1315-12-30, Clipstone

Grant in frank almoin, after inquisition ad quod damnum made by the sheriff of Cambridge in the presence of Henry Beaufuiz and Robert de Maddingle, although it is to the king's prejudice, to the Carmelite Friars of Cambridge to enclose a vacant plot of land in the king's perambulation around the town, containing 120 feet in length and 66 feet in breadth, which is worth 3s. 4d. a year if he should wish to demise it to farm, adjacent to their dwelling-place for the enlargement thereof, the statute of mortmain notwithstanding, provided that in the enclosure of the said plot they make and maintain two gates by which the king, his heirs and lieges may have ingress and egress for the defence of the town. By K. on the information of Roger de Northburgh. 8.