Close Rolls, Edward I: December 1276

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward I: Volume 1, 1272-1279. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1900.

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'Close Rolls, Edward I: December 1276', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward I: Volume 1, 1272-1279, (London, 1900) pp. 362-366. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw1/vol1/pp362-366 [accessed 28 March 2024]

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December 1276

5 EDWARD I.

Membrane 13.
1276. Dec. 8.
Windsor.
William de Cestre, imprisoned at Nothingh[am] for the death of Robert le Serjaunt, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Nottingham to bail him.
To the barons of the exchequer. Order to cause John de Londonia to be acquitted of 40s. in which he was amerced before Richard de Middelton and his fellows, justices in eyre in co. Berks, for a trespass that he was said to have committed.
Roger de Hurdwik and Henry his son, imprisoned at Exeter for the death of Richard de Hokshill, whereof they are appealed, has letters to the sheriff of Devon to bail them.
To Richard de Holebrok, the king's steward. Order to cause Robert de Tybotot to have in the park of Relegh twenty live deer (feras), of the king's gift.
To the same. Order to cause Master John, viewer of the works of the Tower of London, to have twenty oaks in the aforesaid park to be chosen by him, for the works of the Tower.
To the sheriff of Kent. Order to permit Salle de Roucestria and Hake Poleyn, Jews, to dwell in the city of Rochester in the houses wherein they previously dwelt, until the king shall otherwise ordain.
David le Palefreyman, Albinus Underne, and Geoffrey son of John Teler, imprisoned at Huntedon for the death of Gerard Paynel, wherewith they are charged, has letters to the sheriff of Huntingdon to bail them.
Dec. 10.
Windsor.
Geoffrey de Knelle, imprisoned at Promhull for the death of Richard son of Walter Kynet, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Sussex to bail him.
Dec. 10.
Windsor.
To the barons of the exchequer. Order to cause John de Londonia, late escheator this side Trent, to be acquitted of 26l. 6s. 0d., as he paid that sum by order [of the king] to the king's uncle William de Valencia by the hands of the prior of Tykeford without Neuportpaynel for the sale of the king's corn in the manor of Neuportpaynel for the third year of the king's reign, which corn the king granted to William.
To Richard de Holebrok, the king's steward. Order to deliver John Kyde, Alan Cade, Hugh le Fevre, and Hugh Frigun, imprisoned at Rokingham for trespass of the Forest, in bail to twelve men each, who shall mainpern to have them before the justices for pleas of the Forest when they come to those parts.
To the barons of the exchequer. Notification that the king has granted to William de Neyrford that he may pay by 10l. yearly at the exchequer the 160l. in which he is bound to Aaron Crespyn, a Jew, by one charter and the 20l. in which he is bound to the said Jew by another charter, and the 30l. in which he is bound to the aforesaid Jew and to Solomon Bunting by a third charter, and the 50l. in which he is bound to Leo son of Preciosa by a fourth charter, which debts were taken into the king's hands for certain debts that the Jews owed him; the king therefore orders the barons to cause William to have these terms, after receiving a recognisance from him, and to cause this to be so done and enrolled, then (extunc) ordering the justices appointed for the custody of the Jews to cause the charters aforesaid to be withdrawn from the chests of the king's Jews and [to be delivered] to William.
Dec. 12.
Windsor.
To Richard de Holebrok, the king's steward. Order to cause Joan, late the wife of Robert de Monte Alto, to have the value of a third of the issues of the toll-booth (bothe) of Lynn for this year, which is in the king's hands by reason of the wardship of Robert's land and heir, as the king has granted to her a third for this year in ready money.
To the barons of the exchequer. Order not to distrain William son of Warin for the debts attermined to him by the king for Easter term next or for other debts whilst he is in Wales for the king's affairs, whither he is setting out at the king's request, as the king wills that he shall not be distrained for the said debts whilst so engaged, provided that on his return he shall recover his terms and shall render to the king the aforesaid debts at the terms granted to him at the exchequer.
To Luke de Tany, seneschal of Gascony. Order to assign to William de Monte Gaugerii, king's clerk, the fee of Rocheford, in the isle of Oleron, which Peter de Castro Novo had of the king's gift in recompence until the land of Marroterota, which the aforesaid William had for life of the king's gift, could be assigned to him, the fee to be held by William in the same way as Peter held it, in recompence for the aforesaid land, which William shall freely demit to the seneschal, who has not assigned the fee to William although ordered to do so by the king because, as it is believed, the fee is worth more than the land aforesaid. It is provided that if the fee have been assigned to the queen, the king's mother, the value of the fee shall be deducted from her assignment.
