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Sept. 6.
St. Paul's |
To the bailiffs and men of Yarmouth. Order to cause twenty-four of
the more upright, better, discreet and faithful of them to be chosen, who
shall best know how to provide for the indemnity of the king of that town,
and for all the merchants and fishermen mentioned below, to keep the
town and the sea-coast (maritimam) there until the arrival of those whom
the king is sending thither shortly, so that peril may not arise to the
king's town of Yarmouth by reason of the dispute between the bailiffs and
men of that town and the men of the Cinque Ports, which the king much
regrets, and so that the passage of the king's men at arms or his victuals
or other his things that are about to be sent from England to Flanders,
or of the merchants of Flanders and Brabant and of other parts of Almain
coming into England or from England to the parts of Almain and
Flanders, or the coming capture of herrings shall not be hindered in any
way. They are enjoined not to omit to do this as they love the king's
honour and profit and that of all the king's realm and as they would
wish to avoid their own damage. |
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To the barons, bailiffs and men of the port of Dover. Order not to
molest the men of Yarmouth by reason of the said dispute, or for any
other reason, in their persons or things, on land or sea, for the reasons
aforesaid, under pain of forfeiture of their bodies, lands and of everything
that they can forfeit in any way. As Edward, the king's son, supplying
the king's place in England, has undertaken by the council delivered to
him to compose the said dispute, the king orders them to send to Edward
at London four of the more discreet, lawful and powerful men of that
port, fully instructed concerning the matter aforesaid, with full power to
consent to the ordinance to be made by the king's son and the council
between them and their fellow-barons, on the one part, and the said men
of Yarmouth, on the other, and to execute those things that the said
matter shall require, so that they shall be at London on the morrow of
Michaelmas to do and receive what shall be then ordained by the king's
son and the council. The king has sent the like order to their fellowbarons of the other ports and to the men of Yarmouth. |
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The like to the barons, bailiffs and men of the port of Hethe, the port
of Sandwich, the port of Romeneye, the port of Wynchelse, the bailiffs
and men of Yarmouth, to send three men, as above. |
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Afterwards other like letters were sent to the barons, bailiffs and men
of the port of Rye and Hastinges to send four men. |
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To Robert de Burghesse, supplying the place of the warden of the
Cinque Ports. Order to go at once in person upon sight of these letters
to all the ports aforesaid, and to enjoin the barons and men strictly in the
king's behalf and to induce them by all ways and means that he shall
deem fit not to inflict any annoyance or grievance upon the men of
Yarmouth in their persons or things on land or sea by reason of the said
dispute, and to send four of the more discreet, lawful and powerful men
from each port to the king's son at the aforesaid day and place. He shall
cause malefactors whom he shall find guilty in this behalf to be attached
to answer therefor, if he shall deem fit in his discretion. He shall return
this writ at the said day together with what he shall have caused to be
done in this matter. |
Sept. 8.
St. Paul's. |
To the keeper of the king's park at Northampton. Order to aid Walter
de Frene and William de Baillol, yeomen of Edward, the king's son,
whom he is sending thither to take venison in this present grease time
(pinguedinem presentis seisone) for his use; in taking such venison, as Walter
and William shall direct the keeper on Edward's behalf. Witness:
Edward, the king's son. |
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By G. de Pychef[ord], steward of Edward's household. |
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To the keeper of the king's park of Guldeford. Order to assist William
the huntsman of the said Edward, whom Edward is sending thither to
take for his use venison in this present grease time, and those whom he
shall bring with him in taking the venison. |
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The like to the keeper of the park of Windsor. |
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By G. de Pychef[ord], steward of Edward's household. |
Sept. 7.
St. Paul's. |
To John Wogan, justiciary of Ireland. The record and process sent by
him concerning the matter of the restitution of the temporalities to be
made to Malachi, elect of Elphin, and the reasons of the said matter
for which the justiciary has hitherto deferred restoring the temporalities,
have been examined and fully understood before Edward, the king's son,
who supplies his place in England, and the king's council, and the reasons
and causes are deemed insufficient. The king therefore orders the
justiciary to cause the temporalities of the bishopric to be restored to the
elect, in accordance with the tenor of the king's other orders to the
justicary, as the king has taken the fealty of the elect and restored to him
the temporalities of the bishopric, since the archbishop of Tuam has confirmed the election of Malachi, to whom the king had previously given
his assent and favour, as appears by the archbishop's letters patent directed
to the king, which the king retains in his possession. Witness: Edward,
the king's son. [Prynne, Records, iii, p. 775.] |
Sept. 9.
