27 Oct. Westminster. Lancaster. To the sheriff of Lancaster. The king has received the homage of Adam of Pendlebury for one carucate of land with appurtenances in Pendlebury and for the fourth part of a bovate of land with appurtenances in Shoresworth, of which Elias of Pendlebury, his father, whose heir Adam is, was, he says, seised as of his right and inheritance on the day he died. Order that, having accepted security for rendering his relief of these lands, he is to cause him to have full seisin of them without delay. ¹ Witness H. etc.

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This roll has been collated with C 60/13, its duplicate, in respect of additional information and significant variants.

Yorkshire. To the sheriff of Yorkshire. The king has committed to Robert, former abbot of Thorney , his manor of Easingwold with appurtenances for his sustenance in the king’s service until he can be advanced to another prelacy, so that he is to answer at the Exchequer by his hand for the farm due from this manor, for which the aforesaid sheriff and other sheriffs have been accustomed to answer. Order to cause him to have full seisin of the manor with appurtenances in the aforesaid manner. ¹ Witness as above. By the same and the king’s council in the presence of the Legate.

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‘…saving to the king his will and command when he reaches age’ has been crossed through. In the witness clause ‘the bishop of Winchester’ has also been crossed through.

29 Oct. Westminster. Devon. Order to the sheriff of Devon that, having accepted security from Robert de Courtenay for rendering his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all lands and appurtenances formerly of Hawise de Courtenay, his mother, which fall to him by inheritance within his bailiwick. Witness H. etc.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Dorset and Somerset.

Yorkshire. William of Newham gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the itinerant justices against the abbot of Evesham , concerning four virgates of land and a toft with appurtenances in Newham. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security etc. Witness as above.

30 Oct. Westminster. Essex. Richard son of Simon gives the king a palfrey for having a weekly market on Tuesdays at his manor of Dunmow, unless the market etc. Order to the sheriff of Essex to cause him to have the market and to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

3 Nov. Westminster. Wiltshire. Ralph de Picquigny gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at Hilary in 15 days against John Maltravers, concerning three hides and a virgate of land with appurtenances in Somerford. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take etc. Witness H.

4 Nov. Westminster. Oxfordshire. Master Robert of Lavington gives the king half a mark for summoning Peter de la Mare before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of Hilary to hold to an agreement between them concerning the manor of Marsh Baldon with appurtenances. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

8 Nov. Westminster. Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire to take into the king’s hand the lands formerly of William of Tilbrook in his bailiwick, and to hand them over without delay to Walter Mauclerk, who will answer the king for the issues for as long as it pleases the king. Witness H. etc. By the same and the king’s council.

Lincolnshire. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Lincolnshire, concerning the lands formerly of William in the city of Lincoln, which are to be delivered to Walter Mauclerk. Witness as above.

[No date]. Ireland. The citizens of Dublin give the king the moiety of a debt which Meiler fitz Henry owes them, so that Meiler might be distrained according to the customs of the land of Ireland to render the debt to them, as they can reasonably demonstrate that he ought to render this to them.

8 Nov. Westminster. Gloucestershire. William of Dixton gives the king half a mark for having a pone, before the justices at the first session [they take] when they come to those parts, against Robert de Westerton’, concerning two hides of land with appurtenances in Alderton . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

Gloucestershire. Geoffrey French and Christiana, his wife, give the king half a mark for having a pone, before the aforesaid justices, against the abbot of Tewkesbury , concerning a mill with appurtenances in Ampney. They have the writ. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take etc. Witness as above.

12 Nov. Westminster. Middlesex. Henry Bucointe gives the king 1 m. for summoning Gilbert of Hendon before the justices at Westminster at Hilary in 15 days to render 19 m. to him. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Middlesex to take security etc. from the first monies. Witness P. bishop of Winchester.

13 Nov. Westminster. Essex. William de Dandely gives the king half a mark for summoning Baldwin Filliol before the justices at Westminster at Hilary in 15 days to render £4 to him. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security etc. from the first monies. Witness P. bishop of Winchester.

23 Nov. Hereford. Shropshire. Fulk fitz Warin gives the king a palfrey for having a weekly market on Wednesdays at his manor of Whittington and for having an annual two-day fair there on the eve and feast of St. Luke the Evangelist, unless the market and fair are to the harm etc. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to cause him to have the market and fair and to take security etc. Witness H. de Burgh, justiciar.

23 Nov. Hereford. Shropshire. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to place in respite, until his account at the term which the barons of the Exchequer have given him to render his arrears, the demand which he makes by summons of the Exchequer from John fitz Alan for the debt that Thomas of Erdington owed John, King of England, of the fine he made with him for the custody and marriage of William fitz Alan, brother of John, the demand which the sheriff makes upon John for scutage, because John complains that more scutage is being exacted from him than pertains to him of his knights’ fees in the county, and the demand which he makes against John for the debt of £174 from the stock of King John at the time at which Hugh Pantulf was sheriff of Shropshire, so that, then, it might be adjudged before the barons of the Exchequer whether John ought to answer for the debt owed by Thomas of Erdington to King John, for his scutage, and for the debt of £174 of stock, or not. Witness H. etc.

Wiltshire. Gilbert de Lacy gives the king 100s. for having a weekly market on Wednesdays at his manor of Britford and for having an annual three-day fair there on the eve, feast and morrow of St. Peter in Chains, unless, etc. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to cause him to have the market and fair and to take security for the 100s. to the king’s use. Witness as above. By the same.

Herefordshire. William de Stuteville has made fine with the king by two palfreys for having Margaret who was the wife of Robert de Mortimer to wife with all lands and tenements that fall to her by inheritance. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to cause William to have full seisin without delay of all lands and tenements that fall to her by inheritance in his bailiwick. Witness as above.

Shropshire. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to take into the king’s hand the land of Nest Boghan in Lawton ¹ and to keep it safely, so that nothing is removed until he receives further order. Witness as above. By the same.

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C 60/13, m. 7 ‘Laston’’.

30 Nov. Hereford. Somerset. To the sheriff of Somerset. Order to place in respite, until the octaves of the Close of Easter in the fourth year, the demand he makes from Nicolaa de la Haye for 500 m., by which she made fine with King John, father of the king, for having her lands and liberties in peace, and which the king’s father pardoned her, so that it may be better known by the barons of the Exchequer and other of the king’s faithful men if Nicolaa ought to answer for this fine or not. Witness H. etc. By the same.

2 Dec. Hereford. The barons of the Exchequer are to know that John Marshal was in the king’s service in Wales by the king’s order on the morrow of St. Andrew and could not appear before them to render his account, and the king postponed the day until 15 days next after Hilary forthcoming in the fourth year, so that he might answer the barons then. Witness H. etc.

4 Dec. Gloucester. Shropshire. Hugh de Mortimer has mainperned before H. de Burgh, justiciar, that he will satisfy the king for all debts he owes him and which he exacts from him by summons of the Exchequer for the arrears of his account. Order to the sheriff to give peace to the same Hugh from these debts until upon his account. Witness H. etc. By the same.

5 Dec. Bristol. Gloucestershire. Walter Martini, taken and detained in prison at Gloucester for the death of Simon Blund, ¹ gives the king 20s. so that he is handed over on bail to twelve trustworthy and law-worthy men of the county of Gloucestershire, who are to mainpern to have him before the itinerant justices in those parts to stand to right for Simon’s death. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take security etc. ² Witness H. de Burgh, justiciar.

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Detention clause interlined.

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In the margin by this entry and no. 25 there are referencing marks of a straight horizontal line with two parallel sets of two dots on either side. This appears to indicate to the copyist to switch the order moving no. 25 ahead of 23 & 24 in the duplicate roll, C 60/13, m. 7.

Gloucestershire. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take into the king’s hand the land formerly of Robert Chaplain of Twigworth ¹ and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise. Witness as above. By the same.

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C 60/13, m. 7 ‘Thwgeword’’.

4 Dec. Berkeley. Gloucestershire. The abbot of Gloucester gives the king 100s. for having a weekly market on Wednesdays at his manor of Northleach and for having an annual fair on the eve and feast of the Apostles SS Peter & Paul, unless the market and fair are etc. ¹ Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

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‘Witness H.’ entered here in error and cancelled.

7 Dec. Bath. Wiltshire. Alice daughter of Osbert of Sherborne and Matilda, her sister, give the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of the Close of Easter against Baldwin son of John, concerning a virgate of land with appurtenances in Tisbury . They have the writ. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

12 Dec. Winchester. Wiltshire. John of Durnford gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the itinerant justices against Phillip Kadet, concerning a messuage with appurtenances in Wilton . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

12 Dec. Winchester. Hampshire. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take into the king’s hand the king’s salt-pans in Pennington, which John, King of England, committed to Henry de Pont-Audemer for as long as it pleased him, and to deliver them to the king’s trustworthy men of Southampton, who will then answer the king in the farm of their vill. Witness H. de Burgh etc. By the same justiciar.

Because it ought not to be enrolled, and that by R. de Neville. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire that, having viewed these letters, he is to take into the king’s hand all chattels formerly of Gilbert of Baldenhall, king’s sergeant, deceased, found in his bailiwick, for the debts he owed the king, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise. ¹ Witness H etc.

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Entry cancelled.

15 Dec. Winchester. Lancaster. Robert de Coudray gives the king a palfrey for having a weekly market on Wednesdays at his manor of North Meols and an annual two-day fair on the eve of feast of St. Cuthbert, unless they are etc. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to cause him to have the market and fair and take security from Robert for the palfrey. Witness H. de Burgh etc.

16 Dec. Winchester. Yorkshire. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to place in respite, until upon his account of his arrears to be rendered at the Exchequer, the demand he makes from S. archbishop of Canterbury for tallage from the times of King John and King Henry, son of King John. Witness H. etc.

Kent. To the sheriff of Kent. John de Neville is dead, as the king has been given to understand, and the king has received the homage and fealty of Jollan, John’s brother and heir , for the knight’s fee that he held of the king in chief in Sheerness. Order to the sheriff that, having taken security from Jodland (sic.) ¹ for rendering his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the lands with all appurtenances in his bailiwick without delay. Witness as above. By the same and the bishop of Winchester.

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C 60/13, m. 7 ‘Jordan’’.

16 Dec. Winchester. Yorkshire. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire that since Phillip of Oldcoates has satisfied the king at the Exchequer upon his account for £100 and a palfrey of the fine that he made for having custody of the lands formerly of Andrew of Finghall, and for the marriage of his heirs, he is to cause him to have peace from the £100 and the palfrey. Witness P. bishop of Winchester.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Grant to Phillip of Oldcoates that an exchange shall be made to him from the first suitable escheats for the farms he has in his hand from the king’s demesnes up to the sum of such farms, and this will be enrolled in the rolls of the Exchequer.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Item, grant to him that the £200 and three palfreys, by which he made fine with King John, father of the king, for the custody of the lands and heirs of Geoffrey de Comers’ and for the marriage of his heirs, are to be allowed to him in his clear expenses in his account rendered at the Exchequer.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Item, in his clear expenses he is to be allowed £100 and one palfrey of a fine that he made with King John for having the custody of the lands and heirs of Andrew of Finghall and the marriage of the heirs.

