Close Rolls, Edward II: September 1325

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 4, 1323-1327. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1898.

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'Close Rolls, Edward II: September 1325', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 4, 1323-1327, (London, 1898) pp. 401-405. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw2/vol4/pp401-405 [accessed 26 March 2024]

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September 1325

Sept. 6.
Dover.
To the mayor and sheriffs of London. Whereas the king lately, because it appeared to him that Raymund Guillemi del Farge, merchant of Byarne, and his kinsmen (parentes) in the duchy of Aquitaine had always been faithful to him in times past, ordered the mayor and sheriffs to release the said Raymund, whom they had arrested by virtue of the king's order to arrest the men and merchants of certain towns in his land of the Agenois and other lands in the said duchy, together with their goods, for certain reasons, if they had arrested him for the aforesaid reason, and to restore to him his goods, and they have signified to the king that William de la Farge, who calls himself above Raymund Guillelmi, is a merchant of John de la Tour, citizen and merchant of the town of Besatz, receiving and selling the wines and other merchandise of the said John at London and elsewhere, and that they found in his possession goods and chattels to the value of 11l., as appears by their return made to the king at another time concerning the goods of such merchants, and that they detained the said William and the goods aforesaid as the merchant of the said John, because mention was not made thereof in the king's order; wherefore the king, notwithstanding this return, ordered them by letters under the privy seal to cause all the said William's goods and chattels to be delivered to him to make his profit thereof, notwithstanding any order to the contrary, and to aid him in levying the debts due to him in the city; and they have done nothing in the matter, as the king is given to understand by William's complaint: the king therefore orders them to inspect his letters aforesaid, and to deliver to William all his goods and chattels aforesaid, together with the said debts, if they have caused any of them to be levied, in order that he may make his profit thereof, any order to the contrary notwithstanding, and to discharge any mainpernors that William may have found in this behalf, and to aid him in levying his said debts. By K.
Sept. 8.
Dover.
To John Everard, escheator in cos. Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset. Whereas it was lately found by inquisition taken by the escheator that Sibyl, late the wife of John de Luccombe, held on the day of her death the hamlet of Stockelegh Luccombe in dower, of the inheritance of John de Luccombe, son and heir of Hugh de Luccombe, a minor in the king's wardship, of Walter Baggeputz in socage, by the service of rendering to him a pair of white spurs in the said hamlet at Midsummer for all service, and it was found by another inquisition taken by Master John Walewayn, late escheator this side Trent, that Hugh, father of the said John, held in chief of the king at his death the manor of Luccombe by the service of two knights' fees, and that John his son is his next heir, and was then aged one year; and Elizabeth, late the wife of Hugh, and mother of the said heir, has prayed the king to cause the hamlet aforesaid, which is thus held in socage, to be delivered to her as nearest [friend] of the heir for his maintenance, asserting that the manor aforesaid is held of the king as of the honour of Pynkenye, in the king's hands, by the service of four knights' fees; and the king—because it is found by a certificate made into chancery by the treasurer and chamberlains that it is contained, amongst other things, in a deed made by Henry de Pynkenye to the late king, enrolled in the Red Book at the exchequer, that Henry granted and rendered to the said king the homage and whole service of Robert de Luccombe and his heirs for four knights' fees and for all the lands that he held of Henry in Luccombe, co. Somerset—ordered the said John Everard to make inquisition concerning the premises, and the king learns by the said inquisition that Hugh held the manor of the king as of the honour aforesaid, in the king's hands by acquisition of the late king from the said Henry de Pynkenye, formerly lord of the honour, by the service of four knights' fees, and that Hugh held no other lands of the king or of others in that county or elsewhere on the day of his death: the king orders the escheator to deliver the hamlet to Elizabeth, as nearest [friend] of the heir aforesaid, together with the issues thereof from the time of Sibyl's death, to hold for the behoof of the heir.
Sept. 14.
Dover.
