1318-11-02, York

To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the king lately to Matilda, late the wife of Gilbert, earl of Gloucester and Hertford, the manor of Fakenhamdam, of the yearly value of 57/. 16s. 13d., and 65s. 1d. of yearly rent from the manor of Causton, and the advowson of the church of Causton, as her dower of the manors of Aylesham, Fakenhamdam, and Causton, co. Norfolk, and of the advowsons of the churches of Causton, Fakenhamdam, and Podyngnorton, which the earl had of the king's gift; and the king afterwards, because he had granted the manors and advowsons to David de Strabolgy, earl of Athole, and because Matilda was pregnant, and because he believed that the wardship of the earl's lands would long remain in his hands, ordered the manor of Fakenhamdam, and the 65s. ld. of rent, and the advowson of the church of Causton to be restored to the said David, and in recompence therefor he assigned to the countess the manor of Honeden, co. Suffolk, and the advowson of the church of Donemowe as her dower, together with other lands of the said Gilbert; and the king afterwards took the homage of Hugh le Despenser, the younger, who had married Eleanor, the eldest sister and co-heiress of Gilbert, and the fealty of Hugh Daudele, the younger, who had married Margaret, the second sister aud co-heiress, and of Roger Dammory, who had married Elizabeth, the third sister and co-heiress, for The word /ast is partly erased.