20 Dec. Winchester. Hampshire. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take into the king’s hand without delay the land formerly of Richard Archer in Bentley and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise. Witness P. bishop of Winchester.

26 Dec. Rochester. Dorset. Hubert son of Robert of Mappowder gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of the Close of Easter against Nicholas de Punsout, concerning 3½ hides of land with appurtenances in Mappowder. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take etc. Witness H. etc.

Suffolk. The abbot of St. Edmund’s gives the king a palfrey for having a weekly market on Thursdays at his manor of Redgrave and for having an annual two-day fair there on the eve and feast of St. Botulph, unless that market and fair are etc. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to cause the market and fair to be proclaimed and held and to take etc. Witness as above.

Suffolk. The same abbot gives the king another palfrey for having another weekly market on Tuesdays at his manor of Mildenhall and for having an annual two-day fair there on the eve and feast of the Translation of St. Edmund, unless etc. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take security etc. Witness as above.

Staffordshire. Gilbert of Odewell gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at Hilary in 15 days against Thomas of Hales and Mabel, his mother, and others, concerning land in Lichfield and Hammerwich . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire to take etc. Witness as above.

[No date]. Wiltshire and Berkshire. William Crassus, the first-born, has made fine with the king by £100 for having the daughter and heiress of Thomas of London as his wife and the following are his pledges for the fine:

Earl W. Marshal for 50 m.John of Monmouth for 10 m.Fulk fitz Warin for 10 m.Walter of Clifford for 10 m.John of Earley for 10 m.William de Stuteville for 10 m.John Marshal for 20 m.William de Gamages for 10 m.Hugh de Mortimer for 10 m.Roger ¹ of Clifford for 10 m.

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Corrected from ‘Walter’.

28 Dec. Rochester. Suffolk. Ernald son of Payn gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at Hilary in 15 days against Richard de Gisne, defendant, concerning 60 acres of land with appurtenances in Boyton . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

29 Dec. Rochester. Kent. Bertram of Sarre gives the king a palfrey for having a weekly market on Thursdays at his manor of Sarre, unless the market etc. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

30 Dec. Westminster. Oxfordshire. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take into the king’s hand the land which Walter de Hauville held by bail of King John, father of King Henry, in Bladon, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise, saving his chattels to the executors of Walter’s testament for the reasonable execution of his testament, and he is to make inquiry by trustworthy and law-worthy men of the neighbourhood of the vill into what the lands that Walter held by bail of King John, the king’s father, in that vill are worth, both in rents and in arable lands and in other property, and, once the inquisition has been taken, he is to cause H. de Burgh, justiciar, to know under his seal and the seals of those by whom the inquisition was taken. Witness H. etc.

Essex. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Essex concerning the land of Hallingbury, which Walter held by bail of King John, father of King Henry.

2 Jan. Westminster. Essex. William de Dandely gives the king half a mark for summoning Baldwin Filliol before the justices at Westminster at Hilary in three weeks to answer him for 4 m . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take etc. from the first monies. Witness H. etc.

Berkshire. To the sheriff of Berkshire. Walter Crook, who held of the king in chief, has taken the religious habit and his inheritance falls by right to Humphrey, his brother, who, by his spontaneous will in the king’s court, has granted his son, Henry, all the right that he had in the inheritance. The king has granted the custody of Henry and his marriage to William Brewer and thus orders the sheriff to cause him to have full seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of Walter Crook in his bailiwick without delay, having accepted security from William for the relief owed to the king for the lands. Witness as above.

Wiltshire. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Wiltshire and the keeper of the honour of Wallingford .

14 Jan. Westminster. Middlesex. Andrew of Mimms gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of Hilary against Guy of Hatfield , ¹ concerning a virgate of land with appurtenances in Mimms. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Middlesex to take etc. Witness H. etc.

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C 60/13, m. 6 ‘Hedfeld’’.

15 Jan. Westminster. Nottinghamshire. Robert of Everingham gives the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin before the itinerant justices against William son of Ralph, concerning a tenement in North Leverton . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

17 Jan. Westminster. Cornwall. Richard de Hanoth’ gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the itinerant justices against Roger de Hanoth’, concerning two carucates of land with appurtenances in Hanoth’ . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

[No date]. Hampshire. Master Roger of Southampton offers the king 10 m. so that the assize of mort d’ancestor between him, claimant, and Henry Hoese, defendant, concerning the manor of Eling, is taken before the justices of the Bench. ¹

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Entered at the top of the membrane.

[No date]. Memorandum concerning the land of Richard son of Nigel and concerning the land of Simon of Kyme and William Biset. ¹

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Entered about two-thirds of the way down the membrane.

21 Jan. Westminster. Norfolk. Roger Clerk of Wood Dalling gives the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint before the itinerant justices the twelve jurors of an asssize, concerning the raising of a stank in Wood Dalling, against Ralph of Wood Dalling . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

22 Jan. Westminster. Northumberland. John son of Robert gives the king 2 m. for doing justice against John Vicecomes to render 12½ m. to him. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to take security from John for those 2 m. to the king’s use for this writ. Witness H. de Burgh.

Kent. The Master of the Hospital of St. John of Blean gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at the Purification of the Blessed Mary in 15 days against Alan son of Adam of Sheppey ¹ and Margaret, his wife, concerning the customs and services that the Master exacts from them. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take security etc. Witness as above.

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C 60/13, m. 6 ‘Scapua’.

Hertfordshire. Alice de Marines gives the king one mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at the Purification of the Blessed Mary in 15 days against Hugh son of Alice de Marines, concerning a knight’s fee with appurtenances in Laver. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to take security etc. Witness as above.

23 Jan. Westminster. Middlesex. John of Trumpington and Agnes, his wife, give the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at the Purification of the Blessed Mary in 15 days against John de Ulecot’, concerning a messuage and 30 acres with appurtenances in Ickenham, and against Gregory of Harefield, concerning eight acres of land with a messuage and appurtenances in Harefield, and against Gilbert Winter, ¹ concerning a messuage with appurtenances in Uxbridge. They have the writ. Order to the sheriff of Middlesex to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

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Corrected from ‘de Winton’’.

Westminster. Norfolk and Suffolk. Ranulf of Howe gives the king 20s. for summoning Reiner of Howe before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of the Close of Easter to hold to an agreement made between them over ten librates of land with appurtenances in Howe, Loddon, Surlingham, Acle, Stuston and in Lavenham. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

27 Jan. Westminster. Hampshire. Elias son of Goding gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at Easter in 15 days against Matthew son of Godfrey and Matilda, his wife, concerning the moiety of half a hide of land with appurtenances in Worldham . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

Buckinghamshire. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire that, having accepted security from Reginald Basset and Agnes, his wife , for the relief they owe the king for 1½ knights’ fees of the land formerly of Richard son of Nigel, whose heir Agnes is, he is to cause them to have full seisin of all lands in his bailiwick formerly of Richard. Witness as above.

Oxfordshire. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Oxfordshire for Reginald and Agnes, his wife, ¹ concerning a knight’s fee formerly of Richard son of Nigel, whose heir Agnes is. Witness as above.

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‘… for the aforesaid Reginald and Agnes, his wife’ interlined.

[No date]. Because it is in the Close Roll. John fitz Alan, who has set out on pilgrimage towards St. James, has letters of protection addressed to the sheriffs of Worcestershire and Shropshire, until he returns from pilgrimage. ¹

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Entry cancelled. See RLC, p. 410b.

Oxfordshire. Arnulf Joye and Joan, his wife, give the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at the Close of Easter in 15 days against Gilbert de la Hide, concerning a virgate and twelve acres of land with appurtenances in Barton. They have the writ. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take etc. Witness as above.

Lincolnshire. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take into the king’s hand without delay all land formerly of Simon of Kyme in his bailiwick, except the manors of Croft, Baumber, Sotby, Immingham and Asemardeby, which are of the fee of R. earl of Chester and Lincoln and which Simon demised at a term that has not yet expired, as is said, for his ransom, and then to permit the earl and his bailiffs to hold the manors in peace until his term expires. Witness as above.

30 Jan. Westminster. Bedfordshire. Thomas son of Roger, claimant, gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Easter in three weeks against Geoffrey Malherbe, concerning twelve acres of land with appurtenances in Bromham. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

Wiltshire. Roger de St. Laud gives the king half a mark for having a pone, before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of the Close of Easter, of a plea in the county court of Wiltshire between him and the abbot of Keynsham , concerning half a knight’s fee with appurtenances in Wingfield, which was placed by the king’s order before the king’s justices at the first session they take when they come to those parts. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take etc. Witness as above.

1 Feb. Westminster. Hampshire. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, having accepted security from John Biset for £50, ¹ to be rendered to the king ² at the terms the king has given him for the £100 which he owes him for his relief, ³ namely at £10 a year until he marries, so that then he is to make a bargain with the king at the king’s will for the remainder of the aforesaid debt, to be rendered to the king at the terms the king will then set, he is to cause John to have full seisin of all lands and tenements with appurtenances in his bailiwick that William Biset, John’s brother, whose heir he is, had on the day he died of the lands and tenements formerly of Henry Biset, their father. The first term of payment is to begin at Michaelmas in the fourth year. Witness H. etc. By the same justiciar.

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Corrected from ‘£100’.

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‘for his relief’ has been crossed through.

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Clause interlined.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Worcestershire for the other £50.

Kent. Warin Carbunel, Alexander and Constantine, his brothers, give the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at Easter in one month against Emma of Wickham, concerning seven acres of land with appurtenances in Wickham . They have the writ. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take security etc. Witness as above.

2 Feb. Westminster. Northumberland. Order to Phillip of Oldcoates to cause to be delivered without delay to Roger Bertram his livestock that he took for the 50 m. which Roger owes the king, and to permit him to have peace from the demand for those 50 m. until he has seisin of his castle of Mitford; the king wishes that the 50 m. be allowed to Phillip in the remaining works that he undertook in the castle when Roger has seisin. ¹ Witness H. etc.

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‘Roger Bertram’ at the beginning of this entry has been crossed through.

3 Feb. Westminster. Northamptonshire. Sibyl of Caversfield owes the king the one mark that she promised for having an inquisition whether William de Ros had seisin of the lands of Wurminton ¹ and Irthlingborough formerly of Hugh Gargate, her former husband, with the chattels found therein, by reason of the king’s order that the sheriff of Northamptonshire was to cause William to have seisin of his lands and chattels in the sheriff’s bailiwick, of which he had been disseised by the king’s order because he did not wish to stand to right before the itinerant justices in their last eyre for that which was brought against him, or whether it was by his own authority and will. She has the writ. Witness H. etc. By the bishop of Durham.

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C 60/13, m. 6 ‘Worminton’’.

4 Feb. Westminster. Gloucestershire. Geoffrey de Longchamp ¹ gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at Easter in three weeks against the prioress of Westwood , concerning the manor of Little Aston with appurtenances. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

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Corrected from ‘The prioress of Westwood, defendant.’

