31 Oct. Woodstock. Essex. For William, son of Richard son of William . William, son and heir of Richard son of William, has made fine with the king by £40 for his relief of the lands formerly of the aforesaid Richard, his father, which fall to William by inheritance, and the king has taken his homage for this. Order to the king’s escheators that, having accepted security from William for rendering the aforesaid £40 to the king, they are to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all lands formerly of the aforesaid Richard, his father, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Somerset. Richard Luvel gives the king 100s. for having his charter for having a market at his manor of Wincanton .

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

3 Nov. Woodstock. Concerning the fine of Walter of Clifford for custody of the land and heirs of Henry le Fleming . Walter of Clifford has made fine with the king by 400 m. for having the custody of the land and heirs of Henry le Fleming until the lawful age of the heirs, together with their marriage. He is to render 50 m. of which 400 m. to the king at Easter in the twentieth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 100 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 400 m. will have been paid to the king. Order to the king’s escheators to cause Walter to have full seisin without delay of all land with appurtenances formerly of Henry, which is in their custody, and of the aforesaid heirs .

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date] . Concerning the fine of the Jews of Norwich, accused of circumcision. Mosse , Mack’ and Jacob , sons of Vivon’ , Samson Blundel , Elias son of Vivon’ , Dyay son of Samson , Leo , Simon of Norwich , Isaac Parvus , Seignuret and Jacob son of Seignuret , Jews accused of circumcision, have made fine with the king by 300 m. for having his judgement concerning the circumcision of the son of Benedict, which is imputed to them according to the assize of the Jews of England, and by 50 m. which they give to the king so that they be handed over by bail up to the quindene of Hilary in the twentieth year.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning respite of account. The king has given respite to Brian son of Alan from rendering his account to the king for the county of Northumberland until the octaves of the Close of Easter in the twentieth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have that respite.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Cambridgeshire. Ralph, son of Warin of Soham , gives the king 50s. for his relief. Order to Alexander Bacon, keeper of the honour of Richmond , that, having accepted security from Ralph for the aforesaid 50s., he is to cause him to have full seisin. ¹

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This entry has been squeezed in between those either side of it.

Concerning the fine of Henry of Nafford . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Henry of Nafford that he may render the £100 which he owes him of a fine for licence to make concord within three years by his hand, namely 25 m. at Easter in the twentieth year, 25 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 25 m. thus from term to term at each term until the aforesaid fine is paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning the fine of J. of Kirkby for the corn formerly of Thomas de Burgh. John of Kirkby has made fine with the king by 60 m. for having the autumn corn of the last year, namely the nineteenth year, from the lands formerly of Thomas de Burgh in Burgh and Hackford. Order to Alexander Bacon to cause John to have all of the aforesaid corn.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

7 Nov. Banbury. Concerning William Pucin, received in the place of John [sic]. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has received William Pucin to answer at the Exchequer for as long as it pleases the king for John fitz Geoffrey, sheriff of Yorkshire , as his sheriff of the same county. Order to admit William in place of the aforesaid John for this.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Gilbert Basset, concerning respite. Order to the same to permit Gilbert Basset to have peace from the debts which they exact from him by summons of the Exchequer for Alan, his brother, until Hilary in the twentieth year, at which term the king caused the executors of the testament of the aforesaid Alan to be summoned to be before the same barons, ready to show why they had not acquitted the debts in which Alan was bound to the king, for paying which he assigned the same executors.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

8 Nov. Daventry. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to place in respite the demand that he makes from Bartholomew de Turberville by summons of the Exchequer for the debts he owes the king at the Exchequer, until the octaves of St. Edmund in the twentieth year.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

10 Nov. Higham Ferrers. For Adam Esturmy. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to Adam Esturmy, until Easter in the twentieth year, from the 10 m. which he ought to have rendered at Michaelmas in the nineteenth year. Order to cause him to have the aforesaid respite..

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning valuing the chattels and merchandise of the merchants of the power of the King of France . Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to go in person to Yarm and cause all chattels and merchandise of the merchants of the power of the King of France that were arrested there before the truces made and sworn between the king and the king of France to be valued by the view of trustworthy and law-worthy men of his county, and to cause the king to know their value.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning valuing the chattels and merchandise of the merchants of the power of the King of France . Order to W. archbishop of York to cause the chattels and merchandise of the merchants of the power of the King of France that were arrested at Beverley before the truces had been made between the king and the king of France to be valued by trustworthy and law-worthy men, and, once they have been valued, he is to signify their value to the king by his letters .

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Ernisius de Neville gives the king 5 m. for having his confirmation of a charter of King John, father of the king , which he made for Hugh de Neville, father of Ernisius, with Desiderata, his wife, daughter of Stephen de Camera, mother of Ernisius, concerning all land formerly of Stephen and a market and fair at Glandford Brigg .

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Michael of Aylesbury gives the king 20s. for having four justices to take the assize of novel disseisin which he arraigned against Robert of Haceby , concerning a tenement in Lyltorp’ . Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security from Michael for rendering the aforesaid 20s. to the king.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

13 Nov. Peterborough. For the heirs of R. earl of Chester . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to J. earl of Chester and Huntingdon and his parceners, heirs of Ranulf, formerly earl of Chester, from the debts which they exact from them by summons of the Exchequer for the aforesaid R. earl of Chester , until the morrow of the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the twentieth year. Order to permit the aforesaid earl and his parceners to have that respite in the meantime. Having inspected the rolls in the meantime, they are to inquire diligently in what sum of money the aforesaid heirs are bound to the king for the aforesaid earl.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For the prior of Spalding . Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the octaves of Hilary in the twentieth year, the demand for amercements which they make by summons of the Exchequer from the eyre of the king’s justices in Lincolnshire , so that it may then be discussed before the king (coram Rege) whether he ought to be quit therefrom or not, by the liberties that he has by the charters of the king’s predecessors, kings of England, and the confirmation of this king.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. For Stephen of Seagrave . Order to the same that if Stephen of Seagrave will give them ¹ surety for rendering to the king at the Exchequer the debts which were lately distrained from him before them for amercements made in the eyre of the king’s justices in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire , namely for a moiety in the octaves of Hilary in the twentieth year and the other moiety at Easter in 15 days in the same year, then they are to cause all his lands and chattels taken into the king’s hand for this reason to be replevied to Stephen and to cause him to be summoned to be before the king (coram Rege) in the octaves of Hilary to hear his judgement concerning the concealment of the aforesaid debts .

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Corrected from ‘the king’.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning taking the lands of tourneyers into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire to take into the king’s hand all lands of John de Burgh in his bailiwick with all property and chattels found therein, because he tourneyed against the king’s prohibition. He is to place him under gage and safe pledges that he is to be before the king (coram Rege) on the morrow of St. Andrew, ready to show why he tourneyed thus against the aforesaid prohibition.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning taking the lands of tourneyers into the king’s hand. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriff of Northamptonshire concerning Gerard de Furnival.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning taking the lands of tourneyers into the king’s hand. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriff of Yorkshire concerning Thomas de Furnival.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning taking the lands of tourneyers into the king’s hand. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriffs of Kent and Essex concerning William de Say.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Derbyshire and Leicestershire. The prior of Repton and Ralph Grim give the king 12 m. ¹ for having justices to take the assizes of novel disseisin which the prior and Ralph , Geoffrey of Greasley, the abbot of Merevale , Peter of Donisthorpe and John Wischard arraigned before the king’s justices at the first session etc. against Roger la Zouche, concerning common heathland in Waldley . Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire to take security from the prior and Ralph for 6 m., and to the sheriff of Leicestershire to take security for rendering the other 6 m. to the king.

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Corrected from ‘6 m.’

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

14 Nov. Sawtry. Concerning the account of the sheriff of Lincolnshire . To the treasurer and the barons of the Exchequer. Order to receive the account of the sheriff of Lincolnshire as of a farmer and as he rendered his account in the eighteenth year.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

15 Nov. Buckden. Worcestershire. Concerning the fine of Geoffrey son of Warin. Geoffrey son of Warin, who withdrew himself for the death of Reginald of Broadwas ¹ in the eyre of the justices in Worcestershire , has made fine with the king by 200 m. so that he might return, that the king will remit to him that which pertains to him in this matter, that he might make peace with the parents of the dead man, and that he will stand to right for this against anyone who will wish to speak against him. He is to render the aforesaid fine at the below-written terms, namely 50 m. at Easter in the twentieth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, 50 m. at Easter in the twenty-first year, and 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year. Walter de Beauchamp and William de Albo Monasterio have mainperned for the same Geoffrey that he will find pledges for the aforesaid fine in Shropshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire . Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire and Shropshire to take pledges for rendering a moiety of the aforesaid fine at the aforesaid terms, and to the sheriff of Worcestershire to take security for rendering the other moiety at the same terms, and he is to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know the names of the pledges.

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Corrected from ‘a certain man’.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

The king. For Robert of Canterbury , concerning the die committed to him in the vill of Canterbury. The king has granted to Robert of Canterbury, clerk of his chapel , that die of the moneyer of Canterbury , which Thomas de Valognes , who is dead, held, to have and hold to him for life. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to accept fealty ¹ from Robert that he will keep the aforesaid die and faithfully observe all things that pertain to that office. Order to William Hardel, keeper of the king’s exchanges, to cause Robert to have full seisin of the aforesaid die, as aforesaid.

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Corrected from ‘security’.

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This is the first entry on E 371/6, m. 1 in which any detail can be picked out. Most of this membrane has been lost and only the bottom portion survives.

Concerning the fine of the same Robert, for Robert. Memorandum that the aforesaid Robert gives the king 10 m. for having the aforesaid die , as aforesaid, of which he is to render 5 m. at Easter in the twentieth year and 5 m. at Michaelmas in the same year.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

16 Nov. St. Neots. For J. earl of Chester and Huntingdon. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful J. earl of Chester and Huntingdon that, both of the debts for which he previously made fine with the king to render 60 m. per annum and of the 100 m. in which they found him to be bound to the king anew at the Exchequer, he may render 70 m. per annum at the Exchequer until the prior debts and the aforesaid 100 m. are paid to the king in full. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Kent. Concerning the fine of W. of York for the custody of the land and heirs of Hamo of Gatton . William of York has made fine with the king by 200 m. for having custody of the land and heirs of Hamo of Gatton until the legal age of the aforesaid heirs. Order to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William, the king’s escheators, to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid Hamo that are in their custody, as aforesaid, saving to the wife of the aforesaid Hamo her rightful dower that falls to her from the aforesaid lands.

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This entry is on E 371/6, m. 1 but only a few details can be read.

[No date]. Huntingdonshire. John of Northampton gives the king 40s. for having four justices to take the assize of novel disseisin that he arraigned against Elias son of Andrew and Amice, his wife, concerning a tenement in Baldewynho . Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire [to take] security etc.

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This entry is on E 371/6, m. 1 but the left-hand side has been lost.

17 Nov. Fen Ditton. Concerning the amercements of the eyre of the justices. Order to W. of York and his associates, itinerant justices in Sussex, to cause the summons for amercements of their eyre in the counties of Surrey and Sussex to be made under their seals, so that one moiety is rendered to the king at the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the twentieth year and the other moiety at Easter in one month in the same year. They are to send the roll containing the said amercements to the Exchequer under their seals, to be delivered there to the treasurer.

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This entry is on E 371/6, m. 1 but the left-hand side has been lost.

21 Nov. Clare. The king. Concerning the custody of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. The king has granted to Thomas of Hengrave that, for the profit of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk from Trinity in the nineteenth year until Michaelmas in the same year, he may render £25 at the Exchequer and £100 each year from Michaelmas aforesaid for as long as he will have custody of the aforesaid counties by the king’s order. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

22 Nov. Clare. For the men of Dunwich. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his trustworthy men of Dunwich that, of the 40 m. which they owe him for the tallage assessed in this, the twentieth year, they may render 20 m. in the same year, namely 5 m. at Hilary in the same year, 5 m. at Easter next following, 5 m. at St. John the Baptist following, and 5 m. at Michaelmas next following in the same year, and that they may render the other 20 m. to the king in the twenty-first year at the same terms. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For the men of Great Yarmouth. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his trustworthy men of Great Yarmouth that, of the 30 m. which they owe him for the tallage assessed in this, the twentieth year, they may render 15 m. in the same year, namely 3 m. 10s. at Hilary in the same year, 3 m. 10s. at Easter following, 3 m. 10s. at St. John the Baptist following, and 3 m. 10s. at Michaelmas next following in the same year, and that they may render the remaining 15 m. to the king in the twenty-first year at the same terms. Order to cause this to be enrolled and done thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For the men of Orford. To the same. The king has granted to his trustworthy men of Orford that, of the 5 m. which they owe him for the tallage assessed in this, the twentieth year, they may render a moiety at Easter in the same year and the other moiety at Michaelmas next following. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

26 Nov. Earls Colne. For Henry de Tybetot. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for debts that they make by summons of the Exchequer from Henry de Tybetot for the land formerly of Baldwin de Hesterwig’, constable of Boulogne, which is in Henry’s hand, until the king orders otherwise.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Norfolk. Richard, son of Nicholas of Docking , gives the king 10 m. for having his confirmation of several charters.

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This entry is on E 371/6, m. 1 but any marginalia have been lost.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. Petronella daughter of Geoffrey gives the king 3 m. for having four justices to take the assize of novel disseisin that she arraigned against Walter of Bradenham , William de Camera and others, concerning a tenement in Coates . Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take security etc.

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This entry is on E 371/6, m. 1 but the marginalia are partly obscured.

29 Nov. Stratford at Bow. For Ralph Gernon. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Ralph Gernon that, both of the 40s. which he owes him for a prest and of other debts that he owes him , he may render £10 each year until the aforesaid debts are paid to the king, as he used to render them without the aforesaid 40s. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

29 Nov. Westminster. Essex. Concerning the land of Henry de Syrwell’ . Order to the sheriff of Essex to take into the king’s hand the land that Henry de Syrwell’ holds in Havering and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

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The date for this entry is given as ‘30 Nov.’ in E 371/3, m. 1.

[No date]. Essex. The abbot of Stratford Langthorne gives the king 15 m. for having his confirmation, to the use of the abbot of Beaubec in Ireland, of the lands and liberties which Walter de Lacy gave to the same abbey in Ireland, as is more fully contained in the king’s confirmation that the abbot of Beaubec has concerning this.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. Eustace, parson of the church of Paulerspury , gives the king one mark for having four justices [to take] the assize of novel disseisin that he arraigned against John Trimenel and others, concerning a tenement in Paulerspury . Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take security etc.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

3 Dec. Westminster. For John de Burgh . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful John de Burgh that, both of the £125 8s. which he and Hawise, his wife, owe him of the debt Hawise de Lanvallay, grandmother of the aforesaid Hawise, owed him , and of the 20 m. which are exacted from John by summons of the Exchequer for the amercements from the last eyre of the king’s itinerant justices in Hertfordshire , he may render 100s. to the king each year at the Exchequer at the same terms which the king had previously granted to the aforesaid John and Hawise, his wife, until the aforesaid £125 8s. and 20 m. are paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For J. earl of Chester and Huntingdon. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful J. earl of Chester and Huntingdon that, both of the debts for which he previously made fine to render 60 m. per annum at the Exchequer and of the 140 m. in which they found him to be bound anew to the king at the Exchequer, he may render 80 m. per annum at the Exchequer until the prior debts and the aforesaid 140 m. are paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

4 Dec. Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place in respite all demands that he makes from the men of the prior of Hurley , who has set out on the king’s embassy, from the eyre of the justices lately itinerant in Berkshire and from other things, until the prior’s return from the aforesaid parts.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

5 Dec. Westminster. For William de Cantilupe senior. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful William de Cantilupe senior that he may render the 5 m. which he owes him for a prest made to him at Bedford , the 20 m. which he owes him for a prest made to him in Brittany , which they exact from him by summons of the Exchequer, among the other debts of which he paid 15 m. per annum at the Exchequer, so that he is henceforth to render 15 m. each year at the same terms at which he previously paid them until he has paid the aforesaid 25 m. and other debts to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Northamptonshire. William of Addington and Avice, his wife, give the king half a mark for having a writ to convict twelve jurors by 24 in an assize of novel disseisin against Walter son of Thomas and Emma, his wife, concerning a tenement in Burton Latimer . Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take security etc.