Dec. 12.
Windsor.
To Richard de Holebrok, the king's steward. Whereas the king lately ordered him to cause Adam de Monte Alto to have 50l. yearly of land from the king's wardships in the steward's bailiwick, to hold for a certain time contained in the king's letters patent made to him in this behalf; the king now orders him to deliver to Adam the ploughs and oxen in the said land, to have with the custody aforesaid of the king's gift. The king will cause allowance to be made to the steward when he knows how much the steward has delivered to Adam.
The like to Thomas de Normanvill in Adam's favour.
To the sheriff of Somerset. Order not to distrain Giles de Fissheburn and Margery his wife until the next parliament for all the arrears in which they are indebted to the king for the time when Margery held of him at ferm the manor of Cantokesheved, in the aforesaid county, as the king has granted them respite until the next parliament.
To the keeper of the forest of Clarendon. Order to cause Master Walter Scamel, dean of Salisbury, to have ten oak-trunks (robora) for his fire in the king's clearings (trencheas) there, of the king's gift.
To Ralph de Sandwico, the king's steward. Order to cause William de Givelton to have again the custody of the lands of Thomas le Marescal, deceased, tenant in chief, which the king lately committed to him to hold during the king's pleasure for a certain yearly ferm, and to cause him to have again all his goods found therein, as the king afterwards, not recollecting the grant to William, granted the custody to Juliana, late the wife of John Russel, and he does not wish that the custody shall be taken from William by reason of the later grant. It is provided that William shall render to Joan yearly the same ferm as he was wont to render to the king.
To Ralph de Sandwyco, the king's steward. Order to cause dry-wood in the forest of Arundel to be sold to the value of 20 marks where it may be done with least damage to the forest, and to expend the money received thence in repairing the houses of the king's castle of Arundel by the view and testimony of lawful men.
To the keeper of the forest aforesaid. Order to permit Ralph to do as above.
Dec. 15.
Windsor.
To Roger de Cliff[ord], justice of the Forest this side Trent, or to him who supplies his place. Notification that the king has granted to Payn de Cadurc[is] that he may fell and sell the underwood of his wood of Parneholt, within the king's forest of La Bere, and of his wood of Stok, within the forest of Salcey, and that he may make his profit thereof, on condition that he cause a low hedge (bassa haya), whereby the king's deer (fere) may enter and leave the woods, to be made about the woods until they shall have grown again, and order to permit Payn to do so.
Dec. 13.
Windsor.
To the sheriff of Salop. Order to cause Richard de Insula, imprisoned at Shrewsbury for the death of William de Arderne, wherewith he is charged, to be delivered from prison by the mainprise mentioned below, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff of Warwick that Richard was charged with the said death out of malice and hatred and not because he was guilty thereof, wherefore the king ordered the sheriff to certify him of the names of twelve men of that county who should mainpern to have Richard before the justices at the first assizes, and Richard de Wytacre, Henry de Scheldon, William Fundu, Anketil de Insula, Simon de Blagrave, Thomas Otheyn, William de Sydenhale, Ralph de Cully, Roger de Buryate, Norman le Venur of Middelton, Robert de Longasse, and Nicholas Nichtegale of Wyshawe, of co. Warwick, have mainperned before the sheriff of Warwick in the presence of the coroners of that county to have Richard before the said justices, as the sheriff of Warwick has signified to the king by his letters.
To Roger de Clifford, justice of the Forest this side Trent, or to him who supplies his place. Order to cause R. archbishop of Canterbury to have four does of the king's gift.
Dec. 15.
Windsor.
To the barons of the exchequer. Notification that the king has granted to Geoffrey de Piccheford that he may pay the 40 marks in which he is indebted to the king for the marriage of Richard son and heir of Richard Sifrewast, tenant in chief, by ten marks yearly, and order to cause him to have these terms, and to cause this to be so done and enrolled.
To Luke de Luk' and his fellows, merchants of Lucca (Luk'). Order to cause Geoffrey de Piccheford, constable of Windsor castle, to have 60l. for the works of the king's park of Windsor. Et sunt patentes.
To the barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the king's men of Cocham to be acquitted of 5 marks of the 15 marks that they promised in aid of the late king's passage into Gascony, as it is testified before the king by John Pollard and Robert de Shortford, sometime viewers of the late king's works at his castle of Windsor (Vindes'), that the men paid the said money to Eymon Turumbert, sometime the late king's constable of the aforesaid castle, by the said king's order; provided that the heirs of Eymon shall be charged with the aforesaid 5 marks.
