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Dec. 14.
Ravensdale. |
To Matthew Broun, escheator in cos. Lincoln, Rutland, and Northampton.
Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Totel, and to restore
the issues thereof, the king having lately ordered Master John Walewayn,
then escheator in those counties, to deliver the manor, which he had taken
into the king's hands by reason of the death of Guy Ferre, to Ralph de
Gorges and Eleanor his wife to hold until the quinzaine of Michaelmas last,
because it was found by inquisition taken by the said Master John that Guy
held the manor at his death to him and the heirs of his body by fine levied
in the king's court between John de Claroun, demandant, and Guy,
deforciant, with remainder to the said Ralph and Eleanor in case he died
without such heir, with remainder, in case Ralph and Eleanor died without
an heir of their bodies, to the right heirs of Eleanor, and that Guy died without an heir of his body, and that the manor is held of the king in chief by
knight service, as it now appears to the king by a transcript of the foot of
the fine that he has caused to come into chancery from the treasury under
the exchequer seal that the fine was levied by his order. |
Dec. 4.
Ravensdale. |
The like to Master John Walewayn, escheator beyond Trent. |
Nov. 20.
Nottingham. |
To the sheriff of Nottingham. Order to pay to William de Embleby,
carpenter, and William de Bramcote, mason (cementario), 300 marks by
instalments, upon their finding security to complete well and truly all the
houses, three chimneys (caminos), sewers (cloacas), doors, windows, ironwork (ferramenta), and other things within the tower of Notingham castle
ordained in the presence of the bishop of Exeter, the treasurer, and of the
sheriff, with carriage and other things pertaining to the work, excepting
only the covering with lead and the glass for the windows, making an
indenture of agreement with the said William and William, one part whereof
is to be sent to the exchequer, of which indenture the sheriff is to retain a
transcript. |
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To William de Dogmanfeld, steward of Shirewod forest. Order to
deliver to the said William and William timber for the aforesaid works,
together with sufficient branches for the necessary scaffold (scaffeto) and
bridge for the same work. |
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The like to John de Erleshwe (sic), keeper of the wood of Beskwode. |
Dec. 18.
Ravensdale. |
To Thomas de Burgh, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to
Alesia, late the wife of Ralph, baron of Craystok, the following of his
knights' fees and cornages, which the king has assigned to her in dower: a
quarter and an eighteenth of a fee in Spaldyngton, co. York, which Peter
del Haye holds, of the yearly value of 11l.; an eleventh of a fee in Thirnum,
in the same county, which John de Hasthorp holds, of the yearly value of
4l.; a fifth of a fee in Thirnum, Crauncemore, and Harpham, in that
county, which the heirs of Edmund de Colevill hold, of the yearly value of
16l.; a ninth of a fee in Dringhou and Ulram, in that county, which John
de Paghill and William de Stutevill hold, of the yearly value of 20 marks;
a quarter of a fee in Erghes, in the same county, which William de Percy
and Adam de Somervill hold, of the yearly value of 8l.; a quarter of a fee
in Ellerton and Beleby, in the aforesaid county, which Thomas de Pikeryng
and Peter Bekard hold, of the yearly value of 10l.; an eighth of a fee in
Hilderskelf, in the same county, which William Bret holds, of the yearly
value of 35s.; an eighth of a fee in Ampleford, in the same county, which
Adam de London holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; a quarter of a fee in
Swynton, in the same county, which William Bret holds, of the yearly
value of 60s.; and the rents of the following cornages: 2s. 8½d. of such
rent that Walter de Cirezy renders yearly for certain lands in Neubigging',
co. Cumberland, of the yearly value of 10 marks; 2s. of such rent that
Thomas de Laton renders yearly for certain lands in Aldeby, in the aforesaid county, of the yearly value of 20s.; 9d. of such rent that Thomas de
Dolfanby renders yearly for certain lands in Craystok, in the aforesaid
county, of the yearly value of 13s. 4d.; 6d. of such rent that Alan de
Kynthorp renders yearly for certain lands in the same county, of the yearly
value of 13s. 4d.; 6d. of such rent that William Holleye renders yearly for
certain lands in Motherby, in the same county, of the yearly value of
13s. 4d.; 8s. 6d. of such rent that Henry de Threlkeld renders yearly for
certain lands in Yanewith, co. Westmoreland, of the yearly value of
10 marks. |
Dec. 26.
