1300-39

2 DORSET HISTORY CENTRE* D-SHA/M1A

From Photograph supplied by Dorset History Centre

(Sherborne Almshouse Archives)

[4 Apr. 1306]

197 x 60/53 mm. No tongue, tag or seal. Folds on left side and below

Ad curiam de la Nywelond tentam die Lune proxime post festum Translationis beati Thome martiris Anno / Regni Regis Edwardi xxxiiijto Johannes le skutes venit et reddit in manus domini medietatem cuiusdam / tenementi in la Nywelond’ ad opus Willelmi Leghton et Juliane uxoris eius. Et venit (fn. 1) iidem Willelmus / et Juliana et dant domino pro eodem ingrediendo videlicet ij solidos per plegium roberti de Sydelinges et Ricardi le Rede.

Translation
At the court of Newland held on Monday next after the feast of the translation of the blessed martyr Thomas, (fn. 2) in the 34^th year of the reign of king Edward, (fn. 3) John le Skutes comes and renders into the hands of the lord half a certain tenement in Newland to the use of William Leghton and Gillian his wife. And the same William and Gillian come and give the lord for entry into the same 2s. by pledge of Robert de Sydelinges and Richard le Rede.

[Sherborne Newland manor. No court rolls known]

3 EAST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE* HEH/BA/BOX17/1356 alias HEH/BA/VOL45/1356-2

(Battle, Huntington Library)

[11 Oct 1307]

188 x 64/58 mm. Seal or wrap tie torn off.

memorandum quod in plena curia tenta apud Bellum die mercurie proxima post festum Sancti Dyonisii Anno regni regis Edwardi filii / Regis Edwardi primo per assensum domini Johannis de Taneto tunc Abbatis de Bello et totius conventus sui concessa / fuit Johanni de Beans quodam placea in villa de Bello in media bergh cum suis pertinenciis que aliquo tem/pore fuit Galfridi Gulyun. Que placea iacet inter placeam que fuit Walteri le marchant ex parte una / et placeam que fuit Thome le mossager ex altera. Habendam et tenendam sibi et heredibus suis et suis assig/natis Libere. quiete. bene. et in pace. inperpetuum. Reddendo inde annuatim domino Abbati et conventu de / Bello duos solidos redditus ad quatuor anni terminos principales pro equali eorum porcione pro omnibus aliis / serviciis. Et eodem die predictus Johannes fecit feoditatem (fn. 4) et habuit seisinam predicte placee ad instantiam domini Johannis de Watlyncton’ tunc senescalli de Bello presentibus tunc ibi Roberto at park. Roberto le Border. Adam le mone. Stephano pessoner. Danyeli Taillur. Johanne Forster. Johanne Funtener clerico. Et alii

Translation
Be it remembered that in a full court held at Battle on Wednesday next after the feast of St Denis in the first year of the reign of king Edward son of Edward by assent of the lord John de Taneto (fn. 5) then Abbot of Battle and all his convent there was granted to John de Beans a certain plot in the town of Battle in the middle borough, (fn. 6) with its appurtenances, which once was Geoffrey Gulyun’s. Which plot lies between the plot that was Walter le Marchant’s on one side and the plot which was Thomas le Mossager’s on the other. To have and to hold to him and his heirs and his assigns freely, quietly, well and in peace for ever. Rendering thence yearly to the lord Abbot and the convent of Battle two shillings of rent at four principal terms of the year by an equal portion of them (fn. 7) for all other services. And the same day the aforesaid John did fealty and had seisin of the said plot at the instance of lord John of Watlington, then steward of Battle, there being present there then Robert at Park, Robert le Border, Adam le Mone, Stephen Pessoner, Daniel Taillur, John Forster, John Funtener clerk, and others.

[No court rolls survive from before 1400. An entry in a late-medieval calendar may survive.]

4 STAFFORDSHIRE RECORD OFFICE* D 593/J/5/4/1 (1)

(Leveson-Gower collection)

[1 May 1309]

188 x 71/52 mm. Central tongue 12.5 mm. Wrapping tie cut off bottom left. No seal or sign of one.

