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May 12.
Westminster. |
To Thomas de Wythornwyk escheator within the liberty of Holdernesse co. York. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor
of Berneston taken into the king's hand by the death of John Mounceaux knight, delivering up any issues thereof taken; as it is found
by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that the said John at his
death held no lands within that liberty in chief in his demesne as of
fee, but held the said manor as well in demesne as in service of
Isabel the king's daughter as of her manor of Brustewyk, which she
holds of the king's grant, and at another time the king granted her by
letters patent to hold that manor for life with the knights' fees,
advowsons etc. thereto belonging. |
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Membrane 33. |
May 5.
Westminster. |
To Roger de Wolfreton escheator in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and
Hertfordshire. Order to cause Humphrey, son and heir of William de
Bohun earl of Norhampton, and cousin and heir of Humphrey de
Bohun earl of Hereford and Essex tenants in chief, to have seisin of
the lands whereof the said earls at their death were seised in their demesne as of fee, and which by their deaths were taken into the king's
hand, together with the issues thereof taken from the eve of the
Annunciation last, which the king of his gift has granted him; as
Humphrey has proved his age before the escheator, and the king has
taken his homage and fealty. By p.s. [25973.] |
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To William de Otteford escheator in Bedfordshire, Bukinghamshire,
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. Like order; as the said
Humphrey has proved his age before Roger de Wolfreton escheator
in Essex. |
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The like to the following: |
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Richard de Wydeville escheator in Norhamptonshire and
Roteland. |
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John de Estbury escheator in Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Suthampton
and Wilts. |
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John de Tye escheator in Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. |
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John de Bekynton escheator in Somerset and Dorset. |
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Leo de Perton escheator in Worcestershire. |
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John de Wyndesore escheator in Warwickshire and Leycestershire. |
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Stephen Cavendissh mayor of the city of London and escheator
therein. |
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Thomas Cheyne escheator in Devon. |
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Philip de Lutteleye escheator in Notinghamshire, Derbyshire,
Salop, Staffordshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and the
march of Wales adjoining to Salop, Staffordshire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. |
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Robert Tughale chamberlain of the town of Berewic upon Twede. |
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To Walter de Kelby escheator in Lincolnshire. Like order in
regard to all the lands whereof the said earls were seised in his bailiwick, the manors of Staunford and Grantham excepted and the
issues thereof, which for sure causes the king has thought meet to keep
in his hand. |
May 2.
Westminster. |
To William de Nessefeld escheator in Yorkshire. Order to take
the fealty of Margaret late the wife of Thomas Beaucole of Butterwyk
according to the form of a schedule enclosed, and not to intermeddle
further with a messuage and six bovates of land in Butterwyk in
Crendalelyth, delivering to the said Margaret any issues thereof taken;
as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that
Thomas at his death held no lands in that county in chief in his
demesne as of fee, but held the premises jointly with Margaret, to them
and the heirs of Thomas, of the heir of William baron of Graistok
tenant in chief, a minor in the king's wardship, by fealty and the
service of 19s. 6d. a year for all service. |
May 10.
Westminster. |
To William de Nessefeld escheator in Yorkshire. Order to remove
the king's hand and not to intermeddle further with a messuage and
four bovates of land of Richard de Holdich of Conyngesburgh in
Conyngesburgh, delivering to him any issues thereof taken; as the
king lately ordered the escheator to certify in chancery the cause
wherefore the premises were by him taken into the king's hand, and
he certified that he so took them for that he found by inquisition,
before him lately taken of his office, that John de Warenna sometime
earl of Surrey, father of John the late earl, who held the castle of
Conyngesburgh in chief, in the time of King Edward I without licence
aliened the same in fee to Reynold Cok then his constable, which messuage and land was lately held by Richard and other heirs of Reynold,
and that for that cause they are in the king's hand; and after at the suit
of Richard, alleging that William sometime earl of Warenne aliened
the premises to the said Reynold in the time of King Henry III,
to hold to him and his heirs of the said earl and his heirs, and praying
the king to remove his hand, the king ordered the escheator to make
inquisition touching the circumstances; and by inquisition so made
it is found that in the time of King Henry III and not after William
de Warenna late earl of Surrey, not John de Warenna sometime earl,
who held the said castle in chief, thereof aliened in fee to Reynold
Cok, by the name of Reynold son of Ellis de Conyngesburgh, a messuage and four bovates of land in Conyngesburgh, which are the same
as the said Richard now holds; and in the statute published at
Westminster in the 35th year of the reign it is contained that alienations made by people who held of the said King Henry and his predecessors should stand in force, saving the king's prerogative for the
time of later kings. |
April 28.
