29 Oct. Westminster. Leicestershire. For Walter de St. Ouen. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Walter de St. Ouen for money to the king’s use, until the king orders otherwise. ¹ Witness the king.

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All writs are witnessed by the king unless otherwise stated.

2 Nov. Westminster. Suffolk. For Eudo de la Jaille. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to place in respite, until the king orders otherwise, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Eudo de la Jaille for the Jewish debts that Master Albert owed by reason of a certain land that the king granted to Eudo for as long as it pleased the king in Nettlestead and Wyke, which at one time were in Albert’s hand. Witness E. bishop of London.

24 Nov. Westminster. Lincolnshire. Simon son of Ranulf gives the king half a mark for having a pone against the prior of Spalding , concerning land in Moulton. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc. Witness E. bishop of London.

7 Nov. [Temple] Bruer. Concerning the abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury . To the sheriff of Kent. Order that, having viewed these letters, he is to take the vacant abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury into the king’s hand, with all lands, property, rents and possessions pertaining to it, so that nothing is removed therefrom until the king orders otherwise, saving to the monks of the same church their victuals and necessary expenses for cultivating and sowing the lands of the same abbey, by the view of other discreet men appointed to do this on the king’s behalf by the sheriff’s hand. ¹ Witness the king.

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Henceforth, all writs are witnessed by the king again unless otherwise stated.

13 Nov. Westminster. Derbyshire. The abbot of Burton gives the king half a mark for having a pone against Thomas Tuschet and Nicholas of Willington, concerning customs and services that the abbot exacts from them of their free tenement in Willington. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire etc. Witness E. bishop of London.

16 Nov. Westminster. Lincolnshire. Rose of Kyme gives the king half a mark for having a pone against the prior of Royston , concerning the fourth part of a knight’s fee with appurtenances in Owersby, Thornton, Covenham St. Bartholomew and Osgodby. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire that etc. Witness E. bishop of London.

20 Nov. Westminster. Yorkshire. For William son of Olive. William son of Olive gives the king 1 m. for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin taken at York before the justices assigned etc. against Henry of Hipperholme and Richard son of Thomas, concerning common of pasture in Sowerby. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire etc. ¹ Witness the king.

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Henceforth, all writs are witnessed by the king again unless otherwise stated.

29 Nov. Westminster. Because he did not have it. Thomas de Jedefen and Ralph de Chandos give the king half a mark for having a pone against Hugh de Mora, concerning a tenement in Baysham. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire that etc. ¹ Witness E. bishop of London.

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Entry cancelled because he did not have it.

Lincolnshire. For Thomas de la Feld’. Thomas de la Feld’ gives the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin taken at Lincoln against John son of William and William son of William, concerning a tenement in Leake. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire that etc. Witness as above.

4 Dec. Westminster. Concerning the custody of the lands and heirs of Geoffrey de Scalariis for Stephen of Seagrave. Because the same Geoffrey is not yet dead. To the sheriff of Suffolk. Stephen of Seagrave has made fine with the king by 400 m. for having the custody of the land and heirs of Geoffrey de Scalariis, with the marriage of the same heirs, so that Stephen answers the king for all debts that Geoffrey owed the king. Order to cause Stephen to have full seisin without delay of all the lands formerly of Geoffrey in his bailiwick with the chattels formerly of Geoffrey found in the same lands, saving his reasonable testament. ¹ Witness the king.

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Entry cancelled because the same Geoffrey is not yet dead. Henceforth, all writs are witnessed by the king again unless otherwise stated.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire . ¹

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Entry cancelled.

5 Dec. Westminster. Cumberland. For Odard son of Adam. To the sheriff of Cumberland. The king has taken the homage of Odard, son of Adam of Wigton, as the nearest heir of the same Adam, for the land that he held of the king in chief in his bailiwick, according to the inquisition that the king ordered to be taken by him, and Odard has made fine with the king by 10 m. for his relief. Order that, having accepted security from Odard for the aforesaid 10 m., he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land, If he has taken anything therefrom, he is to cause it to be rendered to him. ¹

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Final sentence interlined.

7 Dec. Westminster. For the King of Scots. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to place in respite, until the octaves of the Close of Easter in the tenth year, the demand for 100 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Alexander, King of Scots, for the fine he made with the king for having the custody of the lands formerly of Earl David, and the demand of a moiety of £244 13s. 10d. and three palfreys that he makes of the same king for the debts of Amabilia de Lymesy.

8 Dec. Westminster. For Robert de Vaux. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland to place in respite, until the king orders otherwise, the demand of 100 m. that he makes from Robert de Vaux for an amercement of the itinerant justices.

8 Dec. Westminster. For the monks of St. Augustine, Canterbury . To the sheriff of Kent. By the fine of £100 which the prior and monks of St. Augustine, Canterbury have made with the king, for which they will answer the king, he has granted them custody of their abbey with all things pertaining to it. Order to cause them to have full seisin of the lands, tenements and possessions and all their issues after the death of Hugh, formerly abbot of St. Augustine’s, and all things pertaining to the same abbey. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

For the monks of St. Augustine, Canterbury . It is written in the same manner to Master Henry de Bissopeton, if he receives the custody of the abbey.

9 Dec. Westminster. For Maurice de Gant. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Maurice de Gant that, of the fine he made with him for several debts that he owed to him to render 100 m. to the king per annum, he may henceforth render 80 m. per annum, namely 40 m. at the term of Easter and 40 m. at the term of Michaelmas, until all of the debt that he owes will have been paid to the king. Order to cause the aforesaid grant to be enrolled and kept. By the justiciar. Before the king’s council.

Concerning land committed for as long [as it pleases the king]. The king has committed to the prior of the Hospital of St. Mary of Wymondley , for as long as it pleases the king, that land with appurtenances which William Pollard once held in Dinsley of the gift of King J., father of the king, so that the prior, for as long as that land will be in his hand, is to render to the king 10s. each year at the Exchequer, namely 5s. at Exchequer of Easter and 5s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to cause the aforesaid prior to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with appurtenances, as aforesaid. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

9 Dec. Westminster. Because in the Close Roll. To E. the king’s treasurer and the chamberlains. Order to deliver £500 out of the king’s treasury to Walter de Kirkham and Walter of Brackley to acquit them of the expenses incurred by them and by the king at Christmas forthcoming. ¹ Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

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Entry cancelled because in the Close Roll. See RLC, II, p. 88.

10 Dec. Westminster. For the men of Grimsby. The men of Grimsby have made fine with the king by 60 m. and two palfreys for having the vill of Grimsby in their hand as they had it previously, until three years from Michaelmas in the ninth year. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to permit them to hold the aforesaid vill in peace, as aforesaid. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

Because above. The king has committed to the prior of the Hospital of St. Mary of Wymondley , for as long as it pleases the king, that land with appurtenances that William Pollard once held in Dinsley of the gift of King J., father of the king, so that the prior, for as long as that land will be in his hand, is to render 10s. each year to the king at the Exchequer, namely 5s. at Exchequer of Easter and 5s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with appurtenances, as aforesaid. ¹ Before the same.

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Entry cancelled because above. See 18 above.

For Benedict Crespin and other Jews. The king has granted to Deulobene and his brothers , to Benedict Crispin, and to Samson son of Isaac and Aaron, his brother, that, of the debt of Isaac the Chirographer and Chera, Jewess of Winchester, of which Deulebene and his associates ought to have rendered 100 m. each year to the king for Isaac and Chera, they may henceforth render 60 m. each year to the king until the aforesaid debt is paid. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to permit them to render the aforesaid debt by rendering 60 m. to the king a year, having accepted security from them for rendering 50 m. to the king for having this grant.

[No date]. For the men of the soke of Caistor . The king has granted to the men of the soke of Caistor , for the £50 that they offered to render to the king each year for having the soke of Caistor in their hand, that they may have that soke in their hand for as long as it pleases the king, with all pleas and other things pertaining to it which the sheriffs used to have and receive, except pleas of the crown, by rendering the aforesaid £50 annually to the king by their hand at two terms, namely £25 at the Exchequer of Easter, and £25 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas. Of which £50 they are to render £38 7s. 10d. blanched and the rest numero.

For the men of the soke of Caistor . Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to permit them to have the aforesaid soke with all pleas and other things pertaining to it which the sheriffs were accustomed to have and receive, so that henceforth he does not set his hand to this, as aforesaid. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

11 Dec. Westminster. For William Mauduit. To the sheriff of Berkshire. The king has taken the homage of William Mauduit for the lands that Isabella Basset, mother of the same William, whose heir he is, held in chief in his bailiwick. Order that, having accepted security from William for rendering as much relief to the king as pertains to those lands, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid lands with appurtenances in his bailiwick. Because William has mainperned to answer the king for the debts that Isabella owed the king, order, similarly, to cause him to have full seisin of the corn and chattels formerly of Isabella in his bailiwick, so that he renders the aforesaid debts to the king.

12 Dec. Westminster. Concerning merchandise to be delivered to the merchants of Normandy. To the constable of Portchester . By the fine of 200 m. that the merchants of Normandy, who had property and merchandise in a great ship of Portugal, made with the king, for paying which to the king at the Close of Easter in the tenth year they have found the king as pledges William Joynier and Peter de Rouen, the king has granted them all of their own property and merchandise sealed with their own seals. Order that, by the view and testimony of the king’s faithful men, William de Haverhill and William, the king’s tailor, who the king has sent to deal with this, he is to cause all of their own property and merchandise, sealed with their own seals, as aforesaid, to be delivered to them.

Concerning seisin of the manor of Aspley. To the sheriff of Bedfordshire. William fitz Warin, attorney of Reginald de St. Valery , has mainperned before the king for the same Reginald that he will answer the king for 60 m. and for the debt that Reginald owes to the king at the Exchequer for having seisin of the manor of Aspley to the use of the same Reginald, which manor Falkes de Bréauté bought from Reginald by force and from which he ousted Reginald according to an inquisition which the king ordered to be taken by him. Order to cause William, attorney of the same Reginald, to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances to the use of the same Reginald. He is also to cause William to have full seisin of Reginald’s land in Henlow to Reginald’s use, of which he had been disseised in the siege of Bedford castle by the king’s order while he was on pilgrimage to St. James.

13 Dec. Westminster. For the nephew of Simon de Hale. The king has granted to Roger de Hale, nephew of Simon de Hale, the land formerly of Osbert, son of Algrym of Frismarsh, in Brigham, to be held of the king at farm, rendering 2½ m. per annum at the Exchequer for it, from which land they were previously accustomed to render 32s. per annum by the hand of the sheriff of Yorkshire. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to cause Roger to have the aforesaid land, to be held of the king by the aforesaid farm of 2½ m. each year. Before the bishops of London, Bath, Salisbury, and Chichester.

Concerning taking the manor of Newborough into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to take into the king’s hand the manor of Newborough, with all its appurtenances, which Henry of Audley held by bail of the king, and to cause the lands of the same manor to be tilled, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

30 Oct. Royston. Order to the keeper of the honour of Boulogne to place in respite the demand he makes from Fulk of Montgomery for the scutage of Poitou until the Close of Easter in the tenth year.

3 Nov. Stamford. Order to the same keeper to place in respite the demand he makes from Ralph de Carville by summons of the Exchequer for the scutages of Poitou , Bytham , Montgomery and Bedford , until upon his next account at the Exchequer, having accepted security from him that he will answer the king then.

It is written to the same keeper in the same manner for Baldwin de Redvers, concerning the scutage of Poitou.

7 Nov. [Temple] Bruer. To the keeper of the honour of Lancaster . The king has taken the homage of Simon son of William for a knight’s fee that has been taken into the king’s hand and that Simon ought to hold from the king in chief in Grimblethorpe, according to the inquisition that he ordered to be taken by the sheriff of Lincolnshire. Order that, having accepted security from Simon for rendering 100s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid fee.

11 Nov. Navenby. The king has taken the homage of Henry Chamberlain for a knight’s fee that was taken into the king’s hand and that Henry ought to hold of the king in chief, according to the inquisition that he ordered to be taken by the sheriff of Lincolnshire. Order to the aforesaid sheriff that, having accepted security from him for rendering 100s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid fee.

The king has taken the homage of the same Henry for the service of one knight’s fee and the sixth part of a knight’s fee, which he ought to hold from the king in chief according to an inquisition that the king ordered to be taken. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security from him for rendering his due relief to the king and to cause him to have full seisin.

Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to cause the lands of Ralph de Bereville, which were taken into the king’s hand by order of the barons of the Exchequer because Ralph did not render due service to the king, to be replevied to him, having accepted security from him that he will answer the king for the aforesaid service upon his next account at the Exchequer, as will be just.

15 Nov. Morton. To the sheriff of Lincolnshire. Whereas the king can and ought to dispose by his will, according to an inquisition taken at Newhouse, of a toft formerly of Jordan Clerk in Grasby, for having which Helewise, who was the wife of the same Jordan , offers 2s. to the king per annum, the king does not wish, by reason of her poverty, that she is to hold that same toft of the king for 2s. each year, when, according to the same inquisition, William Feg, who made fine by 10s. with the king to hold two bovates of land there at farm, had it by 12d. with no mention being made of that toft. Order to cause the buildings that William caused to be carried off from the aforesaid toft, as she says, to be returned and, without delay, to cause Helewise to have full seisin of the aforesaid toft with the aforesaid buildings, as she had it before she was disseised for seising William.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Gilbert of Rigsby gives the king a palfrey for having licence to make concord with Simon Haunselin, who was accused before the king of liveries (liberacionibus), imprisonment and making illegal exactions (toltis) from him. Jollan de Neville and William of Well are pledges for Gilbert for rendering that palfrey to the king.

18 Nov. Nettleham. Order to Geoffrey of Wymondham, bailiff of the honour of Lancaster in the county of Lincolnshire , to place in respite, until upon the next account of chief bailiff of the same honour at the Exchequer, the demand he makes from the abbot of Grimsby , the prior of Bullington and the prioress of Nun Cotham by summons of the Exchequer for the last scutage of King J. of Poitou, the first scutage of King H., and for the scutages of Montgomery , Bytham and Bedford , which scutages the aforesaid abbot, prior and prioress rendered to Gilbert Cusin, then bailiff of the same honour, as they say. Meanwhile, he is to inquire diligently by trustworthy and law-worthy men of his bailiwick if Gilbert received those scutages, to whom he delivered them, and who ought to answer for them to the king, as the barons of the Exchequer are to be certified then to whom the king ought to betake himself for this.

