|
March 4.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Westmoreland. Order to cause Margaret de Ros to
have seisin of a moiety of a messuage in Kyrkeby in Kendale, as the king
learns by an inquisition taken by the sheriff that the moiety, which Roger
de Standplogh, who was hanged for felony, held, has been in the king's
hands for a year and a day, and that Roger held it of Margaret, and that
it is still in the king's hands, and that William de Kyrkeby in Kendale
had the king's year and day thereof, for which he ought to answer to the
king. |
March 6.
Westminster. |
To Walter de Glouc[estria], escheator this side Trent. Order not to
intermeddle further with the manor of Huntingfeld, which was taken into
the king's hands by reason of the death of Roger de Huntingfeld, or with
the issues thereof since it was thus taken into the king's hands, as the
king learns by an inquisition taken by the escheator that Roger and Joyce,
his wife, jointly held the manor at the time of his death to them and
Roger's heirs of the gift and feoffment of Simon de Ellesworth by a fine
levied in the king's court concerning it, and that Joyce continued her
seisin of the manor with her husband until the day of his death, and that
the manor is held of the honour of Eye, which is now in the hands of the
countess of Cornwall, by the service of 1¼ knights' fees. |
|
To John Wogan, justiciary of Ireland. Order to cause Gilbert, son and
heir of Thomas de Clare, to have seisin of the lands in Ireland whereof
his father at his death was seised in his demesne as of fee, as Gilbert has
proved his age before the justiciary and Master Thomas Cantok, chancellor
of Ireland, as appears to the king by the proof returned into his chancery
of England, and the king has taken Gilbert's homage. |
|
Robert Packe, imprisoned at Lincoln for the death of William de
Messingham, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Lincoln
to bail him. |
March 5.
Westminster. |
To the bailiffs of Kyngeston-on-Hull. Adam de Barton has suggested
to the king that John, duke of Brabant, by his letters patent, which
Adam showed before the king in chancery, is bound to him and Robert de
Lyndeseye, Henry de Wysted, and Walter de Beverlaco in divers sums of
money, and that the duke unjustly detains these sums from them
although he ought to have paid them long ago and had been many times
requested to do so: the king, wishing to aid them in recovering their
debts aforesaid, orders the bailiffs to cause to be arrested all goods
and wares of all merchants of the land or power of the duke found in that
town, and to cause them to be kept safely until Adam, Robert, Henry and
Walter have been satisfied for the said sums of money or until otherwise
ordered. |
March 8.
Westminster. |
To Richard Oysel, constable of the castle of Skypton-in-Craven. Order
to cause Adam de Osgodby, king's clerk, to have in the woods of Crokrys
and Elszon twelve oaks fit for timber, of the king's gift.
By K. on the information of J. de Benstede. |
March 1.
St. Catharine's by the Tower. |
To John de Sandale, keeper of the king's exchange at London.
