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Feb. 12.
Langley. |
To the receivers of the new custom in the county of Lincoln. Order
to cause Ralph de Stok, clerk of the king's great wardrobe, to have from
the first money arising from the custom, excepting the money from the
custom of wool, hides and wool-fells and wines, 60l. for his wages of 20l.
yearly in that office for the twenty-eight, twenty-ninth, and thirtieth
year of the king's reign, so that he shall receive this sum within a year
from the present time. It is provided that John de Drokenesford, keeper
of the wardrobe, shall be charged with the said 60l. and that they shall
have his letters patent testifying the payment made to John.
By the treasurer. |
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Membrane 16. |
Feb. 10.
Langley. |
To the sheriff of Kent. Order to release Peter de London[ia], fisher,
from prison at Canterbury—wherein he is imprisoned by virtue of the
king's order to the sheriff to justice Peter by his body until he should
satisfy holy church for his contempt and wrong, which order was issued
at the denunciation of R. archbishop of Canterbury, who signified to the
king by his letters patent that Peter was excommunicated for his contumacy and that he would not be justiced by ecclesiastical censure—upon
his finding security to be before the king at his will, as the abbot of St.
Augustine's, Canterbury, asserts that Peter is subject to him and wholly
exempt from the archbishop's jurisdiction by virtue of an exemption lately
made to him by the pope, concerning which matter an ordinance was
made before the king and his council in his parliament at Lincoln. |
Feb. 10.
Langley. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the king
granted by his letters patent to Reymund Michel and Bartholomew de
Ryvers and to certain other of his merchants of Gascony that they should
have and receive from the treasurer and barons 3,370l. 13s. 1½d., due to
them from the king for wines taken from them by Adam de Rokesle, then
the king's butler, James de Neubury and others deputed for this purpose
by the king, in divers ports of the realm in the 26th and 28th years of
his reign, for the expenses of his household, which sum was to be paid
out of the issues of the lands that belonged to Edmund, late earl of
Cornwall, which had come to the king by right of inheritance; and
although the merchants received a certain part of the said sum from the
issues, in accordance with the said grant and with an assignment made
to them under the seal of the exchequer, a great part of the sum is still in
arrear, as the king learns from their complaint: the king orders the
treasurer and barons to cause to be assigned to the merchants anew some
issues of the said lands or from other lands in suitable places, to be
received by them until they shall be satisfied for the arrears of the said
sum, so that they may not have cause to come to the king again in this
behalf. |
Feb. 10.
Langley. |
To the same. Whereas John de Stratelinges, deceased, acknowledged
in chancery that he owed to Henry de Podio, merchant of Lucca, and to
his fellows, merchants of the society of the Ricardi of Lucca, 200l., and
the king afterwards took the debt into his hands with other debts due to
the merchants for divers debts due from them to him, and the king, in
consideration of John's good service to him, has remitted and pardoned
the debt to the executors of his will: the king therefore orders the
treasurer and barons to cause the said debt to be allowed to the merchants
in the debts due from them to the king, when account and allowance for
the debts thus taken into the king's hands shall be made between the
king and them. By K. on the information of J. de Benstede. |
Feb. 12.
Langley. |
To him who supplies the place of the treasurer and to the barons of the
exchequer. Order to cause Elias de Albiniaco, son and heir of Ralph de
Albiniaco, to be acquitted of the demand made upon him for scutage for
the knights' fees that Ralph held of the king for his army of Wales in the
tenth year of his reign, as it appears to the king that Ralph did his
service in that army. By p.s. |
Feb. 6.
Windsor. |
To the sheriff of Essex and John de Bassingburn, appointed to levy
and collect the aid of 40s. upon each knight's fee in the realm lately
granted to the king in order to marry his daughter. Whereas the king
granted to the executors of the will of Edmund, late earl of Cornwall,
among the wardships and marriages granted to them in part payment of
10,000 marks due from him to the earl, the wardship of the lands that
belonged to Edmund de Kemesek, tenant in chief, which are in the king's
hands by reason of the minority of Edmund's heirs, to have until the
heirs shall come of age: and the sheriff and John distrain the executors
to pay the aforesaid aid to the king from the lands that belonged to
Edmund de Kemesek in Great Saunford, in that county, as if the heirs
were not under age and in the king's wardship: the king orders them to
supersede entirely the distraint for the aid for the lands in Saunford, and
not to molest or aggrieve the executors in this behalf. |
Feb. 10.
Windsor. |
To William Trente, taker of the king's wine of the right prise throughout
England. Order to cause the abbot and convent of King's Beaulieu to
have a tun of wine of the king's right prise, as the late king granted to
them a tun of wine yearly, to be received between Christmas and the
Purification, for the celebration of mass in their church of Beaulieu, and
the king granted that they should have the tun yearly from his right prise
by the hands of the takers of his wines at Southampton, as contained in
his letters patent. |
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The like in favour of the abbot and convent of St. Edward's, Letteleye,
for one tun. |
Feb. 12.
