1304-06-12, Stirling

the king lately at the request of John, bishop of Lincoln, the sheriff of Lincoln to cause to be removed from the church of all the lay force that held itself therein in order to disturb the from exercising his spiritual office in the church ; and the sheriff to the king that he went to the church to make execution of the and that he found there resisting him Robert de Baston, Simon Edlington, Simon Merle, Robert the leech (medicwm), William the Hugh, his servant, John de Curtilagio, Robert the winnower Simon de Offington, Geoffrey le Hunter, Geoffrey le Porter, le Porter, Stephen le Provost, Stephen le Plummer, Gilbert le Thomas Ilededy, Goscelin the forester, John Hardlad, William, servant of William the carpenter, Robert the farrier (marescallum), Godard, William de Askeby, Nicholas Belle, John Joye, the Geoffrey, his fellow, Geoffrey le Messager, Thomas Aunsel, Master de Maldon and Eudo, late the servant of Adam de Gaunt, who did permit him to remove the lay force there found, wherefore they were by the king's order to answer to him for the resistance and aforesaid ; the king, at the instance of Robert, abbot of Bardenhas pardoned the said men the suit of his peace for the resistance contempt aforesaid, and he wills that they shall not be molested or henceforth in any way for this reason, and that any further commenced against them in his name shall be wholly superseded. By p.s.