Close Rolls, Edward III: January 1370 | British History Online

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 13, 1369-1374. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1911.

'Close Rolls, Edward III: January 1370', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 13, 1369-1374, (London, 1911) pp. 116. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol13/p116 [accessed 19 April 2024]

January 1370



Jan. 8. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Dorset. Order, upon the petition of John Husee, to stay the exigents against him by the mainprise of Thomas Warenere and Hugh Crane of the county of Suthampton, provided the same do not concern a felony, causing copies of the writs against the said John to the sheriffs addressed to be delivered to him; as his petition shews that without his knowledge he is put in exigents in Dorset to be outlawed by a process made in the king's court, and that he is ready to answer according to the laws and stand to right in all things, praying a stay of the exigents until the day the same are returnable; and the said Thomas and Hugh have mainperned before the king in chancery under a pain of 40l. to have his body in the king's court when the exigents shall be returnable to answer the king and others whatsoever.
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Jan. 18. Westminster.	To the mayor and bailiffs of the town of Bristol. Order for particular causes, under pain of forfeiture, on sight of these presents to cause proclamation to be made on the king's behalf forbidding any man secretly or openly to take any corn to Wales or any foreign parts, or by craft or covin to presume so to do, under pain of forfeiture thereof and of the ships and vessels wherein it was put to be taken over, and order to arrest and keep under arrest until further order all corn found after the proclamation put in ships without the king's licence to be taken thither, with the ships wherein it is put. By K. and C.