To Henry de Cobeham, keeper of the lands of the late rebels and of others in co. Kent. Order to deliver to John Gerard the issues of his lands, goods, and chattels, for the time when they were in his custody, the king having lately ordered him to deliver to John Gerard his lands, goods, and chattels, which were taken into the king's hands by reason of his indictment before Geoffrey de Say and his fellows, justices of oyer and terminer in that county, for aiding and counselling Bartholomew de Burghesshe and others who held the castle of Ledes against the king, and for being of the confederation of Bartholomew de Badelesmere, and for burglary (burgaria) of the king's houses of the manor of Graveshende, and for divers goods there carried away, and for robbery of certain goods of Simon Benjamyn and other of the king's men coming from Ledes, which indictment the king caused to come before him, when John was acquitted of the premises, and when it was found that John did not withdraw himself for this reason, which order the king made because it was found by record and process had before him, which he caused to come before him in chancery under the seal of Geoffrey le Scrop, chief justice to hold pleas before the king, that John was indicted and acquitted as aforesaid, as the king is given to understand on John's behalf that Henry, although he has delivered to John his lands, goods, and chattels, has deferred delivering the issues thereof received by him. By C.
Sept. 16.
Leeds.
To the sheriffs of London. Order to pay to Bertram de la More, the king's serjeant-at-arms, 10 marks for the coming Michaelmas out of the ferm of the city, in accordance with the king's grant to him of that sum at Michaelmas yearly from the ferm of the city, in consideration of his good service.
Sept. 16.
Leeds.
To John de Blonvill, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Essex, and Hertford. Order to deliver to Katherine, late the wife of Robert de Brewosa, who died a minor in the king's wardship, and whose lands were taken into the king's hands upon the death of Giles de Brewosa, his father, tenant in chief, the following of the said Robert's lands, which the king has assigned to her in dower: the manor of Akenham, co. Suffolk, of the yearly value of 14l. 15s. 2¼d.; the manor of Wytenesham, in the same county, of the yearly value of 9l. 0s. 4¼d.; and a third of the manor of Stynton, co. Norfolk, of the yearly value of 17l. 11s. 10½d.
Sept. 17.
Leeds.
To John Everard, escheator in cos. Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset. Order to cause John de Moeles, brother and heir of Roger de Moeles, tenant in chief, to have seisin of his brother's lands, as he has proved his age before the escheator and the king has taken his homage.
By p.s. [7189.]
The like to the following:
Richard le Wayte, escheator in cos. Wilts, Southampton, Oxford, Berks, Bedford, and Buckingham.
John de Bolyngbrok, escheator in cos. Warwick, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, and Lancaster.
Aug. 6.
Matching Hall.
To John de Hampton, escheator in cos. Gloucester, Hereford, Worcester, Salop, Stafford, and in adjoining marches of Wales. Order to deliver to John de Sutton and Margaret his wife, sister and co-heiress of John de Somery, tenant in chief, a moiety of two parts of a messuage and of 24 acres of land in Foxhale, co. Salop, which belonged to the said John de Somery, and of which partition has not yet been made in chancery between the heirs and parceners of the inheritance, as the king has assigned the said moiety to John and Margaret as her purparty.
To the same. Like order in favour of Joan, late the wife of Thomas Botetourt, sister and co-heiress of the said John de Somery.
Membrane 29.
Aug. 30.
Langdon.
To the sheriff of York. The king learns from the complaint of Nicholas Haldan, William de Hastinges, and John Manneser that whereas the men of the community of the valley of Pykeryng lately bound themselves, for the common utility of those parts, in 300 marks, to be paid to certain persons at terms now past, and the said Nicholas, William, and John, at the request of the men aforesaid, placed themselves in custody, to remain therein until the money should be made by the men aforesaid, the men have nevertheless not yet taken care to deliver the said Nicholas, William, and John from the custody aforesaid, wherefore they are still detained in custody, to their grievous damage and in manifest peril of their lives, and they have prayed the king to provide a remedy: the king therefore orders the sheriff to obtain full information concerning the premises by inquisition or otherwise, and, if he find that it is so, to distrain, by the advice of Henry de Percy, all those whom he shall find have had use and profit through the said Nicholas, William, and John thus placing themselves in custody to make contributions, according to the quantity of their lands and goods, to obtain the release from custody of Nicholas, William, and John.
