27 Oct (sic.). Westminster. To the constable of Windsor. ¹ Order to take into the king’s hand the land formerly of Hugh of Shottesbrooke, who is dead, together with all chattels found therein, so that nothing is removed until he has an order otherwise. ² Witness H. de Burgh, justiciar. By the same.

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Corrected from ‘the sheriff of Berkshire’.

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This roll has been collated with C 60/17, its duplicate, in respect of additional information and significant variants.

Norfolk. Walter de Chereville gives the king half a mark for having a pone at Westminster in the octaves of Hilary against John de Chereville, concerning 47 acres of land with appurtenances in Tilney and Wiggenhall. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc. Witness H. etc. as above.

2 Nov. Westminster. Suffolk. Richard son of Humphrey gives the king half a mark for having a precipe before the justices of the Bench at Hilary in three weeks against Henry of Nacton to render to him a knight’s fee with appurtenances in Livermere. He has the precipe. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take etc. Witness H. etc.

1 Nov. Westminster. The king has granted the castle of Knaresborough to Brian de Lisle, with the vill of Knaresborough and all its appurtenances, and Boroughbridge with all its appurtenances, to keep for as long as it pleases the king, rendering the ancient farm of £50 per annum to the king at the Exchequer. Witness H. etc.

Wiltshire. Alan de St. George gives the king one palfrey for having a pone at Hilary in one month against William Quinton, concerning three hides of land with appurtenances in Horton. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take etc. Witness H. etc. By the same.

3 Nov. Westminster. Lancaster. To the sheriff of Lancaster. Roger of Derby has made fine with the king by 20s. for having custody of the land and heir of Nicholas son of John, with the marriage of the same heir, for which he has terms at the Exchequer. Jordan Clerk has also made fine with the king by 20s. for having custody of the land and heir of Thomas Gernet, with the marriage of the same heir, for which he has terms at the Exchequer. Order that, having accepted security from them for rendering the fines to the king, he is to cause them to have full seisin of the custodies with their appurtenances without delay. Witness H. de Burgh. By the same.

Lancaster. To the sheriff of Lancaster. Richard Walensis has made fine with the king by 40s. for his relief of the land formerly of Richard Walensis, his father, whose heir he is, which Richard ought to hold of the king, for which he has terms at the Exchequer. Adam son of Gilmichel has also made fine with the king by 20s. for his relief of the land formerly of Gilmichel, his father, whose heir he is, which Adam ought to hold of the king, for which he similarly has terms at the Exchequer. Richard son of Henry of Trafford has also made fine with the king by 20s. for his relief of the land formerly of Henry, his father, whose heir he is, which Richard ought to hold of the king, for which he similarly has terms at the Exchequer. Order that, having accepted security from Richard, Adam and Richard for rendering the aforesaid fines to the king, he is to cause them to have full seisin without delay of all lands that they ought to hold from the king in his bailiwick and that are in the king’s hand. Witness H. de Burgh etc. as above.

William de St. John owes the king 100 m., which were delivered to him as a prest and which he ought to render to the king at Hilary in the sixth year. Witness as above.

Bedfordshire. John of Hartwell gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench at Hilary in 15 days against Robert son of Ernisius, concerning 11 virgates of land with appurtenances in Middleton. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take etc. Witness as above.

Yorkshire. William de Senlis, defendant, gives the king one mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench at Easter in one month against James of Sculcoates, concerning three bovates of land with appurtenances in Sutton. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take etc. Witness as above.

Norfolk. Richard son of Robert of Bedford gives the king 5 m. for doing justice against Gerard de Edeneburg’ to render £37 to him. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc. from the first monies. Witness as above.

William of Wootton gives the king the third part of £80 for doing justice against William Blame and Reinger’ Moring and Gerard and Reinger’ sons of Woburg’ to render £80 to him. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc. from the first monies. Witness as above.

Norfolk. Ralph son of William gives the king 20s. for doing justice against Michael Ket and others to render 100s. to him. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security etc. from the first monies. Witness as above.

Somerset. Laurence Merchant gives the king the third part of 35 m. for summoning John de Kenn before the justices of the Bench at Hilary in 15 days to render 35 m. to him. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take etc. from the first monies. Witness as above.

6 Nov. Westminster. Windsor. To the constable of Windsor. The king has taken the homage of Robert, son and heir of Hugh of Shottesbrooke for the knight’s fee in his bailiwick that Hugh held of the king in chief, which falls to Robert by hereditary right. Order that, having accepted security from Robert for 100s. to the king’s use for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin. Witness H. etc. By the same.

10 Nov. Westminster. Nottinghamshire. To the sheriff of Nottinghamshire. William de Hardredesfeld’ has made fine with the king by 20 m. for having the vill of Clayworth with appurtenances, which falls to him by hereditary right and for which he has a charter of King Henry, grandfather of the king. He has given the king surety for the aforesaid 20 m. by R. earl of Chester and Lincoln and Falkes de Bréauté, of which he is to render 5 m. at Easter in the sixth year, 5 m. at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the same year, 5 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 5 m. at Easter in the seventh year. Order to cause William to have full seisin without delay with all appurtenances in his bailiwick. Witness H. etc. By the same. Before the king’s council.

11 Nov. Westminster. Warwickshire. William son of Helewise gives the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors ¹ of an assize of mort d’ancestor before the itinerant justices against Hawise daughter of Geoffrey, concerning half a messuage with appurtenances in Coventry. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

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Corrected from ‘for having a pone …’

Hugh de Loges has made fine with the king by 5 m. for having custody of the forest of Cannock, which falls to him by hereditary right. Order to the earl of Chester and Lincoln that, having accepted security from Hugh for rendering those 5 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin. Witness as above. By the same.

Essex. To the sheriff of Essex. Isabella de Bolbec, who was the wife of Robert de Vere, formerly earl of Oxford, has made fine with the king for having custody of the land and heir of the earl and of the son of Isabella until the same heir comes of age. She is to render which fine to the king by her hand at the terms given to her at the Exchequer, and she has given the king surety for one part of that fine by pledge. Order to cause her to have full seisin without delay of all lands that Robert de Vere held in his bailiwick both of his own inheritance and of the inheritance of Isabella, receiving from her the pledges that she is to find for the fine, namely such that are sufficient and good for as much as each of them will be pledge, and he is to cause the king to know openly and distinctly by his sealed letters of the names of those pledges and for how much each of them is pledge. If anything has been removed since he took that land into the king’s hand, he is to cause it to be rendered to her without delay. Witness as above.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Norfolk and Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

12 Nov. Westminster. Hertfordshire. Hugh de Balliol gives the king one palfrey for having an annual two-day fair, until the king comes of age, at his manor of Hitchin on the eve and feast of St. Andrew, unless that fair etc. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

13 Nov. Westminster. Berkshire. To the sheriff of Berkshire. Martin son and heir of Gilbert of Peasemore has made fine with the king by 50s. for his relief of half a knight’s fee formerly of Gilbert of Peasemore, his father, in Peasemore, that falls to him by inheritance. Order that, having accepted security from the same for rendering the aforesaid 50s. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid half a knight’s fee. Witness H. etc.

[No date]. Isabella de Bolbec, countess of Oxford, has made fine with the king, by £2228 2s. 9½d., ¹ for having custody of the land and her son, the heir of Robert de Vere, formerly earl of Oxford, her husband, so that, beyond that fine, she will answer the king at the Exchequer for £1778 11s. of the debt that the earl owed to the king for several debts. She is also to render 250 m. of the aforesaid monies at Hilary in the sixth year, 250 m. at Easter in the same year, 250 m. at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the same year, 250 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and £400 in the following year at the terms aforesaid, and £400 from year to year by the same terms until the aforesaid fine and debt have been paid in full.

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Corrected from ‘£2221 2s.’

[No date]. Pledges for Isabella de Bolbec, countess of Oxford:

Essex. Laurence of Takeley ¹ for 5 m. Cambridgeshire. Hugh of Westoe of Camps for 60s.Geoffrey Arsic for £40. Essex. John de Westwick for 10 m. Essex. Richard of Berkesdon for 5 m. Essex. William of Bentley for 5 m. Kent. Ralph son of Bernard for 60 m. Essex. Fulk de Vaux for 100 m. Berkshire. Henry de Scaccario for 40 m. Buckinghamshire. Walter de Henley for 50 m. Suffolk. William of Walsham for 40 m. Suffolk. William Luvel senior for 20 m. Oxfordshire. Geoffrey Gibewin for 60 m. Norfolk. Suffolk. Robert Passelewe for 20 m. Kent. Nicholas son of Payn for 20 m. Essex. Simon de Cantilupe for £100. Essex. William son of Aitrop for £40. Hertfordshire. Margaret countess of Winchester for 100 m. Oxfordshire. Roger de Quincy for 100 m. Lincolnshire. Odinell’ de Albeny for £20. Cambridgeshire. William of Knapwell for £20. Everard of Trumpington for £20. Buckinghamshire. David Gifford for 10 m. Nottinghamshire. Saer of St. Andrew for £10.

Essex. Richard Quinchant of Bentley for 5 m.Thomas de Longueville for 10 m.Peter [of] Tresgoz for £20.Roger of Roding for £20.Martin Chamberlain for £20.

Essex. Engeler de Cantilupe for 10 m. Peter of Ramsey for 20 m.Robert of Thundersley senior for £10.Warin of Thundersley for £10.

Essex. Simon son of Hervey of Ramsey for 20 m.Henry son of Ralph de Kaneveles for 10 m. Richard of Ramsey for 10 m.John son of William of Bentley for 10 m.

Essex. Phillip de Beauchamp for £40.John de Landa for 10 m. John de Clinested’ for 10 m.Gilbert de Caseland’ of Ramsey for 16 m.Godfrey son of William of Ramsey for 10 m.Hamo de Waterville for 20 m.

Essex. Ralph son of William of Pebmarsh for 20 m.William de Ispania of Finchingfield for 20 m.Adam son of William son of Fulk for 20 m.Robert Galvin of Bentley for 5 m.Hugh of Bentley for 50s.Henry son of Roger for 50s.

Several pledges can be sought on the dorse of this roll. ²

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C 60/17, m. 8 ‘Takesham’.

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See 34 below

14 Nov. Westminster. Dorchester. To the sheriff of Dorset. The king has granted to his burgesses of Dorchester that they may have the king’s borough of Dorchester with appurtenances by the same farm that they were accustomed to render in the time of King John, father of the king, namely so that they may henceforth answer the king for that farm by their hand at the Exchequer. Order to cause them to have full seisin without delay. Witness H. etc. Per annum from the sixth year.

17 Nov. Westminster. Hampshire. To the sheriff of Hampshire. Order that, having convoked the king’s citizens of Winchester, he is to hand over the king’s city of Winchester to them, so they answer the king for the farm of the same city by their hands at the Exchequer, as they were accustomed to answer in the time of King John, the king’s father. He is to say to them on the king’s behalf that they are to receive it in such a way and so behave themselves that the king will have no loss, and whatever is to be allowed to them when they come to the Exchequer for their account, the king will cause them to be allowed this by the consideration of the barons of the Exchequer and other faithful men. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Order to the king’s citizens of Winchester thus to receive the city of Winchester from the hand of the aforesaid sheriff.

21 Nov. Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to cause the mayor and trustworthy men of Grimsby to have such seisin of the vill of Grimsby, answering the king at the Exchequer, as they had before the king’s order for taking his demesne lands and escheats into his hand, of which they were disseised by reason of the same order. Witness H. etc. By the same.

[No date]. Dorset and Somerset. The abbot of Muchelney and Roger de Reimes have made fine with the king, by 200 m., in the name of all men of the counties of Dorset and Somerset, for having Roger of Ford as sheriff of Dorset and Somerset for as long as it pleases the king, so that henceforth they answer or are intendant to Peter de Maulay or his bailiffs in nothing. They are to render 50 m. of this at Easter in the sixth year, 50 m. at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the same year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 50 m. at Christmas in the seventh year.

23 Nov. Westminster. Warwickshire. To the sheriff of Warwickshire. The king has granted to Olenta, who was the wife of Walter de Rodes the land with appurtenances in Broom that Walter held of the king, to be held at farm for as long as it pleases the king, so that she renders 40s. at the Exchequer each year, namely 20s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 20s. at the Exchequer of Easter. Order that, having accepted security from Olenta for rendering the aforesaid 40s. to the king thus, he is to cause her to have full seisin of the aforesaid land. Witness P. bishop of Winchester. By the same.

Somerset. Richard son of Matilda gives the king the third part of chattels to the value of 21 m. 9s. for doing justice against William le Poer to render to him the aforesaid chattels to the value of 21 m. 9s. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take etc. Witness as above.

