1299-10-22, Walter Westminster

To the sheriffs of London. Robert Gerodonis has shown the king that Westminster. whereas a servant of his fell from a horse of his that he was imprudently watering in the depths of the Thames and was drowned, for which reason the sheriffs took the horse into the king's hands as deodand: the king, wishing to show Robert special favour, orders the sheriffs to restore the horse to Robert if it have been taken into the king's hands solely for this reason. (at, ou) Langley Nov. 5. To the sheriff of Stafford. Order to cause Robert de Ditton to have Lavendon. geisin of a messuage and a virgate of land in Aston in les Hales, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff that the messuage and land, which Richard Broun of Aston, who was outlawed for felony, held, have NOV been in the king's hands for a year and a day, and that Richard held age) them of Robert de Ditton, and that the township of Aston in les Hales had the king's year and day thereof, for which it ought to answer to the king. Oct. 24. Geoffrey de Kydeslegh, imprisoned at Notingham for the death of Westminster. (Geoffrey the baker (pistoris), son of Hugh de Kydeslegh, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Nottingham to bail him until the coming of the justices. Oct. 23. Robert le Mouner of Caldewell, imprisoned at Notingham for the death Westminster. of William Noon, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of (i Nottingham to bail him, ete. Oct. 24.