To Robert de Hungerford, keeper of the lands that belonged to the rebels in co. Wilts. Order to deliver to Roger de Budeston his lands, to be held as he held them before they were taken into the king's hands, the king having lately, at the prosecution of Roger, suggesting that he had at no time borne arms against the king, nor adhered to the rebels, and that Robert had taken his lands into the king's hands because he wore the robes of John Giffard of Brymmesfeld, a late rebel, ordered Robert to deliver to Roger his lands if they had been taken into the king's hands for this reason, and Robert returned that he had not delivered the lands to Roger because John de Tycheburn, late sheriff of that county, had seised the said lands into the king's hands and delivered them to him for custody by the king's order, and that he was not aware of the cause of their being taken into the king's hands, and the king thereupon ordered John de Tycheburn to certify him of the cause for taking the lands into his hands, and he returned to the king that he took Roger's lands in Westkyngton and Nethercote into the king's hands because Roger was of the household and wore the robes of the said John Giffard, and the king, wishing to be more fully certified concerning the premises, to wit whether Roger adhered to John Giffard against the king and was of his household against the king or not, ordered the said John de Tycheburn to certify him of the premises, and he returned to the king that Roger was of the household and wore the robes of the said John Giffard as executor of his affairs in the king's court, and that he held several times certain of his courts before John's rebellion, and that he did not adhere to John Giffard at any time against the king; whereupon the king, wishing to be more fully certified concerning the premises, because no inquisition concerning Roger's behaviour in this behalf was taken in the presence of the keeper of the lands aforesaid, appointed Richard de Wotton, Robert de Aston, and Geoffrey de Weston to make inquisition in the presence of the keeper whether Roger adhered to John Giffard or to any rebel against the king, etc., and it is found by their inquisition that Roger was of the household and wore the robes of John Giffard as executor of his affairs in the king's court, and that he held several times certain of his courts before his rebellion against the king, and that Roger at no time adhered to John Giffard or to any other in their rebellion, and at no time bore arms against the king, but that he has been faithful to the king in all things. By C.
Sept. 10.
Dover.
To Gilbert Talbot, constable of Gloucester castle. Order to repair the houses, walls, weirs, and palings within the castle by the view and testimony of the viewer of the king's works there. By K.
Sept. 23.
Maresfield.
To the sheriff of Berks. Order to cause the prior of Longueville Gifford to have seisin of two messuages and three virgates of land in Westhanneye, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff that the said tenements, which belonged to John Munekan, who was outlawed for felony, have been in the king's hands for a year and a day, and that John held them of the said prior, and that they are still in the king's hands, and that John de Brumpton, late sheriff of that county, had the year and day thereof.
Sept. 23.
Maresfield.
To John de Hampton, escheator in cos. Gloucester, Hereford, Worcester, Salop, and Stafford, and in the adjoining marches of Wales. Order to deliver to Thomas le Blount and Juliana his wife, late the wife of John de Hastynges, tenant in chief in England and Wales and in the marches of Wales, the following of the said John's lands, which the king has assigned to them as her dower: a third of the lordship of St. Clare, in Wales, of the yearly value of 8l. 9s. 9d.; the castle of Kilgerran, with the towns of Kilgerran and Maynaurd, in Wales, of the yearly value of 10l. 15s. 0d.; the commote called 'Emelyn,' in Wales, of the yearly value of 16l. 18s. 3½d.; the manor of Worefeld, co. Salop, of the yearly value of 36l. 6s. 8d. The king has assigned to them two parts of the manor of Aston Cauntelou, co. Warwick, of the yearly value of 39l. 1s. 9d.; the manor of Fulbrok, in the same county, of the yearly value of 19l. 7s. 2½d.; the manor of Burthingbury, in the same county, of the yearly value of 17l. 18s. 1½d.; the manor of Alesle, in the same county, of the yearly value of 56l. 14s. 7¾d.; the fortlet of Fylyngleye, in the same county, of the yearly value of 14l. 1s. 11¼d.; the manor of Luttleton Paynel, co. Wilts, of the yearly value of 10l. 15s. 11¼d.; the manor of Otteleye, co. Suffolk, of the yearly value of 18l. 10s. 10¼d.; the manor of Asshele, co. Norfolk, of the yearly value of 14l. 7s. 6½d.
