28 Oct. Reading. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the bailiffs of Wallingford to place in respite the demand of 12 m. that they make from Ralph fitz Nicholas for the prest made to William Pippard, until 15 days after Easter in the sixteenth year.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make from Eustace de Greinville for the scutage of Poitou after the first crossing of the king, until St. Nicholas in the sixteenth year.

30 Oct. Hamstead. Concerning the priory of Merton . The king has committed the priory of Merton , which is vacant and in his hand, to Brothers John of Hayfield and Roger Devenish, canons of Merton , to keep for as long as it pleases him, so that they answer at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to cause the same canons to have full seisin of the aforesaid priory and of the lands, rents and all other things pertaining to it in his bailiwick, as aforesaid.

Concerning the priory of Merton . It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Kent, Sussex , Essex , Buckinghamshire and Hampshire , except concerning the seisin of the priory.

Concerning the priory of Merton . The same canons have letters patent directed to all tenants of the same priory that they are to be intendant and respondent to them etc.

[No date]. It is written to the sheriff of Wiltshire for the abbot of Malmesbury , concerning collecting his scutage and rendering it at the Exchequer in the octaves of St. Andrew. ¹

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Entry written to the right of those concerning Merton priory .

[No date]. For the bishop of Salisbury. R. bishop of Salisbury has the king’s letters that he may collect, by his hand, his scutage due to the king etc. for the army of Painscastle, so that he answers him in the octaves of St. Andrew in the sixteenth year in the counties of Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Dorset and Somerset.

3 Nov. Marlborough. For the earl of Ferrers. The king has given respite to W. earl of Ferrers, until the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the sixteenth year, from the £50 which he ought to have rendered to him at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the fifteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have that respite.

4 Nov. Marlborough. For Alan de Neville. The king has granted to Alan de Neville that, of the £25 which he owes him for the prest made to him, he may render 3 m. to him each year by his hand at the Exchequer until the aforesaid £25 are paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

5 Nov. Marlborough. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the king’s next arrival in London, the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from William de Putot for the arrears of the farm of Slaughter for half a year.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Walter of Micklefield gives the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin against the abbot of Fountains, concerning common of pasture ¹ in Coldric. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire etc.

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Corrected from ‘a tenement’.

7 Nov. Marlborough. Order to the [sheriff of] Hampshire to cause the two tuns of wine of the king’s prise that the keepers of the king’s wines at Southampton will deliver to him to be acquitted and carried to Marlborough, to be delivered there to Nicholas de Barfleur, and the costs etc. will be accounted etc.

Order to the said keepers to deliver those two tuns of wine to them.

10 Nov. Clarendon. For the earl of Hereford. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that notwithstanding that H. earl of Hereford has not kept his terms given to him at the Exchequer for the payment of the debts he owes to the king, they are to permit him to have the same terms as he had before he had defaulted in the aforesaid payment, so that he is to begin to observe his aforesaid terms at Easter in the sixteenth year. ¹

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Place of witness corrected from ‘Marlborough’.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite the demand he makes from Herbert son of Matthew for a debt of his father, until Hilary.

20 Nov. Wallingford. For the abbot of Abingdon . The king has granted to the abbot of Abingdon that he may collect, by his hand, his scutage due to the king from the knights’ fees he holds of him in chief, and that he may answer then at the Exchequer, namely for one moiety in the octaves of St. Andrew in the sixteenth year and the other moiety in the octaves of Hilary, namely 20s. per shield for the army of Painscastle. Order to the sheriffs of Berkshire, Warwickshire and Oxfordshire to permit the abbot to collect and render the aforesaid scutage by his hand, as aforesaid.

2 Dec. Lambeth. Concerning the custody of the lands and heirs of Richard of Grimstone. Aleys, who was the wife of Richard of Grimstone, has made fine with the king by 100 m. and two palfreys for having the custody of the heirs of the same Richard with all lands and tenements formerly of Richard on the day he died, which fall to the heirs by hereditary right, with the marriage of the heirs, and so that she might marry whom and when she will wish, of which she is to render £10 by her hand at the Exchequer at Easter in the sixteenth year, £10 at Michaelmas in the same year, and thus from year to year until the aforesaid debt is paid. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that, having accepted security from Aleys for rendering the aforesaid 100 m. and two palfreys to the king, as aforesaid, he is to cause her to have full seisin of all lands and tenements in his bailiwick formerly of Richard, her husband, on the day he died, which etc., and he is to cause the sheriff of Dorset to know by his letters when he will have received that security, to whom the king has commanded that once the sheriff of Wiltshire will cause him to know this, he is to cause her to have full seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of Richard in his bailiwick.

[No date]. Cumberland. John le Francis gives the king 20 m. for having for life the enclosed covert of Warnell, which the abbot of Holm Cultram enclosed and held in his hand by rendering half a mark to the king per annum, and for having ten acres of the same wood that the abbot assarted and cultivated by the king’s licence, ¹ as the abbot rendered for the same close and acres, as more fully in his charter that he has. ² Order to Thomas of Moulton that, having accepted security from John for the aforesaid fine, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid close and acres, as aforesaid.

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This sub-clause concerning the ten acres appears to be a later interlineation.

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Corrected from ‘in the patent and close rolls …’

[No date]. For the men of Carlisle. The men of Carlisle give 50 m. for having their vill at fee farm, rendering £60 to the king per annum, as next below.

For the men of Carlisle. The king has granted to the men of Carlisle that they and their heirs may have and hold their vill of Carlisle with appurtenances forever at fee farm for £60, to be rendered to the king each year at the Exchequer by their hand. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland to cause them to have full seisin of the aforesaid vill of Carlisle with appurtenances.

4 Dec. Otteford’. For Jordan le Warre. The king has granted to Jordan le Warre that the £100 which he owes to Joscepinus of York are to be allowed to the same Jew in the debt he owes the king, and that Jordan is to render 5 m. per annum at the Exchequer of the aforesaid £100 until they will have been paid. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

8 Dec. Tenham. For the bishop of Exeter. W. bishop of Exeter has letters directed to the sheriffs of Cornwall, Hampshire , Devon and Sussex that the king has granted him that he might collect his scutage of Painscastle and render it at the Exchequer at Hilary in 15 days.

16 Dec. Bixle. For Walter of Clifford. Walter of Clifford has made fine with the king by £100 for having the custody of the land and heirs of Roger of Clifford, his brother, until the legal age of the same heirs, with their marriage, of which £100 he is to render 25 m. at Michaelmas in the sixteenth year, 25 m. at Easter next following, and 50 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid £100 are paid. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire that because Walter has placed his land in pledge to the king ¹ for rendering the aforesaid £100 at the same terms, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all land in his bailiwick of which Roger was seised as of fee on the day he died.

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Corrected from ‘…that, having accepted security from the same Walter …’

For Walter of Clifford. The same Walter has letters patent without the aforesaid fine.

19 Dec. Kempton. Concerning the lands formerly of Gilbert de Laigle. Order to the sheriffs of Sussex and Surrey to take into the king’s hand all land formerly of Gilbert de Laigle in their bailiwicks and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise. ¹

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Entered in a later hand to the right of the entries concerning Walter of Clifford.

18 Dec. Westminster. The king has granted to W. bishop of Worcester that he may cause the scutage owed to the king from the knights’ fees he holds in chief to be collected by his hand, namely 20s. per shield for the army of Painscastle, so that he answers at the Exchequer in the octaves of Hilary. Order to the sheriffs of Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire etc.

16 Dec. Rochester. For John de Burgh. The king has granted to John de Burgh that, of the fine of 700 m. he made with him for having the custody of the land and heirs of William of Eynsford, he may render 100 m. each year at two terms at the Exchequer within a term of seven years, namely 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 50 m. at the Exchequer of Easter, so that he is to begin to render the first 50 m. to the king at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the sixteenth year, and thus from term to term until he has rendered all of the aforesaid fine in full. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

18 Dec. Lambeth. For Roger of Markshall. The king has granted to Roger of Markshall ¹ that the £42 10s. ² which he owes to Aaron son of Abraham, Jew of London are to be allowed to the same Jew in the debt he owes to the king, and that Roger may render 40s. to the king of the aforesaid £40 (sic.) at Easter in the sixteenth year, 40s. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 6 m. thus each year at the same terms until the aforesaid £42 10s. are paid to the king. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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Corrected from ‘Maresia’.

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‘10s.’ interlined.

[No date]. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite the demand he makes from Geoffrey de Neville from his land in Cadney for a murder fine, until 15 days from the feast of St. [Hilary?] ¹

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Feast not specified.

21 Dec. Guildford. For Godfrey of Crowcombe . The king has granted to Godfrey of Crowcombe that, in the process of time, he and his heirs are not to be penalized for the account that is accustomed to be rendered for the manor of Benson , one namely by itself concerning the same manor and the other, as is said, concerning the members of the same manor, notwithstanding that he did not or does not render such account for the aforesaid manor and its members separately while he was and is in the future the sheriff of Oxfordshire. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be enrolled and to cause Godfrey and his heirs to be quit, as aforesaid.

24 Dec. Winchester. For Roger de Quincy. The king has granted to Roger de Quincy that, of the 140 m. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the prest made to Saer de Quincy, his father, in Ireland in the time of King John etc., he may render 10 m. per annum at the Exchequer until all of the aforesaid debt is paid, namely 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter and 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

26 Dec. Morden. Concerning the lands formerly of Gilbert de Laigle. The king has committed to John of Gatesden, sheriff of Sussex , all lands formerly of Gilbert de Laigle to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for the issues of the same lands at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriffs of Hampshire and Surrey ¹ to cause him to have full seisin, as aforesaid, of all lands formerly of Gilbert in his (sic.) bailiwick, which the king previously ordered the sheriff of Sussex were to be taken into his hand.

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‘Surrey’ interlined.

Concerning the lands formerly of Gilbert de Laigle. Order to the same sheriff of Sussex to keep safely the lands of the aforesaid Gilbert in his bailiwick and in the county of Hampshire, to answer etc.

Concerning the lands formerly of Gilbert de Laigle. Order to the knights, free men and other tenants of the lands formerly of the aforesaid Gilbert to be intendant and respondent to the same sheriff of Sussex as their keeper, and to answer as aforesaid.

[No date]. Wiltshire. Thomas Mauduit gives the king 5 m. for having a warren by the king’s charter in his demesne lands of Warminster.

[No date]. Wiltshire. Thomas Mauduit gives the king 40s. for having a writ to summon William Gilbert, William Hoese, Hugh de Dreux and Ralph le Tabler to be before the justices at Westminster with the record of the assize of novel disseisin that was taken before them at Salisbury between Peter Picot and the same Thomas, concerning pasture in Warminster.

Concerning the fine of Ursellus, son of Hamo of Hereford . Ursellus, son and heir of Hamo of Hereford, Jew, has made fine with the king by 5000 m. for having the lands, houses and all debts and chattels formerly of the aforesaid Hamo, of which 5000 m. Ursellus is to render 500 m. to the king at the Exchequer in the octaves of Hilary in the sixteenth year, 500 m. at Easter next following in the same year, 250 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, 250 m. at Easter next following in the seventeenth year, and 500 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid fine is paid to the king. He has also granted him that he is to be quit of tallages until he has paid the aforesaid fine and that if the king pardoned to anyone anything of the debts that were owed to Hamo, this is to be allowed to Ursellus in the aforesaid fine according to the quantity of the debt pardoned by the king. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Concerning the fine of Ursellus, son of Hamo of Hereford . Patents. The same Ursellus has letters patent by the same words.

For the same Ursellus . Order to William le Breton, sheriff of Kent , Walter of Brackley, and the sheriff of Herefordshire to cause the same Ursellus, son and heir of the same Hamo , to have full seisin of all lands, houses and all debts and chattels formerly of the aforesaid Hamo the Jew which are in their custody. If they have taken anything, they are to cause it to be rendered to him without delay.