Somerset. John Maltravers gives the king 40s. ¹ for having the record of the plea in the county court of Somerset between William Maltravers, claimant, and John, defendant, concerning a knight’s fee with appurtenances in Gyule, of which John complains of a false judgement against him in that county court. The sheriff is to have that record before the justices at Westminster at Easter in three weeks by his letters and by four knights of the county who were present when the record was made. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take security etc. ² Witness M. of Pattishall as above.

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Corrected from ‘40 m.’

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Witness clause corrected from simply ‘as above’.

Herefordshire (sic.). John de Somery gives the king half a mark for summoning Hugh de Somery before the justices at Westminster at Easter in 15 days to warrant to him the knight’s fee with appurtenances in Bygrave for which he says he has a charter. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to take security etc. ¹ Witness as above.

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The county should be Hertfordshire, but there is no question that the scribe of the original roll and his copyist have Herefordshire.

Kent. The same John gives the king half a mark for summoning the same Hugh before the same justices to warrant to him a knight’s fee with appurtenances in Fanscombe. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take security etc. Witness as above.

Lincolnshire. Thomas de Montbegon gives the king the third part of 18 m. for summoning Thomas de Scotney before the justices at Westminster at Easter in one month to answer him for the 18 m. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc. from the first monies. ¹ Witness as above.

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‘from the first monies’ interlined.

7 Feb. Westminster. Hampshire. Gilbert de la Dene gives the king 40s. for doing justice against William de Préaux to render him 27 m. 11s. 5d. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take security etc. from the first monies. Witness H. etc.

8 Feb. Westminster. Somerset. Thomas Burel gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at Trinity in three weeks against Robert of Middleton, concerning seven virgates of land with appurtenances in Middleton . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

9 Feb. Westminster. Essex. To the sheriff of Essex. Isabella, countess of St. Pol granted Guy, her son, all lands pertaining to her inheritance in England, as is evident by her letters patent which she has sent to the king. Order to cause W. earl of Salisbury, the king’s uncle, to whom the king has committed such lands, to have seisin without delay of all lands in his bailiwick pertaining to the countess’ inheritance, so that if Guy comes into England within 15 days after the forthcoming Easter to perform his homage, he is to have such lands and hold them by his inheritance, at which time the earl of Salisbury is to surrender these lands to the king with all issues he had received in the meantime. Witness H. etc.

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

10 Feb. Westminster. Derbyshire. To the sheriff of Derbyshire. Ralph Musard has satisfied the king by a fine of 100 m. ¹ for his trespass against him when he married Isabella who was the wife of John de Neville , who was of the king’s gift, without the king’s licence. Order to cause Ralph to have full seisin without delay of all his own lands and those of Isabella with all appurtenances in his bailiwick, which the king had ordered him to take into his hand for this trespass. The chattels and all that has been removed from these lands by the sheriff or his bailiffs after he took them into the king’s hand are to be restored to Ralph without delay. Witness H. etc. By the justiciar and the king’s council.

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‘by a fine of 100 m.’ interlined.

The same Ralph has made fine ¹ with the king by 100 m. for the aforesaid trespass, of which he is to render a moiety at Easter in the fourth year and the other moiety at Michaelmas following in the same year.

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11 Feb. Westminster. Sussex. Ralph [de] Somery and Alice, his wife, give the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at Easter in 15 days against Ralph Mangefer, concerning a messuage with appurtenances in Cliffe . They have the writ. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

Essex. John son of Richard gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at Easter in 15 days against Thomas son of Roger, concerning 14 acres of land with appurtenances in Purleigh . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take etc. Witness as above.

Lincolnshire. Henry of Messingham gives the king half a mark for summoning the prior of Thornholme before the justices at Westminster at Easter in five weeks to render to him two bovates of land with appurtenances in Messingham, which he demised to him at a term that he says has not expired . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc. Witness as above.

[No date]. Because above. Ralph Musard owes the king 100 m., of which he is to render a moiety at Easter in the fourth year and the other moiety at the following Michaelmas for a trespass. ¹

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[No date]. Jollan de Neville ¹ ought to answer for the relief of two knights’ fees in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire that he holds from the king of the honour of Brittany.

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Lincolnshire. The king has given terms for the £100 that Phillip of Kyme owes him, so that he is to render £20 at Easter following in the fourth year, £20 at Michaelmas following, £20 at Easter next following in the fifth year, £20 at Michaelmas next in the same year, and £20 at Easter next following in the sixth year, so that if in the meantime he can augment his lands, either through his mother or any other party, he will answer for his other debts that he owes the king at those terms he can procure from the king. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to cause Phillip to have full seisin of all lands and tenements of which Simon of Kyme, his father, whose heir he is, was seised on the day he died, saving to the earl of Chester, until his term, those lands which Simon of Kyme mortgaged to him for his ransom. Witness as above.

Suffolk. William de Arches gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at Easter in 15 days against William son of John, concerning half a carucate of land with appurtenances in Kettlebaston. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take security etc. Witness as above.

12 Feb. Westminster. Worcestershire. Richard of Hill Croome gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at Easter in 15 days against Ivo de Beauchamp, concerning the third part of the manor of Hill Croome with appurtenances in demesnes, services and homages, and a moiety of the appurtenant woodland, meadows and pastures . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

Amended up to here [Emendatum est usque huc].

13 Feb. Westminster. Devon. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take into the king’s hand without delay the land with appurtenances in Holcombe formerly of Wurmund de Pormort, an escheat of the king. If Wormund son of Wormund, who holds the land, wishes, he is to come before the king’s council ready to show what entry and what right he has in those lands. Witness H. etc. By the same.

15 Feb. Westminster. Sussex. Order to the sheriff of Sussex that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take into the king’s hand without delay the land formerly of Warin de Glapion’ in Seaford and to keep it safely so that nothing is removed until he receives further order. Witness H. etc. By the same justiciar in the presence of the king’s council.

Lincolnshire. Robert of Tilbrook, Robert de Waville and Roger de Chelveston’ give the king one mark, so that the appeal by which Eleanor de Baiuse and John and Thomas, her sons, Eustace son of Thomas of Beckering, Walter son of Anketil of Stevington and Roger the reeve of Stevington were attached in the county court of Lincolnshire for the death of William of Tilbrook, and which Robert, Robert and Roger brought against them, is to come before the justices at Westminster at Easter in one month, ¹ as they were attached to come before the king’s justices at the first session [they took] when they came to those parts. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc. Witness as above.

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17 Feb. Westminster. Buckinghamshire. John son of Rolland gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at Easter in three weeks against Walter of Dinton, concerning half a virgate of land with appurtenances in Chalfont . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take security etc. Witness P. bishop of Winchester etc.

Yorkshire. William of Bolton gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at the Close of Easter in three weeks against Thomas of Arncliffe, concerning two bovates of land with appurtenances in Coldric . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security etc. Witness as above.

23 Feb. Westminster. Gloucestershire. Robert de Turville gives the king half a mark for summoning ¹ Cecilia d'Evreux before the justices at Westminster at Easter in one month to warrant to him twelve virgates of land with appurtenances in Eastleach. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take security etc. Witness P. bishop of Winchester.

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28 Feb. Clerkenwell. Nottinghamshire. Order to William Basset to go with Eustace de Mortain, to whom the king has ordered the same, to Lenton outside Nottingham and, there, in the presence of the messenger (nuncius) of the sheriff of Nottinghamshire, who he sent for this, he is to take the king’s money from the eyre of the justices, which has been deposited there under the seals of William, Eustace and the sheriff, and, together with Eustace and under the sheriff’s safe conduct, cause it to be taken to Northampton, from where he is to cause it to be hastily taken, as he loves the king and his honour, to the king in London, under the safe conduct which the constable of Northampton gives them, so that the king might have it without delay on Tuesday after Mid-Lent, and as they love their immunity they are to attend to this faithfully and diligently. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Nottinghamshire. It is written in the same manner to Eustace de Mortain.

Nottinghamshire. Order to Phillip Marc to send one of his men to Lenton immediately upon the arrival of Eustace and William to have him deliver such monies to them without delay and to conduct them safely to Northampton with the money. Witness as above.

2 March. Westminster. Northumberland. Gilbert de la Val gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the itinerant justices against Gilbert son of Roger, concerning ten bovates of land with appurtenances in Eachwick . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

Northumberland. Gilbert gives the king another half-mark for having a pone before the itinerant justices against Robert of Whitchester, concerning eight bovates of land with appurtenances in Eachwick . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to take security etc. Witness as above.

3 March. Westminster. Warwickshire. Hugh de Ringesdon’ gives the king one mark for a recognition of darrein presentment concerning the church of Corley summoned between him and the prior of Coventry before the itinerant justices, to be summoned before the justices at Westminster at Easter in one month . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

Worcestershire. William of Eastington gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at Easter in one month against William de Bracy, concerning a knight’s fee with appurtenances in Eastington, about which a plea had been held in the court of King Richard, the king’s uncle, and determined by a recognition of the grand assize, as he says . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to take security etc. Witness as above.

6 March. Westminster. Lincolnshire. William Brewer gives the king a palfrey for having a weekly market on Thursdays, until the king comes of age, ¹ at his manor of Deeping, unless the market etc. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

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Cambridgeshire. Ascelina de Waterville gives the king half a mark so that four knights of the county of Cambridgeshire are sent to her at Orwell ¹ to hear whom she wishes to attorn in her place to win or lose in a plea summoned before the justices of the Bench between her and Ralph of Ulverston, concerning the account which Ralph ought to render to her for the time when she says he was her bailiff at Ulverston. She has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take security etc. Witness as above.

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Suffolk. Adam son of Hugh gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench against Walter of Hatfield, concerning the customs and services that Adam exacts from him for the tenement Walter holds of him in Ash. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take security etc. Witness as above.

7 March. Westminster. Surrey. The prior of Newstead gives the king a palfrey for having an annual two-day fair at Ripley ¹ on the eve and feast of the Blessed Mary Magdalene until the king comes of age, unless that fair etc. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to cause him to have the fair and take security etc. Witness H. etc. By the same and the bishop of Winchester.

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8 March. Westminster. Hampshire. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take into the king’s hand the manor of Basingstoke with its appurtenances and cause it to be committed to four law-worthy men, who are to keep it and answer the king by their hand at the Exchequer for the issues. He is to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know the names of the four men to whom he has committed the manor. Witness H. etc.

Surrey. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Surrey, concerning the manor of Kingston.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer and before it had been sent into the Exchequer by the hand of R. de Neville.

11 March. Westminster. London. John Blund gives the king a palfrey for doing justice against Phillip le Quireter to render £62 to him. He has the writ. Order to the sheriffs of London to take security etc. from the first monies. Witness H. etc.

Lincolnshire. Eleanor de Baiuse, John and Thomas, her sons, Eustace son of Thomas, Walter son of Anketil and Roger the reeve give the king 20s. for having an inquisition before H. de Burgh, justiciar, and the king’s council at Westminster at Easter in one month, as to whether Robert of Tilbrook and others appealed them for the death of William of Tilbrook, Robert’s father, out of hate or spite, ¹ and whether they are guilty. They have the writ. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc. Witness as above.

