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March 10. Havering-atte-Bower. |
To John de Louthre, escheator this side Trent. Order to pay to Robert
de Clipston, keeper of the manor and park of Clipston, the arrears of 7d. a
day from the time of the escheator's appointment, and to pay to him that
sum henceforth, in accordance with the king's grant [as in this Calendar,
3 Edward III. p. 433]. |
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To the same. Order to pay to Henry de Wytheton, the chaplain celebrating divine service in the king's chapel within the manor of Clipston,
the arrears of two marks yearly from the time of the escheator's appointment, and to pay to him that sum henceforth, in accordance with the late
king's grant, in the 9th year of his reign, to Henry of this sum yearly by
the hands of the escheator beyond Trent, in addition to the 40s. yearly that
he was wont to receive from the chantry in the said chapel and because he
celebrated sometimes in St. Edwin's chapel, which grant the king accepted
on 26 May, in the first year of his reign. |
March 22. Westminster. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with 6 acres of land and 100s. of rent in Sutton [and] Maurdyn
belonging to the dean and chapter of St. Ethelbert's, Hereford, as William
has taken them again into the king's hands for the reasons given in the
king's order to Simon de Bereford, late escheator [as in this Calendar,
3 Edward III. p. 481], and to restore the issues thereof to the dean and
chapter. |
March 25. Westminster. |
To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands in Potton
that Edmund Peverel held of John de Claveryng, and to restore the issues
thereof, as it was lately found by inquisition taken by the escheator that
Edmund at his death did not hold any lands in chief of the king as of the
crown by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the
king, but that he held certain lands in Scalleby of the heir of John Paynel of
Rasen, a minor in the king's wardship, by the service of a moiety of a
knight's fee, and certain lands in Potton of John de Claveryng, deceased,
by the service of a moiety of a knight's fee, and that John, son of the said
Edmund, was his next heir and was then aged one and a half years,
and the king ordered the escheator not to intermeddle further with the
lands thus held of John[de Claveryng], and to retain in the king's hands until
further orders the lands thus held of the heir aforesaid, and to restore the
issues of the lands held of John, as Henry de Claveryng, John de
Blebury, and Ed. Wauncy, executors of John's will, have given the king
to understand that the escheator has taken the said lands into the king's
hands by reason of the death of John, and they have besought the king to
cause his hand to be amoved from the said lands, so that they may dispose
thereof as the chattels of John. |
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Feb. 19. Waltham. |
To the sheriff and steward of Cornwall. Whereas James Nicholas,
Bartholomew de Barde, and their fellows, merchants of the society of
the Bardi of Florence, have paid for the king to J. bishop of Winchester 557l. 13s. 2d., which the king owed to him for oxen, sheep,
and hogasters (hogastris) that were deficient of the stock (implemento) of
his church of the late king's time, as appears by the king's letters patent in
the bishop's possession, and 218l. 6s. 8d. in full payment of the 1,000 marks
that the bishop paid for the king to divers merchants, as contained in
the letters of the said merchants, and 180l. 3s. 7½d. due to him by his
account at the exchequer for his expenses in going in the king's service to
France, staying there and returning thence, and to Anthony Peseigne
2,641l. 8s. 6d. due to him from the king for the residue of a certain greater
sum, for which he had an assignment upon the issues of Cornwall, as contained in letters patent, which he has restored to chancery to be cancelled, and
to the said Antony 322l. 10s. 0d. for certain jewels bought for the king's use
in France, as appears by a bill sealed by Robert de Tauton, keeper of the
wardrobe, in the merchants' possession, which sum the king ordered the
treasurer and chamberlains by letter of privy seal to cause to be paid to
them; and to W. bishop of Norwich, the treasurer, 300l. for the expenses of
the king's household, as appears by a bill of the said keeper; and to Dinus
Forsetti, merchant of the aforesaid society, 200l., which the king granted to
him as a gift, and which he ordered the treasurer and chamberlains by letters
of privy seal to pay to him; and to the keeper of the wardrobe 66l. 13s. 4d.,
as appears by a bill under his seal in their possession; and to James de
Parebann, knight of Luke de Sauvey, 20l. by the hands of the said bishop
of Winchester at the request of the treasurer, of the king's gift; and to
William Trussel 60l. by order of the treasurer towards his expenses in
going in the king's service to France and to the Roman court; which payments thus made by the said merchants amount to 4,566l. 15s. 3½d., and
the king, wishing to satisfy them for these sums, granted to them that they
should receive it from the issues of the stampage (cunagii) of Cornwall and
Devon, to wit 500l. from the issues before next Easter, and all such issues
from Midsummer next until they should be satisfied, and he also granted
and promised to the said merchants that if he should grant the said county
of Cornwall and the stampage there to his brother, John de Eltham, earl of
Cornwall, neither John nor any other should receive anything from the
issues of the stampage until the merchants have been fully satisfied for the
said sum, and for the greater security of the merchants, the king willed
that his stamp should be retained in the custody of the said sheriff and of
the said merchants in a chest, of which the sheriff should have one key and
the merchants the other, so that no tin shall be stamped without the
presence of the said merchants or their attorneys, or of the sheriff or of him
who supplies his place, as contained in the king's letters patent: the king
therefore orders the sheriff to cause the said 500l. to be paid by indenture
to the merchants as aforesaid, and also the issues from the said stampage
from Midsummer as aforesaid, and to keep the stamp under two keys as
aforesaid, and upon payment of the said sum to receive the king's letters
aforesaid from them and their letters of acquittance. The king has ordered
the keeper of the stampage in co. Devon to deliver to the said merchants
the issues of the stampage to the sum of the remaining 200l., in the form
aforesaid. By p.s. [5242.] |
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Mandate in pursuance to the keeper of the stampage in co. Devon. |
