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March 3.
Croydon. |
To the collectors of the old and new customs in the port of Kyngestonon-Hull. Order to deliver to Dinus Forsetti, Peter Reyneri, Bartholomew
de Barde, Lotrinus de Colyne, and Lotierus Johan, and their fellows,
merchants of the society of the Bardi of Florence, after Queen Philippa have
been paid 1000l., by indenture all moneys from the customs in that port, and
a leaf of the king's seal called 'coket' of the old custom and his seal called
'coket' of the new custom in that port, to have until they be satisfied for
the sum due to them from the king for the expenses of his household, for
which they promised to pay a certain sum into his wardrobe daily, the king
having granted to them all issues of the said customs and of other customs
of the realm until they should be satisfied for the debts aforesaid, excepting
the assignments made to John de Hanon[ia], the count of Julers, John de
Berners, William Chaumberleyn, and Gerard de Potes, and excepting the
assignment for 1000l. made to Queen Philippa upon the customs in the said
port, and having granted that, after the said 1000l. had been paid, a leaf of
the seal called 'coket' of the old custom and the seal called 'coket' of the new
custom in that port should remain in the custody of the said merchants. |
Feb. 26.
Croydon. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. William, son and heir of
William le Latymer, has shewn the king that he is indebted to the exchequer in divers sums for the debts of William de Latymer his grandfather
and of William his father and for his own debts, and Edward I. was indebted
to William's grandfather, and Edward II. was indebted to William's father
in divers sums of money, as appears by bills of the wardrobe of Edward I. and
by bills under the seal of that king's chamberlain of Scotland in William's
possession, and the king is indebted to William in divers debts, and he has
besought the king to cause all the said debts to be allowed in the debts due
to the exchequer: the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons of the
exchequer to call William before them, and to see the bills aforesaid and any
other letters and evidences in William's possession, and to account with him
for the debts aforesaid, and to allow the sums that they shall find to be due
to William in the said debts due to the exchequer, certifying the king in
chancery of the sums due from William beyond the sums allowed to him. |
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By K. |
March 5.
Croydon. |
To L. bishop of Durham. William de Silkesworth has shewn the king
that he lately arramed an assize of novel disseisin before the bishop's justices
to take assizes within the liberty of Durham against Richard de Emildon
and others named in the original writ concerning tenements in Silkesworth
within the said liberty, and that Richard alleged in pleading that he held
the two messuages and 50 acres of land placed in view as parcel of the manor
of Silkesworth, which he holds of the late king's grant, by reason whereof
the justices have heretofore deferred proceeding to take the said assize,
wherefore William has besought the king to provide a remedy: the king
therefore orders the bishop to order the said justices to proceed to the
taking of the assize, notwithstanding the aforesaid grant or allegation,
provided that they do not proceed to render judgment herein without
consulting the king. |
March 1.
Croydon. |
To the sheriff of Rutland. Order to cause all the corn, beasts, and other
goods and chattels in the manor of Ryhale, in that county, to be appraised
in the presence of Margaret, late the wife of Edmund, earl of Kent, and to
cause them to be delivered to her by indenture according to such appraisement, taking from her security to answer to the king for the price thereof
if they ought to pertain to him, as it was agreed in the last parliament at
Westminster that the earl's heirs should be admitted to his inheritance in
the same way as they ought to have been admitted if judgment of death
had not rendered against him, and the king therefore granted to the
said Margaret, executrix of the earl's will, and to her co-executors that they
should have all the goods and chattels that belonged to the earl on 14 March
last, upon which day the king ordered all his goods and chattels to be taken
into his hands, in order that they might make execution of the earl's will
notwithstanding the judgment aforesaid, and Margaret has besought the
king to cause to be delivered to her all the corn, beasts and goods and
chattels aforesaid in the said manor, and the king wishes to do what is just,
because the said goods and chattels in the manor ought to pertain to him as
he learns. |
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The like to the following: |
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The sheriff of Leicester, for the manor of Casteldonyngton. |
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The sheriff of Surrey, for the manor of Wockyng', with the members
of Hoke, Sutton, and Pirebright. |
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The sheriff of Gloucester, for the manors of Lechelade and Bardesle. |
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The sheriff of Southampton, for the manor of Bedehampton. |
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The sheriff of Gloucester, for the manor of Musardere. |
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The sheriff of Somerset, for the manors of Somerton, Kyngesbury, and
Cammel. |
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Membrane 24. |
Feb. 14.
Windsor. |
To Thomas de Bradestan, constable of Gloucester castle. Order to cause
the great tower and the walls and other buildings of the castle and the weirs
in the water of Severn pertaining to the castle to be repaired by the view
and testimony of the prior of Llanthony near Gloucester, Robert de Aston,
and William de Brocworth, expending up to 100 marks. By K. |
Feb. 20.
