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July 11.
Walton. |
To Edward, duke of Cornwall, and earl of Chester. Order to command the receivers or keepers of the stampage and of the other lands
which the king granted to the duke in co. Cornwall, to pay to William
de Monte Acuto, earl of Salisbury, what is in arrear to him of 5,000
marks from 29 April, in the 11th year of the reign, and the residue of
that sum, as the earl before his departure from London to parts beyond
the sea, whither he was sent with other lieges on an embassy, undertook,
at the king's request, to pay to certain persons in the said parts 5,000
marks for the king's secret affairs; and afterwards, because the king was
informed that the earl had paid that sum, it was ordained by the king
and his council that the earl should receive 5,000 marks of the issues of
the said stampage and lands, which sum the king granted to him on the
said 29 April; and now the earl has informed the king that although he
has sued before the duke for the portion of the said sum for the terms
past, yet the duke and his ministers have not cared to pay anything
thereof to him. By K. |
July 10.
Walton. |
To the same. Order to command the collector or keeper of his tin to
pay to the same earl, the arrears from 16 May, in the 11th year of the
reign, of 1,000 marks, and to pay that sum henceforth yearly, which the
king granted to him on the said day to receive yearly, until certain
lands which John de Warenna, earl of Surrey, and Joan, his wife, hold
for their life, with remainder to the earl, and his heirs male, shall come
into the earl's hands, to the value of 800 marks yearly, in part satisfaction of the said 1,000 marks, and until the king shall provide him with
lands to the value of the remaining 200 marks, yearly; and afterwards
the king granted the stampage of tin in co. Cornwall to the duke, but
granted that the earl should receive the said 1,000 marks, and now the
earl has informed the king that although he has diligently sued for the
1,000 marks before the duke, yet he and his ministers have not hitherto
cared to pay anything thereof to him. By K. |
July 8.
Walton. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause 100l.
to be allowed to Robert Darreys, sheriff of Northumberland, if he shall
be found to have paid that sum by the king's order, to Edward, king
of Scotland, as it was ordained by the king and his council to aid the
said king with 200l. for the debts in which he was bound to divers creditors
in the north, of which sum he received 45l. by the hands of Robert, and
55l. at the exchequer, and the king ordered Robert to pay the remaining 100l. [Fœdera.] |
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To the same. Order to cause William de Tyndall, sometime sheriff
of Northumberland, to have allowance for 20 marks, if he shall be
found to have paid that sum by the king's order, as the king lately
charged John de Neusom, deceased, and Arnold Garcy, by writ of privy
seal, to stay with certain of his large horses at Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
until further orders, and ordered the sheriff of Northumberland to deliver
to them or their attorneys, the hay and other things needful for the
horses, and to pay wages to the keepers of the horses for the time that
they should stay there, and William paid 20 marks to them, as may
appear by indentures made between them. |
July 8.
Walton. |
To John Moryn, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to William
Dale, yeoman of the king's chamber, all the goods of Alexander Tothe,
idiot, at Middelton, co. York, and the corn growing in his lands, as the
king has committed to William the custody of the lands which belonged
to Alexander, and of all his goods and chattels. By p.s. [11179.] |
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To the sheriff of York. Order to deliver Alexander, to William, or
his attorney to be kept. By the same writ. |
Aug. 3.
Northampton. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston-upon-Hull. Order
to permit the merchants of the societies of the Bardi and Peruzzi to
take their wool up to the sum of 1,000 sacks, from that port to parts
beyond the sea, without paying custom thereon, according to the agreement made thereon to take 2,000 sacks, the custom of 40s. a sack being
allowed to them in certain debts in which the king is bound to them. |
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By C. |
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The like to the collectors of customs in the port of Boston for 388
sacks. |
July 16.
Ipswich. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause John
Botetourt, son and heir of Joan, late the wife of Thomas Botetourt,
tenant in chief, to have seisin of all the lands of which his mother was
seised at her death in her demesne as of fee, as although John is a minor
in the king's wardship, and has not yet proved his age, the king has given
him respite for his homage and fealty for the said lands, until the council summoned to meet at Northampton on the morrow of St. James
next, and has rendered those lands to him together with the issues
thereof. By p.s. |
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Vacated because it was surrendered, and is otherwise below. |
Aug. 6.
Northampton. |
To the prior of Newenton Longevill. Order to pay 47l. 10s. of the
ferm which he owes for the custody of his priory for Michaelmas term
next, to Matilda, countess of Ulster, in part payment of a certain sum
which she receives yearly at the exchequer, to wit, for Easter term
last. By bill of the treasurer. |
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Membrane 23. |
July 2.
