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affairs as Receiver, but he was spied upon and tracked by the 

 soldiers of the castle, who would have taken him prisoner had 

 he not been hidden by some of the good people of the island 

 and so escaped out of their hands. He finishes his petition 

 to the Council with a prayer for remedy, and a statement of 

 his own diligence in the king's affairs ; how, in the preceding 

 year under William de Asthorp, the revenue of Guernsey had 

 only amounted to 770 francs, but through his own good 

 management this year it had increased to 1075 francs, and 

 if the other officers of the king had shown a like diligence 

 it would have been even more. 



The petition is undated, but it was evidently written at 

 the end of 1374, or early 1375, for we find mention of one of 

 the incidents, his visit to Jersey when he was wounded by 

 Nicholas Lowier, in his accounts for these years, now in the 

 Record Office, London, of expenses and disbursements made 

 in the island of Jersey, by view and consent of Johan de Seint 

 Martin, comptroller .... since 2nd April, 1374 (1). 

 Among various other items is one which runs as follows :- — 



" Item paie pour le louage d'un batel tout arrage (sic) 

 quant Thomelyn Appelby recevour et appro vour des isles fut 

 naffre iii fr." 



II. 



Cotton Manuscripts, Titus B VIII., Art. 10, p. 68. 

 D. vitaiiie- Pleise au Conseil Nostre Seigneur le Roi d'ordener pur 



reparac- l'estat des isles cest assavoir. 



cion du Primier comment le chastell Cornet et la tour de Beaure- 



Cornet! gard devent estre repares et vitailles les queux feurent de tote 



desvitailles et grauntz reparacions a faire apres le departir de 



Monsieur William de Asthorp car totez les revenues du paies 



sont assetz pouhes a purfournir le paiement de ri n livres a 



Moiis. Thomas Beuchammp. 



D. Armu- Item pur ce que le dit chastell et toure feurent lesses de- 



P™| ntde par le diet Monsr. William Asthorp cle tote cle vitailles et 



grauntz reparacions a faire les biens du dit Mons. William a la 



value de cc ou ccc frauns feurent arestes a cause pur avoir 



satisfaccion pur le Roi des ditz vitailles les queux biens sont 



levez par Esteven Marchaunt non obstant ascun droict ou arest 



du roi et les detenant devers lui de quoi pleise au dit conseil 



d'ordoner remedes. 



D. Deniers Item le dit Esteven Marchaunt ad resceu di verses parcelles 



encontre a l a sume de XLIII frauns de la terme de seinct Johan derrein 



lestatreai. passe et les detenent devers lui non obstant le brief de nostre 



seigneur le Roi especifiaunt que nul homme rescent nul denier 



du diet terme forsquez le receivour de nostre dit seigneur le roi. 



(1) Record Office, Exchequer Accounts, Queen's Remembrance, 