5 Dec. Westminster. Concerning the corn formerly of Hamo of Gatton in Throwley. Order to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William to cause the corn formerly of Hamo of Gatton at Throwley, which they caused to be arrested for the debts that Hamo owed the king , to be valued by trustworthy and law-worthy men, and to demise two thirds of that corn by the same value to William of York and the third part to Beatrice, who was the wife of the aforesaid Hamo , having accepted security from them that they will answer the king for it at the Exchequer.

Henry de Syrwell’ has made fine with the king by 5 m. for recovering seisin, to the use of Simon, son of Matilda de la Hethe , who is in his custody, of the land formerly of the aforesaid Matilda in Havering, which the king caused to be taken into his hand because he believed that the custody thereof pertained to him. Order to the sheriff of Essex that, having accepted security from Henry for rendering the aforesaid 5 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the abovesaid land, as aforesaid.

Derbyshire. Alice, wife of Matthew of Shipley , has made fine with the king by 10 m., and Margaret, wife of Robert de Burton’ , by 8 m., so that their husbands and Matthew de Stordes, brother of Margaret, taken and detained in the king’s prison of the High Peak for forfeit of the king’s forest, may be handed over on bail until the coming of the king’s justices into those parts [to take] the pleas of the forest. Order to the constable of the High Peak that, having accepted security from Matthew of Shipley for rendering the aforesaid 10 m. to the king, and from the aforesaid Robert for 5 m., and from Matthew de Stordes for 3 m., he is to hand each of them over on bail to six trustworthy and law-worthy men of his bailiwick, who will mainpern to have them before the aforesaid justices to stand to right, as aforesaid, and he is to hand over by plevin two grooms taken with them similarly.

Concerning the fine of Baldwin de Friville made for Roger, his brother. Baldwin de Friville has made fine with the king by £100 so that Roger de Friville, his brother , who has been appealed for the death of Walter of Kelleythorpe and robbery, is handed over on bail to twelve trustworthy and law-worthy men after he has surrendered himself into the king’s prison, and so that the king remits his suit to him if peace can be made with the appellants, or that the king will give him licence to make concord with the appellants if they will wish, namely so that, unless peace can be made with the appellants, he is to stand to right for this in the king’s court. Baldwin is also to render the aforesaid £100 to the king at these terms, namely 50 m. in the octaves of Hilary in the twentieth year, 50 m. at Easter in 15 days in the same year, and 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire that, having accepted security from Baldwin for rendering the aforesaid £100 to the king after the aforesaid Roger has surrendered himself into the king’s prison, then he is to hand him over on bail to twelve trustworthy and law-worthy men of his county, and to cause Roger to have full seisin without delay of his lands with his chattels in his bailiwick, which were taken into the king’s hand for this reason, and to cause the king to know the names of the aforesaid twelve .

6 Dec. Westminster. Concerning the amercements of the counties of Somerset and Dorset . Order to Robert of Lexington and his associates to cause the rolls of the amercements of their eyre to be delivered to the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset and to cause summons to be made in such a manner that the king will have one moiety at Hilary in the twentieth year and the other moiety at the Close of Easter in the same year.

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For an entry not recorded in the Fine Roll but entered on the Originalia Roll in this chronological sequence see no. 573 below.

For the citizens of Hereford. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to his citizens of Hereford £96 3s. 3d. of the £196 3s. 3d. which they owed him, and he has granted them that they may render the remaining £100 at these terms, namely £20 at Hilary in the twentieth year, £10 at Easter next following in the same year, £10 at Michaelmas next following in the same year, and, afterwards, £20 from year to year at the same terms of Easter and Michaelmas until the aforesaid £100 are paid to the king. Order to cause the same citizens to be quit from the aforesaid £96 3s. 3d., and to cause them to have the abovesaid terms for the payment of the aforesaid £100.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

9 Dec. Guildford. For R. fitz Nicholas. Order to the bailiffs of Wallingford to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twentieth year, the demand that they make by summons of the Exchequer from Ralph fitz Nicholas, the king’s steward , for the debts of William Pippard, Roger Pippard and Walter Pippard, by reason of the land and heirs of the same William being in his custody.

Dorset. For Eudo de Morville. Eudo de Morville has made fine with the king by 25 m. for having seisin of the manor of Bridport , which William de Morville, his father, held of the king in chief by sergeanty, with the hundred of Redhone and the foreign hundred of Beaminster , which fall to Eudo by hereditary right, and the king has taken his homage for this . Order to the sheriff of Dorset that, having accepted security from Eudo for the aforesaid 25 m. to the king’s use, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor of Bridport and the aforesaid hundreds of Redhone and the foreign hundred of Beaminster. ¹

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‘To the sheriff of Dorset’ crossed through at the very beginning of this entry.

For Robert Musard. The king has granted to Robert Musard that, of the 54 m. which he owes him, he may render 14 m. at Hilary in the twentieth year, 10 m. at Easter next following in the same year, 10 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and the remaining 20 m. at the same terms of Easter and Michaelmas in the twenty-first year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

10 Dec. Alton. For Bartholomew de Turberville. Order to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to permit Bartholomew de Turberville to have peace until the octaves of Hilary from the debts that he owes the king at his Exchequer.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Bartholomew de Turberville. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to permit him to have peace until the aforesaid term .

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Richard of Hadstock . Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit Richard of Hadstock to have peace until the octaves of Hilary from the tallage of London, from which he claims to have quittance because he sits at the Exchequer of the king’s Receipt .

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

The king. For Thomas of Hengrave , concerning the custody of the castles of Norwich and Orford . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Thomas of Hengrave , to whom he has committed his castles of Norwich and Orford to keep for as long as it pleases the king, that, each year from Michaelmas ¹ in the nineteenth year for as long as he will have custody of the aforesaid castles by order of the king, he is to have £52 for the custody of Norwich castle from the wards pertaining to the same castle and 20 m. for the custody of Orford castle , which are to be allowed to him in the profit of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk , for which he ought to answer the king at the Exchequer. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This appears to have been corrected from ‘Hilary’.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

11 Dec. Wherwell. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to Engelard de Cigogné to place in respite, until the octaves of Hilary in the twentieth year, the demand for 10s. that he makes from Robert de Parco of Odiham for the rent of a certain mill in Odiham , which was burnt down a short while ago, as he says, so that it may then be discussed before the barons of the Exchequer whether Robert ought to be quit from the aforesaid rent, or not.

13 Dec. Clarendon. For Peter de Maulay. The king has granted to Peter de Maulay that, both of the 20 m. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for a prest made to him in the king’s Wardrobe and of other debts which he owes the king, he may render 10 m. each year to the king at the Exchequer until he will have been satisfied both of the aforesaid 20 m. and of his other debts, as he is accustomed to render those 10 m. at the Exchequer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

16 Dec. Clarendon. The king. Concerning the execution of the testament of Robert fitz Walter . Order to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William, the king’s escheators, to permit the executors of the testament of Robert fitz Walter to have free administration of the goods and chattels formerly of the same Robert, in order to make execution of his testament, having first accepted security from them that they will satisfy the king for the debts of the aforesaid Robert , if he owed any to the king, and having retained to the king’s use by the view of trustworthy and law-worthy men as many plough-beasts as will be necessary to be retained to till the lands remaining in the king’s hand, and, similarly the corn formerly of the same Robert for the king’s monies to sow the same lands and sustain the servants.

Concerning underwood to be sold in the woods of Robert fitz Walter . Order to Adam son of William and William son of Richard to cause the underwood of all woods formerly of Robert fitz Walter , which are in the king’s hand by reason of Robert’s death, to be sold without delay and to raise money therefrom to the king’s use, so that they are not to make waste or destruction of the aforesaid woods, and to cause the knights and free tenants who held of Robert and [whose lands] are in the king’s hand by reason of Robert’s death to be called before them at a certain day and place that will seem most expeditious to them, asking and inducing them in the best manner that they are able on the king’s behalf to make a suitable aid to the king , honestly proposing the king’s urgent business to them that they request an aid from faithful men, and to behave in such a manner in the foregoing so that the king ought to commend their prudence and diligence.

17 Dec. Clarendon. Jews. For Benedict Crispin and Jacob, his brother , Jews of London. The king has granted to Benedict Crispin and Jacob Crispin, his brother , Jews of London , that, of all the debts that they owe him and of which they were accustomed to render £21 and half a mark per annum, and of the £20 which the aforesaid Jews give him anew, they may render £15 each year at the same terms at which they were accustomed to render the aforesaid £21 and half a mark until the aforesaid debts and the aforesaid £21, which they give him anew, 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.

The king. Concerning tallaging the sokemen and villeins formerly of Robert fitz Walter . The king has assigned Adam son of William and William son of Richard to tallage the sokemen and villeins formerly of Robert fitz Walter , who are in the king’s hand by reason of Robert’s death. Order to them to intend to the execution of the aforesaid business diligently and faithfully with as much speed as they can muster, so that the king ought to commend their diligence applied to this.

Yorkshire. John son of Richard gives the king 40s. for having, before the justices at Westminster, the record of a plea that was in the county court of Yorkshire between Stephen de Thorp’ , claimant, and the aforesaid John, defendant, concerning 36 acres of land with appurtenances in Pollard . Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security etc.

The king. Concerning the lands formerly of Robert fitz Walter. The king has committed to Adam son of William and Richard de la Lade, his escheators, all lands formerly of Robert fitz Walter to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to the knights, free men and others who held of the aforesaid Robert to be intendant and respondent to them as the king’s keepers in all things that pertain to the king by the aforesaid custody.

19 Dec. Christchurch. The king. Concerning the county of Oxfordshire. The king has granted to John le Brun, sheriff of Oxfordshire , that, from the time when he was first sheriff of the same county, for which he is ready to render his account at the Exchequer, and for as long as he will be sheriff of the same county, he is to answer each year at the Exchequer for 20 m. for the profit of the same county. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

The king. Concerning the county of Oxfordshire . These were patent. The king has committed the county of Oxfordshire to John le Brun to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that, each year for as long as the said county will be in his hand, he is to answer the king at the Exchequer for 20 m. for the profit of the same county.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Jews. Hampshire. Concerning the chattels and property formerly of Deulobene, Jew . Order to Henry son of Nicholas that, having taken Richard son of Hugh and the mayor of Winchester with him, he is to go in person to the houses formerly of Deulobene son of Chera, Jew of Winchester , who is dead, and to take both those houses and the lands and all property and possessions formerly of the same Jew on the day he died into the king’s hand, and to inquire diligently what property and what chattels the same Jew had, and if any of them had been withdrawn or removed after the death of the same Jew, and by whom, and if he will find anyone who had withdrawn or removed the property and chattels of the same, he is to to attach them so they are before the king at Winchester on the next coming of the king to those parts, ready to answer him for this. He is also to cause the property and chattels so withdrawn and removed to be returned and to keep them safely together with other things until the king orders otherwise.

22 Dec. Bishop’s Waltham. Concerning the county of Lincolnshire, which has been committed to Robert Wolf . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has committed the county of Lincolnshire to his beloved and faithful Robert Wolf to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that Robert answers at the Exchequer for the ancient farm of the same county and, in addition, renders £200 to the king each year at the Exchequer for the profit of the aforesaid county. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning the county of Lincolnshire committed to Robert Wolf . Memorandum that the same Robert has mainperned upon all of his land that he will treat the men of the county of Lincolnshire well and faithfully ¹ and according to the laws and customs of the land of England. For the aforesaid grant the king also remitted to the same Robert all his service that he had performed to King John, father of the king, and to the king himself. By the bishop of Carlisle.

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Corrected from ‘honestly and favourably …’

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

28 Dec. Marwell. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite, until the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the twentieth year, the demand that he makes from the lands and fees of G. earl Marshal for his portion of the 100 m. by which the men of his county made fine before the king’s justices who were lately itinerant in his county .

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. William Marmion gives the king £20 for having such seisin of his land in Torrington as he had on the day on which he was disseised of it by the king’s will by J. earl of Chester and Huntingdon , who has given the king to understand that the aforesaid was with the King of France but he was not, as the king has heard.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Robert Marmion is the pledge for this fine.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

31 Dec. Ludgershall. For Henry de Trubleville. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit Henry de Trubleville to have peace from the debts which they exact from him by summons of the Exchequer, until the Close of Easter in the twentieth year.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Henry de Trubleville. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriff of Devon for the same Henry, ¹ and he is to cause his livestock to be delivered to him, if he took any for this reason.

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‘Witness as above’ originally entered here, but subsequently crossed through and the following added.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Waleran Teutonicus. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Waleran Teutonicus that, of the £120 which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the stannary of Devon from the time he had the custody of the same stannary, and of the 100 m. which he owes him for the fine that he made with him for having custody of the land and heirs of Geoffrey of Batchworth , and of the £10 that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the stock of Croxton Kerrial, he may render 20 m. each year at the Exchequer, namely 10 m. at Easter in the twentieth year and 10 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 20 thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid debt is paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ¹

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A small circle is entered in the margin beside this entry.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

31 Dec. Marlborough. Ireland. For Geoffrey Marsh. To M. fitz Gerald, justiciar of Ireland. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Geoffrey Marsh that 1000 m. of the 3000 m. by which he made fine with the king for having his grace, for himself and William, his son, are to be stayed, and they are to not be distrained to render them, until he has a command from the king otherwise, and he may render £100 of the remaining 2000 m. at the Exchequer in England at Easter in the twentieth year, £100 at Michaelmas in the same year, and £200 thus each year from year to year at the aforesaid terms until the aforesaid 2000 m. are paid to the king. Order to permit him to have peace from the aforesaid 1000 m. until the king commands him otherwise and to permit him to render the remaining 2000 m. at the Exchequer in England, as aforesaid. He is also to cause the king to know how much Geoffrey will render of the aforesaid fine in Ireland . Diligent inquisition having been taken, he is to cause the king to understand distinctly and openly what became of the issues of the lands of the said Geoffrey in Ireland from the time when they were taken into the king’s hand , and what manner of issues, and how much will come to the king’s use after the aforesaid fine made with the king.

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There is an illegible marginal comment beside this entry in E 371/3, m. 2.

Concerning respite of a demand. The king has granted to Alan fitz Warin that, of the 10 m. at which he was amerced before the king’s justices last itinerant at Reading , he may render 50s. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twentieth year, 50s. at Michaelmas in the same year, 50s. at Easter in the twenty-first year, and 50s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to permit him to have those terms.

Because in the Close Roll. Order to the constable of Portchester to cause the abbot of Titchfield to have five oaks of the king’s gift in the wood of Bere in order to build a house for himself. ¹

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Entry cancelled. See CR 1234–1237, p. 224.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Because in the Close Roll. Order to William Talbot to permit Margaret Biset to have access once to Eleanor, the king’s kinswoman, to talk with her. ¹

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Entry cancelled because in the Close Roll. See CR 1234–1237, p. 224.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For the men of Bristol. To the sheriff of Gloucestershire . The king granted to his trustworthy men of Bristol when they granted him an aid of 300 m., which he exacts from them by summons of the Exchequer , that they were to render one moiety at Michaelmas in the nineteenth year and the other moiety at Easter in the twentieth year. Order that, notwithstanding the king’s order that the sheriff received from the barons of the Exchequer to distrain the same men for rendering all the aforesaid aid to the king, he is to permit them to have peace from one moiety until Easter in the twentieth year .

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the bailiffs of Alton to place in respite the demand that they make from the wife of Richard de Warechford’ in the name of tallage, until the king orders otherwise, and the king will inquire whether she ought to be tallaged or not.

3 Jan. Marlborough. For the tenants of the bishop and chapter of London . Order to the sheriff of Middlesex to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twentieth year, all demands that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men holding of the bishop and chapter of London , both for amercements of the eyre of the king’s justices who last itinerated in his county and for all other things.

For the tenants of the bishop and chapter of London . It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of:

[No date]. Yorkshire. Adam of Mirfield gives the king 40s. for having, before the king’s justices at Westminster, the record of a plea that was in the county court of Yorkshire between the abbot of Fountains , plaintiff, and the said Adam, deforciant, concerning the dead wood of the wood of Sand Hutton . Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take security etc.

4 Jan. Marlborough. For Roger son of Simon. The king has granted to Roger son of Simon that, of the 30 m. which he owes him for an amercement, he may pay 10 m. at the Exchequer at Easter in the twentieth year, 10 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 10 m. at Easter in the twenty-first year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Roger son of Simon. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to permit this to be done thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Yorkshire. John de Syvill’ gives the king 20s. for having four justices to take the assize of novel disseisin that he arraigned against Richard Butler, Baldwin Teutonicus and others, concerning a tenement in Silkstone. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take etc. ¹

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A paragraph mark follows this, indicating an original intention to make another entry perhaps of this type, but a space has been left.