Langley. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the king
lately assigned by letters patent under the exchequer seal to Gaillard
Cheval and certain other merchants of Gascony, 1,932l. 0s. 3½d. due to
them for wines taken from them in the 19th year of his reign by Adam de
Rokesle, then his butler, and by others deputed by the king in divers
parts of the realm for the expenses of his household, to be received by
them from the money issuing from the fifteenth in co. Wilts and in
certain other counties; and although they received part of that sum in
accordance with the assignment, they have not yet been satisfied for part
of it, as the king learns from their complaint: the king orders them to cause
issues to be assigned anew to the merchants in places where the treasurer
and barons shall see fit without delay, to be received by the merchants
until they shall have been satisfied for the arrears of the aforesaid sum,
so that the merchants shall not have reason to come to the king again in
this matter. |
Feb. 10.
Langley. |
To the sheriff of Cornwall. Order to deliver to Richard son and heir
of Richard de Hywysh, tenant in chief, the lands that belonged to his
father, together with the issues received from them since they were
taken into the king's hands by the sheriff, as it is testified before the king
by John de Berewyk that the lands were taken into the king's hands by
him and his fellows, justices last in eyre in that county, because Richard
had entered them after his father's death before he had proved his age and
without making the king any satisfaction for his marriage, and Richard
has made agreement with the king for his marriage. By C. |
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The like to the sheriff of Devon. |
Feb. 6.
Windsor. |
To the sheriffs of London. Order to pay to Terricus de Alemann[ia],
the king's yeoman, 10 marks for the present Easter term, as the king
has granted to him for life, for his good service to the king, 20 marks
yearly for his maintenance, to be received from the sheriffs of London
for the time being from the ferm of the city at Easter and Michaelmas,
as contained in the king's letters patent to Terricus [Calendar of Patent
Rolls, 1301–1307, p. 112]. |
Feb. 10.
Langley. |
To Walter de Glouc[estria], escheator this side Trent. Order to cause
dower to be assigned to Maud, late the wife of Ralph de Boxstede, tenant
in chief as of the honour of Boulogne, which is in the king's hands,
as she has taken oath before the king that she will not marry without
his licence. |
Feb. 10.
Langley. |
To Master Richard de Havering', escheator beyond Trent. Notification
that the king has assigned to Aucher son of Henry and Joan, his
wife, the second daughter and heiress of Laderana, late the wife of
John de Bella Aqua, from the knights' fees that John held of him in
chief at his death by the courtesy of England of the inheritance of
Laderana, which were taken into the king's hands by reason of John's
death, as the purparty falling to them of the fees: a moiety of a fee
in Merston, co. York, which moiety the heirs of William son of Thomas
hold, and which is extended at 12l. yearly; 11/6 fees in Allerton, Clarton,
Lynlandes, Dunseford, Little Useburn, Hoperton, Horsford, and Raudon,
in the same county, which John Mauleverer holds, and which are
extended at 14l. yearly; a thirteenth of a knights' fee in Tocwith, in the
same county, which thirteenth John de Kyrkeby holds, and which is
extended at 50s. yearly; a quarter of a fee is Coupmanthorp, in the same
county, which quarter Richard Malebys holds, and which is extended at
10l. yearly; a quarter of a fee in Bilton, in the same county, which
quarter William le Vavasur and Richard le Waleys hold, and which is
extended at 4l. 10s. 0d. yearly; a moiety of a fee in Neuton Kyme, in the
same county, which moiety Simon de Kyme holds, and which is extended
at 8l. 10s. 0d. yearly; and order to cause Aucher and Joan to have seisin
of the said purparty. |
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Afterwards partition of the fees was made in another manner on the
prosecution of Miles de Stapelton for the king, as appears on the back of the
Close Roll for the thirty-second year. |
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To the sheriff of Norfolk. Order to cause Margaret, late the wife of
Edmund, late earl of Cornwall, to have seisin of a messuage, 191½ acres
of land, 3 acres of meadow, 50 acres of heath, an acre of turbary,
4l. 9s. 2d. yearly of rent, and of a rent of 24 hens, 2 capons and a goose
in Baketon, Paston, Wytton, Shachef, and Monesle, as the king learns by
an inquisition taken by the sheriff that the lands, etc., which William
Pecche, who was outlawed for felony, held, have been in the king's hands
for a year and a day, and that William held them of Margaret, and that
John Fastolf of Yarmouth, Thomas Rotefish of Baketon, and Reginald
Stiende of Wytton have had the king's year and day thereof, for which
they ought to answer to the king. |
