Close Rolls, Edward II: July 1321

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 3, 1318-1323. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1895.

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'Close Rolls, Edward II: July 1321', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 3, 1318-1323, (London, 1895) pp. 386-390. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw2/vol3/pp386-390 [accessed 27 March 2024]

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July 1321

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July 8.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Norfolk. Order to release Peter le Louf, William Welre, Nicholas Bollard, and John Liebard, Flemings, from prison at Norwich, wherein they are detained because they carried, on their voyage to Scotland, certain Scotch rebels with them, and afforded them counsel and aid. The king makes this order at the request of certain envoys of Robert, count of Flanders, although he could proceed to judgment of life and limb against the said Flemings according to the law and custom of the realm.
By K.
The like in favour of Laurence Coupable, Nicholas son of Nicholas, Baldinus Schink, Godscalcus Marissak, Flemings.
July 8.
Westminster.
To Richard de Rodeneye, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with a plot of land with the houses thereupon adjoining the hospital of St. John the Baptist, Lenne, and to restore the issues thereof to the master of the hospital, the escheater having taken the same into the king's hands on the grounds that the master acquired it after the publication of the statute of mortmain without licence from the king, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that the aforesaid plot, which formerly belonged to Thomas Ansibel of Lenne, was given by one John Costyn, sometime a burgess of that town, to one Michael, master of the aforesaid hospital, five years before the publication of the said statute, to wit on Thursday the feast of St. Matthias (Mathee), 2 Edward I., to have and to hold to the master and his successors in exchange of the aforesaid John and his heirs by the service of 7d. yearly.
July 10.
Westminster.
To the same. Order to cause the lands that belonged to the prior and convent of Bykenacre in Norton, co. Essex, to be restored, together with the issues received therefrom, and to deliver to Richer de Refham and John his son all their goods and chattels found upon the said lands and taken into the king's hands by the escheator, when he took the said lands into the king's hands on the grounds that they were held in chief of the king, and that Richer and John acquired them without licence from the king, although the king lately confirmed by his letters patent the grant made by Robert Burre, prior of the said house, and the convent to Richer and John of the lands aforesaid for the term of their lives, as it appears by inquisition taken by certain of the king's subjects appointed by him that the aforesaid lands are held of John de Boun by the service of the quarter of a knight's fee and not of the king. By K.
July 12.
Westminster.
To the same. Order to cause the manor of Hanyngfeld to be restored to William de Cycestre and Joan his wife, together with the issues received therefrom since the escheator took it into the king's hands, the king having ordered him to take the manor into his hands because it was suggested to him that the manor was held in chief and that the prior and convent of Bykenacre had demised it in fee from their house without his licence, as Robert de Blakenham, late prior of Bykenacre, and the convent of the same demised the manor, except the rent of Walter Sewale, to Peter Burre of Releye and the aforesaid Joan, then his wife, for their lives, and afterwards demised it, after Peter's death, to the said William for his life, and it is found by an inquisition made by the king's order that the manor is not held of him in chief and is only demised to William and Joan for their lives.
By K.
To the same. Order to cause 10 acres of land in Danewebyry to be delivered to Walter atte Pyrye, together with the issues received therefrom since the land was taken into the king's hands, the king having ordered the escheator to take it into his hands because he was given to understand that it was held in chief and was alienated without his licence from the priory of Bykenacre, as it appears by inquisition made by the king's order that Walter had the land of the feoffment of Richard atte Pyrye, who recovered it as his right by consideration of the king's court against Richard Burre, then prior of Bykenacre, and that the land is held of Alphonsus de Veer and not in chief.
To the sheriff of Warwick. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of William Blaunchfrount, whom the king has amoved from office for insufficient qualification.
July 11.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Hereford. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of William 'of the Wode,' who is incapacitated by age and infirmity.
July 13.
The Tower.
To Richard de Rodeneye, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with a rent of 14s. of John de Lasceles in Swalu, co. Lincoln, and to restore the issues thereof, which rent was taken into the king's hands by reason of the alienation that the escheator pretended John de Bradele, who held the rent in chief as parcel of the manor of Bradele, had made thereof without the king's licence to Robert de Lasceles, brother of John de Lasceles aforesaid, of whom John is the heir, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that the rent is not held of the king in chief as parcel of the aforesaid manor, but that it is held of John de Britannia, earl of Richmond, as parcel of the manor of Swalu by the service of a tenth of a knight's fee.
