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Aug. 8.
Westminster. |
To the mayor and bailiffs of la Rye. Order to permit Thomas Rydel,
the younger, burgess of Berwick upon Tweed, or his attorney, to lade in the
port of that town 74 sarplars of wool, one sack and one pocket of wool fells
and 20 ox hides, and take them to Flanders without paying the custom or
subsidy thereon, and to make diligent enquiry and search for 4 sarplars and
5 hides which have been eloigned and deliver them to Thomas when found,
to be taken to Flanders in the form aforesaid, as Thomas has paid the
custom due on the said wool, fells and hides which he has proved to belong
to him and to certain of his fellows, whose attorney he is, at the town of
Berwick upon Tweed, as William de Killum, one of the collectors of customs
in the port of Berwick, has testified before the king, and he proposes to take
them to Flanders. |
Aug. 6.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Kent. Order under pain of 100l. to be before the
treasurer and barons of the exchequer at Westminster on the morrow of
Michaelmas next, to render account for the time when he was appointed to
levy and collect the subsidy lately granted of cloth for sale, to wit, 4d. of
each cloth of assize without grain, 6d. of each cloth of scarlet of assize,
and 5d. of each cloth of half grain of assize, and of each cloth exceeding
a half cloth of assize by three ells and more, which is not a whole cloth
of assize, and of each cloth exceeding a whole cloth of assize by three ells
and more, in accordance with the rate of subsidy for the whole cloth of
assize of the same sort, having with him the seal deputed for that subsidy
in his bailiwick, to be delivered to the treasurer and barons. |
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The like to all the sheriffs of England except the sheriffs of London. |
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The like to the following, to wit:— |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Chichester. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Southampton. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Sandwich. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Newcastle upon Tyne. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Boston. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Great Yarmouth. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Bristol. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Exeter. |
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The collectors of the petty custom in the port of London. |
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The mayor and constable of the staple of York. |
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The mayor and constable of the staple of Lincoln. |
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The mayor and constable of the staple of Norwich. |
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The mayor and constable of the staple of Canterbury. |
Oct. 8.
Westminster. |
To William Fililod, escheator in the county of Northampton. Order to
amove the king's hand from a messuage of John de Broughton in Northampton, and not to intermeddle further therewith, delivering the issues
thereof to John, if he find that the messuage is the same as the houses
granted to William de Hamelton, sometime archdeacon of York, as the king
ordered the escheator to certify why he had taken the said messuage into
the king's hand, and the escheator returned that he had so taken it because
he had found by inquisition of office that it formerly belonged to Moses son
of Jacob, a Jew, and came into the hands of Edward I as forfeit, by the exile
of the said Jew, and that king by charter granted it to the said archdeacon
in fee, who afterwards alienated it without licence, and by the letters patent
of Edward I, which the king has inspected, it is found that the said king
granted to the archdeacon the houses in Northampton which belonged to
the said Moses, and escheated to the king by his exile, to hold to him and
his heirs or any to whom he might give or assign the same according to
the custom of that town, rendering to the king 1d. yearly by the hands of
the bailiffs of Northampton, and now John has informed the king that the
messuage so taken is the same as the houses in the patent contained, and
has prayed the king to order his hand to be amoved. |
Nov. 14.
Westminster. |
To the same. Order to amove the king's hand from two messuages in
Northampton of William son of William Gauge of Northampton, and not
to intermeddle further therewith, delivering the issues thereof to William,
if he finds that the messuages are the same as the houses granted to Joan
la Ropere, as the king ordered the escheator to certify why he had taken
those messuages into the king's hand, and the escheator returned that he
had so taken them because he found by inquisition of office that they
formerly belonged to Manser son of David de Staunford, a Jew, and came
into the hands of Edward I as forfeit by the exile of the Jews, and that
king gave them by charter to Joan, who alienated them without obtaining
the king's licence, and by the letters patent of Edward I, which the king
has inspected, it is found that Edward I granted to Joan those houses in
Northampton which belonged to Manser, extended at 5s. 2d. yearly, and
which the said king recovered against the said Jew, as forfeit, by judgment
of his court, to hold to her and her heirs or any to whom she might grant
or assign the same according to the custom of that town, rendering 1d.
yearly at Easter by the hands of the sheriff of Northampton, and William
has informed the king that the messuages so taken are the same as the
houses in the patent contained, praying the king to cause his hand to be
amoved therefrom. |
Nov. 14.