Whereas the king lately ordered John to cause to be sold as should seem
best to him for the king's profit the moiety of a ship called 'Coga Sancte
Marie' of Bayonne, with half of its entire tackle and gear, which moiety
had been lately arrested by the sheriff of Southampton at Southampton
by pretext of an order of the king to him to take into the king's hands
the goods and chattels of William de Saltu for certain causes, which
moiety the sheriff delivered to John by the king's order, and to pay the
money thence arising to John de Beryes, Arnald de Sancto Martino, Reymund de Artigalung, William de Sancto Paulo, John de Seignaus, Peter
de Francia, yeoman of John de Seintrik, and Vincent de Lagenes, citizens
and merchants of Bayonne, in part payment of the 500l. granted to them
by the king in aid of their costs and expenses in a certain prosecution
made by them in the king's name against the said William de Saltu, and to
certify the king of his proceedings; and he has signified to the king that he
has not found anyone who would give as much for the moiety as Sabaldus
de Saut, citizen of Bayonne, who has offered to give 30 marks in money
and 70 marks in letters assigned from the custom on wool at Bayonne;
and the said William de Sancto Paulo and Arnald de Sancto Martino
have in person given the king to understand in chancery that Peter de
Sancto Paulo, merchant of Bayonne, is prepared to pay them 100 marks
for the moiety aforesaid with the moiety of the tackle and gear, and they
have besought the king to deliver the moiety to Peter as of the value of
100 marks, in part satisfaction for the said 500l.: the king, wishing to
satisfy John, Arnald, Reymond, William, John, Peter and Vincent for the
said 500l. from the goods of William de Saltu as speedily as possible,
orders John to deliver to Peter de Sancto Paulo the said moiety with a
moiety of the tackle and gear, in the name of John, Arnald, Reymond,
William, John, Peter, and Vincent. |
March 10.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of York. Order to release John de Kayvill from prison
at York, wherein he is detained for a re-disseisin committed by him upon
Peter de Eyvill of a blocked-up way in Kayvill, as the king has pardoned
him, at the request of W. bishop of Worcester, what pertains to him by
reason of the re-disseisin. By K. on the information of J. de Benstede. |
March 10.
Westminster. |
To Walter de Glouc[estria], escheator this side Trent. Whereas the
king learns by an inquisition taken by the escheator that the escheator
was wont to go to the priory of Priterwell upon each voidance of the
priory in times past, and to take there a simple seisin in name of the
king's royal lordship, and to depute a janitor at the gate of the priory for
the indemnity of the convent of that place, and that the escheator and
janitor left immediately when he who was elected or appointed prior
brought with him the king's letters of admission, without receiving or
levying any issue thereof for the king's use, and it is found by inspection
of the rolls of the exchequer that nothing was answered for at the
exchequer to the king or his progenitors, kings of England, for any issues
of the priory during any voidance, and the prior of St. Pancras, Lewes,
has appointed Brother John de Monte Martini as prior of Priterwell, as
appears to the king by the letters patent of the prior of Lewes, and the
king has taken John's fealty and restored to him the temporalities of the
priory: the king therefore orders the escheator to restore to John all the
temporalities, with everything received from them, so that John make
answer to the king at the exchequer in the same way as his predecessor,
prior of that place, was wont to answer to the king, in accordance with the
form of an ordinance made at the exchequer concerning alien men of
religion by reason of the war between the king of France and the king. |
March 9.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Notification that the
king has granted respite to Hugh de Veer, who married Dionisia, daughter
and heiress of William de Monte Caniso, tenant in chief, for 58l., to wit
for the 29l. exacted from Hugh by summons of the exchequer for scutage
for the king's army of Wales in the fifth year of the reign, and for 29l.
exacted from him for the relief of the said William, until the quinzaine
of Michaelmas next, and order to cause him to have such respite.
By K. on the information of J. de Benstede. |
March 8.
Westminster. |
To William Trente, taker of the wines of the king's right prise
throughout England. Order to cause the monks of St. Peter's, Westminster, to have a tun of wine, in accordance with the late king's grant to
them by his charter of a tun of wine of his right prise at London on the
morrow of St. Botulph, by the hands of his chamberlain at London, for
the celebration of divine service in their church. |
March 11.
Westminster |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the king, on
24 December last, committed to Walter de Bello Campo, deceased, steward
of his household, the manor of Lesnes, to be held from Christmas last for
one year, for 100 marks to be rendered to the exchequer, and he afterwards,
on 20 February following, granted the manor to Queen Margaret, his
consort, to hold during his pleasure, by reason whereof Walter or his
executors were unable to receive the issues of the manor: the king orders
them to discharge and acquit the executors of Walter's will of the said
100 marks. By K. on the information of J. de Benstede. |
|
Membrane 15—Schedule. |
March 11.