Walton. |
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to Master Richard
de Bynteworth, bishop elect of London, keeper of the privy seal,
45l. 13s. 4d., in which the king is bound to him for his wages within the
court, and his daily expenses without it, and for his summer robe for
the present year, as may appear by a bill in Richard's possession, under
the seal of Edmund de la Beche, keeper of the wardrobe, as he says. |
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By K. |
June 25.
Walton. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of London. Order to permit
the merchants of Brabant to take the 60 sarplars of wool, which the
king has granted that they shall take to their own parts, beyond the
2,500 sacks which he lately granted that they should so take, to the
said parts from that port, having taken security from them that they
will not take the wool elsewhere, and receiving 40s. from them for each
sack for the custom and subsidy due thereon. By p.s. |
July 2.
Walton. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the
port of London. Order to pay the money of the custom of the said
60 sarplars to Walter de Mauny, in part payment of the debts in which
the king is bound to him. By p.s. [11141.] |
July 5.
Walton. |
To John de Wodehous, keeper of the hanaper. Order to deliver 66s.
to John de Kyngeston, the king's clerk, for his wages for 19 days when
he was in the king's service with William de Ros. By C. |
June 25.
Ipswich. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause 10
marks to be allowed to the executors of the will of John de Glanton for
the custody of Carlisle castle, and the king's demesne lands there, and
the wages for a watchman and gate-keeper in the castle from 30 November, in the 9th year of the reign, yearly, until 12 May last, when the
king committed the said custody to Anthony de Lucy to hold under a
certain form, in the ferm of 70l. 7s. 7½d. for the castle, as on the said
30 November the king granted that custody to John, for his service to
the late king, to hold for life, from the issues whereof answer was once
made to the late king in the 17th year of his reign, for 63l. 7s. 7½d., and
in the present king's time for less sums, as appears by the certificate of
the treasurer and barons, sent into chancery by the king's order, for
rendering by the hands of the sheriff of Cumberland, 63l. 7s. 7½d., and
receiving 10 marks yearly for his wages, and the accustomed wages of a
gate-keeper and watchman. By C. |
June 26.
Walton. |
To the same. Order to cause reasonable wages to be allowed to the
same executors from 10 March, in the 11th year of the reign, on which
day the king appointed John, receiver and keeper of his victuals at Carlisle, during pleasure, as have been allowed to other keepers there, in
the ferm which John was bound to render for the custody of Carlisle
castle, and the demesne lands there, or in the account which he is
bound to render for the said victuals until 12 May last, on which day
the king appointed Robert de Barton, receiver of his victuals at Carlisle. |
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By C. |
June 27.
Walton. |
To the prior of Shirburn, an alien. Order to pay 53l., which he owes
for the custody of his priory for Easter term last, to Menaudus Brocaz,
one of the keepers of the king's great horses, of a certain surplus of his
account at the exchequer. By bill of treasurer. |
July 5.
Walton. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the
port of London. Order to permit John de Molyns to take 11 sacks of
wool to the port of Orewell together with the king's wool, without paying
the custom and subsidy thereon or any other charges to the king, so that
he may take them thence to parts beyond the sea at the time of the
king's passage. By K. |
July 3.
Walton. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
Whereas the king lately ordered them to account with William de la
Pole for the money lent by him at the receipt of the exchequer and for
money paid by him at the king's order under the great and privy and
exchequer seals, of the sums which he received of the customs in the ports
of Kyngeston-upon-Hull, Boston, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Hertilpole, in
part satisfaction of the sums due to him, and for which the collectors
there have not had allowance, causing tallies to be levied under the name
of the collectors and delivered to William in their discharge, and to pay
him what should be due, beyond the said sums, informing the king
thereof in chancery; and William has now informed the king that
they have not cared to receive his account or levy tallies, because he
declines to account for parcels of sums contained in the king's letters
obligatory; whereupon he has besought the king to provide a remedy; and
because William paid the sums contained in the letters obligatory for
the king's secret affairs and others, as he has fully shown before the
chancellor, treasurer and others of the council, the king orders the
treasurer, barons and chamberlains to account with William and cause
tallies to be levied as aforesaid, and to inform the king of what is found
to be owing to William. By p.s. [11145, 11146.] |
July 8.
Walton. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the
port of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and to William de la Pole, receiver of the
issues of that custom, or to him who supplies his place there. Because
the king granted to John de Denton, merchant of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
permission to lade 80 sacks of wool by his serjeants in that port, and
to take them to parts beyond the sea to be sold there, so that he shall
pay the custom and subsidy due thereon, to wit, 40s. for each sack, to
John Charnels, receiver of the king's money in the said parts, at the
feast of St. Laurence next, the king orders the collectors and William
to receive security from John that he will pay the custom and subsidy as
aforesaid, and that he will not take the sacks to France or other parts
at war with the king, and then to permit him to lade the wool and take
it to the said parts without paying custom or subsidy thereon. The
king also orders them to cause letters patent under the coket seal to be
made thereupon, and delivered to John or his serjeants. |
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By p.s. [11185.] |
July 9.