[No date]. Somerset. Ernisius de Downhead gives the king 10 m. for quittance from a rent of 100s. which was exacted from him in Ireland for a certain land that he holds there from the king, and concerning which it was declared by an inquisition taken that nothing is owed to the king from the aforesaid land save the service of the third part of a knight’s fee.

5 Jan. Sandleford. For the Master of the Hospital of Newbury. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place in respite, until the king orders otherwise, the demand that he makes from Brother William, Master of the Hospital of St. Bartholomew, Newbury , for Walter of Wantage , Nigel Gaudy, Richard Richeman, Osbert Forester, David of Thatcham and Ralph son of Peter for five tuns of wine, priced 7 m., which were sold at Newbury in the time of King John, father of the king, because the aforesaid Brother William was then a clerk of the men of Newbury, and to cause their livestock that he took from them for this reason to be delivered to him in the meantime.

8 Jan. Reading. For Stephen de Somery . The king has taken the homage of Stephen de Somery, brother and heir of Roger de Somery , for the lands and tenements of the aforesaid Roger, which fall to Stephen by hereditary right. Order to Richard de la Lade that, having accepted security from Stephen for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of Roger on the day he died. He is also to cause the executors of Roger’s testament to have his property and chattels in order to execute his testament, having first accepted security from the same executors that if Roger had owed the king anything, they are to satisfy the king thereof for him, and if anything of the aforesaid property and chattels has been withdrawn or removed, he is to cause it to be rendered to them.

For William Longespée. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful William Longespée that he may pay those £51 that he owes the king of a prest, which they exact from him by summons of the Exchequer, among other debts that he owes him and for which he has paid £20 per annum at the Exchequer, until that debt will have been paid. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to Reginald son of Jordan, forester , to place in respite the demand that he makes from the prior of Hurley , who is on business in parts overseas, for chickens and all other things pertaining to the king’s forest for which the prior says he ought to have quittance by the charter that the king granted to the abbot of Westminster , and by consequence to the same prior, until the prior has returned into England from overseas parts.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

8 Jan. Bisham. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand for 10 m. and 33s. for an amercement made before the king’s justices that he makes from Hugh de Gournay by summons of the Exchequer, until the morrow of the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the twentieth year, and to cause Hugh’s livestock to be delivered without delay, if he took any for the aforesaid reason.

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For entries not recorded in the Fine Roll but entered on the Originalia Roll in this chronological sequence see nos. 574, 575, 576 below.

[No date]. Nottinghamshire. Robert of Lexington owes the king 100s. for the relief of one knight’s fee in Tuxford .

10 Jan. Windsor. Jews. To the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews. Ursellus son of Hamo has shown to the king that when Leo son of Hamo, his brother , granted to the same Ursellus and Cuntessa, his mother , the custody of his books (liberorum) ¹ with his chattels after his death , and Flora, Leo’s wife , had granted him the aforesaid custody in her widowhood, but changing her wishes that, having found another husband (alii viro sociata est), as is said, she will ask for the aforesaid custody from the aforesaid Ursellus and Cuntessa, even though all of the grant had once been recorded and enrolled before them. Order that if Ursellus and Cuntessa had the aforesaid custody and ought to have it by the grant of the aforesaid Leo, his brother, and similarly of Flora, his wife, as aforesaid, they are not to permit her to cause grievance or injury to them.

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This conceivably could refer to charters.

Jews. The aforesaid Ursellus gives the king four palfreys for having the writ and the aforesaid grant.

[No date]. Essex. The prior of Thoby gives the king 5 m. for having four knights to take the assize of novel disseisin that he arraigned against Roger son of Roger, concerning a tenement in Boreham . Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security etc.

11 Jan. Merton. For Hamo de Crèvecoeur . The king has taken the homage of Hamo de Crèvecoeur for all lands and tenements formerly of William d’Avranches , which fall to Matilda, Hamo’s wife, daugher of the aforesaid William, by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Kent that, having accepted security from Hamo for rendering £100 to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all lands and tenements in his bailiwick formerly of the aforesaid William, of which he was seised on the day he died and which fall to the abovesaid wife of the same Hamo by hereditary right.

For Hamo de Crèvecoeur . He has letters for having seisin directed to the sheriffs of :

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

16 Jan. Canterbury. For Simon of Etchingham . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Simon of Etchingham that, of the 30 m. at which he was amerced before the king’s justices last itinerant in Sussex for the escape of thieves , he may render 10 m. at Easter in the twentieth year, 10 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 10 m. at Easter in the twenty-first year. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

18 Jan. Rochester. For Stephen de Somery . The king has granted to Stephen de Somery, brother and heir of Roger de Somery , that he may render 10 m. to the king per annum of his relief due to the king for the lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid Roger, namely 5 m. at Michaelmas in the twentieth year and 5 m. at Easter in the twenty-first year, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid relief is paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

21 Jan. Merton. For Stephen of Seagrave . To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twentieth year, the demand for £100 12s. 6d. that they make from Stephen of Seagrave for the time when he was sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, which, it is said, he had concealed and concerning which there is dispute between Stephen and William de Eltindon’ , then his clerk of the same counties, so that it may then be discussed which of them ought to answer the king for the aforesaid debt and concealment of the same.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Somerset. Phillip de Columbariis gives the king one mark for having a writ to convict twelve jurors by 24. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take security etc.

23 Jan. Merton. Wiltshire. Robert Waspail has made fine with the king by 100s. so that the king might give him licence to make concord with Roger Waspail, concerning the appeal that Roger makes against Robert for breach of the king’s peace, unless Roger appealed him for the death of a man . The king has also granted by the same fine that Roger might similarly make concord with Robert, concerning the appeal that Robert makes against him for breach of the king’s peace, unless Robert appealed him for the death of a man. This has been signified to the itinerant justices in Wiltshire so that they may permit this to be done.

24 Jan. Merton. For William son of Daniel. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to William son of Daniel that, of the 30 m. by which he made fine with him, he may render 10 m. at the Exchequer at Easter in the twentieth year and the remaining 20 m. within the two years next following, namely 5 m. at each term of Michaelmas and Easter. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Gilbert de Umfraville . To the same. Order to permit the king’s beloved and faithful Gilbert de Umfraville to have peace from demand for the fortieth that they make in his liberty until the king can establish whether the venerable father in Christ R. bishop of Durham is ready to give the king a fortieth from his liberty or not, because Gilbert is ready to give it to the king if the abovesaid bishop will do this.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

26 Jan. Merton. Shropshire. To the sheriff of Shropshire . The king has taken the homage of Adam de Brompton , son and heir of Adam de Brompton , for all lands that the same Adam held of the king in chief in his bailiwick. Order that, having accepted security from the aforesaid younger Adam for 100s. to the king’s use for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of Adam, his father, in his bailiwick, of which he was seised on the day he died.

For the heirs of Robert de Salcey . To the keeper of the honour of Peverel . The king has taken the homage of Peter of Goldington , son of the first-born sister of Robert de Salcey and one of his heirs, and of Robert Wolf , son of his second sister and one of his heirs, and of Alan de Rumilly , son of the third sister and one of his heirs, and of Waleran de Mortimer , son of the fourth sister and one of his heirs, and of Simon of Thrupp , who took to wife Mary, the sixth and youngest sister of the same Robert and one of his heirs. Because Adam of Napton , who, as is said, took to wife Agnes, his fifth sister and one of his heirs , is in Ireland and has neither come nor performed homage, order that, having made an extent of all lands formerly of the aforesaid Robert, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died and which he took into the king’s hand by reason of Robert’s death, and having assigned each of the six aforesaid heirs their rightful parts of the aforesaid lands, he is to retain in the king’s hand the part of the aforesaid Agnes, wife of the aforesaid Adam of Napton, until the king orders otherwise, and to cause each of the five aforesaid heirs to have full seisin of their portions, having first accepted security from them for as much of their relief as pertains to them from three parts of a knight’s fee and a sixth part of a knight’s fee of the honour of Peverel.

2 May. Westminster. For the heirs of Robert de Salcey. Because, afterwards, the said heirs returned to the king and complained that the aforesaid keeper had made over no seisin to them of the land formerly of the same Robert in Manihays, as he had been ordered, order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to cause the aforesaid five heirs to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with its appurtenances, having retained the part of the aforesaid Agnes in the king’s hand, as aforesaid. ¹

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Both the dating and the position of this entry, squeezed into an ever smaller space, reveal that this was added after the first compilation of the membrane.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For the executors of the testament of Robert de Salcey. Order to the aforesaid keeper to permit the executors of the testament of Robert de Salcey to have free administration of all his goods and chattels, in order to make execution of the aforesaid testament, having first accepted security from them that they will answer the king for Robert’s debts, if he owed anything to him.

28 Jan. Merton. For Richard Reinger. To the barons of the Exchequer. At the instance of the king’s beloved and faithful John de Ferentin’, archdeacon of Norwich, the king has granted to Richard Reinger that, of the rest of the debt which he still owes the king of the 1200 m. that he owed him, and concerning which the king had previously granted him that he was to render 100 m. thereof per annum, he may render 60 m. per annum, namely 30 m. at Easter in the twentieth year and 30 m. at Michaelmas next following in the same year, and thus from year to year at the same terms until all of the rest of the aforesaid debt is paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to permit W. Earl Warenne to have peace, until 15 days after Easter in the twentieth year, from the demand of £108 which he makes from him by summons of the Exchequer for the debt of W., formerly chamberlain of Tancarville .

For the mayor of York . Order to the bailiffs of Newcastle upon Tyne to cause Hugh of Selby, mayor of York , to have 26 m. of the 30 m. which, by order of the king, were arrested in their vill from the merchants of Beverley before the truce brokered between the king and the King of France , which are in arrears to him of his chattels and merchandise that were plundered in overseas parts within the power of the King of France, and they are to reserve the remaining 4 m. until the king orders otherwise.

For the burgesses of York . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to his burgesses of York 100 m. of the 300 m. which they exact from them by summons of the Exchequer for the arrears of the farm of their vill. He has also granted them that they may render £20 per annum of the remaining 200 m. at the Exchequer, namely £10 at the Exchequer of Easter in the twentieth year and £10 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and £20 thus from year to year at the aforesaid terms until the aforesaid 200 m. are paid to the king. Order to cause the same burgesses to be quit from the aforesaid 100 m. and to permit them to have the aforesaid terms for the remaining 200 m.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Dorset. The abbot of Milton gives the king two palfreys for having his writ of precipe , concerning the liberties that he claims against the abbot of Cerne in the hundred of Modbury , before the king (coram Rege) in the octaves of the Close of Easter in the twentieth year. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take security etc.

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The marginal comment beside this entry in E 371/3, m. 3 reads ‘The Queen’.

For the abbot of Grimsby . To the sheriff of Lincolnshire . Because the abbot of Grimsby has proferred a charter of King John, father of the king , before the king, by which he granted to the abbot that his men of Grimsby were not be tallaged with the king’s men of the same vill whenever tallage was assessed upon the king’s demesne lands , but they are to have been tallaged separately, as the same charter attests, by the king’s justices assigned to tallage the aforesaid vill, but the king’s beloved and faithful William le Breton and Roger of Essex , who lately tallaged the aforesaid vill by order of the king, tallaged the men of the aforesaid abbot together with the men of the same vill contrary to the aforesaid grant, order to permit the same men to have peace from the aforesaid tallage assessed upon the men of the aforesaid abbot by them. Having taken with him the coroners of his county , he is to go to Grimsby and assess the aforesaid tallage upon the men of the aforesaid abbot by themselves to the king’s use, so that the king has one moiety at Easter in the twentieth year and the other at St. John the Baptist in the same year.

31 Jan. Chawton. For Roger la Zouche. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Roger la Zouche that, of the great debt which he owes him and of which he is accustomed to render 40 m. to the king every year at the Exchequer, and of the 33 m. 3s. 1d. that he owes him for one of the heirs of Brian de Lisle , he may render 45 m. every year to the king at the Exchequer at the same terms at which he previously used to render 40 m., until the aforesaid 33 m. 3s. 1d. have ben paid. Once Roger has rendered those 33 m. 3s 1d., as aforesaid, the king has granted him that he may afterwards render 40 m. to him each year at the Exchequer of the aforesaid great debt at the same terms at which he was previously accustomed to render them, until the aforesaid is paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Roger la Zouche. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to cause the livestock of the same Roger, which he took into the king’s hand by reason of the aforesaid debts, to be delivered to him without delay.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

1 Feb. Chawton. For Hugh de Gournay . To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to signify to the king distinctly and openly under letters of the Exchequer without delay the sum, particulars and causes of each of the debts which they exact by summons of the Exchequer from the king’s beloved and faithful Hugh de Gournay , and to permit him to have peace from the same debts until the octaves of the Close of Easter in the twentieth year .

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For the men of Dunwich. To the same. The king has granted to his trustworthy men of Dunwich that, of the £33 which they owe him of the arrears of the farm of their vill of Dunwich , they may render £11 at Easter in the twentieth year, £11 at Michaelmas in the same year, and £11 at Easter in the twenty-first year. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Yorkshire. For Alexander Bacon. The king has granted to Alexander Bacon, keeper of the honour of Richmond , for the £36 that he will render to him per annum, the wapentakes of Hang, Halikeld and Gilling , to hold and keep for as long as it pleases the king, as Warner Engayne, formerly keeper of the aforesaid honour , held them. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to cause Alexander to have full seisin, as aforesaid, of the aforesaid wapentakes.

Yorkshire. For Alexander Bacon. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ¹

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Entered on spare space on the membrane before the following entry.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning selling dead wood of the woodlands of the count of Brittany . Order to Alexander Bacon to cause the underwood and dead wood of all woods and parks that he has in his custody in the lands formerly of P. count of Brittany to be sold by the view and testimony of trustworthy and law-worthy men, as best as he is able, to the king’s advantage, without waste of, and detriment to, the aforesaid woods and parks, and to cause the monies arising therefrom to be faithfully collected to the king’s use and safely kept.

Concerning selling the woad of the merchants of France . Order to the king’s bailiffs of Great Yarmouth to cause the woad of the merchants of the power of the King of France , which they arrested in their vill before the truces had been taken between the king and the aforesaid King of France, to be sold, and, once it has been sold by the view and testimony of trustworthy and law-worthy men, to cause the king to know without delay for how much they had sold that woad, and to cause the monies arising therefrom to be safely kept until they have a command from the king otherwise.

2 Feb. Winchester. For the king, concerning aid. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to cause all stewards of earls, barons and others who have lands and fees in his county to know without delay that they are to render to those knights who have been assigned in his bailiwick to collect and receive the aid granted to the king throughout England , that moiety which they ought to have rendered at Martinmas last past, unless, by chance, that moiety has been paid to the aforesaid knights, and if the aforesaid stewards are not able to distrain those who owe that aid to their lords, he is to distrain them without delay to pay the aforesaid aid to the aforesaid knights to the king’s use, so that the king has the aforesaid moiety on Thursday, the morrow of Ash Wednesday in the twentieth year and the other moiety at Easter next following. He is to concern himself herein in such a way that the king loses in no manner through his default.

3 Feb. Winchester. Concerning respite of a plea. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twentieth year, the plea that is before them between H. earl of Hereford and John fitz Geoffrey , concerning a debt of Geoffrey fitz Peter , as to which one of them ought to answer for that debt as the heir of the same Geoffrey.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For the prior of Arundel . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to the prior of Arundel that, of the 50 m. at which he was amerced before the king’s justices last itinerant in Sussex , he may render 12½ m. to the king by his hand at the Exchequer at Easter in the twentieth year, 12½ m. at Michaelmas in the same year, 12½ m. at Easter in the twenty-first year, and 12½ m. at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to cause this to be enrolled and done thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For the prior of Arundel . Order to the sheriff of Sussex to permit him to have the aforesaid terms for the aforesaid debt.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand that they make by summons of the Exchequer from W. earl of Ferrers for his portion that falls to him of the debts which R., formerly earl of Chester and Lincoln, owed the king, until 15 days from Easter in the twentieth year.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Nicholas Avenel. Order to the king’s itinerant justices at Wilton that, having accepted security from Nicholas Avenel for the 5 m. which, as they signified to the king, Nicholas offered for having judgement upon Robert de Marsh, who fled for the death of Jordan de Doniton’ and who held his land of Nicholas, they are to proceed to that judgement according to the custom of the kingdom of England and to cause Nicholas to have full seisin of the aforesaid land as his escheat , notwithstanding that the king committed that land to Geoffrey of Bath , his sergeant, to have for a year and a day, which has now passed.