Windsor. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Whereas the king—at
the prosecution of Matilda, late the wife of Edmund de Plescy, tenant in
chief, suggesting that Edmund, after he married her, enfeoffed Hugh le
Despenser, the elder, of certain lands in Bardesle, co. Gloucester, and that
the lands were taken into the late king's hands by Hugh's forfeiture, and
are in the king's hands by reason of the minority of the heir of Edmund,
late earl of Kent, who held the lands to him and the heirs of his body of
the king's gift, and beseeching the king to cause dower of the said lands to
be assigned to her—ordered the escheator to make inquisition concerning
the premises, and it is found thereby that Edmund, after his marriage with
Matilda, was seised in his demesne as of fee of a messuage, 2 carucates of
land, 10 acres of meadow, and 102s. 11d. of yearly rent, with the liberties
pertaining to the said tenements and with other appurtenances, in
Bradeslegh (sic), and that Edmund afterwards, to wit in 16 Edward II.,
enfeoffed the aforesaid Hugh of the premises, and that they are in the king's
hands by reason of the minority of the aforesaid heir, and that they are
worth yearly in all issues 8l. 14s. 0d.: the king has assigned to Matilda a
third of the premises in dower, and orders the escheator to cause the third
to be assigned and delivered to her. |
Feb. 6.
Langley. |
To Anthony de Lucy, keeper of the manor of Penerth, or to him who
supplies his place. The king learns from the bakers of the manor of
Penerth that whereas they held the king's bakehouses of Penerth at a
certain yearly ferm, and the bakehouses were wont to be repaired when
necessary out of the issues of the manor, and the bakehouses were burnt
and destroyed by the Scots lately invading the realm, so that they have
been unable to receive any convenience from the bakehouses since then,
nevertheless the said keeper has levied the ferm from them from the time
of the destruction of the bakehouses, and has hitherto deferred repairing the
bakehouses, wherefore they have besought the king to provide a remedy:
the king therefore orders the keeper to cause the bakehouses to be repaired
by the view and testimony of Robert de Barton, king's clerk, if he ascertain
that they were destroyed by the Scots and that they were repaired at the
king's cost in times past. If they ought to be repaired at the king's cost,
the ferm shall not be levied from the bakers until the bakehouses are
repaired. |
Feb. 6.
Langley. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
Thomas de Toltham, a native-born merchant, has shewn the king, by
petition before him and his council in parliament, that the king is bound to
him in 44l. 3s. 8½d. lent to him by Thomas in the port of London in the
first year of his reign, as appears by the king's letters patent under the seal
called 'coket' in Thomas's possession, and he has besought the king to
cause this sum to be paid to him or to be allowed to him in the next
customs of wool, hides, and wool-fells to be sent by him out of the realm
from that port: the king therefore orders them to see the said letters, and
if they ascertain that the aforesaid sum is still owing to Thomas, to cause it
to be paid to him out of the treasury or to be allowed to him as above. |
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By pet. of C. |
Jan. 27.
Waltham. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Marmaduke de Bilton
has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament,
that the late king was indebted to him in 67l. 5s. 8d. for the time when he
dwelt in garrison of the town of Berwick-on-Tweed, as appears by a bill of
the late king's wardrobe in his possession, and he has besought the king to
cause this sum to be paid to him: the king therefore orders them to see the
said bill, and if they find that the aforesaid debt is still owing to Marmaduke, to cause it to be paid to him out of the treasury, or to cause him to
have an assignment for it. By pet. of C. |
Feb. 18.
Windsor. |
To Peter Bernard of Pynsoles and Laurence de Gaillars, keepers of the
islands of Gernereye, Jerseye, Serk and Aureneye. Whereas the king has
appointed Robert de Norton and William de la Rue to survey the estate of
the islands and of the castles therein, and to inform themselves by inquisitions and otherwise concerning the value of the islands in rents, profits,
issues, and other emoluments pertaining to the king both in the sea and on
land, and concerning certain other things touching the premises, and the
king has ordained that Robert shall receive 3s. sterling a day and William
2s. 6d. sterling a day for their wages for the time during which they shall be
thus employed: the king therefore orders the keepers to pay to Robert the
said sum out of their ferm of the islands. |
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To the same. Like order for payment of the said William's wages
aforesaid. |
Jan. 26.
Waltham Holy Cross. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains.
The abbot of Leicester has shewn the king, by petition before him and his
council in parliament, that the king is indebted to him in 31l. 13s. 4d. for
money lent by him to the late king and for corn bought from him for the
said king's use, as appears by a bill of the said king's wardrobe in his
possession, and he has besought the king to cause this sum to be allowed to
him in the next payment that he ought to make of the tenth for four years
imposed upon the clergy of the realm by the pope, a moiety whereof was
granted to the king: the king therefore orders them to see the bill aforesaid,
and if they ascertain that this sum is still due to the abbot, to pay it to him
at the exchequer or to cause him to have allowance for it as desired. |
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By pet. of C. |
Feb. 27.
Croydon. |
Godfrey son of William de Alta Ripa of Elslak, imprisoned at York for
the death of Henry son of John Alkyson, has letters to the sheriff of York
to bail him until the first assize. |
Feb. 24.