Westminster. |
To the same. Whereas the king, on 10 April, in the 29th year of his
reign, granted to Queen Margaret, among other lands granted to her for
his life at his pleasure, in acquittance of certain expenses of her and of
Thomas, the king's son, and of their household, the ferm that Simon de
Cumbe, now deceased, rendered to the exchequer for the manor of
Fitilton, co. Wilts, as contained in the king's letters patent to her: the
king orders the treasurer and barons to discharge Richard de Casterton
and Alice, his wife, now tenants of the manor, of the ferm aforesaid from
the said 10 April for so long as Margaret shall hold it. |
|
Like order to the sheriff of Wilts to stay the demand upon Richard and
Alice for the ferm aforesaid. |
|
Membrane 14. |
March 10.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Cornwall. Whereas the king has pardoned by his
letters patent Certana de Lansceesek the suit of his peace for the death of
Richard Anallon, wherewith she was indicted before John de Berewyk and
his fellows, justices last in eyre in that county, and also the outlawry
promulgated against her for this reason: the king, wishing to show her
further favour, orders the sheriff to cause her goods and chattels to be
restored to her, if they were taken into the king's hands solely for this
reason. |
March 11.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas William de
Ormesby holds the manor of Thorneton near Pykering of the gift and
feoffment of Roger Bygod, earl of Norfolk and Marshal of England, and
they cause William to be distrained in that manor for the debts due from
the earl to the exchequer, omitting the lands of the earl himself: the
king orders them to desist from distraining William in the said manor,
and to cause the earl to be distrained in his own lands, since he has
sufficient. By K. |
March 11.
Westminster. |
To the same. Order to account with the executors of the will of
Walter de Bello Campo, late keeper of the castle of Gloucester, for the
expenses incurred by him by the king's order and the view and testimony
of the viewers of the king's works there about the repair of the houses
and walls of the castle, and also in repairing the king's weirs there, and
to cause the executors to have allowance therefor.
By K. on the information of J. de Benstede. |
March 14.
Cheshunt. |
To the sheriff of Kent. Whereas the king lately caused the body of
Alexander de Balliolo, knight, to be arrested for certain reasons, and
caused his lands, goods and chattels in England and in Scotland to be
taken into his hands, and Alexander afterwards granted and promised to
the king by his letters patent that he would serve the king well and safely
in time of peace and war with all his power, and hereupon he took
bodily oath, and in addition for greater security delivered his son
Thomas to the king as hostage, to hold and keep him where the king
should please at Alexander's cost until the king should cause his will to
be fully ordained concerning Alexander and his estate, with provision
that if Alexander should contravene the form of the said letters, the king
or his heirs might do what they might wish with Alexander and his lands
and all his other goods; and the king has now for this reason delivered
Alexander's body from arrest and has restored to him his lands, goods
and chattels, to hold during the king's pleasure, and Alexander has
acknowledged by his said letters that he has received his lands, goods and
chattels from the king in form aforesaid: the king orders the sheriff
to deliver to Alexander his lands, goods and chattels, together with
the issues received thence in the meantime. |
|
The like to the sheriff of Hertford and the sheriff of Rokesburgh. |
|
The like to Nicholas Rouland, keeper of the manor of Benyngton,
to deliver to Alexander the manor and the goods and chattels in the same,
which were taken into the king's hands by the sheriff of Hertford. |
|
To Walter de Glouc[estria], escheator this side Trent. Order not to
intermeddle further with the lands that belonged to Richard de Redleye,
as the king learns by an inquisition taken by the escheator that Richard
at his death held nothing of the king in chief by reason whereof the
custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king. |
March 16.
Ware. |
To the sheriff of Kent. Order not to proceed to the arrest of William
du Val until further orders, upon his finding security to be before the
king to answer to him, although the king lately, at the denunciation of
R. archbishop of Canterbury, signifying to the king by his letters patent
that William is excommunicated and will not permit himself to be justiced
by ecclesiastical censure, ordered the sheriff to justice him according to
the custom of England until Holy Church should be satisfied for the
contempt and wrong, as the abbot of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, asserts
that William is subjected to him by virtue of an exemption lately granted
to him by the pope and is wholly exempt from the jurisdiction of the
archbishop, concerning which matter an ordinance was made before the
king and his council in the parliament at Lincoln. By C. |
March 8.