Westminster. |
To the same. Order to amove the king's hand from a messuage of Thomas
de Welton and Joan his wife in Northampton, and not to intermeddle further
therewith, restoring the issues thereof to them, if he find that it is the same
as the houses granted to Ralph de Dyve, as the king ordered the escheator to
certify why he had taken that messuage into the king's hand, and the
escheator returned that he had so taken it because it was found by inquisition
of office that it formerly belonged to Isaac de Berkamstede, a Jew, and came
into the hands of Edward I as forfeit by the exile of the Jews, and that
king gave it by charter to Ralph who afterwards alienated it without licence,
and by the letters patent of Edward I, which the king has inspected, it is
found that Edward I granted to Ralph the houses in Northampton which
belonged to Isaac, extended at 7s. 6d. yearly, and which he recovered
against that Jew, as forfeit by judgment of his court, to hold to Ralph
and his heirs or any to whom he would assign the same according to the
custom of that town, rendering 1d. at Easter by the hands of the sheriff of
Northampton, and Thomas and Joan have informed the king that the
messuage so taken is the same as the houses in the patent contained,
praying the king to cause his hand to be amoved therefrom. |
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May 30.
Westminster |
To Robert Tylliol and Thomas de Alanby. Order to deliver to the prior
of Carlisle all the bark of the trees cut down for repairing the tower and
houses of Carlisle castle, as the king lately appointed Robert and Thomas
to survey the defects in the said tower and houses and cause them to be
repaired by the survey and advice of the said prior and Clement de Skelton,
and to cause trees for timber to be cut down in the forest nearest the castle
by the view and testimony of the verderers and carried to the castle for the
said repairs, and the king wishing to show favour to the prior for his
diligence has granted him all the bark. By K. |
July 4.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to Thomas de Foxley,
constable of Wyndesore castle, 9l. 2s. 6d. for the maintenance of John
Lumbard, taken for certain causes and committed to Thomas to be kept
safely, from 17 June in the 31st year of the reign until 17 June following,
to wit, 6d. a day, and 4d. a day from 17 June in the 32nd year so long as
John shall remain in his custody. By K. |
June 30.
Westminster. |
To Roger de Wolferston, escheator in Essex. Order to amove the king's
hand from 100 acres of land which were of William de Chichestre in the
towns of Wykford and Raureth and not to intermeddle further therewith,
restoring the issues thereof to the abbot of Westminster, if he find that
they are the same as 100 acres of land contained in the escheator's
certificate, and that the abbot did not enter any lands in those towns
without licence, as on 8 August in the 11th year of the reign the king
granted that Roger Basset might assign 126 acres of land, 2 acres of
meadow and 50s. rent in Wykford and Mulsham, co. Essex, to the abbot
and convent of Westminster, to hold, with certain other lands in Surrey
and Middlesex, to the value of 100s. yearly, in part satisfaction of 20l. a
year of land and rent which the king granted him to acquire, as well of his
own fee as of another's, lands held in chief excepted, and afterwards on
29 January in the 28th year of the reign the king gave Roger licence to
grant 32 acres of land in Beneflete and Raureth, co. Essex, to the said
abbot and convent, to hold, with certain other lands in Essex and
Middlesex, in aid of the completion of a certain chantry for the souls of
the father and mother of Nicholas de Littelyngton, prior of Westminster,
and of all the faithful departed, in accordance with the prior's ordinance,
to the value of 100s. yearly, in part satisfaction of 20l. a year of land
and rent which the king, at the prior's request, lately granted the abbot
and convent to acquire of their own fee, and the king lately ordered the
escheator to certify him wherefore those 100 acres were by him taken
into the king's hand, and the escheator returned that he had not taken
into the king's hand the said 100 acres of the abbot in Wykford and
Raureth, which belonged to William de Chichester, but that Thomas
de Chebham, late escheator, had delivered them to him by indenture,
because it was found by inquisition that the abbot appropriated them to
himself and his house without licence, and now the abbot has petitioned the
king to amove his hand therefrom and to order them to be rendered to him,
as the 100 acres named in that certificate are the same as the 100 acres
specified in the king's licence, to wit, 70 acres of land in Wykford and
30 acres of land in Raureth, which belonged to William de Chichestre,
and the abbot did not acquire them of William but of Roger Basset at
divers times, and entered them by virtue of the king's licence, and he has no
other lands in those towns except the 100 acres specified in that licence,
and the licence having been shown in chancery the king does not wish the
abbot to be wronged. |
June 16.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Northumberland. Order to pay by indenture from time
to time as occasion requires 56l. to Robert de Thynden, chaplain, supplying
the place of Gilbert de Whiteleye, master and surveyor of the king's works
in all his castles, manors and other places, for certain works in the castle
of Newcastle upon Tyne, according to an indenture made between him and
certain hired workmen thereupon, so that the works, which lie near the
king's heart, may not be delayed for lack of payment. By K. |
July 28.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Worcester. Order to cause a coroner for that county
to be elected in place of Thomas de Clipeston, who is insufficiently
qualified. |
Oct. 6.
