark for a writ. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

[No date]. Shropshire. John, son of John of Arundel, gives one mark for taking an assize before Nicholas de Turri. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire etc.

16 March. Oxford. For Elias de Rabain’. For the praiseworthy service which Elias de Rabain’ gives him, the king has pardoned to him £29 of the arrears that he owes him for the time when he was sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, the £28 in which he is bound to him for the time he was his farmer of Bere, and the £20 that he owes him for the time he was keeper of his warren of Corfe. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit therefrom.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Essex. Ralph of Rochester gives one mark for a writ. Order to the sheriff of Essex etc.

[No date]. Essex. The same Ralph gives another mark for a writ. Order to the sheriff of Essex etc.

14 March. Oxford. Concerning the king’s demesne lands that have been committed. To Adam, son of Bernard of Great Bowden, and Thomas, son of Ivo of Market Harborough. Whereas the king some time ago committed his manors of Great Bowden and Market Harborough to Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn to have for his sustenance for as long as he stayed in the king’s service, and whereas Gruffydd has now withdrawn from his service without his licence, order to keep the aforesaid manors, which were recently taken into the king’s hand for the aforesaid reason, safely until the king orders otherwise, so that they answer him for the issues of the same at the Exchequer and cause the king’s demesne lands there to be ploughed and sown at their own costs as shall seem best to them. The king will cause any costs that they apply to this to be allowed to them once he knows about them. They are also to cause the farm of the same vills for the forthcoming term of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary to be collected and sent to the king without any diminution, which the king will cause to be allowed to them.

a.

The marginal county heading beside this entry in the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 3, reads ‘Warwickshire and Leicestershire’.

Concerning the king’s demesne lands that have been committed. Order, in the same manner, to the trustworthy men of Kingsthorpe that they should send their farm to the king etc.

a.

The marginal county heading beside this entry in the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 3, reads ‘Northamptonshire’ This entry reads slightly differently there, too: ‘Order, in the same manner to the trustworthy men of Kingsthorpe to take the manor of Kingsthorpe and keep it in the form aforesaid’.

27 March. Oxford. Concerning the king’s demesne lands that have been committed. The king has committed the manor of Wootton with the hundred and all their other appurtenances to John le Pouer’ to keep for as long as the king shall ordain, so that he answers him for the issues of the same at the Exchequer. Order to the knights and all tenants etc. Order to Anketinus de Martivall’ and Agnes, his wife, to deliver the aforesaid manor and hundred with appurtenances to the same John, together with the stock of the same manor and hundred that they have received from the same, to keep as aforesaid.

a.

The marginal county heading beside this entry in the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 3, reads ‘Oxfordshire’.

27 March. Oxford. For the abbot and convent of Gloucester. The abbot and convent of Gloucester have paid 100 m. to the king in his Wardrobe, by which they made fine with him because they harboured barons in their abbey of Gloucester without his licence and will, and, especially, for having his goodwill.

2 April. Oxford. For the prior and convent of Evesham. On Wednesday next after Mid-Lent in the forty-eighth year, the prior and convent of Evesham paid in the king’s Wardrobe to Master Henry de Gant, keeper of the same Wardrobe, by the hand of John de Clifton’, the £7 10s. 11½d. that remained to be rendered to the king of the £17 4s. 3½d. which were exacted from the abbot of Evesham by summons of the Exchequer for several debts. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the aforesaid prior and convent to be quit from the aforesaid £7 10s. 11½d.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

9 April. Northampton. Devon. William le Thom gives half a mark for taking an assize before Nicholas de Turri. Order to the sheriff of Devon etc.

Concerning the bishopric of Bath and Wells, which has been committed. The king has committed to William of Axmouth ¹ the vacant bishopric of Bath and Wells to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer.

1.

Entry written over an erasure up to this point.

a.

The marginal county heading beside this entry in the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 3, reads ‘Wiltshire’.

10 April. Northampton. Concerning the county of Northamptonshire, which has been committed. The king has committed the county of Northamptonshire with appurtenances to Adam de Grenville to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer. Order to the archbishops etc.

Concerning the office of escheator, which has been committed. The king has committed the office of escheator on this side of the Trent to Henry de Montfort, clerk, to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer. Order to the archbishops etc.

Concerning the office of escheator, which has been committed. Order to William de Weilond’ to deliver the office of the aforesaid escheatry to the abovesaid Henry with appurtenances to keep as aforesaid.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning the castle of Northampton, which has been committed. The king has committed the castle of Northampton with appurtenances to Nicholas of Haversham to keep for as long as it pleases the king.

12 April. Nottingham. Concerning the counties of Warwickshire and Leicestershire, which has been committed. The king has committed the counties of Warwickshire and Leicestershire to William Bagod to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him for the issues of the same counties at the Exchequer in the same manner in which he was accustomed to answer him in the time at which William was sheriff of the aforesaid counties. Order to the archbishops etc.

14 April. Nottingham. Concerning the counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, which have been committed. The king has committed the counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire with appurtenances to John de Grey to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer. Order to the archbishops etc.

Concerning a castle that has been committed. Item, the king has committed Nottingham castle with appurtenances to the abovesaid John to keep for as long as it pleases the king.

14 April. Nottingham. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. To the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire. Whereas serious disturbance and hardfought war has arisen in the kingdom through [the actions of] Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester, Hugh Despenser, Henry of Hastings, Ralph Basset of Sapcote, Ralph Basset of Drayton [Bassett], Nicholas of Seagrave, Geoffrey de Lucy, Anketinus de Martivall’, Ankerus de Freschevill’ and others of their accomplies who are opposed to the king, and also by Peter de Montfort, Simon de Montfort junior and others of their accomplices who lately remained in the vill of Northampton in hostile manner, the king, by the counsel of his magnates staying with him, orders, firmly enjoining him, to take into the king’s hand without delay all lands and tenements and all goods of the king’s aforesaid adversaries in his bailiwick and to keep them safely until the king orders him otherwise, so that he shall answer him for the issues of the same at the Exchequer.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order, in the same manner, to Peter de Neville to take the manor of Nicholas of Seagrave of Preston [into the king’s hand].

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order, in the same manner, to Ranulf Dacre to take the manor of Skirwith, formerly of Robert fitz Walter, etc. ¹

1.

There is a short gap of four lines before the next entry.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning the burgesses of Rothwell. Phillip de Castro, Richard Brun, John Vincent, Roger Le Eyr and Simon son of William, burgesses of Rothwell, have performed homage to the king for keeping the vill of Rothwell to the king’s use and for collecting the farms and other revenues in the same vill with all issues.

a.

The marginal county heading beside this entry in the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 3, reads ‘Northamptonshire’.

17 April. Nottingham. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. To Henry de Montfort, the king’s escheator beyond Trent. Whereas serious disturbance and the most hardfought war has been brought about in the kingdom through [the actions of] Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester, Hugh Despenser, and others of their accomplies, as well as by Simon de Montfort junior, Peter de Montfort, Baldwin Wake and certain others opposed to the king who lately detained his castle and vill of Northampton in hostile manner, on account of which, by the counsel of his magnates staying with him, it is provided that all lands and tenements of the king’s aforesaid adversaries, and also of prelates and all others who owe him service and who have not yet performed it in the present expedition, be taken into the king’s hand and kept safely until the king orders him otherwise, order, firmly enjoining him, to take into the king’s hand without delay all lands and tenements of the king’s aforesaid rebels and adversaries in his bailiwick, excepting those who have lands in the counties of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, which the king has committed to the sheriff of the same counties to keep, ¹ and also the lands and tenements of prelates, magnates and all others who hold from the king in chief in his bailiwick and who have not yet performed their due service in the current expedition, and to keep them safely until the king orders him otherwise, so that he shall answer him for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer.