Croydon. |
To William de Staundon. Whereas the king has appointed John de
Merssheton, John de Percebrigg and Adam Lucas by letters patent to
survey all the castles, towns, manors, lands, goods and chattels that
belonged to Roger de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, and to Simon de
Bereford, who were drawn and hanged for certain seditions and felonies, in
cos. Hereford, Worcester, Gloucester, Salop and Stafford, which he ordered
to be taken into his hands by reason of their forfeiture, and also to survey
the castles, towns, manors, lands, goods and chattels of John Mautravers,
the younger, Thomas Gourneye, Bego de Baiocis, John Deveroil, and
William de Okele in the aforesaid counties, who are charged with seditions
and felonies and have withdrawn themselves for that reason, not permitting
themselves to be justiced, wherefore the king ordered their castles, etc., to
be taken into his hands, and to cause all the goods and chattels aforesaid to
be appraised by men of those counties, and to be present at the sale of
certain of the goods and chattels, and to execute certain other things
contained in the said letters, and the king understands that the said John
de Merssheton was unable to labour about the premises by reason of bodily
infirmity, and that it is expedient that William, who has better knowledge
of the premises, shall intend to the premises with the aforesaid John de
Percebrigg and Adam: the king therefore orders him to be intendent, aiding and counselling to them in the premises as often as he shall be summoned
by them. The king has ordered the sheriffs of the aforesaid counties to
pay to William 18d. a day for his wages whilst thus employed. By C. |
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Et erant patentes. |
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The like, 'de verbo ad verbum,' to John de Wonneton. By C. |
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Mandate in pursuance to the sheriffs of the aforesaid counties to pay to
William and John the wages aforesaid. By C. |
Feb. 25.
Croydon. |
To Thomas de Foxle, constable of Wyndesore castle. Order to pay to
John de Broghton, king's clerk, to whom the late king committed for life
the custody of the gate of Wyndesore park and of the king's manor in that
park, receiving therefor as much as Laurence de Bagshote, deceased,
received for that custody, the arrears of his wages from the time of the
constable's appointment, and to pay to him the said wages henceforth. |
Feb. 24.
Croydon. |
To the sheriffs of Middlesex. Order to supersede the placing of John
de Lorti in exigent to be outlawed for not appearing before Richard de
Wylughby and his fellows, justices to hear and determine a trespass committed by him and others upon Master William le Mareschal, as he has
shewn the king that he is prepared to stand to right in all things concerning
the premises and has found mainpernors in chancery to have him before the
said justices on the day when the writ to put him in exigent is returnable, to wit Ebulo Lestraunge of co. Lincoln, John de Saye, Reginald de
Frome, William de Hynton, William de Hardon, and Henry de More of
co. Somerset. |
March 28.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the
sheriffs of London to be discharged of the yearly ferm of Queenhithe (Ripa
Regine) in that city from 1 December last, when the king granted the ferm
to John de Eltham, earl of Cornwall, his brother, and ordered the sheriffs
to pay it to him. |
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Membrane 23. |
Feb. 24.
Croydon. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to
Margaret, late the wife of Edmund, earl of Kent, the following of her said
husband's advowsons, which the king has assigned to her as dower: the
advowson of the abbey of Barlinges, co. Lincoln, of the yearly value
of 100l.; the advowson of the priory of Kerseye, co. Suffolk, of the yearly
value of 40l.; the advowson of the church of St. Nicholas, South Kelleseye,
co. Lincoln, of the yearly value of 10l.; the advowson of the church of
Ufford, co. Northampton, of the yearly value of 10l.; the advowson of
the church of Leiham, co. Suffolk, of the yearly value of 20l.; the advowson
of the church of Lammessh, co. Essex, of the yearly value of 10l.; and the
advowson of the chapel in the manor of Northweld, in the same county, of
the yearly value of 40s. By K. & C. |
Feb. 24.
Croydon. |
To the same. Order to deliver to the said Margaret the following of the
earl's advowsons: the advowson of the church of Wynceby, co. Lincoln, of
the yearly value of 6l. 13s. 4d.; the advowson of the church of Lifton,
co. Devon, of the yearly value of 20l., which the king has assigned to her,
in addition to the dower of the advowsons previously assigned to her, to
have during the minority of the earl's heir, or until the king cause her to
be provided elsewhere with advowsons to the same value, in response to her
petition before the king and his council in the last parliament at Westminster, shewing that her husband died seised of the castle, borough, and
honour of Arundel, and of the manors of Estdene, Westdene, Sengleton,
Cherleton, Lenmenstre, Northstok, Bourne, Stanstede, Wollavyngton,
Palingham and Dunherst, co. Sussex, and of the manor of Kyneleye,
co. Wilts, with the knights' fees and advowsons of churches pertaining to
the castle, borough, honour, and manors aforesaid, of the king's grant, so
that she ought to have dower thereof according to the law and custom of the
realm, which castle, borough, honour, and manors, with the knights' fees
and advowsons, the king has caused to be restored to Richard son of Edmund,
late earl of Arundel, as being of his inheritance, by the assent of the prelates,
earls, barons, and proceres of the realm in the said parliament, and beseeching the king to cause other advowsons to be assigned to her in recompence for
her dower of the advowsons of the six churches and one priory pertaining
to the castle, borough, honour, and manors, which advowsons are extended
at 90l. yearly, as appears by inquisitions taken by Robert Selyman, late
escheator this side Trent. By K. & C. |
Feb. 25.
Croydon. |
To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to cause a coroner for that county
to be elected in place of William de Aston, who is incapacitated by
infirmity. |
March 4.