Wiltshire. Order to the constable of Marlborough to take into the king’s hand without delay all of the land that William Crossbowman held in the king’s barton of Marlborough on the day he died by bail of King John, father of the king , and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

5 Feb. Winchester. Jews. Hampshire. Belina, who was the wife of Deulobene , and the heirs of the same Deulobene, Jews of Winchester , have made fine with the king by 200 m., which they are to render at the terms previously set for them, as the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews well know, for having all chattels and gages formerly of the aforesaid Deulobene on the day he died, both in houses and in other chattels. Order to the aforesaid justices to cause Belina and the heirs of the aforesaid Deulobene to have all aforesaid chattels and gages, as aforesaid.

For Nicholas Poinz and his parceners. The king has rendered the manor of Bromsgrove to Nicholas Poinz and his parceners as their right and inheritance, they then rendering each year to the king and his heirs at the Exchequer the same farm that William de Furneaux, who is dead, was accustomed to render each year at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to cause Nicholas and his parceners to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with its appurtenances without delay, as aforesaid, the king and his heirs having retained the advowson of the church of the same manor in their hand.

For Nicholas Poinz and his parceners. Similar letters were drawn up and directed to the aforesaid sheriff to cause the bearer of the king’s letters to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor in the aforesaid form to the use of the aforesaid Nicholas and his parceners. ¹

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This entry is squeezed in before the following entry, suggesting a slightly later date of enrolment than the order last above.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

7 Feb. Winchester. For Amfrid of Ferring . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Amfrid of Ferring that he may render the 40 m. at which he was amerced before the justices last itinerant in Sussex at the Exchequer within two years, namely 10 m. at Easter in the twentieth year, 10 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, 10 m. at Easter in the twenty-first year, and 10 m. at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to cause him to have that respite therefrom.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Amfrid of Ferring. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to permit him to have peace therefrom.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

9 Feb. Winchester. For Henry son of Nicholas. Henry son of Nicholas has made fine with the king by 40 m. for having custody of the land and heirs of Gilbert le Bret until the legal age of the heirs, together with their marriage. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, having accepted security from Henry for rendering the aforesaid 40 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all land with appurtenances formerly of the aforesaid Gilbert in his bailiwick, of which he was seised on the day he died, and of the aforesaid heirs, as aforesaid.

For Henry son of Nicholas. He has letters patent for this.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Robert Passelewe. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Robert Passelewe that, of the fine of 600 m. which he made with him for having his grace and concerning which the king had granted him that he was to render 100 m. each year until the aforesaid fine was paid, namely 50 m. at Easter and 50 m. at Michaelmas, he may henceforth render 60 m. per annum at the aforesaid terms until the aforesaid fine is paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For P. bishop of Winchester, concerning scutage. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to distrain the knights and free tenants of the venerable father P. bishop of Winchester in his bailiwick to render to the bishop’s bailiff the scutage that has been communally granted to the king in England , namely 2 m. per shield, for which scutage the same bailiff ought to answer the king by his hand at the Exchequer.

For P. bishop of Winchester, concerning scutage. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriffs of:

For William of York . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful William of York that, of the 200 m. which he owes him for the custody of the land and heirs of Hamo of Gatton , and of the 20 m. which he owes him for Hamo’s corn that he purchased in order to answer for it at the Exchequer for the same Hamo in part payment of the debt that Hamo owed to the king, he may render 120 m. within two years and the remaining 100 m. within another two years, namely that he is to render 30 m. of the aforesaid 120 m. at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the twentieth year, 30 m. at Easter following in the twenty-first year, 30 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 30 m. at Easter in the twenty-second year, and he is to render 25 m. of the remaining 100 m. at Michaelmas in the twenty-second year, 25 m. at Easter in the twenty-third year, 25 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 25 m. at Easter in the twenty-fourth year. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning the account of the sheriff of Devon . To the barons of the Exchequer. Order that, having heard the account for the county of Devon by the bailiffs of the king’s beloved and faithful Nicholas de Molis , they are to place hearing the sum and the demand for the profit of the same county in respite until 15 days from Easter in the twentieth year.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

10 Feb. Ashley. For Herbert son of Matthew. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Herbert son of Matthew that, together with his debts which he owes him and concerning which the king granted him that he was to render a certain sum per annum at the Exchequer, he may render the 100s. which they exact from him by summons of the Exchequer for the prest of Wales at the Exchequer at the same terms, until the aforesaid 100s., together with his other debts, are paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Bartholomew de Turberville. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Bartholomew de Turberville that, notwithstanding that he has not observed his terms of the fine that he made with him at the Exchequer for the debts he owes him, he is to recover them at the same terms. Order to permit this to be done thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

11 Feb. Clarendon. For Hawise de Maris . Order to the mayor and sheriffs of London to place in respite, until Easter in 15 days in the twentieth year, the demand for 20 m. that they make by summons of the Exchequer from Hawise de Maris for the debt in which Henry of Waltham, formerly her husband, was bound to the king.

13 Feb. Clarendon. For Walter de Beauchamp . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king’s beloved and faithful Walter de Beauchamp has made fine with the king by 50 m. and the queen’s gold if it ought to be given, for recovering the king’s grace and for having back the custody of the county of Worcestershire , which the king lately took from him for his trespass. Walter is to render the aforesaid 50 m. at the Exchequer at the following terms, namely 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twentieth year, 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the aforesaid terms until he satisfies the king therein. Walter has assigned Hugh le Poer before the king to keep the aforesaid county in his place and to answer for it for him at the Exchequer. Order to cause the aforesaid fine to be enrolled and the same Hugh to be admitted in place of the aforesaid Walter, as aforesaid.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For J. queen of Scotland, the king’s sister. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to place in respite, until one month from Easter in the twentieth year, the demand for suit of county and hundred, aid of sheriff, view of frankpledge and a murder fine that he makes from the manor of Fenstanton , which is in the hand of J. queen of Scotland, the king’s sister .

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The date for this entry is given as ‘11 Feb.’ in E 371/3, m. 4.

[No date]. Devon. Ilger Wolf gives the king 3 m. for having four knights to take the assize of mort d’ancestor that he has arraigned against William de Combe , concerning one furlong of land with appurtenances in Lingel’ . Order to the sheriff of Devon to take security etc. ¹

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A small circle is entered in the margin.

[No date]. Wiltshire. William Gernon gives the king 5 m. for having his writ to have an inquisition as to whether he or his ancestors were accustomed to give 20s. each year towards the custody of the king’s castle of Devizes for their land in Lavington Gernun before John Marshal was constable of the aforesaid castle , and whether the demand for the aforesaid 20s. was first made from William at the time when the same John was constable of the same castle. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire [to take] security etc.

16 Feb. Marlborough. Concerning the account of the sheriff of Gloucestershire . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king’s beloved and faithful William Talbot has, by licence of the king, attorned in his place before the king Peter of Badgeworth and Thomas de St. Martin to render his account for him at the Exchequer for the county of Gloucestershire . Order to receive Peter and Thomas for this in place of William, so that the same W. may make his oath for having rendered a faithful account.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Cumberland. John of Haile gives the king 40s. for having four knights to take the assize of darrein presentment to the church of Haile , which he arraigned against the abbot of Calder and Lambert of Moulton . Order to the sheriff of Cumberland to take security etc.

19 Feb. Marlborough. Concerning the fine of Aaron the Jew of York . To the king’s justices assigned to the custody of the Jews. The king has granted to Aaron the Jew of York , who had previously made fine with the king by rendering 100 m. annually at the Exchequer so that he would be quit from tallages for life, that he may henceforth render 60 m. at the Exchequer for the same acquittance, namely 30 m. at the Exchequer of Easter and 30 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas. Order to the king’s justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

22 Feb. Oxford. Concerning the abbey of Winchester . Order to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William, the king’s escheators, to cause nothing to be removed from the goods of the vacant abbey of St. Mary, Winchester , but to cause it to be kept safely until the king orders otherwise.

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A marginal note beside this entry in E 371/3, m. 4 reads ‘They received nothing thereby’.

Concerning the abbey of Winchester . Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that if, by chance, he will place his hand upon the custody of the aforesaid abbey by default of the king’s escheators, he is to cause the goods of the same abbey to be kept safely, removing nothing therefrom before the arrival of the aforesaid escheators, or until the king orders otherwise. ¹

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Entered to the right of the previous entry in a reducing amount space on the membrane.

Because in the Patent Roll. The king has pardoned as much as pertains to him from Geoffrey of Northampton by reason of the abjuration of the realm of England that he made for larceny, of which he has been accused, and wishes etc. that he may have the firm peace of the king for this, so that he will stand to right if anyone will wish to speak out against him. ¹

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Entry cancelled. See CPR 1232–1247, p. 137.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

27 Feb. Woodstock. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand for debts that he makes from Aymer de St. Amand , both for him and for others, by summons of the Exchequer, until 15 days after Easter in the twentieth year.

28 Feb. Woodstock. The king. Concerning summons to be made for debts, aids and scutages. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to cause all debts that are owed to the king, both for aids of prelates and scutages lately granted to him, to be summoned without any delay, so that every sheriff has all debts aforesaid upon his next view at the Exchequer on the morrow of the Close of Easter, both from terms past and from the aforesaid term of Easter.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning the aid of the counties of Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and Norfolk and Suffolk . To the sheriff of Northamptonshire . Order to cause the knights, collectors of the aid lately granted to the king in his bailiwick , to have all monies that they have from the aforesaid aid, or might have, at Northampton when the king comes there, to be delivered into the king’s Wardrobe .

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning the aid of the counties of Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and Norfolk and Suffolk. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire to cause the collectors etc. to know that they are to have all monies from the aforesaid aid at Cambridge when the king comes there etc.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning the aid of the counties of Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and Norfolk and Suffolk. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk that the collectors etc. have all monies from the aforesaid aid at Norwich.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Oxfordshire. Because he did not have it. John le Poer gives the king half a mark for having a pone of a plea concerning land by the king’s writ of right before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to take security etc. ¹

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Entry cancelled because he did not have it.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

5 March. Northampton. Concerning the fine of Richard Foliot . Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. To Roger of Essex, the king’s escheator . Because it has been attested before the king by his beloved and faithful J. earl of Lincoln and constable of Chester and other faithful men that Jordan Foliot did not hold of the king in chief save for the fifth part of a knight’s fee in Hoo in Kent, and that Richard Foliot, son and heir of the same Jordan , is not yet of full age, the same Richard has made fine with the king by 25 m. for his relief and for having seisin of all lands formerly of the same Jordan, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died and which fall to Richard by inheritance . Order that, having accepted security from Richard for rendering the aforesaid 25 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all lands formerly of the same Jordan, which he took into the king’s hand by reason of his death, notwithstanding that Richard is not yet of full age, as aforesaid.

Concerning the fine of Richard Foliot . Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. Order to Richard de la Lade to cause the same Richard to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the same Jordan, which he took into the king’s hand by reason of Jordan’s death, notwitstanding that Richard is not yet of full age, as aforesaid.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

6 March. Northampton. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the bailiffs of Hereford to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twentieth year, the demand that they make from the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England and his men for tallage and toll against the liberties that they have by the king’s charters .

It is written in the same manner to the bailiffs of Derby.

It is written in the same manner to the bailiffs of York.

[No date]. Ireland. For Henry de Trubleville. Because in the Close Roll. Order to M. fitz Gerald, justiciar of Ireland, to place in respite, until Christmas in the twenty-first year, the assize of mort d’ancestor that William son of Alan and Agnes, his wife, arraigned against Henry de Trubleville, concerning the manor of Ballymadun . ¹

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Entry cancelled. See CR 1234–1237, p. 247. A profile of a man is drawn in the margin beside this entry.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

8 March. Higham Ferrers. Concerning wines to be sold. Order to Robert, mayor of Northampton , and the vintners of Northampton to receive six tuns of the king’s old wines that are at Silverstone from the keeper of the king’s aforesaid manor, whom the king has ordered to deliver them to them, answering the king in common between them for 20s. for each tun of wine, as they were valued at other times when the king ordered them to be sold and the keys of the same wines were delivered to them by the constable of Northampton .

Concerning wines to be sold. Order to the keeper of the manor of Silverstone to deliver the aforesaid six tuns of wine to them, as aforesaid.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

11 March. Chippenham. Suffolk. Essex and Hertfordshire. The king has taken the homage of William of Rochester , son and heir of Ralph of Rochester, for all lands etc. Order to the keeper of the honour of Boulogne ¹ that, having accepted security from William for £27 10s. and one palfrey to the king’s use for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin etc. of all the aforesaid lands.

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Corrected from ‘the king’s escheators’.

12 March. Chippenham. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twentieth year, the demand that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Bartholomew Peche for a debt of Ralph son of Brian , the custody of whose lands and heirs is in his hand of the king’s gift.

13 March. Chippenham. Concerning selling the king’s wines. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to cause seven tuns of wine remaining of the ten tuns lately purchased by him to the king’s use, of which the king has had three tuns, to be sold, and to cause the king’s advantage to be made from them as best he can, and to cause the monies arising therefrom to be kept safely until the king orders otherwise.

The king. Concerning the monies arising from agistment. Order to John de Neville, justice of the forest, to cause all agisters of his bailiwick to come at Easter in one month with all monies they have received from pannage , both for this, the twentieth year and for past years for which answer has not yet been made at the Exchequer, and to make full payment thereof there, and he is in no manner to omit anything, as he loves the king and his honour.

13 March. Ely. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Essex to place in respite the demand for debts that he makes from Richard le Veille by reason of the land that he holds of the dower of his wife , until Wednesday next after the Close of Easter in the twentieth year.

15 March. Barnwell. For William de Fiennes. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to William de Fiennes from the debt that he owes him, both for the prest of Ireland and elsewhere, from which the king had previously given him respite until the Close of Easter in the twentieth year, until St. John the Baptist in the same year. Order to cause him to have that respite.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Essex to place in respite, until the octaves of Easter in the twentieth year, the demand for debt that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Henry de Berneval for the fine that he made with the king for having the land formerly of Hugh de Berneval , and to cause his livestock taken for this reason to be delivered to him.

Northumberland. William de Cheurevill’ gives 100s. for having four justices to take the assize of novel disseisin that he arraigned against Oliver Monachus and Walter Clerk, concerning a tenement in Kirkharle . Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to take security etc.

Gloucestershire. Robert Dobyn gives 1 m. for having a writ so that he is handed over on bail to twelve trustworthy and law-worthy men who will mainpern to have him before the itinerant justices to stand to right for the death of Robert, son of Henry de la Mare . Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take etc.

20 March. Weston. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Devon to place in respite the demand that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from H. de Trubleville, seneschal of Gascony, for the prest of Wales, until 15 days from Easter in the twentieth year, and to cause his livestock taken for this reason to be delivered to him in the meantime.

22 March. Temple Dinsley. For the abbess of Elstow . The abbess of Elstow gives the king 100s. of aid. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to permit her to have peace until the king orders otherwise.

Northumberland. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to take into the king’s hand the land that Alina, who was the wife of Roger de Flamville , held in Whittingham, Thrunton, Barton and Glanton , of which he made over seisin to John of Eslington by order of the king, and to keep it safely so that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise on account of the dispute that has arisen before the king between the same John and his sisters over the aforesaid land.

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The date for this entry is given as ‘20 March’ in E 371/3, m. 4.

22 March. St. Albans. Worcestershire. Concerning the manor of Bromsgrove . Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to take the manor of Bromsgrove with appurtenances into the king’s hand and to keep it safely to answer the king by his hand ¹ for all issues of the same manor at the Exchequer.

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‘of the king’s gift’ crossed through at this point.

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A marginal note beside this entry in E 371/3, m. 4 reads ‘The sheriff has received nothing, as is said’.