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To the bailiffs of Boston. Whereas the king lately—at the complaint
of Henry de Lincoln[ia], burgess of Great Yarmouth, that he put certain
of his goods and wares to the value of 260l. by Roger de Leycestr[ia]
and Hugh de Strumesawe, his yeomen, in a ship that he hired from Hugh
Balle Heynessone of Zeeland (Seland'), master of the ship, and that
Hugh and the other mariners maliciously slew Roger and Hugh and
carried off the goods and wares aforesaid to Cach' in Zeeland and detain
them—requested John, late count of Holland and Zeeland, by his letters
to hear Henry's complaint and to cause justice to be done to him; and
because the count has failed to exhibit justice to Henry, although he has
been often asked to do so, as the burgesses of Yarmouth have signified to
the king by letters testimonial under their seal, the king ordered the
bailiffs of Yarmouth to cause goods and wares of the merchants of
Holland and Zeeland found within their bailiwick to be arrested, and to
cause them to be appraised by the oath of merchants and others of their
bailiwick, and to cause them to be delivered thus appraised to Henry up
to the value of 260l.; and the bailiffs returned to the king that they
had delivered to Henry goods and wares of the said merchants thus
arrested to the value of 77l. 6s. 8d. by virtue of the order aforesaid,
in part payment of the said 260l., and that there were no other
goods of the merchants of Holland and Zeeland in their bailiwick
whence they could satisfy Henry for the remainder of the said sum,
in whole or in part; whereupon the king ordered the bailiffs of Lynn
to cause all the goods and wares of the merchants of the said parts,
which he had previously caused to be arrested by them for this
reason, to be appraised by the oath of merchants and others, and to cause
them to be delivered thus appraised to Henry to the amount of
182l. 13s. 4d., which were lacking of the aforesaid sum; and they
returned in like manner that they had delivered to Henry goods and
wares of the said merchants to the value of 28l. 6s. 8d., in part payment
of the said 182l. 13s. 4d., and that no other goods of the said merchants
had been found whence they could satisfy Henry for the remaining
154l. 6s. 8d.: the king orders the bailiffs of Boston to cause goods and
wares of the merchants of Holland and Zeeland that the king caused to
be arrested by them for this reason, which have been appraised at
33l. 6s. 8d. by the oath of merchants and others of their bailiwick by the
king's order, as they have signified to them, to be delivered to Henry, in
part satisfaction of the said 154l. 13s. 4d. (sic), and to cause other goods
of the said merchants coming into their bailiwick to be arrested to the
amount of the balance. |
Feb. 13.
Langley. |
To Walter de Glouc[estria], escheator this side Trent. Order not to
intermeddle further with three messuages, 30 acres of land and two acres
of meadow in Suthho and Bouton, co. Huntingdon, which he has taken
into the king's hands by reason of the lands that Hamo le Parker held of
the king, as the king learns by an inquisition taken by the escheator that
William le Parker, now deceased, enfeoffed Hamo, tenant in chief, of the
premises, to him and the heirs of his body, with reversion in default of
such heirs to William, and that Hamo continued his seisin thereof until
his death, and that he died without an heir of his body, and that the
tenements are held of divers chief lords by divers services, to wit the
messuages, 10 acres of land and two acres of meadow of Ralph de Monte
He[r]mer[ii], earl of Gloucester and Hertford, by the service of 7d., and
7 acres and a rood of land are held of Robert le Moyne by the service of
3d., and an acre of land is held of William de Paxton by the service of
1d., and 5 acres and a rood of meadow are held of John le Clerk by the
service of ½d, and 1½ acres are held of Richard de la Mar' by the service
of a halfpenny, and 5 acres and a rood of land are held of John de Stok
by the service of 6½d. yearly. |
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Membrane 15. |
Feb. 16.
Watford. |
To Walter de Glouc[estria], escheator this side Trent. Order to cause
dower to be assigned to Isabel, late the wife of Solomon de Chaunz,
tenant in chief, in the presence of Ralph del Escher', who married Joan,
Solomon's eldest daughter and co-heiress, and of Margery, the second
daughter and co-heiress, if they wish to be present, as she has taken oath
before the king that she will not marry without his licence. |
Feb. 17.
St. Alban's. |
To John de London[ia], constable of Windsor castle. Order to cause
the houses, tower, walls and bridges of the castle, with the stable and
wall of the king's garden without the castle, the houses and ponds of the
park of Windsor, with the paling about the park and the houses, and walls
of the manor of Kenyton, with the paling and wall about the king's park
there, to be repaired where necessary. |
Feb. 10.