Croydon. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with the manors of Barwe and Brenbradefeld, co. Suffolk, and with
the advowson of the church of the former manor, and to restore the issues
thereof to Margaret, late the wife of Bartholomew de Baddelesmere, as the
king learns by inquisition taken by Simon de Bereford, late escheator this
side Trent, that Bartholomew and Margaret held the manors and advowson
jointly on the day of Bartholomew's death, to them and to Bartholomew's
heirs, and that Margaret continued her seisin thereof with Bartholomew until
the late king caused the manors to be taken into his hands amongst other
manors and lands that belonged to Bartholomew, and that the manor of
Barwe is held of the earl of Norfolk by knight service, and the manor of
Brenbradefeld is held of John de Whelnetham and the abbot of St. Edmunds
by divers services. By pet. of C. |
March 2.
Croydon. |
William le Milner of Stivelyngton, imprisoned at York for trespass of
venison in the forest of Galtres, has letters to John de Crombewell, keeper
of the Forest beyond Trent, or to him who supplies his place in the forest of
Galtres, to bail him until the first assize. |
March 1.
Croydon. |
To Robert de Ufford, keeper of the Forest this side Trent, or to him who
supplies his place in the forest of Savernak. Order to deliver to Thomas
de Harden and Matilda, daughter of William de Harden, his wife, kinswoman and heiress of Roger de Harden, the bailiwick of the forestry of
a part of the aforesaid forest called 'Broyl' of Bedewynde, whereof Roger
was seised in his demesne as of fee at his death, which is in the king's hands
by reason of his death, as appears by inquisition taken by William Trussel,
escheator this side Trent, as the king has taken Thomas's homage for Roger's
lands, which he has ordered to be delivered to him. |
March 5.
Croydon. |
To the sheriff of Southampton. At the prosecution of Thomas de Bynedon, burgess of Southampton, suggesting that the late king ordered the
sheriff of that county to cause a certain number of hurdles (claiarum),
bridges and rafts (rastellorum) to be bought and purveyed for the passage
of John de Warenna, earl of Surrey, and other magnates that the said king
sent to the duchy [of Aquitaine] against the French (Gallicos), and the
sheriff of that time delivered to Thomas by indenture after the passage the
600 hurdles, 60 bridges, and 24 rafts remaining, to be kept until the said
king should otherwise order, and the said hurdles remained in Thomas's
custody and have now become rotten and are consumed, the king ordered
the present sheriff to make inquisition concerning the premises, and it is
found thereby that the aforesaid number of hurdles, bridges, and rafts
delivered to Thomas by John de Scures, then sheriff of that county,
have lain at Rudbrigg and Jehene (sic) from the time of the passage aforesaid until this time, to wit for six years, and that they have become wholly
rotten and consumed without Thomas or any one else being to blame, so that
they are of no value, and that no part of them has been eloigned by any one
during the time: the king therefore orders the sheriff not to molest Thomas
by reason of the hurdles, bridges, and rafts aforesaid, and to permit him to
be quit concerning them. |
Feb. 26.
Croydon. |
To Richard de la Pole. Order to permit Arnald Micol, the king's
butler, and his deputies to collect and levy 2s. from every tun of wine in
each port brought into the realm by foreign merchants, and not to intermeddle in any way with the collection, as the king has appointed Arnald to
levy this sum for the king's use until Michaelmas next. |
March 5.
Croydon. |
To Thomas de Foxle, constable of Wyndesore castle. Order to cause
John de Melton, Andrew de Bodekesham, Peter de Wycle, and Edmund de
London, chaplains, who lately celebrated in the king's chapel within
Wyndesore park in accordance with the late king's ordinance, to be received
amongst the other chaplains in Wyndesore castle, and to cause suitable
houses to be assigned to them for their stay therein, as the king wills that
they shall dwell within Wyndesore castle, and shall there intend the divine
offices with the other chaplains there for the king's healthy estate and the
souls of his ancestors, heirs, and successors. |
March 6.
Croydon. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains.
Order to account with Lapinus Rogere, whom the late king, by his letters
patent, which the king has confirmed, appointed assayor of his money for
life, and to whom he committed the office of changer (campsoris) in his
exchange of Canterbury for life, receiving yearly 10 marks for the former
office and 20l. for the latter, for the arrears of his fee for the custody of the
said offices, and if they find that 60 marks are in arrear to him, to allow to
him 18l. at the exchequer and to pay to him the remainder of the said
60 marks, as he has shewn the king that 60 marks of the said fee are in
arrear and that he is indebted to the king in 18l. for divers causes, and he
has besought the king to cause the latter sum to be allowed to him in the
arrears, and to cause satisfaction to be made to him for the arrears. |
March 8.
Otford. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to
Roesia, late the wife of William Burnel, the manor of Longeleye and the
advowson of the chapel of that manor, and the issues thereof received by
him, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that William
and Roesia held jointly on the day of William's death the manor and
advowson aforesaid of the feoffment of Stephen de Tonge, chaplain, by fine
levied in the king's court by his licence, to them and to the heirs of their
bodies, and that the manor is held of the king in chief by the service of a
quarter of a knight's fee, and the king has taken Roesia's fealty. |
March 9.
Otford. |
To the sheriff of Nottingham. Order to cause a verderer for Shirewode
forest to be elected in place of Ralph de Birton, deceased. |
Feb. 27.