To the sheriff of Surrey. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Roland de Wykford, who is insufficiently qualified.
July 14.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance to be made to Walter le Sauser of Boxhamstede, in his account at the exchequer for the time when he had the custody of the manor of La Haye, for 10l. paid by him to Peter de Gavaston, late earl of Cornwall, and for 5 marks paid by him to Ingelard de Warle, the king's clerk, as appears by their letters of acquittance in his possession. By p.s. [5744.]
July 16.
Westminster.
To Richard de Rodeneye, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause 20 acres of wood in Wodeham Ferers and Danwebiri to be delivered to Thomas son of William de Hanyngfeld, together with the issues received therefrom since the wood was taken into the king's hands, whereof Robert, sometime prior of Bykenacre, and the canons of the same enfeoffed William de Hanyngfeld, the king having ordered the escheator to take it into his hands because he was given to understand that the wood was held in chief and that it was alienated from the prior and convent of Bykenacre, which is founded of the alms of the king's progenitors, without his licence, as it is found by inquisition taken by the king's order that the wood is held of the earl of Ferrers by the service of 1d. for scutage when scutage happens, and not of the king in chief.
To the same. Like order for restitution of 20 acres of land in Wodeham Mortymer, whereof Benedict, sometime prior of the aforesaid house, and the canons thereof enfeoffed William le Clerk of Wodeham, as it is found by inquisition that the land is held of Isabella la Mortymer by the service of 6d. yearly and not of the king in chief.
To the same. Like order for restitution of 33 acres of land in Esthanyngfeld, whereof Alan, sometime prior of Bykenacre, and the convent of the same enfeoffed William de Hanyngfeld, as it is found by inquisition that the land is held of Robert son of Walter together with other lands in that town by the service of one and a half knights' fees.
To the same. Like order for restitution of 42s. of rent in Wodeham Ferers, whereof the prior and convent of Bykenacre enfeoffed Master Richard de Badwe, as it is found by inquisition that the rent is held of the earl of Ferrers by the service of 6d. yearly and not of the king.
Aug. 3.
Westminster.
To the same. Like order for restitution of 12 acres of land in Daneweby, whereof Robert, sometime prior of Bykenacre, and the canons thereof enfeoffed Alice de Heyham, as it is found by inquisition that the land is held of the heirs of Richard Mounfychet by the service of 1d. yearly and not of the king in chief.
July 14.
Westminster.
To Richard de Rodeneye, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with 10 acres of land and an acre of pasture in Rewenhale that belonged to Richard Coleman, as the king learns by the escheator's certificate and by an inquisition afterwards taken by him that the said Richard held at his death the aforesaid land and pasture of William son of John Martel by the service of 6s. 6d. yearly and by the service of finding six men for one day in autumn to cut his corn, and that, during the time when William, who held a carucate of land in Rewenhale of the king as of the honour of Boulogne, was a minor in the king's wardship, Richard died, leaving John his son and heir a minor, and that Richard de Clare, then escheator this side Trent, pretending that Richard Coleman held the aforesaid land of the said William by knight service, and that the wardship thereof ought to pertain to the king by reason of the minority of Richard's heir, took the said land into the king's hands by virtue of his office and without warrant.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance to be made to Robert de la Forde and Thomas de la Forde, pledges and mainpernors of Walter le Sauser of Boxhamstede, and to the said Walter for 20 marks, in which Robert and Thomas are bound to the king by deed for the aforesaid Walter for the remainder of Walter's account, which he lately rendered in the wardrobe, for the time when he was keeper of the king's manor of La Haye, co. Hertford (sic), of which 20 marks Walter paid 10l. to Peter de Gavaston, late earl of Cornwall, and 5 marks to Ingelard de Warle, king's clerk, as he can show before the treasurer and barons by their letters of acquittance. By p.s. [5744.]
July 22.
Westminster.
To the sheriffs of London. Order to deliver to Richard Pylk, the king's waferer (waferar'), goods and chattels to the value of 56s. 1d. forfeited before the king's justices at the Tower, which were in the sheriffs' custody, and which were found with John de Fulmere of Skreton, who was convicted before the justices for a robbery from the said Richard, as the king has granted the said goods and chattels to Richard. By p.s. [5749.]
July 25.
Westminster.
To Richard de Rodeneye, escheator this Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of William de Cobeham, and to restore the issues thereof, as it appears by inquisition taken by the escheator that William held no lands in chief at his death by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king.
July 20.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Norfolk. Order to cause Patrick de Forgrund, a Scotch prisoner in Norwich gaol, to come without delay before the king with his attachment. By K.
July 31.
Westminster.
To Richard de Rodeneye, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause John de Brom, son and heir of Robert de Brom, tenant in chief, to have seisin of his father's lands, as he has proved his age before the escheator and the king has taken his homage.