18 Nov. Mere. It is written in the same manner to the aforesaid Geoffrey of Wymondham for Simon of Grimblethorpe, concerning the same scutages, which, except the scutage of Bytham, William son of Simon, father of the aforesaid Simon, rendered to the aforesaid Gilbert Cusin and, meanwhile, he is to inquire diligently etc. as in the first writ with this addition: ‘so that the king can inquire about the army of Bytham whether the aforesaid William son of Simon had been there with him with horses and arms, as the same Simon says’.

It is written in the same manner to Geoffrey of Wymondham for the abbot of Croxton , Henry Falconer and Robert of Harston, concerning the same scutages.

Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to answer the king upon his next account at the Exchequer for the forfeiture of £10 in which Robert Butler fell by judgement of his county court for the unjust vexation he made against the abbot of Croxton , as he says.

The abbot of Croxton accuses Phillip de Gant, before the king at Stamford on the morrow of St. Catherine, of certain injuries that he caused him, wherefore, by judgement of the king’s court, Phillip was adjudged to wage his law twelve-handed (lex facienda se xij manu) in the county court of Leicestershire. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to answer upon his next account at the Exchequer for the amercement which either of them will incur.

14 Dec. Westminster. Concerning having a market. To the sheriff of Herefordshire. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful William fitz Warin that he may have a weekly market on Wednesdays at the manor of Presteigne until the king comes of age, and that he may have a fair each year to last for two days, namely the eve and feast of St. Andrew, until the king comes of age, unless etc. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to cause William to have the aforesaid market and fair, as aforesaid, and to take security from him for a palfrey for the aforesaid market and fair. By the justiciar.

Concerning the custody of the daughter and heiress of Ralph of Kelleythorpe. Thomas de Blundeville has made fine with the king for having the custody and marriage of the daughter and heiress of Ralph of Kelleythorpe, who held in chief of the king in Kelleythorpe. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to cause Thomas, or his attorney bearing these letters, to have full seisin of all the lands and tenements that Ralph held of the king in chief in Kelleythorpe. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

Concerning the custody of the daughter and heiress of Ralph de Killingthorp. Order to Thomas of Moulton to cause the daughter and heiress of the aforesaid Ralph, who is in his custody by order of the king, to be delivered to the same Thomas or his attorney bearing these letters.

For the men of Scalby. The king has granted to the men of Scalby that they may have the vill of Scalby with its appurtenances in their hand for as long as it pleases the king, rendering £30 to the king each year by their hand at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to permit the same men to hold the aforesaid vill with its appurtenances, as aforesaid. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

For the men of Pocklington. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Yorkshire for the men of Pocklington, concerning having the vill of Pocklington at farm, rendering £40 and 5 m. of the ancient farm to the king each year by their hand at the Exchequer, and, moreover, 40s. of increment, so that they are to render £45 6s. 8d. in total to the king each year by their hand. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to permit the same men to have the aforesaid vill with appurtenances, as aforesaid, and to take security from the aforesaid men for a palfrey to the king’s use for this grant. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

[No date]. Concerning pledges found for 200 m. John le Neveu de Caen, Henry Garm’, Nicholas Ansere, John Barbatus and Alexander of Almain have found the below-written pledges for paying 200 m. to the king at Mid-Lent in the tenth year for having their chattels that were in a great ship of Portugal, namely William Joynier and Peter de Rouen of London.

[No date]. The fine of Thomas de Blundeville for the custody written above. The fine of Thomas de Blundeville is such, namely that he will give the king 100 m. for having the custody and marriage of the daughter and heiress of Ralph de Killingthorp, if the king can deliver to him the land that the aforesaid Ralph held of Peter de Maulay, and if he cannot, he will give the king 40 m. for the custody of the land that Ralph held of the king, and the marriage. ¹

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Both this and entry 45 above, concerned with Thomas de Blundeville, are marked with a marginal scribal reference note presumably linking the two.

24 Dec. Winchester. For Master Stephen de Lucy. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place in respite, until 15 days after Hilary in the tenth year, the demand he makes from Master Stephen de Lucy, for which demand Henry de Bagpuize, servant of the Master, has satisfied the same sheriff, as he says.

26 Dec. Winchester. Concerning taking lands into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire to take into the king’s hand all lands that William of Hastings held in chief of the king and the lands that he held of others in his bailiwick, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning taking lands into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Bedfordshire, Norfolk , Suffolk and Shropshire .

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in respite the demand for 100s. that he makes from the men of the manor of Petherton for the king’s beloved and faithful Phillip d’Aubigny, who is on the king’s service in Gascony, for the escape of a thief, until Phillip returns from the parts of Gascony. By the justiciar.

27 Dec. Clarendon. Concerning respite of a demand. To the sheriff of Sussex. Order to place in respite, until the Close of Easter in the tenth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Ralph of Williton for 1 m. to the king’s use.

30 Dec. Clarendon. Concerning a prest made in the Wardrobe. To the sheriff of Cornwall. As he loves himself and all he has, he is to see that he has the below-written debts upon his next account at the Exchequer, namely 100s. from Reginald de Vautorte and 100s. from Robert of Cardinham, which they owe to the king for a prest made to them in the Wardrobe at the siege at Bedford castle .

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in respite, until upon his next account at the Exchequer, the demand of 40s. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Hugh Sanzaveir for an amercement for default made before B. de Lisle and his associates taking the pleas of the forest at Bruton.

1 Jan. Marlborough. For Master William of Kentwell. The king has taken the homage of Master William of Kentwell for the land that Gilbert of Kentwell, his brother, held in chief of the king in Kentwell with its appurtenances by the service of ten knights’ fees, of which Gilbert was seised on the day he died, and which falls to Master William by hereditary right, as he says, without prejudice to anyone else’s right in that land. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk that, having accepted security from Master William for rendering his relief to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with its appurtenances, as aforesaid. Before the justiciar.

3 Jan. Marlborough. Wiltshire. John son of Simon gives the king half a mark for having a pone against Geoffrey Bloet and Alice, his wife, concerning a moiety of the manor of Westlecott and a mill with appurtenances in the same vill. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take etc.

14 Jan. Marlborough. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until 15 days after the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the tenth year, the demand they make from Henry de Brayboef for the debt that he owes the king and that they exact from him by summons of the Exchequer.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the keeper of the honour of Wallingford to place in respite, until the king orders otherwise, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Hugh Despenser, Drogo de Barentin, and their associates for the scutages of Montgomery and Bedford , namely for three knights’ fees, for which they say they ought not to answer except for two knights’ fees for which they have already answered.

Concerning the account of the sheriff of Hampshire. The king has given the sheriff of Hampshire respite from rendering his account until 15 days from the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the tenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid respite.

15 Jan. Marlborough. For John de Neville. To the sheriff of Wiltshire. Order to cause all chattels that the king’s beloved and faithful Geoffrey de Neville had in the manor of Corsham , which he held by bail of the king, to be valued by trustworthy and law-worthy men, and if John de Neville, son and heir of the aforesaid Geoffrey, will find him sufficient pledges for rendering the aforesaid value to the king, in part payment of the debt that Geoffrey owed to the king, then he is to cause him to have full seisin of all the chattels and to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know the value of the same chattels.

For John de Neville. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to cause John de Neville, son and heir of Geoffrey de Neville, to have seisin without delay of the land that Geoffrey held from the king in Laceby. He is also to cause all chattels that Geoffrey had in the aforesaid manor of Laceby to be valued by trustworthy and law-worthy men of his county. And if John will find him etc., as above, then he is to cause John to have full seisin of the same chattels and to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know the value of the same chattels.

16 Jan. Marlborough. For the burgesses of Bristol. The king has committed the vill of Bristol with appurtenances to the burgesses of Bristol for one year from St. Gregory in the tenth year by the farm of £245, for two parts of which they will answer the king by their hand at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and at the Exchequer of Hilary in the eleventh year for the rest. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to receive the aforesaid farm from them thus. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

For the constable of Chester. Order to the barons of the Exchequer ¹ to permit John, constable of Chester, to have respite, until the octaves of the Close of Easter in the tenth year, from the debts he owes the king in the counties of Yorkshire and Lancaster and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, which term the king has granted him.

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Corrected from ‘the sheriff of Lancaster’.

17 Jan. Marlborough. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the octaves of the Close of Easter in the tenth year, the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from Robert de Muscegros for as much as pertains to him of the debt of William Malet, so that he then keeps to his terms of a fine he made with the king for his own debt. Before the bishops of Bath and Salisbury the justiciar.

Concerning enrolling the sheriff of Cumberland . Order to the barons of the Exchequer to admit Robert son of William , whom W. bishop of Carlisle will present to them, and to cause the sheriff of Cumberland to be enrolled in the place of the same bishop to answer for that bailiwick at the Exchequer.

For the earl of Gloucester. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the octaves of the Close of Easter in the tenth year, all the demands that they make by summons of the Exchequer from G. earl of Gloucester for the debts he owes to the king.

18 Jan. Marlborough. For John Draper of Windsor. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire that if John Draper of Windsor, who purchased corn from the executors of the testament of Robert de Ferrers, formerly of the same Robert at Cippenham for £52, as they say, will give him surety by trustworthy and law-worthy men that he will answer the king for the aforesaid £52 at his command, in part payment of the debt that Robert owes the king, or the executors of his testament if it shall be thus provided, then he is to permit them to sell that corn to John and for him to dispose of it by his will.

21 Jan. Marlborough. For Alexander Bastard. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to place in respite, until upon the next account of the sheriff at the Exchequer, the demand for one mark ¹ that he makes at the Exchequer by summons of the same Exchequer from Alexander Bastard, which he says he had rendered to Ralph Gernon at the time that he was sheriff of Dorset, and of which he complains that he has not acquitted him at the Exchequer, having accepted security from the same Alexander that he will be there then upon the account of the sheriff to satisfy the king.

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‘one mark’ interlined.

Concerning land to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take into the king’s hand the land formerly of Henry of Eleigh in his bailiwick which he held of the king in chief, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

23 Jan. Marlborough. For the men of the prioress of Amesbury . Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite, until upon his next account at the Exchequer, the demand for 20s. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men of the prioress of Amesbury of Bulford for the default made before M. of Pattishall and his associates, justices assigned to take the assizes of novel disseisin etc. , and the demand for half a mark that he makes from the men of the same prioress of Maddington by summons of the same Exchequer for an amercement for the flight of Geoffrey son of Denis, accused of the death of a man, and the demand for half a mark that he makes from the men of the same prioress of Amesbury for an amercement for the flight of Osbert le Beye, accused of larceny.

23 Jan. Marlborough. Concerning the castle of Knaresborough , committed to the archbishop of York. The king has committed the castle of Knaresborough with all its appurtenances to W. archbishop of York to keep for as long as etc. so that each year for as long as that castle shall be in his custody, he is to render £200 to the king at the Exchequer, namely £100 at the Exchequer of Easter and £100 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the archbishop to have the aforesaid terms for the aforesaid £200 and to cause them to be enrolled thus, as aforesaid.

24 Jan. Marlborough. Concerning the custody of the land of the son and heir of Margaret of Thornton. To the sheriff of Lancaster. William of Carleton, uncle of Richard, son and heir of Margaret of Thornton, who is underage, has made fine with the king by 6 m. for having custody of the land and heir of the same Margaret, who held in chief of the king in his bailiwick, with the marriage of the same heir. Order that, having accepted security from William for rendering the aforesaid 6 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all land that Margaret held of the king in chief in his bailiwick which falls to him by hereditary right, as aforesaid.

Concerning the account of Peter fitz Herbert . The king has given respite to Peter fitz Herbert from rendering his account for the time that he was sheriff in the county of Yorkshire until 15 days from Easter in the tenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have peace in the meantime.

26 Jan. Marlborough. For Hugh de St. Vedast. Order to the sheriff of Devon to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Hugh de St. Vedast for a fine that he made with the king for debts of the Jews and for the relief of his land while the bishopric of Exeter was vacant, until upon his view at the Exchequer of Easter term in the tenth year.

22 Jan. Marlborough. For Phillip Marc . Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the octaves of the Close of Easter in the tenth year, the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from Phillip Marc for the profits of the counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire from the time that he was sheriff of the same counties, and for other demands they make from the same Phillip by summons of the Exchequer. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

27 Jan. Marlborough. Concerning the manor of Corsham, committed to the same men of Corsham. To the sheriff of Wiltshire. The king has granted to his trustworthy men of Corsham that they may have his manor of Corsham with its appurtenances at farm for as long as it pleases the king, rendering £40 to the king by their hand at the Exchequer, so that namely they are to render £10 to the king at the Exchequer at Easter in the tenth year, and £20 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year for three-quarters of the tenth year when they received the manor at farm at Christmas in the same year after the death of Geoffrey de Neville, who held that manor by bail of the king for as long as it pleased the king, and they are to render £40 thus from year to year to the king for the same manor for as long as that manor shall be in their hands and for as long as it pleases the king, namely £20 at Easter and £20 at Michaelmas. They will, however, receive 100 acres of winter crops in demesne without other stock when they receive the manor at farm, as is said, for which they shall answer when the king receives that manor from their hands. Order to cause the same men to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with all appurtenances, as aforesaid, with all issues of the same manor that the sheriff received after he took the manor into the king’s hand by his order, on condition that before they receive the manor, he is to cause it to be seen by trustworthy and law-worthy men by what right they are to receive the manor in both lands and corn and in keeping houses and woods, and of the state in which he finds the aforesaid, ¹ and he is to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

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‘state … finds’ interlined above ‘inquisition’, which has been crossed through.

Concerning the manor of Corsham, committed to the same men of Corsham. These letters were duplicated by order of the chancellor.

28 Jan. Marlborough. Concerning respite. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to place in respite, until the king orders otherwise, the demand for sheriff’s aid that he makes from Robert de Turville, ¹ who is in the king’s service in Bristol castle . Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

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‘by summons of the Exchequer’ crossed through here.

Concerning respite. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Bedfordshire for the same Robert, concerning suit of the county court, about which there is contention between him and the sheriff, until the king orders otherwise. Before the same.