Westminster. |
To Philip de Lutteley escheator in Salop. Order not to intermeddle
further with a messuage and 40 acres of land in Clareley and a messuage
and 15 acres of land in Northleye taken into the king's hand by the death
of Henry de Mortuo Mari, delivering to Hugh de Mortuo Mari knight
any issues thereof taken; as the king has learned by inquisition,
taken at the king's command by John atte Wode late escheator, that
Henry at his death held no lands in that county in chief in his demesne
as of fee, but held the premises for life with reversion to the said Hugh,
and that the same are held of others than the king. |
April 24.
Windsor. |
To Walter de Kelby escheator in Lincolnshire. Order to deliver
to Henry de Bello Monte, son and heir of John de Bello Monte tenant
in chief, if not yet delivered to him, as well the lands of his said father
as all knights' fees and advowsons which he held, and which by his
death were taken into the king's hand, together with the issues thereof
taken from 14 January in the 34th year of the reign; as on that day
the king took the homage and fealty of Henry for the lands which his
said father held in chief, and ordered that livery should be given
him; and now the king has learned on his behalf that, though the
escheator has by virtue of that command delivered to him the lands
of his father, the knights' fees and advowsons are not yet delivered
to him. |
May 5.
Westminster. |
To Walter de Kelby escheator in Lincolnshire. Order to cause
Humphrey son and heir of William de Bohun earl of Norhampton,
late a minor in the king's wardship, to have seisin of the manor of
Bynyngton taken into the king's hand by the death of Mary who was
wife of Thomas earl of Norfolk, together with the issues thereof taken
from the eve of the Annunciation last when the said Humphrey came
of age, which the king has granted him of his gift; as it is found by
inquisition, taken by the escheator, that the said countess at her death
held no lands in that county in chief in her demesne as of fee, but
held the said manor for life in name of her dower with reversion to the
said Humphrey, and that the same is held in chief by knight service;
and Humphrey has proved his age before Roger de Wolfreton escheator
in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Hertfordshire, and the king has taken
his homage and fealty. By p.s. [25973.] |
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April 12.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Order, upon
the petition of Amaury fitz Waryn late sheriff of Devon, to discharge
him of 20l. whereof he was by them amerced as his petition shews
that a day was given him to account at the exchequer for the issues
of the county at the octaves of St. Hilary last, and though before
that date the account was for reasonable causes postponed to the
morrow of the close of Easter last, and the said Amaury [appointed]
his attorney to be there at the octaves aforesaid and take the said day,
believing that his attorney appeared on those days before the treasurer
and barons, and that he might by the said attorney be excused, who
altogether deceived him and came not at the days named, by his default
the treasurer and barons amerced Amaury as aforesaid, and caused
him to be taken, and his lands to be seized into the king's hand, for that
he came not at the days aforesaid nor at two other days to him given
in that behalf, wherefore he has prayed for remedy; and in consideration of the premises the king, out of compassion for his estate,
has pardoned him the said 20l. By K. |
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To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Order to stay
their demand made by summons of the exchequer upon the men and
tenants of Simon bishop of Ely the chancellor for all goods and chattels
which have come to their hands of those of brother Thomas late bishop
of Ely, his last predecessor, forfeit to the king by reason of a felony
whereof the said late bishop was indicted and convicted before the king,
and now demanded of the said men and tenants, causing them to be
thereof discharged; as at the request of the said chancellor the king
of his favour has pardoned them the same. By K. |
May 8.
Westminster. |
To William de Nessefeld escheator in Yorkshire. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands which William Crook the elder and
Dionisia his wife at their deaths held in their demesne as of fee of
the heir of William de Roos of Hamelhak tenant in chief, a minor in
the king's wardship, and which by their death were taken into the king's
hand, and are in his hand; as Robert Crook, cousin and heir of the
said William Crook and Dionisia tenants by knight service of the said
heir of William de Roos, has proved his age before the escheator,
and the king has at another time taken the homage and fealty of
Thomas de Roos, brother and heir of William son and heir of the said
William de Roos of Hamelak, and has commanded that the said Thomas
should have livery of the lands of the said William de Roos. |
May. 12.