23 March. St. Albans. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for 100s. that they make from Hugh de Vivonne by summons of the Exchequer for the escape of a certain thief, until 15 days from Easter in the twentieth year.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

30 March. Westminster. Concerning respite of account. To the barons of the Exchequer. Because it is necessary that Thomas of Cirencester, sheriff of Somerset and Dorset , is before the king’s beloved and faithful R. of Lexington and his associates, itinerant justices, on the morrow of the Close of Easter in the twentieth year at Sherborne, as the aforesaid R. has signified to the king by his letters, the king has given him respite from rendering his account for the aforesaid counties at the Exchequer until the morrow of Ascension in the same year, so that he is to answer for the monies owed to the king in the aforesaid counties on the morrow of the Close of Easter at the Exchequer. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning respite of account. This has been signified to the aforesaid sheriff. Order to him to answer the king for the aforesaid monies at the aforesaid term.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

31 March. Westminster. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place in respite, until upon his next account at the Exchequer, the demand that he makes from the men of Master Simon the Norman of West Ilsley by reason of the mercy into which the county of Berkshire fell before the king’s justices last itinerant in the same county , from which Master Simon says his aforesaid men ought to be quit because they are of the fee of Leicester , which performs no suit at the aforesaid county court. He is to cause their livestock, which he took into the king’s hand for the aforesaid reason, to be delivered to the aforesaid men in the meantime.

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A marginal note beside this entry in E 371/3, m. 4 reads ‘The sheriff has received nothing, as is said’, as in 188 above, but this has been erased, presumably because it had been written there in error.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite, until one month from Easter in the twentieth year, the demand that he makes from G. Marshal, earl of Pembroke, for a murder fine and making aid in order to acquit the fine that the whole county of Oxfordshire made before the king’s justices last itinerant in the same county , so that it may then be inquired then before the barons of the Exchequer whether the aforesaid earl ought to be quit from the aforesaid demand or not.

1 April. Kempton. Essex. Robert Norris has made fine with the king by 40s. for having the year and day which pertains to the king from the 38 acres of land with appurtenances in Downham formerly of John de Aundeville , who has abjured the king’s realm for ill repute. Order to the sheriff of Essex that, having accepted security from Robert for the aforesaid 40s., he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with appurtenances. By G. of Crowcombe .

1 April. Kempton. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to place in respite the demand for scutage that he makes from Engelard de Cigogné by reason of the manor of Hailes , which he has by bail of the king, until upon his account at the Exchequer, so that it may then be inquired whether scutage ought to be taken from the aforesaid manor or not when scutage is given elsewhere.

For Ralph Gernon. To John de Neville, justice of the king’s forest. Because, by an inquisition that the king ordered to be taken by him and which John sent to him, the king has heard that it is not to the harm of his forest were he to grant to Ralph Gernon that he might assart and cultivate the twelve acres of his wood of Theydon nearest to the wood of Shiringfrith’ , the king has granted to Ralph that he might assart the aforesaid twelve acres of woodland and bring it into cultivation. Order to permit Ralph to assart and cultivate the aforesaid twelve acres of woodland, as aforesaid, having first accepted security from him for 2 m. to the king’s use for his grant.

2 April. Kempton. For Waleran Teutonicus. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire that if Waleran Teutonicus will give him surety that he will satisfy the king at the Exchequer upon the sheriff’s next account for the scutage that he exacts from him and for which he distrains him, which scutage he says he has paid to Brian de Giveldon’ to the king’s use , then he is to permit him to have peace therefrom in the meantime and cause his livestock taken for this reason to be replevied to him .

3 April. Westminster. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite, until Michaelmas in the twentieth year, from the grey pelt which William, his tailor , ought to have rendered at Michaelmas in the nineteenth year for the annual rent of a pelt that he owes for a certain house in Winchester . Order to permit him to have that respite.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

The king. For the prior of Marlborough . To the constable of Marlborough . Moved by God and the health of his soul and the souls of his ancestors and heirs, and with the assent and will of Thomas Crossbowman, son and heir of William Crossbowman , the king has given, granted and, by this charter, confirmed, for himself and his heirs, to God and the prior of St. Margaret, Marlborough , and the canons there serving God of the Order of Sempringham and their successors forever, all that land with its appurtenances in the Barton of Marlborough which the aforesaid William Crossbowman once held of the gift of King John, father of the king, at the time when he was count of Mortain and had the castle and manor of Marlborough in his hand, and later of the gift of King Richard, uncle of the king, to have and hold in perpetual alms from the king and his heirs as fully in demesnes, meadows, rents and services of free men and all other liberties as the aforesaid William held it on the day he died, rendering 2s. 6d. each year to the king and his heirs for this, namely 15d. at Michaelmas and 15 d. at Easter, for all services, customs and demands, ¹ as is more fully contained in the charter that the king caused to be drawn up for them about this. Order to cause the aforesaid prior and canons to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with its appurtenances without delay, as aforesaid.

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At this point in the entry comes about three lines of crossed through text, which reads ‘… so that their lands and tenements are saved to all those to whom the aforesaid William gave anything during his life in fee from the aforesaid land, concerning which lands and tenements given in this manner the king wishes and grants, for himself and his heirs, that the tenants and their heirs are forever intendant and respondent for their services and rents due from the aforesaid lands and tenements to the aforesaid prior and their successors, as they had been intendant and respondent to the aforesaid William …’

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The date and place of witness for this entry are given as ‘Kempton, 4 April’ in E 371/3, m. 5.

4 April. Kempton. Concerning respite of account. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the account of the sheriff of Hampshire for the nineteenth year until the morrow of Trinity in the twentieth year.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

6 April. Kempton. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the king’s next coming to London, the demand that they make from the men of Payn de Chaworth of Broughton by reason of the amercement at which the hundred of Shorineton’ was amerced before the king’s justices last itinerant in Hampshire .

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Surrey. John son of Guy gives the king 20s. for having, before Thomas of Moulton and his associates at Lambeth at the Close of Easter in three weeks, the assize of novel disseisin that he arraigned against Richard de Throstelf’ , Nicholas de Neuport , Walkelin de Stok’ , Henry de la Dene , Gilbert Walerand, Florent of Guildford , William son of William, William de Ultra Ponte , William son of Odo, Richard de Wyka , Henry de Boville and Mabel, his wife, concerning a tenement in Merrow . Order to the sheriff of Surrey to take security etc.

8 April. Kingston. Concerning respite of the account of the county of Nottinghamshire and of other counties and bailiwicks of R. fitz Nicholas . The king has placed in respite, until three weeks from the Close of Easter in the twentieth year, the account of Ralph fitz Nicholas for the counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire and for other counties and bailiwicks that are in his custody, for which he previously had respite until the octaves of the same Close of Easter. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have that respite.

Hampshire. Concerning the abbey of St. Mary, Winchester . Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, having viewed these letters, he is to take the abbey of St. Mary, Winchester , into the king’s hand, with lands, property, rents and all possessions pertaining to the same abbey in his bailiwick and to keep it safely, permitting neither the official of the bishop of Winchester nor the elect of the same abbey to have administration thereof in any manner until the king orders otherwise. ¹ He is also to inquire diligently and cause the king to know whether the elect has had any administration of the aforesaid abbey .

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The following final sentence is interlined.

Hampshire. Concerning the abbey of St. Mary, Winchester . Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that, having viewed these letters etc., he is to take into the king’s hand the lands, properties, rents and all possessions pertaining to the aforesaid abbey etc., as above.

9 April. Kempton. For Joan de Sandford . Order to Richard de la Lade to render without delay the scutage that he received from the fees of Joan de Sandford , who holds of Richard de Clare, son and heir of Gilbert, formerly earl of Gloucester , who is in the king’s custody, which Richard ought to hold from the archbishop of Canterbury, to the steward of the same archbishop, so that he answers the king at the Exchequer by his hand together with the other fees that the archbishop holds of the king in chief.

9 April. Kingston. For William de Say. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful William [de Say] that he may render the 20 m. at which he was amerced before the king’s justices last itinerant in Norfolk at the below-written terms, namely 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twentieth year, 5 m. at Trinity in the same year, 5 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-first year. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

9 April. Kingston. For the tenants of the bishop and chapter of St. Paul’s, London . Order to the sheriff of Middlesex to place in respite, until the octaves of Michaelmas in the twentieth year, all demands that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men holding of the bishop and chapter of St. Paul’s, London , both for the amercements from the eyre of the king’s justices who last itinerated in his county and for all other things.

For the tenants of the bishop and chapter of St. Paul’s, London . Order, in the same manner, to the sheriffs of:

10 April. Kempton. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the king’s next coming to London, the demand that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Alan Urrici for the fine that he made with the king for having the land formerly of Master Urricus .

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

12 April. Windsor. Concerning the fine of the men of the prior of Bradenstoke . To the same. The king has granted to the prior of Bradenstoke that he may render at the Exchequer at the below-written terms the 30 m. by which he made fine with him for his men of Wilcot and Stowell for the death of a man, of which they were accused before the king‘s justices last itinerant in Wiltshire , namely 5 m. at this Exchequer of Easter in the twentieth year, 5 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, 5 m. at Hilary in the twenty-first year, 5 m. at Easter in the same year, 5 m. at St. John the Baptist in the same year, and 5 m. at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Hugh de Gournay . To the barons of the Exchequer. Order that, having diligently inspected and searched the rolls of the Exchequer as to what debts the king’s beloved and faithful Hugh de Gournay shall owe at the Exchequer, both from the time of King John, the king’s father, and the king’s time, for both the whole sum of the aforesaid debts and for the particulars and causes of the same, they are not to omit to certify this to the king distinctly and openly without delay, and to cause Hugh’s livestock to be delivered to him in the meantime, if any had been taken for those debts.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For the proctor of the abbot of Angers. Order to Roger of Essex, the king’s escheator , that if Brother Ralph, proctor of the abbot of Angers in the county of Lincolnshire, will find him sufficient pledges to answer the king for the issues of the lands of the same abbot in the same county from the time at which they were taken into the king’s hand, because he was essoined in the county of Lincolnshire when dead, once he will establish that he was dead at the time the essoin had been made, then he is to cause the proctor to have full seisin of the aforesaid lands without delay.

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The place of witness for this entry is given as ‘Kempton’ in E 371/3, m. 5.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. John of Sotby gives the king one mark for having a writ that the plea which is in the county court of Lincolnshire between him, plaintiff, and Thomas of Sotby , deforciant, concerning a certain agreement made between them over 34 bovates of land with appurtenances in Ludford , be before the justices of the Bench. ¹ Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc.

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‘… be before the justices of the Bench’ interlined.

13 April. Windsor. Devon. John of Holloway gives the king 20s. for having a writ for extending his land in Kenn , which is the gage of Jacob , Bonefey and Josse , the king’s Jews of Exeter. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to inquire diligently by the oath of trustworthy and law-worthy men how much the aforesaid land is worth per annum in demesnes etc. ¹

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A small circle appears in the margin beside this entry.

For H. earl of Oxford. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for all debts that they make from H. earl of Oxford by summons of the Exchequer, until 15 days from the quindene of Easter in the twentieth year.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

15 April. Windsor. For the abbot of St. Albans . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king’s beloved in Christ, the abbot of St. Albans has made fine with him by 50 m. for his aid granted to the king of the aid that was communally granted to the king by the magnates in England . Order to cause the abbot to have peace from the scutage which they exact from him from the six knights’ fees he holds of the king in chief by reason of the aforesaid aid, because the abbot ought to have his scutage by the same fine .

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

15 April. Windsor. For the abbot of St. Albans . Order to the same to place in respite the demand for 4 m. that they make from the abbot of St. Albans by summons of the Exchequer from the last eyre of Martin of Pattishall at St. Albans against his liberties, as is said, until Sunday next before Ascension in the twentieth year, so that it may then be inquired through the rolls of the Exchequer whether the abbot ought to be quit therefrom or not.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

15 April. Windsor. Concerning the castles of Winchester and Portchester and the forest of Portchester . The king has committed his castles of Winchester and Portchester with the forest of Portchester and the county of Hampshire to Geoffrey de Lisle to keep for as long as it pleases the king , ¹ so that he answers at the Exchequer for all issues of the same, all manors and demesne lands of the king in the same county having been retained in the king’s hand. He ought to take 40 m. per annum for the aforesaid custody. ²

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‘… to keep for as long as it pleases the king’ interlined.

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The final sentence comes after the witness clause.

In the same manner the king has committed the custody of his houses at Woodstock and the manors pertaining to them to Walter of Tew , so that he answers similarly.

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This entry is cancelled in E 371/3, m. 5. Because otherwise below. This is finished because he died immediately thereafter.

The king. Writ directed to Walter of Tew , concerning custody. To the king’s beloved and faithful Walter of Tew. The king has committed the county of Oxfordshire and the castle of Oxford with appurtenances to his beloved and faithful Robert [de] Amary , and his manor of Woodstock with appurtenances to Walter, to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that Robert will answer for all issues of the same county and Walter for all issues of the same manor. Because the king has learnt that Walter had been faithfully intendant to other sheriffs of the same county, he wishes that he be beneath Robert and answer for keeping the aforesaid county. Order to receive the aforesaid manor with appurtenances to keep and to answer for all issues and to be beneath and respondent to the said sheriff keeping the aforesaid county, as aforesaid.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning the county and castle of Oxford . The king has committed the county and castle of Oxford to Robert [de] Amary to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers at the Exchequer for all issues of the same county, and so that, for the custody of the same castle and county, he is to receive the issues of the king’s mill of Oxford beneath the same castle pertaining thereto, the king’s manors and demesne lands of the same county having been retained in the king’s hand.

16 April. Windsor. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to place in respite the demand for scutage that they make from the prioress of Wroxall by summons of the Exchequer until five weeks from Easter in the twentieth year, so that it may then be discussed before them whether she ought to answer for that scutage or be quit therefrom.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

16 April. Windsor. Worcestershire. For William de Beauchamp, son and heir of Walter de Beauchamp . To the king’s escheators. The king has taken the homage of William de Beauchamp, son and heir of Walter de Beauchamp , for the lands and tenements that Walter held of the king in chief. Order that, having accepted security from William for rendering £100 to the king for his relief, they are to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all land formerly of Walter, of which he was seised on the day he died and which is in their custody by the order of the king.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

18 April. Windsor. The king. Concerning the county of Berkshire . The king has committed the county of Berkshire to Robert Brond’ to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers at the Exchequer for the issues of the same county, the king’s demesne lands of the same county having been retained in the king’s hand.

Concerning the forest of Windsor . The king has committed the forest of Windsor to Reginald de Albo Monasterio to keep for as long etc., so that he answers etc.

Concerning the manor of Odiham , the castle and forest . The king has committed the manor of Odiham , the castle of Odiham with the forest of Odiham , and with all the king’s stock, to the same Reginald to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for all issues etc.

Concerning the manors of New and Old Windsor and of Cookham and Bray. The king has committed the manors of New and Old Windsor and of Cookham and Bray , with all their appurtenances, to Walter de Burgh and Simon of Brackley to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that they answer for the issues of the same manors at the Exchequer.

[No date]. Hampshire. The king has committed the vacant abbot of St. Mary’s, Winchester , to Master Henry of Cerne to keep for as long as it pleases the king etc., as in the Patent Roll. ¹

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See CPR 1232–1247, p. 142.

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The date for this entry is given as ‘19 April’ in E 371/3, m. 5.

19 April. Reading. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand that they make by summons of the Exchequer from William de Fiennes for several scutages, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the twentieth year.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Northumberland. Richard Mautalent gives the king 40s. for having four knights, justices, to take the assize at Newcastle upon Tyne that he arraigned against Hugh of Morwick , concerning common of pasture in West Chevington , which pertains to his free tenement in East Chevington . Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to take security etc.

Reading. Concerning the manors of Woodstock and Bloxham . The king has committed the manors of Woodstock and Bloxham to Walter of Tew with appurtenances to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers at the Exchequer for all issues of the same manors. He ought to take 10 m. per annum for the custody. ¹

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The last sentence is added after the witness clause.

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The date for this entry is given as ‘20 April’ in E 371/3, m. 5.

Concerning the manor of Gillingham. The king has committed the manor of Gillingham with the park and its other appurtenances, and the manor of Mere with appurtenances, to Robert de Dandely to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers at the Exchequer for all issues and profits etc., as in the Patent Roll. ¹

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See CPR 1232–1247, p. 142.

