1281-10-12, Winchester

To the sheriff of Leicester. Whereas the king has given to Arnold Murdak 51. that the sheriff levied of his and his wife Lucy s lands, for the king's use, when the lands were in the king's hands by reason of the trespasses committed by them in marrying without the king's licence; the king orders the sheriff to pay this sum to Arnold, retaining for the king's use any surplus issues from that time. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to pay to the master of the house of St. Lazarus, Burton, the proctor in England of the lepers of St. Lazarus, Jerusalem, 40 marks for the use of the lepers for Michaelmas term, in the ninth year, and to pay to him this sum from. year to year at that term, in accordance with the tenor of another order directed to them, until the king shall cause the lepers to be satisfied elsewhere for this fee, which the late king granted to them by charter in frank almoin. To Richard de Holebrok, the king's steward.