Croydon. |
To the mayor and sheriffs of London. Order to admit John de Shirbourn
to execute the office of coroner in that city, whom Arnald Michol, the king's
butler, to whom the office pertains, has substituted in his place because he
cannot personally execute the office because he is attending to divers of the
king's affairs in various parts of the realm. |
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Membrane 22. |
Feb. 27.
Croydon. |
To the receiver of the issues of the king's earldom of Ponthieu. Order
to pay to Gerard de Ornis 32l. 15s. 0d., which the king owes to him for his
expenses in going to Burgundy, Savoy, and Almain for the expedition of
certain of the late king's affairs in the 17th year of his reign, as appears by
Gerard's account rendered at the exchequer, as Gerard has besought the
king to cause this sum to paid to him. By bill of the treasurer. |
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Et erat patens. |
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To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains.
Anabilla de Askam has shewn the king that he is indebted to her
in 77s. 6d. for fish bought from her for the expenses of his household in the
second year of his reign, as appears by a bill under the seal of Robert de
Wodehous, then keeper of the wardrobe, in her possession, and she has
besought the king to cause her to be satisfied for this sum: the king therefore orders them to see the said bill, and if they find that the said sum is
still owing, to cause it to be paid to her out of the treasury or to cause her
to have an assignment for it. |
Feb. 28.
Croydon. |
To John de Harnham. Order to pay to Giles de Bello Campo, keeper of
the forest and park of Claryndon, 10l. yearly for his fee for the custody
aforesaid from the money arising from the underwood in the forest and park,
for so long as John shall be selling the underwood, the king having lately
appointed him to survey the underwood and to cause it to be sold by the
advice of Giles. |
March 1.
Croydon. |
To the sheriff of Bedford. Order to restore to Henry de Stepingle, clerk,
his lands, goods and chattels, which were taken into the king's hands upon
his being charged before Robert de Ardern and his fellows, justices last in
eyre in the aforesaid county, with entering by night with others the prior
of Dunstaple's manor at Rokessokes, and breaking the doors of the houses
there, and carrying away the prior's cups, masers (mazeros), silver spoons,
and other goods to the value of 40s., as he has purged his innocence before
the bishop of Lincoln, the diocesan of the place, to whom he was delivered
in accordance with the privilege of the clergy. |
March 3.
Croydon. |
To Laurence de Gaillard, one of the keepers and fermors of the islands of
Gernereye, Jereseye, Serk, and Aureneye. Order to pay to William
Gleykyn out of the ferm of the islands 68l. 6s. 8d, which the king owes to
him for the arrears of his fee of 40l. granted to him, on 28 September, in
the first year of the king's reign, in consideration of his good service past
and future. By bill of the treasurer. |
March 4.
Croydon. |
To the treasurer and chamberlains of the exchequer of Dublin. Order to
pay to Anthony Lucy, whom the king has appointed justiciary of Ireland,
the usual fee for his office one quarter of the year in advance, as the king
wishes to shew him grace, so that he may the more conveniently (utilius)
provide victuals and other necessaries. By K. |
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To Robert Power, treasurer of Ireland, or to him who supplies his place.
Order to cause all moneys in the treasury of Ireland and coming to the
exchequer of Dublin to be kept for the king's use without making any
payments thence, until otherwise ordered. By K. |
March 3.
Croydon. |
To Arnald Micol, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his place in
the port of Southampton. Order to cause the abbot and convent of
St. Edward's, Netley (Lettele), to have a tun of wine of the right prise for
this year, for the celebration of mass in their church, in accordance with the
grant of Henry III. |
March 9.
Otford. |
To Richard de Par. Order to retain in his possession all the money that
the king lately ordered to be paid to him out of the treasury to be sent by
him to the duchy [of Aquitaine], and to cause it to be kept safely for the
king's use, and to send to the chancery with all speed the king's charters
and letters made to certain nobles in Richard's hands. The king makes this
order by reason of certain news (rumores) sent to him by letter by his
envoys to France. |
March 7.
Otford. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. At the prosecution of
Richard Nowel, Geoffrey Daywatre of Andercherch, William le Gros of
Donyngton, and Ralph de Wartoft, suggesting that they bought from
Edmund, late earl of Kent, all his wood growing in a plot of land called
'Berneshull' within his park of Donyngton by certain bounds contained in
an indenture made between them and the earl, for a certain sum of money
paid to the earl beforehand, and the said wood was afterwards taken into
the king's hands amongst other lands that belonged to the earl, and praying
the king to grant that they may fell and carry away the said wood to make
their profit thereof according to the agreement between the earl and them,
the king ordered Simon de Bereford, late escheator this side Trent, to cause
inquisition to be made concerning the premises, and it is found thereby that
the said Richard, Geoffrey, William, and Ralph, on 28 April, in the third
year of the king's reign, bought from the earl all the said wood within
certain bounds, to wit from the high gate of the park towards Donyngton
as it extends between the ditches and. the water running to Le Waterfal,
which is between Berneshull and La Launde and Le Milneclif, for 100 marks
to be paid at certain terms, so that they should have free ingress and egress
to fell and carry away the wood and to make their profit thereof for three
years following after the said 28 April, and that they paid the said sum to
the earl in his lifetime in full, and have letters patent of acquittance thereof
of William de Hoo, clerk, then the earl's receiver, made by the earl's order,
and that two parts of the wood were felled and carried away by them, and
that the remaining part is detained from them in the king's hands for the
aforesaid reason solely: the king therefore orders the escheator to permit
them to fell and carry away the remainder of the wood, according to the
agreement aforesaid. |
March 10.