[No date]. Middlesex. Roger de Bec gives the king 20s. for having a writ, namely a pone, before the justices of the Bench of a plea that was in the county court of Middlesex between him, claimant, and Ralph de Tokinton’, defendant, over one messuage and three rods of land with appurtenances in Tokinton’ , for which Ralph, who is the tenant, put himself on the grand assize and brought the king’s writ of peace and other writs to summon four knights to make election. Order to the sheriff of Middlesex to take security etc.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

21 April. Windsor. Concerning the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk with the castles of Norwich and Orford . The king has committed the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk with the castles of Norwich and Orford to Thomas of Ingoldisthorpe to keep for as long as it pleases the king , so that he answers at the Exchequer for all issues of the same, the king’s manors and demesne lands of the same counties having been retained in the king’s hand, as more fully in the Patent Roll. ¹

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See CPR 1232–1247, p. 142.

[No date]. Essex. Michael Tanner, Arnewic of Lancaster , Henry le Turnur, Osbert Red and William son of Ascelina, taken and detained in the king’s prison of Hertford for the death of William Wipecail , of which Alice, who was the wife of the same William , [appeals] them out of hate and spite, as the king has heard by an inquisition taken concerning this, give the king 2 m. for having a writ so they be handed over on bail until the first session etc. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security from Michael, Arnewic, Henry, Osbert and William for the aforesaid 2 m.

14 April. Kempton. Because otherwise below. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for £11 that they make by summons of the Exchequer from the trustworthy men of Dunwich for the arrears of their farm, until Michaelmas in the twentieth year. ¹

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Entry cancelled because otherwise below. See no. 245. The correct date of witness should be 24 April.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Herefordshire. Master Alexander le Seculer gives the king 100 m. for having seisin of the lands that Nicholas le Seculer, his father, whose heir he is, held of the king in chief by socage and not by knight service, as Master Alexander says, on the day he died, so that if the king in the process of time might consider that Nicholas held his land of the king by knight service and not by socage, the aforesaid fine will be held for naught and the king will cause those lands to be reseised into his hand, if he will wish, and he has received his homage in such a manner without prejudice to the right of others.

Worcestershire. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire that if the brethren of the hospital of St. Wulfstan, Worcester , can show that they had delivered 40s. to Hugh of Walcot, sergeant of Walter de Beauchamp , by order of Roger le Poer, from whom they hold a certain land, for the scutage lately granted to the king, then he is to cause their livestock that William de Stuteville caused to be taken for this reason to be delivered to them, and to distrain the same Roger to acquit them therefrom.

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For entries not recorded in the Fine Roll but entered on the Originalia Roll in this chronological sequence see nos. 577, 578 below.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

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On the dorse of E 371/3, m. 6 is the following delivery note: ‘H. of Pattishall, treasurer, received this roll by the hand of the bishop of Chichester, chancellor, on Monday next before the Apostles SS Phillip and James in the twentieth year [28 April 1236]’.

Concerning the castle of Kenilworth . The king has committed the castle of Kenilworth with all its appurtenances to William de Lucy to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for all issues of the same castellanship at the Exchequer.

Concerning the counties of Leicestershire and Warwickshire . The king has committed the counties of Leicestershire and Warwickshire to the same William to keep for as long etc., so that he answers for all issues of the same counties at the Exchequer, the king’s demesne lands of the same counties having been retained in the king’s hand.

25 April. Kempton. For the men of Dunwich. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the twentieth year, the demand for £11 that they make by summons of the Exchequer from the trustworthy men of Dunwich for the arrears of their farm, and for 20 m. and £15 for divers fines made before the king’s justices who last itinerated in those parts. ¹

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An earlier, cancelled version of this grant can be fonud at no. 239 above.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Ranulf de Broc. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Ranulf de Broc that, of the 10 m. he owes him for the mercy into which he fell before the king’s justices last itinerant in Sussex for disseisin, he may render 2½ m. at the Exchequer at St. John the Baptist in the twentieth year, 2½ m. at Michaelmas in the same year, 2½ m. at Hilary in the twenty-first year, and 2½ m. at the Close of Easter in the same year. Order to cause him to have the aforesaid terms.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Northamptonshire. For the prior of Northampton . Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire that if the prior of St. Andrew’s, Northampton , is able to show that he holds in free, pure and perpetual alms the lands in Sywell and Little Billing for which he is distrained to render scutage to the king that is owed from the same lands , so that he has never rendered scutage therefrom, then he is to permit the prior to have peace therefrom and to distrain his warrantor to pay the said scutage.

25 April. Kempton. Concerning the county of Devon . The king has committed the county of Devon to Walter of Bath to keep for as long etc., so that he answers etc., the king’s demesne lands of the same county having been retained in the king’s hand.

Concerning the county of Devon . The king has committed the castle of Devon [sic] with its appurtenances to the same Walter to keep for as long etc., so that he answers at the Exchequer for all issues of the same castellanship. ¹

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A circular reference mark is entered in the margin here.

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The ‘castle of Devon’ is altered to the ‘castle of Exeter’ in E 371/3, m. 7.

30 April. Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire not to distrain Stephen de Mesnil , who holds of E. archbishop of Canterbury, to render scutage to the collectors of the king’s scutage lately generally granted to him in his bailiwick, for which Stephen will answer the aforesaid archbishop, and the archbishop the king.

Lincolnshire. William Latimer gives the king 20s. for having a writ that the sheriff might cause the record of a plea that was in the court of the wapentake of Aswardhurn between Theobald Hautein and the aforesaid William, concerning two swans , to come before the king’s justices of the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc.

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The plea is said to have been pleaded before ‘the county court of Yorkshire’ in E 371/3, m. 7.

4 May. Westminster. For Aymer de Sacy. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Aymer de Sacy that, of the fine which he made with him for having custody of the land and heirs of Warin of Bassingbourn , of which he was bound to render 100 m. per annum, he may henceforth render £40 each year, namely £20 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and £20 at the Exchequer of Easter, until the aforesaid fine is paid to the king. For this grant Aymer has remitted to the king the £20 that he is accustomed to take each year at the Exchequer for his annual fee. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For W. bishop of Exeter. To the same. The king has pardoned 250 m. of the 750 m. which the venerable father W. bishop of Exeter owes him from terms past of the fine of 2000 m. that he made with him for having custody of the land and heir of William d’Avranches . He has also granted him that he may render 100 m. of the remaining 500 m. each year at the Exchequer, namely 50 m. at Michaelmas in the twentieth year, 50 m. at Easter in the twenty-first year, and 100 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 500 m. are paid to the king. Order to cause the bishop to be quit from the aforesaid 250 m. and to cause him to have the aforesaid terms for rendering the aforesaid remaining 500 m. to the king at the Exchequer, as aforesaid.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Norfolk. Concerning the fine of the bishop of Norwich . The bishop of Norwich claims the manor of Bacton with appurtenances, which is of his fee and which ought to be his escheat , as he says, and he offers the king £100 for having his seisin without prejudice to anyone else, and they are to be received, and he is to render a moiety at Michaelmas in the twentieth year and the other moiety at Easter next following in the twenty-first year. It is to be known that the whole of the king’s council attests that this manor does not pertain to the heir of Robert fitz Walter, who is under age. ¹

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Another hand has entered ‘W. of Raleigh’ below this entry, though it is not clear whether he should be taken as the authority for this fine or not.

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For entries not recorded in the Fine Roll but entered on the Originalia Roll in this chronological sequence see nos. 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 586, 587 below.

4 May. Westminster. For John Marshal. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful John Marshal that, of the £460 6s. 3½d. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the debts of John Marshal, his father , he may render £20 each year, namely £10 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twentieth year, £10 at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-first year, and £20 thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid debt is paid to the king, namely so that if Alina, mother of the aforesaid John , will die before the aforesaid debts will have been paid to the king, and the land of the same Alina will accrue to John, whose heir he is, by her death, the payment for the same debts will increase according to the king’s will. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Essex. Concerning the castle of Colchester . Order to Ralph Gernon to cause Hubert de Rumilly , to whom the king committed the castle of Colchester to keep for as long as it pleases the king, to have as much land sown with corn as he received at the time the king committed that castle to him to keep, and [to cause] that land to be sown with corn of the same type as he found, together with the plough-beasts of the same land and the king’s other stock that he has in his custody, which he received at the aforesaid time.

For Peter Grimbald. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Peter Grimbald that he may render the £80 which he owes him at the Exchequer for several debts at the below-written terms, namely £20 at Ascension in the twentieth year, £20 at Michaelmas in the same year, £20 at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-first year, and £20 at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For John de Neville, justice of the forest. To the same. The king has granted to John de Neville, justice of the forest , that, of the £480 19s. 2d. which he owes him at the Exchequer for Hugh de Neville, his father, for several debts that Hugh owed the king, and of the £50 which John owes at the Exchequer for his relief, he may render 100 m. each year at the Exchequer, namely 50 m. at Michaelmas in the twentieth year, 50 m. at Easter in the twenty-first year, and 100 m. thus each year at the same terms until the aforesaid £480 19s. 2d. and the aforesaid £50 are paid to the king. The king has also granted him that, of the 300 m. which he owes for a fine that he made with him for having the bailiwick of the king’s forest from the bridge of Stamford to the bridge of Oxford within the counties of Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Huntingdonshire, he may render 50 m. each year at the Exchequer, namely 25 m. at Michaelmas aforesaid, 25 m. at Easter aforesaid, and 50 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 300 m. are paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Essex. Martin son of Simon and Barbata, his wife, and Robert son of Gilbert give the king 40s. for having a writ, namely a precipe, before the king’s justices at Westminster against Thomas of Plumborough and Christiana, his wife, concerning land in Rawreth and Paglesham . Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security etc.

a.

For entries not recorded in the Fine Roll but entered on the Originalia Roll in this chronological sequence see nos. 588, 589, 590, 591 below.

8 May. Mortlake. Warwickshire. To the sheriff of Warwickshire . Order that if the prioress and nuns of Wroxall can show that they hold their lands in his bailiwick in free, pure and perpetual alms, for which they are distrained to render scutage to the king that is owed from the same lands , even though they have never rendered scutage therefrom, then he is to cause them to have peace , distrain their warrantors to pay the said scutage, and if anything has been taken from them for the aforesaid reason, he is to cause it to be rendered to them without delay.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

9 May. Mortlake. Somerset. The king has taken the homage of Nicholas of Merriott, son and heir of Hugh of Merriott , for one-and-a-half knights’ fees that he held from the king in chief in Merriott . Order to the sheriff of Somerset that, having accepted security from Nicholas for his relief due to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands of which Hugh was seised as of fee in Merriott on the day he died.

a.

For entries not recorded in the Fine Roll but entered on the Originalia Roll in this chronological sequence see nos. 592, 593, 594 below.

For Thomas of Moulton . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned all but £100 of the £186 17s. 11d. which his beloved and faithful Thomas of Moulton owes him from the time when he was sheriff of Cumberland, which they exact from him by summons of the Exchequer , and he has granted him that he may render those £100 at these terms, namely 25 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twentieth year, 25 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-first year, and 50 m. thus each year from year to year until the aforesaid £100 are paid to the king. Order to cause Thomas to have the aforesaid terms for the aforesaid £100 and to cause him to be quit from the rest of the same debt, as aforesaid.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

9 May. Mortlake. Norfolk. Concerning the land of William of Wiggenhall . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take into the king’s hand one carucate of land with appurtenances in Garboldisham , which William of Wiggenhall held of John de Jarpunville , until the king knows who will be the right heir of the aforesaid William.

10 May. Mortlake. For the citizens of London . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to his citizens of London , until 15 days from Michaelmas in the twentieth year, from the demand for £225 10s. that they make from them by summons of the Exchequer for the remainder of the farm of the city of London from the time when William White and Peter Neuelun were sheriffs of London, and the demand for £20 which are exacted from Simon son of Martin at the Exchequer for an amercement, and the demand for £8 that they make from the same citizens for the remainder of their farm from the time when Roger Blund was sheriff of London and which the same Roger spent upon the repairs to the bridge of Holborn , as they say, by order of William Raleigh, and he has also granted to them that, of the 500 m. which they owe him of the 1000 m. that they granted to him of their gift in order to marry his sister to the Emperor, they may render 200 m. at St. John the Baptist in the twentieth year, and he has given them respite from rendering the remaining 300 m. until 15 days from Michaelmas in the same year. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Josceus son of Geoffrey, accused of breaching the king’s peace , ¹ gives the king 4 m. so that he is handed over on bail until the coming of the king’s justices at the first session etc. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc.

1.

‘… accused of breaching the king’s peace’ interlined.

[No date]. Essex. Wymer de Offinton’ gives the king half a mark for having a writ of entry before the justices of the Bench . Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security etc.

[No date]. Norfolk. Eudo Arsic gives the king one mark for having four knights to take the assize of novel disseisin that he and Alice, his wife, arraigned against the prior of Castle Acre , concerning a tenement in South Acre . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security etc.

[No date]. Northumberland. Henry of Barrasford gives the king 40s. for having four knights to take an assize of novel disseisin . Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to take security etc.

[No date]. Huntingdonshire. Richard of Bray gives the king one mark for having four knights to take an assize of novel disseisin against John Danish, concerning a tenement in Offord D’Arcy . Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to take security etc.

[No date]. Berkshire. John of Wytham gives the king one mark for having a pone before the king’s justices at Westminster against William Hereward , ¹ concerning an agreement made between them over half a virgate of land with appurtenances in Wytham . Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to take security etc.

1.

Corrected from ‘William de Sancta Elena and …’

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‘William de Sancta Elena’ not crossed through in E 371/3, m. 7.

13 May. Mortlake. For Richard of Bray and his wife. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Richard de Bray and Joan, his wife, that, of the debt of £118 6s. 8d. that they owe him for a Jewish debt from the inheritance of the same Joan, which has been extended at 40s. annually beyond two dowers , they may render 20s. each year at the Exchequer by their hand at Michaelmas, so that when either of these dowers will fall vacant and come into their hands, they are to render at the Exchequer a moiety of the value of the same dowers, or either of them, that had been previously delivered, together with the aforesaid 20s. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning Laurence de Castellis , assigned to receive the queen’s gold. The king has assigned Laurence de Castellis to receive and keep the queen’s gold at the great Exchequers, so that he answers for it by his hand. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to cause the gold that falls to the queen at the Exchequer of the Jews to be delivered to him, so that he answers for it as aforesaid.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For the abbot of Grimsby. The abbot of Grimsby has made fine with the king by 100s. for his amercement into which he has fallen before the barons of the Exchequer , of which he is to render 50s. at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the twentieth year and 50s. at Easter in the twenty-first year. Order to the aforesaid barons to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Walter de Lacy. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Walter de Lacy that, of the 200 m. which he ought to have rendered to him in the nineteenth year, he may render 50 m. at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the twentieth year, 50 m. at Easter in the twenty-first year, and, afterwards, 200 m. each year as he was previously accustomed to render. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Essex. Thomas of Ramsden gives the king one mark for having four justices to take the assize of novel disseisin that he arraigned against Simon de Cray and others, concerning a tenement in Ramsden Crays . Order to the sheriff of Essex to take security etc.

15 May. Guildford. For Walter de Lacy. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Walter de Lacy that, for all the arrears which he owes him at the Exchequer, he may render 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twentieth year and 50 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-first year, notwithstanding that the king had previously granted him that he was to render 100 m. at the aforesaid terms of the 200 m. he ought to have rendered in the nineteenth year. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning the fine of William of Belvoir and the seisin of his land. William of Belvoir has made fine with the king by £100 for his relief of the lands formerly of William d’Aubigny, his father, which he held from the king in chief and which fall to William by inheritance, and the king has taken his homage for this. He is to render the aforesaid £100 to the king at two terms, namely £50 at Michaelmas in the twentieth year and £50 at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-first year. Order to Roger of Essex, the king’s escheator , that, having accepted security from him for rendering the aforesaid £100 to the king at the aforesaid terms, he is to cause William to have full seisin without delay of all lands formerly of the same William, which he took into the king’s hand by reason of his death, of which he was seised on the day he died, saving to Agatha, who was wife of the same William , her rightful dower from the same land. Once he has taken the aforesaid security from William for rendering the aforesaid £100 at the aforesaid terms, he is to cause Adam son of William and Richard de la Lade to know this by his letters, to whom has king has commanded that, once he has signified this to them, they are to cause William to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the same William that are in their hand and that fall to him by inheritance.

Concerning the fine of William of Belvoir and the seisin of his land. Order to the aforesaid Adam and Richard to cause the same William to have full seisin in the aforesaid form etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Surrey. Roger Maubaunc and Alice, his wife, give the king 20s. for having four knights to take an assize of novel disseisin . Order to the sheriff of Surrey to take security etc.

