sum by distrain" says Mr Turton,
it "resulted in an appeal to the Earl of Surrey, and Sir Roger was
compelled to pay it himself." The records tell us that this Ralph Joyner
was often "in Jeopardy of his liff; And how he was at diverse tymez chased
by diverse of the menyall servantes of the said Sir Roger Hastynges,
wheruppon the said Roger Cholmley sent to the said Sir Roger Hastynges in
curteyse waise desyring hym to kepe the kynges peax, whiche he effectuelly
promysed to doo, uppon truste wherof upon Christmas day now Laste paste
the said Rauff Jenore cam to his parisshe chirche, called Elborne
[Ellerburne] chirche, as belonged to a christenman to doo, in peassible
maner, not fearing the said Sir Roger Hastynges, because of his said
promyse, Howbeit soon after that comme thedir the said Sir Roger
accompenyed with the numbre of xx [twenty] persons diffencible arrayed
with bowes, billes and other weponz, And then as sone as the said Roger
came nyghe unto the Chircheyerd of the foresaid Chirche, And had
undirstandyng that the said Rauff was within the said chirche, he manassed
[menaced] and threted the said Rauff and said that he wolde slee hym. And
in a great fury wolde have entred the said chirche to have complisshed the
same." This bloodthirsty desire was checked for a time by the vicar, who
"knellyng upon his knees before the said Sir Roger," and with other "well
dissposed personez," induced him to delay his purpose.

"Theruppon the wif of the said Sir Roger Hastynges cam into the said
chirche & said unto the said Rauff, 'Woo worthe man this day! the chirche
wolbe susspended and thou slayn, withoute thou flee awey and gette the
oute of his sighte' wheruppon the said Rauff Jenore flede oute of the said
chirche by a bakke doore and cam to Pykeryng, and petyously desired of the
said Roger Chalmley that in so muche as he was the Stewardes deputie there
and hadde rewle of the Countre, that he myght be in suertie of his liff."
The records then describe how Ralph Joyner induced Roger Cholmley, "beyng
there Bailly," with "Sir Rauff Evers & other jointly & severally" to bind
Sir Roger Hastings to "Maister Bray" for the sum of a hundred pounds to
keep the king's peace within the liberty of Pickering. The aggrieved side
did not dare to deliver the deed with only their usual personal servants,
but had to call upon a number of others owing to the fact that Sir Roger
was "a worshipfull man of the said libertie & of great myghte havy