20 May. Pons. For Hamo de Crèvecoeur. The king has granted to Hamo de Crèvecoeur that he may have respite from £80, which he ought to have rendered to him at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-sixth year, until the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite. ¹

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All entries on this roll that are witnessed are witnessed by the king. There is a transcription of the Latin text of this roll in C. Bémont, 'Rotulus Finium retrouvé (1242-1243)', Bulletin Philologique et Historique, 26 (1924), 225-239. It has occasionally helped in supplying readings, the text being now very faded.

17 June. Saintes. For H. earl of Essex and Hereford. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king, for himself and his heirs, has granted to H. de Bohun, earl of Essex and Hereford, that he may henceforth render £40 10s. at the Exchequer for the remainder of the whole debt he owes him of the 20000 m. by which Geoffrey de Mandeville, formerly earl of Essex, his uncle, made fine with King J., the king’s father, for having Isabella, formerly countess of Gloucester, to wife, and for all other debts which the same earl owes the king at the Exchequer, for which he previously made fine with the king to render £50 at the aforesaid Exchequer, ¹ and that the king and his heirs, by the hand of the sheriff of Essex who will be, will take those £40 10s. that the same earl was accustomed to take each year from the county of Essex in the name of earl. And the king and his heirs ² will retain them in their hand in part payment of the aforesaid debts and will cause this to be allowed to him and his heirs each year until the king will be satisfied for all of the aforesaid debts. ³ In the meantime, the king or his heirs ⁴ will not distrain the same earl or his heirs by their lands, chattels or tenements for the aforesaid debts, or cause them to be distrained. Once the aforesaid £40 10s. have been in the king’s hand for such time that the aforesaid earl and his heirs will be quit from the aforesaid debts, they are to revert quit to the same earl and his heirs freely and without impediment, so that the king and his heirs ⁵ will have no right in the same £40 10s. and thereafter will not claim, or be able to claim, anything when the earl and his heirs shall take the aforesaid rent as fully and freely as the same earl was accustomed to take before that grant from the aforesaid county. ⁶ Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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This is an entry which has been heavily corrected. Initially it read as follows: ‘for having Isabella, formerly countess of Gloucester, to wife, he may render £40 10s. per annum at the Exchequer, whereas he previously made fine to render £50 per annum at the same Exchequer – this sum probably being further corrected to £40’. The uncancelled section reading ‘and for all other debts … made fine with the king to render £50’ is written in the margin.

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‘the king and his heirs’ interlined.

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Corrected from ‘for all of the rest of the same debt’.

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‘the king or his heirs’ interlined.

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‘the king and his heirs’ interlined.

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Corrected from ‘as he was accustomed to take from the aforesaid earl at the time the present were drawn up’.

He has letters patent for this in all things.

22 June. Saintes. Concerning a Jew. Mosse son of Hamo and Abraham son of Elias made fine with the king by £100 at Winchester before he crossed, for themselves and the other heirs of Hamo of Hereford, of which they have rendered £50 to the king cash down so that the king would grant them that, for all debts which they owed him on Thursday next after the Close of Easter in the twenty-sixth year, they might render 200 m. per annum at the Exchequer, namely 100 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 100 m. at the Exchequer of Easter, until all of the aforesaid debts are paid to the king. Order to W. archbishop of York, W. bishop of Carlisle and W. de Cantilupe that, the other £50 having been paid of the aforesaid fine of £100, which the aforesaid Jews ought to render immediately, if by chance they have not rendered them before, to cause the aforesaid terms and the aforesaid fine to be upheld for them. By Earl Richard.

[No date]. For the men of La Réole. Poitevin de Pinibus and Arnald de Porta have mainperned for the men of La Réole that they will render to the king 15000s. of Bordeaux, namely a moiety on Sunday next after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr in the year of grace 1242 and the other moiety at St. Peter in Chains in the same year, for having respite so that they need not come to the king’s service with arms until Martinmas in the twenty-seventh year.