For William de Vergel’ . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to William de Vergel’ that he may render 35s., which he owes him both for the fine made before the king’s justices last itinerant in Dorset and for the mercy into which he fell before the same, within two years, namely a fourth part at Michaelmas in the twentieth year, a fourth part at Easter in the twenty-first year, a fourth part at Michaelmas in the same year, and a fourth part at Easter in the twenty-second year. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For William de Vergel’. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to permit the same William to have the aforesaid terms and to cause his livestock that he took for the aforesaid reason to be delivered to him. ¹

1.

This entry was added a a slightly later date, as it is squeezed in tightly between the two surrounding it.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

16 May. Guildford. For Baldwin, mayor of Grimsby . To the same. Baldwin, mayor of Grimsby , has made fine with the king by 6 m. so that he may be quit of the three hawks which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer . He is to render the aforesaid 6 m. at the below-written terms, namely 10s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twentieth year, 10s. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-first year, and 20s. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 6 m. are paid to the king.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

18 May. Winchester. Concerning £41 12s. 8d. of aid in Hampshire . Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to receive and keep safely, until the king orders otherwise, the £41 12s. 8d. ¹ that Robert le Haut and Walter of Romsey delivered to him of the aid lately generally granted to the king in Hampshire .

1.

Corrected from ‘£40’.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Because allowed in the roll of account. Order to Walter of Romsey and Robert le Haut to cause the £41 12s. 8d. that are in their custody from the aforesaid aid to be delivered to the same sheriff. ¹

1.

Entry cancelled because allowed in the roll of account.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning the sum of amercements of the eyre of the justices. To the treasurer and the barons of the Exchequer. ¹ Order that once they have received the roll of estreats from the eyre of the king’s justices in the county of Kent , they are immediately to cause summons to be made so that the king has a moiety of the amercements of that eyre at Trinity in the twentieth year in three weeks and the other moiety at St. John in the same year in three weeks, because the aforesaid justices have signified to the king by their letters that they are certain that the king will have the last pennies before the forthcoming autumn.

1.

Corrected from ‘… and the chamberlains …’

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

18 May. Winchester. Concerning the manor of Bridgwater , which has been committed to Richard of Wrotham . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has committed the manor of Bridgwater with the castle there to his beloved and faithful Richard of Wrotham to keep for three years from Easter in the twentieth year , rendering £100 each year for it at the Exchequer, namely £50 at Michaelmas and £50 at Easter. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

19 May. Marwell. Concerning the manor of Bridgwater , which has been committed to Richard of Wrotham . Order to Hugh de Vivonne to cause four plough-teams and the other things that he received by the hand of Richard of Wrotham at the time when he received the manor of Bridgwater , and the castle , by the king’s order, to be rendered in full to the same Richard, to whom the king has committed the aforesaid manor with its appurtenances and the castle , to keep for three years from Easter in the twentieth year. ¹

1.

This has been entered to the right of the previous entry and is crammed in between it and that which follows.

a.

For an entry not recorded in the Fine Roll but entered on the Originalia Roll in this chronological sequence see no. 595 below.

18 May. Marwell. Concerning aid of scutage of the county of Lincolnshire . Order to the collectors of the king’s scutage in the county of Lincolnshire not to omit to go without delay to the Exchequer in London in person with all money that they received from the aforesaid scutage, in order to render the same money at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to cause them to have conduct for this.

20 May. Marwell. Derbyshire. For Joan, who was the wife of Thomas of Barlow . Joan, who was the wife of Thomas of Barlow , has made fine with the king by 3 m. for custody of the land that Thomas held from the king in Barlow , to have until the aforesaid heirs come of age, ¹ and for the custody and marriage of the heirs of the same Thomas, similarly saving to the king the relief due from the aforesaid land . Order to the constable of the High Peak that, having accepted security from Joan for rendering the aforesaid 3 m. to the king, namely one mark at Michaelmas in the twentieth year, one mark at Easter next following in the twenty-first year, and one mark at Michaelmas next following in the same year, he is to cause her to have full seisin of the aforesaid custody and the aforesaid heirs.

1.

‘… to have until the aforesaid heirs come of age’ interlined.

For G. Marshal, earl of Pembroke. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to inquire diligently by the rolls of the Exchequer what manner of debts G. Marshal, earl of Pembroke, owes to the king that pertain to the Exchequer , and they are to certify the king distinctly and openly by their letters about all debts at Trinity in 15 days and to permit him to have peace in the meantime , giving command to the sheriffs who exact those debts from him by summons of the Exchequer that they are not to make any distraint for this in the meantime.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning the custody of Clarendon and Groveley. The king has committed the custody of the forests of Clarendon and Groveley to Henry of Down until three years from Pentecost in the twentieth year, so that he renders £20 each year at the Exchequer for pannage and other issues of the same forests, so that 60s. 10d. will be allowed to him in each of the aforesaid three years for the custody of the king’s houses of Clarendon . Order to the foresters, verderers and all others of the aforesaid forests to be intendant and respondent to the abovesaid Henry as the king’s bailiff in all things that pertain to the custody of the aforesaid forests. In [testimony] of which etc.

Warwickshire. For Ralph de Audeville . Ralph de Audeville has made fine with the king by 20 m. for having licence to make concord with William de Botreaux , Hugh Streche and Hawise, his mother, Geoffrey Gilewis’, Henry Meky and John Long , who have appealed him for robbery and breach of the king’s peace. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire that, having accepted security from Ralph for rendering the aforesaid 20 m. to the king, he is to cause him neither to be summoned in his county court nor outlawed, as the king has ordered him, until he has a command from the king otherwise, but to permit him to return to his own parts and make peace with his aforesaid adversaries, if he will wish.

Warwickshire. For Ralph de Audeville . Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to cause the same Ralph neither to be summoned nor outlawed in his county court etc., as aforesaid.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Warwickshire. For Ralph de Audeville . Because he did not have it. Order to the justices next itinerant in Warwickshire to permit this to be done without impediment. ¹

1.

Entry cancelled because he did not have it.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

23 May. Marwell. Concerning respite of account. To the barons of the Exchequer. On account of the grave infirmity from which Henry son of Nicholas suffers, the king has given him respite from rendering his account until three weeks from Trinity in the twentieth year. Order to cause him to have that respite.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

24 May. Marwell. Concerning the fine of Robert de Muscegros for custody of the land and heiress of William Avenel . Robert de Muscegros has made fine with the king by 200 m. for having custody of the land formerly of William Avenel until the full age of his daughter and heiress, together with the custody and marriage of the same heiress, so that Robert is to render 50 m. per annum of the aforesaid fine, namely 25 m. at Michaelmas in the twentieth year, 25 m. at Easter in the twenty-first year, and 50 m. thus each year from year to year until the aforesaid fine is paid to the king. If death befalls the aforesaid heiress before that fine is paid to the king, Robert is to be quit from that which will then need to be rendered to the king. Order to the constable of St. Briavels to cause him to have full seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid William in his bailiwick, together with the aforesaid heiress, as aforesaid.

Concerning the fine of Robert de Muscegros for custody of the land and heir of William Avenel . He has letters patent for this in the same form.

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This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning the fine of Robert de Muscegros for custody of the land and heir of William Avenel . He has writs directed to Richard de la Lade and Adam son of William, escheators, concerning seisin. ¹

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Entry added at the right-hand edge of the membrane possibly by a different hand.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Devon. The prior of Frampton gives the king 10 m. so that the plea which is in the county court of Devon by the king’s writ of right between Richard Butler, claimant, and the abbot of Caen , defendant, concerning two furlongs of land with appurtenances in Ashridge , and the plea which is in the same county court by the king’s writ of right between Roger Gifford, William de Abbernon and Archibald of Pilland , claimants, and the same abbot, defendant, concerning one carucate of land with appurtenances in Northam , be placed in respite until 15 days from Michaelmas in the twentieth year. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take security etc. ¹

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A circle appears in the margin beside this entry.

24 May. Marwell. Hampshire. For Matthew Hoese. Matthew Hoese, son and heir of Cecilia Hoese, has made fine with the king by 10 m. for having seisin of the land formerly of the aforesaid Cecilia, his mother, in Hampshire, which she held from the king in chief and which falls to him by hereditary right, and the king has taken his homage for this. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, having accepted security from Matthew for rendering the aforesaid 10 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all the land formerly of Cecilia in his bailiwick that falls to him by hereditary right, of which she was seised on the day she died.

26 May. Marwell. Concerning Stephen of Seagrave . To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to place the plea that is before them by the king’s order between Stephen of Seagrave and William de Eltindon’ , concerning the arrears of debts owed to the king from the time Stephen was sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire and William his bailiff in the aforesaid counties, to be before the itinerant justices at Coventry at Trinity in three weeks in the same estate as the king ordered it to come before the barons, and to place in respite the demand for the same arrears until they have a command from the king otherwise. The king has also commanded the sheriff of Herefordshire to cause the aforesaid William to come before the aforesaid justices on the aforesaid day, ready to answer Stephen about this.

a.

The four entries, 301–04, are condensed into one in E 371/3, m. 8.

Concerning Stephen of Seagrave . Order to the aforesaid justices to hear and determine the aforesaid plea by the due fine.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning Stephen of Seagrave . Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to cause the same William to come before the aforesaid justices on the aforesaid day etc.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning Stephen of Seagrave . The aforesaid Stephen gives the king three palfreys for having the aforesaid writs.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

28 May. Marwell. Concerning the castle of Bolsover . The king has committed the castle of Bolsover with appurtenances to John Gubaud to keep etc. for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers for all issues of the same castellanship.

The king has committed the custody of the abbey of St. Mary’s, Winchester, which is vacant and in his hand, to William, his chaplain . Order to the knights, free men etc. holding of the abbey etc., to be intendant etc. to him in all things that pertain to the aforesaid abbey.

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The date for this entry is given as ‘26 May’ in E 371/3, m. 8.

29 May. Marwell. Essex. Order to the sheriff of Essex that, having taken an inquisition by trustworthy and law-worthy men of his county as to how many plough-beasts and how much stock R. Gernon received in the manor of Colchester when the king committed that manor to him to keep, he is to distrain the same R. to render all plough-beasts and such stock to the king’s use to Hubert de Rumilly, to whom the king has committed the aforesaid manor to keep for as long as it pleases the king.

30 May. Marwell. Herefordshire. The king has taken the homage of Robert Archer and Simon de Solers , who have to wife the two daughters and heiresses of Margaret de Cormeilles , for the lands and tenements that Margaret held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire that, having accepted security from Robert and Simon for rendering £25 to the king for their reliefs for a fourth part of the barony of Cormeilles , he is to cause them to have full seisin of the lands and tenements that Margaret held of the king in chief on the day he died and that fall to the aforesaid daughters and heiresses by inheritance. He is to signify the sheriff of Gloucestershire when he has taken the aforesaid security. ¹

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This final order is interlined.

Herefordshire. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire that once the sheriff of Herefordshire has signified to him that he has received the aforesaid security, then he is to cause them to have full seisin. ¹

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This order was clearly added after the initial compilation of the roll, as it is squeezed in before the following line.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning the county of Cumberland . The king has committed the county of Cumberland to William Dacre to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers at the Exchequer for all issues of the same county, the king’s manors and demesne lands of the same county having been retained in the king’s hand.

Concerning the king’s manors in the counties of Northumberland and Cumberland. The king has committed his manors and demesne lands in Northumberland and Cumberland to John de la More to keep for as long as etc., so that he answers etc. Order to all tenants of the aforesaid manors and demesne lands to be intendant etc. to him as the king’s keeper.

[No date]. Dorset. Robert de Bosco and Alice, his wife, give the king 20s. for having four justices [to take] an assize of novel disseisin against Henry son of Nicholas etc. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take security etc.

3 June. Marwell. Because the king has been given to understand that Robert of Ashbourne , who was the [under-]sheriff of Ralph fitz Nicholas for the counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, is so infirm that he cannot personally come to render his account, order to the barons of the Exchequer to receive Hugh le Bel and William of Darley , clerks of the aforesaid Ralph , for this.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Surrey. Order to the sheriff of Surrey that if the executors of the testament of Gilbert de Abbernon will give him surety for rendering 20 m. at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the twentieth year, at which term Gilbert ought to have rendered them this of the fine of 40 m. which he made with the king for having seisin of land, then he is to permit the executors to have free administration of the chattels formerly of the aforesaid Gilbert in his bailiwick to make execution of his testament therewith, unless Gilbert had owed other debts to the king and, if he had owed other debts, the executors are to give him surety for rendering them at the same term, and then he is to permit the executors to have free administration of the aforesaid chattels, as aforesaid.

5 June. Marwell. Concerning the monies due to Ernald de Peregod . Order to John de Gisors to answer in no manner to Ernald de Peregod or any of his men for the monies in which he is bound to him whether for wines purchased from him or for other things, but to cause the aforesaid monies to be safely kept to the king’s use until the king orders otherwise.

[No date]. Norfolk. Because he surrendered the writ in full at Evesham by the hand of Silvester. Henry son of Otewy gives the king half a mark for having a pone before the justices of the Bench against William son of Otewy and others. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security etc. ¹

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Entry cancelled because he surrendered the writ in full at Evesham by the hand of Silvester.

[No date]. Hampshire. Walter de Langeford’ gives the king 20s. for having an assize of darrein presentment before the king (coram Rege) at a certain day and place. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take security etc.

7 June. Marwell. Concerning the honour of Peverel of Nottingham . The king has committed the honour of Peverel of Nottingham with appurtenances to Roger of Essex to keep for as long as etc., to answer for it at the Exchequer.

The king has granted to his trustworthy men of Winchester that they may hold his city of Winchester at farm for three years from Michaelmas in the twentieth year, rendering £80 numero per annum for it at the Exchequer for Michaelmas term, as they had been previously accustomed to render.

Concerning the manors of Kingshaugh and Clipstone . The king has committed his manors of Kingshaugh and Clipstone and the honour of Peverel of Nottingham with appurtenances to Roger of Essex to keep for as long as etc. , so that he answers at the Exchequer for all issues of the same. Order to the same Roger to attend to keeping them diligently and faithfully, and when Roger comes to the king it will be provided for him so that he might be sustained from this.

For the executors of the testament of William d’Aubigny . The king granted to William d’Aubigny, who lately died, that he might grant his testament freely and without impediment from his chattels and moveable property under such a condition that, in the last year of his life, such would remain to him of the aforesaid chattels and property whereby 20 m. might be rendered to the king of the debt that he owed him, of which he rendered 20 m. per annum. Order to Adam son of William and Richard de la Lade , that, having accepted security from the executors of the testament of the said William for rendering 20 m. to the king at St. John in the twentieth year, they are to permit them to dispose of the chattels and property formerly of the aforesaid William without impediment, in order to execute his testament.

For the executors of the testament of William d’Aubigny . Order, in the same manner, to Roger of Essex , concerning 20 m., that, having accepted security etc.

[No date]. Norfolk. Robert de Crek’ gives the king half a mark for having a writ of warranty of charter before the justices of the Bench against Bartholomew de Crek . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security etc.

[No date]. Norfolk. Robert de Pyrha, Ralph Blund and William Blund give the king half a mark for having a writ of agreement before the aforesaid justices against the aforesaid Bartholomew . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security etc.

[No date]. Suffolk. Geoffrey de Crek’ gives the king half a mark for having a writ of warranty of charter before the justices of the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take security etc.

a.

In E 371/3, m. 7 it is said that this writ is purchased against the same ‘Bartholomew’.

[No date]. Wiltshire. William Mauduit and William Luvel give the king 20s. for having an appeal before the king at Clarendon upon his first coming there. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take security etc.

11 June. Winchester. Concerning summons for the queen’s gold. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order that as often as they will cause the king’s debts to be summoned at the Exchequer , they are to cause the queen’s gold to be summoned and to be delivered to Laurence de Castellis , whom the king has assigned to receive and keep the aforesaid gold.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

12 June. Winchester. Hampshire. Concerning the fine of Belina the Jewess of Winchester . Because otherwise below. To the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews. For the 200 m. which Belina, who was the wife of Deulobene son of Chera , owes the king for the houses and lands formerly of her husband in Winchester , which houses and lands were the king’s escheats, the king has granted her, and has confirmed by his charter, that she may give, sell or otherwise alienate the aforesaid houses and lands to whom she will wish , just as those which she bought out of the king’s escheats. She is to render the aforesaid 200 m. to the king at the below-written terms, namely 25 m. at Michaelmas ¹ in the twentieth year, or within the next quindene following, ² 25 m. at Easter in the twenty-first year, or within the next quindene following, ³ and 50 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 200 m. are paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ⁴

1.

