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

41 HENRY III.

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1257. Membrane l0-cont.
To the sheriff of Nottingham and Derby. Contrabreve to let
Meredith ap Richard, who is disinherited in Wales on the king's
account, have 50 marks without delay of the king's gift out of the
issues of those counties.
To the bailiffs of Canterbury. Contrabreve to let Robert de
Cantuaria, king's clerk, have a tun of good wine of the king's gift
out of the farm of Canterbury.
Jan. 18. Liberate without delay to Master William de Waterford 50
Westminster. marks for his expenses on the king's errand to the parts of Spain;
to Gaston de Gontaut 30 marks as arrears of any debts due to
him from the king, and of the king's gift; to the messenger of
P. bishop of Hereford, coming to the king in England on his
lord's behalf, 100s. of the king's gift; and to Artald de Sancto
Romano, keeper of the wardrobe, 12 marks 6s. 8d. to use as
enjoined.
Jan 19. Liberate to Philip Taylor (Cissori) 431. and half a mark for 20
Westminster. tuns of wine bought of him at London by the hands of Thomas
Esperun and Matthew Bukerel, the king's chamberlains of
London.
Liberate to the spigurnels 131. 10s. lOd. for 700 pounds of wax
found by them to seal the king's writs from the day of St. Edmund
the martyr in the 40th year to St. Hilary last, as reckoned by
John le Faukener, keeper of the hanaper.
Westminster. Liberate to William the king's goldsmith 60s. for a censer which
the king offered to the feretory of St. Edward.
By Henry de Mertinton.
Liberate to Bernard de Castelned 4 marks of the king's gift for
losses and damages sustained through the king's war in Gascony.
Jan. 22. To the sheriff of Kent. Contrabreve to let Master William de
Westminster. Watford (sic), whom the king has appointed as his messenger to
the parts of Spain, and his men and horses have prompt transport
at Dover, and to pay therefor.
To the same. The like for Peter Gunsall, knight of Henry
brother of the king of Castile, returning homewards with his horses
and household.
Liberate to the king's brother Guy de Lezinan 100 marks which
he claims as arrears concerning the wardship of the lands and
tenements of Henry de Hastinges, the king's letters patent
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