Westminster. |
To William de Kelby, escheator in the county of Lincoln. Order to
amove the king's hand from certain lands of the prior of Farlegh in Welby
and not to intermeddle further therewith, delivering the issues thereof to
the prior or his attorney, as the king ordered the escheator to certify why
he had taken those lands into the king's hand, and the escheator returned
that he found by inquisition of office that the said prior, an alien, holds
in Welby of the gift of former kings of England, a messuage with a
certain chapel, one carucate of land and 100s. rent to find a chaplain at
Welby to celebrate for the souls of those kings and their heirs, and has
not found that chaplain for sixteen years and more, and that the said land
and rent had not yet been taken into the king's hand among the other
lands of the alien religious by reason of the war with those of France,
therefore he took the said land and rent into the king's hand, and it
appears by inspection of the chancery rolls that on 31 January in the
28th year of the reign the king committed the keeping of the said priory
and of all the lands, benefices, possessions, goods and chattels pertaining
thereto in the counties of Wilts, Lincoln and elsewhere in England, which
were taken into the king's hand among the other possessions of the alien
religious of the power of France, to brother Geoffrey de Walton, prior of
the said place, for a certain ferm, and so it appears that all the lands of
the priory in the county of Lincoln and elsewhere were taken into the king's
hand and are comprised in the said ferm. |
Oct. 4.
Westminster. |
To the sheriffs of London. Order to pay from time to time, by indenture
made with him, the price of the falcons taken in that city by John de
Braban, the king's yeoman, as the king has appointed John keeper of his
mews near Westminster, to take falcons in that city for the king's use, for
money to be paid by the sheriffs, to wit, the gentil falcon for 20s., the gentil
tiercel for 10s., the estor for 13s. 4d., the tiercel estor for ½ mark and the
lanner for ½ mark. |
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Membrane 13. |
July 2.
Westminster. |
To the bailiffs of the town and port of la Heth. Order upon pain of 100l.
to cause the corn taken in a certain ship of the king's enemies, captured at
sea and brought to that port, to be arrested for the king's use, and kept
safely until further order. The king is sending Roger de Sutton to survey
that corn and to buy it for a certain price for the king. By K. and C. |
July 20.
Westminster. |
To William de Hatton, escheator in Kent and Middlesex. Order not to
intermeddle further with divers lands taken into the king's hand by the
death of Simon Fraunceys, delivering up the issues thereof, as the king has
learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Simon at his death held
no lands in those counties in chief in his demesne as of fee, but held lands
there of others than the king. |
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The like to the following, to wit:— |
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Roger de Wolfreton, escheator in Essex. |
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William de Otteford, escheator in the county of Bedford. |
July 28.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Nottingham. Order to pay of the king's favour, to
John de Molyns, imprisoned in Nottingham castle, 7s. a week for his
maintenance, from Midsummer last and henceforth, so long as he remains
in that prison or until further order. By K. |
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The like to the sheriff of Cambridge for Egidia wife of the said John,
imprisoned in Cambridge castle. |
Aug. 9.
Westminster |
To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to cause so many bridges,
hurdles, rings, staples and other necessaries as may suffice for the shipment
of 400 horses of Robert de Herley and John de Bukyngham, about to set
out to the parts of Britanny in the king's service, to be bought, purveyed
and delivered by indenture to Robert and John. |
Aug. 4.