Westminster. |
To Walter de Glouc[estria], escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver
to Alice, late the wife of Henry Dayrel, the manor of Haneworth, co.
Middlesex, as the king learns by an inquisition taken by the escheator
that Henry and Alice were jointly enfeoffed of the manor by Christina,
daughter of Alexander de Hamden, to have to them and the heirs begotten
upon Alice by him, by a fine levied between them before John de Berewyk
and his fellows, justices in eyre in that county, in the twenty-second year
of the king's reign, and that Henry and Alice thus held the manor jointly
on the day of Henry's death, and that two parts of the manor are held of
the king in chief as of the honour of Walingford, which is in the king's
hands, by the service of a quarter of a knight's fee and by doing suit at
the king's court of Walingford from month to month, and the king has
taken Alice's fealty for the said two parts. |
March 16.
Ware. |
To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands that
belonged to Fulk de Lucy, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the
escheator that Fulk held nothing of the king in chief at his death by
reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king. |
March 11.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Durham. Whereas the king, on 17 July, in the
thirtieth year of his reign, committed by his letters patent to Henry
de Gildeford, his clerk, his seal for the guardianship of the liberty of the
bishop of Durham, which liberty was taken into the king's hand by
consideration of the king's court before the king, to be kept during the
king's pleasure [Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1301–1307, p. 44], and the
king afterwards granted to Henry by other letters patent 40 marks
yearly for his maintenance, to be received from the issues of the liberty
aforesaid for so long as he shall hold the liberty, to be received from the
issues of the liberty; and the king, on 12 November last, ordered the
sheriff to pay Henry at this rate yearly for such time as he had had
the guardianship: the king now again orders the sheriff to pay Henry at
such rate from the issues of the liberty. |
March 18.
Buntingford. |
Robert Peny, imprisoned at Maydenestane, has letters to the the sheriff
of Kent to bail him. |
March 18.
Royston (Crucem Roesiam). |
To the sheriff of Salop. Order to cause Reginald de Hauberdeyn to
have seisin of two acres of land in Ashford and Huntiton, as the king
learns by an inquisition taken by the escheator that the two acres, which
William de Mordeford, who was outlawed for felony, held, have been in
the king's hands for a year and a day, and that William held the land of
Reginald, and that Eva, daughter of Richard de Brushte, had the king's
year and day and ought to answer to the king for the same. |
March 16.
Ware. |
To Walter de Aylesbury, constable of Walingford castle. Order to pay
to Edward de Balliolo, who is staying in that castle by the king's order,
6s. 8d. a day for the maintenance of himself and his household there,
from Easter next for so long as he shall stay there by the king's order, or
until otherwise ordered.
By K. on the information of J. de Drokenesford. |
|
To Hugh le Despenser, justiciary of the Forest this side Trent. Order
to permit the aforesaid Alexander (sic for Edward) to take one or two
deer when he shall come to the king's forest of Wodestok to have his
sport (deductu) there.
By K. on the information of J. de Drokenesford. |
|
To the keeper of the king's manor and park of Wodestok. Order to
permit the said Edward to have the use (aisiamenta) of the king's houses
there when he shall come to that park to have his sport, and to permit
him to take one deer in the park.
By K. on the information of the said John. |
March 18.
Royston. |
Thomas Tone of Gedeneye, imprisoned at Lincoln for the death of
Robert le Chapeleyn of Gedeneye, wherewith he is charged, has letters to
the sheriff of Lincoln to bail him. |
|
To the sheriff of Surrey. Order to cause Richard de Burgo, earl of
Ulster, to have respite until Whitsuntide next for his homage and for
his relief for his purparty of the lands that belonged to Richard son of
John, deceased, tenant in chief, and for other debts exacted from him for
the king's use of the debts due to the exchequer from Richard at his
death, as the king has granted this respite to the earl. |
March 16.
