Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward I: Volume 5, 1302-1307. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1908.
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'Close Rolls, Edward I: January 1305', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward I: Volume 5, 1302-1307, (London, 1908) pp. 232-238. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw1/vol5/pp232-238 [accessed 19 April 2024]
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January 1305
| Jan. 2. Lincoln. |
To Robert de Clifford, justice of the Forest beyond Trent. Order to cause the abbot of Thornton to have in the forest of Galtres ten oaks fit for timber and in the forest of Shirewode twelve oaks fit for timber, of the king's gift. By K. on the information of J. de Benstede. | ||||||||||
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To Lambert de Thrikingham and John de Byron, guardians of the
archbishopric of York during the voidance of the see. Order to cause the
said abbot to have in the wood of Cawode, which belongs to the archbishopric, eight oaks fit for timber, of the king's gift. By K. on the information of J. de Benstede. |
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To Robert de Clifford, justice of the Forest beyond Trent, or to him
who supplies his place. Because the church of Mammesfeld Wodehuses
and the houses of the king's tenants of that town have been burned by
mischance, as the king learns, the king, pitying the losses of the tenants
and wishing to show them favour in timber to rebuild their church and
houses, orders the justice to cause the tenants to have in the forest of
Shirewode timber for the rebuilding of the church and each of them to
have timber for the rebuilding of their houses, in accordance with the
requirements of their estate, from oaks and other trees suitable for timber. By K. on the information of J. de Benstede. |
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| Jan. 4. Lincoln. |
To Master Richard de Havering, escheator beyond Trent. Order to permit Joan, late the wife of John de Langeford, tenant in chief, as of the honour of Peverel, which is in the king's hands, to have her forty days (quarentana) of all the goods and chattels that belonged to John at his death and which were taken into the king's hands by reason of his death. | ||||||||||
| Dec. 30. Lincoln. |
To the sheriff of Hereford. Whereas the king granted to Edmund de
Mortuo Mari, tenant in chief, that he should pay all the debts due from
him to the exchequer by 20l. yearly during the king's pleasure, and the
king now looks (ceperimus nos) to Roger, Edmund's son and heir, a minor
in the king's wardship, for all the debts due from Edmund to the exchequer
at his death, and he has granted that when he come of age, he shall pay
yearly to the exchequer 20l. until the debts are fully paid, as contained in
the king's letters patent: the king orders the sheriff to deliver all the
goods and chattels that belonged to Edmund in his bailiwick, which were
taken into the king's hands by reason of the debts aforesaid, to the
executors of Edmund's will for the execution of his will. By K. on the information of W. bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. |
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| The like to the sheriffs of Salop and Stafford, Worcester, Oxford and Berks, Somerset and Dorset, Southampton. | |||||||||||
| Jan. 3. Lincoln. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause to be
allowed to J. bishop of Carlisle 50l. 2s. 11d. (sic), (fn. 1) in which he was
indebted to the exchequer for the ferm of the castle of Carlisle and of the
king's demesnes of Carlisle lately in his custody by the king's commission,
in the 81l. 11s. 5d. due to him from the king as below, as the king
lately ordered them to audit the bishop's account of the time when he
had the custody of the castle for the king's victuals delivered to him for
the munition of the castle and for the wages and other costs and expenses
of men-at-arms incurred by him for the defence of the castle and adjoining parts against the Scots, then the king's enemies and rebels, and to
cause due allowances to be made to him in the said victuals and in the
debts due to the king from him for his own debts and the debts of his
predecessors, and to certify the king under the seal of the exchequer of
what they should find that he owed to the bishop, and they have signified
to the king that, after making account with the bishop and making the
said allowances, there are due to him 81l. 11s. 5d. By K. on the information of J. de Benstede. |
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To the sheriff of Cumberland. Order to pay to the said bishop out of
the issues of the castle of Carlisle and the king's demesnes there, which
are in the sheriff's custody, 26l. 8s. 6d., which the king owes to him after
making account with him for the time when he had the custody of that
castle (as in preceding order). By K. on the information of J. de Benstede. |
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| Jan. 4. Lincoln. |