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Sussex. William Cook gives the king one mark for summoning Walter Blund before the justices at Westminster at Easter in three weeks to answer him for 20 m . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take security etc. Witness as above.

[No date]. London. Robert Burel, Gilbert de Laigle and William Hardel give the king £10 for summoning Nicholas Deacon of Dunwich, Robert Blofot, Arnald of Diss, Robert son of Ralph, Augustine son of Robert, Augustine son of Buchard, Augustine de Aula, Jocelin son of Richard, Edward son of Richard, Phillip son of Ernald, Constantine son of Lambert, William Brecch’ and Denis son of Ralph before the justices at Westminster at Easter in 15 days to answer Robert Burel for £22 12s. 8d., Gilbert de Laigle for £20, and William Hardel for 26½ m. They have the writ. The sheriff of Suffolk is not ¹ ordered to take security, because they have given the king surety for rendering the aforesaid £10 from the first monies by Andrew Bukerel and Bartholomew de St. Martin, citizens of London.

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12 March. Waltham. Essex. Hay of Waltham gives the king half a mark for having a writ so that four knights are sent to him to hear whom he wishes to attorn in his place in a plea between Henry of Thornhall, claimant, and Hay himself, defendant, concerning 60 acres of land with appurtenances in Theydon. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

14 March. Hinxton. Cumberland. Alexander son of Ailif , taken and detained in the king’s prison for the death of Andrew of Scalthwaiterigg, ¹ gives the king 20s. to be handed over on bail to twelve trustworthy and law-worthy men of the county of Cumberland, until the arrival of the justices itinerating in those parts, to stand to right for the death of Andrew, of which Sarra, who was Andrew’s wife , appeals him. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland to take etc. Witness H. etc.

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16 March. Soham. Suffolk. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to cause it to be diligently inquired by trustworthy and law-worthy men of the neighbourhood of Gazeley ¹ what the land held at farm by Robert Woodcock in the same vill is worth per annum in all property, in rents and in other things, and, the land having been extended by the same, he is to deliver it to Edmund Woodcock, brother and heir of Robert , having accepted security from him that he will answer at the Exchequer. Witness H. etc.

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18 March. Soham. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to postpone the day of account of the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk until 15 days from the morrow of the Close of Easter. Witness H. etc.

27 March. Rochester. Devon. Roger de la Verge gives the king half a mark so that the record of a plea in the county court of Devon between Osbert le Wine, claimant, and Roger himself, defendant, concerning one-and-a-third furlongs of land with appurtenances in la Westverge, in which plea Roger complains that a false judgement has been made against him in the same court, is to come before the justices at Westminster at Easter in three weeks. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

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1 April. Rochester. Norfolk. John of Wiggenhall gives the king half a mark for doing justice against Osbert Spirhard’ to render 6 m. to him. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security etc. from the first monies. Witness H. de Burgh, justiciar.

4 April. Banstead. Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk and Norfolk that since Hugh Poinz ¹ is dead, he is to take into the king’s hand without delay all lands with appurtenances that Hugh held of the king in his bailiwick and to keep them safely, so that nothing is removed until he receives further order. Witness H. etc.

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‘Poinz’ interlined.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Surrey, Kent , and Somerset and Dorset.

7 April. Windsor. Bedfordshire. William Pippard gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at Pentecost in 15 days against Roger Pessefor’ ¹ and Matilda, his wife, concerning half a hide of land with appurtenances in Crawley. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

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Bedfordshire. The same William Pippard gives the king half a mark for having another pone at the same term against William of Wilden and Amabilia, his wife, concerning half a hide of land with appurtenances in Crawley. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take security etc. Witness H. etc. as above.

11 April. Westminster. Devon. The abbot of Buckfast gives the king 5 m. for having a weekly market on Fridays at his manor of Christow, or in the place called Kingsbridge, unless that market is etc. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

13 April. Westminster. Cambridgeshire. To the sheriff of Cambridgeshire. Roger of Torpel has made fine with the king for rendering his relief due from the lands formerly of Ascelina de Waterville, his mother, in Hinxton, namely the sixth part of a barony, which falls to Roger by inheritance and which Ascelina held of the king in chief, and he has given the king surety for this fine at the Exchequer. Order to cause Roger to have full seisin without delay of the lands with appurtenances in Hinxton that she held of the king in chief and, similarly, of all other lands that he took into the king’s hand because she held in chief, saving the right of the lords of the fee. He is also to inquire diligently by the oath of trustworthy and law-worthy men of the neighbourhood whether Ascelina held the land of Hinxton of the king by the service of the sixth part of a barony or by a greater service, and, once he has taken the inquisition, he is without delay to cause H. de Burgh, justiciar, and the king’s council to know under his seal and the seals of those by whom the inquisition was taken. Witness H. etc.

Lincolnshire. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to cause the same Roger to have full seisin without delay, saving the right of the lords of the fee, of all lands within his bailiwick of which Ascelina was seised on the day of her death, and which fall to Roger by inheritance and which the aforesaid sheriff took into the king’s hand because she held of the king in chief, as aforesaid. Witness as above.

Northamptonshire. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Northamptonshire, concerning the lands of Ascelina in his bailiwick, which fall to Roger by inheritance.

Yorkshire. John of Brigham and Juliana, his wife, give the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at Trinity in 15 days against Robert Ingelram, concerning the third part of five carucates of land with appurtenances in Heslerton . They have the writ. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security etc. Witness as above.

14 April. Westminster. Suffolk. Robert de Coleville gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of Trinity against Alexander Pointel and Alice, his wife, concerning an agreement made between them over one carucate of land and four librates of rent with appurtenances in Frostenden . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

15 April. Westminster. Essex. William de Malling gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of Trinity against Hubert son of Richard, concerning ten librates of land with appurtenances in Sheddon Hall. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

Gloucestershire. Geoffrey de Arderne promised the king 100s. from the first monies of 54 m. for summoning Ralph de Burton ¹ before the justices at Westminster to answer him for the 54 m. Because in the writ that he previously had for summoning Ralph to pay him the debt he could not give the sheriff of Gloucestershire surety in his county for rendering the 100s. to the king, he found pledges in court, ² namely Phillip of Hertford and John de Westwick, to render the aforesaid 100s. to the king ³ from the first monies, and thus the first writ was altered. Witness as above.

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20 April. Westminster. Wiltshire. Simon of Coombe gives the king half a mark for summoning Thomas Mackrell before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of Trinity to answer him for a mill with appurtenances in Fittleton, which John of Coombe, his grandfather, mortgaged to him at a term that he says has not expired . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

23 April. Westminster. Suffolk. Geoffrey of Friston and Mabel, his wife, give the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of mort d’ancestor before the itinerant justices against Leticia daughter of Ralph of Rushall , concerning eight acres of land with appurtenances in Rushall. They have the writ. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

25 April. Westminster. Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. To the sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Gilbert earl of Gloucester has made fine with the king by 100 m., of which he is to render 50 m. at Michaelmas in the fourth year and 50 m. at Easter following in the fifth year, for having custody of the lands and heirs of Walter de Treyly, with the marriage of the heirs unless they have already been married. Order to cause Gilbert to have full seisin without delay of all lands and tenements with appurtenances formerly of Walter, and his heirs, in his bailiwick. Witness H. etc. By the same and the bishop of Winchester.

[No date]. Essex and Hertfordshire. Robert Mauntel has made fine with the king by 100 m. to keep the counties of Essex and Hertfordshire for as long as it pleases the king and for as long as he serves him well. He is to place an under-sheriff in his stead to keep them by the assent of H. de Burgh, justiciar, and the king’s council. His pledges for this fine are Ralph son of Bernard for 40 m., John of Cornard for 10 m., Robert of Narford for 10 m. by his letters patent, Hugh of Windsor ¹ for 5 m., Earl Robert de Vere for 5 m., Peter of Narford for 5 m., Otto son of William for 5 m., Robert de Setvauns for 5 m., the abbot of St. Edmund’s for 40s., Peter of Tresgoz for 40s., Thomas de Longueville for 40s., Walter son of Humphrey for 40s. and Robert Arsic for 40s.

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6 May. Shrewsbury. Westmorland. To the sheriff of Westmorland. Order to take into the king’s hand without delay all land formerly of Gilbert son of Reinfrid in his bailiwick, together with all property and chattels found therein, so that nothing is removed until William of Lancaster, Gilbert’s son and heir , will do to the king what he ought to do. Witness H. etc.

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

7 May. Shrewsbury. Shropshire. The abbot and monks of Halesowen give the king a palfrey for having a weekly market on Wednesdays at Halesowen, unless that market etc. They have the writ. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to cause them to have this market and to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

8 May. Shrewsbury. Berkshire. The king has given respite to Fulk fitz Warin from the debts he owes until the octaves of St. John the Baptist. Fulk has mainperned before H. de Burgh, justiciar, that he will satisfy the king for the debt at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire not to make any distraint upon him in the meantime for the debts. Witness H. etc. By the same and the bishop of Winchester.

Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire .

Shropshire. The king has given respite to John Lestrange, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the fourth year, from the demand for the farm of the manor of Wrockwardine. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to permit him to have peace from this demand in the meantime. Witness as above.

[No date]. Staffordshire. Phillip de Burewardeslegh’ gives the king a palfrey, for which the bishop of Winchester will answer, for having a weekly market on Wednesdays at his manor of Ashley, ¹ unless the market etc. He has the writ.

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11 May. Westminster. Devon. Emma who was the wife of Maurice of London gives the king half a mark for summoning John of Dunsland before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of Michaelmas to render to her the vills of Smytham and Ford with their appurtenances, which she claims to be her right and marriage portion . She has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

15 May. Westminster. Gloucestershire. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take into the king’s hand the castle of Berkeley, formerly of Robert of Berkeley, deceased, together with the lands and tenements formerly of Robert in his bailiwick, and to keep them safely so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise. Witness H. etc.

17 May. Westminster. Westmorland. To the sheriff of Westmorland. R. bishop of Durham, chancellor, has mainperned that William of Lancaster will meet the king at York on Wednesday in the week of Pentecost in three weeks to perform his homage and satisfy the king for his relief. Order to hand over in peace all lands formerly of Gilbert son of Reinfrid, father of William, in his bailiwick, and not to extend his hand over them in the meantime. Witness H. etc.

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

19 May. Westminster. Because otherwise below. Oxfordshire. To the sheriff of Oxfordshire. Henry, earl of Warwick, for himself and Phillippa, his wife, and Reginald de Vautorte, for himself and Joan, his wife, and Alice, sister of Phillippa and Joan, have performed homage for the lands in his bailiwick formerly of Thomas Basset, whose heirs are Phillippa, Joan and Alice. Order that, having accepted security from them for rendering the relief they owe for these lands, he is to cause them to have seisin without delay of all lands formerly of Thomas in his bailiwick, of which he was seised on the day he died and which fall to Phillippa, Joan and Alice by inheritance. ¹ Witness H. etc.