[No date]. Nottinghamshire. The prior of Thurgarton gives the king £20 for having his charter of quittance from suit of shire and hundred and of other things, as more fully in the charter.

[No date]. For the abbot of St. Edmund’s . The abbot of St. Edmund’s may, by the king’s grant, collect scutage due to the king for the army of Painscastle, so that he answers at the Exchequer at Hilary in 15 days. To the sheriffs of Essex and Norfolk and Suffolk.

[No date]. Devon. The abbot of Tavistock gives the king 20s. for having his letters patent of protection with term.

[No date]. Gloucestershire. The abbot of Cirencester gives 10 m. for having two confirmations from the king, one namely concerning the manor of Cirencester and the other concerning the land formerly of William of Cirencester in Cirencester, and concerning other articles, as is more fully contained in the same confirmations.

[No date]. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite the demand he makes from William Longespée and his men for a murder fine and suits of wapentakes and tithings, until 15 days after Easter in the sixteenth year.

For Andrew Bukerel. Order to the sheriff of Kent to go in person to the manor of East Delce , which Andrew Bukerel received at farm from Robert of Cheriton, and to remove immediately the wine he finds in the same manor, and he is to take it and all property, corn and chattels found therein into the king’s hand and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise, saving the farm-stock of the same manor. If corn or chattels have been removed, he is to cause them to be returned without delay and to keep them safely in the king’s hand.

19 Jan. Lambeth. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until St. John the Baptist in the sixteenth year, the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from John Marshal for debts of the king, excepting the debts that W. Marshal junior, formerly earl of Pembroke, of whom John is one of his executors, owed.

[No date]. The abbot of Roche gives the king 40 m. for having two confirmations from him, one namely of a charter of King Richard by which he confirmed their abbey to the abbot and monks there with their tenements and possessions, as is more fully contained in the aforesaid confirmation, and the other concerning the manor of Roxby and land elsewhere, which manor he had of the gift of Andrew Luttrell.

[No date]. The abbot of Bardney gives 15 m. for having the king’s charter concerning changing a market at Bardney, and for having a warren there in his demesne lands, and similarly for having the king’s confirmation of divers lands and tenements that were bestowed upon the same abbey both by Gilbert de Gant and by others.

[No date]. Sussex. Alice of Asham, who disseised Muriel of Beddingham and her sisters of their free tenement in Beddingham, concerning which an assize of novel disseisin was taken before Simon of Etchingham and his fellow justices assigned to this, is in mercy for disseisin and gives 20s.

[No date]. For the burgesses of Ypres. The burgesses of Ypres give the king £100 sterling for having his letters patent of conduct without term both by land and by port of the sea, to be paid in the octaves of the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the sixteenth year. By the pledge of Adam Goldsmith of London and Michael of Toulouse.

For the prior of Coventry . The king has granted to the prior of Coventry that he may collect the scutage he owes him from the knights’ fees he holds in chief by his hand, namely 20s. per shield for the army of Painscastle, so that he answers by his hand at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire to permit the prior to collect that scutage, as aforesaid.

For the prior of Coventry . Order to the sheriffs of Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire to permit the aforesaid prior to collect that scutage, as aforesaid.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. Florencia, who was the wife of Phillip de Beauchamp , gives the king half a mark for having a writ before the justices at Westminster against Thomas of Hengrave and others.

[No date]. Shropshire. Ralph of Pitchford gives the king 40s. for having his charter concerning having a market and fair at his manor of Albrighton . ¹

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Corrected from ‘Albecheston’’.

[No date]. For John Blancboilly. The king has committed his great ship called Regina to John Blancboilly, to have for all life his by rendering 50 m. per annum, ¹ namely a moiety at Easter and the other moiety at Michaelmas, as more fully in the Patent Roll. ²

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The following terms are added in a darker ink.

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PR 1225–32, pp. 461, 462.

From here etc. ¹

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Entered in the margin.

[No date]. Concerning wardships and escheats of the king throughout England. Memorandum concerning wardships and escheats throughout all counties of England, which the king has committed to two knights from each county so that they answer at the Exchequer for the issues of the same, as is more fully contained on the dorse of the Close Roll. ¹

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CR 1231–34, pp. 129–31.

11 Feb. Westminster. Concerning the £100 which Giles of Erdington owes to the king. The king has betaken himself to Giles of Erdington, by the will and assent of Stephen of Seagrave and Giles himself, for the £100 by which Stephen made fine with him for having custody of the lands and heirs of William of Duston, to which Giles the same Stephen committed the same custody at a term agreed between them. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause Stephen to be quit of the aforesaid £100 and to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Kent. The men of the county of Kent give the king 100 m. for having his charter.

Concerning the lands of Roger of Dauntsey. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take into the king’s hand all lands that Roger of Dauntsey has in his bailiwick of his own inheritance for the forfeit that he made in the king’s forest, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

23 Feb. Kempton. Concerning the king’s stock at Berwick. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire that if Drogo de Barentin, John de Plessetis and William of Huntercombe distrain the men of Berwick to render to them the king’s stock that they have in custody, for which they render £6 14s. every year at the Exchequer, he is not to permit this to be done but is to deliver their livestock, if they took it for the aforesaid reason, without delay.

Concerning the king’s stock at Berwick. Order to them not to distrain them on account of this without the king’s licence.

2 March. Kempton. The king has granted to all Jews of England that they are not to be distrained for any debt that they may owe him at the Exchequer for any tallage from Easter in the sixteenth year up to Michaelmas in the same year, and that in the meantime they are to cease payment of all manner of debts that they ought to have rendered to the king, excepting the fine of Ursellus, son of Hamo the Jew of Hereford, and the fine of Isaac the Jew of Norwich, which they made with him because the same Jews have mainperned to acquit the king of 2360 m. towards Albizium Deutaidy, Geoffrey Alifonsi and Giacomo Pieri Picellini, citizens and merchants of Siena , which he received from them as a loan, namely 1160 m. at St. Peter in Chains in the aforesaid year and 1200 m. at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to permit this to be done thus, not distraining the aforesaid Jews in the meantime for any debt that they owe the king from any tallage, as aforesaid.

3 March. Kempton. For Adam Esturmy. Adam Esturmy, king’s valet, has made fine with him by 35 m. for having custody of the land and heir of Robert le Poer, who held of the king in chief, until the heir comes of age, with the marriage of the same heir. In which 35 m. the king wishes that Adam is to be allowed the 20 m. that the king owes him for a horse he bought from him, and Adam is to render the remaining 15 m. on Sunday next before Pentecost in the sixteenth year. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to cause Adam to have full seisin without delay of both the aforesaid heir and of all land formerly of Robert in his bailiwick on the day he died, as aforesaid. He is also, without delay, to deliver to Adam the chattels formerly of Robert, which ought to be the king’s and which the sheriff of Berkshire took into his hand, as is said, of the king’s gift.

For Adam Esturmy. Memorandum that if the said Adam does not render the aforesaid 15 m. at the aforesaid term, the king will be permitted to seize the aforesaid custody into his hand. The pledges of the same Adam for the aforesaid 15 m are:

Godfrey of Crowcombe for 10 m.Henry de Heliun for 5 m.

10 March. Westminster. Concerning taking a certain man. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take Peter de Aumelegh’ and detain him in the king’s prison under safe custody, and he is to take into the king’s hand and keep safely all his lands and tenements with all his chattels found therein, until the king orders otherwise.

For the abbot of Winchcombe . Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to distrain the knights and free tenants of the abbot of Winchcombe to render him his scutage from the knights’ fees they hold of him in chief in his bailiwick, namely 20s. per shield for the army of Painscastle, for which scutage the abbot ought to answer the king at the Exchequer.

For the abbot of Winchcombe . It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Oxfordshire.

11 March. Westminster. Concerning respite of a demand. For Simon de Montfort. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Simon de Montfort for Fobert of Dover for a debt to the king’s use, until three weeks from Easter in the sixteenth year.

[No date]. Essex. Ralph de Mandeville gives the king 1 m. for having a pone before the itinerant justices etc. , concerning land in Waltham. Order to the sheriff of Essex etc.

12 March. Westminster. For Ralph de Bray. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire not to distrain Ralph de Bray, in whose hand is the land that William of Hartshill held in his bailiwick, for the fine made with the king for the debts he owed to the Jews, which debts pertained to the king, until an inquisition which the king ordered to be taken concerning certain articles will have been taken.

Concerning a dispute between Peter fitz Herbert and the abbot of Abingdon . Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place in respite, until three weeks from Easter in the sixteenth year, the distraint which the king ordered to be made upon Peter fitz Herbert to render his scutage to the abbot of Abingdon , which the abbot exacts from him for the army of Painscastle, and concerning which dispute has arisen before the barons of the Exchequer, and to cause the aforesaid abbot and Peter to know that they are then to be before the same barons at Westminster to hear and receive their judgement there whether the said P. ought to be quit of the aforesaid scutage or ought to render it to the abbot.

Concerning a dispute between Peter fitz Herbert and the abbot of Abingdon . It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Hampshire.

For the heirs of Ralph Hoppesort. Isabella of Lynt has made fine with the king, for herself and for Matilda daughter of Goda and William son of Matilda, who are the heirs of Ralph Hoppesort, by half a mark for having seisin of one virgate of land with appurtenances in Bockhampton, formerly of the aforesaid Ralph and which he held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire that, having accepted security from Isabella for the half-mark to the use of the king and her parceners, he is to cause her and the aforesaid parceners to have full seisin of the aforesaid land.

[No date]. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men of Rye for the prest made to them in the time of King John etc., until 15 days from Easter in the sixteenth year.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Robert Musard, Gilbert son of Simon, Richard son of Walter and Simon son of Gymma give the king 4 m. for having writs to attaint the four justices who took two assizes at Lincoln, concerning pasture in Rippingale and a certain dyke raised in the same vill.

21 March. Marlborough. For the heirs of William de Scotney . Walter of Killingholme and Frethesenta, his wife, and Phillip de Fauconberg and Cecilia, his wife, have made fine with the king by two palfreys for having seisin of two parts of the land formerly of William de Scotney which falls to Frethesenta and Cecilia by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire that, having accepted security from Walter and Phillip for the two aforesaid palfreys to the king’s use, he is to cause them to have full seisin without delay of two parts of all of the land of which he was seised on the day he died and which he held of the king in chief, saving to the king the custody and marriage of Helena, daughter of the aforesaid William, with the third part of all land formerly of the aforesaid William, until Helena comes of age.

26 March. Marlborough. For Nicholas de Molis. Order to P. bishop of Winchester that notwithstanding that the king has committed the county of Hampshire to him to keep for as long as it pleases the king, he is to permit Nicholas de Molis, who had the custody of the same county, or another on his behalf who he will assign to this, to receive all issues of the same county up to 15 days from Easter in the sixteenth year, so that he might render account for the moiety of that year at the Exchequer.

[No date]. For William Spileman. William Spileman has made fine with the king by 100s. for having seisin of the lands that William Spileman, his father, whose heir he is, held of the king by sergeanty in the bailiwick of the sheriff of Hampshire on the day he died and that fall to him by hereditary right , and the king has taken his homage herein. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, having accepted security from the aforesaid William for the aforesaid 100s., he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid William in his bailiwick on the day he died, as aforesaid, and when he has taken the aforesaid security he is to signify this to the sheriff of Wiltshire, to whom the king has ordered concerning the lands in his bailiwick etc.

For William Spileman. Order to the same sheriff of Wiltshire that once the sheriff of Hampshire had signified by his letters that the aforesaid security is taken ... ¹

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Entry unfinished.

[No date]. For the elect of Cerne . The elect of Cerne has letters directed to the king’s escheators in the county of Dorset for having seisin of the abbey of Cerne with all things pertaining to it, saving rents and escheats, if they fall in in times of vacancy, to the king.

[No date]. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to place in respite the demand of 17 m. 3s. 4d. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from G. of Crowcombe for several prests, until one month from Easter in the sixteenth year.

