Close Rolls, Edward III: January 1371

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

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'Close Rolls, Edward III: January 1371', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 13, 1369-1374, (London, 1911) pp. 169-171. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol13/pp169-171 [accessed 24 March 2024]

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January 1371

Jan. 18.
Westminster.
To the mayor and bailiffs of Bristol. Order, upon the petition of Tankard Playson master of a ship called 'la Cristofre' of Lescluse owned by merchants of Bruges in Flanders, if the said ship with the seamen, the freight, goods and merchandise therein be arrested for the cause hereinafter mentioned and for none other, to dearrest the same and the said master, suffering him to take the same to Calais if the owners will, and if they shall pay the customs and subsidies thereupon due, and in case they will not to unlade the said goods and merchandise, suffering the said master and seamen without let to pass to Flanders or whither they will with the ship and freight; as the petition shews that at Bourdeaux the master laded the said ship with certain wines of merchants of Bristol, brought them to the port of Bristol and there unladed them, that the ship is now laded with other goods and merchandise of merchants of Bristol to be taken to Calais, and that by colour of a late strife upon the coast of Brittany between certain subjects of the king and certain merchants of Flanders, wherein the said master is not concerned it is said, the mayor and bailiffs have arrested and are detaining under arrest the said master and his ship with the seamen thereof, the freight due for bringing the said wines, and the said goods and merchandise, although he came thither in hope of peace and good accord and not otherwise, praying for remedy.
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Jan. 20.
Westminster.
To William de Chorlegh escheator in Lancashire. Order not to meddle further with a messuage, 20 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow in a place called Ravensholme in the town of Dounom, and the moiety of one bovate of land in the said town containing 4 acres of land, taken into the king's hand by the death of Thomas de Ravensholme, delivering up any issues thereof taken; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that the said Thomas at his death held no lands in that county in chief in his demesne as of fee, but held the said messuage, land and meadow of Henry de Dyneley, and the said moiety of John duke of Lancastre in right of Blanche late his wife by divers services.
Jan. 20.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to cause a coroner to be elected instead of William de Wighfeld, who is insufficiently qualified.
Jan. 10.
Westminster.
To William Strete the king's butler, or to his representative in the port of Suthampton. Order to deliver in that port to the abbot and convent of Beaulieu Regis for this year one tun of wine of the king's right prise as they and their predecessors used to have, taking their acquittance, according to the charter of King Henry III giving them one tun of wine a year of his right prise in that port between Christmas and the Purification towards the celebration of masses in their church.
Jan. 16.
Westminster.
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and woolfells in the port of London and the king's controller in the said port. Order to suffer all merchants and others willing so to do to lade in that port wool, hides and woolfells and after payment of the custom and subsidies thereupon due to take them to the town of Calais, notwithstanding that the same be not first brought to the staple of Westminster, the wool there weighed and the hides and fells counted; as although order was lately taken that wool, hides and woolfells should not be taken out of the realm before they were brought to the king's staples and the wool there weighed and the hides and fells counted, that all wool brought to the staples of Westminster and Winchester should there be truly weighed by the standard, that every sack and sarpler so weighed should be sealed with the seals of the mayor and constables of the staple, or of the mayor and one of them, and after payment of the customs of the staple the wool so sealed, and the hides and woolfells, should by bill sealed by the said mayor and constables be brought from the staple of Westminster to the port of London, and from the staple of Winchester to the port of Suthampton, and there in presence of the customers and controller there appointed should be weighed a second time, nevertheless the merchants of the realm frequenting those ports with their merchandise have heretofore borne grievous costs for carrying their wools, hides and woolfells to the said staples and back again to the said ports, to their hurt and charge as the king has learned by their complaint, and to spare them expense in that behalf it is the king's will that all merchants and others willing so to do shall bring their wool, hides and woolfells to the said staples or to the said ports as they please, and lawfully without let take the same over to Calais after payment of the customs and subsidies in the said ports, notwithstanding that they be not first weighed or counted in the said staples, saving always the liberty and jurisdiction of the staples in all other matters. By K.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Suthampton, and the king's controller in the said port. Like order to suffer all merchants and others to lade in that port and take over to Calais wool, hides and woolfells, notwithstanding that the same be not first weighed and counted at the staple of Winchester. By K.
Jan. 23.
Westminster.
To the justices of the Bench. Order to cease altogether from making any process by virtue of the king's writ addressed to the sheriff of Wiltesir, and returned before the said justices, commanding him to warn William de Walsham clerk and Robert de Walsham canon in the church of St. Mary Salisbury at Ludyngton to be before the said justices at Westminster in the quinzaine of St. Hilary to answer concerning an alleged contempt and further to do and receive what the court should determine in that behalf, and not to trouble them contrary to the king's letters patent; as lately being informed that the said William and Robert in contempt of the king, to his prejudice and the disherison of the crown, and contrary to the ordinance in such a case made by the king and the commons of the realm, by process without the realm impugned the king's right in regard to the prebend of Ludyngton in the church of Shaftesbury lately void and in his gift, the presentation whereto by process made before the said justices the king recovered against the abbess of Shaftesbury and Robert Andreu, by the writ above recited the king commanded the sheriff to warn the said William and Robert de Walsham as aforesaid; and after willing of his favour to make provision for the security of the said William, being prebendary of Ludyngton, the king by his said letters patent confirmed the estate and possession which the said William has in that prebend, and willed that he should not in time to come be impeached, troubled or aggrieved by the king, his heirs or their ministers whatsoever touching his possession thereof by reason of any right or title to the king pertaining. By C.
Jan. 10.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Berkshire. Order to cause a coroner to be elected instead of John Edmond, who is insufficiently qualified.