nwounded and found no one else complaining, and that Robert
in his plaint spoke of Osmund his gardener and never of
Roger, and that Roger never came to the county [court] to
make this appeal. Therefore it is considered that Ranulf be
quit, and Robert and Roger in mercy. Pledge for Ranulf's
mark, Philip of Draycot. Pledges for the amercement, Henry
of Hungerhill, and Richard Meverell. Pledge for Roger, the
said Robert.

41. One L. is suspected by the jurors of being present when
Reinild of Hemchurch was slain, and of having aided and
counseled her death. And she defends. Therefore let her
purge herself by the ordeal of iron; but as she is ill, the
ordeal is respited until her recovery.

42. Andrew of Burwarton is suspected by the jurors of the
death of one Hervey, for that he concealed himself because
of that death. Therefore let him purge himself by ordeal of
water.

43. Godith, formerly wife of Walter Palmer, appeals Richard
of Stonall, for that he in the king's peace wickedly and by
night with his force came to her house and bound her and her
husband, and afterwards slew the said Walter her husband;
and this she offers to prove against him as wife of the
slain as the court shall consider. And he defends all of it.
And the jurors and the whole neighborhood suspect him of
that death. And so it is considered that he purge himself by
ordeal of iron for he has elected to bear the iron.

44. The jurors of Oflow hundred say that the bailiffs of
Tamworth have unjustly taken toll from the knights of
Staffordshire, to wit, for their oxen and other beasts. And
the men of Lichfield complain that likewise they have taken
toll from them, more especially in Staffordshire. And the
bailiffs deny that they take anything from the knights in
Staffordshire. And for that they cannot [be heard to]
contradict the jurors, the bailiffs are in mercy. As to the
men of Lichfield, [the Tamworth bailiffs] say that they
ought to have, and in King Henry's time had, toll of them,
more especially of the merchants, as well in Staffordshire
as in Warwickshire. And the burgesses of Lichfield offer the
king a half-mark for an inquest by the county. And the
county records that in King Henry's time the men of
Lichfield did not pay toll in Staffordshire. Therefore the
bailiffs are in mercy.