28 Jan. Marlborough. For Henry of Hastings. To the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire. Henry of Hastings has made fine with the king by 50 m. for having seisin of all the land that William of Hastings, his father, whose heir he is, held of the king in chief, and that falls to Henry by hereditary right , and the king has taken his homage. Order that, having accepted security from Henry for rendering the aforesaid 50 m. to the king for his relief at these terms, namely 12½ m. at Easter in the tenth year, 12½ m. at Michaelmas, 12½ m. at Easter in the eleventh year, and 12½ m. at Michaelmas in the same year, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all the land that the aforesaid William, his father, held of the king in chief in his bailiwick which were taken into the king’s hand by his order. He is, moreover, to cause the executors of the testament of the same William to have the chattels found in the same lands formerly of the same William, saving to the king his debt if he owed him anything. The king has ordered the sheriffs of Shropshire, Bedfordshire and Norfolk and Suffolk that, having received his letters testifying that he has received security, they are to cause Henry to have full seisin without delay of all that William, his father, held of the king in chief in his bailiwick, and that was taken into the king’s hand by his order. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

For Henry of Hastings. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Shropshire, Bedfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, excepting security and with the addition, ‘having received the letters of the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire testifying that he had received security for rendering the aforesaid 50 m. to the king at the terms that the king has given him, they are to cause him to have full seisin etc. as above’. Before the same.

31 Jan. Newbury. Concerning respite. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite, until Easter in the tenth year, upon the view of his account, the demand he makes from the men of Torksey for their blanched farm and for the lacko of their money of the same farm.

Oxfordshire. Robert de Duvers and Muriel, his wife, give the king half a mark for having a writ for warranting a charter before the justices of the Bench against Geoffrey de Dunstanville, concerning 50 solidates of land in Aston. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire that etc.

3 Feb. Reading. Concerning respite. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to place in respite, until upon his view at the Exchequer in the tenth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Walter de Lacy for £10 from the first scutage of the king. By the justiciar.

4 Feb. Windsor. For Robert de Vieuxpont. The king has given respite to Robert de Vieuxpont, until one month from Easter in the tenth year, from rendering his account at the Exchequer for the debts he owes the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have that respite. By the justiciar.

6 Feb. Kempton. Essex and Hertfordshire. To the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire. Order to take into his hand without delay the land formerly of Falkes de Bréauté in Little Berkhamsted, which the king later committed to John Marshal for as long as it pleased the king in order to sustain him in his service, and he is to keep it safely so that nothing is removed therefrom until the king orders otherwise.

10 Feb. Westminster. For Reginald de Berneval. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand of 30 m. that they make from Reginald de Berneval, who the king has sent into Gascony, for the debt of William of Bodiam, father of Margery, wife of the same Reginald, for which Reginald made fine with the king to render 100s. each year until the debt is paid, until he returns from those parts. By the justiciar.

15 Feb. Westminster. Essex. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take into the king’s hand all the land that Robert de Sutton held of the king in Bures, and to cause it to be kept safely until the king orders otherwise.

17 Feb. Westminster. For Richard Duket, concerning respite. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite, until one month from Easter in the tenth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Richard Duket, who is in the king’s service in overseas parts, for scutage and other things, and to cause his livestock seized for this reason to be delivered to him in the meantime.

For Richard Duket, concerning respite. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk for the same.

20 Feb. Westminster. For William de Stuteville. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned 16 m. of the 46 m. that they exact by summons of the Exchequer from William de Stuteville for the sixth scutage of King John, the king’s father, for strengthening his castle of Stapelton , which he has erected in the marches of Wales for the safety of the same marches, and he has granted that he may render the remaining 30 m. within three years, so that thereafter he is to render 10 m. each year at two terms, namely 5 m. at Easter in the tenth year, and 5 m. at Michaelmas next following, and thus from year to year until the aforesaid 30 m. are fully paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Because otherwise below. To the sheriff of Sussex. Order that when the sheriff of Essex will cause him to know by his letters that security … ¹

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Entry cancelled because otherwise below, and unfinished.

22 Feb. Westminster. Concerning taking the land of Brito into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take into the king’s hand all the land of Brito Crossbowman in his bailiwick, with all chattels of the same Brito, and if anything has been distrained or removed by reason that the king gave the same lands by bail, in whoever’s hand they may be, he is to cause it to be returned, and to cause that land and the aforesaid chattels to be kept safely so that nothing etc. until etc.

Concerning taking the land of Brito into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Suffolk and Hampshire .

Concerning the fine of Roger of Wenhaston for having a wife. To the sheriff of Essex. Roger of Wenhaston has made fine with the king by 20 m. for having to wife the first-born daughter of Brian Ewer, with the rightful portion falling to her of the lands formerly of the same Brian. He is to render 10 m. of which 20 m. to the king at the Exchequer of Easter in the tenth year, and 10 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year. Order that, having accepted security from Roger for rendering the aforesaid 20 m. to the king at the aforesaid terms, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of the first-born daughter of the aforesaid Brian as his wife , with the rightful portion falling to her of the lands formerly of Brian and of other things falling to her by inheritance with appurtenances in his bailiwick. He is also to cause the sheriffs of Sussex and Yorkshire to know by his letters when he has received the aforesaid security from him, to whom the king has ordered that when it is clear to them by his letters sent to them that he has received the aforesaid security from him, then they are to cause him to have full seisin of the rightful portions falling to the same eldest daughter of the aforesaid Brian from the lands formerly of the same Brian, with their appurtenances, in their bailiwicks. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

Concerning the fine of Roger of Wenhaston for having a wife. Order to the sheriffs of Surrey ¹ and Yorkshire to cause the same Roger to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid Brian and other things falling by inheritance to the first-born daughter in his bailiwick, when it is clear to them by the letters of the sheriff of Essex etc.

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Corrected from ‘ Sussex ’.

22 Feb. Westminster. The fine of Randulf of Shelton. Randulf of Shelton and Katherine, his wife, have made fine with the king by 15 m. for having seisin of three knights’ fees formerly of Henry of Eleigh, father of Katherine, whose heir she is, which fall to her by hereditary right in Eleigh, and the king has taken homage from Randulf. They are to render 20s. to the king each year of which 15 m., namely 10s. at the Exchequer of Easter in the tenth year, 10s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and thus from year to year at the same terms until they will have paid the aforesaid 15 m. to the king in full. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk that, having accepted security from Randulf and Katherine for rendering the aforesaid 15 m. to the king at the aforesaid terms, he is to cause them to have full seisin of the aforesaid lands with appurtenances in his bailiwick. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

23 Feb. Westminster. For Waleran Teutonicus. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned 50 m. each year of the 200 m. in which Waleran Teutonicus is bound to him each year for his stannaries of Devon, which he has by the king’s bail for as long as it pleases the king, which 50 m. he has granted to him to sustain him in his service for as long as it pleases the king, so that henceforth Waleran is to render £100 per annum at the Exchequer at two terms for the stannary, namely £50 at Easter next in the tenth year and £50 at Michaelmas next in the same year, and henceforward £100 thus in each following year at the same terms for as long as he will hold that stannary by order of the king, as aforesaid. Order to cause Waleran to have the aforesaid pardon of the aforesaid 50 m. and to cause this to be enrolled thus. Before the justiciar and the bishops of Bath and Salisbury.

27 Feb. Westminster. London. For Richard Goldsmith. Richard Goldsmith of London has found pledges for rendering 100s. to the king, namely John Cofferer, William de Stowe and Thomas of Ramsden, citizens of London, for having a precipe before the justices of the Bench against William de Marisco, concerning a debt of £27. Witness J. bishop of Bath.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer and before it had been sent by the bishop of Chichester.

Norfolk. William Baynard gives the king one mark for having a pone against Gilbert son of William, concerning the customs and services that William exacts from the aforesaid Gilbert for a tenement in Raveningham. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk ¹ etc. Witness as above.

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Corrected from ‘all the bishops’.

6 March. Westminster. Because otherwise below. To the sheriff of Wiltshire. Order to take into the king’s hand without delay all lands in his bailiwick formerly of Oliver Avenel and Agnes, his wife, who is of the king’s gift, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise, saving to Agnes and hers her reasonable maintenance and the cultivated area (cultura) of the aforesaid lands, and if he finds anyone resistant to him in the lands of the aforesaid Agnes, he is to remove them immediately and place them under gage and safe pledges to be before the king 15 days from the receipt of these letters, ready to show why they have entered into the aforesaid lands. He is also to inquire diligently by trustworthy and law-worthy men of his county as to the value of the aforesaid land and chattels of Oliver and Agnes in his bailiwick, and to send the inquisition etc. to the king without delay and to send this writ. ¹ Witness J. bishop of Bath.

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Entry cancelled because otherwise below. See 108 below.

Because otherwise below. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Dorset, Somerset and Hampshire . ¹

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Entry cancelled because otherwise below.

7 March. Westminster. Northumberland. Robert d’Aubigny gives 3 m. for having a pone against John de Normanville, concerning the custody of land formerly of Robert of Fenwick in Fenwick and Matfen. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to take etc. ¹ Witness the king.

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Henceforth, all writs are witnessed by the king again unless otherwise stated.

Concerning the lands formerly of Oliver Avenel, to be taken into the king’s hand. To the sheriff of Wiltshire. Order to take into his hand without delay all the lands in his bailiwick formerly of Oliver Avenel, who is dead, as is said, and who held of the king in chief, with all chattels formerly of the same Oliver in his bailiwick, and to keep them safely so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise, saving to Agnes, his wife, her reasonable maintenance from his chattels found in the same lands and the necessary expenses for cultivating the aforesaid lands, and if he finds anyone resistant to him in Oliver’s lands, he is to remove them immediately and cause them to be safely attached so that he has them before the king on the morrow of Mid-Lent in the tenth year to show why they have thus intruded themselves into the aforesaid lands against the king’s crown and dignity without his order. He is also to inquire diligently by trustworthy and law-worthy men of his county how much land Oliver and Agnes, his wife, held of the king in chief, and how much land they held of others, and of whom, and by what service, and how much the land is worth per annum that Oliver held of the king in chief, and how much the land is worth per annum that Agnes held of the king in chief, and what chattels of Oliver and Agnes were found in the aforesaid lands and how much they are worth, and he is to cause them to be arrested until the king orders otherwise, as aforesaid. The inquisition having been taken, he is without delay to send it under the his seal and the seals of those by whom the inquisition will be taken, and this writ. He is to forbid Agnes on behalf of the king to marry anyone without the king’s order, as she loves herself and the lands that she holds of the king in chief. In the meantime, he is to maintain, protect and defend her, not permitting anyone to molest, aggrieve or harm her, and if he will have forfeited her, he is to cause this to be remedied without delay.

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

Concerning respite. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in respite, until the quindene of Easter in the tenth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men of his county for a fine of 200 m. that the men of the county of Somerset and Dorset made with the king for having a sheriff from amongst themselves. He is also to cause the abbot of Muchelney and the knights who made the aforesaid fine with the king for the same county to come before the king at Westminster at the same term.

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

11 March. Westminster. The Jewry. The king has granted to Benedict son of Hakelna, Jew of Canterbury , for 20 m. that he has given and delivered into the king’s Wardrobe, that, of the £250 he owes the king, for which he made fine to render 25 m. annually until the aforesaid £250 would be paid, he may henceforth render 15 m. each year to the king until the aforesaid £250 are paid. Order to the justices assigned to custody of the Jews to permit Benedict to render 15 m. to the king each year until the aforesaid £250 are paid, as aforesaid. Before the justiciar and the bishop of Bath.

13 March. Tower of London. Lincolnshire. The men of Master Albert of Tregatethorp and of Sutton give the king 15 m. for having a writ that they might hold their land by the same customs and the same services by which they held them in the time of Geoffrey Baard before that land came into the hand of the same Albert. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc.

Concerning respite, for John de Neville. To the sheriff of Lincolnshire. Order to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the tenth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the heir of Geoffrey de Neville for the debt that the same Geoffrey owed to the king. Before the justiciar.

Concerning respite, for John de Neville. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Wiltshire.

19 March. Westminster. Concerning the lands and chattels formerly of W. earl of Salisbury. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to take the manor of Shrivenham with its appurtenances into the king’s hand and keep it safely until the king orders otherwise, saving to the knights to whom W. earl of Salisbury had assigned that manor for their sustenance all of their chattels that they have in the said manor, both in the corn of the past year and in stock.

Concerning the lands and chattels formerly of W. earl of Salisbury. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take the manors of Aldbourne and Wanborough with appurtenances into the king’s hand and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise, saving to the executors of the testament of W. earl of Salisbury all the chattels that he had in the same manors, in order to execute his testament.

Concerning the lands and chattels formerly of W. earl of Salisbury. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. Order to cause the executors of the testament of the same earl to have full seisin of all chattels that W. earl of Salisbury had in the lands formerly of Richard de Camville in his bailiwick that were in his custody by bail of King John, the king’s father, in order to execute the testament of the same earl, retaining the aforesaid lands in the king’s hand, which he is to keep safely until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning the lands and chattels formerly of W. earl of Salisbury. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Oxfordshire, Berkshire , Surrey , Middlesex and the keeper of the honour of Wallingford , but in this writ it is written ‘in the lands heir of Richard de Camville’.

20 March. Westminster. Concerning the lands formerly of Robert de Poorton. To the sheriff of Hampshire. The king has taken the homage of Walter de Langeford for the lands that Robert de Poorton held of the king in chief, which lands fall to Walter and Matilda daughter of Gilbert, wife of Hugh le Burguinun, by inheritance. Order that, having accepted security from Walter, Hugh and Matilda for 100s. to the king’s use for their relief, he is to cause them to have full seisin of all the aforesaid lands that Robert held on the day he died and which fall to them by inheritance. He is also to cause the sheriffs of Wiltshire, Dorset and Surrey to know by his letters when he has accepted the aforesaid security, to whom the king has commanded that once he has caused them to know this by his letters, they are to cause Walter, Robert and Matilda to have full seisin of all the lands that Robert held of the king in their bailiwicks.

Concerning the lands formerly of Robert de Poorton. Order to the sheriffs of Wiltshire, Dorset and Surrey that once the sheriff of Hampshire causes them to know by his letters that he has taken the aforesaid security etc., then they are to cause them to have full seisin of all their lands that the aforesaid Robert held in their bailiwicks on the day that he died and that fall to them by inheritance, as aforesaid.