2 July. Saintes. For Simon de Montfort. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to Simon de Montfort 600 m. from the first terms of the debt which he owes him at the Exchequer, for which he is bound to render 40 m. each year at the same Exchequer at two terms. Order to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 600 m.

For Simon de Montfort. Order to W. archbishop of York, W. bishop of Carlisle and W. de Cantilupe that if the barons delay executing the command made to him about this for any reason, they are to cause it to be done.

10 July. Saintes. For Nicholas de Molis, concerning a pardon. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned Nicholas de Molis 25 m. of the 50 m. which he ought to render to him at Michaelmas in the twenty-sixth year, in order to buy a horse of the king's gift. Order to cause him to be quit therefrom.

Concerning keeping the chattels in the Île de Ré. Order to John of Flanders, parson of the Île de Ré, to keep safe the goods and chattels of those who withdrew themselves and did not swear an oath of faithful service to the king, and which he took into the king’s hand, to be safely kept. ¹ He is also to take such security from those who are of the confederacy of him who was reeve before him in the aforesaid isle as seems appropriate to him and the king.

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Witness clause entered here.

25 July. Pons. For John fitz Geoffrey, concerning a pardon. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to John fitz Geoffrey £100 of the debts which he owes him at the Exchequer. ¹ He has granted to him that he may render £10 per annum for all the remaining debt that he owes him, both of that for which he previously rendered £20 per annum at the Exchequer and for another for which he did not have terms, at the terms at which he was previously accustomed to render the aforesaid £20 until all of the aforesaid debts are paid to the king. The king also wishes that if John happens to die before he pays the aforesaid debts to him, his heirs are to render ² £10 per annum of the remainder of the aforesaid debts which John will owe upon his death at the same terms. Order to cause John to be quit from the aforesaid £100, to have the aforesaid terms, and to cause this to be enrolled thus.

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Corrected from ‘which he owes him, for which he did not grant terms’.

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Corrected from ‘are to have the same terms’. From here the rest of this sentence is squeezed in above the line.

For Patrick de Chaworth, concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to Patrick de Chaworth 200 m. of the debt which he owes him at the Exchequer, and he is to have respite from the rest of the same debt until the king returns from overseas parts. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause Patrick to be quit from the aforesaid 200 m. and to have that respite from the remainder of the aforesaid debt.

24 Aug. Bordeaux. For William Turbert. The king has granted to William Turbert that he may render 10 m. per annum, namely 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-seventh year and 5 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, for the 40 m. by which he made fine with him for having the custody of the land and heir of Henry [de] Tybetot until the lawful age of the same heir, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 40 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done etc.

For William Turbert. Order to the sheriff of Essex to cause the same William to have full seisin of all lands which the same Henry held of the king in his bailiwick and of which he was seised as of fee on the day he set out on pilgrimage towards the Holy Land.

For William Turbert. He has letters patent for this.

26 Aug. Bordeaux. For John of Jersey. The king has granted to John of Jersey that he may have respite, until Easter in the twenty-seventh year, from the 50 m. which he ought to have paid to him at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-sixth year, and from which he had respite until Michaelmas in the same year, and from the 50 m. which he owes to him at the same Exchequer of Michaelmas. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have that respite.

For two burgesses of Oxford. To the archbishop of York and W. de Cantilupe. Order that if they establish from a mandate of the chancellor and university of Oxford that they are content that Robert Owein and Henry, son of Henry son of Simeon, who withdrew themselves for the death of a man, may return to the king’s vill of Oxford and stay there, so that the university shall not withdraw from the same vill because of the aforesaid return and stay of the aforesaid Robert and Henry, then they are to permit them to return and stay in the same vill without impediment and to cause them to have the king’s peace by a fine of 120 m. that they made with him that they might return and stay there. ¹ There were had letters patent on account of the danger on the highways.

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Witness clause entered here.

