Close Rolls, Edward III: October 1337 | British History Online

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 4, 1337-1339. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1900.

'Close Rolls, Edward III: October 1337', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 4, 1337-1339, (London, 1900) pp. 185-203. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol4/pp185-203 [accessed 19 April 2024]

October 1337



Oct. 4. Westminster.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause all the money of the debts owed to Adam de Wylughby, sometime guardian of the bishopric of Worcester, void and in the king's hands, and escheator in cos. Hereford, Gloucester, Worcester, Salop, Stafford and the march of Wales adjoining, levied by them, to be delivered to Master John de Hildesle, the king's clerk, who has found security in chancery, to render Adam's accounts, and to satisfy the king for what is found to be due to him thereby, and to deliver the residue, if any, to the executors of Adam's will, so that John may be able to answer to the king and the executors according to the aforesaid security, as because Adam did not render his accounts for the time when he was keeper and escheator, the king appointed John to take into his hands all the goods and chattels which belonged to Adam at his death, and to keep them safely until the accounts were rendered and the debts due to the king thereby paid, and the king understanding afterwards that divers debts were owed to Adam, for which satisfaction is not yet given, ordered the treasurer and barons to call before them those who owed debts to Adam, and others according to John's information, and to cause these debts to be levied for the king's use.
Oct. 2. Westminster.	To the same. Order to cause the said debts to be levied for the king's use. By C.
Oct. 3. Westminster.	To the sheriffs (sic) of Nottingham and Derby. Order (tibi precipimus) to pay to Nicholas de la Despense, the king's yeoman, 10l. for Michaelmas term last, in accordance with the king's grant to him of 20l. yearly.
Oct. 4. Westminster.	To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to assign dower to Agnes, late the wife of Roger de Wilmynton, who held of the heir of Herbert son of Reginald, tenant in chief, a minor in the king's wardship, of the lands which belonged to her husband, which he held of that heir.
Oct. 4. Westminster.	To brother Philip de Thame, prior of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England. Order to pay to John Baronshel and John Junctyn, and their fellows, merchants of the society of the Peruzzi, without delay, all the money in which he is bound to them, and of which the terms of payment are past, because they have promised, at the king's request, to pay a great sum of money in aid of his expenses. By K.
Oct. 3. Westminster.	To Thomas de Longevillers, Hugh de Hercy, and John de Mounteny. Order to supersede the assessing, levying and collecting of 600l., which the community of co. Nottingham granted to the king for his affairs, to be assessed upon all the laymen of that county, provided that if any individual of that county have granted any money for such subsidy, it shall be levied for the king's use, as although the king appointed Thomas, Hugh and John to levy those 600l., he does not wish the men of the county to be charged therewith, as the community of the realm, in the present council at Westminster, has granted him a tenth and fifteenth for three years. By K. and C.
Oct. 3. Westminster.	To John Darcy and Richard de Wylughby. Like order to supersede the levying and collecting of 100l. from Nottingham, Newerk, Blyth and Retteford, to wit, 60l. from the borough of Nottingham, 20l. from Newerk, and 10l. each from Blyth and Retteford, as the king appointed John and Richard to do certain things which were treated of in the council at Westminster, touching the defence of the realm, and to show to the men of co. Nottingham the king's intention upon a certain subsidy, which it was necessary to make to him for the defence of the realm, and they induced the said towns to grant the said sums, exceeding the limits of their commission, wherefore the king has been besought in the present council at Westminster to provide a remedy. By K. and C.
Oct. 3. Westminster.	To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands which belonged to Edmund Gacelyn, restoring the issues thereof to Eleanor his wife, because the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Edmund and Eleanor held jointly at his death the manor of Catmere, co. Berks, 3 messuages, 5 carucates of land, 30 acres of meadow, 40 acres of pasture and 30 marks rent in Great Cheverel, Lolledon, Badesdone, Clepham and Shuldon, co. Wilts, by divers fines levied in the king's court, and that these tenements are held of others than the king by divers services.
	Membrane 24.
Oct. 2. Westminster.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the demand made upon John, cardinal bishop of Albano, parson of Pagheham church, diocese of Chichester, Hanibaldus, cardinal bishop of Tusculum, parson of Grenstede church, in the said diocese and prebendary of Fitelworth, in the cathedral church of Chichester, and Galardus de Mota, cardinal deacon of St. Lucy's in Silice, precentor of Chichester church, in their said benefices, for the two-yearly tenth granted to the king by the clergy, and to cause them and the abbot of Battle, collector of that tenth in the diocese of Chichester, to be discharged of the portions of that tenth touching them by reason of their benefices, because the king has granted, for the good services of the cardinals to him on several occasions in the Roman court, that they shall hold their benefices quit of all tenths and aids imposed on the clergy of the realm, by the pope or by the prelates and clergy of the realm. By K.
Sept. 1. Westminster.	To the taxers and collectors of the tenth and fifteenth in co. Kent. Order to pay 100l. of that money to Reginala de Cobeham, which the king has granted of his gift in recompence for great services in his last passage beyond the sea. By K.
Oct. 4. Westminster.	To Richard de la Pole, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his place in the port of Bristol. Order to deliver to Joan de Carrue, 6 tuns of wine of the king's right prise in that port, according to the tenor of the king's grant to her on 27 June last.
Oct. 6. Westminster.	To Ralph de Middelneye. Order to take the 500l. of the two-yearly tenth granted by the clergy of the province of Canterbury, and deliver it to Anthony Bache, merchant [as in Calendar of Patent Rolls, 11 Edward III. p. 537]. By K.
	Vacated because on the Patent Roll of this year.
Oct. 8. The Tower.	To the sheriff of Nottingham. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Richard de Sutton of Walesby, who is insufficiently qualified.
	To the sheriff of Hertford. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Roger de Godesfeld of Ware, who is so broken by age and weak that he cannot travail to fulfil the duties of his office.
Oct. 8. The Tower.	To the purveyor and takers of wool in co. Lincoln. Order not to take any of the wool of Nicholas de Regibus and Corandus de Valliscaria of Lombardy, or of Henry Scoef and Segrus Scoef of Brabant, merchants, by reason of their commission, provided that the merchants do not take the wool bought by them, out of the realm, as the king wishes to show favour to the merchants of Brabant and Lombardy, staying in the realm or trading there. By K. and C.
