1228 Henry III adjusted the debt of Walter de Gray. [1]
16 April. Westminster. ... For the archbishop of York. The king has granted to the archbishop of York that, beyond the 200 m. which he ought to render to him each year at the Exchequer of the fine of 1200 m. made with the king both for the debts of the same archbishop and for the debts of John de Gray, formerly bishop of Norwich, his uncle, he may render 10 m. to the king each year at the Exchequer of the 70 m. which the aforesaid bishop of Norwich owed for the time when he had the custody of Oliver Deyncourt for the scutage of Poitou from the time of King John, the king's father. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. Witness as above [H. de Burgh etc].
Research Notes:
Murray states, [2]
Walter de Gray ... the younger son of John and Hawisa de Gray came to prominence first in 1205 as a churchman of minor rank chosen to be Chancellor of the Exchequer by King John. He finished his life in 1255 as archbishop of York, occasionally called away from one of the two highest positions in the English Church to serve Henry III.
Walter de Gray became archbishop of York in 1215 while attending the Fourth Lateran Council in Rome. King John of England recommended Walter for the role, and the new archbishop ruled for the next four decades with the skills of a well-connected royal administrator and a commitment to reforming his churches according to the principles advanced by the general council. Over the next four decades the archbishop reorganized and revitalized a province that had lost much of its stature through neglect and mismanagement by his predecessor. Architectural patronage played a central role in Gray's reform program, and it created four well-known Gothic edifices at the metropolitan church of York and at its dependent satellites, or minsters, Beverley, Ripon, and Southwell.
[1] Henry III Fine Rolls Project, Fine Rolls of Henry III, 12 Henry III (28 October 1227-27 October 1228), Fine Roll C 60/27, Membrane 5, [Fine_Rolls_Project].
[2] Jeffrey Alexander Miller, The Building Program of Archbishop Walter de Gray: Architectural Production and Reform in the Archdiocese of York, 1215-1255 (Ph.D. Dissertation, Columbia University, 2012), 22 and abstract preceeding page i, [Academic Commons].