Westminster. |
To William de Otteford, escheator in the county of Buckingham. Order
to cause William son of William Bullok and John son of William Stepyng,
kinsmen and heirs of Henry fitz Johan, tenant in chief, to have seisin of
all the lands whereof Henry was seised at his death in his demesne as of
fee, as they have proved their ages before the escheator, and the king has
taken their homage for all the lands which Henry held in chief. |
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By p.s. [23910.] |
July 2.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the old
irons of the stamps of gold and of the groats of 4d. and half groats of 2d.
of silver, which are of no further use through age, to be condemned and
delivered to William de Husshebourn, the king's serjeant, to whom the king
has granted them of his grace. Proviso that the old and new irons of the
king's stamps of sterling shall remain with the treasurer and barons. |
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By K. |
Oct. 12.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge the
surviving mainpernors of Walter de Chiriton, Thomas de Swanlond and
Gilbert de Wendlyngburgh, late fermors of the customs and subsidies in
all the ports of England, and the heirs, executors and tenants of the lands of
those deceased, of their mainprise, and to cause the other matters following
to be enrolled in the exchequer and allowed, as lately by the account or
declaration of John Malewayn, one of those mainpernors, and one of the
receivers of the said customs and subsidies, for himself and the other mainpernors and receivers, from 1 April in the 23rd year of the reign until
Michaelmas in the 25th year according to agreements made between the
king and the said fermors and mainpernors, it was found that 13,643l. 14s. 7d.
were due at the exchequer of the profit of the customs and subsidies
beyond a certain ferm due thereof, wherefore the king caused all the
manors, lands, goods and chattels of the said mainpernors found in all the
counties of England, to be seized into his hand, to wit, of the said
John and of Hugh de Ulseby, William de Melcheborn, Thomas Perle,
Robert de Thorney, John de Bedeford, John de Northburgh, William
de Grantham, John Hervy, Philip de Ratesby, John Bole of Lincoln, John
de Keleshull, Nicholas atte Welle, Nicholas de Wandlesworth, Richard
Barry, Richard de Sletheholm, Adam de Tirwhit of Beverle and Robert
de Penereth now surviving, and of Thomas de Melcheborn, Richard de
Melcheborn, Nicholas de Swanland, Thomas Gisorce, Walter Prest of
Melton, Thomas Spycer of Yarmouth, William de Neuton of Ipswich,
William de Darsham, Thomas de Lyndeseye, John de Ripoun, William de
Burgh of York, William de Roderham of Nottingham, Gilbert de Mitford,
and Thomas Flemyng, deceased, together with the debts due to them,
according to a judgment thereupon in the exchequer, to remain in the
king's hand until the said 13,643l. 14s. 7d. should be levied thereof or
until further order, as may appear by the record and process thereupon held
in the exchequer, but for certain causes laid before the king and his council
the king of his grace has thought fit to restore to the said mainpernors
and to the heirs of those deceased all the said manors and lands so taken,
all their goods, chattels and debts, and the ferms, arrears of ferms and
issues of those lands, to hold quit of the said sum, of ferms, arrears of
ferms and issues for which the king is not yet satisfied, and of all claims,
impeachments, accounts, receipts, debts, sums, contempts and all other
things affecting that mainprise. By K. |
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Aug. 6.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Northumberland. Order to cause proclamation to be
made that all men of the king's realm and power shall arrest all merchants
and others whom they find bringing merchandise from the realm and
marches of Scotland to deprive the king of his custom, together with their
merchandise, and shall deliver their bodies to the sheriff, and take the
merchandise arrested in or near the said marches to Berwick on Tweed
to be delivered to the collectors of customs there, and the merchandise
arrested in parts distant from those marches, coming towards Scotland or
other parts beyond, to the town of Newcastle upon Tyne, to be delivered to
the collectors of customs there, whom the king has ordered by divers writs
to receive them by indenture and to deliver a third part or the value thereof
to those who arrest them, and the persons arrested to the sheriff, who
shall receive them and keep them in the gaol of Newcastle upon Tyne in
accordance with the law and custom of England, as the king is informed
that numbers of merchants and others have long bought wool and other
customable merchants in that county and neighbouring counties and in the
adjacent marches of Scotland, and taken them secretly to Berwick and
other parts in Scotland and thence to parts beyond, paying the custom of
½ mark ordained for such merchandise at Berwick, under colour of such
merchandise bought in Scotland, and have even sold the same to the
king's Scottish enemies, thus cunningly defrauding the king of the money
due to him, and they and many others have taken such customable
merchandise from the said town and counties and marches to parts beyond
without paying any custom and subsidy, contrary to the form of the
statute and ordinance thereupon; to prevent this the king has granted
a third part of all such merchandise so bought to be taken out of England,
or the value thereof to those who take the same for their travail, to hold of
his gift, wishing also to punish all those who so take such merchandise or
sell it to the Scots. By C. |
July 20.
