Close Rolls, Edward II: August 1316

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 2, 1313-1318. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1893.

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'Close Rolls, Edward II: August 1316', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 2, 1313-1318, (London, 1893) pp. 472. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw2/vol2/p472 [accessed 24 April 2024]

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August 1316

Membrane 7d—Schedule.
Warantia dierum.
Aug. 5.
Lincoln.
To the justices of the Bench. Order not to put Walter, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, in default for his failure to appear before them in a suit between Geoffrey Rydel, demandant, and the aforesaid bishop, tenant, concerning two virgates of land in Wytering, as he was engaged in the king's service on Monday the morrow of the octaves of Holy Trinity last, so that he could not appear. By K.
Aug. 7.
Lincoln.
Edmund de Wyndesore was engaged in the king's service by his order on Monday after St. James the Apostle last, so that he could not appear in the suit before the mayor and sheriffs of London in the husting by little writ of right between John Heyroun, demandant, and the said Edmund, tenant, concerning a messuage in London; wherefore the mayor and sheriffs are ordered not to put him in default. By p.s.
Aug. 22.
York.
Richard Biset was engaged in the king's service on St. Margaret's eve last, so that he could not appear before the bailiffs of Thomas de Veer at Wyghton in his court there, in the suit without the king's writ between William Dane and him for a debt of 16s.; wherefore the bailiffs are ordered not to put him in default. By K.