[72] The translation, for which I am indebted to Miss E. Salisbury, is from membrane 12.
[73] The expression is also used in a document of 1297, when Lord William de Leybourne is described as “Admiral of the sea of the said King of England.” Fœdera, i. 861.
[74] Coke (op. cit., 143) states that this refers to “De Botetourt,” who, he says, was Admiral “of the sea coasting upon Yarmouth in Norfolk (right over against France) and of that station in anno 22 Edw. I.” Nicolas (op. cit., i. 270, 407) states that Sir John de Botetourt was made commander of the northern fleet in 1293, and in the following year, when Edward divided his fleet into three squadrons, the ships of Yarmouth and the adjacent ports were placed under his charge.
[75] The rest is on the back of the membrane.
[76] The part within brackets is to be found on the membranes 1, 14d, and 15, but not on 12.
[77] Mare Clausum, lib. ii. c. xxvii. Hall, in his excellent Treatise on International Law ([p. 141]), and with reference apparently to this roll, says that exclusive dominion over the English seas by the English king was acknowledged as early as 1299 (sic), at a commission in Paris, by the representatives of the merchants and mariners of the countries mentioned in the above document.
[78] See [Appendix A].
[79] Chancery Miscel. Rolls, France, Bdl. 5, No. 6.
[80] See translation in [Appendix B].
[81] Chancery Rolls, Misc., Bdle. 14, n. 15, memb. 4.