1307-03-15, Prior

The like to Agnes de Someri of 54 acres in the forest of Kynefare, co. Stafford, whereof 414 acres lie under the hay of Asshewode, 2 acres between Oldeford and Asshewodc, 4 acre at Ocholte, 14 acres between the stank of Flederich and the water of Tressul, and 5 acres between the meadow of Roger de la Lee and Asswichefford : at a rent of 18s. 2d. By bill of Exchequer. Be it remembered that on Wednesday next after the feast of SS. Tiburtius and Valerian, 35 Edward I. before the dawn of that day died William de Hamelton, the chancellor, at the abbey of Fountains, co. York, and being of d memory and sound mind before his death, charged those who were by him that if it happened that he fell so ill as not to recover, they should deliver the seal enclosed under his own seal and that of the abbot of Fountains to Sir Robert de Bardelby who was then present there, to keep until the king should declare his will therein ; and the seal was immediately after the death of the chancellor delivered to the said Robert, under the chancellor's seal and that of the said abbot and the prior of Boulton; and afterwards, the king, by privy seal, commanded Sir Adam de Osgoteby, Master John de Cadamo and the said Robert, that they or any two of them, together with the rest of the clerks of the chancery, should carry the said seal so enclosed . 519 to Westminster, there to be delivered by the treasurer or the person supply - ing his place and the barons of the Exchequer, to Sir Ralph Baldok, bishop of London, whom the king had made his chancellor ; and the said Adam, John and Robert on the vigil of the Ascension following delivered the seal (which remuined in the custody of the said Robert enclosed under the seals of the said William, the abbot and Master John, who after the death of the said William had sealed that seal) at the king's Exchequer at Westminster, to the person supplying the place of the treasurer and the barons of the Exchequer, in the presence of Sir Roger le Brabanzun, Ralph de Hegham, Hugh de Notingham, Walter de Norwyco, and many others standing by, who having first received the oath from the said bishop, according to the custom, handed over the seal to him, who un the following day at Stibenheth sealed writs therewith. 24.