Norfolk. Andrew son of John gives the king half a mark for having a pone at Westminster against William son of Peter and Alice, his wife, concerning 18 charters that he exacts from them. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc. Witness as above.

[No date]. Pledges of Andrew Bukerel for 4000 m.:

Hubert de Burgh, justiciar of England. Richard Reinger. Thomas Lamberc’.Thomas Bukerel.Josceus son of Peter.William Blund.

[No date]. Pledges of Isabella, countess of Oxford for her fine:

Buckinghamshire. From Richard de Sifrewast, 40s.From Richard de Parco, 1 m.From William de Dun, 1 m.From Robert de Ferrers, 5 m. of the first payment. From Peter Blund, 1 m.From William son of Richard of Beachampton, 10 m.From Geoffrey de Cumb’, half a mark.From Thomas Pudifet, half a mark.

From Richard son of Walter, 40s.From William son of Hamo, 1 m.From William son of Elias, 1 m.From Albrea de Jarpunville, 10 m.From Hugh of Linslade, 1 m.From Richard of Upton, 1 m.From Peter of Whitchurch, 1 m.From John of Kimble, 1 m.From Richard of Bellingdon, 2 m.

From Baldwin of Whitchurch, 40s.From Roger of Missenden, 2 m.From Geoffrey of Cheddington, 1 m.From Reginald Basset, 40s.From Hugh of Hawkshead, 1 m.From Stephen Crook, 1 m.From Robert of Whelpley, 20s.From Ralph of Chartridge, 2 m.From Ralph of Weedon, 2 m.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. Roger de Quincy owes the king his relief of a knight’s fee in Kettlestone.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. The same Roger owes the king his relief of a knight’s fee in Buckby.

[No date]. Somerset and Dorset. Roger of Ford, sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, has received £20 from the king’s treasure in order to buy oxen and corn to harvest and sow the lands of the king’s manors in the counties of Somerset and Dorset.

28 Nov. Westminster. Somerset. To the sheriff of Somerset. The king has granted his vill of Bath to the prior of Bath to have at farm for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers the king then for that farm at the Exchequer by his hand, namely for £30 per annum. Order to cause the prior to have full seisin without delay of the vill of Bath with appurtenances, as aforesaid. If he has taken anything of the aforesaid farm or of other things pertaining to that farm from Michaelmas term in the fifth year until St. Andrew in the sixth year, he is to cause it to be rendered to him without delay. Witness E. bishop of London.

Somerset. The same prior gives the king 10 m. for having the vill of Bath at farm for as long as it pleases the king, as is contained in the last writ above.

Gloucestershire. David Monachus gives the king half a mark for having a record before the justices of the Bench at Hilary in 15 days against Osbert [le] Viel, concerning a messuage with appurtenances in Bristol. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take etc. Witness as above.

2 Dec. Westminster. Northamptonshire. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take into the king’s hand 19½ virgates of land and a mill with appurtenances in Spratton formerly of Hugh Mainer, a Norman, which came into the hand of King John, father of King Henry, as an escheat of the lands of the Normans, and to summon Simon of Cropredy to be before H. de Burgh, justiciar, at Westminster in the octaves of Hilary, ready to show by what warrant he had entry into that land and mill. Witness H. etc.

3 Dec. Westminster. Wiltshire. Richard of Dauntsey, son and heir of William of Dauntsey, has made fine with the king ¹ by 100s. for his relief of 4½ hides of land formerly of William, which he held from the king in chief in Dilton and Bratton and which fall to him by inheritance. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take security for rendering those 100s. to the king and to cause him to have full seisin thereof. Witness H. etc.

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Corrected from ‘gives the king’.

4 Dec. Westminster. Yorkshire. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to have the roll of amercements of those who fell into mercy by the assize that the king ordered to be taken in his county by William of Stainton, Marmaduke of Thwing, William le Gramaire and John [of] Birkin between the prior of Kirkham and Ralph of Firby, concerning a road blocked by Ralph in Eddlethorpe to the damage of his free tenement in Kirkham, or the rolls of another assize taken in the same manner in the aforesaid county, before the Exchequer at his first account, where he is then to make answer for this. Witness H. etc.

6 Dec. Westminster. Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. John son of William, nephew and heir of Roger de Beauchamp, has made fine with the king by £10 for having seisin of the lands of Eton and Sandon with appurtenances formerly of Roger, his uncle, which fall to him by hereditary right, and for which the king has taken his homage. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire that, having accepted security from John for the said £10 to the king’s use, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid lands with appurtenances. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Gloucestershire. Maurice de Gant gives the king 100s. for having a weekly market on Tuesdays, until the king comes of age, at his manor of Redwick, and also to have an annual two-day fair there, until the king comes of age, on the eve and feast of St. Luke the Evangelist, unless that market and fair are etc. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take etc. Witness as above.

7 Dec. Westminster. Bedfordshire. William fitz Warin gives the king 100s. for having a weekly market on Thursdays at his manor of Odell until the king comes of age, unless that market etc. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

Norfolk. Robert de Mortoft, Robert, his son, Richard son of Odo, John of Heydon, Richard of Heydon, Alexander son of Ascelina, and Roger, his brother, give the king one mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench against Nicholas of Barningham, concerning detained livestock. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc. Witness as above.

Concerning Jews. To the king’s justices assigned to the custody of the Jews. The king has reduced the fine of £100 per annum that Deu le Beneye and his brothers, Jews, heirs of Chera the Jewess of Winchester, Benedict Crispin and Aaron and Samson, sons and heirs of Isaac the chirographer, made with the king for the debts that Isaac the chirographer and Chera the Jewess owed the king, to 100 m. per annum, to be rendered to the king from the morrow of the Conception of the Blessed Mary in the sixth year, ¹ so that they are to pay a moiety at Easter ² and the other moiety at Michaelmas. ³ Order to cause that fine to be enrolled thus in the rolls that are in their custody. Witness H. etc. as above.

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Term interlined.

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‘in the sixth year’ crossed through.

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‘in the same year’ crossed through.

8 Dec. Westminster. Concerning Jews. It is written in the same manner to the same for Isaac of Norwich, Jew, concerning reducing the fine of 365 m. per annum that he had made with the king to 250 m., to be rendered to the king at the same terms from the morrow of the Conception of the Blessed Mary in the sixth year. ¹ Witness H. etc. By the bishop of Winchester.

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Term similarly interlined.

Westminster. Lincolnshire. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite the demand he makes from Jordan of Ashby for the debt he owes the king, until upon his account at Hilary term in the sixth year. ¹ Witness E. bishop of London as above.

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Corrected from ‘after the forthcoming feast of …’

Concerning the fine of the Jews. To P. bishop of Winchester. Deulobene son of Chera the Jewess of Winchester and his brothers, and Samson son of Isaac the chirographer and Benedict Crispin, have made fine with the king for the debts formerly of Chera and Isaac. Order to cause Deulobene and his brothers, Samson and Benedict, to have as many of the charters of Chera and Isaac as he has in his custody. Witness as above.

Cambridgeshire. To the sheriff of Cambridgeshire. Order that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take into the king’s hand all lands in his bailiwick formerly of John de Molun, now deceased, and to keep them safely with those things which were found in the same, so that nothing is to be removed until the king orders him otherwise. Witness as above.

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

Later, each sheriff was ordered to commit the lands of the aforesaid John to four trustworthy and law-worthy men to keep them, so that nothing is removed by the sheriffs or their men until the king orders otherwise.

Hampshire. John Crispin gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench at Hilary in three weeks against the abbot of Hyde, concerning the manor of Worting. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take etc. Witness as above.

Norfolk. John son of Robert of North Creake gives the king half a mark for having a pone against Ralph son of Julian and William Passes, concerning land in North Creake. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc. Witness as above.

Devon. Thomas son of Amfrid gives the king half a mark for having a pone against Joel of Stonehouse, concerning eight parts of a knight’s fee with appurtenances in Lipson. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc. Witness as above.

15 Dec. Tower of London. Berkshire. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to take into the king’s hand without delay all land in his bailiwick formerly of Hugh de Maulnay, who is dead, and to keep it safely with all chattels found therein so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise. Witness H. etc.

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

18 Dec. Alton. Devon. Richard Beaupel gives the king one palfrey for having a weekly market on Wednesdays at his manor of Brendon until the king comes of age, unless that market etc. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc. ¹ Witness H. etc.

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Entry marked in the margin by a symbol resembling the mathematical division or percentage sign: %

15 Dec. Guildford. Huntingdonshire. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to place in respite, until upon his next account, the demand from the last eyre of the justices of the forest for 37½s. that he makes from the prior of Merton for bringing his assarts of Alconbury under cultivation. ¹ Witness H. etc.

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Entry marked in the margin by a symbol resembling the mathematical division sign.

28 Dec. Basingstoke. Dorset. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take into the king’s hand the land formerly of Ralph de Tyl in Blandford and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise. Witness H. etc.

29 Dec. Newbury. Warwickshire. To the sheriff of Warwickshire. The king has taken the homage of Master Henry of Waltham for the land that William Wigan, his uncle, held of the king in chief in Willoughby and Shrewley, without prejudice to anyone else’s right. Order that, having accepted security from Henry for 10 m. for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the same land without delay. Witness H. etc. By the same.

31 Dec. Reading. Cornwall. To the sheriff of Cornwall. Order that, putting off all excuses, he is to have at the Exchequer at his next account all arrears owed to William de Putot from the time he was sheriff of Cornwall, both from Ralph Archdeacon and from others, according to the tenor of the writing William handed over to him, lest by his default William is unable to render his account to the king. Witness H. etc. By the same.

3 Jan. Kempton. Oxfordshire. Gilbert son of William gives the king 5 m. for summoning Henry de Oilly before the justices of the Bench at Hilary in 15 days to render £26 16d. to him. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

7 Jan. Tower of London. Somerset. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take into the king’s hand the land in his bailiwick formerly of Odo of Wanstrow, now deceased, who held of the king in chief, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise. Witness H. etc.

20 Jan. Westminster. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Brian de Lisle his castle of Knaresborough with the vill of Knaresborough and all its appurtenances, and Boroughbridge with all its appurtenances, to have and hold from Michaelmas in the first year until the fourteenth year of the king’s age, rendering to the king the ancient farm of £50 per annum. Order that, having received the farm of £50 from him each year, they are to cause Brian to be quit of the issues of the castle and vill of Knaresborough and of Boroughbridge and their appurtenances. Witness H. etc. By the same.

25 Jan. Westminster. Suffolk. Reginald son of Ralph gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench at Easter in three weeks against Robert fitz Walter, concerning 69 acres of land with appurtenances in Sweffling. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take security etc. Witness H. etc.

Buckinghamshire. Ralph Barre, son and heir of Simon Barre, has made fine with the king by 10 m. for his relief of one knight’s fee with appurtenances in Stanton, which he ought to hold of the king in chief and which falls to him by hereditary right, and the king has taken his homage. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take security and cause him to have full seisin. Witness as above. By the same.

Bedfordshire. William son of Baldwin gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench at Easter in three weeks against the prior of Dunstable, concerning a virgate and 32 acres of land and twelve denariates of rent with appurtenances in Segenhoe. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take etc. Witness as above.

26 Jan. Westminster. Dorset. Robert Belet, nephew and heir of Robert Belet, has made fine with the king by 15 m. for his relief of one knight’s fee with appurtenances in Frome, and the king has taken his homage. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take security etc. and cause him to have full seisin. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Order to the bailiffs of Winchester to cause Robert to have full seisin of the 20 solidates of rent with appurtenances in Winchester, of which the aforesaid Robert, grandfather of the same Robert Belet, was seised on the day he died, and which fall to him by inheritance.

Norwich. John Fluri has made fine with the king by 3 m. for having the lands and houses with appurtenances in Norwich formerly of Merus Gokus, Jew, which are of the fee of John, for which he is to render 3s. to the king per annum. Order to the bailiffs of Norwich to take security etc. and cause him to have seisin. Witness as above.

Lancaster. Gilbert, nephew and heir of Edith of Barton has made fine with the king by 10 m. for his relief of 32 bovates of land with appurtenances in Barton, which he ought to hold of the king in socage, and the king has taken his homage. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to take security etc. and cause him to have full seisin. Witness as above. By the same.

Herefordshire. Cecilia d’Evreux, defendant, gives the king half a mark for having a pone at Westminster at Easter in one month against Richard Fulcon’, concerning two knights’ fees with appurtenances in Alnathestun’. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to take etc. Witness as above.