To the bailiff of the Peak (de Pecco). Whereas the king, on 30 September, in the eleventh year of his reign, granted to Nicholas de Babbingleye, his forester of the Peak, for his good testimony (testimonio) that he gave to him, that he should receive thenceforth during the king's pleasure and for so long as he should keep the bailiwick in his own person 12d. daily for his maintenance in that office, in the same manner as the 8d. daily prieviously granted to him by the king in that office, as contained in the king's letters patent [Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1281– 1292, p. 767]: the king orders the bailiff, if Nicholas keeps the bailiwick in his own person, to pay to him the arrears of the said 12d. daily for the bailiff's time and to pay him the same henceforth until otherwise ordered. | ||||||||||
| Jan. 7. Lincoln. |
To the sheriffs of London. Order to cause Peter de Bleues, merchant
of Gascony, imprisoned in Neugate for the death of Bertram Amonyn, his
fellow, who was lately slain in the city, to be released from prison upon
his finding mainpernors to have him before the king or any of his subjects
to be appointed by him for this purpose at the quinzaine of the Purification
next, to stand to right concerning the said death if the king or any one else
wish to speak against him in this matter, and also to answer to the king
for his goods and chattels taken into the king's hands by the sheriffs for
this reason if they ought to pertain to the king, as the king wishes to show
him favour because he is indicted of the said death by certain of his rivals
of the city out of hatred and malice. By K. on the information of J. de Benst[ede]. |
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| Jan. 8. Lincoln. |
To the sheriff of York. Whereas the king has taken the fealty of Muriel, late the wife of Ranulph le Fauconer of Scotland, for the lands whereof she was dowered in England in the time of Alexander, late king of Scotland, which the king caused to be taken into his hands by reason of the late war between him and the Scots, and he has rendered them to her of his special favour: he orders the sheriff to deliver to her the lands of her dower in his bailiwick, saving to the king and others who hold the lands by his commission or otherwise their costs and expenses about the lands and the other goods and chattels in the same. By p.s. | ||||||||||
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| Nov. 26. Burstwick. |
To the sheriff of York. Order to cause John de Bernevill, imprisoned at York for forging the king's privy seal, to be conducted at the king's cost under safe convoy to London, there to be delivered to the keeper of Neugate gaol, whom the king has ordered to receive him from the sheriff and to cause him to be kept safely in that gaol until otherwise ordered. | ||||||||||
| Mandate in pursuance to the keeper of Neugate gaol. | |||||||||||
| Jan. 3. Lincoln. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer Order to cause to be allowed to J. bishop of Carlisle 55l. 2s. 11d., in which he was indebted to the exchequer for the ferm of the castle of Carlisle and of the king's demesnes of Carlisle lately in his custody by the king's commission, in the 81l. 11s. 5d. due to him as below, as the king lately ordered them to audit the bishop's account of the time when he had the custody of the castle for the king's victuals delivered to him for the munition of the castle and for the wages and other costs and expenses of men-at-arms incurred by him for the defence of the castle against the Scots, then the king's enemies and rebels, and to cause due allowances to be made to him in the said victuals and in the debts due from him to the king for his own debts and the debts of his predecessors, and to certify the king under the seal of the exchequer of what they should find that he owed to the bishop, and they have signified to the king that, after making account with the bishop and making the said allowances, there are due to him 81l. 11s. 5d. | ||||||||||
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| Jan. 8. Lincoln. |
To Walter de Gloucestr[ia], escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Alice, late the wife of Hugh de la Hide, as nearest [friend] of the heirs, a messuage and a third of a virgate in Thornhull, co. Dorset, and not to intermeddle further with the lands that Hugh held of other lands than the king, as the king learns by an inquisition taken by the escheator that Hugh at his death held the messuage and land of the king at fee-ferm, rendering therefor yearly by the hands of the sheriff of Dorset 4s. 6d. yearly for all service, and that he did not hold at his death any lands of the king by reason whereof the wardship of his lands ought to pertain to the king on this occasion, and that Maud, Joan and Cutburga, his daughters, are his nearest heirs, and that Maud is aged three years, Joan one year and Cutburga eleven weeks and over. | ||||||||||
| Jan. 10. Lincoln. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the king has
pardoned Alexander de Fryvill for his good service 162l. 9s. 10d. of the
debts due from him to the exchequer, and has granted him that he may
pay the balance of the debts that are clear by 100s. yearly during the
king's pleasure: the king orders them to allow to Alexander the sums
that he has paid by deeds or tallies, and to search the rolls of the
exchequer for the balance, and to cause him to have the said terms for the
debts that are thus clear, and to cause this to be done and enrolled. By p.s. [5247.] |
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| Jan. 10. Lincoln. |
To Walter de Gloucestr[ia], escheator this side Trent. Whereas Isabel,