21 March. Westminster. Concerning taking the manor of Andover and other lands into the king’s hand. To the sheriff of Hampshire. Order to take the manor of Andover with its appurtenances into the king’s hand, which the king’s beloved uncle and faithful man W. earl of Salisbury held by bail of King John, the king’s father, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise, saving to the executors of the testament of the same earl his chattels found in the same manor, in order to execute his reasonable testament.

Concerning taking the manor of Andover and all other lands into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Devon, concerning the vill of Braunton and other lands that the same earl had elsewhere in his bailiwick by bail of King John, and to the sheriff of Worcestershire, concerning £100 of rent in Droitwich and the farm of Bromsgrove.

28 March. Ashwell. Cambridgeshire. John Devenish gives the king 1 m. for having a precipe before the justices at Westminster , concerning a debt of 15 m., upon Master William de Banke. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take etc.

30 March. Barnwell. Concerning the manor of Aldbury, to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to Thomas of Cirencester, constable of Berkhamsted , to take the manor of Aldbury into the king’s hand and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning the lands formerly of Roger de Montbegon, to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the keeper of the honour of Lancaster to take into the king’s hand the lands that Roger de Montbegon held of the king in chief in Tunnet and in Thorpe and, immediately afterwards, give that land to J. constable of Chester to keep, so that he answers for it to the king until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning the lands formerly of Roger de Montbegon, to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Lincolnshire, concerning the same manors.

Concerning the lands formerly of Roger de Montbegon, to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take into the king’s hand all the land that Roger de Montbegon, who is dead, held in his bailiwick, except the inheritance of his wife, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

30 March. Barnwell. Concerning the lands formerly of Roger de Montbegon, to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Sussex and Norfolk and Suffolk, concerning all the lands formerly of the same Roger and that are not of the inheritance of his wife, which are to be taken into the king’s hand.

30 March. Chippenham. For Henry de Trubleville. Order to the sheriff of Devon to place in respite, until the king orders otherwise, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Henry de Trubleville, who is in the king’s service in Gascony with Richard, the king’s brother, and from the men of the same Henry in his bailiwick, for the fine that men of the county of Devon made with the king for having a sheriff from amongst themselves, and he is meanwhile to cause the livestock of Henry and his men taken for this reason to be replevied to them.

For Henry de Trubleville. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Somerset for the same Henry and his men.

6 April. Bromholm. Concerning the castle and manor of Hornby , committed to W. earl Warenne. To the keeper of the honour of Lancaster . The king has committed to W. earl Warenne the castle and manor of Hornby with appurtenances, formerly of Roger de Montbegon, which are in the king’s hand by reason of the death of the same Roger. Order to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances so that he answers for it at the king’s will, and if he removed any of the chattels or property found in that manor after Roger’s death, he is to cause all to be rendered to the same earl without delay.

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

6 April. Burgh. Norfolk. Walter of Rising gives the king half a mark for having a [pone] before the justices of the Bench against Roger of Rising, concerning a tenement in Rising. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

For Roger Bertram. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to place in respite the demand he made by summons of the Exchequer from Roger Bertram until the octaves of Hilary in the eleventh year. Before the justiciar.

Concerning land to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take into the king’s hand all the land that Hawise, who was the wife of John de Boville , held of the king in chief of her inheritance and of which she was seised on the day that she took ill and died of such illness, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

10 April. Acle. Concerning seisin. For William Basset. Order to the keeper of the honour of Peverel in the county of Buckinghamshire to cause William Basset, son and heir of Elizabeth Avenel, to have full seisin of all the land that Elizabeth held of the king of the honour of Peverel in the county of Buckinghamshire, having accepted security from William for his relief pertaining to such land, because it is clear to the king by a recognisance that Elizabeth made, by four law-worthy knights assigned to hear that recognisance, that she divested herself of all of the aforesaid land and quitclaimed them to William Basset, her son, as her heir.

It is written in the same manner to the keeper of the honour of Peverel in Derbyshire .

15 April. St. Edmund’s. Concerning respite of account. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the view of the accounts of the sheriffs of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire and Herefordshire until one month ¹ from Easter in the tenth year.

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Corrected from ‘one year’.

21 April. Ely. For the abbot of Peterborough . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to the abbot of Peterborough that, of the 25 m. which remains to be rendered to him of the fine he made with King John, the king’s father, for disafforesting the forest and which he ought to have rendered to the king at this Easter in the tenth year, he may render a moiety at St. John the Baptist in the same year and the other moiety at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to permit the same abbot to have those terms. Before the justiciar.

21 April. Burwell. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Richard de Gray for the fine that John de Humet made with King John for his passage into Poitou and for scutage of the same journey, until upon his view at the Exchequer in the tenth year.

Concerning respite of a demand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Bedfordshire for Ralph Tyrel for the scutages of Montgomery and Bedford , until the same term.

For Roger of Hodsock. The king has given Roger of Hodsock respite from rendering his account until Michaelmas in the tenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have that respite.

22 April. Cambridge. Concerning respite. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Robert son of Robert and William de Lacu for the debt of Aaron the Jew , until three weeks from Easter in the tenth year, and to cause their lands taken into the king’s hand by reason of this debt to be replevied to them in the meantime.

For Roger of Kentwell. To the sheriff of Suffolk. The king has taken the homage of Roger of Kentwell by the will of Master William of Kentwell, his younger brother, whose homage the king previously took for the land that Gilbert of Kentwell, their brother, held of the king in chief in Kentwell with its appurtenances by the service of ten knights, of which Gilbert was seised on the day he died and which falls to Roger by hereditary right. Order that, having accepted security from Roger for rendering his relief to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with its appurtenances. He is also to cause Master William of Kentwell to have peace from the security that he took from him for rendering the same relief to the king.

23 April. Baldock. Cambridgeshire. John son of Simon gives the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of the assize of novel disseisin taken before the justices last itinerant in Cambridgeshire, concerning common of pasture in Stanton that pertains etc. in the same vill. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take etc.

26 April. Waltham. Concerning respite. To the sheriff of Yorkshire. Order to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Simon of Stonegrave for 100 m. of a fine that he made to the king’s use with Robert of Lexington and his fellow justices last itinerant in his county, until one month from Easter in the tenth year, and meanwhile he is to cause his livestock taken for that reason to be delivered to him.

For Matthew de Lovano. To the sheriff of Essex. The king has taken the homage of Matthew de Lovano for ten knights’ fees that Godfrey de Lovano, his father, held of the king in chief, which fall to Matthew by hereditary right. Order that, having accepted security from Matthew for his relief due to the king, namely 100s. for each fee, he is to cause him to have full seisin, without delay, of all fees which Godfrey held of the king in chief and which fall to Matthew by hereditary right in his bailiwick. He is to cause the sheriff of Suffolk to know, by his letters, when he has accepted security from Matthew for his relief due to the king, to whom the king has ordered that when he will have accepted that security and signified this to him, then he is to cause Matthew to have full seisin of all fees that Godfrey held of the king in chief and that fall to him by hereditary right in his bailiwick.

And order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

2 May. Westminster. Because otherwise below. To the sheriff of Northumberland. Order to take all lands, rents and possessions of the bishopric of Durham between Tees and Tweed into the king’s hand without delay, with the castles of Durham and Norham, and to deliver them without delay to the king’s beloved and faithful Adam of Yealand, William of Blockley and Thomas de Bendenges, to whom the king has committed them to keep for as long as it pleases him. ¹

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Because otherwise below. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Yorkshire, concerning all lands etc. formerly of the bishop of Durham in his bailiwick, with the castle of Northallerton , to be taken into the king’s hand and delivered to Robert of Cockfield etc. ¹

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Because otherwise below. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Lincolnshire, concerning all lands. etc. to be delivered to Jordan of Ashby, to whom the king committed them to keep for as long as etc. ¹

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3 May. Westminster. Because otherwise below. The king has committed to Adam of Yealand, William of Blockley and Thomas de Bendenges all lands, property, rents and all possessions pertaining to the bishopric of Durham between Tees and Tweed. ¹

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Because otherwise below. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Yorkshire. ¹

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[No date]. To the bailiff of the honour of Wallingford . The king has taken the homage of Paulinus of Theydon, son and heir of Henry of Theydon, for the land in his bailiwick that Henry held of the king in chief of the aforesaid honour and that falls to Paul by inheritance. Order that, having made diligent inquiry as to how much land Henry held of the king in chief of the aforesaid honour, and by what service, he is to cause Paulinus to have full seisin thereof. The inquisition having been taken, [he is to send it to the king] under his seal and their seals etc.

For William d’Avranches and his associates. The king has surrendered to William d’Avranches and Matilda, his wife, and to Joan, who was the wife of Robert de Ferrers , all the land that Hawise, who was the wife of John de Boville, held in chief of the king and of which she was seised on the day she died, which falls to Matilda and Joan by hereditary right, and the king has taken their homage. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to cause them to have full seisin without delay of all land in his bailiwick that Hawise held of the king in chief and of which she was seised on the day she died and that falls to Matilda and Joan by hereditary right, having first accepted security from them for their relief due to the king from the aforesaid lands in his bailiwick.

For William d’Avranches and his associates. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Essex and Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire , concerning the lands that fall to them by inheritance in their bailiwicks.

[No date]. Buckinghamshire. Joan de Ferrers gives the king 100 m. for having licence to marry whoever she will wish except for the enemies of the king, and for that fine she has found the below-written pledges:

William d’Avranches for 20 m.Stephen Haringod for 10 m.Hugh of Clothall for 20 m.Robert of Hitcham for 10 m.Geoffrey de Lucy for 10 m.Richard of Stokes for 10 m. Robert d’Auberville for 10 m.Cecilia d’Avranches for 10 m.

4 May. Westminster. The king has committed the bishopric of Durham with the castles and other things pertaining to the same bishopric to Luke Chaplain to keep safely for as long as it pleases the king.

7 May. Westminster. Order to the bailiffs of Windsor to place in respite the demand they make from James de Jevedon by summons of the Exchequer for a fine that he made with Hugh de Neville, justice of the king’s forest , for having seisin of the bailiwick of Bere that falls to him by hereditary right in the forest of Windsor , the greater part of which bailiwick has already been disafforested by the king’s grant, which he made by his charter of the liberties of the forest, and for the rent and arrears of rent of the same bailiwick, until it can be established more fully how much will be disafforested of the aforesaid bailiwick and how much will remain forest, and until it will be provided how much of the aforesaid fine, rent and arrears of rent aforesaid falls to him to render for the remainder of his bailiwick which is to remain forest, and until they will have command otherwise. They are to cause the chattels of the same James taken and detained for this reason to be delivered to him without delay.

8 May. Westminster. The king has committed to Margaret, who was the wife of Ralph de Dive , the land formerly of the same Ralph in Corby, which is in the king’s hand by reason of the land formerly of Roger of Torpel, from whom Ralph held his land, being in the king’s hand, to be held until the full age of the son and heir of the same Ralph, so that each year until the heir comes of age she is to render £8 to the king at the Exchequer, namely £4 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and £4 at the Exchequer of Easter. Order to cause Margaret to have full seisin of the aforesaid land, as aforesaid. ¹

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No addressee is given, but presumably the sheriff of Lincolnshire is meant.

To the sheriff of Suffolk. The king has committed his manor of Lothingland with its appurtenances to Roger son of Osbert, to be held from Easter last in the tenth year for three complete years, paying the king £80 per annum for the manor at the Exchequer. Order to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with its appurtenances without delay, as aforesaid.

9 May. Westminster. Hugh Pudding of York and William de Camera of Beverley give the king 10 m. for having a writ to inquire whether Agnes, who was the wife of Matthew Malepalu , unwillingly and reluctantly, by force, assumed the religious habit at the Hospital of St. Leonard of York and is forcibly detained in the same hospital, or whether she surrendered herself freely as a sister into the said hospital. Order to the mayor and bailiffs of York to take etc.

10 May. Westminster. Ralph Barun gives half a mark for having a pone before the itinerant justices , concerning one virgate of land with appurtenances in Glen Parva that he claims against Avice, daughter of Ralph Fridai, etc. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire etc.

10 May. Westminster. Geoffrey Hudard gives the king half a mark for having a pone against Geoffrey son of Thomas and Alice, his mother, Robert Pudding and Ranulf of Stoke, concerning 148½ acres of land and 1½ virgates of land with appurtenances in Ilmington. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take etc.

11 May. Westminster. Peter son of Llywelyn gives the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of the assize of novel disseisin taken before the justices last itinerant at Lincoln, concerning a tenement in Hallington. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc.

The abbot of Peterborough gives the king one palfrey for having a writ to take an inquisition as to how much land Robert son of Pykot held of the king’s predecessors in Hinxton, and whether he held that land by knight service or in socage before that land came into the hands of the king’s predecessors by a felony that Robert committed. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take etc.

11 May. Westminster. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. Order to place in respite the demand for 29s. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Matilda de Lanvallay, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

Bertram de Staunton gives half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin against Walter de Stratton’, concerning a tenement in Stratton’. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take etc.

14 May. Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Hugh de Vivonne, who is in Gascony in the service of the king, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. The king has given respite to John Marshal from rendering his account at the Exchequer for the demands he makes from him by summons of the Exchequer, until 15 days from St. John the Baptist in the tenth year. Order to cause his livestock taken for this reason to be delivered to him in the meantime.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Northamptonshire (sic.).

15 May. Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take the manor of Dartford with its appurtenances and all the land of the count of St. Pol in his bailiwick into the king’s hand, and to hand it over with all its appurtenances to four law-worthy men from the same manor to keep, so that nothing is removed therefrom until the king orders otherwise.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Essex, concerning the manors of Dunmow ¹ and Bigods with appurtenances, to be taken into the king’s hand and handed over to four law-worthy men from each manor, as above.

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It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Essex, concerning the manor of Rayne to be taken into the king’s hand and delivered to Peter of Abingdon and Walter de Merc to keep with all chattels, so that they answer the king when he will order.

Order to the sheriff of Sussex to place in respite the demand for 1 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Ralph of Williton, who is in the king’s service by his order in Bristol castle , until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

Because in the Close Roll. Order to Hugh de Neville to cause Ralph de Trubleville to have, of the king’s gift, one oak from the forest of Wanborough or elsewhere in the forest of Huntingdon, suitable for erecting a cross in memory of John de Trubleville, son of the same Ralph. ¹

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The king has taken the homage of Henry Falconer of Humberstone for four librates of land with appurtenances in Keelby which he ought to hold of the king. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire that, having accepted security from him for rendering £4 for his relief to the king at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land. If he has received anything from the farm of the aforesaid land of Easter term in the same year, he is to render it to him without delay.

