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1 28 Oct. Reading. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the bailiffs of Wallingford to place in respite the demand of 12 m. that they make from Ralph fitz Nicholas for the prest made to William Pippard, until 15 days after Easter in the sixteenth year.

2 Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make from Eustace de Greinville for the scutage of Poitou after the first crossing of the king, until St. Nicholas in the sixteenth year.

3 30 Oct. Hamstead. Concerning the priory of Merton. The king has committed the priory of Merton, which is vacant and in his hand, to Brothers John of Hayfield and Roger Devenish, canons of Merton, to keep for as long as it pleases him, so that they answer at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to cause the same canons to have full seisin of the aforesaid priory and of the lands, rents and all other things pertaining to it in his bailiwick, as aforesaid.

4 Concerning the priory of Merton. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Kent, Sussex, Essex, Buckinghamshire and Hampshire, except concerning the seisin of the priory.

5 Concerning the priory of Merton. The same canons have letters patent directed to all tenants of the same priory that they are to be intendant and respondent to them etc.

6 [No date]. It is written to the sheriff of Wiltshire for the abbot of Malmesbury, concerning collecting his scutage and rendering it at the Exchequer in the octaves of St. Andrew.

7 [No date]. For the bishop of Salisbury. R. bishop of Salisbury has the king's letters that he may collect, by his hand, his scutage due to the king etc. for the army of Painscastle, so that he answers him in the octaves of St. Andrew in the sixteenth year in the counties of Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Dorset and Somerset.

8 3 Nov. Marlborough. For the earl of Ferrers. The king has given respite to W. earl of Ferrers, until the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the sixteenth year, from the £50 which he ought to have rendered to him at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.