St. Paul's. |
To Philip de Everdone. Order to give credence to what shall be told
to him by Master John de Lascy, whom the king is sending to the port of
Sandwich to accelerate the passage of the ships there to the king in parts
beyond sea, and to cause other ships of the Cinque Ports that are not at
present at Sandwich to come there speedily by Philip's counsel in order to
transport the king's men at arms staying in those parts to the king, as
has been more fully enjoined upon Master John by Edward, the king's
son, supplying the king's place in England, and by the king's council with
him, and to execute those things that John shall direct in such manner
that he may merit the king's commendation. Witness: Edward, the
king's son. |
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The like to John Sauvage. |
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To Robert de Burghesse, supplying the place of the warden of the
Cinque Ports. Order to give credence to what shall be told him by
Master John de Lacy and John Sauvage, or either of them, whom the
king is sending to accelerate the passage of the ships of the Cinque Ports
to him in parts beyond sea, as has been enjoined upon Master John by
Edward, the king's son, supplying his place in England, and by the king's
council with him, and to hasten the coming of the ships of the said ports
that are not yet at Sandwich, as they or one of them shall enjoin upon
him. |
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To Eve, wife of Robert de Tybotot. Whereas the king lately ordered
her to cause the castle of Notingham, which is in her husband's custody
by the king's commission, to be well provisioned and safely guarded
and also ordered the sheriff of Nottingham to go to the castle in person
and to see that it was well provisioned and safely guarded; and the
sheriff has written back to the king that he has been to the castle and
that he found there a constable and eight serjeants keeping the castle and
eleven hauberks (loricas) and a chest filled with quarells, and no other
munition that pertained to the castle. As these things are not sufficient
for the custody of the castle, the king again orders her to cause the
castle to be provided without delay with men, victuals and other things
necessary for the garnison of a castle, and to cause it to be safely kept, so
that damage or danger shall not arise to the king or that castle in any
way for lack of munition or custody, and to certify the king of her
proceedings in this matter. Otherwise the king will order the sheriff to
cause the castle to be provisioned and safely kept in her default. |
Sept. 10.
St. Paul's. |
Henry Wran of Henle, imprisoned at Warwick for the death of John de
Hampton, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Warwick
to bail him. |
Sept. 11.
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To the bailiff of Peveneseye. Whereas the king learns by an inquisition
that he caused to be taken by Master Walter de Bestane and Humphrey
de Waleden that the manor of Laghton, which the king granted to Joan,
late the wife of Robert de Caumvill, for life in exchange for the manor of
Westerham, can be repaired in the houses, buildings, walls, enclosures
and other things pertaining to it for 50l.; the king orders the bailiff to
permit Joan, by his view and testimony and by that of other men of those
parts, to take timber in the woods pertaining to the said manor of
Laghton, and to fell underwood and dead wood therein and other wood if
necessary, and to sell the underwood and dead wood, and to have the
money received up to the aforesaid sum. Witness: Edward, the king's
son. |
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To the sheriff of Westmoreland. Order to cause Robert de Askeby to
have seisin of a messuage and four acres of land in Wynton, as the king
learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff that the said messuage and land,
which Gilbert son of Stephen Wyghtman of Wynton, who was hanged
for felony, held, has been in the king's hands for a year and a day, and
that Gilbert held them of Robert, and that the township of Wynton now
holds them and has had the king's year and day, for which it ought to
answer to the king. |
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To the sheriff of Salop. Order to cause Richard de Harleye to have
seisin of half a virgate of land in Gretiton, as the king learns by inquisition
taken by the sheriff that the said virgate, which William Ho, who was
hanged for felony, held, has been in the king's hands for a year and a day,
and that William held it of Richard, and that the township of Gretiton
has had the king's year and day thereof, for which it ought to answer. |
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To the keeper of the park of Ekynton. Order to cause John de Insula
to have in that park four bucks, of the king s gift. |
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Membrane 5. |
Sept. 11.
St. Paul's. |
To Master John de Lacy. Whereas the king has enjoined upon Robert
de Burghasse certain affairs concerning the Cinque Ports to be explained
to John more fully by him on behalf of Edward, the king's son, supplying
the king's place in England, and of the king's council staying with
Edward; the king orders John to go in person to Robert at a day and
place to be fixed by Robert, and to give credence to what Robert shall say
to him in the premises, and to execute and follow them up (sequamini)
together with Robert without delay. |
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To the bailiffs, men and entire community of the Cinque Ports. As the
king has enjoined upon Robert de Burghasse and Master John de Lascy
his will concerning the disputes between them and the men of Yarmouth
and concerning certain letters of submission in regard to the aforesaid
disputes to be received from them, according to what was promised by
their peers who were in Flanders at the king's arrival there, which
will of the king Robert and John will declare to them on the king's
behalf; the king orders them to give full faith to Robert and John
in the premises, and to do and fulfil those things that they shall enjoin
upon them on the king's behalf. |
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To the warden of the Cinque Ports, or to him who supplies his place.
