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the whole time [he was] in the king‘s service in the march of Wales
which also shows him serving in an area where his family were powerful.
Finally, in November, he received 100s for his 30 th yearly fee 255 . The
payment for 1248 [Year 31] seems to be missing, but he was paid for the
32 nd in January 1249 256 .
254
In these accounts all sorts of interesting items appear, but most of those
for William are very standard payment records, as has been seen.
However in July 1249 the bailiffs of Bristol were instructed to
buy a tun 257 of wine in Bristol and deliver it to William Bluet of the
king‘s gift 258 , the money to come out of the king‘s income from the city.
William received another tun in January 1250 259 .
In 1249 260 William was given exemption from being put on juries, assize or
recognitions for life.
In December 1250 he was paid his usual 100s but “There is still money
due to him for last year as he says”
261
. The payments were again
caught up in February 1251, when he was paid 100s for the 33 rd year and
254
Calendar of Liberate Rolls Henry III vol 3 1245 – 1251 p26 (this would seem to
be out of sequence, with February‘s payment being pages earlier than that for
January. This may be because it was transcribed out of sequence or that the
original roll has it thus. The information here is taken from the published
transcriptions / translations, not the original roll.)
255
Calendar of Liberate Rolls Henry III vol 3 1245 – 1251 p92. In this record five
other knights are mentioned, who were also being paid for their 30th year - Hugh
de Boelles, Hugh Groundun, Matthew Morel, Walter de Brion, and William Haket
256
Calendar of Liberate Rolls Henry III vol 3 1245 – 1251 p217
257
A tun cask contained 252 gallons (954 litres)
258
Calendar of Liberate Rolls Henry III vol 3 1245 – 1251 p244
259
Calendar of Liberate Rolls Henry III vol 3 1245 – 1251 p276
260
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III vol 4 1247 – 1258 , p50 dated 6 th October
1240
261
Calendar of Liberate Rolls Henry III vol 3 1245 – 1251 p323