20 May. Westminster. To the sheriff of Dorset. The king, by a fine of £100 that Thomas de Blundeville has made with him, has granted him the custody of the land and heirs of Oliver Avenel, and the marriage of the same heirs, and the marriage of Agnes, who was the wife of the same Oliver . Order to cause Thomas to have full seisin of all the lands formerly of Oliver of his inheritance in his bailiwick, as aforesaid. If anything has been removed therefrom, he is to cause it to be rendered to him without delay.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Somerset, Hampshire and Wiltshire .

To the sheriffs of London. By a fine of 100s. which Gilbert del Egle, citizen of London , has made with him, the king has rendered seisin to him of his house in London, with its appurtenances, which was taken into the king’s hand for the flight of Ralph de Burewolt’, who held the site of the same house before Gilbert had built the aforesaid house on it without the king’s licence. Order that, having accepted security from Gilbert for the aforesaid 100s., he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid house with appurtenances.

24 May. Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take into the king’s hand the hundred of Andersfield with appurtenances, which was in the hand of William Brewer, and to keep it safely, and to say to the same W. ¹ that he is to have all the issues of the same hundred ² from the time of peace when it was in his hand before the barons of the Exchequer at Westminster at Michaelmas in 15 days.

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25 May. Westminster. The king has granted and wishes that John Travers, citizen of London , might hold all the land with appurtenances in Farnham, which G. count of St. Pol demised to him at farm for nine complete years from the second Michaelmas after the selection of R. bishop of Chichester as chancellor of the king , up to the aforesaid term, rendering 100s. each year by his hand at the Exchequer, namely 100s. at Michaelmas and 50s. at Easter. Order to the sheriff of Essex to cause John to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with appurtenances without delay and with the chattels found therein, which he had taken into the king’s hand by his order, to be held up to the aforesaid term, as aforesaid.

To the sheriff of Norfolk. ¹ Order to cause Joan, who was the wife of Roger of Lenham , to have full seisin without delay of two parts of the land that Roger, formerly her husband, held of the fee of the count of Brittany in Redenhall, of which she has the third part in dower, so that she answers the king for the issues of two parts of the aforesaid land by her hand at the Exchequer whenever the king will order.

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[No date]. Edmund of Tuddenham gives the king four palfreys for having a writ to take an assize of mort d’ancestor between the same Edmund, claimant, and Joel de Vautorte, defendant, concerning the manor of Churchstanton with appurtenances. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc.

29 May. Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take into the king’s hand the land that Eustace de Greinville has in Barton and elsewhere in his bailiwick by bail of the king, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise. Witness E. bishop of London. By writ of the justiciar.

7 June. Reading. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to cause William of Warblington to have respite from the 100s. which he ought to have rendered to the king at the Exchequer of Easter in the tenth year and which he exacts from him by summons of the Exchequer, until Michaelmas in the same year, having accepted security from William for those 100s. and for another 100s. that he ought to have rendered to the king at Michaelmas, to be rendered to the king at the same term. ¹ Witness the king.

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Henceforth, all writs are witnessed by the king again unless otherwise stated.

[No date]. The king has given respite to Henry de Scaccario from rendering his account for the time that he was sheriff of Berkshire until 15 days from St. John the Baptist in the tenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer etc.

10 June. Marlborough. The king has committed to Thomas of Cirencester the manor of Broomford with appurtenances that W. Longespée, once earl of Salisbury, held by bail of the king, and the manors of Kingkerswell and Diptford with appurtenances that William Brewer, William Chambernun and Elias Coffin held, to keep for as long as etc., so that he answers the king for them at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Devon etc. that full seisin etc. By the justiciar.

11 June. Marlborough. Order to the sheriff of Kent that, notwithstanding the king’s command he made to him for committing the lands of the count of St. Pol to four trustworthy and law-worthy men from each vill of the aforesaid lands, he is to permit Thomas of Gillingham to hold the vill of Dartford with all its appurtenances by the same farm by which the king had granted it to him, to be held for as long as etc.

12 June. Marlborough. Order to Roger of Clifford that, having retained in the king’s hand two of the king’s own itinerant greenwood (ad viride) forges, and saving to the abbot of Flaxley his itinerant greenwood forge with the king’s forges, and to H. earl of Warwick his itinerant dry-wood (ad siccum) forge in his wood of Lydney in the Forest of Dean , he is to cause all other forges in the same forest that were itinerant to be prohibited, lest in future any of them should itinerate without special order of the king. He is also to take the mines of the whole Forest of Dean into the king’s hand and cause the issues of the same mine to be safely kept to the king’s use.

Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take into the king’s hand all the land of Ralph Russell in his bailiwick, and to keep it safely so that nothing is removed therefrom, and to cause his body to be arrested, until the king orders otherwise.

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

17 June. Winchester. Gloucestershire. To the sheriff of Gloucestershire. Order to take into the king’s hand his purprestures of his vill of Gloucester, which Ralph Musard held by bail of the king for as long as it pleased the king, and to keep them safely to answer the king for them at the Exchequer.

For the abbot of Dore . Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to place in respite the demand of 10 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the abbot of Dore for having his assarts of Trivel in peace, and the demand of 5 m. and one palfrey that he makes from the same abbot for having protection and peace, until upon his view at the Exchequer of Easter in the tenth year, having previously accepted security from the abbot that he will satisfy the king then.

19 June. Winchester. Concerning a quittance of 80 m. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to Peter de Maulay from the 80 m. by which Peter de St. Hillary made fine with the king for having seisin of the land which fell by inheritance to Gunnora, who was the wife of the same Peter , in Corton, in order to sustain him in the king’s service in keeping the king’s castles of Corfe and Sherborne for as long as they will be in his hand by the king‘s order. Order to cause the same Peter and Gunnora to be quit of the demand for those 80 m. that are exacted from Gunnora by summons of the Exchequer. Before the justiciar.

Devon. Order to the sheriff of Devon to cause all monies and issues that he received from the manors of Diptford, Kingkerswell and Braunton after he took them into the king’s hand to be rendered without delay to Thomas of Cirencester, to whom the king has committed those manors to keep for as long etc., so that he answers for them at the Exchequer. Before the justiciar.

Wiltshire. The king has taken the homage of James of Leigh, son and heir of Phillip of Leigh, for the land that he ought to hold of the king in chief in Leigh. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that, having accepted security from him for 20s. for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land.

20 June. Winchester. Somerset. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in respite the demand of 40s. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Hugh Sanzaveir for an amercement taken in the eyre of Brian de Lisle for the pleas of the forest, for default, until upon his view at the Exchequer.

Gloucestershire. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to place in respite the demand for 5 m. that he makes from Walter de Baskerville by summons of the Exchequer for pledging, until upon his next account at the Exchequer.

22 June. Winchester. Dorset and Somerset. Order to the sheriff of Dorset and Somerset to distrain the men of his bailiwick who owe suit at the county court that, without delay, they are to render the 200 m. to the king by which fine they made with him for having a sheriff from amongst themselves, as the king granted to them.

23 June. Winchester. For Ralph de Bray. The king has granted to Ralph de Bray that he may render £25, which he ought to have rendered to him at St. John the Baptist in the tenth year, at Michaelmas in the same year, and he may render the £25 that he ought to have rendered at the same Michaelmas at Hilary next following, and thus from term to term until the debt that he owes the king of the fine of £200 that he made with him is paid in full.

For John Marshal. The king has given respite to John Marshal from rendering his account for the debts he owes the king, until the octaves of Michaelmas in the tenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer etc.

23 June. Winchester. Northamptonshire. Gilbert de Monte, son and heir of Gilbert de Monte, has made fine with the king by 10 m. for having seisin of the land formerly of the aforesaid Gilbert, his father, in Whitfield, which the same Gilbert held in chief of the king , and the king has taken his homage. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire that, having accepted security for the aforesaid 10 m., he is to cause the same Gilbert to have full seisin of the aforesaid land.

Wiltshire. Walter of Calstone, nephew and heir of Phillip of Calstone, has made fine with the king by 5 m. for having seisin of the land that Phillip held in chief of the king in Calstone, and the king has taken his homage. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that, having accepted security from Walter for the aforesaid 5 m., full etc.

Hampshire. The king has granted to his trustworthy men of Andover that they might hold the vill of Andover with its appurtenances at fee farm for £100 per annum for as long as it pleases him, for which they will answer him at the Exchequer by their hand, as is contained in the charter of King John, the king’s father, that they have. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to cause the same men to have full seisin of the aforesaid vill with all its appurtenances, as aforesaid, so that the bailiffs of the same vill are at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year to satisfy the king for the arrears of debts that are exacted from them by consideration of the Exchequer.

25 June. Winchester. For Waleran Teutonicus. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to Waleran Teutonicus from rendering his account for the land of the earl of Devon that is in his custody, until 15 days after the feast of Apostles SS Paul and Paul (sic.) in the tenth year. Order to cause Waleran to have that respite.

Yorkshire. The king has given respite to W. count of Aumale from all of his debts that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, until upon his next account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to cause him to have that respite.

Nottinghamshire. To the sheriff of Nottinghamshire. The king has taken the homage of Ralph Musard for the land that Walter de Goderville and Joan, his wife, sister of Isabella, wife of the aforesaid Ralph, held, which fall to Isabella by inheritance, and, by a fine of 15 m. that Ralph made with the king, the king has granted that he may have seisin of the aforesaid lands. Order that, having accepted security from Ralph for rendering the aforesaid 15 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all the lands that Walter and Isabella held in his bailiwick of the inheritance of Joan, saving to Walter and the executors of Joan’s testament all chattels, both in corn and in all other things found in those lands, to the use of Walter, and in order to make good the testament of the same Joan.

28 June. Basingstoke. Somerset. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to receive and keep safely to the king’s use the hundred of Andersfield which William Brewer will deliver to him by the king’s order.

Order to William Brewer to deliver that hundred .

Cambridgeshire. Concerning Torpel. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire that, having taken with him discreet and law-worthy men of his county, he is to go in person to the manors of Orwell and Kettlestone, formerly of Roger of Torpel, and cause them to be extended both in rents of assise and in demesnes and in all other things, and, having been extended thus, he is to commit them to Roger, son and heir of the aforesaid Roger, having accepted security from the same Roger that he will answer the king at the Exchequer for the aforesaid extent and, moreover, for 5 m. of profit per annum for as long as the same Roger will be underage. He is to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know that extent upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

3 July. Westminster. For Robert de Picquigny and Milo de Somery. The king has taken the homage of Robert de Picquigny and Milo de Somery for the land formerly of Beatrice de Lucy, aunt of the same Robert and Milo, in Elmdon, which descends to them by hereditary right. Order to the keeper of the honour of Boulogne that, having accepted etc. security for 10 m. for their relief, he is to cause them to have full seisin.

For William of Staines. To the keeper of the honour of Wallingford . By a fine of 100s. that William of Staines has made with him, the king has granted him custody of the land and heir of Matilda, who was the wife of Simon Hochede , and the marriage of the same heir. Order that, having accepted security from William for rendering the aforesaid 100s. to the king at two terms, namely 50s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year and 50s. at the Exchequer of Easter next following, namely in the eleventh year, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land and the aforesaid heir.

3 July. Westminster. Because above. The king has taken the homage of Robert de Picquigny and Milo de Somery for the land formerly of Beatrice de Lucy, aunt of the same Robert and Milo, in Elmdon, which descends to them by hereditary right. Order to the keeper of the honour of Boulogne to take security from them for 10 m. for their relief and cause them to have full seisin. ¹

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Buckinghamshire. The king has committed the manor of Brill with appurtenances to Hugh de Neville, to be held for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for it by his hand at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to cause Hugh to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor without delay.

Dorset. It is written to the sheriff of Dorset in the same manner, concerning the manors of Gillingham and Powerstock with appurtenances, committed to the same Hugh for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for them at the Exchequer by his hand. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to cause Hugh to have full seisin of those manors with appurtenances etc., saving to the sheriff the corn of those manors and of others, and other things for which he is ready to answer at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the tenth year.

[No date]. Concerning thickets in Chichester which are to be assarted. William de St. John has made fine with the king by 500 m. for having the king’s thickets of Chichester with their appurtenances in order to assart and cultivate them, so that he is to render £100 of that fine to the king at the forthcoming Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year, £100 at Easter in the eleventh year, 100 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same, eleventh year, 100 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twelfth year, £7 [10s.] of rent of assise at the Exchequer of Michaelmas next following, namely in the twelfth year, £7 [10s.] of rent of assise at the Exchequer of Easter next following, and thus £15 each year at the same terms for holding that assart.

6 July. Westminster. Nottinghamshire. To the sheriff of Nottinghamshire. On account of the many and great expenses that W. bishop of Carlisle has incurred in the king’s service, and in order that he may be better and more comfortably able to attend to the king’s affairs whenever the king has need, and as he frequently attends [to the king] far away from his own parts, which are remote, the king has committed to him his manor of Melbourne with appurtenances, to hold for as long as it pleases the king for a certain farm of the same manor, so that he answers for it by his hand at the Exchequer. Order to cause the bishop to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor, as aforesaid, saving to Phillip Marc, who holds that manor by bail of the king for as long as it pleases the king, his corn and the works due from the same manor so that he can collect and stack the corn.

Nottinghamshire. Order to Phillip Marc to deliver the manor with appurtenances, saving etc. as above.

9 July. Hertford. Hertfordshire. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to place in respite, until the king orders otherwise, the demand he makes from the men of the count of Brittany of Cheshunt for a fine they made with him for an amercement due to the escape of a certain thief.

13 July. Geddington. For Phillip Marc. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from Phillip Marc for the debts he owes the king, until upon the next account of the sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire of Michaelmas term in the tenth year.

10 July. Huntingdon. Concerning the manor of Stretton. The king has committed the manor of Stretton with appurtenances to H. de Burgh, justiciar of England, so that he answers for it at the Exchequer, for as long as it pleases the king. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances, as aforesaid.

18 July. Croxton. Concerning land to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to take into the king’s hand all the land that John Marshal held by bail of the king in Little Berkhamsted, and to cause the corn and hay of the same land to be collected and kept safely to the king’s use, with the aforesaid land, until the king orders otherwise, saving to John his own oxen and his other chattels that he has in the aforesaid land.

