APPENDIX.
7 John, 1205. An order to the sheriff of Northampton to expend 40 marks in repairing the castle[1].
8 John, 1206. Writ tested from Porchester to the barons of the exchequer ordering repayment of the sums paid by Peter de Stoke to Peter the engineer at the rate of ix.d. a day: also xxx.s. for a robe for his wife, and moreover the expenses he was at for the utensils and other necessaries for the engines, as well as for repairs at the castle[2]. By a subsequent entry in a writ addressed to the sheriff of Nottingham, the sum of ix.d. a day seems to have been his usual remuneration.
1207. Payment ordered from the sheriff to the same individual[3].
15 John, 1213. Writ to the barons of the exchequer, ordering them to settle with Henry de Braybroc his expenditure for repairing and strengthening the castle from the time it was in his custody[4]. Exemption from castle-ward granted to William, the son of Hamon, and his soldiers, and order issued to Henry de Braibroc not to inconvenience them about this service[5].
16 John, 1215. Order to the forester of Salcey to let Gaufredus de Marteney, constable of the castle, take materials and brushwood from the forest of Salcey to strengthen the castle of Northampton[6]. Writ to Gaufredus de Marteney to deliver up the castle to Roger de Nevil and come to the king with his soldiers and all the garrison of the castle, bringing with him all his harness, and all his own as well as all the royal implements, such as wooden engines and quarells, (the king was then at Marlborough[7].) The custody of the castle was then transferred to Roger de Nevill, and the manor of Thorp, with all its returns, granted to him for guarding and keeping the fortress in a state of defence [8].
CONSTABLES OF NORTHAMPTON CASTLE.
1175. Humphrey de Bohun[9].
Simon de Pateshull.
1203. P. de Stokes, appointed constable and moneyer, in 1206[10].
1206. Walter de Preston[11].
1208. Robert de Braybroc[12].
1215. Richard Marshall[13].
1215. Roger de Neville[14].
1216. Fulke de Breaute[15]. By writ the 2nd of May, and enforced by a second under the private and public seal on the 19th of the same month[16].
1216. William Aindre[17].
