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Membrane 3d. |
July 1.
Berwick-on-Tweed. |
To J. lord of [Lower] Lorraine (Lothrich'), Brabant, and Limburg. At
the complaint of Geoffrey de Chikenhale, Bartholomew le Mercer, of
Yarmouth, John Blak and Adam de Kadelwald, merchants of the king's
realm, who produced a letter patent of the said lord under his seal whereby
it appeared that he was bound to the said Geoffrey in 13l. 4s. 8d., to the said
Bartholomew in 19l. 14s. 2d., to the said John in 12l. 7s. 11d., and to the
said Adam in 27l. 4s. 7d. sterling, to be paid to them at certain terms now
long past for wool received from them, and who asserted that the said
lord refused to pay them these debts, the king wrote requesting him to
cause them to be satisfied for the same; now the king learns from
them that, although they took the king's letters to him and prayed for
satisfaction of their debts, they have nevertheless received nothing as yet,
but have sustained great labour and expense; wherefore the king requests
him to pay them the said debts and their damages without delay, so that it
may not behove the king to provide them with another remedy owing to his
default. He is to certify the king by the bearer hereof what he has caused
to be done herein. |
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Memorandum, that whereas lately in the Parliament at Staunford, in the
third year of the king's reign, it was agreed before the king's council
between certain envoys of William, count of Hainault, Holland and Zeeland,
specially empowered for this purpose, and Walter le Keu, of Lincoln,
demanding for himself and other merchants of England, his fellows, restilution of their goods taken by men of Holland and Zeeland to the sum of
896l. 10s. 0d. sterling, that the envoys should first of all make security to
the said Walter and his fellows to satisfy them for the sum of 954l., as is
more fully contained in the rolls of chancery, and the said count bound
himself for payment of that sum to Robert Elys, of Great Yarmouth, at
certain terms, so that the said Robert should find security for the said count
and his men of Holland and Zeeland for payment of the said sum to
the aforesaid Walter and his fellows; the aforesaid Robert acknowledged in chancery, on Thursday the morrow of Ash Wednesday,
in the fourth year of the king's reign, that he would come personally
into chancery in the quinzaine of Easter then next following to make
the security to the said Walter and his fellows that the said envoys
were bound to make for what was in arrears; on which day the said
Robert and Walter appeared, and the said Walter demanded that the
said Robert should make them sufficient security for all the money that
remained to be paid to him and his fellows of the said 954l., and the said
Robert said that he had paid a great part thereof to him, and also that
57l. 10s. 0d. of that sum were of his own debt on account of a loan that
he had made to the envoys and men in the above parliament and were not
due to the said Walter and his fellows although included in the above
sum of 954l. He also said that Walter had received before the said
composition, by virtue of a writ of arrest granted to him by the late
king, 32l. 13s. 4d. from certain merchants of Holland in part payment of
the principal sum of the aforesaid debt, and he demanded that all that he
had paid to the said Walter and also the said 32l. 13s. 4d. and 57l. 10s.
should be subtracted from the above 954l., so that he might make security
for the remainder. And the said Walter said that both the 57l. 10s.
and the 32l. 13s. 4d. were granted to him by the envoys for his expenses
and damages, and that on that account the above sum of 896l. 10s.
was augmented to 954l. with the assent of the envoys and was inserted in the aforesaid ordinance; the said Robert asserting the contrary.
Wherefore, an account having been made between them, before Sir Hugh
de Burgo and Sir John de Merton, chosen for this purpose by them, of all
that the said Walter had received of the above debt, it was found that he
had received 212l. 10s. 0½d. of the said 954l., and so there remained to be
paid clearly and without challenge 684l. 9s. 11½d., and besides that sum
57l. 10s. and 32l. 13s. 4d. remained as before in dispute. Concerning
which and all other points of dispute the said Robert and Walter submitted
themselves to the arbitration of Robert de Askeby, William de Ayremynne,
and the said Hugh and John. These arbitrators, having examined the
said affair, as the truth could not be elicited from them because they
still disagreed as heretofore, considering on the one hand that the said
57l. 10s. exceeded the sum of the first petition of the said Walter and
his fellows, and that 32l. 13s. 4d. could be recovered (evinci) against the
said Walter if he were satisfied by the said Robert, and on the other hand
that the count made a bond to the said Robert for 1,300l., which exceeded by 87l. the sum first due to Walter and his fellows and also the
sum of 259l. due to Richard Wake and John Wype, as contained in the
aforesaid composition, the arbitrators ordained, on Monday before Whitsuntide, at London, that the 32l. 13s. 4d. received by the said Walter
should remain in his possession at his peril to answer therefor to those who
have the right to demand back the same, and that the 57l. 10s. in dispute
should be divided equally between the said Robert and Walter, so that
28l. 15s. thereof should remain to the said Robert, and 28l. 15s. should
be added to the sum of 684l. 9s. 11½d. due to the said Walter and his
fellows, and so 712l. 14s. 11½d. remained due, of which they ordained that
Robert should make security within two days, as otherwise they would
ordain such security for Walter and his fellows as should seem good
to them. At the end of which time no security had been made by
the said Robert, and having awaited the security for six more days, the
said arbitrators ordained, on Tuesday in Whitsun week, at Stratford, in the
abbey, in the presence of the above parties, that the bond made to the
said Robert by the aforesaid count should be transferred to Walter, for
himself and his fellows, up to the said sum of 712l. 14s. 11½d.; so that the
said Walter might be enabled to recover that sum according to the form
of the obligation, provided however that the whole sum of the said obligation shall be levied. They also ordained that the said Walter should make
his suit faithfully and without fraud, and that he should not receive any
ransom from anyone to spare him, nor procure goods that shall be arrested
at his suit to be appraised at a less sum than their true value. Notwithstanding the premises, it is to be known that nothing was ordained
regarding the said Robert's petition to have his costs and expenses for
procuring the above peace and composition at the instance of the said
Walter allowed to him by Walter, and that any action he might be entitled
to for the recovery of the same against Walter should remain whole to him. |
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Membrane 2d. |
July 6.