Oct. 5. Westminster.	To Henry Torald, Roger de Bloiton, Robert de Ledesham, and John de Hawardyn, takers and buyers of wool for the king's use in cos. Chester and Flynt. Like order in favour of Naddus Manne, merchant, of Florence. By K.
	The like to the takers and buyers of wool in the following counties, to wit:
	John Martyn, John Torneye, Walter Prestfader, Walter Prestsone and Thomas Reyner, in co. Leicester.
	Thomas Averey, Jordan de Shepeye, Robert de Shepeye, Thomas de Toltham, and John le Whytesmyth, in co. Warwick. By K.
Oct. 10. The Tower.	To John Charneles, the king's clerk. Order to make diligent scrutiny of all the wool sent to parts beyond the sea, and if he finds any which is not the king's to cause it to be taken into the king's hands as forfeit, without delay, and exposed for sale, and to cause all the money thereof to be kept for the king's use, as the king lately appointed John to supervise the sale of all wool which the king is about to send to parts beyond the sea, by certain of his merchants, and now the king has learned that certain of the realm endeavour to send a quantity of their own wool, under colour of sending the king's wool to the said parts, without paying the custom due thereupon, and the subsidy granted to the king for the defence of the realm. By K.
Oct. 10. The Tower.	To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to cause 500l. to be paid or a competent assignment of that sum to be made to Dinus Forcetti and Peter Biny and their fellows, merchants of the society of the Bardi, if they have paid 500l. to Jakeminus de Alemann[ia], by the king's order, as Jakeminus paid 500l. for the king's secret affairs in parts beyond the sea. By K.
Oct. 10. The Tower.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause John de Meree to be discharged and acquitted of 80l. yearly of the yearly ferm of the castle and manor of Meree, co. Wilts, from 28 September last, as the king lately created his eldest son duke of Cornwall, and granted to him, for life, to maintain that dignity the said 80l. yearly, which John was bound to pay for life, and the king ordered John to pay the ferm to the duke yearly, and to be attendant upon and answerable to him therefor.
Oct. 10. The Tower.	To the same. Order to allow 40l. to the mayor and bailiffs of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in their ferm, if they shall be found to have spent that sum in repairing the Westgate and the drawbridge there by the view and testimony of Richard de Acton and Robert de Shilvyngton, in accordance with the king's order.
Aug. 5. Westminster.	To Ralph de Bockyng, collector of the tenth and fifteenth in co. Suffolk. Strict order to pay to William de Northwell, clerk of the great wardrobe or his attorney, 200l. of that money without delay, according to the tenor of the king's previous order, which he has neglected to obey, and to be in chancery on the morrow of All Saints next, to answer for his contempt, and to do and receive what the king's court shall determine.
	By C.
Oct. 19. Westminster.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the sheriff of York to have allowance for 10l. which were sent to be paid for the bailiwick of Yokcrosse, yearly from 13 June last, as long as he shall be sheriff, as on 13 June the king granted that bailiwick to Thomas de Rokeby, for his good service in Scotland, to hold during pleasure, so that if the bailiwick exceeded the value of 10l. yearly, he should answer to the king for the surplus, and the king ordered the sheriff of York to deliver the bailiwick to Thomas, together with the issues from the said 13th June.
	Membrane 23.
Aug. 26. Westminster.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the king lately appointed Nicholas Pyk and William de Weryngton to arrest all ships of 30 tons burden and more in the port of London and elsewhere on the coast of the river Thames as far as la Rewe, except the ships which were arrested by the king's order and ordained to make a first passage, and to cause those ships to be provided with men and mariners, sufficiently armed, and to cause the ships and those arrested by others in the same places, to be prepared for the shipment of horses, and provided with rudders, bridges and other necessaries, and to do other things contained in the letters patent; and the king ordered the sheriffs of London to cause carpenters, smiths, and other workmen to be elected to make rudders, bridges and other necessaries for the shipment of horses in these ships, and to be attendant upon this, as Nicholas and William should make known to them, and the sheriffs have spent 11l. 3s. by virtue of that order in the wages of the workmen and the carriage of the timber there, by the testimony of Nicholas and William, as appears by an indenture made with them: the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons to view the indenture, and if they find the expenses to have been reasonably incurred, to cause the said 11l. 3s. to be allowed to the sheriffs in their ferm.
Oct. 6. Westminster.	To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the manors of Estwell and Esthmerysfeld, co. Kent, restoring the issues thereof to Eleanor, late the wife of Edmund Gacelyn, because the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that Edmund held those manors for Eleanor's life, and the manor of Estwell is held in chief by the service of two knights' fees, and the manor of Esthmerysfeld of Giles de Badlesmere, by the service of a moiety of a knight's fee, and that he held no other lands in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief in that county.
Aug. 10. Westminster.	To Richard de Feryby, keeper of the wardrobe. Order to audit the account of Thomas de Useflet, receiver of the king's money, in the following matter, and further to do what is customary, as the king appointed him to pay wages to Thomas de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, chief leader of the king's army sent to Scotland, and to other lieges about to set out in his company, and to other lieges in garrison in the towns of Berwick and Perth, and the castles of Edneburgh, Rokesburgh, and Stryvelyn and elsewhere in Scotland, and also to pay wages to the earl and the other men by the view and testimony of Thomas de Burgh, chancellor of Berwick, and to do all things necessary for the war which pertain to him, so that he should render account of such moneys to the king, and should answer therefor. The king has also granted that Thomas shall have 40d. for his daily wages for the time when he was in the said service and should have six men at arms and twelve archers on horse in his company at the king's wages.
Aug. 1. Westminster.	To Ralph de Bockyng and his fellows, collectors of the tenth and fifteenth in co. Suffolk. Order to pay 200l. of that money to William de Northwell, clerk of the great wardrobe, upon the expenses of his office. By K.
Oct. 4. Westminster.	To John de Charneles, supplying the place of the treasurer. Order to pay 300l. of the money in his custody to Robert de Ufford, earl of Suffolk, who is about to set out to parts beyond the sea in the king's service, upon his expenses in that journey. By K.
Oct. 4. Westminster.	To John de Cobham and William Moraunt, taxers and collectors in co. Kent, of the tenth and fifteenth granted in the great council at Nottingham. Order to pay 100l. of that money to Thomas de Melchebourn in part payment of the sums of money in which the king is bound to him for divers victuals bought by him for the king's use.