Curia decani de Wollerenhanton tenta die jovis proxima ante festum sancti Johannis ante / portam latinam Anno Regni Edwardi filij Edwardi Regis secundo Robertus king de / de (fn. 8) Codeshale reddit in manus domini unam placeam terre iuxta le stockynglone sicud (fn. 9) fossato / includitur ad opus Johannis molendinarii et Juliane uxoris eius qui dant pro seysina viijd et / habent inde sesinam in plena curia

Translation
Court of the dean of Wolverhampton held on Thursday next after the feast of St John before the Latin Gate in the second year of the reign of Edward son of King Edward. Robert King of Codsall renders into the hands of the lord a plot of land next to the stocking lane, as it (fn. 10) is enclosed with a ditch, to the use of John the miller and Gillian his wife, who give 8d. for seisin, and have seisin of it in full court.

[Wolverhampton deanery. No court rolls known before 1397]

5 EAST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE* HEH/BA/VOL46/1039-2

(Battle, Huntington Library)

[26 May 1311]

232 x 56 mm. No tongue, tag or seal. Indented top edge. [Scraped and wholly illegible in two places; date supplied from catalogue]

... tentam die ….Sancti Augustini (fn. 11) Anglorum Apostoli Anno Regni Regis Edwardi filii Regis Edwardi quarto per Fratrem Johannem de Eylesforde tunc / elemosunarius de Bello assensu tocius capituli loci eiusdem Concessa est Petro Curtays quandam peciam terre iuxta messuagium predicti Petri Iacentem / ex parte occidentali sicut metis et bundis includitur Habendam et tenendam sibi et heredibus suis de Abbate et conventu de Bello et eorum successo/ribus ad opus Elemosunarii loci eiusdem duos denarios redditus per annum videlicet ad festum sancti michaelis etc

Translation
[At the court] held on the day … of St Augustine the apostle of the English in the fourth year of the reign of Edward son of King Edward by brother John de Eylesforde then almoner of Battle, with the assent of all the chapter of that place, there was conceded to Peter Curtays a certain piece of land next to the messuage of the said Peter, lying on the west side as it is enclosed with metes and bounds, to have and to hold to him and his heirs of the abbot and convent of Battle and ther successors; to the use of the almoner of the said place 2d. rent a year viz. at the feast of St Michael etc.

[No court rolls survive from before 1400. An entry in a late-medieval calendar may survive]

6 DERBYSHIRE RECORD OFFICE* D410/box14/524

(Vernon of Sudbury)

[5 Jan 1324] [cat has 1323]

229 x 54/62 mm. Wrap tie restitched at lower left. No seal. Signs of trimming of all bottom side with damage to a descender.

Curia domini Willelmi de Everdone tenta die Jovis proxima ante festum Epbiffanie domini Anno regni Regis Edwardi filii / Regis Edwardi decimo septimo. quo die dominus Clemens de Hampton reddit in manus domini totam terram / suam qua fuit seisitus in feodo de Fethirston ad opus Roberti filii Johannis Adwyne et Johanne uxoris / eius et heredibus suis inperpetuum Et si dicti Robertus et Johanna obierint sine heredibus de corporibus suis pro /creatis tunc dicta terra in dicto feodo revertatur heredibus dicti Roberti. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum / domini clementis de hamptone tunc senescalli hiis apponi procuravimus

Translation
Court of lord William de Everdone held on Thursday next before the feast of the Epiphany of the Lord in the 17^th year of the reign of Edward son of Edward. On which day lord Clement of Hampton rendered into the hands of the lord all his land in which he was seised in the fee of Featherstone to the use of Robert son of John Adwyne and Joan his wife and their heirs for ever. And if the said Robert and Joan should die without heirs procreated of their bodies then the said land in the said fee shall revert to the heirs of the said Robert. In witness whereof we have arranged to have the seal of the lord Clement of Hampton, then steward, affixed to this. (fn. 12)

[Prebend of Featherstone in Wolverhampton college. No medieval court rolls known.]