1.

‘which the king has committed to the sheriff of the same counties to keep’ interlined by a different hand.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. To John de Grey, sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Whereas the most serious disturbance and the most hardfought war has been brought about in the kingdom through [the actions of] the earl of Leicester, Hugh Despenser and their accomplies, Simon de Montfort junior, Peter de Montfort, Baldwin Wake, Roger Bertram, Ankerus de Freschenvill’ and certain others opposing the king who lately detained his castle and vill of Northampton in hostile manner, on account of which, by the counsel of the magnates staying with him, it is provided that all lands and tenements of the king’s aforesaid rebels and adversaries be taken into the king’s hand, order, in the faith in which he is bound to him and firmly enjoining him, to take into the king’s hand without delay all lands and tenements of the aforesaid Ankerus in his bailiwick and to keep them safely until the king orders him otherwise.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order, in the same manner, to Adam of Jesmond, sheriff of Northumberland, to take into the king’s hand without delay the barony of Umfraville, which the aforesaid earl has by the king’s commission, and all other lands and tenements of the same earl in his bailiwick, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise, so that he answers him both for the issues of the said barony and for the aforesaid lands and tenements at the Exchequer.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

20 April. Grantham. Concerning lands that have been committed. The king has committed to Richard Folyot the manors of Adam de Novo Mercato of Womersley, Campsall, Thorp [in Balne], Bentley and Arksey in Yorkshire, which the king took into his hand because he [Richard] captured him [Adam] while Adam was resisting the king in hostile manner in the conflict that recently took place at Northampton, to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer. In [testimony] of which thing etc.

Concerning lands that have been committed. The king has committed all of his forests beyond the Trent to Robert de Neville to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him for the issues of the same at the Exchequer. In [testimony] of which thing etc.

Concerning lands that have been committed. The king has committed the county of Lincolnshire with appurtenances, together with Lincoln castle, to William de Grey to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer. Order to the archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, knights, free men and all others of the aforesaid county to be intendant and respondent to William as keeper of the aforesaid county and castle in all things which pertain to that custody, as aforesaid. In [testimony] of which thing etc.

Concerning homage that has been taken. The king has taken the homage of Walter de Elmedon’, cousin and heir of Robert de Brok’, lately deceased, for the bailiwick of Teddesley Hay within the king’s forest of Cannock, which bailiwick Robert held from the king in chief, and the king has rendered that bailiwick to him with appurtenances. Order to Alan la Zouche, justice of the forest on this side of the Trent, that, having accepted sufficient security from Walter for rendering his rightful relief to the king at the Exchequer, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid bailiwick.

a.

The marginal county heading beside this entry in the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 3, reads ‘Shropshire’.

Wiltshire. Richard Mangtorn and William le Jovene give half a mark for a writ of bail. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. Ralph the Clerk and Matilda, his wife, give half a mark for having an assize before Nicholas de Turri. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire.

a.

For entries not recorded in the Fine Roll but entered on the Originalia Roll in this chronological sequence see nos. 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303 below.

[No date]. Vacated because he did not have the writ. The Master of the Knights of the Temple in England gives one mark for a writ at the Bench concerning a false judgement. Order to the sheriff of Devon. ¹

1.

Entry cancelled because he did not have the writ. About 40% of this membrane, i.e. that following this entry, is left blank.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. Amabilia daughter of John and Agnes, her sister, give half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire.

1 July. St. Paul’s, London. Concerning homage. The king has taken the homage of Norman Darcy, son and heir of Phillip Darcy, lately deceased, for all lands and tenements which Phillip, his father, held from the king in chief, and he has rendered those lands and tenements to him. Order to the king’s escheator in Lindsey that, having accepted security from Norman for rendering his rightful relief to the king at the Exchequer as for a baron, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all of the aforesaid lands and tenements, of which Phillip, his father, was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day he died and which have been taken into the king’s hand by reason of his death.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. The abbot of St. James outside Northampton gives 20s. for taking an assize of darrein presentment before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire.

[No date]. Essex. Joan de Sunninge gives one mark for having an assize before Nicholas de Turri. Order to the sheriff of Essex etc.

[No date]. Norfolk. Henry of Bodham gives half a mark for having an assize before Giles of Erdington. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

[No date]. Norfolk. Edmund de Illeye and Joan, his wife, give 40s. for taking an assize of mort d’ancestor before Giles of Erdington. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

[No date]. Hertfordshire. Henry son of Hugh gives one mark for taking an assize before Nicholas de Turri. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire.

[No date]. Norfolk. William de Neuton’ gives half a mark for taking an assize before Nicholas de Turri. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

[No date]. Suffolk. Roger le Jovene gives half a mark for taking an assize of mort d’ancestor before Giles of Erdington. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Simon Wachet of Thorganby gives 1 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

a.

This entry is out of chronological sequence being placed at the top of the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 4, before no. 115 above.

5 July. St. Paul’s, London. For the executors of Robert de Vieuxpont. To the barons of the Exchequer. Whereas the king’s beloved John de Vescy, the abbot of Shap, Robert de Rypar’ and Thomas of Musgrave, executors of the testament of Robert de Vieuxpont, lately deceased, who held from the king in chief and who was bound to him in divers debts on the day he died, have made fine with the king by 200 m. for having free administration of all goods formerly of the said Robert on the day he died, in order to make execution of his testament therefrom, of which the same executors have paid 50 m. to the king cash down and are to pay another 50 m. at Michaelmas next to come, and they are to pay the remaining 100 m. at the Purification of the Blessed Mary next following, namely so that the said 200 m. are to allowed to Robert’s heirs in the payment of the debts in which he was bound to the king on the day he died, and whereas that the king will betake himself to Robert’s heirs for the remainder of the aforesaid debts, the king, by the aforesaid fine, has granted to the same executors full and free administration of all of the aforesaid goods and chattels in order to make the said execution therefrom. Order that, the aforesaid 200 m. having been paid to the king for the aforesaid fine, ¹ they are to cause them to be allowed to the said heirs in the payment of the remainder of the aforesaid debts, and to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

1.

‘having been paid to the king for the aforesaid fine’ interlined.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Suffolk. John de Horshag’ gives half a mark for taking an attaint before Giles of Erdington. ¹ Order to the sheriff of Suffolk.

1.

Corrected by expunction from ‘Nicholas de Turri’.

[No date]. Northumberland. Wido de Normanville gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Richard of Middleton. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland.

Concerning security for the debts of R. de Quincy, formerly earl of Winchester. To Richard of Hemington and Richard de Wikes, keepers of the lands and tenements formerly of Roger de Quincy, sometime earl of Winchester. Because the aforesaid earl was bound to the king in several debts on the day he died, as the king has learnt, order to take into the king’s hand without delay all goods and chattels formerly of the aforesaid earl on the day he died and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

6 July. St. Paul’s, London. Concerning homage. The king has taken the homage of William de Criketot, one of the heirs of William White, lately deceased, who held from the king in chief, for the portion falling to him by hereditary right from the lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid William. Order to the king’s escheator in Suffolk that, having accepted security from the abovesaid William for rendering 50 m. to the king at the Exchequer for relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the manor of Great Ashfield, one knight’s fee in Westleton, one knight’s fee in Littleton, one knight’s fee in Ashfield, the fourth part of a knight’s fee in Maidenton’, and of 40s. of annual rent in Wrabness, which the king assigned to him for the aforesaid portion.

a.