late the wife of Hugh Bardolf, tenant in chief, granted and quit-claimed
to the king, on 21 November last, by her deed all her right and claim in
the manors of Watton, co. Hertford, Adington, co. Surrey, and Emlesworth,
co. Southampton, which Hugh held of the king in chief at his death of
Isabel's inheritance, and which were taken into the king's hands with
Hugh's other lands, and the king afterwards granted to Isabel the manors
to hold under a certain form, and ordered the escheator to deliver to her
the manors with the king's other goods and chattels then in them and
with the issues received thence since 21 November, of the king's gift:
the king, wishing to show her further favour in this behalf, orders the
escheator to deliver to her all the issues received from the manors from
the time of Hugh's death until the said 21 November, together with the
goods, chattels and issues previously granted to her, of the king's gift. By K. on the information of W. bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. |
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| Jan. 15. Navenby. |
David le Bercher, imprisoned at Neugate for the death of Richard son of Maud atte Wolde, whereof he is indicted, has letters to the sheriff of Middlesex to bail him until the first assize. | ||||||||||
| Memorandum, that the king by writ of privy seal ordered W. bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, his treasurer, to deliver in the presence of those of the king's council at Westminster the great seal, then in the custody of Sir John de Bensted under the seals of Sir A. de Osgodeby and Robert de Bardelby, to Sir William de Hamelton, dean of York, whom the king has chosen as his chancellor; and Sir John de Bensted delivered the said seal to the said bishop under the seals of the said Adam and Robert in their presence and in the presence of Sir Philip de Wylgheby, the chancellor, John de Insula, and Master Richard de Abyndon, barons, Hugh de Notingham, one of the remembrancers of the exchequer, on Saturday after St. Hilary, to wit 16 January, in the 33rd year, in the little exchequer at Westminster, and the bishop then delivered it to Sir William de Hamelton on the king's behalf, who received it into his hands and on the same day after dinner sealed therewith a writ for Master William de Grenefeld, elect of York. | |||||||||||
| Jan. 12. Lincoln. |
To the sheriff of Kent. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Benedict Potyn of Rochester, whom the king has caused to be amoved from office because he is incapacitated by infirmity. | ||||||||||
| Jan. 12. Lincoln. |
To Robert de Burghersh, warden of the Cinque Ports. Order to permit
Master William de Grenefeld, elect of York, to carry out of that port (sic)
his silver vessels and money to the amount of 100l. sterling for his
expenses, notwithstanding the king's ordinance that money or silver in
mass shall not be taken out of the country to parts beyond sea without
his licence, as William is going to the Roman court for the matter of his
election by the king's licence. By K. on the information of W. bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. |
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| Jan. 15. Navenby |
To Walter de Gloucest[ria], escheator this side Trent. Whereas the king learns by an inquisition taken by the escheator that John son of John son of Simon and Petronilla, his wife, jointly held of the king at John's death the manor of Stanbrig, co. Essex, of her inheritance as of the barony of Reylegh, which is in the king's hands, by the service of doing suit at the king's court of Reylegh from three weeks to three weeks, and the king has taken her fealty for the manor: he orders the escheator to deliver to the said Isabel (sic) the manor, which he took into the king's hands by reason of John's death, together with the issues received thence by him. | ||||||||||
| Jan. 19. St. Saviour's Town. |
To Nicholas Fermbaud and Robert de Harwedon, guardians of the
bishopric of Winchester during the voidance of the see. Order to pay to
Amadeus, count of Savoy, or to Master Bernard de Mercato, his attorney,
1,000 marks out of the issues of the bishopric, in part payment of
10,000 marks, as the king, on 6 February, in the thirty-first year of his
reign, granted to him the issues of all bishoprics, abbeys and priories falling
void of which the custody pertains to the king until he should be satisfied
for 10,000 marks, which the king had previously granted to him for his
good service, as contained in the king's letters patent [Calendar of Patent
Rolls, 1301–1307, p. 113], and the count has not yet been satisfied for the
said 10,000 marks. By K. on the information of W. bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. |
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| Jan. 22. Spalding. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the late king, on 11 February in the fifty-sixth year of his reign, granted by his letters patent, in part payment of the money due from him to Matthew de Loveyne, deceased, for the marriage of Elisanta, late the wife of Matthew, what pertained to him of the relief of William de Lyndeseye, son and heir of Walter de Lyndeseye, tenant in chief of the said king: the king orders them to cause Ingelram de Gynes and Christiana, his wife, daughter and heiress of the said William, to be acquitted of what pertained to the late king of the relief aforesaid, which they cause to be exacted for them by summons of the exchequer contrary to the grant aforesaid. | ||||||||||
