assistant to Nicolaa de Haye). Falkes de Bréauté was to deliver the castle and shire of Oxford to Richard de Rivers; those of Northampton to Ralf de Trubleville; and the castle of Hertford to William of Eynesford (_ib._ p. 418). The Justiciar was to deliver the castles of Rochester, Norwich, Orford, and Hereford, to their respective diocesan bishops, Dover and Canterbury to the Primate (_ib._ pp. 418–419). The supersession of John of Monmouth as custodian of S. Briavel’s and of the Forest of Dene is expressly stated to be due to his voluntary resignation on the score of ill-health; on 4th January, 1224, the castle and Forest were committed momentarily to the Bishop of Hereford, to be by him delivered to Walter Asmoins, whom the King appointed warden of them under Ralf FitzNicholas (_ib._ pp. 419–420). On 7th January, 1224, the Bishop of Winchester was ordered to deliver the castles of Winchester, Porchester, and Southampton, with the sheriffdom of Hampshire, to the Bishop of Salisbury. Within five days, however, Jocelyn was superseded in all these bailiwicks by the Earl of Salisbury. On 12th January Hertford castle was transferred from its newly appointed constable, William of Eynesford, to Stephen de Sedgrave (_ib._ p. 420), who again was on 23rd January superseded there by Richard de Argentine (_ib._ p. 425). An order was issued on 12th January for the transfer of Windsor and Odiham to Hubert de Burgh, but seems to have been cancelled, for on 4th February these two castles were still in the hands to which they had been committed on 30th December--those of the Primate, who was now bidden to deliver them to Osbert Giffard (_ib._ pp. 420, 421). On 2nd February Falkes was ordered to deliver Carisbrook and Christchurch to Waleran the German (“le Theys”) to whom the King had given them in custody together with the lands of the late Earl Willam of Devon and the castle of Plympton (_ib._ p. 427). On 7th February the Bishop of Norwich was ordered to deliver Marlborough castle to Robert Wolf (“Lupus”; _ib._ p. 426). On 2nd March another new constable was appointed to Marlborough, Robert de Meisy, who was at the same time made constable of Luggershall; whether John Little, who was ordered to deliver these two fortresses to Meisy (_ib._ p. 428), was sub-warden of them for the recently appointed Wolf or for Pandulf, does not appear. On 11th March Robert de Lexington was bidden to deliver Bolsover to William Brewer (_ib._ p. 429), for whom he had received it in January. On 13th March Pandulf was desired to deliver Bristol “without delay” to Reginald de Hurle and John Little (_ib._). Lastly, on the same day, Plympton, of which Waleran “le Theys” had been appointed custodian six weeks before, was committed to Walter de Falkenberg (_ib._ p. 430). This appointment, like that of Waleran, proved ineffectual, owing to the resistance of Falkes. Falkes had on 18th January been ordered to deliver the shires of