Berwick-on-Tweed. |
Stephen de Maldon acknowledges that he owes to Adam de Brom,
clerk, 5 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and
chattels in co. Essex. |
July 1.
Berwick-on-Tweed. |
To the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. At the complaint of William Tollere,
burgess and merchant of Grymesby, that 'Euel the Yung,' of Westfale, Arnald
his brother, Gerard Lof, of Stralsound, Tidemann Wynnepeny, Herman Pape,
Hanekyn Danuce, Reynekyn Frise, Albrigh[t] de Holaund, and Claus de
Holand, and their accomplices, had entered by armed force the said
William's ship on the sea not far from the town of Westfal, which ship he
had caused to be laden in the parts of Estlaund with cloth and other goods
to be brought to England by his men, and that they had taken and carried
away therefrom 100l. sterling and cloth and other goods to the value of
200l. sterling, the king frequently wrote to the archbishop of Cologne, the
lord of the said town of Westfale, requesting him to hear the complaint
of the said William and to do him justice for the above robbery; but the
archbishop has made frivolous and untrue excuses, to wit that he could not
find the malefactors in his lordship, and has done nothing further concerning the robbery; because the mayor and community of Grimesby
have testified before the king by their letters patent that, at the time when
the archbishop received the king's letters, and before and afterwards,
the said 'Euel the Yunge,' Arnald, Gerard, Tidemann, Herman, Hanekyn,
Reynekyn, Albright, and Claus were seen in the said town of Westfal by
many burgesses of Grimesby and other merchants of this realm, and that
the archbishop and his bailiffs could have found them to do justice upon
them if they had wished so to do, whereby it is evident that the archbishop has failed to do justice to the said merchant: the king therefore
orders the sheriff to arrest goods, of the men and merchants of Westfal and
elsewhere in the power of the said archbishop to the value of 300l., and to
keep them safely until the said William have been satisfied, certifying the
king of what he has done herein, what goods he has arrested, their owner
and price. |
June 15.
Berwick-on-Tweed. |
To Master Thomas de Cobham, doctor of Canon Law and S.T.P., and
Gilbert Peche, knight. Appointment to treat with the king of France
concerning satisfaction due to and from both parties according to the treaty
between him and the late king, and to continue the process begun at
Montreuil-sur-Mer before the deputies of the French king. [Fœdera.] |
June 16.
Berwick-on-Tweed. |
To Robert de Kendale, constable of Dover castle and warden of the
Cinque Ports, or to him who shall supply his place. Order to cause
Fortanerius de Lescu, steward of Constance de Biarne, vicomtesse de
Marsan, to have speedy passage and safe conduct at his own cost to parts
beyond sea for himself and the silver of the said Constance. By p.s. |
July 6.
Berwick-on-Tweed. |
To the sheriff of Essex and Hertford. Order to cause the 430 quarters
of wheat, 200 quarters of oats, and 230 quarters of malt, which the king
ordered him to buy and provide and send to Berwick-on-Tweed, to be sent
without delay to Westminster for the expenses of the king and his household at the parliament summoned to meet at London on Sunday before
St. Laurence next. |
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The abbot of Selleby acknowledges that he owes to Gilbert de Clare,
earl of Gloucester and Hertford, 100l.; to be levied, in default of payment,
of his lands and chattels in co. York. |
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Cancelled on payment. |
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Thomas de Leukenore acknowledges that he owes to Henry de Dureham
100l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co.
Middlesex. |
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Robert de Hemenhale acknowledges that he owes to William de Goldington 46l. 13s. 4d.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and
chattels in cos. Essex and Norfolk. |
July 3.
Berwick-on-Tweed. |
Hervey de Forges, who has long served the king and queen, is sent to
the abbot and convent of Mont St. Michel in Normandy, to have the
necessaries of life in that house during his life. By p.s. [2165.] |
June 30.
Berwick-on-Tweed. |
John de Immere, who has long served the king, is sent to the abbot and
convent of Athelingeye, in place of John de Stofford, deceased, to receive
the necessaries of life according to the requirements of his estate. By p.s. |