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By p.s. [5242.] |
March 6. The Tower. |
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to cause tallies to be levied in
the names of the sheriff and steward and keeper aforesaid for the sums that
they shall ascertain by the acknowledgment of the aforesaid merchants to
have been paid to the merchants by virtue of the preceding order, as often
as necessary, and to cause the tallies to be delivered to the merchants until
they be fully satisfied, and when they have been satisfied, to receive from
them the king's letters aforesaid. |
Feb. 26. Langley. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Whereas the king learns
by inquisition taken by the escheator that Richard de Monemuth at his death
held two parts of 48 acres of land and of 10 acres of meadow at Wistanton,
co. Hereford, in chief of the king by service of 6d., and two parts of 39s. of
yearly rent at Humfraieston, in the same county, by the service of 5s., and
two parts of 12s. yearly at Seint Mar[ie] Birches of the king in chief by
service of 12d. to the exchequer by the hands of the sheriff of Hereford,
and that he held no other lands in chief in the said county by reason
whereof the custody of his lands pertains to the king, but that he held divers
other lands of other lords by various services, and that Richard, son of
Thomas de Monemuth, his kinsman, is his next heir, and was aged eighteen
years at the feast of SS. Philip and James, in the 4th year of the king's
reign, and the king took the fealty of Richard son of Thomas for the two
parts aforesaid, and ordered the escheator to cause him to have seisin thereof
upon his finding security for payment of his relief, and ordered him not to
intermeddle further with the other lands that Richard de Monemuth held of
other lords, and to restore the issues thereof; and Richard son of Thomas
has now given the king to understand that although the escheator caused
him to have seisin of the said two parts, he has nevertheless deferred
amoving the king's hand from two parts of a messuage and of 90 acres of
land, and of 10 acres of moor and pasture in Ambreleye, in the said county,
which are held of Matilda de Preston by the service of 10s. yearly, and of
two parts of 60 acres of land and of 20 acres of meadow at Sutton, in the
same county, which are held of the lord of Mauwardyn by the service of 8s.
a year, of which two parts Richard was seised in his demesne as of fee at
his death, as appears by the inquisition aforesaid: the king therefore orders
the escheator not to intermeddle further with the said two parts in Ambreleye and Sutton, which are thus held of other lords, and to restore the issues
thereof, provided that the lands given by the king to Richard be not put
out of the king's hands. |
March 14. Stratford-atte-Bowe. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to permit John le
Keu of Burnham to pay 200l. due from him for the arrears of his account
for the time when he had the custody of the manors of Cookham and Braye,
co. Berks, by commission of the late king, by yearly instalments of 10l.,
beginning at Easter next, as the king has granted to him these terms in
response to his petition to have the debt attermined. By K. |
March 16. Westminster. |
To Robert de Middelton. Order to return to chancery to be cancelled
the letters patent conferring upon him the office of the shrievalty of Merionnyth in North Wales, and the king's writs made to him concerning the same
office, as the king had previously granted the county to Richard de Holand
during pleasure, and he wishes this grant to remain in force. The king
has ordered Richard to exercise his office according to the terms of the
king's commission. By K. |
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To the sheriff of Nottingham and Derby. Order to pay 20l. a year out
of the issues of the said counties to Nicholas de la Despense, as the late
king granted to him, during pleasure, 20l. yearly from lands that belonged to
William de Bredon in co. Derby, in aid of the maintenance of him and his
wife and children, which lands were taken out of his hands and delivered to
William by the common assent of parliament, and the king afterwards, in
consideration of the good service of Nicholas to his father and to Queen
Isabella and to him, granted to him the sum of 20l. yearly from the issues
of the sheriff's bailiwick, during pleasure or until the king should provide
him with 20l. of land yearly. |
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To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause Henry
Huse, son and heir of Henry Huse, to have seisin of his father's lands,
upon his finding security for payment of his relief, as the king has taken his
homage for his father's lands. |
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Vacated, because on the Fine Roll. |
March 18. Westminster. |
John Bate of Lammeleye, imprisoned at Notingham for trespass of
venison in Shirewod forest, has letters to Ralph de Nevill, keeper of the
Forest beyond Trent, or to him who supplies his place in Shirewod forest,
to bail him until the first assize of the Forest in that county. |
March 19. Westminster. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with certain tenements in Stouremouth, Doene, and Childesden,
which he took into the king's hands on the death of Henry Husee, and
to restore the issues, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator
that Henry granted the said tenements eighteen years before his death to
Henry his son and to Matilda, his son's wife, to them and to the heirs of
their bodies, with remainder to his right heirs, and that the tenements are
held of the archbishop of Canterbury by divers services. |
March 21. Westminster. |
To John de Louthre, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with the four tofts and 120 acres of land in Nether Wytewell, and
to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by John
de Houton, the late escheator, that Margaret, late the wife of Thomas de
Stanley, at her death did not hold any lands in chief by reason whereof the
custody of her lands ought to pertain to the king, but that she held for life
the said tofts and lands of Henry le Scrop by knight service, of the inheritance of Gilbert de Smerdale and Richard de Halton. |
March 18. Westminster. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with the manors of Frisok (sic), co. Southampton, and Hascombe,
co. Surrey, and certain tenements in Bromlegh, La Fenne, Hanneden,
Godelmyng', and Gaileslond, co. Surrey, a park in Hertyng' called 'Tullecombe' pertaining to the manor of Hertyng', with a water-mill in the same
park, a virgate of land containing 50 acres, and 4 acres of meadow in Pul
bergh, and certain tenements at Howyk in Curedeford and Rogate, co.
