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Oct. 2.
The Tower. |
To Ralph de Camoys, constable of Wyndesore castle. Order to deliver
to the king's chaplains celebrating divine service in his chapel in the castle
bread, wine, oil, and other small necessaries for divine service from
Michaelmas last until next Michaelmas. |
Oct. 1.
Westminster. |
To the chancellor and university of Oxford. Order to cause the gate of
the said city called 'Smithegate,' which is in their custody, to be kept
safely, so that there may be no entry there for Roger de Mortuo Mari, the
king's rebel, or for other rebels and enemies of the king who have entered
the realm with a multitude of aliens. |
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By K. on the information of W. de Herlaston. |
Oct. 2.
Westminster. |
To Thomas de Harpeden, escheator in cos. Wilts, Southampton, Oxford,
Berks, Bedford, and Buckingham. Order not to intermeddle further with
a bovate of land in Ramenham, co. Berks, that William de Morton lately
acquired to him and his heirs from Henry Ernefast, knight, which the
escheator took into the king's hands by reason of the said acquisition pretending that it was held in chief of the king, and to restore the issues
thereof to William, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator
that it is held of Peter de Monte Forti and not of him. |
Sept. 30.
The Tower. |
To John de Blounvyll, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge,
Huntingdon, Essex, and Hertford. Order to pay to Joan de Torthorald
10 marks for Michaelmas term last, in accordance with the king's grant, of
11 June, in the 11th year of his reign, of 20 marks yearly from the issues
of the escheatry this side Trent. |
Oct. 1.
The Tower. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the
aforesaid 10 marks to be allowed to the said escheator. |
Oct. 2.
Westminster. |
To the bailiffs of York. Order to pay to William de Ros of Hamelak
75 marks from the farm of that city for Michaelmas term last, in accordance
with the king's grant of 22 August, in the 16th year of his reign, of that
sum yearly at Michaelmas and Easter from the ferm of that city and of the
like amount from the ferm of the city of Lincoln, until the king should
provide him with 300 marks of land or rent yearly between the waters of
Thames and Tees, or until the king should restore to him the castle of
Werk, which William granted and released to the king. |
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The like to the bailiffs of the city of Lincoln. |
Oct. 4.
Acton. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the aforesaid 75 marks to be allowed to the bailiffs of the city of York. |
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The like for the citizens of Lincoln. |
Oct. 2.
Westminster. |
To William de Weston, [escheator] in cos. Kent, Surrey, Sussex,
Middlesex, and in the city of London. Order not to intermeddle further
with the land of Nicholas de Aperdele, William Crochun, and John le
Hauberger in Hethlegh, and to restore the issues thereof, the escheator
having certified the king that he took into the king's hands 60 acres of land of
the said Nicholas, William, and John because he found by an inquisition of
office that John de Plescy, knight, who held the manor of Hethlegh in chief
as of the honour of Boulogne by knight service, alienated the said land,
which is parcel of the manor, to Nicholas, William, and John without the
king's licence, rendering therefor to the said John and his heirs 17s. 6d.
yearly, the true value of the land, doing suit at his court of Hethlegh and
at the king's hundred of Coppedethorn from three weeks to three weeks,
and rendering 2s. yearly to the sheriff of Surrey for 'hundredselver' and
'shirefyeld.' |
Oct. 12.
Gloucester. |
To the sheriff of York. Order to release Master Simon de Caral, clerk,
of Scotland, who was lately arrested with two servants and divers of his
goods on his voyage from Scotland to Flanders by certain of the king's
mariners, and who was taken to Scardeburgh, and whom the sheriff has
sent to the king by his order, and to cause his said goods to be delivered to
him, and to permit him to go with his servants and goods whither he will,
of the king's special grace. By K. |
Sept. 3.
Porchester. |
To the mayors and bailiffs of Bristol. Order not to molest John de Celer
of Bristol, owner (domino) of a moiety of the ships called 'La Alisote
James' and 'Cok Johan,' and Richard de Welles, owner of a moiety of the
ship called 'La Laurence' of Bristol, by virtue of the king's order to them
to cause all owners of ships of the burthen of 50 tuns and upwards to come
with their ships, etc., from that town and its members to Portesmuth on
Sunday after the Decollation of St. John the Baptist last, the said John
and Richard being so weak and aged that they cannot labour in this service, as the king, wishing to spare them upon this occasion, has given them
licence to return home, they having sent other sufficient men in their
places in the said service. By K. |
Sept. 5.