In the margin beside this entry in the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 4, is the following note: ‘He is charged with £50 for the aforesaid portion of the aforesaid lands, because they are held by barony, in the roll of the sixth year of King E. [1277–78]’.

[No date]. Norfolk. Thomas Galien’ gives 20s. for having a writ at the Bench concerning a false judgement. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

[No date]. Dorset. Herbert de St. Quintin gives one mark for taking an assize before Henry of Bratton. Order to the sheriff of Dorset etc.

[No date]. Berkshire. Walter de La Wike and Emma, his wife, give half a mark for taking an assize before Nicholas de Turri. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire etc.

[No date]. Berkshire. The same Walter and Emma give half a mark for taking an assize before the same Nicholas etc. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire etc.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. John, son of William of Litlington, gives half a mark for taking an assize before G. of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire.

a.

This entry is out of chronological sequence being placed at the foot of the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 3, after the last of the new entries concerning commitments of offices.

[No date]. Leicestershire. William Malesoures gives half a mark for taking an assize before Richard de Midilton’. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire.

11 July. St. Paul’s, London. Concerning homage. The king has taken the homage of Robert fitz Payn, one of the heirs of Alvred of Lincoln, lately deceased, who held from the king in chief, for all lands and tenements falling to him by hereditary right from the lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid Alvred, and the king has rendered them to him. Order to Henry de Montfort, escheator on this side of the Trent, that, having accepted security from Robert for rendering his rightful relief to the king at the Exchequer, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the manor of Martinstown with the advowson of the church of the same vill, a knight’s fee in Corton, a knight’s fee in Buckland Newton, a knight’s fee in Bardolfeston, the fifth part of a knight’s fee in Tatton, and half a knight’s fee in Lyme Regis, saving to Albreda of Lincoln, one of the heirs of the aforesaid Alvred, 22s. 3d. of annual rent in the aforesaid manor, which the king has assigned to Robert by the assent of the heirs and parceners of the aforesaid Alvred, as the share of the lands and tenements falling to him by hereditary right from the aforesaid lands and tenements.

a.

In the margin beside this entry in the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 4, is a capital ‘B’ that has been written over an erasure. The marginal county heading reads ‘Somerset’.

Concerning homage. In the same manner the king has taken the homage of William de Gouiz, another of the heirs of Alvred of Lincoln, lately deceased etc., for all lands and tenements falling to him by hereditary right from the lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid Alvred. Order to the abovesaid Henry that, having accepted security from William for rendering his rightful relief to the king at the Exchequer, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the manors of Zeals and Midsummer Norton with two thirds of a knight’s fee in Turner's Puddle, a knight’s fee in Purbeck, the fifth part of a knight’s fee in Wareham, and a knight’s fee in Swanage, which the king has assigned to William by the assent of the parceners and heirs of the aforesaid Alvred, as the share of the lands and tenements falling to him by hereditary right from the aforesaid lands and tenements.

a.

In the margin beside this entry in the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 4, is a capital ‘C’. The marginal county heading reads ‘Somerset’.

Concerning homage. In the same manner the king has taken the homage of Albreda of Lincoln, sister and one of the heirs of the aforesaid Alvred, for all lands and tenements falling to her by hereditary right from the lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid Alvred. Order to the abovesaid Henry that, having accepted security from Albreda for her rightful relief etc., he is to cause her to have full seisin of the manor of Langton Herring, 33s. 4d. ¹ of annual rent in Okeford Fitzpaine, 22s. 3d. of annual rent in Martinstown and 22s. 3d. of annual rent in Zeals, a knight’s fee in Warmwell, half a knight’s fee in Milborne Deverel, three parts of a knight’s fee in Duntish Revel, the fifth part of a knight’s fee in Martinstown, the fifth part of a knight’s fee in Lowbrook, a knight’s fee in West Stafford, and a knight’s fee in Stoke with appurtenances, which the king has assigned to Albreda by the assent of the parceners and heirs of the aforesaid Alvred, as the part of the lands and tenements falling to her by hereditary right from the aforesaid lands and tenements.

1.

‘4d.’ interlined.

a.

In the margin beside this entry in the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 4, is a capital ‘D’. The marginal county heading reads ‘Somerset’.

[No date]. Leicestershire. Thomas, son of Jordan de Luda, gives half a mark for having a writ ad terminum at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. John, son of William the Clerk, gives half a mark for taking an assize before Nicholas de Turri. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Agnes, daughter of Alan de Stavel’, gives one mark for taking an assize before Richard of Middleton. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire etc.

[No date]. Herefordshire [sic]. John, son of William of Litlington, gives half a mark for taking an assize before Nicholas de Turri. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire etc.

[No date]. Herefordshire [sic]. The same John gives half a mark for taking another assize before the same Nicholas. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire etc.

[No date]. Suffolk. Adam, son of Hugh de Illeye, gives half a mark for taking an assize before Giles of Erdington. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk.

[No date]. Hampshire. William of Pan gives one mark for taking an assize before Richard of Middleton. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire etc.

[No date]. Buckinghamshire. Thomas the Marshal of Hanslope gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

21 July. St. Paul’s, London. For Robert fitz Payn. For the praiseworthy service which Robert fitz Payn and William de Gouiz have given to the king, and for the damages they have sustained in his service at Lewes in the conflict there, he has pardoned to them on this occasion, by his special grace, their relief that they owe him for the lands and tenements falling to them by hereditary right from the lands and tenements formerly of Alvred of Lincoln, lately deceased, their uncle. Order to Henry de Montfort, clerk, escheator on this side of the Trent, to permit them to be quit therefrom.

[No date]. Norfolk. Michael son of Humphrey gives half a mark for having a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk.

[No date]. Essex. Ralph of Rochester gives half a mark for taking an assize of darrein presentment before Giles of Erdington. Order to the sheriff of Essex.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. William de Cumpton’ gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Martin of Littlebury. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire.

24 July. St. Paul’s, London. Concerning security for debts. Order to the escheator in Bedfordshire that, having accepted security from the executors of the testament of Thomas Tyrel, lately deceased, who held from the king in chief, for rendering debts to the king if he owed him anything on the day he died, he is to cause them to have free administration of all goods and chattels of the said deceased in order to make execution of his testament therefrom.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. Joan, who was the wife of Walter of Trumpington, and Henry de Waddon’ give one mark for taking an assize before G. of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire etc.

a.

The sum of the fine is given as ‘half a mark’ in the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 4.

26 July. St. Paul’s, London. For Bertram de Criel. To William of Wendling, escheator on this side of the Trent. Some time ago, at the instance of the king’s beloved and faithful Nicholas de Criel, the king pardoned to Bertram, son of John de Criel, the £12 which the escheator exacts from him to the king’s use for the issues of the lands and tenements formerly of his aforesaid father which were in his hand from the time of his father’s death. Order to permit Bertram to be quit therefrom. ¹

1.

There is an illegible erasure after the witness clause.

a.

An alternative date, ‘30 July’, is given for this entry in the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 4.

Concerning homage and relief. To the same William. Some time ago the king took the homage of Bertram de Criel, son and heir of John de Criel, lately deceased, who held from the king in chief, for all lands and tenements which John held from the king in chief on the day he died, and he has rendered those lands and tenements to him. Order that, having accepted sufficient security from him for rendering rightful relief to the king at the Exchequer, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands and tenements falling to him by hereditary right which the escheator took into the king’s hand by reason of the death of his aforesaid father. ¹ These writs were sealed with the small seal at Canterbury and enrolled upon the king’s last return from overseas parts.

1.

What follows is entered on the line below, following the witness clause. It is marked with a small cross (multiplication symbol) in the margin.

a.