7 EAST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE* HEH/BA/BOX15/1472 (ALIAS /BA/VOL43/1472-2)

(Battle, Huntington Library)

[1 Feb 1324]

214 X 49/36 mm. No tongue, tag or seal. [Remains of stitching on left edge]

Memorandum quod ad curiam de Bello tentam die mercurie in vigilia [inserted: purificacionis] beate marie virginis Anno regni regis Edwardi septimodecimo concessa est per Abbatem / et conventum de Bello in presencia fratris Alani de Betlynge tunc senescalli Ade aurifabri et heredibus suis quandam crofta vocata Hwitepi/tescroft cum suis pertinenciis quam aliquando tenuit Radulfus Capegray in villa de Bello in Borga de la munnioye. Reddendo [inde inserted] ipse / et heredes sui ad officium elemosinarii de Bello duos solidos per annum ad quatuor terminos principales videlicet ad quemlibet terminum sex denarios / In cuius rei testimonium dictus Adam habet penes se hanc irrotuloniam

Translation
Be it remembered that at the court of Battle held on Wednesday on the eve of the Purification of the BVM in the 17^th year of king Edward (fn. 13) there was granted by the Abbot and convent of Battle, in the presence of brother Alan de Betlynge, then steward, to Adam the goldsmith and his heirs, a certain croft called Hwitepitescroft with its appurtenances, which Ralph Capegray once held in the town of Battle in the borough of Mountjoy. (fn. 14) He and his heirs are to render to the office of the almoner of Battle two shillings a year at four principal terms, viz. sixpence at each term. / In witness whereof the said Adam has this enrolment in his possession.

[No court rolls survive from before 1400. An entry in a late-medieval calendar may survive]

8 SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE, IPSWICH HD 1538/195/9

[Bundle of deeds from Phillips collection]

[13 Sep 1325]

187 x 64 mm. No tongue, tag or seal

Curia prioris de Cretyngges Tentam Ibidem die veneris proxima post festum Nativitatis beate Marie virginis Anno Regni Regis / Edwardi filii Regis Edwardi decimo nono Quo die Robertus de la Grene et alicia filia eius venerunt hic in plena / Curia et receperunt de domino Duas pecias terre ~ de terra quondam Reder’ ~ predicto Roberto et alicie et heredibus predicte / Alicie pro serviciiis et consuetudinibus ~ Quarum una pecia jacet in longitudine iuxta viam que se extendit de Nedham / versus Stowe ~ Alia vero pecia terre iacet ad caput predicte pecie et abuttat super predictam viam ~ habendas / et tenendas predictas duas pecias terre ~ Predictis Roberto et Alicia et heredibus predicte Alicie faciendo servicias et consuetudines / Ad voluntatem domini ~ salvo jure cuiuslibet ~ Et dant de fine ~ per plegios pprenominatos (fn. 15) lxvjs viijd / eodem die Alicia filia Roberti de la Grene venit in plena curia et petit licenciam se maritandi et habet / licenciam se maritare ad unum villanum de villenagio domini ~ Et dat de fine per plegium Roberti patris sui / et Finis condonatur per dominum

Translation
Court of the prior of Creeting held there on Friday next after the feast of the Nativity of the BVM in the 19^th year of king Edward son of king Edward. On which day Robert de la Grene and Alice his daughter came here in full court and received from the lord two pieces of land, of the land once Reder’s, [to hold] to the said Robert and Alice and the heirs of the aforesaid Alice by services and customs. Of which one piece lies in length next to the road that extends from Needham towards Stowe But another piece of land lies at the head of the aforesaid piece and abuts the aforesaid road. To have and to hold the said two pieces of land to the aforesaid Robert and Alice and the heirs of the aforesaid Alice doing services and customs at the will of the lord, saving the right of anyone. And they give as a fine by the aforenamed pledges 66s. 8d. On the same day Alice daughter of Robert de la Grene comes in full court and seeks licence to marry and has licence to marry a villein of the lord’s villeinage. And she gives a fine by pledge of her father Robert; and the fine is pardoned by the lord.

