Close Rolls, Edward III: September 1333

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 3, 1333-1337. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1898.

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'Close Rolls, Edward III: September 1333', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 3, 1333-1337, (London, 1898) pp. 172-174. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol3/pp172-174 [accessed 28 March 2024]

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September 1333

Membrane 17d.
1333. Sept. 13.
Sheen.
Robert le Conestable of Fleynburgh, knight, and William his son, and Walter son of Hugh de Fleynburgh, acknowledge that they owe to the prior of Watton 40l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels in co. York.—Michael de Wath received the acknowledgment.
Sept. 15.
Windsor.
Ralph de Hastynges, knight, acknowledges that he owes to William, archbishop of York, 40 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. York.
Cancelled on payment.
Sept. 8.
Eltham.
To the sheriff of York. Order to cause proclamation to be made in all the ports in that bailiwick that all the arrests made upon subjects of the count of Flanders or their goods shall be dearrested without delay, and that all those who have such goods shall restore them when they have learned to whom they belong, and that all the men and merchants of that count's dominions and power may come freely into the kingdom and power of the king with their goods and merchandise, and buy and sell there, and depart thence when they please, making the usual customs due in the kingdom, in conformity with an agreement lately made between the envoys of the king and those of the said count and the proctors of the towns of Brugges, Ypre and Ghent, that all arrests made on either side should be mutually dearrested, and the goods delivered, and that all merchants of the king's power might go safely in Flanders, and all merchants of the count's power go safely in England. By p.s. [7191.]
[Fœdera.]
The like to the sheriffs of England. [Ibid.]
Sept. 18.
Windsor.
Eustace de Folevill acknowledges that he owes to John de Wodehous, clerk, 36s. 8d.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Leicester.
Sept. 21.
Odiham.
William Sayn Jame of Drenton acknowledges that he owes to John son of James Jordan of North Burton 20l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. York.
Sept. 22.
Odiham.
Richard de Grymston, late parson of Styvelyngflet church, Robert de Grymston and William de Grymston, vicar of St. Peter's church, York, acknowledge that they owe to Master John son of Richard de Burton 25 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels and ecclesiastical goods in co. York.
Robert de Grymston and William de Grymston, vicar of St. Peter's church, York, acknowledge that they owe to Richard de Grymston 44l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels and ecclesiastical goods in co. York.
Sept. 22.
Odiham.
Master Richard de Eryum came before the king on Wednesday, the morrow of St. Matthew the Apostle, and sought to replevy his land in Eryum, which was taken into the king's hand on account of his default before the justices of the Bench, against Cicely, late the wife of William Bret. This is signified to the justices.
Sept. 13.
Odiham.
To the archbishop of Canterbury. Order to assemble the prelates and clergy of that province at London on Monday after Martinmas next, so that the prelates may be there in person and the clergy by their proctors, to treat of the assistance which they will give to the king for the great expenses incurred by him in the war of Scotland. By p.s. [7201.]
Vacated because otherwise below.
The like to the archbishop of York, for a council at York on Monday after the octaves of Martinmas next. By the same writ.
Vacated.
Sept. 23.
Odiham.
William de Barton, parson of the church of Arneclif in Craven, York diocese, acknowledges that he owes to William, archbishop of York, 20l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels and ecclesiastical goods in co. York.
Cancelled on payment.
Sept. 16.
Windsor.
To the sheriff of York. Because from divers complaints of the men of that county the king has learned that several vagabonds and others who lately had the king's charters of pardon for divers felonies committed by them, drawing divers malefactors and peace - breakers to them, making assemblies and illicit gatherings both by day and night, in that county, observing the passes in woods and other suspect places, wander in fairs, markets, and elsewhere in that county, and run about threatening the men who point out them and their accomplices, in life and members, and in the burning of their houses, lying in wait for them and others in the said fairs, markets and wood, mutilating some, killing others, robbing some and perpetrating numerous other crimes, and that these felonies, which ought to be presented in that sheriff's tourns, and in other courts of the king, have hitherto remained concealed, by which the king's peace is much injured and the malefactors are rendered more audacious to perpetrate such evils; the king therefore orders the sheriff to associate with him a discreet and lawful man of that county to inquire in fit places concerning the names of such malefactors and of their crimes, and to arrest and imprison those who are indicted, using the posse comitatus if necessary for this purpose, and to inform the king immediately of the names of malefactors so attached.
By C.
Sept. 13.
Odiham.
To the prior and convent of Bernewell. Request to admit Thomas le Clerk of Derset, whom the king wishes to provide with fit maintenance, at the request of Queen Isabella, to have such maintenance from that house as William de Haukedon, deceased, had there. By p.s. [7206.]
Sept. 22.
Norwich.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to deliver to John de Nevill of Horneby the hundred of Bradeford, co. Salop, worth 24 marks yearly, together with the issues thereof from the time of its being taken into the king's hand, to be held until the next parliament, so that it may then be ordained what shall be done, notwithstanding the king's order to take such hundreds into his hand, discharging the sheriff of that county towards the king in the meantime; as the king lately granted the said hundred to John with the consent of the prelates, earls, barons, and other magnates of the realm, for his good and laudable service, and chiefly on account of the dangers to which John exposed himself in Nottingham castle in arresting certain persons by whom the affairs of the kingdom and the people were suffering great harm, at the king's command and wish and with certain other lieges, to hold for himself and the legitimate male heirs of his body, with reversion to the king in default of such issue; and John has besought the king to cause the said hundred to be delivered to him, as it is now taken into the king's hand by virtue of the statute for taking hundreds which were annexed to the ferms of counties into the king's hand, and for rejoining them to those counties. [Fœdera.]
Sept. 28.
Waltham.
William de Ilketon acknowledges that he owes to Thomas Fairfax 100s.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. York.
Sept. 30.
Waltham.
Brother William, abbot of Thornton-upon-Humbre, acknowledges for himself and convent that they owe to William de Melton, archbishop of York, 200l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels and ecclesiastical goods in co. Lincoln.
Cancelled on payment.