[1] One Gerard de Camuille had bought of the king the kéeping of the castell of Lincolne, vnto whom al|so the shiriffewike of the shire was committed for a time, but the lord chancellour, perceiuing that he bare more good will vnto earle Iohn the kings brother than to him (which Iohn he most suspected) he tooke from him the shiriffewike, & demanded also to haue the castell of Lincolne deliuered into his hands, which Gerard refused to deliuer, and perceiuing that the chancellor would practise to haue it by force, he fled vnto earle Iohn, requiring him of competent aid and succour.