1295-09-15, Canterbury

To the sheriff of [Devon]. Order to restore to John son of Richard Clim, parson of the church of Wydecumbe, his lands, goods and chattels, which were taken into the king's hands upon his being charged before Robert de Wodeton, John de Wotton and their fellows, justices appointed to deliver Exeter gaol, with the death of Ralph the hayward (messoris) and Theobald Russel, as he has purged his innocence before Thomas, bishop of Exeter, to whom he was delivered in accordance with the privilege of the clergy, and the king learns by inquisition that he caused to be taken by the sheriff and coroners of that county that John is of good fame and honest conversation and was never a public or notorious evildoer.