‘at the Exchequer of …’ crossed through.

2.

This quindene term is interlined.

3.

A similar set of corrections applies here as in notes 1 and 2.

4.

Entry cancelled because otherwise below. See no. 331.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Norfolk. Ralph son of Geoffrey gives the king one mark for having four knights to take the assize of novel disseisin that he arraigned against William of Hingham, John le Breton and others, concerning a tenement in Edingthorpe . Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security etc.

a.

‘that he arraigned against William of Hingham’ crossed through in E 371/3, m. 7.

14 June. Winchester. For William de Beauchamp . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful William de Beauchamp that he may render the £100 which he owes for his relief to the king within two years, namely £25 at Michaelmas in the twentieth year, £25 at Easter in the twenty-first year, £25 at Michaelmas in the same year, and £25 at Easter in the twenty-second year. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By W. Raleigh.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Jews. Concerning the fine of Belina the Jewess of Winchester . To the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews. For the 200 m. which Belina, who was the wife of Deulobene son of Chera , owes the king for the houses and lands formerly of her husband in Winchester , which houses and lands were the king’s escheats, the king has granted and confirmed by his charter that she may give, sell or otherwise alienate the aforesaid houses and lands to whom she will wish , just as those which she bought out of the king’s escheats. She is to render the aforesaid 200 m. to the king at the Exchequer at the below-written terms, namely 25 m. at Michaelmas in the twentieth year, or within the next quindene following, and 25 m. at Easter in the twenty-first year, or within the next quindene following, ¹ and 50 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 200 m. are paid to the king. The king has given Jerman, his tailor, 100 m. of the aforesaid 200 m., to be received at the Exchequer from the first payment and in the first terms from term to term until he is satisfied in full of those 100 m. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ²

1.

The Easter payment term is interlined.

2.

For a cancelled version of this entry see no. 327 above.

For John de Bendenges . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to John de Bendenges that, together with the fine of 25 m. that he made with him to be handed over on bail until the coming of the king’s justices , he may render those 10 m. which he promised the king before the abovesaid justices for having the verdict of his country at the same terms of the year that the king granted to him for rendering the aforesaid 25 m., namely 10 m. per annum, so that he may render 10 m. per annum for each debt at the Exchequer until he will have paid the aforesaid debts to the king in full. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Surrey. Concerning the custody of the land and heir of Gilbert de Abbernon . John of Gatesden has made fine with the king by 120 m. for having custody of the land formerly of Gilbert de Abbernon, who held of the honour of Gloucester , and the custody and marriage of the heir of the same Gilbert . John is to render £20 each year of which 120 m. by his hand until the aforesaid fine is paid to the king, namely £10 at Michaelmas in the twentieth year, £10 at Easter in the twenty-first year, and £20 thus each year until the king has been satisfied thereof. Order to Richard de la Lade to cause John to have full seisin of all lands and tenements that Gilbert held of the aforesaid honour on the day he died, together with the aforesaid heir, as aforesaid.

[No date]. Hampshire. Hugh of Wingham gives the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint twelve jurors by 24 in an assize of novel disseisin before the justices at the first session . Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take security etc.

Kent. For Walter of Chilton and his brother. The king has granted to Walter of Chilton and Roger, his brother , that, of the 60 m. which they owe him for an inquisition that they had before the justices last itinerant in Kent , they may render 20 m. per annum, namely 10 m. at Michaelmas in the twentieth year and 10 m. at Easter next following, and thus from year to year until the aforesaid 60 m. will have been paid to the king.

For Robert Passelewe. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite all debts in which Robert Passelewe is bound to the king, until Hilary in the twenty-first year.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

15 June. Winchester. For Adam of Napton and his wife. The king has taken the homage of Adam of Napton , who took to wife Agnes of Salcey , one of the daughters and heiresses of Robert de Salcey. Order to the keeper of the honour of Peverel that, having accepted security from Adam for his relief due to the king from the portion falling to him and Agnes of the lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid Robert, which is in the king’s hand because Adam was in Ireland at the time when the other heirs had their seisin, he is to cause Adam and Agnes to have their full seisin.

For Adam of Napton and his wife. He has letters for having seisin directed to the sheriff of Derbyshire in similar form.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Hampshire. Ralph de la Hes’ gives the king half a mark for having letters to pardon the abjuration of the realm that he made for arson and breach of the king’s peace , of which he has been accused.

[No date]. Hampshire. William le Vilur gives the king half a mark for the same.

a.

William is described as a man of the bishop of Winchester in E 371/3, m. 9 where the entry is authorised by Aymer de St. Amand.

Surrey. Adam of Wisley gives the king half a mark for similar letters.

a.

Adam is described as a man of the bishop of Winchester in E 371/3, m. 9. This entry is authorised there by Aymer de St. Amand.

19 June. Clarendon. Herefordshire. For Master Alexander le Seculer. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Master Alexander le Seculer that, of the fine of 100 m. which he made with him for having seisin of the lands formerly of his father, he may render 20 m. per annum by his hand at the Exchequer, namely 5 m. at Michaelmas in the twentieth year, 5 m. at Hilary in the twenty-first year, 5 m. at the Close of Easter in the same year, 5 m. at St. John the Baptist in the same year, and 20 m. thus from year to year at the aforesaid terms until the aforesaid fine is paid to the king. Order to cause this to be enrolled and done thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Herefordshire. For Master Alexander le Seculer. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to permit the same Master to have the aforesaid respite.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning respite of account. Because Robert Coffin is ill, as is said, so that he cannot be before the barons of the Exchequer to render his account together with his associates, collectors of the aid granted to the king, which has been collected by them in Lincolnshire , order to the aforesaid barons to place that account in respite until one month from Michaelmas in the twentieth year for it cannot properly be rendered in the absence of the same Robert .

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning respite of account. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to cause his livestock, which he took for the aforesaid reason, to be delivered to him in the meantime.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Dorset. Tristan son of Nigel gives the king half a mark for having four knights [to take] an assize of novel disseisin etc . Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take security etc.

[No date]. Suffolk. Ralph son of Nigel ¹ gives the king one mark for having an inquisition whether John fitz Geoffrey appeals Elias de Prato, taken and detained in the king’s prison of Ipswich for the death of Sabina, wife of the same Elias , for the aforesaid death out of hate and spite etc. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take security etc.

1.

‘Ralph’ a correction for ‘Elias’.

[No date]. Dorset. Richard of Henley, chaplain, gives the king half a mark for having four knights to take an assize of novel disseisin . Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take security etc.

[No date]. Somerset. Roger Kainel and Beatrice, his wife, give the king 20s. for having four knights [to take] an assize of novel disseisin . Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take security etc.

[No date]. Wiltshire. Roger Budde gives the king one mark for having four knights to take an assize of novel disseisin . Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take security etc.

[No date]. Devon. Richard Bernehus gives the king one mark for having four knights [to take] an assize of novel disseisin . Order to the sheriff of Devon to take security etc. ¹

1.

A small circle is entered in the margin here.

[No date]. Dorset. Thomas of Abingdon gives the king half a mark for having four knights [to take] an assize of novel disseisin etc. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take security etc.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Lambert son of Lambert gives the king 20s. for having four knights to take three assizes of novel disseisin against the prior of Spalding and others . Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc.

[No date]. Somerset. Ralph son of Bernard gives the king 40s. for having four knights to take an assize of novel disseisin against Simon d’Avranches and others, concerning common of his pasture in Lyddo . Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take security etc.

27 June. Glastonbury. For the abbot of Osney . Order to the justices of the Bench to take the jury that is summoned before them by order of the king at St. John the Baptist in 15 days [in a plea] between Robert de Lisle and Robert son of Brian, heirs of Geoffrey Gibewin, and the abbot of Osney , concerning land in Marsh Gibbon , by such jurors who are impartial to either party or have no affinity with either of them, and when they will have empanelled it they are to fix a day for the parties to be before the king (coram Rege) in 15 days from the empanelment of this jury, in order to hear his judgement therein, and they are to have there the record of this jury under their seals.

a.

This entry is cancelled in E 371/3, m. 9. Cancelled here because placed elsewhere in the roll of W. Raleigh in Buckinghamshire.

For the abbot of Osney . The same abbot gives the king 5 m. for this writ.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

28 June. Wells. Concerning the monies from the aid of the county of Devon. Order to William Peverel and Ralph de Satchville that, together with all monies which they received from the aid lately granted to the king, namely 2 m. per shield, in the county of Devon , which they had proposed to bring to the Exchequer in London , they are to divert to the king at Bristol, so that they are to be there on this forthcoming Sunday in the feast of St. Peter, or on the morrow, in order to deliver those monies into the king’s Wardrobe at the right time. When the king has established the sum of the same, he will cause them to have writs of acquittance for this. ¹

1.

A small circle is in the margin beside this entry.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

29 June. Bristol. Lancaster. The king has taken the homage of Robert of Stalmine, brother and heir of William of Stalmine , for the land that William held of the king in socage in Stalmine and Staynall , which falls to Robert by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster that, having accepted security from Robert for rendering 10s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all the aforesaid land which William held of the king in socage, of which he was seised on the day he died and which falls to Robert by inheritance.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for scutage that they make from H. de Trubleville, seneschal of Gascony, by summons of the Exchequer, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the twentieth year.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For William d’Aubigny . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful William d’Aubigny, son and heir of William d’Aubigny , that, of the debt he owes the king at the Exchequer for William, his father, for the fine that he made with King John, father of the king, for his capture at Rochester , he may render 20 m. each year at the Exchequer for as long as it pleases the king at the same terms at which the aforesaid William d’Aubigny, his father, was accustomed to render it at the Exchequer in his time. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Martin of Tallington gives the king one mark for having four knights [to take] an assize of novel disseisin . Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc.

1 July. Berkeley. Wiltshire. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to receive the two tuns of the king’s wine that the keeper of the king’s houses of Clarendon will deliver to him by the king’s order, and cause them to be sold and the monies arising therefrom to be safely kept until the king orders otherwise.

[No date]. Northumberland. Nicholas of Acton gives the king one mark for having an assize of novel disseisin before the king (coram Rege). Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to take security etc.

a.

This assize is to be taken ‘before the king upon his arrival in those parts’ in E 371/3, m. 9.

1 July. Berkeley. Herefordshire. For Robert de Tresgoz. The king has taken the homage of Robert de Tresgoz, son and heir of Sibyl of Ewyas , for all lands that Sibyl held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire that, having accepted security from Robert for rendering £100 to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the same Sibyl in his bailiwick on the day she died which fall to him by hereditary right. Once he has received the aforesaid security, he is to signify this to the sheriff of Somerset , to whom the king has commanded that when he receives the letters of the sheriff of Herefordshire concerning the aforesaid security, he is to cause Robert to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid Sibyl in his bailiwick,

Herefordshire. For Robert de Tresgoz. He has his letters directed to the sheriff of Somerset for having seisin when he establishes by the aforesaid sheriff of Herefordshire that he has received security etc., as aforesaid.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Roger Hay gives the king 20s. for having four knights to take an assize of novel disseisin etc. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire ¹ to take security etc.

1.

Corrected from ‘Lincolnshire’

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Robert de Godefeld’ and Matilda, his wife, give the king 20s. for having four knights to take two assizes of novel disseisin . Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take security etc. ¹

1.

This entry originally began ‘Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire …’, but this is crossed through.

[No date]. Gloucestershire. Richard of Clifford , Henry of Clifford, Peter Burgeis and certain others of their partners give the king one mark for having four knights to take an assize of novel disseisin. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take security etc.

4 July. Tewkesbury. Gloucestershire. Concerning wines to be sold. Order to the bailiffs of Bristol to cause the king’s wine that he has in their vill to be sold by the view and testimony of law-worthy men, and to cause the monies arising therefrom to be safely kept until the king orders otherwise. They are also to cause it to be prohibited on the king‘s behalf that any wine of the aforesaid vill be sold wholesale until the king’s wines are sold.

[No date]. Dorset. Beatrice de Sarmunville gives the king half a mark for having four knights to take an assize of novel disseisin . Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take security etc.

5 July. Tewkesbury. For Hugh de Gournay . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Hugh de Gournay that, of £46 and one mark of the prest of Poitou from the time of King John, the king’s father , and of £146 and one mark and two tuns of wine of several debts, and of 77½ m. of several prests from the time of the king’s aforesaid father, and of 30 m. of the same prests, which debts Hugh owes the king , he may render 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twentieth year, 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-first year, 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-second year, and, afterwards, 20 m. each year, namely 10 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 10 m. at the Exchequer of Easter, until all of the abovesaid debts are paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For William de Putot. To the same. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful William de Putot that, of the 10 m. which he owes him, he may render 5 m. at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the twentieth year and 5 m. at Easter next following. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For William de Putot . Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to permit the same William to have those terms.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

7 July. Tewkesbury. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to place in respite the demand for 13 m. for the debts of Ralph son of Brian that he makes from the land formerly of the aforesaid Ralph, the custody of whose land and heir the king has committed to Bartholomew Peche , who has set out on the king’s embassy to parts overseas, until his return from the aforesaid parts.

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to place in respite the demand for debts that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the land of Geoffrey son of John of Ormesby St. Margaret and Flegg , who has set out with Bartholomew Peche on the king’s embassy to parts overseas, until his return from the aforesaid parts.

Northumberland. The king has taken the homage of Alexander, son and heir of Alexander of Bradford , for one knight’s fee that his father held of the king in chief in the bailiwick of the sheriff of Northumberland and that falls to Alexander son of Alexander by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland that, having accepted security from Alexander son of Alexander for rendering 100s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid Alexander, his father, in his bailiwick, of which he was seised on the day he died.

10 July. Tewkesbury. For Robert Red. The king has granted to Robert Red that, of the fine of 60 m. which he made before the justices last itinerant in Gloucestershire , he may render £10 per annum at the Exchequer, namely 100s. at Michaelmas in the twentieth year and 100s. at Easter in the twenty-first year until the aforesaid fine of 60 m. is paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be enrolled and done thus.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

For Robert Red. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to permit the same to have those terms. ¹

1.

Entered to the right of the previous entry by a different hand.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

Concerning the amercements of the counties of Warwickshire and Leicestershire . Order to Robert of Lexington to cause all amercements arising from his eyre in the counties of Warwickshire and Leicestershire to be summoned under his seal , so that the king may have one moiety at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in 15 days and the other moiety at Hilary in the twenty-first year in 15 days.

13 July. Tewkesbury. Gloucestershire. Concerning selling the king’s wines. To the sheriff of Gloucestershire . ¹ Order to deliver the 31 tuns of wine that remained at Bristol of the wines lately taken there to the king’s use, which it was not expedient to be retained to the king’s use, to the king’s trustworthy men of Bristol, so that they will deliver twelve of the aforesaid tuns by their hands to Peter Clerk, James le Warre, Richard Aylard’ and William de Beaumont , burgesses of the same vill, who have purchased that wine , so that they answer the king at Christmas in the twenty-first year for 4 m. for each tun of wine, and eight tuns to Reymond Gregor’, Gilbert Matthew, William Bonfeser, William de Lanbeske and Peter de Lisle and other merchants of Gascony who are in the same vill, so that they answer for 4 m. at the same term for each of the aforesaid eight tuns. The same burgesses are to retain the remaining eleven tuns for rendering the same price to the king at the same term, so that after they have taken security both from the aforesaid four burgesses and the aforesaid merchants for rendering the monies pertaining to them, as aforesaid, they are to give surety to the sheriff for rendering all of the aforesaid price of the aforesaid 31 tuns to the king at the aforesaid term. The sheriff is similarly to answer the king at the same term for the five tuns of wine that he had of the king’s wines, namely 4 m. for each tun.

1.

Corrected from ‘Hampshire’.

Gloucestershire. Concerning selling the king’s wines. Order to the bailiffs of Bristol that once the aforesaid 31 tuns of wine have been delivered, as aforesaid, and surety has been made to the sheriff of Gloucestershire by the aforesaid burgesses for rendering the aforesaid price to the king at the aforesaid term, they are not to impede those who have the wines at Bristol from selling them as freely as they can.

a.

This entry is not in the originalia roll.

14 July. Tewkesbury. For John of Huntingdon . To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to John of Huntingdon that if the value of his land does not exceed £10 per annum, then he may render at the Exchequer the 20 m. which they exact from him by summons of the Exchequer