[No date]. Hampshire. The abbess of Romsey gives one palfrey for having a pone against the bailiffs of William Brewer, concerning livestock taken.

[No date]. For John Gace. John Gace gives the king 10 m. for having his letters patent for coming into England and staying without term with his merchandise.

For Elias de Falaise. Elias de Falaise has made fine with the king by 50s. for having seisin of the land that William de Falaise, his father, held of the king by sergeanty and that falls to him by inheritance , and the king has taken his homage herein. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, security having been taken from him for those 50s., he is to cause Elias to have full seisin of all land that William held by sergeanty in his bailiwick on the day he died and that falls to him by inheritance.

15 April. Windsor. Buckinghamshire. Richard Attegrove and Alice, his wife, give the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of mort d’ancestor against Elias Smith and others , concerning land in Marlow. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take security etc.

For William Longespée. The king has granted to William Longespée that, of the debt he owes him at the Exchequer, of which he was accustomed to render £100 annually, he may henceforth render 100 m. each year at the same terms at which he was bound to render the £100. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

16 April. Windsor. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand of 20s. that they make from Fulk of Montgomery by summons of the Exchequer for William de Caen for the scutage of Poitou from the time of King John etc., until the king orders otherwise.

For Hugh de Gournay. The king has granted to Hugh de Gournay that the £15 which he owes him at this Exchequer of Easter in the sixteenth year, to be rendered for the debts he owes the king, are to be allowed to him in the debt he owes the king of his annual fee of 40 m. that he receives per annum at the Exchequer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Devon. Ralph son of Ralph gives 20s. for having letters for four justices to take an assize of darrein presentment to the church of Withycombe.

3 May. Westminster. For Walter de Fauconberg. Walter de Fauconberg has made fine with the king by 200 m. for having the custody of the land and heir of Walter de Bendenges until the legal age of the same heir, with his marriage. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to cause the same Walter to have full seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid Walter in his bailiwick, of which he was seised on the day he died, and of the aforesaid heir if he will be in his bailiwick.

For Walter de Fauconberg. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Surrey.

For Walter de Fauconberg. Pledges of the aforesaid Walter for the aforesaid fine:

Richard de Argentan for 40 m.Ralph son of Bernard for 40 m.Thomas of Moulton for 80 m.Geoffrey de Lucy for 40 m.

5 May. Westminster. For the abbot of St. Albans . Because the king has learnt that the abbot of St. Albans was amerced at 300 m. in the time of King John by will more than by any reason before his justices itinerating at that time to take the pleas of the forest in the county of Yorkshire on account of the default he made in not coming before them at common summons, because the abbot has no land nor then had land in the aforesaid county, as is said, by reason of which he ought to have been amerced, the king has pardoned him the aforesaid 300 m. of the aforesaid amercement by the fine of four palfreys of the price of 20 m. which he made with him. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the abbot to be quit of the aforesaid 300 m.

[No date]. Westmorland. The burgesses of Appleby give the king two palfreys for having his confirmation concerning having their vill at fee farm and concerning other liberties, as is contained more fully in the aforesaid confirmation.

[No date]. York. The abbot of York gives the king one palfrey for having his charter for having a fair and market at his manor of Whitgift , as is more fully contained in the aforesaid charter.

8 May. Westminster. For G. of Crowcombe. The king has granted to G. of Crowcombe that he may render one pair of gilded spurs, which he ought to render per annum to Ralph de Ruperes, ¹ Norman, and his heirs for the manors of Pinnock and Atherstone, which he had of the gift of the aforesaid Walter (sic.), at the Exchequer for as long as the lands of the Normans will be in the king’s hand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be enrolled and done thus.

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Corrected from ‘Walter le Cygne’.

8 May. Westminster. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until Easter in the seventeenth year, the demand of 40 m. that they make from the king’s men of Rye for a prest made to them in the time of the war between King John etc. and his barons of England, in order to enclose the vill of Rye, as they say.

8 May. Westminster. For Bartholomew Peche. The king has granted to Bartholomew Peche that the £10 which he receives per annum at the Exchequer for his annual fee are to be allowed to him each year in the 100 m. by which he made fine with him for having the custody of the land and heirs of Eustace de Fercles, of which he was previously accustomed to render 20 m. per annum to the king, namely by £10 to be allowed to him annually, ¹ until he has satisfied the king thus of the aforesaid 100 m. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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Clause concerning previous render interlined.

For the sister and heiress of Simon son of William. Beatrice, sister and heiress of Simon son of William, has made fine with the king by 40s. for having seisin of the land formerly of the aforesaid Simon, which he held of the king in chief and which falls to her by hereditary right , and the king has taken her homage herein. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland that, having accepted security from her for the 40s. to the king’s use for her relief, he is to cause Beatrice to have full seisin of all land formerly of Simon, of which he was seised on the day he died.

For Everard, brother and heir of Walter Pichard. Everard, brother and heir of Walter Pichard, has made fine with the king by 20s. for having seisin of the land that the aforesaid Walter held of the king in chief ¹ and that falls to him by hereditary right, and the king has taken his homage herein. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk that, having accepted security from him for the 20s. to the king’s use for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all land formerly of Walter, of which he was seised on the day he died.

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‘in his bailiwick’ cancelled.

9 May. Westminster. For Brian son of Alan. Brian son of Alan has made fine with the king by 100 m. for having the custody and marriage of Helena, youngest daughter of William de Scotney, who is one of his heirs, and for the custody of the land that pertains to Helena of the inheritance formerly of William, her father, and for the marriage of Matilda, who was the wife of the same William , so that she is not to marry without his will and licence. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire that, having accepted security from Brian for the aforesaid 100 m. to the king’s use, he is to cause him to have full seisin, as aforesaid, of the marriage and custody of Helena and the land that pertains to her of the inheritance formerly of William, her father, in his bailiwick, and the marriage of Matilda. Once Brian has given him the aforesaid surety, he is to signify this by his letters to the sheriff of Lincolnshire, to whom the king has commanded that when he will signify this to him, he is to cause Brian to have full seisin of Helena’s rightful portion that falls to her of the land formerly of the aforesaid William in his county.

For Brian son of Alan. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

For Brian son of Alan. The same Brian has letters patent with the whole narratio of the writ.

[No date]. For the bishop of Norwich. Thomas, bishop of Norwich, has made fine with the king by 2500 m. for having his charter that he and his successors and the prior of Norwich and his successors may have all amercements from their demesne lands and their own men forever, saving to the king and his heirs the amercements of the men of their fees who do not hold from either of them in chief, and that they may collect the aforesaid amercements by their hands, as is more fully contained in the aforesaid charter, and for having the king’s confirmations of liberties and other things contained in the same confirmations.

10 May. Westminster. For Alvred of Lincoln. By the fine of 10 m. which Alvred of Lincoln made with him, the king has rendered to him the custody of the lands that Phillip de Salomonville held of the same Alvred by knight service, notwithstanding that Phillip held one carucate of land with appurtenances in Newton of the king in chief by the service of rendering one table-cloth (mappa) and one towel per annum. Order to the sheriff of Dorset and Somerset that, having accepted security for rendering the aforesaid 10 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid lands which Phillip held of him in his bailiwick by knight service, as aforesaid.

For Walter de Percy. The king has granted to Walter de Percy that, of the 50 m. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the amercement made before B. de Lisle and his fellows in the county court of Cumberland, he may render 100s. to the king at St. John the Baptist in the sixteenth year, 100s. at Michaelmas in the same year and £10 each year afterwards until the aforesaid 50 m. are paid, namely 100s. at Easter and 100s. at Michaelmas. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until Michaelmas in the sixteenth year, the demand of 50s. which they make from Walter de Goderville for the fine that he made with the king for the marriage of Isabella, formerly his wife, and the demand of 20s. that they make from the same W. for Robert Morin.

For Alexander Bacon. Alexander Bacon has made fine with the king by £10 for having the custody of the land and heirs of William of Ousby with the marriage of the same heirs. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland that, having accepted security from him for rendering the aforesaid £10 to the king, he is to cause Alexander to have full seisin of the aforesaid custody of the land and heirs.

For Fulk de Lisures. The king has taken the homage of Fulk de Lisures, son and heir of William de Lisures, for the lands formerly of the same William which fall to him by inheritance. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire that, having accepted security from Fulk for 5 m. for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of William, of which he was seised on the day he died.

For Richard de Stavinton’. The king has granted to Richard de Stavinton’ that, of the 5 m. which he owes him for trespass of the forest , he may render 20s. to him each year at the Exchequer, namely 10s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 10s. at the Exchequer of Easter, and thus from term to term until that debt is paid in full. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

10 May. Westminster. For Ralph de Mortimer. The king has granted to Ralph de Mortimer that, of the 60 m. which are exacted from him at the Exchequer for a prest of Ireland from the time of King John, his father, he may render 100s. to the king every year at the Exchequer, namely 50s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 50s. at the Exchequer of Easter, beyond the £20 which the king granted to him to be rendered per annum from other debts he owes him, so that in all he is to render £25 per annum at the Exchequer at the aforesaid terms until the aforesaid debts are paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

10 May. Westminster. For the men of Lincoln. The king has granted to his trustworthy men of Lincoln that, of the £110, 100 m., £20 and 113s. which they owe him for divers debts, they may render £20 per annum with the 100 m. which they render to the king per annum for another fine previously made with him, at the same terms at which they answer at the Exchequer for the aforesaid 100 m., until all of the aforesaid debts are paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Roger of Dauntsey. Roger of Dauntsey has made fine with the king by 60 m. for the trespass he made in running in the king’s forest of Windsor with his greyhounds to take the king’s venison there, so that he is to render 100s. of that fine at St. John the Baptist in the sixteenth year, 100s. at Michaelmas in the same year, 100s. at Easter in the seventeenth year, 100s. at Michaelmas in the same year, and £10 thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 60 m. are paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Robert of Wakering. Order to G. Basset, constable of St. Briavels , to permit Robert of Wakering to assart in peace and without impediment the 49 acres which were assigned to him in the forest of St. Briavels to assart, rendering 2d. for each acre at the Exchequer, notwithstanding that he has not yet assarted them fully.

[No date]. Berkshire. Cecilia de Turberville gives the king 2 m. for having four justices to take an assize of novel disseisin between her and John de Turberville, concerning a tenement in Compton. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire.

[No date]. Middlesex. William le Newe gives the king half a mark for having four justices to take an assize of novel disseisin between him and Phillip Argent and others, concerning a tenement in Stanwell. Order to the sheriff of Middlesex etc.

12 May. Reading. Concerning land to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take into the king’s hand the manor of Weldon , which is in the hand of Henry of Braybrooke by bail of King John etc., and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise, saving to the same H. his corn and chattels that he has in the same manor.

15 May. Oxford. For Henry son of Nicholas. The king has granted to Henry son of Nicholas that, of the 34 m. which he owes him of the fine of 50 m. that he made with him for the custody of the land and heir of John Belet, he may render 8½ m. at Michaelmas in the sixteenth year, 8½ m. at Easter in the seventeenth year, 8½ m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 8½ m. at Easter in the eighteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

17 May. Oddington. For Aymer de St. Amand. The king has granted to Aymer de St. Amand that he may render those 10 m. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for a prest of Ireland with the other debts he owes him, for which he made fine by rendering 10 m. per annum. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Concerning the debt which Robert of Creake owed to the king. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk not to permit the executors of the testament of Robert of Creake to dispose of Robert’s goods in his bailiwick to make execution of the same, until the king will be satisfied of the debt that Robert owed him.

22 May. Kidderminster. For the men of Wych. The king has pardoned the men of Wych the 12 m. that they owe of tallage and has granted them that, of the £50 which they owe him for the arrears of their farm, they may render a moiety at Pentecost in the sixteenth year in the king’s Wardrobe and the other moiety at the Exchequer at St. John in three weeks in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to be quit of the aforesaid 12 m. and to permit them to have those terms for the aforesaid £50.