| To the taker of the king's wines of the right prise at Southampton. Order to cause the abbot and convent of King's Beaulien to have a tun of wine of the king's right prise there for the thirty-third year of his reign, in accordance with the late king's grant to them of a tun of wine yearly for the celebration of mass in their church and of the king's grant, at the instance of R. late bishop of Salisbury, his chancellor, that they shall receive the said tun yearly by the hands of the taker of his wines at Southampton. | |||||||||||
| Jan. 15. Navenby. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause to be levied without delay the 100s. by which William la Zusche made fine with the king before them for having the king's writs to hear and determine certain trespasses committed upon him at Bridgwater (Brugwalteri), co. Somerset, before William de Bereford, Peter Mallore, and Gilbert de Knovill, and 100s. by which Maud, late the wife of Ralph de Boxste, tenant in chief, made fine with the king before the treasurer and barons to have licence to marry whom she would, provided that he were the king's subject, and 10l. by which Roger de Messenden made fine with the king before them to have again certain tenements in Coleworth, co. Northampton, which were taken into the king's hands because he acquired them of Henry de Pynkeny, who held them of the king in chief, without the king's licence, and to cause the sums to be paid to William de Sancto Paulo, Arnald de Sancto Martino, John de Beryes, Reymund de Artigalung, John de Seignaus, Peter de Francia, yeoman of John de Seincrik, and Vincent de Lageneys, citizens and merchants of Bayonne, to whom the king granted these sums by his letters patent in part payment of 500l. that he granted to them in aid of their costs and expenses in a prosecution made by them in his name against William de Saut, sometime citizen of Bayeux, and to cause William, Maud and Roger to be acquitted thereof. | ||||||||||
| Jan. 22. Spalding. |
To the sheriff of Leicester. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Robert de Wyvill, who is incapacitated by infirmity. | ||||||||||
| Jan. 26. Wisbech. |
To Walter de Glouc[estria], escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands that belonged to Richard de Asheby, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Richard at his death held nothing of the king in chief by reason whereof the wardship of his lands ought to pertain to the king. | ||||||||||
| Jan. 24. Tydd. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas John de Melsa, late sheriff of the county of York, was indebted to the exchequer at his death in divers debts, and the king granted to him in his lifetime that he should pay the debts by 50 marks yearly, and his lands came to the hands of Godfrey de Melsa, his son, the king's yeoman, by John's grant, and the king, wishing to show further favour to Godfrey for his good service, has pardoned him a moiety of all the debts due from his father at his death to the exchequer for any reason, and has granted to him that he may pay the balance by 50 marks yearly, as contained in the king's letters patent to him: the king orders the treasurer and barons to search the rolls of the exchequer concerning the debt due from John to the exchequer at his death, and to cause Godfrey to be acquitted of a moiety of the debts that remain clear, and to cause him to have the said terms, and to cause this to be so done and enrolled. By p.s. | ||||||||||
| Jan. 26. Wisbech. |
To Walter de Gloucestr[ia], escheator this side Trent. Order to cause dower to be assigned to Hawisia, late the wife of Roger son of Henry de Beltoft, tenant by knight service of the heir of Roger de Moubray, tenant in chief, a minor in the king's wardship, after taking security from her that she will not marry without the king's licence. | ||||||||||
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| Jan. 26. Wisbech. |
To the same. Order to deliver to Joan, late the wife of William de Hale, certain lands in Hale, co. Northampton, which he has taken into the king's hands by reason of William's death, and to restore to her the issues received from them, as the king learns by an inquisition taken by the escheator that William and Joan jointly acquired the lands of John de Holt, the younger, to them and to William's heirs, and that they continued their joint seisin thereof until William's death, and that the lands are held of the king by the service of 9s. yearly by the hands of the sheriff of that county, and the king has taken her fealty for the lands. | ||||||||||
| Jan. 2. Lincoln. |
To Walter de Glouc[estria], escheator this side Trent. Order to cause Roger, son and heir of John de Insula, to have seisin of his father's lands, as he has proved his age before the escheator, and the king has taken his homage for the lands that John held of him in chief. | ||||||||||
| Jan. 17. Sleaford. |
To Master Richard de Havering, escheator beyond Trent. Order to
cause Anketin, son and heir of Anketin Salvayn, to have seisin of his
father's lands, as he has proved his age before the king, and the king has
taken his homage for the lands that his father held in chief. By p.s. [5257.] |
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