	By bill of the treasurer.
Oct. 6. Westminster.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow 100l. to John de Cobham and William Moraunt if they shall be found to have paid that sum to Thomas de Melchebourn, by virtue of the preceding order. By bill of the treasurer.
Oct. 7. Westminster.	To Dinus Forcetti and Peter Byni and their fellows, merchants of the society of the Bardi. Request to pay 500l. without delay to Jakeminus de Alemann[ia], because he has spent that sum for the king's secret affairs beyond the sea. By K.
Oct. 8. The Tower.	To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to William de Kerdeston, son and heir of Roger de Kerdeston, all the issues of the lands which his father held at his death in chief, to hold of the king's gift, as the king has taken William's homage. By p.s.
Oct. 8. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Devon. Order to satisfy Henry de Erth for such wood of his as the sheriff shall find to have been taken, having viewed his indenture and taken fuller information thereupon, as Henry has besought the king to order satisfaction to be made to him, as a great part of his wood in co. Devon has been taken for the king's use for burning the king's mine in that county, and other things required for these works, by the keeper of the mine and other ministers there, for which Henry is not yet satisfied. By C.
Oct. 5. Westminster.	To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with a messuage and 100 acres of land of Peter le Ferour of Little Canefeld, in Eyston ad Montem, restoring the issues thereof to Peter, as the escheator returned that he had not taken those lands into the king's hands, but that Robert de Holewell, late escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Essex, and Hertford, delivered them to him by indenture, asserting that they were in the king's hands by reason of the alienation which the abbot of Tylteye, who held them in chief, made thereof to Peter, without the king's licence; and the king, learning afterwards from Peter that these lands are held of Henry by knight's service, ordered the escheator to take an inquisition on the matter, by which it is found that the premises are held of Henry by the service of a fourth part of a knight's fee.
Oct. 2. Westminster.	To John Giffard, the king's clerk. Order to deliver to Peter de Credonio, the king's kinsman, or his proctor, all his lands, possessions, benefices, goods and chattels, together with the issues, and not to inter meddle further therewith, as although the king committed the custody of the prebend of Styvelyngton, in the church of St. Peter, York, which belongs to Peter, and the lands, goods and chattels pertaining thereto, which were taken into the king's hand by reason of an order so to take the possessions of certain aliens in the realm, to John to hold as long as the prebend should remain in the king's hands, for rendering a certain thing yearly to the king, yet the king wishes to do favour to Peter, who is a native of the power of the king of France, for his good service to himself and his father. By p.s.
Oct. 8. The Tower.	To Geoffrey le Scrop and his fellows, justices appointed to hold pleas before the king. Whereas the king lately caused to come before him and his council in parliament, a certain petition of the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, concerning the church of Rothelee, and the record and process held before William de Bereford and his fellows, justices of the Bench of the late king, between that king and the prior upon the advowson of the same church, and the record and process taken before the king in chancery, which the king afterwards sent to the justices under the half seal (sub pede sigilli), ordering them to view the petition and records and processes, calling before them the king's serjeants, and hearing the reasons on both sides, and to do justice; and the prior has now informed the king that they have delayed to proceed in that affair by reason of a writ of privy seal to them not to take any inquisition on that affair until the quinzaine of Michaelmas next, whereupon the prior has besought the king to provide a remedy; the king therefore orders the justices to view the aforesaid petition, records and processes, and the record and process held before themselves in that affair, having called before them the king's serjeants and heard the reasons on both sides, and to cause justice to be done in the matter, notwithstanding the said order under the privy seal. By p.s. [10345.]
	Membrane 22.
Sept. 26. Westminster.	Robert son of Reginald de Annesleye Wodehous, imprisoned at Nottingham for trespass of venison in Shirwod forest, has letters to Ralph de Nevill, keeper of the forest beyond Trent, to bail him until the coming of the justices for pleas of the forest in co. Nottingham.
Oct. 6. Westminster.	Richard Mount of Touecestre, imprisoned at Northampton for trespass of venison in the forest of Whitlewode, has letters to Bartholomew de Burghersh, keeper of the forest this side Trent, to bail him until the coming of the justices next in eyre for pleas of the forest in co. Northampton.
Oct. 3. Westminster.	To John Darcy and Richard de Wylughby. Order to cause the levying of 20l. from the town of Newerk to be superseded [as at page 186 above]. By K. and C.
Oct. 4. Westminster.	William le Wright of Bliseworth, imprisoned at Northampton for trespass of vert in Whitlewode forest, has letters to Bartholomew de Burghersh, keeper of the forest this side Trent, to bail him until the coming of the justices for pleas of the forest in co. Northampton.
Oct. 10. The Tower.	To the purveyors and takers of wool in co. Lincoln. Order to take none of the wool of John Baroncelli, John Stephani, John Junctin and their fellows, merchants of the society of the Peruzzi, by virtue of their commission to take certain wool in that county for the king's use, doing nothing to hinder the merchants from buying and purveying wool, provided that they will not take the wool so bought and purveyed out of the realm, as the king wishes to act graciously to the merchants.
	By K. and C.
Oct. 10. The Tower.	To Thomas de Foxle, constable of Wyndesore castle. Order to deliver bread, wine, and oil and other small necessaries for divine service to the chaplains celebrating in the chapel of that castle, from Michaelmas last until Michaelmas next.
	To the same. Order to deliver to Gilbert Pypot, the king's fletcher in that castle, the arrears of his wages from the time of the constable's appointment, and to pay such wages henceforth and other things necessary for his office.
	To the same. Order to pay the arrears of the following wages from the time of the constable's appointment: to each gatekeeper of the castle, receiving 4d. daily, to Thomas le Rotour, one of the viewers of the king's works, receiving 2d. daily, to John de Wyndesore, gardener of the king's garden without the castle, receiving 2½d. daily, to four watchmen of the castle, receiving 2d. daily, and to Ralph de la More, clerk of the king's works in the castle, receiving 2d. daily, and to pay such wages henceforth as long as he is constable and the gatekeepers and others remain in their offices.