[Creeting St Mary, Suffolk. No court rolls before 1399]

9 ETON COLLEGE ARCHIVES ECR 01/034

(Modbury estate records)

[19 Dec 1325]

265 x 104/84 mm. 2 tongues: wrapping tie (7 mm) at bottom left corner; seal tongue with seal [described from catalogue] of Sir Robert Bendyn, armorial, round, 23 mm red wax, on tongue. A chevron between three birds. SIGILLU ROBERTI BNDIN (fn. 16)

In box: Trematon memorandum quod placitum motum fuit in curia domini Regis apud Trematon in Comitatu Cornubie inter dominum Regem et Ballivos suos ex una parte / et fratrem Nicholaum tunc Priorem de modbury super articulis subsequentibus videlicet quod dictus dominus Rex et eius ballivi nomine suo sectam ad / dictam curiam de Trematon et unam fidelitatis faciendam pro terra de Burel ac eciam de terra eiusdem Prioris apud Nottaturr’ (fn. 17) in manerio de Halton assisam decenarie et alia servicia regalia de prefato Priore exigerunt Demum dictus Prior ad curiam loci predicti de Trematon ibidem tentam die Jovis proxima / ante festum sancti Thome apostoli Anno regni Regis Edwardi filii Regis Edwardi nonodecimo personaliter apparuit et cartas suas de predictis terris de Buirel / et nottaterr’ in plena illa curia monstravit coram domino Roberto Bendyn tunc custode castri de Trematon cum membris Willelmus Waleys senescallo eiusdem loci / et pluribus aliis tunc ibidem existentes (fn. 18) unde dictis cartis lectis et auditis compertum fuit quod prefata terra tam de Burel quam de Nottaterr’ data fuit Priori / et monachis de modbury deo ibidem servientibus in puram perpetuam et liberam eleemosinam imperpetuum quietis ab omni accione et servicio seculari quarum quidem / cartarum predictarum copia commorabatur cum prefato domino Roberto in Rotulo curie predicte irrotulata Et super hoc prefatus prior ab omni accione et calumpno sectarum / fidelitatis faciendam pro terris predictis ut premittitur per iudicium curie quietus et absolutus recessit . In cuius rei testimonium . presentibus sigillum dicti domini Roberti / est appensum his testibus Johanne de valle torta . Nicholao de morton’ . henrico de Erth’. Radulfo de Burel. Waltero Poly. Rogero Blundel. Rogero / moysen. Et multis aliis ad dictam curiam existentibus Dat apud Saltayssh . die et anno supradictis ------------

Translation
Trematon. Be it remembered that a plea was moved in the court of the lord king at Trematon in the county of Cornwall between the lord king and his bailiffs on one part and brother Nicholas then prior of Modbury on the following articles, viz. That the said lord king and his bailiff in his name demanded of the aforesaid prior suit at the said court of Trematon and doing fealty for the land of Burel and of the land of the said prior at Notaturr’ in the manor of Halton, the assize of the tithing, and other royal services. At last the said prior appeared personally at the court of the aforesaid place of Trematon held there on Thursday next before the feast of St Thomas the apostle in the 19^th year of the reign of king Edward son of king Edward, and showed in that full court his charters of the aforesaid land of Buirel and Notaterr’, in the presence of lord Robert Bendyn then warden of the castle of Trematon with its members, William Waleys steward of the same place, and many others then being there, whence after the said charters had been read and heard it was found that the said land both of Burel and of Notaterr’ was given to the prior and monks of Modbury serving God there in pure perpetual and free alms for ever, quit of every action and secular service; of which aforesaid charters indeed a copy remained with the aforesaid lord Robert enrolled in the roll of the aforesaid court. And on this the said prior left quit and absolved from all action and claim of suits and doing fealty for the said lands as is premised by the judgement of the same court. In witness whereof the seal of the said lord Robert is affixed to these presents, with these as witness: John of Vautort, Nicholas de Morton, Henry de Erth, Ralph de Burel, Waltter Poly, Roger Blundel, Roger Moysen, and many others present at the said court. Given at Saltash on the day and year abovesaid.