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July 12.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to deliver to Richard Lovel, constable of Brustoll castle, all the corn and other victuals that he has caused to be bought and purveyed by the king's orders for the munition of the king's castles in Wales, for the munition of Brustoll castle. The king has ordered the constable to receive the corn from the sheriff.
By K. on the information of Roger de Northburgh.
July 11.
London.
To the sheriffs of London. Order to cause Henry Basset to be delivered from Neugate prison, wherein he is detained upon suspicion of stealing a silver cup (fn. 1) of Queen Isabella's then found in his custody, which cup was delivered to him to be kept by one of the queen's household. By p.s. [5742.]
July 12.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of York. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of Mary de Neville, as the king learns by an inquisition taken by Gilbert de Stapelton, late escheator beyond Trent, that she held nothing in chief at her death by reason whereof the custody of her lands ought to pertain to the king, and that Ranulph de Nevill, her son, is her next heir and is of full age, and it appears by an inquisition taken by Richard de Rodeneye, escheator this side Trent, that she held nothing in chief at her death except the manor of Houton, co. Norfolk, which is held in chief by the service of a moiety of a knight's fee, and that Ranulph is her next heir and of full age, and the king has granted licence to Ranulph to enfeoff Ralph de Nevill of the aforesaid manor, which was taken into the king's hands by reason of Mary's death.
To the sheriffs of London. Order to pay to the king's serjeant-at-arms Bertram de la Mose, ten marks for Michaelmas term last out of the ferm of the city, the king having granted him that sum yearly out of the ferm in consideration of his good service.
July 16.
Westminster.
To the collectors of the custom of wool and wool-fells in the port of Southampton. Order to permit Cambus de Scale, merchant of Florence, to take thirty sacks of wool out of that port upon payment of the custom, as he has found the king security by John de Charleton and John de Triple, citizens of London, to take thirty sacks of wool now in that port to the staple of wool and wool-fells at St. Omer in Artoys and not elsewhere in foreign parts contrary to the charter of the staple.
The like to the collectors of the custom in the port of Boston to permit Cambus to take sixty sacks of wool thence.
July 22.
Westminster.
To John de Segrave, constable of Notyngham castle. Order to cause the castle to be provided sufficiently with victuals.
By K. on the information of Roger de Northburgh.
July 23.
Westminster.
To the collectors of the custom of wool and wool-fells in the port of Southampton. Order to discharge native merchants of the securities that the king ordered them to take from them that they would not take wools to Flanders, Brabant, or Artoys contrary to the charter of the staple, and to restore without delay any securities received by them in this behalf.
By C.
The like to the collectors in the port of London.
July 22.
Westminster.
To Richard de Rodeneye, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to John de Compton, son and heir of Adam de Compton, tenant in chief of the late king as of the castle of Caresbrok, then in his hands, the lands that Emma, late the wife of the aforesaid Adam, held in dower of the aforesaid inheritance of the said castle, which castle the king gave to Edward, earl of Chester, his son, before 26 January last, when he ordered Adam's lands, which were in the custody of Walter le Norreys by demise from Robert le Norreys, to whom the late king granted the custody thereof during John's minority, to be delivered to John, who had proved his age before the escheator, as John has shewn the king that the lands that Emma held as above came to the late king's hands upon her death during the time when John was in his wardship.
July 28.
Westminster.
To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with 65 acres of land in Lachyndon in the marsh called 'Litebredeshope,' and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Roger Cok of Paclesham acquired the aforesaid land from Hugh de Lachyndon, and that it is held of the abbess of Berkynge by the service of 1d. yearly and not in chief of the king, the escheator having taken the land into the king's hands pretending that it is held of the king in chief and that Roger acquired it without the king's licence. By pet. of C. [4916.]
July 31.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge Eleanor, late the wife of Henry de Percy, of 100l. of the arrears of the yearly ferm of 400l. due from her for the custody of his lands during the minority of his heirs, as the king has pardoned her this sum because it was found by inquisition taken by the king's order by Gilbert de Stapelton, late escheator beyond Trent, and Richard de Bernyngham that the Scotch rebels, who lately entered the county of York upon several occasions, burnt certain of the said manors and the lands and tenements of the heir's tenants in the said manors, and the goods and chattels of Eleanor and the aforesaid tenants, and otherwise did much waste, and slew certain of the said tenants, and took captive others of the tenants, so that Eleanor was unable for these reasons to levy 155l. 10s. 3d. of the ferms due from the manors and lands.
By K.
July 30.
Westminster.
To the same. Order to cause assignment of lands or rents to be made to Queen Isabella to the value of 100s. yearly, during the life of Joan de Vilers, to whom the king granted that sum yearly for life, from the issues of the county of Ponthieu, then in the queen's hands, in consideration of her good service to the queen, for which grant Joan has not yet had the king's letters patent, as she ought to have had, the king having granted that Joan shall receive this sum from the receiver of the county. By K.

Footnotes

  • 1. Called hanap in the privy seal.