Calendar of the liberate rolls preserved in the Public record office. / Prepared under the superintendence of the deputy keeper of the records.

38 HENRY III.

159

1254. Membrane 5-cont.
spent in buying a barge at Keniton to keep in the Thames there;
53s. 4d. spent in buying two painted pictures and placing them
before the altar of the chapel in the king's park of Windesores;
28s. 6d. spent in clearing the stew in the park of stumps and roots,
18s. in making a preserve (deposito) to keep the fish meanwhile,
and 4s. 6d. in keeping the fish; 6s. spent on wax for the said
chapel during six years; and 12s. spent in buying hay to keep
the deer (bestias) in the king's park in winter. By the queen.
Liberate to Oliver de Staunford and his fellows, serjeants of the
king's chapel, 59s. 2d. for 142 pounds of wax used in sealing the
king's writs from the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul in the 37th
year till the feast of St. Matthias in the 38th year.
To Godfrey de Lyston. Contrabreve, so long as he is keeper
of the king's manors of Braye and Cokham, to pay 50s. yearly
wages to a chaplain celebrating divine service in the king's
chapel in his park of Windesores.
To the sheriff of Devon. Contrabreve to pay 251. without delay
to Henry de Bratton for Michaelmas term in the 39th year of the
yearly fee of 501. granted to him to maintain himself in the
king's service. By the queen.
Feb. 27. Liberate to Alan de Kancia, brother of the knighthood of the
Windsor. Temple in England, 15001. sterling to carry to Paris for delivery
to the count of Toulouse at the approaching mid-Lent by view and
testimony of the king's clerk whom the king is sending from the
parts of Gascony to meet him there at that term. Witness A.
the queen and R. earl of Cornwall. By the queen.
Liberate to the said Alan 101. for his expenses on the journey.
By the queen.
March 3. To the mayor and bailiffs of Bristol. Contrabreve to admit
Windsor. Bartholomew the queen's butler, whom the king is sending to
Bristol to take 50 tuns of good wine for his use; to bestow on
him their counsel and aid, and to carry 20 tuns of the wine to
Shrewsbury, 20 to Hereford, and 10 to Bruges.
To Godfrey de Lyston. Contrabreve, out of the farm of the
king's manor of Keniton, to make a wall at Keniton 20 perches
in length between the queen's herb-garden and [that of] Thomas
le Hare, and a penthouse over the steps to the queen's herbgarden; to repair the end of the queen's chamber and the walls
(parietes) of the stable where necessary; to make a gutter between
the king's bedchamber (thalamum) and chapel; and to mend the
fencing of the park where necessary; the cost to be credited by
view. By the queen.