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seu_fw-la capiat_fw-la ab_fw-la aliquo_fw-la aurum_fw-la ad_fw-la opus_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la reginae_fw-la occasione_n vicesimae_fw-la praedicto_fw-la regi_fw-la concessae_fw-la tempoâ—e_fw-la h._n regis_fw-la patris_fw-la svi_fw-la in_o subsid_n terrae_fw-la sanctae_fw-la nec_fw-la etiam_fw-la occasione_n tallagii_fw-la ultimo_fw-la assess_v per_fw-la angl._n super_fw-la dominica_n regis_fw-la praedicti_fw-la in_o the_o 3d_o year_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o 1._o nicholas_n de_fw-fr ely_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n be_v prosecute_v in_o the_o king_n exchequer_n for_o queen-gold_n by_o queen_n eleanor_n clerk_n for_o a_o debt_n of_o 2229_o l._n 13_o s._n 1_o d._n due_a to_o king_n henry_n the_o 3d_o her_o husband_n by_o john_n gernsey_n his_o predecessor_n for_o the_o corn_n and_o stock_n of_o the_o say_a bishopric_n which_o he_o buy_v of_o the_o king_n upon_o the_o king_n command_n to_o the_o treasurer_n and_o baron_n deliver_v to_o they_o by_o word_n of_o mouth_n in_o the_o exchequer_n they_o discharge_v he_o from_o the_o payment_n of_o the_o say_a gold_n by_o authority_n of_o the_o king_n command_n whether_o out_o of_o mere_a grace_n to_o the_o bishop_n or_o because_o the_o successor_n bishop_n be_v not_o oblige_v by_o this_o contract_n of_o his_o predecessor_n for_o this_o stock_n and_o corn_n devolve_v to_o the_o predecessor_n executor_n or_o to_o the_o king_n by_o his_o decease_n or_o because_o no_o aurum_fw-la reginae_fw-la be_v due_a in_o strictness_n of_o law_n upon_o this_o bargain_n or_o emption_n appear_v not_o by_o the_o record_n thereof_o enter_v in_o these_o word_n memorand_fw-fr reginae_fw-la quod_fw-la die_fw-la lunae_fw-la proxim_n post_fw-la festum_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la nerei_fw-la &_o achillei_fw-mi venit_fw-la walterus_n de_fw-la heleni_fw-la ad_fw-la scaccarium_n &_o dixit_fw-la thes_n &_o baron_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la d._n regis_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o proximo_fw-la adventu_fw-la nicholai_n episcopi_fw-la wint._n ad_fw-la idem_fw-la scaccarium_n absolverent_fw-la eundem_fw-la episcopum_fw-la de_fw-la auro_fw-la quod_fw-la exigitur_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la ad_fw-la opus_fw-la domine_fw-la reginae_fw-la matris_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la de_fw-la 2229_o l._n 3_o s._n 1_o d._n in_o quibus_fw-la johannes_n quondam_a wynton_n episcopus_fw-la regi_fw-la h._n tenebatur_fw-la 4_o pro_fw-la emptione_n bladi_fw-la et_fw-la instauri_fw-la dicti_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la postea_fw-la venit_fw-la idem_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ad_fw-la scaccarium_n praedictum_fw-la et_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la man_v predict_v absolutus_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la auro_fw-la praedicto_fw-la eleanor_z first_o queen_n consort_n to_o king_n edward_n the_o 1._o in_o the_o 3d._a year_n of_o his_o reign_n constitute_v walter_n kent_n receiver_n and_o keeper_n of_o her_o gold_n in_o the_o king_n exchequer_n whereupon_o she_o send_v this_o letter_n to_o the_o baron_n to_o admit_v he_o to_o this_o office_n without_o any_o difficulty_n and_o to_o advise_v and_o assist_v he_o 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negotiis_fw-la nostris_fw-la coram_fw-la vobis_fw-la expediend_n quociens_fw-la