Membrane 10

1 [No date]. For Thomas of Warwick. Thomas of Warwick has made fine with the king by £100 for the relief of lands formerly of Henry de Oilly, his kinsman, which fall to Thomas by hereditary right, and the king has taken his homage and, moreover, Thomas has given the king two palfreys. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire that, having accepted security from him for rendering the aforesaid relief and the palfreys to the king, he is to cause Thomas to have full seisin of all the lands formerly of Henry, of which he was seised on the day he died. Once he has taken that security, he is to cause the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to know etc. Witness as above (sic.).

2 [No date]. For Thomas of Warwick. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire etc.

3 [No date]. Concerning the lands formerly of R., former earl of Chester. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire to take into the king's hand all the lands formerly of Ranulf, earl of Chester and Lincoln, and to deliver them to P. de Rivallis to answer for them at the Exchequer, saving to the executors of the testament of the same earl all chattels and wardships that he had in the abovesaid lands, in order to make execution of his testament, saving to Clemencia, who was the wife of the same earl, the lands, rents, services and other things that Bertrada, formerly countess of Chester, had in the manor of Repton with the appurtenances that the king assigned to the same Clemencia in dower. Witness as above.

4 [No date]. Concerning the lands formerly of R., former earl of Chester. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Lincolnshire, saving to the same Clemencia the manors of Bennington and Limber, which were her marriage portion, and other lands that the aforesaid Bertrada held in dower in Waddington, Normanby, Benteford’, Donington and Habrough.

5 [No date]. Concerning the lands formerly of R., former earl of Chester. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Northamptonshire, Rutland, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, Warwickshire and Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lancaster, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Dorset and Somerset, Kent and Sussex, except for the clause ‘saving to Clemencia’. Witness as above.