22 May. Bridgnorth. Concerning respite of account. Because the sheriff of William de Stuteville of Yorkshire is before the itinerant justices at York for the pleas of the forest and William will be at Leicester on the morrow of Trinity before the itinerant justices there to hold all pleas, order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have respite from rendering his account for the said county of Yorkshire until three weeks from St. John the Baptist ¹ in the sixteenth year.

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Corrected from ‘15 days from’.

For Thomas of Warwick. Order to the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset to cause Thomas of Warwick to have his scutage from the knights’ fees held of him and that he holds of the king in chief in his bailiwick, namely 2 m. per shield for the army of Kerry, 3 m. for the army before the first crossing and 3 m. for the army of Poitou after the first crossing etc., so that he answers at the Exchequer by his hand, saving the liberty that the earls of Warwick, ancestors of the same Thomas, enfeoffed them with, that their heirs ought to acquit them against the king from foreign service.

For Thomas of Warwick. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Worcestershire , Gloucestershire , Rutland and Hampshire .

5 Dec. Worcester. For Alan, son of Robert of Bridgnorth. The king, by his charter, has granted to Alan son of Robert eight acres of land in the forest of Morfe in exchange for his land and houses that he lost by reason of the barbican of the castle of Bridgnorth , by rendering 12d. per annum by the hands of the bailiffs of Bridgnorth. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ¹

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This entry was clearly added after the main body of the membrane had been compiled, sitting to the right of the previous entries and it is out of sequence.

1 June. Bridgnorth. Concerning a gift of the plot before the gate of the castle of Bridgnorth . The king has granted to Roger, son of Robert of Hinstock, that plot before the gate of the castle of Bridgnorth formerly of Alan son of Avice (sic.), which the constable of the same castle seized in the last war etc. in order to build a barbican, for which the king made the same Alan an exchange in the forest of Morfe , rendering 12d. per annum at the Exchequer by the hand of the bailiffs of Bridgnorth at Michaelmas. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be enrolled and held thus.

3 June. Worcester. For Denise, who was the wife of Henry son of William . The king has granted to Denise, who was the wife of Henry son of William , who is one of the heirs of Matthew of Torrington, that the terms of the fine that Henry made with the king during his life both for the debts that were exacted from Matthew at the Exchequer and the portion of the relief that pertained to Denise for the lands formerly of Matthew, who held of the king in chief, and that fell to her by inheritance, are to be kept for her. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause Denise to have those terms as aforesaid.

For Denise, who was the wife of Henry son of William . Order to the sheriff of Devon that notwithstanding that the same Henry did not keep his terms fixed for him at the Exchequer during his lifetime, he is to cause all of his land, for which reason he disseised her , as is said, to be restored to the aforesaid Denise without delay.

5 June. Tewkesbury. For John Marshal. The king has given respite to John Marshal, who is in the parts of Ireland by his order, from the debts for which he ought to answer at the Exchequer, until the octaves of Michaelmas in the sixteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause John to have that respite.

6 June. Gloucester. For John of Monmouth . John of Monmouth has respite, until 15 days from St. John the Baptist, from rendering his account for the arrears of the county of Wiltshire and from other debts for which he ought to have answered at the Exchequer on the same day, ¹ because he cannot appear before the barons of the Exchequer to answer for that account on Thursday next after Trinity in the same year because the king has sent him to the parts of Wales to make amends for breaches made in the truces taken between the king and Llywelyn, so that he is to be there then in the state in which he now is.

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Other debts interlined.

Concerning respite of a demand. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to his bailiffs of Gloucester, until one month from Michaelmas in the sixteenth year, from the 60 m. and £27 which are exacted from them by summons of the Exchequer for several tallages. ¹ Order to cause them to have that respite.

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Corrected from ‘scutages’.

[No date]. Norfolk. Petronilla, daughter of Hugh le Burguinun, gives the king 20s. for having four justices to take the assize of novel disseisin that she arraigned against William Rustein, Reginald, son of William de St. Martin, and William de Aula, concerning a tenement in Waterden. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security from Petronilla for the aforesaid 20s. etc.

8 June. Gloucester. For John fitz Geoffrey. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful John fitz Geoffrey that, of the 50 m. which he was accustomed to render to him per annum at the Exchequer of the fine of 300 m. 8s. 11d. that he made with him for Henry de Oilly, and of the £25 that he owes, on the other hand, of the fine that he made with the king for having seisin of his lands, he may render 30 m. per annum at the same terms at which he previously rendered the aforesaid 50 m., namely 15 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 15 m. at the Exchequer of Easter, until he will have rendered all of the aforesaid debt in full. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For William [de] Putot . To the same. The king has retained with him his beloved and faithful William de Putot, sheriff of Gloucestershire , so that he will not be able to be before them on Thursday next after Trinity in the sixteenth year to make the view of his account for Easter term of the aforesaid year. Order to receive in his place Oliver, his clerk , to make the aforesaid view, who he sends to them for this, and that the sheriff is not to be penalized for his absence on that day. ¹

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Corrected from ‘as they were accustomed to receive him at other times’.

8 June. Gloucester. For Gilbert Basset. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has committed the vill of St. Briavels with the castle and the Forest of Dean with their appurtenances to his beloved and faithful Gilbert Basset to keep from Michaelmas in the fifteenth year to Michaelmas in the sixteenth year, rendering £10 at the Exchequer in the same year. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Gilbert Basset. The same has letters patent under the same form.

9 June. Gloucester. For Thomas of Blakeney. To Gilbert Basset. Thomas of Blakeney has made fine with the king by 40s. for having seisin of the land formerly of Thomas of Blakeney, his father , whose heir he is, with the bailiwick that he had in the king’s forest of Dean , which fall to him by hereditary right. Order that, having accepted security from Thomas for 40s. to the king’s use for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all land formerly of the aforesaid Thomas, his father, in Blakeney of which he was seised on the day he died and, similarly, of the aforesaid bailiwick.

10 June. Winchcombe. For the men of Bristol. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his trustworthy men of Bristol that they may have and hold the vill of Bristol for two years beyond the term contained in the letters patents they have from him for holding the aforesaid vill at farm, rendering the farm contained in the same letters at the Exchequer. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

10 June. Winchcombe. For the men of Gloucester. To the same barons. Because the king has learnt that at his first coronation at Gloucester Earl William Marshal senior received the 60 m. that are exacted at the Exchequer from the king’s men of Gloucester for the tallage assessed upon the same vill at the coronation, the king has quitclaimed those 60 m. to the same men. Order to cause them to be quit.

11 June. Oddington. For Walter de Goderville. To the barons of the Exchequer. Notwithstanding that his beloved and faithful Walter de Goderville has not kept his terms for the debts he owes him at the Exchequer, the king has granted to him that he may render the aforesaid debts at the Exchequer at the same terms that he previously had, so that the first term of payment of the same debts will begin at Michaelmas forthcoming in the sixteenth year. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Walter de Goderville. To the sheriff of Dorset. Notwithstanding that his beloved and faithful Walter de Goderville has not kept his terms for the debts he owes him at the Exchequer, the king has granted to him that he may render the aforesaid debts at the Exchequer at the same terms that he previously had, so that the first term of payment of the same debts will begin at Michaelmas forthcoming in the sixteenth year. Order to cause his land and chattels that he took into the king’s hand for this reason to be replevied to Walter without delay.

15 June. Woodstock. For John Galard. John Galard, son and heir of William, son of Humphrey of Hanborough, has made fine with the king by 50s. for having seisin of the land formerly of the aforesaid William, his father , and the king has taken his homage. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire that, having accepted security from John for the aforesaid 50s. for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all land formerly of William and of which he was seised on the day he died, as aforesaid.

Concerning respite of a demand. Hugh de Neville has respite, until 15 days from St. John the Baptist ¹ in the sixteenth year, from the demand for scutage that the sheriff of Somerset makes from him by summons of the Exchequer for the king’s army of Poitou after his first crossing, so that, in the meantime, he might collect the scutage from his knights and free tenants, for which he ought to answer at the Exchequer. In the meantime the sheriff is to cause his livestock taken for this reason to be replevied to Hugh.

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Corrected from ‘15 days from Michaelmas’.

[No date]. Devon. The abbot of Tavistock has made fine with the king by 5 m. for having a fair at his church of Brentnor in the manor of Lamerton in Devon.

[No date]. Ireland. For the men of Waterford. The king’s citizens of Waterford give the king 50 m. for having the city of Waterford at fee farm for 100 m., to be rendered at the Exchequer of Dublin, namely one moiety at Michaelmas and the other moiety at Easter, and also for having certain liberties that the king granted to them, as is contained in the charter that they have.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Gilbert Ithelockes and Cundya, his wife, give the king one mark for attainting the twelve jurors [of an assize] of novel disseisin [which he arraigned] against John Burel, concerning a tenement in Saltfleetby. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security from them for the aforesaid mark.

Brill. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place in respite the demand of 116s. 10d. that he makes from Adam son of Hervey by summons of the Exchequer, until 15 days from St. John the Baptist in the sixteenth year, and to cause his livestock taken for this reason to be delivered to him.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the bailiffs of Wallingford to permit Ralph fitz Nicholas to have peace, until one month from Michaelmas in the sixteenth year, from the demand they make from him by summons of the Exchequer for several debts for William Pippard and Walter Pippard , and to cause his livestock taken for this reason to be delivered to him.

20 June. Weston. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until three weeks from the Nativity of St. [John] the Baptist in the sixteenth year, the demand they make from Herbert son of Matthew by summons of the Exchequer for the debts in which he is bound to the king.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer and before it had been sent into the Exchequer by the chancellor.

22 June. Weston. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from Drogo de Barentin, John de Plessetis and William of Huntercombe for the debts of Hugh de Maulnay by reason of the manor of Chalgrove , formerly of the same Hugh, being in their hand, until they have command otherwise.

21 June. Weston. Concerning the manor of Apethorpe, to be taken into the king’s hand. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. Order to take into the king’s hand the manor of Apethorpe with appurtenances, which Ranulf le Breton held, and all assarts that Ranulf made in the parts of the woods of Duddington and Cliffe, and to keep that manor and those assarts safely to the king’s use until he has command otherwise.

24 June. Ely. Concerning wines to be sold. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause all of the king’s old wines that he has in his manors within his bailiwick to be sold by the view and testimony of law-worthy men, so that the king has the money thus arising promptly when he orders him.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause Robert de Muscegros to have respite, until Michaelmas in the sixteenth year, from the 10 m. which he ought to have rendered to the king at Easter in the same year of the debts that he owes him.

26 June. Chippenham. For Walter of Killingholme. Order to the barons of the Exchequer not to distrain Walter of Killingholme, who took to wife the first-born daughter of William de Scotney, for the debts which William owed to the king, save for the portion of those debts that pertains to them and, similarly, to distrain the other heirs for their portion that pertains to them of the aforesaid debts, so that each bears his own burden.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men of Melksham for the tallage last assessed, on account of their poverty, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the sixteenth year.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the sixteenth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the abbot of Ramsey for a murder fine, of which the abbot ought to be quit, as he says, by the charters of the kings of England, so that it may be seen then at the Exchequer whether he ought to be quit or not. In the meantime he is to cause his livestock taken for this reason to be delivered to him.

27 June. Buckenham. Concerning the prise and purchase of wines at Southampton. The king has granted to Peter de Rivallis that he may have for life the custody of the king’s houses at Southampton, the prise and custody of the king’s wines and the purchases to be made there to the king’s use of all things that will be to the king’s use there, as will appear more fully soon by other letters patent of the king which the same Peter is to show to the bailiffs of Southampton. Order to the same bailiffs to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid houses and to permit him to have the aforesaid prise and custody of the king’s wines at Southampton and to make purchases there, as aforesaid.

27 June. Buckenham. Huntingdonshire. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to take into the king’s hand the land that Baldwin Usher held of the king in chief in his bailiwick, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

2 July. Burgh. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the sixteenth year, the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from William de Reimes for the scutage of Montgomery from the five knights’ fees he holds of the king in chief, which Roger Bigod holds from the aforesaid William, so that it may be seen then whether William ought to be quit of that scutage by reason of the custody of Roger’s lands, which the king, as is said, had in his hand at the time of the army of Montgomery, or not.