[Trematon, Cornwall, and Modbury, Devon. No court rolls known before 1398]

10 HAMPSHIRE RECORD OFFICE DC/J14/33/1

(Fragment of cartulary of Michelmersh priory, Hants, fomerly in Worcester Cathedral archives. Includes deeds c. 1215 x 1226 - 1331)

[26 May 1329]

484 x 252 mm

No. 4. Michelmersh. Ad curiam de termino Hockes tentam ibidem die Lune proxime post festum sancti augustini Anglorum Episcopi Anno domini millesimo / cccmo xxixmo Thomas de Brykenille venit et sursum reddit in manus domini totam terram vocatam mourlond / et Crundenescrofte et etiam unam parcellam terre iacentem iuxta la mourlond continentem xxiiij acras quas tenuit native de domino / in Abbederigge pro quibus reddere solebat pro redditu et servicia vs. Et sic remanet in manus (fn. 19) domini Et preceptum est preposito respondere de exitibus.

Translation
No. 4. Michelmersh. At the court of Hock term held there on Monday next after the feast of st Augustine, bishop of the English, in the year of Our Lord 1329, Thomas de Brykenille comes and surrenders into the hands of the lord all the land called Mourlond and Crundescrofte and also one parcel of land lying next to the Mourlond containing 24 acres, which he held in villeinage of the lord in Abbederigge, for which he was accustomed to render for rent and service 5s. And thus it remains in the hands of the lord. And the reeve is ordered to answer for the outgoings.

Appendix: further entries and other documents relevant to this copy

No. 5. Quitclaim by Thomas de Brykemille to Prior Alexander & the convent of the cathedral church of St Swithin, Winchester of premises in no. 4 which he held of them, but doesn’t say native. Had been at 5s rent as in 4. Thurs next before feast of St Barnabas 3 Edw. III [8 June 1329]

No.6. Lease to Thomas Payn. Recites tenure by William de Brikenille, son of Thomas de Brikenille, lately of certain land, and fens, within our manor of Michelmersh and Abbederigge freely to himself and heirs, which reverted after William’s death during the minority of his heir. Payn has the lease, and the marriage of John son & heir of said William.. Except those tenements which the aforesaid Thomas de Brikenille held per folium et ad voluntatem eorundem [by foil and at their will, i.e. of the prior and convent] in the said towns. I Oct 4 Edw. III [1 Oct 1330]

Cf. John Summers Drew, The Manor of Michelmersh near Romsey, Hants: An English translation of a rental and custumal, roll and manor court rolls (1248-1331) in Winchester Cathedral Library (Typescript, Winchester 1943; copy in Institute of Historical Research library):

p. 287 Court 20 Nov 1306. It was ordered at the last court to take into the lord’s hands 30 acres purpresture which Thomas de Brikevil held from the lord at the lord’s will. Order repeated as no action had been taken. Reeve to answer for yield.

p. 288. Court 10 Apr. 1307. Alice, widow of Thomas de Brykevile, in presence of Thomas her son, and heir to Thomas de Brykevile; gave the lord 20s. as fine to hold during her widowhood 30 a. purpresture formerly held by Thomas her husband. Pledges Nicholas de Colesy and Geoffrey de Kyngbrigge.

p. 289. 26 Nov. 1307. Alice Brykevile gives lord 2s. for remission of suit at hundred of Butlesgate and court of Michelm’[ersh] until next Michaelmas.

p. 292 30 Nov. 1313. Alice Brykevile makes essoin from suit in common, per John Foghele.

p. 295 20 Nov. 1322. Essoin John Fleming from suit in common per Thomas de Brikeville.

p 296 Brikeville as pledge for Peter Gyle.

p. 301 10 Jan. 1330/31. Thomas Brikevile [the younger] who held from the lord all the land called la mourlond estimated 24 a. and Bondland meadow, dies since last court. No heriot because no cattle. Land taken into lord’s hand.

p. 302 22 Apr. 1331. Free tenant Thomas Payne defaults.

Note on the Brikenile family: the surname occurs as Brikeville in VCH Hants iv 506 and elsewhere. The variant forms Brinkmille (with an extra minim) in this document and Brinkhale (VCH Hants iii. 414) indicate that the spelling with v is a misreading. Thomas de ‘Brikeville’ was lord of Great Bentley manor in Mottisfont in 1316, and William de ‘Brikeville’ apparently in 1329; by 1336 Alice wife of Thomas Payn held part of it as the inheritance of William son of William de Putton, but that William was sued for possession by John son of Thomas de ‘Brikeville’ in 1338 (VCH Hants v. 506). Possibly William Brikenile and the younger Thomas Brikenile were brothers. The land held at will and by ‘foil’ or copy (no 4 and 6, and Drew, The Manor of Michelmersh, 301) was clearly separate from the freeholds and manors, and the copy, surrendered in 1329, must have dated from between 1307 and at latest 1322.