The marginal county heading beside this entry in the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 4, reads ‘Kent’.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. To William of Wendling, escheator on this side of the Trent. Because Thomas of Hengrave, who held from the king in chief, has died, as the king has heard, order to take into the king’s hand without delay all lands and tenements of which he was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day he died, and [cause them to be extended] by the oath of trustworthy [men] etc.

30 July. St. Paul’s, London. Lincolnshire. By the fine which John de Oyry made with him for rendering 40s. in his Wardrobe at Michaelmas next to come, the king has pardoned to him his imprisonment for the redisseisin that he made against William Le Chanoyne of Creake of a tenement in Gedney, as is said. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire not to penalize him or aggrieve him on account of this but permit him to be quit therefrom.

a.

John’s offence is given as ‘disseisin’ in the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 4.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. The abbot of Lavendon gives half a mark for taking an assize before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. Andrew Syreth of Brackley and Emma, his wife, give half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before G. of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire.

[No date]. Huntingdonshire. The prior of Bushmead gives 2 m. for taking an attaint before G. of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire.

[No date]. Buckinghamshire. John, son of William de Morewell’, gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

[No date]. Berkshire. Ralph Attehorethorn’ and Sabina, his wife, give half a mark for taking an assize before Nicholas de Turri. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire etc.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. Simon Bordel gives one mark for taking an assize before G. of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire etc.

[No date]. Thomas de Leye ¹ gives half a mark for having a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire etc.

1.

This name is crossed through but there is no other indication that the entry is cancelled save that this entry is repeated in slightly variant form at no. 171 below.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Yorkshire. William, son of Thomas de Creystok’, gives half a mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire.

[No date]. Yorkshire. The same William gives one mark for another writ of trespass. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire.

[No date]. Berkshire. The abbot of Abingdon, William of Sparsholt, Stephen Ripetal’, John Mercham and William Le Reve of South Hinksey give 4 m. for taking an attaint before Gilbert of Preston and Giles of Erdington. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Brice de Kelleseye gives half a mark for a writ of trespass. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Adam, son of William de Hagh’, gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire.

[No date]. Hertfordshire. Idonea Atte Sele and Joan, her daughter, give one mark for having an attaint before Richard of Middleton. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire.

[No date]. Nottinghamshire. Ralph, son of William de Hau, gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

[No date]. Warwickshire. Thomas de Leie gives half a mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire. ¹

1.

This entry is given in slightly variant form at no. 163 above.

a.

For entries not recorded in the Fine Roll but entered on the Originalia Roll in this chronological sequence see nos. 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310 below.

10 Aug. St. Paul’s, London. Concerning homage. The king has taken the homage of Thomas, son of Robert de Blie, lately deceased, who held from the king in chief, for all lands and tenements which Robert, his father, held from the king in chief, and he has rendered those lands and tenements to him. Order to the escheator in Northumberland that, having accepted security from Thomas for rendering his rightful relief to the king at the Exchequer, namely a moiety at the Exchequer of Hilary and the other moiety at Trinity next following, [he is to cause] Thomas etc.

a.

There is an erasure beside the marginal county heading for this entry in the originalia roll E 371/28, m. 5, which appears to read ‘by the king’s council’.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. Stephen de Aseselle gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire etc.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. John Dolfyn of Snailwell gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before the same Gilbert. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire etc.

[No date]. Wiltshire. Richard Le Bret gives half a mark for a pone [to remove a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire.

[No date]. Warwickshire. Simon de Nerbun and Alice, his wife, give half a mark for taking an assize before Giles of Erdington. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire etc.

[No date]. Devon. William de Fellefen and Matilda, his wife, give half a mark for taking an assize before Henry of Bratton. Order to the sheriff of Devon etc.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Robert de Menthorp’ gives half a mark for taking an assize before Richard de Middelton’. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire etc.

23 April [sic]. Canterbury. Yorkshire. The same Robert gives half a mark for taking another assize before the same Richard. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire etc.

[No date]. Suffolk. Adam son of Hugh gives half a mark for taking another assize before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. Robert de Harewald gives half a mark for taking an assize before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. John of Rigsby gives half a mark for taking an assize of darrein presentment before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

[No date]. Northumberland. Gerard Le Escot gives one mark for a writ of trespass. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland.

[No date]. Suffolk. Augustine son of John gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before G. of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk.

2 Sept. Canterbury. Lincolnshire. The prior of Markby gives 2 m. for taking an assize before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Thomas Muncavill’ gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before the same G. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

[No date]. Buckinghamshire. Isabella, who was the wife of Nigel de Chaudon’, gives half a mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire etc.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Henry de Grummscroft gives half a mark for taking an assize before Martin of Littlebury. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

[No date]. Somerset. Robert de Berton’, John son of Robert and others [named] in the writ give half a mark for taking an assize before Henry of Bratton. Order to the sheriff of Somerset.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. William Bosse gives half a mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire etc.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. The abbot of Revesby gives one mark for a pone. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

16 Sept. Canterbury. Lincolnshire. Geoffrey, son of Geoffrey de Manetorp’, gives 1 m. for having a writ at the Bench concerning a false judgement. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

18 Sept. Canterbury. For the executors of the earl of Winchester. The executors of R. de Quincy, formerly earl of Winchester, have found the king the below-written pledges, namely John de Eyvill’, Henry de Longchamp, Roger de Vaux and William de Oilly, for rendering debts to the king if the same earl owed him any on the day he died, in as far as the goods and chattels of the same earl suffice to acquit the aforesaid debts.

Canterbury. For the executors of William de Furnival. Because Adam de Novo Mercato, Thomas Darcy and Robert de Wyleby have mainperned before the king (coram Rege) to pay debts to the king if William de Furnival, lately deceased, owed him anything on the day he died, order to the sheriff of Cumberland to permit the executors of the same William to have free administration of all chattels of the said deceased, in order to make execution of his testament therefrom.

[No date]. Concerning a fine. By the fine of 5 m. which Thomas de Craven’ has made with him, the king has granted him that he shall not be placed upon assizes etc.

a.

The marginal county heading beside this entry in the originalia roll, E 371/28, m. 5, reads ‘Yorkshire’.

[No date]. Devon. John Le Lu, vicar of the church of Sidbury, gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Henry of Bratton. Order to the sheriff of Devon.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Ralph the Clerk of Scovill’ gives half a mark for a writ of trespass. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire.

[No date]. Kent. Thomas de Tycheseya gives one mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Hervey of Boreham. Order to the sheriff of Kent etc.

2 Oct. Canterbury. For the executors of Richard Lovel. Because Thomas de Cancellis and John Berri, executors of Richard Lovel, lately deceased, who held from the king in chief, have found the below-written pledges, namely Anselm Basset, John of Monmouth, Ralph Bluet and Simon le Setre, for rendering debts to the king if the said deceased owed him anything on the day he died, in as far as the goods of the said deceased shall suffice, order to the escheator in Somerset to permit the aforesaid executors to have full administration of the goods and chattels formerly of the aforesaid deceased, in order to make execution of his testament therefrom.

[No date]. Buckinghamshire. Walter the Serjeant of Hanslope and Hugh Andrew give half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Levota, who was the wife of Peter [de] Ros, gives one mark for taking an assize before Martin of Littlebury. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

[No date]. Leicestershire. The abbot of Garendon gives 1 m. for a pone. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire etc.

[No date]. Lancaster. Peter de Brus and Walter de Lindesey give one mark for taking an assize of darrein presentment before Richard of Middleton. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster etc.

[No date]. Berkshire. John le Faren’ gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire etc.