Oct. 10. The Tower.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge and acquit Thomas West of 100l. yearly for the custody of the king's stannary in co. Devon, from 4 March last, on which day the king committed that custody to him for life, rendering 100l. thereof yearly at the exchequer, as William de Monte Acuto, earl of Salisbury, who lately held that custody, was wont to do, and although afterwards, on 17 March following the king, forgetting the said commission, granted the said stannary with the stampage and all the issues and profits thereof, to his eldest son, yet the king wishes the grant to Thomas to remain in force, so that he shall answer to the king's son for the said 100l. yearly, and that the stannary shall revert to the said son after the death of Thomas, and on 3 October last the king ordered Thomas to pay the said 100l. to his said son or his attorney yearly, together with the arrears thereof from the said 4 March.
Oct. 6. Westminster.	To Bartholomew de Burgherssh, keeper of the Forest this side. Trent, or to him who supplies his place in Rokyngham forest. Order to cause the wood of Thomas de la Rivere of Blatherwyk, which is within the bounds of the said forest, and which is taken into the king's hands because it is not enclosed according to the assize of the forest, to be replevied until the coming of the justices for pleas of the forest in that county, if it is repleviable according to the said assize.
Oct. 17. Westminster.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Order to deliver to Master Pancius de Controne, the king's leech, the sums in which the king is bound to him, or to give a competent assignment therefor, where he may quickly be satisfied, receiving from him the king's letters obligatory, as the king is bound to him in 4,068l. 16s. 8d., which the king received from him in the treasury, and in 46l. 13s., and 9 florins royaux (florenis realibus), 5 florins á l'aignel (florenis agni), and 3 florins of Florence, lent by him to the king.
	To the same. Order to pay 2,350l. to Master Pancius de Controne, the king's leech, without delay, or to give him a competent assignment in places where he may quickly be satisfied, receiving from him the king's letters obligatory, as the king is bound to him in that sum, which he received from him by the hands of Master Paul de Monte Florum, the king's clerk, for his affairs.
Oct. 18. Westminster.	To Geoffrey le Scrop and his fellows, justices appointed to hold pleas before the king. Whereas at the suit of the abbot and convent of Stanleye by their petition before the king and his council in parliament, at Westminster, in the 4th year of the king's reign, showing that their predecessors had been seised of the manor of Berewyk Basset, co. Wilts, by enfeoffment of Philip Basset, as of the right of their church, until Hugh le Despenser, the elder, afterwards unjustly disseised them thereof, and the manor was taken into the late king's hands by Hugh's forfeiture; and the present abbot and convent have diligently sued by their petitions before the king and his council in his various parliaments for justice, and to have the manor again, the king sent the petition, with an inquisition, writs, and other memoranda touching that affair, to the justices enclosed in a certain writ, ordering them to inspect these, calling before them the king's serjeants, and hearing the reasons on both sides, and to do justice, but not to proceed to render judgment without consulting the king; and although afterwards, according to the process held before them by an inquisition which they caused to be made, and in which the abbot and convent placed themselves, it was found that Philip was seised of that manor in his demesne as of fee as of his inheritance, in the time of Henry III, and had enfeoffed Walter de Pokelechirch, a former abbot thereof by his charter, to hold in frankalmoin, and abbot Walter and the convent were seised thereof from the Annunciation in the last year of the reign of Henry III, until St. Andrew following, and that Hugh, asserting that he was Philip's next heir, disseised Walter of the manor, with Roger Bigot, earl of Norfolk and marshal of England, and Hugh continued his seisin until he forfeited, and the present abbot and his predecessors have not released their rights to Hugh, and it is certified to the justices by the treasurer and barons of the exchequer that they have not found any such release made to Hugh or the late king, upon inspection of the deeds, muniments, and memoranda of Hugh and the late king, which are in their custody in the treasury, as is clear by the tenor and process of that affair which the king caused to come before him in chancery, yet the justices have hitherto delayed to proceed further in that affair, wherefore the abbot and convent have besought the king by their petition before him and his council in the last parliament at Westminster, to cause justice to be done to them; the king therefore orders the justices to inspect the record and process and proceed further to render judgment with all lawful speed, notwithstanding the king's previous order, or that the manor is in his hands.
	By pet. of C. and K. and C.
Sept. 29. Westminster.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause 100 marks to be allowed to Robert Clere, late guardian of the bishopric of Norwich, in his account for the issues of the bishopric, as the king ordered the keepers of that bishopric, then void and in his hands, to pay 100 marks to John de Ros, admiral of the fleet from the mouth of the Thames towards the North, upon his expenses and those of his men at arms in his company, about to set out upon the sea in the king's service, and Robert has paid that money, as John has acknowledged before the king in chancery.
	Membrane 21.
Oct. 1. Westminster.	To the sheriff of York. Order to pay 24 marks, 6s. 8d. for Michaelmas term last to Margery, late the wife of Duncan de Frendraght, in accordance with the king's grant to her on 6 October, in the 1st year of his reign, of 49 marks to be received yearly from the issues of that county, for life in recompense for the manor of Briggestok, co. Northampton, which she held at will, and which the king assigned to Queen Isabella.
Oct. 2. Westminster.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause 24 marks, 6s. 8d., to be allowed to the sheriff of York in his account, if he has paid that sum to Margery by virtue of the preceding order.
Oct. 4. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to deliver 10l. for Michaelmas term last to Hugh de Audele, whom the king lately created earl of Gloucester, granting him 20l. yearly from the issues of that county, by the hands of the sheriff there.
Oct. 6. The Tower.	To William de Bohun, earl of Northampton, keeper of the manor of Beaulieu, or to him who supplies his place there. Order to pay 20s. yearly to the prior of St. Mary's, Worcester, and the arrears thereof from the time when he had the custody of the manor, as at the prior's suit, showing that the said manor, which is in the king's hands by reason of the minority of Roger, son and heir of Edmund de Mortuo Mari, tenant in chief, is held of the prior by the service of rendering 20s. yearly, and the priors have received that rent from time out of mind until the manor came into the king's hands, and William refused to render the rent, and the prior beseeching the king to order the rent to be paid, the king ordered William Trussel, escheator this side Trent, to take an inquisition on the matter, by which it is found that the manor is held of the prior by the service of rendering 20s. yearly, and the priors have been seised thereof as aforesaid.
