This is a roll containing names of the principal collectors and jurors of the fifteenth granted to Edward I in 1290 and extended to Wales in 1291, for lordships in South Wales and the Marches.
The roll is in good condition and is legible; it has also been published in Francis Jones (ed), |Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies|, XIII (1948-50), pp. 215-225. Each rotulet is laid out in two columns and the text runs down the lenth of each in the left-hand column, returning to the top and running down the right-hand column. The index of place-names has been compiled accordingly.
The roll is also described in |The Merioneth Lay Subsidy Roll 1292-3| as a schedule of jurors and assessors, but it seems clear from the text that the document contains a record of the meeting held in each place, mostly dated, at which two principal taxers and a number, sometimes twelve, of jurors, were sworn as such. For each place, the names of the lord or principal landholders, and stewards, are also given.
The roll itself is undated, but the dates of meetings noted within range between 19 November 1292 and 6 April 1293. The document is however endorsed with a dated note of receipt by the Treasurer, the day (26) and year (21st year of the reign of Edward I) are clear, but the month is very faded, even under ultra-violet light. This date is presumably at some point after the date of the latest meeting, therefore after early April 1293.
Surviving related assessment rolls for this tax are now at: E 179/242/54-7, E 179/242/59 and E 179/242/60. Most of these are endorsed with dated notes of delivery except E 179/242/54. However, dating evidence from the present document may be used to provide a point after which that document was presumably created. Surviving rolls for other areas are now at: E 179/242/49 - E 179/242/53, and possibly also E 179/242/58, although this has not been firmly identified as relating to this tax.
In rot 2, the entry for Pembrokeshire and baronies of Pembroke, Walwyn's Castle, Carew and Wiston, contains separate lists of jurors for the Englishry and the Welshry.
In rot 4 column 1, an inquisition is stated to have been held at Buttington in the land of the lady Hawise de la Pole. Since the lordship of Teirtref covered most of the parish of Buttington, it may be that this is understood to be the inquisition for that lordship and the index has been compiled accordingly.
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