Whereas the men of the Cinque Ports ought to give to the king letters of
submission concerning the disputes that have lately arisen between
some of them and the men of Yarmouth after the king's arrival in
Flanders, in the form to be sent to them by Edward, the king's son, and
his council; the king orders the warden to cause the letters to be made
and sealed (signari) in the form that Edward and his council sends to
him by Robert de Burghasse and Master John de Lacy, so that the better
men of all the ports shall be named in each letter by their own names
and surnames (cognominibus), and to send the letters sealed with the seal
of each community of the said ports to the king's son by Robert and John. |
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To Robert de Tateshale, John de Metingham, Roger son of Osbert,
William de Carleton, and William de Kerdeston, or to four, three or two
of them. Whereas the men of Yarmouth ought to give to the king letters
of submission concerning the disputes that arose between some of them
and the men of the Cinque Ports after the king's arrival in Flanders,
according to the form to be sent to them by Edward, the king's son and
his council: the king orders Robert, John, Roger, William and William
to cause the letters aforesaid to be made and sealed in the form that
Edward and his council sends to them enclosed in the presents, so that
the better men of that town shall be named by their own names and
surnames and that the letters shall be sealed with the seal of the
community of that town, which letters one of them shall then carry to
the king's son. |
Sept. 7.
St. Paul's. |
To the keeper of the forest of Fekenham. Order to cause John de
Elynton, the elder, to have in that forest three bucks, of the king's gift.
Witness: Edward, the king's son. |
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By the bishop of Ely and R. de Grey. |
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To John de Warenna, earl of Surrey. Order and request that he shall
not leave the king's realm of Scotland during the disturbance there, but
shall remain there until it shall be quieter, as the king understands the
disturbance that lately arose in that realm is not yet so appeased that the
state of the realm is yet secure and quiet, and it was not and is not the
king's intention that the earl shall leave those parts until the state of the
land shall be in a more peaceful condition. |
Sept. 15.
St. Paul's. |
Drogo de Barentyn, who is staying in the king's service in the islands
of Gerseye and Gernereye, has letters of protection for a year, with the
clause 'volumus.' Witness: Edward, the king's son. By C. |
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Vacated, because on the Patent Roll [Calendar, p. 308]. |
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To the keeper of the king's park of Burgh. Order to cause Cecily, wife of
William de Morleye, to have in that park two bucks, of the king's gift. |
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By the bishop of Ely and Reginald de Grey. |
Sept. 16.
St. Paul's. |
To John de Warenna, earl of Surrey and Sussex. Whereas the king
before he crossed the sea enjoined upon Edward, his son, certain things
that he desired (quedam nobis votiva) concerning him and his realm, which
he greatly desired should be done, if possible, in the earl's presence: the
king orders him to hasten to his son whenever the said things require
speed, if the state of the parts of Scotland will permit. This he is
enjoined not to omit as he loves the king and his honour and the profit
of all his realm. |
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To the sheriff of Dorset. Order to deliver to John de Moeles and his
wife houses within the castle of Shireburn sufficient for them to dwell
in, as the king has lent to John houses therein for the residence of him
and his wife and household during the king's pleasure. |
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To Geoffrey de Pycheford, constable of Windsor castle. Order to
deliver to Ralph de Mahermer and Joan, his wife, countess of Gloucester
and Hertford, the king's daughter, the houses of the outer bailey of the
castle, as the king has lent the houses to them for the residence of themselves and their households during his pleasure. |
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To the sheriff of Essex. Order to cause a verderer for the forest of
Essex to be elected in place of Adam de la Cleye, deceased. |
Sept. 18.
St. Paul's. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to acquit Warin
son of Thomas Maudut of the scutage exacted from him for the king's
armies of Wales in the fifth and tenth years of his reign, as the late king,
on 24 April, in the fifty-fifth year of his reign, granted to Richard, late
king of Almain, the custody of the lands that belonged to Thomas, tenant
in chief, during the minority of the heir, and the king afterwards, on 18
September, in the eighteenth year of his reign, took the homage of Warin
for the lands that belonged to Thomas, whereby it appears clearly that
Warin was under age and in the custody of Richard at the times when
the king was in the said armies. It is provided that answer shall be
made to the exchequer for scutage of the knights' fees that are held of
Warin. |
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To Malcolm de Harleye, escheator this side Trent. Order to resume
into the king's hands the lands that Simon de Sharstede held of him at
his death by reason of the barony of Crevequer, and to cause dower to be
assigned from them to Alice, late the wife of Simon, in the presence of
Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Simon, if she wish to be present, upon
Alice taking oath that she will not marry without the king's licence, as it
was not and is not the king's intention that dower should not be assigned
to Alice, although he lately took the homage of Elizabeth for the lands
that belonged to Simon. |
Sept. 20.