Dec. 15.
Windsor.
To Gregory de Rokeslegh, taker of the king's wines of his right prise throughout England. Order to cause the abbot and convent of King's Beaulieu to have a tun of the king's wine of the right prise at Southampton for this year, in accordance with the late king's grant to them of a tun of wine yearly for the celebration of divine service in the abbey.
Robert son of Henry son of Alan, imprisoned at Lincoln for the death of Walter son of John de Lek, wherewith he is charged, whom he slew in self-defence and not of malice aforethought, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff of Lincoln, has letters to the sheriff to deliver him in bail to twelve mainpernors.
Membrane 13.—Schedule.
— — Letter from W. Hamelyn, sheriff of Warwick, to Robert, bishop of Bath and Wells, the chancellor, stating that he lately received the king's order [to certify him] if Richard de Insula, imprisoned at Shrewsbury for the death of William de Arden, wherewith he is charged out of malice and hatred and not because he is guilty, found the sheriff twelve men of that county who should mainpern to have him before the justices at the first assize in those parts to stand to right if any one wished to speak against him, and that Richard de Witacre, Henry de Scheldon, William Fundu, Anketil de Insula, Simon de Blagrave, Thomas Othein, William de Sidenhale, Ralph de Culy, Roger de Buryate, Norman le Venur of Middelton, Robert de Longasse, Nicholas Nigtegale of Wyshawe have mainperned before the coroners of that county for Richard in form aforesaid, and requesting the chancellor to execute what now pertains to him in this matter (quod vestrum est in hac parte, si placet, ulterius exequi velitis).
Membrane 12.
Dec. 17.
Henley.
Alice de Wimeledon, imprisoned at Maidenstan for the death of Walter Galoun, wherewith she is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Surrey to bail her.
Dec. 19.
Wallingford.
Robert son of Robert de Piuesham, imprisoned at Ivelescestre for the death of Hugh son of Robert, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Somerset to bail him.
Dec. 20.
Abingdon.
To Ralph de Sandwico, the king's steward. Order to cause Ela, countess of Warwick, to have in the king's park of Odiham ten live deer (feras), to wit eight does and two male deer (feras masculas) of the king's gift.
Dec. 24.
Cirencester.
To the sheriff of Berks. Order to restore to the prior of Montacute his manor of Ledecumbe, which the sheriff lately took into the king's hands because he was given to understand that his [the prior's] abbot of Cluny was dead, whereas the abbot is still alive, as the king learns, and also for certain arrears owing to the king from the manor aforesaid, to be held by the prior until the next parliament, and to permit the abbot to have peace in the meantime for the said arrears, so that he may then answer to the king therefor.
Dec. 24.
Cirencester.
To the sheriff of Somerset. Order not to distrain until the next parliament the executors of the will of Henry de Monteforti for the debts due from Henry at his death to the exchequer, as the king has granted the executors respite until then.
To the keeper of the forest of Whittlewode. Order to cause the brethren of the hospital of Quenton to have six oak-trunks (robora) for their fuel.
Dec. 17.
Cirencester.
To Luke de Luk' and his fellows, merchants of Lucca (Luk'). Order to cause John de Lovetot, one of the justices of the Bench, to have 20l. in aid of his expenses in the king's service, of the king's gift.
To Roger de Mortuo Mari of West Wales. Order to be intendent to Payn de Cadurc[is], whom the king has appointed captain of the king's garrison (municionis) in West Wales to keep those parts against Llewelyn (Lewelinum) son of Griffin and his accomplices, or to him whom Payn shall appoint in his place in his absence, and to help Payn with horses and arms and all his power, and to receive him and his company into his castles and towns and other strong places as he would receive the king himself, as often as he shall be requested to do so by Payn or by him who supplies his place, until otherwise ordered by the king.
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to deliver Henry de Donecastre, imprisoned at Northampton for the death of Eudo de Ulvestere, wherewith he is charged, in bail to twelve men of that county who shall mainpern to have him before the justices at the first assize in those parts to stand to right if anyone wish to speak against him concerning the said death, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Henry slew Eudo in self-defence and not by felony or of malice aforethought.
To the constable of the castle of St. Briavells. Order to cause Alice, wife of Walter de Heliun, to have four does, of the king's gift.
To the abbot of Gloucester. Order to deliver to William de Steynton, king's clerk, without delay all the money of the fifteenth granted to the king that is in the abbot's custody, to be brought to the king, and to send one of his men with William to the king to receive the king's letters of acquittance for the money.