[No date]. Devon. Stephen de Sokebere gives 2 m. for having an attaint before Henry of Bratton. Order to the sheriff of Devon.

[No date]. Berkshire. Goda, who was the wife of Thomas le Taynturel, gives half a mark for having a writ ad terminum [for a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire.

[No date]. Oxfordshire. Robert son of John gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Giles of Erdington. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire.

[No date]. Norfolk. William Hunfrey gives one ¹ mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk.

1.

Sum possibly written over an erasure.

16 Oct. Westminster. Cornwall. Gregory de Northill’ gives 1 m. for having a pone [to remove a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall etc.

[No date]. Bedfordshire. Robert Burdet gives half a mark for taking an assize before G. of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire etc.

[No date]. Kent. Phillip Cayl gives one mark for having a writ ad terminum [for a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Kent.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. The prior of Fineshade gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before G. of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

[No date]. Derbyshire. Henry of Kniveton and Sibyl, his wife, give half a mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire.

20 Oct. Westminster. Oxfordshire. Alice, who was the wife of Reginald de Cardeville, gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire etc.

[No date]. Norfolk. Thomas of Blickling gives half a mark for taking an assize before Giles of Erdington. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc. By the king and justiciar.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Robert, son of William of Rothwell, and Alan, his brother, give half a mark for taking an assize before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire.

[No date]. Essex. Robert, son of Ralph of Finchingfield, gives half a mark for taking an [assize of novel] disseisin before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Essex.

[No date]. Dorset. Ralph de Tynten and Alice, his wife, give one mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Henry of Bratton. Order to the sheriff of Dorset.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Geoffrey, son of Robert de Grimeston’, gives half a mark for having a writ ad terminum [for a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire.

22 Oct. Westminster. Concerning the county of Devon, which has been committed. By the counsel of his barons, the king has committed the county of Devon with appurtenances to Ralph de Esse to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Gocelin, son of William de Hag’, gives one mark for having an attaint before Martin of Littlebury. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

[No date]. Essex. Robert de Arnwy gives half a mark for having a writ ad terminum [for a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Essex etc.

[No date]. Cornwall. Matilda Mansel gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Henry of Bratton. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Richard de Boulton’ and Beatrice, his wife, give 1 m. for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Richard of Middleton. ¹ Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire.

1.

Up to this point, this entry is written over an erasure.

[No date]. Essex. John Peverel gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Nicholas de Turri. Order to the sheriff of Essex.

25 Oct. Westminster. For Ralph of Cemais. To the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews. For the praiseworthy service which the king’s beloved and faithful Ralph of Cemais gives to him, the king has pardoned to him all debts in which he was bound to Cok son of Aaron, formerly a Jew of London, lately deceased, and all other debts in which he was bound to other Jews whatsoever by the charters of the same Ralph. Order to cause the charters by which he was bound to the said Jews in the abovesaid debts to be extracted from the chests of the Jews throughout England and delivered to Ralph, to cause him to be quit from all of the aforesaid debts and to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By the king, H. Despenser, justiciar, Peter de Montfort, Adam de Novo Mercato, Giles de Argentan and others of the council.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Henry de Bromfeud’. To the same. Having compassion for the poverty of Henry de Brumpfeud’, who was bound to divers Jews throughout England in several debts, as the king has heard, the king has pardoned to him all but 10 m. of all debts that he owes to the aforesaid Jews, on condition that he renders 5 m. to the king at the Exchequer of Easter next to come and 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas next following. Order to cause Henry to have those terms and, the payment of the said 10 m. having been made at the aforesaid terms, to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid debts and to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By the justiciar at the instance of H. de Bohun.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Peter de Montfort. To the same. For the praiseworthy service which the king’s beloved and faithful Peter de Montfort junior gives to him, the king has given him the £40 in which the king’s beloved and faithful James of Audley was bound to Cok son of Aaron, formerly a Jew of London, by his charter, and the £30 in which John fiz al Pretre, Henry de Bosco, Walter Crol, John de Chavercroft and John, son of Ralph the Clerk, were bound to the abovesaid Cok by their charters, which sum of money the same James, John, Henry, Walter, John and John had received as a loan from the aforesaid Jew and had delivered to Peter in order to expedite his urgent business therewith. ¹ The king has also pardoned to the same Peter all debts in which he was bound to Cok son of Aaron and others of the king’s Jews whatsoever by his charter. Order to cause the abovesaid charters to be extracted from the chests of the Jews in London and elsewhere ² and delivered to Peter, to cause the aforesaid James, John, Henry, Walter, John and John to be quit from the aforesaid debt, and Peter from his aforesaid debts, ³ and to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By the king, the justiciar and the others as above.

1.

The following sentence is interlined.

2.

‘and elsewhere’ interlined. There is an erasure above the text at this point.

3.

‘and Peter from his aforesaid debts’ interlined.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Essex. Emma de Poulton’ gives one mark ¹ for having a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Essex.

1.

Sum written over an erasure.

[No date]. Cornwall. John de Draynes gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before Henry of Bratton. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall etc.

a.

For an entry not recorded in the Fine Roll but entered on the Originalia Roll in this chronological sequence see no. 311 below.

26 Oct. Westminster. For Giles de Argentan. To the barons of the Exchequer. Whereas on 3 August in the forty-seventh year the king had committed his castle of Windsor and his manors of Cookham, Bray and Kempton with all of their appurtenances to his beloved and faithful Giles de Argentan to keep for as long as it pleases the king, and whereas soon afterwards, in going in person to the aforesaid castle, the king took it into his hand with corn and stock and committed it to his beloved and faithful Drogo de Barentin to keep, and whereas the same Giles caused the corn of the aforesaid manors to be collected and stacked and put towards provisioning the aforesaid castle by the king’s order from the rents and other issues of the aforesaid manors, so that nothing remained to him, as the king has heard, whereby the king wishes to provide for his indemnity and do him special grace, the king has granted to the same Giles, for himself and his heirs, that he and his heirs are to be forever quit from all accounts, reckonings and arrears to be rendered to the king for this from the aforesaid time, namely so that neither he nor his heirs are to be aggrieved, troubled or penalised before the king (coram nobis) or before his heirs or before them [the barons] in future by reason of the foregoing. Order to permit the said Giles to be quit from accounts, reckonings and arrears from the aforesaid time. By the king and Ralph of Cemais.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Hertfordshire. Robert de Chenduyt and Thomas, his brother, give one mark for having a writ ad terminum [for a plea before the justices] at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire.

[No date]. Buckinghamshire. William de Medinham gives half a mark for having a writ ad terminum at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. Richard de Oketon’ gives half a mark for taking an assize of novel disseisin before G. of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire.

[No date]. Middlesex. Simon, son of Simon atte Melne, gives half a mark for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Middlesex.

28 Oct. Westminster. For the king’s men of Dunwich. For the damages and losses which the king’s men of Dunwich have sustained by reason of the disturbance that arose in the kingdom and in overseas parts, he has given them respite, until Easter next to come, both from the farm of their vill for the present year and for all other debts they owe to him. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the same men to have this respite.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

26 Oct. Westminster. For Roger Bertram and others in the writ. To the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews. The king, of his special grace, has remitted to his beloved and faithful Roger Bertram of Mitford, John de Balum, Norman Darcy, Robert de Munteny, Nicholas de Lenham, Thomas Darcy, Ralph Darcy, William de Munchesney of Edwardstone and Reginald de Baalum, as they are devoted to him and are always ready to give him service, all fees and all interest payments in which they were bound to any Jews of the kingdom of England, namely on condition that they pay any capital or loan which they received from the aforesaid Jews by their charters to the king at the Exchequer. Order to cause all Jews who remain and who were in the kingdom or their heirs, to whom the same faithful men were bound in anyway, to have certain days and places to come before them, to cause the charters of the aforesaid faithful men to be extracted from the chests of the chirographs of the Jews, to cause them to be quit from the aforesaid fees and interest payments, and to cause this to be done and enrolled thus, so that they pay any capital or loan that they received from the aforesaid Jews by their charters, as aforesaid. ¹

1.

