l34 DORSET Ai^T) KING JOHN, 



mark, a gift from the King. Four hawk bearers were paid £i 

 and 3 falconers 40s. 



The stipend of tlie King's chaplain at Dorchester was 50s. 

 William Wallensi, yeoman of the King, with his 12 boar hounds 

 (" xii. mastinis suis porcariis," tho' porcarius generally signifies a 

 swine herd), was paid 10s. for his expenses from Mfirch 21 to May 

 21. A member of the Wallensi family, a John Wallensi, got into 

 trouble about this time ; he had slain Roger, the Chaplain, and 

 Agnes de Styrchleleg ; he fled from justice, and was in consequence 

 outlawed. He obtained the Royal pardon and was allowed to 

 return on giving pledgss for his fidelity, when the King's pardon 

 was granted ; under such circumstances there was generally a clause 

 put in requiring the recipient to stand trial if the relatives of the 

 jjersons slain desired it. Thus Henry de Stratton was pardoned 

 the outlawry promulgated against him for the death of INIichael, 

 vassal of William, son of Roslin, ita t'n q' pl'g' salvos i'veniat standi 

 recto si quis erga ip'm loqui volu'it 't se defendendi p' corp' suu' ad 

 corp' s'n' alia lege (Litt. Pat., 4 John, Memb. 11). As there is no 

 mention here of such a condition the inference is that the man- 

 slaughter was considered justifiable (Litt. Pat., 3 John, Memb. 3, 

 in dorso). 



A large sum of money was spent on the King's houses in Dorset 

 this year in preparation for the King's intended visit. £47 13s. 2d. 

 Avas spent on the houses at Bere, where John de Turberville was 

 one of the viewers, 100s. at Sherborne, 100s. on the Castle of 

 Dorchester, about the houses of the King at Corfe the large sum 

 of £275 Os. Id. (equivalent perhaps to £4,000 of our money), and 

 for the repair of the Castle there 20s. (query, were the King's houses 

 at Corfe within the Castle or without it. Why was this distinction 

 made ■?) On the Tower of Sherborne 10 marks was laid out. 



An approver was allowed 16s. as pay for 192 days Of approvers 

 I have spoken in a former paper. 



To H., the King's Clamberlain, £4 2s. 6d. was paid of an advance 

 made by him for the sustentation of the prisoners who were in his 

 custody at Corfe, Wallingford, and Sherborne, " so that the money 



