166 The Bishop’s Palace at Salisbury. 
hall, over the doorway that leads to the principal staircase.! It bas 
been matter of general belief that our own palace was founded by 
Bishop Richard Poore, the founder of the Cathedral and of the city 
generally. It was not, however, till a few days ago that I became 
possessed of conclusive evidence on this point, through the kindness 
of Mr. James Parker, of Oxford, whose knowledge on such subjects 
is only equalled by his generosity in imparting it. He has put into 
my hands two of what are called Close Rolls of the fifth and sixth 
years of Henry III., but, as it happens, both in the same calendar 
year, showing that in 1221 the King granted timber from the 
Royal forests to Bishop Richard Poore for the purpose of this 
building at Salisbury.? The first is endorsed as follows :—* De 
i« Aides . in perpetuum . episc . saris . usum 
a. Yicardo . poore . primo . nove . saris . episc . a . fundamentis 
suo . sumptu . ad. mccxx constructas 
deinde . a . ricardo . beauchamp . saris . episc . primo . nobiliss 
ordinis . periscelidis . cancellario . a.d. MccccL ampliatas 
postea . a. seth . ward . episc . saris . quum 
sacrilegorum . manibus . eheu . quod . non . sunt . ausi 
foede . direpte . essent . a.d. MDCLXxX in . pristinam . faciem . revocatas 
deinceps . a. thoma . sherlock . quinto . illius 
successore . a.d. MDCCL auctas . et . ornatas 
in . meliorem . tandem . formam . opere . et . cultu . splendidiore 
amplius . vir . mill . lib . de . prop . pec(unia) 
pro . solita . sua . liberalitate 
erogatis . a.d. . MDCCLXXxvil . feliciter . perduxit 
vir . undique . honorabilis 
shute . barrington . s.t.p. . episc . saris 
h(unc) t (ulum) 
ne . tot . tantorumque . benefactorum . gratia . interciderit 
johannes . fisher . s.t.p. . episc . saris 
a.d. MDCCCXIII 
p(onendum) c(uravit). 
2 Rot. Claus. 6 Hen. III. memb 11=[1221]. 
“De maremio dato.—Rex Petro de Malo-Lacu salutem Sciatis quod dedi- 
mus venerando patri Ricardo Sarisburiensi Episcopo xx copulas in parco nostro 
de Gillingham ad aulam suam faciendam apud Novum Sarum. Et idcirco 
vobis mandamus quod illas xx copulas ei habere faciatis ubi eas competencius 
possit habere. Teste ut supra. 
“TWestm. 9 die Maii.]’” 
Do. 6 Hen. III. memb. 16=[1221-22]. 
“De X. copulis datis.—Rex Johanni de Monemuth salutem. Mandamus 
vobis quod habere faciatis venerando patri Ricardo Sarisburiensi Episcopo x 
copulas de quercu in haya nostra de Milcet, quas ei dedimus ad cameram suam 
de Sarum faciendam. Teste H. &c. apud Neubir xxx die Dec. anno regni 
nostri vi° per eundem coram domino Winton.” 