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

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[No date]. Because in the Close Roll. To Henry fitz Count. The king has committed his forest of Dunster to Peter de Maulay to keep for as long … ¹

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Lincolnshire. Rose who was the wife of Simon of Kyme gives the king a palfrey for summoning William of Kyme before the justices at Westminster at St. John the Baptist in three weeks to render to her a knight’s fee with appurtenances in Elkington and Caletoft, which she claims to be her right and inheritance . She has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc. Witness H. etc. as above.

[No date]. The king to the sheriff of Devon, greetings. Know that … ¹

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20 May. Westminster. Devon. The chapter of Exeter cathedral gives the king a palfrey for having a weekly market on Saturdays at its manor of Teignmouth, unless the market etc. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

Worcestershire. John of Inkberrow gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at St. John the Baptist in three weeks against Richard Streche, concerning a moiety of eight virgates of land with appurtenances in Astwood . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to take etc. Witness as above.

28 May. Leicester. Northamptonshire. Wischard Ledet gives the king a palfrey for having a weekly market on Tuesdays at his manor of Warden, unless the market etc. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take security etc. Witness H. etc. By the same.

28 May. Leicester. Gloucestershire. Geoffrey of Ditchford , taken and detained in prison at Gloucester for the death of Henry son of Ralph le Poer, ¹ gives the king one mark to be handed over on bail to twelve trustworthy and law-worthy men of the county of Gloucestershire, until the arrival of the itinerant justices, to stand to right for the death of Henry, ² for which Roger le Poer and William le Poer appeal him. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

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Lincolnshire. Robert of Burton gives the king half a mark for summoning Gilbert de Gant before the justices at Westminster at St. John the Baptist in 15 days to render to him 87 acres of land and seven acres and one rod of meadow with appurtenances in Edenham. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc. Witness as above.

30 May . Leicester. Leicestershire. William of Bracebridge and Amice, his wife, give the king one mark for having a writ to attaint, before the itinerant justices, the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin against William de Martiwast and others, concerning a tenement in Noseley . They have the writ. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

Warwickshire. Henry of Rugby gives the king one mark for having a writ to attaint, before the itinerant justices, the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin against Rose of Cockfield, concerning a tenement in Aston. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take security etc. Witness H. etc. as above.

Yorkshire. John Daiville gives the king a palfrey for having a weekly market on Mondays at his manor of Adlingfleet, unless the market etc. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to cause him to have the market and take security etc. Witness as above.

1 May. Nottingham. Oxfordshire. To the sheriff of Oxfordshire. Henry, earl of Warwick, for himself and Phillippa, ¹ his wife, and Reginald de Vautorte, for himself and Joan, his wife, and Alice, sister of Phillippa and Joan, have performed homage for the lands formerly of Thomas Basset, whose heirs are Phillippa, Joan and Alice. Order that, having accepted security from them for rendering the relief of £100 or a greater relief, if such be considered in the king’s court to be owing for relief, he is to cause them to have seisin without delay of all lands with appurtenances formerly of Thomas in his bailiwick, of which he was seised on the day he died and which fall to Phillippa, Joan and Alice by inheritance. He is to cause the sheriffs of Devon and Berkshire to know by his letters when he has accepted security from them, so that they can then cause them to have seisin of the lands formerly of Thomas in their bailiwicks, as they have been ordered. Witness H. etc. By the same.

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Corrected from ‘Joan’.

Devon and Berkshire. Order to the sheriffs of Devon and Berkshire that when the sheriff signifies such to them by his letters, they are to cause them to have full seisin without delay of all lands and appurtenances formerly of Thomas, of which he was seised on the day he died and which fall to the aforesaid Phillippa, Joan and Alice by inheritance. Witness as above. By the same.

Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit Phillip Marc, who is in the king’s service by his order in the parts of York, to have respite from rendering his account until 15 days after St. John the Baptist. Witness as above.

8 June. York. Yorkshire. Richard le Gramaire gives the king 2 m. for having a writ to attaint, before the itinerant justices, the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin against Robert Dyer and Robert of Bare , concerning a tenement in Thirsk. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security etc. Witness H. de Burgh, justiciar.

To the barons of the Exchequer. Walter de St. Ouen has given evidence before H. de Burgh, justiciar, that, of the fine which Richard de Alençon made with King John, father of the king, by a destrier and two palfreys, for having the daughter of William Haunselin as his wife, Richard rendered a destrier and a palfrey to King John, the king’s father, by Walter, and he has satisfied the king of the remaining palfrey by H. de Burgh, justiciar. Order to allow Richard de Alençon to be quit of the destrier and two palfreys. Witness H. as above. By the same.

10 June. York. Yorkshire. Geoffrey of Etton gives the king 20s. for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin before the itinerant justices against Absolom, parson of the church of the Holy Cross ¹ of Gilling, concerning a tenement in Gilling. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

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Corrected from ‘Mary’.

Yorkshire. Andrew of Staveley gives the king the third part of 15 m. for doing justice against Ranulf son of Henry and Alice, his wife, to render to him the 15 m. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security etc. from the first monies. Witness as above.

[No date]. William of Lancaster owes the king £100 for his relief, for which he has found pledges:

W. count of Aumale for 30 m.Peter de Brus for 30 m. Roger Bertram for 15 m.Geoffrey de Neville for 15 m.Hugh de Bolbec for 10 m.Richard de Umfraville for 10 m.W. earl Warenne for 40 m.

16 June. York. Lancaster. To the sheriff of Lancaster. William of Lancaster has performed homage to the king and has given surety for rendering his relief for the lands and tenements formerly of Gilbert son of Reinfrid, his father, in his bailiwick. Order to cause William to have full seisin without delay of all the lands and tenements. Witness H. etc.

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

15 June. York. Yorkshire. Alice who was the wife of Robert of Huggate gives the king the fourth part of 40 m. for doing justice against the dean and chapter of York to render to her chattels to the value of 40 m. She has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security from Alice for the fourth part of the chattels to the king’s use for this writ. Witness H. etc.

16 June. York. Gloucestershire. To the sheriff of Gloucestershire. The king has committed to Thomas Basset, for his sustenance in the king’s service for as long as it pleases the king, 20 librates of the lands that Everard de la Beuvriere and Wales ¹ of Coates had by bail from King John, the king’s father, in the manor of Slaughter, so that he answers for the remainder of these lands by his hand at the Exchequer, saving the sheriff’s stock and corn, which the sheriff caused to be sown in the lands in the present year. Order to cause Thomas to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid lands, as aforesaid. Witness H. etc. By the same and the king’s council.

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C 60/13, m. 4 ‘Walas’.

Essex. Robert de Mare and Felicia, his wife, give the king the fourth part of chattels worth 20 m. for doing justice against Robert le Bloy to render to him the aforesaid chattels to the value of 20 m. They have the writ. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security etc. from the first monies. Witness H. etc. as above.

Yorkshire. Alexander of Moulton gives the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint, before the itinerant justices, the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin against Alan of Moulton, concerning a tenement in Cowling . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security etc. Witness as above.

Cumberland. Beatrice ¹ daughter of Alexander , taken and detained in prison at Carlisle for the death of William of Applethwaite, gives the king half a mark to be handed over on bail to twelve trustworthy and law-worthy men of the county of Cumberland, who are to mainpern to have her here before the itinerant justices, ready to answer Beatrice daughter of William for the death of William, her brother, of which she appeals her. She has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland to take security etc. for this bail. Witness H. etc. as above.

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Corrected from ‘Alice’.

18 June. Pontefract. Staffordshire. William Red gives the king a palfrey for having a weekly market on Mondays at his manor of Walsalland for having an annual two-day fair at the manor on the eve and feast of St. Matthew the Apostle, until the king comes of age, ¹ unless the market and fair are etc. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire to take security etc. for having this market. Witness H. etc.

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Minority clause interlined.

20 June. Nottingham. Warwickshire. Maurice Butler gives the king one mark for having a writ to attaint, before the itinerant justices, the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin against Hugh of Arden, concerning a tenement in Grafton . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

21 June. Nottingham. Nottinghamshire. The prior of Shelford gives the king half a mark for summoning Walter of Stanton before the justices at Westminster at Michaelmas in 15 days to warrant to him 24 acres of land with appurtenances in Cropwell, for which he says he has a charter. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

Warwickshire. Robert of Bramcote gives the king one mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin before the itinerant justices against the prior of Alvecote , concerning a tenement in Bramcote . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take security etc. Witness as above.

24 June. Leicester. Northamptonshire. William de Quatremares gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at St. John the Baptist in three weeks against Ralph Basset, concerning a knight’s fee with appurtenances in Brampton. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

Suffolk. William of Felsham gives the king one mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at Michaelmas in three weeks against William de Ribuef, concerning a knight’s fee of land with appurtenances in Blaxhall . He has etc. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take etc. Witness as above.

25 June. Leicester. Warwickshire. Alan of Radway gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at Michaelmas in 15 days against the prior of Canwell , ¹ concerning three virgates of land with appurtenances in Hill. He has etc. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

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Corrected from ‘Alvecote’.

27 June. Rockingham. Yorkshire. Robert de Kirkby gives the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin before the itinerant justices against Robert of Windle and Milicent, his wife, concerning a tenement in Pickering . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

4 July. Rochester. Northamptonshire. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take into the king’s hand without delay the manor of Apethorpe with its appurtenances, which Baldwin de Guines had in his hand, and to keep it safely, as Baldwin is to take nothing until he has an order otherwise. ¹ Witness H. etc.

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This entry is marked in the margin with two scribal references resembling triangles made up of three dots.

8 July. Canterbury. Yorkshire. Robert de Percy gives the king half mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin against the Master of the Hospital of St. Leonard, York , ¹ concerning his common of pasture in Carnaby, which pertains to his free tenement in the same vill. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security etc. ² Witness H. etc.

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The Master is interlined.

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This entry is omitted in the duplicate roll.

8 July. Canterbury. Essex. To the sheriff of Essex. The king has committed to Guy de Châtillon, son and heir of the count of St. Pol, all of the land which is of the right and inheritance of the countess of St. Pol, his mother, in his bailiwick, so that if the countess does not come to the king in England within the feast of St. Peter in Chains in the fourth year to do to the king what she ought to do, or if she comes but does not agree to make the gift which has been attested by her letters patent to grant the aforesaid land to Guy, her son, then she will return the land into the king’s hand and Guy will answer for the issues of the land that he will have received up to the aforesaid term, together with the issues that the earl of Salisbury, the king’s uncle, has already received and which the king ordered him to deliver to Guy, whose pledges are the same earl of Salisbury and W. earl Marshal, who have mainperned that he will answer the king for the issues, as aforesaid. Order to cause Guy to have full seisin of the land with its appurtenances, as aforesaid. Witness H. etc.

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

Order to W. earl of Salisbury to cause Guy to have all issues that he has received from the aforesaid land from 9 February until the fifteenth day after Easter last past. The same earl of Salisbury and Earl W. Marshal are Guy’s pledges and are to mainpern for him that he will answer for the issues to the king, as aforesaid. Witness H. etc. as above.

9 July. Canterbury. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to William of Torrington from the scutage that is being exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, until upon the account of the sheriff of Devon at Michaelmas in the fourth year. Order to permit him to have this respite. ¹ Witness H. etc. By the same and the king’s council.