Entry marked with a small cross in the margin. Uncertain translation.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

25 Oct. Westminster. For Henry de Sutleye. To the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews. Whereas the king’s beloved and faithful Henry de Sutleg’ lately mainperned for Nicholas Poinz to pay to Cressa son of Mosse, formerly a Jew of London, deceased, the £70 in which Nicholas was bound to the aforesaid Jew by his charter for having a certain piece of land that Nicholas granted to Henry forever, and whereas Henry has not paid yet paid the aforesaid £70 due to the disturbance in the kingdom some time ago, as the king has heard, the king, wishing to do him special grace for the praiseworthy service which Henry gave to Richard de Clare, formerly earl of Gloucester, and to William de Clare, his brother, and at the instance of the king’s beloved and faithful Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester, has pardoned the aforesaid £70 to him together with the interest on the same. Order to cause the charter by which Nicholas was bound to the abovesaid Jew in the aforesaid debt to be extracted from the chest containing the chirographs of the Jews, ¹ , to cause it to be delivered to Henry, to cause Nicholas to be quit from the aforesaid debt and interest, and to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ²

1.

There is an erasure with a line through it at this point.

2.

Entry marked with a small cross in the margin.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Reginald de Mortain’. To the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews. Wishing to do special grace to his beloved Reginald de Mortayn, clerk, the king grants him that he may render all debts in which he was bound to Cok son of Aaron, Jew of London, deceased, and the debts in which William of Windsor was bound to the abovesaid Jew, which Reginald is bound to render to the king for the abovesaid William, at the terms that the king will assign to him. Order that, having accepted sufficient security from Reginald for rendering the aforesaid debts to the king at the Exchequer at the aforesaid terms, they are to place in respite the demand that they make from him for the aforesaid debts until the quindene of Hilary next to come, so that the king might be able to be certified about the aforesaid debts more fully in the meantime. ¹

1.

Entry marked with a small cross in the margin.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

28 Oct. Westminster. For Roger Bertram and others. To the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews. The king, of his special grace, has remitted to his beloved and faithful Roger Bertam of Mitford, John de Baalum, Norman Darcy, Robert de Monteny, Nicholas de Lenham’, Thomas Darcy, Ralph Darcy, William de Munchesney of Edwardstone and Reginald de Baalum, as they are devoted to him and are always ready to give him service, all fees in which they or their ancestors were bound to any of the king’s Jews of England. The king has also pardoned to the abovesaid Roger, John, and his other aforesaid faithful men all interest payments and penalties in which they or their ancestors are bound to the same Jews by their charters, namely in the money which the aforesaid Roger, John and the other faithful men took as a loan from ¹ the abovesaid Jews and are bound to render to them, about which monies the abovesaid Roger, John and the other faithful men are believed to have sworn an oath before them [the justices] and before other trustworthy men sworn to this. Order, therefore, to cause all Jews who are presently in the kingdom or the heirs of those who have died, to whom the same faithful men were bound in any debt, to have certain days and places to come before them, to cause all charters by which they were bound to all Jews of England in any debts or fees to be extracted from the chests of the chirographs of the Jews and to cause them to be delivered to the same, to cause them to be quit from the aforesaid fees, penalties and interest payments, and to cause this to be done and enrolled thus, so that the abovesaid Roger, John and the king’s other aforesaid faithful men satisfy the same Jews for the said monies so accepted as a loan at the reasonable terms which they [the justices] will assign to them, and so that the said monies so loaned do not accrue any interest. If the abovesaid Jews or any of them are to die, whereby their chattels would escheat to the king, then the aforesaid Roger, John and the others are to satisfy the king for them at the Exchequer. ²

1.

'from' interlined.

2.

Entry marked with a small cross in the margin. Uncertain translation.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Robert de Merc and others. Robert de Merc, Robert of Hartshill, David of Ashby and Ralph Morin have similar letters for themselves at the instance of Henry of Hastings.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Robert de Merc and others. John de Burgh, Phillip Marmion and Gilbert Peche have similar letters for themselves.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Robert de Merc and others. Ralph Taylard has similar letters. ¹

1.

An early modern reference note at the foot of this membrane reads ‘Fines of the forty-eighth year of King Henry III’.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning a custody that has been assigned. The king has granted, in as much as pertains to him, the custody of all lands and tenements formerly of Stephen de Cressy, lately deceased, who [held from the king in chief], to William de Valence [to have and] hold until the lawful age of the heirs of the aforesaid Stephen, saving the rightful dower of Stephen’s wife, on condition, however, that if the value of the rightful extent of the said [lands and tenements] shall exceed the sum of his fee that he takes at the Exchequer, he is to answer the king at the Exchequer for the residue of that value, and if, on the other hand, [the value of the rightful extent] does not reach the sum of the same fee, then he may take that which is lacking from the aforesaid fee at the Exchequer aforesaid, just as he was previously accustomed to do. In [testimony] of which thing etc. ¹

1.

This entry is presumably meant to be associated with no. 33 below. The right margin is lost but the sense of the entry can be reconstructed.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 30 above.

16 Dec. Windsor. Concerning a county that has been committed. The king has committed his county of Yorkshire, together with the castle of York, to Robert de Neville to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for the issues of the same to the king at the Exchequer.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 47 above.

Concerning a county that has been committed. Order to John Daiville to deliver that etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 47 above.

Concerning a county that has been committed. The king has committed his county of Gloucestershire with appurtenances to Roger of Clifford to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for the issues arising therefrom to the king at the Exchequer.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 47 above.

Concerning a castle that has been committed. The king has committed the castle of Gloucester with appurtenances to the same Roger to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for the issues arising therefrom to the king at the Exchequer.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 47 above.

Concerning a county that has been committed. Cumberland. The king has committed his county of Cumberland with appurtenances, together with the castle of Carlisle with appurtenances, to Eustace de Bailliol to keep for as long as it pleases the king, rendering for this at the Exchequer as much as William Dacre and the same Eustace were accustomed to render per annum at the Exchequer for the same.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 47 above.

16 Dec. Windsor. Concerning a manor that has been committed. Staffordshire. The king has committed the manor of Ellesmere, in as much as pertains to him, to Hamo Lestrange, together with the castle, hundred and all its other appurtenances, to hold for the seventeen years next following Christmas in the forty-eighth year, for his fee of 30 m. that he takes at the Exchequer.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 47 above.