3 July. Walsingham. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make from Bartholomew Peche by summons of the Exchequer by reason of Lucy, sister and heiress of Eustace de Fercles, who is in his custody, for several debts that Eustace owed the king, until the aforesaid heiress comes of age.

Concerning respite of a demand. It is written in the same manner to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews.

5 July. Thetford. Concerning the debt of Herbert de Alençon. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to receive safe pledges from Herbert de Alençon for rendering the 300 m. that he owes the king within the feast of Michaelmas in the sixteenth year.

[No date]. Norfolk. John of Elm gives 20s. for having a writ of mort d’ancestor against John son of Richard, concerning a tenement in Tilney, before the justices itinerating in Cambridgeshire. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk ¹ to take etc.

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Corrected from ‘Cambridgeshire’.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. Thomas of Whaddon and Orabl’ of Caldecote give the king half a mark for having a writ of agreement before the justices at the first session etc. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire etc.

7 July. Walden. For Hugh of Boxted. Hugh, son and heir of Hugh of Boxted, has made fine with the king by 100s. for the knight’s fee he holds of the king in chief in Essex. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the same Hugh to be quit of his relief by the aforesaid 100s. which they are to receive from him.

14 July. Waltham. For the son and heir of Baldwin Usher. The king has taken the homage of Roger, son and heir of Baldwin Usher, for the land that Baldwin held of the king in chief in St. Ives, which falls to him by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire that, having accepted security from Roger for rendering 20s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with appurtenances without delay.

[No date]. Somerset. The abbot of Tewkesbury is amerced at 40s. before Jordan Oliver and his associates, justices assigned to take the assize of darrein presentment between him and Richard de Greinville concerning the church of Budef’ .

[No date]. Nottinghamshire. The men of the county of Nottinghamshire give the king 110 m. for having his charter for disafforesting certain parts of the same county by the metes contained in the aforesaid charter.

[No date]. Kent. The men of Romney give the king 200 m. for the trespass they made in adjudging a duel in the court of the same vill without the king’s order between Ralph de Bulewarh’ and Robert of Snargate, and because they entered the king’s prison by force and arms and beat and ill treated the same Robert, the appellant. They are to render this money at these terms, namely a moiety at Michaelmas in the sixteenth year and the other moiety at Easter next following.

[No date]. Sussex. Richard of Pagham is amerced at 20s. for disseisin before John le Cunte and his associates, justices assigned etc., against Eustace, chancellor of Chichester , concerning a dyke in Tangmere raised to the harm etc. in Woodhorn.

[No date]. Sussex. Juliana of Pevensey is amerced at 10s. for a false claim against Gilbert de Laigle, against whom she arraigned an assize of novel disseisin concerning a tenement in Hailsham before William de Muntell’ and his associates, assigned … ¹

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Entry unfinished.

[No date]. Sussex. The same Juliana is amerced at half a mark before the same justices for a false claim against Richard de Cumba, concerning a tenement in Hailsham.

[No date]. Sussex. Geoffrey de Dunstanville, against whom the prior of Lewes arraigned an assize of darrein presentment to the church of Greatham before the same William de Muntell’ and his associates, is amerced at one mark.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

For Gilbert Basset. The king has granted to Gilbert Basset that he may have all of the corn that he caused to be sown in the demesne lands in Devizes in the sixteenth year, ¹ having retained to the king’s use as many of the acres of the same land sown with corn as Gilbert found to be sown when he received the aforesaid castle to keep. Order to P. de Rivallis etc. to cause Gilbert to have all of the aforesaid corn., as aforesaid.

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‘after he had the custody of the castle of Devizes ...’ crossed through.

For Gilbert Basset. It is written in the same manner to the same Peter, concerning the corn which the same G. caused to be sown in the demesne lands of St. Briavels, having retained the corn that Roger of Clifford caused to be sown there, if he caused any to be sown there when the king committed the same castle to the same G. to keep.

For Baldwin de Friville. The king has granted to Baldwin de Friville that if he will render to him at this Exchequer of St. John the Baptist in the sixteenth year 30 m. of the 110 which he owes him of the fine he made with him for the custody of the land and heir of Richard de Scalariis and for the marriage of the same, he may have respite from the remaining 80 m. until Michaelmas in the seventeenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

28 June. Norwich. Concerning the chamberlainship of London. The king has granted to Peter de Rivallis that he may have the chamberlainship of London and the prise of wines to be taken in London for life, rendering 40 m. every year at the Exchequer, namely 20 m. at Easter and 20 m. at Michaelmas. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ¹

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This entry appears to be a later addition, being squeezed in at the very top of the membrane.

20 July. Westminster. For Henry de la Pomeraie. The king has taken the homage of Henry de la Pomeraie, son and heir of Henry de la Pomeraie, for the lands that the same Henry held of the king in chief and that fall to him by hereditary right, and the king has rendered his lands to him. Order to P. de Rivallis, keeper of the king’s escheats and wardships , to cause the same Henry to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid Henry, of which he was seised on the day he died.

Concerning the custody of the king’s houses of Southampton and the prise of wines there. The king has committed to Peter de Rivallis etc. the custody of the king’s houses of Southampton, the prise and custody of the king’s wines there and the purchases to be made there to the king’s use of all things there that will be to the king’s use, both of wines and of other things, so that he answers the king for them. Order to the bailiffs of Southampton to be intendant and respondent to Peter in all things which pertain to the custody of the aforesaid houses, the prise and custody of wines and the aforesaid purchases.

20 July. Lambeth. Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Kent that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take Ralph son of Bernard and Walter son of Bernard and to keep their bodies safely until the king orders otherwise, and he is to take Ralph’s lands into the king’s hand and keep them safely.

23 July. Kempton. For Godfrey of Crowcombe. The king has granted to G. of Crowcombe all of that land in Pitney and Wearne with appurtenances that he previously had by bail from the king, to have and hold from the king and his heirs to him and his heirs forever, performing etc. the service of a fourth part of one knight’s fee for all services, as is more fully contained in the king’s charter made for him. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

23 July. Kempton. For Denis de Anstey. The king has granted to Denis de Anstey that if he will wish to give surety to him for rendering at the Exchequer the farm and arrears due to the king from the manor of Radwell , with the hundred and appurtenances, then he may hold that manor. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that, having accepted the aforesaid surety, they are to cause Denis to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor and hundred and appurtenances.

24 July. Reading. Concerning respite of a demand. The king has given respite to Peter fitz Herbert, until one month from Michaelmas in the sixteenth year, from the demand he makes from him by summons of the Exchequer for the prest of Poitou and elsewhere from the time of King John etc., and for the scutage he owes the king for the army of Poitou. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

26 July. Reading. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the sixteenth year, the demand they make from Simon de Ifeld’ by summons of the Exchequer for the fine which he made before Simon de Hale and Richard de Hale when they were itinerant justices in Essex.

28 July. Oxford. For William de Parles. The king has taken the homage of William de Parles, son and heir of Walter de Parles, for one carucate of land with appurtenances in Poulton, which Walter held of the king in chief of the inheritance of Matilda daughter of Hugh, his wife, and which falls to William by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster that, having accepted security from William for 40s. for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid carucate of land.

28 July. Woodstock. Against Ranulf . The king has ordered Ranulf le Breton that, as he loves himself and his immunity, he is to leave the land of England before Assumption forthcoming in the sixteenth year, so that he is not found in the king’s land beyond that term without his licence. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire that if Ranulf is found in his bailiwick beyond that term against the king’s prohibition, he is to seize him and his and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise. He is similarly to take into the king’s hand and keep safely etc. all of his lands in his bailiwick that are not of ecclesiastical benefice, excepting those lands concerning which pleas have been moved before the itinerant justices. He is also to cause his garden of Chalfont to be uprooted without delay and if the canons of Missenden wish to have his houses there, he is to permit them to knock them down and carry them away, and if they do not want them, he is to set fire to them as houses of a traitor to the king.

Against Ranulf le Breton. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk to take all of his lands into the king’s hand, as above, to cause his garden to be uprooted and to set fire to his houses as houses of a traitor to the king.

31 July. Oddington. Concerning respite of a demand. The king has given respite to E. countess of Pembroke from the £30 which she ought to have rendered to him at St. John the Baptist in the sixteenth year, until Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause her to have the aforesaid respite.

2 Aug. Worcester. For the countess of Salisbury. Eleanor, countess of Salisbury, has made fine with the king by 10 m. for having seisin of her wood of Wootton, which was taken into the king’s hand for the waste made of the same wood. Order to P. de Rivallis that, having accepted security for rendering the aforesaid 10 m. to the king, he is to cause her to have full seisin of the aforesaid wood.

Concerning the flight of Henry Attesomele. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to take no land into the king’s hand by reason of the flight which Henry Attesomele made for the death of Agnes, his wife, save for that of which Henry was seised on the day he made that flight, nor is he to place his hand on the lands and chattels of Hawise, mother of the aforesaid Henry, by this reason, or of Matilda, his aunt, or of Agnes, his sister. If he has taken anything by the aforesaid reason, he is to cause it to be rendered to them.

[No date]. Concerning land to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take into the king’s hand the land that Walter of Bisbrooke held in his bailiwick in the name of his wife, ¹ whose custody pertains to the king, because her father held it of the king in chief, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

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Corrected from ‘of the king’.

7 Aug. Shrewsbury. Concerning distraining William Pippard for the king’s debts. Because William Pippard has no lands in Buckinghamshire by which he might be distrained for the debts that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, order to the sheriff of Devon to distrain him by his lands in his bailiwick for the aforesaid debts.

Concerning distraining William Pippard for the king’s debts. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire not to distrain Walter Daiville for the aforesaid debts by reason of his land of Wingrave, which is of the fee of the aforesaid William.

8 Aug. Shrewsbury. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until St. Andrew in the seventeenth year, the demand they make from H. bishop of Ely upon his liberties and other things and the amercements arising from fees other than his own within his hundred , ¹ concerning which the king ordered an inquisition to be taken in the eyre of the justices lately itinerant in Cambridgeshire, unless by chance the king will cause that inquisition so taken to be recited before him in the presence of the same bishop before that term, and to cause that which will be just to be done.

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Clause concerning the amercements is interlined.

[No date]. Warwickshire. Robert son of Tony, cook, ¹ gives the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of mort d’ancestor taken before the itinerant justices at Coventry , concerning a messuage in Alcester.

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Corrected from ‘clerk’.

[No date]. Worcestershire. The prior of Great Malvern , against whom Constance of Leigh arraigned an assize of darrein presentment concerning the church of Eckington , has fallen into [the king’s] mercy before the justices assigned to this and has not been amerced by them.

20 Aug. Oxford. Concerning the chattels formerly of Walter of Pattishall. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to take into the king’s hand all chattels formerly of Walter of Pattishall in his bailiwick, both corn and other things, for the debts which the same Walter owed to the king, and if the executors of his testament will find him security for rendering the aforesaid debts to the king, then he is to deliver all of the aforesaid chattels, both corn and other things, to the same executors in order to render the said debts to the king and to make execution of the testament of the same W.

Concerning the chattels formerly of Walter of Pattishall. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Northamptonshire and Suffolk .

20 Aug. Woodstock. Oxfordshire. Memorandum that the king has ordered the sheriff of Oxfordshire to make over seisin to Eleanor, countess of Salisbury, of half a virgate of land in Wootton as pertaining to her manor of Wootton , which half-virgate of land Ailric, formerly parker of Woodstock , held, saving to the king the corn and other chattels found in the aforesaid land.

