doo it and more and the charges for castynge of the leydes for all the royffes aforsaide, vjl.

The lenthe of the dongeone is xxxv yerdes longe the brede of the dongeon is xij yerdes the two towres of the said dongeone athere towre v yerdes and thre quarteres longe and iij yerdes and iij quarteres broyd. Item, one of the said two towres must haue a new royff and two flores

for the wyche viij tonne of tymbere will serue wych tymbere must be hade in Chopwelle wode and framyd at New Castelle and caryed by wattere, iiij l.

Item, ther must be two dormontes for the said dongeon of viij yerdes and a half longe.

Item, in one othere howse of the dongeon ther must be foure dormonttes of viij yerdes longe.

Item, for the said dongeon v royd of sarkynge borde.

Item, for the said dongeon two royd of florynge borde.

Item, for the thyrde howsse of the dongeon a dormonte of viij yerdes and a half longe alle wych tymbere a fore sayd must be had in Chopwelle wode and caryed by wattere and alle charges therof by estimacion, viij l.

Item, ther is a towre callyd Lylborne towre wich haith veray good walles and a gud royff of tymbere but it must be new coueryd with leyd and for that leyd that wanttes ther is olde leyd in the castelle to serue and the charges of the plumber wylbe xviij 8.

Item, ther must be for the said towre two flores boithe bordes and yestes for the wiche v tonne of tymbere will serue and for dores and wyndowes which tymbere must be hade in Chopwelle wode a forsaid and caryed by wattere all charges therof by estimacion, iiij l.

Item, the walles of the dongeon and battylmentes in the innere warde with a pece of walle a boue the vttere gaytt and in dyuers places of the grett walle that compasses the holl castell must be amendyt and pynd with ston and rowthe cast with lyme for the wyche lx l. wold do mych gud.

Item, ther wolde be ane yrone gayt for the innere warde of thre yerdes and a quartere hye and thre yerdes brode wyche wyll cost for yron and maykynge, xiiij l.

Item, ther is a draw welle in the inner warde wych is very deype. Item, ther is no horse mylne in the said castell and yf ther be one mayd it wylle cost x 7.

Suma totalis, cvjl. xviijs.

The castle of Kenilworth is so universally known from the festivities held there in honour of Queen Elizabeth, and

the charms of fictitious narrative that have been thrown over it by Sir Walter Scott, that its higher claims of historical interest have never awakened sufficient attention. I shall therefore adduce a few facts deserving notice, and transfer to the Appendix some documents which I conceive to be sufficiently entitled to be placed for the first time in print. They seem, moreover, to call for this introduction, from the fact that the record of the 7 and 8 Edward II. relates to the same period as the one descriptive of the erection of Dunstanborough. It is remarkable that both these valuable documents are on the earliest roll preserved amongst the archives of the duchy. Some of the other extracts from the Clause Rolls throw great insight into the mode in which the siege of a great castle was conducted in the thirteenth century.

Geoffrey de Clinton, who was treasurer and chamberlain of Henry I., is reputed to have built this castle some time during his reign. But I must confess I think it doubt