Kenilworth. |
To the same. Like order to deliver to the said Alesia the following of
her late husband's advowsons: the advowson of the church of Horseley,
co. Northumberland, of the yearly value of 20l.; the advowson of the
church of Thorpbasset, co. York, of the yearly value of 10l. |
Dec. 30.
Kenilworth. |
To Walter de Bello Campo, marshal of the household. Order to release
Thomas Perle, who is detained in prison in the marshal's custody upon a
charge of adhering to the late rebels, as William de Arcalwe, knight, of
co. Salop, Simon de Baddeshore, of the same county, John le Walissh, of
the same county, and Robert de Aketon, of the same county, have mainperned before the king to have the said Thomas at the next parliament, to
be holden at Westminster in three weeks from the Purification next, to
answer to the king. By K.
[Parl. Writs.] |
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Membrane 28. |
Nov. 26.
Ravensdale. |
To the sheriff of Berks. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in place of Nicholas atte Barre of Walyngford, deceased. |
Nov. 25.
Ravensdale. |
To Master John Waleweyne, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to
intermeddle further with the manor of Driby, and to restore the issues
thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Simon
de Driby, deceased, and Margery his wife held the manor jointly at Simon's
death of their purchase, and that Margery continued her seisin of the same
jointly with him until his death, and that the manor is held of Henry de
Bello Monte by knight service. |
Dec. 8.
Ravensdale. |
To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of
Bocland, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition
taken by the escheator that John de Lenham and Matilda his wife were
jointly enfeoffed thereof, to them and the heirs of John, by fine levied
between them and Michael le Rous in the king's court, and that the manor
is held of the king in chief by knight service, and that the fine was levied
by the king's licence, as the king has ascertained by inspection of his letters
patent granting the licence and of a transcript at the foot of the fine. |
Dec. 16.
Ravensdale. |
To Simon de Baldereston, keeper of the lands of John de Grey in co.
Bedford, in the king's hands. Order not to intermeddle further with the
manor of Rouhale, in that county, and to restore any issues received thence
to John Amory of Carleton, as the king learns by inquisition taken by John
de Morteyn and Philip de Aylesbury that the abbot and convent of Wardon,
on Friday after St. Hilary, in the 13th year of the reign, demised the
manor to John de Grey for eleven years, with a provision that if he died
within that time the manor should remain to the aforesaid John Amory for
the remainder of the term, and that the aforesaid Simon seized it into the
king's hands with other lands of the said John de Grey upon his death,
and that the abbot and convent never made any other estate of the manor
to John de Grey, and that the manor is held of John de Botetourte and
Matilda his wife, John Pycot, and John de Pateshull, and it appears by the
other part of the indenture of demise sealed by John de Grey, remaining in
the possession of the abbot and convent, which the king has inspected, that
the demise was made in form aforesaid. |
Dec. 16.
Ravensdale. |
To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of
Melbruk, and with the lands, rents, and services of freemen and villeins
of the aforesaid abbot and convent in Melbruk, Amethull, Stepingle,
Prestelegh, and Feltewyk, and to restore the issues thereof to the abbot and
convent, as it appears by inquisition taken as above that the abbot and
convent, on Tuesday the feast of St. Hilary, in the 14th year of the king's
reign, demised the said manor and lands, etc., to the aforesaid John de Grey
for ten years, with provision that they should revert to the abbot and convent if he died within that term, and that the aforesaid keeper took them into
the king's hands with other lands of the said John upon his death, and that
the abbot and convent never made any other estate thereof to John, and
that the manor and lands are held of John de Sancto Amando, and the king
has inspected the other part of the indenture, etc., as above. |
Dec. 27.
