Calendar of the plea rolls of the Exchequer of the Jews preserved in the Public Record Office. Vol. 1, Henry III, A.D., 1218-1272 / edited by J.M. Rigg.

  • Great Britain. Court of Exchequer. Exchequer of the Jews.
Date:
1905-
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Credit: Calendar of the plea rolls of the Exchequer of the Jews preserved in the Public Record Office. Vol. 1, Henry III, A.D., 1218-1272 / edited by J.M. Rigg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Kent. Southamp. 250 EXCHEQUER OF THE JEWS [1270 Simon and him, Elias, by chirograph for .£10, of which the other part is in the Stanford Chirograph-Chest. On the defendants’ default of appearance, mandate to the Sheriff, that he compel their appearance. The Sheriff sends word that William Brunyng, of Le Brok, and others, their mainpernors, have them not ; wherefore they are in mercy. Order, that he distrain by lands, &c., and have their bodies before, &c., on the quindene of St. John the Baptist. de Neville and Isoda, his wife, and others, tenants of the lands late of William de Amundeville, touching a plea, that they pay him ,£10 owing in respect of, &c. On their default of appearance, mandate to the Sheriff, that he compel their appearance. The Sheriff sends word that the bailiffs of the Liberty of Horncastle had mandate from him to attach the said Walter and Isoda, and did nought in pursuance thereof, and that he was prevented from attaching the others by divers affairs of the King and the shortness of the time. Order, that he omit not, by reason of the said Liberty, to cause the said Walter and the others to come before, &c., on the quindene of St. John the Baptist, to answer, &c. Mandate to the Sheriff, that he be befoi-e, ifec., on the octave of Holy Trinity with all the moneys contained in the summonses addressed to him, as well touchiixg debts to the King as touching debts to the King’s son Edward, to make his view touching the said debts. Rosamund de Ernham attached to answer Hugh Scot, attorney of Benedict of Winchester, touching a plea of felony ; to wit, that whereas he had seisin of the lands and tenements of the said Rosamund in Eroyle and Ernham, as attorney of the said Benedict, for a debt in which the said Rosamund was bound to the said Benedict, the said Rosa- mund wickedly and feloniously came to the said house, so in his hand as gage for the said debt, on Monday next after the feast of St. John the Baptist at dusk, and broke the said house, and entered the same wickedly and feloniously by a window, and feloniously stole and carried away 20s. sterling, two carpets, value, 2s., and two linen cloths, value, 2s. ; wherefore he, the said Hugh, raised the hue upon her and pursued her as a felon with the hue according to the custom of the realm ; and that she did him this robbery and felony feloniously, he offers to prove against the said Rosamund in whatever way the Court shall direct. The said Rosamund comes and defends the whole charge word by word, and puts herself upon the country. Wherefore mandate to the Sheriff, that by oath, &c., of the venue of Froyle and Ernham he inquire, if, &c., and notify the inquest on the quindene of St. John the Baptist.