CALENDAR OF THE FINES FOR THE COUNTY OF DERBY. 4 1 



attorney of Robert, Lettice, and Sarah, Plaintiffs, and brother 

 Robert de Saunford, Master of the Temple in England, 

 Deforciant. 

 Grant, on a plea of warranty of charter, by Deforciant, in con- 

 sideration of a sparrow hawk to Plaintiffs, and to the heirs of 

 Lettice and Sarah, in fee, of a fourth part of a knight's fee in 

 Shuckthorne, and of a moiety of a fourth part of a knight's fee in 

 Lee, Whetecroft, Holewey, and Wakbrige, to wit, all that fee held 

 by Robert de Avel in the same vills ; at the yearly rent of 16s. 

 sterling, and performing the king's foreign service, to wit, towards 

 the scutage 40s. iSd., more or less (whereas previously they only 

 rendered 3s.) for all service. 



And be it known, that the charter which Plaintiffs had from 

 Deforciant concerning the holding the aforesaid fee of Deforciant 

 and his successors by the service of 3s. a year for all service is, by 

 this fine, annulled. 



November 11— 18. Westminster. Within the octave of S. Martin, 22 

 Henry III. 

 Between Burga de Lymesye, Plaintiff, and Stephen Fitz Burga, 



Deforciant. 

 Grant by Deforciant to Thomas, Plaintiffs son, in fee, of 2 

 oxgangs of land (out of 5i virgates of land) in Cotes, held by 

 Edmund de Cotes, at the yearly rent of 1 lb. of pepper at Christmas 

 for all service and exaction. Grant also by Deforciant to John, 

 Plaintiff's son, in fee, of a toft, and 2 oxgangs of land (out of the 

 same land), held by Andrew de Cotes, and the oxgang held by 

 Thomas Fitz Aillin, at the yearly rent of 1 lb. of cummin at 

 Michaelmas, for all service and exaction. Grant by Deforciant to 

 Plaintiff for her life, of a yearly rent of 24s. sterling, at Cotes ; and 

 release, in consideration thereof, by Plaintiff to Deforciant, in fee, 

 of all right and claim in the surplus of all the said land. 



1238. 

 January 13—29. Westminster. Within 15 days of S. Hilary, 22 Henry III. 

 Between the Burgesses of Nottingham, by William Brien, their 

 attorney, Plaintiffs, and Hugh Wake, Deforciant. 

 Grant by Deforciant, in consideration of \l\ silver marks, that 

 Plaintiffs and their heirs, dwelling in the vill of Nottingham, at scot 

 and lot, should be for ever free of all toll in Cestrefeud, and in the 

 wapentake of Skerverdale, which Plaintiffs alleged that Deforciant 

 unjustly took from them against the liberties possessed by them 

 under charters of the kings of England. 