Westminster. |
To William de Nessefeld escheator in Yorkshire. Order to remove
the king's hand and not to intermeddle further with a messuage in
Wakefeld of Richard Bulter, delivering to him any issues thereof taken;
as the king lately ordered the escheator to certify in chancery the
cause wherefore the lands of the said Richard in Wakefeld were by him
taken into the king's hand, and he returned that he so took one messuage for that he found by inquisition, before him taken of his office,
that John de Warenna late earl of Surrey, who held the manor of
Wakefeld in chief of King Edward I, thereof aliened the same in fee
without licence to John de Ravenfeld in that king's time, and for
that cause it is in the king's hand; and after at the suit of Richard,
alleging that the said messuage was aliened in the time of King
Henry III and not of the said king, and praying that the king's hand
should be removed, the king ordered the escheator to make inquisition
upon the matter; and by inquisition so made it is found that the said
late earl in the time of King Henry aliened in fee to the said John
one messuage which the said Richard now holds; and in the statute
published in the parliament at Westminster in the 35th year of the
reign it is contained that alienations made by people who held of
the said king Henry and his predecessors should stand in force, saving
the king's prerogative for the time of later kings. |
May 3.
Westminster. |
To William de Nessefeld escheator in Yorkshire. Order to deliver
one messuage, seven cottages, one water mill, four bovates of land and
a close of wood called Lund' in Ampelford, taken into the king's hand
by the death of Adam de London of Ampelford, with the issues thereof
taken, to the next friend of the said Adam's heir to whom the heritage
may not descend, to keep for the said heir's use, saving to the king
a rent of 5s. a year during the nonage of the heir of William baron of
Graystok tenant in chief; as the king has learned by inquisition,
taken by the escheator, that Adam at his death held no lands in that
county in chief in his demesne as of fee whereby the wardship of his
lands ought at present to pertain to the king, but held the premises of
the heir of the said baron, a minor in the king's wardship, by the
service of 5s. a year for all service, and that John son of the said Adam
is his next heir, and of the age of 2 years. |
March 1.
Westminster. |
To Philip de Lutteley escheator in Gloucestershire. Order to take
of Alice who was wife of John Nottelyn tenant in chief an oath that
she will not marry without the king's licence, and to assign her dower
of the lands of her said husband, sending the assignment to be enrolled
in chancery. |
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Membrane 31. |
May 10.
Westminster. |
To William de Nessefeld escheator in Yorkshire. Order, if assured
that a messuage and 14 acres of land, by him taken into the king's
hand, are parcel of the messuage and 25 acres of land and meadow
specified in the king's letters patent of pardon to Master Robert de
Wakefeld, to remove the king's hand and not to intermeddle further
therewith, nor with the issues thereof taken; as John de Warenna late
earl of Surrey in 9 Edward II by charter gave to the said Master
Robert his carpenter and to the heirs of his body a messuage and 25
acres of land and meadow in Wakefeld and in le Fal, sometime held
in villenage by William Nelot of Wakefeld, rendering to the said earl
and his heirs 16s. a year and making the earl's mill pond of Wakefeld
for the portion falling to his land when need be for all services
and demands, and Robert entered the premises, which are held in
chief it is said, and held them without licence of the king; and
after, by a fine which Robert made with him, the king by letters
patent pardoned him those trespasses, and granted that he should
hold the premises to him and the heirs of his body according to
the said earl's charter; and now Robert son and heir of William
son and heir of Robert le Wright has informed the king that, on the
finding of an inquisition, before him taken of his office, that Robert
le Wright held a messuage and 14 acres of land in Wakefeld, which are
parcel of the manor of Wakefeld and held in chief, by an alienation
thereof to him made by the said earl, that William entered the same
after his father's decease in the time of the late king without his licence,
and that Robert son and heir of William has not sued his right
out of the king's hand, the escheator has taken the same into the
king's hand, wherefore Robert son of William has petitioned for
removal of the king's hand, as the premises are parcel of the messuage
and 25 acres aforesaid not specified in the said letters (sic), which are
held of the said earl and his heirs and not of the king according to the
form of the earl's grant; and the business was brought before the council and, after viewing the said letters, it seems to the council that
the said messuage and 25 acres ought to be held of the earl and his
heirs and not of the king, according to the form of the earl's grant
and of the king's pardon and grant above rehearsed. |