18 Dec. Windsor. Concerning the manors of King’s Norton and Bromsgrove. Worcestershire. in the Roll. For the praiseworthy service which Roger de Mortimer gives him, the king has granted for himself and his heirs that the same Roger and his heirs might take £100 each year from the farm of the manors of King’s Norton and Bromsgrove in Worcestershire by the hand of the sheriff of Worcestershire who will be for that time, at the same term at which he is accustomed to render the same farm to the king at the Exchequer until the king or his heirs will provide Roger or his heirs with 100 librates of land from the king’s escheats or his other lands that are not of his demesne or pertain to his crown. If, by chance, it happens that the farmers of the aforesaid manors do not pay the aforesaid £100 at future terms, the king wishes and grants that the aforesaid sheriffs might distrain the aforesaid farmers by the view of Roger or his heirs or of any others in their stead assigned to this, in order to render the aforesaid £100 annually to Roger or his heirs, as aforesaid, on condition, however, that the aforesaid farmers shall answer the king at the Exchequer for the residue of the farm of the aforesaid manors just as they had previously been accustomed to do. For this grant, Roger, for himself and his heirs, has remitted and quitclaimed to the king and his heirs the right and claim that he had or might have had in the manor of Lechlade with all its appurtenances, namely so that if that manor should come to the hands of the king or of his heirs by escheat or by another manner, the king or his heirs will restore that manor to Roger and his heirs and, once that manor has been restored, the king and his heirs will be quit from paying the aforesaid £100 to Roger or his heirs, as aforesaid, and then Roger or his heirs will restore these letters without delay to the king or his heirs together with charters and lands if he had them from the king or his heirs according to the form of the aforesaid grant. In [testimony] of which thing etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 47 above.

22 Dec. Windsor. Herefordshire. Concerning a castle that has been committed. The king has committed his castle of Hereford to Hugh de Trubleville to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to all tenants etc. to be intendant etc. to him.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 48 above.

Windsor. Shropshire. Concerning castles that have been committed. The king has committed his castles of Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth and Montgomery with appurtenances to Hamo Lestrange to keep for as long as it pleases the king. In [testimony] of which thing etc. Order to all tenants etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 48 above.

Berkshire. Concerning manors that have been committed. in the Roll. Whereas the king lately, at Windsor, after the withdrawal of Giles de Argentan, then keeper of his castle of Windsor, had committed the castle, vill and forest of Windsor to Drogo de Barentin, and his manors of Cookham, Bray and Kempton to keep with appurtenances, the king wishes and grants that the same Drogo may have custody of the said castle, vill, forest and manors for as long as it pleases the king, so that he renders to the king at the Exchequer as much as Aymo Thurumberd, who had custody of the same, rendered to the king at the aforesaid Exchequer.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 48 above.

5 Dec. Canterbury. Concerning ports that have been committed. Kent. The king has committed his Cinque Ports and the chamberlainship of Sandwich with appurtenances to Roger of Leybourne to keep for as long as it pleases the king.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 48 above.

Concerning hundreds that have been committed. in the Roll of the sixth year of King E. The king has committed the seven hundreds of the Weald with appurtenances to the same Roger to keep in form in which other keepers have had that custody. ¹ Later, the same Roger was charged in the roll of the sixth year with £10 per annum for the same hundreds, because it is attested by R. de Northwode and J. of Cobham, then barons of the Exchequer, that the sheriffs who were at that time used to take £10 per annum from the aforesaid hundreds before the king committed them to the aforesaid Roger.

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Witness clause entered here. What follows is crammed into the space before the next entry.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 48 above.

Concerning honours that have been committed. in the Roll concerning the bodies. A short time ago the king granted to Geoffrey de Percy the custody of the honours of Peverel, Boulogne, Haughley and Rayleigh, to have from Easter last past to Easter next to come, so that he pays £26 per annum at the Exchequer for the aforesaid honours.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 48 above.

13 April. Nottingham. Concerning a fine. Northamptonshire. in the Roll. By the fine of 40 m. which Ralph son of Ralph, burgess of Northampton, made with him, of which he has paid 20 m. in the king’s Wardrobe, the king has remitted to him all indignation and rancour of mind that he had conceived towards him by reason of the trespass that he committed in holding steadfastly against the king’s will to certain individuals opposing the king in his aforesaid vill of Northampton in the battle lately fought there between the king and his aforesaid adversaries, and he has granted him, for himself and his heirs, that he might return with his own family and household (cum propria domestica familia sua), who had been with him before the aforesaid battle, to his houses in the same vill, and might safely stay there, and that he and his heirs may have and hold forever all of his lands and tenements both within the same vill and outside that he had before the aforesaid trespass in the same manner in which he previously held them as long as he and his heirs behave themselves well and faithfully towards the king and his heirs. In [testimony] of which thing etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

20 April. Nottingham. Concerning the stocking of castles. Whereas the king lately committed to his beloved and faithful John de Grey his castles of Nottingham, Bolsover and Horsley to keep for as long as it pleases the king, and whereas it is essential that John stocks the aforesaid castles with victuals by reason of the disturbance that has now arisen in the kingdom, just as will seem best to him and as he is able to do adequately, the king promises John that he shall make allowance to him or to his assigns of the reasonable costs that he spends in providing the aforesaid victuals by the view and testimony of law-worthy men, so that, indeed, the aforesaid victuals shall remain to the king to make his advantage therefrom, unless, by chance, they happen to be used up in stocking the aforesaid castles by reason of the war. If it happens that they are used up, in full or in part, in stocking the aforesaid castles by this reason during his aforesaid custody, the king will cause to be allowed to him all that which will be used therein in the aforesaid form, as long as he answers the king by a reasonable account at the Exchequer for those costs which happen to be incurred, whether in full or in part, in the said manner. In [testimony] of which thing etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Concerning the stocking of castles. Phillip Basset has a similar letter concerning stocking the castles of Devizes and Oxford.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Concerning the stocking of castles. Hamo Lestrange has a similar letter concerning stocking the castles of Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth and Montgomery.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Concerning the stocking of castles. William de Grey has a similar letter concerning stocking the castle of Lincoln.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Concerning the stocking of castles. Robert de Neville has a similar letter concerning stocking the castle of York.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Concerning castles which have been committed. Lincolnshire. in the Roll. The king has committed to William de Grey all lands and tenements of Adam de Novo Mercato in Lincolnshire, which the king took into his hand because the took seized him resisting him in hostile manner in the conflict lately waged at Northampton, to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer. In [testimony] of which thing etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Lewes. ¹

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This is written in a much larger hand and much darker ink to make it stand out on the membrane. There is then a short gap before the next entry, no. 266, below.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

25 May. Ospringe. Concerning the castle of Dover, which has been committed. Kent. in the Roll. The king has committed his castle of Dover, the Cinque Ports and the chamberlainship of Sandwich with appurtenances to Henry de Montfort, son of the earl of Leicester, to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Concerning an abbey which has been committed. in the Roll. The king has committed the abbey of St. Augustine’s, Bristol, to Roger de Danecastr’ to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

7 June. Westminster. Concerning a castle which has been committed. Warwickshire. The king has committed the castle of Rockingham with appurtenances to Peter de Montfort junior to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

7 June. St. Paul’s, London. Concerning the lands of Robert de Vieuxpont, which have been committed. The king has committed the custody of the county of Westmorland, and the castles, lands and tenements of Robert de Vieuxpont, lately deceased, who held from the king in chief, to John son of John to have with all their appurtenances for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer, saving any reasonable expenses to be incurred in the custody of the same.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Concerning a forest which has been committed. The king has committed the forest of Rutland to Henry de Stokes to keep, so that he answers him for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Concerning a castle which has been committed. in the Roll. The king has committed the castle of Rockingham together with the forests between the bridges of Oxford and Stamford to Nicholas of Seagrave to keep until it will be ordained otherwise by the king’s council, so that he answers the king for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Concerning counties which have been committed. in the Roll. To the archbishops and all others of the county of Kent. Whereas lately, the disturbance experienced throughout the kingdom a short while ago having been pacified, peace has been ordained and strengthened, with the aid of divine grace, between the king and his barons, and the king, in order that that peace be inviolably observed, with the counsel and assent of the same barons, caused to be prohibited under pain of disinheritance and loss of life and members that anyone should take action against or bring any damage upon anyone contrary to the king’s peace, now, by the counsel of the aforesaid barons, the king has committed to his beloved and faithful Fulk Peyforer his county of Kent and his hundred of Milton with appurtenances to keep in the form provided by him and the aforesaid barons, so that he answers for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer. ² Order to Henry de Montfort to deliver the aforesaid county and hundred to the aforesaid Fulk to keep in the abovesaid manner, on condition, also, that he delivers all issues arising therefrom to the same Henry in order to stock the castle of Dover therewith.

