Letter to the Constable of Bristol ordering the imprisonment of Jews.

Transcript

Rex constab[ularius] Bristol’ etc. P[re]cipim[us] ti[bi] q[ua]tinus om[ne]s Judeos q[ui] no[n] acq[ui]etav[er]int se de tallag[ium] suo de Bristol’ q[u]os vic[ecomitis] et constab[ularius] n[ost]ri p[er] litt[er]as suas ti[bi] s[i]t missuri, recipias et eos i castro n[ost]ro ibid[em] custodiri facias prisona sic[ut] ante fecisti don[e]c aliud in[de] de illis ti[bi] sig[ni]ficav[er]im[us] […] Teste me ip[s]o ap[u]d Dorc’ ut p[ro]x[im]o s[upr]a.

Translation

The king to the constable of Bristol etc. We order you that all Jews who have not acquitted themselves of (paid) their tallage in Bristol, whom our sheriff and constable will be sending to you by their letter, should receive and cause them to be kept in prison in our castle, as you did before, until we have given you additional information about them […] With myself as witness at Dorchester as above.