Oct. 8. The Tower.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge and acquit the mayor and bailiffs of Southampton of four ships called 'la Hulk,' of Brugg, 'la Cristofre,' 'la Shavenecogg,' (fn. 1) and 'la Goddisburgh,' and their tackle, which were lately taken in war and brought to the port of Southampton, as William de Monte Acuto, earl of Salisbury, while he was admiral of the fleet from the mouth of the Thames towards the West, caused those ships with all their tackle, to be delivered to certain lieges to set out in the king's service, and the ships are now with the king's fleet in his service. By p.s. [10351.]
Oct. 8. The Tower.	To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to cause hay to be found for the maintenance of the king's beasts in his park of Fremantel, and to cause the enclosure about the park to be repaired where necessary by the advice of Simon Bacun, keeper of that park. By p.s. [10342.]
Oct. 13. The Tower.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede the demand made upon William Trussel, escheator this side Trent, for the issues of the lands which Thomas de Blakebrok held, who was outlawed for felony, as the king ordered the sheriff of Kent to deliver those lands to those of whom Thomas held them [as at page 185 above].
Oct. 16. Westminster.	To the prior of Beckeford. Order to pay those 40l. which he ought to have paid at the Nativity of the Virgin last, of those 80l. which he owes to the king for having the custody of his priory, and those, 10 marks which he granted for that custody, to William Trussel, in part satisfaction of 1,000l., which the king granted to William on 10 July last for his service on either side of the sea. By C.
	To the prior of Newent. The like order to pay to William 65l. of such money of 130l. which he owes, and those 10 marks which he granted for having the custody of the priory. By C.
Oct. 1. Westminster.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to John de Tumby and William de Bryen, bailiffs of Nottingham, 10l. in the ferm of that town, if they shall be found to have paid that sum for Michaelmas term last, by the king's order, to Robert de Newerk and Meliora his wife, late the wife of Gilbert de Glynkarny, in accordance with the king's grant to them of 20l. a year from that ferm in recompence of 20l. yearly, to be received by the hands of the escheator beyond Trent, which the king had granted to Meliora for Gilbert's losses in the service of himself, his father, and grandfather.
Oct. 18. Westminster.	To the collectors of customs in the port of Southampton. Order to pay all the money which they receive from the issues of the customs in that port, and of the subsidy of 20s. on every sack of wool taken out of the realm, granted to the king at Nottingham, and also of the loan of 20s. on every sack of wool taken out of the realm by foreign merchants, to Dinus Forsetti, Peter Bini and their fellows, merchants of the society of the Bardi, up to the sum of 2,000 marks, in which the king is bound to them for the expenses of his household, which they undertook to pay for him. By K. and C.
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Oct. 12. The Tower.	To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with 10 acres of land of the prior of Bermundeseye, in Waddon, restoring the issues thereof to him, as the escheator returned that he had not taken that land into the king's hands, but that Walter de Hungerford, late escheator in cos. Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Middlesex, delivered it to him by indenture, asserting that it was in the king's hands by reason of the acquisition which the prior made of Ralph de Pulree, after the publication of the statute of mortmain, without the king's licence, and afterwards at the prior's suit, showing that the land had been acquired by a prior of that house long before the publication of the said statute, and beseeching the king to cause his hand to be amoved therefrom, the king ordered the escheator to take an inquisition upon the premises, by which it is found that Henry I granted the manor of Waddon to the prior and convent of St. Saviour's, Bermundeseye, of which manor the 10 acres are a parcel, in frankalmoin, and that Henry, sometime prior of that place, demised those 10 acres to Ralph de Haiward for life, after whose death the prior entered them as his reversion.
Oct. 18. Westminster.	To the treasurer and chamberlains. Dinus Forsetti, Peter Bini, and their fellows, merchants of the society of the Bardi, have besought the king to order account to be made with them for all sums which are owing to them by him from the Purification last, and payment to be made to them of what shall be found to be owing to them, as the king is bound to them in divers sums of money, which they delivered to him on loan at his request, and in other sums which the king caused to be assigned to them upon the issues of the tenth and fifteenth in divers counties and of the customs, and on certain other places, and caused tallies thereof to be levied at the exchequer, wherefor satisfaction is not yet made; the king therefore orders the treasurer and chamberlains to view the rolls and memorandas at his receipt, which touch the premises, and the writs, tallies of assignment made to them, and other evidences of the said debts, and having accounted with the merchants for the said sums and payments made to them by the king, to cause them to be satisfied for what is thus found to be owing to them by speedy payment or a suitable assignment, and that done to receive from them the king's letters obligatory, and the said writs, tallies, and evidences in his discharge. By K. and C.
Oct. 20. Westminster.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Whereas the king lately enjoined Thomas de Melchebourn, his merchant, to cause four anchors and three cables to be made for the king's use for a ship called 'la Grauntecogge', of which William le Fisshere is master, and because Thomas was in great need of iron and hemp and of workmen for that work, the king appointed him to purvey so much iron and hemp as would suffice for the said work in places where he should see fit, and to choose in those places as many workmen as were necessary, at the king's expense, and to pay those from whom the iron and hemp were taken; and Thomas incurred divers expenses in this matter, and by reason of a writ of privy seal directing him to cause divers ropes to be made for a ship called 'la Seinte Mariecogge,' by the advice of Hugh de Reppes, the king's mariner, he incurred other costs, and has besought the king to order account to be made with him for those costs, and to order payment for what is found to be owing to him to be made; the king therefore orders the treasurer, barons and chamberlains to do this, having viewed the king's letters patent and the said writs. By C.
Oct. 9. The Tower.	To the same. Order to cause 100l. to be paid to Dinus Forsetti, Peter Bine and their fellows, merchants of the society of the Bardi, or to cause them to have a suitable assignment therefor, as the king is bound to them in 100l., which he received from them on loan for certain of his secret affairs with which they are charged, and with which the king wishes no one to be charged. By p.s.