Sussex, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition
taken by the escheator that Henry Huse and Isabella his wife held the
premises jointly on the day of Henry's death for their lives, with remainder
to the right heirs of Henry, and that they are held of others than the king
by divers services. |
March 18. Westminster. |
To John de Louthre, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to Alice,
late the wife of John Suet of Thurleston, certain lands in Thurleston,
Aylwaston, and Ambaston, and 11s. of rent in the town of Aylwaston, and
to restore the issues thereof to her, as it is found by inquisition taken by
John de Houton, the late escheator, that the said John Suet and Alice held
the lands jointly on the day of John's death, to them and to the heirs
of their bodies, and that they are held of the heir of Thomas Bardolf,
tenant in chief, a minor in the king's wardship, by the service of a moiety
of a knight's fee and by doing suit at the heir's court of Shelford from
three weeks to three weeks, and that the rent aforesaid is held of Auker
son of Ralph de Frechevill by the service of 12d. yearly, and the king has
taken Alice's fealty for the lands that are held of the heir. |
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March 1. Langley. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to Richard
de la Pole, the king's late butler, whom the king appointed to levy and
collect 2s. in every port on every tun of wine brought into the realm by
strange merchants, such wages for himself, his sub-collectors and clerks, in
his account of the issues of the said custom at the exchequer as were
wont to be allowed to other butlers who have heretofore collected the said
custom. |
Feb. 25. Langley. |
To Elias de Joneston, clerk. Order to deliver all processes and memoranda
touching incomplete articles of truces and peaces, and all other things
that remained in his custody of the time when he was clerk of Master
Philip Martel, and other memoranda in his custody touching the estate of
the duchy of Aquitaine and the king's lands in parts beyond sea, to the
treasurer and chamberlains by indenture, to be kept in the treasury. The
king has ordered the treasurer and chamberlains to receive the premises
from him in form abovesaid. By the treasurer. |
Feb. 28. Waltham. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains.
Whereas, in the time of the late king, Queen Isabella and the king came to
England from parts beyond sea to pursue Hugh le Despenser, the elder, and
Hugh le Despenser, the younger, and their accomplices, false and seditious
counsellors of the late king, in order to amove them from the late king's
council, and in order to reform to their former estate England and the other
lands ruled by the late king, and the king ordained among other things
that W. bishop of Norwich should intend the custody of the great seal of
the late king, who was with the said accomplices without the kingdom,
which seal came into the king's hands on Sunday the feast of St. Andrew, in
the 20th year of the late king's reign, and by the late king's wish, for the preservation of the peace of the realm and for doing justice to the people, and
that the bishop should provide food and drink for the clerks and ministers of
the late king's chancery, as was usually done, receiving the accustomed fee
for that charge; and afterwards the king, on 28 January, in the first year
of his reign, delivered the said seal to J. bishop of Ely, to be kept under a
certain form, as appears by the rolls of chancery, and Robert de Kelm, clerk,
deputed to receive the issues of the hanaper of the chancery of the late king
during the whole time that the bishop of Norwich was so intending the
keeping of the said seal, accounted, in his account of these issues rendered at
the exchequer, that he had delivered to the bishop 14l. from the issues,
in part of the fee due to him during the said time for the maintenance of
the clerks aforesaid, which fee amounts to 23s. a day, by reason whereof
the treasurer, barons, and chamberlains exact the said 14l. from the
bishop as if he had received them without supporting any charge out of
them, and cause him to be distrained unjustly, as the bishop has given the
king to understand, wherefore the bishop has besought the king for a
remedy: the king therefore orders the treasurer, barons and chamberlains to
audit the account of the bishop, for the time when he intended the custody
of the seal and ministered food and drink to the said clerks, of his receipts
and expenses in these respects, and if by the said account anything be found
to be in arrear to the bishop, they are to cause him to have payment,
assignment, or allowance for it. |
Feb. 10. Waltham. |
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to cause a verderer for the forest
of Rokyngham to be elected in place of Richard de Crouland, who has no
lands within the limits of the forest, and does not dwell therein. |
Feb. 25. Langley. |
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
the abbess of St. Mary's, Winchester, as the king lately ordered the escheator
to certify him of the reason for his taking into the king's hands two messuages,
a mill, 3½ virgates of land and 6s. 8d. of yearly rent of the said abbess in
Allecanyngges, and the escheator has returned that he took them into the
king's hands because he found by an inquisition of office that the abbess
had acquired to herself and her house, after the publication of the statute
of mortmain, 2 messuages, a mill, and 6s. 8d. rent in the said town from
Edith, late the wife of Robert Drueys, and a messuage and a moiety of a
virgate of land in that town, without royal licence; and the king afterwards,
upon learning from the abbess that she had acquired the premises long
before the publication of the statute, ordered the escheator to cause inquisition to be made concerning the matter, and it is found thereby that the
abbess acquired 2 messuages, a water-mill, 3½ virgates of land, and 6s. 6d.
