The National Archives E 142/119 mem 8
31 December 1308. Edward II instructs the sheriff of Wiltshire to inform him what debts were owed to the Templars at Christmas 1307
Dorse (back of writ)
The sheriff replies that he has only found Roger Smith of Chiriton who owes anything: he owed William de Sautre, commander of Sandford, 60 shillings for grain he bought from him. Roger has already paid the debt to Andrew of Grimstead, previous sheriff of Wiltshire.
Diligentia + circumspection quibus potui' | p[er] totam balliam meam tam infra liber- | tatem quam extra inquisimus de debitis que | debebantur Magistro + fratribus Milicie Templi | in Anglia vel eorum alicui prout m\o/ isto | bene continetur set neminem inveni qui | tenebatur eisdem sue eorum ?alicui? in aliquot | denar' preter Rogerum Fabrum de Churghton | qui die + anno in brevi content' debebat | fratri Willelmo de la Sauterie {Sautre} preceptori de | Saunford: lx s st[er]lingor[um] pro blad' | ab eo empto apud Churghton. Cum | firmiter inhibui iuxta predictum istius brevis | ne dictos debetores alicui soluere presumeret | tamen dicit quod eosdem denar sol- | uit domino Andr' de Grimestede nuper | vic dicte Com' per distr[?iction]em quam idem \ Andreas ei fecit pro eisdem.
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The Knights Templar in Wiltshire
Non-FictionThese documents are draft transcriptions of the documents relating to the Templars' property in Wiltshire which are preserved at Kew: The National Archives of the UK, in E 358/18-20 (royal custodians' accounts) and E 142/119 (debts due to the Templa...