Oct. 20. Westminster.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the king being lately informed that several men of co. Devon, in order to have acquittance of the tenth and fifteenth and other imposts granted by the community of the realm, by pretext of charters of the king's progenitors, confirmed by him, by which the tinners in that county assert that they ought to be quit of such imposts, have now newly made themselves tinners, so as to defraud the king of such imposts, the king ordered the sheriff of that county to take an inquisition on the matter; and now it has been shown to the king by Matthew de Crauthorn and John de Chuddeley, taxers and collectors in that county, of the tenth and fifteenth granted by the community of the realm in the great council at Notingham, that although several men of the county who have hitherto paid the tenth and fifteenth granted by the community of the realm, have now caused themselves to be made tinners, fraudulently, and others who previously paid such subsidy are now working in the stannaries, who are true tinners, as fully appears by the aforesaid inquisition, wherefore the collectors cannot levy so much for this tenth and fifteenth as was levied at another time, yet the treasurer and baroas exact as much from them as was previously wont to be levied, and have arrested and detained Matthew, although they have applied all possible diligence in levying this money from those who have now made themselves tinners, wherefor the king has been besought to provide a remedy; the king therefore sends to the treasurer and barons the said inquisition with the writ by which it was taken under the half seal, ordering them to inspect them and the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer touching the premises, calling before them whom they will, hearing the reasons of the collectors and others, and further to do what is required for the king against such fraud, and for levying the money from those who have not paid it, and for the discharge of the collectors and of those who are true tinners, according to their discretion, causing Matthew to be released in the meantme, or for so long as they see fit, by security, to be found before them to do what is incumbent upon him.
	By C.
Oct. 20. Westminster.	To Stephen le Blount, purveyor and receiver of the king's victuals for his fleet about to set out to parts beyond the sea. Because the king's ships called 'la cogg of All Saints,' 'la cogg St. Marie,' 'la Esmon,' 'la Trinite,' 'la Redecogg,' la Swalowe,' and 'la Trinite,' of which Thomas Clement, Adam de Wyndeflod, John Loveryk, William Loveryk, Hugh Rippus, John Getour, and Henry Prest are masters, and 'la cogg St. Marie,' of Arundel, which are in the king's service in that fleet, were ordered to set out certain parts beyond the sea, are lying at anchor on account of contrary winds, awaiting an opportune time, and the victuals delivered for the maintenance of the masters and mariners, men at arms, and others therein, are for the most part expended, the king orders Stephen to deliver to them other victuals to the value of 82l. 15s. 6d.; to wit, to Thomas, up to 14l. 7s.; to Adam, up to 14l. 7s.; to John Loveryk, up to 10l. 17s.; to William, up to 10l. 17s.; to Hugh, up to 7l. 3s. 6d.; to John Getour, up to 7l. 3s. 6d.; to Henry, up to 7l. 3s. 6d.; and to the master of the 'St. Marie,' of Arundel, up to 10l. 17s., for themselves and the men in their ships, by indentures made with each master. By K.
	To the taxers and collectors in co. Northampton of the tenth and fifteenth granted by the community of the realm for three years in the last council at Westminster. Order to cause the money which they shall find the men of that county to have paid to Master William la Zousch, the treasurer, in aid of the king's expenses, to be allowed to them in the payment of the tenth and fifteenth for the first year, provided that they shall pay the residue after the allowance has been made, as they have besought the king to order such allowance to be made to them, as they granted a certain sum before the treasurer and other lieges appointed to inform them of the king's wishes for the defence of the realm, and paid it to that treasurer. By K. and C.
	The like to the same for the township of Flore in that county.
	By K. and C.
Oct. 20. Westminster.	To the taxers and collectors of the same tenth and fifteenth in co. Kent. Order to permit the master and brethren of the Maison Dieu, Dover, to be quit of that aid of their goods, as the hospital was founded by king Henry, and is so slenderly endowed that the goods thereof hardly suffice for the maintenance of the master and brethren, and of the poor and infirm resorting thither, and other alms, and if the hospital is charged with the aids granted by the community of the realm, it will behove the master and brethren to diminish such alms.
Oct. 7. Westminster.	To the justices of the Bench. Order to proceed in a plea between Edmund, son of William de la Mote, and Elizabeth de Burgo, concerning a messuage, 240 acres of land, 8½ acres of meadow, 15 acres of pasture, 14 acres 1 rood of wood, and 53s. rent in Staundon, and to do justice to the parties, notwithstanding Elizabeth's allegation, but not to proceed to render judgment without consulting the king, as Edmund has shown that whereas he is seeking the said tenements against Elizabeth, the justices have delayed to proceed further in that plea, because Elizabeth, pleading before them, alleged that she held the tenements by the king's grant, by letters patent, which she exhibited before them, for rendering a certain thing yearly at the exchequer, until the debts with which the tenements are charged towards the king, are fully paid, or until she can be discharged thereof in whole or in part, and that she ought not to answer concerning those tenements without the king, wherefor Edmund has besought the king to provide a remedy. By C.
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Oct. 9. The Tower.	To the justiciary of Ireland, or to him who supplies his place. Order to cause a ship of Flanders, now in the custody of David de Deveneys, to be appraised, if this is not yet done, by the oath of lawful men of Ireland, and to cause it to be delivered to Henry de Stone for the price thereof, by indenture, having received security from Henry to deliver it to those who vindicate a right in it, when it shall be adjudged to them by the king, as Henry has besought the king to order the ship to be granted to him for a reasonable price, as it was taken upon the sea by certain men of Cork, and delivered to the person supplying the place of the justiciary, as forfeited to the king. By C.
Oct. 10. The Tower.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the mayor, bailiffs, and men of the city of Exeter to be discharged and acquitted of rendering 20l. yearly to the king of their ferm, from 28 September last, as the king lately created his eldest son duke of Cornwall, and granted to him the said yearly ferm, and on 28 September last he ordered the said mayor, bailiffs, and men to pay the 20l. yearly to the duke, and to be attendant upon and answerable to him therefor.
Oct. 16. Westminster.	To the sheriff of York. Order to deliver the bailiwick of Yokcrosse to Thomas de Rokeby, together with the issues thereof from 13 June last, on which day the king granted that bailiwick to him for his good service, to hold during pleasure.
Oct. 8. Westminster.	To John de Mounteny, Richard Folejaumbe, and John Bakeputz. Order to supersede the assessing, levying and collecting of 400l. from the community of co. Derby, provided that if any individual of that county have granted any sum of money for such subsidy, it shall be levied for the king's use, as although the king appointed John, Richard and John to assess, levy and collect the 400l., granted by the men of co. Derby, in aid of his expenses, the king does not wish them to be charged with that sum, as the community of the realm has granted the king a tenth and fifteenth for three years, in the present council at Westminster.
	By K. and C.