of rent in the said town from Edith, and a messuage and a moiety of a
virgate of land in the said town before the publication of the statute, and
that the said messuages, etc., were held of the abbess, before she acquired
them, by the service of 50s. yearly. |
March 1. Langley. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance
to be made to John de Thwait, bailiff of the manor of Brustwik, in his
account for such fees yearly for the custody of the manor as were wont to
be allowed to him and other bailiffs for that custody at the exchequer
heretofore. |
Feb. 26. Langley. |
To Robert de Sapy, keeper of the forest of Dene, or to him who supplies
his place. Order to cause a tithe of the profit of the king's iron mine in
the forest within the parish of the bishop of Llandaff's church of Newland
(de nova terra) to be paid to the said church hereafter, in accordance with
the late king's grant to J. bishop of Llandaff, in response to his petition [as
in this Calendar, 14 Edward II. p. 278], certifying the king if there be
any cause why he ought not to do so. |
March 2. Langley. |
Brother John de Gayterygge and brother Roger de Mansergh, fellowmonks of the abbot of St. Mary's, York, imprisoned at Carlisle for trespass
of venison in the forest of Ingelwod, have letters to Ralph de Nevill, keeper
of the Forest beyond Trent, or to him who supplies his place in the forest of
Ingelwod, to bail them until the next coming of the justices in eyre for
Forest pleas in co. Cumberland. |
March 3. Langley. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with a messuage and 30 acres of land in Stocton, and to restore the
issues thereof, which land he has taken into the king's hands because of the
trespass of the master of the military order of the Temple in England in
acquiring them from Martin de Litlington, chaplain, contrary to the form
of the statute of mortmain, as the prior of the Hospital of St. John of
Jerusalem in England made fine with the king in the eyre of Robert de
Ardern and his fellows, justices in eyre in co. Bedford, for the said trespass,
the lands now being in the hands of the prior in accordance with another
statute, as appears by the record of a certain presentment made concerning
the matter in the same eyre, which record the king has caused to come
before him in chancery. |
March 10. Stratford-atte-Bow. |
To the same. Order to cause dower to be assigned to Isabella, late the
wife of Henry, son and heir of Otto de Botrigan, tenant in chief, which
Henry died before he obtained seisin of his father's lands, from her husband's
lands, in presence of John de Stonore, to whom the king has committed the
custody of two parts of the said lands during the minority of Otto's heirs,
the lands being in the king's hands by reason of the minority of William,
brother and heir of the said Henry, excepting the lands assigned in dower
to Margaret, late the wife of the said Otto. |
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To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with a parcel of the
manor of Pendrim, which he took into the king's hands on the death of Henry
son of Otto de Botrigan, and to restore the issues thereof to Isabella, late
the wife of Henry, as it is found by inquisition taken by the escheator that
Henry and Isabella held the said parcels jointly at Henry's death of Nicholas
Daunay, knight, by knight service. |
March 11. Havering-atte-Bower. |
To the same. Order to cause Walter de Hokelton, son and heir of
William de Hokelton, tenant in chief of the late king, to have seisin of his
father's lands, as Walter has proved his age before the escheator, and the
king has taken his homage for the said lands. By p.s. |
March 16. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of York. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in place of William de Wywyll, knight, who has no lands in that
county to qualify him for the office. |
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To the same. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in
place of Nicholas de Metham, knight, who is incapacitated by age and infirmity. |
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To the same. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in
place of William Ithum of York, 'sadeler,' as he is incapacitated by illness
and infirmity. |
March 21. Westminster. |
Hugh son of John son of Hugh de Essyngwald, imprisoned at York for
trespass of venison in the forest of Galtres, has letters to Ralph de Nevill,
keeper of the Forest beyond Trent, or to him who supplies his place in the
said forest, to bail him until the coming of the justices next in eyre for
Forest pleas in co. York. |
March 20. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to pay [out of] the money received
by him from the issues of the eyre of Robert de Ufford and his fellows,
justices in eyre for pleas of the Forest in that county, to John de Macclesfeld, keeper of the rolls and writs in the said eyre, 10l. in aid of his
expenses in the said eyre. |
March 20. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Cornwall. Order to cause a coroner for that county to
be elected in place of Osbert Hamely, deceased. |
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To the same. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in
place of John Chauntecler, deceased. |
March 23. Westminster. |
Reginald de Annesleye and Alexander his brother and Robert son of
Reginald de Annesleye Wodehous, imprisoned at Notingham for trespass
of venison in Shirewode forest, have letters to Ralph de Nevill, keeper of
the Forest beyond Trent, or to him who supplies his place in the said
forest, to bail them until the coming of the justices in eyre for Forest
pleas in co. Nottingham. |
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Membrane 32. |
March 23. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Dorset. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in place of William de Stokes, who is insufficiently qualified. |
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By C. |
March 25. Westminster. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with the lands that belonged to Edmund de Eylesford, and to
restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the
escheator that Edmund at his death held no lands in chief of the king by
reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king. |
March 22. Westminster. |
To the bailiffs of Bedford for the present or future. Whereas Edward I.—
because Roger Lestrange (Extraneus) held no lands in fee whence Matilda,
who was his wife, could be supported in case she survived him—granted by
letters patent 10l. of the ferm of the said town to Matilda, to be received
yearly from the bailiffs after the death of Roger, for her lifetime; and the
late king, because Roger died on 31 July, in the 5th year of his reign, ordered
the bailiffs to pay thesaid sum to Matilda yearly from that date, and
she received the sum yearly from that date until the town was taken into
the king's hands by the justices last in eyre in that county: the king orders
the bailiffs, if the money have been detained by reason of the town's being
taken into his hands, to pay to Matilda the arrears from that time, and to
pay to her the said sum henceforth. By p.s. [5276.] |
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Et erat patens. |
March 24. Westminster. |
To John de Louthre, escheator beyond Trent. Whereas, at the prosecution of David de Strabolgi, son and heir of David de Strabolgi, late earl of
Athole, and Joan his wife, a partition of the lands of Aymer de Valencia,
earl of Pembroke, made between the heirs and parceners in the late king's
chancery was annulled by a process in the king's chancery, and another partition was made, and the king afterwards—upon being given to understand that