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‘in the fourth year’ has been crossed through.

10 July. Canterbury. Gloucestershire. Richard de Bussai , taken and detained in the king’s prison at Gloucester for the death of Henry le Poer, gives the king half a mark to be handed over to twelve trustworthy and law-worthy men of the county of Gloucestershire, who are to mainpern to have him before the justices at the first session they take when they come to those parts, ready to answer Richard le Poer for the death of Henry, his kinsman, of which he appeals him. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

Gloucestershire. Walter de Beaumont , similarly taken and detained in prison at Gloucester for the death of Henry le Poer, gives the king half a mark to be handed over to twelve trustworthy and law-worthy men, as aforesaid, ready to answer Robert de Lambourn for the death of Henry, his kinsman, of which he has appealed him. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire etc. as above. Witness as above.

12 July. Canterbury. Gloucestershire. To the sheriff of Gloucestershire. Order to cause to be rendered without delay to William de Putot and Ralph of Norwich the twelve cows and monies which he received from the lands formerly of Robert of Berkeley in his bailiwick, and to cause the monies he took from the land formerly of H. earl of Hereford to be rendered to them also, because the king wishes that William and Ralph answer for the cows and monies and other issues of the lands by their hand at the Exchequer. Witness H. etc.

21 July. Westminster. Wiltshire. William de St. Michael of London ¹ gives the king the third part of 130 m. for summoning Thomas Crook before the justices at Westminster at Michaelmas in three weeks to answer William for those 130 m. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take etc. from the first monies. Witness H. etc.

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‘of London’ interlined.

21 July. Westminster. Dorset and Somerset. To the sheriff of Dorset and Somerset. William Crassus has made fine with the king by £100 for having custody of the lands formerly of Thomas of London, with the marriage of Hawise, his daughter and heiress . Order to cause William to have seisin without delay of all lands and tenements formerly of Thomas in his bailiwick. ¹ Witness H. etc.

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Entry marked with a capital ‘E’ in the margin.

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

Worcestershire. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to cause William to have the aforesaid Hawise wherever she is in his bailiwick. Witness as above.

Gloucestershire. The same order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire.

22 July. Westminster. Middlesex. Richard Besant gives the king the third part of 12 m. for summoning the prioress of Stratford-at-Bow before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of Michaelmas to answer him for the 12 m. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Middlesex to take security etc. from the first monies. Witness H. etc.

24 July. Westminster. Derbyshire. Ernald de Berneval gives the king the third part of twelve cart-loads of lead for summoning Ralph Cofferer and Robert of Walton before the justices on the aforesaid day to render to him the twelve cart-loads ¹ of lead . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire to take security for the third part of the value of the lead to the king’s use for this writ. Witness H. etc.

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C 60/13, m. 3 ‘marks’.

Oxfordshire. Richard Foliot gives the king half a mark for having a pone against Alan son of Walter, concerning six acres of land with appurtenances in Britwell. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take security etc. Witness as above.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer and before it had been sent to the Exchequer by the hand of R. de Neville.

To the sheriff of Nottinghamshire. Matilda de Caux has made fine with the king by 80 m. to have seisin of the custody of the forests of the counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, which falls to her as of her inheritance, accounting in that fine for 50 m., by which she previously made fine with the king to have seisin of the custody of the forests of the counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, saving to the king the custody of the demesne hays in those counties, so that she is to find pledges for the 80 m., which are to be rendered to the king at terms which the king will assign to her at Oxford on the morrow of St. Peter in Chains in the fourth year. Order to cause her to have full seisin without delay of such of the forests in the counties that are in his custody. Witness as above.

28 July. Westminster. To William de Putot and Ralph of Norwich. Order to cause P. bishop of Winchester to have full seisin of the lands of Gossington and Hurst with appurtenances, which are of the honour of Berkeley and which the king has committed to the bishop to keep for as long as it pleases the king, for which he is to answer. Witness H. etc.

2 Aug. Wallingford. Wiltshire. To the sheriff of Wiltshire. S. earl of Winchester, who has died, as the king has heard for certain, was bound to him for the payment of several debts from the time of King John, the king’s father. All chattels and corn found both in the lands of his wife’s inheritance and in his own, of which he was seised on the day he set out on pilgrimage towards Jerusalem, ought to be used by the privilege of those who have taken the Cross for the payment of the earl’s debts and to execute his testament. Order to take into the king’s hand all chattels and corn found in the lands of the inheritance of the earl’s wife and of the earl himself in his bailiwick, and to cause all such corn to be safely collected and cause it and other chattels found in these lands to be kept, so that nothing is removed therefrom until he has an order from the king otherwise. Witness H. etc.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of:

Hampshire . Dorset and Somerset. Northamptonshire . Warwickshire and Leicestershire. Wiltshire .

Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. Lincolnshire .Essex and Hertfordshire.

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[No date]. Derbyshire. Robert son of Robert Savage owes the king £20 for the relief of his lands at Stainsby, and this is enrolled in the rolls of the Exchequer. He has given the king surety for the relief at the Exchequer. ¹ The pledges for the relief of Robert son of Robert Savage are:

Alan de St. George.Simon of Etchingham.

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The following pledges are written above this entry and attached by a caret. This is repeated in the duplicate roll, C 60/13, m. 3.

[No date]. Kent. Guy de Châtillon, count of St. Pol, gives the king £100 for his relief of all lands that Isabella, countess of St. Pol, demised and quitclaimed to him out of her good will, as is more fully contained in the Close Roll.

6 Aug. Oxford. Sussex. S. archbishop of Canterbury gives the king a palfrey for having a weekly market on Wednesdays at his manor of Uckfield, unless the market etc. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

The same archbishop gives the king another palfrey for having a weekly market on Thursdays at his manor of Reculver, unless etc. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take etc. Witness as above.

6 Aug. Oxford. Because otherwise below. Shropshire. The abbot of Halesowen gives the king a palfrey for having an annual two-day fair at his manor of Halesowen on the eve and feast of St. Denis, unless the fair etc. Order to the sheriff to take security from the abbot for the palfrey and cause him to have the fair. ¹ Witness H. de Burgh, justiciar. By the same and P. bishop of Winchester.

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Entry cancelled. See 221 below.

7 Aug. Oxford. Essex. John son of William son of Geoffrey gives the king 5 m. for having an inquisition whether William, his father, was disseised by reason of the war of one carucate of land with appurtenances in Chellaston in Derbyshire, and whether John is his nearest heir, who holds it and by what warrant. He has the writ for the inquisition sent to the sheriff of Derbyshire. He is to be distrained in Essex as he has lands there. Witness H. etc.

8 Aug. Oxford. Berkshire. To the sheriff of Berkshire. Order to place in respite, until Michaelmas forthcoming in the fourth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Felicia of Leigh and William, her son, for which Matthew of Bigstrup was summoned because of the fine he made with King John, the king’s father, for having the custody and marriage of Ralph, son and heir of Ralph de Splanez . Witness H etc.

7 Aug. Oxford. To William [de] Putot and Ralph of Norwich. Order to cause to be rendered without delay to William Brewer that which they took of the tallage they imposed in the lands formerly of H. earl of Hereford, saving the reasonable expenses they incurred in keeping Caldecot castle. Witness H etc.

Nottinghamshire. To the sheriff of Nottinghamshire. Matilda de Caux has made fine with the king by 80 m. to have seisin of the custody of the forests of the counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, which falls to her by right of inheritance, so that she will give surety for this fine by safe pledges to the sheriff of Lincolnshire. Order, as before, to cause her to have full seisin without delay of the custody of the forests, saving to the king his demesne hays, the custody of which is to remain in the king’s hand. The king is greatly amazed that he has not obeyed the king’s order that he previously had. Witness as above.

Bedfordshire. Mabel daughter of Geoffrey Wisdom gives the king one mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench against Ernald de Bleines, concerning one hide of land with appurtenances in Hatley . She has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take etc. Witness H. etc. as above.

9 Aug. Oxford. Northumberland. To the sheriff of Northumberland. Roger Bertram has given the king surety by W. earl of Salisbury, W. Brewer and William de Beauchamp for rendering 50 m. to the king at the Exchequer by his hand, which he owes the king of a prest from King John, the king’s father, that he made by the hand of A. former archdeacon of Durham and Phillip of Oldcoates. Roger is to render a moiety of the 50 m. to the king within All Saints in the fifth year and the other moiety at the Exchequer of Easter in the same year. Order not to exact the 50 m. from Roger or make any other distraint against him for this debt. Witness H. etc.

Shropshire. To the sheriff of Shropshire. The king has granted to the abbot of Halesowen that he may have a weekly market on Wednesdays at his manor of Halesowen, and that he may have an annual two-day fair there on the eve and feast of St. Denis, unless the market and fair are etc. Order to cause him to have the market and fair, as aforesaid. He is to take security for one palfrey to be rendered to the king for the fair and market, unless he has taken security from him by another order that he cause him to have the market alone. Witness H. etc. as above.

Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. To the sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. Order to cause the corn formerly of S. earl of Winchester in his bailiwick, which he had previously been ordered to collect and keep to the king’s use, to be valued, with chattels found therein, by the view and testimony of law-worthy men, and to cause the same corn and chattels to be delivered to Margaret who was the wife of S. earl of Winchester , having first accepted security from her that she will answer the king for the value of the corn and chattels at the Exchequer for the debts the earl owed to the king. Witness H. etc. as above.

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

Berkshire. To the sheriff of Berkshire. Geoffrey Pozard, son and heir of Simon Pozard , has made fine with the king by 5 m. for having the land formerly of Simon, his father, which he held of the king in Stok’. Order that, having accepted security from Geoffrey for rendering the 5 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the land. Witness H. etc. as above.

Cambridgeshire. To the sheriff of Cambridgeshire. Fulk fitz Warin has mainperned before the king’s council that he will come to the Exchequer on the morrow of Michaelmas and render 30 m. of the debts he owes the king, and he is to take the terms which the king will give him for the rest of those debts. Order not to make any distraint upon him for the debts in the meantime. Witness H. etc., as above.

Berkshire. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Berkshire and Yorkshire .

Berkshire. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place in respite, until the king commands otherwise, the demand he makes from Joceus de Plukenay for the 40 m. in which he was amerced before the itinerant justices in his county, because he fell into the king’s mercy by the verdict of an assize of novel disseisin that William Brewer junior arraigned against him concerning a tenement in Upper Lambourn. Witness H. etc. By the same.

[No date]. Wiltshire. Oxfordshire. Somerset. Thomas of Berkeley, brother and heir of Robert of Berkeley , owes the king £100 for his relief of the lands formerly of Robert, and he has given the king surety at Oxford for the relief by Maurice de Gant, William Crassus senior, Geoffrey de Lisle and Henry de Brayboef.

