69. In the same year William de Haselbeche being chamberlain and the same being sheriffs; on Friday before the feast of St. James [21 July 1256] a boy named John son of Richard was scalded to death by a [bowl] full of hot water which fell on him in his father's house. Value of the bowl *3d. (deodandum) for which the sheriffs are to answer. Richard de Wycumbe, a neighbour, comes and is not suspected. He was attached by Niel the Measurer (Mensuratorem) and Geoffrey de Wautham. So they are in *mercy. The other neighbour has died and no one is suspected. Judgment: misadventure.