Kenilworth. |
To Hervey de Staunton and his fellows, justices to hold pleas before the
king. Order not to molest Ralph le Botiller, late keeper of the manors of
Lodelawe, Clebury, Staunton, and Cresseche, which belonged to Roger de
Mortuo Mari of Wygemore, a rebel, by reason of the forfeited issues wherein
he was condemned (positus) because he did not appear before the king to
answer for certain trespasses whereof he was indicted, and to cause the
said issues to be taken out of the rolls, as Ralph was in person before the
treasurer and barons of the exchequer at Westminster from the morrow of
Martinmas last until Sunday before St. Thomas the Apostle following by
summons of the exchequer, for the purpose of rendering account of the
issues of the aforesaid manors, so that he could not appear before the king
during that time. By K. |
Dec. 27.
Kenilworth. |
To the king's bailiffs and the bailiffs of Thomas Wake at Ware. Order
to cause all the goods of Master Pancius de Controno to be restored to him
or to his attorney without delay, which goods were taken and carried away
by William Aschild of Wydeford, and which [were arrested] by the bailiffs
in the said town on suspicion, as appears by their certificate to the king. |
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By K. |
Dec. 28.
Kenilworth. |
To Richard de Emeldon, keeper of certain forfeited lands in co. Northumberland. Order to restore to John de Layburn, knight, of co. Salop, an
adherent of John de Moubray and other rebels, his lands in Richard's
custody, as he has made ransom with the king for his life and lands. |
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By K. |
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The like to Roger Carles, keeper of forfeited lands in co. Salop. By K. |
Dec. 28.
Kenilworth. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to acquit Robert
de Ardern of the lands, goods, and chattels of Richard Dammory in cos.
Oxford, Buckingham, and Somerset, the custody whereof the king committed to him on 26 February, in the 15th year of his reign, and of the
issues of the same, as the king, on 16 March following, ordered
Robert to release Richard from custody, and to restore to him his lands,
goods, and chattels, and the issues thereof, upon Richard finding mainpernors for his good behaviour, and to answer to the king. |
Dec. 27.
Kenilworth. |
To Edmund, earl of Arundel, justice of Wales. Order to release Cadugan
ap Howel and David Vaghan, Welsh prisoners, as Robert de Watevill,
Richard Talbot 'le uncle,' Rhys (Resus) ap Griffuth, Thomas de Wynnesbury, Ralph de Seint Owen, Philip de Clannowe, and Philip de Grete have
mainperned to have them before the king in his next parliament, to be
holden at Westminster in three weeks from the Purification next, to answer
to him. |
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Afterwards, at the said parliament, Richard Talebot, knight, of co. Hereford, William de la Mote, knight, of co. Norfolk, Walter de Coumbe of co.
Wilts, James de Ho of co. Suffolk, Thomas de Haukeston of co. Stafford,
and Robert de Hale of co. Northampton, mainperned to have the said
Cadugan and David before the king at his will. By K. |
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To John de Cherleton. Order to release John de (sic) Waleys and
William de la Hill, imprisoned in his custody, upon their finding mainpernors to have them before the king at the next parliament to answer to him. |
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By K. |
Dec. 23.
Kenilworth. |
To Thomas de Eyvill, keeper of certain rebels' lands in co. York. Order
to restore to Robert de Wombewell his goods and chattels, upon his finding
security to answer to the king for the same if they be found to pertain to
the king, the keeper having returned to the king that he took the said
goods and chattels into the king's hands because he understood that Robert
was an adherent of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, which return the king
considered insufficient as it did not mention the manner of his adherence,
whereupon he ordered the keeper to certify him of the manner and time
of such adherence, and it appears by the inquisition taken by the escheator
in execution of that order that Robert was not an adherent in any wise of
the said earl or of any other rebel, and did not bear arms against the king. |
Dec. 31.
Kenilworth. |
To the bailiffs and men of Orford, co. Suffolk. Order not to make suit
to the windmill newly erected in that town by William de Cleydon, and not
to permit any others to make suit to it to the king's prejudice, until further
orders, as the king learns that William has caused a windmill to be made
newly in that town, and has drawn to it a great part of the suit that the
king used to have to his mills in that town, whereby the profits of the king's
mills are greatly diminished. By K. |
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To William de Cleydon. Order to cause the aforesaid windmill to be
removed, or to be at the parliament at Westminster in three weeks from the
Purification next to certify the king if there be any reason why he should
not remove the said mill. By K. |