among other lands that are of this inheritance and that were occupied upon
the late king's seisin, certain lands in Thrathereston were occupied by some
persons because it was found by the inquisitions taken upon Aymer's death
that Aymer died seised thereof in his demesne as of fee, and it is likewise
found by certificate of the treasurer and barons sent into the chancery that
the late king's escheator in that county answered for the issues of the said
lands at the exchequer—ordered the escheator to resume the lands into the
king's hands; as Henry de Percy has asserted in chancery that Henry de
Percy, his father, was seised at his death of the said lands in his demesne as
of fee, and that they were delivered to Henry the son after his father's
death as his right inheritance, and that the son has held them heretofore
and still holds them, and that Aymer was never seised thereof, and that
they were not taken into the late king's hands after Aymer's death, and that
answer was not made to the late king for the issues thereof, all which the son
offered to aver in all due ways: the king orders the escheator to supersede
until otherwise ordered the execution of the order for resumption. |
March 27. Westminster. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to restore to John
de Grey of Retherfeld his lands, goods and chattels, which the king
lately ordered the escheator to take into the king's hands by reason of certain
excesses committed by John in the presence of the king and of his prelates
and other magnates of his council, for which he was committed to prison,
and to restore the issues thereof, as John has submitted himself to the
king's grace, and the king has pardoned him by his special favour, and
has restored to him his lands and tenements. By K. |
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The like to John de Louthre, escheator beyond Trent. By K. |
March 26. Westminster. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Whereas it appears by
inquisition taken by the escheator that Henry de Eston at his death held no
lands in chief of the king as of the crown, but that he and Alice his wife,
now deceased, held jointly a messuage, a dovecote, and 72 acres of land in
Hauecle for their lives, with remainder to the right heirs of Henry, and that
the said lands are held of the heir of Aymer de Valencia, earl of Pembroke,
as of the manor of Neuton, which is in the king's hands by reason of the
minority of Laurence son of John de Hastyng', kinsman and one of the heirs
of Aymer, by the service of an eighth of a knight's fee, and by doing suit
at the court of the said manor from three weeks to three weeks, and rendering 25s. 4d. yearly to the manor, and that Henry held in his demesne as
of fee a virgate of land containing 30 acres of the heir as of the said
manor by the service of 10s. yearly for all service, and 6l. of land yearly
in Aulton of the heir of Edmund, late earl of Kent, a minor in the king's
wardship, by the service of 4s. yearly for all service, and that Christina and
Elizabeth, daughters of Henry, are his next heirs, and are aged eight years
and five years respectively: the king orders the escheator to retain in the
king's hands until otherwise ordered the lands that are held of the heir of
the said earl, and not to intermeddle further with the other lands aforesaid
that are thus held in socage of the said heirs, and to restore the issues of the
latter lands for the use of Christina and Elizabeth. |
March 24. Westminster. |
To John de Louthre, escheator beyond Trent. Order to assign dower to
Cicely, late the wife of John de Halteclo, in the presence of Gilbert de
Halteclo, brother and heir of John, if he choose to be present, as the king
learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that John at his death held of
the king in chief in his demesne as of fee one plot of waste in Warhill in
the forest of Ingelwode, between the park of Caldebek and Ruddestangill,
containing 60 acres measured by the forest perch, by the service of 60s. a
year to the king. |
March 22. Westminster. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to distrain
Robert Reyner of Hynkeston for homage and fealty for the lands that he
holds of the king, as he has done homage and fealty to the king. |
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By p.s. [5275.] |
Jan. 25. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Robert de
Morle to be discharged of 80l., which he acknowledged in the late king's
chancery that he owed to Hugh le Despenser, the younger, and which are
demanded from him by summons of the exchequer for the king's use by
reason of the forfeiture of the said Hugh, as the king has pardoned him this
sum. By p.s. [5147.] |
March 26. Westminster. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause John de
Ebor[aco], son and heir of John de Ebor[aco], tenant in chief of the late king,
to have seisin of his father's lands, as he has proved his age before John de
Louthre, escheator beyond Trent, and the king has taken his homage. |
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By p.s. [5316.] |
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The like to John de Louthre, escheator beyond Trent. By the same writ. |
March 27. The Tower. |
To John de Neusom, surveyor of the king's stud beyond Trent. Order
to cause the palings and enclosures about the park of Ightenhill, and
3 closes belonging to it, to wit Westclos, Hegham, and Filiclos, co. Lancashire,
and Macklesfeld park, co. Chester, which are in his custody, to be repaired
out of the issues of the herbage of the said parks, and of the parks of
La Hay, Bilton, Haywra, and the little park below the castle in the forest
of Knaresburgh, which are also in his custody, by the view and testimony
of four lawful men of those parts, and to pay to a man keeping the king's
stud in the park of Macklesfeld 2d. a day for his wages. By p.s. [5328–9.] |
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To the same. Order to receive from John Brocas, keeper of the king's
great horses, certain of the king's horses in his custody that the king
has ordered him to deliver to the escheator by indenture, and to appoint
from them and from other horses in the escheator's custody such stallions as
may seem best for the king's profit, and to pay to the keepers of the horses
received from John their accustomed wages. By the same writ. [5328–9.] |
March 29. The Tower. |
John de Orreton, knight, imprisoned at Carlisle for trespass of venison in
Ingelwode forest, has letters to Ralph de Nevill, keeper of the Forest beyond
Trent, or to him who supplies his place in Inglewode forest, to bail him
until the next assize of the Forest in co. Cumberland. |
Feb. 15. Waltham. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port
of Southampton. Order to pay a moiety of the custom at the said town
from 24 January, in the 4th year of the king's reign, to the communities,
inhabitants and merchants of Bourg (Burgo), Blaye (Blavia), St. Sever,
St. Quitterie (Quiteri), Bonnegarde (Bone garde), Sorde, La Batut,
Peyrehorade (Perforate), Pouillon (Pulyon), Hure (Hurye), and Labouheyre (Herbefavere), in the duchy of Aquitaine, in accordance with the
king's previous order [as at page 105 above], as the king understands
that the collectors have detained a great part of the moiety from the said
24 January. |
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Membrane 31. |
March 21. Westminster. |
To James le Botiller, earl of Ormound. Order to pay to Robert de
Fienles 60l. a year from the ferm of the town of Aylesbury, which sum was
granted to him by letters patent [Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1 Edw. III.
