1302-05-06, Stockbridge

To the same. Whereas the king granted to the said Roger the aforesaid manor of Costeseye, etc. as above, and the ferm of the city of Exeter, co. Devon, as of the value of 1,000/. yearly, for his life, saving to the king the advowsons of churches, the wardships, reliefs and escheats of the knights fees that are held of the king, with provision that if the lands, etc. did not reach the value of 1,000/. yearly by lawful extents, the king would cause what was lacking to be assigned to Roger from the ferms of the towns of Norwich and Ipswich before Midsummer, to have with the said lands, ete. in form aforesaid, and if the lands exceed the aforesaid value, then the excess should revert to the king before the said feast, as contained in the said letters: the king, wishing for this reason to be fully certified as to the true value of the manors, towns and hundreds thus assigned to Roger, and whether or not he has committed them or any part of them to any persons, and if so, then to whom and in what manner, and also how much is paid to the exchequer yearly for the said cities of Chichester and . 529 and the honours of Boulogne and Peverel, orders them to certify fully as to these points under the exchequer seal, so that he may to be done in this matter what he shall deem fit.