RICHARD THE FIRST

Summary

1189.

About this time, the King committed the custody of the Castle of Cambridge to his Chancellor and great favourite, William de Longcamp, Bishop of Ely.

1190.

The burgesses accounted at the Exchequer for £270 blanch (equal to £276 15s. by tale), for arrears of the farm of the town, which appears to have been raised from £45 to £60 blanch per annum. They also accounted for 100 marks of silver and £6 for a mark of gold, for having their town again to farm. Part of these sums were remitted by the King.

1194.

In a judicial record of this date, relative to the right of St. John's Hospital to the church of St. Peter (now St. Mary the Less), mention is made of the City of Cambridge. The finding of the Jury was in these terms:– “Juratores bene sciunt, quod quidam Langlinus, qui tenuit ecclesiam illam, et qui fuit persona illius Ecclesiæ, dedit Ecclesiam illam, secundum quod tune fuit mos Civitatis Cantebrigiæ, cuidam parenti suo, Segario nomine, qui illam tenuit per XL. annos et plus, et fuit persona illius Ecclesiæ, etipse postea dedit Ecclesiam illam, Henrico filio suo, qui illam tenuit, per XL. annos, et ipse in ligea potestate sua, dedit illam Hospitali Cantebrigiæ, per cartam euam, et idem Hospitali habet Ecclesiam illam.”