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Notification of the King's acquittance of all Jewish debt owed by Robert fitz Walter, his father or wife

Identity

B143

Title

Notification of the King's acquittance of all Jewish debt owed by Robert fitz Walter, his father or wife

Beneficiary

Robert fitz Walter (d.1235) (People)

Date of issue

29 December 1202

Place of issue

Habetot (Places)

Sources

B = PRO C 52/10 (Cartae Antiquae Roll 10) no.25, s.xiii in.

Printed

(from B) The Cartae Antiquae Rolls 1-10, ed. L. Landon, Pipe Rolls Society n.s. xvii (1939), i, 144-5 no.308, and cf. PR 4 John, 118.

Comment

Transcription

Iohannes Dei gratia rex Anglie etc.  Sciatis quod quietauimus dilecto et fideli nostro Roberto filio Walteri omnia debita que pater eius vel antecessores suis vel idem Robertus vel Gunnora de Valoniis uxor ipsius Roberti vel pater aut antecessores eiusdem uxoris sue debuerunt Iudeis et adhuc debent unde idem Robertus tenetur respondere usque ad Natale Domini anno regni nostri quarto.  Quare vobis mandamus quod ipsum inde sine dilatione quietum esse faciatis et cartas et cirographa de predictis debitis siue sint in manu nostra siue in manu Iudeorum ei sine dilatione reddi faciatis.  Teste me ipso apud Herbertot, xxix. die Decembris.

Calendar

Notification that the king has acquitted all Jewish debt owed up to Christmas in the fourth year of King John’s reign by Robert fitz Walter, his father [Walter fitz Robert] and his ancestors, and Robert’s wife, Gunnora de Valognes, and Gunnora’s father [Robert de Valognes] and her ancestors.

Charters not found in surviving rolls