[266] L. c. ii., 672.
[267] Wilkins, “Concilia,” i., 600; iii., 61, 68, 365; “York Fabric Rolls,” 269 ff; Grosseteste, “Epp.” (R.S.), pp. 75, 118, 161; Giffard’s “Register” (Worcester), p. 422; and Cutts, “Parish Priests,” p. 122.
[268] Wilkins, i., 530, 719; iii., 61 and passim; Archæological Journal, vol. xl., pp. 1 ff; “Somerset Record Society,” vol. iv.
[269] Eight men died in Northampton gaol between Aug. 1322 and Nov. 1323 (Gross, p. 79). The jury casually record: “He died of hunger, thirst, and want.”... “Want of food and drink, and cold.”... “Natural death.”... “Hunger and thirst and natural death.” One is really glad to think that so small a proportion of criminals ever found their way into prison.
[270] Gross, “Office of Coroner,” p. 69.
[271] “Eng. Hist. Rev.,” vol. 50.
[272] This still allowed him to migrate to another part of the King’s dominions—e.g. Ireland, Scotland, Normandy.
[273] Worcestershire Record Society.
[274] Gower, “Mirour,” 20125, 20653.
[275] Riley, 567; cf. Preface to “Liber Albus,” p. cvii., and Walsingham, an. 1382.