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The Bishop* s Palace at Salisbury. 



hall, over the doorway that leads to the principal staircase. 1 It has 

 been matter of general belief that our own palace was founded by- 

 Bishop Richard Poore, the founder of the Cathedral and of the city 

 generally. It was not, however, till a few days ago that I became 

 possessed of conclusive evidence on this point, through the kindness 

 of Mr. James Parker, of Oxford, whose knowledge on such subjects 

 is only equalled by his generosity in imparting it. He has put into 

 my hands two of what are called Close Rolls of the fifth and sixth 

 years of Henry III., but, as it happens, both in the same calendar 

 year, showing that in 1221 the King granted timber from the 

 Royal forests to Bishop Richard Poore for the purpose of this 

 building at Salisbury. 2 The first is endorsed as follows : — u De 



1 " iEdes . in perpetuum . episc . saris . usum 



a . ricardo . poore . primo . novae . saris . episc . a . fundamenfcis 

 suo . sumptu . a.d. mccxx constructas 

 deinde . a . ricardo . beauchamp . saris . episc . primo . nobiliss 

 ordinis . periscelidis . cancellario . a.d. mccccl ampliatas 



postea . a . seth . ward . episc . saris . quum 

 sacrilegorum . manibus . eheu . quod . non . sunt . ausi 

 foede . direptse . essent . a.d. mdclxx in . pristinam . faciem . revocatas 

 deinceps . a . thoma . sherlock . quinto . illius 

 successore . a.d. mdccl auctas . et . ornatas 

 in . meliorem . tandem . formam . opere . et . cultu . splendidiore 

 amplius . vn . mill . lib . de . prop . pec(unia) 

 pro . solita . sua . liberalitate 

 erogatis . a.d. . mdcclxxxvii . feliciter . perduxit 

 vir . undique . honorabilis 

 shute . barrington . s.t.p. . episc . saris 

 h(unc) t(itulum) 

 ne . tot . tantorumque . benefactorum . gratia . interciderit 

 johannes . fisher . s.t.p. . episc . saris 

 a.d. mdcccxiii 

 p(onendum) c(uravit). 



2 Rot. Claus. 5 Hen. III. memb 11=[1221]. 



"De maremio dato. — Rex Petro de Malo-Lacu salutem Sciatis quod dedi- 

 mus venerando patri Ricardo Sarisburiensi Episcopo xx copulas in parco nostro 

 de Gillingham ad aulam suam faciendam apud Novum Sarum. Et idcirco 

 vobis mandamus quod illas xx copulas ei habere faciatis ubi eas competencius 

 possit habere. Teste ut supra. 



" [Westm. 9 die Mali.]" 



Do. 6 Hen. III. memb. 16=[1221-22]. 



"De X. copulis datis. — Rex Johanni de Monemuth salutem. Mandamus 

 vobis quod habere faciatis venerando patii Ricardo Sarisburiensi Episcopo x 

 copulas de quercu in haya nostra de Milcet, quas ei dedimus ad cameram suam 

 de Sarum faciendam. Teste H. &c. apud Neubir xxx die Dec. anuo regni 

 nostri vi° per eundem coram domino Winton." 



