Certificate

From: W, rural dean of Shoreham ('sorham') To: Gilbert de Sancto Leofrado, official of the court of Canterbury Recites Gilbert's mandate dated at London, 13 May 1285. This stated that Mgr Ralph of Farningham ('Fr'ingham') had been summoned before Archbishop J[ohn Pecham] to hear the archbishop's ordinance ('ordinatio') in a case concerning the witholding the tithes from the demesne lands of 'Dominus' Geoffrey de Ros, knight, in Farningham parish. The archbishop's decision is still pending. The dean is to cite Ralph to appear before the official or his commissary in the church of St Mary-le-Bow, London, on 2 Jun to receive the final decision. The dean informs Gilbert that Ralph was cited at his house at Farningham. Given at East Malling [Kent]. Endorsed with a note that this letter was exhibited on 6 Jun and 'Derby' in 14th cent hands.