p. 2], as the late king granted him a like amount from the ferm of said
town for his good service, on 4 February, in the 6th year of his reign,
which town Robert de Monte Alto and Emma his wife, now deceased, held
at fee ferm as the dower of the said Emma, for the life of the said Robert
de Fienles, in aid of his maintenance in the service of the said king, and the
said grant was revoked by certain ordinances made by the prelates, earls
and barons of the realm, accepted by the late king, and the king on
26 January, in the 4th year of his reign, renewed the grant, as well on
account of this previous grant as for the good service that Robert rendered
to Queen Isabella and to the king when they were in France, and for
the good place that he held with the king in coming from those parts
to pursue Hugh le Despenser and the king's other enemies, which grant
is to be received by the hands of the said Emma or other lords of the said
town. Et erat patens. |
Jan. 25. Westminster. |
To William le fitz Waryn, keeper of the castle of Montgomery. Order
to cause the bridge of the castle and the roofing of the houses and other
buildings within the castle to be repaired out of the ferm of that castle,
expending up to the sum of 20l. by the view and testimony of lawful men
of those parts. By K. on the information of the treasurer. |
March 26. Westminster. |
Thomas son of Simon de Gaytscales, imprisoned at Carlisle for trespass
of venison in Ingelwode forest, has letters to Ralph de Nevill, keeper of the
Forest beyond Trent, or to him who supplies his place in the said forest, to
bail him until the arrival of the justices next in eyre for Forest pleas
in co. Cumberland. |
March 26. Westminster. |
To Matthew de Crauthorn, keeper of the king's silver mine in co. Devon.
Order to pay to William de Pafford the arrears of his wages as controller of
the said mine from 2 February last, when the king granted that office to
him by letters patent during pleasure, and to pay his said wages henceforth for so long as he shall hold the office. |
May 26. Westminster. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with a mill, called 'Bidemulle,' which belonged to John de Mohun
of Hamme Mohun, and to restore the issues, as it was lately found by an
inquisition taken by the escheator that the said John, at his death, held the
manor of Hamme Mohun of the heir of John de Mohun of Dunsterre,
tenant in chief, a minor in the king's wardship, by the service of one
knight's fee, and that John de Mohun of Hamme, son of the said John de
Mohun of Hamme Mohun, is his next heir, and is of full age, and the king
has taken the fealty of the said John for that manor and ordered the
escheator to deliver it to the said John, upon receiving security from him for
paying his reasonable relief; and the king learns now from the complaint
of the said John that, although the escheator delivered to him the
manor, he retained the said mill, which belonged to John de Mohun
of Hamme Mohun at his death, and which is held of Brice de Donyton
and John le Toukere by the service of a pound of pepper yearly for
all service, as was found by the aforesaid inquisition, wherefore the said
John de Mohun of Hamme has besought the king to provide a remedy. |
March 26. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance
to be made to Thomas Wake of Lydel, in the ferm that he is bound to
render at the exchequer for the islands of Gerneseie, Jereseie, Serk and
Aureneye, which he holds of the king under a certain form, for
351l. 6s. 6½d., which the king owes to him, as appears by the bills of
the late king's wardrobe and by other evidences in his possession, as the
king by the assent of his council accedes to his petition for such allowance. |
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By p.s. [5320.] |
March 28. The Tower. |
To Richard de Wylughby. Order to receive by indenture from Geoffrey
Lescrop, chief justice to hold pleas before the king, the writs, rolls,
records, processes, memoranda and all other things touching that office,
and to hold the said pleas, as the said Geoffrey is about to set out to divers
parts of the kingdom in the king's company by his order, so that he is not
able to intend the said pleas, and the king wills that Richard shall be chief
justice for holding the pleas during pleasure, and has ordered Geoffrey to
deliver the writs, etc. to Richard. By K. |
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Mandate in pursuance to Geoffrey Lescrop. By K. |
March 29. The Tower. |
To the sheriff of Buckingham. Order to cause to be found what is
necessary for the maintenance of the king's stud staying in the park of
Rysebergh, and the wages for the keepers of the same. |
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By bill of the treasurer. |
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To the sheriff of Surrey. The like order, 'de verbo ad verbum,' for the
maintenance of the king's stud in Guldeford park. By bill of the treasurer. |
March 26. Westminster. |
To William de Tyverton. Order to deliver the manor of Chettescombe,
co. Devon, together with its issues from Michaelmas last, which manor
is in his custody by the king's commission, to Margaret, late the wife of
Edmund, earl of Kent, as the king has granted it to her, among other
manors and lands of her late husband, to hold from Michaelmas last until
the majority of John, brother and heir of Edmund, son and heir of the said
earl, which Edmund died while still under age, whose lands are in the king's
hands, Margaret rendering a certain sum therefor yearly to the exchequer. |
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To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause the
aforesaid manor to be resumed into the king's hands, and to deliver it to the
said Margaret, together with any issues received thence since Michaelmas
last. |
March 26. Westminster. |
To the abbot and convent of Revesby. Whereas the king lately, wanting
a strong horse and not (euito) for carrying the rolls of chancery,
ordered the abbot and convent to send such a horse to the chancery, so that
it should be there on a certain day now past, there to be delivered to Master
Henry de Clif, keeper of the said rolls, and on the said day they sent
a horse, which still remains with Theobald Poleyn, serjeant of the rolls
of chancery; and because the horse, on account of various infirmities in his
limbs, is insufficient and useless for the said work, the king returns it to
the abbot and convent by the bearer of these presents, ordering them to
receive it, and cause another strong horse, not (euito), and fit for the
said work to be provided, and to cause it to be sent to the king, so that