Concerning a demand to be placed in respite. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand for £70 that he makes from Hawise de Gray by summons of the Exchequer for the custody of the land of Oliver Deyncourt, until upon his next account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to place in respite the demand for 20 m. that he makes from the men of Mansfield, which they say they rendered at the Exchequer by tally made thereupon, until upon his next account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

22 July. Darley. Yorkshire. Peter of Toulston gives the king 20s. for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of the assize of novel disseisin taken before the justices assigned to take the assizes of novel disseisin etc. and gaols etc. in Yorkshire against Ralph, abbot of Kirkstall , concerning a tenement in Eckton. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire etc.

[No date]. Concerning cloth to be delivered. Bristol. Arnold son of Hamo and John of Cardiff, burgesses of Bristol, give the king four tuns of wine so that they might have quit 50 of their cloths seized at the fair of Holland by the king’s order, because they were not of the correct breadth according to the assize of cloths made in the realm. Order to William de Haverhill and William le Taillur to cause them to have those cloths. Alan, Master of the Knights of the Temple, is their pledge for the aforesaid tuns of wine.

25 July. Lichfield. Concerning cloth to be delivered. Bristol. To William de Haverhill and William le Taillur. The king has granted to Robert Palmer and Alan of Hunmanby, William Borlot, John of York, William Testard, Paulinus Sherman, William Swalewe and Richard of Cranswick, burgesses of Beverley, that they may have quit six of their cloths seized in the fair of Holland by the king’s order, because they were not of the correct breadth according to the assize made in the realm. Order that, having accepted security from them for rendering two tuns of wine to the king for those cloths, they are to cause them to be rendered to them without delay.

Concerning the vill of Norwich. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to render the vill of Norwich, which he took into the king’s hand for arrears of debts owed to the king in that vill, without delay to the men of the same vill, and to cause that which he received from the same vill after he took it into the king’s hand to be rendered to the same men without delay, because the same have mainperned before the king that they will satisfy him for the aforesaid arrears at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

25 July. Birmingham. Concerning cloth to be delivered. The king has granted to Adam Vintner of Coventry that he may have quit three of his cloths seized into the king’s hand at the fair of Holland because they were not of the correct breadth according to the assize of the realm. Order to William de Haverhill and William le Taillur that, having accepted security from Adam for one tun of wine to the king’s use for delivering those cloths, they are to cause them to be rendered to him without delay. Before the justiciar.

27 July. Worcester. Concerning a demand to be placed in respite. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to place in respite, until upon his next account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year, the demand of 24 m. that he makes from the abbot of Bordesley by summons of the Exchequer for a fine that he made with the king for having licence to assart his wood of Holloway within the king’s forest of Feckenham from the time at which John Marshal was chief justice of the forest, so that it may then be inquired by the rolls of the Exchequer whether the abbot ought to be quit of the aforesaid 24 m. by a fine of £100 that he made afterwards with the king for that assart, or not.

31 July. Hereford. Concerning land to be replevied. To the sheriff of Hampshire. Order to cause the land of Matthew Crook in Shipton that he took into the king’s hand for a debt of the Jews, who has kept his terms given to him at the Exchequer, as he says, to be replevied to him until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year, having accepted security from Matthew that he will be there then in order to satisfy the king for that debt.

1 Aug. Hereford. Concerning land to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take into the king’s hand without delay all the land in Langacre that Angaretta, who was the wife of William son of Martin , held in dower of the inheritance of Nicholas, son and heir of the same William, who held of the king in chief and whose custody the king granted to Henry de Trubleville, and to cause the bailiff of the same Henry to have full seisin of of the aforesaid land with appurtenances to Henry’s use without delay.

Concerning land to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Somerset, concerning all the land that the same Angaretta held in dower of the inheritance of the aforesaid Nicholas in Pulle, the custody of whom the king has granted to the aforesaid Henry de Trubleville, and full seisin etc.

4 Aug. Ross. Concerning 10 m. of relief. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take security for 10 m. from Ralph of Burgh for his relief for having seisin of the land formerly of Roger of Burgh, his father, whose heir he is, in Burgh, for which the king has taken Ralph’s homage.

4 Aug. Ross. Concerning the die of Canterbury. To Richard Reinger and Alexander of Dorset. The king received their letters at Hereford at the Invention of St. Stephen, which contained news that they have handed over the king’s die of Canterbury, which Salekin of Dover, who is dead, kept, to Osmund Polre of Canterbury for 15 m. by which he made fine with the king to the king’s use for keeping that die, before the king’s letters committing the die to John Turte by his order had come to them. Because the king wishes that if John will wish to give 15 m. for having the die, as Osmund made fine for it, the king’s grant that he made is to remain valid, and order to hand over that die to John to keep, having accepted the due and accustomed oath from him to keep that die faithfully, as the king has commanded them at other times.

11 Aug. Gloucester. Concerning a demand to be placed in respite. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire to place in respite the demand of £40 that he makes from Hugh of Bath by summons of the Exchequer from the time that he was the bailiff of Falkes de Bréauté of the same counties, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

Concerning corn to be valued. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to cause the corn of the king’s demesne lands of Gillingham and Powerstock to be valued by the view of trustworthy and law-worthy men, and to cause H. de Neville to have that corn thus valued by the view of the aforesaid so that he answers the king for it at the Exchequer, and he is to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know its value.

12 Aug. Gloucester. Concerning the manor of Cheltenham. The king has committed his manor of Cheltenham to his trustworthy men of Cheltenham to hold from the king at farm from Michaelmas in the tenth year for the four years next following, rendering £64 each year to the king at the Exchequer from the aforesaid manor. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire that, having accepted security from the aforesaid men for the three tuns of wine that they promised the king for this commission, he is to commit the aforesaid manor to them, as aforesaid.

13 Aug. [Gloucester]. For Hugh of Bath. To the sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. The king has granted that, of the 100s. which Hugh of Bath owes him and which is exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, he may render 40s. each year by his hand at two terms, namely 20s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 20s. at the Exchequer of Easter, until the aforesaid 100s. are rendered.

13 Aug. Gloucester. Concerning the homage of Elias of Wheatfield. Notification to the keeper of the honour of Wallingford that the king has taken the homage of Elias of Wheatfield for the fourth part of the knight’s fee that Henry of Wheatfield, his father, held in chief of the king in Wheatfield, which falls to Elias by inheritance. Order to the sheriff (sic.) that, having accepted security from him for 25s. to the king’s use for his relief, he is to cause Elias to have full seisin of the aforesaid fourth part of a knight’s fee without delay.

15 Aug. Hereford. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite the demand for 10 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Godfrey de Scudamore for the scutage of Bedford, which Godfrey says he does not owe, until his next account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year, so that it may be inquired there then whether he owes the aforesaid debt or not.

19 Aug. Hereford. For Josceus de Plukenay. To the sheriff of Berkshire. The king has granted that, of the debt of 40s. which Josceus de Plukenay owes him, by which he made fine to render at two terms, namely 20s. at the Exchequer of Easter and the other 20s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, until the aforesaid debt would be paid to the king, he may render 20s. of the aforesaid debt each year at two terms, namely 10s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 10s. at the Exchequer of Easter until the aforesaid debt is paid to the king. Order to permit Josceus to have the aforesaid terms, as aforesaid. He is also to cause him to have full seisin without delay of his land that he took into the king’s hand by reason of that debt, with all his chattels and stock. Before the justiciar.

Lincolnshire. The prior of Spalding gives the king 20s. for having a pone against the abbot of Crowland , concerning marshland in several vills. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc.

20 Aug. Hereford. Herefordshire. Hugh Deacon of Baysham gives the king 20s. for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin against Ralph son of Wugan, concerning a tenement in Peterstow. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to take etc.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite the demand for 7 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from G. earl of Gloucester, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

Concerning the fine of Ralph Thorel. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted that, of the debt of the Jews, for which Ralph Thorel made fine with him to render 4 m. per annum at the Exchequer, he may henceforth render 2 m. each year until the aforesaid debt is paid. Order to permit Ralph to render the aforesaid 2 m. each year for the aforesaid debt, as aforesaid.

Concerning the homage of Henry son of Richard. To the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset. The king has taken the homage of Henry son of Richard for the lands that John son of Richard held of the king in chief in his bailiwick which fall to Henry by inheritance, and he has made fine for his relief, namely for 6½ small knights’ fees of the honour of Mortain , for which he owes 5 m. for each fee, by rendering 32½ m. to the king within two years, namely 8 m. 20d. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year, 8 m. 20d. at the Exchequer of Easter in the eleventh year, 8m. 20d. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and 8 m 2d. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twelfth year, and he has found Godfrey of Crowcombe and Hugh Sanzaveir as his pledges. Order to cause Henry to have full seisin of all the lands of which John was seised in his bailiwick when he died.

Yorkshire. Stephen of Cranswick gives half a mark for summoning Thomas of Cranswick to hold to an agreement made between them concerning land in Cranswick. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take etc.

21 Aug. Hereford. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Devon to place in respite the demand he makes from Matthew son of Herbert by summons of the Exchequer for a fine that the men of his county made with the king for having a sheriff from amongst themselves, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

Because in the Close Roll. Order to Hugh de Neville to permit Geoffrey de Lucy to take two bucks in the forest of Brill that the king has given to him. ¹

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Entry cancelled because in the Close Roll. See RLC, II, p. 133b.

22 Aug. Leominster. For Robert Arsic. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire that since the king has granted to Robert Arsic that he may render 5 m., which he ought to have paid at the Exchequer at Easter term in the tenth year, at Michaelmas in the same year, with another 5 m. that he owes the king from the same term of Michaelmas, and, having accepted security from him for rendering the aforesaid 10 m. then, he is to permit him to have peace therefrom in the meantime. ¹

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23 Aug. Lydbury North. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to place in respite the demand for 10 m. that he makes from John de Ballon by summons of the Exchequer for pledging Robert of Welbeck, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite until the same term the demand of 3 m. for the army of Bytham that he makes from the same John.

26 Aug. Shrewsbury. Concerning the homage of Thomas of Warblington. To the sheriff of Hampshire. Thomas of Warblington has performed his homage to the king and has made fine with him by £10 for his relief and for having seisin of the lands formerly of the aforesaid William (sic.), which he held of the king in chief and which fall to Thomas by inheritance . Order that, having accepted security from Thomas for rendering the aforesaid £10 to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all the aforesaid lands in his bailiwick. When he has taken that security, he is to signify this to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire by his letters, to whom the king has ordered by his writ that when the sheriff of Hampshire will have signified to him that he has taken security, he is thereafter to cause him to have full seisin of the lands formerly of the aforesaid William in his bailiwick.

Concerning the homage of Thomas of Warblington. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire that etc.

29 Aug. Shrewsbury. For Margaret, who was the wife of Gwenwynwyn . To Robert of Lexington. The king has committed to Margaret, who was the wife of Gwenwynwyn , for as long as it pleases him, two thirds of the manor of Ashford with appurtenances that are in the king’s hand, so that she answers for however much of the farm pertains to those two thirds as will be provided before the barons of the Exchequer for how much she ought to answer. Order to cause her to have full seisin thereof, saving to the king the corn of this autumn in the tenth year and the rent of Michaelmas term in the same year.

30 Aug. Bridgnorth. Concerning the testament of William of Warblington. Order to the sheriff of Surrey not to permit the executors of the testament of William of Warblington to take anything from the corn, property and chattels of the same William in Chalvington before he has paid in full the debts that he owed to the king and to his Jews.

31 Aug. Bridgnorth. Concerning respite of a demand. To the sheriff of Devon. Order to place in respite, until upon his next account at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the tenth year, the demand he makes from W. Brewer senior for a fine that the knights of his county made with the king for having a sheriff from amongst themselves, to which fine the same W. did not offer his assent, as he says. Meanwhile, he is to cause his livestock and chattels taken for the aforesaid reason to be delivered to him.

2 Sept. Worcester. Concerning the lands of Warin Bastard, to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to take into the king’s hand all property and chattels in his bailiwick formerly of Warin Bastard, who is dead, for debts of the Jews in which he is held to the king, and to keep them safely until the king will have been fully satisfied of the aforesaid debts, so that nothing is to be removed therefrom, either by him or by the executors of the testament of the same Warin, until the king orders otherwise.

3 Sept. Worcester. Concerning the debt of the archbishop of Canterbury. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted that, of the debt which the venerable father S. archbishop of Canterbury owes him and which is exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, both for the king’s prest and for the fifteenth, he may render 300 m. each year at two terms, namely £100 at Michaelmas and £100 at the Exchequer of Easter until the aforesaid debt that he owes the king is paid. Order to cause the archbishop to have the aforesaid terms for the aforesaid debt and to cause it to be enrolled thus.

[No date]. Because in the Close Roll. To the king’s bailiffs of Worcester. Notwithstanding the grant that he made to his trustworthy men of Worcester in aid of enclosing the vill of Worcester, they are not to take any custom in the vill of Worcester from the men of the king’s beloved in Christ, the Master of the Knights of the Temple in England, until the king orders otherwise. ¹

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Entry cancelled because in the Close Roll. See RLC, II, p. 135b.

[No date]. Gloucestershire. Henry [le] Fleming gives the king 1 m. for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin against Walter Blund, John le Vilein and Walter Bonchaveler, concerning their common of pasture in Rissington that pertains to his free tenement in the same vill. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take etc.

5 Sept. Gloucester. Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to take into the king’s hand all the lands that Henry de Stuteville held of the king in his bailiwick and to commit them to the sergeants and four trustworthy men from each manor to keep, having taken security from them, ¹ so that nothing is removed therefrom until the king orders otherwise.

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Security clause interlined.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Hampshire, concerning the lands of Richard Marshal.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Sussex, concerning the lands of Gilbert de Laigle.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Essex and Kent , concerning the lands of Guy, count of St. Pol.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Oxfordshire and Middlesex , concerning the lands of Count R. de Dreux.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Lincolnshire and Hertfordshire , concerning the lands of P. count of Brittany, to be committed to Jollan Balu, steward of that same count, having taken security from him that nothing etc.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire, concerning the lands of Payn de Chaworth, to be committed to the sergeants and four trustworthy men from each manor, having taken etc.

