De vicesimo septimo anno.
170. Eodem anno Willelmo de Haverhulle existente camerario et Ada de Basingge et Hugone le Blunt existentibus vicecomitibus accidit quod quedam mulier Dionisia nomine cecidit in quandam cuvam plenam gruto calido in domo cuiusdam Emme la Brune et scaldizavit seipsam, ita quod infra triduum obiit. Nullus inde male creditur. Judicium infortunium. Precium cuve xviij d. unde vicecomites respondebunt. Et predicta Emma et vicini attachiati pro morte illa veniunt et non male creduntur. Ideo inde quieti.
Of the twenty-seventh year [Mich. 1243—April 1244].
In the same year, William of Haverhill being chamberlain and Adam of Basing and Hugh le Blunt sheriffs, a woman named Denise fell into a tub full of hot mash in the house of Emma la Brune and scalded herself, so that she died within three days. No one is suspected. Judgment: misadventure. Value of the tub 18d. for which the sheriffs will answer. Emma and the neighbours attached for the death come and are not suspected. Therefore they are quit.