30 Jan. Westminster. Warwickshire. The king has constituted William of Hartshill, William of Arden, William de Curly ¹ and Ralph son of Ralph as his justices to take the assize of novel disseisin which William Hoese and Margaret, his wife, arraigned before the king’s justices when they were to come to the parts of Warwick against Alice de Mohun, concerning a tenement in Stourton. The king has also constituted the same as justices to take the assize of mort d’ancestor before them which the aforesaid William and Margaret arraigned before the aforesaid justices against the aforesaid Alice, concerning two carucates of land and two mills with appurtenances in the aforesaid vill of Stourton. Order to the four aforesaid justices to convene at Warwick in the octaves of the Close of Easter to take those assizes, ready to do what pertains to justices according to the custom and law ² of the kingdom of England. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to cause the aforesaid assizes to come before the same at the day and place aforesaid, and to take security from William and Margaret for three palfreys to the king’s use for the writ. Order to the aforesaid sheriff to have at the Exchequer the roll of the amercements of those who fall into mercy by this assize taken in his county, and to answer for this then. Witness H. de Burgh etc.

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C 60/17, m. 7 ‘custom and assize’.

31 Jan. Westminster. Cornwall. Hugh de Beauchamp gives the king 100s. for having an inquisition whether King John disseised Hugh of his land of Binnerton by his own will or by judgement of his court, and whether he was disseised in a time of peace or in a time of war. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to take etc. Witness H. etc.

Cornwall. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to take into the king’s hand without delay all land formerly of Henry fitz Count, who is dead, with all chattels found therein, and to keep them safely so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise. Witness H. etc. as above.

Devon. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Devon concerning the land of the same Henry in his bailiwick.

Somerset. And to the sheriff of Somerset, concerning taking into the king’s hand the land of Reginald de Mohun, because the same Henry had the custody of the land and heir of the same Reginald.

Leicestershire. Bartholomew Basset gives the king 5 m. for having justices to take the assize that he arraigned against Brian Forester and Thomas French, concerning a tenement in Hemington. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to take etc. Witness as above.

1 Feb. Westminster. Somerset. To the sheriff of Somerset. Oliver Avenel and Agnes, his wife, daughter and heiress of Odo of Wanstrow, have made fine with the king by 50s. for their relief of half a knight’s fee which they ought to hold from the king in chief in Merston and which falls to Agnes by inheritance, and the king has taken their homage. Order that, having accepted security from Oliver and Agnes for rendering the aforesaid 50s. to the king, he is to cause them to have full seisin. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Lincolnshire. Thomas of Moulton gives the king half a mark for summoning Fulk d’Oyry before the justices of the Bench in the octaves of Trinity to render to him William, son and heir of William of Holbeach. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc. Witness as above.

Lincolnshire. Ralph, son and heir of Ralph son of Stephen has made fine with the king by 5 m. for his relief of half a knight’s fee that he ought to hold from the king in chief in Estovening. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc. Witness as above. By the same.

Berkshire. Richard, son and heir of William son of Humphrey has made fine with the king by 2 m. for his relief of 1½ hides of land that he ought to hold of the king in chief in Bockhampton. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to take etc. Witness as above. By the same.

Norfolk. Walter of Rising gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench in the octaves of Trinity against Roger of Rising, concerning the third part of 66 acres of land with appurtenances in Rising, and against Alice of Rising, defendant, concerning the third part of 33 acres of land with appurtenances in the same vill. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc. Witness as above.

Cumberland. To the sheriff of Cumberland. Thomas of Moulton has made fine with the king by £100 and one palfrey, of which he is to render a moiety at Easter in the sixth year and the other moiety at Michaelmas next following, for having custody of the forest of Cumberland according to that which is contained in his charter that he has from King John, the king’s father. Order to cause him to have full seisin of the custody of the forest without delay. R. earl of Chester and Osbert Gifford are his pledges for this fine. Witness as above.

2 Feb. Westminster. Wiltshire. The king has committed the abbey of Wilton to Master Henry of Cerne to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to cause him to have full seisin of the abbey without delay with all property and chattels pertaining to it. Witness H. etc. By the same.

3 Feb. Westminster. Dorset. William, son and heir of John de Mohun has made fine with the king by 12 m. for his relief of the land formerly of John, his father, which he held of the king in chief and which falls to him by hereditary right, and the king has taken his fealty. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take security etc. and cause him to have full seisin. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to cause him to have full seisin of all lands that fall to the same William by inheritance in his bailiwick which have been taken into the king’s hand by reason of the death of the same John.

Cambridgeshire. Peter, son and heir of Hugh de Maulnay has made fine with the king by 100 m. for having seisin of the lands formerly of his father, of which he is to render 50 m. at the Exchequer by his hand at Easter in the sixth year and 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and he has given the king surety for this. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to cause him to have full seisin. Witness as above. By the same.

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

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Westminster. Yorkshire. To the sheriff of Yorkshire. Peter de Brus, son and heir of Peter de Brus, has made fine with the king by £100 for his relief of the barony formerly of Peter, his father, which he held of the king in chief, and by 40 m. for having the wapentake of Langbaurgh which falls to him by hereditary right. He has also made fine with the king for £51 6s. 7d. of the debt that his father owed the king, namely so that he pays £50 of those £100 of his relief by his hand at St. John the Baptist in the sixth year and £50 at St. Andrew next following, namely in the seventh year, and at Easter next in the same year he is to satisfy the king for the aforesaid £51 6s. 7d., and at Michaelmas next following in the same year he is to pay the king the 40 m. Order to cause Peter to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid barony and wapentake with their appurtenances, which fall to him by inheritance in his bailiwick, and to cause him to have peace in the meantime from the aforesaid £51 6s. 7d. of the king’s debt. Witness H. etc. as above.

4 Feb. Westminster. Northamptonshire. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. Henry of Braybrooke and Christiana, his wife, daughter and heiress of Wischard Ledet and Margaret, his wife, have made fine to the king by £100 for their relief of the lands formerly of Wischard and Margaret, falling to Christiana by inheritance, which they ought to hold of the king in chief, and the king has taken the homage of Henry. Order that, having accepted security from Henry and Christiana for rendering the aforesaid £100 to the king, he is to cause them to have full seisin of all lands formerly of Wischard and Margaret in Burton and Warden with their appurtenances that fall to Christiana by inheritance. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Honour of Boulogne. Robert de Picquigny, Milo de Somery and Beatrice de Lucy have made fine with the king by 17½ m. for their relief of the land formerly of Emma de Lucy, sister of Beatrice and aunt of Robert and Miles, whose heirs they are, in Elmdon. Order to the keeper of the honour of Boulogne to take security and cause them to have full seisin. Witness as above.

Rutland. Robert de Coudray has made fine with the king by 50 m. for having seisin of the land formerly of Warin de Glapion in Cottesmore with its appurtenances, which fall to Robert by inheritance, and he has given the king surety by William de Cantilupe, Stephen of Seagrave and Walter Daiville. Order to the sheriff of Rutland to cause Robert to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid land with its appurtenances, without prejudice to anyone else’s right, so that Robert is to stand to right against any who will wish to speak against him. Witness as above. By the same.

5 Feb. Westminster. Honour of Wallingford. William, archdeacon of London has made fine with the king by 100 m. for having custody of the land formerly of Robert of Chesterton, who held of the king in chief, with the marriage of the son and heir of the same Robert, and he has given the king surety for that fine. Order to the keeper of the honour of Wallingford to cause him to have full seisin without delay of the land of Robert and his son and heir. Witness H. etc.

Pledges for the aforesaid fine:

Richard of Graveley for 40 m.Nicholas Haringod for 40 m. Gocius son of Peter, citizen of London, for 20 m.

[No date]. R. earl of Chester and Lincoln has £100 from the king’s treasury as a prest until Easter in the sixth year.

[No date]. Ralph Ysemberd’ and Michael of Flanders, bailiffs of Southampton, have £40 from the treasury as a prest to acquit them of wine both of the king’s prise and of purchase.

Concerning the city of Winchester. Order to the mayor and citizens of Winchester to receive the city of Winchester into their custody, and the king will provide upon their account at Michaelmas that they will be indemnified for the farm of the city. Witness as above.

6 Feb. Westminster. Concerning a fine of the King of Scots. A. King of Scots has made fine with the king by £200 for having custody of the heirs of David de Lindes’, with their marriage, and with all lands that fall to the heirs by inheritance of the lands formerly of John de Limes’, their kinsman. The King of Scots is to render the aforesaid fine to the king at the below-written terms, namely £50 at St. John the Baptist in the sixth year, £50 at Michaelmas next following in the same year, £50 at Easter next following in the seventh year, and £50 at Michaelmas next following n the same year. Order to the sheriffs of Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire, Norfolk and Suffolk, Essex and Hertfordshire, Somerset and Dorset, and Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all lands with appurtenances formerly of the aforesaid John which fall to the same heirs by inheritance. Witness H. etc. By the same.

7 Feb. Westminster. Norfolk. Brian son of Peter and Reiner son of Peter give the king half a mark for having a pone at Westminster at Easter in one month against Hugh son of Peter, concerning the third part of 43 acres of land with appurtenances in Heacham, and against the same Hugh concerning the third part of 43 acres of land with appurtenances in the same vill. They have the pone. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc. Witness H. etc.

9 Feb. Westminster. Lincolnshire. Custantia Ridel gives the king a palfrey for summoning William of Bustlingthorpe ¹ at Easter in one month to render 30 m. to her. She has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

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Corrected from ‘for doing justice against’.

Northamptonshire. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. Order to cause Adam of Furness without delay to have the farm of the vill of Apethorpe for Christmas term last past, namely in the sixth year, to the use of Baldwin de Guines, and to hold and keep that vill in the king’s hand. Witness H. etc. as above. By the same.

10 Feb. Westminster. Norfolk. Odo de Dammartin gives the king two palfreys for having a pone against Richard Hacun, concerning a battle waged between Richard, claimant, and Odo, defendant, over ten acres of land with appurtenances in Hemblington, and concerning another battle waged between them over 5½ acres of land with appurtenances in Catton. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc. Witness H. etc.

11 Feb. Westminster. Lincolnshire. To the sheriff of Lincolnshire. William of Bracebridge has made fine with the king by one mark for having seisin of the land with appurtenances that Martin Red, who fled for larceny, held of him in Lincoln, which is of William’s fee and was in the king’s hand for a year and a day. Order that, having accepted security from William for rendering that mark, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with its appurtenances without delay. Witness H. etc. By the same.

12 Feb. Westminster. Lincolnshire. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take into the king’s hand without delay the land of William Marmion with appurtenances in Torrington, with all chattels found therein, and to keep it safely so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise. Witness H. etc.

Northumberland. William Baard gives the king half a mark for having a precipe for summoning John son of Robert before the justices at Easter in one month to warrant him a moiety of the manor of Cartington. He has the precipe. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to take etc. Witness as above.

13 Feb. Westminster. Cambridgeshire. William le Viel gives the king 40s. for summoning Warin son of Wymer before the justices at Westminster at Easter in three weeks to render 12 m. to him. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

Buckinghamshire. Rosamund who was the wife of Phillip de Girunde has made fine with the king by 20 m. for marrying herself to whomever she will wish, and she has given the king surety by Robert de Auberville for rendering a moiety to the king at this Easter in the sixth year and the other moiety at Michaelmas following in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to permit Rosamund to marry herself to whomever she will wish without impediment. Witness as above.

15 Feb. Westminster. Honour of Boulogne. Engeram de Merc, son and heir of Simon de Merc, has made fine with the king by £10 for his relief of two knights’ fees in Dunmow that he ought to hold of the king in chief and that fall to Engeram by inheritance. Order to the keeper of the honour of Boulogne to take etc. and cause him to have full seisin. Witness H. etc.

17 Feb. Westminster. Honour of Peverel. Geoffrey of Sandon and Wigan de Mare have made fine with the king by 60s. for their relief of the land in Arnesby formerly of James de Mare, their uncle, whose heirs they are, which they ought to hold of the king in chief. Order to the keeper of the honour of Peverel to take security and cause them to have full seisin. Witness H. etc.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer and before it had been sent by the hand of R. de Neville. ¹

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22 Feb. Tower of London. Somerset and Dorset. Order to the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset to take into the king’s hand without delay all land with appurtenances formerly of William de Cahaignes, who is dead, in his bailiwick, and to keep it safely with all chattels found therein so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise. Order to the same sheriff to inquire diligently by trustworthy and law-worthy men of his county how much land William held in chief in his bailiwick and what it is valued at per annum, and, the inquisition having been taken, he is to cause H. de Burgh, justiciar, to know under his seal and the seals of those by whom he will cause the inquisition to be taken. Witness H. etc.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire.

