1322-06-21, Bishopthorpe
To Master John Walewayn, escheator beyond Trent. Order to pay to the prior of Colne 10s. yearly for so long as the manor of Fordham is in the king's hands by reason of the minority of the heir of John de Argentein, tenant in chief, and the arrears of the same of the said escheator's time, as the king learns by inquisition taken by Richard de Rodeney, late escheator beyond Trent, that the aforesaid prior and his were wont to receive the above sum yearly at the time of the said John's death and for a hundred vears and more before then from 80 acres land, pasture and alder-holt in Fordham, which are parcels of that manor.
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