Ware. |
To the collectors of the new custom in the city of London. Whereas
—upon its being found by an inquisition taken by the sheriff of Norfolk
that Burgesius Danburgeis de Ortesio was the bailiff of Master Arnald Lupi
de Tilio in Suthcreyk and Marsham, having care and administration of all
his things and goods, and was also the receiver of his moneys elsewhere,
and that Burgesius secretly leaving England carried with him Arnald's
goods and chattels to the value of 666l. to parts beyond sea—the king
ordered the sheriffs of London, because Arnald gave him to understand
that Burgesius had secretly divers goods and merchandise in the hands of
certain merchants of London, from which Arnald might be partly satisfied
for his goods thus carried away, to cause the said goods to be arrested in
the hands of whomsoever they might be found in the city, in so far as
Arnald can prove before them that the goods are Burgesius's or as they can
ascertain by an inquisition to be taken by them if need be, and to
cause them to be kept safely, and to certify the king of their proceedings; and the sheriffs have returned to the king that 40l. are
owing to Burgesius in the new custom aforesaid: the king orders the
collectors to pay this sum to Arnald, if they ascertain that it is owing to
Burgesius, upon his finding security to restore that sum to Burgesius if
he shall come before the king or the collectors at any time and prove that
he is not indebted to Arnald in any sum. They are ordered to retain in
their hands until otherwise ordered, or until other order shall be taken
between Arnald and Burgesius, all other debts that are due to Burgesius
in the custom aforesaid by any of his debtors and that are assigned to him
by his debtors to be received in that custom, certifying the king as speedily
as possible of their proceedings. |
March 21.
Croydon (Craweden). |
Henry Peytevyn, imprisoned at Suthmalling for the death of John
Wysman, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Sussex to
bail him until the first assize. |
March 19.
Royston. |
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Whereas the king lately—at the suit of John
de Blyton and Walter Beynes, merchants, suggesting that John, duke of
Brabant, was indebted to them by his letters patent in 47l. 13s. 4d., and
that he detains this sum from them, which he ought to have paid long
ago, and which he has been requested to pay to them by the king by
his letters—ordered the sheriff to cause the goods and wares of all
merchants of the land or power of the duke found in his bailiwick to be
arrested to the value of the aforesaid debt, and to cause them to be kept
safely until otherwise ordered, and to certify the king of his proceedings;
and the sheriff has returned that he has caused goods and wares of merchants of the duke's land and power to be arrested in the city of Lincoln
by the bailiffs of that city to the value of the debt: the king, wishing to
aid John and Walter with a speedy remedy for the recovery of the debt,
orders the sheriff to cause the goods thus arrested to be delivered to them,
upon their finding security to answer to the king for the goods or their
value when the king or anyone else shall wish to speak against them, certifying the king of his proceedings in this matter by letters under his seal. |
March 16.
Ware. |
To the treasurer and chamberlains of the exchequer of Dublin. Order
to deliver to Richard de Exon [ia] the rolls, writs and memoranda
touching the king's bench of Dublin for the twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth,
and thirtieth years of the king's reign, which are in the treasury in their
custody, by indenture, as has been usual in the like case, as the king, on
1 November, in the thirtieth year of his reign, appointed Richard his chief
justice in the said bench during his pleasure, as contained in his letters
patent [Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1301–1307, pp. 68, 70]. |
March 18.