26 Feb. Oxford. Gloucestershire. To the sheriff of Gloucestershire. Ralph, son and heir of Ralph of Sudeley has made fine with the king by £100 for his relief of the lands formerly of Ralph, his father, which he ought to hold of the king in chief and which fall to him by his inheritance, and the king has taken his homage. Order that, having accepted security from Ralph for rendering the aforesaid £100 to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands in his bailiwick formerly of Ralph, his father, which fall to him by inheritance. Once he has taken security for the aforesaid fine, he is to signify the sheriffs of Worcestershire and Warwickshire by his sealed letters, to whom the king has commanded that, once he has signified them that he has accepted security from him, they are to cause Ralph to have full seisin of all lands in their bailiwicks formerly of the same Ralph. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Yorkshire. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to place in respite, until upon his account in Easter term in the sixth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Phillip Marc by reason of the custody of the land and heir of Geoffrey Luttrell that the king gave to him. Witness H. etc. as above. By the same.

28 Feb. Oxford. Northamptonshire. The king has committed to R. bishop of Salisbury all land with appurtenances formerly of William de Cahaignes to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers at the Exchequer for the issues of the same land. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the same William in his bailiwick. Witness H. etc. By the same.

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

2 March. Gloucester. Northamptonshire. Nigel of Pinchbeck gives the king 3 m. for having a pone before the justices of the Bench in the octaves of Trinity against the abbot of Peterborough, concerning a virgate of land and two mills with appurtenances in Oundle. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

Devon. To the sheriff of Devon. Order to commit, without delay, the vills of Cadeleigh and Bolham, which he took into the king’s hand by the king’s order by reason of the death of H. fitz Count, to Warin son of Joel, to whom the king has committed those lands to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Witness as above.

Order to the same Warin to receive those.

4 March. Skenfrith. Wiltshire. To the sheriff of Wiltshire. Although he was ordered at the Exchequer to answer there henceforth for Cattesterd, namely for six librates of land that are said to pertain to the manor of Corsham, which the king has committed to his beloved and faithful John Russell for as long as it pleases the king, order to hold them in peace so that nothing is taken or removed therefrom until the next day given to him for rendering his arrears, so that what is just might then be provided there. Witness H. etc. By the same.

7 March. Skenfrith. Wiltshire. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take into the king’s hand without delay all land in his bailiwick formerly of John son of Hugh, who is dead, and to keep that safely with all chattels found therein, so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Herefordshire. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to cause the land of Pembridge, which has been taken into the king’s hand by his order, to be tilled and sown, according to the quantity of the issues of the same land, from the same issues, and to cause it to be kept safely in the king’s hand so that he causes no waste or destruction to the ponds or woodlands pertaining to the same land or elsewhere. Witness as above. By the same.

9 March. Skenfrith. Shropshire. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to take into the king’s hand without delay all land formerly of Margaret Lestrange, which she held of the king in chief in his bailiwick, and to keep it safely with all chattels found therein so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise. Witness H. etc.

11 March. Gloucester. Devon. The king has committed the lands of Bray, Bolham and Cadeleigh with their appurtenances in his bailiwick, formerly of Henry fitz Count, to Phillip de Pyrie to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers the king then for the issues of the same lands. Order to the sheriff of Devon to cause him to have full seisin without delay, and if he has taken anything since he took that land into the king’s hand, he is to cause it to be rendered to him without delay. Witness H. etc. By the same.

12 March. Cirencester. Because the writs were not sent. Devon. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take into the king’s hand the land formerly of William d’Aumale in his bailiwick and to keep it safely with all chattels found therein, so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise. ¹ Witness H. etc.

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It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Cornwall and Hampshire.

14 March. Winchester. Hampshire. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite, until upon his next account at the Exchequer, the demand of 100s. that he makes from Gilbert de la Dene by summons of the Exchequer on account of the escape of a thief. Witness H. etc.

16 March. Winchester. Hampshire. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite, until upon his next account, the demand he makes from Hugh de Mortimer for the monies from the lands formerly of Thomas of Erdington in his bailiwick. Witness H. etc.

18 March. Winchester. Berkshire. Sewal’ de Oseville gives the king a palfrey for having a weekly market on Tuesdays, until the king comes of age, at his manor of Ilsley. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to take etc. Witness H. etc. For Aymer de St. Amand.

18 March. Herriard. Hampshire. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite the demand he makes from Matthew son of Herbert by summons of the Exchequer, until upon his next account of Easter term in the sixth year. Witness H. etc. By the same.

19 March. Stratfield. Berkshire. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place in respite the demand of 50 m. that he makes from Robert of Burghfield by summons of the Exchequer, until upon his next account at the Exchequer. Witness H. etc. By the same.

22 March. Tower of London. Warwickshire. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take into the king’s hand all land formerly of Geoffrey Savage in his bailiwick and to commit it to four trustworthy and law-worthy men of the same tenement who will be able to answer the king for the same issues at his command, and they are to keep it so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise, and he is to cause H. de Burgh, justiciar, to know their names. Witness H. etc.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Worcestershire.

27 March. Tower of London. Norfolk. Adam son of Lefwin gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench against Richard Wronge and others, concerning a tenement in Holt. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc. Witness H. etc.

27 March. Tower of London. Cambridgeshire. Reginald de Leges gives the king the fourth part of £24 for summoning Nicholas of Kennett before the justices of the Bench at Westminster at Trinity in 15 days to render him those £24. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take etc. from the first monies. Witness H. etc.

28 March. Tower of London. To Engelard de Cigogné. The king has committed the manor of Bentworth with its appurtenances to Geoffrey de Caux to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to cause Geoffrey to have full seisin thereof, providing that Engelard answers at the Exchequer for the issues and incomes of the same from the time at which he received it into his custody until Easter forthcoming in the sixth year. If he has received the fixed rent of the same manor for Easter term aforesaid, he is to cause that to be rendered to Geoffrey. Witness H. etc.

Order to Geoffrey de Caux to receive that manor.

Somerset. Order to the sheriff of Somerset ¹ to take into the king’s hand the land that Matilda de Say held of the king in chief in Bruton and to keep it safely with all chattels found therein, so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise. Witness as above. By the same.

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3 April. Reading. Yorkshire. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to place in respite, until upon his next account of Easter term in the sixth year, the demand he makes from W. count of Aumale by summons of the Exchequer for the debts he owes the king, because the count has mainperned before the king and H. de Burgh, justiciar, that he will satisfy the king then. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Yorkshire. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to cause the rent of the manor of Driffield of Easter term last past in the sixth year to be collected by four trustworthy and law-worthy men of the same manor, keeping it safely until the king orders otherwise. Witness as above.

Shropshire. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to cause the king to know with haste, under his seal, by which letters or by what warrant he took the land of William de Gamages in Stottesdon into the king’s hand. He is to commit the chattels of the same William found in the same land and the fixed rent of the term of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary last past to four trustworthy and law-worthy men of the same land to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise. Witness as above. By the same.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Staffordshire, concerning the land of the same William in his bailiwick.

Somerset. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in respite, until the king orders otherwise, the demand he makes from the men of W. earl of Salisbury, the king’s uncle, and from Lucy of Berkeley, his niece, for a sum of money concerning which, as is said, he received neither an order from the king nor a summons of the Exchequer, and he is to cause H. de Burgh, justiciar, to know for what cause he makes that demand from them. Witness as above. By the same.

4 April. Reading. Berkshire. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place in respite the demand of 30 m. that he makes from Thomas le Breton by summons of the Exchequer, until upon his next account at the Exchequer. Witness H. etc.

6 April. Oxford. Shropshire. Roger son of Margaret and Margaret of Briar Ley give 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 Edith, Godith and Isolda, daughters of Hugh of Marsh, concerning a tenement in Marsh. They have the writ. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

7 April. Westminster. Northamptonshire. Richard of Glendon gives the king half a mark for having a pone at Westminster on the morrow of Ascension against John of Braybrooke, concerning twelve virgates of land with appurtenances in Braybrooke. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

8 April. Oxford. Because in the Close Roll. To the sheriff of Hampshire. The king has granted the custody of the land and heirs of Geoffrey Talbot, with the marriage of the same heirs, to John Russell. Order to cause John to have full seisin without delay of all land formerly of Geoffrey in his bailiwick, with the heirs of the same Geoffrey. ¹ Witness H. etc. By the same.

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Entry cancelled. See RLC, i, p. 492.

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

Yorkshire. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to place in respite the demand he makes from Peter fitz Herbert by summons of the Exchequer, until upon his next account at the Exchequer. Witness as above. By the same.

Berkshire. Peter fitz Herbert gives the king 40 m. for having custody of the land and heir of John son of Hugh, with the marriage of the same heir, of which he is to render a moiety to the king at St. John the Baptist in the sixth year and the other moiety at Michaelmas in the same year. Falkes de Bréauté is his pledge. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to cause Peter to have full seisin without delay of all land of the same John in his bailiwick. Witness as above. By the same.

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

Lincolnshire. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite the demand he makes from Robert Wolf by summons of the Exchequer, until upon his next account at the Exchequer. Witness as above. By the same.

Wiltshire. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite the demand for scutage that he makes from Peter de la Mare for the army of Ireland, until upon his next account at the Exchequer. Witness as above. By the same.

10 April. Ruislip. Warwickshire. The king has taken the homage of Geoffrey, son of Geoffrey Savage for half a knight’s fee that he ought to hold of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take security from him for rendering 50s. to the king for that half a knight’s fee and to cause him to have full seisin. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Derbyshire. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire to cause him to have full seisin of the land formerly of the same Geoffrey, his father. Witness as above.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Staffordshire and Worcestershire.

Lincolnshire. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to inquire diligently by trustworthy and law-worthy men of the neighbourhood of Torrington how much the land of William Marmion, clerk, in Torrington, which the king ordered to be taken into his hand because William has gone to the King of France without his licence, is worth with its appurtenances per annum. The inquisition having been taken, he is to commit it to R. earl of Chester and Lincoln to answer at the Exchequer for the value thus established, as aforesaid. Witness as above. By the same.

12 April. Westminster. Gloucestershire. Alice of Welford gives the king half a mark for summoning William of Weston to Westminster at the term (ad terminum) to render half a virgate of land with appurtenances in Weston to her. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take security from Alice. Witness H. de Burgh etc.

[No date]. Benedict, bishop of Rochester has 20 m. as a prest until St. John the Baptist in the sixth year.

To Brian de Lisle and Hugh de Neville. Andrew Bukerel, citizen of London, has shown the king that John de Wroctun’ and his beadle and reeve of the vill of Rothwell, which he holds at farm from G. earl of Gloucester, were taken and detained in the king’s prison at Northampton by reason of venison found in the house of the same Andrew in Rothwell, in whose hands, as is said, the pelt of the same was found, wherefore corn and other chattels of the same Andrew found there in his house were taken into the king’s hand together with the aforesaid vill. Because Andrew has given the king surety by Stephen of Seagrave and Robert Aguillon to answer the king for the value of the corn and the other aforesaid chattels whenever the king orders and wishes, order to cause his corn and chattels taken into the king’s hand to be valued by trustworthy and law-worthy men of the same vill and to cause their values to be enrolled in their rolls, and then to cause all chattels, both money and others of his things, to be delivered without delay to Henry de St. Quentin or Simon de Melclee, men of the same Andrew bearing these letters, so that Andrew is able to answer for their value whenever the king wishes and orders, as aforesaid, retaining in prison those who were taken for this reason and detained in prison, and they are to hear that plea at the pleas of the king’s forest and cause the truth to be inquired. Having heard the truth, they are to place in respite judgement in the aforesaid plea before the king and his council when they return to the king from the pleas of the forest. ¹ Witness H. etc.as above.

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Essex. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take into the king’s hand all land in his bailiwick formerly of William Torel, who held of the king in chief, so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise, and to summon Robert de Sutton to be before the justices of the Bench on the morrow of Ascension [to show] by what warrant he placed William, son and heir of the same William in seisin of the same lands, and he is to have there the summons and this writ. Witness as above.

15 April. Westminster. Shropshire. To the sheriff of Shropshire. Order that, having accepted security from Alice de Harcourt and Joan, her sister, daughters and heiresses of Margaret Lestrange, for 50s. for their relief of half a knight’s fee with appurtenances that Margaret held of the king in chief in Alveley and Weston, he is to cause them to have full seisin without delay. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Lincolnshire. The abbot of Roche gives the king 20s. for summoning William de Scotney before the justices of the Bench at Westminster on the morrow of Ascension to warrant to him the manor of Roxby. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc. Witness as above.