Oct. 18. Westminster.	To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Matilda, late the wife of Roger de Kerdiston, tenant in chief, the manors which the king has assigned to her to hold in dower, with the assent of William de Kerdiston, Roger's son and heir, to wit, the manor of Neuton, co. Norfolk, extended at 6l. 16s. 2d. yearly; the manor of Cisterne in the same county, extended at 13l. 12s. 2d. yearly; the manor of Henham, co. Suffolk, extended at 105s. 8½d. yearly; and the manor of Stratford, in the same county, extended at 67s. 9½d. yearly.
Oct. 18. Westminster.	To the same. Order to deliver to Matilda the advowson of Neuton church, co. Norfolk, extended at 10 marks yearly, and that of Stratford church, co. Suffolk, extended at 10 marks yearly, which the king has assigned to her to hold in dower, with the assent of William de Kerdiston.
	Memorandum, that these assignments were made with the assent of William de Retford and John de Weston, clerks, whom William de Kerdiston appointed his attorneys for this, before William de Burgh, clerk, as appears by the writ of dedimus potestatem, which is on the files.
Oct. 15. Westminster.	To John de Wodehous, keeper of the hanaper. Order to pay 20 marks for Michaelmas term last to Master John de Thoresby, the king's clerk, in accordance with the king's grant to him of 40 marks yearly from the issues of the hanaper, until he is provided with an ecclesiastical benefice exceeding the said sum and the value of the benefices which he now holds, in consideration of his services in chancery as notary and other things.
Oct. 20. The Tower.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Whereas the king ordered Thomas de Melchebourn of Lynn, by writ of privy seal, to find victuals and all costs for a galley called 'la Philip,' and two of the king's ships, called 'la Maudeleyne' and 'le Seyntmaricog,' and he found divers victuals and costs by virtue of that order, for which he is not yet satisfied as he asserts, and has besought the king to order account to be made with him thereupon, and to order payment to be made to him of what shall be found to be owing to him, the king orders the treasurer, barons and chamberlains to cause this to be done, having viewed the king's order, or to cause him to have a suitable assignment therefor.
Oct. 20. The Tower.	To the same. Like order in favour of the same Thomas, whom the king ordered by writ of privy seal, to transfer himself without delay with a certain galley, which he should cause to be provided with armed men as powerfully as possible, towards Durdragh, in defence of certain lieges whom the king was then sending on an embassy to parts beyond the sea, and for the greater security of the ships which the king ordered to be transmitted to bring back to England his said envoys to the said place of Durdragh; and Thomas incurred divers expenses in this matter, for which he has not yet obtained satisfaction as he asserts, and has besought the king to cause account to be made with him and to order payment to be made to him.
Oct. 20. The Tower.	To the same. Like order in favour of the same Thomas, whom the king ordered by writ of privy seal to cause three good cables to be made and delivered to Nicholas Pyk, and Thomas has not yet obtained any satisfaction for the expenses which he incurred in this matter, as he asserts, and has besought the king to order account to be made with him and payment to be made to him.
Oct. 22. Westminster.	To the purveyors and takers of wool in co. Southampton. Order not to take the wool of John Baroncelli, John Stephani, John Junctin, and their fellows, merchants of the society of the Peruzzi of Florence, trading in the realm, by reason of their commission to take certain wool in that county for the king's use, not permitting the merchants to buy wool in that county henceforth until further orders, whereby the buying of wool for the king's use might be impeded, provided that they do not take out of the realm the wool bought and purveyed by them, as the king wishes to show favour to them. By C.
Nov. 3. Thame.	To Stephen Blount, purveyeor of certain of the king's victuals in divers counties. Order, upon sight of these presents, to cause 30 tuns of flour to be bought and purveyed at Bristol and elsewhere in those parts, for the king's benefit, and if he cannot find it there, then to cause wheat to be purveyed and flour to be made thereof, and put it into tuns and cause them to be loaded in a ship in the port of Bristol, which Richard de la Pole, the king's butler, is about to send with certain of the king's wine to Skymburnesse or Carlisle, with speed, to be delivered by indenture to the receiver of the king's victuals there, for the maintenance of the king's army in Scotland. The king has ordered Richard to permit Stephen to put the flour in the ship, to be taken to the said parts, and has ordered the receiver to receive the flour. By K.
	Mandate in pursuance to Richard. By K.
	Mandate in pursuance to John de Glantton, receiver of the king's victuals at Carlisle. By K.
	To the sheriff of Cumberland. Order to cause all the wine, flour, and other victuals which the king is about to send to Skymburnesse for the maintenance of the army which he has destined for Scotland, to be taken to Carlisle with all speed to be delivered to the receiver of the king's victuals there.
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Oct. 20. Westminster.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause 250l. to be allowed to William de Briclesworth and John de Northalle, who were elected sheriffs of London from Michaelmas, in the 10th year of the reign, in their account at the exchequer, or in their ferm for that city, in recompence for the loss of certain of their profits for their year of office, provided that they answer to the king for the remainder of the ferm of that city, as lately at their suit, by their petition before the king and his council in parliament at Westminster on Monday after St. Matthew last, beseeching the king to remit to them a moiety of the ferm for the city for the first term of the year, and to provide for their indemnity if the sea passage should be closed for the whole year—as they are bound to render 315l. for the ferm for that year, and they and other sheriffs receive nothing certain in aid of payment of the ferm, for the maintenance of ministers and others whom it behoves them to retain at their own cost, for executing the king's orders and for preserving the quiet of the people, except certain customs of wool, hides and wool fells and other things and merchandise taken out of the city and brought into it, to or from parts beyond the sea, and William and John have been impeded by reason of the king's prohibitions made before the said Michaelmas, forbidding such things to be taken out of the realm, and by reason of the unsettled state (motionis) upon the sea and of the damages inflicted there, wherefore such merchandise did not come to the city from parts beyond, so that they received little or nothing of such customs from Michaelmas aforesaid until Easter last—and because it was agreed by the king and council in answer to the petition that the mayor and six aldermen of the city should be examined upon the premises, and that the sheriffs should have allowance for what they should be found to have lost by the aforesaid causes, and by such examination taken before the king in chancery it was found that the sheriffs were wont to receive 5d. on each sack of wool, 2d. on each dicker (dacre) of hides, 4d. on every 100 wool fells, 12d. on each tun of honey and divers customs on other merchandise, and that William and John lost up to the sum of 150l. of such customs from Michaelmas till Easter, the king ordered the treasurer and barons to cause 150l. to be allowed to them in their ferm of the first term of the said year, according to the aforesaid agreement, but the king wishes that if his passage is open in the last term of the year, and if it be found by inquisition taken by the mayor and six aldermen at Michaelmas next, in chancery, that the sheriffs have received more from the custom of wool, hides and woolfells in the last term, because the passage was closed in the first term, than they ought to have received if the passage had been open all that year, and than other sheriffs had been wont to receive, then they shall be bound to restore to the king of that surplus according to the proportion of the 150l. which the king ordered to be allowed to them. And because at the suit of William and John, asserting that the passage was altogether closed until Michaelmas last, so that no merchandise was taken out of the realm or brought into it, except certain of the king's wool which the king caused to be taken to parts beyond, the king has found by diligent information of the mayor and six aldermen of London, who had full notice of the premises, on Saturday the feast of St. Luke last, that William and John lost up to 100l. of the customs of wool, hides and woolfells, cloth, wine, cattle of weight and other things and merchandise which they ought to have received in aid of their ferm when the passage was open, from the said Easter until Michaelmas last, by reason of the king's prohibition and without their fault, beyond the 59l. 3s. 7d. which they received for the said time of the custom of wool taken out of the port of London to parts beyond.