Buntingford. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer of Dublin. Whereas the
king lately ordered them to take into his hands the temporalities of the
bishopric of Emly (Imelacensis) for certain debts due to him from the
bishop, and they delivered the guardianship of the bishopric to Master
Bartholomew de Sutton, on condition that he should answer to the king
and to the bishop at the exchequer of England for the issues of the
bishopric; and the king afterwards, understanding that Bartholomew did
not behave himself well in the guardianship, caused him to be amoved
thence, with the bishop's assent, and caused Master Richard Berard and
Roger de Clifford, clerks, to be appointed in his place, and ordered the
treasurer and barons to deliver to them the guardianship of the bishopric
with the goods in the manors thereof, on condition that Richard and
Robert should answer to the king and the bishop at the exchequer of
England, with provision that Bartholomew should find surety before the
treasurer and barons to answer to the king at the exchequer of England
for the issues of the bishopric received by him when he had the guardianship: the king orders them to warn Bartholomew to be before the
treasurer and barons of the exchequer of England in the octaves of
Michaelmas next, under the security aforesaid, to answer to the king and
the bishop in the premises.
By K. on the information of Brother W. de Wyntreburn. |
March 20.
Croydon. |
To Walter de Glouc[estria], escheator this side Trent. Order not to
intermeddle further with the manor of Walshale or with the issues
thereof, as the king, on 4 June, in the 18th year of his reign, granted,
at the instance of Bogo de Clare, by his letters patent to John Paynel
and Margery la Russe, his wife, that they might enfeoff Philip Burnel of
the manor with its members, which is of Margery's inheritance and which
is held of the king in chief, so that Philip might afterwards enfeoff
Margery and Thomas, her son, thereof, to hold to them for Margery's
life and afterwards to Thomas and his heirs immediately of the king, and
the king granted that the feoffment thus made between them should
hold, on condition that the lands should always be held immediately of
the king and his heirs in chief in form aforesaid by the services therefor
due and accustomed, as appears to him by inspection of his rolls of his
chancery: and the escheator, believing that Robert (sic) had been enfeoffed
thereof without the king's licence, has taken the manor into the king's
hands, as he has signified to the king. |
|
Membrane 13. |
March 23.
Weston. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the king lately
by his letters patent under the exchequer seal committed to Richard le
Engleys the manor of Bromleye, co. Dorset, which Herbert de Caune,
deceased, held of Baldwin de Caune by knight service at his death, which
manor was taken into the king's hands because Baldwin is an alien and
of the power and lordship of the king of France, to be kept during the
king's pleasure, and which is extended at 10l. 16s. 3¾d. yearly, rendering
therefore yearly to the exchequer 116s. 11½d., and that he should find out
of the balance Herbert, son and heir of Herbert, and Joan and Margery,
his sisters, their due and necessary maintenance during the wardship, as
is shown to the king on behalf of Richard; and the king, on 4 December,
in the twenty-seventh year of his reign, granted, at the instance of Guy,
count of Flanders, by his letters patent to Baldwin the wardship of the
manor during pleasure, on condition that he should maintain Herbert's
children suitably [Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1292–1301, p. 389], as appears
to the king by inspection of the rolls of his chancery, and the king ordered
Richard to deliver the manor to Baldwin: the king orders the treasurer
and barons to discharge Richard of the 116s. 11½d. yearly from the said
4 December. It is provided that Richard shall be charged with that sum
yearly from the time of the commission until that day. |
April 3.
Ratcliff (Radeclyve). |
To Walter de Glouc[estria], escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause
John de Pavely, son and heir of John de Pavely, to have seisin of the lands
that his father at his death held of the king in chief, as he has proved his
age before the escheator and the king has taken his homage. |
March 23.
Weston. |
To the same. Order to deliver to Margery, late the wife of Simon
Spygurnel, 42 acres of land in Shirington, and the issues received thence
since he took the land into the king's hands, as the king learns by
inquisition taken by the escheator that Simon and Margery held the land
jointly on the day of Simon's death of the gift of Master Henry de Insula,
who held it of the king in chief by knight service, to hold to them and
their heirs and assigns of the king by the service aforesaid, and that the
escheator took the land, which is extended at 14s. a year, into the king's
hands because Simon and Margery entered it without the king's licence,
and the king has pardoned Margery this trespass for a fine of 14s. and
has taken her fealty for the land. It is provided that Margery shall
come to the king when he returns from Scotland to do her homage. |