24 Sept. Windsor. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and Suffolk , and the keeper of the honour of Wallingford , concerning the lands of Peter de Maulnay, to be committed to the sergeants and four trustworthy men from each manor, having accepted security from them etc. ¹

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It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Kent, Essex and Bedfordshire , concerning the lands of the count of Guines, to be committed to the sergeants and four trustworthy men etc.

6 Sept. Gloucester. Concerning Thomas de Bendenges, who the king has commanded. Order to Thomas de Bendenges that, if he has received anything from the issues of the bishopric of Durham , he is to pay them to Master Stephen de Lucy and render account to him for all that has been enacted by him and for which he ought to render account relating to the custody of the bishopric. This having been done, and having committed everything that he has under the care of the same Thomas pertaining to the custody to the aforesaid Master Stephen, he is not to delay and is to come to the king with all haste.

Concerning Thomas de Bendenges, who the king has commanded. Order to Master Stephen that, having done this and all pertaining to the aforesaid custody that was under the care of the same Thomas having been committed to him, he is to cause the same Thomas to come to the king with all haste.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to place in respite the demand for £50 11s. 4d. and 1 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Engelard de Cigogné for several debts, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite the demand of £50 that he makes from the same Engelard for the farm of the vill of Odiham of the seventh year, and the demand for £12 10s. that he makes from the same Engelard for the farm of the same vill for a fourth part of the eighth year, and the demand for 8½ m. that he makes from the same Engelard for John of Stapely for the debts of the Jews, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

10 Sept. Cirencester. Concerning the homage of Robert de Cultura. The king has taken the homage of Robert de Cultura for a third part of a knight’s fee with appurtenances in Orchardleigh, which Avice de Cultura held of the king and which falls to Robert by inheritance. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take security from him for as much of his relief as pertains to a third part of one knight’s fee, namely a third part of 100s., and to cause him to have full seisin of that land.

Concerning land to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to Henry of Audley to take Newborough into the king’s hand with its appurtenances, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite the demand of half a mark that he makes from Hugh de Champagne, who is in Gascony with Richard, brother of the king, for the scutage of the army of Montgomery, and the demand of half a mark that he makes for the scutage of the army of Bedford, until upon his next account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

[No date]. Memorandum that the king has pardoned to Robert de Wulfrinton’, who has set out for Gascony in the king’s service, the 9 m. that he owes Leon the Jew of Lincoln, about which it is to be spoken at the Exchequer of Michaelmas with the same Jew before the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews, and that his charters are to be surrendered to him. ¹

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Concerning demands to be placed in respite. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to place in respite the demand of 20 m. that he makes from Godfrey of Crowcombe by summons of the Exchequer for the land of John, son and heir of Richard Brown, who is in his custody, and the demand for half a mark that he makes from Richard de Gardino, a man of the same Godfrey, for plevin, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

13 Sept. Woodstock. Concerning demands to be placed in respite. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand for £20 11s. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Phillip Tayllard for the agistment of the forest of Wychwood from the time of King John, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

For Henry d’Oilly. To the sheriff of Oxfordshire. Henry de Oilly has mainperned before the king that, of the debt he owes him, by which he made fine with him to render £20 per annum, as he says, until the aforesaid debt would be paid to the king in full, he may render £20 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year and from year to year he is to render that debt to the king at the Exchequer according to the fine that he made, until it is paid. Order to permit him to have peace concerning the lands that the sheriff took into the king’s hand by the king’s order, because he did not observe his terms at the Exchequer after he made the aforesaid fine with him.

14 Sept. Woodstock. Concerning a demand to be placed in respite. Order to Waleran Teutonicus to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from William of Rowden for the farm of the manor of Acford , until upon his next account at the Exchequer in the tenth year.

Concerning a demand to be placed in respite. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand he makes from Walter de Verdun by summons of the Exchequer for the arrears that he owes the king from the counties of Essex and Hertfordshire from the time that he was sheriff in those counties, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year. Meanwhile, he is to demise to him in peace all of his livestock and chattels that he took for this reason.

Concerning a demand to be placed in respite. Order to the same sheriff to place in respite, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year, the demand for £25 that he makes from Roger de Verdun and Agnes, his wife, for the Jewish debts of Hugh de Cheyney, brother of the aforesaid Agnes, from a prest made to him by the Jews in the lifetime of William de Cheyney, his father, and father of the aforesaid Agnes, whose heir she is, and which Roger and Agnes say they ought not render to the king, because Roger was never in seisin of the lands for which he makes the demand, so that it may then be seen there whether they are bound to answer the king for the aforesaid debt or not.

15 Sept. Woodstock. Concerning demands to be placed in respite. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to place in respite the demand he makes from R. earl of Chester and Lincoln by summons of the Exchequer for the debts he owes the king, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the tenth year.

Concerning demands to be placed in respite. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire for the same earl.

Concerning demands to be placed in respite. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand he makes from Ralph Sanzaveir for the relief of William Morin, until upon his account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

Concerning demands to be placed in respite. It is written in the same manner to the same sheriff for Thomas of Langley, concerning the debts he owes the king, to be placed in respite until the octaves of Michaelmas in the same year.

For John Luvel and the other pledges of William de Rumilly. To the sheriff of Oxfordshire. John Luvel, chief pledge of William de Rumilly, has made fine with the king, for himself and the other pledges of the same William, for the 120 m. which William owes the king and which is exacted from John and the other pledges aforesaid for William to the king’s use by summons of the Exchequer, by rendering 20 m. per annum to the king by John’s hand at two terms, namely 10 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 10 m. at the Exchequer of Easter, until the aforesaid 120 m. are paid to the king. Order to permit the aforesaid John to have the aforesaid terms for the debt, as aforesaid.

16 Sept. Oxford. Concerning a demand to be placed in respite. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place in respite the demand for £12 13s. 4d. that he makes from the prior of St. Frideswide , until upon his next account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

For Robert de Turville. The king has granted to Robert de Turville that, of the 70s. he owes him, he may render to the king a moiety at Easter in the eleventh year and the other moiety at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Essex to permit him to have those terms.

For Robert de Turville. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Oxfordshire for the same Robert, concerning 40s. to be rendered at the same terms.

16 Sept. Oxford. Concerning a demand to be placed in respite. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand for 50 m. that he makes from the prior of the Hospital of Jerusalem by summons of the Exchequer for novel disseisin, ¹ until upon his account at Michaelmas in the tenth year.

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17 Sept. Oxford. Because otherwise below. To the barons of the Exchequer. Of the debt that the venerable father S. archbishop of Canterbury owes to the king and of which he ought to pay £200 per annum, namely £100 at Easter and £100 at Michaelmas, the same archbishop has constituted, with the king’s will and assent, the king’s beloved and faithful William of Eynsford to render £400 to the king for the archbishop, in which William was bound to the archbishop, so that the archbishop is to render £50 each year to the king by his hand at Michaelmas until the aforesaid debt is paid, and William is to render £50 to the king for the archbishop at the same term, and the archbishop is to render £50 to the king each year at Easter, and William is to render £50 to the king for the archbishop at the same term, and thus from year to year, so that if the king will have need, the archbishop is to apply all diligence, notwithstanding this grant made to him and William, to render the aforesaid debt more quickly. William is also to apply all diligence, concerning that which pertains to him of the aforesaid £400, to provide effective aid to the archbishop to do this. Order to cause this to be enrolled and observed thus, as aforesaid. ¹

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Entry cancelled because otherwise below. See 313 below.

For Osbert Gifford. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire that if Osbert Gifford will render to him 2 m. of the £6 that he owes the king at Michaelmas in the tenth year for the farm of Pitchcombe at the same term, then he is to permit him to have peace from the remainder of the aforesaid £6 until Easter next following.

Suffolk. Robert son of Henry, and William and Richard, his brothers, give the king 5 m. for having an inquisition as to who is the nearest heir of Arnald of Diss, who is dead. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk that etc.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand of £62 7s. 4d. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Ralph Hareng for several debts, until upon his next account at the Exchequer.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place in respite the demand for £100 that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Richard Walensis, until upon his next account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year, and to cause his livestock taken for the same reason to be delivered to him.

Concerning handing over on bail. It is clear to the king that Edward Fot, captured and detained for the death of two women and a boy, of which he was accused, is not guilty. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire that if he will find twelve free and law-worthy men from his county who will mainpern to have him before the justices at the first session etc., then he is to hand him over etc., as aforesaid.

18 Sept. Oxford. Concerning the account of the sheriff of Oxfordshire. To the barons of the Exchequer. For the business which the king has enjoined upon the sheriff of Oxfordshire to expedite, he has granted him respite from rendering his account until the octaves of Hilary in the eleventh year, so that he is to send his clerks at the Exchequer of Michaelmas with all the money that he can have from his bailiwick. Order to cause him to have the aforesaid respite, as aforesaid.

Concerning the account of the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. It is written in the same manner to the same barons for the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, concerning respite until five weeks from Michaelmas in the tenth year. ¹

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For Stephen of Fritwell. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire that, having accepted security from Stephen of Fritwell for rendering the debt that he exacts from him by summons of the Exchequer upon his next account at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the tenth year, he is to permit Stephen to have peace until upon the aforesaid account.

Concerning the account of the sheriff of Lancaster. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to the sheriff of Lancaster from rendering his account and from making the payments of his county at the Exchequer, until three weeks from Michaelmas in the tenth year. Order to cause him to have the aforesaid respite.

18 Sept. Wallingford. Lincolnshire. Alan son of Hacon gives the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of the assize of novel disseisein taken in Lincolnshire before the justices assigned to take the assizes of novel disseisin and to deliver gaols , between the same Alan and Emma daughter of Roger, concerning a tenement in Theddlethorpe. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

For Josceus de Plukenay. The king has granted to Josceus de Plukenay that, of the 100s. which is exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the escape of a thief, and of the debt which he owes the king otherwise, he may render 20s. per annum at the Exchequer until the aforesaid debts are fully paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be enrolled and observed.

Concerning the account of the sheriff of Berkshire . Hugh Despenser, sheriff of Berkshire , has respite from rendering his account until the octaves of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

19 Sept. Reading. For Ralph Basset. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire that, having accepted security from Ralph Basset for a debt of Easter term in the tenth year, if indeed he owes anything to the king, and for a debt that he owes at Michaelmas in the same year, to be rendered to the king at the Exchequer of Michaelmas aforesaid, he is to cause him to have peace from the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer in the meantime, and he is to cause his livestock taken for this reason to be rendered to him.

20 Sept. Reading. For Walter of Preston. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted that, of the debt which Walter of Preston owes him, for which he made fine with the king to render £35 per annum at two terms, namely at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and the Exchequer of Easter, namely £25 for the farm of Greatworth and £10 for several debts, he may henceforth render the aforesaid £35 at one term of the year, namely at the Exchequer of Michaelmas. Order to cause this to be enrolled and observed thus, as aforesaid.

For Walter of Preston. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. Order that if Walter of Preston will find him sufficient pledges for the debt he owes the king, for which he made fine with him to render £35 per annum at two terms, namely at Michaelmas and at Easter, he may render £17 10s. to him at the Exchequer from Easter term last past and £17 10s. for this forthcoming Michaelmas term, then he is to permit him to have peace from the demand he makes from him by summons of the Exchequer. He is also to render to him without delay his lands and chattels that he took into the king’s hand for this reason.

Concerning the debt that the archbishop of Canterbury owes the king. To the barons of the Exchequer. Of the debt that the venerable father S. archbishop of Canterbury owes the king, of which the same archbishop ought to have paid £200 to the king per annum, namely £100 at Michaelmas and £100 at Easter, the archbishop, of the king’s will and assent, has constituted the king’s beloved and faithful William of Eynsford to render £400 to the king for him, in which William is bound to the archbishop, so that the king wishes the archbishop to be quit of the aforesaid £400, and the king will betake himself to William for the aforesaid £400. The archbishop is to render £100 of the rest of his debt that he owes to the king each year by his hand at two terms, namely £50 at Michaelmas and £50 at Easter, until the aforesaid rest of his debt is paid to the king. William is to render £100 of the aforesaid £400 each year by his hand at the aforesaid terms, namely £50 at Michaelmas and £50 at Easter, and thus from year to year, so that, if the king will have need, the archbishop is to apply all diligence, notwithstanding the aforesaid grant, to render the rest of the aforesaid debt more quickly, and William is to apply all diligence to render the aforesaid £400 to the king more quickly. Order to cause this to be enrolled and observed, as aforesaid.

Concerning the manor of Ringwood. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to hand over, without delay, the manor of Ringwood with appurtenances, which he has taken into the king’s hand by his order, to Henry de Glanville, associate of Richard Marshal, having taken security from Henry that he will answer the king at his summons for all issues of the same manor and that he will remove nothing from that manor without special order from the king.

For the abbot of Reading . The king has given respite to the abbot of Reading from the 2½ m. which is exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, until one month from Michaelmas in the tenth year. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire that, having accepted security from the aforesaid abbot to render the aforesaid 2½ m. at the abovesaid terms, he is to permit him to have peace in the meantime.

Concerning the fifteenth of Wallingford. Order to J. bishop of Bath and R. bishop of Salisbury to permit the men of Wallingford to have respite from the arrears of their fifteenth until Easter in the eleventh year, which respite the king has granted to them.

20 Sept. Windsor. For Ralph de Tany. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to place in respite the demand he makes from Ralph de Tany by summons of the Exchequer for several scutages both from the time of King John and the time of King Henry, his son, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the tenth year.

21 Sept. Windsor. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to place in respite the demand he makes from Robert de Picquigny by summons of the Exchequer for the debt he owes the king, until the octaves of Michaelmas in the tenth year.

22 Sept. Windsor. Concerning the account of the sheriff of Dorset and Somerset. The king has granted to the sheriff of Dorset and Somerset, who now is, and to he who was sheriff of Somerset immediately before him, respite from rendering their account until five weeks from Michaelmas in the tenth year, so that they are to send their clerks to the Exchequer straight after Michaelmas with all monies that they can have from the aforesaid counties. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to have that respite, as aforesaid.

23 Sept. Windsor. Concerning the account of the sheriff of Yorkshire. To the barons of the Exchequer. On account of the arrival of the king’s itinerant justices in Yorkshire, who are shortly to come there, and at whose arrival the sheriff of Yorkshire cannot profitably be absent, the king has granted respite to the same sheriff from rendering his account until the morrow of Martinmas in the eleventh year, on condition that, immediately after Michaelmas, he sends his clerks to the Exchequer with all monies of his county which he is able to acquire. Order to cause him to have the aforesaid respite, as aforesaid.

