candidate.[1385] All the sheriffs were removed from office; some seven or eight were restored to their old places, five more were appointed to shires other than those which they had formerly administered;[1386] the sheriffdom of Hampshire was sold to the bishop-elect of Winchester,[1387] that of Lincolnshire to Gerard de Camville, those of Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire to Bishop Hugh of Chester;[1388] and the earldom of Northumberland was granted on similar terms to the justiciar-bishop of Durham.[1389] [1376] This appears from the tone in which his sales of office, etc., are described by Richard Fitz-Nigel in the _Gesta Ric._ (Stubbs), pp. 90, 91, and by Roger of Howden (Stubbs), vol. iii. p. 13. [1377] He had taken the cross in 1185; Rog. Howden (Stubbs), vol. ii. p. 302. The _Gesta Ric._ (Stubbs), p. 87, and Will. Newb. l. iv. c. 4 (Howlett, vol. i. p. 302) say distinctly that Ralf himself wished to resign in order to fulfil his vow. [1378] _Gesta Ric._ (Stubbs), p. 90. Ric. Devizes (Stevenson), p. 7, says he even put him in ward. [1379] Ric. Devizes (Stevenson), pp. 6, 7. [1380] _Ib._ p. 9. [1381] He died at the siege of Acre before October 21, 1190. _Epp. Cant._ ccclvi. (Stubbs, p. 329). [1382] Rog. Howden (Stubbs), vol. iii. p. 17. [1383] _Gesta Ric._ (Stubbs), p. 87. Hugh paid a thousand marks for the remission of his crusading vow, to enable him to undertake the office. _Ib._ p. 90. [1384] Rog. Howden as above, p. 16. [1385] Ric. Devizes (Stevenson), p. 9. [1386] Stubbs, _Rog. Howden_, vol. iii. pref. p. xxix. [1387] Ric. Devizes (Stevenson), p. 10. [1388] Stubbs as above, pp. xxviii, xxix, and Madox, _Hist. Exch._, vol. i. p. 458, from Pipe Roll 2 Ric. I. [1389] Pipe Roll 2 Ric. I. (Stubbs, as above, p. xxviii, note 3). _Gesta Ric._ (Stubbs), p. 90. Ric. Devizes (Stevenson), p. 8. Will. Newb., l. iv. c. 5 (Howlett, vol. i. p. 304). Geoff. Coldingham, c. 9 (_Script. Dunelm. III._, Raine, p. 14). The grant itself, dated November 25, is in _Scriptt. Dunelm. III._, App. p. lxii.