Walton. |
To John Moryn, escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause Thomas de
Bradeford, son and heir of Thomas de Bradeford, tenant in chief of the
late king, to have seisin of all the lands of which his father was seised
at his death, in his demesne as of fee, as although Thomas has proved
his age before the escheator, but has not yet done homage and fealty to
the king, yet the king has rendered those lands to him, and has given
him respite for his homage and fealty until Whitsuntide next. |
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By K. and C. |
July 8.
Walton. |
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to pay 20l. to Robert de Mounceaux,
the king's serjeant-at-arms, in which sum the king is bound to him as
may fully appear by a bill of Richard de Feriby, late keeper of the wardrobe, in the possession of the treasurer and chamberlains. |
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By bill of the treasurer. |
July 8.
Walton. |
To the prior of Bermundeseye. Order to pay 31l. 4s. of the 50l. which
he owes for the custody of his priory for Easter term last, for which the
king gave him respite until Michaelmas term next, to William de Cusance,
knight, for so much money in which the king is bound to him, as appears
by a bill of Edmund de la Beche, late keeper of the wardrobe, in the
possession of the treasurer and chamberlains. By bill of the treasurer. |
July 9.
Walton. |
To the sheriff of Cornwall. Order to cause payment to be made to
certain merchants of the sums due to them from the issues of the
stampage of tin from the time that Queen Isabella and William de Monte
Acuto, earl of Salisbury, have been satisfied for the sums assigned to
them upon the stampage, as the king is bound to the merchants in divers
sums of money for tin taken from them for his use by Richard de Southorp,
clerk, and John Moueron, by virtue of the king's commission, as appears
by indentures made between the merchants and Richard and John, and
the merchants have besought the king to order satisfaction to be done
to them. By p.s. [11200.] |
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Membrane 22. |
July 16.
Ipswich. |
William le Moch of Braye, imprisoned in Wyndesore prison for trespass
of venison in Wyndesore forest, has a writ to Bartholomew de Burgherssh,
keeper of the forest this side Trent, or to him who supplies his place in
Wyndesore forest, to bail him until the next eyre of the justices in co.
Buckingham. |
July 20.
Bury St. Edmund's. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the
port of London. Order to permit John, archbishop of Canterbury, who
is about to set out to parts beyond the sea, to lade 66 sacks of wool in
that port, and take them to the said parts, having received 40s. for custom
and subsidy on each sack, as although the king ordered the collectors
that no wool should be taken out of the realm to parts beyond before
St. Peter ad Vincula next, yet the king has granted that the archbishop
shall take 66 sacks, if he pay the customs and subsidy due thereon. |
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By K. & C. |
July 20.
Bury St. Edmund's. |
To John Gifford, master of the hospital of St. Leonard, York. Order
to cause those 20 sacks of wool, by which he made fine with the king
for certain liberties granted to him and his hospital, to be brought with
out delay to the port of Kyngeston-upon-Hull, to be delivered to the
collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells there, by indenture. |
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By K. |
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To the said collectors. Order to receive the sacks from John. |
July 24.
St. Ives. |
To the prior of Durham. Order to cause those 20 sacks of wool which
he lately granted to the king in aid of his expenses for the defence of the
realm, to be taken to the port of Kyngeston-upon-Hull without delay,
to be delivered by indenture to the collectors of the custom of wool, hides
and wool-fells there. |
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To the said collectors. Order to receive the wool from the prior. |
July 26.
Northampton. |
To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to deliver to Menaudus Brocas,
keeper of the stud this side Trent, whom the king has ordered to cause
certain horses of that stud to be kept for some time in the sheriff's bailiwick, hay, straw, litter and other things necessary, and the wages of
Adam de Doncastr[ia], keeper of these horses, by indenture, as long as
the horses shall stay there. |
July 16.
Walton. |
To the same. Order to cause what is necessary for the maintenance
of the king's wild animals in Fremantel park for the winter season, to
be bought and purveyed, and to cause the hay of that park to be enclosed by the view and advice of Simon Bacon, keeper of the park,
causing an indenture to be made thereon. By p.s. |
July 26.
Northampton. |
To the sheriff of York. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in place of Thomas de Grenefeld of Shirbourn, who is insufficiently qualified. |
July 26.
