142 NOTES FROM THE PIPE ROLLS OF KING HENRY THE SECOND. 



much, for it was stated that there was nothing in the treasury, 

 and the king excused him the payment of the ^iooo. Godfrey 

 Albini, like his brother the earl, was probably a special friend 

 of King John. But for this entry he would be lost to history. 



In 33 Henry II. there is an entry for breaking (frangendo) the 

 vivarium at Clipstone, and for carrying the fish to another 

 vivarium, 58s. From a previous entry it appears that over ^"ioo 

 had been spent upon this fish pond. 



In 17 Henry II. there is an entry of great interest to the writer 

 of this article. The Sheriff accounted for the farm of the Honour 

 of Peverel, out of which Mereaduco and Roger de Powis were 

 allowed 46s. 8d. by the writ of Richard de Lucy, the chief justice. 

 In the last year of King John, Richard de Bradmer was allowed 

 ;£io out of the rents of Wennuwin, the descendant of these 

 brothers. The value of this entry is only appreciable by one 

 conversant with the writer's History of the House of Arundel. In 

 that work he has propounded a theory of the identity of the 

 Fitz Pain family, who were undoubtedly of the same stock as 

 Meredith and Roger de Powis, with the family of Peverel. Mr. 

 Thomas Bond, who has broached a different theory, has attacked 

 the author most bitterly in the pages of the Genealogist. This 

 entry, together with the interesting confirmatory evidence of that 

 great genealogist, the Rev. Robert Eyton, should teach Mr. Bond 

 to be more cautious as well as courteous. 



It is to be hoped that this slight account of the Pipe Rolls will 

 attract more attention to them. They abound with valuable 

 information on many subjects. 