11 Aug. Oxford. Somerset. Geoffrey de Noiton’, Elias de Yrneham, Peter de la Leegrave and Adam of Bideford give the king a palfrey, so that an appeal by which William son of John of Harptree, Payn, his son, John of Wyke Champflower and Henry de Carville were attached for robbery and breach of the king’s peace, and of which Geoffrey, Elias etc. appealed them, is to come before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of Michaelmas, as it has been attached before the justices at the first session they hold when they come to those parts. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

[No date]. Somerset. Peter de St. Hillary and Gunnora, his wife, ¹ have made fine with the king by 80 m. for having their land of Corton Denham, for which they have found the following pledges, namely:

W. earl of Salisbury for 10 m.W. earl Marshal for 10 m.G. earl of Gloucester for 10 m.Robert de Gavi for 10 m.John Marshal for 5 m.Geoffrey de Neville for 10 m.William Talbot for 5 m.William de Serland for 10 m.Robert Aguillon for 5 m.Richard de Harcourt for 5 m.

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‘Gunnora’ interlined.

Order to Peter de Maulay to cause them to have full seisin of this land with appurtenances without delay. This fine is granted to Peter de Maulay to sustain Corfe castle. ¹ By the justiciar and the bishop of Winchester and W. Brewer.

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The authorisation note concerning the justiciar was originally crossed through, but then re-entered above the line.

12 Aug. Oxford. To William [de] Putot and Ralph of Norwich. Earl W. Marshal has mainperned before the king’s council that Thomas of Berkeley will render to the king at the Exchequer on the morrow of Michaelmas the £100 that he owes for his relief, and that he will then come to the Exchequer and make fine for the debts that Robert of Berkeley, his brother, owed the king, and he is to be ready to render such debts at the terms which he can procure. Order to cause him to have all corn sown in the lands in which he has seisin. Witness H. etc. By the same and the king’s council.

Lincolnshire. To the sheriff of Lincolnshire. Order not to distrain William de Ros to render the debt for which the sheriff received summons of the Exchequer, until he has further order, because William has made fine with the king to render 100s. of this debt at the Exchequer in Michaelmas term. John Marshal is his pledge. Witness H. etc. as above.

Kent. Ranulf son of Roger gives the king the fourth part of 66s. for summoning Manasser Arsic before the justices at Westminster at Michaelmas in 15 days to answer him for the 66s. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take security etc. Witness as above.

Oxfordshire. The same Ranulf gives the king the fourth part of 5 m. 4s. 9½d. for summoning the abbot of Eynsham before the same justices at the same day to answer him for the 5 m. 4s. 9½d. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take etc. from the first monies. ¹ Witness as above.

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‘from the first monies’ interlined.

13 Aug. Cirencester. Suffolk. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to place in respite the demand he makes from Gilbert of Kentwell for the scutage of Poitou, until upon his account as sheriff at the forthcoming Exchequer of Michaelmas. Witness H. etc.

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

17 Aug. Monmouth. Essex. William de Monceaux gives the king a palfrey for having an annual two-day fair in his vill of High Ongar on the eve and feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take etc. Witness H. etc.

Bedfordshire. Richard of Lidlington gives the king one mark for doing justice against Robert de Lisle to render 100s. to him. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take security etc. from the first monies. ¹ Witness as above.

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‘from the first monies’ interlined.

22 Aug. Strigoil. Norfolk. To the sheriff of Norfolk. Order that if Ralph son of Roger of Stoke will presently render half a mark to him of the debt he exacts from him by summons of the Exchequer and, moreover, give him surety that he will come to the Exchequer at Michaelmas following, ready to make fine upon the sheriff’s account for the remainder of this debt, then he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of his lands with all chattels found therein, of which he had been disseised by reason of this debt. Witness H. etc.

Norfolk. It is written in the same manner to the same sheriff for Adam son of Quenina, for another half-mark. Witness as above.

27 Aug. Camel. Somerset. Walter Gernon gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at Michaelmas in three weeks against Bernard of Hawkridge and Christiana, his wife, and others, concerning three virgates ¹ of land with appurtenances in Rode. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take security etc. Witness H. etc. By the same.

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Corrected from ‘a tenement in’.

28 Aug. Camel. Dorset and Somerset. Order to the sheriff of Dorset and Somerset that as soon as Robert Belet, who is at the point of death, dies, he is to take into the king’s hand all of his land in his bailiwick, saving Robert’s chattels to the executors of his testament so that they can make reasonable execution, and then to keep this land safely until his right heir comes to the king and does what he ought for that land. Witness H. etc.

3 Sept. Exeter. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to R. bishop of Salisbury, until the king comes of age, from the 300 m. which is exacted from him ¹ at the Exchequer by them of the debt he owes the king from the time of H., one of his predecessors, except for other minor debts that are exacted from him, as is contained in the rolls of the Exchequer. Order to permit the bishop to have this respite. Witness H. de Burgh, justiciar. By the same justiciar.

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The remainder of this sentence corrects the following ‘… of the fine which H. former. bishop, his predecessor, made with King John, the king’s father, for a charter of liberties’.

Wiltshire. To the sheriff of Wiltshire. Order to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from R. bishop of Salisbury for 300 m. of a fine which bishop Herbert, his predecessor, ¹ made with King John, the king’s father, until upon the sheriff’s account in the forthcoming Michaelmas term in the fourth year. Witness as above. By the same.

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Corrected from ‘… of the fine which Bishop Herbert, his predecessor, made with King John, the king’s father, for having a charter of liberties …’

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Dorset and Somerset and Berkshire .

3 Sept. Exeter. Dorset and Somerset. To the sheriff of Dorset and Somerset. Order to place in respite the demand he makes from the men of his county for the £100 by which they made fine with the king for having a perambulation of the forests of their county, which, they say, was never carried out, until he has an order from the king otherwise. Witness H. etc. By the same.

3 Sept. Exeter. Northamptonshire. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. The king has given licence to R. bishop of Salisbury to collect carucage from the lands of Rolland son of Simon of Lyndon and Richard of Handred, the custody of whose lands the bishop has, because the bishop has mainperned that he will answer the king for this carucage upon the sheriff’s account at the Exchequer on the morrow of Michaelmas in the fourth year. Order not to make any distraint for the carucage in the meantime, but cause the barons of the Exchequer to know on the aforesaid day what pertains to the bishop from the carucage of these lands. Witness H. etc. By the same.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Rutland and Lincolnshire .

4 Sept. Exeter. Hampshire. Peter de Bendenges gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster at Michaelmas in one month against Stephen de Bendenges, concerning half a knight’s fee in Winchfield . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

[No date]. Memorandum that 300 librates of land and rent are to be assigned to Phillip of Oldcoates from the king’s escheats for the 300 librates of land and rent which were assigned to him from the king’s demesnes for the sustenance of the castles of Bamburgh and Newcastle, and after he has received them, the aforesaid 300 librates of land and rent from his demesnes are to be returned to the king, namely so that, of each assignment that he makes of escheats, however much those escheats will be worth is to be rendered to the king from his demesnes.

[No date]. Guy de Châtillon, count of St. Pol, gives the king £100 for his relief etc. ¹

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Entered at the foot of the dorse.

6 Sept. Exeter. Hampshire. To the sheriff of Hampshire. Robert de Poorton has made fine with the king by 15 m. for having all land formerly of Geoffrey de Poorton, his brother, that falls to him by inheritance. Order that, having accepted security from Robert for rendering those 15 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all lands with appurtenances formerly of Geoffrey, his brother, in his bailiwick that fall to him by inheritance, saving Geoffrey’s chattels to Robert for the reasonable execution of his testament. If the sheriff has taken any of these chattels that pertain to Geoffrey, he is to see that he will answer for them upon his account at the Exchequer on the morrow of Michaelmas forthcoming. When he has taken security from Robert for the 15 m., he is to cause the sheriffs of Dorset, Wiltshire and Surrey to know, by his letters, who have been ordered that, whenever the sheriff causes them to know of this, they are to cause Robert to have seisin of the lands in their bailiwicks that come to him by inheritance. Witness H. etc.

Surrey. Order to the sheriff of Surrey that when the sheriff of Hampshire signifies this to him, he is to cause Robert to have full seisin without delay etc., as aforesaid, saving to Robert de Poorton the chattels etc., as in the last entry above, and to answer on the same day for the chattels that pertain to Geoffrey. ¹

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Corrected from ‘Robert’.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Wiltshire and Dorset .

6 Sept. Exeter. Devon. To the sheriff of Devon. The king has granted an annual three-day fair to Falkes de Bréauté at his manor of Honiton to last over the eve, feast and morrow of All Saints, on condition that the fair is not to the damage etc. Order to cause him to have this fair and to take security from Falkes for a palfrey to the king’s use for this fair. Witness H. etc.

Devon. Robert de Courtenay gives the king a palfrey for having an annual two-day fair at his manor of Okehampton on the eve and feast of St. James the Apostle, unless etc. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc. Witness as above.

7 Sept. Exeter. Devon. The abbot of Tavistock gives the king two palfreys for having a weekly market on Thursdays at his manor of Hatherleigh and for having an annual fair there on the eve and feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, unless the market and fair are etc. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc. Witness H. etc.

8 Sept. Exeter. Devon. To the sheriff of Devon. Order to place in respite, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Hilary in the fifth year, the demand he makes from H. fitz Count for £596 and one mark, by which he made fine with King John, the king’s father, for the honour of Brailes, and the demand of £357 19s. and two palfreys he makes for the fine he made with the same King John, the king’s father, for certain lands, and the demand he makes from the same H. fitz Count for 40 m. 6s. 8d. of scutage. Witness H. etc.

Suffolk. To the sheriff of Suffolk. The king has granted to the abbot of St. Edmund’s that he may collect carucage by his hand wherever he will within the liberty of St. Edmund’s, both from his own lands and those of others wherever they are within the liberty, and he is to answer the king upon the sheriff’s account on the morrow of Michaelmas. Order to send to the abbot a discreet and faithful knight of the county and one of the sheriff’s clerks in whom he trusts, who will see and cause to be enrolled how the abbot assesses and collects the carucage, for which he ought to answer the king by his hand, so that the sheriff knows how he will have it assessed and knows how to make sufficient answer to the king upon his account, by the testimony and rolls of the knight and clerk, as to the amount of carucage for which the abbot ought to answer the king by the number of ploughs. Witness H. etc. as above.

12 Sept. Wilton. Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire to permit Henry de Scaccario to collect the carucage assessed in the honour of Wallingford, so that he answers for it sufficiently by his hand at the Exchequer on the morrow of Michaelmas forthcoming. If the sheriff has already taken anything therefrom, he is to render it to him without delay. Witness H. etc.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Middlesex, Gloucestershire , Surrey , Northamptonshire , Oxfordshire and Hertfordshire .

12 Sept. Wilton. Ireland. To G. Marsh, justiciar of Ireland. William baron of Naas and Eva, his wife , have made fine with the king by 100 m. for having dower in the manor of Grene, which pertains to Eva of the free tenement formerly of Phillip de Braose, her former husband, in Ireland. Order that, having accepted security from William and Eva, his wife, for the aforesaid 100 m. to the king’s use, he is to cause them to have full seisin without delay of the manor of Grene with appurtenances, as aforesaid. Witness H. etc. By the same.