it be in chancery in three weeks from Easter next, there to be delivered to
the keeper of the said rolls. |
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Vacated, because the abbot excused himself on this occasion for certain
causes. |
March 28. The Tower. |
To the sheriff of Bedford. Order to cause to be found what is necessary
for the maintenance of the king's horses staying at Newenham, and reasonable wages for the keepers of the said horses. By bill of the treasurer. |
March 28. The Tower. |
To the justices of the Bench. Eleanor, late the wife of Herbert son
of John son of Reginald, has shewn the king that she impleaded William de
Monte Acuto and Katherine, his wife, concerning a third of the manor of
Crokham, co. Berks, whereof her said husband, son and heir of the said
John, with his father's consent, dowered her at the church door when
he married her; and that the said William and Katherine alleged in
pleading that they hold the said manor to them and to the heirs male
of William's body by the king's grant, and hereupon proffered the king's
charter, and asserted that they ought not to answer to Eleanor without consulting the king, by pretext whereof the justices have deferred proceeding
in the suit, wherefore Eleanor has besought the king to provide a
remedy: the king therefore orders the justices to proceed further in the suit,
and to cause justice to be done to the parties, notwithstanding the said
allegation. By C. |
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To John de Neusom, keeper of the king's stud beyond Trent, and of the
park of Ightenhull. Order to pay to John de Hemmyngburgh, to whom the
king committed the custody of the said park during good behaviour by
letters patent, receiving yearly for that custody as much as others were
wont to receive for it, the arrears of his wages, and to pay them henceforth
from the issues of that bailiwick. |
March 31. The Tower. |
To John de Ifeld and his fellows, justices to take assizes in co. Essex.
John de Drokenesford and Margaret his wife have shewn the king that they
arramed an assize of novel disseisin against Benedict de Cokefeld, knight,
and Avicia his wife and others concerning a tenement in Elmestede,
and that Benedict and Avicia asserted that Roger de Taney, son and heir
of Richard de Taney, father of Margaret, whose heir she is, had remitted
and released the said tenement placed in view in the seisin of the said
Benedict and Avicia by his deed, which they proffered before the justices,
which deed the said John and Margaret altogether denied, whereupon
the said parties placed themselves on an inquisition of the country before
the justices, no mention being made by the said Benedict and Avicia of any
enrolment of that deed, and the justices have deferred proceeding in the
assize because the king afterwards sent to them a transcript of the deed,
enrolled in the rolls of chancery of Edward I., enclosed in a writ of the
king's, whereby he ordered them to inspect the transcript, and to cause to
be done further what ought to be done of right in this matter, wherefore
John and Margaret have petitioned the king for a remedy: the king therefore sends to the justices in a bag sub pede sigilli the process of the assize
and the said deed, which process and assize the king lately caused to
come before him in chancery, and orders the justices to proceed in the
assize and to cause justice to be done to the parties, notwithstanding
the said order. By C. |
March 18. Westminster. |
To John de Louthre, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with 24 acres of land and an acre of meadow in Aston, and to
restore the issues thereof, as it is found by an inquisition taken by John
de Houton, late escheator beyond Trent, that John Suet of Thurleston at his
death held no lands in chief of the king by reason whereof the custody of
his lands ought to pertain to the king, but that he held the aforesaid lands
of the abbot of Chester by the service of 13s. 4d. yearly, and that Ed. his
son is his next heir, and is aged ten years. |
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Membrane 30. |
March 26. Westminster. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Whereas lately at the
prosecution of Henry de Ferariis and Isabella his wife, one of the daughters
and co-heiresses of Theobald de Verdon, tenant in chief of the late king, by
their petition before the king and council in parliament—suggesting that in
the partition of the lands of the said Theobald made in the chancery of the
late king at the suit of Thomas de Furnivall, who married Joan, eldest
daughter and co-heiress of Theobald, and in that made afterwards at the suit
of Bartholomew de Burgherssh, who married Elizabeth, third daughter and
co-heiress, and at that of William le Blount, who married Margery, fourth
daughter and co-heiress, when the said Isabella, who has now proved her age
before the escheator, was a minor in the wardship of the late king and of
the present king, and in the extents made at the suit of the said Thomas and
William divers errors occurred, more being assigned from those lands in the
purparties of the said Joan, Elizabeth and Margery than fell to them, and
less being reserved in the king's hands in the purparties of the said Isabella,
and praying the king to cause all the lands to be resumed into his hands to
be re-extended and divided into four equal parts, and their reasonable
purparties to be delivered to the said heirs—it was considered, because
Thomas, Joan, Bartholomew, Elizabeth, William and Margery said nothing
by their attorneys in chancery why this should not be done, that the former
erroneous partition should be annulled, and the king ordered the escheator
to resume the castles, manors and lands of the said Theobald into the king's
hands to be kept safely until further orders, except the lands assigned
in dower to Elizabeth, late the wife of the said Theobald, and that he
should summon Thomas and Joan, Bartholomew and Elizabeth, William
and Margery to appear in chancery on Friday after the feast of St. Gregory
the Pope last, which day the king gave to the said Henry and Isabella, to be
present at the partition of the said lands and to receive their purparties from
the same; and on that day the king assigned to the said Thomas and
Joan, with the consent of the said Bartholomew and Elizabeth, William
and Margery, Henry and Isabella, the castle of Alveton, co. Stafford,
with the hamlets of Farleye, Stanton, Bradeleye, Denston, Shene, Sponne,
Overcote, Nethercote, Whiston, Lyesenese, and Strongeshull, in the same
