1274-11-05, Westminster

Order to permit de Ovre and his parceners to have the free common in the wood of that they always liad in the wood before the king recovered of the wood against Stephen de Merton. a treaty of peace was had, by the mediation of the dean of and Thomas de Clare, concerning the actions and complaints that of Norwich and the prior of the same place, on the one part, and community of the citizens of Norwich, on the other, asserted that they against one another by reason of the burning of the church and priory and of the damages inflicted by reason of such burning upon sides, and by any other reason whatsoever, and 4,000 marks were from the community by the bishop, prior and convent for all the aforesaid, and 2,000 marks were offered by the community for the of peace ( pro bono pacis), and at length the bishop and the prior, for and his convent, and Adam de Toftys, William de Rollesby, Henry and Roger de Tudenham, citizens of Norwich, for the said have jointly agreed to the king as arbitrator and ordainer de en bas concerning the premises, willing that he may part and ordain the two sums aforesaid, and may fix terms for payment, and may all the said actions and quarrels at his pleasure, and they have that whatsoever the king shall cause to be decided or ordained the parties aforesaid for peace or judgment concerning the premises be kept inviolably, and that the things to be done (facturas) by the and the community shall be observed in all things, and they granted they shall be compelled to do these things by the royal power. the king, after having counsel of prudent men concerning premises, utters and propounds his dictwm in this manner: that all or complaints that the parties shall or may have against one another this day by reason of the premises shall be remitted one to another ; that community shall render to the prior and convent for the repairing or of their church and priory 3,000 marks at the rate of 500 marks a moiety at the quinzaine of Whitsuntide and a moiety at the of Martinmas; that the community shall cause a gold vessel of weight of 10. of gold, price 1002. of silver, to be made to hold the of Christ on the altar of the aforesaid church; that the prior and shall make a gate and entry into the priory on whichever side they without damage or prejudice to others; and that the bishop, prior and shall procure in good faith in the Roman court and elsewhere at the of the community, except the expenses of the envoy of the bishop, and convent to the Roman court for this purpose, that the community their city shall be absolved from the sentences of excommunication and the interdict and other things pronounced against them for the reasons CALEN DAR OF CLOSE ROL 1275. Jele aforesaid, and that the said sentences shall be wholly rel ny doubt Nor. arise concerning the premises or any of them, the f himself rom full power to declare and interpret such doubt D: minster, 5 October, in the third year of his reign. [ Pryni hi Nov. 6.