11 BRITISH LIBRARY Add. Ch. 67392

[5 Apr 1334]

230 x 160 mm. No tongue, tag or seal

In margin: Berton Sacy (fn. 20)

Ad curiam tentam die martis que dicitur hokkeday Anno regni regis Edwardi tercii a conquestu octavo irrotulatum fuit iste processus / Preceptum fuit ad proximam distringere priorem de motesfont tenentem domini Rogeri husee de essendo hic ad respondendum de Pluribus defaltis / secte curie et adventum suorum Ad undredum bis per annum Et modo venit predictus Prior et dicit quod defaltos ad curiam nec ad hundredum / hic facere non potest eo quod tenementa que idem prior ad presens tenet simul cum aliis tenementis videlicet cum septem acris terre et pasture / ac unam virgatam pasture que henricus stramy (fn. 21) modo tenet quondam Fuerunt in seisina Drogonis de Freuill qui infeofavit / priorem de mottesfonte et eiusdem loci conventum. Et postquam predicti prior et conventus seysinam predictorum tenementorum continuarent Emericus de / Sacy dominus de Berton remisit et quietum clamavit pro se et heredibus suis deo et ecclesie sancte trinitatis de mottesfonte et priori et canonicis / eiusdem loci sectam ad curiam de Berton’ et ad hundredum ibidem et inde profert scriptum sub nomine dicti Emerici sigillo signatum Et / dicit ulterius quod Abas (fn. 22) in curia ista tempore domini nunc frater Benedictus prior de motesfonte predecessor Prioris nunc super premissa / districtus et allocutus eadem que superius sunt allegata allegavit videlicet die martis que dicitur hokkeday anno regni regis Edwardi patris domini / Regis nunc decimooctavo (fn. 23) quo die compertum erat per examinacionem omnium sectatorum quod predictus prior ab omne secta curie vel hundredi / per predictum scriptum predicti Emerici de Sacy totaliter erat dishoneratus pro se et successoribus suis inperpetuum Ita tunc quod predictus prior et successores suos reddent inde annuatim predicto Emerico heredibus et assignatis suis duodecim solidos et sex denarios pro omnibus serviciis / et consuetudinibus et demandis que de predictis tenementis aliquo modo exigi poterint Et nichil ut sciri posset si predictus Prior vel / predecessores sui post confectionem scripti prefati Emerici sectam curie vel hundredi fecissent vel aliqua alia tenementa quam illa que/ habuerunt ex dono predicti Drogonis adquisivissent. Inquisicio modo capta est per sacramentos xii juratorum videlicet Roberti Tangelye / henrici sonur Rogeri Frankelayn Walteri Lamereton henrici Brewes Johannis le bedel Radulfi le Wayote Johannis heryng Roberti / atte Boure Willelmi le yongelere Thome Gomme et Willelmi Page qui dicunt precise per sacramentum suum quod omnia predicta pro predicto / priore allegata vera sunt Et quod idem prior nec predecessores sui post confectum scripti prefati Emerici nulla tenementa adquisi/verunt in manerio isto nec ad curiam nec ad hundredum sectam fecerunt Ideo consideratum est per curiam quod predictus prior recedat quietus / absque aliqua secta ab ipso in posterum exigenda.

