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²¹ Powicke, Henry and Lord Edward, 525.

²² Jacob, Studies, 391–2; below pp. 67–68.

²³ CCR 1268–72, 126 (and a copy from the close rolls of this memorandum is in PRO, DL41/6/2).

²⁴ CPR 1266–72, 336, and a copy in PRO, DL42/11, fo. 44V.

²⁵ CCR 1268–72, 122–3; two originals, both with remnants of seals, survive as PRO, DL25/2226, /2228 and were copied in DL42/2, fos 14V, i–jr. The witness list of this charter is different from that of Robert's other charters as below.

²⁶ Copied in PRO, DL42/2, fo. 14r–v.

²⁷ As a charter it is copied in DL42/2, fo. i6r–v, and in CCR 1268–72, 123–4, and as a letter in DL42/2, fos i6v–i7r.

²⁸ An original with seal is PRO, DL25/2227, with two copies in DL42/2, fos I4v–i5r, I5v–i6r, and a copy in CCR 1268–72, 124–5, a nd alsomtne coram rege rol for I274 (below n. 40).

²⁹ CPR 1266–72, 129.

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³⁵ Original with seven seal tags and remnants of seals is PRO, DL25/2231, copied in DL42/2, fo. i8r.

³⁶ Original of the second, with seal tag torn away, is PRO, DL25/2230, and both are copied in DL42/2, fos I7v–i8r.

³⁷ An original is PRO, DL25/2219, with two copies in DL42/2, fos IOV–I ir.

³⁸ CPR 1266–72, 497.

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⁴⁴ CPR 1272–81, 93 (copy also in PRO, DL42/2, fo. ir–v).

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