1291-12-01, Westminster

To the barons of the exchequer. Whereas Robert, late bishop of Carlisle, was indebted to the king at his death in 691. 6s. Od. at which he was amerced before Robert de Nevill, the late king's justice for pleas of the Forest in co. Cumberland, for damaging (deterioracione) of the herbage; 20/., at which he was amerced before Martin de Lytlebury, the late king's justice of the Bench, for an unjust hindrance; 20 marks, at which he was amerced before Thomas Trevet, the late king's justice in divers counties, for the lke; 10 marks, at which he was amerced before the treasurer and barons of the exchequer,when he was sheriff of Cumberland because he did not come to make his proffer; 8/., that he took from the town of Linstock for the escape of Ralph le Bercher; 8/., that he took for the . escape of Gilbert Rote Ofserewe; 8/., that he took from the town of Cumreu for the escape of Christiana la Beggere; 81., for the escape of Thomas de Westmerland, and 8/., for the escape of Adam Halfape; and the executors of the bishop's will challenged the exaction of the debts, asserting that they had quittance of a great part of them by the late king's charter ; whereupon the king pardoned them a moiety of the debts, and granted that they should render to him yearly at the exchequer 20 marks until . the moiety of the debts be paid; and moreover the king, for a fine of 10 ; marks that they made with him of their good will, which fine they ought ; to have paid to the exchequer at Michaelmas, in the ninth year of his rs reign, granted to them that they should be acquitted of all the other debts wherewith they could be charged at the exchequer for the bishop in . any way, and that they should not be bound to satisfy the king therefor if they came in summons, excepting the aforesaid moiety of the debts and t excepting the 10 marks, as contained in the king's letters patent made to e barons to acquit them of a moiety of the said debts upon payment of the i other moiety and the said 101. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Nicholas son of Nicholas de Crioll to be acquitted of 201. in part payment of 407. by which he made fine with the king for the service of a knight's fee and of the sixth of a fee, which he acknowledged for the king's army of Wales, in the tenth year of the reign, as the king received this sum by by the hands of Baruncinus Gualteri and their fellows, his merchants of Lucca, as appears by the king's letters patent made to him, which the king has inspected.