Concerning land to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take into the king’s hand without delay the land that Eustace de Greinville held in Barton by bail of the king, which the king afterwards committed to Phillip Marc to sustain him etc. for as long as it pleases the king, of which land the king ordered him to cause Phillip to have seisin at Michaelmas term in the tenth year, saving to Eustace his corn that he had sown in the same land and his other chattels that he has in the same land. He is to keep that land safely until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to place in respite, until the octaves of Michaelmas in the tenth year, the demand of £20 that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from William Longespée and Idonea, his wife, for Richard de Camville, for debts of the Jews, having accepted security that they, or someone else for them, will be there upon the Exchequer to satisfy the king for that debt.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to cause William Longespée to have peace, until upon his account at the Exchequer, from the ox that he exacts from him for making over seisin of the land formerly of Richard de Camville in his bailiwick, whose daughter and heiress he took to wife, so it may be seen there then whether he ought to render that ox to him or ought to be quit of that ox.

25 Sept. Windsor. For the heir of Roger de Montbegon. It is clear to the king by an inquisition taken by his order at Lincoln before Martin of Pattishall and his associates, itinerant justices, by law-worthy knights of the counties of Lincolnshire and Lancaster, that Henry of Monewden is the kinsman and the next heir of Roger de Montbegon for the lands and tenements that he held in chief of the king, the homage of which Henry the king has taken for all the land that Roger held in chief of the king on the day he died and that falls to Henry by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire that, having accepted security from Henry for rendering as much relief to the king as pertains to eight knights’ fees, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all land that Roger holds (sic.) of the king in chief in his bailiwick on the day he died and that falls to Henry by inheritance, as aforesaid, saving to the constable of Chester his chattels that he had in the same land, which the king committed to him to keep for as long as it pleases the king. ¹ The king has also ordered the sheriff of Lancaster that when he establishes by the letters of the sheriff of Lincolnshire that he had taken the aforesaid security, he is to cause Henry to have seisin of the aforesaid lands in his bailiwick.

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For the heir of Roger de Montbegon. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to cause the same Henry to have full seisin of all that land formerly of the aforesaid Roger in Tottington etc. ¹

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[No date]. Because in the Close Roll. The king has taken the fealty of the abbess of St. Mary de Pré . Order to the sheriff of Dorset to cause her to have full seisin of all the lands and possessions pertaining to that abbey, and to maintain, protect and defend her. ¹

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Entry cancelled because in the Close Roll. See RLC, II, p. 139.

27 Sept. Windsor. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Essex to place in respite the demand of half a mark that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Gilbert de Oddewell’, who is in Gascony with R., brother of the king, for a fine made with King John for having a pone, until Easter in the eleventh year.

27 Sept. Windsor. For Richard de Argentan. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to cause Richard de Argentan to have full seisin of the land that Payn de Chaworth had in Linley and Willey, to whom the king has committed it for as long as it pleases him, so that he answers for it at the Exchequer.

Lincolnshire. William son of Alexander gives half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin against the abbot of Barlings , concerning a tenement in Sudbrooke and Scothern. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc.

Concerning the account of the sheriff of Hampshire. The king has given respite to the sheriff of Hampshire from rendering his account until three weeks from Michaelmas in the tenth year, on condition that he has his clerk at the Exchequer on the morrow of Michaelmas with all the money which he will have received from his county. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite, as aforesaid.

27 Sept. Windsor. Concerning land formerly of Richard the Marshal, to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take into the king’s hand all that land that Richard de Harcourt had in his bailiwick and to commit it to four trustworthy men from each vill to keep, attaching to them a trustworthy man in each vill, in order to see that the aforesaid lands are cultivated and kept safely, and so that nothing of the corn, rents or anything else is removed until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning land formerly of Richard the Marshal, to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Warwickshire.

28 Sept. Kingston. Lincolnshire. Simon le Ostritor gives half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin against Elena, who was the wife of Peter of Scremby , concerning a tenement in Halton. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take etc.

[No date]. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to place in respite the demand he makes from the men of Kingston for carucage, which the bailiffs of Kingston paid to him, as they say, until upon his account at the Exchequer on the morrow of Michaelmas. Order to the aforesaid bailiffs to be there to show and prove towards the sheriff that they had rendered that carucage, and order to the same sheriff that, putting aside all excuse and delay, he is to be there ready to answer the same bailiffs.

30 Sept. Westminster. For Thomas of Cirencester, concerning 40s. Order to the constable of Rockingham to cause Thomas of Cirencester, constable of Berkhamsted, to whom the king has committed the lands formerly of Queen I., mother of the king, to keep, to have, without delay, the 40s. which he received from the fair of Rockingham, so that he answers for them to the king at the Exchequer.

4 Oct. Westminster. Lincolnshire. Geoffrey But has promised 1 m. to the king ¹ for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin, concerning a tenement in Habrough. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security for that mark, unless he has previously rendered it.

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5 Oct. Westminster. Concerning the account of Peter fitz Herbert . Peter fitz Herbert has respite from rendering his account for the time that he was sheriff of Yorkshire until the octaves of Hilary in the eleventh year, and order thus to the barons of the Exchequer.

6 Oct. Westminster. For Ranulf le Breton , concerning assarting a certain plot. The king has given licence and granted that Ranulf le Breton, clerk , may cause a plot of the wood that lies next to the wood of Vitalis Engayne in Blatherwycke and between the new rod and assart of Duddington to be assarted, rendering 4d. per acre each year to the king for as long as it pleases him. Order to Hugh de Neville to permit Ranulf to assart the aforesaid plot, as aforesaid.

9 Oct. Westminster. Concerning respite. Order to the keeper of the honour of Boulogne to place in respite, until the octaves of Easter in the eleventh year, the demand he makes for the scutage of Poitou by summons of the Exchequer from Fulk of Montgomery, who is in the king’s service in Gascony, for his land that he has by bail of the king in Morden from the time at which that land was in the hand of William de Caen.

[No date]. For the men of Grimsby. The men of Grimsby give the king 80 m. in order that M. of Pattishall and his associates, itinerant justices in Lincolnshire, might go to Grimsby to take all assizes and hold all pleas pertaining to the vill of Grimsby and the liberties of the same vill, as is contained more fully in the Close Roll. ¹

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10 Oct. Westminster. Concerning cloths to be delivered. William Cachehare of Thetford gives 1 m. for having quit five pecks of cloth that were taken in the fair of Holland because they were of the incorrect breadth. Order to William de Haverhill and William le Taillur to take etc. and to render those pecks to him.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer and before it had been sent by the hand of the bishop of Chichester, chancellor .

17 Oct. Westminster. Concerning land to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take into the king’s hand all the land that William Bozun, who is dead, held of the king in chief in his bailiwick, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise. He is also to take into the king’s hand the land of Margaret, who was the wife of the aforesaid William , and to keep it safely in the king’s hand by simple seisin so that he permits nothing to be removed therefrom until the king orders otherwise, because she gave her assent that her daughter, the daughter and heiress of the aforesaid William, who is of the king’s gift, might marry Henry de Brayboef without the licence of the king.

For the Earl Warenne. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted that, of the debt that his beloved and faithful W. earl Warenne owes him at the Exchequer, he may render 100 m. each year at two terms, namely so that he is to render 50 m. to the king at the Exchequer of Hilary in the eleventh year, 50 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the same year, and in each following year 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 50 m. at the Exchequer of Easter until the aforesaid debt is paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ¹

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These terms have been added in an ink now far more faded than the original, which is crossed through. It reads ‘… namely that he is to render 50 m. at the Exchequer of Easter and 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, until the aforesaid debt is paid. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.’

Concerning the lands formerly of the count of Guines. The king has committed to William of Culworth the lands formerly of the count of Guines, to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for them by his hand at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire to cause William to have full seisin of the lands formerly of the same count in his bailiwick, which he took into the king’s hand by the king’s order, and if he has taken anything, he is to render it them to him without delay so that he answers the king for it, as aforesaid.

21 Oct. Westminster. For the wife of Gwenwynwyn . Order to Robert of Lexington to cause Margaret, who was the wife of Gwenwynwyn , to have full seisin of the two thirds of the manor of Ashford that are in the king’s hand, which the king committed to him to hold for £30 each year, to be rendered to the king at two terms, namely at the Exchequer of Easter and the Exchequer of Michaelmas.

22 Oct. Westminster. For Henry Red. To the sheriff of Gloucestershire. Henry Red has made fine with the king by 20 m. for recovering his seisin of three virgates of land that he had in the Barton of Gloucester, which were taken into the king’s hand because, when he held that land of the aforesaid Barton, he claimed to hold the same land from Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford, so that Henry is to render half a mark per annum to the king for the same land and is to perform his suit at the king’s court of the abovesaid Barton, saving to the king his tallages. Order that, having taken security from Henry for the aforesaid 20 m. for the aforesaid land, he is to cause him to have full seisin, as aforesaid.

23 Oct. Westminster. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to place in respite the demand he makes from Henry, duke of Louvain, for the scutage of Poitou by summons of the Exchequer, until upon his next account at the Exchequer at Hilary in the eleventh year.

25 Oct. Westminster. Leicestershire. Gilbert son of Richard gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the itinerant justices against Robert Butler and Agnes daughter of Robert, claimants, concerning a bovate of land with appurtenances in Eaton. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire etc.

25 Oct. Westminster. For the earl of Chester. The king has given respite to R. earl of Chester and Lincoln, until Hilary in the eleventh year, from the debts to the king that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to permit him to have peace in the meantime.

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Northamptonshire for the same earl.

25 Oct. Westminster. Concerning the bishopric of Norwich , to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take the bishopric of Norwich into the king’s hand with all lands, property, rents and all possessions pertaining to the said bishopric in his bailiwick, and to deliver that bishopric with all the aforesaid, without delay, to Thomas de Blundeville , to whom the king has committed custody of that bishopric for as long as it pleases the king.

27 Oct. Westminster. For the King of Scots. To the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. The king’s faithful and beloved brother, Alexander, King of Scots, has made fine with him by 500 m., to be rendered at Mid-Lent in the eleventh year, for having to himself or to his assigns, until the full age of the heirs of H. Bigod, formerly earl of Norfolk, the wards, marriages and escheats that escheated from the lands and knights’ fees and all other things that were held of the same earl by knight service and that the king has retained in his hand, which lands and aforesaid fees the king has granted to the aforesaid king. Also, the king [of England] has granted 50 m. to the king [of Scots] or his assigns, by the same fine, to be received annually from the county of Norfolk until the full age of the aforesaid heirs, which the aforesaid earl used to receive each year from the county of Norfolk in the name of the same county. The king [of England] has further granted to the king [of Scots] or his assigns, until the full age of the aforesaid heirs, the presentations of the churches that pertain to the same heirs, so that the king or his assigns are to present to them whenever they fall vacant. Order to cause the same king or his assigns to have the wards, marriages and escheats when they escheat, and the presentations to churches when they fall vacant, in his bailiwick, as aforesaid. He is also to inquire diligently by trustworthy and law-worthy men of those parts what lands and fees pertain to the heirs of the same earl, and who holds them, and what lands and fees pertain to W. earl Warenne and Matilda, his wife, in the name of dower of the same Matilda, and who holds them, and which presentations to churches pertain to the same heirs when they fall vacant, and who holds those churches, and which presentations to churches pertain to the aforesaid W. earl Warenne and Matilda, his wife, in the name of dower of the same Matilda. The inquisition having been taken, he is to cause Thomas son of Ranulf, bailiff of the same king , to have it under his seal and the seals of those by whom etc. was taken. Order also to cause to come on a suitable day and place before the aforesaid Thomas or other bailiffs of the aforesaid King of Scots, if the same Thomas will not be present, all knights and free tenants of the lands and fees that are in the hand of the King of Scots by the king’s grant in his bailiwick, in order to perform their fealty to the same Thomas, or to other bailiffs of the aforesaid King of Scots if Thomas will not be present, for their lands and tenements, to be observed until the full age of the same heirs, saving fealty to the king. The king has also granted to the same king or to his assigns, by the aforesaid fine, those 50 librates of land which he retained in his hand for the custody of Framlingham castle . The king has ordered Herbert de Alençon to cause the same king or his assigns to have full seisin thereof. Before the justiciar.

It is also written thus to the sheriffs of Yorkshire, Leicestershire and Essex : ‘The king has granted to A. King of Scots, until the full age etc., by a fine that he made with the king, the wards, marriages and escheats, which escheated in the aforesaid writ, etc.’, except for that clause ‘concerning the 500 m. that he used to received from the county of Norfolk’, and the other clause addressed to Herbert.

27 Oct. Westminster. To Herbert de Alençon. By a fine that the king’s faithful and beloved brother Alexander, King of Scots, has made with the king, he has granted to the same king, until the full age of the heirs of H. Bigod, formerly earl of Norfolk, those 50 librates of land [...] ¹ pertaining to the custody of Framlingham castle , so that he is henceforth to render £20 to the king each year until the full age of the same heirs for the custody of the same castle, which the king rendered to Roger, son and heir of the same earl, to keep […] H. de Burgh, justiciar, until the full age of the same Roger. Order to cause the same king or his assigns to have full seisin of the aforesaid 50 librates of land with their appurtenances, as aforesaid. He is also to cause the corn and […] which the king or his assigns will wish to have, to be valued by the view and testimony etc., and to cause them to be delivered to them by the same value, having accepted security from him that this value is to be rendered to the king at the Purification [of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the eleventh year]. Before the justiciar.

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Concerning cloths to be delivered. Robert of Casterton and Luke Knight, merchants of Stamford, give the king two tuns of wine for having quit 15 of their cloths that were taken in the fair of Holland by the king’s order, because they were not [of the correct breadth]. Order to William de Haverhill and William le Taillur that, having taken security etc., they are to cause them to be rendered to them.

Adam Heirun of Northampton gives 20s. for having two cloths that were seized there for the same cause. Order to the same that etc.

Robert of Hartshill has made fine with the king for his relief, by 40s., for having seisin of the land that William of Hartshill, his father, held of the king in chief in Clayworth that [falls to the same Robert by inheritance] , and the king has taken the homage of the same Robert herein. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire that, having accepted etc., full seisin etc. ¹

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