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April 4.
Lenton. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas William son
of Catherine de Hikeling and William le Noue are imprisoned in Norwich
castle for a re-disseisin made by them upon William de Valoynes of a
tenement in Hikeling, co. Norfolk, and they cannot be delivered from that
prison without the king's special order: the king orders them to send
some one in whom they have confidence to the sheriff of that county, in
order that he and the sheriff may cause William and William to be released
from prison upon receiving from them a sufficient fine for the king's use. |
March 7.
Lenton. |
To William Haward, John le Breton and Robert Hereward. Order to
supersede holding a plea before them between Robert de Bytering and
John Luvel of Tychemersh and Joan, his wife, for a trespass committed
by Robert upon them, until John Luvel shall return from Scotland or
until otherwise ordered, as he is staying in the king's service in Scotland
by his order and Joan, his wife, is with him, so that they are unable to
be present in person. By K. |
April 12.
Thurgarton. |
To Walter de Gloucestria, escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause
John, son and heir of Peter Mauveisin, to have seisin of the lands that
his father held of the king in chief and of the serjeanty of Muneton,
which is in the forests of Bishmore and Havekestone, as he has proved
his age before the escheator and the king has taken his homage for the
serjeanty and rendered it to him with all the lands that his father held. |
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To Hugh le Despenser, justice of the Forest beyond Trent. Order to
cause John to have seisin of the serjeanty aforesaid. |
April 10.
Lenton. |
William Roys of Grantham, imprisoned at Peterborough, co.
Northampton, for the death of William de Nortstoke in co. Lincoln, has
letters to the sheriff of Lincoln to bail him. |
April 10.
Lenton. |
To Master Richard de Havering', escheator this side Trent. Order to
cause dower to be assigned to Alice, late the wife of Robert son of Henry
de Derleye, tenant in chief, upon her taking oath that she will not marry
without the king's licence. |
April 8.
Lenton. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to respite until
Michaelmas next the suit before them in the exchequer between the king,
demandant, and Henry de Urtiaco, deforciant, concerning the Hundreds
of Abbedik and Bolston, co. Somerset, provided that Henry set out with
the king for Scotland, unless the king shall cause other order to be made
in the meantime. By K. |
April 10.
Lenton. |
To Thomas Alard, bailiff of Wynchelese. Order to pay to Thomas Roger
of Wynchelese 30l. 10s. 3d. for twelve tuns of wine, to Vincent Herberd
30l. 13s. 7d. for twelve tuns of wine, to Stephen Clement 104s. 11d. for
two tuns of wine, to William Heved 13l. 4s. 5d. for five tuns of wine, to
Bartholomew Campyon 7l. 8s. 4d. for three tuns of wine, to Richard
Germeyn 25l. 14s. 2d. for ten tuns of wine, to John Sperneprud 6l. 18s. 1½d.
for three tuns of wine, to John de Hispania 9l. 2s. 2d. for four tuns of
wine, to Nicholas Pattok 15l. 8s. 3d. for six tuns of wine bought from
them by William Trente, the king's butler, in the thirtieth year of his
reign, for the king's use. By bill of the wardrobe. |
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To the bailiffs of the Hundred without the Northgate of Oxford. Order
to pay to Robert de Crevequer 10l. for Easter term last of the 20l. yearly
granted to him by the king for life from that ferm for the release and
quit-claim that he made to the king and Queen Eleanor, his late consort,
of the manor of Ditton. |
April 16.
Laneham. |
To the sheriff of Essex. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in place of William le Butiller, who is incapacitated by paralysis. |
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To the same. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in
place of Thomas Dakenham, who is incapacitated by infirmity. |
April 18.
Faxfleet. |
Simon Fox of Ekelissale, imprisoned at Notingham for the death of
Simon Cade, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of
Nottingham to bail him until the first assize. |
April 10.
Lenton. |
To J. de Segrave, supplying the king's place in Scotland. Order to
cause to be delivered to Walter son of Walter de Bello Campo, tenant in
chief, the king's late steward, all the lands in Scotland whereof Walter
was seised at his death in his demesne as of fee, with everything received
thence since they were taken into the king's hands, saving to the wife of
the deceased her dower and saving to the deceased the chattels found in
the said lands. |
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The like to John Buteturte, supplying the king's place in Galloway. |
April 8.
Lenton. |
To Reginald le Barber and Alan de Suffolk, collectors of the king's new
custom of wines in the city of London. Order to permit the burgesses
and merchants of Brigerake and Leyburn to be acquitted of 4s. on each
tun of wine of Brigerac (de Bregeriaco), the Limousin (Lemovicenc') and
St. Emilion loaded at Pierrefite (apud Petram Fixam) or Leyburn and
brought by them hereafter to that city, during the king's pleasure,
provided that they pay the due and ancient customs and pay to the king
the new custom, as the king has pardoned them the 4s. a tun that he
lately ordered to be taken during his pleasure within the realm from all
such wine thus loaded and brought into the realm by any persons
whatsoever. By K. |
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The like to the collectors of the new custom at Hul, Sandwich,
Southampton, and Bristol. |
April 16.