25 Aug. Windsor. For Richard Siward. The king has granted to Richard Siward that, of the debt he owes him, he may render £10 per annum at the Exchequer until the king will have been satisfied of the aforesaid debt, namely 100s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 100s. at the Exchequer of Easter, notwithstanding that he has not kept his terms for the £10 which the king had previously granted him of the same debt, to be rendered each year at the Exchequer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

1 Sept. Lambeth. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the keeper of the honour of Boulogne to place in respite, until one year from Michaelmas in the sixteenth year, the demand of 20s. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Fulk of Montgomery for the scutage of Poitou from the time of King John etc. from the land of William de Caen, which Fulk has by bail of the king. ¹

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Date corrected from ‘1 Aug.’

For the countess of Eu. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire not to distrain the countess of Eu, by reason of a summons of the Exchequer, to perform service to the king from several knights’ fees [beyond those] that she recognised, until, it having been inquired at the Exchequer from what fees she owes service to the king, he has a command otherwise from the king.

For the countess of Eu. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Nottinghamshire, Kent and Sussex .

For the countess of Eu. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to make no distraint upon her or her pledges in the meantime, or to demand it be made.

2 Sept. Lambeth. For Walter de Fauconberg. The king has granted to Walter de Fauconberg that, of the 200 m. by which he made fine with him for having the custody of the land and heir of Walter de Bendenges, he may render 20 m. per annum at the Exchequer, namely 10 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 10 m. at the Exchequer of Easter, until the aforesaid 200 m. are paid to the king. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to permit him to have the aforesaid terms.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Hugh, son of William Basset, gives the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of mort d’ancestor taken before the justices last itinerant in Nottinghamshire against Robert le Curteis , concerning land in Rillington. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take etc.

5 Sept. Lambeth. For Geoffrey de Bec. The king has granted to Geoffrey de Bec that, of the fine of 30 m. which he made with him for Margaret, his daughter, he may render 10 m. per annum, namely 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the sixteenth year and 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the seventeenth year, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 30 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Eustace de Curton’. The king has taken the homage of Eustace de Curton’ for the knight’s fee that Ernisius de Curton’, his father, held of the king in chief and that falls to him by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Essex that, having accepted security from him for rendering his relief to the king, he is to cause Eustace to have full seisin of all land formerly of Ernisius in his bailiwick on the day he died, which falls to him by hereditary right.

[No date]. London. Floria and Jacob, Jews of London, give the king 5 m. for having an inquisition by the oath of twelve trustworthy and law-worthy men and according to the custom of London whether the house formerly of Richard le Ailer in the parish of St. Michael, Paternosterchurch in London, which was in the hand of the aforesaid Jews, was or was not an escheat of the king so that he was able to confer it on whom he wished when he gave it to Richard de St. John, chaplain , and if it was an escheat then what manner of escheat.

8 Sept. Canterbury. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to place in respite, until upon his next account at the Exchequer at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the sixteenth year, the demand he makes from the dean and chapter of Rouen for the tallage taken from their manor of Kilham , having first accepted security from the bailiffs of the aforesaid manor that the dean and chapter will have another on their behalf before the barons of the Exchequer to do what will be considered to be just by the same barons concerning the aforesaid tallages, and he is to cause the same bailiffs to know at which day they ought to be at the Exchequer for rendering their account. By the bishop of Winchester.

[No date]. For Benedict Crispin . Benedict Crispin, Jew , gives the king 5 m. for having his confirmation of a certain house in London that he has of the grant of the abbot of Waltham by his charter.

10 Sept. Dover. For the sons and heirs of Hamo of Hereford . Ursellus, Leo, Mosse and Abraham, sons and heirs of Hamo of Hereford , Jew, have made fine with the king by 6000 m. for having the lands, houses, debts and chattels formerly of Hamo, of which 6000 m. they have rendered 1000 m. to the king cash down at the Exchequer. They are to render the remaining 5000 m. at the Exchequer at these terms, namely £100 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the sixteenth year, £100 at the Exchequer of Easter in the seventeenth year, and 300 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid fine is paid to the king. The king has also granted them that until they will have paid the aforesaid fine, they are to be quit of tallages in as much as pertains to them by reason of the debts formerly of Hamo, but if anything will accrue to them for another reason, such as taking money for marrying wives or for any other cause whatsoever, they are then to be tallaged when it happens that other Jews of the king throughout England are tallaged by the king’s order. The king has further granted to them that if he will pardon to anyone anything of the aforesaid debts that were owed to Hamo, this is to be allowed to the same Jews in the aforesaid fine according to the quantity of the debt pardoned by the king. ¹ Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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Witness clause originally entered at this point but cancelled by expunction.

For the sons and heirs of Hamo of Hereford . The same Jews have letters patent by the same words in testimony without the command.

20 Sept. Lambeth. Concerning the custodies and lands that H. de Burgh has surrendered to the king. Order to the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire to cause Peter de Rivallis, to whom to the king has committed all escheats and wardships to keep to his use, to have full seisin of all lands formerly of G. earl of Gloucester and Hertford in his bailiwick, which H. de Burgh, earl of Kent, had in his hand with the son and heir of the aforesaid earl of Gloucester.

Concerning the custodies and lands that H. de Burgh has surrendered to the king. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Oxfordshire, Sussex , Worcestershire , Lincolnshire , Cambridgeshire , Devon , Buckinghamshire , Wiltshire , Berkshire , Warwickshire , Gloucestershire , Northamptonshire , Norfolk and Suffolk, Somerset and Dorset, Hampshire and Surrey .

Concerning the custodies and lands that H. de Burgh has surrendered to the king. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Bedfordshire, Kent , Herefordshire and Berkshire , concerning the lands formerly of William d’Avranches.

Concerning the custodies and lands that H. de Burgh has surrendered to the king. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Kent , Hampshire , Norfolk , Essex and Sussex , concerning the lands formerly of the earl of Arundel.

Concerning the manor of Stretton, to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to take the manor of Stretton, which was in the hand of H. de Burgh etc. and which he surrendered to the king, into the king’s hand, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise, so that he answers for it at the Exchequer.

Concerning the hundred of Wormelow. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Herefordshire, concerning the hundred of Wormelow and parts of Archenfield and the assarts of Aconbury, which the same H. surrendered to the king.

Concerning Aylsham and Westhall. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, concerning the manors of Aylsham and Westhall, in all things.

21 Sept. Lambeth. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to place in respite the demand of £17 15s. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Phillip d’Aubigny for several debts, until one month from Michaelmas in the sixteenth year.

23 Sept. Westminster. For Robert de Gournay. The king has taken the homage of Robert de Gournay for half a knight’s fee that William, son of John of Harptree, grandfather of the same Robert, whose heir he is, held of the king in chief in Harptree. Order to the sheriff of Somerset that, having accepted security from Robert for 50s. for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid half-fee.

For Robert de Gournay. The king has taken the fealty of the same Robert for ten knights’ fees that the same William held of the earl of Gloucester and that Robert ought to hold from the heir of the aforesaid earl, who is within age and in the king’s custody . Order to the keeper of the lands formerly of the aforesaid earl that, having accepted security from Robert for £25 for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid fees.

22 Sept. Westminster. Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take into the king’s hand all lands that H. de Burgh, earl of Kent, has in his bailiwick, with all chattels and property found therein, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Yorkshire, Lancaster , Northamptonshire , Sussex , Hampshire , Warwickshire and Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Shropshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, Devon , Surrey , Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, Essex and Hertfordshire, Middlesex , Somerset and Dorset, Oxfordshire , Wiltshire , Gloucestershire , Northumberland , Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire and Berkshire and the mayor and sheriffs [of London] , concerning the lands and houses in their bailiwicks with stock.

Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk under the same form with this clause ‘And if the same H. will come in person into your bailiwick, you are to take his body and keep it safely until the king orders otherwise’.

23 Sept. Westminster. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire to place in respite the demand of £92 that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Roger de Somery for a debt of his father, until one month from Michaelmas in the sixteenth year.

[No date.] John of Titsey gives the king 20 m. for having a writ that he be handed over on bail, until the arrival of the justices in those parts , to twelve trustworthy and law-worthy men, which John Agnes, who was the wife of Ralph of Shenfield , does not appeal for the death of the aforesaid Ralph, her husband, nor is he held suspect, as the inquisition says. ¹

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Corrected from ‘... which John Agnes, who was the wife of Ralph of Shenfield, appeals out of hate and spite and not because he is guilty ...’

[No date.] Hampshire. The abbot of Titchfield gives the king 15 m. for having the same manner of liberties in his lands of Portchester, Wellsworth, Swanwick and Cosham which the king granted him to have and hold in the aforesaid manor of Titchfield .

24 Sept. Lambeth. For John of Boxted. The king has taken the homage of John of Boxted, brother and heir of Hugh of Boxted, for one carucate of land with appurtenances formerly of Hugh in Boxted, which falls to him by hereditary right, to hold from the king by the service of one knight’s fee. ¹ Order to the sheriff of Essex that, having accepted security from John for 100s. to the king’s use for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all of the aforesaid land with appurtenances.

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Service interlined in a different hand.

25 Sept. Westminster. For the count of Brittany, concerning three wapentakes. The king has granted to P. duke of Brittany etc. the wapentakes of Gilling, Hang and Halikeld, to have and hold together in this forthcoming seventeenth year by rendering £36 to the king at the Exchequer, namely a moiety at the Exchequer of Easter in the same year and the other moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to cause the duke to have full seisin of the aforesaid wapentakes, as aforesaid.

[No date]. For the Earl Warenne. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk that because it is disputed between Earl W. de Warenne, keeper of the land and heir of Hugh Red , and the executors of the testament of the same Hugh, about the debts that Hugh owed the king, and the executors have been summoned before the barons of the Exchequer ready to show why they did not render the said debt at Hilary in 15 days, he is not to distrain the same earl for the same debt in the meantime.

Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take into the king’s hand all of the lands that H. de Burgh, earl of Kent, holds in his bailiwick, both of wardships and of other things, and to keep them safely with all chattels and property found therein, so that nothing is removed, and similarly to cause all of his bailiffs and receivers of money to be arrested with their chattels, so that they are not able to remove anything therefrom, until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs as above.

28 Sept. Westminster. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite, until one month from Michaelmas in the sixteenth year, the demand he makes from Ralph fitz Nicholas and his men by summons of the Exchequer for the tallages and other debts exacted from him to the king’s use from the manor of Corsham , which is in the king’s hand. By the justiciar.

Concerning respite of a demand. It is written in the same manner to the bailiffs of Wallingford, concerning the demand that they make for the debts of Walter Pippard and William Pippard.

Concerning respite of a demand. And to the sheriff of Gloucestershire, concerning the demand he makes for the debts of Nicholas Poinz and Hugh Poinz.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to place in respite the demand he makes from Roger Bigod by summons of the Exchequer for scutage and other things, until one month from Michaelmas in the sixteenth year.

28 Sept Lambeth. Concerning the lands formerly of William of Eynsford. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of William of Eynsford in his bailiwick, which John de Burgh holds by bail of the king, and to deliver them to Peter de Rivallis, to whom the king has committed them so that he answers for them at the Exchequer .

Concerning the lands formerly of William of Eynsford. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Surrey. ¹

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This may be a later addition, being inserted at the end of the preceding entry.

Concerning the lands formerly of William of Eynsford. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Essex, concerning all lands formerly of the count of St. Pol in his bailiwick, which John de Burgh holds by bail of the king.

Concerning the lands formerly of William of Eynsford. And to the sheriff of Kent, concerning the manor of Dartford . ¹

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This may be a later addition, being inserted at the end of the preceding entry.

[No date.] Concerning the lands formerly of William of Eynsford. Order to the sheriffs of Essex and Cambridgeshire to distrain the same John by the lands that he has of the inheritance of his wife to render the son and heir of William of Eynsford to the king. ¹

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Again, this entry is tightly squeezed between those surround it and may also be a later insertion.

