1292-03-26, Westminster

To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede the demand made upon the prior of Neweham near Bedeford for 16/. for a debt due to Sampson son of Sampson, sometime a Jew of Cambridge, from Hugh, prior of Neweham, as the prior has shown the king that whereas neither he nor any of his predecessors are indebted to any Jew of the realm by reason whereof the king can exact any debt from them, neyertheless the sheriff of Bedford exacts 161. from them for debt aforesaid by summons of the exchequer, and the king learns by inquisition that he caused to be made in the presence of Thomas de Bray by the sheriff aforesaid that there never was any prior of Neweham, co. Bedford, of the name of Hugh, and that no prior of Neweham has hitherto made any contract with any Jew by reason of which he ought to be bound in any debt.