1 Sept. Bordeaux. For Enguerrand de Fiennes. The king has granted to Enguerrand de Fiennes that he may have respite, until 15 days from Easter in the twenty-seventh year, from the 15 m. which he owes him for several scutages and the debts that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer and from the £10 which he owes for his relief for the lands that he holds from the king in chief. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

1 Sept. Bordeaux. For John fitz Geoffrey. The king has granted to John fitz Geoffrey the marriage of the sons and heirs of John de Vieuxpont by the fine of 200 m. that he made with him for this, and he has also granted that he may render 50 m. per annum of the aforesaid fine at the Exchequer, namely 25 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-seventh year, 25 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-eighth year and 50 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until he has paid the aforesaid 200 m. to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done etc.

For John fitz Geoffrey. Order to the archbishop of York and W. de Cantilupe by one writ and, moreover, to Hugh Gifford and Bernard of Savoy by another writ to deliver aforesaid heirs to him.

For the earl of Norfolk, concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to R. Bigod, earl of Norfolk, 100 m. of the 200 m. which he received from the king as a loan, and he has granted to him that he may render 20 m. per annum of the remaining 100 m., namely 10 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-seventh year, 10 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year and 20 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until he has paid the aforesaid 100 m. to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 100 m. and to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Robert of Stopham. The king has given respite to Robert of Stopham, until Easter in the twenty-seventh year, from the 20 m. which he ought to have paid to him at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the twenty-sixth year, and from the 20 m. that he ought to pay to him at Michaelmas next following. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

Concerning a pardon for John de Plessetis. The king has pardoned to John de Plessetis 300 m. of the debts he owes to him at the Exchequer, on condition, however, that he renders the remainder of the same debts at the Exchequer at the same terms at which he was previously bound to render the same debts to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 300 m. ¹ The letters had been patent. By H. de Vivonne.

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Witness clause entered here.

4 Sept. Bordeaux. For B. de Lisle, earl of Devon. The king has given respite to B. de Lisle, earl of Devon from all debts that he owes to the king for as long as he is in parts overseas on the king’s service. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

12 Sept. Bordeaux. For John de Burgh The king has given respite to John de Burgh from all debts that he owes him, both of the great Exchequer and of the Exchequer of the Jews (R scaccario Judeorum Vasconie), for as long as the same John will be in the king’s service in the parts of Gascony. Order to W. archbishop of York and W. de Cantilupe to cause him to have that respite.

For John de Courtenay. The king has received the homage of John de Courtenay, son and heir of Robert de Courtenay for all lands and tenements which Robert held of the king in chief and which fall to him by hereditary right. Order to the archbishop of York and W. de Cantilupe that, having accepted security from John for his relief, they are to cause him to have full seisin of all lands and tenements of which Robert was seised as of fee on the day he died. ¹ Order, also, to cause the issues of the aforesaid lands taken to the king’s use after Thursday after the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, on which day the king took his homage, to be similarly delivered to him.

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Witness clause entered here.

14 Sept. Bordeaux. For the abbot of Beaulieu. The king has given respite to the abbot of Beaulieu from the 5 m. at which he was amerced before the justices last itinerant in Hampshire to take the pleas of the forest, until the king returns into England. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have that respite.

16 Sept. Bordeaux. For Hugh de Ferrers. To the archbishop of York and W. de Cantilupe. The king has given respite, until he returns into England, to Hugh de Ferrers from the £80 that he owes to David le Lombard, Jew of Nottingham, and that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, as is said, because that debt came into the king’s hand by the death of the aforesaid Jew. Order to cause him to have that respite. They are also to cause his goods and chattels, which were taken into the king’s hand by reason of the same debt, or their value if they have been sold, to be rendered to him.

Concerning a pardon for John de Courtenay. The king has pardoned to John de Courtenay 50 m. of his relief that he owes the king, and he has given him respite from the remainder of the same relief ¹ until the king’s next arrival in England. The king has also granted him that, at the first Exchequer that is held after the king returns into England, namely the Exchequer of Easter or at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, he may render 25 m. to the king of the remainder of his relief, ² and 25 m. at the following Exchequer, and 25 m. from Exchequer to Exchequer at the aforesaid terms until the aforesaid remainder has been paid to the king. ³ Order to the archbishop of York and W. de Cantilupe to cause this to be done by the barons of the Exchequer.

