1302-01-13, Linlithgow

To Walter de Gloucjestria], escheator beyond Trent. Order not to intermeddle with the house of the Holy Cross at Waltham or with its goods in any way by reason of the death of Robert, the late abbot, as the prior and convent of the house ought to have the custody of the house and of all its goods upon each voidance, by virtue of the charters of the king's progenitors, which he has inspected. The lke to Walter and his sub-escheators in the following counties : Berks. Hertford. Norfolk. Surrey. Lincoln. Essex. Bedford.