Langley. |
To the same. Order to pay to two chaplains celebrating divine service
in the king's chapel of that castle 50s. a year each; to Roger de
Wyndesor', janitor of both gates of the castle, 4d. a day; to Thomas
Burnel, one of the viewers of the king's works in the constable's bailiwick, 2d. a day; to Roger de Wyndesor', the other viewer of the works,
2d. a day; to Master John de London[ia], clerk of the king's works,
2d. a day; to the four watchmen of the castle, 2d. a day each; to Adam
the gardener of the king's garden without the castle, 2½d. a day; to
John de Bathon[ia], janitor of the king's park of Windsor and keeper of
his houses there, 4d. a day; to Robert de Say, chief forester of Windsor
forest, 12d. a day; to John le Messager, the parker of Kenyton park,
1½d. a day: being their wages and stipends, from Michaelmas, in the
thirtieth year of the reign, until Michaelmas following. |
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To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas Osbert
Hamely of Cornwall was amerced at 100 marks for certain trespasses
whereof he was convicted before the justices last in eyre in that county,
and the king understands that Osbert is now so poor and weak that he is
now unable to satisfy the king for this sum without depression of his
estate, and that it will be necessary for him and his wife and children to
beg unless the king show them favour: the king, compassionating their
estate, orders the treasurer and barons to make inquiry in the best way
possible concerning Osbert's estate and means, and if they find that Osbert
is so weak that he cannot satisfy the king for the said sum without
impoverishing his estate, they shall cause the said debt to be attermined
before them in the exchequer, so that Osbert shall pay 100s. or 10 marks
yearly according to their discretion and in accordance with his means
until the 100 marks shall be paid, or at least for so long as the king shall
cause this grace to be continued for him. |
Feb. 20.
Hertford. |
To the sheriff of Northumberland and to the coroners of that county.
Whereas the king, at the instance of Margaret, Queen of England, and of
Elizabeth, countess of Holland, his daughter, has pardoned William
Frend of Burnton the suit of his peace for the death of William de
Chathowe, wherewith he is charged, and also for receiving Robert le
Bakester', Henry Peper, and William Borghbred of Newcastle-on-Tyne,
who are charged with the death aforesaid, as contained in his letters
patent to William [Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1301–1307, pp. 37, 38]:
the king, at the instance of his daughter, wishing to show William
further favour, has granted to him his goods and chattels to the value of
10l. 2s. 0d., which were taken into the king's hands by the sheriff and
coroners for this reason, and he orders them to deliver the goods and
chattels to him. By p.s. |
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To the keeper of the manor and park of Guldeford. Order to cause
oaks and leafless trunks to be felled in that park where it may be done
with the least damage, by the view and testimony of four men of the
town of Guldeford, and to cause as many as necessary of the trunks to
be sold, and to cause the king's bridge in the park and the paling about
the park and the king's garden there to be repaired out of the issues of
his bailiwick and from the issues of the said trunks, by the view and
testimony of the said men.
By K. on the information of W. bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. |
Feb. 20.
Hertford. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the king
granted to John de Sancto Johanne, deceased, that he might pay all the
debts due from him to the exchequer by 50 marks yearly during the
king's pleasure, on condition that his heirs should remain charged with
the debts that should be found to be due to the king after John's death,
and that his heirs should pay 50 marks yearly for the debts in form
aforesaid: the king orders the treasurer and barons to cause John [son]
and heir of the said John to have the said terms, and to cause this to be
so done and enrolled. |
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Stephen de Gretenok, imprisoned at Warwick for the death of Thomas
Blok, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Warwick to
bail him. |
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To the mayor and bailiffs of Southampton. As the king learns by an
inquisition taken by Robert de Glamorgan and John de la Lee that
Pelegrin de Castello, merchant of Bayonne, wished to take to Devon and
Cornwall for the purchase of lead and tin and other merchandise the 24l.
arrested by the mayor and bailiffs in a ship in the port of Southampton,
under the belief that he wished to carry the money to parts beyond sea
contrary to the king's inhibition of the export of money or silver in mass,
and that he did not wish to take the money to parts beyond sea, as the
mayor and bailiffs charged him with intending to do: the king orders
them to deliver the money to Pelegrin without delay. |
Feb. 25.
Waltham Holy Cross. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. It is shown to the king
on behalf of Joan, late the wife of Theobald le Butiller, tenant in chief,
that whereas Thomas de Normanvill, late escheator beyond Trent, demised
to her the wardship of two parts of all the lands that belonged to Theobald
in cos. York and Lancaster, to have during the escheator's pleasure
for 48l. yearly to be rendered to the exchequer, and the king afterwards
granted to William le Butiller of Wemme the said wardship, to have
until Theobald's heirs come of age, the treasurer and barons exact the
said 48l. yearly from her from the time of the demise to her by the
escheator as if the wardship were still in her hands: as it appears to the
king by inspection of the rolls of his chancery that he granted the
wardship to William from the twentieth of February, in the fourteenth
year of his reign, during the minority of Theobald's heirs, he orders the
treasurer and barons to supersede the demand upon Joan for the said 48l.
yearly from the twentieth of February aforesaid, and to cause her to be
discharged and acquitted thereof. |