Otford. |
To Richard de la Pole, late the king's butler. Order to pay to J. bishop
of Winchester, whom the king, on 28 November last, appointed his
chancellor, the arrears of the fee of wine that he ought to receive by reason
of the said office from the said 28 day until 22 February last, when the king
appointed Arnald Micol his butler. |
March 10.
Otford. |
To the sheriff of Sussex. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in place of Gervase de Loem, who is insufficiently qualified. |
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To Peter de Tyliol, late sheriff of Cumberland. Order to pay to Thomas
de Burgh, king's clerk, who is going to Ireland for the expedition of certain
of the king's affairs, 15l. out of the issues of the said county, in part
payment of 50l. that the king has granted to him in aid of his expenses in
affairs aforesaid. By K. |
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To Anthony de Lucy. Like order to pay to the said Thomas the 100s.
for Michaelmas last, due from Anthony to the king for the marriage of
Marmaduke, son and heir of Robert de Lombeye, tenant in chief of the late
king. By K. |
March 10.
Otford. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to pay to Queen
Philippa 473l., to wit 300l. from the issues of the bailiwick of the chamberlain of South Wales, and 173l. of the goods and chattels that belonged to
Roger de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, in the hands of Robert de
Harle, which sums the king has granted to her in aid of the expenses of
her household. By K. |
March 20.
Eltham. |
To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to cause two ships to be provided
and freighted on the sea-coast within his bailiwick, and to cause them to
be taken to Bristol, and to be there delivered to Adam de Lymbergh,
chancellor of Ireland, and to William de Tikhull, chief baron of the
exchequer of Dublin, and Roger de Bauquell, one of the justices of the
Bench of Dublin, who are going to those parts by the king's order. By K. |
March 21.
Westminster. |
To Richard Symond, steward of the earldom of Pembroke, or to him
who supplies his place. Order to cause Thomas de Wougan, son and heir
of John de Wougan, tenant in chief of the late king, to have seisin of his
father's lands, as the king has taken his homage and he has proved his age
before Guy Brian, steward of Haverford, according to the custom of those
parts. By p.s. [4473.] |
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The like, 'mutatis mutandis,' to the following: |
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Anthony de Lucy, justiciary of Ireland, or to him who supplies his
place, for John's lands in Ireland. |
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Guy Brian, the king's steward of Haverford, or to him who supplies
his place. |
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Membrane 21. |
March 9.
Otford. |
To the sheriff of Rutland. Order to permit William Trussel, escheator
this side Trent, to seize into the king's hands and to execute his office
concerning the lands that belonged to Edmund, late earl of Kent, according
to the king's order of 18 January last to the escheator, because it was
agreed in parliament that the earl's heirs should be admitted to his
inheritance in the same way as they would have been if judgment of death
had not been rendered against him. |
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The like to the sheriff of Leicester. |
March 15.
Otford. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains.
Roger de Waltham, formerly keeper of the late king's wardrobe, has shewn
the king that he rendered his final account of the said wardrobe, and
delivered at the exchequer the names of those to whom the late king was
indebted, and that, because divers of the late king's writs of liberate for
certain sums of money to be paid to Roger from the treasury and other
writs of the said king and of the present king for making payments to divers
creditors whose names are noted in the said account are still pending unpaid
in the exchequer, the treasurer and barons charge Roger with the sums thus
paid by them to the said creditors by virtue of the writs aforesaid, and
distrain him to answer for the said sums, wherefore he has besought the
king to provide a remedy for his and the king's indemnity: the king therefore orders the treasurer and chamberlains to search the said writs and the
payments made to any persons whomsoever concerning the aforesaid office,
and to cause the payments to be deducted from the sums contained in the
writs, and to cause the writs to be thus endorsed, so that hereafter no payment may be made by virtue of the said writs. The king wills that the
following method of satisfaction shall be observed concerning the debts still
owing by the aforesaid account: before payment, allowance, or satisfaction
be made to any creditor, the account shall be first seen and there shall be
then subtracted from the surplus of the account the sum to be paid or
allowed to the creditor, and the bill or any other deed that the creditor may
have concerning the debt shall be there received and delivered to the king's
receipt, and shall remained condemned (dampnatum), and thus payment or
allowance shall be made to the creditor, and express mention shall be made
in the rolls of the exchequer upon the satisfaction that Roger had rendered
his account thereof at the exchequer of accounts; and the king wills that
Roger shall not be charged with any payments or allowances made to any
persons upon the said surplus of his account, and he wills that no payment,
allowance or satisfaction of any debt owing by the said account shall be
made henceforth by pretext of any order of his without this order being
observed. By C. |
March 20.
Eltham. |
The like, 'mutatis mutandis,' to William, archbishop of York, late keeper
of the said king's wardrobe. |
March 17.
Otford. |
To the sheriff of York. Order to pay to Joan Comyn of Boghan 20l. for
Easter term, in accordance with the king's grant to her of 40l. yearly from
the issues of that county. |
March 12.
