lx. porcs vifs cccc motons por les despens de nře houstiel. Et les. cccc. quartiers de forment auant ditz faciez liuerer a Wauter Waldeshef nře pestour porteur de ces lettres por les faire fornir contre nře parlement sicome nous li auoms en charge3. Et les c. boefs cccc. motons auantditz faciez bien salier 7 mettre en lardier a Nicole en due manere, si q nous les eoms prestement a nře venue illueques. Et ce ne leissez sicome vous vole3 q nous ne soioms deseruiz par vře defaute. Et les coustages qui vous y mettrez vous feroms allouer duement en vře aconte ou paer de nře Garderobe. Don souz nře p'ue seal a Cardoill le. ix. iour de Nouembre lan de nre regne vint oijtisme. (In dorso)

Sedm bre.

NOTE C.

Pateat vniusis p presentes qd Ego Jones de Langefford cticus dni Regis recepi de Hugoñ de Bussy vič Linč viginti septem libras sterlingoz ad diusas puisiones ipius dni Regis faciend De quib3 quid viginti septem libris p'dem Hugoñ de Bussy usus dñm Regem 7 alios quoscumq, aquietabo imppetuu. In cui rei testiõm huic presenti scipto sigilł meu apposui. Dať Linč die đnica pxima post festu sče Agnet virgîs. anno. regni Regis Edward vicesimo nono. Itm idm Hugo lib eidm Joħi triginta sot st'ling. anno sup❜dco.

NOTE D.

Edward par la grace de Dieu Roy Dengleterre, Seign" Dirland Ducs Daquitaine au visconte de Nichole saluz. Nous vous mandons que hastiuement veuhes ce3 lettres vous face3 pueoir en vře baillie seissante douzeines de bon parchemin ensuit q nous laions en nře Garderobe ou que nous soiens le xiij. jour de cest mois de Decembre au plus tard. Et les coustages que vous hi metre; nous ferons paier de nre dite Garderobe ou duement aloer en vre acounte au plus tost q nous en Sons tefie3. Don sou; nõe priue saiel a Wirksop le. ij. iour de Decebre lan de nře regne vint nueuisme.

Libatū fuit die dnica pxima añ festum sci Nichi p man Egidij de Rothewelt. Ytt bilt.

NOTE E.

Edward par la gace de Dieu Roi Dengt, Seign" Dirlaund 7 Ducs Daquitaine au visconte de Nicole saluz. Nous vous mandons q hastiuement veuhes ce3 lettres face; pueoir en vre baillie quatre vinz dozeins dou meillor pchemin q vous porez touer, & le facez venir en nfe Garderobe ou q nous soiens le second Diemenche de cest qansme pchainemt auenir san; plus loin3tain delay et les custages q vous hi metrez nous (ferons) de nře dite Garderobe paier, ou s vre acounte duemt alloer qant no en 3ons tefie3. Doñ souz nfe priue saiel a Nicole le xiij. jour de Feurier, lan de nře regne vint nueuisme. (A.D. 1301.)

(In dorso) p qe vigin? xij. pcamene.

THE CASTLE OF LINCOLN.

THE history of military, and other buildings, for warlike and domestic purposes, dates from a much earlier period in this country, than that of structures erected for religious uses. When, therefore, the Conqueror had subdued England, he proceeded to strengthen his conquest by the erection of castles, and, in this respect, he surpassed all his predecessors. It does not appear, that of the forty-nine castles enumerated ni Domesday, more than one of them, Arundel, existed at the time of Edward the Confessor. Of these forty-nine castles, eight are known to have been built by the Conqueror himself; ten were erected by the greater barons; eleven others, of whose builders we have no particular account, are noticed in the Survey, either expressly, or by inference, as newly raised.

In some instances, these military structures were accommodated to works previously in existence. The Castles of Dover and Pevensey obtained their position in consequence of the fortifications or inclosures formed by the Romans,