17 Sept. Winchester. Yorkshire. Peter de Maulay and Isabella, his wife, give the king two palfreys for having a weekly market on Wednesdays at their manor of Lythe, and for having an annual two-day fair there on the eve and feast of St. Oswald, unless the market and fair etc. They have the writ. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

Wiltshire. The aforesaid Peter ¹ gives the king a palfrey for having a weekly market on Tuesdays at his manor of Upavon, unless that market etc. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take security etc. Witness as above.

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‘and Isabella’ crossed through.

16 Sept. Winchester. Because the council made other provision, as is contained in the Close roll of the fifth year. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to place in respite, until the king comes of age, the demand they make from Peter de Maulay for the 7000 m. by which he made fine with King John, the king’s father, for having Isabella, daughter and heiress of Robert of Thornham , in marriage. ¹ Witness H. etc. By the same and the king’s council.

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Entry cancelled. Allowance is made to Peter on 28 July 1221: RLC, p. 466b.

Sussex. Order to the sheriff of Sussex that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take into the king’s hand all lands and possessions formerly of the abbot of Fécamp , deceased, in England, with the chattels found therein, and to hand them over to Master Ranulf, clerk of the Legate , to whom the king has committed them to keep for as long as it pleases the king and who will answer the king at his command. Witness as above.

25 Sept. Northampton. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to Brian de Lisle from the debts that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, until the morrow of Martinmas following in the fifth year. Order to permit him to have peace until this term. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Lincolnshire. Harold son of Humphrey gives the king 20s. for summoning Henry Bec before the justices at Westminster at Michaelmas in 15 days to warrant to him nine solidates of rent with appurtenances in Saltfleetby. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc. Witness as above.

28 Sept. Newport Pagnell. Ireland. The citizens of Dublin give the king a moiety of the debt that Meiler fitz Henry owed them and the other moiety for the fortification of the city of Dublin. Order to G. Marsh, justiciar of Ireland, to distrain M. to render this debt, as etc., and to take security from the men of Dublin from the first monies of this moiety to the king’s use. Witness etc.

[No date]. Huntingdonshire. Muriel daughter of Berengaria gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of Hilary against Elias Goldsmith and Isolda, his wife, concerning half a virgate of land with appurtenances in Wintringham, and against Osbert son of William, concerning half a virgate of land with appurtenances in Old Weston. She has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to take security etc.

26 Sept. Warden. Northamptonshire. Thomas son of Geoffrey gives the king one mark for doing justice against Nigel Ivelspir ¹ to render 10 m. to him. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

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C 60/13, m. 2 ‘Ivelsir’.

2 Oct. Westminster. Surrey. Gervase Escurel gives the king the fourth part of 15 m. for doing justice against Reginald de Braose to render 15 m. to him. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to take security from Gervase for the fourth part of those 15 m. to the king’s use, unless he has had good security taken by another command that the king has previously made to him. Witness H. etc.

3 Oct. Westminster. Somerset. Walter de la Grave gives the king the fourth part of £50 for summoning William de Marisco before the justices of the Bench to answer him for the £50 . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take etc. Witness H. etc.

4 Oct. Westminster. Worcestershire. Nicholas son of Orderic ¹ gives the king 3 m. for doing justice against Richard de Sifrewast and Phillippa, his wife, to render £16 10s. to him. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to take security etc. from the first monies. Witness H. etc.

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C 60/13, m. 2 ‘Ordrige’.

5 Oct. Westminster. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to John Lestrange, until the king comes of age, from the demand which they make from him by summons of the Exchequer for £79 10s. of the farm of the manor of Wrockwardine for 7½ years during the time of King John, the king’s father, and for £24 of the farm of the same manor for the second and third years of the king’s reign, and for the farm of the same manor which remains to be paid until the king comes of age. Order to cause John to have this respite until the king comes of age, as aforesaid. Witness H. etc.

[No date]. Surrey. John de Newnham gives the king 100s., so that he pardons him the flight that he made and the outlawry promulgated against him for an appeal, of which he is appealed, as is more fully contained in the Patent Roll. ¹ John’s pledges for this 100s. are Baldwin de Newnham for 25s., Nicholas of Ockham for 25s., Nicholas de Broc for 25s., and William Marshal de Newnham and William de Newnham for 25s.

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‘which he has’ crossed through.

7 Oct. Westminster. Lancaster. Richard de Mida, clerk , has made fine with the king by two palfreys for having seisin of his lands of Hale and Walton, which King John, father of King Henry, granted him at fee farm by his charters, and of which Richard was disseised by reason of an order of the king for having all demesnes and escheats taken into his hand. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to cause him to have full seisin without delay of the lands of Hale and Walton, having first accepted security from him for rendering the two palfreys to the king for this seisin. Witness P. bishop of Winchester.

8 Oct. Westminster. Gloucestershire. To the sheriff of Gloucestershire. Alard [le] Fleming, who held of the king by knight service, has died, so the king has heard, in Jerusalem. Order to take into the king’s hand without delay the land which Alard held of the king in Sapperton and Rissington, with all chattels found therein, and to keep them safely so that nothing is removed therefrom until the king orders otherwise. Witness P. bishop of Winchester.

11 Oct. Westminster. Gloucestershire. Ranulf de Reingny gives the king 40s. for summoning Geoffrey de Longchamp before the justices at Westminster on the morrow of Martinmas to answer him for 15 m . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take security etc. from the first monies. Witness P. bishop of Winchester.

Kent. William son of Thomas gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of the Close of Easter against Baldwin Isaac and others, concerning half a jugum of land with appurtenances in Estflete . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take etc. Witness as above.

13 Oct. Westminster. Kent. Alan of Stourmouth gives the king one mark for summoning Ralph of Kingsnoad before the justices at Westminster on the morrow of Martinmas to render to him Alan, son and heir of Thomas of Kingsnoad , whose custody pertains to him by reason of the gift that Peter de Bendenges, who had the custody, made, as he says. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take etc. Witness P. bishop of Winchester.

Gloucestershire. William Chamberlain senior, claimant, gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the itinerant justices against William Chamberlain junior, concerning two carucates of land with appurtenances in Woolford, a carucate of land in Nordhall’, a carucate in Hope, four virgates and a messuage in Rodmarton, four marcates of rent in Eastleach and three solidates of rent in Southrop . He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take security etc. Witness as above.

To William de Putot. John son of Richard came to the Exchequer and offered to give the king 1000 m. a year for the king’s Cornish stannaries, for which he said he was ready to give surety by good pledges and, furthermore, place his lands in counterpledge. The king would be induced to accept this if the Legate and H. de Burgh, justiciar, to whom the king had sent for counsel, would assent. Order to restore, under the seal of the prior of Launceston or another, the new die of the king’s stannary, which had been handed over to him in London, to a trustworthy man of religion and a faithful knight of the county, so that nothing is stamped until they have received a command from the king otherwise. If anything is stamped at the forthcoming term, the king may lose the annual rent for the forthcoming year, which is not safe for him. The king is also sending John to William’s locality to find before William good and sufficient pledges of that county for paying part of that money annually to the king, and for paying the remainder of the money he shall find surety in the county of Devon, and William is to receive these pledges and cause them to be recorded and to signify to the king by his letters when he has received them, so that, having accepted William’s testimony, the king might commit the stannary to John for the aforesaid money each year, if the Legate and his lord ¹ will confirm it with their assent. Witness as above.

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This confirms other evidence that William de Putot was in the service of Hubert de Burgh: see Book of Fees, i, p. 270 and Canterbury Dean and Chapter, Register B, f.404 (a reference owed to David Crouch) where William attests one of Hubert’s charters.

Devon. To the sheriff of Devon. The king has committed to John son of Richard for 1000 m., to be paid annually, the stannary of the county of Cornwall, about which the king has ordered the sheriff of Cornwall to receive in his county from John good and sufficient pledges for paying one part of this money, and John has said he will give the king surety for the remainder of this money by good and sufficient pledges in Devon. Order to receive from John those good and sufficient pledges for paying that part of this money, who will be able to answer the king for this money, and cause the names of those to be recorded, and signify to the king by his letters the names of the pledges, so that, having accepted the sheriff’s testimony, the king might commit the stannary to John for the aforesaid money each year. Witness as above.

16 Oct. Westminster. Dorset. Walter de Turberville gives the king half a mark for summoning Robert de Courz ¹ before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of Martinmas to answer him ² for the manor of Winterborne with appurtenances. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take etc. ³ Witness H. etc.

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C 60/13, m. 1 ‘Goiuz’.

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‘to answer him’ interlined.

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‘as above’ crossed through here.

Cornwall. Adam Blund of Stratton gives the king 2 m. for having before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of Martinmas the battle that has been waged between Walter Scolde and Adam over 200 lumps of tin, which Adam says he had mined. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to take security etc. Witness as above.

18 Oct. Westminster. Buckinghamshire. To W. de Mandeville, earl of Essex. Order, putting off all delay and excuse, to have the farm of the vill of Aylesbury for Michaelmas term last past before the Exchequer in the octaves of Martinmas. Witness P. bishop of Winchester.

22 Oct. Westminster. Middlesex. William de St. Michael gives the king the third part of £300 for summoning Ernald de Mandeville before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of Martinmas to render to him the £300 . He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Middlesex to take security etc., unless he has taken other security by another command that the king made to the sheriff. Witness P. bishop of Winchester.

23 Oct. Westminster. Herefordshire. To the sheriff of Herefordshire. The king has heard that Robert de Chandos, who was bound to the king in great debts at the Exchequer, is dead. Order that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take all his land with appurtenances and all chattels found therein in his bailiwick into the king’s hand and to keep them safely until the king orders him otherwise. Witness B. bishop of Rochester. By the same and William Brewer.

Hampshire. Elias Golding gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of Hilary against Matthew son of Godfrey and Matilda, his wife, concerning a virgate of land with appurtenances in Worldham. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take etc. Witness etc.

24 Oct. Westminster. Somerset. William of Ash gives the king half a mark for summoning William de Henesl’ before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of Hilary ¹ to render 5 m. to him. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take etc. Witness P. bishop of Winchester.

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Corrected from ‘Martinmas’.

24 Oct. Westminster. Lincolnshire. Phillip of Kyme gives the king 20 m. for summoning 24 law-worthy knights of the county of Lincolnshire before the justices of the Bench at Hilary in 15 days to recognise if the marsh, or any part of the marsh, which is enclosed within the below-written metes, is of the manor of North Kyme or of the manor of Billinghay, namely from the vill of Billinghay as far as Wudecaresflet, ¹ and to recognise the same concerning certain lands in Billinghay on both sides of the causeway which runs between Billinghay and Kyme as far as Woodford. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc. Witness P. bishop of Winchester.

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C 60/13, m. 1 ‘Wudecaresfeld’’.

26 Oct. Westminster. Norfolk. Ywanus of Dunton and Amabilia, his wife, give the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench at Hilary in 15 days against William de Beaumont, concerning the third part of a knight’s fee with appurtenances in Tattersett and Sengham . They have the writ. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc. Witness P. bishop of Winchester. By Ralph Hareng.

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