Issue roll of Thomas de Brantingham, bishop of Exeter, Lord High Treasurer of England, containing payments made out of His Majesty's revenue in the 44th year of King Edward III A.D. 1370 / Translated from the original roll now remaining in the ancient Pell office, in the custody of the Right Honourable Sir John Newport, bart. By Frederick Devon.
- Great Britain. Exchequer
- Date:
- 1835
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Issue roll of Thomas de Brantingham, bishop of Exeter, Lord High Treasurer of England, containing payments made out of His Majesty's revenue in the 44th year of King Edward III A.D. 1370 / Translated from the original roll now remaining in the ancient Pell office, in the custody of the Right Honourable Sir John Newport, bart. By Frederick Devon. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Westminster. Witness Hubert de Burgh, our justice at West- minster, the 19th day of November, in the 5th year of our reign. 10 Henry III.—Two hundred marks paid for the purchase of robes, at the fairs of Saint Ives and Saint Botolph, for the use of the Kina' and his brother Richard. D Payment of 1000/. yearly to Hubert de Burgh, as custos of Dover Castle. Many payments for the works at Dover and other castles, viz., Bristol, Hertford, Blastings, Corf, Montgomery, Windsor, &c., appear on this Roll. Several payments on account of Richard, Earl of Poitou, the King’s brother, in Gascony, and for 500 Welshmen sent thither to assist him. Among the payments on this Roll to the officers and for the necessary expenses of the Exchequer, appears 12c/. for hay and rushes for the Barons’ chamber, 2s. rushes for the receipt of the Exchequer, S^cZ. for a chest to put the charters of the barons in for their pledges to Hugh de Lacy, &c. 41 PIenry III.—Payment of 10 marks to the Clerk of the Queen of Cyprus, for his expenses on returning home. To a Messenger 5 marks of the King’s gift, for bringing the first news of the safe delivery of the wife of William de Chavenny. Gifts from the King of 500 marks to Alexander, King of Scot- land ; 200 marks to Henry of Castile, brother of the King of Castile; 671. 10s. 8d. to Reginald, Earl of Cornwall;* to Simon de Mont ford, Earl of Leicester; John de Plessetis, Earl of Warwick; Henry de Veer, Earl of Oxford; [with very many payments and gifts from the King to various noble and illustrious persons.] To the Monks of Westminster 100s., for a chaplain to perform divine service for the soul of Isabella, f formerly Queen of Eng- land. * Son of King John, the King's brother. t Wife of King John, and daughter of Aimar, Earl of Angoulcme.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29340202_0033.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
