Lately by virtue of letters patent under the English seal directed to the Jcr, C. and T. of Ire., various victuals were purveyed and bought by certain purveyors in various parts of Ire. to be sent to Skymburnasse for our Scottish expedition, some of which were sent and the most part stayed in the hands of the purveyors. And because of the arrival of Edward le Bruys with a great force of Scottish enemies in Ire., the K. called all magnates of Ire. to fight the enemy, but because there is not enough in the treasury for their wages the K. wishes that the victuals thus in the hands of the purveyors be delivered to the clerk of the wages, Nicholas Balscote and to the keepers of stores in various castles in Ire. so that the clerk can deliver the victuals to the Jcr and magnates in recompense for the wages owed to them, and the said keepers can resist the attacks of the enemy on the castles. ORDER, despite previous orders from Eng., to direct a writ of the Ex. to the purveyors commanding them to divide the victuals by the oath of good and lawful men between the clerk of the wages and the keepers of stores in the said castles.

WRIT of allocate for John Rathfodan and Philip de la Ryvere, purveyors at Drogheda of wine and grain and other victuals which they bought between 29 May and 5 Nov. 1314 to send to Skynburness for the expedition of the Scottish war, for the following sums: £44 0s. 9d. paid for 253 quarters and one peck of wheat, as contained in their rolls of particulars delivered into the Ex.; £32 15s. 4d. paid for 180 quarters and 5½ bushels of oats; £267 6s 8d paid for 91 tuns of wine; £22 1s. paid for the freighting of various ships, with pilotage, carrying 84 quarters of wheat, 69 tuns of wine to Skynburness; 66s 8d for ullage of the said wine; £16 18s. 9d. paid for hoisting, stillage, stowage, cooperage and porterage of the said wine, and for boards, nails, wood, straw and hay, and for the rent of various houses and cellars for storing the corn and wine in , and other minor necessary expenses relating to the purveyance, with their own expenses and the expenses of a clerk; £10 1s. 4d. paid to Alexander le Convers, K.’s clk for his costs and expenses in going on the K.’s business to the parts of Connacht and Munster; £12 18s. 8d. paid to Alexander le Convers and William Somery, assigned to supervise the purveyance, for their wages and expenses.

Whereupon comes one Margery Alvyss, previously wife of William le Lang, and showed the court here that when William le Lange, formerly her husband, feloniously killed David Fotyn, for which felony all the lands and tenements of which William was seised on the day when he committed the felony, were seised into the K.’s hand by the said coroner, and although William le Lange has been a long time dead, yet the said lands and tenements namely six acres as well of arable land as of moor with the appurtenances in Sydan, which are of the inheritance of Margery and which were taken into the K.’s hand by reason of the felony which William committed, still remain in the K.’s hand. Wherefor Margery prays that she may have instant justice and that the said lands and tenements may be delivered to her as her right and inheritance. And because the Jcr here wished to be more fully certified whether William le Lange, husband of Margery, was seised of the lands and tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances in his demesne as of fee the day and year on which he committed the said felony, or whether he held those lands and tenements of the inheritance of Margery his wife, as she asserts, he proceeded to inquire more fully of the truth of all and singular the premises by the underwritten jurors, namely, Richard Bron, Richard Blakister, Audoen Couters, William Balylug, William Colume, William Umfrey, Nicholas Davy, Adam Capel, Henry Johan, Richard le Whyte, John Brecon, Nicholas Fot, Adam Houethe, John Mour and Thomas Radenor, who say that William le Lange was not seised of the said lands and tenements with the appurtenances in Sydan on the day on which he committed the felony, in his demesne as of fee, because they say that the lands and tenements are of the right and inheritance of Margery, as descending to her as her part of the inheritance of Philip Alvyss, her father, as one of the daughters and heiresses of the said Philip. And they say distinctly that William le Lange had no estate in the said lands and tenements on the day and year in which he committed the felony except such as a husband can have in his wife’s inheritance. They also say that William le Lange is long dead. Therefore it is agreed that the C. of Ire. be directed to have the K.’s writ made to Richard Wythye the K.’s coroner of Meath that he remove the K.’s hand from the said lands and tenements and permit Margery to have them and to peacefully enjoy them if by that and not any other occasion they are in the K.’s hand. Saving always the right of the K. in all things, when otherwise he shall will that it be pleaded.
Whereupon comes one Margery Alvyss, previously wife of William le Lang, and showed the court here that when William le Lange, formerly her husband, feloniously killed David Fotyn, for which felony all the lands and tenements of which William was seised on the day when he committed the felony, were seised into the K.’s hand by the said coroner, and although William le Lange has been a long time dead, yet the said lands and tenements namely six acres as well of arable land as of moor with the appurtenances in Sydan, which are of the inheritance of Margery and which were taken into the K.’s hand by reason of the felony which William committed, still remain in the K.’s hand. Wherefor Margery prays that she may have instant justice and that the said lands and tenements may be delivered to her as her right and inheritance. And because the Jcr here wished to be more fully certified whether William le Lange, husband of Margery, was seised of the lands and tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances in his demesne as of fee the day and year on which he committed the said felony, or whether he held those lands and tenements of the inheritance of Margery his wife, as she asserts, he proceeded to inquire more fully of the truth of all and singular the premises by the underwritten jurors, namely, Richard Bron, Richard Blakister, Audoen Couters, William Balylug, William Colume, William Umfrey, Nicholas Davy, Adam Capel, Henry Johan, Richard le Whyte, John Brecon, Nicholas Fot, Adam Houethe, John Mour and Thomas Radenor, who say that William le Lange was not seised of the said lands and tenements with the appurtenances in Sydan on the day on which he committed the felony, in his demesne as of fee, because they say that the lands and tenements are of the right and inheritance of Margery, as descending to her as her part of the inheritance of Philip Alvyss, her father, as one of the daughters and heiresses of the said Philip. And they say distinctly that William le Lange had no estate in the said lands and tenements on the day and year in which he committed the felony except such as a husband can have in his wife’s inheritance. They also say that William le Lange is long dead. Therefore it is agreed that the C. of Ire. be directed to have the K.’s writ made to Richard Wythye the K.’s coroner of Meath that he remove the K.’s hand from the said lands and tenements and permit Margery to have them and to peacefully enjoy them if by that and not any other occasion they are in the K.’s hand. Saving always the right of the K. in all things, when otherwise he shall will that it be pleaded.