1281-05-03, Kempton

To Alexander de Kirketon. It is shown to the king on behalf of Alice and Margaret, daughters of Geoffrey le Blund of Scardeburg, deceased, that whereas Geoffrey bequeathed to them certain utensils and other goods, which remained together with Alice and Margaret in the custody of Emma, their mother, Alexander, when sheriff of York, took into the king's hands, by reason of the felony committed by Emma in drowning herself in the ditch of the said town, all the utensils and goods thus bequeathed to Alice and Margaret amongst other goods that belonged to Emma: the king orders Alexander to go to Scartheburg and to take with him the keepers of the pleas of the crown and to inspect Geoffrey's testament, and to make inquisition whether the utensils and goods bequeathed to Alice and Margaret came to Emma s hands by sale or otherwise so that they were her own on the day when she committed the felony or whether she had nothing thereof except the custody for the use of Alice and Margaret, and if he ascertain by the inquisition that he took into the king's hands any utensils and goods bequeathed to Alice and Margaret of which Emma had nothing except the custody, to cause restitution of such utensils and goods to be made to Alice and Margaret.