137. Ralph de Westminster capper was killed in the ward of Anketin de Auvergne near Ludgate [Farringdon ward] by two unknown servants who came out of the house of some prostitutes. They at once fled and it is not known who they were. All the neighbours have died. Because the prostitutes had a fixed abode where they had lived for a long time and the sheriffs and chamberlain had made no enquiry into their names, they are in *mercy.
Afterwards the mayor and aldermen testify that Cecily, Ralph's sister, appealed Robert the Goldsmith outside Ludgate of the death and the chamberlain does not put the fact on record. Therefore let there be a discussion.