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Witness clause entered here.

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For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. Item, the king has committed the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire to John de Scalariis to keep in the aforesaid form, so that he answers him for the issues arising therefrom at the Exchequer.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

in the Roll. Item, the king has committed the counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire with appurtenances to William son of Herbert to keep as aforesaid, so that [he answers him] for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

in the Roll. In the same manner the counties of Oxfordshire and Berkshire with appurtenances have been committed to John de St. Valery to keep in the aforesaid form, so that he answers him at the Exchequer for the issues etc. ² Later, he granted that he will answer as the farmer for the last fourth part of the forty-eighth year and in full for the forty-ninth year, as is contained in the memoranda [rolls] of the fifty-second year.

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What follows on the line below is crammed in before the next entry.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

In the same manner the counties of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire have been committed to Simon of Pattishall to keep in the aforesaid form, so that he answers him at the Exchequer for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

In the same manner the counties of Surrey and Sussex with appurtenances have been committed to John de Abbernon to keep in the aforesaid form, so that he answers him for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

in the Roll. In the same manner the county of Yorkshire has been committed to William de Boszale to keep as aforesaid, so that he answers him for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

In the same manner the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk have been committed to Hervey de Stanhow to keep as aforesaid, so that [he answers him] for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

in the Roll. In the same manner the county of Northumberland has been committed to Robert de Lisle to keep as aforesaid, so that he answers him for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

in the Roll. In the same manner the counties of Warwickshire and Leicestershire have been committed to Richard de Harington’ to keep as aforesaid, so that he answers him at the Exchequer for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

in the Roll. In the same manner the county of Lancaster has been committed to Robert of Lathom to keep as aforesaid, so that he answers him at the Exchequer for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

in the Roll. In the same manner the county of Northamptonshire has been committed to Eustace of Watford to keep as aforesaid, so that [he answers him] for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

in the Roll. In the same manner the county of Hampshire has been committed to John de Botteley to keep as aforesaid, so that [he answers him] for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

in the Roll. In the same manner the counties of Somerset and Dorset have been committed to William de Staunton’ to keep as aforesaid, so that [he answers him] for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

in the Roll. In the same manner the counties of Shropshire and Staffordshire have been committed to Robert of Grendon to keep as aforesaid, so that [he answers him] for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

In the same manner the county of Devon has been committed to Hugh Peverel of Sampford [Peverell] to keep as aforesaid, so that [he answers him] for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

In the same manner the county of Herefordshire has been committed to Richard de Bachingden’ to keep as aforesaid, so that etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

in the Roll. In the same manner the counties of Essex and Hertfordshire have been committed to Nicholas le Spigurnel to keep as aforesaid, so that etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

in the Roll. In the same manner the county of Wiltshire has been committed to John de Anvers to keep as aforesaid, so that [he answers him] for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Berkshire. Concerning manors that have been committed. in the Roll. The king has committed the manors of Cookham, Bray and Kempton with the seven hundreds, and the vill and forest of Windsor with appurtenances, to John son of John to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him at the Exchequer for the issues arising therefrom.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Concerning a castle that has been committed. in the Roll. The king has committed the castle of Haughley with appurtenances to Hervey of Boreham to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him at the Exchequer for the issues etc. ²

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‘pleases the king, so that for the issues etc.’ interlined.

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For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Concerning a castle that has been committed. The king has committed the castle of Scarborough with appurtenances to Henry of Hastings [to keep] for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Concerning a castle that has been committed. in the Roll. The king has committed the castle of Colchester and the hundred of Tendring with appurtenances to Nicholas le Spigurnell’ as aforesaid, so that [he answers him] for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Concerning a manor that has been committed. The king has committed the manor of Pickering with appurtenances to John Daiville to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that [he answers him] for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Concerning manors that have been committed. The king has committed the isle of Lundy with appurtenances to Ralph de Wylington’ to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that [he answers him] for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Concerning a castle that has been committed. The king has committed the castle of Oxford with the meadow and its other appurtenances to Hugh Despenser, justiciar of England, to keep as aforesaid, so that etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Concerning a castle that has been committed. Wiltshire. in the Roll. The king has committed the castle of Devizes, the vills of Rowde and Devizes and the forests of Chippenham and Melksham to the same Hugh to keep as aforesaid, so that [he answers him] for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

23 July. St. Paul’s, London. Concerning honours that have been committed. in the Roll. The king has committed his honours of castle of Peverel, Boulogne, Haughley and Rayleigh in Essex to Hervey of Boreham to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him at the Exchequer for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Concerning castles that have been committed. The king has committed the castle of Winchester with appurtenances to Humphrey de Bohun junior to keep etc., so that [he answers him] for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Concerning castles that have been committed. The king has committed the castle of Corfe to Brian de Gouiz to keep as above, so that etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

23 July. St. Paul’s, London. Concerning a fine. London. in the Roll. By the fine of 200 m. which Thomas son of Thomas, mayor of London, has made with him, the king has granted him custody of the lands and tenements formerly of Robert le Blund, who has recently died and who held from the king in chief, to have until the lawful age of Robert’s heirs. In [testimony of which thing] etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

Concerning the escheatry, which has been committed. The king has committed the office of escheator on this side of the Trent to William of Wendling to keep in the form provided by the king and his barons.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 113 above.

16 Aug. Canterbury. Sussex. Concerning vills that have been committed. in the Roll. The king has committed the vills of Winchelsea and Rye with appurtenances to John de la Haye to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he delivers the issues arising therefrom to the constable of the castle of Dover, in order to stock the castle therewith. In [testimony] of which thing etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 171 above.

Concerning a castle that has been committed. The king has committed the castle of Sherborne with appurtenances to Brian de Gouiz to keep etc., so that [he answers] for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 171 above.

15 Sept. Canterbury. Concerning an island that has been committed. The king has committed the isle of Lundy with the castle and its other appurtenances to Humphrey de Bohun junior to keep as aforesaid, so that [he answers] for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 171 above.

20 Sept. Canterbury. Buckinghamshire. Concerning a custody that has been granted. in the Roll. The king has granted to John son of John the custody of the lands and heirs of Thomas of Hengrave, lately deceased, who held from the king in chief, by a fine of £200 which he made with the king, to have until the lawful age of the heirs of the aforesaid Thomas.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 171 above.

30 Sept. Worcestershire. Concerning a fine. in the Roll. By the fine of 50 m. which the prior and convent of Pershore have made with him, the king has granted them all issues and revenues of the same abbey by the cession or death of Elerius, their abbot.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 171 above.

Concerning a castle that has been committed. The king has committed the castle of Exeter with appurtenances to Oliver de Dinant to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for the issues etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 171 above.

Concerning honours that have been committed. The king has committed to William son of Herbert, sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, the honour of Peverel in the aforesaid counties to keep etc., so that etc.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 171 above.

20 Oct. Westminster. Concerning a fine. Northamptonshire. in the Roll. By a fine of £100 which Alice, who was the wife of Ralph de Throp’, lately deceased, who held from the king in chief, [has made with him], the king has granted her custody of the lands and heirs of the same Ralph, to have until the lawful age of the heirs of the same Ralph.

a.

For the Fine Roll context of this entry see no. 230 above.