Concerning the manor of Little Wakering. Order to Ralph of Williton that, having accepted security from the Master of the Knights of the Temple in England for rendering to the king those 20 m. that he received from H. de Burgh, earl of Kent, for remitting the term at which he had the manor of Little Wakering ¹ at farm, which Paulinus of Theydon demised to him for a term of five years which will be completed at the Purification in the seventeenth year, he is to cause him to hold the aforesaid manor until the end of the aforesaid term, causing him to have the corn that was sown in the same manor of this autumn last past in the sixteenth year.

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Corrected from ‘Theydon’.

Concerning the lands formerly of Nigel de Mowbray. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of Nigel de Mowbray in his bailiwick and deliver them to P. de Rivallis, so that he answers for them at the Exchequer, saving to his wife the lands that she holds in dower of the aforesaid lands. ¹

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Dower clause interlined.

Concerning the lands formerly of Nigel de Mowbray. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire .

[No date]. For John fitz Geoffrey (sic.). John son of Phillip has made fine with the king by £100 for the custody of the land and heirs of John de Walton, who held his land from G., formerly earl of Gloucester, the custody of whose land and heir is in the king’s hand, to have until the same heirs come of age, with the marriage of the same. Order to the P. de Rivallis to cause John to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid custody of the land and heirs, which are in his hand by the king’s order.

[No date]. For John fitz Geoffrey (sic.). The same John has letters patent for himself and his heirs or assigns until the aforesaid heirs come of age, with their marriages.

28 Sept. Westminster. For Peter de Maulay. Because Baldwin de Friville did not marry the daughter and heiress of Ralph de Killingthorp, as he had covenanted with Peter de Maulay, order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to cause Peter to have full seisin of the land that Ralph held from him by knight service in Etton, the custody of which Peter granted to Baldwin by that agreement so that he would marry the aforesaid heiress as pertaining to her and to her custody, until the aforesaid heiress comes of age. He is, however, to take into the king’s hand the land which Ralph held in socage in Driffield and to keep it safely so that he answers for it at the Exchequer.

For Peter de Maulay. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to cause the daughter and heiress of the aforesaid Ralph, who is in the custody of Roger de Friville, who has married her, as is said, without the licence of the king and the aforesaid Peter , to be delivered by the hand of Peter de Maulay to Walter d’Escures, her uncle, in order to nurture her until she will be twelve years of age and then, if she wishes to consent to the marriage made between Roger and her, he is to deliver her to Peter to be married, as she is of his gift.

For Peter de Maulay. Order to Walter d’Escures to admit the aforesaid heiress thus and to deliver her to the aforesaid Peter at the end of the aforesaid term, if she will wish to consent to the aforesaid marriage.

The fine of Ranulf le Breton. Ranulf le Breton has made fine with the king by £1000 for having his grace and for having seisin of his lands, of which he was disseised by order of the king, and of the chattels that were found in the aforesaid lands, on condition that he finds the sheriff of Oxfordshire surety that he will cause nothing of the aforesaid chattels to be removed before one month from Michaelmas in the sixteenth year. Order to the same sheriff to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid lands and chattels, as aforesaid. He is, however, to cause the chattels that have been carried away to be carried back and replaced in the same lands, of which, similarly, nothing is to be removed by the same surety before the aforesaid term. In the meantime, he is to receive as much surety from Ranulf as he will be able to find for rendering the aforesaid fine. At the same term, he is to certify the king by his letters what chattels are in the aforesaid lands and for what sum of money he will find him surety for rendering this to the king. ¹

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All three of the supplementary entries concerning Ranulf’s fine have been squeezed into an increasingly tiny amount of space on the membrane.

The fine of Ranulf le Breton. It is to be noted that this fine is made saving to the king the vill of Apethorpe and the new assarts in the king’s forests both in Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire made by the same Ranulf and William, his brother.

The fine of Ranulf le Breton. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Norfolk, Essex and Hertfordshire, Sussex , and Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, with this addition ‘excepting the assarts that the same Ranulf made in the king’s forest in the county of Buckinghamshire, which Earl R. Marshal holds by bail of the king’.

The fine of Ranulf le Breton. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Essex and Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire , excepting the manor of Apethorpe and the new assarts made by the same William and Ranulf, his brother, in the king’s forests.

The fine of William le Breton. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Kent for William le Breton, who has made fine by 1000 m. for having the king’s grace etc.

For William Longespée. The king has granted to William Longespée that he may henceforth render 60 m. every year at the Exchequer at the same terms at which he was previously accustomed to render the 100 m. of the fine which he made with him for the debts that William owes at the Exchequer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Worcestershire. Rose, daughter of Walter Cret, gives the king half a mark for having a writ that the assize of novel disseisin which she arraigned before the itinerant justices against the parson of Tredington and others, concerning a tenement in Worcester, be taken before the king at Worcester on the morrow of St. Calixtus the Pope.

[No date]. Concerning the castle and honour of Knaresborough . The king has committed the castle of Knaresborough , with the honour and its other appurtenances, to B. de Lisle to keep for as long as it pleases the king, rendering 400 m. each year at the Exchequer, namely a moiety at Easter and a moiety at Michaelmas.

2 Oct. Westminster. For Stephen of Langton. Stephen of Langton has made fine with the king by 10 m. for having seisin of the manor of Fambridge , which he had demised at farm to Ranulf le Breton for a term of four years, which will last until Michaelmas in the seventeenth year . Order to Peter de Rivallis ¹ that, having accepted security from Stephen for rendering the aforesaid 10 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances and with the stocks of the same manor, as Ranulf was bound to render the same manor to Stephen at the end of the aforesaid term by the chirograph drawn up between them. Witness P. bishop of Winchester.

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Corrected from ‘the sheriff of Essex’.

Because Robert Haget has fined for the same custody, as will appear below. Reginald de Berneval has made fine with the king by 40 m. for having the custody of the land formerly of Roger de Berneval, his brother, until Roger’s heirs come of age, so that the aforesaid heirs will remain in the custody of Robert Haget, who is their nearest [heir] on the side of their mother, and Reginald is to find Robert 100s. each year to sustain the aforesaid heirs. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, having accepted security from Reginald for the aforesaid 40 m. to the king’s use, and for the aforesaid 100s. to Robert’s use, ¹ he is to cause Reginald to have full seisin of the aforesaid land, as aforesaid. He is also to cause it to be inquired by trustworthy and law-worthy men how much corn and stock Robert Haget received with the aforesaid land after Roger’s death, and he is to cause Reginald to have such corn and stock with the aforesaid land, and the rest of the corn and stock found in the same land is to remain to Robert Haget. ² Witness as above.

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Interlined.

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Entry cancelled because Robert Haget has fined for the same custody, as will appear below. See 312 below.

[No date]. Dorset. B. de Lisle, against whom William Quarel arraigned an assize of novel disseisin concerning a tenement in Winterborne before Jordan Oliver, William of Woodyates, Henry de Lutton and Thomas of Hinton, justices assigned to this, has fallen into mercy for disseisin and has not been amerced.

[No date]. Dorset. Roger, son of Roger de Winterborne, is amerced at half a mark before the aforesaid Jordan Oliver and his associates, justices assigned to take the assize of novel disseisin that the same Roger arraigned against the same Brian, because he withdrew himself.

[No date]. Dorset. Walter de Reingny and Reginald of Sydling, pledges of the aforesaid Roger son of Roger to prosecute, are both amerced at half a mark.

[No date]. Gloucestershire. William Hoese and William of Weston, against whom the abbot of Evesham arraigned an assize of darrein presentment to the church of Weston before Richard of Througham, William of Slaughter and their associates, justices assigned [to this], are amerced at 2 m. for unjust default.

6 Oct. Woodstock. Concerning the lands formerly of H. de Burgh. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause Peter de Rivallis to have full seisin of all lands, both wardships and other things, that H. de Burgh held in his bailiwick, with all chattels found in the same lands, so that he answers for them at the Exchequer. If anything will have been removed or disposed of from the aforesaid chattels, he is to cause it to be returned. ¹ Witness the king.

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Henceforth, all letters are attested by the king again unless otherwise stated.

Concerning the lands formerly of H. de Burgh. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire , Warwickshire and Buckinghamshire .

For the heirs of William de Scotney. The king has granted to Walter of Killingholme and Frethesenta, his wife, Phillip de Fauconberg and Cecilia, his wife, and to Helen, sister of Frethesenta and Cecilia, that, of the debts which William de Scotney, their father, whose heirs they are, owed the king and of which he used to render £10 per annum at the Exchequer, they may similarly render £10 of the same debts at the same terms at which William used to render them, namely as much as pertains to each of them for their portion that they hold of the inheritance formerly of William. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

7 Oct. Woodstock. For the wife of William de Meysey . The king has granted to Agnes, who was the wife of William de Meysey , the custody of the land and heir of the same William, for having which custody she previously made fine by 200 m. with H. de Burgh, earl of Kent, while he had the custody of the land and heir of G., formerly earl of Gloucester, of which fine she has paid him 50 m., as she says, on condition that she renders to the king at the Exchequer the £100 which still remain to be rendered of the aforesaid fine. Order to P. de Rivallis to cause all land formerly of the same William, which is in the king’s hand and in the custody of the same P., to be extended by the oath of trustworthy and law-worthy men, to permit her to render the aforesaid £100 at the Exchequer according to the extent and value of the same land, to cause Agnes to have full seisin without delay of the same land, taken in the king’s hand by reason of the lands formerly of the aforesaid earl of Gloucester, which the king ordered to be taken into his hand, and to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know that extent. Agnes is to render 50 m. of the aforesaid £100 at Easter in the seventeenth year, 50 m. at Easter in the eighteenth year and 50 m. at Easter in the nineteenth year. ¹

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Terms clearly added at a later date in a fresh hand after the witness clause, presumably after the results of the extent were known.

8 Oct. Oxford. For Margaret de Redvers. Order to the barons of the Exchequer not to cause Margaret de Redvers to be distrained by her demesne lands for the scutage of Poitou after the king’s first crossing, until the sheriffs in whose bailiwicks the knights’ fees are that she holds of the king in chief have rendered their account at the Exchequer, so that it may be known then whether they received the said scutage and answered by their hand.

For Margaret de Redvers. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that once the sheriff of Oxfordshire will signify to him that Margaret de Redvers will find him surety for rendering the debts she owes the king at the terms given to her, then he is not to distrain her henceforth for the same debts by reason of another order made to him.

For Margaret de Redvers. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Herefordshire.

For Margaret de Redvers. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire that if the same Margaret will find him the aforesaid surety , then he is to cause the sheriffs of Wiltshire and Herefordshire to know that they are to cease from making distraint for the aforesaid debts.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite the demand he makes from the chapter of Lincoln for a murder fine, until the king orders otherwise.

8 Oct. Abingdon. For the countess of Pembroke. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit E. countess of Pembroke to have peace, until the king orders otherwise, from the £30 which she ought to have rendered to the king at Michaelmas in the sixteenth year for the farm of Wexcombe .

Concerning the servants of H. de Burgh. Order to P. de Rivallis that, by reason of the general order that the king made for arresting all bailiffs of H. de Burgh and the receivers of his money, he is to cause none of the aforesaid to be imprisoned who can find safe pledges that they will faithfully and fully answer the king for prises and their bailiwicks at the king’s command.

11 Oct. Abingdon. For Robert de Gournay. The king has granted to Robert de Gournay that, of the £75 which remain to be rendered to the king of the £100 by which he made fine for his relief, he may render £25 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the sixteenth year before Martinmas, £25 at the Exchequer of Easter in the seventeenth year, and £25 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to permit the men of the chapter of Rouen of Clere to have peace, until one month from Michaelmas in the sixteenth year, from the demand he makes from them by summons of the Exchequer for the old tallage , so that it may be seen then at the Exchequer whether they ought to be quit of the said demand or not.

For John son of Richard of Cornwall. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that if John son of Richard of Cornwall renders £10 to the king at this Exchequer of Michaelmas in the sixteenth year and another £10 at the Exchequer of Easter in the seventeenth year of the debt that he owes the king, then they are to permit him henceforth to render £20 each year at the same terms until the aforesaid debt is paid, notwithstanding that he did not keep his terms previously granted to him.

