July 17, Inquisition

Commission to Michael de Wath, John le Conestable of Halsham, de Sprotle, clerk, and John Sturmy. Westminster. 16 August, Edward III. [1344.] By petition of parliament. Inquisition before the said Michael and John Sturmy. Frisemersk. Monday St. Denis. The men of Frismersk in Holdernes have often been flooded by the water Humbre, and still are, a third and more of the lands of that town being destroyed by the tide. The men are put to great expense to protect their town and are unequal paying its taxes and burdens, as before, and at the same time making such C. Ing. Misc. File 152. (15.) 1915.