Translation
Barton Stacy. At the court held on the Tuesday that is called Hock Day in the 8^th year of the reign of king Edward the third from the conquest this process was enrolled. It was ordered to distrain the Prior of Mottisfont, tenant of the lord Roger Husee, at the next court to be here to respond about many defaults of suit of court and attendance of his men at the hundred court twice a year. And now the aforesaid prior comes and said that he cannot make defaults at the [manor] court nor at the hundred here because the tenements which that prior holds at present, and other tenements, viz. with seven acres of land and pasture and one yardland of pasture that Henry Stramy [Sturmy] now holds, were once in the possession of Drew de Freuill who enfeoffed the prior of Mottisfont and the convent of the same place. And after the said prior and convent continued in seisin of the aforesaid tenements, Aimery de Sacy lord of Barton remitted and quitclaimed, for himself and his heirs, to God and the church of the Holy Trinity of Mottisfont, and the prior and canons of that place, suit of court of Barton and and the hundred court there; and thence he presents a writing under the name of the said Aimery sealed with his seal. And he says further that the Abbot in this court in the time of the present lord, brother Benedict prior of Mottisfont, the predecessor of the prior now abovementioned, was distrained, and alleged the same things that are alleged above, viz. on Tuesday called Hock Day in the 18^th year of the reign of king Edward father of the present lord king, on which day it was found by examination of all the suitors that the said prior was disburdened, by the aforesaid writing of the aforesaid Aimery de Sacy, of all suit of court or of the hundred for himself and his successors for ever. So then that the said prior and his successors should render thence annualy to the aforesaid Aimery, his heirs and assigns, 12s. 6d. for all services and customs and demands that could be demanded in any way from the aforesaid tenements. And nothing that can be known whether the aforesaid prior or his predecessors, after the making of the writing of the aforesaid Aimery, had done suit of the court or the hundred, or had acquired any other tenements than those which they had of the gift of the aforesaid Drew. An inquest was now taken by the oaths of 12 jurors, viz. of Robert Tangelye, Henry Sonur, Roger Frankelayn, Walter Lamereton, Henry Brewes, John le Bedel, Ralph le Wayote, John Heryng, Robert atte Boure, William le Yongelere, Thomas Gomme and William Page, who say precisely by their oath that all the aforesaid things alleged by the aforesaid prior are true; and that neither the same prior nor his predecessors after the making of the document of the said Aimery had acquired any tenements in that manor, nor did suit at the court or at the hundred. Therefore it is considered by the court that the said prior should depart quit of any suit demanded of him in future.

[Barton Stacy (Hants). Combined manor and hundred court. No court rolls known before 1429]

12 STAFFORDSHIRE RECORD OFFICE* D 593/J/5/4/1 (2)

(Leveson-Gower collection)

[5 July 1334]

214 x 47/40 mm. Central tongue cut off. No seal (fn. 24)

Curia decani de Wolvernehampton tenta die martis proxima post festum apostolorum Petri et Pauli Anno regni regis Edwardi tercii a conquestu octavo / Amicia Giffard de le Whitemor per Aliciam sororem suam attornatam suam reddit in manus domini unam placeam terre que vocatur le marirene / una cum quodam selione terre adiacentem in placea Willelmi le Wyse in feodo de Codessal . ad opus Ricardi de Scheynton qui dat domino pro seysina / vj d plegii Henricus Rogers et Ricardus de Rugge In cuius rei testimonium huic presenti transscripto Johannes de Lappeleye tunc senescallus / suum apposuit sigillum

Translation
Court of the dean of Wolverhampton held on Tuesday next after the feast of the apostles Peter and Paul in the 8^th year of the reign of king Edward the third from the conquest. Amice Giffard of the Whitemor, by Alice her sister her attorney, renders into the hands of the lord one plot of land which is called le Marirene, together with a certain selion of land adjacent in the plot of William le Wyse in the fee of Codsall, to the use of Richard de Scheynton, who gives to the lord for seisin 6d., pledges Henry Rogers and Richard of Rugge. In witness whereof John de Lappeleye, then steward, attached his seal to this present transcript.

[Wolverhampton deanery. No court rolls known before 1397]

13 EAST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE* HEH/BA/BOX20/1006 alias HEH/BA/VOL47/1006-2

(Battle, Huntington Library)

[12 Nov 1337]

254 x 45mm. No tongue, tag or seal. [Signs of stitching on left edge]

memorandum quod ad curiam de Bello tentam ibidem die mercurie in crastino sancti martini in yeme Anno regni Regis Edwardi tercij post conquestum / undecimo Concessum est per dominum Abbatem et conventum Petro Scottenye quod tenere possit sibi et heredibus suis secundum consuetudinem ville de / Bello unum gardinum in villa de Bello quod iacet inter viam que ducet de Abbathia ad parvum parcum et mesuagium Gilberti Whytes reddendo inde / sacristo de Bello qui pro tempore fuerit decem solidos ad quatuor anni terminos principales per equales porciones et faciendo domino alias con/suetudines pertinentes ad unum cotagium secundum consuetudinem ville de Bello. Et idem Petrus fecit domini feoditatem (fn. 25) et habet inde seisina etc.