The same abbot gives another 20s. for summoning Thomas de Scoteny at the same term to warrant him the aforesaid manor. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc. Witness as above.

[No date]. Nottinghamshire. Ralph de Rodes owes the king 100s. for his relief of a knight’s fee of the honour of Peverel.

19 April. Westminster. Northamptonshire. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take into the king’s hand the land in his bailiwick of Roger of Salcey, who held of the king in chief, and to keep it safely with all chattels found therein, so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Sussex. To the sheriff of Sussex. The king has committed the abbey of Westminster, which is vacant, with all of its appurtenances to Brother William, monk of Westminster, Master Thomas the Medic and Richard de Mida, king’s clerk, to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to cause them to have full seisin without delay of all lands pertaining to the aforesaid abbey with all property and chattels found therein in his bailiwick. If anything has been removed by reason of the death of the abbot of Westminster, he is to cause it to be rendered to them. Witness H. etc.as above.

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

Worcestershire. Essex and Hertfordshire. Gloucestershire.

Oxfordshire. Middlesex. Surrey.

the bailiffs of the hundred of Barstaple.

23 April. Westminster. Cornwall. John de Ele gives the king half a mark for having an inquisition as to whether John himself and his ancestors had custody of the woodland of Kellewith by hereditary right, and whether John and his ancestors had pasture of the lawn of Kellewith for the custody of the aforesaid wood. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to take etc. Witness H. etc.

25 April. Westminster. Northamptonshire. William of Sudborough gives the king the third part of 10 m. for doing justice againt Berengar le Moyne to render those 10 m. to him. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take etc. from the first monies. Witness H. etc.

27 April. Westminster. Derbyshire. To the sheriff of Derbyshire. N. former abbot of Burton has resigned his abbey into the hand of the venerable father S. archbishop of Canterbury and the king has committed its custody to Phillip de Kinton’ for as long as it pleases the king, so that nothing is removed therefrom. Order to cause Phillip to have full seisin of all lands, tenements and property pertaining to the aforesaid abbey in his bailiwick. Witness H. etc. By the same and the king’s council.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Staffordshire and Warwickshire.

Northamptonshire. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. The king has taken the homage of Robert of Salcey for the assart of La Ho and the lawn of Bustardsley, which Roger of Salcey, father of the same Robert, whose heir he is, held of the king in chief. Order that, having accepted security from him for rendering 20s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid assart and lawn with their appurtenances. Witness as above.

Cornwall. The king has taken the homage of Master Adam the Medic for the land and inheritance that Robert Sprakelin’, father of Lucy, wife of the same Adam, held of the king in chief in Wimetun’ and Launceston, and of which Robert was seised on the day he died. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall that, having accepted security from them for rendering one mark to the king for relief of the aforesaid land, he is to cause them to have full seisin without delay of the land and inheritance that Robert Sprakelinam held of the king in Wimetun’ and Launceston which falls to Lucy by inheritance. Witness as above.

Norfolk. P. elect of Norwich gives the king a palfrey for having a weekly market on Mondays, until the king comes of age, at his manor of Langham, unless that market etc. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc. Witness as above. By the same.

Cornwall. The prior of St. Germans gives the king a palfrey for having a weekly market on Thursdays, until the king comes of age, at his manor of St. Germans, unless that market etc. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to take etc. Witness as above. By the same.

1 May. Westminster. Wiltshire. To the sheriff of Wiltshire. Order to cause Leticia who was the wife of William de Cahaignes to have in the name of dower, without delay, a third part of all lands with appurtenances which William held of the king in chief in his bailiwick and of which he was seised on the day he died, saving to the king the two thirds of the manor of Somerford that he had previously committed to her for her sustenance. Witness H. etc. By S. of Seagrave.

Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to cause the bishop of Salisbury to have full seisin of the two thirds of the manor of Somerford that had been previously assigned to the same Alice (sic.) in the name of dower by order of the king, so that he answers for them at the Exchequer. Witness as above.

2 May. Westminster. To William de Cantilupe. The king has rendered to Hugh, son and heir of Hugh de Gournay all lands and tenements formerly of Hugh, his father, that are in William’s custody and fall to him by hereditary right. Order to cause Hugh to have full seisin without delay, saving to the king the land that Hugh, his father, held by bail of King John, father of the king, in the soke of Waltham. Witness H. etc. By the same and the king’s council.

6 May. Westminster. Cornwall. To the sheriff of Cornwall. Warin Chamberlain has made fine with the king by half a mark for his relief of the land in his bailiwick formerly of Baldwin Chamberlain, his brother, which falls to Warin by inheritance and of which he was seised on the day he died. Order that, having accepted security from Warin for rendering the aforesaid half-mark to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of the land with appurtenances. Witness H. etc. By the same.

9 May. Westminster. London. To B. de Lisle. Andrew Bukerel, citizen of London, has made fine with the king by 5 m. for a trespass that his men have made, concerning a dead hind found in land which is in his custody at Rothwell. Order that, having accepted security from Andrew for rendering the aforesaid 5 m. to the king, he is to cause him, his men and his pledges to be quit of the aforesaid trespass and, without delay, to deliver his men who he had captured and held detained and attached their bodies by reason of the aforesaid trespass. Witness H. de Burgh, justiciar. By the same.

18 May. Tower of London. Nottinghamshire. To the sheriff of Nottinghamshire. Order to take into the king’s hand without delay the vills of Pleasley Hill, Radmanthwaite and Moorhaigh. He is to be at the Exchequer on the next day given to him for rendering his account, ready to show why he disseised Ralph of Willoughby of the aforesaid vills, of which he had seisin by the king’s order. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Berkshire. Simon of Lichfield and Matilda, his wife, give the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench at Michaelmas in 15 days against Olencia of Eastbury, concerning five virgates of land with appurtenances in Eastbury. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to take etc. Witness as above.

1 June. Westminster. Hampshire. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to cause P. bishop of Winchester to have full seisin without delay of all lands pertaining to the abbey of Hyde with all their appurtenances in his bailiwick, because the king has committed that abbey to him to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Witness H. etc.

3 June. Westminster. Kent. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take into the king’s hand without delay the land formerly of Robert de Chesterton in Cocklescombe, which he held of the king in chief, and to place those who he will find in the same land under gage and safe pledges to be before H. de Burgh, justiciar, and the barons of the Exchequer on Sunday next after the octaves of Trinity, ready to show by what warrant they intruded themselves into the aforesaid land, which pertains to the custody of the king. Witness H. etc. By the same.

7 June. Westminster. Dorset. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to cause the bishop of Winchester to have full seisin of all lands and tenements pertaining to the abbey of Hyde in his bailiwick with all chattels found therein. If anything has been removed since the death of the abbot of Hyde, who died recently, he is to cause it to be rendered to the same bishop without delay. Witness H. etc.

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

13 June. Westminster. Lincolnshire. To the sheriff of Lincolnshire. Geoffrey de Neville and Richard de Alençon have made fine with the king for having the custody of the land and heir of Alexander de Neville by rendering the £100 that Alexander owed the king for his relief, and by rendering the £100 that the heir of Alexander owes the king for his relief, and so that they are to answer at the Exchequer for the debts that Alexander owed the king of the debts of the Jews, so that, then, Richard de Alençon will have seisin of the aforesaid custody and is to render 20 m. for the aforesaid reliefs and debts to the king per annum at the Exchequer, until the aforesaid £200 and the debts of the Jews are all paid. If death befalls Richard before the heir of the aforesaid Alexander will be of full age, Geoffrey de Neville will have seisin of the aforesaid custody until the full age of the heir by the same fine. Order that, having accepted security from Richard for rendering the aforesaid reliefs and debts, as aforesaid, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid custody with appurtenances. He is also to cause the sheriffs of Yorkshire and Cumberland to know by his letters when he has taken that security from Richard. Witness H. etc. By the same and the king’s council.

Yorkshire. Order to the sheriffs of Yorkshire and Cumberland to cause the same Richard to have full seisin of the lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid Alexander in their bailiwicks, of which he was seised on the day he died. Witness as above.

17 June. Westminster. Shropshire. To the sheriff of Shropshire. William of Hastings has made fine with the king by 10 m. for his relief of two hides of land with appurtenances in Aston, which Matilda Banaster, mother of the aforesaid William, held of the king in chief and which fall to William by inheritance, and the king has taken his homage for this. Order that, having accepted security from him for rendering a moiety of the aforesaid fine to the king at Michaelmas in the sixth year and the other moiety at Easter next following in the seventh year, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay. Witness H. etc. By the same and the king’s council.

18 June. Westminster. Essex. To the sheriff of Essex. Order that, having retained the manor of Newport with its appurtenances in his bailiwick in the king’s hand, he is to cause his beloved and faithful Ralph de Tany to have the rent of the same manor of Easter term ¹ last past in the sixth year, with the arrears from the time at which he was seised of that manor, and with the corn of autumn of the same year and his demesne ploughs. Witness H. etc. By the same.

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Corrected from ‘Christmas term’.

19 June. Westminster. Devon. Nicholas Martin, nephew of Falkes de Bréauté, gives the king a palfrey for having a weekly market on Saturdays, until the king comes of age, at his manor of Combe Martin, unless that market etc. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Hampshire. To the sheriff of Hampshire. William Mauduit has found pledges to answer the king for £100 for his relief. Order to cause William to have full seisin without delay of all lands and tenements in his bailiwick of which Robert Mauduit, his father, was seised on the day he died and which fall to William by hereditary right. Witness as above. By the same.

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

Pledges of William Mauduit for his fine for his relief:

William of Eynsford for 20 m. Falkes de Bréauté for 20 m. Henry fitz Gerold for 10 m.Walter de Goderville for 5 m.

Ralph de Normanville, first-born son of Ralph de Normanville, for 20 m.Thomas, his brother, for 20 m.Thomas de Arderne for 20 m.Geoffrey de Lucy for 10 m.Roger of Leybourne for 10 m.

Gilbert Basset for 100s.William Basset for 100s. ¹

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C 60/17, m. 4 ‘Walter’.

Northamptonshire. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. Order that, having retained the manor of Apethorpe with its appurtenances in the king’s hand, he is to cause Baldwin de Guines to have the rent of the same manor for the forthcoming term of St. John the Baptist in the sixth year. Witness as above. By the same.

21 June. Westminster. Surrey. Geoffrey de Parco, who is the lord of William Haunsard and others, ¹ gives the king half a mark for having a pone at Westminster at Michaelmas in one month against William Pentecost, concerning the customs and services that the same William exacts from William Haunsard, Alvred Kolekin, Reginald de la Ford’ and others over a tenement in Gatton. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to take etc. Witness H. etc.

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Sub-clause interlined.

Wiltshire. Margaret and Hawise, daughters of Walter de Ledes, give the king 1 m. for having a pone against William de Redvers and Margaret who was the wife of Walter de Redvers in Wootton. They have the pone. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take etc. Witness as above.

23 June. Westminster. Wiltshire. To the sheriff of Wiltshire. Order that, having retained the king’s manor of Calne in the king’s hand, he is to permit William de Cantilupe to have full seisin of the manor of Calstone with appurtenances until the king orders otherwise. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Surrey. To the sheriff of Surrey. Order to take into the king’s hand all land in his bailiwick formerly of Maurice de Crohun which is not in the hand of Aymer de Crohun, his son, so that the king has the same seisin as King John, his father, had on the day he committed the manor of Walton to Eustace de Courtenay. He is similarly to take into the king’s hand the land of Ewell of William de St. Michael for his default. Witness as above. By the king’s council.

Sussex. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to restore to Engeram de Préaux the £4 that he took from him in the name of debt to the king, of which, as Engeram says, he owes nothing, having accepted security from him that he will acquit the same sheriff upon his next account at the Exchequer if they are owed to the king. Witness as above.

Wiltshire. To the sheriff of Wiltshire. Eva de Tracy has made fine with the king by 200 m., which is to be rendered at the terms given to her, for the trespass she made towards the king in that she married Hawise, her daughter, whose marriage pertained to the king, without licence. Order to receive pledges from Eva for rendering the 100 m. to the king at the terms given to her, and he is, with haste, under his seal, to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know the names of the pledges and for how much each of them will be pledge. The king has also given command to the sheriff of Devon to receive pledges from Eva for the other 100 m. Witness as above. By the bishop of London.

Devon. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Devon, concerning the same fine.

Oxfordshire. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite, until one month after Michaelmas, the demand he makes from the men of W. earl of Salisbury of the hundred of Nortun’ for suits of the county, tallages and aids, concerning which a jury is summoned between the king and the earl before the justices at Westminster. Witness as above.