Westminster. |
To Thomas de Foxle, constable of Wyndesore castle, or to him who
supplies his place there. Order to cause the abbot of Westminster to
have eight bucks on the eve of St. Peter ad Vincula next, in accordance
with the charter of Henry III to the abbot of eight bucks to be taken
yearly in the forest of Wyndesore at the king's cost by the hands of the
constable of Wyndesore, to be taken by the constable to Westminster
on the said eve, so that those who carry the venison shall blow their
horns twice (facient duas meneias) before the high altar of St. Peter's,
Westminster. |
Oct. 8.
Westminster. |
To the justiciary of Ireland. Order to cause Nicholas, son of Maurice
earl of Dessemond, to come before him and to be examined, and if he find
him to be an idiot, to cause all his lands to be seized into the king's
hand and extended by inquisition, and to be delivered for keeping to Ralph
earl of Stafford, so that he shall answer to the king for the issues there
of over and above the maintenance of Nicholas and his servants, and if
necessary to make inquisition whether Nicholas has been an idiot from
birth, or how long, and to send the inquisition and extent to the chancery
of England without delay, as the king is informed that Nicholas is an idiot
so that he cannot suffice for the governance of himself or his lands, and
it pertains to the king to provide for the good governance of the lands of
idiots, that they may not be wasted or alienated. By K. |
Oct. 16.
Westminster. |
To the collectors in the port of Boston of the custom of woollen cloth
made in England to be taken to parts beyond. Order to receive from
divers merchants of Almain the custom of 21d. of every such cloth, and
to supersede the demand made upon them, for a custom of 12d. on the
same, releasing and distraint therefor made, provided that the custom on
cloth made in parts beyond the sea and brought by those merchants to
England be duly paid; as the said merchants of Almain have shown the
king that whereas in accordance with the charter of Edward I to them,
they have been used to pay the following customs on woollen cloth made in
parts beyond the sea, and brought to England, to wit, 2s. of each cloth
in grain, 18d. of every cloth mixed with grain, and 12d. of every cloth
without grain, and afterwards because wool grown in England, of which
the custom and subsidy would have been paid to the king if it were
taken to parts beyond, has been manufactured in the realm into no small
quantity of cloth, and such cloth has been taken to parts beyond, it was
ordained by the king and his council that of every cloth so made in
England and taken out of the realm 21d. should be paid by foreign
merchants in place of the said custom and subsidy, and although those
merchants are ready to pay the said 21d. on such cloth, yet the collectors
are distraining them for a custom of 12d. for every cloth made in England
to be taken out, over and above the custom of 21d., whereupon those
merchants have prayed the king to provide a remedy, and it is not just
that they should be charged with a double custom for one and the same
thing. By K. and C. |
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Membrane 11. |
July 11.
Westminster. |
To William de Hatton, escheator in Sussex. Order to cause William
brother and heir of Nigel Bonet, tenant in chief, to have seisin of all the
lands whereof his brother was seised at his death in his demesne as of fee,
as William has proved his age before the escheator, and the king has taken
his homage and fealty for the lands which his brother held in chief. |
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By p.s. [23888.] |
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To John de Estbury, escheator in the county of Southampton. Like
order in favour of the said William, who has proved his age before William
de Hatton, escheator in Sussex. By p.s. (as above.) |
July 6.