opus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la consulentes_fw-la esse_fw-la velitis_fw-la &_o auxiliantes_fw-la precibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la &_o amore_fw-la dat._n apud_fw-la woodstock_n 26_o die_v decembris_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la edwardi_fw-la tertio_fw-la anno_fw-la 4_o e._n 1._o queen_n eleanor_z assign_v benett_n of_o wynton_n a_o jew_n to_o keep_v her_o gold_n and_o dispatch_v she_o other_o business_n in_o the_o exchequer_n for_o the_o jew_n as_o other_o jew_n have_v always_o accustom_v to_o do_v as_o appear_v by_o this_o mandate_n of_o the_o king_n to_o the_o baron_n to_o admit_v he_o to_o this_o office_n cum_fw-la karissima_fw-la censor_n alienora_n regina_fw-la angliae_fw-la 5_o assignaverit_fw-la benettum_n de_fw-fr wynton_n regis_fw-la judaeum_n ad_fw-la aurum_fw-la ipsius_fw-la consortis_fw-la custod_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la alia_fw-la negotia_fw-la ipsam_fw-la contingentia_fw-la exequend_a prout_fw-la alii_fw-la judaei_n semper_fw-la hactenus_fw-la facere_fw-la consueverunt_fw-la rex_fw-la man_v eisdem_fw-la quod_fw-la praefat_fw-la benettum_n ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la admittant_fw-la in_o forma_fw-la praedita_fw-la testae_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o year_n there_o arise_v some_o new_a controversy_n and_o doubt_n out_o of_o what_o oblation_n queen-gold_n ought_v to_o be_v pay_v reginae_fw-la the_o king_n and_o his_o council_n make_v these_o resolution_n therein_o which_o they_o
regi_fw-la solvend_fw-mi sicut_fw-la continetur_fw-la inter_fw-la brevia_fw-la execut_fw-la pro_fw-la rege_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la termino_fw-la in_o northumbr_n et_fw-la ad_fw-la praedictum_fw-la crastinum_fw-la praedictus_fw-la vic._n retornavit_fw-la breve_fw-la &_o mandavit_fw-la quod_fw-la cepit_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la dicti_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la de_fw-la terris_fw-la &_o catallis_fw-la praedictorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la et_fw-la pleg_n suorum_fw-la ad_fw-la valenciam_fw-la 40_o s._n de_fw-fr debito_fw-la praedicto_fw-la et_fw-la quia_fw-la praefata_fw-la regina_fw-la mortua_fw-la est_fw-la prout_fw-la superius_fw-la continetur_fw-la et_fw-la denar_fw-mi predict_v add_v 5_o regem_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la alium_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la pertinent_a ideo_fw-la idem_fw-la vic._n viz._n ricardus_n de_fw-fr horsley_n oneretur_fw-la bersus_fw-la regem_fw-la de_fw-la 40_o s._n praedictis_fw-la praetextu_fw-la retorn_a 〈◊〉_d pasch_fw-mi 48_o e._n 3._o bristol_n praeceptum_fw-la fuit_fw-la vic._n capt_n bristol_n per_fw-la breve_fw-la huius_fw-la scaccarii_fw-la that_fw-mi 13_o die_v febr._n hoc_fw-la anno_fw-la 48._o quod_fw-la de_fw-la bonis_fw-la et_fw-la catallis_fw-la johannis_fw-la ken_n thomae_n pane_n junioris_fw-la nicholai_n pane_n &_o thomae_fw-la de_fw-fr coventre_fw-fr de_fw-fr bristol_n johannis_n castleacre_n johannis_n bath_n de_fw-fr bristol_n &_o willielmi_n jageroun_n 5_o plegâ—i_fw-la praedicti_fw-la johannis_n ken_n et_fw-fr de_fw-fr terris_fw-la et_fw-la ten_o quae_fw-la sua_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la anno_fw-la 27_o regis_fw-la nunc_fw-la et_fw-la postea_fw-la in_fw-la balliva_fw-la sua_fw-la fieri_fw-la faceret_fw-la 56s_fw-la quos_fw-la debent_fw-la philippae_n nuper_fw-la reginae_fw-la angliae_fw-la defunct_a de_fw-fr auro_fw-la svo_fw-la de_fw-la 4_o