Laneham. |
To him who supplies the place of the treasurer and to the barons of the
exchequer. Whereas the king, on 6 October, in the thirtieth year
of his reign, committed by letters patent under the exchequer seal
to the abbot and convent of Westminster, for the 1000 marks that
they paid to the pope for the king and for which the king is bound
to them by his letters patent, the manors of Stiveton, Lyndewode,
Carlesthorpe, and Thoresweye, co. Lincoln, and the king's court of
Bayeux in the city of Lincoln, which are extended at 120l. a year,
to have from the morrow of Michaelmas preceding for eleven years,
rendering therefor during that time to Peter Malorre and Maud, his
wife, if she should live so long, 60l. yearly; and the king is bound to the
abbot and convent in 112l. of the arrears of 8l. yearly of the tenth of the
ferm of the town of Wych for the seventeenth to thirtieth years of his
reign inclusive, which tenth they ought to receive by the charters of
the king's progenitors and which they received until the seventeeth year,
for which 112l. the king wills that the abbot and convent shall be
satisfied as speedily as possible: the king orders them to commit to the
abbot and convent by his letters patent under the exchequer seal the
manors and court aforesaid for a certain term according to their
discretion beyond the term of eleven years aforesaid, so that the abbot
and convent may be satisfied for the said 112l. and the king may be
discharged thereof against them. By p.s. and C. |
April 16.
Laneham |
To the men of Wych. Order to pay to the said abbot and convent 8l.
for the tenth of the ferm of that town from the part that pertains to the
king for the present year, and to pay them this sum yearly henceforth. |
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To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause due
allowance to be made to the men for the said 8l. yearly. By p.s. |
April 16.
Laneham. |
To the keeper of the manor of Ledes. Order to pay to the prior and
convent of Ledes 42 marks that are in arrears of the 28 marks granted to
them by the king by his letters patent from the issues of that manor, to
be received from the bailiffs of the manor at Michaelmas, for the
maintenance of four canons of the priory celebrating divine service daily
in the chapel of the king's castle of Ledes for the soul of Queen Eleanor,
his late consort, and of one clerk serving the said canons, to be thus
received until the king or his heirs shall cause them to be provided with
28 marks yearly of land or rent or with an ecclesiastical benefice of this
value. |
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April 21.
Beverley. |
To him who supplies the place of the treasurer and to the barons of the
exchequer. Order to discharge Thomas de Maclesfeld of the [portion of
his] ferm of 300l. due for the manor of Esseford from 14 November, in
the thirtieth year of the king's reign, as the king committed to him on
20 June, in the twenty-eighth year, by letters patent under the exchequer
seal the manors of Esseford, co. Derby, Mackesfeld, co. Chester, and
Overton, co. Flint, to be kept from Michaelmas following for seven years,
rendering therefor 300l. yearly, and the king, on 14 November aforesaid,
granted by other letters patent to Ralph Pypard the manor of Esseford
for life, and ordered Thomas to deliver it to him. |
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To the same. Order to discharge John juxta Aquam of Edenstowe,
Reginald son of Ralph of the same, Geoffrey son of Lambert de Camberton
(sic), and Stephen son of Gilbert of the same, and the king's other men of
his manor of Edenstowe and its members of the [portion of their] ferm of
20 marks yearly due for 20 acres of land in Carberton Storth near the
gate of Wellebek from the first of June, in the twenty-ninth year of
the king's reign, as the king, on 23 January, in the twenty-seventh year
of his reign, committed to them by his letters patent under the exchequer
seal the said manor with its members, to wit 52 bovates of land of
the king's demesnes, except the new assarts arrented in the exchequer,
of which lands 20 bovates are in Edenstowe, 20 bovates in Carberton,
8 bovates in Thouresby, and 20 acres in Carberton Storth, and a
water-mill in the town of Edenstowe and another in the town of
Carberton, and the king's court of Edenstowe, to be kept during the
king's pleasure, rendering 20 marks yearly therefor to the exchequer, and
the king afterwards, on 1 June aforesaid, granted to the abbot and
convent of Wellebec all that part of his wood and soil of Rumwode
between the wood of the abbot and convent and the park of Thomas
de Furnivall, extending by the king's highway between Wirkesop
and Warsop on the west, together with the said land in Carberton Storth,
rendering therefor 28s. yearly. |
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To the same. Order to discharge Thomas de Maclesfeld of [the portion
of his ferm] of 300l. yearly [due] for the manors of Mackesfeld, co. Chester,
and Overton, co. Flint, from 7 February, in the 29th year of the reign,
as the king, on 20 June, in the 28th year of his reign, committed to
Thomas by letters patent under the exchequer seal the manors of Esseford,
co. Derby, and the aforesaid two manors for seven years from Michaelmas
following, rendering therefor 300l. yearly to the exchequer, and the king
afterwards, on 7 February aforesaid, granted to Edward, his son, the said
manors of Maclesfeld and Overton. |
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To the sheriff of York. Whereas Henry de Percy—who was indicted
for trespasses in the king's warrens and parks in Holdernese before
William de Bereford, Ralph de Hengham, John de Insula, and Richard
Oysel, the king's late justices to hear and determine trespasses in his
warrens and parks, and who has been put in exigent to be outlawed in that
county [court] because he did not come before the justices to make
answer to the king for the trespasses—has come before the king and
promised to set out with him in his service for Scotland: the king orders
the sheriff that, when Henry shall render himself to the king's prison at
York and shall find him mainprise to be before the king or those whom
he shall cause to be appointed for this purpose at the quinzaine of
Michaelmas next to stand to right concerning the trespasses and indictments aforesaid, to deliver him from prison by such mainprise, and to
supersede the execution of the exigent aforesaid, and to have before the
king at the said day the names of the mainpernors. By p.s. [3202]. |
April 21.