Northamptonshire. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Northamptonshire for the men of John Marshal of the hundred of Nortun’.

Oxfordshire. To the sheriff of Oxfordshire. Richard Morin has made fine with the king by 20 m. for having seisin of the land formerly of William Morin in Newnham, of which William was seised on the day he died and which Richard ought to hold of the king in chief, as it ought to descend to Richard as first-born son of the son of Richard Morin, his grandfather, by hereditary right, as has been attested before the king’s council, and he has given the king surety for rendering that fine by Hugh Sanzaveir. Order to cause Richard to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid land of Newnham with appurtenances. Witness H. etc. as above. By the same and the king’s council. For William Brewer.

27 June. Westminster. Cornwall. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to take into the king’s hand without delay the land of Nicholas de Heaultun’ in his bailiwick and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise, because Nicholas has married without the king’s licence she who was the wife of John de Reingny, who is of the king’s gift. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Northamptonshire. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take into the king’s hand without delay the land formerly of William de Cahaignes in Flore, with its appurtenances, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise. Witness as above. By the same.

24 June. Westminster. Staffordshire (sic.). To the sheriff of Staffordshire (sic.). By the counsel of the archbishop of Canterbury, the bishops of England, H. de Burgh, justiciar, and the earls and barons, it was lately provided that, from St. Barnabas the Apostle last past, all of the king’s demesne lands were to be taken into his hand. Order that, having taken with himself two law-worthy and discreet men of his county, he is without delay to go in person to the manor of Somerton and, by the view of the same men, take into the king’s hand the twelve librates of land that Godfrey of Crowcombe holds in that vill, together with the issues then arising from the aforesaid day and the stock and new corn which Godfrey received therein, saving to him the rest of his chattels. If he will wish to sell any of them at a reasonable bargain, the sheriff, by Godfrey’s consent, is to retain them for the king’s use. The king will allow him their value at the Exchequer. He is to act in such a way that he is able to answer sufficiently at the Exchequer of Michaelmas next to come, namely for half a year, and that the king, evidently and openly instructed by the sheriff and the two men he takes with him, will know how much that land might be worth per annum and what improvements might be made to his use. Witness H. etc.

It is written in the same manner to:

the sheriff of Essex, concerning the manor of Newport that Ralph de Tany holds.the sheriff of Hertfordshire, concerning the vill of Hertford and the mill of Hertford and the vills of Essendon and Bayford that Falkes de Bréauté holds.the sheriff of Devon, concerning the manor of Shaftsborough that Robert de Courtenay holds.the sheriff of Warwickshire, concerning the manor of Brookhampton that Ralph de Trubleville holds.the sheriff of Northamptonshire, concerning the manor of Brigstock that Henry de Hauville holds, and concerning the manor of Apethorpe that Baldwin de Guines holds, and Fawsley that Hugh Russell holds.the sheriff of Gloucestershire, concerning the manor of Slaughter.the sheriff of Surrey, concerning the manor of Sutton that Gilbert Basset holds, and concerning the manor of Merrow.the sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, concerning the manor of Bulwell that the friars of the Order of Grosmont (de Grosso Monte) hold, and concerning the manor of Carlton in Lindrick that Gerard de la Barre holds, and concerning the portion that Ralph of Willoughby holds in Mansfield.

[No date]. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take into the king’s hand the site of the castle of Chichester, which the dean and chapter of Chichester hold, by the view of discreet and law-worthy men of his county.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Bedfordshire, concerning a virgate of land with appurtenances that William of Leicester holds in Eversholt.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Staffordshire, concerning the manors of Rugeley and Cannock that the bishop of Coventry holds.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Berkshire, concerning the manor of Shrivenham that Warin de Munchesney, Reginald de Albo Monasterio and Eudo son of Warin hold.It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Hampshire, concerning four librates of land that Robert de Barville holds in Selborne, concerning the demesne lands of the king outside Alton that Adam de Gurdon holds, and concerning all the king’s demesne in Portsmouth, whoever holds it.It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Oxfordshire, concerning the moiety of Bloxham that Walter de Verdun holds.It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Dorset, concerning the manor of Burton that Hamo of Burton holds, and concerning the manor of Whitewell that Robert Chauntemerle holds.It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Yorkshire, concerning the manor of Driffield that the count of Aumale holds, and concerning a messuage with appurtenances in Scarborough that Alan Ingelram holds.It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Herefordshire, concerning the manors of Marden and Lugwardine that Walter de Lacy holds, the mill of Marden that William son of William holds, and concerning a part of the wood of Marden that Nicholas le Seculer holds.It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Lancaster, concerning the demesne lands of the king in Sturton, Overton and Ribby. Order to the sheriff to take into the king’s hand the custody of the land and heir of Thomas Gernet in Heysham and Caton and two carucates of land with appurtenances in Tatham which William of Tatham held of the king, and the service of one carucate with appurtenances in Blackrod of the fee of William Peverel, and the lands of Isolda, daughter of Robert son of Bernard and Quenilda, daughter of Richard son of Roger, whose marriage pertains to the king, until they come and show by what warrant they married without the king’s licence, and two carucates of land with appurtenances in Bold which Adam of Bold held and which Matthew, his brother, now holds, until he comes and shows by what warrant he holds them.

Essex. To the sheriff of Essex. W. earl of Salisbury, the king’s uncle, surrendered to the king at Westminster on St. Barnabas the Apostle last past, before the king’s council, the king’s demesne manor of Writtle with all its appurtenances. And later in the same manner as above.

It is written in the same manner to:

the sheriff of Northamptonshire, concerning the manor of Finedon that the same earl surrendered.the sheriff of Hampshire, concerning the manor of Odiham that Engelard de Cigogné surrendered.the sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, concerning the manor of Melbourne that W. earl of Ferrers surrendered, and concerning the vills of Derby, Edwinstowe, Ragnall and Carlton with their appurtenances, which Phillip Marc surrendered, and concerning the manor of Mansfield that Adam de St. Martin holds.the sheriff of Surrey, concerning the vill of Kingston that John d’Athée surrendered.the sheriff of Gloucestershire, concerning the manors of Cheltenham, Awre and Newnham that W. earl of Salisbury surrendered.the sheriff of Berkshire, concerning the manors of Windsor, Cookham and Bray that Engelard de Cigogné surrendered.the sheriff of Oxfordshire, concerning the manors of Benson and Henley that Engelard de Cigogné surrendered.the sheriff of Kent, concerning the mill of Canterbury that Robert of Narford surrendered.the sheriff of Dorset concerning such of the manor that Geoffrey de Neville holds of the king’s demesne of Bere with coverts and all its appurtenances, both of that part and of the other part which the Earl Marshal holds.

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Bedfordshire. To the sheriff of Bedfordshire. Peter de Surive has performed his homage to the king for half a knight’s fee with appurtenances that he ought to hold of him in chief in Wymington. Order to cause him to have full seisin without delay, having accepted security from him to render his relief to the king, if indeed he owes relief. He is then to inquire diligently whether relief is owed, so that he can then certify the barons of the Exchequer more fully upon his next account. Witness as above. By the same.

Northamptonshire. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to place in respite, until one month after Michaelmas in the sixth year, the demand he makes from the men of W. earl of Salisbury of the manor and hundred of Sutton for suits of the county and other things, about which jurors are summoned between the king and the earl before the justices at Westminster. Witness as above.

Devon. To the sheriff of Devon. Warin son of Joel has made fine with the king by 20 m. for having custody of the land and heir of John de Reingny, with the marriage of the same heir. Order that, having accepted security from him for rendering the aforesaid 20 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all lands formerly of the same John with their appurtenances in his bailiwick, of which John was seised on the day he died, and of the heir of the same John. If anything has been taken therefrom, he is to cause it to be rendered without delay. Witness as above. By the same and the king’s council.

Cumberland. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland to take into the king’s hand the land that Sibyl de Valognes held in chief of the king in Torpenhow and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise, to inquire how much that land is worth per annum, and to cause H. de Burgh, justiciar, to know of that inquisition under his seal and the seals of those by whom that inquisition will be taken. Witness as above. By the same.

Yorkshire. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take into the king’s hand without delay all land that Robert of Givendale held of the king by sergeanty in the two Givendales, and of all land that Simon of Yapham held of the king by sergeanty in Yapham, which they sold without the king’s licence, and to keep those safely until the king orders otherwise. Witness as above. By the same.

30 June. Tower of London. Devon. Nigel son of Osbert le Wine, taken and detained in the king’s prison at Exeter for the death of Gemmion de la Urd, of which he is accused, gives the king 40s. so that he is handed over on bail to twelve trustworthy and law-worthy men who are to mainpern to have him before the itinerant justices at the first session etc. to stand to right. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc. Witness H. etc.

Buckinghamshire. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the sixth year, the demand he makes from R. de Ferrers for suits of the county and hundred, views of frankpledge and aids of the sheriff. Witness H. etc. as above. By the same.

Northamptonshire. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to place in respite, until the king orders otherwise, the demand he makes from the queen’s men for the amercements taken in the eyre of the justices of the forest. Witness as above.

Devon. John of Dunsland and Mabel, his wife, give the king half a mark for summoning Richard son of Reginald before the justices at Michaelmas in five weeks to render to them six furlongs of land in Cheriton and Filleigh and half a furlong of land in Tadworthy, and for summoning Henry son of Reginald to render to them half a furlong of land in Tadworthy. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc. Witness as above.

1 July. Tower of London. Hampshire. Robert son of Benedict gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench at Michaelmas in five weeks against Alexander son of John and Matilda, his wife, concerning the third part of a virgate of land with appurtenances in Barton. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

London. Geoffrey Merchant of London gives one mark for summoning William de Beauchamp before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of Martinmas to render him 9 m. 16d. Gilbert Goldsmith and Gerard le Pessuner, citizens of London, are his pledges for prosecuting and rendering that mark to the king. ¹

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‘Order to the sheriff of Essex to take etc. Witness as above’ crossed through. Marginalia corrected from ‘Essex’.

Suffolk. William Tollemache and Alice, his wife, give the king 20s. for having a pone before the justices of the Bench in the octaves of Martinmas against Guy de Verdun and Alice, his wife, concerning a knight’s fee with appurtenances in Hesetham and Kettleburgh. They have the pone. Order to the sheriff as above. Witness H. de Burgh as above.

8 July. Canterbury. Worcestershire. To the sheriff of Worcestershire. The king has committed his manor of Feckenham to his beloved and faithful Brian de Lisle, with his forest and the appurtenances of the same manor, to hold for as long as it pleases the king. Brian will answer the king at the Exchequer. Order to cause the same B. to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid manor with the forest and their appurtenances. Witness H. etc. By the same and the king’s council.

Buckinghamshire. Richer of Shawbury gives the king 40s. for having the king’s letters under his seal, which he previously had under the seal of the Earl Marshal, for having peace until the king comes of age from the flight that he made and the outlawry promulgated upon him for the death of Maurice of Shawbury, as is more fully contained in the Patent Roll. Walter de Hay is his pledge for rendering the aforesaid 40s. to the king. ¹ Witness as above.

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PR 1216-25, pp. 335-6.

9 July. Canterbury. Essex. William son of Thurstan gives the king 4 m. for having a pone against Ralph Not, concerning 20 acres of land with appurtenances in Fordham. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security from him etc. Witness H. de Burgh, justiciar.

10 July. Canterbury. Leicestershire. Robert son of Richard, captured and detained in the king’s prison for the death of Robert Sclavyn and Robert Cook, gives the king 20s. so that he is handed over on bail to twelve trustworthy and law-worthy men of the county of Leicestershire, who are to have him before the justices etc. Order to the sheriff to take security from him for rendering the aforesaid 20s. to the king. Witness H. de Burgh, etc. By the same.

14 July. Westminster. Sussex. Elias de Changetun’ gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices at Westminster in the octaves of Martinmas against Peter de la Claye, concerning 1½ hides of land in Claye. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take etc. Witness H. etc.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer and before it had been sent by the hand of R. de Neville at the Exchequer. ¹

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Entry omitted in C 60/17, m. 3.

15 July. Westminster. Berkshire. To the sheriff of Berkshire. The king has committed his manors of Windsor, Cookham and Bray with their appurtenances to Engelard de Cigogné, so that he answers the king at the Exchequer for as long as it pleases the king. Order to cause Engelard to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid manors with their appurtenances in his bailiwick. Witness H. etc. By the same and the king’s council.