Porchester. |
To the mayor and bailiffs of Winchester. Order to release the goods,
chattels, and debts of Giles de Faward, commonly called 'Barran de
Faward,' and to restore them to him if they have arrested them by virtue
of the king's order to take into his hands the goods, chattels, and debts of
the men and merchants of the power of the king of France, and to aid
Giles in levying the debts due to him in that city, as the king learns upon
trustworthy testimony that Giles is a merchant of the town of Penne in the
Agénois, and that he has always borne himself faithfully to the king. |
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By K. |
Aug. 17.
Clarendon. |
To the mayor and sheriffs of London. Order to release and to restore to
John de la Gout, merchant, and Gaillard, his brother, 42 tuns of wine lately in
John's custody at London, which they lately arrested with other goods of John
and Gaillard by virtue of the king's order to arrest goods and wares of the men
and merchants of the town of Besatz, of which wine 13 tuns and one pipe
belonged to John and Gaillard and the rest belonged to William Xanctii,
lord of Pomiers (Pomeriis), as the king learns upon trustworthy testimony
that John and Gaillard, who are sprung from the town of Besatz, have
always borne themselves faithfully towards him and his subjects, and that
John sojourned in this realm all the time of the late disturbance in the
duchy [of Aquitaine], and long before then. By K. |
Aug. 19.
Clarendon. |
To the same. Order to release and restore to Gaillard Coubull and
Arnald de Bugons their goods, chattels, and debts, if they have arrested
the same by virtue of the aforesaid order to take into the king's hands the
goods, chattels, and debts of the men and merchants of Besatz, as the king
learns upon trustworthy testimony that Gaillard and Arnald, who are
sprung from that town, sojourned in this realm all the time of the late
disturbance in the aforesaid duchy, and long before, and that they have always
borne themselves faithfully towards the king and his subjects. By K. |
Oct. 11.
Gloucester. |
To Robert de Aston, keeper of certain forfeited lands in co. Gloucester.
Order to deliver to Elizabeth, late the wife of Simon le Chaumberleyn, the
manor of Hope near Thornbury, in that county, together with the issues
from 2 April, in the 18th year of the king's reign, as the king learns by
inquisition taken by Master John de Blebury, Robert de Hungerford, and
the aforesaid keeper that Alice, daughter of Roger de Lokynton, on the
morrow of St. Valentine, 28 Edward I., granted, remitted, and confirmed
the said manor to the aforesaid Simon and Elizabeth, to them and their
heirs, and that they were seised thereof by virtue of this grant, and continued their seisin until the manor was taken into the king's hands by
reason of Simon's rebellion, and that Simon died in prison in Gloucester
castle on the aforesaid 2 April, and that Elizabeth has not remitted to any
one her right in the manor, nor changed her estate in any wise, and that
the manor was taken into the king's hands, and is still in his hands, by
reason of Simon's rebellion, and for no other cause, and that it is held of
the manor of Thornbury by the service of 5s. yearly for all service. |
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Membrane 5. |
Sept. 28.
The Tower. |
To John de Blounvill, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertford, Cambridge, and Huntingdon. Order to deliver to John de Goldyngham, Nicholas Dacre, and Simon Cobaud, executors of the will of Master
Thomas de Kerdeston, late archdeacon of Norfolk, the manor of Norton,
co. Norfolk, except the advowson of the church of Thurverton, a house in
Nokkedam, herbage and a rushbed (junctaria) in the marsh of Boyshowe,
herbage in the marsh of Hordhowe, and except the rents and services of
the freemen and villeins, together with the issues thereof from the death of
the said Master Thomas, to hold until the end of fourteen years from
Michaelmas after the feast of St. Ambrose, in the 14th year of the king's
reign, after which term it is to be resumed into the king's hands, as the
king learns by inquisition taken by Edmund de Hemmegrave and John
Claver in the escheator's presence, by the king's order, that Thomas
Roscelyn, granted, before he forfeited to the king, to wit on 7 March, in the
14th year of the reign, to the said Master Thomas for life the aforesaid
manor, with the above exceptions, rendering therefor 8 marks yearly, and
that he afterwards, before he forfeited to the king, to wit on Sunday after
St. Ambrose, in the aforesaid year, granted the manor, with the above exceptions, to Master Thomas for fourteen years from Michaelmas following,
quit and discharged of the said 8 marks yearly, in consideration of a sum of
money paid to him beforehand, and that neither Master Thomas in his life
nor his executors after his death changed their estate therein, and that the
manor was taken into the king's hands after the death of Master Thomas by
the escheator by reason of the forfeiture of the aforesaid Thomas Roscelyn,
and for no other reason, and that the manor is not held of the king, and
that, with the above exceptions, it is worth 34s. 2d. yearly in all issues. |
Oct. 12.
