Close Rolls, Edward II: July 1326

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: July 1326', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 4, 1323-1327, (London, 1898) pp. 486-488. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw2/vol4/pp486-488 [accessed 19 April 2024]

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July 1326

July 1.
Westminster.
To William de Weston, escheator in cos. Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Middlesex, and in the city of London. Order to deliver to Ralph de Camoys and Margaret his wife a carucate of land in Effyngham, and not to intermeddle further with the manor of Little Bokham, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Mary, late the wife of William de Bruose, held for life on the day of her death the said carucate and manor and the advowson of the church of the manor by fine levied in the late king's court, of the gift of Ralph de Camoys and Margaret his wife, so that after Mary's death the land and manor and advowson should revert to Ralph and Margaret and to the heirs of Margaret, and that the carucate of land is held of the king as of the honour of Gloucester, which is in the king's hands, by the forfeiture of Hugh Daudele the younger, by the service of a quarter of a knight's fee, and that the manor is held of the earl of Winchester as of the honour of Brembre, the king having taken the fealty of Ralph for the land that is held of him.
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July 6.
Byfleet.
To William de Weston, escheator in cos. Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex, and in the city of London. Order to deliver to Hugh le Despenser, earl of Winchester, the manors of Fyndon, Wassyngton, Bedyngges, West Grenested, and Kyngesbernes, which have been taken into the king's hands by reason of the death of Mary, late the wife of William de Brewosa, together with the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Mary held the said manors in dower at her death as of the inheritance of the said Hugh, by grant from Alina, late the wife of John de Moubray, by fine levied by the king's licence in his court, and that the manors are parcels of the barony of Brembre, which is held of the king in chief by the service of 1½ knights' fees; provided that the earl come to the king when he be next at Westminster to do homage and fealty.
July 6.
Byfleet.
To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Wykham and with the advowson of the church of the same, which have been taken into the king's hands by reason of the death of William de Brewosa, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that William held the manor and advowson for life on the day of his death of the inheritance of Hugh le Despenser, earl of Winchester, of the earl's grant by fine levied in the king's court, and that the manor and advowson are not held of the king.
To the same. Order to deliver to the aforesaid earl the manors of Knappe, Beaubusson, and Horsham, and the forest of St. Leonards, which have been taken into the king's hands by reason of the said William's death, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that William held the premises for life on the day of his death of the inheritance of the said earl by grant of Alina, late the wife of John de Moubray, by fine levied between them by the king's licence in his court, and that the manors and forest are parcels of the barony of Brembre, which is held of the king in chief by the service of 1½ knights' fees; provided that the earl come to the king when he be next at Westminster to do homage and fealty.
July 6.
Sheen.
To Master John de Radeswell and Robert Miles. Order to supersede until Midsummer next, unless otherwise ordered, the exacting from Hamo de Masci for the king's use of 15l. 18s. 4d., by reason of the bailiwick of Makelesfeld and Overton Madok, which John and Robert have of the king's commission. The king makes this order at the request of Oliver de Ingham, who is staying in the king's service in the duchy [of Aquitaine].
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July 6.
Byfleet.
To William de Weston, escheator in cos. Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Middlesex, and in the city of London. Order not to intermeddle further with the tenements specified below, which he has taken into the king's hands by reason of the death of Mary, late the wife of William de Brewosa, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Mary held on the day of her death certain lands in Bromelegh and Clendon of the grant of R . . . de Brewosa and Alice his wife made by fine levied in the court of Henry III. to the said William and Mary, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies, and that the tenements ought to remain, after Mary's death, to Thomas son of Peter, son of the said William and Mary, and that the tenements are not held of the king, and that Mary held on the said day for term of her life certain lands in Cheresworth near Horsham and Segewy . . near Hersham of the grant of the said Peter, and that the lands ought similarly to revert to Thomas after her death, and that they are not held of the king.