Surrey. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to cause the bailiffs of Kingston to have such full seisin without delay of the vill of Kingston as they had before the king’s order for taking his demesnes and escheats into his hand, so that they answer the king at the Exchequer as they previously were accustomed to answer. Witness H. etc. as above. By the same and the king’s council.

16 July. Westminster. Cornwall. William Pococ gives the king the third part of 220 m. for summoning Richard of Week before the itinerant justices to render the aforesaid monies to him. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to take etc. for the third part of that debt from the first monies. Witness H. etc.

Essex and Hertfordshire. To the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire. William Torel, son of William Torel, has made fine with the king by 5 m. for having the lands, rents and tenements in his bailiwick of which William Torel, father of the same William, was seised on the day he died, which the same William held of the king in chief, and which ought to descend to the abovesaid William by inheritance. Order that, having accepted security from William son of William for rendering the aforesaid 5 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid lands, rents and tenements. Witness as above. By the same.

Devon. Order to the sheriff of Devon to place in respite the demand he makes from Reginald de Vautorte by summons of the Exchequer, until upon his next account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas next to come in the sixth year. Witness as above. By the same.

Buckinghamshire. Nicholas of Penn, Roger le Heir and Richard de Rouen, taken and detained in the king’s prison at Buckingham for the death of Henry de la Sire, of which they have been accused, give the king 40s. so that they are handed over on bail to twelve trustworthy and law-worthy men of the county of Buckinghamshire, who are to mainpern to have them etc. They have the writ. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take etc. Witness as above. By the same.

Lancaster. To the sheriff of Lancaster. Orm of Kellet has made fine with the king by 5 m. for his relief for having seisin of the lands in his bailiwick formerly of Adam son of Orm, his father, whose heir he is. Order that, having accepted security from Orm for the aforesaid 5 m. to the king’s use, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid lands with their appurtenances formerly of Adam, his father, which he held of the king in his bailiwick. Witness as above. By the same.

[No date]. Because in the Close Roll. To the sheriff of Somerset. Order to take into the king’s hand immediately the land of William Danish in his bailiwick and deliver it to the venerable … ¹

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RLC i, p. 505. Entry unfinished and cancelled.

[No date]. London. Order to the sheriffs of London to place in respite, until upon their next account at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the sixth year, the amercement of 20 m. by which William Hardel and Michael de Waterville were amerced before the itinerant justices in Sussex for Herbert French, as is more fully contained in the Close Roll. Order to the same sheriffs to take security from William and Michael for the two tuns of Angevin wine that they promised the king for pardon of that amercement. Therefore, the barons of the Exchequer are ordered to cause them to be quit, as is more fully contained in the letters close. ¹

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RLC i, p. 505.

18 July. Tower of London. Kent. Order to the sheriff of Kent to place in respite the demand he makes from Ralph son of Bernard by summons of the Exchequer, until upon his account at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the sixth year, having accepted security from him that he will satisfy the king in full for that demand at the aforesaid term. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Lincolnshire. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite, until upon his account at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the sixth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Robert Wolf for 20 m. and two palfreys, having accepted security from him that he will satisfy the king for those 20 m. and two palfreys at the same term. Witness as above. By the same.

22 July. Winchester. Because otherwise below. Hampshire. To the sheriff of Hampshire. John of Windsor has made fine with the king by 100s. for having custody of the land and heir of William de Athangr’, which he held of the king in chief in his bailiwick, with the marriage of the heir. Order that, having accepted security from John for those 100s. to the king’s use, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all land formerly of William in his bailiwick, with the marriage of the same heir. ¹ Witness H. etc. By the same.

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Entry cancelled. See 263 below.

Dorset. To the barons of the Exchequer. ¹ The king has given respite to the chapter of Coutances, for three years from St. Peter in Chains in the sixth year, from the 100 m. that he exacts by summons of the Exchequer from the same chapter for the land of Winterborne Stickland, by which it made fine with King John, the king’s father, at the time of the Interdict for having seisin of the aforesaid land of Winterborne. Order to cause the same chapter to have peace from the aforesaid 100 m. until the term aforesaid. Witness H. etc. as above. By the same.

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Corrected from the ‘sheriff of Dorset’. The duplicate roll retains the sheriff, suggesting that this correction was made after copying.

27 July. Devizes. Dorset and Somerset. Order to the sheriff of Dorset and Somerset that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take into the king’s hand the lands in his bailiwick of John of Easton and John de St. Quentin , who forfeited to the king for his forest (de foresta sua) ¹ and to keep them safely so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise. Witness H. etc. By the same.

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This probably refers to an offence connected with the forest.

Wiltshire. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Wiltshire, concerning the lands of Godfrey de Scudamore and of Walter de Pavilly, forfeited for the same.

2 Aug. Skenfrith. Lincolnshire. To the sheriff of Lincolnshire. Order to place in respite, until upon his account at the forthcoming term of Michaelmas in the sixth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the land formerly of Robert of Bassingham, whose son and heir is in the custody of the king’s faithful Peter de Rivallis, for 60 m. and a destrier. ¹ Witness H. etc.

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The authorisation note ‘By the same’ is crossed through.

Worcestershire. To the sheriff of Worcestershire. Order to cause the corn that was sown in the assart of Crowle by the prior of Wormsley, which assart he had of the gift of Stephen d’Evreux and which corn was seized into the king’s hand because Stephen did not, as is said, have warrant for the aforesaid assart, to be valued by the verderers and foresters and other trustworthy and law-worthy men of those parts, and to demise them to the same prior by good pledges, so that he answers for their value at the king’s command, and to cause their value to be enrolled in the rolls of the aforesaid verderers. Witness as above. By the same.

25 July. Shaftesbury. Worcestershire. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to cause John Marshal to have the rent of the manor of Feckenham for the term of St. John the Baptist in the sixth year and the chattels he has in the same manor, and to permit the farmers of the same manor to have their corn from the demesne of the same manor for the forthcoming autumn this year, saving land newly brought into cultivation for the same corn to the king, if the aforesaid men ought to cause it to be done thus towards the king. ¹ Witness H. etc.

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This entry is marked with two scribal reference marks, one resembling the mathematical division symbol and the other the addition symbol.

11 Aug. Oxford. Concerning the land of Rhys ap Gryffydd, to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to Llywelyn, Prince of North Wales to take into the king’s hand all land that Rhys ap Gruffydd, who is dead, held of the king in chief, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise. Witness H. de Burgh etc. By the same.

Northamptonshire. Henry Crassus gives the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of the assize of novel disseisin before the itinerant justices against Herbert de Childebur’ and Margaret, his wife, concerning a tenement in Astwick. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take etc. Witness as above.

11 Aug. Lewknor. Lancaster. Robert Grelley gives the king one palfrey for having, until the king comes of age, a two-day fair each year at his manor of Manchester on the eve and feast of St. Matthew the Apostle, unless that fair etc. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to take etc. Witness H. etc.

13 Aug. Tower of London. Leicestershire. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to take into the king’s hand all lands pertaining to the abbey of Leicester, which is vacant, with all of its appurtenances, and to keep them safely so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise. Witness H. etc.

14 Aug. Tower of London. Essex. Order to the sheriff of Essex to place in respite, until upon his next account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the sixth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men of the dean and chapter of St. Paul’s, London in Chingford, Navestock, Witham, Heybridge and Edulvenass’ for the amercements of the pleas of the king’s forest that were last pleaded in his county by the king’s order, and he is to cause their livestock taken for this reason to be delivered without delay. Witness H. etc. By the same.

16 Aug. Tower of London. Buckinghamshire. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to place in respite, until upon his account at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the sixth year, the demand he makes from Peter Blund by summons of the Exchequer for the 2 m. that he says he had paid. Witness H. etc. By the same.

13 Aug. Uxbridge. Wiltshire. Hugh de Sanford, brother and heir of Warner de Sanford, has made fine with the king by 10 m. in his amercement for his relief of the land that he ought to hold in chief of the king formerly of Warner, his brother. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take etc. and cause him to have full seisin. ¹ Witness H. etc.

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See 265 below.

16 Aug. Tower of London. Hampshire. John of Windsor, who had previously made fine with the king by 100s. for having custody of the land and heir of William de Athangr’, with the marriage of the same heir, has made fine with the king by 20 m. for having the aforesaid custody of the land and heir of William, with the marriage of the same heir. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take security from him for rendering 10 m. to the king at Michaelmas in one year in the sixth year and for rendering the other 10 m. in the year next following, and to cause him then to have full seisin without delay. ¹ Witness H. etc. By the same.

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It appears that the term originally covered Michaelmas in the sixth and seventh years, but was later amended to postpone it for a year.

17 Aug. Tower of London. Hertfordshire. Osmund Chaplain of Meesden gives the king half a mark for having a pone in the octaves of Martinmas against Robert de St. Amand, concerning the manor of Meesden with appurtenances. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

[No date]. The justiciar has signified to the king that Hugh de Sanford, brother and heir of Warner de Sanford, has made fine with him by 10 m. in mercy of the king to the king’s use for his relief of the lands formerly of the same Warner, and, if it pleases him, he is then to take his homage. ¹

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See 262 above.

Somerset. To the sheriff of Somerset. Order that, diligent inquisition having been taken by trustworthy and law-worthy men of his county as to how much land Richard Revel held of the king in chief in his bailiwick either by barony or by another service, he is to cause Henry del Ortiay and Sabina, his wife, daughter and heiress of the same Richard, to have full seisin, having accepted security from them for rendering their due relief, and he is to cause H. de Burgh, justiciar, to know of the inquisition taken under his seal and the seals of those by whom that inquisition was taken, at Michaelmas forthcoming in the sixth year. Witness as above. By the same.

Lincolnshire. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite, until upon his account at the Exchequer at this Michaelmas term in the sixth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Ralph de Neville of Scotton for the scutage of Poitou. Witness as above.

London. Andrew son of John of Lincoln gives the king 20s. for having a precipe at Martinmas in three weeks against William son of Peter and Alice, his wife, concerning chattels to the value of 30 m. His pledges are Robert son of Simon and John Long, citizens of London. Witness as above.

21 Aug. Havering. Hertfordshire and Essex. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire and Essex to take into the king’s hand the lands and tenements in his bailiwick of William de Scalariis, who is dead, and to keep them safely so that nothing is removed until he has been ordered otherwise. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Sussex. Laurence of Mountfield gives the king one mark for having a pone against the abbot of Battle and others, concerning 20 acres of land and 11 messuages and one toft in Battle. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take etc. Witness as above.

23 Aug. Havering. Cornwall. Wandregisilius of Boyton and Alice, his wife, give the king half a mark for having a pone against the prior of Launceston, concerning 2½ acres of land with appurtenances in Northber’ and one furlong of land with appurtenances in Godmedun’. They have the pone. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to take etc. Witness H. etc.

27 Aug. Rayleigh. Cambridgeshire. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to place in respite, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the sixth year, the demand he makes from Richard de Scalariis by summons of the Exchequer by reason of the debt that William de Scalariis owed the king, having accepted security from Richard that he will satisfy the king then for the aforesaid debt. He is not to remove or sell any of the corn or chattels formerly of William in the meantime by reason of the aforesaid debt. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Hertfordshire. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Hertfordshire, concerning the same for the same.

Cambridgeshire. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take into the king’s hand immediately and without delay all land formerly of William de Scalariis, who is dead, who held of the king in chief in his bailiwick, and to keep it safely with all chattels found therein so that he removes nothing until the king orders otherwise. Witness as above. By the same.

Cambridgeshire. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire that if Phillip de Staunton gives him surety by good pledges to satisfy the king at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the sixth year for the demand that he makes from him by summons of the Exchequer by reason of the debt that John son of William, father of the same Phillip, owed the king, then he is to place that demand in respite until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year. Witness as above. By the same.

Berkshire. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire that if William de Sevkewurth’ and Warin Bastard will find him good pledges to satisfy the king at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the sixth year for the demand that he makes from them by summons of the Exchequer, then he is to place that demand in respite until upon his account at that Exchequer of Michaelmas. Witness H. etc. as above. By the same.

29 Aug. Purley. Essex. Ralph son of Urs and Alice, his wife, Michael of Hasfield and Amice, his wife, and Juliana, sister of Alice and Amice, give the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench against Phillip Vintner and Albrea, his mother, concerning 15 acres of land with appurtenances in Writtle. They have the pone. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take etc. Witness H. etc.

Essex. The aforesaid Ralph and Alice, Michael and Amice, and Juliana give another half-mark for having a pone against the same Phillip Vintner and Albrea, his mother, concerning seven acres of land and a perch of meadow with appurtenances in Moulsham. They have the pone. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take etc. Witness as above.