Translation
Be it remembered that at the court of Battle held there on Wednesday on the morrow of St Martin in winter in the 11^th year of king Edward the third after the conquest It was granted by the lord abbot and the convent to Peter Scottenye that he could hold to himself and his heirs, according to the custom of the town of Battle, a garden in the town of Battle which lies between the road that leads from the Abbey to the small park and the messuage of Gilbert Whytes, rendering thence to the sacrist of Battle for the time being 10 shillings at four principal terms of the year by equal portions, and doing to the lord other customs belonging to a cottage according to the custom of the town of Battle. And the same Peter did fealty and has seisin of it etc.

[No court rolls survive from before 1400. An entry in a late-medieval calendar may survive]

14 NORFOLK RECORD OFFICE, NORWICH Phi/365/[577 x 7]/3

[bound with straw or parchment tag in a bundle of copies]

(Phillipps)

[24 Feb 1338]

195 x 37 mm. No tongue, tag or seal.

Sutton. Ad curiam tentam ibidem die martis in festo Sancti mathie Apostoli anno / regni regis Edwardi tercii a conquestu xijmo – micael / leffischer venit in Curiam et sursum reddidit in manus domini dimidiam acram terre iacentem inter terram Willelmi Corbyn et Willelmi Waltschef ad opus / dicti Willelmi Corbyn cui concessa est tenenda sibi et sequele sue ad voluntatem domini secundum consuetudinem manerii etc Et fac’ (fn. 26) annuatim / ad pascham domino et successoribus suis 1d deincremento Et predictus micael et heredes sui solvent in perpetuum servicios et consuetudines prout facere /solebat pro tenemento integro etc Et dictus Willelmus dat pro ingressu etc per plegium prepositi Et fecit Fidelitatem etc

Translation
Sutton. At the court held there on Tuesday on the feast of St Matthias the apostle in the 12^th year of the reign of king Edward the third from the conquest – Michael leffischer comes into court and surrenders into the hands of the lord a half acre of land lying between the land of William Corbyn and William Waltschef to the use of the said William Corbyn to whom it is granted to be held to him and his brood at the will of the lord according to the custom of the manor. And he shall do at Easter to the lord and his successors 1d. of increment. And the said Michael and his heirs shall pay for ever the services and customs that they used to do for a whole tenement etc. And the said William gives for entry etc by pledge of the reeve. And he does fealty etc.

[Sutton, Norfolk. no medieval court rolls known]

15 THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES E 210/5300

(Ancient Deeds - series D, no 5300)

[18 May 1339]

263 x 43/45 mm. No tongue, tag or seal.

Outdent Ad curiam tentam apud Esindene die martis in septimane pentecoste Anno regni regis Edwardi tercij post conquestum xiijmo coram Stephano moygne senescallo domne Isabelle Regine / tunc temporis venit Simon modisprot et cepit de domina quoddam cornarium de vico apud bolterestrate in Esindene jacentem propinquiori tenemento / dicti Simonis de longitudine lix pedum et in latitudine sex pedum habendum et tenendum predictum cornarium sibi et heredibus suis reddendo inde annuatim ad festum / sancti michaelis quadrantem pro omnibus serviciis et fecit fidelitatem et dat domine pro ingressu habendo vjd

Translation
At the court held at Essendon on Tuesday in the week of Pentecost in the 13^th year of the reign of king Edward the third after the conquest in the presence of Stephen le Moygne, steward for that time of lady Isabella the queen, came Simon Modisprot and took from the lady a certain corner of the street at Bolterestrate in Essendon lying nearest to the tenement of the said Simon, in length 59 feet and in breadth six feet, to have and to hold the said corner to himself and his heirs, rendering thence yearly at the feast of St Michael a farthing for all services; and he does fealty and gives to the lord to have entry 6d.

[Essendon, Herts. Sporadic court rolls survive from 1343 onwards]