county, of the value of 95l. 19s. 1½d., as Joan's purparty: the king therefore orders the escheator to cause Thomas and Joan to have seisin of
the aforesaid castle and hamlets, as the king took Thomas's homage
at another time for the lands thereof that are held in chief, and to restore
to them any issues received thence from the time of their being taken into
the king's hands. By K. |
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To the same. Like order to cause Bartholomew de Burgherssh and
Elizabeth his wife to have seisin of the castle of Ewyas, in the marches of
Wales, of the value of 81l. 5s. 0d.; the hamlet of Bokenhale, co. Stafford,
of the value of 10l. 11s. 4d.; and 76s. 10d. of yearly rent in Fenton, in the
same county, which the king has assigned to them from the lands of
the said Theobald as Elizabeth's purparty, and to restore the issues as above
to the said Bartholomew and Elizabeth, the king having taken the homage
of the said Bartholomew at another time for the lands thereof that are held
in chief. By K. |
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To the same. Like order to cause William le Blount and Margery his
wife to have seisin of the castle of Webbeleye, co. Hereford, of the
value of 81l. 0s. 8½d.; the hamlet of Balterdeleye, co. Stafford, of the value
of 10l. 10s. 10d.; the hamlet of Bydulf, in the same county, of the value of
21s. 8d.; the hamlet of Ramesore, in the same county, of the value of
23s. 4d.; and 42s. 1d. of yearly rent in Fenton, in the same county, assigned
to them by the king as Margery's purparty of her father's lands, restoring
the issues as above to the said William and Margery, the king having taken
the fealty of the said William at another time for the lands thereof that are
held in chief. By K. |
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To the same. Like order to cause the said Henry and Isabella to have
seisin of the manor of Stoke-upon-Tirne, co. Salop, of the value of
26l. 16s. 0d.; certain lands in Lodelowe, in the same county, of the value of
30l.; the manor of La Hethe, co. Oxford, of the value of 22l.; the hamlet
of Wotton, with the park, co. Stafford, of the value of 18l. 11s. 4d.; and
44s. 2d. rent in Fenton, in the same county, assigned to them by the
king as Isabella's purparty of the said lands, restoring the issues as above
to the said Henry and Isabella, the king having taken the fealty of the said
Henry at another time for the lands thereof that are held in chief. By K. |
March 29. The Tower. |
To John Lesturmy, keeper of the manor of Thunderesleye. Order to
cause the houses and ditches of the said manor, which is in his custody
by the king's commission, to be repaired where necessary, and to cause
certain houses of the manor to be removed from their present positions to
more suitable ones within the manor, by the view and testimony of Robert
de Geddeworth. By K. |
March 20. Westminster. |
To the mayor and bailiffs of Appelby, for the present or the future.
Order to pay to Joan de Torthorald 20 marks yearly for life from the ferm
of Appelby, which the king granted to her in aid of her maintenance, to be
received for her life by the hands of the fermors in lieu of a previous grant
of 20 marks yearly for life from the issues of the escheatry beyond Trent
to be received by the hands of the escheator there. By p.s. [5267.]
Et erat patens. |
March 27. The Tower. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Simon, archbishop of
Canterbury, has shewn the king that whereas the king lately caused all
the goods and chattels that belonged to Walter, the late archbishop, which
were taken into the king's hands by reason of the debts that Walter owed
at his death to the king, to be delivered to the said Simon as ordinary of
the place, because the executors of the will of the said Walter refused
to undertake the administration of the goods, with the provision that
Simon should answer to the king for the debts that Walter at his death owed
to him, so far as the goods would suffice, and 345l. only were allowed for
3,329 quarters of corn, which were of Walter's goods at his death, and
which were reserved for the king's use by the keepers of the said archbishopric on the last voidance for the reprises of the manors of the archbishopric, although the corn was worth 100l. and more beyond that sum,
and the hay, forage and straw of a whole year's issue found in the said
manors after Walter's death, value 60l., were likewise retained for the king's
benefit by the keepers for the maintenance of the horses and beasts of
the ploughs and carts, and he has besought the king to order him to be
discharged in recompense for these sums of 86l. 0s. 6½d., which are exacted
from him by summons of the exchequer for an imprest made to the said
Walter by Ralph de Stokes, formerly keeper of the great wardrobe of
the late king, of which the archbishop asserts that he ought to be
discharged for various reasons: the king therefore orders the treasurer
and barons to inspect the account of the said keepers, and, if they shall
find that the said sum of 345l. only was allowed as aforesaid, and that hay,
etc., was retained as above without any allowance being made, to cause the
archbishop to be released and acquitted of the said sum of 86l. 0s. 6½d.
By K. |
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John, bishop of Winchester, the chancellor, here delivered the great seal
to Master Henry de Clif, keeper of the rolls of chancery, to be kept under
the seals of Sir Henry de Edenestowe and of Sir Thomas de Baumburgh,
as appears in a memorandum on the back of this roll. |
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Membrane 29. |
March 24. Westminster. |
To Ralph de Nevyll, keeper of the Forest beyond Trent. Order to cause
a tenth penny of the extra-parochial agistments within the forest of
Ingelwod to be paid to the prior of St. Mary's, Carlisle, from the time of
Ralph's appointment as keeper of the forest, and henceforth for so long
as he shall remain in that office, as the king learns by inquisition taken
by John de Crombewell, late keeper of the forest, that the said prior and
all his predecessors were seised of the tenth penny, to be received by the hands
of the receivers of the issues of the forest, from the time of the foundation of the priory by the grant of King Henry son of the Empress
(Imperatoris), until Henry le Scrop, late keeper of the said forest, detained
payment of the tenth penny, and it is found by Henry's certificate into
chancery that he detained the tenth penny from the prior because the prior or
any one in his name did not bring a warrant for receiving it. By pet. of C.
Changed by the roll because it was sealed at another time. |