Beverley. |
To the collectors of the tenth in Ireland appointed by R. bishop of
London and Master Bartholomew de Ferentino, canon of London, the
collectors of the tenth appointed by the pope. Whereas the king has
caused his letters patent to be made, containing that he has received
1000 marks paid to Richard de Bereford, treasurer of Ireland, from the
tenth from the bishop and Bartholmew, and has caused the letters to be
delivered to the bishop and Bartholomew: the king orders them to pay
the 1000 marks to Richard, to do therewith what the king has enjoined
upon him, as quickly as possible after receiving orders from the bishop
and Bartholomew.
By K. on the information of J. de Drokenesford and J. de
Benstede. |
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[Prynne, Records, iii, p. 999.] |
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To Richard de Bereford, treasurer of the exchequer of Dublin. Order
to receive the 1000 marks aforesaid from the collectors, and to send them
to the king in Scotland by the clerk who is coming with the men-at-arms
from Ireland to Scotland, there to be delivered to John de Drokenesford,
keeper of the king's wardrobe there. By K. as above. |
April 23.
Middleton. |
To Walter de Gloucester, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to
William de Lucy, son of Fulk de Lucy, the issues received by him from
the manor of Cherlecote, co. Warwick, and the manor of Shreveleye, in
the same county, as the king lately ordered the escheator not to
intermeddle further with the lands that belonged to Fulk at his death,
because it was found by an inquisition taken by the escheator that Fulk
held nothing of the king in chief by reason whereof the wardship of his
lands ought to pertain to the king, and William has entered the manor
of Cherlecote, which Fulk held of John, son and heir of John de Monte
Forti, and the manor of Shreveley, which Fulk held of Maud, daughter
and heiress of John de Shreveleye, at his death, as appears by the
inquisition, as next heir by virtue of the order aforesaid. |
April 21.
Beverley. |
To the keepers of the king's old custom of wool, hides and wool-fells
at Lynn. Order to deliver to Peter de Sancto Paulo, citizen of Bayonne,
deputed to collect that custom for the use of himself and his fellow
citizens, to whom the king is indebted in divers debts, the part of the
king's coket that he kept by the king's commission, to be kept according
to the form of the commission, unless they satisfy themselves that the
king has suffered great loss through Peter's default in weighing wool
leaving that port, in which case they are to certify the treasurer and
barons of the exchequer, as the king learns that the part of the coket has
been taken from Peter without reasonable cause and that it is in their
hands. |
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The like to the keepers at Chichester for Peter de Francia. |
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The like to the keepers at Sandwich for Reymund Arnaldi de la
Ribbere. |
April 28.
Northallerton. |
To him who supplies the place of the treasurer and to the chamberlains.
Whereas the king, on 17 August, in the thirtieth year of his reign,
assigned to certain noblemen, clerks and others, of Gascony, all the issues
of the lands and rents of aliens, both men of religion and others, in
England, in the king's hands by reason of the war between him and
the king of France, to be received from that day by the hands of John de
Sandale and Thomas de Cantebr[ugge], king's clerks appointed by the
king to receive at the exchequer the money from the said issues and to
pay it to the said nobles yearly at the terms assigned by the king, until
the nobles should be satisfied for certain provisions made to them by
him, as contained in his letters patent to them: the king orders them to
pay to John and Thomas all the issues of the lands and rents received by
them since the said day and to be received hereafter, to be levied and
received by them with all speed. |
April 28.
Northallerton. |
To John, count of Namur, son of Guy, count of Flanders. The king
learns from the complaint of Ralph de Dunolm[ia], Walter de Bradeford,
William de Haukewell, Philip de Hedon, Adam the Warrener (Warinar')
of Cotingham, Hugh de Athewyk, Matthew de Thorne, Robert de Malton,
and Richard Godrich, merchants of England, that whereas they lately
loaded a ship at Kyngeston-upon-Hull with 28 sacks of wool in 25 sarplers
and four pockets (pokettis), 364 wool-fells, 5 lasts and 39 hides, to be
carried to Flanders, certain malefactors of Flanders afterwards met the
ship at sea and assaulted the men in her and entered her by force and
arms, and carried the wool, fells and hides with them to Donkirk in
Flanders, detaining the ship, wool, fells and hides aforesaid from the
merchants: the king, wishing to aid his said merchants as he is bound,
requests the count to cause the merchants to have speedy restitution of
their ship, wool, fells and hides, so that renewed complaint may not
reach him, by reason whereof it would behove him to provide them with
another remedy. |
