Close Rolls, Edward III: March 1332

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 2, 1330-1333. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1898.

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'Close Rolls, Edward III: March 1332', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 2, 1330-1333, (London, 1898) pp. 438-452. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol2/pp438-452 [accessed 24 March 2024]

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March 1332

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].
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.
Membrane 34.
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.]
Mandate in pursuance to the keeper of the stampage in co. Devon.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Membrane 33.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.]
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.
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.
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.
By p.s. [5316.]
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.]
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.
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.
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.
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.
By bill of the treasurer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.