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the fiekl, wliicli some of them no doubt felt was inconsistent witli 

 their spiritual calling, compounded for it by the payment of a 

 fine under the title of scutage, and how the practice spread to the 

 secular barons also. 



There were barons also, who were willing enough to serve the 

 King in the field at home, but to whom it was inconvenient to be 

 so frequently crossing the seas for the King's wars abroad. Hence 

 arose the practice of paying a fine for licence " ne transfrettet " 

 not to cross the sea for service abroad, and this fine like scutage, 

 Avas a fixed charge on each knight's fee held. In this Dorset roll 

 Eichard son of John pays on one knight's fee 4 marks, " ne 

 transfrettet," and for scutage ; or lather he pays 2 marks and owes 

 2. William de Xewmarket pays 20s. for the same. Thomas de 

 Grenville 10s., and William de Bratton 6s. 



William of St. Mary's Church renders account of the firm of 

 Winfrith. Randolf de Glamorgan, Robert de Mandeville, Brian 

 Tollard, and Fulk de Cantelupe make fine for various purposes. 



John de Montacute had a curious complaint to make. The 

 Bishop of "Worcester had carried away one of the Churches from 

 his fief, the Church of Langberg, which the said bishop had pulled 

 down and re-erected on some one else's land, so that John lost his 

 presentation to it, at which he was naturally aggrieved, and he 

 paid 10 marks that inquisition might be made into the matter. It 

 is to be hoped that John recovered his church ; the form of the 

 entry is consistent with the supposition that he was successful in 

 his application. 



3 JOHN, A.D. 1201-2. 



Hubert de Burg was sheriff, but Alan de Wicton represented him 

 at the Exchequer. The earlier payments in the roll arc much tlie 

 same as before. For small expenses about the King's houses at 

 Dorchester and for the carriage of the King's wines from South- 

 ampton to Dorchester the sheriff paid £1 Hs. Oid. John de 

 Dorchester and "William de London were the viewers. William 

 Aucupi, a huntsman with the royal hounds, was paid X2 1 8s. 2d, 

 for various terms of service. 