St. Paul's. |
To the sheriff of Southampton and Baldwin de Bello Alneto, Laurence
de Anne, John de Tyding and Philip Aubyn, appointed to take wool in
that county for the king's use. Order to restore to the abbot and convent
of Beaulieu ten sacks of the thirty lately bought by them from the abbot
and convent for the king's use, as the king has granted to them that they
shall have ten sacks in order to make cloth for their own use. Witness:
Edward, the king's son. |
Sept. 23.
St. Paul's. |
To Malcolm de Harleye, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause
dower to be assigned to Joan, late the wife of Robert Luterel, tenant in
chief, upon her taking oath that she will not marry without the king's
licence. Witnesses: Edward, the king's son. |
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The like to John de Lytheg[rayns], escheator beyond Trent. |
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To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to cause verderers for the forest
between the bridges of Oxford and Staunford to be elected in place of
Nicholas de Wymenhale, Richard de Deseburgh and Robert Greyling,
who are insufficiently qualified, as the king learns by the testimony of
William de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, steward of the said forest. |
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To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to cause a verderer for the forest
of La Bere without Winchester to be elected in place of Peter de
Maundevill, lately one of the verderers, as he cannot nowadays attend to
the duties of the office by reason of his bodily weakness. |
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Vacated, because it was not sealed. |
Sept. 26.
St. Paul's. |
To the collectors of the new custom at Yarmouth. Order to permit
Hugh de Leycestria, merchant of Margaret, wife of Henry de Lacy, earl
of Lincoln, to cross to Brabant with forty-three sacks of wool, upon
receiving from him the custom thereon due to the king, as Margaret is
sending him thither with the wool in order to provide therewith cloth and
other necessaries for her and her household. Witness: Edward, the
king's son. By C. and the bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. |
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Whereas the king learns by — [Incomplete]. |
Oct. 10.
St. Paul's. |
To Richard Oysel, bailiff of Kyngeston-on-Hul. Order to cause a new
quay to be made in that town good and sufficient for loading, unloading
and weighing goods and wares there. Witness: Edward, the king's
son. |
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Membrane 4. |
Sept. 28.
St. Paul's. |
To Master Robert de Leysset, appointed to hear and determine the
complaints of the islanders of Gerneseye and Geres[eye]. The letters sent
by him to Edward, the king's son, supplying the king's place in England,
concerning the said complaints having been fully understood, the king
orders him to proceed to render judgment in the matter of the petitions
and complaints propounded before the king in his last parliament at
London against Henry de Cobeham, late keeper of the islands, and his
bailiffs and ministers, concerning which Henry there put himself upon an
inquisition, which inquisition Robert has taken in accordance with the
power delivered to him, as he has informed the king, notwithstanding
Henry's absence, if the law and custom of those parts will allow this.
As to the other petitions and complaints against Henry newly propounded
before Robert in the said islands, to the hearing and determination
whereof it cannot be properly proceeded because Henry is with the king
in his service in Flanders, the king orders Robert to receive the attorneys
of all those who wish to propound such petitions, and to prefix for them a
day before the king in England, to wit in fifteen days from Easter, to
propound such their petitions and complaints, if they shall see fit, and to
do and receive concerning them what justice shall require. Robert shall
return to England when he shall have expedited what can rightfully be
done by him by virture of the powers granted to him in Henry's absence.
Witness: Edward, the king's son. |
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To the sheriff of Worcester. Order to cause Walter le Drinkere of
Eldresfeld to have seisin of a messuage and four acres of land in
Eldresfeld, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff that the
messuage and land, which Thomas Bretun, who was hanged for felony,
held, have been in the king's hands for a year and a day, and that Thomas
held them of Walter, and that the township of Eldresfeld now hold the
messuage and land and has had the king's year and day thereof, for which
it ought to answer to the king. |
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To the sheriff of Westmoreland. Order to cause a coroner for that
county to be elected in place of Richard de Musegrave, who is unable to
execute the office by reason of his infirmity of body. |
Sept. 27.
St. Paul's. |
To the sheriffs of London. Order to restore to John de Berkweye,
clerk, his lands, which were taken into the king's hands upon his being
charged before Ralph de Sandwyco and John le Bretun, justices
appointed to deliver the goal of Newegate, with theft and robbery, as
the sheriffs have returned that they have not delivered the lands to
John, as they were ordered to do by the king, because John was found
guilty of the crimes aforesaid by an inquisition of the country upon which
he had placed himself before the said justices, saving the privilege of the
clergy, and the king considers this cause erroneous. Witness: Edward,
the king's son. [Prynne, Records, iii, p. 766.] |