[No date]. London. Adam Blund of London gives the king one mark for having a precipe against Robert Marmion, concerning 22½ m. William of Ely and Richard Reinger, citizens of London, are his pledges for that mark.

Yorkshire. Brian son of Alan gives the king one mark for having a pone against Ranulf son of Henry, concerning three carucates of land with appurtenances in Cotherstone. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take etc. Witness as above.

8 Sept. St. Edmund’s. Northamptonshire. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. The king has inspected a charter of King John, his father, by which his father gave and granted the manor of Fawsley with its appurtenances to Hugh Russell, who was to render £15 to the king per annum by the hand of the sheriff of Northamptonshire at two terms, for as long as he renders the farm well, as is more fully contained in the charter of the same Hugh which he has. Order to cause Hugh to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with its appurtenances without delay. The sheriff had taken the manor into the king’s hand by reason of the king’s order that he made to him for taking all demesne lands and escheats into the king’s hand. If he has taken anything since he took that manor into the king’s hand, he is to cause it to be returned without delay. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Northamptonshire. Richard Serwind gives the king one mark for doing justice against the prior of Chacombe to render 10 m. to him. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take etc. Witness as above.

9 Sept. St. Edmund’s. Nottinghamshire. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to take into the king’s hand the land that Juliana, daughter of Hubert son of Ralph, who is dead, held of the king in chief in his bailiwick, the marriage of whose son and heir Phillip Marc has of the king’s gift. He is also to keep the aforesaid land safely, so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise. He is to inquire diligently how much land Juliana held of the king in chief in his bailiwick, and by what service, and who her nearest heir is. He is to cause H. de Burgh, justiciar, to know of the inquisition under his seal and the seals of those by whom that inquisition was taken. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Bedfordshire. Ivo of Stotfold gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench against the prior of Chicksands, concerning eight acres of land with appurtenances in Stotfold. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take etc. Witness as above.

Northumberland. To the sheriff of Northumberland. Order that, having accepted security from Henry, son and heir of Stephen of Mousen for 16s. for his relief of the moiety of the vill of Mousen, which falls to him by hereditary right, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of the moiety of the aforesaid vill with its appurtenances. Witness as above. By the same.

10 Sept. St. Edmund’s. Cambridgeshire. To the sheriff of Cambridgeshire. Richard, son and heir of William de Scalariis has made fine with the king by £65 for his relief of 15 knights’ fees formerly of William, his father, which fall to Richard by inheritance, and the king has taken his homage. Order that, having accepted security from Richard for rendering the aforesaid relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all lands formerly of William which fall to Richard by inheritance in his bailiwick. He is also to signify to the sheriff of Hertfordshire by his letters when he has taken security from Richard for the aforesaid relief, to whom the king has ordered that when he has certified this to him, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of William in his bailiwick. Witness H. etc. By the same.

12 Sept. Norwich. Huntingdonshire. To the sheriff of Huntingdonshire. The king has committed the vacant priory of Merton to Brother Ralph de Gilling and Brother John of Hayfield, canons of Merton, to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to cause them to have full seisin without delay of all lands, property, rents and tenements with all their appurtenances pertaining to the said priory. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Concerning the priory of Merton. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Kent, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey.

Cumberland. Walter of Bampton gives the king one mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench against Eudo son of Adam of Carlisle, concerning 2½ carucates of land with appurtenances in Oughterby and two carucates of land with appurtenances in Bampton. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland to take etc. Witness H. etc. as above.

14 Sept. Norwich. Nottinghamshire. Robert de Touk gives the king one mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench against Henry de Touk, concerning seven bovates of land with appurtenances in Kelham. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

15 Sept. Norwich. Norfolk. Peter, Bartholomew, William and Hugh, sons of Joscelin son of Odbert and Mirabella daughter of Ralph, give 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 Walter of Ingham and others, concerning a tenement in Waxham. They have the writ. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc. Witness H. etc.

16 Sept. Norwich. Somerset. John Danish, son and heir of William Danish, has made fine with the king by 25s. for his relief of the fourth part of a knight’s fee formerly of William, his father, that he held in chief of the king and that falls to John by inheritance, and the king has taken his homage for this. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take etc. and cause John to have full seisin of all lands formerly of William that fall to him by inheritance. Witness H. etc. By the same.

17 Sept. Norwich. Sussex. The king has committed the vacant bishopric of Chichester to Thomas de Blundeville to keep with all its appurtenances for as long as it pleases the king. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to cause Thomas, as keeper of the same bishopric, to have full seisin without delay of all lands, property, rents and tenements with all their appurtenances pertaining to the said bishopric in his bailiwick. Witness H. etc. By the same.

23 Sept. Norwich. Lincolnshire. To the sheriff of Lincolnshire. Order that if Robert Grelley gives him surety to satisfy the king upon his next account at the Exchequer for the debt that he exacts from him by summons of the Exchequer, then he is to cause his livestock, which was taken for this reason, to be replevied to Robert without delay. Witness H. etc. By the same.

24 Sept. Thetford. To the barons of the Exchequer. On account of the assizes that the king ordered to be summoned at Norwich before H. de Burgh, justiciar, and M. of Pattishall and other justices last itinerant there, amongst whom was the sheriff of Norfolk by the king’s order, the king gave the sheriff respite from rendering his account until the octaves of Martinmas in the seventh year. Order to cause the same sheriff to have that respite. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Kent. Order to the sheriff of Kent to place in respite, until Pentecost in the seventh year, the demand of £100 that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Guy count of St. Pol for his relief that he owes the king from his lands that he holds of the king in chief. Witness H. etc. as above. By the same.

25 Sept. Soham. Leicestershire. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to take into the king’s hand without delay the land that William of Charlecote holds in Saddington and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise. Witness H. etc. By the same.

26 Sept. Soham. Gloucestershire. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to place in respite the demand he makes from Earl W. Marshal for the debt of Earl W. Marshal, his father, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the sixth year. Witness H. etc. By the same.

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

29 Sept. Tower of London. Rutland. Order to the sheriff of Rutland that, immediately after having viewed these letters of the king, he is to take into the king’s hand the land that Robert de Coudray held in Cottesmore and to keep it safely, so that nothing is removed by him or by another until the king orders otherwise. Witness H. etc. By the same.

29 Sept. Tower of London. Because in the Close Roll. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire that, having convoked the coroners of Derbyshire, he is to cause to be valued before them a mare of the nuns of Derby, which he caused to be taken because a certain boy was killed by the blow and harm of it, as is said, and, having accepted security from the aforesaid nuns for having the value of that mare before the justices at the first session when they come into those parts, he is then to cause the aforesaid nuns to have that mare without delay. ¹ Witness H. etc. By the same.

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Entry cancelled.

5 Oct. Westminster. Devon. To the sheriff of Devon. Waleran Teutonicus has made fine with the king by 200 m. for having the stannaries and die of Devon, with all issues that arise from them and the foundries and mines for one year from Michaelmas in the sixth year. Order to cause him to have those stannaries and die with all aforesaid issues without delay. He is to render 100 m. of the aforesaid fine at Easter in the seventh year and 100 m. at the end of the aforesaid year, namely at Michaelmas in the same year. Witness H. etc. By the same.

5 Oct. Westminster. Somerset. To the sheriff of Somerset. Order to take into the king’s hand, having viewed these letters, all land formerly of Elias de Beauchamp which he held of the king in chief in Worle, ¹ and he is to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise. Witness H. etc. By the same.

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Corrected from ‘in his bailiwick’.

8 Oct. Westminster. Huntingdonshire. Geoffrey son of Zacharias gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench against the prior of Huntingdon, concerning three virgates of land with appurtenances in Hartford. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

13 Oct. Westminster. Kent. To the sheriff of Kent. The king has received the homage of William de Quatremares for ten librates of rent with appurtenances in Cobham, which he ought to hold of the king in chief by the service of the fourth part of a knight’s fee. Order that, having accepted security from William for 25s. to the king’s use for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid ten librates of rent with appurtenances in his bailiwick. Witness H. etc.

16 Oct. Westminster. Herefordshire. The king has granted his citizens of Hereford that they may have an annual four-day fair at Hereford, until the king comes of age, on the eve, feast and the two days following St. James the Apostle, unless that fair etc. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to take security from them for 10 m. for having that fair. Witness H. etc. By the same.

16 Oct. Westminster. Staffordshire. William of Butterton gives the king one mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench at Hilary in 15 days against Robert son of Adam, concerning a messuage and four bovates of land with appurtenances in Waterfall. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire to take etc. Witness H. etc.

Suffolk. Henry son of Richard gives the king 2 m. for having a precipe before the justices of the Bench ¹ against Henry de Vere, for rendering 18 m. to him. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take etc. Witness as above.

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C 60/17, m. 1 ‘pone’.

Northumberland. Robert of Castle Carrock gives the king 10 m. for having a precipe before the justices of the Bench against Adam of Tynedale to render 30 m. to him, against Hugh of Featherstone concerning 20 m., against Henry son of the priest concerning 1 m., against Richard Poitevin concerning 3 m., against William de Bosco concerning 5 m., against Robert of Morley concerning 5 m., against Bruncosta of Allerwash concerning 1 m., against Reginald Brabacun concerning 1 m., against Edmund of Allerwash concerning 2 m., and against Turkill’ de Den’ concerning 3 m. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to take etc. Witness as above.

17 Oct. Westminster. Shropshire. To the sheriff of Shropshire. Thomas Corbet, son and heir of Robert Corbet, has made fine with the king by £100 for his relief of the lands that Robert held of the king in chief and which fall to Thomas by hereditary right, and the king has thus taken his homage and fealty. Order that, having accepted security from Thomas for rendering the aforesaid £100 to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of his aforesaid lands with their appurtenances in his bailiwick. Witness H. etc. By the same.

Nottinghamshire. Robert Mauluvel gives the king one mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench in the octaves of Hilary against Roger Mauluvel and others, concerning land in Rampton. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to take etc. Witness as above.

21 Oct. Westminster. Dorset. R. bishop of Salisbury has made fine with the king by £100 for having custody of the land and heir of William de Cahaignes, with the marriage of the same heir, for which he has found as his pledge R. bishop of Durham, chancellor, for 50 m., J. bishop of Ely for 50 m., and Falkes de Bréauté for 50 m. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to cause the same bishop to have full seisin of the aforesaid custody and marriage. Witness H. etc. By the same and the king’s council.

21 Oct. Westminster. Hampshire. To the sheriff of Hampshire. The king has granted his manor of Odiham with its appurtenances to his trustworthy men of Odiham, to hold for as long as it pleases him at farm for £50 blanched, to be rendered to the king at the Exchequer by their hand at the two terms of the year, namely £25 blanched at the Exchequer of Easter and £25 blanched at the Exchequer of Michaelmas. Order to cause them to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with all its appurtenances without delay. Witness H. etc. By the same.

It is written in the same manner to Engelard de Cigogné, concerning the same. Witness as above. By the same and the king’s council.

Lincolnshire. The abbot of Louth Park gives the king half a mark for having a precipe before the justices of the Bench for summoning Engeram de Loctun’ to warrant him a bovate of land with appurtenances in Loctun’. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc. Witness as above.

Rutland. Osbert son of Thurstan, Richard son of Ailwin and Reiner Walensis give the king one mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin, concerning common of pasture in Witchley, against the abbot of Boscherville. They have … Order to the sheriff of Rutland to take etc. Witness as above.

25 Oct. Westminster. Sussex. Ailwin Witeberd, Richard Durand, Peter of Henstridge and John de Shalford’ give the king half a mark for having a pone at Hilary in 15 days against the abbot of Fécamp, ¹ concerning customs and services that the prior (sic.) exacts from them from their free tenement that they hold of him in Shudefold’, Horsham and Rusper. They have the pone. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take etc. Witness H. etc.

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Corrected from ‘the prior of Coges’.

Warwickshire. Clement son of Robert gives the king one mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench against Eustace son of Hugh and others, concerning land in Newbold. He has the pone. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take etc. Witness H. etc. as above.

27 Oct. Westminster. The abbey of Peterborough. The king has committed the vacant abbey of Peterborough to Ralph of Norwich and Richard son of Humphrey, clerks, to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to the sheriffs of Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Huntingdonshire to cause them to have full seisin without delay of all lands, property, rents and tenements with all of their appurtenances pertaining to the said abbey. If they have taken anything since that abbey fell vacant, they are to cause it to be rendered to them without delay. Witness H. etc.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer, and before it had been sent by the hand of R. de Neville, elect of Chichester. ¹

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Entry omitted in C 60/17, m. 1.