fine_a 40l_n pro_fw-la diversis_fw-la transgressionibus_fw-la conspirationibus_fw-la ertorsionibus_fw-la dampnis_fw-la er_fw-mi grabaminibus_fw-la super_fw-la ipsum_fw-la praesentatis_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la denar_fw-mi illos_fw-la haberet_fw-la hic_fw-la in_o crastino_n claus_n paschae_fw-la hoc_fw-la termino_fw-la regi_fw-la solvend_fw-mi sicut_fw-la continetur_fw-la inter_fw-la brevia_fw-la executa_fw-la pro_fw-la rege_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la termino_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la praedictum_fw-la crastinum_fw-la praedictus_fw-la vic._n videlicet_fw-la johannes_n viell_n return_n breve_fw-la et_fw-la mandaverit_fw-la quod_fw-la cepit_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la regis_fw-la de_fw-la terris_fw-la &_o catallis_fw-la thomae_fw-la coventre_n johannis_n castleacre_n &_o jehannis_n bath_n plegii_fw-la praedicti_fw-la johaennis_fw-la kenn_n ad_fw-la valentiam_fw-la 56s_fw-la praedictorum_fw-la et_fw-la quia_fw-la praesata_fw-la regina_fw-la mortua_fw-la est_fw-la prout_fw-la superius_fw-la continetur_fw-la et_fw-la denar_a predict_v ad_fw-la regem_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la alium_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la pertinent_a ideo_fw-la idem_fw-la vic._n videlicet_fw-la johannes_n viell_n oneretur_fw-la versus_fw-la regem_fw-la de_fw-la 56s_fw-la praedictis_fw-la praetextu_fw-la returni_fw-la svi_fw-la praedicti_fw-la london_n praeceptum_fw-la fuit_fw-la vicecom_v reginae_fw-la london_n per_fw-la breve_fw-la huius_fw-la scaccarii_fw-la that_fw-mi 18_o die_v novembris_fw-la anno_fw-la 47_o regis_fw-la nunc_fw-la sicut_fw-la plur_n quod_fw-la de_fw-la bonis_fw-la &_o catallis_fw-la antonius_fw-la de_fw-fr la_fw-fr vale_fw-la de_fw-fr ast_n &_o the_o 5_o terris_fw-la et_fw-la ten_o quae_fw-la sua_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la an._n 37_o regis_fw-la nunc_fw-la seu_fw-la postea_fw-la in_fw-la quorumcunque_fw-la manibus_fw-la eadem_fw-la terr_v et_fw-fr ten_o tunc_fw-la extiterunt_fw-la in_o balliba_fw-la sua_fw-la fieri_fw-la facerent_fw-la 20_o l._n quas_fw-la praefatus_fw-la antonius_n debuit_fw-la philippae_n nuper_fw-la reginae_fw-la angliae_fw-la defunctae_fw-la de_fw-la auro_fw-la svo_fw-la de_fw-la 4_o fine_a 200l_n pro_fw-la diversis_fw-la custumis_n regi_fw-la debitis_fw-la de_fw-la diversis_fw-la mercandisio_n per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la in_o angl._n adductis_fw-la et_fw-la abinde_v eductis_fw-la subtractis_fw-la et_fw-la concelatis_fw-la unde_fw-la coram_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la &_o consilio_fw-la svo_fw-la fuit_fw-la convictus_fw-la sicut_fw-la continetur_fw-la in_o memorand_n de_fw-fr anno_fw-la 37._o regis_fw-la nunc_fw-la inter_fw-la fines_n de_fw-la termino_fw-la sanctae_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la s_o qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la denar_fw-mi ad_fw-la regem_fw-la occasione_n mortis_fw-la praefatae_fw-la nuper_fw-la reginae_fw-la sunt_fw-la deuâ—â—â—ti_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la denar_fw-mi illos_fw-la haberent_fw-la hic_fw-la in_o crastino_n sancti_fw-la hillarii_n hoc_fw-la termino_fw-la regi_fw-la solvend_fw-mi sicut_fw-la continetur_fw-la ligula_fw-la brevium_fw-la de_fw-la termino_fw-la sancti_fw-la michaelis_fw-la hoc_fw-la anno_fw-la 48_o in_o london_n et_fw-la ad_fw-la praedictum_fw-la crastinum_fw-la predict_v vic._n 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