| Description | To wit, in three weeks next after Easter in the year aforesaid, at the fair of St. Ivo, 10 marks sterling; and in the three weeks after the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, at the fair of St. Botolph, 10 marks; and in the octaves of St. Martin, at the fair of Northampton, 10 marks, and so from year to year and term to term until the aforesaid 200 marks have been paid to the merchants or to their procurators. And that the said manor with its appurtenances for 40 marks yearly is to remain in the possession of the said Robert and Alienor; which 40 marks faithfully he promises to pay, and by legal stipulation as above is expressed, he binds himself to pay under pain of 100s., for whichever term he misses. He wishes and grants for himself his heirs and assigns, and executors, that if in any term the said money is not paid in whole or in part, the merchants or their proctors have the right to seize the manor. And that may be done on the simple word of the merchants alone, without any other proof. And if the money is not paid, the merchants have first claim on all his estate, regardless of any other prohibitions or mandates of the aforesaid Robert and Alienor, nor may he seek any remedy at law or from the king. Given at London, Friday next after the feast of St. Mark, 1275
* The manor was conveyed to the Italians by Alienor and Robert in 1280 (Warwickshire Feet of Fines vol. I no. 955, Dugdale Society,1932). |