Gloucester. |
The like to Roger de Hales, to deliver the manor, with the above exceptions, which is in his custody by the king's commission, together with the
issues thereof received by him. |
Oct. 14.
Tintern. |
To the bailiffs of Great Yarmouth. Order to release Peter Ramelyn of
Ostende, Clays Hanele, John le Lapre, John Panfox, John Cristelot, John
Bastar, Henry Tripplere of Seinte Marichirche, John Bode, and Copinus
Rowe of Flanders from prison in that town, together with their goods and
chattels, they having been attached and imprisoned for a robbery at sea
from certain men of this realm at the suit of the said men, if they have
satisfied the said men for the robbery, and if they are detained in prison at
the suit of the king and of no other. By K. |
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To the sheriff of Dorset. Order to release William Marcher, parson of
the church of Wyk, and William Baret, imprisoned at Dorchester (Dors')
by the king's order for certain reasons, upon their finding mainprise to
answer to the king at his pleasure. By K. |
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To the sheriff of Sussex. Whereas the king lately ordered the arrayors
of men-at-arms in that county to cause a certain number of armed men and
archers to come to him with all speed, and ordered the sheriff to pay the
wages of the said men until they came to the king, and the sheriff has
returned that he has no money of the issues of his bailiwick or from elsewhere out of which he can pay the wages, and the king has ordered the
treasurer and chamberlains to pay to the sheriff by indenture out of the
treasury such sum as shall seem necessary to them for this purpose; the
king therefore orders the sheriff to receive the said money, and to pay therefrom the wages aforesaid, and to cause the men to come to the king with all
speed: provided that those to whom he shall pay the wages shall be fit and
sufficient for the king's service. [Parl. Writs.] |
Oct. 1.
The Tower. |
To Matthew Broun, escheator in cos. Lincoln, Northampton, and Rutland. Order not to intermeddle in any wise with the custody of the priory
of Torkeseye, or with anything pertaining thereto, by reason of the last
voidance thereof, and to restore the issues thereof to the prior and convent,
as the king lately—at the prosecution of the prior and convent of
Torkeseye, suggesting that the priory is of the patronage of John de
Britannia, earl of Richmond, by reason of the lands that belonged to John
de Balliolo, which the king lately granted to the earl, and that neither the
earl nor John de Balliolo, nor his ancestors, when the said lands were in
their hands, nor the king nor his progenitors, kings of England, when the
said lands were [in their hands] by reason of wardship, escheat, or otherwise,
were wont in times past to have the custody of that priory at any times of
voidance, or to receive any issues therefrom, and that the escheator had
taken the temporalities of the priory into the king's hands by reason of the
lands of the said earl being in the king's hands—ordered the escheator to
make inquisition concerning the premises, and it appears by the inquisition
that neither the earl, nor John de Balliolo, nor any of his ancestors, nor the
king nor his progenitors were wont to have the custody of the priory upon
any of the voidances in times past, or to receive any issues therefrom. |
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Memorandum, that, on Saturday, the feast of St. Cecilia, William la
Zousche, John de Sancto Johanne, and Edward de Sancto Johanne,
knights, caused four bags under William's seal to be carried into the
chamber of Isabella, queen of England, in the palace of the bishop of
Hereford, wherein she was then housed, which bags contained rolls,
inquisitions, and other memoranda of the king's chancery taken by
them in the castle of Swayneseye in Wales, and the bags thus sealed were
delivered to Master Henry de Clif, keeper of the rolls of chancery, then
there present, who received them, and caused them to be carried with him
to his lodging. [Parl. Writs.] |