12 Oct. Wallingford. For John Marshal. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that if John Marshal renders £40 at this Exchequer of Michaelmas of the debt he owes the king, they are to permit him to have respite from the remainder of the aforesaid debt until the octaves of Hilary in the seventeenth year.

Concerning respite of the tallage of the moneyers of London. Order to the mayor of London to place in respite the tallage he exacts from the moneyers of the city of London until the king’s next arrival in London.

Concerning rendering a hawk to the king. The king has granted to W. earl Marshal (sic.) that he may render to him, by his hand, for W. Brewer, one sore hawk , which the same W. was bound to render at this Exchequer of Michaelmas in the sixteenth year, and for which the king has betaken himself to the aforesaid earl. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus and to cause the same William to be quit. ¹

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Acquittal interlined.

12 Oct. Wallingford. For Brian son of Alan. The king has granted to Brian son of Alan that he may render the 100 m. by which he made fine with him for having the custody of Helena, daughter and one of the heirs of William de Scotney, with the land which falls to her by inheritance, and with the marriage of the same Helena, within three years, namely 10 m. in the octaves of Martinmas in the seventeenth year, 15 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the same year, 15 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and 30 m. in each of the two years next following at the same terms. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Concerning the corn and chattels in the lands of John de Vieuxpont. Order to the sheriff of Westmorland that notwithstanding that H. de Burgh, earl of Kent, surrendered to John de Vieuxpont his lands that had been in his custody, he is to cause Peter de Rivallis to have full seisin of all corn and chattels of the same that were in the same lands on the day upon which John received seisin of those lands, so that he answers for them at the Exchequer. If anything has been removed therefrom, he is to cause it to be rendered to Peter.

For Roger de Chandos. The king has granted to Roger de Chandos that, of the £25 7s. 9½d. which he owes him from the first scutage of King John etc., he may render 100s. at this Exchequer of Michaelmas, 100s. at Easter in the seventeenth year, 100[s.] at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and 100s. thus from term to term at each Exchequer until the aforesaid debt is paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

13 Oct. Wallingford. For the bishop of Exeter. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that if W. bishop of Exeter renders 40 m. to the king at this Exchequer of Michaelmas in the sixteenth year, namely 20 m. which he ought to have rendered at the Exchequer of Easter in the same year and another 20 m. which he ought to render at the aforesaid Exchequer of Michaelmas, of the debt he owes to the king, and for which he made fine with him by rendering 40 m. each year until the aforesaid debt is rendered, namely 20 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 20 m. at the Exchequer of Easter, then they are to permit him to render the aforesaid debt thus, notwithstanding that he has not kept his terms.

11 Oct. Abingdon. Concerning the custody of St. Briavels . The king has committed the custody of the castle of St. Briavels and the Forest of Dean with appurtenances to P. de Rivallis, to have for life, rendering £20 per annum at the Exchequer, namely £10 at the Exchequer of Easter and £10 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas.

14 Oct. Reading. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to place in respite, until the octaves of Martinmas ¹ in the seventeenth year, the demand for scutages that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Robert of Newburgh from three knights’ fees, so that it may be discussed then between Robert and Roger son of Payn which of them ought to answer the king for those scutages.

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Corrected from ‘Michaelmas’.

15 Oct. Reading. For William Bardolf. William Bardolf has made fine with the king by £1000 for having the custody of the land and heir of William of Eynsford and the marriage of the same heir, of which he is to render £200 per annum to the king, namely £100 at Easter in the seventeenth year and £100 at Michaelmas next following, and thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid money is paid to the king in full, so that if death befalls the heir before he is able legally to marry William’s daughter and before she can be dowered according to the law of the land of England, William will be quit of all terms for the aforesaid money which will still be to come after the heir’s death. If, however, the heir will live until he is able legally to marry William’s daughter and until she can be dowered, as aforesaid, he will be bound to the king in full payment of all of the aforesaid money as pertains to the aforesaid heir. For paying the same money to the king in the aforesaid manner, William has given surety by John earl of Huntingdon, William de Vescy, Henry of Audley and William de Cantilupe junior. Order to Peter de Rivallis, treasurer of Poitou, to cause the same William to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the same William, which he has in his custody by bail of the king, as aforesaid. By S. of Seagrave, justiciar.

For William Bardolf. The same William has letters patent of the king to all etc.

Reginald de Berneval gives the king 40 m. for the custody of the land that Robert Haget had.

16 Oct. Reading. For the bishop of Ely. To the barons of the Exchequer. On account of the dispute which has arisen at the Exchequer between the king and the venerable father H. bishop of Ely, concerning his liberties and amercements within his hundreds and without, the king demanded that an inquisition be taken, which has not yet reached him. Order, therefore, to permit him to have peace until the king has received that inquisition.

For William, son of Richard de Aleth. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to William, son of Richard de Aleth, that, notwithstanding that he did not render to the king at the Exchequer at the terms given to him the £19 16s. 7d. which he owes him, he may render the same money within two years, namely 100s. at Easter in the seventeenth year and 100s. at Michaelmas in the same year, and he is to render the remaining £9 16s. 7d. within the eighteenth year at the same terms. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

20 Oct. Reading. Concerning the manor of Hailes. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire that, immediately after having viewed these letters, he is to take the manor of Hailes, which Thomas le Veille held by bail of the king, into the king’s hand, and to keep it safely with all corn, chattels and stock found therein, so that nothing is removed therefrom until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire and Shropshire to place in respite, until the octaves of Martinmas in the seventeenth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Henry of Audley and William Red for the amercements into which they fell before the justices last itinerant at Northampton, because they did not have there those whom they had pledged. By S. of Seagrave.

[No date]. Concerning respite of a demand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Leicestershire for Henry de Tybetot by the same words.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to place in respite, until the octaves of Hilary in the seventeenth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from W. bishop of Worcester for the scutage of Kerry from the two knights’ fees that Peter fitz Herbert holds of the aforesaid bishop in his bailiwick. By the same.

[No date]. Concerning respite of a demand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Worcestershire.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the bishop to cause Peter’s livestock taken from him for this reason to be delivered to him in the meantime.

21 Oct. Reading. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from Henry son of Nicholas for several debts, until Wednesday next before All Saints in the seventeenth year.

[No date.] Concerning the custody of the county of Oxford. Memorandum. The king has committed the county of Oxford to John of Hulcote to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he will have all profits from the body of the county with the manor of Bloxham towards his sustenance, excepting the 20 m. from the same profits for which he will answer at the Exchequer, and saving to G. of Crowcombe the custody of the king’s houses of Woodstock and the castle of Oxford , with the mill and meadow pertaining to the same castle, and with the manor of Woodstock and its appurtenances, as the same G. has them for life by the king’s letters patent.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from Herbert son of Matthew for several debts, until the morrow of All Souls.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from Herbert son of Matthew for several debts, until the morrow of Martinmas in the seventeenth year. ¹ By Earl R. Marshal.

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Corrected from ‘the morrow All Souls’. The previous entry has, however, not apparently been cancelled.

26 Oct. Reading. For William de St. John. Notification to the barons of the Exchequer that the king has given respite to William de St. John, until the octaves of Hilary in the seventeenth year, from the 25 m. which he ought to have rendered to him at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the sixteenth year. Order to the same to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By G. of Crowcombe.

27 Oct. Oxford. Concerning taking the lands formerly of the earl of Chester into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take into the king’s hand all lands formerly of Ranulf, formerly earl of Chester and Lincoln, and to deliver them to Peter de Rivallis so that he answers for them at the Exchequer, saving to the executors of the testament of same earl all chattels and wardships that the earl had in the aforesaid lands, in order to execute his testament, unless the earl had any wardship by reason of the manor of Twyford , which ought to remain in the king’s hand because the aforesaid manor ought not to revert to the earl’s heirs.

Concerning taking the lands formerly of the earl of Chester into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Norfolk for all applicable in the name of the manor of Scole .

Concerning taking the lands formerly of the earl of Chester into the king’s hand. And to the sheriff of Wiltshire for all applicable in the name of the manor of West Kington .

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until upon the account of the sheriff of Berkshire, the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from Fulk fitz Warin for the debts that they exact from him.

27 Oct. Oxford. For Robert Haget. Robert Haget has made fine with the king by 100 m. for having custody of the land and heirs of Roger de Berneval until the heirs come of age, with their marriage, and for rendering the same 100 m. at the Exchequer at the below-written terms, namely 25 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the seventeenth year, 25 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, 25 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the eighteenth year, and 25 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, he has found the king pledges, namely J. constable of Chester for 20 m., Nicholas de Quatremares for 40 m., and Nicholas le Seculer for 40 m. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that notwithstanding another command made to him to make over seisin to Reginald de Berneval, he is to cause the same Robert to have full seisin of that land without delay with all chattels found therein. If anything will have removed or disposed of by Reginald or his men, he is to cause it to be rendered to the same Robert. ¹

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See 264 above.

17 July, 17 Henry III. Westminster. To the barons of the Exchequer. At the instance of the venerable father Hugh, bishop of Ely, the king has pardoned to him all of the below-written fines and amercements, which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, namely concerning such etc.: from Richard of Kettleburgh for licence to make concord, half a mark; from John de Ribof, 1 m. for the same; from Herbert de Alençon for having the term of the king of the land of Geoffrey de Harding’, fugitive, half a mark; from Martin Got for his fine for false appeal, half a mark; from Richard, son of William de Ingham, for licence to make concord, half a mark; from Robert, son of Richard de Hornung, for licence to make concord, half a mark; from Matthew, son of Adam de Werkesdale, for his fine because he withdrew himself, half a mark; from Hamo of Titsey for licence to make concord, 1 m; from William de Hoeng’ for the same, 1 m.; from Hubert son of Thurstan for licence to make concord, half a mark; from William, son of Roger of Framsden, for having his fine of the assize of 24 on twelve, half a mark; from Matthew son of Thomas of a fine for trespass, half a mark; from William Roc for a fine for the same, half a mark; from Roger son of Roger for a fine because he withdrew himself, half a mark; from William of Boyton for licence to make concord, half a mark; from Hamo of Titsey of a fine for trespass, half a mark; from Juliana de Betton of her fine because she did not prosecute, half a mark; from Robert Gulastre of his fine for himself and his pledges because he withdrew himself, half a mark; from William Sturmyn of his fine for the same, half a mark; from William Siward of his fine, half a mark; from the prior of Butley of a fine because he withdrew himself, half a mark; from the prior of Butley of a fine for trespass, half a mark; from Simon of Fareham for licence to make concord, half a mark; from Robert, son of William of Playford, for the same, half a mark; from Gilbert, son of Hugh de Boscag’, for licence to make concord, half a mark; from Fulk of Rendham for the same, half a mark; from William of Glandford for the same, 10s.; from John son of Bernard for licence to make concord, half a mark; from Matthew de Werkesdale for the same, half a mark; from William of Glemham for the same, half a mark; from Vivian de Hec of his fine for trespass, 2½ m.; from Robert de Hec for the same 15s.; from Walter de Hanns for the same, half a mark; from Henry Debiot for the same, half a mark; from Gilbert Daniel for the same, 1 m.; from Luke de Grettenhal’ for the same, 5 m.; from William [...]eflint’ for the same, 40s.; from Gilbert Gente for the same, 2 m.; from Osbert Martin for the same, 2 m.; from Nicholas son of Malger for the same 1 m.; from Hugh de Grettenhal’ for the same, 1 m.; from Geoffrey de Broc for the same, half a mark; from Nigel Blakeman for the same, half a mark; from Roger Smith of Haspenhall for the same, 10s.; from Adam Red for the same, 1 m.; from Gilbert son of Robert for the same 10s.; from William Lisstoul for the same, half a mark. Order to cause all of the aforesaid to be quit of the aforesaid fines and amercements and to cause them to be enrolled thus. ¹

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The schedule containing this writ is attached at the foot of the final membrane well below the final written entry.