To Richard le Wayte, escheator in cos. Wilts, Southampton, Oxford, Berks, and Buckingham. Order to deliver to the said Thomas and Juliana the aforesaid manor of Luttleton Paynel.
To John de Blumvill, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Essex, and Hertford. Order to deliver to the said Thomas and Juliana the said manors of Otteleye and Asshele.
To John de Bolyngbrok, escheator in cos. Warwick, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, and Lancaster. Order to deliver to the said Thomas and Juliana the said manors of Fulbrok, Burthyngbury, Allesle, the fortlet of Filyngleye, and two parts of the manor of Aston Cauntelu.
Memorandum, that this assignment of dower was made by the consent of Hugh le Despenser, the younger, to whom the king committed the custody of two parts of the lands of the said John, as appears by Hugh's letter to the chancellor, which is sewed to the extents of the lands aforesaid.
Sept. 22.
Maresfield.
To the mayor and sheriffs of London. Order to restore to John Dousinhou, merchant, his goods, if they have arrested them in that city, because he is sprung from the town of Bezatz, by virtue of the king's late order to arrest all the men and merchants and their goods of his cities and towns of the lands of the Agénois, Périgord, Cahors, Basaz, Saintonge, and of the Isle of Oléron, excepting the men of the castles and towns of La Penne and Primerole in the Agénois and of Pomers in the land of Basaz, and of the castle of Mountandre and the lordship of the same, which order was issued because the men of the aforesaid cities and towns had, with the above exceptions, rebelled against the king and rendered the cities and towns to the men of the king of France, and had adhered to him against the king, as the aforesaid John was all the time of the disturbance in the said duchy [of Aquitaine], and long before, staying in the company of Thomas, earl of Norfolk, marshal of England, and has always borne himself faithfully to the king. They are ordered to permit John to levy his debts in the city and to make his profit otherwise.
Sept. 21.
Withyham.
To the sheriff of Essex (sic). Order not to aggrieve or molest John le Freke, Nicholas le Freke, John de Gulderugg, John de Sunnynglegh, John Corby, William Dyker, John de Blecchynglegh, and Richard le Frensh, foresters of the king's forest at Tunbrigg, who were lately chosen with others to set out in the king's service to Gascony, and whom the king afterwards ordered by word of mouth to stay at home to execute their offices notwithstanding their being thus chosen, as the king understands that the sheriff has caused them to be aggrieved by pretext of the king's order to take those who were chosen to set out in the king's service aforesaid and who had withdrawn themselves from that service without the king's licence, causing any process made by him in this behalf against the said foresters to be revoked. By p.s. [7191.]
Sept. 29.
Maresfield.
To Richard le Wayte, escheator in cos. Wilts, Southampton, Oxford, Berks, Bedford, and Buckingham. Order to cause Thomas de Sancto Mauro, son and heir of Nicholas de Sancto Mauro, tenant in chief, to have seisin of his father's land, as he has proved his age before the escheator and the king has taken his homage. By p.s. [7204.]
The like to the following:
Simon de Grymmesby, escheator in cos. York, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland.
John de Blounvill, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Essex, and Hertford.
John de Hampton, escheator in cos. Gloucester, Hereford, Worcester, Salop, Stafford, and in the adjoining marches of Wales.