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Corrected from ‘from the £100 that the owes the king for his relief, and [he has given him respite] from the remaining 100 m’.

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This is a correction: ‘of the remainder of his relief’ may replace ‘of a fee of 100 m.’

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Corrected from ‘the aforesaid 100 m.’

19 Sept. Bordeaux. For Nicholas de Boleville. The king has given respite to Nicholas de Boleville from 100 m., which he ought to have paid at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, until the Exchequer of Easter in the twenty-seventh year. Order to the archbishop of York and W. de Cantilupe to cause him to have that respite.

24 Sept. Bordeaux. Concerning a pardon for W. Marshal. The king has pardoned £100 to W. Marshal, earl of Pembroke, of the debts he owes him and has given him respite from the remainder of the same debt until Easter in the twenty-seventh year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid £100 and to have that respite from the remainder of the same debt.

For John Mansel. The king has granted to John Mansel that he may have respite from all the debts that he owes him at the Exchequer for as long as the king will be in the parts of Poitou and Gascony. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

29 Sept. Bordeaux. For Geoffrey de Lucy. The king has granted to Geoffrey de Lucy that he and his heirs may render 100s. to him each year for the debts of Geoffrey de Lucy, his father, at the same terms at which the aforesaid Geoffrey was accustomed to render £10 for the aforesaid debts at the same Exchequer. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

13 Oct. Bordeaux. For John of Lexington. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to place in respite, until the same John shall have returned to England, the demand for £25 and one mark that they make from John of Lexington, who has the custody of the land and heirs of John Coleman, by summons of the Exchequer, to be rendered to the king for the debt of the aforesaid John Coleman, in the meantime they are not to distrain the same for any debt that the aforesaid John Coleman owed to the king or another for any other debt belonging to us.

For John de Plessetis. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand that they make from John de Plessetis for £28 of the debt in which John Biset was bound to the king, by reason of the custody of one of the daughters and heiresses of the abovesaid John that he has, so that they do not distrain John by reason of those debts but they should distrain the executors of the testament of the abovesaid John Biset to render the aforesaid debts to the king.

Concerning the attorney for John Mansel. John Mansel has attorned before the king (coram Rege) in his place Alan de Walton […] ¹

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The remainder of this entry is illegible.

Ireland, concerning a pardon. To M. fitz Gerald, justiciar of Ireland. The king has pardoned to Richard de Burgh 300 m. ¹ of the 700 m. in which he was bound to him and of which he had previously pardoned him 300 m., having retained 100 m. of the aforesaid 700 m. to the king’s use. Order to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 300 m.

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‘The king has pardoned 300 m.’ interlined.

For R. de Burgh, concerning a pardon. It is written in the same manner to G. de Turville, treasurer of Dublin.

[No date]. Stephen Pichepapper owes £10 to the king for 50 quarters of wheat that he had of the king’s stock. Hugh de Vivonne is his pledge.

Memorandum that the king, having a joke (ludendo) with Peter the Poitevin onboard ship when he crossed from Gascony to England, commanded that all of the below-written be enrolled, on condition, however, that they would be cancelled immediately while Peter was not looking. ¹

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The right-hand edge of this dorse is missing.

Memorandum that Peter the Poitevin owes the king 3 m., which he received from the abbot of Margam and which the same abbot ought to have rendered to the king. ¹

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Entry cancelled.

Item, he owes five dozen capons for a trespass onboard ship. ¹

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Entry cancelled.

Item, he owes the king 34 tuns of wine for the arrears of wines which he bought to the king’s use at Mussak where he dreamt that he had seen the Emperor Otto. ¹

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Entry cancelled.

Item, he owes the king the £100 which he promised him onboard ship on the morrow of the octave of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary. ¹

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Entry cancelled.

Memorandum that Peter the Poitevin is in arrears of £71 for the 71 tuns of wine that cost £142, which wines he sold by order of the king, each tun for 60s., and he ought to pay to the wine merchant all of the aforesaid money beyond the aforesaid £71, which he is to pay to the king. ¹

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Entry cancelled.