Otford. |
To the keeper of the manor of Talleworth. Order to cause John de
Bokenham to have the office of hayward (officium haywarderie) of that
manor, and to pay to him such wages as others were wont to receive for
that office, as the king wills that he shall have the office during good
behaviour. By p.s. [4446.] |
March 15.
Otford. |
To the sheriff of Hereford. Order to cause a coroner for that county to
be elected in place of William Esger, who cannot discharge the duties of
the office because he is a common merchant and frequently goes to parts
beyond sea for the exercise of his merchandise. |
March 18.
Eltham. |
To the chamberlain of Chester. Order to pay, notwithstanding any
other order of the king for the payment of the issues of that county elsewhere, the freight of the ships that the king has ordered William de Clynton,
justice of Chester, or him who supplies his place, to provide and freight
(frectare) and to deliver to Adam de Lymbergh, chancellor of Ireland,
William de Tikhull, chief baron of the exchequer of Dublin, and Roger de
Baukwell, one of the justices of the Bench of Dublin, for the passage of
themselves and of their household to Ireland, whither they are going by the
king's order. |
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Vacated, because otherwise below. |
March 16.
Otford. |
To the sheriff of Essex. Order to cause a verderer for the forest of
Essex to be elected in place of Robert William of Haveryng', who does
not dwell in that county. |
March 16.
Eltham. |
To the same. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in
place of Robert de Haghham, who cannot execute what pertains to the office
because he does not dwell in the county. |
March 22.
Westminster. |
To the bailiffs of Scardeburgh. Order to cause the houses, walls, turrets,
and bridges of the castle of Scardeburgh to be repaired by the view and
testimony of Henry de Percy, keeper of the castle, or of him who supplies
his place, expending up to 100 marks out of the ferm of their town,
as the king is given to understand that they greatly need repair. By K. |
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To the sheriff of Essex. John, brother of William de la Haye, has
shewn the king that whereas John de Legh impleads him before the king
for a trespass committed upon him, and John, brother of William, is put in
exigent to be outlawed in that county because he did not come before the
king to answer to John de Legh for the trespass aforesaid, and he has
besought the king, since he is prepared to stand to right in all things
concerning the premises, that he will—[Incomplete]. |
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[Cancelled.] |
March 23.
Westminster. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Alice,
late the wife of John de Basingg', tenant in chief, the following of his lands,
which the king has assigned to her in dower: the manor of Basing',
co. Southampton, excepting the park and excepting 77 acres of meadow
in the park, which manor is extended at 21l. 1s. 3¼d. yearly beyond the
park and meadow aforesaid; the parks of Prevet and Shirebourn, in the same
county, which are worth nothing beyond the maintenance of the deer
(ferarum), and a third of certain lands in Sottewell, co. Berks, of the yearly
value of 6l. 17s. 6d.; in accordance with the king's late order to Simon de
Bereford, late escheator this side Trent, who was amoved from office before
the order was put into execution. |
March 23.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Kent. Order to restore to John son of Walter atte
Persones of Preston, clerk, his lands, goods and chattels, which were taken
into the king's hands upon his being charged before William la Zouche,
Bartholomew de Burgherssh, Richard de Wylughby, and Gilbert de
Toudeby, late justices of oyer and determiner in that county, with the theft
of 27 mother-sheep of Henry Brounyng of Brugg and 37 sheep (multonum)
of John Bertram of Stellyng, as he has purged his innocence before the
commissary of S. archbishop of Canterbury, specially deputed for this
purpose, he having been delivered to ecclesiastical custody according to the
privilege of the clergy. |
March 23.
Westminster. |
To Thomas de Hampton. Order to deliver to Robert de Penros, William
de Werdale, and Richard de Suthorp,—whom the king has appointed by
his letters patent to make view of the accounts of the bailiffs and keepers of
the castles, manors, and lands that belonged to Roger de Mortuo Mari, late
earl of March, Simon de Bereford, John Mautravers, Thomas Gourneye,
Bego de Baiocis, John Deveroil, and William de Okle in South Wales, and
to take information concerning the arrears of ferms and rents and debts due
to the said earl and the others in South Wales—all rolls in his custody of
the accounts of the bailiffs and receivers of the said lands of the time when
he was auditor of such accounts with John le Botiller, and to receive the
said rolls back again, and to cause them to be safely kept until otherwise
ordered. The king has ordered the said men to receive the rolls and to
return them to Thomas. |
March 18.
Eltham. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with the manor of Inkepenne, as he has returned to the king that
he took the manor into the king's hands because it was found by an
inquisition of office taken by him that John Mautravers, the younger, at the
time when Roger de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, and his accomplices
were captured for seditions, was seised of the manor by feoffment of Thomas
Raundelou and Emelina his wife, and that John afterwards, on 18 November last, re-delivered the manor to Thomas and Emelina and quit-claimed it
to them, because Nicholas son of Roger de Inkepenne arramed an assize of
novel disseisin against Thomas and Emelina concerning the said manor, of
which assize he was not aware (non constabat). |
March 28.
Eltham. |
To Robert de Holewell, late sub-escheator in cos. Norfolk and Suffolk.