Westminster. |
To Reynold de Sholdham, inspector in the port of London and the river
Thames. Order to deliver, by indenture, to William de Rothewell, clerk
of the king's wardrobe in the Tower of London, all bows, bowstrings and
arrows by him arrested as forfeit, to be kept for the king's use. By C. |
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Mandate to William to receive the said bows, bowstrings and arrows. |
July 4.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Wilts. Order to expend up to 20 marks in repairing
the defects in the houses in the castle of Old Sarum and of the king's mills
below that castle, by the view and testimony of Roger Godefray, one of the
coroners of that county. By C. |
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Mandate to Roger to cause the costs and expenses incurred by the sheriff
on the said repairs to be controlled and testified. |
July 10.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Middlesex. Order to cause certain lands in Hampton,
of the right of the priory of Takkele, which Nicholas Verdiere and William
his brother have occupied and hold, to be seized into the king's hand and
delivered to brother Firmin de Fontanis, monk of the monastery of
St. Valery (Sancti Walerici), fermor of the priory to hold with the other
lands of the priory in aid of the payment of his ferm, as the king granted
him the keeping of the said priory and of all the lands belonging thereto,
which had been taken into the king's hand among the possessions of the
alien religious of the power of France in England by reason of the war
of France, for a certain ferm yearly payable, and the king, on learning
from Firmin that Nicholas and William have occupied the premises, which
are parcel of the lands belonging to the priory, refusing to deliver them to
Firmin, whereby he could not answer for his whole ferm, ordered the sheriff
to notify Nicholas and William to be in chancery on the octaves of
Midsummer last to show cause why the said tenements should not be seized
into the king's hand and delivered to Firmin as parcel of his ferm, and
although they were notified by the sheriff, as he has returned, they did not
come on that day when solemnly called. |
Oct. 27.
Westminster. |
To William Fililode, escheator in the county of Northampton. Order to
amove the king's hand from the manor of Bernewell of the abbot of
Rameseye, and not to intermeddle further therewith, restoring the issues
thereof to the abbot, as the king ordered the escheator to certify why
he had taken that manor into the king's hand, and the escheator
returned that he had so taken it because he had learned that Reynold,
formerly abbot of Rameseye, who held the manor in chief in frank almoin,
alienated it in fee to one Reynold le Moygne, in the time of Henry I,
rendering to the abbot 100s. yearly, without the king's licence, and because
he found by inquisition of office that William de Godemecestre, late
abbot of Rameseye, reacquired the manor to himself and his house in the
time of Henry III, without obtaining the king's licence; and because the
manor was taken into the king's hand for a like cause by William Trussel,
late escheator this side Trent, in the 14th year of the reign, and that cause
seemed insufficient and unjust when brought before the council in parliament at Westminster and diligently examined, wherefore the king ordered
William Trussel to amove the king's hand from the manor and to restore
the issues thereof to the abbot, and now, the certificate of the escheator
having been examined before the king and his council, it seems to the
council that the cause for taking the manor is unjust and insufficient
and should be considered null. |
Nov. 5.
Westminster. |
To Henry de Prestwode, escheator in the county of Gloucester. Order
to amove the king's hand from the manor of Horslegh of the prior of
Bruton and not to intermeddle further therewith, delivering the issues
thereof to the prior, as the king ordered the escheator to certify why he
had taken that manor into the king's hand, and the escheator returned
that he had so taken it because Henry de Insula, late prior of Horslegh,
who held the manor in chief as pertaining to the priory of Horslegh, was
deposed from his office of prior, and so the priory was void, and by the
charter of Henry III, confirmed by the king, it appears that the custody
of the manor ought to pertain to the king only in every vacancy of the
priory of Bruton. |
Aug. 24.
Clarendon. |
To Richard de Ravensere, receiver of the ferms, rents and issues of the
castles, manors, towns and lands which Isabel, the queen mother, held at
her death and which the king has granted to be administered for her soul
for one year from that day, together with the sums due to her. Order to
deliver by indenture to John de Neubury, late treasurer of the household
of the said queen, so much of the said ferms, rents, issues and debts as
must be paid for the expenses of the said household after her death, so
long as it shall be kept up, and also for the acquitting of her debts and
for the payment of divers her officers and servants in remuneration for their
services, by the view and testimony of John atte Lee, late steward of the
said queen. By K. |
June 6.