	By K. and by pet. of C.
Oct. 12. The Tower.	To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the manors and lands which belonged to Hugh de Audele in Heghtredbury, Great Hornyngesham, Orcheston Marie, Knouk, Smalbrok, and Anstigh, near Hull Deverel, restoring the issues thereof, as the escheator returned that he had taken those lands into the king's hand because he had found by inquisition of office, that Hugh and Margaret, tenants in chief, had alienated the manor of Heghtredbury with certain tenements in the towns of Great Hornyngesham, Smalbrok and Anstigh, pertaining thereto, and the manor of Orcheston with a moiety if the manor of Knouk, to divers men for life, without the king's licence; and afterwards at the suit of Hugh and Margaret, showing that they had demised those manors and tenements to the said men for a term of years, and had not alienated them for the life of those men, and beseeching the king to cause his hand to be amoved therefrom, the king ordered the escheator to take an inquisition on the matter, by which it is found that Hugh and Margaret demised the manor of Heghtredebury with tenements in Great Hornyngesham, Smalbrok and Anstigh, to John Mauger for 7 years, rendering 20 marks to them yearly, the moiety of the manor of Knouk to Peter Colsweyn and Thomas de Chesenhale for 10 years, rendering 10l. to them yearly, the manor of Orcheston to Nicholas de Rolveston for 7 years, rendering 100s. to them yearly, and that the manors are held in chief as parcel of the county of Gloucester for a knight's fee, and the manors and tenements are worth 30l. yearly.
Oct. 18. Westminster.	To the taxers and collectors of the tenth and fifteenth last granted, in the East Riding, co. York. Order to cause the prior of Ellerton, if he is fermor of a grange in Spaldyngton and other lands there of the prior of Ormesby, to be taxed for his goods and chattels in the grange and lands, and assessed at the said fifteenth with the men of that town and to cause the portion touching him to be levied of his said goods and chattels, as was wont to be done, as at the suit of the men of that town by their petition before the king and his council in the parliament at Westminster on Monday, the morrow of St. Matthew last, asserting that the fermors of the grange and other lands of the prior of Ormesby there, annexed to that prior's church, had paid the fifteenth of the goods and chattels in the grange and other lands, in each taxation and their proportion in each charge on that town, and that although the prior of Ellerton was then fermor of the grange and lands, the taxers and collectors of the tenth and fifteenth granted in the great council at Notingham on Monday after St. Matthew, in the 10th year of the reign, appointed in that riding, unjustly caused as much money to be levied from those men, the prior being left out, as had been previously levied, and caused them to be distrained, and they beseeching the king to provide a remedy, and because it is not just that the prior of Ellerton because he was a fermor should have immunity of his ferm, although he is a man of religion, the king ordered the taxers and collectors to cause the prior to be taxed and assessed on his said goods and chattels for the fifteenth as was wont to be done.
Oct. 26. Sheen.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the king has received 600l. of the six yearly tenth imposed on the clergy of England by the pope, which were deposited in a chest kept in the abbey of St. Mary, York, of which money the king has promised to keep free the abbot and convent of St. Mary, York, collectors of that tenth in the archdeaconries of York and Clyveland, the king orders the treasurer and barons to cause these 600l. to be allowed to the abbot and convent, collectors of the two yearly tenth granted by the clergy of the realm in the same archdeaconries, in their account for the two yearly tenth, and to discharge and acquit them thereof, as the pope has revoked the six yearly tenth.
Aug. 26. Westminster.	To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay 200 marks yearly to William de Clynton, earl of Huntyngdon for the maintenance of Laurence de Hastynges, son and heir of John de Hastynges, tenant in chief of the late king, a minor in the king's wardship, until he shall come of age, because the king has ordained with his council that Laurence shall stay in the earl's custody until he shall come of age. By p.s.
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Oct. 16. Westminster.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge and acquit the prior of Weston, an alien, of 35l., as the king committed to him the custody of that priory, and of all the lands, goods, and chattels pertaining thereto, for rendering 30l. yearly; and at the request of Queen Philippa, the king has pardoned the prior the said 30l. for the present year, and those 100s., which he granted to have that custody, as the king caused the priory to be taken into his hands, because the prior is a native of the power of the king of France. By p.s.
Oct. 16. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Suffolk. Order to pay 10l. for Michaelmas term last to Robert de Ufford, whom the king lately created earl of Suffolk, granting him 20l. yearly of the issues of that county.
Oct. 25. Thame.	To the taxers and collectors in co. Essex of the tenth and fifteenth granted for three years in the last council at Westminster. Order to supersede the levying of that tenth and fifteenth of the goods of the hospital of St. John the Baptist, Sideburnbrok, diocese of London, and to permit the master to be quit thereof, as the hospital is an ecclesiastical benefice, and Master Gilbert de Welton was appointed and inducted master or warden there, and the hospital is not taxed among the other benefices of that diocese on account of its poverty, as is clear by certain letters patent shown before the king in chancery, and the king has considered that if the hospital is charged with the aids granted to him by the community of the realm, it will behove the master to diminish the appointed alms, and the king ordered the taxers and collectors of the tenth and fifteenth granted at Notingham in the 10th year of the reign, to permit the master to be quit thereof. By K.