Order to restore any issues in his hands of the lands specified below that
Robert de Thorp held of other lords than the king, as the king—upon its
being found by inquisition taken by Simon de Bereford, late escheator this
side Trent, that Robert at his death held in chief a moiety of the manor of
Combes, rendering therefor yearly to the exchequer 11l. 3s. 4d. fee-ferm and
15s. of the rent called 'yearly scutage' for all services, and that he held no
other lands of the king as of the crown, but that he held divers lands of
other lords in Horham, Fresingfeld, Congham, Bonewell, and Tyveteshale
in socage, and that John de Thorp, his son, was his next heir and was aged
fourteen years, and because it appeared by certificate sent into chancery that
the said moiety of the manor of Combes is not held of the king as of the crown
—ordered William Trussel, escheator this side Trent, to retain in the king's
hands the moiety aforesaid until otherwise ordered, and not to intermeddle
with the other lands thus held of other lords, and to restore the issues
thereof. |
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To Oliver de Ingham. Like order for restoration of the issues of the
lands held by Robert of other lords than the king, the custody whereof the
king committed to Oliver. |
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Membrane 20. |
March 20.
Eltham. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains.
Maurice Dragheswerd has shewn the king that the late king was indebted
to him in 25l. 10s. 0½d. for divers expenses and costs about the custody of
the king's destriers and of his other great horses of the time when Maurice
was keeper of the said horses, as appears by the account of Roger de
Waltham, then keeper of the said king's wardrobe, rendered at the
exchequer, for which he has not yet obtained payment, and he has
besought the king to order payment to be made to him: the king therefore
orders them to search the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer concerning
Roger's account, and if they ascertain thereby or by other means that the
said sum is still owing to Maurice, to cause it to be paid to him out of the
treasury, or to cause him to have an assignment therefor. By C. |
March 22.
Westminster. |
To the same. Anthony Pisane has shewn the king that the late king at
his death was indebted to him in 8,701l. 8s. 6d., as appears by bills under
the seals of Robert de Northburgh and Robert de Wodehous, late keepers
of the late king's wardrobe, in his possession, and he has besought the king
to order payment or satisfaction to be made to him for the aforesaid sum:
the king, acceding to his petition in consideration of his good service to him
and to the late king, orders them to see the said bills, and if they ascertain
that the aforesaid sum is owing to Anthony, to cause it to be paid to him
out of the treasury, or to cause him to have an assignment therefor.
By p.s. [4474.] |
March 24.
Westminster. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with the lands, etc., specified below, and to restore the issues thereof
to Joan, late the wife of John de Pabeham, as the king learns by inquisition
taken by the escheator that the said John and Joan were jointly enfeoffed
at John's death of the manor of Walden, and of certain lands in Stanford,
and of certain lands in Emberton, and of a burgage in Olneye by fines levied
in the late king's court and in the king's court, for their lives, and to the
heirs of John, and that Joan continued her seisin thereof with John until
the day of his death, and that the manor is held of the king in chief as of
the honour of Peverel by the service of one knight's fee, and that the lands
in Stanford and Emberton and the said burgage are held of other lords by
various services. |
March 26.
Westminster. |
To Richard Simound. Order not to intermeddle further with the
purparty of Haverford, notwithstanding his late appointment by the king as
steward of the county of Pembroke and keeper of the castles, manors, and
lands in that county and of the purparty aforesaid, and to permit Guy de
Briane, the king's yeoman, to have the purparty, as the king had previously
granted to Guy during pleasure the stewardship and custody of the castle
and town of Haverford and of the king's lands pertaining thereto. By C. |
March 23.
Westmoreland. |
To Margaret, late the wife of Edmund, earl of Kent. Request that she
will permit John de Warenna, earl of Surrey, to hold until Michaelmas next
the manor of Swannescombe, which the king lately assigned to her as dower
of the castle of Arundel and of other lands of her late husband, as the king
had previously granted the manor to John under a certain form in part
satisfaction of the fee that he receives from the king yearly for his stay with
the king, and John has besought the king to grant that he may hold the
manor until Michaelmas, so that he may receive the corn and other issues
thereof, as he has caused a great part of the manor to be tilled and sown at
his cost. The king will make compensation to her elsewhere. |
March 28.
Eltham, |
To the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to have at the exchequer at
the next proffer all the money of the king's that he has collected or can
collect, as the king greatly needs money at present for the expedition of his
affairs, any orders of the king's previously sent to him for payments thence
to be made elsewhere notwithstanding. He is ordered to cause proclamation
to be made that all bailiffs of the king's cities and towns, boroughs and
manors, and the fermors of his lands who owe any money or ferms to the
king shall have the money and ferms at the exchequer as soon as possible,
to be delivered into the treasury, notwithstanding any previous orders for
payment thence elsewhere. The king will cause satisfaction to be made for
the said payments. By K. |
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The like to all the sheriffs of England. |
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To the chamberlain of North Wales. Like order to have all money
collected by him and that he can collect at the exchequer in a month from
Easter next. By K. |
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The like to the following: |
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The chamberlain of South Wales. |
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The chamberlain of Chester. |
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The receiver of the stewardship of Cornwall. |
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The keeper of the manor of Brustwyk. |
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The keeper of the Isle of Wight. |
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The escheator this side Trent. |
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The escheator beyond Trent. |
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The justice of the Forest beyond Trent. |
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The receiver of the county of Ponthieu and of Montreuil (Montis
Strolli). |