Northampton. |
To Thomas de Foxle, constable of Windesor castle, or to him who
supplies his place. Order to deliver eight bucks of Wyndesor forest to
the abbot of St. Peter's, Westminster, on the eve of St. Peter ad
Vincula next, in accordance with the grant of Henry III, of eight bucks
yearly, to be taken by the constable to Westminster on the said eve, so
that those who carry the venison shall make two companies (facient duas
meneyas) before the high altar of St. Peter's, Westminster. |
July 27.
Northampton. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, Dublin, and to the
chamberlains there. Order to cause 107s. 9½d. to be paid to Master
Edmund de Morteyn, the king's clerk, if they find that sum to be due
to him, as he has besought the king to order payment to be made to
him of the surplus of his account for the time when he was escheator
in Ireland, as may fully appear by the rolls and memoranda of the said
exchequer. By the keeper and C. |
July 20.
Bury St. Edmund's. |
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Whereas the king has ordained
that Edward, duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester, whom he has appointed keeper of England while he is in parts beyond the sea, for the
defence of the realm and the rights of his crown, shall stay at the Tower
of London, as shall seem good to him and his council; the king wishing
the Tower to be provided with 20 men-at-arms, 50 archers, 50 tuns of
wine, 500 quarters of malt, 700 quarters of wheat, 100 quarters of beans,
100 quarters of peas, 20 tuns of great and small salt, 200 quarters of sea
coal, and what is necessary of timber and planks for making bretaches
about the Tower, and such iron, steel, lead, bows, crossbows, arrows,
quarrels and armour as shall be necessary for the safety and defence of
the Tower, and that whenever it is necessary more victuals shall be provided and procured by the advice of the chancellor and treasurer and the
constable of the Tower and others of the council, and delivered to the
receiver there, the king orders the treasurer and chamberlains to cause
all the victuals specified above to be purveyed without delay, taken to
the Tower, and delivered to the receiver there by indenture, and to pay
reasonable wages to the said men-at-arms and archers when they are
placed in the Tower for its defence according to the said advice. |
Aug. 3.
Northampton. |
To Michael Mynot, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his place
in the port of Bristol. Order to deliver 8 tuns of the wine in his custody
to John de la Ryvere, constable of Bristol castle, by indenture, for the
munition of the castle. By bill of the treasurer. |
July 12.
Walton. |
To the takers and purveyors of wool in co. Salop. Order to permit
Thomas Geffray to dispose as he wishes of 25 sacks remaining of 50
sacks of wool which they took for the king's use, as well as of the other
25 sacks for which he has done the king's pleasure, as the king has
learned. By p.s. |
Aug. 4.
Northampton. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Ralph de Hastyngs,
sheriff of York, has shown the king that whereas the wapentakes of
Osegoderosse, Stayncrosse, Aggebrigg, Morley, Barkeston, Skyreyk and
Strafford, in the West Riding in that county, were anciently annexed to
the county as parcels thereof, and the sheriffs of the county before his
time answered for the ferm, to wit, of Osegodcrosse and Stayncrosse,
9l.; for Aggebrigg, 20 marks; for Morley, 20 marks; for Barkeston,
20l.; for Skyreyk, 20l.; and for Strafford, 40 marks; and although
Queen Philippa held the wapentakes of Osegodcrosse and Stayncrosse,
which are within the honour, of Pontefract, by reason of the king's grant
to her of that honour, for life, and Robert de Bosevill held the wapentake of Strafford for life by reason of the king's grant, separated from
the county when Ralph was sheriff, and received all the profits therefrom, and the queen held a great part of the remaining wapentakes within
the said honour, so that the sheriff has not been able to receive any
profits therefrom in aid of his ferm, except the following sums, from
Aggebrigg, 13s. 4d.; from Morley, 13s. 4d.; from Barkeston, 110s.; from
Skyreyk, 110s. yearly, yet the treasurer and barons have charged Ralph
with the entire ferm of that county, except 10l., which Robert renders
yearly for the wapentake of Strafford, as if the wapentakes were annexed
to the county, wherefore Ralph has besought the king to provide a
remedy; the king, therefore, orders the treasurer and barons to inspect
their rolls and memoranda, and if they find that the premises contain the
truth, then not to charge the sheriff with more than he can receive from
the wapentakes, but to cause allowance to be made to him of the sums
which they shall find to be withdrawn from him as aforesaid. By C. |
July 30.
Northampton. |
To Nicholas de la Beche, constable of the Tower of London. Order to
cause the 20 men-at-arms and 50 archers, with whom the king wished
the Tower to be garrisoned, to be placed there for its safe keeping, to
stay there continuously or by turns as he shall see fit. The king has
ordered the treasurer and chamberlains to pay wages to those men and
archers when they shall be there. By p.s. |