Westminster. |
To Henry de Prestwode, escheator in the county of Stafford. Order not
to intermeddle further with a messuage, one carucate of land and 5s. 0¼d.
rent in Denston, delivering up the issues thereof, as the king has learned
by inquisition taken by the escheator that John de Blount of Sodyngton
at his death held no lands in that bailiwick in chief in his demesne as of
fee, but held the said messuage, land and rent of others than the king. |
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Membrane 10. |
Aug. 2.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to cause a verderer for the forest of
Dene to be elected in place of John de Hayden, who is so weak and aged
that he cannot execute the duties of the office. |
Aug. 1.
Westminster. |
To Henry de Prestwode, escheator in the county of Gloucester and the
adjacent march of Wales. Order to cause Thomas Achard, son of Cecily
second daughter of John de Knovill, to have seisin of the purparty falling
to him of the dower of Alice late wife of John de Knovill, as on its being
found by inquisition taken by John de Weston, then escheator, that Alice
held a third part of the manor of Redwyk in Magor in dower, of the
inheritance of Michael son of Amy one of the daughters and heirs of John
(which Michael died a minor in the king's wardship), of the said Thomas
and of John Dun, son of Eleanor, third daughter and heir of John de Knovill,
that the manor is held in chief by the service of a tenth part of one knight's
fee, and that Alice, daughter of Amy, sister of Michael, whom William de
Luscote married, was Michael's next heir and aged nineteen years, and
John Dun was Eleanor's next heir and then of full age, and Thomas was
Cecily's next heir and under age, the king on 22 May in the 28th year of
the reign took the homage of William for the purparty falling to Alice of
the said third part, by reason of their joint offspring, and ordered
William de Leden, then escheator, to make a partition of the said third
part into three equal parts, and to cause William and Alice to have seisin
of Alice's purparty, retaining in the king's hand until further order the
purparties of John Dun and Thomas, and on 15 July in the 29th year of
the reign, having taken the homage of John Dun, the king rendered his
purparty to him and ordered Thomas de Berkele of Cuberle, then escheator,
to cause him to have seisin of that purparty, retaining in the king's hand
until further order the purparty of Thomas, and Thomas has now proved
his age before John de Bekynton, escheator in Somerset, and the king has
taken his homage for the purparty falling to him. By p.s. [23908.] |
Aug. 1.
Westminster. |
To Simon atte Pitte, escheator in Devon. Order to cause Thomas Achard
to have seisin of the purparty falling to him of the lands of Gilbert de
Knovyle, tenant in chief, after the death of Margaret Dynham, otherwise called Margaret Douvedale, demising into the hand of William de
Luscote until further order the purparty of Joan his daughter, as on its
being found by divers inquisitions that Margaret at her death held in
dower a messuage, one carucate of land and 60s. rent in Yiddeford, a
messuage and one carucate of land in Battesthorn and the manor of
Lodeswill, of the inheritance of John Duyn, then of full age, of the said
Thomas and of Joan, cousins and heirs of Gilbert, then a minor in the
king's wardship, and that the said manor and lands are held of others
than the king, on 20 June in the 31st year of the reign the king ordered
Richard Hody, then escheator, to make a partition of the said manor and
lands into three equal parts, in the presence of John Duyn and William de
Luscote, to whom the king committed the wardship of two thirds of all
the lands which Margaret held in dower of the said inheritance to hold
until Thomas and Joan should come of age, to deliver to William the
purparties of Thomas and Joan, and not to intermeddle further with the
purparty of John Duyn, and Thomas has now proved his age before John
de Bekyngton, escheator in Somerset, and the king has taken his homage
for his purparty. By p.s. [23908.] |
Aug. 1.
Westminster. |
To John de Estbury, escheator in Wilts. Order not to intermeddle
further with the manor of Eton Meysy, delivering the issues thereof to
Nicholas Seymore, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the
escheator that Thomas de Seymore, at his death, held the said manor
to himself and the heirs of his body by a fine levied in the king's court,
with remainder in default of such heirs to Alan, his brother, and to the
heirs of his body, or in default to the said Nicholas, his brother, and the
heirs of his body, that Thomas and Alan both died without an heir of their
bodies, wherefore the manor ought to remain to Nicholas, and that it is
held of another than the king. |
